search results for 'BRHL'

Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BB00250

Ziyarat for the first to believe, on the night of 'Id al-Fitr

800

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم ربنا الرحمن اللهم صل علی ذات حروف السبع ثم حروف الحی من عندک و انزل اللهم حینئذ لیلة الجمعه علی شجرة وحدانیتک

Glorified art Thou, O our Lord, the All-Merciful! O God, bestow Thy blessings upon the Essence of the Seven Letters, then upon the Letters of the Living from Thy presence, and cause to descend, O God, at this hour of Friday night, upon the Tree of Thy Oneness [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.143-147, CMB_F14.201v01-203v10,

JRAS.460, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210

BB00071

Ziyarat for the Point and his Letters of the Living

2700

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. فاذا اردت زیارة النقطة او احد من حروف الحی فلتلطفن نفسک حق التلطف بحیث لو یحیط علمک بان فى جسدك شعر ازيد الّا ينبغى لك حينئذٍ و لتلبسن اطهر لباسك

If thou desirest to visit the Point or any of the Letters of the Living, thou must needs purify thyself with utmost refinement, such that shouldst thou become aware of but a single wayward hair upon thy body, it beseemeth thee not at that moment; and thou must don thy purest attire [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.201-211, CMB_F14.194r03-201r05,

Cleanliness and refinement; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

JRAS.460, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210

BB00091

Kitabu’l-‘Ulama I (Bushihr)

2000

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو الغنی الجمیل و انه کتاب لا ریب فیه فصل فی حکم باطن القران

Praised be to God who sends down the Book upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants. He, verily, no God is there except Him.

INBA67:206-216, INBA91:082.02-094.10, INBA_4011C:318-328, , INBA_6007C.452-463, INBA_4012C.083-092, , PR03.063r10-065r26, PR04.106v02-115v02, PR07.049v-052v, CMB_F21.224.02-232.13#32, , BYC_collect5

HNU.085x, HNU.134x, AHDA.107

DB.148fn1, DB.129fn2, HURQ.BB22x, RR.121x

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

FHR#03.03, GPB.024, BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, MMAH.034, SRC.074, SRC.098, SRC.189

BB00089

Letter to Jinab-i-Haji Siyyid Javad Karbala'i

2000

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح صبح الازل طراز الالف القائم بین البائین فلاحت و اضائت بعد ما بدعت قبل ما اخترعت

Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of the Morn of Eternity to be as the Alif standing betwixt two Bás, resplendent and illumining after it was originated, ere it was fashioned [3.5s]

INBA98:150.07-158.13, PR02.161r25-163v22, CMB_F21.026.18-035.16#04, , Berlin3655.105v-110v

ASAT3.054-055x, NSS.059-064

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Epistle of the Báb to Muḥammad Sháh Revealed at Síyáh-Dihán, The

BB00470

Epistle to Muhammad Shah 2 (to Haji Mirza Aqasi?)

270

Tablets of the Báb to Muhammad Shah

بسمه تبارک و تعالی. الحمد لله الذی یمن علی من یشاء بحکمه سبحانه و تعالی عما یصفون الله یعلم خداوند شاهد است بر حال من و کفی به شهیدا که ذنبی متحمل نشده ام که باعث چنین حکمی شده باشد

Praise be to God Who bestoweth wisdom upon whomsoever He willeth, and glorified be He above all that they ascribe unto Him. God knoweth, and the Lord beareth witness - and sufficient is He as witness - that I have committed no transgression warranting such a decree [3.5s]

ASAT2.189x, HNU.220-221, TZH2.139-140, AHDA.262, OOL.A023.2

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.460.08, SRC.064, SRC.193

BB00010

Tafsir-i-Surah wa'l-'Asr (Commentary on the Surah of the Afternoon)

22000

Tafsir-i-Suriy-i-Va'l-'Asr (Commentary on the Surih of the Afternoon)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلی للممکنات بظهور آثار ابداعه فی ملکوت الامر والخلق لیتلالئن جوهریات حقائق الموجودات بتلئلأ آیات اللاهوت و یتلجلجن کینونیات مجردات آیات الجبروت بتلجلج ظهورات آیات الملکوت

Praised be to God Who divuged Himself before all realms of Existence through the tokens of His wondrous directives in the Kingdoms of Command and Creation. This to the end that He might illuminate the Essences

INBA14:105-208, INBA40:006-080, INBA69:021-119, INBA_6010C:095-198, , INBA_7009C:005-130, , CMB_F09.001=4005C, , BLIB_Or5112, , BN_6531, HBH_asr, BYC_asr

AADA.138-139x, AVK2.012.04x, MHA.142x, OOL.A007

GOH.060-061x, MNP.049x, HURQ.BB10x

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

DB.201x, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.455.04, MMAH.066, SRC.076, SRC.202, GOH.034, GOH.115

BB00064

Tablet to Mirza Sa'id Ardistani on Basitatu'l-Haqiqah, qadim wa hadith

2700

Brief Discussion of the Primal Will in the Bahá'í Writings; Gate of the Heart

Tablet to Mirza Sa'id

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع فی کینونیات الخلق آیات ظهور قدرته لیعرفوه کل الموجودات بما تجلی لهم بهم ... و ان ما ذکرت فی بیان القدم والحدوث و ان الذی اردت حبک بانه

All praise be to God, Who hath created the signs of the manifestations of His might in the inmost reality of the creatures, that all beings may recognize Him… The third question thou didst pose is about the meaning of the saying of the philosophers who say: 'From one naught can be created by one.'

INBA14:418-432, INBA40:144-154, INBA53:419-431, INBA67:259-273, INBA69:419-433, INBA_6010C:416-430, , CMB_F21.077.08-088.18#11, , Berlin3655.086r-092r, BYC_three.001-016, AEWB.189-207,

SFI05.014-019

GOH.044, GOH.065x, GOH.095-096x, GOH.190-191x, GOH.194-198x, GOH.201-202x, BSB4:2 p22-27x

Creation of the world; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Necessary and possible being; Seven stages of creation; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.078, SRC.193, GOH.034

BB00067

Answer to Shaykh Nasiru'd-Din Karbila'i

2700

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسمه العلی الاعلی الاعظم الاکبر الارفع الاظهر. حمداً لمن استوی علی عرش فردانیته و تقدس بقدس قدوس کبریائیته

Praise be unto Him Who is established upon the throne of His singleness, and Who hath sanctified Himself with the holiness of His exalted divinity [3.5s]... ...As for what thou did ask regarding the clarification of the issue of pre-existence and the origination of things. There is no doubt that the pre-existence of the eternal Divine Essence

PR02.060r08-063r10, CMB_F21.065.17-077.06#09,

HURQ.BB38x

Creation of the world; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah]; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095

BB00140

Answer to Mulla Rajab-‘Ali

1300

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یتفضل علی من یشآء تذکره و یشکره علی جزاء ثنائه بما وعد فی کتابه فله الحمد حمدا لیشهد له بما شهد له نفسه

Praise be to God Who graciously bestoweth His remembrance upon whomsoever He willeth, and rewardeth with gratitude those who praise Him, even as He hath promised in His Book. Unto Him be all praise - praise that testifieth to that which He hath testified of His own Self [3.5s]

PR07.036v-038r, CMB_F21.120.18-126.08#19,

Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mystical themes; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Free will and predestination; fate; Names and attributes of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00054

Letter to Mirza Hasan Vaqay’-Nigar

3300

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره و اقام الکل بحکمه لیعرف کل الموجودات فی مقام عرفان طلعة الذات و آیات ظهورات الصفات

Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and hath established all things through His wisdom, that every created thing might attain unto the station of recognition of the Countenance of His Essence and the signs of the manifestations of His attributes [3.5s]

INBA40:180-192, INBA53:385-398, INBA67:085-100, PR02.175r27-179r06, CMB_F28.7.06,

ASAT4.368x

BAPT.002x, HURQ.BB51x

BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, MMAH.032, SRC.079, SRC.194

BB00366

Sharh-i-Hadith-i-ma min fi’lin yaf’alahu’l-‘abd

450

Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Free will and predestination; fate; Law of cause and effect; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم الی الله یحشرون اما بعد قد اطلعت بما

Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs - these shall verily be gathered unto Him. To continue: I have perused that which [3.5s]... ...For, verily, when a thing is made mention of, it becometh invested with the station of existence, for it is impossible for the thing to exist except through the station of essence

INBA14:392-394, INBA40:162-164, INBA53:404-406, INBA_6010C:390-392, , CMB_F21.106.13-108.09#15, , Berlin3655.121v-122v

GOH.203x

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.079, SRC.194

BB00311

Ziyarat for the fifth to be martyred among the Letters of the Living

600

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک یا الهی و ربی و محبوبی و مقصودی کیف ابتدئن بذکرک و ثنائک

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Lord, my Beloved, and my Heart's Desire! How can I begin to make mention of Thee and offer Thy praise [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.124-126, CMB_F14.097r06-099r01,

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210

BB00078

Letter to Mulla Baqir Tabrizi (Chihriq) Tafsir hadith "شمس التی تلک الشموس فی ظهوره"

2500

Tablet to Mullá Muhammad Báqir-i Tabrízí; Gate of the Heart

Tablet to Mulla Muhammad Baqir-i Tabrizi

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب و انما البهاء من الله عز ذکره علی من یظهره الله جل امره و من یخلق بامره و لا یری فیه الا ماقد تجلی الله له بقوله علی انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم

Praised be to God, no god is there except Him, the Mighty, the Beloved One. The Splendour which cometh from God — exalted be His Remembrance — be upon Him Whom God shall make manifest

CMB_F21.035.18-044.13#05, , BYC_pray.099.01-105.02

KSHG.439, AYT.169, TZH3.020.04-022.21x

GOH.241x, GOH.249x, GOH.290x, GOH.351-353x, GOH.372-374x, HURQ.BB57x, GPB.030x, BLO_PT#185x

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Names and attributes of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095, GOH.036

BB00169

Du’a’ li'lladhina ‘araju

1200

Selections from the Writings of the Báb

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم تزل انک انت خالق کل شیء و رازقه و ممیت کل شیء و محییه لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً صمداً فرداً حیاً قیوماً حکماً عدلاً قدوساً دائماً ابداً معتمداً

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou hast ever been the Creator and Provider of all things, the One Who causeth all things to die and giveth them life. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, Single, Unique, Self-Subsisting, Ever-Living, All-Compelling, All-Wise, Just, Most Holy, Eternal, Everlasting [3.5s]... ...How numerous the souls raised to life who were exposed to dire humiliation in Thy Path for exalting Thy Word

CMB_F14.158v05-162v01,

SWBP#45 (p.134-134x)

SWB#46 (p.188-189x)

Importance of prayer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00289

Prayer for Friday

670

INBA98:174.06-176.13, Berlin3655.116r-117v

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الملائکة و اولو العلم قائما بالقسط لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم قد وقع علی ذلک الجبل کتابک و اشهد

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and the angels, and they who are possessed of knowledge, standing firm in justice, bear witness that there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Wise. Upon this mountain hath Thy letter descended, and I bear witness [3.5s]... ...Verily, at this time, the Sun of Truth hath reached the Point of midday zenith

GOH.171x

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God

JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195

BB00329

Ziyarat for the third to be martyred among the Letters of the Living

550

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک بجوهر کینونیتی و ساذج ذاتیتی و مجرد نفسانیتی و کافور انیتی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I testify unto Thee by the essence of my being, the pure reality of my nature, the naked truth of my soul, and the innermost camphor of mine identity, that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.119-121, CMB_F14.093v10-095v01,

Eulogies; reminiscences; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210

BB00103

Ziyarat for the martyrs

1800

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من الله الذی لا اله الا هو علی فوادک و فواد من فی فوادک و علی روحک و من فی روحک... قدوس قدوس قدوس انما البهاء من الله

The glory from God, no other God is there but He, rest upon thy heart and the heart of whomsoever is in thy heart, and upon thy spirit and the spirit of whomsoever is in thy spirit

INBA64:001.04-013.08, INBA_6007C.130-137, CMB_F14.104v04-110r01,

TSHA1.412-414, MANU.082-088, TZH3.424.20-426.02x

RBB.105-106x, BLO_PT#150

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God

JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210

BB00179

Ziyarat for the first to be martyred among the Letters of the Living

1100

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی اسئلک باسمک یا الله یا رحمن یا رحیم یا رب یا مالک یا محیط یا قدیر یا علیم

O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, O God, O Compassionate One, O Merciful One, O Lord, O Sovereign, O All-Encompassing, O Almighty, O All-Knowing! [4o]

INBA_6007C.112-116, CMB_F14.088v05-091v09,

Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210

BB00058

Ziyarat li-Avvali man aman

3000

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت یحیی و یمیت ... علی کل شیء قدیرا فلاشهدنک و کل شیء

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm. Thou givest life and causeth death... over all things powerful. Thus do I and all things bear witness [3.5s]

CMB_F14.204r01-213v02,

Human reality created in the image of God; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

JRAS.460, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

BB00189

Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafyi’n-Nafy

1100

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء بما قد خلقت کل شیء له علی انه لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that Thou didst create all things unto Him, that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer [3.5s]

CMB_F14.148v10-152v01,

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00046

Tafsir-i-Ayati'n-Nur (Commentary on the Verse of Light)

4200

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله المتعالی المنیع. الحمد لله الذی خلق کل شیء بامره و قدر مقادیر کل شیء بقوله اذ انه هو الحق به یخلق ما خلق و یبدع ما بدع لا راد و لا مره و لا مرد لتقدیره

Praised be to God Who created all things through His Command and decreed the measure of all things through His Utterance, `Wherefore is He, verily, is the Ultimate Reality (al-ḥaqq)'

PR02.063r12-063r19x, PR07.044r-049v, CMB_F21.155.17-171.08#27,

HURQ.BB12x

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.458.15, MMAH.005

BB00015

Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (The Seven Proofs - Persian)

13900

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Seven Proofs, The; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (Seven Proofs - Persian)

بسم الله الافرد الافرد. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو الافرد الافرد و انما البهاء من الله علی من یظهره الله ثم ادلائه لم یزل و لا یزال و بعد

Praise be to God, for there is none other God but He, the Only Unique, the Only Unique. All splendor comes from God, upon the 'Man Yuzhiruhu'llah' and upon His Apostles… Say: God sufficeth all things above all things

INBA_2007C:13b-64b, , PR02.104r21-115v02, CMB_F22.092b, CMB_F25.7, BLIB_Or5109, BLIB_Or5110, BN_6154, NLI.50, KB_seven, HBH_dalail=DLLS, BYC_saba-p

DLLS, AYT.043x, SWBP#10 (p.083-090x), OOL.A005b

SWB#10 (p.117-126x), BPRY.056x, GOH.078x, GOH.169x, GOH.171x, GOH.244-245x, GOH.267x, GOH.359x, GOH.361x, HURQ.BB53x, BLO_PT#085

The Badasht Project, K. Key, B. Vahdat, C. Shoemaker, B. Groetzinger, Edelo & Emma, T. Francis, M. Leong-Granfar, Honiara Baha'i Youth, W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, J. Cooper, Baha'i Youth in Jordan, Kiskadee, L. Dely & M. Congo [track 10], A. & M. Zemke [track 4], Zannetta [track 7], almunajat.com [item 1], S. Jaberi

Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Proofs for the existence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God

NSS.039-044, JRAS.447, BRHL.63, BRHL.65?, MSBR.204-205, AHDA.447.8, MMAH.066, SRC.085-087, SRC.185, GOH.035

BB00351

Da’irat’il-Hirz

480

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله الرفیع المکین. حمداً لمن خلق الکل علی هیکل محبته و عرف الکل ملک ارادته لئلا یحتجب احد عن طلعة محبوبه و لا یبعد شیء عن مقام قرب مقصوده

Praise be unto Him who hath fashioned all creation in the form of His love and made them aware of the kingdom of His will, so that none might be veiled from the countenance of their Beloved, nor anything be removed from the station of nearness to His purpose [4o]

CMB_F21.063.17-065.15#08,

Da'iras and haykals; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.457.08, MMAH.017

BB00226

Answer to Sayyid Ahmad-i-Aqazadih

900

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشآء من عباده لیبعث یوم الحساب فاشهد الله فی وسط الجبال موقف

Praise be to God Who hath sent down the Book upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants, that they might be raised up on the Day of Reckoning. I bear witness unto God, from amidst the mountains [3.5s]

PR07.029r-030v, CMB_F21.127.07-131.05#21, , BYC_collect3.002-008

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00271

Hadith on 'the Land of Paradise'

720

بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک المثل و الامثال و لک المواقع و الاجلال و لک العزة و الامتناع و لک القوة و الارتفاع ... لم تزل کنت الها واحدا

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes, Thine the Stations and the Reverence, Thine the Glory and the Invincibility, Thine the Power and the Transcendence... Ever hast Thou been One God [3.5s]

CMB_F21.192.16-196.04#30,

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00192

Du’a’ li-Ithbati’l-ithbat

1100

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی ما استشهدتنی علیه من شهادة ان لا اله الا انت و ان حروف الواحد اقرب اسمائک الیک فی کتابک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto that whereunto Thou hast called me to testify - that there is none other God but Thee, and that the Letters of Unity [Vahid] are Thy Names nearest unto Thee in Thy Book [3.5s]

CMB_F14.152v03-156r08,

Angels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00254

Du’a’ li’n-Nuri’l-Abyad

790

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاسئلنک من اسمائک باعظمها و کل اسمائک عظمیه عندک ثم فی ام الکتاب

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by the mightiest of Thy Names, though all Thy Names are mighty in Thy sight and in the Mother Book [3.5s]

CMB_F14.223r04-225v09,

JRAS.461, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

BB00387

410

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت تحیی و تمیت و انک انت حی لا تموت و ملک لا تزول و سلطان لا تحول و عدل لا تجول و فرد لا تفوت ... کل شیء قدیرا لم تزل یا الهی

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm. Thou givest life and causeth death, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not, the King Who passeth not away, the Sovereign Who changeth not, the Just Who deviateth not, the Single One Who faileth not... over all things powerful hast Thou ever been, O my God [3.5s]

CMB_F14.101r10-102v02,

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

JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

BB00117

Du’a’ ‘ala’l-Abavayn min’ar’Rabb

1600

بسم الله الارضی الارضی. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الکمال و لک الوجهة و الجمال و لک المثل و لاامثال

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Perfection, Thine the Countenance and the Beauty, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes [3.5s]

CMB_F14.124r10-129r08,

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Thankfulness; gratitude; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Fire and light; fire and water; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00178

Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy

1100

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بازلیتک التی انها هی مرتفعة فوق کل شیء ان تبدلن کل ذات الف

O God! I beseech Thee, by Thine eternity which transcendeth all else, to transform every possessor of the letter Alif [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.276-282, CMB_F14.185r07-189r05,

JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

BB00003

Kitab-i-Asma' (Book of Names)

>500000

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Kitáb-i-Asma (Book of Names); Tablet of the Báb to the Sherif of Mecca

الباب الاول من الواحد الاول ... بسم الله الاسمم الاسمم. لا اله الا هو الأرشد الأرشد قل الله ارشد فوق کل ذا ارشاد لن يقدر ان يمتنع عن مليک سلطان ارشاده

God, no God is there save Him., the Supremely Guided (al-arshad), the Supremely Guided (al-arshad). Say: God proffers a Guidance (arshad) beyond every possessor of Guidance (irshad)…. O Lord! Enable all the peoples of the earth to gain admittance

INBA60:156-166x, INBA64:025.10-030.01x, INBA82:060-066x, INBA_6002C, INBA29, PR02.069v01-069v20x, PR03.150v08-151v11x, PR24.069r-072vx, PR30.001-344, CMB_F16x, CMB_F18x, CMB_F23.171v04-174r04 (58)x, , CMB_F17x, CMB_F19x, BLIB_Or5278, BLIB_Or5481, BLIB_Or5869, BLIB_Or6255, BN_5806, BN_5807, BN_6141, BN_6142, BLIB_Or5487-5490, , MKI4491, MKI4492, MKI4493, IOL (12:1-18)x, IOM.091-092x, HBH_asma, BYC_asma

MANU.039-045x, TZH2.006x, SWBP#07 (p.018-024x), SWBP#11 (p.092-106x), SWBP#15 (p.109-110x), SWBP#28 (p.121-122x), SWBP#31 (p.124-125x), SWBP#32 (p.125-125(a)x), SWBP#33 (p.125-125(b)x), SWBP#47 (p.136-136x), OOL.A008

SWB#07 (p.029-037x), SWB#11 (p.129-149x), SWB#15 (p.155-155x), SWB#29 (p.172-172x), SWB#32 (p.176(a)x), SWB#33 (p.176(b)x), SWB#34 (p.177(a)x), SWB#48 (p.191-191x), BPRY.081x, BPRY.234x, GOH.passim (see index), HURQ.BB58x

E. Mahony, A. Bryan, G.H. Miller, K. Key

BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, AHDA.447.7, MMAH.065, SRC.091-092, SRC.188, GOH.036 and passim

Note that the Partial Inventory states that the word count is more than 500,000 words.

BB00133

Ziyarat for the first to believe, on Thursday night

1400

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء فی هذه اللیلة لیلة الجمعة التی تنظر فیها الی داعیک فی البیان

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee in this night - the night of Friday - wherein Thou gazest upon him who calleth unto Thee [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.046-052, CMB_F14.110r03-114r03,

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations

JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210

BB00148

Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy

1300

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاسئلنک باولیتک التی انها هی مرتفعة

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy FIrstness, which verily is exalted [3.5s]

CMB_F14.144v04-148v09,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00066

Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (The Seven Proofs - Arabic)

2700

Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (Seven Proofs - Arabic)

بسم الله الافرد الافرد. بسم الله الفرد الفرد بسم الله الفرد الفرد بسم الله الفرد الفراد بسم الله الفرد الفراد بسم الله الفارود الفارد بسم الله الفرد الفراد بسم الله الفرد الفرود

In the name of God, the One, the Peerless. In the Name of God, the One, the Peerless. In the Name of God, the Singular, the Matchless. In the Name of God, the Singular, the Matchless. In the Name of God, the Unique, the Supreme. In the Name of God, the Singular, the Matchless [4o]

INBA_2007C:01a-13b, , PR02.101v10-104r18x, CMB_F22.092b?, , HBH_dalail=DLLS, BYC_saba-a

DLLS, OOL.A005a

HURQ.BB54x

Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

JRAS.447, BRHL.63, BRHL.65, MSBR.204-205?, AHDA.447.8, MMAH.066, SRC.087-088, SRC.185, GOH.035

BB00313

Answer to one of the believers

590

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل المجرة لسطوع طلوع شمس الرحمة لیدلعن کل الالسن فی تلک الطلعات الصماء الدهماء العمیاء بثناء طلعة حضرة الربوبیة فی صورة الانزعیه والنور الالهیه

Praise be to God Who hath sent down the starry expanse for the dawning splendor of the Sun of Mercy, that every tongue might be moved, amidst these deaf, dark and sightless manifestations, to extol the Countenance of Divine Lordship in its most glorious form and celestial light [3.5s]

INBA98:020.10-023.07, PR02.166r02-166v12, CMB_F21.001.01-003.11#01, , Berlin3655.114v-116r

Love of God; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00221

910

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم صل علی ذات حروف السبع ثم حروف الاولی بالملک و الملکوت اللهم صل علی ذات حروف السبع ثم حروف الاولی بالعز والجبروت

O God! Bestow Thy blessings upon Him of the Seven Letters, then upon the Letters of the First in earthly sovereignty and heavenly dominion. O God! Bestow Thy blessings upon Him of the Seven Letters, then upon the Letters of the First, in might and sovereign power [3.5s]

CMB_F14.121v02-124r09,

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Prayer for specific individuals; groups

BB00403

Kitabu’l-Ahmad

380

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یمن علی ما یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو ذو الفضل العظیم و اثنی علی محمد صلی الله علیه و اله بما اثناه الله فی قدم الذات و ذروة الصفات

Praise be to God Who bestoweth His bounty upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants. Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Possessor of infinite grace. And I extol Muhammad—upon Him and His kindred be the blessings of God—with such praise wherewith God hath lauded Him in the eternity of His Essence and the summit of His attributes [3.5s]

PR07.031v-032r, CMB_F21.133.09-134.19#23, , BYC_collect3.024-025

TZH3.460.14-461.16

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095, SRC.204

BB00599

Du’a’ fihi ismu’l-A’zam

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک باسمک یا الله یا رب یا رحمن یا منیع یا قدوس یا هو یا عزیز یا محبوب یا قاهر یا ظاهر یا فرد یا ممتنع یا مهیمن یا قیوم یا قائم

O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, O God, O Lord, O Most Merciful, O Inaccessible, O Most Holy, O He, O Mighty One, O Best-Beloved, O All-Compelling, O Manifest, O Single, O Inaccessible, O All-Subduing, O Self-Subsisting [3.5s]

CMB_F14.201r07-201r10,

Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Prayer for spiritual recognition

JRAS.460, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

BB00045

Tafsir-i-Hadithi Abu Lubaydi Makhzumi or Tafsir-i-Hurufat al-Muqatta'ih

4200

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Personal instructions; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح الاختراع اسرار الابداع التی عینت قبل ما شیئت و اقضت

Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of origination to be the mysteries of creation, which were ordained ere they were brought into being [3.5s]... ...Verily, the appearance of the day of Muhammad, the Apostle of God, the blessings of God rest upon Him and His kin

INBA98:033.06-048.13, PR02.048v02-052v27, CMB_F21.009.02-026.16#03, , Berlin3655.095v-105r

GOH.109x

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, MMAH.021

BB00127

Du’a’ li’l-Ithbat

1400

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان نحفظن و تغنین کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة الاثبات بقدرتک علی کل شیء

O God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which is exalted above all things, to preserve and enrich every soul possessing the letter Alif that is related to the Tree of Affirmation, through Thy power over all things [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.282-288, CMB_F14.189r07-194r01,

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Transcendence; unknowability of God

JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

BB00214

Fi Bayani’l-I’tiqad

930

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یهدی من یشاء و یضل من یشاء و الیه کل الخلق یرجعون و ان الصلوة علی محمد رسول الله و اوصیائه الذین قد جعلهم الله ائمة الدین و ارکان اهل الیقین ... و بعد لما سمعت ان بعض الناس قد عرضوا بمحضر حضرة العالی

Praise be to God, Who guideth whom He willeth and leadeth astray whom He willeth, and unto Whom all created things shall return. And blessings rest upon Muhammad, the Apostle of God, and His chosen ones, whom God hath made the Imams of the Faith and the pillars of them that are assured... And further, when I heard that certain ones had made representations in the presence of [3.5s]

INBA14:385-390, INBA40:133-136, INBA69:411-416, INBA_6010C:383-388, , PR02.130v24-131v26, CMB_F21.089.01-093.01#11, , BYC_collect4.017-020, BYC_three.092-097

ESCH.393, TZH2.082-084

Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Muhammad; Islam; Names and attributes of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.077, SRC.193

BB00154

Answer to Mulla Asadu’llah-i-Qazvini

1200

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابتدع الابداع لا من ابداع قبله و اخترع الاختراع لا من اختراع بعده ثم جعل القدر

Praised be to God Who originated the Formative Genesis (ibtida` al-ibda`), not from any prior formative genesis

PR07.040v-042v, CMB_F21.115.18-120.16#18,

TZH3.013.02-016.11

HURQ.BB27x

Creation of the world; Degrees of faith; certitude; Free will and predestination; fate; Knowledge; recognition of God; Meditation; Miracles and their interpretation; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095

BB00283

700

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القوة و اللاهوت و لک القدرة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال

CMB_F14.102v04-104v02,

Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations