all items by Bahá'u'lláh, details

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

امروز حفیف سدره منتهی مرتفع و آفتاب بیان از افق سماء معانی مشرق و لائح صراط

In this day the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree hath been raised up, and the Sun of Utterance hath dawned and shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of inner meanings, and the Path hath been made manifest [3.5s]... ...The days of the Manifestations of God have, in one sense, been referred to as the Day of God. Yet these days, as they are mentioned in all the Holy Books… How can I choose to sleep, O God, my God, when the eyes of them that long for Thee are wakeful... I have risen this morning by Thy grace, O my God, and left my home trusting wholly in Thee... This, Thy servant, seeketh to sleep in the shelter of Thy mercy... I have wakened in Thy shelter, O my God

INBA61:061x, INBA30:115x, INBA41:018x, BLIB_Or15717.018,

BRL_DA#686, ADM3#088 p.102x, ADM3#089 p.103x, AVK3.343.10x, UAB.030cx, MAS4.154x, BSHA.055x

ADMS#040x

MJ Cyr, J. Lenz [track 2], A. Wensbo, Nabilinho, Nabilinho, D. Gundry, M. Sparrow, The Descendants, M. Saraswati, Honiara Baha'i Youth, The Bird & The Butterfly, O. Devine, Soulrise Melodies, S. Sunderland, Gyenyame, G.H. Miller (1), G.H. Miller (2), T. Ellis, almunajat.com [items 3, 4, 10, 13], C. Signori, T. Ellis, K. Porray, K. Porray, Refuge, Nabil and Karim, E. Mahony

LL#262, LL#509

BH00010

13180

mixed

الحمد للّه الذی تفرد بالمحبة و توحد بالوداد انه لمولی العباد و مالک الایجاد

Praise be unto Him Who is unique in His love and singular in His affection; verily, He is the Lord of all beings and the Sovereign of creation [3.5s]... ...The companions of God are, in this day, the lump that must leaven the peoples of the world. They must show forth such trustworthiness, such truthfulness and perseverance, such deeds and character that all mankind may profit by their example

INBA28:049, INBA22:307, INBA45:049, BLIB_Or15713.144x, , Majlis210461.120x

BRL_DA#084, AVK3.148.06x, ASAT5.263x, AKHA_129BE #18 p.ax

COC#0768x, COC#2040x, ADJ.023x, ADJ.079x2x

Goodly deeds; actions; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB4.023?, LL#112

BH00011

11650

mixed

Selections from the Writings of the Báb

حمد مقدس از السن ممکنات و منزه از ذکر موجودات ساحت قدس سلطان قدمی را سزا است

Sanctified praise, transcendent above the tongues of all created things and hallowed beyond the mention of all beings, befitteth the sacred court of the Ancient King [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O Lord, my Best Beloved! Make me steadfast in Thy Cause and grant that I may be reckoned among those

INBA38:192, INBA66:131x, INBA77:013, PR23.051b-052ax, BN_suppl.1754.001-021

AQMJ2.146x, UVM.072.15x, UVM.082.15x

SWB#72 (p.215-216x)

Chastisement and requital; Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00012

Javahiru'l-Asrar (Gems of Divine Mysteries)

10360

Arabic

Gems of Divine Mysteries; Pen of Glory, The

Javáhiru'l-Asrár (Gems of Divine Mysteries)

یا ایها السالک فی سبل العدل و الناظر الی طلعه الفضل قد بلغ کتابک و عرفت سوالک

O thou who treadest the path of justice and beholdest the countenance of mercy! Thine epistle was received, thy question was noted

INBA46:001, INBA66:036, INBA99:001, PR07.015b-029b, LEID.Or4970.1-26, UMich968.041-052x

BRL_Jawahir, AQA3#067 p.004, TZH4.189-190x, TZH4.190-191x, TZH4.191x, ANDA#21 p.04x, OOL.B157

GDM

D. Stevenson (¶110)

A lengthy commentary in answer to a question on the fulfilment of prophetic expectations in unexpected ways, describing the difficulties encountered in understanding sacred scriptures, offering keys to their symbolic interpretation with reference to a passage in the Gospels, and describing in a manner similar to ‘the Seven Valleys’ the stages traversed by the spiritual wayfarers.

Jabulqa and Jabarsa; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mystical themes; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LOC.062-066, ROB1.151, MMAH.195, GSH.027, LL#023

BH00013

10050

mixed

Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl); Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl)

Lawh-i-Ta'wíl (Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture)

البهاء لمن خرق الاحجاب فی یوم الماب و کسر اصنام الاوهام باسم مالک الایام ... قَد جِئت بِاَمرِ الله وظَهَرت لِذکره وخُلِقْت لِخدمتهِ العزیز المحبوب

Glory be unto Him Who hath rent asunder the veils on the Day of Return, and shattered the idols of vain imaginings through the Name of the Lord of all Days [3.5s]... ...The purpose of interpretation is this: that none become deprived of that which is evident, and be veiled from that which is intended

INBA23:062, INBA41:132x, INBA41:329x, BLIB_Or15698.279, , BLIB_Or15720.274x, , BLIB_Or15733.001, , BLIB_Or15740.213x, , Majlis934.255-266

AVK4.028.05x, AVK4.073-074x, AVK2.143.09x, AVK3.300.03x, AVK3.450.13x, AVK3.426.12x, AVK3.472.01x, IQT.279-286x, AYI1.336x, GHA.341ax, UAB.029bx, UAB.042ax, MAS1.018.1x, MAS4.354bx, TSAY.472x, TSAY.472-473x, ASAT2.119x, ASAT3.120x, ASAT3.242x, ASAT4.286x, PYB#115 p.03x, VUJUD.095-096x, VUJUD.105x

BLO_PT#154, BLO_PT#155, WIND#115, VUJUDE.139-141x, VUJUDE.212-213x

almunajat.com [item 41]

Chastisement and requital; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#251, LL#282

Includes verses for newborn child

BH00014

9890

mixed

لله الحمد حمدا یمطر به السحاب و یجد المقربون عرف قمیص ربنا الوهاب حمدا

All praise be unto God - praise wherewith the clouds pour forth their rain, and through which they who are nigh unto Him perceive the fragrance of the garment of their Lord, the All-Bountiful - praise [3.5s]

INBA15:067, INBA18:302x, INBA26:067

MAS8.108dx, AYI2.072x, AYI2.358x, AKHA_131BE #05 p.ax, AKHA_131BE #04 p.ax, MSHR2.065x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00015

Lawh-i-Istintaq

9560

mixed

سبحانک یا من بک حقق الذات فی الذات و تردی کینونة القدم برداء الاسماء... این عبد تا ان یوم از لسان عظمت ایات قهریه باین شان استماع ننموده

Glorified art Thou, O Thou through Whom the Essence is realized within the Essence, and the Ancient Being is adorned with the mantle of Names [3.5s]... ...My name is Bahá’u’lláh (Light of God), and My country is Núr (Light). Be ye apprized of it.

BRL_DA#587, MAS4.220-260, MUH3.384-385x, RHQM2.0746x (141-154) (090x), QT108.128-130x, OOL.B168

GPB.190x, BTO#15

Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#128

BH00016

8470

mixed

الحمد لربنا الذی اظهر من القطره امواج البحر و من الذره انوار الشمس و فصل من

Praised be our Lord, Who hath revealed from the droplet the waves of the sea and from the atom the rays of the sun [3.5s]

INBA18:146, CMB_F31.038bx,

MUH3.153-173, NSS.201-202x, AMIN.196x, AMIN.216x

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

JRAS.288

BH00017

8350

Arabic

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

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

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

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

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

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

S. Jaberi

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

BH00018

Commentary on the Fire Tablet

8330

mixed

الحمد لله الذی اظهر بسلطانه ما اراد و زین الیوم بنسبته الیه و سمیه فی کتب السماء

Praise be unto Him Who hath, through His sovereignty, manifested whatsoever He hath willed, and Who hath adorned this Day through its connection with His Name, as recorded in the Books of Heaven [3.5s]... ...One day during My childhood, I set out intending to visit the grandmother of the Most Great Branch at a time when she was the wife of Mirza Isma'il-i-Vazir

INBA39:090, MKI4523.002,

BRL_DA#221, AVK2.061.04x, AVK4.436x, ISH.002, UAB.034ax, ASAT1.134x, ASAT5.109x, ASAT5.252x, ADH1.051x, LDR.077x, MSHR2.087x, YIA.119-120x

LTDT.088x, GPB.209x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard

ROB3.230, LL#382

BH00019

8320

mixed

انسان بصیر لازال منفعل و خجل چه که وصف مینماید مقصودیرا که جمیع ارکان

The perspicacious soul hath ever been moved to shame and contrition, inasmuch as he describeth Him Who is the Purpose of all existence [3.5s]... ...Say: O concourse of Persian divines In My name ye have seized the reins of men, and occupy the seats of honor, by reason of your relation to Me

INBA27:098

BRL_DA#479, ADM3#066 p.081x, ADM3#067 p.084x, ADM3#068 p.084x, ADM3#069 p.086x, ADM3#147 p.166x, MAS8.074ax, AYI2.057x, AYI2.234x, AYI2.255x, PYK.148-168, RAHA.204-205x

GPB.211x, GPB.231x, PDC.145-146x

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00020

Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Commentary on the Disconnected Letters) = Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur (Tablet of the Verse of Light)

8280

Arabic

Tablet of the 'Light Verse', also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters; Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters; Lawh-i-Hikmat

Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur or Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Tablet of the Verse of Light or Commentary on the Disconnected Letters)

الحمد لله الذی خلق الحروفات فی عوالم العما خلف سرادقات القدس فی رفارف الاسنی

Praise be to God who created the letters in the worlds of the divine Cloud beyond the pavilions of holiness… Know that the first tokens brought into existence by the pre-existent Cause in the worlds of creation are the four elements… Strive therefore to recognize amongst the primary substances those things which are in equilibrium

INBA08:587, INBA36:212, NLAI_BH2.141x, NLAI_BH3.003x, Berlin1237#19, PR19.002b-017b

MAS4.049, ASAT3.090x, ASAT4.068x, ANDA#19 p.32x, OOL.B029, OOL.B145

BLO_failayn, HURQ.BH08x, BTO#04x, ADMS#199n84x

An extensive commentary on the famous ‘verse of light’ in the Qur’an (24:35) and on the origin and meaning of the enigmatic letters heading many of its surahs, which Bahá’u’lláh relates to different aspects of the person and revelation of the Báb, to the mystical science of letters and numbers, and to stages in the alchemical craft.

Alchemy; the elixir; Four elements; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria)

ROB1.125, MMAH.099, GSH.021, GSH.045, LL#337, LL#391, LL#405?

BH00021

Suriy-i-Muluk

8150

Arabic

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

Suriy-i-Muluk (Surih to the Kings)

هذا کتاب من هذا العبد الذی سمی بالحسین فی ملکوت الاسما الی ملوک الارض کله

This is a Tablet from this Servant, who is called Ḥusayn in the kingdom of names, to the concourse of the kings of the earth.

INBA71:123, BLIB_Or15723.001, , IOM.098-099, PR11.043b-064a, PR19.048a-061b, PR23.016a-029b

NRJ#5, GWBP#065 p.086x, GWBP#066 p.087x, GWBP#113 p.143x, GWBP#114 p.150x, GWBP#116 p.158x, GWBP#118 p.160x, RSBB.040, TZH4.328-353, BCH.008x, PYB#129 p.03x, OOL.B131, AMB#36x

SLH#05, GWB#065x, GWB#066x, GWB#113x, GWB#114x, GWB#116x, GWB#118x, DOR#36x, LOG#1615x, COF.138-139x, GPB.161x4x, GPB.171x, GPB.172x7x, GPB.175x4x, GPB.210x, GPB.230x2x, PDC.007x, PDC.020x, PDC.027-028x, PDC.033-034x, PDC.034x, PDC.034-035x, PDC.035x2x, PDC.035-038x, PDC.038-039x, PDC.043-044x, PDC.060x, PDC.060-062x, PDC.062x, PDC.062-063x, PDC.063-064x, PDC.098x4x, PDC.098-099x, PDC.114-115x, PDC.143x, PDC.146-147x, PDC.182x, WOB.108x, WOB.174x, WOB.177x3x, WOB.177-178x, WOB.178x

E. Mahony

His most momentous proclamatory work, though not yet divulging the totality of His messianic claim, in which He counsels and chastises, in turn, the entire company of the kings of the earth, the kings of Christendom, the French Ambassador in Constantinople, the ministers of the Ottoman Sultan, the inhabitants of Istanbul, the Sultan himself, the Persian Ambassador to the Sultan, the people of Persia, the divines and wise men of Constantinople, and the philosophers of the world.

Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB2.301 et al, BKOG.207, BKOG.213, BKOG.330, GPB.171, MMAH.158, GSH.090, LL#319

BH00022

8120

mixed

Knowledge; recognition of God; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

حمد و ثنا مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزاست که بحروف ابواب بیان را گشود و بکلمه

Praise and glory beseem that Desired One of all the worlds, Who hath unlocked the gates of exposition through the letters and through the Word [3.5s]... ...Ponder and reflect upon that which hath come to pass: The sister of this Wronged One hath been miles distant from the truth while the aforementioned handmaid hath attained nearness... We have consented to bear the afflictions of the earth for the sake of exalting the blessed and Most Sublime Word

INBA19:273, INBA32:244, INBA41:171x, BLIB_Or15724.149ax,

ADM3#149 p.169x, HDQI.041x, MUH3.205-206x, IQN.188-189x, TSAY.471x

LTDT.288-289x, ADMS#150x

BH00023

Tablet to Varqa I

8000

mixed

حمد مقدس از ذکر تقدیس و تنزیه و فوق آن بساط حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که

Sanctified praise, transcendent above all mention of glorification and exaltation, beseemeth the court of that Divine Object of all desire, Who [3.5s]... ...This heedless and prattling have understood this Revelation to be like unto the events of the past. Up to this moment they have not comprehended

INBA41:158x, INBA41:379bx

MAS4.032x, MAS4.141bx, MAS4.348x, AYI2.003x, ABDA.093-094x, TSAY.472x, MSHR2.027.01x, MSHR5.381bx

KFPT#03.1x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Goodly deeds; actions; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]; Words vs deeds

LL#259

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

BH00025

7910

mixed

الحمد لله الذی سر خادمه بنفحات بیان اولیائه الذین کرم وجوههم عن التوجه الی غیره

Praise be unto God Who hath gladdened His servant through the sweet-scented breezes of the utterance of His chosen ones, they whose faces He hath graciously preserved from turning unto aught else but Him [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Thou by the sweetness of Whose utterance they that uphold Thy oneness have hastened unto the threshold of Thy door

BRL_DA#654, ADM3#063 p.078x, ADM3#092 p.105x, SFI14.015-033, MUH3.251x, MSHR3.167x

JHT_S#153x

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00026

7800

Arabic

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

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

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

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

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

Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#374

BH00027

7660

mixed

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Belief and denial; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که غوغای معرضین و ضوضای معتدین و سطوت ظالمین

Praise be unto Him Who is the All-Desired One, unto Whom belongeth all glory and majesty, Whose power hath prevailed over the clamor of the opposers, the tumult of the transgressors, and the might of the oppressors [3.5s]... ...The question of the Huquq dependeth on the willingness of the individuals themselves. From every true believer who is willing to tender the Right of God spontaneously

INBA42:163, BLIB_Or15724.206x,

BRL_HUQUQP#018x, AVK3.111.09x, KHSH08.007, AYI2.316x, AYI2.317x, AYI2.318x

BRL_HUQUQ#018x, COC#1148x, ADJ.078x

BH00028

7480

mixed

Research Department, Functions of; Etymologies of three terms; Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation

سبوح قدوس ربنا و رب الملائکه و الروح آیات منزله عالم را فراگرفته و بینات

Glorified and sanctified is our Lord, the Lord of the angels and the Spirit! The revealed verses have encompassed the world and the clear evidences [3.5s]... ...O thou who gazest towards the Supreme Horizon, upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of men. The intention of "the Kingdom" (Malakut) in its primary sense and degree is the scene of the transcendent glory

INBA19:292, INBA32:258, INBA41:299x

ADM3#150 p.170x, AVK2.169.09x, AVK2.318.02x, NNY.152x, MAS1.018.2x, MAS4.114-115x, MAS4.137x, MSHR5.422x

BLO_PT#076x, BLO_PT#079.2.2x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity in diversity

BH00029

7420

mixed

حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که بقدرت کامله بحته خود خلق فرمود سموات بیان را

Praise befitteth the Best-Beloved Who, through His pure and consummate power, created the heavens of utterance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15722.278,

ASAT2.053x, ASAT3.094x, ASAT5.312-344

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00030

7400

mixed

Tablet of Ridván (Lawh-i-Ridván); Days of Remembrance

Lawh-i-Ridvan (Tablets of Ridvan)

حمد مقدس از حقیقت و مجاز حضرت بینیازیرا لایق و سزاست که از نقطه چهار رکن

Sanctified praise, transcending reality and metaphor, beseemeth and befitteth the Most Exalted Lord, Who from the Point hath fashioned the four pillars [3.5s]... ...On the first day that the Ancient Beauty ascended His Most Great Throne in the garden named Riḍván, the Tongue of Glory gave utterance to three blessed words.

INBA44:205

AVK3.456.09x, MAS8.064x, ASAT4.022x, BCH.041x, AMB#09x

DOR#09x

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB1.278, LL#333

BH00031

Suriy-i-Nush

7310

Arabic

Surih of Admonition (Suratu'l-Nus'h); Days of Remembrance

Suriy-i-Nush (Surih of Counsel)

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق علی النبیین و المرسلین و ینزل حینئذ علی ما کان

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth unto the Prophets and Messengers, and Who doth now send down what hath ever been [3.5s]... ...Announce unto My servants the advent of the One Who came unto them with the power of truth bearing the name of ‘Alí

INBA47:171, INBA36:242, INBA73:181.09x, INBA83:001, PR19.034b-048b

BRL_DA#727, AVK2.228.08x, TZH4.200-202x, LMA1.350 (209), MAS4.135x, ASAT3.024x, YMM.152x, OOL.B133, AMB#35x

DOR#35x, GPB.141x6x, BLO_PT#097, NYR#145x

A lengthy work recounting the stories of the prophets of God and their rejection by the people and clergy of their day, and exhorting the people of this day not to reject ‘Him Whom God shall make manifest’ upon His appearance.

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Noah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB1.137, MMAH.207, LL#321

BH00032

Lawh-i-Ruh

7220

Arabic

Lawḥ-i-Rúh (Tablet of the Spirit)

فسبحان الذی فی قبضته ملکوت ملک الآیات یصرفها کیف یشآء بأمر

Glorified be He in Whose grasp lieth the dominion of the realm of verses, Who directeth them as He pleaseth through His command [3.5s]

INBA37:018, INBA83:073, BLIB_Or15723.082, , PR23.001b-015b

AQA4#081 p.123, AQA4a.150, ASAT1.276x, OOL.B073

Refutes certain claims of Mírzá Yaḥyá; asserts the magnitude of Bahá’u’lláh’s own station, whose full transformative power remains, out of wisdom, as yet undivulged; and foretells the ultimate triumph of His cause.

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Oneness; unity of religion; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.181, ROB2.260, MMAH.185, GSH.085, LL#224

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

BH00034

Suriy-i-Sabr (=Lawh-i-Ayyub)

7050

Arabic

Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb); Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb)

Suriy-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyub (Tablet of Patience or Tablet of Job)

ذکر الله فی مدینه الصبر عبده ایوبا اذ آویناه فی ظل شجره القدس فی فواده و اشهدناه

This is the remembrance of God in the City of Patience regarding Job, Our servant, Whom We sheltered under the shade of that Holy Tree planted in His heart

INBA36:173, INBA73:082, Berlin1237#08

BRL_DA#726, AYT.262, LMA1.379 (228), MAS4.282, ASAT5.246x, ASAT5.309x, ASAT5.247x, FBAH.160x, OOL.B138

WOB.116x, BLO_PT#116, HURQ.BH23, NYR#144

Major work, written on the first day of Riḍván as He was departing Baghdad, praising the Bábís of the Nayriz upheaval of 1850 and in particular their leader, Siyyid Yaḥyáy-i-Dárábí (Vaḥíd), recounting their sufferings and condemning their persecutors; describes the sufferings of the biblical Job, comparing them to those of the recipient of the tablet, who played a key role in supporting the defenders at Nayríz; commends fortitude and patience in the face of suffering; foretells the coming of ‘the birds of darkness’; and proclaims the continuity of divine revelation.

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB1.263, BKOG.131, BKOG.195, MMAH.203, GSH.055, LL#327

BH00035

7030

mixed

حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که باصبع قدرت حجبات مجلله عظیمه را خرق فرمود و

No soul has or will ever comprehend the essence of divine wisdom. In reality, the rational mind is a most great sign in humans and blessed are those who realize (its potential)

INBA07:251, INBA28:114, INBA97:144x

AVK4.172.02, AVK4.207.02x, GHA.114x, GHA.172bx, MAS8.099-101x, MAS8.101x, MAS8.115bx, AKHA_124BE #11-12 p.jx, PYK.039x, VUJUD.120.18x

LTDT.022x, VUJUDE.157x, KSHK#07

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Laws of marriage and dowry; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00036

7030

mixed

حمد مقدس از لفظ و بیان سلطان بیزوالی را لایق و سزاست که جمیع کتب و صحف و زبر

Sanctified praise, transcending word and utterance, befitteth and beseemeth the Sovereign of unfading majesty, Who hath revealed all sacred books and scriptures [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.161,

BRL_DA#383, AQA6#243 p.155, ABDA.015-017x, PYB#052 p.01x, MSHR2.202x

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00037

6990

mixed

حمد و شکر در مقامی حزب الله را لایق و سزاست آنانکه در باطن بمثل بحر مواجند و

Praise and thanksgiving befit the people of God in such wise - they who in their inmost beings surge like an ocean [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15701.291,

AVK3.118.14x, GHA.360bx, MAS4.138ax

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00038

Lawh-i-Sultan

6890

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Sultan (Tablet to Nasirid-Din Shah)

یا ملک الارض اسمع ندآء هذا المملوک انی عبد آمنت بالله و آیاته و فدیت نفسی فی

O King of the Earth! Hearken unto the call of this Vassal: Verily, I am a Servant Who hath believed in God

INBA34:047, BLIB_Or03115.001, , BLIB_Or15705.032, , CMB_F31.022, , NLAI_BH2.367, NLI.32p100r, PR11.001b-020b, LEID.Or4970 item 7, LEID.Or8685

NRJ#1e, AQA1#001e, UAB.022ax, FBAH.215x, DLH2.154x, OOL.B018

SLH#01e, BLO_PT#186, BLO_PT#187, BSC.068 #037, BP1929.036x

almunajat.com [item 22], S. Jaberi

Bahá’u’lláh’s lengthiest tablet to any monarch, delivered in person to the Shah at the cost of the messenger’s life, urging the Shah to judge His cause fairly; disavowing any designs on worldly power; detailing the injustices He and His followers had suffered over the course of successive banishments; calling the clergy to account for their role in His rejection; and, citing the rejection of Jesus and Muhammad by the people of their day, urging the Shah to consider the possibility of the appearance of a new Manifestation of God in this day.

Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB2.337 et al, BKOG.309 et al, MMAH.113, GSH.102, LL#248

BH00039

6840

mixed

یا ابراهیم قد حضر اسمک فی هذا المقام الاعلی امام حضور مولی الوری ذکرک

O Ibrahim! Indeed thy name hath been mentioned in this most exalted station before the presence of the Lord of all mankind [3.5s]... ...O Lord my God! Thy knowledge of me doth verily surpass my understanding of my own self. I implore Thee to enable me to so rise to serve Thee

INBA81:181.11x, BLIB_Or15715.207x,

AQA6#299 p.292, ADM2#023 p.041x

JHT_S#046x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00040

6820

mixed

حمد مقدس از شائبه فنا و زوال ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت لایزالی را لایق و سزاست که

Sanctified praise, free from the taint of extinction and decay, befitteth the most holy and exalted court of the Eternal One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15733.190,

MAS8.170bx, TABN.242x

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00041

Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi II

7070

mixed

Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

الحمد لله الذی توحد بالجلال و تفرد بالاجلال و تقدس عن الملال و تنزه عن الامال

All praise be unto Him Who hath become one through His majesty, Who standeth alone in His grandeur, Who is sanctified above all weariness, and Who is exalted beyond all earthly hopes and desires [3.5s]... ...We verily mention Our friends collectively, greet them from the direction of My Prison, send them salutations and remember them every morn and eve

INBA07:066, INBA97:031x, INBA81:059x, NLAI_BH4.169-199

BRL_DA#115, AVK1.010.02x, AVK3.398.03x, AVK4.137.12x, NNY.152-153x, GHA.105a.02x, SFI03.003bx, MAS4.027x, MAS4.151bx, MAS8.017ax, MAS8.017bx, MAS8.072x, MAS8.073ax, ASAT1.072x, ASAT1.168x, ASAT1.242x, ASAT5.226x, PYB#221 p.03x, YMM.197x

BRL_ATBH#58x, LTDT.263x, LTDT.270-271x, ADMS#254x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00042

6590

mixed

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]

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

BH00043

6520

mixed

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

سبحان الله مالک الملک و الملکوت سبحان الله صاحب العز و الجبروت سبحان الله

Glorified is God, the Lord of the earthly realm and the Kingdom above, glorified is God, the Possessor of majesty and omnipotence, glorified is God! [3.5s]... ...As for thy mention of the Obligatory Prayer: in truth, anyone who readeth this with absolute sincerity will attract all created things

INBA15:325x, INBA26:328bx, BLIB_Or15717.077,

AQA7#401 p.171x, ADM2#016 p.033x

BRL_ATBH#34x, BRL_PDL#56x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for service; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

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

BH00046

6370

mixed

یا محبوب فوادی این السمیع و این البصیر آیات ناطق بینات متکلم شمس شاهد ماه و

O Beloved of My heart! Where is the All-Hearing, and where is the All-Seeing? The Verses do speak, the clear Signs proclaim, the Sun beareth witness, and the Moon testifieth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15717.044,

AVK4.261.15x, TSBT.272x, TSBT.273x, MAS4.037x, MAS7.129ax, MAS7.137bx, AYI2.302x, AYI2.303x, ASAT1.102x, ASAT4.385x, ASAT5.002x, MSBH5.481x, YMM.178x, YMM.474x

Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00047

Haft Vadi (The Seven Valleys)

6100

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Call of the Divine Beloved

Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys)

الحمد لله الذی اظهر الوجود من العدم و رقم علی لوح الانسان من اسرار القدم و

Praise be to God Who hath made being to come forth from nothingness; graven upon the tablet of man a measure of the mysteries of His eternity

INBA35:293, INBA33:101, BLIB_Or03116.067, , NLI.32p061r, PR19.024b-032b

BRL_Haft, AQA3#068 p.092, AVK1.320x, TZH4.151-153x, YMM.310x, OOL.B006

CDB#2, BSC.159 #164-174, HURQ.BH12

MJ Cyr (1), MJ Cyr (2), TaliaSafa & Friends, Rachel, Ethan & Ilia, E. Sabariego, G. Burriston & P. Kay, Ine, Ine, MANA, N. Hamilton, A.E. Rahbin, Gyenyame, E. Kelly, T. Ellis, M. Levine, P. Marin, J. Luckey [track 1], L. Dely & M. Congo, T. Francis

His most important mystical composition, patterned in part after Faríd’u’d-Dín ‘Aṭṭár’s Manṭiqu’l-Ṭayr (‘The Conference of the Birds’), describing seven stages in the path of the spiritual wayfarers—‘search’, ‘love’, ‘knowledge’, ‘unity’, ‘contentment’, ‘wonderment’, and ‘true poverty and absolute nothingness’—and revealing that the source of conflict upon earth can be traced to the wayfarers’ lack of awareness of the relative truths to be found within each of these stages.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love as fire; Love of God; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB1.096, BKOG.139, BKOG.159-161, GPB.140, MMAH.096, GSH.017, LL#016

BH00048

12400

mixed

Tabernacle of Unity, The; Tablet to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Concerning the Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria; Pen of Glory, The

Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib)

الحمد لله الذی اظهر من الالف الاستقامه الکبری و بالباء شان الامتیاز بین الاشیاء... استدعای دیگر آنکه خدمت جناب صاحب یگانه سلام برسانید انشآءالله در این دار فانی بامری فائز شوند

Praise be to God Who hath manifested through the Alif the Most Great Steadfastness, and through the Bá the station of distinction between all things [3.5s]... ...In regard to what thou hast written concerning his honour the learned Sahib, upon him be the grace of God... And that which you have mentioned about Shalmaghani and what Shalmaghani has uttered in relation to this Supreme Manifestation of God

BRL_TBUP#2x, AVK2.067.06x, LHKM1.156x, AYI1.333x, YARP1.023x, UAB.022cx, MAS7.148x, AYI2.396x, SAAF.085x, SAAF.091x, SAAF.365x, ASAT1.277x, ASAT4.179x, ASAT5.251x, NSS.129-130x, DVB5.007-033

TBU#2x, BLO_PT#184x, KFPT#03.2x

Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

ROB3.433, LL#161, LL#174, LL#175

BH00049

Lawh-i-Nasir

5960

mixed

Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Nasir or Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasir-i-Qazvini)

قلم اعلی لازال بر اسم احبای خود متحرک و جاری و آنی از فیوضات لابدایات خود

The Pen of the Most High hath never ceased to make mention of the names of His loved ones…. All praise be unto Thee, O Lord, in that Thou hast sent down from the heaven of Thy bounty that whereby the worlds are purified

INBA73:144, CMB_F22, , PR19.061b-069b, PR23.052b-060b, BN_suppl.1754.064-075

BRL_DA#032, GWBP#053 p.076x, GWBP#075 p.097x, ADM2#106 p.191x, AVK1.019.01x, AVK1.150x, AVK2.016.15x, AVK2.075.20x, AVK2.116.03x, AVK3.313.15x, AVK3.407.08x, AVK4.141.02x, MJMM.166, RSBB.152, TZH4.121x, MAS4.160bx, DLS.506x, ASAT1.032x, ASAT1.123x, ASAT1.154x, ASAT2.058x, ASAT2.101x, ASAT2.191x, ASAT3.009x, ASAT3.093x, ASAT3.203x, ASAT3.217x, ASAT4.006x, ASAT4.008x, ASAT4.372x, ASAT5.224x, ADH1.083x, YMM.340x, OOL.B063

BRL_ATBH#74x, GWB#053x, GWB#075x, COC#1651x, COC#1652x, ADJ.057x, GPB.171x, GPB.377x, WOB.106x, BLO_PT#176, HURQ.BH52, JHT_S#092x

Affirms the ceaselessness of divine grace and guidance, which brings forth fruit provided the seed is cast upon fertile soil; asserts the continuity of His mission with those of Jesus, Muhammad, and the Báb; clarifies the position of Mírzá Yaḥyá as nominal figurehead; exposes the latter’s attempt to take Bahá’u’lláh’s life; and affirms that ‘every man hath been, and will continue to be, able of himself to appreciate the Beauty of God’.

Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB2.245 et al, MMAH.193, GSH.173, LL#201

BH00050

5800

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

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

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

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

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

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

G.H. Miller

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB1.048, LL#238, LL#451

BH00051

5760

mixed

Chastisement and requital; Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

شهد الخادم بما شهد الله و اعترف بما اعترف به القلم الاعلی قبل خلق الاشیاء انه

The servant beareth witness unto that which God Himself hath witnessed, and acknowledgeth that which the Most Exalted Pen hath acknowledged ere the creation of all things, that verily He [3.5s]... ...And now concerning thy question about the Manifestations of God. Know thou that, even in the wombs of their mothers, the Manifestations possessed stations

INBA19:318, INBA32:277

BRL_DA#174, AVK2.036.10x, AVK2.059.14x, AVK2.250.15x, MAS1.019x, MAS4.150ax, MAS4.166bx, ASAT4.315x, ASAT5.296x, NSS.087-088x

ADMS#043x, ADMS#199n79x

LL#259, LL#391

BH00052

Suriy-i-Qamis

5750

Arabic

Súriy-i-Qamís (Surah of the Robe)

ان یا اهل البقا فی الملا الاعلی اسمعوا ندآء الله عن هذا النسیم المتحرک فی هذا الهواء

O ye dwellers in the immortal realm on high! Hearken unto the Call of God from this stirring Breeze that moveth in this atmosphere [3.5s]... ...By the righteousness of God! These are the days in which God hath proved the hearts of the entire company of His Messengers and Prophets

BLIB_Or15723.059, , NLAI_BH1.356

BRL_DA#724, GWBP#008 p.015bx, AQA4#074 p.034, AQA4a.320, ASAT3.281x, OOL.B137

GWB#008x, ADJ.057x, ADJ.079x, GPB.003x, GPB.099x, GPB.377x, PDC.015x, HURQ.BH34

Proclamatory tablet taking in part the form of a conversation between the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh; announcing the return of the Báb in the person of Bahá’u’lláh; reproaching the Bábís for their denial; and directing one of the many named recipients to place the tablet, like the shirt of the biblical Joseph, upon his face.

Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.397, BKOG.246?, MMAH.150, GSH.049, LL#325

BH00053

Ishraqat (Splendours)

5740

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Lawh-i-Ishraqat (Tablet of Splendors)

الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالعظمه و القدره و الجمال و توحد بالعزه و القوه و الجلال و

Praise be unto God, incomparable in majesty, power and beauty, peerless in glory, might and grandeur… I magnify Thy Name, O my God, and offer thanksgiving

BLIB_Or07851.016b, , KB_262:002-032, CMB_F32.002, , PR05.030b-037a, OSAI_TC 8r-20v, MKI4523.050, , BN_suppl.1753.001-023

AVK2.273.14x, AVK3.157.10x, AVK3.203.11x, ZYN.092, ISH.050, GHA.202x, UAB.024ax, UAB.025x, UAB.037bx, UAB.042bx, UAB.043bx, UAB.057dx, ASAT4.057x, ASAT4.250x, TBP#08, TUM.076-080x, OOL.B011

TB#08, BPRY.183x, LOG#0578x, ADJ.028ax, COF.095ax, GPB.057x, GPB.208x, GPB.217x, GPB.218x3x, GPB.219x, PDC.185x, WOB.041x, WOB.186-187x, SW_v08#10 p.123x, SW_v09#07 p.081x, SW_v11#17 p.286x, DWN_v2#07 p.051-054x, DWN_v5#01 p.005x, DWN_v6#10 p.001ax, BSC.236 #497-523

almunajat.com [item 36]

Explains the meaning of the ‘most great infallibility’ and the nature of the authority of the Manifestations of God, proclaims the fulfilment of prophetic expectations derived from various passages in the Qur’an, recalls a vision of the personified virtue of trustworthiness, and proclaims nine ‘splendours’: religion as source of order in the world; the promotion of the ‘Lesser Peace’ by the rulers of the world; the commandments of God as source of life to the world; the importance of praiseworthy deeds and upright character; the conferral of government positions based on merit; union and concord among all people, which can be achieved by establishing a universal language; the importance of parenthood and the education of children; entrusting administrative affairs to the trustees of the House of Justice; and religion as the most potent instrument for establishing unity in the world.

Business; financial; property matters; Education of children; moral education; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; House of Justice; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Justice and mercy; Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

ROB4.146 et al, BKOG.382, EBTB.062, MMAH.215, GSH.154, LL#022, LL#334, LL#397

BH00054

5690

mixed

الحمد لله الذی اظهر الوجه بعد فناء الاشیاء و هز ملکوت الاسماء باهتزاز قلمه

Praise be to God Who hath manifested His Countenance after the extinction of all things, and hath stirred up the Kingdom of Names through the movement of His Pen [3.5s]

INBA07:137, INBA22:210, BLIB_Or15717.137, , NLAI_BH4.326-364

ASAT3.193x

Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00055

5690

mixed

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

یا جوان روحانی علیک بهاء الله الابدی نامه شما در ساحت عز احدیه بشرف اصغاء

O spiritual youth! Upon thee be the eternal Glory of God! Thy letter hath attained unto the presence of His Sacred and Most Exalted Court and hath been graciously heard [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! Do Thou adorn Thy servants with the vesture of understanding,and ordain for them such as shall bring them ever nearer to Thy horizon

INBA44:018, NLAI_BH1.144x

ADM3#137 p.155x, AVK3.204.09x, AVK3.498.07x, MAS4.048x, ASAT2.116x, ASAT3.011x, ASAT3.239x, ASAT4.143x, ASAT4.144x, ASAT4.187x, ASAT4.431x, ASAT4.445x, ASAT4.505x, ASAT5.050x, ASAT5.083x, TISH.024x, FRH.069-071x, FRH.352-353x

BRL_IOPF#1.08x, JHT_S#066x

BH00056

5660

mixed

الله لا اله الا هو الذی ینطق فیکل شیء انه لا اله الا هو له العزه و الجلال

God, no God is there but Him, Who speaketh in all things. Verily, there is none other God but Him. His is the glory and the majesty [3.5s]... ...Soon will the cry, 'Yea, yea, here am I, here am I' be heard from every land. For there hath never been, nor can there ever be, any other refuge to fly to for anyone

INBA27:147

BRL_DA#085, TZH4.212-213x, MAS4.359bx, RHQM1.214-214 (271x) (162-162x), KHAF.035x, PYK.186

ADJ.081-082x

Consolation and comfort; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

BH00057

5560

mixed

Tablet to Sháh-Muhammad-Amín (Amínu'l-Bayán) (Lawh-i-Amínu'l-Bayán); Social Action

Lawh-i-Aminul-Bayan (Tablet to Shah-Muhammad-i-Manshadi (Aminul-Bayan))

حمد مقدس از ذکر و اصغا مالک اسما را لایق و سزاست که از آفتاب آسمان علم عالم

Sanctified praise, transcending all mention and hearing, befitteth the Lord of Names, Who, from the Sun in the heaven of knowledge, illumineth the world [3.5s]... ...Thou hast written that one of the friends hath composed a treatise. This was mentioned in the Holy Presence, and this is what was revealed in response… Whatever is written should not transgress the bounds of tact and wisdom

INBA08:512, NLAI_BH4.373-415

BRL_DA#224, COMP_DEFENCEP#10x, AVK2.219.04x, MAS1.017x, MAS4.103x, PZHN v4#1 p.142x, KHAF.010x, AADA.035-036x, ASAT1.158x, ASAT1.199x, ASAT1.199x, ASAT2.013x, ASAT5.296x, ASAT5.297x, YIK.022-037, YFY.293-294x

BRL_SOCIAL#239x, COMP_DEFENCE#10x, COC#2212x, LOG#0346x, BLO_PT#190x

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Law of fasting; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00058

Suriy-i-Hajj I (Shiraz)

5550

Arabic

Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb (Suriy-i-Hajj)

Suriy-i-Hajj (Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb)

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت حینئذ عن قطب البقاء مقام الذی یطوفن فی حوله اهل سرادق

These are the verses of God which have been sent down in this hour from the Focal Point of eternity, that Station round which circle the dwellers of the pavilion [3.5s]... ...O Muhammad, when the fragrances of holiness have drawn thee unto them and turned thee unto the land of the All-Merciful that thou mayest discover the breezes of divine praise

INBA73:005, INBA83:049, BLIB_Or15723.168, , BLIB_Or15737.006,

AQA4#078 p.075, AVK4.120, GHA.039x, GHA.069ax, TSBT.093x, RHQM2.0809-834 (222) (137-151), ASAT2.113x, ASAT4.426x, ASAT5.029x, OOL.B119

RBB.154-162x, BLO_PT#118x, HURQ.BH53, GEN.371-380

Prescribes the rite of pilgrimage to the House of the Báb in Shiraz, codified later in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas as a sacred duty.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.240, BKOG.250, MMAH.152, GSH.082, LL#304

BH00059

5400

mixed

حمد مقدس از ذکر خادم و ذکر ممکنات بساط امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودیرا لایق که

Sanctified praise, transcending the mention of servants and the remembrance of contingent beings, befitteth the most holy and most exalted Court of the Desired One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.189,

AVK3.410.09x, MSHR5.236x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00060

Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzaq

5390

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq

Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq

مکتوب آنجناب بمنظر اکبر وارد و از قمیص کلماتش نفحات حب مالک اسما و صفات

Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon, and from the garment of its words wafted the sweet-scented fragrance of love for the Lord of Names and Attributes [3.5s]... ...As to thy question concerning the origin of creation. Know assuredly that God’s creation hath existed from eternity, and will continue to exist forever… Thou hast asked Me whether man, as apart from the Prophets of God…

INBA38:144, BLIB_Or15698.044, , BLIB_Or15720.046, , BLIB_Or15740.038, , NLAI_BH3.047, BN_suppl.1754.021-030

BRL_DA#030, GWBP#078 p.101bx, GWBP#080 p.103x, GWBP#087 p.114x, AVK1.113ax, AVK1.213.04x, AVK1.222.10x, AVK1.272x, AVK2.042.10x, AVK2.073.12x, IQT.044, RSBB.104, MAS4.174ax, ASAT1.013x, ASAT2.019x, ASAT2.103x, ASAT4.317x, ASAT4.296x, ASAT4.530x, ASAT5.270x, ASAT5.355x, OOL.B021

BRL_ATBH#75x, GWB#078x, GWB#080x, GWB#087x, ROL.016-021x, BSC.228 #453-459x, HURQ.BH57x, HURQ.BH58x

Addresses some misconceptions of the Bábís and answers questions concerning the origin of creation, the soul after death, and the absence of historical records prior to Adam.

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Creation of the world; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Soul; spirit after death; Universal language; Word of God and human limitations

LL#036, LL#411

BH00061

Suriy-i-Sultan

5370

Arabic

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق من جبروت البقاء و جعلها الله حجه من عنده و

These are the verses of God, sent down in truth from the dominion of eternity, and God hath made them a testimony from His presence [3.5s]

INBA37:040, BLIB_Or15723.126,

BRL_DA#211, AQA4#082 p.154, AQA4a.261, OOL.B139

Addresses individually words of praise and encouragement to a number of followers in the town of Sulṭán-Ábád and addresses parenthetically Mírzá Yaḥyá, upbraiding him for his opposition and urging him to repent, while assuring him that Bahá’u’lláh holds no hatred in His heart for him.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

MMAH.170, GSH.193, LL#328

BH00062

5330

mixed

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

حمد محبوب امکان و مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزا است که اولیای خود را موید فرمود

Praise be unto Him Who is the Best-Beloved of all possibility and the Goal of the peoples of the world, Who hath graciously confirmed His chosen ones [3.5s]... ...Say: O men! This is a matchless Day. Matchless must, likewise, be the tongue that celebrateth the praise of the Desire of all nations

BLIB_Or15733.050,

BRL_DA#640, GWBP#016 p.033x, MSHR3.155x

GWB#016x, ADJ.080x, WOB.194x

ROB2.417, LL#413

BH00063

5310

mixed

لعمرک یا محبوب ذاتی و المذکور فی قلبی اگر کینونت شکر بصد هزار لسان ظاهر شود

By Thy life, O Beloved of my inmost being and Thou Who art enshrined within my heart, were the very essence of thanksgiving to manifest itself through a hundred thousand tongues [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.393, , BLIB_Or15736.129, , BLIB_Or15738.190-194.18x and 196.03-201x,

Exhortations and counsels; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00064

Hurufat-i-'Alin (=Kalimat-i-'Uliya; the Exalted Letters)

5270

mixed

Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam; Suffering of the Exalted Letters; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List

Musíbat-i-Hurúf-i-‘Állín (Suffering of the Exalted Letters)

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف یتحرک القلم و یجری المداد بعد ما انقطعت نسائم

Pure and sanctified art Thou, O my God! How can the pen move and the ink flow after the breezes of loving-kindness have ceased

INBA36:281, BLIB_Or15714.157,

BRL_DA#035, AHM.217, BSHN.054, MHT1a.002, MHT2b.007x, TSBT.242, ASAT3.087x, OOL.B010a, OOL.B010b

BRL_APBH#01x, BLO_PT#015x, BLO_PT#090, HURQ.BH18x, ADMS#163x, JHT_B#005

A meditation on mortality, death, suffering, and theodicy, in remembrance of a cousin who had recently died.

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB1.122, MMAH.216, GSH.025, LL#019, LL#272

BH00065

5250

mixed

شهد اهل الملکوت قد اتی مالک الجبروت بسلطان لایقوم معه ما یشهد و یری انه لهو

The denizens of the Kingdom bear witness: The Sovereign of Might hath appeared with such authority that all things seen and unseen bow before Him. Verily, He is He [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15701.181,

ANDA#66 p.05x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Goodly deeds; actions; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00066

Lawh-i-Salman I

5230

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance; Commentary on a Verse of Rumi; Commentary on a Verse of Rumi

Lawh-i-Salman I (Tablet to Salman I)

ای سلمان از شهر جان بنسایم قدس رحمن بر اهل اکوان و امکان مرور نما

O Salman! Pass through the realm of being and existence with holy breezes from the City of the Spirit, wafting with the fragrances of the All-Merciful [3.5s]... ...O Salmán! Say: O people! Tread ye in the path of the one true God and ponder the ways and words of Him Who is the Manifestation

INBA35:276, INBA73:118, BLIB_Or15722.001, , NLAI_BH3.110, BN_suppl.1754.047-059

BRL_DA#735, GWBP#021 p.040x, GWBP#148 p.204x, GWBP#154 p.212x, AVK1.026.05x, AVK2.078.12x, AVK3.303.06x, AVK3.418.16x, MJMM.128, ASAT4.100x, ASAT5.346x, YMM.322x, OOL.B076, AMB#37x

GWB#021x, GWB#148x, GWB#154x, DOR#37x, MNP.036-037x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.076-77x, ADJ.083x, ADJ.084x, GPB.169x, WOB.108x, WIND#128, HURQ.BH55

Laments the opposition of Mírzá Yaḥyá; contrasts the stations of belief and disbelief; considers and rejects various theories of the mystics concerning the relationship between God and creation; asserts that, the Godhead itself being unknowable, the means of access to the knowledge of God is through the channel of His prophets; and interprets a line of Rumi’s Mathnaví to the effect that the light of truth is one but that, cast through the glass of different souls, it takes on different tints and colours, which is both the cause of the denial of the religion of God and the source of conflict upon earth.

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB2.283, ROB3.089, BLO_PT#023, MMAH.187, GSH.179, LL#232, LL#234

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

BH00068

5200

mixed

له الفضل و الجود و له العنایه و العطاء یعطی و یمنع انه هو المقتدر ما یشاء لا

His is the grace and munificence, His the loving-kindness and bestowal. He giveth and withholdeth, for verily He is the All-Powerful, doing whatsoever He willeth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.174,

AVK1.270x, HQUQ.013x

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for healing; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00069

Su'al va Javab (Questions and Answers)

5150

Persian

Consultation; Kitáb-i-Aqdas

Su'al va Javab (Questions and Answers, Kitáb-i-Aqdas)

سوال از عید اعظم جواب اول عید عصر ۱۳ ماه دوم از اشهر بیان است یوم اول و تاسع

Question: Concerning the Most Great Festival. Answer: Most Great Festival commenceth late in the afternoon of the thirteenth day

INBA63:001, INBA66:213

BRL_Su'al, AVK3.056.16x, AVK4.091x, AVK4.152.13x, AVK4.478ax, OOL.B178

BRL_CONSULT#07x, COC#0029x, COC#0172x, COC#0527x, COC#0821x, COC#1109-1115x, COC#1119x, LOG#0505x, LOG#0516x, LOG#0637x, LOG#0762x, LOG#0764x, LOG#1260x, LOG#1499x, NYR#137x

Compilation of answers and clarifications by Bahá’u’lláh to over one hundred questions regarding the laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.

Business; financial; property matters; Grammar and orthography; Law of divorce; Law of fasting; Law of inheritance; Law of obligatory prayer; Laws of marriage and dowry; Parents and children; youth; families

ROB3.278, GPB.219, GSH.145, LL#279

BH00070

5110

mixed

الحمد لله الشکر لاولیائه و الثناء لاصفیائه الذین مابدلوا نعمته و قاموا علی خدمته و انفقوا

Praise be unto God! Thanks be unto His loved ones, and glory unto His chosen ones who have not altered His bounty, who have arisen to serve Him, and who have given freely [3.5s]

INBA15:110, INBA26:111, UMich962.156x

BRL_DA#573, AVK1.277x, AVK1.283x, AVK1.297.07x, AVK1.123.02x, GHA.321.10x, MAS4.018bx, MAS4.020x, MAS4.100bx, MAS8.189ax, AKHA_125BE #05 p.ax, AKHA_131BE #06 p.ax, MSBH3.151x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00071

Suriy-i-Hajj II (Baghdad)

5070

Arabic

Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh (Suriy-i-Hajj)

Suriy-i-Hajj (Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh)

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و ینزل بامره کیف یشاء لا اله الا هو العزیز

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and doth send down through His command whatsoever He willeth. There is no God but Him, the Mighty [3.5s]... ...I beg Thy forgiveness, O Lord, with the entirety of my being—my tongue, my heart, my breath, my soul, my spirit, my body... It is incumbent on whomsoever desireth to turn to the most holy direction, to come into the presence of God, the Mighty, the Knowing, to hearken unto the call of God

INBA37:066, INBA66:012, BLIB_Or15723.194, , BLIB_Or15737.033,

BRL_DA#166, AQA4#084 p.192, ADM2#107 p.193x, AVK4.109, GHA.070x, DRD.009x, TSBT.077x, ASAT1.094x, ASAT2.109x, ASAT4.022x, ADH1.082x, OOL.B120

RBB.163-168x, BLO_PT#117x, HURQ.BH54, JHT_S#193x

Prescribes the rite of pilgrimage to the House of Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdad, codified later in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas as a sacred duty.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Inability of the Manifestation; Prophet to comprehend God; Law of pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ROB2.240, MMAH.152, GSH.083, LL#305

BH00072

5020

mixed

Huqúqu'lláh; Translation List

الحمد لله الذی نطق بکلمه فی العالم و اختلفت الاحزاب فی معناها منهم من عرف

Praise be to God Who hath uttered a word in the world, and the peoples differed as to its meaning. Among them were those who recognized [3.5s]... ...O Zayn! Such souls as comply with the injunction of God prescribed in the Book are regarded as most excellent in the same estimation of God… O Thou Who art the Lord of all names! I beseech Thee by Thy Name which overshadoweth all things

INBA45:182, BLIB_Or15717.001,

BRL_HUQUQP#007x, ADM2#115 p.204x, AYI2.160x, MSBH5.454ax, YIA.191x

BRL_HUQUQ#007x, COC#1103x, ADMS#116

E. Tarani

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Rejection by the people of the Bayan

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

BH00074

4990

mixed

Huqúqu'lláh; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The Institution of the; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Blessed is the Spot (text)

الحمد لله الذی تجلی باثر قلمه الاعلی علی من فی ملکوت الانشاء اذا نطق کل کلیل

Praised be God Who hath manifested through the influence of His Most Exalted Pen unto all who dwell in the kingdom of creation, whereupon every weary one hath spoken [3.5s]... ...Let not the happenings of the world sadden you. I swear by God! The sea of joy yearneth… Blessed is the spot, and the house… Regarding what ye had written as to the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár’s having been established… It is the binding command of God that in every locality whatever hath been or will be made available for the Ḥuqúqu’lláh should be submitted to His Holy Presence

INBA07:220, INBA27:340, INBA22:114, BLIB_Or15717.148, , NLAI_BH4.289-326

BRL_DA#175, BRL_HUQUQP#104x, COMP_MASHRIQP#04x, AVK3.017.06x, AVK4.147.14x, AVK4.239.11x, AVK4.430x, AVK4.432ax, AVK4.432bx, MAS4.213bx, RSR.103-104x, RSR.135-136x, PYK.060, MYD.468x, YMM.185x

BRL_ATBH#44x, BRL_HUQUQ#104x, BRL_MASHRIQ#04x, COC#0818x, COC#1152x, ADJ.082x, ADJ.083-084x

D. Deardorff [track 9], J. Heath [track 1], S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, The Humming Birds, L. Slott, K. Kuolga, Fred & Munirih, R. Orona, M. Tokuma, Honiara Baha'i Youth, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, TaliaSafa, Friends in Vancouver, Shirin & Daniel, Jamesley & Leon, Bass Adjustment, S. Sunderland, S. Sunderland, G.H. Miller, L. Robinson, Rowshan [track 9], D. Crofts, Brina, S. Sharma, S. Peyman, M. Weigert, unknown, Arrayanes [track 9], E. Mahony

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Power of the Manifestation of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00075

4960

mixed

اصبح الخادم فی جوار رحمه ربه و کان غسل وجهه و یدیه مقبلا الی الذروه العلیا

The servant in attendance hath attained unto the precincts of his Lord's mercy, and, having washed his face and hands, hath turned toward the Most Exalted Summit [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15717.067,

Praise and encouragement; 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

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

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]

BH00078

4940

mixed

حمد و ثنای اهل بقا مالک اسماء را لایق و سزاست که ذیل اطهرش از مفتریات اهل

Praise and glorification befit the denizens of eternity unto the Lord of Names, Whose most holy garment remaineth unsullied by the calumnies [3.5s]

INBA44:182

BRL_DA#001, NSS.204ax

Call to action; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00079

4890

mixed

لله درک یا من سمعت ندآء الحق و اقبلت الی الحق و اجبت الحق و شربت الرحیق ... ذکر استاد شهباز

Blessed art thou, O thou who hast hearkened unto the Call of Truth, turned unto Truth, answered Truth's call, and quaffed the choice Wine... mention of Master Shahbaz [3.5s]

INBA65:055bx, INBA30:098bx, BLIB_Or11097#075, , BLIB_Or15722.194x,

AHM.347x, AQMJ1.161bx, TAH.184x, MSBH5.459x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00080

4850

mixed

حمد حضرت مقتدری را لایق و سزاست که بنقاط قلم اعلی صفوف اقتدار را بیاراست... یا علی ما کان گذشت و ما یکون از بعد میآید باید این حین

Praise be unto Him Who is worthy and befitting of all glorification, Who hath adorned the ranks of power through the points of the Most Exalted Pen [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O God, O Revealer of incontrovertible proofs, and Lord of all names and attributes! I beseech Thee by the light which hath shone forth

INBA41:381ax, BLIB_Or15717.098, , NLAI_BH1.136x

BRL_DA#562, ADM3#082 p.098x, ADM3#083 p.098x, ADM3#084 p.099x, ADM3#151 p.171x, HDQI.008bx, MAS4.141ax, PYB#042 p.01x, ANDA#04 p.02x

JHT_S#152x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

BH00082

Lawh-i-'Andalib

4810

mixed

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

الحمد لله الذی سخر شمس البیان بقدرته و قمر البرهان بسلطانه الذی بامره طوی ما

Praise be to God Who, through His might, hath caused the Sun of Utterance to shine forth and, through His sovereignty, hath made manifest the Moon of Proof, He Who by His command hath rolled up that which [3.5s]

INBA39:001, BLIB_Or15698.002, , BLIB_Or15720.001, , BLIB_Or15740.001, , Majlis934.153-198

BRL_DA#078, AVK3.070.06x, AVK4.139.10x, AVK4.248.09x, IQT.002, GHA.191x, GHA.270x, ASAT1.073x, ASAT1.128x, ASAT4.288x, ASAT4.340x, NSS.204-205x

BRL_ATBH#22x

Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ROB4.083, LL#050

BH00083

4800

mixed

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

حمد مقدس از لم یزل و لایزال ساحت قرب قدس حضرت محبوب بیزوالی را لایق و سزاست

Sanctified praise beseemeth the most holy court of the nearness of the Eternal, the Beloved One, Who was and is and ever shall be [3.5s]... ...Say: no man can attain his true station except through his justice. No power can exist except through unity. No welfare and no well-being can be attained except through consultation… In all things it is necessary to consult

INBA27:293

BRL_DA#086, UAB.051ax, MAS4.213ax, MAS8.059bx, PYK.093, YMM.310x

BRL_ATBH#28x, BRL_CONSULT#02x, BRL_CONSULT#05x, COC#0167x, COC#0170x, LOG#0577x

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Consultation; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00084

Suriy-i-Amr

4760

Arabic

Suriy-i-Amr (Surih of Command)

سبحان الذی خلق الخلق بأمره و ابدع خلق کلشیء اقرب من ان یحصی ان انتم تعلمون

Glorified be He Who hath created all beings through His command and brought forth the creation of all things in ways beyond reckoning, were ye to comprehend [3.5s]

INBA36:001, INBA71:155, INBA81:108, BLIB_Or07852.093, , BLIB_Or15723.109, , PR19.069b-072bx, PR23.060b-063bx, ROB2.000x

BRL_DA#725, NANU_BH#17x, RSBB.026, RSBB.030, RSBB.033, SFI13.019, ASAT4.303x, ASAT4.326x, YIA.549-553x, OOL.B105

Major proclamatory work formalizing Bahá’u’lláh’s claim to divine messengership, read aloud at His instruction to Mírzá Yaḥyá and written partly in the voice of God and partly in the voice of Bahá’u’lláh, describing the rivers of paradise and apostrophizing earth and heaven, the trees and clouds, the lands of ‘Iraq and Rumelia, and the followers of the Báb.

Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB2.161, BKOG.230, MMAH.141, GSH.073, LL#291

BH00085

4750

mixed

یک تجلی از تجلیات اسم کریم بر ارض پرتو افکند نعمت ظاهر مائده نازل بحر جود

A beam from among the effulgent beams of the Most Generous Name cast its radiance upon the earth; manifest became the bounty and the heavenly feast descended from the ocean of munificence [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! Unto Thee do I repent; Thou art, in truth, the Pardoning, the Munificent… One of the relatives, named Muhammad Hasan, came to this land, and on his return he bore seventy Tablets for the servants of God

INBA39:059, INBA61:026x, BLIB_Or07852.078, , BLIB_Or15724.069b, , MKI4523.085,

BRL_DA#210, ISH.085, ISH.107, IQN.186-188x, ASAT1.277-278x, ASAT5.276x, ADH1.112x, NSS.209ax

LTDT.288x, JHT_S#192

Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Petitions to authorities; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard

BH00086

4740

mixed

Family Life; To Set the World in Order; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ظهر بین الامم انه هو مولینا و مولی العالم

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath appeared amongst the peoples - He, verily, is our Lord and the Lord of all the worlds [3.5s]... ...All should know, and in this regard attain the splendours of the sun of certitude, and be illumined thereby: Women and men have been and will always be equal in the sight of God

BLIB_Or15701.161, , BLIB_Or15736.144, BLIB_Or15736.160x

BRL_DA#379, COMP_FAMP#03x, COMP_WOMENP#054x, BRL_SWOP#031x, UAB.038bx, YIA.196x

BRL_ATBH#09x, BRL_FAM#03x, BRL_WOMEN#054x, BRL_SWO#031x, COC#2145x

Chastisement and requital; Equality of men and women; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Praise and encouragement; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00087

4720

mixed

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Word of God and human limitations

حمد و ثنا و شکر و بها مخصوص ذات امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی است که ظلم ظالمین و

Praise, glory, thanksgiving and splendor be unto that Most Exalted, Most Holy Being, the Lord of Supreme Purpose, Who [3.5s]... ...Of the new Obligatory Prayers that were later revealed, the long Obligatory Prayer should be said at those times when one feeleth himself in a prayerful mood

INBA44:072

AVK3.035.05x, AVK4.091.03x, GHA.021.09x, GHA.031.10x, GHA.260x, MSHR5.381ax

BRL_IOPF#1.11x

BH00088

Lawh-i-Kimiya 2 (Lawh-i-Mariyyih)

4710

mixed

Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A

Lawh-i-Kímíya II or Lawh-i-Máríyyih (Tablet on Alchemy II or Tablet of Mary)

کتاب مرسله در ساحت احدیه وارد و ما فیه مشاهده شد لله الحمد که در این فجر... و اینکه سئوال از قول ماریه نمودید

The missive was received at the Court of Oneness and its contents perused. Unto God be praise that you were illumined… the treatment is specially designed so that this precious, life-giving substance, which has appeared from the divine mine, may be purified... The appearance of this hidden treasure amongst these people [arbab-i-ulum] is the sign of the coming of age of the world

INBA66:187, NLAI_BH2.164

MAS1.026-045x, MAS4.024-025x, OOL.B197.2

BLO_alchemy, HURQ.BH06

A detailed explanation in symbolic language of an enigmatic statement on alchemy attributed to the legendary figure of Mary the Prophetess, describing the various stages in the creation of the elixir, and warning that the rediscovery of its knowledge by the scientists of the day will herald both the maturity of the world and the threat of a desolating affliction.

Alchemy; the elixir; Composition and decomposition; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Law of cause and effect; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#391

BH00089

4700

mixed

حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که حین استوای بر عرش در بستانی که به رضوان نامیده شده

Praise befitteth the Beloved One Who, at the time of His ascendancy upon the throne, dwelt in the garden named Ridván [3.5s]

INBA07:179, INBA15:363bx, INBA18:348ax, INBA26:367bx, INBA22:266, INBA45:001

BRL_DA#081, AVK3.466.07x, AKHA_111BE #10-12 p.002x, YIA.122-128

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

BH00090

4690

mixed

حمدا لمن نور العالم بانوار اسمه الاعظم لیعرف الامم ما یقربهم الیه فضلا من

Praise be unto Him Who hath illumined the world through the splendors of His Most Great Name, that all peoples might recognize that which draweth them nigh unto Him through His grace [3.5s]... ...As to what thou hast written concerning the Right of God: The binding injunction of God is set forth in the Book, but this matter is conditional upon the willingness of the individual

INBA28:404, BLIB_Or15727b.326, , BLIB_Or15732.002,

ADM3#078 p.093x, GHA.106ax, GHA.107bx, UAB.022bx, AYI2.164x, AYI2.165x, AYI2.166x, AYI2.167x, AYI2.168x, ABDA.080-081x

COC#1151x, JHT_S#073x

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Exhortations and counsels; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Law of Huququ'llah; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00091

Lawh-i-Haji Mirza Kamalu'd-Din

4680

mixed

Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Kamálu'd-Dín (Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Kamalu'd-Dín); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Kamalud-Din (Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Kamalud-Din)

الحمد لله الذی توحد بالعزه و تفرد بالعظمه و نطق بالکلمه بین البریه اذا مرت ... ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الله و سمع ندآئه الاحلی اذ ارتفع بین الارض و السماء

Praise be to God Who hath distinguished Himself through glory and become singular in grandeur, and hath uttered the Word amongst all created things when [3.5s]... ...The question is that whereas in past Scriptures Isaac is said to have been the sacrifice; in the Qur’án this station is given to Ishmael. This is, undoubtedly, true

INBA07:296, BLIB_Or11097#052, , NLAI_BH4.124-146

AVK2.100.14x, AVK2.110.13x, AVK2.197.04x, MAS8.151ax, MUH1.0365x, TAH.190x

BRL_ATBH#21x, BLO_PT#173, KSHK#29x

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Oneness; unity of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

BH00092

4660

mixed

یا حبذا نصره الله علم انه هو المقتدر علی ما یشاء بر اعلی مقام عالم نصب فرمود

O how glorious that God hath raised aloft His ensign, for verily He is the Omnipotent over whatsoever He willeth, and hath planted it upon the most exalted station in all the world [3.5s]... ...The Right of God is an obligation upon everyone. This commandment hath been revealed and set down in the Book by the Pen of Glory. However, it is not permissible to solicit or demand it

INBA15:292ax, INBA26:294x, INBA27:179

HDQI.142x, GHA.106bx, PYK.130

COC#1136x

Call to action; Law of Huququ'llah; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Word of God the cause of creation

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.

BH00094

4580

mixed

الحمد لله الذی سخر من فی الانشاء بنغمات قلمه الاعلی و به نفخ فی الصور و

Praise be unto God, Who hath subdued all within creation through the melodies of His Most Exalted Pen, and through it hath caused the Trumpet to be sounded [3.5s]

INBA19:361, INBA32:310, INBA41:156x, BLIB_Or15717.158,

AVK4.429bx, AVK4.429cx

Goodly deeds; actions; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00095

4510

mixed

Prayers and Meditations

یومی از ایام نشسته بودم در امر الهی متحیر و در آنچه در ارض کاف و را ظاهر شده

One day, as I sat in contemplation, bewildered by the divine Cause and by that which had been made manifest in the land of Káf and Rá [3.5s]... ...My God, Thou Whom I adore and worship, Who art Most Powerful! I testify that no description by any created thing

INBA65:021bx, INBA30:079x, INBA81:015x, BLIB_Or15704.439, , NLAI_BH4.417-449

BRL_DA#692, PMP#153x, AHM.320x, DWNP_v5#09 p.002x, AQMJ1.142x, ASAT3.017x, ADH1.014x, AKHA_133BE #15 p.469x, AKHA_136BE #08 p.125x

PM#153x

Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations

ROB3.044, LL#255

BH00096

4440

mixed

الحمد لله الذی جعل البلاء ماء لسدرته العلیا و شجرته القصوی و نورا لعباده

Praise be unto Him Who hath made tribulation as water for His exalted and furthermost Lote-Tree, and as a light for His servants [3.5s]

INBA97:095.07x, BLIB_Or11097#064, , BLIB_Or15717.188,

ASAT1.164x, PYK.202x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00097

Lawh-i-Mulla Abdur-Rahim

4350

mixed

معروض میدارد این عبد فانی که مکتوب آنجناب واصل شد و از بدایع کلمات و جواهر

This evanescent servant submitteth that thy letter was received, and from the wondrous words and gems [3.5s]

SFI03.011

Belief and denial; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Regarding the receptivity of the hearer in teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Stories; anecdotes; Wisdom [hikmat]

MMAH.186

BH00098

4290

Arabic

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

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

INBA19:233, INBA32:211

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

Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00099

4270

mixed

حبذا ید اراده حق جل جلاله مساعد و نجوم از ظلمت سماء سجن فارغ و بازغ و منیر و

How glorious that the Hand of Divine Will, glorified be His majesty, is gracious, and that the stars, freed from the darkness of the prison-sky, shine forth resplendent and luminous [3.5s]

INBA15:379, INBA26:382

BRL_DA#212, AVK4.230.14x, MYD.393x

Chastisement and requital; Law of Huququ'llah; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00100

4220

mixed

تعالی الرحمن الذی انزل التوریه و الانجیل و الفرقان ثم البیان و اظهر ام الکتاب اذ استوی الله

Exalted be the All-Merciful Who revealed the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur'án, then the Bayán, and hath manifested the Mother Book when God was established upon the throne [3.5s]

INBA42:020, BLIB_Or15718.309,

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BH00102

4160

mixed

کتاب الله ینطق بالحق فی هذا السجن الاعظم و یهدی العباد الی الله مالک الرقاب

The Book of God speaketh the truth in this Most Great Prison and guideth the servants unto God, the Lord of all mankind [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.002, , BLIB_Or15728.126b,

FRH.055-056x, FRH.320x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00103

4110

mixed

حمد و ثنا شکر و سنا مالک ملکوت اسماء را لایق و سزاست که عالم را محض فضل و عطا

Praise and glorification, thanksgiving and exaltation befit the Lord of the Kingdom of Names, Who through His grace and bounty hath created the world [3.5s]

INBA15:050, INBA26:050

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes

BH00104

4090

Persian

عالم منقلب و متغیر مشاهده میشود صفیر طیور را از ندای مکلم طور و حفیف سدره

The world is witnessed to be in turmoil and transformation, while the warbling of birds mingles with the Call of Him Who conversed upon the Mount and the rustling of the Divine Tree [3.5s]

INBA42:094

NSS.115-116x, NSS.209-210x

Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00105

4090

Persian

لسان حق میفرماید ان یا اهل الحق یعنی ای کسانیکه خود را نسبت بحق میدهید

The Tongue of Truth proclaimeth: "O people of truth, that is, O ye who claim allegiance to the Truth!" [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.505,

BH00106

4070

mixed

حمد مقدس از ذکر و عرفان عالم بشریه ساحت قرب قدس حضرت مالک احدیه را لایق و

Praise, sanctified above the mention and understanding of the world of humanity, befitteth the threshold of holy nearness unto the Lord, the One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.078,

SFI16.050-052x, MAS8.019bx, MAS8.020ax, RAHA.049-050x, RAHA.247-248x

Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00107

4060

mixed

حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزا که در اثبات امرش بدونش تمسک نجسته و ذکر

Praise befitteth and is meet unto the Desired One, Who, in establishing His Cause, hath not sought any proof save His Own Self [3.5s]

INBA18:192

TAH.011ax, TAH.207x

Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Word of God and human limitations

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

BH00109

4020

mixed

الحمد لله الذی هدانا الی افقه الاعلی و سقانا کوثر بیانه الاحلی و رزقنا لقائه و وصاله و

Praise be to God Who hath guided us to His most exalted horizon, Who hath given us to drink of the sweet Kawthar of His utterance, and Who hath graciously bestowed upon us His presence and reunion [3.5s]

INBA15:033, INBA26:033, BLIB_Or15731.233x,

AVK2.337.08x, AVK4.428bx, QUM.074.05x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00110

4020

mixed

این ایام در هر حین مفاد کلمه مبارکه نجعل اعلیهم اسفلهم و اسفلهم اعلیهم ظاهر

In these days, at every moment, the import of the blessed words "We shall make their highest ones their lowest ones, and their lowest ones their highest ones" is manifest [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15733.152,

AVK4.462ax, MAS8.056x, MAS8.059ax, MAS8.118ax, MAS8.169ax, MSBH7.499-501x, NSS.106x, FRH.025-026x

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00111

Kalimat-i-Firdawsiyyih (Words of Paradise)

4020

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih (Words of Paradise)

یا مشارق العدل و الانصاف و مطالع الصدق و الالطاف ان المظلوم یبکی و یقول ینوح

O ye the embodiments of justice and equity and the manifestations of uprightness and of heavenly bounties!

INBA33:044x, BLIB_Or07851.049b, , BLIB_Or15692.025, , BLIB_Or15716.042.14x, , KB_262:042-062, CMB_F32.048, , OSAI_TC 2v-8r, , MKI4523.112, , BN_suppl.1753.023-037

ADM2#008 p.022x, AVK1.212.13x, AVK2.075.04x, AVK3.003.16x, AVK3.164.02x, AVK3.225.12x, AVK3.326.11x, AVK4.282bx, ZYN.147, ISH.112, UAB.007x, UAB.032bx, UAB.036cx, UAB.039cx, UAB.042cx, UAB.043ax, UAB.046ax, UAB.046dx, UAB.050cx, UAB.053ax, UAB.054ax, ADH1.056x, TBP#06, TUM.109-115x, OOL.B012

TB#06, LOG#0479x, LOG#0785x, ADJ.027-028x, GPB.217x2x, GPB.218x, GPB.219x, PDC.136x, PDC.151x, WOB.023x, WOB.149x, WOB.153x, SW_v01#04 p.021x, SW_v03#01 p.005x, SW_v03#02 p.007x, SW_v09#07 p.081x, SW_v11#18 p.297x, DWN_v3#01 p.009-010x, DWN_v5#04 p.002-003x, DWN_v5#05 p.002-003x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.146 #100-124x, BSC#144-146x, BSC#151-154x

D. E. Walker, Chicago Baha'i Community, C. Oja

Proclaims eleven ‘leaves of paradise’: the fear of God, the importance of religion, the golden rule, that rulers should possess good character and act in justice (in contrast to Muḥammad Sháh, whose deeds in particular are denounced), reward and punishment as the basis of order in the world, justice, the unity of mankind, the education of children, moderation, renouncing asceticism and monasticism, and forbidding religious strife and dissension.

Contention and conflict; Education of children; moral education; Monasticism; asceticism; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB4.214 et al, BKOG.382, MMAH.161, GSH.161, LL#024

BH00112

Suriy-i-Asma' (=Lawh-i-Ibn?)

3990

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Tablet of the Son (Jesus)

Suriy-i-Asma' (Surah of Names)

رایحه احزان جمال رحمن را احاطه نموده و ابواب فرح و بهجت از ظلم اهل طغیان من

The fragrance of sorrows hath encompassed the Beauty of the All-Merciful, and the gates of joy and delight have been shut fast through the tyranny of the people of rebellion [3.5s]... ...Know thou that when the Son of Man yielded up His breath to God, the whole creation wept with a great weeping.

INBA38:177, INBA18:468, INBA35:177b, BLIB_Or15698.078, , BLIB_Or15720.080, , BLIB_Or15740.064, , Majlis934.330-368, BN_suppl.1754.131-139

BRL_DA#031, GWBP#036 p.062ax, AVK2.037.04x, AVK2.098.11x, AVK2.176.05x, IQT.078, NFQ.003x, MAS4.165bx, MAS7.130x, ASAT1.051x, ASAT1.127x, ASAT2.088x, ASAT2.129x, ASAT4.531x, ASAT5.293x, AHB_109BE #08 p.002x, OOL.B108

GWB#036x, ROL.021-045x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.081x, PDC.004x2x, PDC.179-181x, WOB.185-186x, BLO_PT#139, HURQ.BH45

Responds to objections to His claims raised by some Bábís, implores them not to be shut out from the truth by the veil of names, acknowledges the outward differences between sacred scriptures while asserting that this derives from the varying capacity of humanity, extols at length the revelation and the crucifixion of Jesus as having infused ‘a fresh capacity into all created things’, compares the Báb to John the Baptist and announces Himself to be the return of Christ, and declares that the purpose of His revelation, like Christ’s, is to bestow eternal life.

Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#294, LL#380

BH00113

Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Persian)

3970

Persian

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Hidden Words; Hidden Words

Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words)

ای صاحبان هوش و گوش اول سروش دوست این است ای بلبل معنوی جز در گلبن معانی جای

O ye people that have minds to know and ears to hear! The first call of the Beloved is this

INBA65:115, INBA36:383, INBA30:014, BLIB_Or15714.131c, , CMB_F33.001, , NLI.32p048v, BLIB_Or.08117, BLIB_Or.08685, CUL.X893.7.B111, Majlis210461.030-045, BN_suppl.1974.001

BRL_HWP, GWBP#042 p066ax, GWBP#104 p.136bx, ZYN.001, AHM.421, MJMM.373, BSHN.017x, MHT2b.036x, UAB.047dx, UAB.048ax, UAB.048bx, UAB.069ax, UAB.069bx, TZH4.223-224, NFF4.017, OOL.B013b

HWPE, GWB#042x, GWB#104x, LOG#0835x, ADJ.081x, BADM.155-156x, PDC.007x, PDC.148x, PDC.149x, WOB.059-060x, WOB.116x, WOB.201x, SW_v03#02 p.005x, SW_v05#10 p.150-151x, SW_v14#11 p.321x, BLO_PT#061

S. Toloui-Wallace (#1), S. Taefi (#1) [track 1], R. Johnston-Garvin (#1) [track 7], Baha'i Youth of Japan (#2), S. Taefi (#2) [track 2], L. Dely & M. Congo (#2), S. Toloui-Wallace (#3), K. Key (#3), A. Bridges (#3), L. Slott (#3), Rowshan (#3), SKY (#3), E. Mahony (#3), L. Dely (#3), S. Engle and J. White (#3), Delia Olam (#3), B. Vahdat (#3), Sanale & Xolani (#3), Nora, Sasha & Ann-Sofie (#3), NKAK (#3), Zannetta (#3) [track 10], A.E. Rahbin (#3), B. Silvestre (#3), R. Bennett (#3), S. Kouchekzadeh (#3), L. Dube (#3) [track 6], D. Hunt (#4), A. Youssefi (#4), Bass Adjustment (#4), S. Taefi (#4) [track 4], G.H. Miller (#4), Rowshan (#4) [track 6], Nabil and Karim (#4), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#4), N. Ma'ani (#4), A. Stephen (#4), A. Wood (#4), G. Besungu (#4), Ahdieh (#4), S. Parak (#4), A. Youssefi (#7), G.H. Miller (#7), S. Zahrai (#7), A.E. Rahbin (#7), B. Khademi (#7), G. and M. Smith (#7), S. Zein (#7), The Badasht Project (#8), A. Wensbo (#8), A. Bryan (#8), G.H. Miller (#9), A. Toufighian & A. Youssefi (#9), A. Wensbo (#10), L. Dube (#10) [track 18], S. Taefi (#10) [track 5], G.H. Miller (#11), S. Taefi (#11) [track 7], Naim, Miad & Justus (#11), Z. Rolle (#11), A. Bryan (#12), E. Mahony (#12), J. Sweeting & M. Weigert (#12), Chicago Baha'i Community (#12), MANA (#12), Meredith & Arman (#12), J. Cooper (#12), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#13), G.H. Miller (#13), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#14), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#14), MANA (#14), S. Esmaeili (#14), S. Peyman (#14), J. Cooper (#14), Rowshan (#16), A.E. Rahbin (#16), G.H. Miller (#16), L. Dely & M. Congo (#16), G.H. Miller (#18), O. Master (#19), S. Taefi (#20) [track 10], G.H. Miller (#21), Anis & Friends (#21), T. Ellis (#21), S. Taefi (#21) [track 8], R. Johnston-Garvin (#21) [track 6], E. Mahony (#21), N. Ma'ani (#22), D. Stevenson (#26), M. Kerr (#26), A.E. Rahbin (#26), J. Marks and S. Engle (#26), Chicago Baha'i Community (#26), Ashwin & Arhwin (#26), Temple of Light (#29), L. Dube (#30) [track 11], G.H. Miller (#31), TaliaSafa (#31), E. Mahony (#31), Turning Point (#31), S. Taefi (#31) [track 3], A. & M. Zemke (#31) [track 5], N. Ma'ani (#31), G.H. Miller (#32), TaliaSafa (#32), A. Wensbo (#32), MANA (#32), S. Trick (#32), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#33), A. Youssefi (#33), L. Dube (#34) [track 4], Carmel, Roya & Maryam (#35), A.E. Rahbin (#36), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#38), S. Toloui-Wallace (#38), F. Lionheart (#38), J. Cooper (#38), Seaon, Sasha & Sam (#38), S. Taefi (#38) [track 6], S. Bayan & S. Suggs (#38), L. Dely (#38), N. Hamilton (#38), B. Khademi (#39), A.E. Rahbin (#39), S. Toloui-Wallace (#40), Rasmus & Ann-Sofie (#40), Voices of Baha 2010 (#40), T. Ellis (#40), A Family Affair (#40), A. Youssefi (#40), The Badasht Project (#40), Refuge (#40), R. Peterson (#40) [track 8], Nabil and Karim (#40), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#40), J. Cooper (#40), S. Parak (#40), A. Youssefi (#40), N. Hamilton (#40), Kiskadee (#40), L. Dely (#40), Rasmus & Ann-Sofie (#40), L. Dely & M. Congo (#42), J. Cooper (#42), L. Dely & M. Congo (#44) [track 9], D. E. Walker (#44), S. Cleasby (#44), MANA (#44), M. Sparrow (#45), L. Dube (#63) [track 13], G.H. Miller (#64), G.H. Miller (#70), Bosch Bluegrass Band (#72), Arrayanes (#72) [track 8], A. Youssefi (#73), Friends from Mongolia (#73), N. D. Huening (#76), C. & L. Heggie (#80), K. Key (#80)

The Persian portion of His foremost ethical work, consisting of 82 aphorisms spoken in the voice of the Divine and declaring themselves to be the ‘inner essence’ of what was revealed to ‘the Prophets of old’, affirming the essential nobility and divinity of the human soul, prescribing its intimate communion with its Creator, proclaiming the oneness of the human race, and declaring our consequent responsibility to fellowship, love, fair-mindedness, and mutual aid for one another, especially the poor and downtrodden.

Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Goodly deeds; actions; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Justice and wrath of God; Love of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds

ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025

BH00114

3960

mixed

حمد مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که لم یزل و لایزال مقدس از حمد بوده و ساذج ثنا مالک

Praise befitteth that Desired One Who hath ever been, and will forever remain, sanctified beyond all praise, the Source of every laudation [3.5s]

AQA6#245 p.198

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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

BH00116

3940

mixed

حمد مقدس از لفظ و معنی ساحت امنع اقدس مالک وری را لایق و سزاست که در ایامیکه

Sanctified praise, transcending both utterance and meaning, befitteth the Most Holy and Most Exalted Court of the Lord of all mankind, Who in these days [3.5s]... ...Well is it with those who have met their obligations in respect of the Right of God and observed that which is prescribed in the Book ... This payment of Huquq is conclusively established

INBA27:320

PYK.119

COC#1126x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00117

3920

mixed

سبحانک یا اله الاسماء و فاطر السماء تری کیف احاط البلاء عبادک الذین نبذوا

Glorified art Thou, O God of Names and Creator of Heaven! Thou beholdest how tribulation hath encompassed Thy servants who have cast aside [3.5s]

INBA97:030x, BLIB_Or11097#035, , BLIB_Or15719.094ax, , BLIB_Or15722.170x,

ADM2#097 p.179x, NNY.181-182x, MAS8.144ax, ASAT4.311x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH00118

3900

mixed

الحمد لله الذی انزل الایات و اظهر البینات و انطق ام الکتاب فی الماب الذی به

Praise be unto God, Who hath sent down the verses and made manifest the clear tokens, and caused the Mother Book to speak forth in the final return [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.182, , BLIB_Or15699.103,

MAS4.371x, RHQM2.0773-773 (174) (108-108x), ASAM.245-254, SAM.297-314

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social)

LL#182

BH00119

3870

mixed

حمد مقدس عن کل ما عند الخادم مولائی را لایق و سزاست که فرات رحمتش را از قلم

Sanctified praise, transcending all that the servant possesseth, beseemeth my Lord, Who hath caused the river of His mercy to flow from the Pen [3.5s]

INBA08:423

Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

BH00121

3860

mixed

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

یکتا خدا میداند که قلب و قلم و لسان لازال ذکر دوستان الهی را دوست داشته

The one true God knoweth that heart, pen and tongue have ever loved the mention of His divine friends [3.5s]... ...One’s property is transient, and one’s belongings evanescent; the ephemeral possessor perisheth, and the fleeting possession vanisheth

MJAN.206, AYBY.278, AQMJ2.073x, AQMJ2.076x, AQMJ2.135ax, AQMJ2.138x, MAS8.114bx, AYI2.383x, YIA.200-201x, FRH.074x

ADMS#330x

BH00122

3850

mixed

امطار رحمت رحمانی هاطل و آیات در کل حین از قلم اعلی نازل و نفسه الحق ظاهر شده

The showers of divine mercy are pouring down, and the verses are in every moment being sent down from the Supreme Pen, and the Truth itself hath been made manifest [3.5s]... ...The divines of Persia committed that which no people amongst the peoples of the world hath committed

ADM2#036 p.060x, MJAN.238b, AYBY.294b, AQMJ2.015bx, AYI2.388x, AYI2.390x, TRZ1.078bx

GPB.231x, JHT_S#035x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00123

3840

mixed

Consultation

حمد مقدس از لسان و بیان ساحت اقدس حضرت لم یلد و لم یولدی را سزاست

A praise sanctified beyond speech and utterance befitteth the most sacred court of Him Who begetteth not nor was begotten [3.5s]... ...Consultation bestoweth greater awareness and transmuteth conjecture into certitude. It is a shining light which, in a dark world, leadeth the way and guideth

INBA08:560, BLIB_Or15696.091e,

BRL_DA#271, MAS8.018bx, MAS8.060x, MUH3.255bx

BRL_CONSULT#03x, COC#0168x

Consultation; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Praise and encouragement; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00124

3830

mixed

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

اشکو بثی و حزنی الی الله مالک الانام قد انقلبت الامور و اضطربت البلدان و ضعف

I pour out my grief and sorrow unto God, Lord of all mankind. Affairs have been overturned, lands thrown into turmoil, and weakened hath become [3.5s]... ...Moderation is indeed highly desirable. Every person who in some degree turneth towards the truth can himself later comprehend most of what he seeketh

INBA27:257, BLIB_Or15704.183, , Majlis210461.116-117x

AYI2.037x, PYK.104, MSHR2.101x, MMUH#14x

BRL_ATBH#26x, BRL_ATBH#48x, COC#1900x

Eulogies; reminiscences; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00125

3820

mixed

الحمد لله الذی فتح باب الظهور بمفتاح اسمه الاعز الاقدس الابهی و دعا الکل

Praise be to God Who hath opened the gate of Manifestation with the key of His Most Mighty, Most Holy, Most Glorious Name, and hath summoned all [3.5s]

INBA28:447, BLIB_Or15727a.064, , BLIB_Or15732.058,

AVK3.371-372x, AYI2.030x, AYI2.222x, AYI2.223x, AYI2.224x, AYI2.225x, AYI2.226x, ABDA.077-080x, ABDA.330x, MSHR2.066x, YIA.169x, YMM.304x

Love of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00126

3820

mixed

کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن فاز باللقاء مره بعد مره و اخذ رحیق العرفان من ایادی

The Book which the All-Merciful hath revealed unto them who have attained unto His presence time and again, and have quaffed the choice wine of divine knowledge from His hands [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.193, , BLIB_Or15699.010, , BLIB_Or15718.195,

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00127

Suriy-i-Qahir

3810

Arabic

Suriy-i-Qahir (Tablet to Qahir)

هذا کتاب من لدن نقطه الاولی الی الذی آمن بالله و آیاته و دخل بقعه الروح مقر الذی

This is the Book from the Primal Point unto him who hath believed in God and His verses, and hath entered the sacred precincts of the Spirit, the dwelling-place of Him Who [3.5s]... ...I am not apprehensive for My own self. My fears are for Him Who will be sent down unto you after Me

BLIB_Or15694.471, , Berlin1237#11, ALIB.folder18p018-034

BRL_DA#542, OOL.B135

WOB.117x

Affirms Bahá’u’lláh’s mystical identity with the Báb; answers a number of specific objections to His claims advanced by followers of the Báb; and laments His persecution at their hands, while reserving His real fears for ‘Him who will come after Me’, a statement that was reiterated in the Súriy-i-Haykal.

Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#323

BH00128

3800

mixed

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

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

BH00129

3770

mixed

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Exhortations and counsels; Law of Huququ'llah; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wisdom [hikmat]

الحمد لله الذی اظهر امره و اتم حجته و اکمل برهانه علی شان شهد لها سکان

Praise be to God, Who hath manifested His Cause, perfected His testimony and completed His proof in such wise that the dwellers therein have borne witness [3.5s]... ...It is clear and evident that the payment of the Right of God is conducive to prosperity, to blessing, and to honour and divine protection

BLIB_Or15733.227,

BRL_HUQUQP#012x, ADM2#101 p.184x, YMM.295x

BRL_HUQUQ#012x, COC#1104x, LOG#1031x

BH00130

Lawh-i-Ahbab

3770

Arabic

Lawh-i-Ahbab (Tablet of the Friends)

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی اذا سمع الندا من شطر ربه الابهی قال بلی یا اله من

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who, when he heard the Call from the direction of his Most Glorious Lord, responded "Yea, verily, O my God!" [3.5s]... ...O Pen of Revelation! Call thou to mind the Baptizer. Say: The Day of baptism hath come. Blessed is the one who hath baptized himself with the baptism of God

INBA34:069, BLIB_Or11095#001,

AQA1#002, AVK4.476ax, MAS4.159x, ASAT3.071x, BCH.032x, PYK.031x, OOL.B022

ADMS#244, BTO#02x

Addresses various followers with words of advice and encouragement, calling them to be united, to be detached from the things of the world, and to promote the cause of God, and lamenting the Bábís and others who have rejected His message.

Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ROB3.258, GSH.187, LL#038

BH00131

3760

mixed

شکر خدا و ثنایش در رتبه اولی مخصوص جمالش و در رتبه ثانی اولیائش را که در مثل

Praise and thanksgiving belong, in the first degree, unto His Beauty and, in the second degree, unto His chosen ones who, in similitude [3.5s]

INBA15:394, INBA26:398

Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The power of words; of speech

BH00132

Commentary on the Dala'il-i-Sab'ih of the Bab

3750

mixed

قد فتح ختم رحیق المختوم باسمی القیوم طوبی لقوم یعرفون انه لکوثر الرحمن ...قوله جل و عز از جمله ادلاء متقنه علم کل شیء است

The seal of the Choice Wine hath been broken through My Name, the Self-Subsisting. Blessed are they that recognize it as the Kawthar of the All-Merciful... His Word - exalted and glorious be He - is among the most perfect proofs of the knowledge of all things [3.5s]

INBA33:001x, BLIB_Or11095#033x, , BLIB_Or11096#011x, , BLIB_Or15722.107x, , NLAI_BH3.222x, BN_suppl.1754.037-042x

GHA.042x, ASAT5.276x

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Prophecy and fulfillment; Word of God is its own standard

DB.304-305, SRC.089, LL#178

BH00133

3730

mixed

Prayer for Illumination

اگر نفس ثابت راسخ مطمئن مستقیمی یافت شود و لوجه الله و حبه و رضائه بمثابه علم

If there be found a soul steadfast, firm, assured and upright, which, for the love of God and His good-pleasure, standeth even as a banner [3.5s]... ...Praise be unto Thee, O my God! I render Thee thanks for having rescued me from the abyss of self and passion, led me unto Thy straight path and Thy most great announcement

INBA15:219, INBA26:220, INBA30:112ax

AHM.065x, NSR_1993.021x, ABDA.331-343, ADH1.100x, AKHA_131BE #07 p.ax

GPB.190x, BLO_PT#067x, JHT_S#105x

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00134

Madinatu't-Tawhid (the City of Unity)

3720

Arabic

Madínatu't-Tawhíd (City of Unity)

تلک آیات الکتاب فصلت آیاته بدعیا غیر ذی عوج علی آیات الله و هدی و نوری

These are the verses of the Book, whose signs have been set forth with wondrous originality, free from all crookedness, dwelling upon the signs of God, and serving as guidance and light [3.5s]... ...Beware, O believers in the Unity of God, lest ye be tempted to make any distinction between any of the Manifestations of His Cause

INBA36:199, BLIB_Or07852.046, , NLAI_BH3.074, PR03.251b13-254a15, PR19.017a-025b

BRL_DA#283, GWBP#024 p.046x, TZH4.225-227, MAS4.313, ASAT5.286x, MMUH#13x, MSBH5.443-444x, OOL.B088

GWB#024x, GPB.003x, PDC.011x, PDC.111x, HURQ.BH15, JHT_B#009

A theological discussion of the concept of divine unity from various perspectives: the unity of the divine Essence, of the divine attributes, of the divine Manifestations, of action, and of worship.

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB1.109, MMAH.180, GSH.022, LL#151

BH00135

Commentary on a verse from the Qayyumu'l-Asma

3690

mixed

هذا کتاب من لدنا لمن آمن بالله و سلطانه الذی کان علی العالمین محیطا لیذکر المظلوم الذی

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath believed in God and His sovereignty which encompasseth all the worlds, that the Wronged One may mention [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#010, , BLIB_Or15740.031x, , NLAI_BH3.192, BN_suppl.1754.031-037

AVK1.242.14x, AVK1.318x, AVK1.321.18x, LHKM2.047, AYI2.067x, AYI2.068x, ASAT3.009x, ASAT5.282x, ASAT5.368x, ASAT5.369x, RAHA.126-127x, YMM.325x, YMM.357x, YMM.359x, YMM.385x, YMM.396x

Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00136

3680

mixed

الحمد لله الذی فتح باب العرفان بمفتاح البیان و انزل من سماء البرهان امطار

Praise be to God Who hath opened wide the portals of divine knowledge through the key of utterance, and hath caused to rain down from the heaven of proof the showers [3.5s]... ...upset the equilibrium of the world and revolutionized its ordered life

INBA19:148, INBA32:136, INBA41:386x

ADM3#121 p.140x, ADM3#122 p.140x, TSAY.467x

ADJ.004x2x, ADJ.047x

Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00137

3680

mixed

حمد مقدس از ذکر کائنات و منزه از شئونات ممکنات سلطان سریر عظمت را لایق و

Praise, sanctified beyond the mention of all created things and exalted above the attributes of contingent beings, befitteth the Sovereign of the Throne of Grandeur [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15701.144,

TSBT.276x, MAS7.138x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00138

3670

Arabic

Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

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

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

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

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

BRL_ATBH#84x

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

BH00139

3670

mixed

سبحان ‌اللّه مقام آذان به درجه‌ئی مرتفع گشته که از وصف و ذکر خارج است ... یا خلیل اسمع ندآء الجلیل انه یذکرک فی السجن کما ذکرک من قبل و انزل لک

Glorified be God! The station of the ears hath been exalted to such heights as transcendeth description and mention... O Khalil! Hearken unto the call of the All-Glorious. Verily, He remembereth thee in the prison even as He remembered thee aforetime, and hath revealed unto thee [3.5s]

INBA44:062

FRH.044-047x, FRH.182-183x

Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00140

Lawh-i-Maqsud

3650

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Lawh-i-Maqsud (Tablet of Maqsud)

حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان حضرت معبود و مالک غیب و شهودی را لایق و سزاست که از

A praise which is exalted above every mention or description beseemeth the Adored One, the Possessor of all things… Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value… The Word is the master key for the whole world

BLIB_Or15696.091dx, , IOM.099, MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p06,

GWBP#110 p.140x, GWBP#112 p.142x, GWBP#117 p.159x, GWBP#122 p.167x, ADM2#007 p.020x, AVK3.171.04x, AVK3.210.04x, AVK3.213.14x, AVK3.217.04x, AVK4.281.01x, AYI1.335x, DWNP_v5#01 p.002bx, UAB.010bx, UAB.011ax, UAB.013bx, UAB.024bx, UAB.026ax, UAB.028bx, UAB.030ax, UAB.033bx, UAB.037ax, UAB.039dx, UAB.040bx, UAB.041ax, UAB.045bx, UAB.050ax, UAB.050bx, UAB.051bx, UAB.052ax, UAB.053bx, DRD.011x, ASAT5.236x, ANDA#79 p.13x, TBP#11, MMUH#05x, OOL.B057

TB#11, GWB#110x, GWB#112x, GWB#117x, GWB#122x, ADJ.028ax, ADJ.088x, GPB.217x3x, GPB.218x5x, GPB.219x, PDC.186x, PDC.187x2x, PDC.190x, WOB.032x, WOB.041xx, WOB.198x, WOB.041x, WOB.162x, WOB.187x2x, WOB.198x2x, WOB.202-203x, DWN_v1#10-11 p.001-004, KSHK#20x

Morgane & Samy, E. Kelly, L. Harley

Relates various teachings as prerequisites to world peace: universal education; regarding one another as ‘the fruits of one tree and the leaves of one branch’; reward and punishment as pillars of world stability; rulers acting with justice and wisdom; the gathering of the nations to lay the foundations of the ‘Lesser Peace’; the adoption of a universal language and script; affirming that ‘the earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens’; not allowing religion to become the source of disunity; taking counsel together in all matters; promoting useful branches of knowledge; exercising moderation in all things; inculcating tolerance and righteousness; and having due regard for the power of human utterance, in particular the Word of God, which is the ‘master key for the whole world’.

Consultation; Education of children; moral education; Reward and punishment; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language; Work as worship

ROB4.235 et al, MMAH.138, GSH.213, LL#162, LL#461

BH00141

3650

mixed

روح حمد و جوهر آن ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت محبوبی را سزاست که از معین قلم

The spirit of praise and its essence befitteth the most hallowed and exalted sanctuary of the Best-Beloved One, Who from the wellspring of the Pen [3.5s]

INBA08:358, BLIB_Or15727a.111, , BLIB_Or15732.046, , NLAI_BH4.263-287

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

SHHB.157, LL#054

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]

BH00143

3590

mixed

الحمد لله الذی سخر العالم باسمه الاعظم و انزل فی کل الاحیان من سماء فضل اسمه

Praise be to God, Who hath subdued the world through His Most Great Name and hath, at all times, sent down from the heaven of His grace the essence of His Name [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.146bx, , BLIB_Or15716.005.17, , BLIB_Or15724.120, , BLIB_Or15728.008b,

AQMJ2.036x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Word of God and human limitations

BH00144

Suriy-i-Bayan

3580

Arabic

Suriy-i-Bayan (Tablet of Utterance)

ذکر اسم ربک عبده اذ دخل بقعه الفردوس مقر الذی استشرقت علیه انوار الوجه عن مشرق

The remembrance of the name of thy Lord by His servant, when he entered the Garden of Paradise, the seat whereupon shone forth the lights of the Face from the Dayspring [3.5s]... ...Say: Doth it beseem a man while claiming to be a follower of his Lord, the All-Merciful, he should yet in his heart do the very deeds of the Evil One?

INBA37:007, INBA83:203, BLIB_Or15702.254, , BLIB_Or15723.228, , BLIB_Or15737.069, , NLAI_BH2.280, Berlin1237#10, ALIB.folder18p001-018, Majlis934.115.09-125.01x

BRL_DA#736, GWBP#128 p.176x, GWBP#129 p.179x, GWBP#145 p.202ax, AQA4#080 p.108, AQA4a.392, AVK3.095.13x, AVK3.147.08x, AVK3.260.06x, GHA.428x, ASAT2.106x, PYK.032x, YFY.060x, OOL.B109

GWB#128x, GWB#129x, GWB#145x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.034x, TDH#037.1x, GPB.170x, GPB.376-377x, GPB.404x, MBW.038x, BSTW#037x, HURQ.BH39

D. E. Walker, MANA (1), MANA (2), C. Signori

Charges the recipient to teach the Cause of God in a state of detachment from the world and enkindlement with the love of God, summons the Maid of Heaven to come to the aid of whoever does so, and instructs him to carry the message to specific people and regions in Iran.

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Exhortations and counsels; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ROB2.397, GSH.198, LL#295

BH00145

3570

mixed

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

الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالعزه و توحد بالعظمه قد نطق بالکلمه و ارتفعت بها سموآت

Praise be unto God Who hath distinguished Himself through glory and Who alone standeth supreme in grandeur. He hath uttered the Word, and through it the heavens were raised up [3.5s]... ...This Huquq which hath been mentioned, and the command of which hath issued forth from the horizon of God's Holy Tablet, hath benefits which are the prescribed lot… And now concerning the poor, thou hast written to ask whether it is permissible to pay them out of the Right of God

BLIB_Or15700.012, , BLIB_Or15711.251, , NLAI_BH4.209-229

BRL_DA#400, BRL_HUQUQP#105x, AQA7#429 p.220, GHA.108x

BRL_ATBH#10x, BRL_HUQUQ#105x, COC#1142x, ADMS#224n16x

Business; financial; property matters; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00146

3540

mixed

الحمد لله مالک الملک و الملکوت و سلطان العز و الجبروت الذی جعل کرسیه الناسوت

Praise be unto God, the Lord of sovereignty and dominion, the King of glory and might, Who hath made His throne the world of man [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.001, , BLIB_Or15711.210,

ADM2#093 p.174x, YMM.310x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00147

3520

mixed

Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

تعالی الرحمن الذی اجتذب بکلمته العلیا من فی الارض و السماء و هدی الکل بها فی

Glorified be the All-Merciful Who hath, through His Most Exalted Word, drawn unto Him all that are in earth and heaven, and guided all therewith unto His path [3.5s]... ...The majesty and glory of the Cause are as great as its trials and afflictions are intense. However, trials and afflictions are scarce noticed in this day

BLIB_Or15732.070,

BRL_DA#777, NANU_BH#13x, AYI2.010x, AYI2.015x, AYI2.114x, AYI2.115x, AYI2.116x, AYI2.117x, MSHR5.151x

BRL_FIRE_BH#07x

BH00148

3510

mixed

شهد الخادم بما شهد مولاه قبل خلق السموات و الارض انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن

The servant beareth witness to that which his Lord did testify before the creation of the heavens and of the earth: that there is none other God but Him, the All-Subduing [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15701.206, , BLIB_Or15713.132bx, , BLIB_Or15734.1.092bx,

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Personal instructions; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

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

BH00150

3480

Persian

حمد حضرت مقتدری را لایق و سزاست که از قلم اعلی کوثر بقا جاری نمود و عالم ملک

Praise be unto Him, the Almighty One, Who hath caused to flow from the Most Exalted Pen the Kawthar of everlasting life, and the realm of existence [3.5s]... ...O Pen! Make mention of the one named Mihdí, that he may rejoice and be of the thankful. O Mihdí! Hearken thou to the Voice which is lifted up from the Crimson Tree

INBA41:034

HDQI.159x

BLO_PT#215x

Call to action; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00151

Lawh-i-Qina'

3480

mixed

Translation List; Tablet of the Veil (Lawh-i-Qina')

Lawh-i-Qina (Tablet of the Veil)

یکی از احبای الهی مکتوبی بیکی از علمای معروف نوشته و در آن مکتوب سوالات چندی

One of the loved ones of God wrote a letter to Ḥájí Muḥammad Karím Khán, in which he posed a number of questions...For twelve years We tarried in Baghdád. Much as We desired that a large gathering of divines and fair-minded men be convened

INBA38:165, INBA35:007, INBA90:044, BLIB_Or15698.190, , BLIB_Or15720.188, , BLIB_Or15740.144, , NLAI_BH2.320, NLAI_BH3.167, Majlis934.199-229, BN_suppl.1754.124-131

BRL_DA#719, AVK1.307.08x, AVK2.101.18x, AVK2.108.15x, AVK2.273.08x, AVK3.103.10x, AVK3.396.06x, IQT.190, MJMM.067, ASAT2.012x, ASAT3.279x, ASAT4.519x, ASAT4.520x, ASAT4.204x, ASAT5.174x, ASAT5.239x, TUM.050-051x, NSS.089-090x, NSS.190-199, OOL.B067

BKOG.148x, PDC.139x, HURQ.BH63x, ADMS#199

Sharply rebuts accusations, made by the leader of the Shaykhí school, of grammatical discrepancies in the writings of the Báb, asserting that divine revelation is not constrained by man-made rules, citing in support several examples from the Qur’an and challenging him with Bahá’u’lláh’s own prophetic claim.

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Word of God is its own standard

ROB1.334, MMAH.137, GSH.176, LL#212

BH00152

3450

mixed

عرض میشود صورت مطالب جناب حاجی محمد علی ولیانی علیه بهاء الله که جناب محبوب

Presented is a summary of the matters concerning his honor Ḥájí Muḥammad-'Alí-i-Valyání, upon him be the glory of God, which the beloved [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15732.023,

MJAN.110, AYBY.230, AQMJ2.072x, MAS8.187x, YMM.474x

Contention and conflict; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; 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

BH00153

3440

mixed

قد اتی ربیع الذکر و البیان و الناس اکثرهم لایفقهون نبذوا امر الله عن ورائهم

Verily, the springtime of remembrance and utterance hath come, yet most of the people comprehend not, having cast behind their backs the Cause of God [3.5s]

AQA6#219 p.064

Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement

BH00154

3430

Arabic

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Translation List; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

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

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

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

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

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

unknown

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Prayer for fasting; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#271, LL#466, LL#471

BH00155

Suriy-i-Ahzan

3410

Arabic

Surah of Sorrows (Suriy-i-Ahzán); Days of Remembrance

Suriy-i-Ahzan (Surih of Sorrows)

ان یا سیاح الاحدیه سبح فی قلزم الکبریاء الذی ظهر باسمی الابهی و جرت علیه سفن

O thou who art the pilgrim of Divine Oneness! Swim thou in the ocean of grandeur which hath been manifested through My Most Glorious Name, whereon sail the barques [3.5s]... ...Would that thou wert standing at this moment before the Throne and couldst hear how the melodies of eternity

INBA37:085, BLIB_Or15694.494, , BLIB_Or15723.212, , BLIB_Or15737.052, , NLAI_BH2.125, NLAI_BH2.265, ALIB.folder18p034-047

BRL_DA#733, AQA4#086 p.221, AQA4a.075, ASAT5.351x, OOL.B103, AMB#39x

DOR#39x, LTDT.080x, BLO_PT#092

Expatiates on the sorrows experienced by Bahá’u’lláh and the Báb, taking in part the form of a mystical conversation between the two.

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.397, MMAH.155, GSH.114, LL#289

BH00156

3410

mixed

حمد مقصود امکانرا که در بحبوحه احزان رایه بیان برافراخت شرذمه ذئاب اولیائش را

Praise be to the Desired One of all things possible, Who, amidst the tumults of sorrows, raised high the banner of utterance, while a pack of wolves [pursued] His loved ones [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15717.279,

PZHN v2#3 p.089, MUH3.205x, OOL.B171, QUM.086-087x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Past, present and future of Iran; Personal instructions; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00157

3400

mixed

حمد و ذکر و شکر و ثنا اولیای مقصود یکتا را لایق و سزاست که بحبل وفا تمسک

Praise and remembrance, thanksgiving and glorification, befit and are worthy of the loved ones of the one true Object of Desire, who have held fast to the cord of faithfulness [3.5s]

INBA15:014, INBA26:014

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00158

3380

mixed

حمد مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که بیک کلمه خرق حجبات غلیظه فرمود و اهل عالم را

Praise befitteth and is meet unto the Desired One, Who with but a single word hath rent asunder the thick veils and summoned the peoples of the world [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.287,

BRL_DA#316

Equality of men and women; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00159

3380

mixed

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو قد اظهر امره بین العباد بسلطان مامنعه الاعراض... این یوم را شبه و مثل نبوده و نیست چه که جمال قدم بر عرش اعظم مستوی جذب ظهور

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He hath manifested His Cause amidst His servants with a sovereignty that no opposition can withhold. Peerless and incomparable is this Day, for the Ancient Beauty is established upon the Most Great Throne, drawing forth through His Revelation [3.5s]... ...Gracious God! The people of God suffered themselves to be killed rather than kill. During the events that came to pass, they were the embodiments of utter meekness

INBA27:234

BRL_DA#762, HDQI.138x, MAS8.074bx, PYK.174

BRL_ATBH#63x

Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH00160

3310

Arabic

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

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

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

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

GPB.118x, JHT_B#019

Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00161

3290

mixed

حمد حامدین و شکر شاکرین مقربین را لایق و سزاست که بذکرشان نارالله بین عباد

The praise of all who praise and the gratitude of those who give thanks befitteth them who are nigh unto God, through whose mention the Fire of God blazeth amidst His servants [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15701.267,

MSHR5.382x, MYD.394x

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00162

3290

mixed

حمد مولی الوری را لایق و سزاست که بکلمه علیا اهل ناسوت انشا را بافق اعلی دعوت

Praise befitteth the Lord of all beings, Who through His exalted Word hath summoned the dwellers of the earthly realm unto the highest horizon [3.5s]

INBA18:223

AYI2.340x, AHT.003

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00163

3280

mixed

الحمد لله الذی سخر العالم باسمه الاعظم و انه اذ استوی علی التراب انه لهو العرش

Praise be unto God Who hath subdued the world through His Most Great Name, and verily, when He established Himself upon the dust, He was indeed the Throne [3.5s]

INBA41:228, BLIB_Or15704.205,

Call to action; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00164

3280

mixed

حمد مقدس از بیان برهان حضرت رحمن را لایق و سزاست که از انوارش عالم امکان

Sanctified praise beseemeth and is meet for the Lord of Divine Proof, the All-Merciful, through Whose lights the world of being hath been illumined [3.5s]... ...His holiness the exalted Bab because of the weakness of the people at the inception of his manifestation showed extreme forbearance

BLIB_Or15704.171,

MAS7.126x, PZHN v4#1 p.139x, QMSI1.191-192x, RAHA.127-128x, YIK.009-018

KFPT#03.5x

Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation

BH00165

3260

mixed

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Free will and predestination; fate; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

حمد گوینده پاینده را لایق و سزاست که در حین اشتعال نار بغضا در اطراف و اشطار

Praise be unto Him Who is the Ever-Abiding, the Ever-Enduring, Who is worthy and befitting of all glorification, even in this hour when the fire of hatred hath been kindled in all regions and quarters [3.5s]... ...The movement itself from place to place, when undertaken for the sake of God, hath always exerted, and can now exert, its influence in the world

INBA27:200

ADM3#113 p.134x, MAS4.120bx, PYK.179

ADJ.084x, ADMS#337x

BH00166

3250

mixed

بحور حمد و ثنا محبوبی را لایق و سزا که از عنایت بدیعه حکم سیف را مرتفع

The oceans of praise and glorification befit and beseem my Beloved, Who through His wondrous grace hath lifted up the decree of the sword [3.5s]

INBA07:046, INBA28:148, INBA97:130x, INBA77:001, BLIB_Or15717.180,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00167

3220

mixed

یا محبوب فوادی و المذکور فی قلبی قد طال غفلتی و سکری و نومی فیکل الاحوال اقر

O Thou Beloved of my heart and the One remembered in my soul! Long indeed hath been my heedlessness, my stupor and my slumber. In every condition do I acknowledge [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15732.035,

AYI2.008x, AYI2.111x, AYI2.112x, AYI2.113x

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00168

3200

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15693.076,

BH00169

3200

mixed

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

لسان ایام باینکلمه علیا ناطق یا اله العالم و مقصود الامم اسئلک بالاسم الاعظم

The Tongue of Days speaketh forth this most exalted Word: O God of the world and the Goal of all nations! I beseech Thee by the Most Great Name [3.5s]... ...The minimum amount subject to Huququ'llah is reached when one's possessions are worth the number of Vahid (19); that is, whenever one owneth 19 mithqals of gold

BLIB_Or15704.234,

BRL_HUQUQP#43x, MJAN.130, AYBY.240, AQMJ2.037ax, SFI03.023.27x, AYI2.386x, YIA.198x

BRL_HUQUQ#43x, COC#1116x

BH00170

3190

mixed

حمد و ثنای اهل انشا و ملکوت اسما اولیای فاطر سما را لایق و سزاست که شبهات... الهی الهی اشهد بوحدانیتک و فردانیتک

Praise and glory from the people of creation and the Kingdom of Names beseemeth the chosen ones of the Creator of heaven, who have dispelled doubts [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! I testify to Thy oneness and Thy unity, and unto that which Thou hast made manifest in Thy power and sovereignty. O my Lord, I have been so overcome

INBA44:050, NLAI_BH1.169.12-170x

ADM3#097 p.115x, ADM3#098 p.117x

JHT_S#154x

Business; financial; property matters; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00171

3180

Persian

حمد مقدس از ذکر کائنات محبوبی را لایق و سزا که باسم قیوم ختم از رحیق مختوم

Praise, sanctified beyond the mention of all created things, befitteth and beseemeth the Best-Beloved, Who through His Name, the Self-Subsisting, hath unsealed the choice Wine [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.304, , BLIB_Or15732.093,

Consultation; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00172

3160

mixed

حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزا که از خامه و بنان ابواب لقا بر عالمیان مفتوح نمود

Praise be unto Him Who is worthy of all glorification, the Best Beloved, Who hath, through the Pen and fingers of His grace, opened wide the gates of reunion unto all the peoples of the world [3.5s]... ...Truly, none must be careless in the matter of safeguarding the divine Tablets. In former times, when plans were laid to seize some of the friends

MJAN.099, AYBY.225, HDQI.158x, ANDA#01 p.000cx, YMM.381x

LOG#0326x

Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00173

3160

mixed

خدمت شارب کاس معانی حضرت اسم جود علیه بهاء الله الابدی عرض میشود نامه آنمحبوب

Unto him who drinketh from the chalice of divine significance, His Holiness the Name of Bounty, upon him be the everlasting glory of God, these words are submitted: The letter of that loved one [3.5s]

MJAN.079, AYBY.216b, MUH3.256x, MSHR2.345x, NSS.117-118x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00174

3150

mixed

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

تبارک الله مقصودیکه عالم را بحرفی پدید آورد و از یوم اول امم را بیوم ظهور

And now concerning thy question regarding the verse which the All-Merciful, exalted be His glory, hath revealed unto Muhammad, the Apostle of God, in the Qur’án: “He employeth the angels as messengers, with pairs of wings, two, three and four…”

BLIB_Or15712.314.04x,

AVK2.159x, MSBH5.063-076, NSS.102-103x

BLO_sazedj#15x

Angels; Call to action; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00175

3150

mixed

حمد سلطان وجود و ملیک غیب و شهود را لایق و سزاست که لئالی عرفان را از صدف

Praise befitteth and is worthy of the Sovereign of existence and the King of the seen and unseen realms, Who hath brought forth the pearls of divine knowledge from the shell [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15733.174,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection of Muhammad; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wisdom [hikmat]; Word of God and human limitations

BH00176

3150

mixed

لله درک بما اسمعنی لسان قلمک حنین قلبک و ضجیج فوادک فی حب الله محبوبنا و

Blessed art thou, for through the voice of thy Pen thou hast caused Me to hear the lamentation of thy heart and the cry of thy innermost being in thy love for God, our Beloved [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.093,

MAS8.032x, MSHR5.192x

Chastisement and requital; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00177

3140

mixed

Huqúqu'lláh; Translation List

حمد بساط حضرت موجودی را که وجود را موجود فرمود و عالم را بانوار اسم اعظم منور

Praise be unto the Court of that Being Who brought existence into being and illumined the world with the lights of His Most Great Name [3.5s]... ...It is incumbent upon everyone to discharge the obligation of Huquq. The advantages gained from this deed revert to the persons themselves

INBA15:001, INBA26:001b, BLIB_Or15701.360,

BRL_DA#399, BRL_HUQUQP#011x

BRL_HUQUQ#011x, COC#1102x, ADMS#351x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Review of publications; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00178

3130

mixed

حمد مقدس از بیان سلطان امکان و ملیک اکوان را سزاست که از کوثر حیوان عالم

All hallowed praise befitteth the Sovereign of contingent being and the King of all worlds, Who from the Living Waters hath created the universe [3.5s]... ...We beseech the True One to adorn His handmaidens with the ornament of chastity, of trustworthiness, of righteousness and of purity. Verily, He is the All-Bestowing

INBA28:338

BRL_DA#403, COMP_WOMENP#094x, AYI2.148x, AYI2.149x, AYI2.150x, AYI2.151x, AYI2.152x, YMM.013

BRL_WOMEN#094x, COC#2185x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Living waters; water of life; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00179

3120

mixed

هذا کتاب من هذا العبد الی الذی احبه الله و شرفه بلقائه و اسمعه نغماته و

This is an epistle from this servant unto him whom God hath loved and honored with His presence, and caused him to hear His melodies [3.5s]

INBA74:023

YIK.461-470

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00180

3100

mixed

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]

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

BH00181

Khutbiy-i-Salavat

3080

Arabic

Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká

الحمد لله الذی قد اظهر الطلعه بالجذبات و لقد اغن الورقه بالسر السطر من ورآء

Praise be unto God Who hath manifested the Countenance through rapturous attractions and hath enriched the Leaf with the hidden mystery inscribed beyond [3.5s]

PR22.058a-072a

Extols the Cause of the Báb and encourages His followers to seek out and turn to the ‘countenance of light’.

Chastisement and requital; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BRL_TTT#11.8

Revealed 'in the year nine', see BRL_TTT#11; see also Tanbihu'l-Na'imin p.36.

BH00182

3080

Persian

حمد مقدس از عرفان کائنات و بیان ممکنات مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزاست

All praise, sanctified beyond the cognizance of created things and the utterance of contingent beings, is worthy and befitting unto the Lord of all worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.014.15,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00183

3080

mixed

یشهد الخادم انه لا اله الا هو لم یزل کان و یکون بمثل ما قد کان بعد اعترافه

The servant testifieth that there is no God but Him. He hath ever been and shall forever be as He hath ever been, subsequent to his confession [3.5s]

INBA41:331

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consultation; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Wisdom [hikmat]

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

BH00185

3050

mixed

حبذا حبذا کاروان بیان با ارمغان معانی وارد هر حرفش بهجت گل آورد و هر کلمه اش

How wonderful, how glorious is the caravan of utterance, arriving with the gift of inner meanings; every letter thereof bringeth the joy of flowers, and each word thereof [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Lord of heaven and earth, Holder of the reins of all mankind! I entreat Thee by that which is hidden in Thy knowledge

AQA7.201, ADM3#064 p.079x, AYI2.118x, AYI2.119x, ASAT4.239x

JHT_S#150x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Oneness; unity of religion; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00186

3040

mixed

حمد مقدس از ذکر و اشاره و لفظ و معنی ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت محبوبی را لایق و

Praise, sanctified above mention and allusion, word and meaning, befitteth the most holy and exalted court of the Beloved [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15732.082,

Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00187

3020

mixed

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Exhortations and counsels; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement

الحمد لله الذی انزل الفرقان فی الرمضان و انه هو نور البیان قد اشرق من افق

Praise be to God Who hath sent down the Qur'an in the month of Ramadan, and verily He is the Light of Utterance that hath shone forth from the horizon [3.5s]... ...Cleave ye at all times to the cord of trustworthiness and hold fast the hem of the garment of truthfulness: thus biddeth you He Who is the Truthful, the Trusted One

BLIB_Or15700.024, , BLIB_Or15711.152,

COMP_TRUSTP#27x, PYK.356x

BRL_TRUST#26x, COC#2038x

BH00188

3010

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15727b.140, , BLIB_Or15732.116,

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Return of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

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]

BH00190

2960

mixed

حمد مقدس از ادراک عالم و عرفان امم ساحت عز حضرت کبریائی را لایق و سزا که بقلم

Praise, sanctified beyond the comprehension of the world and the recognition of nations, befitteth the court of glory of His all-compelling Presence, Who through the Pen [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15701.242,

YMM.440x

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00191

2960

mixed

لله الحمد آذان طلب متتابعا بهدیر حمامه محبت و وداد فائز و ابصار بملاحظه آثار

Praise be to God! The ears of longing have successively attained unto the cooing of the dove of love and fellowship, and eyes have been blessed with beholding His signs [3.5s]

INBA27:277, BLIB_Or15704.105,

PYK.086, AMIN.208x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00192

2940

mixed

جوهر حمد و بیان و ساذج شکر و تبیان بساط امنع اقدس مالک امکان را لایق و سزاست

The essence of praise and utterance, and the quintessence of thanksgiving and exposition, beseemeth and befitteth the most holy and most exalted court of the Lord of all possibility [3.5s]... ...God hath not blinked, nor will He ever blink His eyes at the tyranny of the oppressor

INBA28:229

BRL_DA#787, AVK2.181.09x, AVK3.402.09x, NANU_BH#08x, ASAT2.128x, ASAT3.269x, ASAT4.055x, ASAT4.206x, YMM.425x

GPB.224x

Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ROB2.413, LL#210

BH00193

2920

mixed

الحمد لله الذی ظهر و اظهر ما اراد انه هو المقتدر علی ما یشاء لایعجزه شئونات

All praise be unto God, Who hath manifested Himself and revealed whatsoever He willeth. Verily, He is the Omnipotent, Who doeth as He pleaseth; no circumstances can frustrate Him [3.5s]

INBA07:109, BLIB_Or15717.205, , NLAI_BH4.240-263

ASAT3.161x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00194

2910

mixed

تعالی من انطق القلم و علم الامم و اظهر ما اراد من اسرار القدم لیفرحن بها

Exalted is He Who hath caused the Pen to speak forth, and hath taught the peoples, and hath manifested whatsoever He desired of the mysteries of eternity, that they might rejoice therein [3.5s]... ...No one should demand the Huququ'llah. Its payment should depend on the volition of the individuals themselves, namely such souls that are devout, faithful and well disposed

BLIB_Or11097#050,

AYBY.182, MAS8.150ax, MAS8.150bx, KNJ.013e

COC#1149x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00195

Ridvanu'l-'Adl (the Garden of Justice)

2910

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Baha'u'llah's Paradise of Justice; Translation List; Garden of Justice (Ridvan al-'adl); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Ridvanul-Adl (Tablet of the Paradise of Justice)

هذا لوح فیه بعث الله اسمه العادل و نفخ منه روح العدل فی هیاکل الخلایق اجمعین

This is the Paradise of Justice, which hath appeared as a token of God’s grace and been adorned by Him with glorious and wondrous fruits

INBA47:022, INBA37:104, INBA92:207bx, BLIB_Or15723.241, , BLIB_Or15725.085, , BLIB_Or15737.083,

BRL_DA#717, GWBP#012 p.019x, GWBP#088 p.116ax, GWBP#134 p.186x, AQA4#088 p.245, AQA4a.299, AVK2.054.13x, SFI10.010, MAS4.160ax, RHQM2.0000 (138) (087-088x), AKHA_122BE #07-08 p.ax, OOL.B094

BRL_ATBH#55x, GWB#012x, GWB#088x, GWB#134x, ADJ.028ax, PDC.006x, PDC.120x, BLO_PT#018, HURQ.BH26, ADMS#016

M. Magagula, Sanele & Xolani

Extols the virtue of justice, assigning it a sacred origin and purpose in the world; calls upon the kings and rulers, the people of the world, and the Bábís to be its exponents; asserts that its essence is embodied in the laws of God; and prophesies the day when the ‘standard of oppression’ will be rolled up and the ‘banner of justice’ will be unfurled throughout the earth.

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

MMAH.104, GSH.207, LL#276

BH00196

2900

mixed

الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالاقتدار و توحد بالعظمه و الاجلال و تجلی اقل من سم

Praise be to God, Who alone possesseth power and might, Who standeth unique in His grandeur and majesty, and Who revealeth Himself less than a hair's-breadth [3.5s]

MJAN.156, AYBY.253, MSBH7.051-052x

Martyrs and martyrdom; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00197

2890

mixed

نفسی لک الفداء یا من قمت علی نصرة الله روحی لک الفداء بما تعطر

May my soul be a sacrifice unto Thee, O Thou Who hast arisen to aid the Cause of God! May my spirit be offered up for Thee, inasmuch as Thou art perfumed [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.076,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Da'iras and haykals; Review of publications; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

BH00198

2880

mixed

حمد و ثنا و تسبیح و تقدیس مقدس از عرفان اهل ارض و سما حضرت مقصودیرا لایق و

Praise, glorification and sanctification, transcendent beyond the understanding of the dwellers of earth and heaven, befit the Presence of the Desired One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.181,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; Word of God and human limitations

BH00199

2880

mixed

قد فزت بکتابک الذی کان مزینا بذکر المقصود و مطرزا بثناء محبوب العالمین طوبی لک

Verily I have received thy letter, which was adorned with the remembrance of the Desired One and embellished with the praise of the Beloved of the worlds. Blessed art thou [3.5s]

BRL_DA#486, AVK3.089.16x, AVK3.445.10x, AVK3.451.15x, SFI14.006-012, ASAT5.054x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Law of pilgrimage; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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]

BH00201

2810

mixed

ذکر حقیقی و ثناء معنوی اهل بها را لایق و سزاست که بهدایت کلمه علیا بافق اعلی

True remembrance and spiritual praise beseemeth the people of Bahá, who through the guidance of the Most Exalted Word have turned unto the Supreme Horizon [3.5s]... ...The children of Him Who is the Friend of God, and heirs of the One Who discoursed with God, who were accounted the most abject of men

INBA28:366

AYI2.153x, AYI2.154x, AYI2.155x, AYI2.156x, YMM.007

PDC.143x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00202

2810

mixed

عرض میشود بعد از اتمام عریضه اینفانی در جواب دستخطهای آنحضرت مدتی در ارسال

I submit that following the completion of this lowly one's petition in response to Thy gracious letters, some time hath elapsed in its dispatch [3.5s]... ...If the people had not withheld the Right of God they owe but rather had paid what was due, or would pay it now, they could be recipients of God's loving-kindness

BLIB_Or15701.221,

MSHR4.363x

COC#1141x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Review of publications; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech

BH00203

Lawh-i-Quds 1

2800

mixed

Lawh-i-Quds (Tablets of Holiness)

هذا لوح القدس یذکر فیه ما یشتعل به فی قلوب العباد نارا لعل یحترق بها کل الحجبات

This is the Tablet of Holiness; in it is mentioned what will kindle a flame in the hearts of the servants, that haply it may burn away every veil and allusion

INBA51:224b, INBA57:031, BLIB_Or15694.420, , KB_620:217-228, ALIB.folder18p255x

BRL_DA#099, SFI08.019b, MAS1.060x, AADA.061-073, ASAT1.130x, ASAT5.350x

ADMS#224

A call to the recognition of Bahá’u’lláh, affirming the continuity of His mission with the Báb’s, investigating the cause of the rejection of prophets past, and refuting the counter-claim of Mírzá Yaḥyá.

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BH00205

2790

mixed

ان یا رحیم مر علی البلاد کنسایم الروح لیجدد بک هیاکل العباد بطراز الله المهیمن العزیز

O Rahim! Pass over the land like the breezes of the Spirit, that through Thee the temples of the servants may be renewed with the adornment of God, the All-Subduing, the Mighty [3.5s]

INBA83:257x, BLIB_Or15725.547, , ALIB.folder18p047-057

ASAT1.132x, ASAT4.010x, ASAT4.386x, ASAT4.435x, HYK.129

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00206

2790

mixed

تبارک الرب الناطق علی العرش الذی باسمه نصب علم انه لا اله الا هو علی طور

Blessed be the Lord, speaking upon the Throne, Who through His Name hath raised aloft the Standard that proclaimeth "There is none other God but Him" upon the Mount [3.5s]

INBA07:001, INBA28:183, INBA97:107.11x, BLIB_Or11097#071,

AVK3.113.13x, AVK3.132.11x, AVK3.464.15x, MAS4.102bx

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#101

BH00207

2790

mixed

حمد حضرت مقتدری را لایق و سزا که ضعف عباد را در یوم معاد بقوت تبدیل نمود و

Praise befitteth and beseemeth the Lord of Might Who hath transformed the weakness of His servants into strength on the Day of Return [3.5s]

PZHN v2#3 p.108, MSHR4.117-118x, MSHR5.065-066x, OOL.B172

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Call to action; Petitions to authorities; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00208

2790

Arabic

Prayers and Meditations

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

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

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

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

PM#176

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00209

2780

mixed

الحمد لله الذی نطق حین استوائه علی عرش الظهور انه لا اله الا انا المهیمن

Praise be to God Who, upon His ascendancy to the Throne of Revelation, proclaimed: "Verily, there is no God but Me, the All-Protecting." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#025,

AVK4.457bx, AVK4.457cx, MAS8.140bx, MAS8.141ax, TABN.246bx, PYK.032-032x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00210

Lawh-i-Hadi - Re "He who knoweth himself..."

2770

mixed

He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord (Man 'arafa nafsahú faqad 'arafa Rabbahú); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Man ‘arafa nafsahú faqad ‘arafa Rabbahú (He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord); Lawh-i-Hadi (Tablet to Mírzá Hadi)

توحید بدیع مقدس از تحدید و عرفان موجودات ساحت عز حضرت لایزالی را لایق و سزا

How wondrous is the unity of the Living, the Ever-Abiding God—a unity which is exalted above all limitations, that transcendeth the comprehension of all created things! He hath, from everlasting, dwelt

INBA38:238, INBA36:409, INBA57:018b, BN_suppl.1754.059-064

BRL_DA#125, GWBP#073 p.096ax, GWBP#083 p.109x, GWBP#124 p.168bx, AVK1.061x, AVK1.180ax, AVK1.180bx, AVK1.187.06x, AVK1.242.05x, AVK1.307.02x, AVK2.077.13x, AVK3.398.09x, MJMM.346, DWNP_v6#05 p.003-004x, DRD.155, MAS4.026bx, MAS4.028x, ASAT1.185x, ASAT2.102x, ASAT4.292x, ASAT5.062x, ASAT5.251x, PYB#026 p.01x, PYB#221 p.03x, OOL.B160

GWB#073x, GWB#083x, GWB#124x, BLO_PT#040, WIND#112

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Knowledge of self; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB3.063, LL#097

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

BH00212

Lawh-i-Kimiya 6

2760

mixed

Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A

Lawḥ-i-Kímíya I (Tablet on Alchemy I)

پس اول باید دانست که این سر قویم و امر عظیم را قادر حکیم و سلطان علیم در چه

It ought first to be understood in what manner the Powerful Ruler and Wise Sovereign has established this firmly established Secret and mighty affair… Balinus, the sage, upheld the same view… [this is] one of nature's secrets and the essence of the knowledge of creation in the world of nature

INBA36:355, BLIB_Or15722.214, , NLAI_BH2.184

MAS1.047-057, OOL.B197.6

REVS.171x, BLO_alchemy, HURQ.BH05

Alchemy; the elixir; Four elements; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah

BH00213

2760

mixed

لحمد لله الذی تفرد بالفضل و توحد بالاحسان و منزه عما ینطق به اهل الامکان و تقدس

Praise be unto God, Who is singular in His bounty and unique in His beneficence, Who is sanctified above whatsoever the peoples of contingent being may utter, and is holy [3.5s]

INBA08:326ax, INBA22:283x, INBA45:021.07x, BLIB_Or15732.126,

AFG.046-058

Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

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

BH00215

2740

mixed

Prayers by Bahá'u'lláh, Some

حمد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که بکلمه علیا در یوم میثاق

Praise be befitting the most exalted, most holy court of the Desired One, Who through His most sublime Word on the Day of the Covenant [3.5s]

INBA28:308

BRL_DA#446, PZHN v4#1 p.141x, AKHA_130BE #10 p.ax

Chastisement and requital; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Petitions to authorities; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations

BH00216

2730

mixed

حمد مقدس از تحدید ممکنات منزل آیاتی را سزاست که بحلاوت ندای خود جمیع خلق را

Sanctified praise, transcending the limitations of contingent beings, befitteth that Revealer of Verses Who, through the sweetness of His call, hath drawn all creation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#066,

MAS8.156x, MSHR5.099x

Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat]

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

BH00218

2710

mixed

یا ایها الطائر فی هوائی و الناظر الی افقی اسمع شهادتی انه لا اله الا انا

O thou bird that soarest in My heaven and gazeth toward Mine horizon! Hearken unto My testimony: There is none other God but Me [3.5s]

AYBY.134, AQMJ2.107x, KHSH09.003, MAS8.186x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Personal instructions; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00219

2700

mixed

حمد مقدس از بیان و عرفان محبوبی را لایق و سزست که عنایتش جمیع عالم ... انشاء الله بعنایت الهی فائز باشید و بما یهذب به اخلاق العباد متوجه و ناطق

Sanctified praise, beyond all utterance and understanding, beseemeth that Beloved One Whose loving-kindness hath encompassed the entire world... May ye, through divine bounty, attain and be moved to voice that which refineth the character of all His servants [3.5s]

INBA66:212x, BN_suppl.1753.124-126

BRL_DA#547, LHKM3.379bx, AYI2.090x, AYI2.091x, AYI2.092x

Contention and conflict; Importance of community building; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00220

2680

mixed

حمد محبوب بیزوالی را لایق و سزاست که لم یزل و لایزال از نفحات قلم اعلی اهل

Praise be unto the incomparable Beloved, Who is worthy and befitting of all glory, for from time immemorial and unto everlasting ages, through the fragrances of the Most Exalted Pen, the people [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.261,

YIK.041-048

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00221

2680

mixed

سبحانک یا من تسمع حنین المقربین بما ورد علی اولیائک و اصفیائک و تری ما ورد

Glorified art Thou, O Thou Who hearest the plaintive cries of them that are nigh unto Thee by reason of what hath befallen Thy loved ones and chosen ones, and beholdest what hath come to pass [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.173,

MSHR3.070x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes

BH00222

2680

Persian

فهرست عرایض شما در ساحت امنع اقدس عرض شد و جواب از سماء فضل نازل

The record of thy petitions was presented at the Most Holy and Most Exalted Threshold, and an answer hath descended from the heaven of grace [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.263,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00223

Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom)

2680

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom)

کتاب انزله الرحمن من ملکوت البیان و انه لروح الحیوان لاهل الامکان تعالی الله

This is an Epistle which the All-Merciful hath sent down from the Kingdom of Utterance. It is truly a breath of life… Say: Magnified be Thy Name, O Lord my God!

INBA47:098, INBA90:001, INBA30:052, INBA81:024, BLIB_Or15729.106, , NLAI_22848:255, NLAI_BH3.142, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p133v, , Ghazi3072.045-093, UMich962.095-105, MKI4522.255, MKI4524.290, BN_suppl.1753.089-100

AQA2#006 p.130, ADM2#011 p.026x, AVK4.437bx, MJMM.037, RSBB.092, NSR_1993.047x, ASAT1.042-043x, ASAT1.190x, ASAT1.156x, ASAT5.213x, ASAT5.372x, ADH1.103x, TBP#09, OOL.B043

TB#09, BPRY.199x, PN_1900_heh p013, ADJ.025x, GPB.197x, PDC.186-187x, SW_v14#09 p.257x, BSC.189 #277-338

Arrayanes, Rafael, Efe, Sabria & Maarten, L. Dely & M. Congo [track 8], P. Held & C. Bahia [track 9], almunajat.com [item 23]

Calls on the people to observe a number of spiritual maxims; answers a question regarding the origin of creation; describes the Word of God as ‘the Cause which hath preceded the contingent world’; identifies nature with the operation of the Divine Will; mentions in positive terms some ancient philosophers, including Empedocles, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Balinus, and Hermes; states that the essence and fundamentals of philosophy have emanated from the Prophets; and asserts that a true philosopher would never deny God and His evidences.

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Heat and motion; Purpose; goal of creation; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God sanctified from time and place

ROB4.033 et al, BKOG.382, GPB.219, EBTB.115, MMAH.085, GSH.139, LL#116

BH00224

2680

mixed

یا جمال مقتضیات عصر دیگر است و مقتضیات حکمت الهی دیگر لذا قلم اراده در بعض

O Beauty! The exigencies of this age are otherwise, and the requirements of Divine wisdom are different. Therefore the Pen of Will, in certain matters [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15703.091,

MAS4.098x, TAH.330x

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00225

2660

mixed

حمد مقدس از ذکر ممکنات ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودیرا لایق و سزاست که بمفتاح

Praise, sanctified above mention by all created things, befitteth and beseemeth the most holy and most exalted court of the Desired One, Who through the key [3.5s]

INBA27:001, INBA41:297ax

AYI2.017x, AYI2.018x, AYI2.180x, TSAY.469x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00226

2640

mixed

Call to action; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

الحمد لله الذی نور الابصار بمشاهده الانوار و انطق الالسن باعلی الاذکار فی نعت

Praise be to God Who hath illumined all eyes through beholding His lights and hath caused all tongues to voice the most exalted remembrances in praise [3.5s]

INBA18:304, INBA30:104ax, BLIB_Or15703.040x,

AHM.358x, AQMJ1.168bx, BCH.119x, ADH1.026x, AKHA_134BE #03 p.101x, ANDA#72 p.28x, YBN.145ax

BH00227

Ridvanu'l-Iqrar

2630

Arabic

Ridvanu'l-Iqrar (Ridván of the Enthronement)

اقر الله بذاته لذاته بانه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر و کل له خاضعون اقر

God taketh His seat [upon His celestial Throne] by virtue of His Essence which is operative through His Essence, for He, no God is there except Him… By God, O people! Mine eye weepeth, and the eye of Ali (the Bab) weepeth amongst the Concourse on high, and Mine heart crieth out

INBA47:050, INBA37:057, INBA83:092, BLIB_Or15723.146,

AQA4#083 p.180, AQA4a.042, MAS4.353x, OOL.B095

GPB.243x, GPB.250x, HURQ.BH27x

Dwells on the state of those who have rejected the truth and contrasts it with the state of those who have recognized and believed.

Adam; Adam and Eve; Call to action; Creation of the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ROB2.397, MMAH.175, GSH.115, LL#277

Quoted by Abdu'l-Baha in MKT3.420 (AB00024). Merged with BH10413.

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]

BH00229

2630

mixed

حمد مقدس از ذکر اهل انشاء و ملکوت اسما ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودیرا لایق و

Sanctified praise, beyond the mention of the people of utterance and the Kingdom of Names, befitteth the most holy, most exalted court of the Desired One [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Thou Who art the Aim of all creation! I beseech Thee by the ocean of Thy knowledge and the heaven of Thy Cause to preserve me

BRL_DA#801, AQA6#247 p.219, ADM2#029 p.050x

JHT_S#033x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00230

2620

mixed

الامر لله الذی امسک قلمه الاعلی فی اشهر معلومات بما اظلم افق الامانه بما

The command belongeth unto God, Who hath stayed His Most Exalted Pen during certain known months, inasmuch as the horizon of trustworthiness was darkened [3.5s]

INBA08:393

BRL_DA#528, AVK3.357.17x

Call to action; Oneness; unity of religion; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for service; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00231

2620

mixed

الحمد لله الذی ایقظ من فی الانشاء بندآئه الاحلی و عرفهم افقه الاعلی الذی منه

Praise be unto God Who hath awakened all within creation through His most sweet call and caused them to recognize His most exalted horizon wherefrom [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15717.196,

MAS8.061x

Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00232

2610

mixed

جوهر تسبیح و ساذج تقدیس سلطان بدیع منیع قیومی را سزاست که از رشحات طفحات

The essence of glorification and purest sanctity beseemeth the wondrous, exalted and Self-Subsisting Sovereign, Who from the outpourings [3.5s]

INBA36:365, BLIB_Or15722.256, , PR23.048b-050b

BRL_DA#033, TZH4.143bx, MSHR4.198x, YMM.321x

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BH00234

10150

mixed

Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

الحمد لله الذی نصر امره بالاعدآء الذین استقروا علی سرر الظلم فی ناسوت الانشاء

Praise be unto God Who hath aided His Cause through the enemies who have occupied the seats of tyranny in the kingdom of creation [3.5s]... ...O Haydar! This Wronged One hath heard thy voice raised in the service of the Cause of God... O my handmaiden, O my leaf!... It is indeed a most excellent favour

INBA51:010x, KB_620:003-004x

BRL_DA#478, LHKM2.094x, UAB.012bx, QT108.059x, PYB#114 p.04x, ANDA#64 p.08-33x, TBP#17ix, YMM.309x, YMM.341x

TB#17ix, BRL_ATBH#03x, LTDT.059x, COC#1134x

R. Yazhari

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

LL#107, LL#188

BH00235

2590

mixed

Alchemy; the elixir; Hands of the Cause; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

الحمد لله الذی خلق القلم الاعلی و نفخ فیه اذا انصعق من فی الارض و السماء الا

Praise be to God Who created the Supreme Pen and breathed into it whereupon all who dwell in earth and heaven were thunderstruck, save [3.5s]... ...All praise be to God Who, from every drop of blood shed by His chosen ones, hath brought forth a vast creation whose number none but Himself can reckon

INBA18:093, BLIB_Or15717.220,

BRL_DA#788, NANU_BH#01x, YMM.140

BRL_FIRE_BH#01x

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

BH00237

2590

Persian

حمد مقدس از حروف و الفاظ ساحت اعز اقدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست

Sanctified praise, beyond words and utterances, befitteth the most glorious and most holy court of the Desired One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.099, , BLIB_Or15732.142,

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00238

Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World)

2590

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World)

حمد و ثنا سلطان مبین را لایق و سزاست که سجن متین را بحضور حضرت علی قبل اکبر

Praise and thanksgiving beseem the Lord of manifest dominion Who hath adorned the mighty prison… The betterment of the world can be accomplished

INBA89:190x, BLIB_Or07851.066a, , BLIB_Or15696.107bx, , BLIB_Or15716.198x, , PR05.009a-020a, Majlis934.001-026, BN_suppl.1753.078-089

GWBP#043 p.066bx, AVK1.021.02x, AVK3.063.14x, AVK3.161.09x, AVK3.203.15x, AVk3.459.04x, AVK4.239.06x, AVK4.255.05x, AVK4.280x, ZYN.212, MJMM.285, AQMJ2.151x, AQMJ2.152x, UAB.051cx, DRD.084, MAS4.120ax, ASAT3.039x, ASAT4.387x, ASAT5.067x, AHB_107BE #03 p.046x, ADH1.080x, SAM.235x, TBP#07, OOL.B036

TB#07, GWB#043x, ADJ.024x, ADJ.024-025x, ADJ.028x, ADJ.077x, GPB.232x, PDC.196x, PDC.199x, WOB.107x2x, WOB.198x, SW_v09#07 p.082x, SW_v14#06 p.179x, DWN_v3#01 p.009x, DWN_v5#01 p.003-004x, DWN_v6#06-7 p.001-002x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.138 #055-069x

T. Price, T. Ellis, A. Tahirih R. Weiss, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, S. Jaberi

Reiterates many of Bahá’u’lláh’s central social teachings, such as renunciation of self and promoting the good of the entire human race; achieving the betterment of the world ‘through pure and goodly deeds, through commendable and seemly conduct’; consorting with all religions in friendliness and fellowship; avoiding contention and conflict; observing courtesy; promoting the ‘Lesser Peace’; adopting a universal language; championing the universal education of children; and recognizing the importance of agriculture.

Call to action; House of Justice; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB4.329 et al, BKOG.382, BKOG.399, BKOG.410, BKOG.454, MMAH.131, GSH.168, LL#083

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

BH00240

2560

mixed

قد شهدت النقطه انه لا اله الا هو الفرد الواحد العلیم الحکیم و انها لظهرت و

The Point hath testified that there is none other God but Him, the Single, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, and verily She hath appeared and [3.5s]... ...Well is it with the physician who cureth ailments in My hallowed and dearly-cherished Name.

BLIB_Or15700.041, , BLIB_Or15711.274, , BLIB_Or15722.146x,

MSHR2.199x, YMM.342x

COC#1015x, LOG#0958x

Empty learning; false spirituality; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00241

2550

mixed

ان الخادم قد امر بالاختصار فی ذکر الاخیار من لدی الله المقتدر المختار لان

The servant in attendance hath been bidden to be brief in mentioning the righteous ones, by God, the Almighty, the All-Choosing, for [3.5s]

INBA19:213, INBA32:195, BLIB_Or15704.196,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Predictions and prophecies; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00242

2550

mixed

حمد مقدس از ذکر آمه و خامه مشرق نور سلطان احدیه را لایق و سزاست که علم امرش

Praise, sanctified beyond word and pen, befitteth the Dawning-Place of Light, the Sovereign of Oneness, Who hath caused the standard of His Cause [3.5s]

INBA28:290

Chastity and purity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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]

BH00244

2540

mixed

Changing Pronouns and Dropping 'Say' in Prayers

بجناب ذبیح علیه بهاء الله تکبیر مالانهایه برسانید عجبست که خبر ایشان نرسید

Convey unto his honor Dhabih, upon whom be the Glory of God, boundless greetings. Strange it is that no word hath been received from him [3.5s]... ...In some of the revealed prayers and supplications it is written, “and make him.” Is it considered interpolation if one recites, in a passsage of entreaty, "and make me"

INBA28:171, NLAI_BH4.053-062.03x

AVK2.318.17x, AVK4.028.13x, AVK4.267.10x, AVK4.439ax, MAS4.030x, MAS4.036x, ASAT4.030x, ASAT4.462x, ASAT5.054x, YIK.071-078

KSHK#08x

Empty learning; false spirituality; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

ROB4.321, ROB3.200-201, LL#193, LL#372

BH00245

Commentary on a verse from Sa'di

2530

mixed

Commentary on a Verse of Sa'di (Tafsir-i Bayti az Sa'di); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Unrestrained as the wind; Tafsir-i Bayti az Sadi (Commentary on a Verse of Sadi)

آنچه از معنی بیت در آیات الهی نازل و از افق سماء حقیقت مشرق همان تمام است و

The intent of the poet in these verses, "The Friend is closer to me that I am to myself

BLIB_Or11096#006, , BLIB_Or15722.022, , NLAI_BH3.097, BN_suppl.1754.042-047

BRL_DA#034, GWBP#093 p.122bx, GWBP#161 p.218x, AVK3.105.13x, AVK3.465.02x, KHSH01.054, MAS1.057x, ASAT1.035x, ASAT2.085x, ASAT2.114x, ASAT3.091x, ASAT5.094x, ASAT5.235x, UVM.101.07x

GWB#093x, GWB#161x, ADJ.050-051x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.077x2x, ADJ.060x5x, COF.120x, GPB.389x, WOB.103x, WOB.167x, WIND#133

B. Grover, MANA

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Word of God and human limitations

ROB3.404, LL#335, LL#448, LL#457

BH00246

2530

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15725.419, , Berlin1237#03

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

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00247

2520

mixed

الها معبودا مسجودا کریما رحیما علیما حکیما غفارا ستارا وهابا تری اولیائک بین

My God, my Adored One, the Object of my worship, the All-Bountiful, the Most Merciful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, the All-Forgiving, the Concealer of faults, the Bestower! Thou beholdest Thy loved ones amidst [3.5s]

INBA15:155, INBA26:156

MUH3.193x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Exhortations and counsels; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection

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

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

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

BH00251

2510

mixed

Meetings, Bahá'í; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The Institution of the

فصبر جمیل و الله المستعان علی ما یصفون یا حیدر قبل علی علیک بهائی و بهاء من

Patience is befitting, and God is the Help to be sought against that which they say. O Haydar-'Alí, upon thee be My glory and the glory of Him Who [3.5s]... ...By My life and My Cause! Round about whatever dwelling the friends of God may enter, and from which their cry shall rise as they praise and glorify the Lord

BLIB_Or15690.015, , BLIB_Or15728.140,

BRL_DA#227, COMP_MASHRIQP#07x, LHKM2.285

BRL_MEET.BH#02x, BRL_MASHRIQ#07x

MANA

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Methods of teaching the Cause; Prayer for protection; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB4.316x

BH00252

2500

mixed

علم الله تکاد الزفرات تصعدو العبرات تنزل فی فراقکم یشهد الخادم بان الهجر

God knoweth that sighs are about to ascend and tears to fall in separation from you. The servant beareth witness that separation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.112, , BLIB_Or15738.186bx,

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for unity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

BH00253

2500

mixed

یوم طلاق است و همچنین حین تلاق گاهی وصل ظاهر و هنگامی فصل حقایق موهومه

The Day of separation hath come, and likewise the time of reunion. At times union is made manifest, and at times division appeareth in illusory realities [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15701.004,

HDQI.036x, TISH.072-080

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00254

2480

mixed

حمد فاطر سما و مالک اسما را لایق و سزا که مدح عالم بر مقامش

Praise be unto the Creator of the heavens and the Sovereign of Names, worthy and deserving is He of the world's exaltation [3.5s]

INBA84:209

Call to action; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

BH00255

2470

mixed

الحمد لله الذی توحد بالبیان و تفرد بالتبیان و تعظم بالجلال و تعلی بالاجلال

Praise be to God, Who hath manifested His oneness through utterance, distinguished Himself through exposition, exalted Himself through majesty, and ascended through glory [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#053, , NLAI_BH4.152-164

MAS8.151bx, MAS8.155x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Role and station of women; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00256

2470

mixed

حمد مقدس از شئونات و حوادثات و گفتارهای عباد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی را

Praise, sanctified above the limitations and happenings and utterances of men, befitteth the most holy and most exalted court of the Desired One [3.5s]

INBA18:182

MSHR5.060-061x

Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech

BH00257

2470

mixed

قد حضر لدی الوجه کتابک الذی ارسلته الی من ینادی ربه فی الحدباء و توجه الیه

The epistle thou didst dispatch unto him who calleth upon his Lord in Hadbá hath been presented before the Countenance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#008, , BLIB_Or11096#281,

LHKM2.244

Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech

BH00258

Lawh-i-Yusuf

2460

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of Joseph (Lawh-i Yusuf); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Resurrection and the World to Come

Lawh-i-Yusuf (Tablet of Joseph)

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق عن جهه ایمن العرش و جعلها الله هدی و ذکری للعالمین... ای یوسف حجّتم بر کلّ من فی السّموات و الارض... انّا قد جعلنا میقاتاً لکم فاذا تمّت المیقات

These are the verses of God which have verily been sent down in truth from the right hand of the Throne, and which God hath made a guidance and a remembrance unto all the worlds [3.5s]... ...We have a fixed time for you, O people. If ye fail, at the appointed hour, to turn towards God, He, verily, will lay violent hold on you

INBA38:139, BLIB_Or15694.465, , ALIB.folder18p199, NLI.32p030vx

BRL_DA#532, GWBP#108 p.139bx, AVK1.279.19x, RSBB.181, GHA.255x, UAB.031cx, MAS4.019bx, MAS8.013x, AYI2.248x, AYI2.250x, ASAT4.378x, OOL.B084b

GWB#108x, LOG#1982x, PDC.007x, WOB.201x, SW_v02#03 p.003x, BLO_PT#113, BSC.199 #339-372, KSHK#28x

Emphasizes the importance of detachment as prerequisite to the recognition of spiritual truth and explains the meaning of ‘paradise’, ‘hellfire’, ‘resurrection’, and similar terms.

Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations

GSH.171, LL#265, LL#395

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.

BH00260

Suriy-i-Ra'is

2450

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Extract from the Súriy-i-Ra'ís about the Nature of the Soul

Suriy-i-Ra'ís (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha)

ان یا رئیس اسمع ندآء الله الملک المهیمن القیوم انه ینادی بین الارض و السماء

Hearken, O Chief, to the voice of God, the Sovereign, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. He, verily, calleth aloud between heaven and earth

INBA47:147, INBA34:081, BLIB_Or15735.129, , NLAI_BH2.354, Berlin1237#28, PR11.020b-026a, UMich962.130-132x

NRJ#2, AQA1#003, AVK4.453x, MJMM.087, ASAT3.048x, ASAT4.254x, ASAT5.230x, BCH.104x, YMM.269x, OOL.B070a

SLH#02, GPB.174x, GPB.179-180x, GPB.180x, GPB.181x2x, PDC.099x, PDC.120x, WOB.105-106x, WOB.178x, BLO_PT#194, BSC.088 #039x, BSC.224 #444-445x

Addresses ‘Álí Páshá, the Ottoman Prime Minister, as Bahá’u’lláh and His companions were being transferred from Adrianople to Gallipoli en route to ‘Akká; takes the minister to task for his abuse of power; predicts the downfall of Sulṭán ‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz; announces that He has come to ‘quicken the world and unite all its peoples’; relates the circumstances of His expulsion from Edirne; and parenthetically answers a question from a follower about the origin and nature of the soul.

Chastisement and requital; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.411 et al, BKOG.259, MMAH.146, GSH.109, LL#326

BH00261

2450

mixed

Huqúqu'lláh; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The Institution of the

حمد و ثنا و ذکر و بها صفدران مضمار معانی و بیان را لایق و سزا که ضوضاء مشرکین

Praise and glory and remembrance and splendor befit the champions in the arena of inner meanings and divine utterance, whom the clamor of the ungodly [3.5s]... ...Entreat thou the one true God to enable his faithful servants fulfil that which is conducive to the good of this world and the world to come… Blessed are they that occupy themselves in the House of Worship with the remembrance of Him… The benefits accruing from benevolent works shall fall to the individuals concerned... Whenever they make reference to the Ḥuqúq, let them confine themselves to a mere word uttered for the sake of God

BLIB_Or15701.320,

BRL_DA#258, BRL_HUQUQP#016x, BRL_HUQUQP#084x, COMP_MASHRIQP#06x

BRL_HUQUQ#016x, BRL_HUQUQ#084x, BRL_MASHRIQ#06x, COC#1101x, COC#1138x

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Law of Huququ'llah; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00262

2440

mixed

تالله یا اسمی الجیم قد قرء لدی العرش کتابک و وجدت منه نفحات حبک لله یشهد بذلک

By God! O My Name Jim, thy letter was recited before the Throne, and from it were inhaled the sweet fragrances of thy love for God. He beareth witness unto this [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.113, , BLIB_Or15730.053d, , NLAI_22848:274, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p142v, , MKI4522.274,

BRL_DA#308, AQA2#007 p.142, AQA7#489 p.307b

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00263

2430

Persian

الحمد لله از فضل الهی و جود و کرم ربانی نار بغی ساکن و نور امر لائح ولکن بعد از

All praise be unto God! Through divine bounty and heavenly grace and beneficence, the fire of sedition hath been stilled and the light of His Cause shineth resplendent. However, after [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.278, , BLIB_Or15736.122,

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Justice and mercy; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00264

2420

mixed

کتاب مرقوم نزل من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم انه لکتاب اذ ظهر ظهر البحر و امواجه

This is the Book sent down from before God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Verily it is a Book which, when it appeared, made manifest the ocean and its waves [3.5s]... ...Praise be unto Thee, O my God, in that Thou hast revealed to me Thy signs, hast made Thine indubitable proofs manifest… Praise be to Thee, O my God, inasmuch as Thou hast given me to drink from the cup of Thy bounty, adorned me with the raiment of Thy knowledge

BLIB_Or15724.136,

BRL_DA#338, ADM3#047 p.060x, ADM3#048 p.061x, ADM3#049 p.062x, MSBH2.056x

JHT_S#086x, JHT_S#145x

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; 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; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00265

2400

mixed

لک الحمد یا الهی بما اظهرت امرک و انزلت آیاتک و ابرزت بیناتک و ایدت لاعلاء

All praise be unto Thee, O my God, for that Thou hast manifested Thy Cause, sent down Thy verses, revealed Thy clear tokens, and strengthened their exaltation [3.5s]

INBA27:246

AYI2.042x, AHB_129BE #07-08 p.017x, PYK.168, MYD.473x, YMM.469x

Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Hands of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00266

2390

Persian

امروز فرات فیض الهی از یمین عرش رحمانی جاری و آسمان بیان بانجم معانی مزین

In this day the streams of divine bounty floweth from the right hand of the Throne of the All-Merciful, and the heaven of utterance is adorned with the stars of inner meaning [3.5s]

INBA42:079, BLIB_Or15712.157b,

Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00267

Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'am (the Tablet of All Food)

2370

Arabic

Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i Kullu't-Ta'am)

Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food)

الحمد لله مموج ابحر النور بالماء الناریه الالهیه و مهیج احرف الظهور بنقطه

Praise be to God Who hath caused Oceans of Light to surge in the Divine Fiery Water; excited the Letters of the Dispensation

INBA36:268, Berlin1237#20

BRL_DA#393, TZH4.132-135x, MAS4.265, RHQM2.0979-989 (416) (256-262), OOL.B052

GPB.118x2x, BLO_PT#108, HURQ.BH02

A commentary offering several allegorical interpretations of the Qur’anic verse ‘All food was allowed to the children of Israel’ (Qur’an 3:93).

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Prayer for protection; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB1.050, BKOG.112, MMAH.127, GSH.008, LL#146

Revealed "in the year nine", see BRL_TTT#11

BH00268

2370

mixed

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

شهد المقصود انه لا اله الا هو له العظمه و العطاء و هو لکلشیء علیم شهد

He, the True One, beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. His is the majesty and the bounty, and He, verily, hath knowledge of all things. He doth testify [3.5s]... ...Cleave ye to the hem of the raiment of virtue and keep fast hold of the cord of piety and trustworthiness. Have regard to the good of the world and not to your own selfish desires

INBA18:119

COMP_TRUSTP#19x, AVK3.427.04x, UAB.046ex

BRL_TRUST#18x, COC#2030x

BH00269

Lawh-i-Ra'is

2370

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Rais (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha)

قلم اعلی میفرماید ای نفسیکه خود را اعلی الناس دیده و غلام الهی که چشم اهل ملا

The Pen of the Most High proclaimeth: O thou who hast imagined thyself to be the most exalted of men

INBA35:043, BLIB_Or11096#015, , BLIB_Or15698.302, , BLIB_Or15720.296, , BLIB_Or15740.230, , CMB_F31.030, , NLI.32p039v, PR11.066a-072a

NRJ#3, AVK1.333.04x, AVK2.287.11x, AVK3.052.07x, AVK4.455x, IQT.302, MJMM.102, UAB.058cx, DRD.043, ASAT3.015x, ASAT4.168x, ASAT4.419x, OOL.B070b

SLH#03, GPB.173x2x, GPB.187x3x, GPB.208x3x, PDC.073-074x, PDC.099x, PDC.099-100x, SW_v02#02 p.003-007x, BLO_PT#198, BSC.081 #038

Bahá’u’lláh’s second tablet to the Ottoman Prime Minister ‘Álí Páshá, denouncing him for his further act of cruelty in imprisoning Bahá’u’lláh and His followers in the citadel of ‘Akká, warning him of the ephemerality of his worldly power, relating the episode of a puppet show from Bahá’u’lláh’s own childhood which convinced Him of the fleeting nature of the trappings of the world, asking ‘Álí Páshá to comport himself with reason and justice, and reiterating a request for a brief audience with the Sultan.

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB3.033 et al, BKOG.013, MMAH.148, GSH.121, LL#217

BH00270

2350

mixed

حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که بارادهٴ غالبه و حکمت بالغه صفوف بیانرا

Praise be unto Him Who is the Desired One, Who through His all-conquering Will and consummate Wisdom hath marshaled the ranks of the Bayan [3.5s]

INBA19:428b, BLIB_Or15696.075ax,

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00271

Tafsir-i-Va'sh-Shams (Commentary on the Surih of the Sun)

2340

Arabic

Commentary on the Surah of the Sun; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Tafsír-i-Suriy-i-Vash-Shams (Commentary on the Surih of the Sun)

الحمد لله الذی انطق ورقاء البیان علی افنان دوحه التبیان بفنون الالحان علی انه لا اله الا هو

Praise be to God, Who hath set the dove of eloquence, perched among the twigs of the tree of explanation, to weaving her divers melodies

INBA90:076, BLIB_Or15714.065, , NLAI_BH3.227, Berlin1237#01, MKI4524.278,

BRL_DA#710, GWBP#089 p.116bx, MJMM.001, DLS.107x, ASAT1.253x, ASAT2.171x, ASAT3.116x, ASAT4.205x, ASAT4.208x, ASAT4.366x, ASAT4.375x, ADH1.108x, OOL.B146

GWB#089x, BLO_PT#025, HURQ.BH78, ADMS#199n02x

W. Heath

Gives a detailed interpretation of a short surah of the Qur’an, relates several symbolic meanings of the word ‘sun’, and tells of the inexhaustible meanings of the Word of God, which are disclosed according to the capacity of the hearers and which must be understood according to both their outward and inward meanings.

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Limits of language; Names and attributes of God; Outward and inward meanings; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB1.032, MMAH.102, GSH.209, LL#338

BH00272

2340

mixed

Unnamed Tablet (Purpose of the one true God)

حق جل جلاله از برای ظهور جواهر معانی از معدن انسانی آمده الیوم دین الله و مذهب

The purpose of the one true God, exalted be His glory, in revealing Himself unto men is to lay bare those gems that lie hidden within the mine of their true and inmost selves… So powerful is the light of unity

BLIB_Or15692.040, , BLIB_Or15738.044ax, , MKI4523.133, , BN_suppl.1753.037-043

BRL_DA#661, GWBP#126 p.174x, GWBP#132 p.184x, AVK3.111.03x, AVK3.212.05x, ISH.133, UAB.023bx, UAB.036bx, ASAT3.118x, NSS.119-120x

GWB#126x, GWB#132x, TN.042-048x, STOB#085n, STOB#108n, ADJ.065bx, PDC.181x, WOB.203x2x, SW_v03#02 p.006x, DWN_v3#01 p.010x

L. Dely & M. Congo [track 4], R. Yazhari, T. Nosrat, MANA, N. Zabihi, Naim, Ridvan, Reza & Bahia, Pedram, Aram, Onni & Nader, A Family Affair, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2), Leona and Larry, G.H. Miller, R. Peterson [track 13], E. Mahony, P. Weber

Call to action; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity

LL#020

Part of this quoted in ESW.

BH00273

2330

mixed

الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالعزه و توحد بالعظمه و تقدس عما تفوه به البریه و تنزه

Praise be unto God, Who standeth alone in majesty, Who is unique in grandeur, Who is sanctified above all that the people have uttered, and exalted [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.226,

Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00274

2320

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15704.246,

Exhortations and counsels; Goodly deeds; actions; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00275

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Khadijih Bagum

2300

mixed

Tablet of Visitation for the wife of the Bab, Khadijih Begum; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Khadijih Begum (Tablet of Visitation for the wife of the Báb, Khadijih Begum)

ان القلم ینوح و اللوح یبکی بما صعدت زفرات اهل الوفاء و نزلت عبرات الفردوس... ان یا قلم قد اتتک مصیبة کبری

O Pen! Verily a great tribulation and mighty calamity hath come upon Thee, one that hath caused the denizens of the Exalted Paradise and the dwellers of the Concourse on High

INBA31:074, BLIB_Or15704.218, , BLIB_Or15714.095x, , Majlis210461.114-116x

BRL_DA#273x, AQA4#100 p.339, AQA4a.201, AVK3.133.02x, AYT.029x, KHAF.184 (285), ASAT4.080x, AKHT1.364x, OOL.B179a, MATA.154-155x

BRL_ATBH#16x, EBTB.379, LTDT.055x, LTDT.057x, BLO_PT#151, GEN.099-102

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Visitation Tablets

LL#139

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

BH00277

2290

mixed

حمد و ثنا مقربین را لایق و سزا که بامید قرب مسرورند و برجای لقا زنده

Praise and glory beseemeth them that are nigh unto God, who rejoice in the hope of attainment unto His presence and are quickened by the promise of His meeting [3.5s]... ...Since the dominions of the hearts and souls of men are completely unable to grasp the nature of the peerless Essence, it behoveth us to give praise to His First Creation, to His First Remembrance

BLIB_Or15731.069,

VUJUD.118x

VUJUDE.169x

Call to action; Love of God; 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

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]

BH00279

Remembrance of the seven martyrs of Yazd

2280

mixed

Tablet to The Times of London; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Times (Tablet to the Times)

کنا ماشیا فی البیت و سامعا حدیث الارض اذا ارتفع الندآء من الفردوس الاعلی

We were walking in the House and hearing the discourse of the earth when the Call was raised from the Most Exalted Paradise [3.5s]... ...O 'Times', O thou endowed with the power of utterance! O dawning place of news! Spend an hour with the oppressed of Iran

INBA39:154

BRL_DA#375, MAS4.124cx, RHQM1.382-382 (461) (283-289), ASAT4.387x, MSBH2.171x, OOL.B169, OOL.B199

BRL_ATBH#08x, BLO_PT#195

Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ROB4.348, MMAH.144, LL#253

Includes the "Lawh-i-Times"

BH00280

Suriy-i-Ziyarih

2280

Arabic

Wronged One, The; Surih of Visitation

Surat az-Ziyarah (Surih of Visitation for Mulla Husayn)

هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الذی سمی فی ملکوت البقاء بالبهاء و فی جبروت العلاء

This is a letter from a wronged One, who is known in the kingdom of eternity as Bahá, in the dominion of exaltation… Our God and Beloved! Forgive us, our parents, and such of our relations as have believed in Thee and Thy signs

INBA37:122, INBA83:195, INBA49:289, BLIB_Or15702.239, , NLAI_BH2.297, ALIB.folder18p057-066

AQA4#091 p.301, ADM2#005 p.017x, MAS8.082, ASAT4.078x, OOL.B141

LOIR03.083, BLO_PT#098, JHT_S#087x

Visitation tablet for Mullá Ḥusayn, who was the first to embrace the cause of the Báb and was one of its early martyrs and who is implicitly related in the tablet to Bahá’u’lláh (whose given name was also Ḥusayn) and through Him to the persecution and suffering of Abel, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, Imam Ḥusayn, and the Báb.

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Visitation Tablets

MMAH.204, GSH.196, LL#330

BH00281

2260

mixed

ایام ایام احزانست و امواج ضغینه و بغضا در افئده دشمنان شراره کبر و غرور

These are days of sorrows, and the waves of malice and hatred surge within the hearts of the enemies with the flames of pride and vainglory [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15717.111,

BRL_DA#462, AYBY.312, MAS8.114ax

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH00282

2230

mixed

الحمد لله الذی اظهر ما هو المستور بقدرته المهیمنه علی الاسماء و ابرز ما هو

All praise be unto God Who, through His power that transcendeth all names, hath revealed that which was hidden and made manifest that which was concealed [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#032,

AQA6#309 p.304, AVK4.231.09x, AVK4.417cx, AVK4.418ax, AVK4.462.10x, KHSH09.089, MAS8.141bx, ASAT4.279x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Law of Huququ'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

BH00284

2210

mixed

الحمد لله الذی اید احبائه علی خدمه اصفیائه و وفقهم بفضله علی الاستقامه علی

Praise be unto God Who hath strengthened His loved ones to serve His chosen ones and through His grace hath guided them to steadfastness [3.5s]

INBA18:408

ASAT3.234x, YIA.188-190x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00285

2210

mixed

این مظلوم بین انیاب ذئاب بوده و هست در این حالت صریر قلم اعلی قطع نشد و ندآء

This Wronged One hath been and is between the fangs of wolves; yet even in this state the Most Exalted Pen hath not ceased its flow, nor hath the Call been silenced [3.5s]... ...Of all the peoples of the world, they that have suffered the greatest loss have been, and are still, the people of Persia

BLIB_Or15698.030, , BLIB_Or15712.022b, , BLIB_Or15720.032, , BLIB_Or15740.027,

BRL_DA#261, AVK1.279.13x, AVK3.244.15x, IQT.030, AYBY.089, AQMJ2.006x, ASAT1.263x, ASAT3.219x, ASAT5.363x, TRZ1.078ax

PDC.143-144x

Call to action; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Knowledge; recognition of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00286

2200

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15718.296,

Call to action; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00287

Lawh-i-Baha

2190

mixed

Lawh-i-Bahá (Tablet of Glory)

ان یا امه الله ا تصبرین علی مقعدک بعد الذی کان قمیص الغلام محمرا بدم البغضاء

O Maidservant of God! Be patient under all circumstances and mindful of the fact that the robe of this Youth was dyed crimson with the blood of enmity betwixt earth and heaven

INBA35:070x, NLAI_BH1.269x

BRL_DA#703, AQA7#394-395 p.154, ASAT5.348x, OOL.B030a, OOL.B030b

HURQ.BH38

Identifies Himself and His sufferings with those of prophets past; compares Mírzá Yaḥyá to the biblical Balaam, who rejected Moses after having occupied an exalted station; and bids His own followers, the newly named ‘people of Bahá’, to enter the ‘ark of eternity’ upon the ‘crimson sea’.

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.179, ROB2.171, MMAH.119, GSH.040, LL#071

BH00288

2190

mixed

حمد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مالک وجود را لایق و سزا که از تجلیات انوار نیر برهان

Praise be unto the most sacred and exalted Court of the Sovereign of existence, Who through the effulgences of the Orb of proof [3.5s]

INBA81:138x, BLIB_Or15715.169j,

Exhortations and counsels; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00289

2190

mixed

حمد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که از برای خود شدت

Praise be befitting unto the most exalted, most holy court of the Desired One, Who hath ordained for His own Self [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.413,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Goodly deeds; actions; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

BH00291

2180

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15732.156,

Call to action; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Prayer for pioneers and travel teachers; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00292

2180

mixed

الحمد لله الذی توحد بالوحدانیه و تفرد بالفردانیه قد اظهر الکلمه من افق سماء

Praise be to God, Who is one in His oneness and single in His singleness. Verily He hath caused the Word to appear from the horizon of heaven [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.049, , BLIB_Or15711.300,

MUH3.301-306, ASAT5.042x

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00293

2180

mixed

حمد مقدس از ذکر و حدود مالک غیب و شهودیرا لایق و سزاست که افئده و قلوب اولیا

Sanctified praise, beyond all mention and limitation, beseemeth the Lord of the invisible and the visible, Who hath caused the hearts and souls of His chosen ones to be illumined [3.5s]... ...The Kitab-i-Iqan was revealed in 'Iraq especially for the honored Afnan, the illustrious Khal Akbar, upon him rest all My Glory. The details are thus

INBA31:093

AYI2.294x, AYI2.309x

GEN.287-288x

Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity

LL#177

BH00294

2180

mixed

در هر حین منادی حق جل جلاله عباد را ندا مینماید و بما یعزهم و یرفعهم و ینفعهم

At every moment the Herald of Truth, glorified be His majesty, calleth unto His servants that which shall exalt them, raise them up, and profit them [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.454,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Personal instructions; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00295

Madinatu'r-Rida (the City of Radiant Acquiescence)

2180

Arabic

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; City of Radiant Acquiescence (Lawh-i-Madinatu'r-Rida); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Madinatur-Rida (City of Radiant Acquiescence)

ذکر رحمه الله عبده بالحق لیفتخر بذلک فی ملا العالین و یشکر ربه فی کل حین

Remind his servant of God's clemency in truth, that he might be honored thereby among the concourse of the worlds, and might give thanks to his lord at all times, insofar as God's bounties to him

INBA73:186

BRL_DA#282, AQA4a.135, AVK3.403.02x, ASAT4.015x, AKHA_124BE #11-12 p.bx, OOL.B087

BRL_ATBH#41x, WIND#138, BLO_sazedj#07x, HURQ.BH16x

Expounds various stages and degrees of contentment: contentment with God and His decree; with one’s own self, which requires detachment from the world; with one’s fellow believers, which implies humility in their presence; and with the vicissitudes of the world.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for protection; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Symbolism of color and light; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB1.108, MMAH.191, GSH.036, LL#150

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

BH00297

Suriy-i-Dhikr

2160

Arabic

Days of Remembrance

Suriy-i-Dhikr (Surih of Remembrance)

هذا کتاب نقطه الاولی الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله الواحد الفرد العزیز العلیم و فیه یخاطب

This is the Súrih of Remembrance, sent down as a token of grace, that perchance the people of the Bayán might renounce that which they possess

INBA47:001, INBA37:097, BLIB_Or15725.176, , NLAI_BH2.343

BRL_DA#732, AQA4#087 p.236, AQA4a.108, ASAT3.279x, OOL.B114, AMB#38x

DOR#38x, GPB.137x, HURQ.BH24

Speaking in the voice of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh declares His mystical identity with the Báb (one of whose titles was ‘the Remembrance of God’) and the fulfilment of the Báb’s revelation in Him and laments the state of the Bábís in the extremity of their rejection of Bahá’u’lláh.

Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

MMAH.160, GSH.059, LL#299

BH00298

2150

mixed

الحمد لله الذی ظهر و اظهر سلطانه و انفذ امره علی شان سخر العالم و انطق الامم علی

Praise be to God Who hath manifested Himself and revealed His sovereignty, and enforced His command in such wise as to subdue the world and cause the peoples to give utterance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.006,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00299

2150

mixed

حمد بساط امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که افنانش را بر نصرت سدره

Praise befitteth and is worthy of the Most Holy, Most Exalted Court of the Divine Object of all desire, Who hath enabled His branches to arise in defense of the Tree [3.5s]

INBA31:137

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Goodly deeds; actions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Work as worship

BH00300

2140

mixed

این ایام الف قائمه که از قیامش عالم قیام نمود نوحه مینماید و هاء مسکین از دو چشم

In these days doth the Alif, which standeth upright and through whose arising the world was raised up, lament, and the helpless Há weepeth from both eyes [3.5s]... ...I swear by God! In those days the equivalent of all that hath been sent down aforetime unto the Prophets hath been revealed

INBA42:066, MKI4523.160,

BRL_DA#267, ISH.160

GPB.171x

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

BH00301

2130

mixed

انشاء الله لم یزل و لایزال از کاس عنایت بیزوال بیاشامند و بذکر

God willing, may they ever continue to drink from the inexhaustible chalice of His bountiful grace, and with hearts attuned to His mention [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.270,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00302

2130

mixed

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat]

تبارک الیوم الذی فیه انار افق البیان و استوی الرحمن علی عرش العظمه و الاحسان

Blessed be this Day wherein the horizon of utterance hath been illumined and the All-Merciful hath been established upon the throne of grandeur and benevolence [3.5s]... ...To discharge one's obligations is highly praiseworthy in the sight of God. However, it is not permitted to solicit Huquq from anyone

INBA07:052, BLIB_Or11097#030,

BRL_DA#269, BRL_HUQUQP#088x

BRL_HUQUQ#088x, COC#1144x

BH00303

2130

mixed

حمد مقدس از عرفان من فی الامکان ساحت اقدس حضرت قیومی را لایق و سزاست که بکلمه

Praise, sanctified above the recognition of all contingent beings, befitteth the most sacred court of His Holiness, the Self-Subsisting Lord, Who by a word [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.184, , BLIB_Or15732.135,

YMM.380x, YMM.475x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00304

2120

mixed

الحمد لله الذی انزل الکتب و ارسل الرسل و جعلهم سرج هدایته بین خلقه بهم فرق

Praise be unto God, Who hath sent down the Sacred Books and sent forth His Messengers, making them the lamps of His guidance amidst His creation. Through them He hath distinguished [3.5s]

INBA28:203

BRL_DA#447, ADM3#059 p.074x, MSHR4.158x

Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00305

Namaz-i-Hajat and instructions re ablutions

2100

Arabic

Tablet to Jináb-i-Mullá 'Alí-Akbar fí ardi'l-álif

Salat-i-Hajat or Salat-i-Liqá (Prayer of the Needs or Reunion prayer)

ان یا قلم الاعلی ذکر الذی غرق فی ابحر الظن و الهوی لعل یخلصه ما یجری عنک و

O Pen of the Most High! Make mention of him who is immersed in the seas of doubt and passion, that perchance thou mayest purify him

INBA66:122, BLIB_Or15694.342, , Berlin1237#27, ALIB.folder18p066-075

BRL_DA#076, AVK4.074x, MAS7.131x, RSR.106-107x

RBB.115-118x, BLO_PT#183

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Law of obligatory prayer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

LL#281, LL#505

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

BH00307

2100

Persian

حمد مقدس از بیان و ذکر من فی الامکان بساط قرب قدس حضرت محبوبی را لایق و

Praise, sanctified beyond the utterance and mention of all who dwell within the realm of contingent being, befitteth the hallowed court of nearness unto the Best-Beloved [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.301,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God the cause of creation

BH00308

Tarazat (Ornaments)

2100

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Tarazat (Ornaments)

حمد و ثنا مالک اسما و فاطر سما را لایق و سزاست که امواج بحر ظهورش امام وجوه

Praise and glory beseem the Lord of Names and the Creator of the heavens, He, the waves of Whose ocean of Revelation surge… Glory be unto Thee, O Lord of the world

BLIB_Or07851.002a, , KB_262:063-074, CMB_F32.064, , PR05.020a-030b, OSAI_TC 20v-25r, MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p01, , MKI4523.147, , BN_suppl.1753.046-054

ZYN.182, ISH.147, UAB.045cx, UAB.045dx, UAB.047ax, TBP#04, TUM.087-091x, OOL.B148

TB#04, BPRY.197x, ADJ.024x, GPB.218-219x, SW_v03#03 p.003x, SW_v08#02 p.027x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.137 #053-054x, BSC#092-099x, BNE.155x

J. Michel

Proclaims six ‘ornaments’: knowledge of self and acquiring a useful profession, fellowship with all religions, possessing a good character, truthfulness and trustworthiness, preserving the station of craftsmanship, and the importance of acquiring knowledge and of fairness in newspaper reporting.

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Limits of the intellect; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB4.168 et al, BKOG.382, EBTB.062, GSH.158, LL#340

BH00309

2100

mixed

زلازل قبائل را اخذ نمود و اضطراب سکان ارضرا احاطه کرد الا من شاء الله ظاهر شد

The convulsions of the tribes have seized them, and trembling hath encompassed the dwellers of the earth, save whom God willeth [3.5s]

INBA31:196

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00310

2090

mixed

یا حیدر قبل علی علیک بهائی و عنایتی جناب سیاح را از قبل مظلوم سلام برسان بگو

O Haydar-Qabl-'Alí! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. Convey, on behalf of this Wronged One, greetings unto His honor the Wanderer, and say [3.5s]

INBA42:053, BLIB_Or15690.204, , BLIB_Or15699.084,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Personal instructions; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

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

BH00312

2080

mixed

یا نبیل قبل علی علیک بهائی و ذکری و ثنائی طوبی لک بما حضرت لدی الوجه و سمعت

O Nabil-i-'Ali! Upon thee be My glory, My remembrance and My praise! Blessed art thou, inasmuch as thou hast attained unto My presence and hearkened unto My voice [3.5s]... ...Should a man appear ere the lapse of a full thousand years - each year consisting of twelve months

BLIB_Or11096#001, , BLIB_Or15698.129, , BLIB_Or15720.128, , BLIB_Or15740.101,

BRL_DA#077, AVK2.276.13x, AVK3.180.19x, AVK3.466.03x, AVK4.257.13x, IQT.129, TZH5.006, MAS8.113ax, ASAT1.195x, ASAT3.097x, AKHA_121BE #05 p.ax, AKHA_121BE #06 p.ax, AKHA_122BE #05 p.bx, AKHA_118BE #05-06 p.ax, OOL.B195

WOB.132x

Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00313

2070

mixed

اگرچه اول هر نامه بر هر نفسی لازم بل واجب ذکر دوست یکتا و محبوب یکتا و مقصود

Although at the commencement of every epistle it is incumbent, nay obligatory, upon every soul to make mention of the One Friend, the Peerless Beloved, and the Ultimate Goal [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15701.039,

Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00314

2060

Persian

کتاب انزله المظلوم انه لهو الرحیق المختوم من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم طوبی لمن

The Book which the Wronged One hath sent down is verily the sealed Wine from God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Blessed is he who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.124,

MAS4.021bx

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00315

2050

mixed

حمد مقدس از عرفان کائنات حضرت مقصودیرا لایق و سزاست که بیک نظر عنایت ذره را

All praise, sanctified beyond the understanding of created things, befitteth Him Who is the Lord of our hearts' Desire, Who, with but a single glance of loving-kindness, causeth the merest atom [3.5s]

INBA28:395, BLIB_Or15727a.040,

BRL_DA#327, AYI2.169x, AYI2.170x, AYI2.171x, AYI2.172x, AYI2.173x, AYI2.174x, AYI2.175x, AYI2.176x, TSAY.468-469x, YMM.382x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

BH00317

2040

mixed

جوهر ذکر و ثنا و لطیفه مدح اولی النهی حزب الله را لایق و سزاست که قواصف

The essence of remembrance and praise, and the quintessence of glorification, befitteth the people of understanding, the Party of God, whom the tempests [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15701.233,

RSR.104x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Contention and conflict; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Rejection of Muhammad; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00318

2040

mixed

حمد مقدس از ادراک عالمیان مقصود امکان را لایق و سزاست که باراده محیطه اش

A praise transcending the comprehension of all the peoples of the world befitteth the Lord of contingent being Who, through His all-encompassing Will [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.153, , BLIB_Or15732.150,

Martyrs and martyrdom; Methods of teaching the Cause; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00319

2040

mixed

Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Law of fasting; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

یا احمد اسمع الندآء من شطر الکبریاء من سدره المنتهی عن یمین بقعه النورآء انه

O Ahmad! Hearken unto the Call from the direction of Supreme Glory, from the Divine Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing, upon the right hand of the luminous Spot, that verily [3.5s]... ...As for obligatory prayer, it hath been sent down by the Pen of the Most High in such wise that it setteth ablaze the hearts

INBA27:086, BLIB_Or07852.072,

BRL_DA#123, ADM2#074 p.139x, AVK4.090.03x, GHA.036a, GHA.037ax, MAS4.134x, NSS.087x, NSS.116x

BRL_IOPF#1.07x

BH00320

2030

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15718.214,

Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to Jews; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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

BH00322

2020

mixed

حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که آفتاب کلمه علیا را از افق لوح بحرکت قلم اعلی

Praise befitteth the Beloved One Who hath caused the Sun of the Most Exalted Word to move from the horizon of the Tablet through the stirring of the Supreme Pen [3.5s]

INBA08:411

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; High station of the true believer; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00323

2020

mixed

سبحان من انار افق البیان بشمس ذکره الاعظم الذی به ارتعدت فرائص الامم الذین

Glorified be He Who hath illumined the horizon of utterance with the Sun of His Most Great Remembrance, whereat the limbs of the peoples have trembled [3.5s]

INBA08:345, INBA97:103x, BLIB_Or15717.217,

AYI2.007x, AYI2.110x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Free will and predestination; fate; Justice and wrath of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00324

2010

mixed

حمد مقدس از عرفان موجودات حضرت بیزوالی را لایق و سزا که لم یزل و لایزال

A praise sanctified beyond the knowledge of all created things befitteth that Ancient Being Who hath ever been and shall ever be [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15717.261,

MAS8.078ax

Accounts of dreams and visions; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Jabulqa and Jabarsa; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00325

2010

mixed

Huqúqu'lláh; Family Life

سبحان من انار افق العالم بنیر اسمه الاعظم الذی به اخذت الزلازل کل القبائل

Glorified be He Who hath illumined the horizon of the world through the radiance of His Most Great Name, whereby all the tribes were seized with trembling [3.5s]... ...There can be no doubt that whatsoever hath been revealed from the All-Glorious Pen, be it ordinances of prohibitions, conferreth benefits upon the believers themselves

INBA07:208, BLIB_Or11097#054,

BRL_DA#408, BRL_HUQUQP#017x, COMP_FAMP#84x, GHA.102.03x, PYK.052, MSBH7.374x

BRL_HUQUQ#017x, BRL_FAM#84x, COC#1146x

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Law of Huququ'llah; Literal interpretation; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00326

2010

mixed

لله عملک یا من فزت بالبلاء فی سبیل الله فاطر السماء نعیما لک یا من شربت کاس

Praised be thy deed, O thou who hast attained unto tribulation in the path of God, the Creator of heaven! Blessed art thou, O thou who hast quaffed the cup [3.5s]

INBA07:167, INBA97:099, BLIB_Or15717.201,

BRL_DA#190, MSBH10.240, YIA.163-168

Consultation; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Word of God is its own standard

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

BH00328

2000

mixed

Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Degrees of faith; certitude; Literal interpretation; Soul; spirit after death; Suffering and imprisonment; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الله رب العالمین و حضر کتابه فی السجن الاعظم و فاز

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath turned unto God, the Lord of all worlds, who hath attained unto His Book in the Most Great Prison, and who hath achieved [3.5s]... ...Thou hast asked Me concerning the nature of the soul. Know, verily, that the soul is a sign of God, a heavenly gem whose reality the most learned of men hath failed to grasp

INBA51:165, BLIB_Or15730.039, , KB_620:158-166

BRL_DA#663, GWBP#082 p.107x, ADM1#037 p.079x, AVK1.137bx, AVK1.185ax, AVK1.276ax, MAS8.189bx, RRT.144x, ASAT4.106x, YMM.270x

GWB#082x

LL#427

BH00329

1990

mixed

الحمد لله الذی رفع سماء البیان و زینها بانجم دریات و نور افقها بشمس ذکر

Praise be to God, Who hath raised up the heaven of utterance and adorned it with luminous stars and illumined its horizon with the sun of remembrance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#051,

MUH3.033-035, RAHA.204x, OOL.B193

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00330

1990

Arabic

Lawḥ al-Raḥmat (Tablet of the Merciful One)

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

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

Berlin1237#07

BRL_DA#565, SFI11.013

HURQ.BH10x

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Life and death; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Outward and inward meanings; The concourse on high; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00331

1980

mixed

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی سمی بالحبیب لیکون بذکر الله مذکورا و ان ذکره سبق

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath been named the Beloved, that he may be remembered through the remembrance of God - and verily his mention was foreordained [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! Purify the hearts of Thy servants with the waters of Thy mercy and loving-kindness

BLIB_Or07852.068, , BLIB_Or15725.469x, , NLAI_BH2.014.10x

BRL_DA#070, ADM2#089 p.166x, AVK3.006.12x, PYK.010

JHT_S#056x

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Words vs deeds

BH00332

1980

mixed

یا حبیب فوادی لله الحمد بعنایات لانهایات الهی فائز شدید و بذکرش موفق گشتید و

O thou beloved of My heart! Praised be God that thou hast attained unto His infinite bounties and been enabled to make mention of Him [3.5s]

INBA08:448, BLIB_Or15727b.216, , BLIB_Or15732.169,

Call to action; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00333

1980

mixed

یوم الله آمد سریر بیان در قطب امکان ظاهر و مکلم طور بر آن مستوی فرات رحمت از

The Day of God hath come, the Throne of Utterance hath appeared at the pole of contingent being, and the Speaker of Sinai is established thereon. The river of mercy hath descended [3.5s]

INBA31:101, BLIB_Or15701.014,

YARP1.056bx, SFI05.013, AYI2.259x, YMM.207x

Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to Jews; Proclamation to Muslims; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00334

Suriy-i-Qalam

1970

Arabic

Days of Remembrance

Suriy-i-Qalam (Surih of the Pen)

ان یا قلم الاعلی ان اشهد فی نفسک بانه هو الله لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم

O Pen of the Most High! Bear thou witness, in thine own self, that verily He is God and that there is none other God but Me

INBA37:115, BLIB_Or15692.012, , BLIB_Or15706.001, , BLIB_Or15714.049, , BLIB_Or15725.239, , NLAI_BH1.083, NLAI_BH2.204

AQA4#089 p.258, SFI14.036-045n, TZH4.268-270, TSBT.124, ASAT1.111x, ASAT3.015x, ASAT3.136x, ASAT4.508x, OOL.B136, AMB#23

DOR#23, BLO_PT#095, HURQ.BH47

A celebration of the festival of Riḍván, taking the form of a series of apostrophes to His Pen, the denizens of earth and heaven, the concourse of monks, and the Maid of Heaven.

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Monasticism; asceticism; Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God the cause of creation

ROB2.397, SFI14.036-045, MMAH.159, GSH.192, LL#324

BH00335

Lawh-i-Khalil

1970

mixed

Lawh-i-Khalíl (Tablet to Khalil)

ملکوت جلال و جمال و جبروت عظمت و اجلال سلطان لاهوت و ملیک حی لایموت را

The Sovereign of the Divine Realm and King of Life Who dieth not hath so established and ornamented the Kingdom of Majesty and Beauty and the Spiritual Realm of Might

BLIB_Or15717.213,

BRL_DA#483, MAS4.038x, MSHR5.386x, OOL.B161

HURQ.BH72

Moses; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

MMAH.190, LL#420

BH00336

Lawh-i-Burhan (= Lawh-i-Raqsha?)

1960

Arabic

Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Lawh-i-Burhan (Tablet of the Proof)

قد احاطت اریاح البغضا سفینه البطحا بما اکتسبت ایدی الظالمین یا باقر قد افتیت

The winds of hatred have encompassed the Ark of Baṭḥá, by reason of that which the hands of the oppressors have wrought

INBA47:126, INBA35:119x, INBA90:026, INBA97:072, BLIB_Or15729.119, , NLAI_22848:289, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p150r, , UMich962.105-113, MKI4522.289,

AQA2#008 p.152, AVK3.110.07x, AVK4.284ax, AVK4.454bx, MJMM.053, NNY.245, RHQM2.0965-973 (399) (247-252), ASAT2.073x, ASAT3.250x, ASAT4.034x, ASAT4.052x, ASAT4.376x, LDR.217x, TBP#14, OOL.B035, OOL.B110

TB#14, BADM.173-174x, GPB.211x, GPB.218x, GPB.231x, GPB.232x3x, PDC.159x, WOB.179x

Condemns in fiery language two members of the Shiite clergy for their roles in the martyrdom of two prominent Bahá’ís, sets forth the spiritual prerequisites of the truly learned, and summons them to investigate the truth of Bahá’u’lláh’s cause by perusing His writings.

Chastisement and requital; Empty learning; false spirituality; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB4.091 et al, GPB.219, MMAH.219, GSH.145, LL#081

BH00337

1950

mixed

ایام ایام فرح جدید است چه که در مدینه عشاق عاشقی بکام دل رسید و بما هو

These are days, days of newfound joy, for in the City of Lovers a lover hath attained unto the desire of his heart [3.5s]

INBA19:254, INBA32:228, BLIB_Or15717.095,

BRL_DA#784, NANU_BH#02x, AYI2.056x, HNU.369x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; 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]

BH00339

1940

mixed

تبارک الذی بیده ملکوت کل شیء یخلق ما یشاء بامر من عنده و انه کان علی کل شیء

Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Kingdom of all things. He createth whatsoever He willeth through a command from His presence, and verily He hath power over all things [3.5s]... ...That so brief a span should have separated this most mighty and wondrous Revelation from Mine own previous Manifestation, is a secret that no man can unravel

BLIB_Or15694.552, , ALIB.folder18p261x

MAS8.037cx, MUH3.269-270x

BNE.020x, GPB.092x, WOB.124x

Absolute freedom; independence of God; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Literal interpretation; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00340

1940

mixed

حمد مقصود عالم را که آنچه را که در افئده و قلوب مستور بود ظاهر فرمود ابرار را

Praise be to the Desired One of the world, Who hath manifested unto the righteous that which lay concealed within hearts and minds [3.5s]

PZHN v2#3 p.115, OOL.B173

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00341

1930

mixed

حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که دوستان را بجانب فرات رحمت خود راه نمود و آگاه

Praise be unto the Beloved, Who alone is worthy and deserving, Who hath guided His friends unto the streams of His mercy and enlightened them [3.5s]

INBA27:042, BLIB_Or15732.202,

HDQI.055x, AKHA_118BE #11-12 p.bx, ANDA#22 p.04x, ANDA#50 p.03x, MSHR5.241x

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

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

BH00343

Suriy-i-Fadl

1920

Arabic

Suriy-i-Fadl

ان یا ذبیح انا ارسلنا الیک من قبل لوحا ممتنعا منیع و فیه ذکر ما جعله الله حجه علی من فی

O Dhabih! We did verily send unto thee aforetime a Tablet, mighty and impregnable, wherein was inscribed that which God hath made a testimony unto all who dwell therein [3.5s]... ...Say: By God! The Sovereign of Words hath assuredly come upon the clouds of the verses, and lo, the words of every contentious polytheist were thunderstruck

INBA83:247, BLIB_Or15725.537, , BLIB_Or15737.173, , ALIB.folder18p081-088

OOL.B115

SHHB.135x

Exhorts the recipient to be bold in conveying Bahá’u’lláh’s claim to the followers of the Báb and to sharply challenge those who have repudiated the former’s claim, asking them to consider the infinite grace of God in revealing again the divine verses.

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#300

BH00344

1920

Arabic

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

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

INBA42:236x, BLIB_Or15725.001,

BNEP.114x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

BH00346

1910

mixed

یا مهدی استمع ندآء من کان متغمسا فی بحر البلاء و اذا تمهله الامواج یرفع راسه

Hearken, O Mahdi, unto the call of Him Who is drowning in a sea of tribulation.

BLIB_Or11096#013, , BLIB_Or15698.116, , BLIB_Or15720.116, , BLIB_Or15738.108, , BLIB_Or15740.091, , LEID.Or4971-7 p4,

BRL_DA#279, AVK2.307.06x, IQT.116, RSBB.085, ASAT3.115x, ASAT3.132x, ASAT4.287x, ASAT4.406x, ASAT4.432x, ASAT4.496x, ASAT5.256x

PDC.028x, KSHK#24

Episodes from the early history of Islam; Rejection of Muhammad; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00347

Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX)

1900

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX)

ان یا پاپا ان اخرق الاحجاب قد اتی رب الارباب فی ظلل السحاب و قضی الامر من

O Pope! Rend the veils asunder. He Who is the Lord of Lords is come overshadowed with clouds, and the decree hath been fulfilled by God

INBA34:026, BLIB_Or15705.018, , CMB_F31.032, , PR11.026a-031a

NRJ#1a, AQA1#001a, RHQM1.141-142 (180) (106-106x), OOL.B065

SLH#01a, BSC.098 #041

Announces the return of Christ, ‘come down from Heaven even as He came down from it the first time’; warns of the ‘veils of human learning’ that threaten to obscure this truth; calls on the monks to come forth from their seclusion; summons the people of all religions to hasten unto the most great Ocean; asserts the power of His revelation to overcome all opposition; bids the Pope to abandon his worldly riches and adornments; and proclaims to the Christians that John the Baptist has reappeared in the person of the Báb while the promised Father foretold by Isaiah and the Comforter promised by Christ has appeared in the person of Bahá’u’lláh.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Monasticism; asceticism; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Universal peace; world unity

ROB3.116, MMAH.166, MMAH.229, GSH.124, LL#208

Included in the Suriyi-Haykal.

BH00348

Suriy-i-Qada

1900

Arabic

ان یا علی اسمع ندآء الله ربک عن یمین العرش بانی انا الله لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم

O `Ali! Hearken ye unto the Call of God, thy Lord, from the right-hand side of the Divine Throne, proclaiming "I, verily, I am God, no God is there except I Myself

INBA83:184, BLIB_Or03114.015r, , BLIB_Or15702.218, , ALIB.folder18p088-096

BRL_DA#555, FBAH.099x

HURQ.BH46x

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

BH00349

1900

mixed

یا اسم جود الواج بعدد امطار و کتب علی عدد العلم و الزبر و الصحف و ما دونها ما

O Ism-i-Júd! Thou Who surpasseth the number of raindrops, and art inscribed according to the measure of knowledge, the scriptures, the holy books and whatsoever lieth beneath them [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.229,

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity in diversity

BH00350

1890

mixed

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Law of fasting

ستایش ید قدیری را سزاست که علم امانت برافراخت و حکم خیانت برانداخت و بنور

Praise be unto the Omnipotent Hand that hath raised aloft the Standard of Trustworthiness and cast down the decree of treachery, and through the light [3.5s]... ...There are various stages and stations for the Fast and innumerable effects and benefits are concealed therein… In clear cases of weakness, illness, or injury the law of the Fast is not binding

BLIB_Or15717.107,

GHA.436x

BRL_IOPF#1.19x, BRL_IOPF#1.20x

BH00351

1890

mixed

یا غلام قبل علی مکرر ذکرت در ساحت مظلوم مذکور و همچنین نامهائیکه باولیای الهی

O Qhulam Qabl-'Alí! Time and again hath thy mention been made in the presence of the Wronged One, as have likewise the letters which thou didst address to the loved ones of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.122,

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Outward and inward meanings; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

BH00352

1880

mixed

یا محمد قبل علی نامهای متتابعه احبای ارض خا علیهم بهائی که بشما فرستادند عبد

O Muhammad-Qablí-'Alí! The successive letters sent unto thee by the beloved ones of the land of Khá - upon them be My Glory - have been received [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.108,

ASAT3.218x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00353

1870

mixed

امروز آفتاب بقد اتی الوهاب ناطق و اشیاء بقد اتی فاطر السماء متکلم سدره منتهی

In this day the Sun proclaimeth "The All-Bountiful is come!", and all things cry out "The Creator of the heavens is come!" The Divine Lote-Tree speaketh forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.071.24,

MAS8.170ax, AYI2.002x, AYI2.004x, TABN.322

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00354

Suriy-i-Vafa (=Lawh-i-Vafa)

1870

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Suriy-i-Vafa (Tablet to Vafa)

ان یا وفاء ان اشکر ربک بما ایدک علی امره و عرفک مظهر نفسه و اقامک علی ثناء ذکره

O Vafa! Render thanks unto thy Lord for having aided thee to embrace His Cause, enabled thee to recognize the Manifestation

INBA28:215, BLIB_Or15694.386, , Berlin1237#26, ALIB.folder18p103-109

GWBP#079 p.102x, AQA4#103 p.350, AQA4a.418, AVK1.119.07x, AVK1.276bx, AVK1.321.01x, LMA1.418 (253), MAS1.006x, MAS1.063x, ASAT5.300x, TBP#12, OOL.B140

TB#12, GWB#079x, WOB.138-139x, NYR#143

Exhorts the recipient to be the essence of faithfulness; asserts Bahá’u’lláh’s mystical identity with the Báb; answers questions about ‘the return’, the worlds of God, the ordinances of God, and paradise; and confirms that, as predicted during the time of His departure from ‘Iraq, the ‘birds of darkness’ have begun to stir.

Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Return of the Manifestations of God

ROB4.205, GSH.190, LL#329

BH00355

1870

mixed

ای دوستان کذب قبل محبوب بعد را آویخت و برصاص ظلم شهید نمود تفکر در نفوس

O friends! The falsehood of the past hath hanged the Beloved of a later day, and martyred Him with the leaden bullets of tyranny. Ponder ye upon the souls [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15698.267, , BLIB_Or15720.263, , BLIB_Or15740.204, , Majlis934.237-255

AVK1.143.05x, AVK3.216.10x, IQT.267, SFI13.030, ASAT4.226x

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00356

1860

mixed

حمد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که اولیائش را بنار محبتش مشتعل

Praise befitteth the most exalted, most holy court of the Beloved One, Who hath set His loved ones ablaze with the fire of His love [3.5s]

INBA19:390, INBA32:334

ADM3#129 p.147x, MAS4.169x

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00357

1860

mixed

روحی و نفسی لک الفداء از تلویحات کلمات الهیه چنان مفهوم این عبد شده که در ظهور

My spirit and my soul be a sacrifice unto Thee! From the intimations of the divine Words, this servant hath thus understood that in the Manifestation [3.5s]

AYBY.154

Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Predictions and prophecies; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00358

Suriy-i-Dam

1850

Arabic

Tablet of Blood (Súriy-i-Damm); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Suriy-i-Damm (Tablet of Blood)

ان یا محمد اسمع ندآء ربک عن هذا المقام الذی لن یصل الله ایدی الممکنات و لا

O Muhammad! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord from this Station whereunto the hands of all created things cannot attain [3.5s]... ...Adorn thyself with My virtues, in such wise that should anyone stretch forth the hand of oppression against thee, thou wouldst neither take notice nor contend with him.

INBA83:066, BLIB_Or15723.156,

BRL_DA#157, GWBP#039 p.064x, AQA4#075 p.059, AQA4a.001, TZH4.360-366, ASAT4.167x, ASAT5.200x, ASAT5.226x, OOL.B111

BRL_ATBH#61x, GWB#039x, WOB.118-119x, WOB.139x, BLO_PT#109, HURQ.BH42

Proclamatory work declaring the oneness of the Prophets through a vision of the words of the dying Imám Ḥusayn, who identifies his sufferings with those of Abraham, Moses, Joseph, John the Baptist, Jesus, the Báb, and Bahá’u’lláh.

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Prophecy and fulfillment; Return of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.236, MMAH.223, GSH.081, LL#296

Sometimes spelled as Súriy-i-Damm.

BH00359

2200

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; River of Life, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

قلم اعلی اولیای الهی را بلغت فصحی ذکر فرمود حال بلسان پارسی احلی میفرماید... بگو ای دوستان کذب قبل محبوب بعد را آویخت و برصاص ظلم شهید نمود تفکر در نفوس کاذبه

The Supreme Pen hath made mention of the loved ones of God in the most eloquent language, and now, in sweeter Persian, doth proclaim [3.5s]... ...Say, O friends! The former lying caused the succeeding Beloved to be hanged and martyred by the bullet of opposition.

NLAI_BH1.128

BRL_DA#173x, AVK3.213.02x, AVK3.219.04x, ASAT3.003x

BRL_ATBH#01x, SW_v06#01 p.002x, SW_v10#05 p.091x, DWN_v5#06 p.007-008x, DWN_v6#06-7 p.001x, BSC.229 #460-496x, ROL.011-016x

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Human reality created in the image of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity

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]

BH00361

1850

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15726.085,

AYBY.141b

Prayer for protection; Presence of; reunion with God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00362

1850

mixed

الحمد لله الذی عطر العالم من نفحات وحیه و نور افئده المخلصین … یا محمد تقی علیک بهائی جنود الله که ناصر امر

Praise be unto God Who hath perfumed the world with the fragrant breezes of His Revelation and illumined the hearts of the sincere ones [3.5s]... ...Upon thee be the peace of God, the Possessor of the earth and the Creator of the heavens

BRL_DA#256, AYI2.060x

MIS.432-433x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00363

1840

mixed

الحمد لله الذی توحد بسلطان وحدانیته و تفرد بملیک فردانیته الذی کان مقدسا عن

Praise be to God Who hath singled Himself out through the sovereignty of His oneness and distinguished Himself through the dominion of His uniqueness, Who hath ever been sanctified from [3.5s]... ...Lo, through His pervasive Will, He hath built the House of His Cause on the foundation of utterance and the basis of exposition

BLIB_Or11097#015, , NLAI_BH4.065-074

AVK4.422x, AVK4.424x, AVK4.425x, MAS8.138ax, MAS8.138bx, ASAT3.243x, MYD.012x

ADMS#138x

False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Hands of the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BH00365

1840

mixed

شهدت سدره المنتهی لمن ظهر فی ملکوت الانشاء بانه لا اله الا هو لم یزل کان مقدسا

The Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing beareth witness unto Him Who hath appeared in the Kingdom of creation that, verily, there is none other God beside Him, Who hath ever been sanctified [3.5s]

INBA84:232x, BLIB_Or15719.181c, , BLIB_Or15729.125, , NLAI_22848:304, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p156v, , MKI4522.304,

AQA2#009 p.160, ADH1.062x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; 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

BH00367

Suriy-i-Husayn

1830

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا انا الذاکر المهیمن العزیز القدیر و اشهد بانی انا

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, the Rememberer, the All-Subduing, the Mighty, the Powerful, and I do testify that verily I am [3.5s]

INBA83:043, BLIB_Or15738.174, , Berlin1237#05

YMM.470x

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00368

1820

mixed

الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالاحزان عمن فی الامکان و تفرد بالبلایا عما یطلق

Praise be unto Him Who alone hath borne the sorrows of all who dwell in the realm of possibility, and Who alone hath endured the trials of all created things [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15722.144x, , BLIB_Or15732.163, , NLAI_BH4.075x

Law of fasting; Law of inheritance; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00369

1820

mixed

حمد سبب اعظم را لایق و سزاست که عالم و امم را از ظلم مشرکین و بغضاء ملحدین

Praise befitteth and beseemeth the Most Great Cause, which hath delivered the world and its peoples from the oppression of the ungodly and the malice of the infidels [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15724.044,

AYBY.146

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00370

1820

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15726.015,

BH00371

1810

mixed

ان یا زین المقربین ذکر من قبلی عبادی ثم بشرهم برحمتی و عنایتی ثم فضلی و

O Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin! Make mention of Me before My servants, then give them the glad-tidings of My mercy and loving-kindness and My grace [3.5s]

INBA38:278

MAS4.099x, RSR.107x, AKHA_118BE #05-06 p.ax

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00372

1810

mixed

حمد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که بیک کلمه مبارکه شک و ریب و

Praise be unto the most inaccessible, most holy court of the Desired One, Who through one blessed word [3.5s]

RSR.035-040

Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Manifestation of God as sun; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00373

1800

mixed

الحمد لله الذی فتح باب البیان بالاسم الذی به اضطرب الامکان و زین هیکل من

Praise be unto God, Who hath unlocked the gate of utterance through the Name whereby all creation hath been shaken, and hath adorned the temple of man [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.062, , BLIB_Or15711.294,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH00374

1800

mixed

روحی و فؤادی لک الفدآء قد بلغ کتابک الکریم هذا الخادم المسکین و فزت بما تغردت ... هر یک از منتسبین که از شریعه فضل دور مانده اند

My spirit and heart are a sacrifice unto Thee. Thy gracious letter hath reached this lowly servant, and thou hast attained unto that which was warbled... each of those kindred who have remained far from the wellspring of grace [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.049, , NLAI_BH4.007-025

Confidence; courage; faith in teaching the Cause; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00375

1790

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15718.251,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00376

Suriy-i-Fath

1790

Arabic

ان یا فتح الاعظم قد اخذت القلم لننزل علیک ما یسرک و یحدث فی قلبک ما یجذبک الی

O Fatḥ al-A`zam! I took firm hold of the Pen that there might be revealed for thee what will gladden thee and generate within thy heart

INBA18:249, BLIB_Or15694.355, , ALIB.folder18p075-081

ANDA#79 p.45x, OOL.B116a

HURQ.BH35x

Addresses an intimate early follower, expressing His weariness at the inane questions and vain objections of the uninformed, the defection of former believers, and the opposition of Mírzá Yaḥyá and declaring that He would rather die a thousand deaths than endure the calumny that the latter was spreading.

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#301

BH00377

1790

Persian

سپاس بیقیاس بساط قدس ملک سبوح لایزالی را سزا است که از پرتو جمال خویش شمس آفریده و از

Immeasurable praise befitteth the holy court of the Ever-Living, All-Glorious King, Who, through the effulgence of His Beauty, hath brought forth the sun and from [3.5s]

PR23.036b-039b

Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Moses; Muhammad; Islam; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Nearness and remoteness; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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]

BH00379

1780

Arabic

Days of Remembrance

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

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

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

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

DOR#10

Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#015

BH00380

1770

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15693.112,

Chastisement and requital; Differences in human capacity; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Free will and predestination; fate; Justice and wrath of God; Outward and inward meanings; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The power of words; of speech; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00381

1770

mixed

حمد محبوب عالم و مقصود امم را که اولیا را بافق اعلی راه نمود و از رحیق بیان

Praise be unto the Best-Beloved of the world and the Goal of all nations, Who hath guided His chosen ones to the Most Exalted Horizon and from the choice wine of utterance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.151,

Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech

BH00382

1770

mixed

Prayers and Meditations

حمد و ثنا و شکر و بها مقصودیرا لایق و سزا که بحرکت اصبع اقتدار سبحات و حجبات

Praise and glory and thanksgiving and splendor befit and are worthy of that Most Desired One Who, through the motion of the Finger of Power, hath rent asunder the veils and shrouds [3.5s]... ...My God, the Object of my adoration, the Goal of my desire, the All-Bountiful, the Most Compassionate! All life is of Thee

INBA65:030x, INBA30:084bx, INBA81:013bx, BLIB_Or15690.210, , BLIB_Or15699.099b, , NLAI_BH_AB.025x

BRL_DA#691, PMP#160x, AHM.326, AQMJ1.146x, AYI2.310x, AYI2.311x, ADH1.017x

PM#160x

Ahdieh

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#464

BH00383

1760

mixed

حقیقت مدح و جوهر ثنا اهل بها را لایق و سزا که ثروت و زینت و الوان ناسوت... اکثری از امرا و رؤسا در ظاهر اظهار محبت

The essence of praise and the quintessence of glorification beseem and are worthy of the people of Bahá, for the riches, adornments and colors of the mortal realm... most among the princes and rulers outwardly manifest love [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.171x

BRL_DA#012, SFI13.036, YIA.194x

Contention and conflict; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

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

BH00385

1750

mixed

لله در الذین نطقوا بالحق و تمسکوا بالحکمه و البیان فی کل الاحیان انهم عباد ما

Blessed indeed are they who have spoken forth the truth and have held fast to wisdom and utterance at all times. Verily, they are servants [3.5s]

INBA08:549, BLIB_Or15704.126,

UAB.012ax

Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Consultation; Contention and conflict; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; The power of words; of speech; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00386

Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Arabic)

1750

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Hidden Words

Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words)

هذا ما نزل من جبروت العزه بلسان القدره و القوه علی النبیین من قبل و انا

This is that which hath descended from the realm of glory, uttered by the tongue of power and might, and revealed unto the Prophets of old.

INBA36:440, INBA30:002, BLIB_Or8901, BLIB_Or15714.147, , CMB_F33.033, , PR22.049b-056b, PR23.029a-033a, BLIB_Or.08685, CUL.X893.7.B111, UMich962.143-151

BRL_HWA, AVK3.161.16x, ZYN.040, MJMM.017, BSHN.013x, MHT2b.030x, MAS4.367bx, NSR_1993.053, NFF4.001, OOL.B013a

HWAE, LOG#0304x, GPB.140x, SW_v03#01 p.004+007x, SW_v03#02 p.004x, SW_v04#18 p.300x2x, SW_v14#10 p.289-290x, BSC.171 #175-262

L. Slott (#1), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#1), almunajat.com (#1) [item 2], D. Gundry (#1), E. Mahony (#1), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#1), Baha'i Youth of Japan (#1), Joel in Real Life (#1), The Daguerreotypes (#1), E. Kelly (#1), L. Dely (#1), Y. Mbazo & Friends (#1), Fleur & Tessa (#1), G.H. Miller (#1), S. Peyman (#1), S. Eblaghi and M. Weigert (#1), K. Porray (#1), R. Johnston-Garvin (#1) [track 6], D. Sylvester (#1), M. Levine (#2), Nicolas & Louis (#2), L. Dely (#2), A.E. Rahbin (#2), R. Peterson (#2) [track 6], A. Wensbo (#3), E. Mahony (#3), S. Sunderland (#3), S. Sunderland (#3), M. Levine (#3) [track 2], L. Dely (#3), Rowshan (#3) [track 8], P. Held & C. Bahia (#3) [track 2], A. Youssefi (#4), E. Lilian (#4), MANA (#4), S. Peyman (#4), J. Cooper (#4), L. Dely (#4), R. Peterson (#4) [track 4], Corinne & Riaz (#4), L. Dube (#4) [track 3], Ladjamaya (#4) [track 7], D. Gundry (#5), W. Heath (#5), E. Mahony and A. Youssefi (#5), Bass Adjustment (#5), Ine (#5), M. Weigert (#5), S. Engle and J. White (#5), S. Gomes (#5), T. Ellis (#5), K. Kuolga (#5), A. Mirra (#5), Rowshan (#5) [track 11], SKY (#5), KC Porter (#5), E. Kelly (#5), M. Levine (#5) [track 7], L. Dely (#5), K. Key (#5), A. Sperandeo (#5), A. Wood (#6), L. Slott (#6), Y. Mesbah (#6), L. Dely (#6), The Descendants (#6), The Joburg Baha'i Choir (#6), Honiara Baha'i Youth (#6), The Badasht Project (1) (#7), The Badasht Project (2) (#7), Nabil and Karim (#7), Matt McGrath (#7), T. Nosrat (#7), L. Dube (#7) [track 12], Ladjamaya (#8) [track 4], almunajat.com (#9) [item 1], E. Mahony (#9), D. Hunt (#9), N. Ma'ani (#9), S. Toloui-Wallace (#9), J. Raj (#9), MJ Cyr (#11), O. Devine (#11), Refuge (#11), L. Dely & M. Congo (#11), Oisin & Bahiyyih Devine (#11), A. Azad (#11), Ahdieh (#11), S. Taborn (#11), S. Sunderland (#11), The Descendants (#12), O. Devine (#12), B. Nakedi (#12), P. Held & C. Bahia (#12) [track 3], M.C. Santillana (#12), M. Levine (#12) [track 2], R. Lea (#13), P. Held & C. Bahia (#13) [track 4], Joel in Real Life (#13), A.E. Rahbin (#13), L. Dube (#13) [track 2], MJ Cyr (#14), S. Taefi (#14) [track 9], L. Slott (#14), SKY (#14), A.E. Rahbin (#14), L. Slott (#15), A. Youssefi (#15), L. Dely (#15), E. Mahony (#15), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#15), L. Dube (#15) [track 14], Chicago Baha'i Community (#15), M. Sparrow (#16), Honiara Baha'i Youth (#16), MANA (#16), S. Jaberi (#16), L. Dely & M. Congo (#16) [track 7], L. Slott (#17), E. Mahony (#17), E. Mahony, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#17), E. Henrikson (#17), Mona, Dibo & Nachidah (#17), L. Dely & M. Congo (#17) [track 7], E. Lilian (#18), Rowshan (#19) [track 5], J. Heath (#19) [track 9], J. Heath (#19), D. Olam (#19) [track 11], T. Ellis (#19), Sabin & Leticia (#19), A. Youssefi (#20), TaliaSafa & Friends (#20), Ine (#21), M. Saraswati (#21), A. Youssefi (#22), G.H. Miller (#22), NKAK (#22), K. Porray (#22), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#22), Ann-Sofie & Shahram (#22), T. Ellis (#22), The Descendants (#22), Naseem, Michele & Yasmin (#22), Meredth & Arman (#22), E. Tarani (#22), R. Yazhari (#23), L. Dely (#23), L. Dely (#25) [track 5], L. Dube (#26) [track 17], L. Dely (#27), P. Held & C. Bahia (#29) [track 5], L. Slott (#31), jeph.ilosopher (#31), L. Dely (#31), K. Key (#31), A. Youssefi (#32), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#32), Roz, Amelia & Andre (#32), Ahdi (#32), P. Escobar (#33), N. Ma'ani (#33), Laura & Michael (#33), R. Peterson (#33) [track 5], L. Herrmann (#34), Gyenyame (#34), C. Zurek (#34), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#35), L. Dely (#35), S. & H. Fikri (#35), L. Dube (#35) [track 21], A. Tahirih R. Weiss (#36), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#36), J. Marks and S. Engle (#36), K. Porray (#36), Hayden, Alessia & Anis (#36), A. Youssefi (#38), T. Ellis (#38), E. Mahony (#39), Rowshan (#40), A.E. Rahbin (#40), M. Tokuma (#41), L. Dely & M. Congo (#41) [track 1], Calling Waiting Searching (#42), G.H. Miller (#42), L. Dube (#42) [track 19], S. Gomes (#42), E. Mahony (#43), Dawnbreaker Collective (#43), Heroes Teaching Conference (#43), M. Perez (#43), J. Duhart (#43), G.H. Miller (#44), L. Dely (#44), A.E. Rahbin (#44), L. Dube (#44) [track 8], Nabil and Karim (#46), R. Lea (#48), L.Slott (#48), Katie & Faizi (#48), L. Dely (#48), SKY (#48), L. Dube (#48) [track 15], HeartBeat Collective (#48), L. & L. Hosack (#48), S. Acevedo (#48), A. Youssefi (#50), E. Mahony (#50), K. and D. Eckert and A. Youssefi (#50), Leona and Larry (#51), The Baha'i Trio (#51), E. Lilian (#52), L. Dely & M. Congo (#52) [track 6], E. Mahony (#52), N.D. Huening (#52), C. Oja (#52), S. Skiti (#52), J. Heath (#53) [track 7], S. Toloui-Wallace (#55), M. Levine (#55) [track 3], W. Eng & N. Rajan (#55), Qurratul, Ruhiyyih & Verona (#55), O. Devine (#55), R. Orona (#55), T. Bradley (#55), J. Cooper (#55), Seaon & Saman (#55), D. Stevenson (#56), L. Dube (#57) [track 7], K. Porray (#58), K. Porray (#59), O. Devine (#59), Baha'i Youth of Japan (#59), QuiqueSaba (#59), Strong Steep (#59), Ladjamaya (#59) [track 2], Z. Affolter (#60), L. Dely (#60), L. Dube (#61) [track 10], unknown (#62), L. Dube (#62) [track 1], M. Cuvillier (#63), L. Dube (#63) [track 9], P. Held & C. Bahia (#64) [track 6], L. Dube (#66) [track 20], Ine (#66), W. Heath (#68), Chicago Baha'i Community (#68), P. Held & C. Bahia (#68) [track 7], D. E. Walker (#68), S. Jaberi (#68), C. Oja (#68), L. Harley (#68), D. Stevenson (#71), L. Dely (#71), L. Dube (#71) [track 16]

The Arabic portion of His foremost ethical work, consisting of 71 aphorisms spoken in the voice of the Divine and declaring themselves to be the ‘inner essence’ of what was revealed to ‘the Prophets of old’, affirming the essential nobility and divinity of the human soul, prescribing its intimate communion with its Creator, proclaiming the oneness of the human race, and declaring our consequent responsibility to fellowship, love, fair-mindedness, and mutual aid for one another, especially the poor and downtrodden.

Bringing oneself to account each day; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; God's love for His own Essence; Human reality created in the image of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge of self; Love of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Soul; spirit after death

ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025

BH00387

1750

mixed

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Seal of the Prophets; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

یا قلمی الاعلی اذکر من اقبل الی الله فی یوم فیه اعرض اکثر الناس و شرب الرحیق

O My Most Exalted Pen! Make mention of him who hath turned unto God on a day wherein most men have turned away, and hath quaffed the choice wine [3.5s]... ...It is evident that every age in which a Manifestation of God hath lived is divinely ordained, and may, in a sense, be characterized as God’s appointed Day

BLIB_Or15690.214, , BLIB_Or15699.123,

BRL_DA#677, GWBP#025 p.047ax, AYI2.319x, AYI2.320x, AYI2.322x, AYI2.324x, AYI2.338x

GWB#025x, WOB.167x2x

LL#386

BH00388

1740

mixed

الحمد لله الذی تجلی للکائنات بالنقطه التی کانت مقدسه عن الجهات و النقاط و انها

Praise be to God, Who hath manifested Himself unto all created things through the Point that hath been sanctified above all directions and points, and verily it [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#008,

BRL_DA#328, MAS7.139x, MAS7.254x, AYI2.304x, ANDA#20 p.03x, MSHR2.286x, YMM.172x, YMM.433x, NSS.134x

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Methods of teaching the Cause; Prophecy and fulfillment; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

LL#195

BH00389

1740

mixed

حمد بیزوال مقدس از اشباه و امثال مالک وجودیرا لایق و سزاست که اشیای عالم را

Immeasurable praise, sanctified from peer or likeness, befitteth the Lord of existence Who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.296,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity in diversity

BH00390

1740

mixed

حمد مالک ملکوت و سلطان جبروت را لایق و سزاست که بمفتاح اسم اعظم باب بیان را گشود

Praise befitteth and becometh the Lord of the Kingdom and the Sovereign of the Celestial Realm, Who, through the key of the Most Great Name, hath unlocked the Gate of Utterance [3.5s]

INBA27:508

ADM3#116 p.136x, ADM3#148 p.169x, QUM.081x

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00391

1740

mixed

ساذج ذکر و ثنا سلطان قدم و دارای عالم را سزاست که بیک تجلی از تجلیات انوار

The pure essence of praise and glorification befitteth the Sovereign of eternity and the Lord of all worlds, Who through but a single effulgence from among the effulgences of His light [3.5s]

INBA07:197, INBA19:124x, INBA32:114x, INBA57:079x, BLIB_Or11097#059, , BLIB_Or15710.282, , NLAI_BH4.202-209

NNY.005x, NNY.087-088x, NNY.144-150, MAS8.176x

Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment

ROB4.073, ROB4.088a, LL#006, LL#263

BH00392

1730

mixed

حمد سلطان وجود و ملیک غیب و شهود را لایق و سزاست که بایادی عنایت در اراضی

Praise be unto the Sovereign of existence and the King of the seen and unseen, Who is worthy and befitting, Who by the hands of His loving-kindness in the lands [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.056, , BLIB_Or15711.245,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00393

1730

mixed

روحی و ذاتی لک الفداء دستخط مطرزه بمداد وداد که فی الحقیقه علت و سبب و ظهور

My spirit and my essence are a sacrifice unto Thee! Thy missive, adorned with the ink of loving-kindness, which verily is the cause and source [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.104,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00394

Sahifiy-i-Shattiyih (the Book of the Tigris)

1730

mixed

Tablet of the River [Tigris]; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

Shahifiy-i-Shattiyyih (Book of the River)

قد اکثرت القول فی ذلک ولکن الناس اکثرهم لایفقهون آنچه از ظهورات معجزات که

The people talk constantly about this subject, but most of them comprehend not. Of the miracles mentioned, those which are ascribed to this humble one are fabrications contrived by impostors

INBA36:316, INBA57:010, BLIB_Or15722.267, , BN_suppl.1754.139-143

BRL_DA#734, MAS4.142, RHQM1.285-291 (349) (209-213), OOL.B096

BLO_PT#137, BLO_sazedj#10x, JBS#9.3

Challenges the validity of miracles as proof and takes the coursing of the Tigris River as a central metaphor in a discussion of the irresistible power of the Cause of God, fate and predestination, and the root cause of dissension in the world.

Differences in human capacity; Miracles and their interpretation; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard

ROB1.105, MMAH.228, GSH.024, LL#280

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

BH00396

1720

mixed

تبارک الیوم الذی تستن فیه یراعه الله فی میدان الذکر و البیان و قلمه الاعلی

Blessed be this Day wherein the Pen of God moveth in the arena of remembrance and utterance, and His Most Exalted Pen doth trace its course [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#026,

AVK3.003.11x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00397

1720

mixed

حمد مالک عرش و فرش را لایق و سزا که اعراض مشرکین را بقوه غالبه باقبال تبدیل

Praise be unto Him, the Lord of the heavenly throne and earthly realm, Who hath through His conquering might transformed the opposition of the ungodly into acceptance [3.5s]

INBA19:223, INBA32:203

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

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]

BH00399

1720

Persian

شخصی در این مدینه از علمای مدینه کبیره بوده آقا جان نزد او مراوده داشت

A person in this city was among the learned men of the Great City (Constantinople), with whom Áqá Ján maintained correspondence [3.5s]

MAS4.252, ASAT4.244-245x, ASAT4.247x, MSHR4.310x

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis

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]

BH00401

1710

mixed

خادم مسکین متحیر و متفکر که چه ذکر نماید و که را وصف کند و ستایش گوید حق جل

This lowly servant, bewildered and deep in thought, wondereth what to utter, whom to describe, and how to render praise unto the All-Glorious [3.5s]

INBA15:429, INBA26:433

AHM.068, GHA.017.11, GHA.032ax, TSBT.011, MSHR5.113-114x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB4.299, LL#191, LL#230

BH00402

Suriy-i-Shahada

1710

Arabic

قد حضر کتابک بین یدی العرش و توجه الیه لحظات الله المهیمن العزیز القدیر و عرفنا ما

Your letter hath attained the presence before the Throne, and the gaze of God, the All-Possessing, the Mighty, the All-Powerful, hath been directed towards it, and We have perceived that which [3.5s]

INBA83:103, BLIB_Or15702.007, , BLIB_Or15723.261, , BLIB_Or15737.106, , ALIB.folder18p109-116

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00403

1710

mixed

یا حبیب فوادی و المذکور فی قلبی قد سرتنی آیه الاقتدار و کدرنی سجن الابرار و

O Beloved of My heart and He Who is remembered in My soul! The verse of might hath gladdened Me, while the imprisonment of the righteous hath grieved Me [3.5s]

INBA22:247

AVK3. 227.19x, AVK3.228.10x

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH00404

1700

mixed

الحمد لله الذی طرز اوراق سدره المنتهی باسرار ما اطلع بها الا نفسه العلی الابهی

Praise be unto God, Who hath adorned the leaves of the Divine Lote-Tree with mysteries which none hath discovered save His Most Exalted, His All-Glorious Self [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.166,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Love as fire; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Review of publications; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00405

1700

mixed

الحمد لله الذی ظهر بمشرق ایاته و مطلع بیناته و مصدر اوامره و احکامه

Praise be to God, Who hath manifested Himself from the Dayspring of His signs, the Dawning-Place of His clear evidences, and the Source of His commandments and decrees [3.5s]

INBA41:021

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Manifestation of God as mediator; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00406

1700

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15727a.049,

BH00407

1700

mixed

Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

الحمد لله الذی نور القلوب بذکر احبائه و اصفیائه و اولیائه و اظهر ما اراد بامره و قدرته... ان یا قلم الأعلی نحبّ ان نذکر

Praise be to God Who hath illumined the hearts through the remembrance of His loved ones, His chosen ones and His friends, and Who hath manifested whatsoever He willeth through His command and His power [3.5s]... ...O Kamal! The heights which, through the most gracious favor of God, mortal man can attain, in this Day, are as yet unrevealed to his sight

BLIB_Or15704.160, , BLIB_Or15713.290bx,

BRL_DA#650x, GWBP#109 p.139cx

GWB#109x, WOB.168x

R. Yazhari, E. Mahony

BH00408

1700

mixed

حمد مقدس از ذکر و فکر حضرت مقصود لایزالی را سزاست که افق برهانرا در یوم قیام

Praise, sanctified beyond thought and remembrance, beseemeth that Ever-Abiding Desired One, Who hath caused the horizon of proof to shine forth on the Day of Rising [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#037,

MAS8.145x, ASAT2.012x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00409

Lawh-i-Basitatu'l-Haqiqah

1700

mixed

Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality; Tablet on the Simple Reality, The (Lawḥ-i-Basíṭu'l-Ḥaqíqih)

Lawh-i-Basítatu'l-Haqíqah (Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality)

و ما سئل السائل فی قول الحکماء بسیط الحقیقه کل الاشیاء قل فاعلم ان المقصود

As to the question the enquirer hath asked concerning the sage’s assertion, saying: the Element of Simple Reality is all things… words without deeds are as bees that yield no honey

INBA39:034, BLIB_Or11096#012, , BLIB_Or15698.105, , BLIB_Or15720.105, , BLIB_Or15740.083, , NLAI_BH3.213, LEID.Or4971-7, , Majlis934.291-307

BRL_DA#714, AVK1.104.06x, IQT.105, SFI05.008, MAS7.140b, ASAT1.078x, ASAT5.176x, ASAT5.250x, TUM.061-064, OOL.B032, VUJUD.099x

LOIR11.203, BLO_PT#141, VUJUDE.133-134x, HURQ.BH65x, JHT_B#016

Elucidates a statement by the philosopher Mullá Ṣadrá that ‘the uncompounded reality is all things’, offers a middle position between the doctrines of ‘the oneness of being’ and ‘the oneness of appearances’, observes that both positions can be upheld with reference to different sacred scriptures, and suggests that nothing is to be gained from disputation in such matters.

Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Uncompounded reality [basitu'l-haqiqah]; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; Words vs deeds

MMAH.121, GSH.185, LL#077

BH00410

1690

mixed

ان یا رق المنشور اسمع ندآء ربک عن شطر بیته المعمور لتجذبک نفحاته المحبور الی مقر

O unfurled scroll! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord from the direction of His inhabited House, that His gladdening fragrances may draw thee unto the abode [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.310, , Berlin1237#25, ALIB.folder18p126-132

SFI03.026.10x, SFI03.027.15x, SFI03.035.16x, YMM.467x

Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00411

1690

Persian

ای طائف حول عرشی نام های متعدده که احبای الهی علیهم بهاء الله از ارض خا بشما نوشته اند

O thou who circlest round My Throne! The manifold names which the loved ones of God - upon them be the Glory of God - have written unto thee from the earthly realm [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.102b,

TISH.323x, TISH.616x, TISH.618-619x

Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00412

1690

mixed

حمد خداوند بیمانند را لایق و سزاست که ببا بدء نمود و بالف ختم را ظاهر فرمود و هیکل

Praise be unto the peerless Lord, Who initiated with the letter Bá and made manifest the ending with Alif, and the Temple [3.5s]

INBA15:199, INBA26:199

MSHR4.011x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Praise and encouragement

BH00413

1690

mixed

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

سبحان الذی اظهر نفسه کیف شاء و اراد فی حین ماادرکته افئده اولی الحجی و اعترض

Glorified be He Who hath manifested His Self as He hath willed and desired, at a time when the hearts of them that are endowed with understanding could not comprehend Him and raised objection [3.5s]... ...Regard thou the one true God as One Who is apart from, and immeasurably exalted above, all created things. The whole universe reflecteth His glory

INBA35:094, BLIB_Or11096#009, , BLIB_Or15698.143, , BLIB_Or15720.141, , BLIB_Or15740.110, , NLI.32p083v

BRL_DA#597, GWBP#084 p.111ax, ADM1#006 p.021x, IQT.143, AYI1.337x, UAB.031ax, AQMJ1.181x, ASAT4.270x

GWB#084x, SW_v02#05 p.015x, JHT_S#030x

LL#421

BH00414

Lawh-i-Yusuf 1

1690

Arabic

قد اشرقت من افق الامر شمس رقم علیها من القلم الاعلی الملک لله المقتدر العزیز

The sun hath indeed risen from the horizon of the Cause, upon which the Supreme Pen hath inscribed: "The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the All-Powerful, the Mighty." [3.5s]

INBA34:094, BLIB_Or11095#005, , BLIB_Or15735.153,

AQA1#005, HYK.153, OOL.B084a

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00415

Lawh-i-Sirr al-Tankis

1690

mixed

مطالب مذکوره در ساحت اقدس معروض افتاد هذا ما نزل من سمآء الأمر قد سمعنا ما نادیت به الله بما علمک من قبل... و اما در فقرهٴ عباراتی که منسوب بجناب شیخ احمد احسائی

The matters mentioned were presented to the Most Holy Court, and this is what hath been sent down from the heaven of Command: We have heard that which thou didst call upon God concerning what He taught thee aforetime... And as for the phrases attributed to Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá'í [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#253x, , BLIB_Or15722.035, , NLI.32p144rx

ADM2#095 p.176x, MAS1.012x, MAS4.276x, ASAT4.088x, ASAT5.065x, NSS.098x

ADMS#199n77x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Personal instructions; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

LL#243

BH00416

1680

mixed

Tablet to Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II (Lawh-i-Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II)

Lawh-i-Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II (Tablet to Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II)

یا سمندر ان مالک القدر یعزی نفسه بما ورد علیه من الذین اخذوا الاعتساف و نبذوا

O Samandar! Verily, He, Who is the Supreme Ordainer, consoleth Himself for that which came upon Him from those who took to oppression and turned their backs on justice

INBA97:041, BLIB_Or15715.366,

AYBY.045, NNY.172-179, MAS8.068x, SAM.236, TRZ1.074bx, MSBH10.195-196x, YIA.207-208x

BLO_PT#191x

Justice and wrath of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00417

1680

mixed

یا عندلیب علیک بهائی و عنایتی حضرت غصن اکبر در این حین امام

O 'Andalib! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. The Greater Branch at this moment standeth before Me [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.022,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00418

1670

mixed

الحمد لله الذی تجلی بسلطان الاسماء علی من فی الانشاء اذا انجذبت الکائنات و

Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself through the sovereignty of Names unto all who are in creation, whereupon all beings were drawn unto Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#005, , NLAI_BH4.080-088

AVK3.420.14x, GHA.269x, MAS8.127x, ASAT5.313x

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00419

1670

mixed

اینکه در باره حبیب روحانی جناب آقا محمد جواد مرقوم داشتند فی الحقیقه ایشان از

Concerning what thou didst write regarding thy spiritual beloved, his honour Muhammad-Javád, verily he is among [3.5s]

MJAN.229, AYBY.289-293

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Law of Huququ'llah; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00420

1670

mixed

طوبی لک یا رضا بما سمعت الندآء الاحلی اذا ارتفع من السدره المنتهی باسم ربک

Blessed art thou, O Riḍá, inasmuch as thou didst hearken unto the Most Sweet Call when it was raised from the Divine Lote-Tree in the name of thy Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03116.101rx, , BLIB_Or11095#006, , BLIB_Or11096.186,

GHA.259bx, MAS8.009ax, MAS8.164cx

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech

BH00421

1670

Arabic

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

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

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

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

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

DOR#16, BLO_PT#077x

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Presence of; reunion with God; Proclamation to Christians; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twin Manifestations

BH00422

1650

Arabic

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

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

INBA23:187

BRL_DA#465, KHMI.021x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Hands of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

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

BH00424

1650

Arabic

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

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

BLIB_Or15725.490, , NLAI_BH2.078

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00425

1650

Arabic

Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Baha'u'llah; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to Jews; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment

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

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

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

BRL_DA#245, GWBP#054 p.077ax

GWB#054x

LL#460

BH00426

1650

mixed

یا عندلیب علیک بهاء الله رب العالمین بلسان پارسی ندا مینمائیم انا نحب ان

O 'Andalib! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Lord of all worlds. In the Persian tongue do We address thee, verily We love to [3.5s]

INBA51:424, BLIB_Or15690.023, , BLIB_Or15728.187,

LHKM3.229, ASAT1.142x, PYB#163 p.03x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00427

1640

mixed

الحمد لله الذی نطق بما انجذب به الخلق و به سرع الموحدون الی مقام القرب و القدس

Praise be to God, Who hath spoken that whereby all creation hath been enraptured, and through which they who have recognized His oneness have hastened unto the station of nearness and sanctity [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.309,

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00428

1640

Arabic

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

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

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

Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Word of God the cause of creation

BH00429

1640

mixed

حمد مقتدریرا لایق و سزا که مع اعراض ملوک و مملوک و اغماض علما و فقها و عرفا

Praise be unto the Almighty, Who is worthy and deserving of all glorification, Who, despite the turning away of kings and subjects alike, and the heedlessness of the divines, the jurists and the mystics [3.5s]

LHKM1.078

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00430

1640

mixed

حمد مقدس از انفاس عالمیان ساحت اقدس حضرت محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که جمیع الفاظ

Sanctified praise, transcending the breaths of all the worlds, befitteth the Most Holy Court of that Beloved One, unto Whom all words [3.5s]

INBA27:019, BLIB_Or15717.185,

AYI2.181x, AYI2.182x, AYI2.183x, AYI2.184x

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00431

Lawh-i-Ibna'

1630

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

تلک لآیات الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله و آیاته و هم من فزع

These are the verses of God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto them that have believed in God and His signs, and who are among those that are in terror [3.5s]... ...And now, concerning thy question regarding the creation of man. Know thou that all men have been created in the nature made by God

INBA35:063

BRL_DA#109, GWBP#077 p.101ax, RSBB.069, TZH5.148x, MAS1.065x, AHDW.010, YIK.050-054, OOL.B161

BRL_ATBH#38x, GWB#077x, GPB.242x, SW_v08#14 p.185x

Admonishes the believers not to deny Him, not to forget the Covenant established in the Bayán and in all the sacred Books, and not to contend with His verses. Answers three questions out of more than twenty that were asked: regarding the station of man -- that all were created in God's nature and have been assigned predetermined measures of capacities and capabilities, which manifest according to their individual efforts; regarding His own station, which is greater than the creation of the heavens and the earth; and regarding the station of His sons, one of whom which will be manifested "through the power of the true Faith".

Free will and predestination; fate; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.259-260, LL#141, LL#384, LL#433

BH00432

1630

mixed

جوهر حمد و ثنا مالک اسما را لایق و سزا که بجنود ذکر و بیان مدائن قلوب اهل

The essence of praise and glorification befitteth the Lord of Names, Who through the hosts of remembrance and utterance hath adorned the cities of the hearts of men [3.5s]

INBA44:200, BLIB_Or15701.254,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00433

Lawh-i-Abdu'l-Vahhab

1630

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Abdu'l-Vahhab

حمد مقدس از ادراک و عقول بساط قدس حضرت قیومی را لایق و سزاست که بنفس خود من

Sanctified praise, transcending minds and understanding, befitteth the holy court of that Self-Subsisting Lord Who, through His own Self [3.5s]... ...O ‘Abdu’l Vaḥḥáb! May the glory of God, the Almighty, the Bountiful, rest upon thee. Incline thine ear

UMich962.156x, MKI4523.212, , BN_suppl.1753.059-063

BRL_DA#702, GWBP#081 p.105x, AVK1.120.02x, AVK3.303.13x, AVk3.463.01x, AVK4.284.11x, ISH.212, MJMM.160, RRT.143x, ASAT2.027x, ADH1.009x, OOL.B020

GWB#081x, LOG#0686x, SW_v06#19 p.165x, SW_v09#06 p.080x, SW_v14#02 p.038-039x, BSC.226 #446-452x, HURQ.BH71

Addresses a question on the soul and its continuance after death, alludes to the state of the souls in the next world while declaring that it cannot be adequately described, and declares that the whole truth of the matter has remained concealed for the sake of the protection of the human race.

Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB4.041, MMAH.145, GSH.176, LL#034

Shares with BH00070 a passage on the soul after death, beginning: "Know thou of a truth that the soul, after its separation from the body, will continue to progress until it attaineth the presence of God"

BH00434

Suriy-i-Dhibh

1620

Arabic

Surah of the Sacrifice (Súratu'dh-Dhibh)

Suratudh-Dhibh (Surah of the Sacrifice)

اقر لله علی عرش العظمه و الجلال بانی انا الله لا اله الا انا المهیمن

God hath proclaimed from the throne of grandeur and splendor, "I, verily, am the Lord God, and there is no other god beside Me

INBA18:001, INBA37:003, BLIB_Or15723.188, , BLIB_Or15737.027,

AQA4#079 p.100, AQA4a.029, AVK3.467.01x, MAS4.139ax, ASAT3.267x, OOL.B113

BLO_PT#096

Exhorts the recipient to look into the truth of the Cause of God with his own eyes and declares that Bahá’u’lláh has been offered up as a sacrifice at the hands of the wicked at every moment for the past twenty years.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

MMAH.222, GSH.113, LL#298

BH00435

1620

mixed

الحمد لله الذی تجلی علی من فی الانشاء بظهور آثار قلمه الاعلی و اودع فی حقایق

Praise be to God, Who hath revealed Himself unto all created things through the manifestation of the traces of His Most Exalted Pen, and hath deposited within the realities [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#001, , NLAI_BH4.105-113

AVK4.421cx, YMM.421x

Belief and denial; Call to action; Idolatry; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; 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

BH00437

Prayer for the Fast (Iftar)

1620

Arabic