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| BH11199 | 270 | فرمودند لو ملا البیان کلهم یتفکرن فی هذا النوم الذی اریناه فی المنام لیکفیهم | He saith: Were all who dwell in the realm of utterance to ponder upon this dream which We have shown forth in sleep, it would suffice them [3.5s]... ...Know verily that the veil hiding Our countenance hath not been completely lifted | BRL_DA#430 | WOB.116x | rejection, opposition and persecution; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| BH11233 | 40 | ای حسین ندایت شنیده شد و طرف مظلوم از شطر سجن اعظم بتو توجه نمود این از فضل | O Husayn! Thy call hath been heard, and the countenance of the Wronged One hath, from the direction of the Most Great Prison, turned toward thee. This is of His grace [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.019f, | BRL_DA#324 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; personal instructions | - | - | |||||||
| BH11258 | 40 | ذکر غلامرضا خان طوبی له انه عمل فی سبیل الله ما نطق به الملاءالاعلی یا غلام رضا | The mention of Ghulamrida Khan - blessed be he! Verily, he performed in the path of God that which caused the Concourse on High to speak forth: "O Ghulamrida!" [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.177c, | BRL_DA#800 | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11273 | 40 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | علیکم یا اهل القبور سلام الله مالک الظهور و مکلم الطور طوبی لکم قد فزتم | O ye in mortal graves! The peace of God, Him Who is the Lord of Revelation and the Speaker on Sinai, rest upon you | INBA65:093b, BLIB_Or15696.139c, , BLIB_Or15714.129b, | BRL_DA#578 | BRL_ATBH#04 | eulogies; reminiscences; martyrs and martyrdom; outward and inward meanings; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| BH11287 | 40 | قل اللهم انک انت سلطان الملوک و راحم المملوک و مذهب الشکوک لتغنین من تشاء | Say: O God! Thou art verily the Sovereign of kings, the Merciful to the downtrodden, the Dispeller of doubts, Who enrichest whom Thou pleasest [3.5s] | BRL_DA#497, TZH4.007x | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for praise and gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11354 | 40 | یا ولی علیک بهائی و عنایتی ان لحاظی من افقی توجه الیکم و النور اشرق من افق | O My friend! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness! Verily Mine eyes from Mine horizon have turned towards thee, and the light hath shone forth from the horizon [3.5s] | INBA19:108b, INBA32:099c | BRL_DA#409 | praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||
| BH11375 | 3540 | Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The Institution of the | جوهر حمد و ساذج ثنا و حقیقت ذکر ساحت امنع اقدس ارفع ابدع ... اعمال و اخلاق غیر طیبه که مخالف است | The essence of praise, the pure expression of glorification, and the reality of remembrance beseemeth that Most Holy, Most Sacred, Most Exalted and Most Wondrous [3.5s]... ...This is that which hath been uttered by the Tongue of the Unconstrained concerning the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár | BRL_DA#388, COMP_MASHRIQP#05x, GHA.446.10x | BRL_MASHRIQ#05x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; exhortations and counsels; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; law of Huququ'llah; 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; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||
| BH11389 | 470 | Translation List | یا قلمی الاعلی اشهد بما شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو لم یزل کان مقدسا ... ای رب بدل عسر اولیائک بالیسر و شدتهم بالرخآء | O My Most Exalted Pen! Bear thou witness unto that whereunto God Himself hath testified - that there is none other God but Him. He hath ever been sanctified [3.5s]... ...O Lord! Change the hardship of Thy loved ones into ease. Turn their adversity into prosperity, their abasement into glory, and their sorrow into the most great joy | BRL_DA#492, MSBH9.562x, AMIN.018-019 | ADMS#097x | nearness and remoteness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for assistance; intercession; prayers (general or uncategorized); spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH11396 | 1080 | انا نحب ان نذکر و نقرء ما انزلناه علی محمد رسول الله... براستی میگویم اگر نفسی فیالحقیقه لوجه الله بر تبلیغ امر قیام نماید | Verily, We desire to mention and recite that which We revealed unto Muhammad, the Messenger of God... In truth I say, should a soul arise, purely for the sake of God, to promote the Cause [3.5s] | BRL_DA#194, AVK3.466.15x, YIA.056-058 | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11419 | 30 | قد انار افق العالم بالنیر الاعظم و نطقت الاشیاء قد اتی المالک الملک لله العزیز الودود | The horizon of the world hath been illumined by the Most Great Light, and all things have proclaimed: "The Sovereign of all sovereignty hath come! The Kingdom is God's, the Mighty, the All-Loving!" [3.5s] | INBA23:104, BLIB_Or15696.090j, | BRL_DA#330, BSHI.025 | divine attributes are within all things; every atom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to the people of the world | - | - | |||||||
| BH11424 | 130 | هذا کتاب من لدی الغلام الی امة من امائه لیجذبها ندآء الرحمن الذی ارتفع عن جهة | This is an epistle from the Youth to one among His maidservants, that she may be drawn by the call of the All-Merciful, which hath been raised from this direction [3.5s] | BRL_DA#567 | consolation and comfort; love of God; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11437 | 30 | یا اهل الفردوس الاعلی علیکم ذکر الله و ثنائه و فضله و الطافه و سلامه و | O ye dwellers in the Most Exalted Paradise! Upon you rest the remembrance of God, His praise, His bounty, His tender mercies, and His peace [3.5s] | INBA65:093a, BLIB_Or15696.139b, , BLIB_Or15714.129a, | BRL_DA#579, AVK4.072.11 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; praise and encouragement; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH11449 | 30 | یا نفحات الارض و اسرارها و اوراق السدره و اثمارها طوبی لکن قد اتخذتن لانفسکن | O Breezes of the earth and its mysteries, O Leaves of the Lote-Tree and its fruits! Blessed are ye, for ye have chosen for yourselves [3.5s] | INBA65:097a, BLIB_Or15696.139j, , BLIB_Or15714.131b, | BRL_DA#575 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| BH11465 | 20 | اگر برود بخواند اودعت نفسی تحت حفظک و حمایتک فاحفظها یا حفاظ العالمین اگر | If one reciteth "I have entrusted my soul to Thy protection and shelter; preserve it, O Protector of all worlds!" [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#290, | BRL_DA#485, AVK4.066x | personal instructions; prayer for protection | - | - | |||||||
| BH11490 | 20 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | در صلوة و صوم اهمال نکنید انسان بیعمل مقبول نبوده و نیست | Be not neglectful of obligatory prayer and fasting | AYI2.389x | BRL_IOPF#1.06x | law of fasting; law of obligatory prayer; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); teaching the Cause; call to teach; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; unity; oneness of humanity; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||
| BH11524 | 20 | هنیئا لکم یا اهل البهاء انتم الذین شربتم الرحیق المختوم باسمه القیوم فی یوم | Blessed be ye, O people of Bahá, ye who have quaffed the sealed wine by His Name, the Self-Subsisting, on this Day [3.5s] | INBA65:096b, BLIB_Or15696.139i, , BLIB_Or15714.131a, | BRL_DA#576 | spiritual transformation; symbolism | - | - | |||||||
| BH11537 | 2040 | تلک آیات الامر نزلت من جبروت البقا و لا یعقلها الا الذینهم طاروا بجناحین | These are the verses of Revelation; they have been sent down from the realm of eternity, and none shall apprehend them save those who have soared… By God! No spot is left on My body that hath not been touched by the spears of thy machinations… What hath proceeded from thy pen hath caused the Countenances of Glory to be prostrated upon the dust | NLAI_BH1.408 | BRL_DA#152 | GPB.169x, GPB.169-170x, GPB.170x, ADMS#216 | forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| BH11577 | 2410 | ابصار را خبر مینمائیم و بشارت میدهیم خود را از مشاهده آثار مقصود عالم و مالک | Unto every eye we announce the glad-tidings: behold ye the signs of the Lord of the world and its Possessor [3.5s]... ...Peerless is this Day, for it is as the eye to past ages and centuries, and as a light unto the darkness of the times. | BRL_DA#246, YIA.187x | ADJ.079x, GPB.099x | consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; exhortations and counsels; martyrs and martyrdom; petitions to authorities; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| BH11605 | 780 | هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الی من اقبل و سرع الی الله العلیم الحکیم یا محمد نشهد | This is an epistle from the Wronged One unto him who hath turned and hastened unto God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. O Muhammad, We testify [3.5s] | BRL_DA#189, YIA.170-172 | praise and encouragement; 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11606 | 530 | یا ابن ابهر علیک سلامی و عنایتی و رحمتی نامه که نزد بدیع الله ارسال داشتی | O Ibn Abhar! Upon thee be My salutation, My loving-kindness and My mercy. The letter which thou didst dispatch to Badí'u'lláh [3.5s] | BRL_DA#188, YIA.174-175 | praise and encouragement; purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); teaching the Cause; call to teach; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11609 | 460 | یا ایّها الحاضر لدی الباب و المستقیم علی الامر علیک سلام اللّه و رحمته قد حضر المجد | O thou who art present before the Gate and steadfast in the Cause! Upon thee be the peace of God and His mercy. Glory hath appeared [3.5s] | BRL_DA#063 | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; interpretation of dreams and visions; prayer for governments and rulers; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11612 | 380 | قد ثبت بالبرهان ما اشرق من افق الیقین و هو ان حمدی و ذکری لایصل الی مقصودی | It hath been established through manifest proof that which hath shone forth from the horizon of certitude: that My praise and My mention reacheth not My intended purpose [3.5s] | BRL_DA#179, YIA.156-157 | permission for visit; pilgrimage; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11613 | 370 | یا ایها القائم لدی الباب قد اتی الوهاب لیبلغ الاحزاب ما یقربهم الی مالک | O thou who standest at the Gate! The All-Bountiful hath come to convey unto the peoples that which shall draw them nigh unto their Lord [3.5s] | BRL_DA#186, YIA.181-182 | acquiescence and resignation; contentment; law of inheritance; praise and encouragement; preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; service to others; to the Cause of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11632 | 210 | الحمد لله الذی فتق بین ماء الفرقان و البیان باسمه الذی اذ ظهر خضعت الادیان و | Praise be unto Him Who hath rent asunder the waters of the Qur'an and the Bayán through His Name, at Whose appearance all religions bowed down in submission [3.5s] | BRL_DA#177, YIA.046 | interpretation of words and passages in scripture; permission for visit; pilgrimage; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11641 | 180 | Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of Emancipation, The | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اذا قام مملوک لدی باب مملوک اخری و اراد من هذا المملوک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Behold how one slave hath stood at the door of another, seeking from him his freedom | BRL_DA#154 | BRL_APBH#21 | independent investigation of truth; reality; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||
| BH11652 | 150 | الها معبودا محبوبا مقصودا بکدام رو بملکوت ابهایت توجه نمایم و بکدام لسان طلب | My God, my Adored One, my Beloved, my Heart's Desire! With what countenance shall I turn toward Thy most glorious Kingdom, and with what tongue shall I make my supplication [3.5s] | BRL_DA#288 | unknown | existence and nonexistence; preexistence; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for parents; servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||
| BH11654 | 150 | ای حسن ایام ایام امتحان کبری است و افتتان عظمی بحبل عنایت متمسک شو و بذیل | O Hasan! These are the days of the Most Great Test and the Supreme Trial. Hold fast unto the cord of divine favour and cling to the hem [3.5s] | BRL_DA#599, SFI18.014 | chastisement and requital; knowledge; recognition of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11660 | 130 | یا صفر قبل علی ندایت را شنیدیم و از شطر سجن بتو توجه نمودیم امروز از حفیف سدره منتهی | O Safar-'Alí! We have heard thy call and from the precincts of the Prison have turned towards thee. Today from the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree [3.5s] | BRL_DA#594, SFI19.016-017 | call to action; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; humility; meekness; lowliness; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11661 | 120 | ذکر من لدنا لمن اجتذب العباد ببیان ربه الرحمن و نطق امام الوجوه بما نطق به | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath drawn the servants through the utterance of his Lord, the Most Merciful, and hath spoken before all faces that which He hath spoken [3.5s] | BRL_DA#095, YIA.146 | chastisement and requital; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11663 | 950 | قد فزت بزیاره کتابک الکریم قبلته و حضرت به تلقاء الوجه فلما قرات ما اثنیت به | I have verily been blessed with the visitation of thy noble letter; I received it and brought it before My face, and when I read that wherewith thou didst praise [3.5s] | BRL_DA#311, NSS.190x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; grammar and orthography; praise and encouragement; preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11669 | 100 | یا ابن ابهر علیک بهائی و عنایتی و رحمتی و فضلی الذی احاط من فی السموات | O Ibn Abhar! Upon thee be My glory, My loving-kindness, My mercy and My grace that hath encompassed them that are in the heavens [3.5s] | BRL_DA#096, YIA.174 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; power of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11676 | 20 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Verily, I say, fasting is the supreme remedy and the most great healing for the disease of self and passion | BRL_IOPF#1.17x | Rosalynd & Pascal | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; law of fasting; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; praise and encouragement; prayer for opponents; enemies of the Faith; spiritual transformation; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| BH11686 | 120 | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی فاز بأنوار الوجه و سمع ندآء ربه العلیم الحکیم | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath been illumined by the lights of the Countenance and hath hearkened unto the call of his Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.076a | BRL_DA#067 | banishment to; life in 'Akka; chastisement and requital; consolation and comfort; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; praise and encouragement; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH11687 | 1900 | حمد حضرت مقصود را سزاوار که بکلمه مبارکه طیبه طاهره عباد نورانی شفقت | Praise befitteth Him Who is the Object of all desire, Who through His blessed, pure and sanctified Word hath caused His servants to be illumined with tender mercy [3.5s] | BRL_DA#480 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of faith; power of the spirit; service to others; to the Cause of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11689 | 1560 | حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که از حرکه قلم اعلی اهل ناسوت انشاء | Praise be unto the Lord, the Desired One, Who alone is worthy and befitting, Who through the movement of the Most Exalted Pen hath brought forth the people of the earthly realm [3.5s] | BRL_DA#530 | praise and encouragement; rejection by the people of the Bayan; 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11693 | 1180 | امروز حمد و شکر مخصوص اولیاست یعنی نفوسی که برحیق مختوم رسیده و میرسند | In this day praise and thanksgiving are reserved for the chosen ones - those souls who have attained, and continue to attain, unto the Sealed Wine [3.5s] | BRL_DA#522 | humility; meekness; lowliness; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; prayer for justice and fairmindedness; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11695 | 1040 | سبحان الذی اظهر لنا ما کان مسطورا فی کتابه و مکنونا فی علمه و شرفنا بلقائه | Glorified be He Who hath manifested unto us that which was inscribed in His Book and concealed within His knowledge, and Who hath honored us with His presence [3.5s] | BRL_DA#529 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11696 | 1030 | حمد حضرت مقصودی را سزاست که بانوار آفتاب حقیقت مدن و دیار را بنور معرفت | All praise be befitting unto Him Who is the Ultimate Goal, Who hath illumined the cities and regions with the rays of the Sun of Truth and with the light of knowledge [3.5s]... ...O My loved-ones in that land! Ye are the keys to the portals of constancy amidst the people and the standard of guidance among the creatures. Through you the oneness of God’s essence and His sanctity hath been established | BRL_DA#523, TZH5.389x | RIDA.111-112x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; love and unity; moderation; frugality; simplicity; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| BH11697 | 1000 | الحمد لله الذی نطق بکلمه من کلماته العلیا و بها فصل بین العباد فی ناسوت الانشاء | Praise be unto God, Who hath spoken forth one Word from among His exalted Words, and thereby hath distinguished between His servants in the realm of creation [3.5s] | BRL_DA#525 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; teaching the Cause; call to teach; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11698 | 968 | شهد الله فی قطب البقا بانه لا اله الا هو المهیمن العزیز الممتنع القدیر و اشهد فی عرش | God beareth witness in the Realm of Eternity that there is none other God but Him, the All-Subduing, the Mighty, the Inaccessible, the All-Powerful, and I bear witness at the Throne [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.341 | BRL_DA#554 | personal instructions; proclamation to people of the Bayan; rejection by the people of the Bayan; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH11707 | 640 | To Set the World in Order | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له العظمه و الاقتدار و القدره و الاختیار یفعل ما یشاء | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His are the grandeur and the power, the might and the dominion. He doeth whatsoever He willeth [3.5s]... And then the voice of the Divine Lote-Tree sounded, calling aloud and saying: Praise be unto God Who hath ordained marriage to be a portal | BRL_DA#536, BRL_SWOP#001x | BRL_SWO#001x | marriage as means of spiritual progress; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for married couples; unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||
| BH11709 | 610 | امروز مظلوم از شطر سجن اهل عالم را ندا مینماید و ببحر اعظم دعوت میکند | In this day the Wronged One calleth from the prison-quarter unto the peoples of the world and summoneth them unto the Most Great Ocean [3.5s] | BRL_DA#457 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium; proclamation to the people of the world; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11714 | 520 | شهد المظلوم بما شهد اللّه قبل خلق الأشیآء انّه لا اله الّا هو لم یزل کان مقدّساً | The Wronged One beareth witness unto that which God Himself testified before the creation of all things, that there is none other God but Him. He hath ever been sanctified [3.5s] | BRL_DA#216 | chastisement and requital; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Muhammad; Islam; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11715 | 500 | ای کلیم بشنو ندای جمال قدیم را و بایست بر امر الله بقیامیکه ارجل مضطربین | O Moses! Hearken unto the Voice of the Ancient Beauty, and arise to uphold the Cause of God with such steadfastness as shall cause the feet of them that waver to be made firm [3.5s] | BRL_DA#366, SFI10.016-018 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; prophecy and fulfillment; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11717 | 490 | یا علی علیک سلام الله و عنایته تو شاهد و عالم گواه که اینمظلوم حزب الله را | O 'Alí! Upon thee be God's salutations and His loving-kindness! Thou art witness, and the All-Knowing doth testify, that this Wronged One hath [addressed] the party of God [3.5s] | BRL_DA#309 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; light and darkness; love and unity; Manifestation of God as educator; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11718 | 480 | ذکر قلم و مداد قبل از نگارش حروف و الفاظ ذکر مالک ایجاد بوده و خواهد بود | The remembrance of the Pen and Ink, ere the inscription of letters and words, hath been and shall ever be the remembrance of the Lord of Creation [3.5s] | BRL_DA#514 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11721 | 430 | ذکر بدیع من العبد الی الذی آمن باللّه و کان من المهتدین فی الواح الرّوح مسطورا | A wondrous remembrance from the servant unto him who hath believed in God and was among the guided ones, inscribed in the Tablets of the Spirit [3.5s] | BRL_DA#119 | chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as mediator; proclamation to the people of the world; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11723 | 400 | حمد مالک اسماء و فاطر سماء را لایق و سزاست که بکلمهٴ علیا نطق فرمود فی الحین ماج | Praise befitteth and is worthy of the Lord of Names and the Creator of Heaven, Who hath uttered the Most Exalted Word, whereupon arose the surging [3.5s] | BRL_DA#339 | Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; living waters; water of life; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11724 | 400 | فاظهر اللهم فی هذا العید قدرتک و سلطانک علی من فی سمائک و ارضک سبحانک | O my God! Manifest Thou on this Festival Day Thy power and dominion over all who dwell in Thy heavens and upon Thy earth. Glory be unto Thee [3.5s] | BRL_DA#521 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for teaching; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11728 | 370 | قد اتی المیقات و اتی منزل الایات من سماء الامر بقوه لاتضعفها ظلم الاشرار | Verily the decreed time has arrived and the Revealer of verses has come from the Heaven of His Cause with a power that will not be weakened by the tyrannies of the evil-doers | BRL_DA#412, TZH5.390-391, TISH.238-239 | RIDA.112-114 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; martyrs and martyrdom; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| BH11730 | 360 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالذی اظهرته و جعلت ظهوره نفس ظهورک … فی هذا الظهور الذی فیه اسودت وجوه المشرکین | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Him Whom Thou hast manifested and made His Revelation identical with Thine own Self-Revelation... in this Dispensation wherein the faces of the ungodly were darkened [3.5s] | BRL_DA#345 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11735 | 330 | یا حسین علیک بهائی نشهد انک فزت بما کان مسطورا فی اللوح و مرقوما من القلم | O Husayn! Upon thee rest My Glory! I testify that thou hast attained unto that which was concealed in the Tablet as inscribed by the Supreme Pen at the behest of God, the Lord of both worlds | BRL_DA#520, TZH5.394-395, TISH.242-243 | RIDA.118-119 | justice and wrath of God; obedience to and respect for government authority | - | - | |||||||
| BH11739 | 320 | کتاب نزل بالحق و فیه ما یقرب العالم الی الاسم الاعظم و یسمعهم ندآء الله | A Book sent down in truth, wherein is that which draweth the world nigh unto the Most Great Name and causeth them to hearken unto the Call of God [3.5s] | BRL_DA#469 | call to action; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11740 | 310 | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی من سماء البیان بالحجه و البرهان انه | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come from the heaven of divine utterance with proof and testimony [3.5s] | BRL_DA#429 | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; justice and wrath of God; martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11746 | 290 | کتاب نزل بالفضل لمن اقبل فی یوم فیه اعرض الناس عن الله رب العالمین | The Book hath been sent down through grace unto him who hath turned towards God on a Day wherein mankind hath turned away from the Lord of all worlds [3.5s] | BRL_DA#460 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11748 | 280 | To Set the World in Order | الحمد لله الذی نور العالم بنیر لاح و اشرق من فجر الظهور فی افق سماء بیان الرحمن | Praised be God, Who hath adorned the heaven of love with the stars of unity and harmony, and hath ordained that in the world of being marriage be the chief instrument | BRL_DA#517, BRL_SWOP#093x | BRL_SWO#093x | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; prayer for married couples; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||
| BH11751 | 270 | یا حیدر علیک بهائی نامهئی جناب سیاح بعبد حاضر نوشته و در آن نامه اظهار تبری | O Haydar, upon thee be My glory! A letter from his honor Sayyáḥ was written to 'Abdu'l-Ḥáḍir, wherein he declared his repudiation [3.5s] | BRL_DA#519 | chastisement and requital; consolation and comfort; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11752 | 260 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انا عبادک و فی قبضتک و ما اردنا الا ما اردته | Glorified art Thou, O my God! We are Thy servants, within Thy grasp, and we desire naught save that which Thou hast desired [3.5s] | BRL_DA#215 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; love of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11755 | 250 | ذکر ورقه الهویة فی شاطی القدس علی اغصان سدرة الفردوس ان یا اهل العرش فاسمعون | The mention of the Divine Leaf upon the holy shore, amidst the branches of the Celestial Lote-Tree. O ye dwellers of the Throne, hearken ye [3.5s] | BRL_DA#172 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; idolatry; knowledge; recognition of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11757 | 250 | قد نطقت الذرات بما نطق منزل الآیات اذ اتی بالبیّنات التی عجز عن الاتیان | The atoms have spoken even as the Revealer of Verses spoke when He came with clear proofs which none could match [3.5s] | BRL_DA#195 | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of prayer; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11758 | 250 | یا علی علیک بهائی ان المظلوم لایشکو من البلایا و ما ورد علی الاولیاء فی سبیل الله | O 'Alí, upon thee be My glory! The Wronged One complaineth not of tribulations, nor of that which hath befallen the favored ones in the path of God [3.5s] | BRL_DA#427 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; prayer for martyrs; prayer for specific individuals; groups; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11759 | 240 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | ای واصل بفراق مبتلی شدی و انا الفراق و لا ابالی و انا المفرق و لا اخاف | O thou who hast attained! Thou hast been afflicted with separation, and I am Separation and care not; I am the Separator and fear not [3.5s] | BRL_DA#088 | BRL_ATBH#79 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; pain of love; love as veil; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH11761 | 240 | الحمد لله الذی جعل الخط المتکون من النقطه الاولیه الظاهره بالباء طراز الختم لاسمه | Praise be unto God Who hath made the line, formed from the Primal Point manifest in the letter Bá, the adorning seal of His Name [3.5s] | BRL_DA#305x | apocalyptic imagery; creation of the world; rejection by the people of the Bayan; symbolism; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11762 | 240 | Social Action | در فقره جناب ملا حسین و ابن ایشان علیهما بهاء الله مرقوم فرموده بودید | Thou hadst made reference in thy letter to agriculture. On this matter He hath laid down the following universal rule | BRL_DA#392 | BRL_SOCIAL#201x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; agriculture; consolation and comfort; useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; work as worship | - | - | ||||||
| BH11763 | 240 | To Set the World in Order | ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز بانوار الایمان و اعترف بما انکره اهل الارض الا من شاء | This is a remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath attained unto the lights of faith and hath acknowledged that which the peoples of the earth have denied, save whom He hath willed [3.5s]... ...God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, Who is potent to do whatsoever He willeth. He ruleth over His dominion as He pleaseth | BRL_DA#551, BRL_SWOP#015x | BRL_SWO#015x | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||
| BH11766 | 230 | یا داود رب ودود میفرماید در کتاب مبین از قلم اعلی نازل شده آنچه که حصنی است | O Dawud! The All-Loving Lord proclaimeth in the Perspicuous Book that which hath been sent down through the Most Exalted Pen as a stronghold [3.5s] | BRL_DA#513 | justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11772 | 200 | قل لک الحمد یا الهی و سیدی و سندی بما ایدتنی علی عرفان مطلع آیاتک | Say: I yield Thee thanks, O my God, and my Master, and my Mainstay, for having aided me to recognize the Dawning-Place of Thy signs | BRL_DA#199 | BRL_APBH#19 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||
| BH11773 | 200 | یا میر یذکرک المظلوم فی حین احاطته الاحزان بما اکتسبت ایدی الذین انکروا | O Prince! The Wronged One remembereth thee at the hour when sorrows have encompassed Him through that which the hands of them that have denied have wrought [3.5s] | BRL_DA#490 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; praise and encouragement; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11775 | 190 | ان یا ورقه الحب اسمعی ندآء ربک عن شطر هذا السجن لتجذبک نغمات الرحمن | O leaf of love! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord from this Prison, that the melodies of the All-Merciful may draw thee [3.5s] | BRL_DA#203 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; humility; meekness; lowliness; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11777 | 190 | یا بن ابهر علیک بهآء اللّه مالک القدر ان استمع ما ینادیک به اللّه رب العالمین انا القینا | O Ibn Abhar! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of Destiny. Hearken unto that which God, the Lord of all worlds, calleth unto thee. Verily, We have cast [3.5s] | BRL_DA#180 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; permission for visit; pilgrimage; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11780 | 178 | مقصود از آفرینش ظهور این یوم امنع اقدس که در کتب و صحف و زبر الهی بیوم الله | The purpose of creation is the manifestation of this Most Exalted, Most Holy Day, which in the divine Books, Scrolls and Tablets is known as the Day of God [3.5s] | BRL_DA#389 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; prophecy and fulfillment; spiritual transformation; the Imamate; the Caliphate; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11782 | 170 | ای ورقه انشاء الله از نسایم اراده رحمانیه از سدره ربانیه متمایل و متحرک باشی | O Leaf! God willing, mayest thou be swayed and stirred by the breezes of the divine Will from the celestial Tree [3.5s] | BRL_DA#343, SFI22.014a | chastisement and requital; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11789 | 160 | یا یحیی تحرک قلمی الاعلی بین الوری فی العشی و الاشراق و دعا الکل | O Yahya! My Most Exalted Pen moveth amidst the peoples at eventide and at dawn, summoning all [3.5s] | BRL_DA#458 | personal instructions; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11793 | 150 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | هذه لیله من لیالی الصیام و فیها نطق لسان العظمه و الکبریاء انه لا اله الا | This is one of the nights of the Fast, and during it the Tongue of Grandeur and Glory proclaimed: There is no God beside Me, the Omnipotent Protector, the Self-Subsisting | BRL_IOPF#1.14x | heedlessness and ignorance of the people; law of fasting; laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| BH11795 | 150 | انا نذکر من اقبل الی الوجه و آمن بالله الفرد الخبیر ان یا طالب ان المطلوب | We make mention of him who hath turned unto the Countenance and believed in God, the One, the All-Informed. O seeker, verily the Sought One [3.5s] | BRL_DA#300 | nearness and remoteness; power of the Manifestation of God; presence of; reunion with God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11804 | 140 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Glory be to the Lord of the world; and thanks be to the Hands of His Cause; and praise be to the Trustees of His House of Justice | BRL_ATBH#32 | begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; business; financial; property matters; consultation; exhortations and counsels; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; House of Justice; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11806 | 140 | انا فی بحبوحة البلآء دعونا اهل الانشآء الی اللّه مالک الآخرة و الأولی یشهد بذلک | In the midst of tribulation, We have summoned all created beings unto God, the Lord of the First and the Last. To this doth bear witness [3.5s] | BRL_DA#121 | call to action; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11808 | 140 | قل الهی الهی لک الحمد بما اسمعتنی ندآئک و هدیتنی الی صراطک و اریتنی آثار قلمک | Say: O my God, my God! All praise be unto Thee for having caused me to hear Thy Call, and guided me unto Thy Path, and shown me the traces of Thy Pen [3.5s] | BRL_DA#421 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for praise and gratitude; prayer for service; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11810 | 140 | هذا کتاب نزل بالحق و انه تنزیل من لدی الله رب العالمین | This is a Book sent down in truth, and verily it is a revelation from God, the Lord of the worlds [3.5s] | BRL_DA#243 | call to action; law of fasting; obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11820 | 130 | بعد از اتمام این مکتوب دستخط حضرت محبوب فواد جناب ملا علی اکبر علیه بهاء الله | After the completion of this letter appeared the blessed script of the beloved of Fu'ád, Jináb-i-Mullá-'Alí-Akbar - upon him be the glory of God [3.5s] | BRL_DA#524 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11824 | 130 | نامه ات تلقاء وجه در سجن اعظم بشرف اصغاء مالک قدم فائز شد این عمل تو عندالله | Thy letter attained unto Our presence in the Most Great Prison and was honoured by the hearing of the Ancient of Days. This deed of thine, in the sight of God [3.5s] | BRL_DA#289 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11826 | 128 | ذکری لمن فاز بایامی و اقبل الی شطری و نطق بثنائی لیفرح بعنایات ربه العزیز الحکیم | A remembrance unto him who hath attained unto My days, turned towards My sanctuary and voiced My praise, that he may rejoice in the bounties of his Lord, the Mighty, the All-Wise [3.5s] | BRL_DA#304 | praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11831 | 120 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ...O My brother! How great, how very great, can the law of obligatory prayer be, when, through His mercy and loving kindness | BRL_IOPF#1.09x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; law of obligatory prayer; rejection of Muhammad; the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11837 | 110 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | All praise be to the one true God Who hath assisted His loved ones to observe the Fast and hath aided them to fulfill that which hath been decreed in the Book | BRL_IOPF#1.18x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; knowledge; recognition of God; petitions to authorities; praise and encouragement; thankfulness; gratitude; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11838 | 110 | ان یا حسین لیس الیوم یوم الاحزان ان استبشر بین ملا الاکوان ثم اصعد بجناحین | O Husayn! This is not a day of sorrow. Rejoice thou amidst the concourse of the worlds, then soar aloft upon two wings [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.049 | BRL_DA#239 | martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| BH11839 | 110 | ان یا طالب ان المطلوب ینادیک و یقول دع الوری عن وراک ثم اشرب حمیا المعانی | O seeker! The Sought One calleth thee and saith: Cast all else behind thee, then quaff the wine of inner meaning [3.5s] | BRL_DA#420 | chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; knowledge; recognition of God; praise and encouragement; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11840 | 110 | انا نذکر من اقبل الی الله و تمسک بالعروه الوثقی التی اظهرناها بهذا الاسم العظیم | Verily, We make mention of him who hath turned unto God and laid fast hold on the Most Firm Handle which We have manifested through this Most Great Name [3.5s] | BRL_DA#302 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11841 | 110 | یا یوسف ان المظلوم یوصیک بالمله البیضاء و الشریعه الغراء نسئل الله تعالی | O Joseph! The Wronged One counseleth thee to embrace the shining Faith and the resplendent Law. We beseech God, exalted be He [3.5s] | BRL_DA#515 | exhortations and counsels; prayer for spiritual recognition; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11846 | 100 | ان یا احمد قد ذکرناک من قبل و عرفناک سبیل الله الواضح المستقیم | O Ahmad! We have indeed made mention of thee aforetime and have shown thee the manifest and straight path of God [3.5s] | BRL_DA#301 | praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11847 | 100 | انا نشهد بما شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو اقرارا بوحدانیته و اعترافا بفردانیته و عظمته | We bear witness, even as God Himself hath testified, that there is none other God but Him, in acknowledgment of His oneness and in recognition of His singleness and grandeur [3.5s] | BRL_DA#474 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11852 | 90 | ای دوست بشنو کلمه دوست را و بجان اصغا نما صعبست بر دوست مفارقت دوست | O friend! Hearken unto the Word of the Friend, and with thy soul give ear. Grievous indeed is it for the friend to be parted from the friend [3.5s] | BRL_DA#489 | acquiescence and resignation; contentment; all things are in motion; kinds of motion; attaining good pleasure of God; heat and motion; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; power of love | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11854 | 80 | ان یا غفاری ان یا ایها الغریق فی بحر حبی و الطایر فی هوآء قربی و الناظر الی وجهی | O My All-Forgiving One! O thou who art immersed in the sea of My love, who soarest in the atmosphere of My nearness and gazeth upon My countenance [3.5s] | BRL_DA#207 | chastisement and requital; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11855 | 80 | غفاری لا تحزن من الفراق انت ممن وفیت المیثاق انا نحبک کما تحبنا و حبنا | O Ghaffári! Grieve thou not at this separation, for thou art among them that have remained faithful to the Covenant. We love thee even as thou lovest Us, and Our love [3.5s] | BRL_DA#488 | consolation and comfort; firmness in the Covenant; love of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11856 | 70 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | ...We beseech God to assist His people that they may observe the most great and exalted Fast, which is to protect one’s eye from beholding whatever is forbidden | BRL_IOPF#1.12x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; law of fasting; praise and encouragement; prayers (general or uncategorized); the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11862 | 40 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | All praise be unto God, Who hath revealed the law of obligatory prayer as a reminder to His servants, and enjoined on them the Fast that those possessed of means may become apprised of the woes and sufferings of the destitute | BRL_IOPF#1.02x | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; law of fasting; law of obligatory prayer; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11863 | 40 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | ...Know thou that religion is as heaven; and fasting and obligatory prayer are its sun and its moon | BRL_IOPF#1.05x | law of obligatory prayer; love and unity; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; prayer for specific individuals; groups; rejection, opposition and persecution; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11864 | 110 | انا ندع الامم الی مطلع القدم و نبشر العالم بهذا الاسم الذی به فک ختم رحیق البقآء و انجذب | We summon the nations unto the Dayspring of Eternity and announce unto the world this Name through which the seal of the choice Wine of everlasting life hath been broken and hearts have been drawn [3.5s] | BRL_DA#626, BRL_DA#637 | call to action; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11865 | 180 | قل هذا کاس ملات من رحمه الله فاشربوا منه یا اهل البیان قل هذا کوب موجت فیه | Say: This is a cup filled with the mercy of God; drink ye thereof, O people of the Bayán! Say: This is a chalice wherein surgeth [3.5s] | BRL_DA#621 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love as fire; Manifestation of God as sun; proclamation to people of the Bayan; spiritual transformation; symbolism | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11866 | 1830 | روحی لک الفداء نفحات قلمیه آن حضرت جمیع ارکان و اعراق را مهتز نمود طوعا لکاس شربنا | May my spirit be a sacrifice unto Thee! The fragrances of Thy Pen have caused all pillars and elements to quiver with joy, and willingly have we drunk from the cup [3.5s] | BRL_DA#611 | growth of the Cause; petitions to authorities; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11867 | 220 | سبحان من له ملک السموات و الارض یبین فی الکتاب احکام کل شیء و یفصل الایات | Glorified be He unto Whom belongeth the dominion of the heavens and of the earth, Who setteth forth in the Book the ordinances of all things and expoundeth the verses [3.5s] | BRL_DA#606 | absolute freedom; independence of God; chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11868 | 160 | جناب میرزا مهدی برحمه محیط مخصوص بوده و در جمیع حال از استکتاب کلمات الله | Jinab-i-Mirza Mahdi, who was encompassed by His all-embracing mercy, was uniquely favored and, in all circumstances, engaged in transcribing the Words of God [3.5s] | BRL_DA#590a | authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11869 | 130 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و اله من فی الوجود من الغیب و الشهود اشهدک و من فی | Glorified art Thou, O my God and the God of all who exist in the realm of being, of the unseen and the seen! I bear witness, and those who dwell in [3.5s] | BRL_DA#559 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11872 | 2377 | غیب منیع جل جلاله و جلت عظمته اراده ظهور فرموده و بکلمه کن نطق اذا ظهرت | The Most Hidden One, magnified be His glory and exalted be His grandeur, hath willed manifestation and through the Word "Be" hath spoken, whereupon it appeared [3.5s] | BRL_DA#680 | business; financial; property matters; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayers (general or uncategorized); rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11873 | 1746 | فی الحقیقه امروز ذکر و ثنا اهل وفا را لایق و سزا که ضوضاء غافلین و نعاق | In truth, in this Day praise and glorification befit the people of fidelity, despite the clamor of the heedless and their croaking [3.5s] | BRL_DA#644 | corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; prayer for forgiveness; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11878 | 338 | ان یا ایها السالک فی صراط المحبه و الشارب عن کاس المرحمه فاعلم قد وصل الینا | O thou who treadest the path of love and drinkest from the chalice of mercy! Know thou that it hath reached Us [3.5s] | BRL_DA#628 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; mystical themes; presence of; reunion with God; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11879 | 243 | اسمعی اطوار ورقه البقا فی سدره المنتهی و قولی بلحن الورقاء سبحان ربی الاعلی | Hearken unto the melodies of the Leaf of Eternity from the Divine Lote-Tree, and speak forth with the accent of the Dove: "Glorified be my Lord, the Most Exalted!" [3.5s] | BRL_DA#635 | chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; rejection, opposition and persecution; teaching the Cause; call to teach; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11885 | 177 | یا غلام علیک بهاء الله مالک الانام حمد کن مقصود عالم و مربی امم را ترا تایید فرمود | O Ghulam! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Lord of all mankind! Praise thou the Desired One of the world and the Educator of nations, Who hath aided thee [3.5s] | BRL_DA#761 | heedlessness and ignorance of the people; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11886 | 160 | ح س علیک بهائی و عنایتی از حق بطلب عباد خود را بر آنچه از افق اراده اشراق | Upon thee be My glory and loving-kindness! Ask thou of God on behalf of His servants that which hath shone forth from the horizon of His Will [3.5s] | BRL_DA#700 | firmness in the Covenant; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; importance of reading the Sacred Writings; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11887 | 155 | ان یا محمد قد مضی ایام و ما سمعنا عن طیر قلبک نغمات الحب و ما وجدنا منک روایح | O Muhammad! Days have passed, and We have not heard from the bird of thy heart the melodies of love, nor have We perceived from thee any fragrances [3.5s] | BRL_DA#636 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; presence of; reunion with God; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11889 | 141 | و انی حینئذ بحول الله و قوته ارید ان افتح ابواب مدینه المعانی بمفاتیح الصمدانی لتطفح | And I, through the power and might of God, do at this moment desire to unlock the gates of the City of Inner Meanings with the divine keys, that they may overflow [3.5s] | BRL_DA#631 | mystical themes; spiritual transformation; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11890 | 140 | ح س صریر قلم اعلی و حفیف سدره منتهی مرتفع طوبی از برای نفسیکه باصغا فائز گشت | Hearken! The rustling of the Supreme Pen and the murmuring of the divine Lote-Tree are raised on high. Blessed is the soul that hath attained unto their hearing [3.5s] | BRL_DA#592 | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; praise and encouragement; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11898 | 104 | یا ابراهیم انا اردنا ان نذکرک و نذکرک لوجه الله رب العالمین و نوصیک بالامانه | O Ibrahim! Verily, We have desired to make mention of thee and remember thee for the sake of God, the Lord of all worlds, and We counsel thee to trustworthiness [3.5s] | BRL_DA#748 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; personal instructions; prayer for pilgrims | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11901 | 91 | شهد المظلوم بانک اقبلت الی المشعر و المقام و زرت بیت الله الحرام طوبی لک بما | He Who hath been wronged testifieth that thou hast drawn nigh unto the Sacred Place and the Station, and hast visited the House of God, the Sacred Precinct. Blessed art thou inasmuch as [3.5s] | BRL_DA#751 | law of pilgrimage; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11907 | 68 | فیا الهی فی الحین انادیک باسرار عز ربوبیتک و آیات قدس قیومیتک بان تجعل هذه الامه | O my God! At this moment I call upon Thee by the mysteries of the glory of Thy Lordship and the signs of the sanctity of Thy Self-Subsistence, that Thou mayest make this handmaiden [3.5s] | BRL_DA#627 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for women; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11916 | 100 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | ...For if God, glorified be His Name, should today speak a word that all people have spoken heretofore and shall speak hereafter, that word would still be new, were ye to reflect upon it | BRL_ATBH#68x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11917 | 120 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | O thou who art the manifestation of My truth! If thou art slumbering upon thy couch, lift up thy head; and if thou art seated, by the power of My name, arise | BRL_ATBH#78x | call to action; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to the people of the world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11918 | 270 | ان یا باقر قد سمعت ضجیج قلبک و صریخ فوادک و تزلزل سرک و تبلبل جسدک و اجبناک | O Baqir! I have heard the lamentation of your heart, the cry of your inner being, the trembling of your conscience and the agitation of your body, and We have answered you [3.5s] | BRL_DA#792 | consolation and comfort; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0028 | Address at Turanian Society of Budapest, Budapest, 1913-04-14 | 1890 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Translation List | در عالم انسانی این چه قدر مدار افتخار است که در بوداپست مملکت غرب انجمنی تشکیل شود | What a source of pride this is for humanity—that in Budapest, which is in the West, a society should be formed for the advancement and improvement of the condition of the Easterners...Qurratu'l-'Ayn (Tahirih) was eloquent. Her writings and poems are available today. Every one of the learned of the region praised her... In the Christian Dispensation it was Mary Magdalene who was the cause of the steadfastness of the disciples | BRL_DAK#0824, MAS5.247x, KHF.255, KHAB.428 (430), KHTB3.095 | BRL_ATE#206x, STAB#131x, ADMS#109 | equality of men and women; harmony of science and religion; oneness; unity of religion; prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; role and station of women; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| ABU0130 | Address to the Baha'is at 780 West End (Kinney home) in New York, 1912-12-02 | 1090 | Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Universal peace — in which book is this?' | خوش آمدید خوب مجمعی است الحمد للّه وجوه منجذب بملکوت ابهی رویها متوجّه بآسمان است | You are all welcome. This is a goodly assemblage. Praise be to God! The hearts are directed | BRL_DAK#0651 | BWF.245-248, LOG#0600x, PUP#135 (p.453-457), SW_v04#15 p.253-255+258, SW_v05#02 p.020-021, BSTW#052hx | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; equality of men and women; harmony of science and religion; House of Justice; independent investigation of truth; reality; lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; oneness; unity of religion; religion as source of love and unity; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| ABU0346 | Address to the Baha'is at Breed home in Cambridge, 1912-05-23 | 680 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای احبای الهی امروز من بدارالفنون کلارک رفتم در شهر ووستر در آنجا خیلی جمعیت | Scientific knowledge is the highest attainment upon the human plane, for science is the discoverer… This is 23 May, the anniversary of the message and Declaration of the Bab | BRL_DAK#0954, AYT.117x, KHTB2.083, NJB_v03#06-08 p.006, NJB_v04#05 p.001, BDA1.103n | PUP#052 (p.138-139) | MANA (1), MANA (2) | Declaration; advent of the Bab; divine philosophy and natural philosophy; harmony of science and religion; martyrdom of the Bab; rejection, opposition and persecution; teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | MHMD1.110 | |||
| ABU1122 | Address to the Baha'is at Kinney home in New York, 1912-12-02 | 280 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | These are the days of my farewell to you, for I am sailing on the fifth of the month… let each one of you be as a lamp shining forth with the light of the virtues | BRL_DAK#1240 | PUP#134 (p.452-453), SW_v05#01 p.007+010, PN_1912 p019 | The Joburg Baha'i Choir | being a source of light; guidance; exhortations and counsels; forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||
| ABU0543 | Address to the Baha'is at Phillips studio in New York, 1912-04-12 | 500 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | امروز روز خوبی بود در این عالم ناسوت سروری برای من نمانده جز ملاقات احباء دیگر | I give greeting in love and unity. The affairs of this world are to be accounted as nothing compared | BRL_DAK#1242, KHF.053, KHAB.237 (246), KHTB2.008, NJB_v04#13 p.001, BDA1.030n | PUP#003 (p.007-009), SW_v03#08 p.003-004, SW_v05#03 p.041 | forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; love and unity; love of God; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | MHMD1.039 | ||||
| ABU0726 | Address to Women's Freedom League, Essex Hall in London, 1913-01-02 | 410 | Humanity is like a bird with its two wings -- the one is male, the other female.... According to the spirit of this age, women must advance... "You can kill me as son as you like but you cannot stop the emancipation of women." | COMP_WOMENP#086x | BRL_WOMEN#086x, COC#2177x, DWN_v5#05 p.008-009x, BNE.147-149 | equality of men and women; martyrs and martyrdom; role and station of women; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn] | - | - | |||||||
| BH04998 | Ay Bulbulan | 190 | ای بلبلان ای بلبلان فصل گل و گلذار شد ای عارفان ای عارفان آنغیب در اظهار | It is the season of the rose, O nightingales, O nightingales! O mystic knowers of the Lord, The Unseen threw aside His veils! | INBA36:097, INBA71:261, INBA74:092x, NLAI_BH1.527, MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p30a, | BRL_DA#363, TZH4.142, ASAT3.200-201, AHB_126BE #01-02 p.002 | WIND#155, JHT_B#018 | love of God; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; mystical themes; poems and quotation from poetry; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; transcending the material condition; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | LL#009 | ||||
| AB00267 | Christ and Baha’u’llah | 720 | Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká | بعضی از اشخاص ذکر نمودهاند که هرچند آثار عظیمه از جمال مبارک ظاهر شده و اعمال غریبه صادر گشته | Some have asserted that, while mighty signs and marvellous deeds have appeared from Baha'u'llah, through which His greatness shines forth as resplendent as the sun | BRL_TTTP#12 | BRL_TTT#12 | Christ; Christianity; growth of the Cause; martyrs and martyrdom; station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00245 | Commentary on a verse from Sa'di | 2530 | Commentary on a Verse of Sa'di (Tafsir-i Bayti az Sa'di); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | 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 | ||
| BH00018 | Commentary on the Fire Tablet | 8330 | 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 | ||||
| ABU0660 | Good Ideas Must Be Carried into Action: Words spoken on 1911-11-08 in Paris | 440 | Paris Talks; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | جمیع ملل عالم از حیثیت اقوال کاملند جمیع ذکر میکنند که محب خیرند جمیع میگویند صدق | All over the world one hears beautiful sayings extolled and noble precepts admired. All men say they love what is good… Strive, that your actions day by day may be beautiful prayers | BRL_DAK#1228, AMK.246-247, DWNP_v6#05 p.002, KHF.284, KHAB.137 (148), KHTB1.127, KHTP.086, NJB_v02#14-16 p.018 | PT#26 p.076 | Gonçalo & Nabil, J. Crone | characteristics and conduct of true believers; selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; service to others; to the Cause of God; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; words vs deeds | - | - | ||||
| BH01911 | Huwa Munfikhu'r-Ruh (Lawh-i-Nuqtih?) | 460 | Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá | حمد خدا را که عیون حیوان غیبی که در حجبات ستر الهی مستور بود بتاییدات روح | Praise be to God that the invisible springs of life that were concealed behind the divine veil are now abundantly flowing from the reality of the Word | INBA36:463b, BLIB_Or15706.133, , BLIB_Or15714.047, | BRL_DA#642, MJMM.272, AKHA_121BE #08 p.a, OOL.B064 | WIND#125, BLO_sazedj#09 | continual renewal of creation; living waters; water of life; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; symbolism; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#120 | |||
| BH03181 | Khutbatu'n-Nikah [marriage Tablet] | 280 | Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | الحمد لله القدمی بلا زوال و الابدی بلا انتقال الذی شهد لذاته بذاته انه لهو | Praise be to God, the Ancient, the Ever-Abiding, the Changeless, the Eternal! He Who hath testified in His Own Being | INBA73:042, BLIB_Or15722.057a, , NLAI_BH4.075.13-076.09 | BRL_DA#564, AVK4.157x, TSBT.205x | BPRY.117, PNAK.83 | business; financial; property matters; laws of marriage and dowry; marriage as means of spiritual progress; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#144, LL#205 | |||
| BH01342 | Lawh-i Shati’u’l-Baqa (Tablet of the Shore of Eternity) | 640 | هذا شاطی البقا فاستمع لما یوحی عن مکمن الاعلی انه لا اله الا هو قد خلق الممکنات | This is the Shore of Eternity; hearken unto that which is revealed from the Most Exalted Sanctuary: Verily, there is no God but Him. He hath created all contingent beings [3.5s] | INBA71:089 | BRL_DA#634 | Moses; quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; rejection of Muhammad; suffering; rejection of Christ; the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| AB00024 | Lawh-i-'Ahd va Mithaq (Last Tablet to America) | 2840 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith | ای یاران الهی عبدالبهاء شب و روز بیاد شما و بذکر شما مشغول زیرا یاران الهی | O ye friends of God! Abdu'l-Baha is day and night thinking of you and mentioning... Consider! The Divine Gardener cuts off the dry or weak branch | BRL_DAK#0951, MKT3.410, AKHA_106BE #03 p.02x, AVK3.092.04x, AVK3.090.06x, AYT.488x, HHA.335x, RHQM1.131 (168x) (099-099x), OOL.C006 | BWF.429-438, GPB.250x, GPB.251x, GPB.309-310x, PDC.024x, BSC.551 #994x, SW_v13#01 p.019-025, ABCC.450-451x | avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; prayer for firmness in the Covenant | * | - | |||||
| BH00718 | Lawh-i-'Ali | 1090 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | یا علی از یومی که لوح معهود که به صیحه و ساعه و صور نامیده شده ارسال گشت مشرکین | O Ali! From the day when that promised Tablet - which hath been designated as the Cry, the Hour and the Trumpet - was dispatched, the ungodly [3.5s]... ...The voice of the Divine Herald, proceeding out of the throne of God, declareth: O ye My loved ones! Suffer not the hem of My sacred vesture | BLIB_Or11096#260, , BLIB_Or15698.290, , BLIB_Or15710.051, , BLIB_Or15720.286x, , BLIB_Or15740.222x, , Majlis934.273-281 | BRL_DA#136, GWBP#100 p.132x, AVK3.473.02x, IQT.290, ASAT4.264x, OOL.B164 | GWB#100x, LOG#0419x, ADJ.025x2x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.059x, MBW.117x, WOB.163x | defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; rejection, opposition and persecution; status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; teaching the Cause; call to teach; work as worship | - | - | LL#045 | |||
| BH00082 | Lawh-i-'Andalib | 4810 | 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 | |||
| AB04891 | Lawh-i-Abu'l-Hasan Mírza | 160 | Tablet to Abu'l-Hasan Mírzá (Lawh-i-Abu'l-Hasan Mírzá); Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای یار مهربان آنچه کلک مشکین نگاشت شادمانی بخشید و خرمی آورد | O kind Friend! What thy musk-laden pen hath inscribed bestowed joy and brought delight. It was not a dew-drop | BRL_DAK#0415, SFI10.021 | BRL_ATE#144, EBTB.155, BLO_PT#169 | knowledge; recognition of God; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| BH01822 | Lawh-i-Amr | 490 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | هذا لوح الامر قد نزل من لدن مالک القدر لیقرب الناس الی المنظر الاکبر هذا المقام | This is the Tablet of Command which hath been sent down from the presence of the Lord of Destiny, that it may draw mankind nigh unto the Most Great Vision, this exalted station [3.5s]... ...There hath appeared in this Revelation what hath never appeared before. As to the infidels that have witnessed what hath been manifested | INBA34:145, BLIB_Or15707.079, , BLIB_Or15735.242, , NLAI_BH3.157 | BRL_DA#660, GWBP#067 p.090x, AQA1#024, AVK2.274.04x, SFI13.017, ASAT1.207x, TISH.276-278, FBAH.143, DLH2.218, HYK.242, LDR.430x | GWB#067x | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of the Manifestation of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; service to others; to the Cause of God; suffering and imprisonment; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ROB2.161, LL#047 | |||
| AB00444 | Lawh-i-Ayat (Tablet of the Signs) | 590 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | سبحان من انشا الوجود و ابدع کل موجود و بعث المخلصین مقاما محمود و اظهر الغیب | Praise be to Him Who hath made the world of being, and hath fashioned all that is, Him Who hath raised up the sincere to a station of honour | INBA13:398, INBA55:229, INBA59:148, INBA88:051, UMich962.092-094, UMich991.047-051 | BRL_DAK#0958, MKT1.137, MNMK#021 p.099, MMK1#004 p.013, AKHA_124BE #02-03 p.v, BCH.130, DLH2.223, OOL.C008 | SWAB#004, SW_v09#03 p.032-034, DWN_v3#08 p.070-073, STYLE.043x | chastisement and requital; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; power of the Manifestation of God; praise and encouragement; proofs of the Manifestations of God; prophecy and fulfillment; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | * | ||||
| BH01525 | Lawh-i-Baytu'l-'Adl | 570 | Local Spiritual Assembly, The; Social Action; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | قد کتب علی کل مدینه بان یجعلوا فیها بیت العدل و یجتمع فیه النفوس علی عدد البهاء | Addressing the nations, the Ancient Beauty ordaineth that in every city in the world a house be established in the name of justice wherein shall gather pure and steadfast souls to the number of the Most Great Name | INBA35:037, BLIB_Or15722.053, , PR05.007a-009a, Majlis934.026-031, BN_suppl.1753.076-078 | BRL_DA#228, LHKM2.068, GHA.214x, UAB.011dx, PYB#203 p.03x, AHB_120BE #03-06 p.001, AKHA_087BE #05 p.001, PYM.130x | BRL_SOCIAL#012x, BRL_LSA#02x, BRL_LSA#15x, BW_v25p021-022x, COC#0562x, COC#1356x, COC#1368x, COC#1369x, LOG#0007x, LOG#0156x | consultation; education of children; moral education; excellence; distinction; high station of learning; House of Justice; status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||
| BH11587 | Lawh-i-Bismi al-Mazzah (the Humorist) | 260 | God the All-Humorous; Translation List | ان الحق نطق بلسان الخلق ما عاشقان روی تو ما عاکفان کوی تو ما بستگان موی تو | We are the lovers of Your face, We live outside Your dwelling place, We are the captives of Your hair | BRL_DA#089, YBN.171 | ADMS#253 | evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; love of God; mystical themes; pain of love; love as veil; servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | LL#170 | ||||
| AB00020 | Lawh-i-Dr Forel (Tablet to Dr Forel) | 3770 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablet to Auguste Forel; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای شخص محترم مفتون حقیقت نامه شما که ۲۸ جولای ۱۹۲۱ مورخ بود رسید مضامین خوشی | O revered personage, lover of truth! Thy letter dated July 28th, 1921, hath been | BRL_LAFP, MKT3.474, MNMK#144 p.255, AKHA_106BE #06 p.02x, PYM.315, MJDF.002, KHF.018, KHAB.011 (022), KHTB3.015, NJB_v14#01 p.032, NJB_v14#02 p.064, OOL.C010, VUJUD.033-040 | TAGF, BWF.336-348x, SW_v14#04 p.101-109, SW_v13#08 p.195+197-202, ABCC.449x, VUJUDE.043-056 | divine philosophy and natural philosophy; names and attributes of God; proofs for the existence of God; The Holy Spirit; transcendence; unknowability of God; universality of the Cause | * | * | MMAH.243 | ||||
| BH01353 | Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdani | 630 | Tablet to the Zoroastrians (Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdaní); Tabernacle of Unity, The; Pen of Glory, The | ای دوستان یزدان آواز یکتا خداوند بی نیاز را بگوش جان بشنوید تا شما را از بند | O friends of God! Incline your inner ears to the voice of the peerless and self-subsisting Lord, that He may deliver you | INBA35:106, BLIB_Or11096#039, , BLIB_Or15722.085, , NLI.32p005r, Majlis934.036-042 | BRL_TBUP#5, AVK2.217.02x, ZYN.271, MJMM.247, YARP1.005, DWNP_v5#06 p.003-004x, DRD.058x, DLS.300x, AKHA_120BE #01 p.ax | TBU#5, COC#1846x, GPB.211x, PDC.127x2x, BLO_PT#196 | call to action; chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love as fire; power of prayer; proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; spiritual transformation; suffering; rejection of Christ; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | LL#084 | |||
| BH02467 | Lawh-i-Firayjat | 360 | Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of Firayját (Lawḥ-i-Firayját) / Tablet of Firáq (Lawḥ-i-Firáq) | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انادیک حین الذی تغن حمامه الفراق عن شطر العراق | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I call upon Thee at this time when the accents of the dove of separation are raised | INBA18:247, INBA71:030b, INBA92:123 | BRL_DA#241, UVM.064.20x | BRL_APBH#18 | unknown (1), unknown (2) | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power of the Manifestation of God; prayer for protection; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||
| BH00210 | Lawh-i-Hadi - Re "He who knoweth himself..." | 2770 | He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord (Man 'arafa nafsahú faqad 'arafa Rabbahú); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | 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 | |||
| BH00091 | Lawh-i-Haji Mirza Kamalu'd-Din | 4680 | 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 | 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 | - | - | ||||
| BH00775 | Lawh-i-Hamd-i-Musha‘sha‘ | 1020 | Translation List; Lawh-i-Hamd-i-Musha'sha' (The Tablet of the Effulgent Praise), The | حمد مشعشع مطرز متلامع مترافع متصاعد هواء قرب قدس حضرت محبوبی است که بیک رنه | May a praise effulgent and adorned, brilliant and exalted, ascend to the hallowed realm of nearness unto Him Who is the Beloved | BLIB_Or15722.262, , NLAI_BH1.300 | BRL_DA#065, SFI02.077x, TZH4.014-17x | ADMS#245 | chastisement and requital; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; humility; meekness; lowliness; praise and encouragement; prayer for forgiveness; proclamation to people of the Bayan; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | One of the earliest known Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh? | |||
| BH09648 | Lawh-i-Husayn 2 | 120 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | یا حسین بعضی از احزاب ارض منتظر ظهور حسینی بودند چه که از قبل اصفیای حق جل جلاله | O Husayn! Certain parties among the peoples of the earth were expectant of the appearance of a Husayn, inasmuch as aforetime the chosen ones of God, exalted be His glory, had spoken thereof [3.5s]... ...O Ḥusayn! Consider the eagerness with which certain peoples and nations have anticipated the return of Imám Ḥusayn, whose coming, after the appearance of the Qá’im | BRL_DA#740, GWBP#009 p.016a, OOL.B046bx | GWB#009, ADJ.077x | prophecy and fulfillment; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God | * | - | |||||
| AB04989 | Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Abhar | 2700 | یا من قام علی خدمه المیثاق آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید | O thou who hast arisen to serve the Covenant! That which thou didst write hath been perused [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0139, MMK6#330x, YIA.363-371, YMM.299x | defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; education of children; moral education; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; predictions and prophecies; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| BH00627 | Lawh-i-Ibrahim | 1220 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | ان یا ایها السائل فاعلم بان حضر بین یدینا کتاب من الذی اشتعل بنار الله و وجدنا فیه | O thou who dost inquire! Know thou that there hath appeared before Us a letter from one who hath been enkindled with the fire of God, and therein We found [3.5s]... ...It hath been decreed by Us that the Word of God and all the potentialities thereof shall be manifested unto men in strict conformity with such conditions | INBA83:279, Berlin1237#23, ALIB.folder18p181 | BRL_DA#746, GWBP#033 p.057ax, GWBP#038 p.063x, GWBP#127 p.175x, MAS8.171x | GWB#033x, GWB#038x, GWB#127x, PDC.194x, WOB.059x, WOB.117x, WOB.164x | growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; prayer for forgiveness; rejection, opposition and persecution; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#125, LL#142, LL#404 | |||
| BH01117 | Lawh-i-Ism-i-Jud | 750 | Excellence in all Things; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | یا اسم جود علیک بهائی نامهای جناب سمندر که ارسال نموده عبد حاضر لدی المظلوم | O Ism-i-Júd! Upon thee be My Glory! The letters sent by his honor Samandar were presented before the Wronged One [3.5s]... ...It is incumbent upon the children to exert themselves to the utmost in acquiring the art of reading and writing.... Writing skills that will provide for urgent needs will be enough for some | MJAN.026, AYBY.067, GHA.089x, MAS7.129cx, MAS8.193x, SAM.204, PYM.214bx, TRZ1.081x | BRL_EXCEL#06x, COC#0006x, COC#0569x, COC#0771x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; education of children; moral education; excellence; distinction; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ROB3.091, LL#415 | ||||
| BH00015 | Lawh-i-Istintaq | 9560 | 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 | |||||
| BH05684 | Lawh-i-Ittihad(?) | 170 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای احزاب مختلفه باتحاد توجه نمائید و بنور اتفاق منور گردید لوجه الله در مقری | O contending peoples and kindreds of the earth! Set your faces towards unity, and let the radiance | BLIB_Or15690.160b, , BLIB_Or15716.138c, , BLIB_Or15728.048b, , BN_suppl.1753.123-124 | BRL_DA#708, GWBP#111 p.141, AVK4.276x.08, LHKM3.379a, AHM.407, MJMM.284, HDQI.042, DWNP_v5#01 p.002a, UAB.035b, DRD.063, MAS4.367c, AKHA_121BE #02-03 p.a, ANDA#16 p.05, OOL.B048b | GWB#111 | call to unity; prohibition of disunity; exhortations and counsels; oneness; unity of religion; unity; oneness of humanity | * | - | MMAH.090, GSH.187, LL#190 | |||
| BH00041 | Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi II | 7070 | Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | 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 | - | - | ||||
| BH01707 | Lawh-i-Jud | 520 | Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | یا اسمی الجود علیک بهائی ان استمع ما سمعته من قبل اذ کان نیر البرهان مشرقا | O thou who bearest My Name, Júd! Upon thee be My Glory. Give ear unto that which thou didst hear aforetime | BLIB_Or15715.232b, | BRL_DA#247, FBAH.000ii, TBP.000ii, TBP#17h | TB#17h | rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | LL#134 | |||
| BH00335 | Lawh-i-Khalil | 1970 | 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 | ||||
| AB00016 | Lawh-i-Lahih (Tablet to the Hague) | 4540 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablet to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace, The Hague (Lawh-i-Hague); Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای اول اشخاص خیرخواه محترم عالم انسانی نامه های شما که درین مدت حرب ارسال | O ye esteemed ones who are pioneers among the well-wishers of the world | BRL_HAGP1, MKT3.101, MNMK#112 p.210, MMK1#227 p.285x, AKHA_134BE #13 p.495x, AVK3.401.05x, AVK3.409.08x, AVK4.324ax, AVK4.324bx, AVK4.326x, AVK4.331ax, AVK4.334bx, DWNP_v2#12 p.095-99x, HDQI.211, ANDA#16 p.06x, KHAB.034 (043), OOL.C014 | BRL_HAG1, SWAB#227x, BWF.284-296, LOG#1075x, BSC.410 #745, FWU.028x, SW_v11#08 p.123-127+129-134, DWN_v2#05 p.005x, ABCC.438-439x, BLO_PT#192, BLO_PT#193 | call to action; lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; rejection, opposition and persecution; religion as source of love and unity; two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; unity; oneness of humanity; unity in diversity; universal peace; world unity; war and peace | * | * | MMAH.271 | ||||
| BH04076 | Lawh-i-Liqa' | 230 | Bahá'í Scriptures; In the Presence of the Beloved: Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i-Liqá' | هذا کتاب جعلناه لقائنا للذین اقبلوا الی الله فی تلک الایام التی فیها تغیرت | Lo, We made this epistle to be the attainment of Our presence for such as have turned unto God in these days | INBA34:274, CMB_F31.039b-040a, | BRL_DA#369, AQA1#137, MAS8.167x, ASAT5.068x | LOIR18.471, BLO_PT#043, BSC.187 #276, HURQ.BH84 | praise and encouragement; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | JRAS.289 | |||
| AB01545 | Lawh-i-Mahfil-i-Shawr? | 310 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Huqúqu'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | اول فریضه اصحاب شور خلوص نیت و نورانیت حقیقت و انقطاع از ما سوی الله و انجذاب | The prime requisites for them that take counsel together are purity of motive, radiance of spirit, detachment from all else save God… A third requisite is the promulgation of the divine commandments among the friends | INBA16:216, INBA88:287, INBA89:018 | BRL_HUQUQP#091x, MKT3.504, MMK1#043 p.083, MILAN.083, AKHA_134BE #15 p.586, AKHA_133BE #12 p.314, AMK.048-050, AVK4.314cx, OOL.C015 | SWAB#043, BRL_HUQUQ#091x, BADM.021bx, COC#0174x, COC#0175x, COC#1171x, COC#1370x, COC#1392x, DAS.1913-10-21x | assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; consultation; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; education of children; moral education; non-participation in politics; obedience to and respect for government authority; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; twin Manifestations | * | * | ||||
| AB00026 | Lawh-i-Mahmud Furughi | 2440 | ای گمگشته بادیه پیما اگرچه چون باد بادیه پیماای ولی از جام عنایت سرمست | O thou who art lost and wandering in the desert! Though thou roamest the wilderness like unto the wind, thou art intoxicated with the wine of divine bounty [3.5s] | INBA13:364, INBA21:168 (209), INBA59:260, INBA88:299 | BRL_DAK#0640, AKHA_135BE #16 p.318x, BSHN.140.227, BSHN.144.227, DUR1.342x, MSHR2.103x, MSHR4.319x, MJMJ2.037x, MMG2#028 p.028x, MHT2.173, QUM.215x | characteristics and conduct of true believers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; obedience to and respect for government authority; rejection, opposition and persecution; relationship between government and people; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||
| BH03019 | Lawh-i-Maryam 2 | 300 | Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam | مریما عیسی جان بلامکان عروج نمود قفس وجود از طیر محمود خالی ماند بلبل قدم | O Maryam! Exchange thy sorrow for happiness and drink thy sadness from the cup of joy. Shouldst thou desire to enter the path of search, thou must needs be patient | INBA38:031 | BRL_DA#584, NANU_BH#12x, BSHN.037, MHT2b.061, AHB_122BE #03 p.092, AKHT1.092x, MSHR4.308, OOL.B058b | LTDT.304x, BLO_PT#015 | acquiescence and resignation; contentment; consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; knowledge; recognition of God; pain of love; love as veil; spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | - | ||||
| BH02950 | Lawh-i-Mihraban | 300 | Epistle to Mihrabán (Lawh-i-Mihrabán); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | ای مهربان دوستی از دوستان یادت نمود یادت نمودیم امروز آنچه دیده می شود گواهی | O Mihrábán! One of the friends hath evoked thy remembrance; thus have We remembered thee. | INBA66:118, BLIB_Or15690.295, , BLIB_Or15699.120, , BLIB_Or15715.199b, , BLIB_Or15722.097, , MKI4523.285, , BN_suppl.1753.068-069 | BRL_DA#124, ZYN.257, ISH.285, AHM.303, YARP1.017, UAB.052bx, DRD.173, AHB_120BE #10 p.360, AKHA_119BE #05-06 p.a | BRL_ATBH#64, BW_v01p037x, BW_v02p057x, BW_v18p967, BLO_PT#033x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; knowledge; recognition of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; true liberty; freedom; two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | LL#172 | |||
| BH01394 | Lawh-i-Quds 1 (Lawh-i-A'rabi) | 620 | Tablet of Holiness | یا اعرابی ثم یا احبائی ثم یا اصفیائی ثم یا جنودی ثم یا ظهوری اسمعوا ندائی ان | My Arabs, My Loved ones, My friends, My legions, My manifestation! Hearken unto My call, if ye be among them with ears to hear | INBA36:149, INBA71:320, BLIB_Or15696.169, | BRL_DA#362, AQA4#096 p.325, AQA4a.070, OOL.B068a | BLO_PT#112, JHT_B#008 | contention and conflict; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; exhortations and counsels; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God | * | - | MMAH.171, LL#213 | |||
| BH05173 | Lawh-i-Quds 6 | 190 | Translation List | هذا لوح القدس قد فصلناه من ام البیان و ارسلناه الی من آمن بالله ربه الرحمن | This is the Tablet of holiness; We have expounded it from the Mother Book and sent it unto the one who hath believed in the Lord his God | INBA18:211, NLAI_BH1.074 | BRL_DA#417 | ADMS#229 | consolation and comfort; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||
| BH01624 | Lawh-i-Rida | 2400 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | بروحی و کینونتی لک الفدآء یا حبّذا بما فزت بکتابک الّذی کان رأسه مزیّناً باکلیل ذکر ربّنا | By My spirit and essence, may I be a sacrifice unto Thee! How excellent it is that thou hast attained unto thy letter, whose apex was adorned with the crown of the remembrance of our Lord! [3.5s]... ...That which thou hast heard concerning Abraham, the Friend of the All-Merciful, is the truth, and no doubt is there about it. | BLIB_Or11096#234x, , BLIB_Or15722.034x, , BN_suppl.1754.143-144x | BRL_DA#682a, GWBP#032 p.056x, AVK2.160.20x, AVK2.196.11x, AVK3.117.05x, MJMM.330x, MAS1.075x, ASAT1.037x, ASAT1.142x, ASAT2.036x, ASAT3.008x, ASAT3.082x, ASAT3.268x, BCH.032x, TABN.215bx | GWB#032x | spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | LL#220 | |||
| BH01027 | Lawh-i-Tabib | 810 | اینکه در باره انقلاب و اختلاف ایران مذکور نموده بودید هذا ما وعدنا به فی | That which thou didst mention concerning the upheaval and dissension in Persia - this is what We had promised in [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#257, , BLIB_Or15698.318, , BLIB_Or15720.311, , BLIB_Or15740.242, , NLI.32p135v | BRL_DA#135, AVK4.438x, AVK4.477dx, IQT.318, SFI03.157.19x, MAS4.034x, ASAT2.112x, ASAT4.051x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; petitions to authorities; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ROB3.200, ROB3.201, ROB3.351-2, LL#371 | |||||
| BH03457 | Lawh-i-Tal'atu'l-Hubb | 260 | ان یا طلعه الحب قد عرفنا شوقک الی الله فی رفرف البقا علی قربک فی میادین | Countenance of love, we have recognized your longing for God in the pavilions of eternity, insofar as you drew near and attained | BRL_DA#118, AQA4a.240, FRH.346 | WIND#123 | mystical themes; praise and encouragement; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | LL#249 | |||||
| AB00158 | Lawh-i-Tanazu'-i Baqa | 900 | Tablet on the Struggle for Survival (Lawh-i-Tanázu'-i Baqá); Universal Education | ای انجمن محترم عالم انسانی از این نیت خیریه و علویت مقاصد که دارید باید مورد شکرانیت | O honored society [for the advancement] of humanity! All mankind should be grateful on account of your noble purpose and lofty intentions…. One day I was standing by a creek and observed that a swarm of small locusts | BRL_DAK#0585, MKT4.018, KHF.066, KHTB3.035 | BLO_PT#163, STAB#099x | competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; love and unity; nationalism; love of country; The Holy Spirit; unity; oneness of humanity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| AB00109 | Lawh-i-Tanzih va Taqdis (=Lawh-i-Dukhan) | 1040 | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Tablet of Purity; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای یاران پاک یزدان تنزیه و تقدیس در جمیع شئون از خصائص پاکانست و از لوازم آزادگان | O Friends of the Pure and Omnipotent God! To be pure and holy in all things is an attribute of the consecrated soul | MKT1.324, MNMK#107 p.200, MMK1#129 p.142, AKHA_104BE #07 p.01, AHB.123BE #05 p.136x, AVK3.039.03x, AVK3.296.10x, DWNP_v6#10 p.001-004, PYB#139 p.03, ADH2_1#34 p.051x, MJMJ2.020bx, MMG2#377 p.421x, YHA1.340x, KHAZ.111-114, HYB.168, OOL.C017 | SWAB#129, BRL_Aqdas.n170ax, TAB.581-585, BWF.333-336x, COC#1414x, LOG#1186x, LOG#1188x, LOG#1192x, LOG#1839x | alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; cleanliness and refinement; excellence; distinction; health and healing; material and spiritual healing; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | * | * | |||||
| BH04372 | Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 1 | 210 | Translation List | الیوم اعظم امور ثبوت بر امر الله بوده و هست چه که شیاطین از جمیع اشطار ظاهر | That which is of paramount importance in this day is steadfastness in the Cause of God, for fiendish souls have manifested from every side | INBA71:337 | BRL_DA#164, MJMM.337, DRD.182, ASAT1.050x, AKHA_123BE #08 p.a, OOL.B085a | ADMS#213 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; firmness in the Covenant; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | GSH.180, LL#266 | |||
| BH01194 | Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 2 | 700 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | یا ایها الناظر الی وجهی و الشارب کاس عنایتی و کوب رحمتی و افضالی و الساکن فی | O thou who gazest upon My countenance and hast quaffed the chalice of My loving-kindness and the cup of My mercy and bounty, and who dwellest in [3.5s]... ...Call thou to mind that which hath been revealed unto Mihdí, Our servant, in the first year of Our banishment to the Land of Mystery (Adrianople) | INBA34:125, BLIB_Or15707.035, , BLIB_Or15735.206, | BRL_DA#711, GWBP#058 p.081ax, AQA1#014, ASAT4.048x, ASAT5.354x, HYK.206, MSBH5.453ax, OOL.B085b | GWB#058x, BADM.099-100x, BADM.165x, GPB.110x2x, GPB.357x, GPB.360x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; prophecy and fulfillment; teaching the Cause; call to teach | * | - | GSH.180, LL#373 | |||
| BH00972 | Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 3 | 850 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر آنچه مسطور مذکور آمد و شنیده شد انشاء الله همیشه ایام | Thy letter hath been presented before Our countenance, and that which was inscribed therein hath been mentioned and heard. God willing, may all thy days [3.5s]... ...And now concerning thy question whether human souls continue to be conscious one of another after their separation from the body | INBA66:115, BLIB_Or11096#021, , BLIB_Or15698.226, , BLIB_Or15720.222, , BLIB_Or15740.172, | BRL_DA#539, GWBP#086 p.113x, AVK1.278.02x, IQT.226, YARP1.055a, MAS1.071x, OOL.B085c | GWB#086x, PNAK.86 | Christ; Christianity; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; recompense; reward for belief; right action; soul; spirit after death; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | LL#438 | |||
| BH00305 | Namaz-i-Hajat and instructions re ablutions | 2100 | Tablet to Jináb-i-Mullá 'Alí-Akbar fí ardi'l-álif | 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 | |||
| ABU0386 | Pain and Sorrow: Words spoken on 1911-11-22 in Paris | 630 | Paris Talks | جمیع بشر همیشه مورد دو احساس هستند یکی احساس سرور دیگری احساس حزن وقت سرور | In this world we are influenced by two sentiments, Joy and Pain. Joy gives us wings! In times of joy our strength is more vital | BRL_DAK#0955, AMK.207-210, DWNP_v6#08 p.002-003, KHF.039, KHAB.192 (202), KHTB1.197, KHTP.146 | PT#35 p.110 | J. Heath [track 4] | happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; prayer for spiritual recognition; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||
| BH00437 | Prayer for the Fast (Iftar) | 1620 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالذین جعلت صیامهم فی حبک و رضائک و اظهار امرک | Exalted art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by those whom Thou hast bidden to observe the Fast for the sake of Thy love | INBA38:304, INBA48:045, INBA33:087, INBA49:227, INBA92:284, BLIB_Or15739.094, | BRL_DA#242, TSBT.064, NFF5.055, ASAT4.488x, OOL.B090.02 | BRL_IOPF#3.06 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; justice and wrath of God; law of fasting; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for fasting; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#271, LL#469 | |||
| ABU0008 | Public address at Stanford University on 1912-10-08 | 2330 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | اعظم منقبت عالم انسانی علم است زیرا کشف حقایق اشیاست و چون امروز خود را در | The greatest attainment in the world of humanity has ever been scientific | BRL_DAK#0654, KHF.207, KHAB.380 (386), KHTB2.267, NJB_v05#01 p.001 | PUP#110 (p.348-355), SW_v03#12 p.010-014, ECN.267 | harmony of science and religion; high station of learning; interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; law of transformation and change; need for an educator; power of the mind over nature; unity; oneness of humanity; universal human capacity for spiritual recognition; universal peace; world unity; war and peace | - | - | |||||
| ABU0275 | Public address given on 1912-04-14 | 770 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | در این جمع قسیس عبارتی از پولس قدیس ذکر نمود که شما نور را از شیشه های رنگین | I speak from a verse in Corinthians, the substance of which is that though | BRL_DAK#0562, MMG2#171 p.197x, KHF.056, KHAB.241 (251), KHTB2.016, KHTB3.032, BDA1.033n | PUP#005 (p.011-013), SW_v04#01 p.007-008, SW_v03#03 p.005-006, SW_v14#04 p.117, SW_v19#02 p.054, DJT.245-246, BLO_PN#027 | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity | - | - | MHMD1.043 | ||||
| ABU0223 | Public address given on 1912-04-18 | 870 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | در این محفل میخواهم از حیات حضرت بهاءالله قدری صحبت نمایم از بدایت | Tonight I wish to tell you something of the history of the Bahai Revelation. The Blessed Perfection, Baha'u'llah, belonged to the nobility of Persia | BRL_DAK#0641, SFI07.026-027, BDA1.037n | BWF.220-224, GPB.124x, PUP#011 (p.025-029), BSC.285 #586, SW_v03#09 p.003-005, SW_v08#13 p.159-160, SW_v08#13 p.171 | MANA | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; banishments of Baha'u'llah; early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; human reality created in the image of God; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; suffering and imprisonment; the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace | - | - | MHMD1.046-047 | |||
| ABU0882 | Public address given on 1912-04-18 | 340 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | امشب من بسیار مسرورم زیرا بدیدن دوستان خودم آمده ام شما همقطار و اقران من هستید | Tonight I am very happy for I have come here to meet my friends | BRL_DAK#1030, SFI07.028, BDA1.037n | PUP#013 (p.032-034), SW_v03#07 p.011-012, SW_v08#03 p.033+037-038, DJT.257-259, FDA.008-009, BLO_PN#027, STAB#056 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; stories; anecdotes; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | MHMD1.047 | ||||
| ABU0308 | Public address given on 1912-04-23 | 720 | Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | امروز من در نهایت سرورم زیرا می بینم بندگان الهی در این مجمع حاضرند سفید و سیاه | Today I am most happy, for I see here a gathering of the servants of God... ...In the estimation of God there is no distinction of color; all are one in the color | BRL_DAK#0712, KHF.261, KHAB.247 (257), KHTB2.039, BDA1.047n | BWF.267-270, ADJ.037b-038x, ADJ.038x, PUP#018 (p.044-046), FWU.034, SW_v03#03 p.014-015 | justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; love and unity; race unity; racial issues; unity in diversity | - | - | MHMD1.055 | ||||
| ABU0196 | Public address given on 1912-04-26 | 910 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | در این انجمن محترم میخواهم در خصوص وحدانیت الهیه تکلم کنم بدیهی است که حقیقت | I wish to speak upon the subject of divine unity, the oneness of God, before this revered assemblage… O Thou kind Lord! O Thou Who art generous and merciful! | BRL_DAK#0573, KHF.114, KHAB.260 (270), KHTB2.049, KHTB3.045, NJB_v05#04 p.001, BDA1.054n | BPRY.112-113x, PUP#046 (p.113-116), SW_v03#07 p.013-014 | D. Djalili, Stevie & Tory, M. Levine [track 6], A. Youssefi | Manifestation of God as mirror; oneness; unity of religion; prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; transcendence; unknowability of God; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | MHMD1.062 | |||
| ABU0041 | Public address given on 1912-05-30 | 1720 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | از احساسات جناب رایس نهایت خشنودی را دارم و همچنین از احساسات وکیله ایشان | I am most pleased with these expressions of kindly feeling and evidences | BRL_DAK#0636, KHF.092, KHAB.253 (263), KHTB2.098, NJB_v12#07 p.144 | PUP#058 (p.156-160), FWU.100, SW_v04#03 p.055+056-058 | divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; essential vs. actional attributes of God; ether; the phenomenon of light; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; unity in diversity; universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||
| ABU0006 | Public address given on 1912-06-02 | 2430 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | کلیسا را بیعه نامیده اند یعنی محل بیعت این اصطلاح کتاب مقدس است | In the terminology of the Holy Books, the church has been called the "House of the Covenant".... Temples are symbols... There is no doubt that if the world of the Occident should abandon dogmas.... The law of God is a collective center | BRL_DAK#0643, BDA1.112.x | LOG#0739x, LOG#2078x, LOG#2096x, PUP#060 (p.163-171), SW_v03#10 p.025-029, SW_v05#16 p.246-247+248, SW_v06#17 p.146-148, SW_v08#10 p.125, SW_v14#05 p.145, SW_v14#05 p.147, MHMD1.120, BW_v01p060x | changing and unchanging parts of religion; connection between material and spiritual worlds; equality of men and women; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; religion as reality; definitions of religion; unity; oneness of humanity; unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||
| ABU0007 | Public address given on 1912-06-08 | 2410 | Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | نهایت سرور را امشب دارم که بین جمع محترم حاضر شدم فی الحقیقه جمعی است در | I have the utmost pleasure this evening in being present. Truly this is an assembly | BRL_DAK#0632, MJTB.083x, KHF.243, KHAB.310 (319), KHTB2.138 | BWF.235-242, PUP#063 (p.176-182), FWU.069, SW_v05#07 p.102-103+105-106, SW_v08#08 p.097 | equality of men and women; harmony of science and religion; oneness; unity of religion; power of the mind over nature; prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; unity; oneness of humanity; universal education; universal language | - | - | |||||
| ABU0030 | Public address given on 1912-06-09 | 1860 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | من از مملکت بعیده شرق میایم مملکتی که همیشه نور آسمان در آن طلوع نموده مملکتی | I come here from distant countries, from Oriental climes… O Thou forgiving Lord! Thou art the shelter of all these Thy servants… Baha’u’llah hath proclaimed the universality of education, which is essential to the unity of mankind | BRL_DAK#0184, KHF.228, KHAB.303 (312), KHTB2.129, NJB_v04#12 p.001 | BRL_ATE#107x, BPRY.082-083x, LOG#0492x, LOG#2097x, PUP#062 (p.172-176), SW_v05#07 p.099-102, SW_v09#07 p.085 | S. Tirandaz | equality of men and women; harmony of science and religion; Manifestation of God as mirror; oneness; unity of religion; prayer for protection; transcendence; unknowability of God; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||
| ABU0129 | Public address given on 1912-06-16 | 1090 | Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | This is a Unitarian church, and in the Arabic tongue this day may well be called... What is real unity?... O God! Educate these children | BRL_CHILD#18x, BPRY.028x, BWF.257-260, PUP#069 (p.190-194), FWU.066x, SW_v03#10 p.030-032 | William Sears & the Ayyam-i-Ha Kids [track 1], Ine, Nabil and Karim, TaliaSafa, E. Peterson, MANA, J. Crone, C. McGrail, E. Mahony | education of children; moral education; love and unity; Manifestation of God as sun; martyrs and martyrdom; oneness; unity of religion; oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1034 | Public address given on 1912-06-16 | 300 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | عالم مادی هر قدر ترقی کند لکن باز محتاج تعلیمات روح القدس است زیرا کمالات | No matter how much the world of humanity advances in material civilization | BRL_DAK#1036, AMK.258-259, KHF.035, KHAB.320 (328), KHTB2.151, KHTB3.028 | PUP#073 (p.205-206), SW_v04#05 p.086-087, SW_v19#08 p.253 | Christ; Christianity; education of children; moral education; material and spiritual existence; two books; spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit | - | - | |||||
| ABU0112 | Public address given on 1912-07-06 | 1170 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | انسان در عالم وجود طی مراتب کرده است تا بعالم انسانی رسیده است در هر رتبه | In the world of existence man has traversed successive degrees until he has attained the human kingdom. In each degree of his progression | BRL_DAK#0550, KHF.132, KHAB.329 (337), KHTB2.170, NJB_v03#17 p.001 | BRL_ATE#158x, PUP#081 (p.225-228), BSC.324 #645, FWU.063, SW_v03#11 p.010-012, SW_v07#16 p.153-154, SW_v14#02 p.041, BSTW#391x | evolution; human evolution; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transcending the material condition; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| ABU0052 | Public address given on 1912-09-01 | 1570 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Abdu'l-Bahá in Canada; Mahmúd's Diary | خداوند عالم جمیع را از تراب خلق فرموده جمیع را از یک عناصر خلق کرده کل را از | God the Almighty has created all humanity from dust, from the same elements | BRL_DAK#0656, AVK2.132.04x, AVK4.321x, AVK4.333cx, KHF.214, KHAB.369 (375), KHTB2.224, NJB_v05#05 p.001, BDA1.214.03 | PUP#098 (p.297-302), SW_v13#11 p.291-292, MHMD1.231-236, ABIC.003-006 | call to action; equality of men and women; oneness; unity of religion; prayer for peace and unity; race unity; racial issues; religion as reality; definitions of religion; transcendence; unknowability of God; unity; oneness of humanity; universal language; war and peace | - | - | |||||
| ABU0104 | Public address given on 1912-09-03 | 1200 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Abdu'l-Bahá in Canada | ساعتی پیش جوانی اینجا آمد با او مذاکره کردیم که طبیعت کامل است یا ناقص روشن | Nature is the material world. When we look upon it, we see that it is dark and imperfect. For instance | BRL_DAK#0655, KHF.014, KHAB.375 (381), KHTB2.233, NJB_v05#06 p.001 | LOG#0485x, PUP#101 (p.308-312), ABIC.008-010 | Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; perfection; imperfection of nature; station of the Manifestation of God; universal education | - | - | |||||
| ABU0404 | Public address to Congress of East-West Relations, spoken on 1912-04-20 | 610 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Translation List | امشب من نهایت سرور دارم که در همچو مجمع و محفلی وارد شدم من شرقی هستم | Tonight I am most happy, for I have presented myself to an audience like unto this | BRL_DAK#0711, AMK.309-311, PYB#159 p.44, DUR4.034x, DUR1.100x, MJMJ1.093x, MMG2#178 p.206x, MJH.038ax, KHF.033, KHTB2.030, BDA1.040n | BRL_ATE#185x, PUP#014 (p.035-037), SW_v03#03 p.008-009, SW_v15#08 p.235-236, SW_v19#03 p.087, ADMS#052 | unknown | need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; praise of Western values; culture; service to others; to the Cause of God; suffering and imprisonment; unity; oneness of humanity; unity of governments; political unity | - | - | MHMD1.049 | |||
| ABU0016 | Public address to International Peace Forum, spoken on 1912-05-12 | 2200 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | چون نظر بتاریخ میکنیم ملاحظه مینماایم که از اول عالم الی زماننا هذا بین بشر | When we glance at history, we find that from the beginning up to the present | BRL_DAK#0637, KHF.073, KHAB.264 (274), KHTB2.060, BDA1.083.09 | LOG#1418x, PUP#047 (p.116-122), BSC.311 #630, FWU.022, SW_v03#09 p.012-016, SW_v05#09 p.131-135, SW_v15#01 p.023, SW_v19#05 p.143, MHMD1.092-098 | call to action; justice and wrath of God; oneness; unity of religion; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity; unity in diversity; war and peace | - | - | |||||
| BH03230 | Rashh-i-'Ama | 280 | Call of the Divine Beloved | رشح عما از جذبه ما میریزد سر وفا از نغمه ما میریزد از باد صبا مشک خطا گشته | Tis from our rapture that the clouds of realms above are raining down; ’Tis from Our anthem that the mysteries of faith are raining down | INBA36:460, INBA30:165, OSAI I.MMS, , MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p30b, | BRL_DA#709, SFI02.059, MAS4.184, TWQ.441x, YMM.224x, OOL.B093 | CDB#1, BLO_PT#089, BLO_PT#135, HURQ.BH01 | Ahdieh | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; mystical themes; poems and quotation from poetry; symbolism | * | * | ROB1.045, MMAH.077, LL#275 | ||
| BH00279 | Remembrance of the seven martyrs of Yazd | 2280 | Tablet to The Times of London; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | 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" | ||
| BH02867 | Saqi bidih abi | 310 | Hymn to Love (Sáqí, bi-dih ábí), A | ساقی بده آبی زآن شعله فارانی تا که بشویم جان را از وسوسه نفسانی زآن آب کزو | O Cup-Bearer, give me a drop of the mystic Flame, that it may wash my soul from the whispers of the flesh | INBA30:171, OSAI I.MMS, | BRL_DA#491, MAS4.192 | LOIR16.223, BLO_PT#042 | love as fire; love of God; mystical themes; pain of love; love as veil; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation | - | - | LL#284 | |||
| BH01654 | Second Tablet to Faris | 530 | قد حضر کتابک لدی الوجه و وجدنا منه عرف الحب و الوداد لذا نزل لک هذا اللوح | Thy letter hath come before Our Countenance, and from it We have inhaled the fragrance of love and affection; wherefore this Tablet hath been sent down unto thee [3.5s]... ...The Breath hath been wafted, and the Breeze hath blown, and from Zion hath appeared that which was hidden, and from Jerusalem is heard the Voice of God | INBA81:153, BLIB_Or11095#030, | BRL_DA#274, AVK3.121x, SFI16.038-039, ASAT4.432x, YIK.120-121 | GPB.211x, PDC.125x, PDC.165x2x, PDC.165-166x, PDC.167x, BSB7:3-4 p27x, HURQ.BH77 | methods of teaching the Cause; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; praise and encouragement; proclamation to Christians | - | - | LL#085 | ||||
| AB00328 | Sharh-i-Fass-i-Nigin (on the Ringstone Symbol) | 660 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet on the Greatest Name (Lawh-i Ism-i A'zám) | مدتی شد که آنجناب در پاریس بخدمت مشغولید هر چند زحمت و مشقت بسیار است ولی خدمت | For some time you have been engaged in service in Paris and although there is much hardship and difficulty, it is service [3.5s]... ...As regards the explanation of Monsieur Angelmann(?) concerning the writing of the Greatest Name on the ringstone | BRL_DAK#0571, MMK6#166x, AKHA_103BE #12 p.05, AKHA_117BE #01-04 p.v, AVK3.079.05x, MAS2.100-103, OOL.C023 | LOG#0910x, BSC.478 #914x, PN_various p010x, RESP.072x, RBB.143-144, BLO_PT#160 | Adam; Adam and Eve; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; ringstone symbol | * | - | |||||
| AB00046 | Shaykh Ahmad and Siyyid Kazim | 1500 | Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | بدانکه شیعیان ایران در اواخر ایام حقیقت شریعتالله را فرموش کردند و از اخلاق روحانیان بکلی محجوب | Know that in the latter days the Shí‘ahs of Persia had forgotten the truth of the religion of God | BRL_TTTP#10, NSS.148-152 | BRL_TTT#10 | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Letters of the Living; prophecy and fulfillment; Shaykhis; symbolism | - | - | |||||
| BH07865 | Suriy-i-Dhabih 3 | 130 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | هذا کتاب من الله الی التی آمنت بربها و کانت من القانتات ان لاتعبدی الا الله… تالله لو لم یکن مخالفًا بما نزل فی الألواح لقبّلتُ ید الّذی یسفک دمی | This is a Book from God unto her who hath believed in her Lord and was numbered among the devoutly obedient women, that she worship none save God [3.5s]... ...God is my witness! Had it not been in conflict with that which the Tablets of God have decreed, I would have gladly kissed the hands of whosoever attempted to shed my blood | BLIB_Or15725.329a, | BRL_DA#566, GWBP#048 p.073ax, OOL.B112.3x | GWB#048x | consolation and comfort; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; eulogies; reminiscences; power of prayer; spiritual transformation | * | - | LL#408 | |||
| BH01591 | Suriy-i-Dhabih 4 | 550 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | قلم الامر یقول الملک یومئذ لله لسان القدره یقول السلطنه یومئذ لله ورقاء العماء علی | The Pen of Revelation exclaimeth: “On this Day the Kingdom is God’s!” The Tongue of Power is calling: “On this Day all sovereignty is, in very deed, with God!” | INBA83:270, BLIB_Or15725.561, , NLAI_BH1.445 | BRL_DA#543, GWBP#015 p.031x, OOL.B112.4x | GWB#015x, GPB.155x | call to action; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment | * | - | LL#385 | |||
| BH11250 | Suriy-i-Dhabih 5 | 160 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | ان یا غلام اسمع ندآء هذا الغلام عن جهة العرش لیجذبک ندآء الرّحمن الی رضوانه | O servant! Hearken unto the call of this Youth from the precincts of the Throne, that the melody of the All-Merciful may draw thee to His paradise [3.5s]... ...Know verily that whenever this Youth turneth His eyes towards His own self, he findeth it the most insignificant of all creation. | BRL_DA#668, GWBP#049 p.073bx, OOL.B112.5x | GWB#049x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; suffering and imprisonment; twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | * | - | LL#454 | ||||
| BH00803 | Suriy-i-Fath 2 | 1000 | ان یا فتح الاعظم انا قد احصینا فی نفسک نصر نفسنا الحق و نفخنا فیک روحا من | O Fath-i-A'zam! We have, verily, encompassed within thy being the triumph of Our Cause, and have breathed into thee a spirit from [3.5s] | INBA18:272, BLIB_Or15725.119, | BRL_DA#470, LHKM1.036, OOL.B116b | call to action; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; idolatry; law of pilgrimage; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | ||||||
| BH01854 | Suriy-i-Man' | 480 | هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و یذکر فیه عبد من عبادنا لیشکر الله رب و یکون من الشاکرین | This is a Book in which He, in very Truth, crieth out and maketh mention of one among Our servants to the end that he render thanks unto God, his Lord, and be numbered among the especially thankful | INBA83:148, BLIB_Or15702.128, , ALIB.folder18p319 | BRL_DA#320 | HURQ.BH41 | avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; personal instructions; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; suffering and imprisonment | * | - | LL#318 | ||||
| BH00348 | Suriy-i-Qada | 1900 | 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 | - | - | |||||
| AB05069 | Tablet to Amir Khan | 150 | Tablet to Amir Khan and Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet to Amír Khán | ای بنده الهی شکایت از عدم اتقان در صنایع متعدده نموده بودید تعدد صنایع سبب | O thou servant of God! Thou didst complain about the lack of perfection in various crafts and trades. The multiplicity of crafts is a cause of [3.5s]... ...In ancient times the people of America were, through their northern regions, close to Asia | MMK6#247, AVK3.307, AVK2.045.16x | BRL_ATE#045x | excellence; distinction; historical episodes and the lessons of the past | - | - | |||||
| AB00423 | Tablet to the Hague II | 590 | Tablet to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace, The Hague (Lawh-i-Hague) | اعضای محترما جواب نامه من که بتاریخ ۱۲ جون ۱۹۲۰ مرقوم فرموده بودید رسید نهایت | Your reply, dated 12 June 1920, to my letter was received with the utmost gratitude. | BRL_HAGP2, MKT4.199, MNMK#113 p.218, MSBH9.364-366, YHA1.340x | BRL_HAG2, SW_v11#17 p.288-289, ABCC.439-440x, BLO_PT#192 | martyrs and martyrdom; the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; war and peace | - | - | |||||
| AB00017 | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-Qayyumu'l-Asma (Commentary on a Verse from the Qayyumu'l-Asma) | 4460 | الحمد لله الذی جعل الخط المتکون من النقطه الاولیه الظاهره بالباء طراز الختم | Praise be to God Who hath ordained that the Line, proceeding from the Primal Point manifested in the letter Bá, be the ornament of the seal [3.5s] | INBA59:001 | BRL_DA#305, MAS9.048 | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; mystical themes; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| AB00018 | Tafsir-i-Hadith هل رأیت رجلاً (Commentary on the Tradition "Dost thou see a man") | 4180 | Translation List; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; On the Meanings of the Terms 'Angels' and 'Jinn' | الحمد لمن تعالی بجوهر ذاته عن وصف الممکنات و تقدس بساذج حقیقته من نعت | Praise be unto Him Who, in the essence of His Being, is exalted above all description of contingent things and Who, in the reality of His Nature, is sanctified from every attribute [3.5s]... ...O thou who hast turned thy face towards the court of eternity, and art even as a brand afire with the flames of the Burning Bush! Concerning thy question about the term “angels”… And now concerning thy question about the 'Jinn', know thou that God - exalted be He - hath created man from four elements: fire, air, water and earth | INBA56:090, INBA55:077x | BRL_DAK#0649, AVK2.262x, AVK2.145.08x, AVK2.162.15x, BMT.234, MAS2.043-047x | BLO_sazedj#20x, ADMS#050bx | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; independent investigation of truth; reality; knowledge; recognition of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; the human soul; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||
| AB00006 | Tafsir-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyyan (Commentary on the Hadith of the Hidden Treasure) | 8270 | Commentary on the Islamic Tradition "I Was a Hidden Treasure..." (Tafsír-i-Hadith-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfíyyan) | الحمد لله الذی قد حرک افلاک الذوات بحرکه جذب صمدانیه و قد موج ابحر الکینونات | Praise be to God Who hath stirred up the celestial spheres of being through the movement of divine attraction, and hath caused the oceans of existence to surge [3.5s]... ...And to continue: To him who looks at these lines and understands these indications, it is well known with respect to the request of that traveller… O Lord so rich in bounty, so replete with grace | INBA13:411x | BRL_MON#26x, MKT2.002, BMT.174, ADH2.070x, ADH2_2#09 p.101x, MMG2#120 p.135x, MJH.051x, HUV1.004x, OOL.C028, VUJUD.139.18x | BRL_POAB#26x, BRL_Aqdas.n023x, SW_v08#06 p.062-063x, BLO_PT#024, VUJUDE.146x, JHT_A#005x | S. Rezaei and M. Vahman, Ahdieh, S. Tirandaz, S. Taefi [track 13], unknown, L. Slott | essential vs. actional attributes of God; eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah]; knowledge of attributes same as knowledge of God; mystical themes; names and attributes of God; oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | Makatib v.2 p.55 mentions that this was written in Edirne; see also BMT.178. For brief commentary by Baha'u'llah see BH04769. | ||
| AB00098 | Tahirih and the Conference of Badasht | 1130 | Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká | حقیقت این قضیه مختصراً اینست که در آن اوقات بدایت امر بود و هیچکس از تعالیم الهی خبر نداشت | In brief, what happened is the following. Those were the early days of the Cause and no one was informed of the divine teachings. | BRL_TTTP#09, MMK4#018 p.017 | BRL_TTT#09 | conference of Badasht; holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||
| ABU0679 | The Cruel Indifference of People towards the Suffering of Foreign Races: Words spoken on 1911-11-24 in Paris | 430 | Paris Talks | میگویند یک ترن در رود سن افتاده بیست و پنج نفر غرق شده و امروز در پارلمان | I have just been told that there has been a terrible accident in this country. A train has fallen into the river and at least twenty people have been killed. | BRL_DAK#1241, KHAB.197 (207), KHTB1.204, KHTP.152 | PT#37 p.115, SW_v07#11 p.106-107, SW_v16#08 p.616, ABS#13 | knowledge; recognition of God; spiritual transformation; unity; oneness of humanity; war and peace | - | - | |||||
| AB00097 | The Declaration of Baha’u’llah | 1130 | Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká | جواب جمال مبارک از بدو طفولیت اطوار و آثار و گفتاری عجیب داشتند | From the beginning of His childhood Baha'u'llah was possessed of such astonishing qualities | BRL_TTTP#11 | BRL_TTT#11 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; banishment to; life in Adrianople; banishment to; life in Baghdad; banishment to; life in Constantinople; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; special knowledge of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||
| ABU0054 | The Evolution of the Spirit: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-10 | 1510 | Paris Talks; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | امشب باید ذکری از ترقی و بقای روح بشود هر نفس موجودى لابد بر این است | Tonight I will speak of the evolution or progress of the spirit. Absolute repose does not exist in nature. | BRL_DAK#0650, AVK1.227x, BSHN.140.537x, BSHN.144.525x, MAS5.051-058, MHT1a.134x, MHT1b.092x, KHF.167, KHAB.150 (161), KHTB1.142, KHTP.090, VUJUD.098x | PT#29 p.086, VUJUDE.150x | composition and decomposition; soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||
| ABU0493 | The Fourth Principle—The Acceptance of the Relation between Religion and Science: Words spoken on 1911-11-12 in Paris | 540 | Paris Talks | دیروز بیان کردیم اساس ثانی وحدت عالم انسانی است سوم دین و علم توام است اگر | Yesterday I spoke to you of the Second Principle of the Teaching of Baha'o'llah, the Unity of Mankind | BRL_DAK#1227, KHAB.160 (171), KHTB1.155, KHTP.108 | PT#44 p.145, SW_v03#01 p.005, DWN_v3#03-4 p.024-027 | changing and unchanging parts of religion; differences in human capacity; empty learning; false spirituality; harmony of science and religion; idolatry; independent investigation of truth; reality; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; religion as reality; definitions of religion; unity in diversity | - | - | |||||
| AB05412 | The Meaning of Speaking in Tongues | 150 | Table Talks and Notes Taken at Acca; Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká | جواب مقصد حضرات حواریون بلسان ملکوتی تبلیغ مینمودند و آن لسان مطابق جمیع لسانها است | The meaning is that the Apostles taught in a spiritual tongue, a tongue that embraces all tongues. | BRL_TTTP#03, MAS9.021-022x | BRL_TTT#03, TTCT.05-06 | Christ; Christianity; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; The Holy Spirit; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| AB11056 | The Meaning of the "Mysteries" | 50 | Table Talks and Notes Taken at Acca; Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká | مقصد از سر مطالب و مسائلی که از عقول و ادراک خلق دور و مستور بعد چون شخص کاملی | By “mysteries” is meant such matters and questions as are remote and hidden from the minds | BRL_TTTP#07 | BRL_TTT#07, TTCT.09 | mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; prophecy and fulfillment; the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | |||||
| AB03269 | The Meaning of the Invocation "He is God" | 210 | Table Talks and Notes Taken at Acca; Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká | جواب این مصطلح اهل شرق از اسلام است مقصد آنان اینکه در هر امری باید ابتدا باسم خدا نمود | This is a common practice in the East among the Muslims, and their intent is that one must begin all things with the mention of God. | BRL_TTTP#04, MAS9.022-023x | BRL_TTT#04, TTCT.03-05 | Christ; Christianity; events in the life and ministry of the Bab; law of fasting; Moses; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||
| ABU0253 | The Ninth Principle—The Noninterference of Religion with Politics: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-17 | 810 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Paris Talks | انسان باید در عالم وجود امید بمکافات و خوف از مجازات داشته باشد علی الخصوص | In the conduct of life, man is actuated by two main motives: 'The Hope for Reward' and 'The Fear of Punishment'.... Oh, friends of God, be living examples of justice! ... Justice is not limited, it is a universal quality. | BRL_DAK#0957, KHF.286, KHAB.175 (186), KHTB1.174 | ADJ.028bx, PT#49 p.163, BSC.425 #768.3x, SW_v03#02 p.007, SW_v07#15 p.139, ABS#02 | justice and mercy; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; non-participation in politics; relationship between government and people; religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; reward and punishment | - | - | |||||
| AB00676 | The Rejection of the Manifestations of God in Every Age | 480 | Table Talks and Notes Taken at Acca; Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká | وقتی که حضرت ابراهیم مبعوث شد و تأسیس شریعت الله نمود و تعالیم جدیده انتشار داد | When Abraham was sent forth, however much He expounded the truth, established the religion of God | BRL_TTTP#06 | BRL_TTT#06, TTCT.06-08 | belief and denial; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; suffering; rejection of Christ; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| ABU0457 | The Second Principle—The Unity of Mankind: Words spoken on 1911-11-11 in Paris | 570 | Paris Talks | دیروز ذکر کردیم اول چیزی که برای انسان لازم تحری حقیقت است و در تحری حقیقت | Yesterday I spoke to you of the First Principle of the Teaching of Baha'o'llah, the Search after Truth | BRL_DAK#1226, DWNP_v6#02 p.002-004, KHAB.157 (168), KHTB1.151, KHTP.103 | PT#42 p.141, SW_v03#01 p.004-005, DWN_v3#01 p.010x | differences in human capacity; independent investigation of truth; reality; love and unity; loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| ABU1079 | The Spiritual Meetings in Paris: Words spoken on 1911-11-04 in Paris | 290 | Paris Talks | در اروپا مجامع بسیار تشکیل میشود از قبیل مجالس تجارت زراعت معارف سیاست جغرافیا | All over Europe today one hears of meetings and assemblies, and societies of all kinds are formed. There are those interested in commerce | BRL_DAK#1234, KHAB.124 (135), KHTB1.109 | PT#21 p.062 | Stefan & Marie, K. Porray | forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||
| AB06566 | The Three Kinds of Prophets | 120 | Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká | انبیای الهی بر سه قسمند قسمی مظاهر کلیه هستند که بمثابه شمسند بظهور | There are three kinds of divine Prophets. One kind are the universal Manifestations | BRL_TTTP#01 | BRL_TTT#01 | categories of Prophets (major; minor; village); Manifestation of God as sun; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||
| AB01283 | The Transference of Matter across the Kingdoms of Existence | 350 | Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká | در کائنات نامتناهیه اعظم وسائط تجدد وجود بلکه ترقی قضیۀ اکل و مأکول است | Throughout this endless universe the greatest means for the progress and renewal of existence is that all things are eaters and eaten. | BRL_TTTP#08 | BRL_TTT#08 | competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; composition and decomposition; interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; law of transformation and change | - | - | |||||
| ABU0984 | The True Meaning of Baptism by Water and Fire: Words spoken on 1911-11-08 in Paris | 310 | Paris Talks; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | انسان حیوان نبات حتی جماد جمیع حیاتشان باب است حتی حیات جماد باب شفافی منجمد | In the Gospel according to St John, Christ has said: 'Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.'… The love of God is spoken of as fire, for it burneth away the veils, and as water, for it is the source of life | BRL_DAK#0881, DWNP_v4#11-12 p.060-061, KHAB.139 (150), KHTB1.125 | BRL_ATE#088, PT#27 p.079 | call to action; love and unity; love of God; martyrdom of the Bab; religion as reality; definitions of religion; spiritual baptism; symbolism | - | - | |||||
| ABU0276 | There Can Be No True Happiness and Progress without Spirituality: Words spoken on 1911-11-21 in Paris | 770 | Paris Talks | درندگی سزاوار حیوانات وحشیه است و سزاوار انسان الفت و محبتست خدا جمیع انبیا | Ferocity and savagery are natural to animals, but men should show forth the qualities of love and affection. God sent all His Prophets into the world with one aim… Oh, trust in God! For His Bounty is everlasting | BRL_DAK#0956, AMK.204-207, KHF.049, KHAB.188 (199), KHTB1.192, KHTP.139 | PT#34 p.106, DWN_v1#12 p.007cx | N. Ma'ani, Friends in Paris | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; harmony of science and religion; justice and wrath of God; oneness; unity of religion; progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; transcending the material condition; war and peace | - | - | ||||
| AB00689 | Two Kinds of Prophecy | 470 | Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká | انبیا را استفاضه از فیض عمومی نامتناهی الهی و همچنین استفاضه از فیض | The Prophets of God draw upon both His boundless universal grace and upon His particular grace, that is, upon divine revelation and inspiration. | BRL_TTTP#02 | BRL_TTT#02 | mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; prophecy and fulfillment; realms of being; three realms; five realms; special knowledge of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||
| ABU0430 | Words at reception with Turkish Ambassador, spoken on 1912-04-23 | 590 | Mahmúd's Diary | الحمد لله قرون تاریک گذشت قرن نورانی آمد عقول و نفوس در ترقی است ادراکات در | Praise be unto God! The dark ages have passed away, and the illumined century hath dawned. Minds and souls are advancing, and understanding is [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0773, AMK.264-266, DWNP_v1#05 p.003-004, KHF.091, KHAB.250 (260), KHTB2.043, NJB_v05#08 p.002 | call to action; equality of men and women; progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity; war and peace | - | - | BDA1.047, MHMD1.056 | |||||
| ABU1120 | Words spoken at City Temple in London, 1911-09-10 | 280 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in London | ای جمع محترم و ای طالبان خدا الحمد لله نور حقیقت درخشید و نسیم گلشن عنایت وزید | O noble friends, seekers after God, praise be to God! Today the light of truth.... This is a new cycle of human power | BRL_DAK#1056, AMK.174-174a, KHAB.053 (062), KHTB1.019 | BSC.273 #561, AIL.019, SW_v02#11 p.008, SW_v08#01 p.009, ABS#06 | competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; oneness; unity of religion; race unity; racial issues; The Holy Spirit; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||
| ABU0090 | Words spoken at Hotel Victoria in Ramleh, 1912-03-05 | 1290 | مظاهر مقدسه الهیه هر یک عالم امکان را شمسی در نهایت اشراق بودند هر یک وقت | The sacred Manifestations of God were each, in the world of existence, even as a sun in its utmost splendor, each in its time [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0599, KHF.001, KHAB.221 (231), KHTB3.001 | banishments of Baha'u'llah; call to action; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; fewness of numbers not regarded in teaching the Cause; growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; growth of the Cause; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Muhammad; Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of the Manifestation of God; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0220 | Words spoken at Hotel Victoria in Ramleh, 1912-03-21 | 870 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Social Action; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | از عادت قدیمه است که هر ملتی از ملل را ایام سرور عمومی که جمیع ملت در آن روز | According to ancient custom, every nation has general holidays when all the people rejoice and are glad… In all the prophetic Dispensations, philanthropic affairs were confined to their respective peoples only | BRL_DAK#0394, AYT.349-353, DWNP_v1#07 p.005-007, KHF.275, KHAB.226 (236), KHTB3.101 | BRL_ATE#135, BRL_SOCIAL#085x, LOG#1030x, SW_v09#01 p.008-009 | call to action; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; past, present and future of Iran; service to others; to the Cause of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach; universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||
| ABU0032 | Words spoken at Minneapolis synagogue in Minneapolis, 1912-09-18 | 1850 | بسیار مسرورم که خود را بین این جمع می بینم الحمد لله وجوه نورانی نفوس روحانی | I am most delighted to find myself in this gathering. Praise be to God! These faces are radiant, these souls spiritual [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0642, AHB.123BE #07-08 p.191x, KHF.104, KHTB2.245 | Christ; Christianity; harmony of science and religion; independent investigation of truth; reality; Moses; nationalism; love of country; oneness; unity of religion; prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; unity; oneness of humanity; war and peace | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0257 | Words spoken at Theosophical Society in London, 1911-10-03 | 800 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | ای جمع محترم آتش را لزوم ذاتی سوختن است و قوه برقیه را لزوم ذاتی افروختن | O Respected Assembly! O friends of Truth! The inherent nature of fire is to burn, the inherent nature of electricity is to give light | BRL_DAK#0825, AMK.171-173, DWNP_v1#07 p.003-005, KHF.252, KHAB.069 (079), KHTB1.029, KHTP.006, NJB_v02#14-16 p.015 | AIL.027, ABS#03 | education of children; moral education; equality of men and women; harmony of science and religion; independent investigation of truth; reality; law of cause and effect; oneness; unity of religion; religion as source of love and unity; suffering and imprisonment; two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||
| ABU0010 | Words spoken at Unitarian church in Dublin, 1912-08-11 | 2300 | در نزد عموم عقلا مسلم است که عالم طبیعت ناقص است و محتاج تربیت ملاحظه میکنید | That the world of nature is imperfect and needs education is to the wise beyond question. Consider, man uneducated is in utmost barbarism | BRL_DAK#0639, AMK.248-258, MJMJ1.090x, MMG2#163 p.185x, MJH.036x, KHF.042, KHAB.355 (362), KHTB2.212, NJB_v03#16 p.001, YFY.141x | SW_v14#02 p.042-045 | education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; material and spiritual existence; two books; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; need for an educator; second birth; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0518 | Words spoken on 1911-11-27 in Paris | 520 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | امروز میخواستم بیایم اینجا دم در دیدم اروپپلن بلند شده بسیار منظر خوشی بود حقیقت | Today, as I intended to come here, I beheld at the threshold an aeroplane soaring aloft - truly it was a wondrous sight [3.5s]... ...But the flight of the human spirit is through the glad-tidings of God. The flight of the human mind is through the increase of understanding and perception | BRL_DAK#1005, KHTB1.228 | BRL_ATE#201x | power of the mind over nature; present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| ABU0532 | Words spoken on 1911-11-27 in Paris | 510 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | روسای ادیان امروز گمان میکنند که دین عبارت از تقلید آبا و اجداد است لهذا هر قومی تشبث | Religious leaders nowadays are of the opinion that religion consists of blindly following parental and ancestral beliefs… The greatest bounty of God to man is knowledge.... If religious beliefs should contradict science and reason, they are assuredly ignorance... Religion and science are linked together; they cannot be separated | BRL_DAK#0827, KHTB1.225, KHTP.171 | BRL_ATE#207x, BRL_ATE#208x | blind imitation [taqlid]; harmony of science and religion; idolatry; independent investigation of truth; reality; knowledge; recognition of God; rational arguments | - | - | |||||
| ABU0264 | Words spoken on 1912-07-12 in Brooklyn | 790 | عالم امکان نظیر انسان است انسان مقام نطفه مقام شیرخواری اوقات نشو و نما وقت | The contingent world is like unto the life of man: as man traverseth from the station of the embryo unto infancy and thence through the periods of growth and maturity [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0782, KHF.031, KHAB.343 (350), KHTB2.181, NJB_v04#03 p.001 | coming-of-age; maturity of mankind; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power of the mind over nature; present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0013 | Words spoken on 1912-10-06 in San Francisco | 2260 | Mahmúd's Diary | حقیقت الوهیت بر جمیع کائنات بمحبت طلوع نموده زیرا محبت اعظم فیض الهی است مصدر | The origin of creation is love, inasmuch as love is the greatest of divine effulgences. The reality of divinity has cast an effulgence of love upon all phenomena. | BRL_DAK#0653, PYB#234 p.11x, PYM.026x, KHTB2.255, NJB_v05#16 p.002 | ECN.235+1090 | celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; love and unity; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; oneness; unity of religion; religion as source of love and unity; unity in diversity; war and peace | - | - | MHMD1.307 | ||||
| ABU0231 | Words spoken on 1913-06-19 in Port Said | 860 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Translation List; Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913; Universal peace — in which book is this?' | خیلی امر عجیبی است در پورت سعید چنین مجلس عظیمی عقد شد خوب است ملوک سر از | It is wonderful indeed that a gathering as grand as this one has been convened in Port Sa‘íd…. One night, Shaykh 'Abdu'l-Husayn the mujtahid told his cohorts about a dream he had…. No talk is there in town save of the loved one’s rippling hair; No spell abroad except her eyebrow’s curve—exquisite snare! | BRL_DAK#0822, AYT.379, KHF.189, KHAB.441 (441), KHTB3.076, NJB_v04#08 p.001, BDA2.357x | BRL_ATE#209x, MHMD2.475x, STAB#080x, ADMS#175 | growth of the Cause; lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; power of the Manifestation of God; stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||
| ABU0923 | Words spoken on 1913-06-21 in Port Said to some Baha'is from Azerbaijan | 330 | Translation List; Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | هر چند شماها خیلی انتظار کشیدید ولکن الحمد لله اسباب فراهم آمد که ملاقات شد من... الحمد لله آمدید و بزیارت روضهٴ مبارکه مشرف شدید روی و موی را بتراب عتبهٴ مقدسه | Although you all have waited very long, praise be to God that the circumstances for us to meet were brought about. I, too, very much wished to meet with you… It is not yet apparent, but in time the gift that God has given Iran and the Iranian people will become clear. | BRL_DAK#1057, KHF.277, KHAB.445 (445), KHTB3.103, BDA2.358x | MHMD2.477-478x, ADMS#065i09x, ADMS#262 | call to action; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Shrines and Holy places; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||
| ABU3665 | Words spoken on 1913-06-23 in Port Said | 550 | در زمانیکه حکومت مستبد ناقضین مانع اشکالات داخلی و خارجی حاضر در بحبوحه | At a time when the government ruled with tyranny, the Covenant-breakers were a hindrance, and problems both internal and external were present—it was in the midst of all this turmoil that I built the Shrine of the Bab | BRL_DAK#0772 | ADMS#256 | crucifixion; ascension of Christ; the Christian clergy; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0087 | Words spoken on 1915-06-17 in Haifa | 1310 | وقتی که جمال مبارک در بغداد بودند میرزا محیط مشهور شیخی آمد به دارالسلام | When the Blessed Beauty was in Baghdad, Mirza Muhit, the famous Shaykhi, arrived in that city for the purpose of visiting Kazimayn. | BRL_DAK#0719, AHDA.077-078X, ZSM.1915-06-17 | STAB#082x | rejection, opposition and persecution; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||
| ABU2222 | Words spoken on 1916-07-02 | 110 | Family Life | تاسیس عائله خیلی مهم است تا انسان جوانست از غرور جوانی ملتفت نمیشود ولی چون پیر شد | It is highly important for man to raise a family. So long as he is young, because of youthful self-complacency | COMP_FAMP#09x, BRL_SWOP#023, GHA.161 | BRL_FAM#09x, BRL_SWO#023, COC#0860x, LOG#0733x | education of children; moral education; love and unity; marriage as means of spiritual progress; order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; parents and children; youth; families | - | - | |||||
| ABU0202 | Words spoken to Persian Baha'is at Hotel Victoria in Ramleh, 1912-03-04 | 900 | از جمله مظاهر مقدسه الهیه حضرت زردشت بود نبوت حضرت مثل آفتاب واضح و روشن است | Among the holy Manifestations of God was Zoroaster, whose Prophethood is clear and evident as the sun [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0596, AVK2.068.10x, KHF.126, KHAB.217 (227), KHTB3.050 | oneness; unity of religion; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; unity in diversity; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1226 | Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-28 | 260 | Prayer and Devotional Life | انسان در متعالی ترین شکل نیایش خود فقط به منظور ابراز عشق و محبت به حضرت | Man becomes like a stone unless he continually supplicates to God. The heart of man is like a mirror... There are many subjects which are difficult for man to solve... In the highest prayer... When a man falls in love with a human being | COMP_PDLP#28x | BRL_PDL#28x, COC#1756x, LOG#1512x, SW_v08#04 p.042-043x, SW_v14#06 p.167x, AELT.216-217x, PN_1900 p023, PN_1900 p053, PN_1900 p124, PN_1900_heh p009, BNE.095x, BSTW#169e, BSTW#326x | MANA | human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; importance of prayer; love of God; power of prayer; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||
| ABU0849 | Words to George Latimer | 360 | Huqúqu'lláh | بعد از آنکه شخص کلیۀ مخارج ضروریّه را پرداخت نمود، نوزده درصد از آنچه باقی مانده را اخذ | After one has paid all his necessary expenses 19% of what is left is then taken by him and given as Huquq. | BRL_HUQUQP#049 | BRL_HUQUQ#049, COC#1176, BSTW#007 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; law of Huququ'llah; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||
| ABU0474 | Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-01-30 | 560 | Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith | Voice is the vibration of the air, and is like the waves of the sea. The voice is produced through the instrumentality of the lips… It is natural for the heart and spirit to take pleasure and enjoyment in all things that show forth symmetry, harmony, and perfection | BRL_IOA#24x, COC#1422, BAVA.011-014, BLO_PN#021 | chastity and purity; connection between material and spiritual worlds; harmony of science and religion; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; the power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0001 | Words to Mr Pinchot and others, spoken on 1912-06-04 | 3400 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Mahmúd's Diary | امیدواریم در مجلس شما مائده آسمانی بخوریم آن بالتمامه مطابق مذاق ماست زیرا | We hope that in this gathering we shall partake of the heavenly table… The solution of this problem is one of the fundamental principles of his holiness BAHA’O’LLAH | BRL_DAK#0644, AVK4.335x, AVK4.340bx, AVK4.466x, KHF.265, KHAB.290 (300), KHTB2.110 | BSC.340 #666-670x, FWU.038x, SW_v07#09 p.077-079+081-084, SW_v08#01 p.007x, SW_v09#07 p.086-087x, SW_v13#09 p.231x, SW_v13#12 p.324x, SW_v14#02 p.036x, SW_v16#03 p.456-457x, SW_v16#11 p.706x, STAB#128, STAB#140 | consultation; elections; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; stories; anecdotes; the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; unity; oneness of humanity; war and peace | - | - | MHMD1.120 | ||||
| ABU0516 | Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-04-11 | 530 | The proper spirit in which to visit places hallowed by remembrances of Christ... To be a Bahai simply means to love all the world; to love humanity and try to serve it; to work for universal peace and universal brotherhood…. The world in the past has been ruled by force | COMP_WOMENP#025x | BRL_WOMEN#025x, COC#2116x, LOG#2079x, SW_v03#03 p.004-005, SW_v09#07 p.087, SW_v13#05 p.115, SW_v19#02 p.052, VLAB.084x, BNE.071x, BNE.083x, BNE.149x, BLO_PN#002x | education of children; moral education; equality of men and women; freedom of thought and action; humor; jokes; role and station of women; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0482 | Words to travellers from the East, Port Said, 1913-06-27 | 550 | Translation List | فی الحقیقه خوب مجلسی است بهتر از این نمیشود حاضرین از احبای الهی در کمال توجه | This is indeed a good gathering; it does not get any better than this. With rapt attention to God, His loved ones in attendance here are seated next to one another | BRL_DAK#0771, AMK.293-295, AVK2.205.12x, KHF.051, KHAB.447 (447), KHTB3.029, NJB_v04#10 p.002 | ADMS#219 | eulogies; reminiscences; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||
| BH01312 | Ziyarat-i-Jinab-i-Aba Badi' | 650 | قد مضت ایام الفرح و الابتهاج و اتت ایام الاحزان بما غاب نجم الایقان من سماء العرفان | The days of joy and exultation have passed away, and the days of sorrow have come, for the Star of Certitude hath vanished from the heaven of divine knowledge [3.5s] | INBA97:117, Majlis210461.099-101 | BRL_DA#329, MUH2.699x, ASAT3.107x, ASAT4.081x, LDR.193x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||
| BH01106 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Asiyyih Khanum | 760 | یا قلم قد جاء کره بعد اخری ما اخذت به الاحزان اهل البهاء الذین آمنوا بالله | O Pen! Time and again have sorrows overtaken the people of Bahá who have believed in God [3.5s]... ...Verily, once again hath occurred that which hath saddened the people of Bahá, who have believed in God | INBA65:072 | BRL_DA#434, SFI20.015-016, AKHT1.372, FBAH.239x, OOL.B198 | TDH#064.4x, TDH#064.13x, TDH#064.16x | consolation and comfort; eulogies; reminiscences; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||
| BH00704 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Babu'l-Bab va Quddus | 1100 | Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | السلام الظاهر من مطلع فم اراده الله مولی الوری و النور المشرق من افق سماء | The peace that hath shone forth from the Dayspring of the Will of God, the Lord of all being, and the light that hath dawned above the horizon | BLIB_Or15714.077, | BRL_DA#535, GANJP.009-010x | BRL_ATBH#82, ADMS#153 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Hands of the Cause; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for forgiveness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | - | LL#344 | Baha’u’llah’s Tablet of Visitation for Mulla Husayn and Quddus. | ||
| BH01536 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Bayt (Lawh-i-Hajj Baghdad) | 570 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List | یا ایها الناظر الی المنظر الاکبر اسمع ندآء جمال القدم من شطر سجنه الاعظم | O thou who gazest upon the Most Great Scene! Hearken unto the call of the Ancient Beauty from the direction of His Most Great Prison [3.5s]... ...When thou art departed out of the court of My presence, O Muḥammad, direct thy steps towards My House (Baghdád House), and visit it on behalf of thy Lord | INBA34:136, INBA49:283, BLIB_Or15707.058, , BLIB_Or15735.225, , NLAI_BH1.007x | BRL_DA#712, GWBP#057 p.079x, AQA1#019, AHM.097, TSBT.090, RHQM2.0805-807 (214) (133-134x), ASAT2.111x, HYK.255, OOL.B152 | GWB#057x, GPB.110x9x, GPB.149x2x, GPB.360x, MBW.168x, PDC.026x, ADMS#107 | banishment to; life in Baghdad; prayers (general or uncategorized); rejection, opposition and persecution; Shrines and Holy places; suffering and imprisonment | * | - | MMAH.206, GSH.206, LL#114, LL#345 | Tablet to be recited when making pilgrimage to Bahá'u'lláh's House in Baghdad | ||
| BH00275 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Khadijih Bagum | 2300 | Tablet of Visitation for the wife of the Bab, Khadijih Begum; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | 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 | |||
| BH00478 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Maryam | 1510 | Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam | ان یا قلم الاعلی مااخذک السرور فی ایام ربک العلی الاعلی لتغن به علی افنان | O Pen of Glory! Thou hast never been seized with transports of joy during the days of Thy Lord, the Exalted, the Most High | INBA38:311, INBA48:052, INBA49:260, BLIB_Or15714.119, , BLIB_Or15739.108, , NLAI_BH2.336, Majlis210461.104-111 | BRL_DA#568, TAHR.336-339, ASAT4.080x, AKHT1.093-094x, AKHT1.366, HYK.334x, OOL.B153 | LTDT.298-299x, BLO_PT#015, HURQ.BH85 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; eulogies; reminiscences; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love of God; martyrs and martyrdom; prayer for protection; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; visitation Tablets | * | - | ROB1.013, GSH.205, LL#348 | Stephen Lambden states that this Tablet of Visitation was "apparently primarily written by Baha'u'llah for Tahirih and utilized also for various other eminent female Bahá'ís, including Maryam". | ||
| BH00537 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Siyyidu'sh-Shuhada | 1380 | Tablet of Visitation for Imám Husayn (Lawh-i-Zíyárat-Namih-i-Imám Husayn); Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی انه هو الموعود فی الکتب و الصحف و | God testifieth that there is no God but Him! And He that hath appeared is the One promised in all the Books and sacred Scrolls…. Glory be unto Thee O my God, O Thou the Lord of Manifestation, Whose shed the glory of His effulgence upon the branch of Sinai! | INBA65:001, BLIB_Or15696.175bx, , BLIB_Or15714.112, | BRL_DA#158, ADM2#010 p.024x, MJMM.202, AYT.235, ASAT3.100x, DLH3.422x, OOL.B154 | BRL_ATBH#59x, BLO_PT#149, ADMS#003x, JHT_S#173x | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; martyrs and martyrdom; prayer for martyrs; visitation Tablets | * | - | ROB3.303, MMAH.226, GSH.144, LL#347, LL#350 | Tablet of Visitation for Imam Husayn. | ||
| BH03843 | Saqi az Ghayb-i-Baqa | 240 | Short Poem by "Darvísh" Muhammad, Bahá'u'lláh: Sáqí az ghayb-i baqá burqa' bar afkan az 'idhár, A | ساقی از غیب بقا برقع برافکن از عذار تا بنوشم خمر باقی از جمال کردگار آنچه در | Lift up the veil from Thy face, O Cup-Bearer of the hidden Realm of Immortality, That I may taste the wine of eternal life | INBA36:455a, INBA30:137, OSAI I.MMS, | BRL_DA#155, TZH4.141-142x, MAS4.209, RHQM1.350-351 (425) (258-259), OOL.B098 | DB.137x, BLO_PT#087, HURQ.BH11 | A brief ode alluding to His messianic secret and calling for purification of heart and commitment to … | Christ; Christianity; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mosaic imagery; mystical themes; spiritual transformation; transcendence; unknowability of God; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | * | - | ROB1.064, MMAH.164, GSH.065, LL#283 | ||
| BH00203 | Lawh-i-Quds 1 | 2800 | Translation List | 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 Bá … | rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering; rejection of Christ; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | |||
| BH00267 | Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'am (the Tablet of All Food) | 2370 | Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i Kullu't-Ta'am) | 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 al … | 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 | |
| BH00012 | Javahiru'l-Asrar (Gems of Divine Mysteries) | 10360 | Gems of Divine Mysteries; Bahá'í Sacred Writings; Pen of Glory, The | 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 unexpect … | 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 | |
| BH00115 | Qasidiy-i-'Izz-i-Varqa'iyyih (Ode of the Dove) | 3950 | Ode of the Dove; Baha'u'llah's Notes to His "Ode of the Dove"; Bahá'u'lláh's "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 vis … | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; 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 | ||
| BH00031 | Suriy-i-Nush | 7310 | Surih of Admonition (Suratu'l-Nus'h); Days of Remembrance | 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 c … | 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 | ||
| BH00064 | Hurufat-i-'Alin (=Kalimat-i-'Uliya; the Exalted Letters) | 5270 | Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam; Suffering of the Exalted Letters; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List | 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 recent … | 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 | ||
| BH00532 | Suriy-i-Ismuna'l-Mursil | 1410 | هذا کتاب من لدی البهاء الی من اقر بالله و اعترف بسلطانه ثم استقر علی مقر قدس رفیع | This is the Book from the presence of Bahá unto him who hath acknowledged God and recognized His sovereignty, and hath moreover attained unto a seat of celestial sanctity [3.5s]... ...Among them is the King of Persia, who suspended Him Who is the Temple of the Cause in the air, and put Him to death with such cruelty | INBA37:133, INBA83:118, BLIB_Or15702.037, , BLIB_Or15723.253, , BLIB_Or15737.097, , ALIB.folder18p142-147 | BRL_DA#731, AQA4#092 p.311, OOL.B126 | PDC.111-112x | A meditation on the name of God, ‘the Sender’, and its various present and future manifestations … | categories of Prophets (major; minor; village); proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | GSH.201, LL#311 | |||
| BH00306 | Chihar Vadi (The Four Valleys) | 2100 | Call of the Divine Beloved | 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 wa … | 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 | |
| BH00597 | Lawh-i-Ashraf | 1270 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet to Ashraf | ان یا اشرف اسمع ما یلقیک لسان القدم و لاتکن من الغافلین و ان استماع نغمه من نغمات | O Ashraf, listen carefully to what the Tongue of the Eternal has to say. Any one of the melodies of your Lord would be sufficient to attract the hearts | INBA83:216, BLIB_Or15702.276, , NLAI_BH2.308, ALIB.folder18p167 | BRL_DA#722, GWBP#052 p.075x, AVK3.088.11x, MJMM.211, ASAT1.123x, ASAT1.140x, ASAT2.065x, ASAT5.347x, OOL.B027 | GWB#052x, BLO_PT#171 | A summons to the recognition of Bahá’u’lláh, naming the proofs of His cause as His own self, H … | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; personal instructions; praise and encouragement; proclamation to people of the Bayan; proofs of the Manifestations of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | ROB2.230, ROB2.120, GSH.186, LL#063 | Quoted in the Lawh-i-Istintaq, BH00015. | |
| BH00134 | Madinatu't-Tawhid (the City of Unity) | 3720 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | 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 … | 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; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | ROB1.109, MMAH.180, GSH.022, LL#151 | ||
| BH00698 | Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib | 1110 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Mánikchí Sáhib; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tabernacle of Unity, The; Bahá'í Sacred Writings; Pen of Glory, The | ستایش بیننده پاینده را سزا است که بشبنمی از دریای بخشش خود آسمان هستی را بلند | Praise be to the all-perceiving, the ever-abiding Lord Who, from a dewdrop out of the ocean of His grace, hath reared the firmament of existence | INBA35:116, BLIB_Or15715.120b, , BLIB_Or15722.092, , BN_suppl.1753.118-123 | BRL_TBUP#1, GWBP#106 p.138x, AVK3.095.19x, AVK3.104.08x, AVK3.169.06x, AVK3.205.03x, ZYN.236, MJMM.259, RSBB.175, YARP1.019, DWNP_v5#02-3 p.001-002x, UAB.021ax, UAB.027ax, UAB.032ax, UAB.035ax, UAB.046cx, DRD.002, DLS.301x, NVJ.030, ASAT1.009x, ASAT4.014x, ASAT4.131x, ASAT5.041x, PYB#066 p.03x, ADH1.009x, AKHA_109BE #01 p.002x, AKHA_119BE #08 p.ax, PYM.111ax, ANDA#79 p.12x, ANDA#79 p.16x, OOL.B056 | TBU#1, GWB#106x, SW_v01#01 p.005, SW_v03#02 p.003, SW_v07#18 p.186, BLO_PT#019, BSC.130 #050 | Parrish & Toppano, S. Toloui-Wallace, M. Sparrow, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, Sahar & Hoda | Addresses a number of theological questions by implying that the answers lie in the realm of action, … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; procession; appearance of the Word from God; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; spiritual transformation; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity; words vs deeds | * | * | ROB3.270, GSH.174, LL#160, LL#176 | |
| BH00433 | Lawh-i-Abdu'l-Vahhab | 1630 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | 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 … | 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" | |
| BH00061 | Suriy-i-Sultan | 5370 | 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 Sul … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; martyrs and martyrdom; proclamation to people of the Bayan; 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 | ||||
| BH00060 | Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzaq | 5390 | 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; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | 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 … | 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 | ||
| BH00610 | Suriy-i-A'rab | 1250 | Surah of the Arabs | تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق من سماء عز بدیع و جعلها الله حجه من عنده و برهانا | These are the verses of God which have been sent down from the heaven of wondrous glory, and which God has made to be a proof and testament from Him unto the worlds | INBA37:081, BLIB_Or15723.224, , BLIB_Or15725.045, , BLIB_Or15737.064, | BRL_DA#705, AQA4#085 p.215, AQA4a.061, MUH3.267-268x, OOL.B106 | BLO_PT#093, JHT_B#004 | Addresses words of praise and encouragement to the Arabs among His followers, inviting them to remem … | banishment to; life in Baghdad; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; status of kings; future of monarchy; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | MMAH.224, MMAH.237, GSH.204, LL#292 | ||
| BH00431 | Lawh-i-Ibna' | 1630 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | 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 i … | 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 | ||
| BH01034 | Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi | 810 | Tablet to Jamal-i-Burujirdi (Lawh-i-Jamál-i-Burujirdí); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | قوله تعالی بحر وحی که در قلم اعلی مستور است بصورت اینکلمات ترشح فرموده ای | The Ocean of Divine Revelation which is hidden within the Supreme Pen hath sprinkled forth in the form of these Words: O Jamal! Thou didst arrive in the Most Holy Presence and attain the Most Great Vision | INBA35:039, BLIB_Or15698.218, , BLIB_Or15720.214, , BLIB_Or15740.166, , Majlis210461.017-020 | BRL_DA#713, GWBP#005 p.013x, AVK2.031.11x, AVK3.141.08x, AVK3.181.08x, AVK3.243.06x, AVK3.465.14x, IQT.218, GHA.445.10x, MAS8.048ax, AKHA_118BE #08-09 p.ax, AKHA_122BE #07-08 p.bx, ANDA#49 p.04x, OOL.B049a | GWB#005x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.077x, BLO_PT#181, HURQ.BH60 | D. E. Walker, L. Slott | Advises the recipient to practice love, humility, and detachment when engaging people with different … | contention and conflict; differences in human capacity; humility; meekness; lowliness; love and unity; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity in diversity | * | - | GSH.183, LL#130 | |
| BH00127 | Suriy-i-Qahir | 3810 | 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 objectio … | 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 | |||
| BH00049 | Lawh-i-Nasir | 5960 | 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; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | 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 i … | 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; 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 | ||
| BH01547 | Lawh-i-Haqq | 560 | ان یا ملا الحق قد ظهر الحق عن افق الحق فی هذالحق الذی طلع عن مطلع الحق | O concourse of the Ultimately Real One! The Truly Real One has, in very Truth, been made manifest from the horizon of Ultimately Real | INBA37:141, OSAI I.MMS, | BRL_DA#720, GSH.037, ASAT3.117x, OOL.B041 | HURQ.BH09 | Announces to ‘the followers of the True One’ the appearance of the Spirit of Truth, round which … | power of the Manifestation of God; proclamation to people of the Bayan; station of the Manifestation of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | MMAH.133, LL#001 | |||
| BH00002 | Kitab-i-Iqan (The Book of Certitude) | 36200 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Kitáb-i-Íqán; Tablet of the True Seeker" from the Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), The; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | الباب المذکور فی بیان ان العباد لن یصلن الی شاطی بحر العرفان الا بالانقطاع | No man shall attain the shores of the ocean of true understanding except he be detached from all that is in heaven and on earth.... Verily He Who is the Daystar of Truth and Revealer of the Supreme Being holdeth, for all time, undisputed sovereignty…. But, O my brother, when a true seeker determineth to take the step of search… | BLIB_Or03116.078-127, , BLIB_Or15696.076cx, , CMB_F58, CMB_F59, IOL.440, IOM.092-093, SOAS ms.46696, CUL.X893.7.B111, BN_suppl.1400 | BRL_IqanP, GWBP#013 p.020x, GWBP#019 p.038x, GWBP#022 p.041x, GWBP#090 p.117x, GWBP#091 p.119x, GWBP#125 p.170x, TZH4.214-223x, OOL.B017 | IQAN, GWB#013x, GWB#019x, GWB#022x, GWB#090x, GWB#091x, GWB#125x, GPB.006x, GPB.007x, GPB.022x, GPB.023x, GPB.050x2x, GPB.057x2x, GPB.058x2x, GPB.079x, GPB.079-080x, GPB.098-099x, GPB.118-119x, GPB.119-120x, GPB.120x, GPB.126x, GPB.141x, GPB.175x, GPB.176x2x, PDC.020x, PDC.129x, PDC.129-130x, PDC.130x, PDC.130-131x, PDC.133x2x, PDC.138x, PDC.151x, PDC.162x2x, PDC.163x, PDC.176x, PDC.179x4x, WOB.024-025x, WOB.058x, WOB.062ax, WOB.113x, WOB.113-114x, WOB.114-115x, WOB.115x, WOB.115-116x, WOB.124x, WOB.124-125x, WOB.125x4x, WOB.125-126x, WOB.166x, SW_v03#01 p.003x, SW_v07#16 p.163-164x, BLO_PT#020, BSC.003 #001-035x | R. Dupras (¶1), L. Manifold (¶1), Savva, Danika, Lauren, Adeeb & Jeremy (¶1), Ahdieh (¶64), Mathilde (¶65), R. Peterson (¶107) [track 3], E. Mahony (¶151), Eswatini Baha'i Choir (¶213), Soulrise Melodies (¶214), K. Key (¶214), S. Toloui-Wallace (¶216) | Bahá’u’lláh’s preeminent doctrinal work as well as His second longest, answering four questi … | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; belief and denial; Christ; Christianity; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; exhortations and counsels; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; knowledge; recognition of God; law of obligatory prayer; light and darkness; literal interpretation; living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Moses; Noah; oneness; unity of religion; power of the Manifestation of God; pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; proofs of the Manifestations of God; prophecy and fulfillment; quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; rejection, opposition and persecution; return of Christ; second coming of Christ; return of the Manifestations of God; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Seal of the Prophets; spiritual springtime; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; symbolism; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | * | LAC.113-174, ROB1.153 et al, BKOG.165, GPB.138, GPB.172, EBTB.121, EBTB.221, EBTB.227, MMAH.071, GSH.013, LL#029, LL#278 | |
| BH00004 | Kitab-i-Badi' | 84700 | Translation List; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | مکتوبت که مشعر بر بعض روایات غیرمحققه و اخبارات غیرصادقه بود باین عبد فانی | Thy letter, containing certain unsubstantiated accounts and false reports, was received by this servant. On the one hand, it opened the portals of joy… By God! The relationship between the Revelation of the Primal Point (the Bab) and this most wondrous, this most glorious Revelation is identical to that of the Revelation of John, son of Zechariah (John the Baptist), and the Spirit of God (Jesus) | BLIB_Or15709.001, | BADI, BADIZ, AVK3.009.10x, AVK3.147.12x, AVK3.254.12x, AVK3.457.03x, KHSH08.005x, TZH4.238-239x, MAS4.121x, MAS8.039b.15x, TSQA4.052x, ASAT2.102x, AKHA_137BE #06 p.081x, ANDA#10 p.66x, ANDA#72 p.29x, ANDA#73 p.49x, ANDA#55 p.03x, ANDA#58 p.65x, HYK.267x, HYK.283x, HYK.343x, MSHR3.274x, OOL.B016 | BRL_ATBH#54x, BRL_ATBH#56x, BRL_ATBH#57x, LTDT.024-025x, LTDT.055x, COC#1016x, LOG#1004x, COF.101x3x, TDH#158.18x, GPB.028x, GPB.092x, GPB.147x, WOB.124x, BLO_sazedj#13x, ADMS#057x, ADMS#182x, BTO#10x, ADMS#298x, ADMS#300x | Bahá’u’lláh’s trenchant apologia of His claims, by far His longest single work, written in t … | alteration of the divine will [bada]; belief and denial; blind imitation [taqlid]; call to unity; prohibition of disunity; chastisement and requital; contention and conflict; corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; empty learning; false spirituality; exhortations and counsels; false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; knowledge; recognition of God; literal interpretation; Manifestation of God as mirror; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; outward and inward meanings; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of the Manifestation of God; prayer for forgiveness; presence of; reunion with God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; proofs of the Manifestations of God; prophecy and fulfillment; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; Seal of the Prophets; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual springtime; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; unity; oneness of humanity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations; Word of God is its own standard; words vs deeds | * | - | LAC.175-210, ROB2.370 et al, BKOG.124, BKOG.245, BKOG.257, GSH.097, LL#028 | ||
| BH00934 | Lawh-i-Tuqa | 880 | فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق من جبروت عز علیا و ینطق بالحق فی ملکوته الاعلی بلسانه | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth from the heaven of transcendent might, and Who speaketh with truth in His most exalted Kingdom through His tongue [3.5s]... ...Among the people is he who opposes God publicly. If the verses of God are recited to him, his face grows dark and he returns to his people as one despised. | INBA83:100, BLIB_Or15702.001, , BLIB_Or15723.258, , BLIB_Or15737.102, , ALIB.folder18p204 | BRL_DA#723, AQA7#509 p.347, OOL.B083 | HURQ.BH50, KSHK#06x | Bids the people enter the ‘crimson Ark’, adorned with divine virtue; addresses the objections of … | chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering; rejection of Christ; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | ROB2.397, GPB.171, LL#254 | |||
| BH05338 | Baz Av-u-Bidih Jamih | 180 | باز آو بده جامی این ساقی عطشانرا زآن ساغر باقی ده این فانی دورانرا این هیکل | Return and offer a cup to this thirsty cupbearer; From that eternal chalice, bestow upon this transient being;This temple [3.5s] | INBA30:138, OSAI I.MMS, | BRL_DA#252, TZH4.142-143x, MAS4.186, OOL.B004 | Brief ode celebrating the divine love, beseeching immortal life, and expressing His desire for evane … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; love as fire; mystical themes; pain of love; love as veil; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; spiritual transformation; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | * | - | MMAH.163, GSH.065, LL#011 | ||||
| BH03062 | Lawh-i-Amvaj (Tablet of the Waves) | 290 | Trustworthiness; Tablet of the Waves (Lawh-i-Amvaj) | امروز ام الکتاب امام وجوه احزاب ذکر مبدا و ماب میفرماید فی الحقیقه ایام | The Mother Book is standing in this Day before the gaze of all the peoples and kindreds of the earth, magnifying the glory of Him | PR05.042a-044b, BN_suppl.1753.075-076 | BRL_DA#132, COMP_TRUSTP#01x, MJMM.362, DWNP_v1#10-11 p.001-002x, DRD.184, AKHA_123BE #09 p.a, OOL.B024 | BRL_TRUST#01x, COC#2013x, BLO_PT#144, HURQ.BH69 | Brief tablet declaring that the ocean of utterance has surged with four ‘waves’: shining the lig … | prayer for protection; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God; unity; oneness of humanity | * | - | GSH.186, LL#049 | ||
| BH02022 | Lawh-i-Ahmad (Arabic) | 440 | Tablet of Ahmad, Arabic (Lawh-i-Ahmad); Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic); Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | هذه ورقه الفردوس تغنی علی افنان سدره البقا بالحان قدس ملیح و یبشر المخلصین | Lo, the Nightingale of Paradise singeth upon the twigs of the Tree of Eternity, with holy and sweet melodies | INBA19:001, INBA32:002, INBA36:041, INBA71:199, INBA30:076, BN_suppl.1974.067 | BRL_DA#197, AHM.193, RSBB.007, SFI17.008, TZH4.302, TSBT.215, NSR_1993.025, NFF1.016, BSHA.032, ASAT5.103x, ABMK.052, OOL.B023a | BPRY.307 | Ahdieh, L. Slott, G.H. Miller, Seals & Crofts, L. Bergsmo & S. Vadeghani, R. Lehmer-Chang, MANA, N. Hamilton, R. Grammer [track 2], L. Dely, L. Dely & M. Congo, KC Porter, Ladjamaya [track 15], almunajat.com [item 19], F. Dehghan & M. Weigert | Brief words of consolation and encouragement to its recipient, affirming the prophetic station of th … | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; power of prayer; recompense; reward for belief; right action; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | * | ROB2.107, MMAH.183, GSH.074, LL#040 | |
| BH00827 | Lawh-i-Haft Pursish (Tablet of the Seven Questions) | 990 | Tabernacle of Unity, The; Pen of Glory, The | ستایش پاک یزدانرا سزاوار که از روشنی آفتاب بخشش جهانرا روشن نمود از با بحر | All praise be to the sanctified Lord Who hath illumined the world through the splendours of the Daystar of His grace. | BLIB_Or15712.229, , IOL, , MKI4523.231, , BN_suppl.1753.063-068 | BRL_TBUP#3, AVK1.300x, AVK2.229.03x, ZYN.246, ISH.231, MJMM.240, YARP1.008, DWNP_v6#03 p.003x, UAB.034cx, DRD.065, TSBT.234bx, AQMJ1.110ax, ASAT1.039x, PYB#166 p.03x, ABMK.063, OOL.B040 | TBU#3, GPB.211x, GPB.230x, PDC.126x, PDC.126-127x, BLO_PT#119 | almunajat.com [item 29] | Briefly addresses a follower of Zoroastrian background, answering seven questions regarding the prob … | day of Resurrection; Judgement; heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; prayer for spiritual recognition; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; the human soul; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | * | ROB3.272, BKOG.009, MMAH.221, GSH.172, LL#096, LL#257 | |
| BH01217 | Lawh-i-Hirtik (Tablet to David Hardegg) | 690 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Lawh-i-Hirtík (Tablet to Hardegg) | قد حضر کتابک المختوم لدی المظلوم و وجدنا منه عرف خلوصک لله المهیمن القیوم | Thy sealed letter hath reached the presence of this Wronged One, and from it We have inhaled the sweet savour of thy devotion to God | BRL_DA#546, LHKM3.215b, SFI11.011, ASAT4.232x, OOL.B044 | BRL_ATBH#87, BBR.216-217, LOIR04.097, BLO_PT#177, HURQ.BH76 | Briefly addresses the head of the German Templers of Haifa, calling him to consider with insight the … | heedlessness and ignorance of the people; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; mystery of the great reversal; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | * | ROB3.028, MMAH.116, GSH.172, LL#117 | |||
| BH00970 | Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night - Adrianople) | 850 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تشهد و تری کیف ابتلیت بین عبادک بعد الذی مااردت الا الخضوع | The Most Great Name beareth Me witness! How sad if any man were, in this Day, to rest his heart on the transitory things of this world! | INBA81:021x, BLIB_Or15698.213, , BLIB_Or15720.209, , BLIB_Or15740.162, , Majlis934.127-133x | BRL_DA#715, GWBP#147 p.203x, AVK2.027.04x, AVK3.240x, IQT.213, MJMM.227, HDQI.027ax, ASAT3.212x, ASAT4.015x, ASAT5.248x, ASAT5.284x, AHB_107BE #09 p.180x, AKHA_105BE #06 p.001x, AKHA_108BE #08 p.002x, OOL.B001bx | GWB#147x, ADJ.083x, SW_v07#19 p.191, SW_v10#01 p.001, BSC.133 #051x | Calls on His followers to be closely united and to associate with their neighbours ‘with faces joy … | being a source of light; guidance; call to unity; prohibition of disunity; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; humility; meekness; lowliness; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | - | ROB2.164, ROB2.188, GSH.209, LL#147 | Sometimes referred to in the plural, Alváḥ-i-Laylatu’l-Quds. Not to be confused with Inventory #BH00915. | |
| BH00994 | Suriy-i-Ism | 830 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ان یا اسمی اسمع ندآء الله عن مطلع کل اللسان بانی انا الله ربک و رب کل شیء و | O My Name! Hearken unto the Call of God from the Dawning-Place of every tongue: "Verily, I am God, thy Lord and the Lord of all things." [3.5s]... ...Say: Deliver your souls, O people, from the bondage of self, and purify them from all attachment to anything besides Me… Intone, O My servant, the verses of God | INBA83:124, BLIB_Or15702.051, , ALIB.folder18p214 | BRL_DA#721, GWBP#136 p.189x, AVK2.168.20x, MAS4.026ax, MAS4.045x, MAS8.120bx, ASAT1.242x, ASAT4.156x, PYK.018, OOL.B125 | GWB#136x, ADJ.025x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.032x, BLO_sazedj#12x, HURQ.BH37 | MJ Cyr, L. Slott, Seals & Crofts, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, Soulrise Melodies, L. Dely & M. Congo, K. Key, Sheyda Peyman, Ina Nes | Calls the recipient to cast all names and designations behind him and announce the joyful tidings; s … | call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; praise and encouragement; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; suffering and imprisonment | * | - | LL#143, LL#310 | BLO note: See also loom.loomofreality.org (provisional translation of a passage) |
| BH01068 | Lawh-i-Husayn | 780 | Translation List | ای حسین بذکر الله مانوس شو و از دونش غافل چه که ذکرش انیسی است بی نفاق | O Ḥusayn! Commune with the remembrance of God and become oblivious of all but Him, inasmuch as His mention is an intimate free of hypocrisy and a most agreeable confidant | BLIB_Or15722.061, , Majlis934.070-076 | BRL_DA#131, DRD.132, MAS4.104x, AHB_134BE #03-04 p.006x | ADMS#080 | R. Fahandezh | Calls the recipient to commune intimately with God; warns that whatever is concealed in people’s i … | love of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | * | - | GSH.183, LL#119 | |
| BH01447 | Subhana Rabbiya'l-A'la | 600 | یا حرف البقاء البس نعلی الانقطاع ثم ارکب علی الرفرف الاعلی فسبحان من خلق | Letter of eternity, put on the bridal trousseau of detachment and walk upon the exalted brocade runner; praised be my Lord, the most high. | INBA15:355, INBA19:029, INBA26:359, INBA36:462, INBA81:139, BLIB_Or15706.102, , BLIB_Or15714.017, , NLAI_BH1.229 | BRL_DA#250, GSH.061, ASAT3.092x, ASAT3.137x, ASAT4.021x, AKHA_124BE #02-03 p.hx, OOL.B100 | WIND#144, HURQ.BH19 | Celebrates, through a vision of the appearance and unveiling of the Maid of Heaven, the renewal of t … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; transcending the material condition | * | - | ROB1.211, MMAH.201, LL#287 | |||
| BH00394 | Sahifiy-i-Shattiyih (the Book of the Tigris) | 1730 | Tablet of the River [Tigris]; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá | 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 … | differences in human capacity; miracles and their interpretation; proofs of the Manifestations of God; spiritual transformation; symbolism; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard | * | - | ROB1.105, MMAH.228, GSH.024, LL#280 | ||
| BH00144 | Suriy-i-Bayan | 3580 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | 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 enkindle … | 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 | |
| BH00069 | Su'al va Javab (Questions and Answers) | 5150 | Consultation; Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | 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 regardi … | 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 | ||
| BH00395 | Lawh-i-Sayyah (=Suratu'l-Widad) | 1720 | Bahá'í Sacred Writings | 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 … | banishment to; life in 'Akka; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; spiritual transformation; 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 | ||
| BH00248 | Suriy-i-'Ibad | 2520 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | 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 Rev … | 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 | |
| BH00512 | Lawh-i-Tawhid | 1450 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | حمد مقدس از عرفان ممکنات و منزه از ادراک مدرکات ملیک عز بی مثالی را سزا است | Praise be to God, the All-Possessing, the King of incomparable glory, a praise which is immeasurably above | INBA38:012, INBA65:167, INBA35:058b, INBA36:396, NLI.32p020v, PR23.039b-041b | BRL_DA#716, GWBP#026 p.047bx, AVK1.113b.02x, AVK2.013.17x, AVK2.072.02x, ZYN.056, MJMM.307, DWNP_v1#01 p.003-007, UAB.006bx, UAB.008ax, DLS.070x, ASAT2.104x, AHB_109BE #07 p.002x, PYM.335-341, OOL.B081 | GWB#026x, WOB.113x2x, ADMS#013 | Discourse on the transcendence of God, Whose signs have pervaded the entire creation and Who is know … | creation of the world; Manifestation of God as mirror; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | GSH.184, LL#250 | ||
| BH02000 | Halih Halih ya Bisharat | 440 | Tablet of Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah O Glad Tidings (Lawh-i Halih, Halih, Halih yá Bisharát) | حور بقا از فردوس اعلی آمد هله هله هله یا بشارت با چنگ و نوا هم با کاسه حمرا | The maid of eternity came from the Most Exalted Paradise: Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah O glad tidings! | INBA36:456 | BRL_DA#253, HDQI.160, GSH.033, ANDA#18 p.03, OOL.B008 | BLO_PT#111, HURQ.BH17 | Ahdieh | Ecstatic poem celebrating the descent of the Maid of Heaven, who brings both life and death to her l … | love of God; mystical themes; poems and quotation from poetry; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; symbolism | * | - | ROB1.219, MMAH.143, LL#017 | |
| BH00108 | Mathnavi-yi-Mubarak | 4040 | Mathnaviyí-i Mubárak; Mathnaví Mubárak; Mathnaví of the Blessed One | 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 … | 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; suffering and imprisonment; symbolism; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | - | ROB2.029, MMAH.233, GSH.071, LL#270 | |
| BH00409 | Lawh-i-Basitatu'l-Haqiqah | 1700 | Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality; Tablet on the Simple Reality, The (Lawḥ-i-Basíṭu'l-Ḥaqíqih) | 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 th … | 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 | ||
| BH00472 | Lawh-i-Ittihad | 1530 | Tablet of Unity; Tablet of Unity; Creative Word and the Meaning of Unity, The; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | قد حضر لدی المظلوم کتاب احد من السادات الذین اقبلوا الی الله و سمعوا و اجابوا | The letter of one of the Sádát, they who have set themselves towards God and having heard the Call have answered their Lord, the All-Loving | BLIB_Or15738.055, | BRL_DA#707, AVK3.095.10x, AVK3.113.10x, AVK3.258.12x, AVK3.474.02x, AHM.388, UAB.048dx, KHSK.089-093, OOL.B048a | LOIR02.093, BLO_PT#027, BLO_PT#146, BLO_PT#147 | Elucidates the subject of unity in different aspects: unity of religion, unity in speech, unity of d … | present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; the power of words; of speech; unity; oneness of humanity; unity in diversity; wisdom [hikmat] | * | - | ROB4.191, MMAH.090, LL#129 | ||
| BH01403 | Lawh-i-Salman II | 610 | Second Tablet of Salmán (Lawh-i-Salmán) | ای سلمان در هر امور اقتدا بحق کن و بقضایای الهی راضی باش ملاحظه کن که این | O Salmán! Follow thou in all things the example of the One true God, and be content with whatsoever He ordaineth. | BLIB_Or11096#022, , BLIB_Or15710.001, , NLAI_BH2.208 | BRL_DA#128, AVK1.135.12x, MJMM.124, BSHN.032x, MHT2b.060x, DRD.036, MAS4.167x, ASAT1.209x, ASAT4.315x, OOL.B077 | PDC.115-116x, WIND#180, HURQ.BH56 | Emphasizes the fleeting nature of this world, that those who remain occupied with it are heedless of … | prayer for specific individuals; groups; status of kings; future of monarchy; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | * | - | ROB3.025, ROB3.157, MMAH.188, GSH.179, LL#233 | ||
| BH00258 | Lawh-i-Yusuf | 2460 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of Joseph (Lawh-i Yusuf); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Resurrection and the World to Come | 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 ex … | 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 | ||
| BH00528 | Lawh-i-Bismillih | 1410 | Tablet on Understanding the Cause of Opposition to the Manifestations of God | این مظلوم اراده نموده لوجه الله بر شما القا نماید آنچه را که سبب بقای ابدی… قل الهی الهی اشهد بوحدانیتک و فردانیتک و اعترف بما نطقت به السن | This Wronged One wishes to impart to you, wholly for the sake of God, that which is the cause of eternal life and everlasting remembrance. | BRL_DA#183, AVK3.408.11x, MJMM.276, DRD.072, NSS.126x, OOL.B033 | WOB.107x, BLO_PT#165 | Emphasizes the importance of the independent investigation of spiritual reality upon attainment of m … | independent investigation of truth; reality; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for nearness to God; purpose; goal of creation; servitude; submission to God; repentance; suffering; rejection of Christ; suffering and imprisonment | * | - | LL#079 | |||
| BH11604 | 1880 | حمد خداوند یکتا را لایق و سزا که عالم ملک و ملکوت را بوجود انسان کامل بیار است | Praise be unto the one true God, worthy and befitting, Who hath adorned the worlds of earth and heaven through the existence of the perfect man [3.5s] | BRL_DA#028 | Exhorts the believers to teach and serve the Cause. Decries the mistake of celebrating on the first … | Hands of the Cause; martyrs and martyrdom; power of prayer; rejection by the people of the Bayan; teaching the Cause; call to teach; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| BH00155 | Suriy-i-Ahzan | 3410 | Surah of Sorrows (Suriy-i-Ahzán); Days of Remembrance | 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 … | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; suffering and imprisonment; symbolism; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | ROB2.397, MMAH.155, GSH.114, LL#289 | ||
| BH00295 | Madinatu'r-Rida (the City of Radiant Acquiescence) | 2180 | 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 | 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’ … | 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 | ||
| BH00181 | Khutbiy-i-Salavat | 3080 | 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 … | 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; symbolism; 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. | |||
| BH00195 | Ridvanu'l-'Adl (the Garden of Justice) | 2910 | 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; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | 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 … | 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 | |
| BH00637 | Lawh-i-Fitnih (Tablet of the Test) | 1500 | ان یا فتنه البقا فانتظری فتنه الله المهیمن القیوم بانها سیاتیکم بالحق فها قد | O Enchantment of eternity! Await thou the Enchantment of God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, for verily it shall come unto you with truth. Lo, it hath [3.5s] | INBA81:080x | BRL_DA#574, MAS4.261x, RHQM1.206-209 (262-265) (157-159x), YIA.567-569x, OOL.B037x | Foretells a coming period of tests and trials, which will encompass all created things and every ato … | forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; rejection by the people of the Bayan; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | - | ROB1.128, MMAH.173, GSH.036, LL#087 | ||||
| BH00271 | Tafsir-i-Va'sh-Shams (Commentary on the Surih of the Sun) | 2340 | Commentary on the Surah of the Sun; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | 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 … | 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; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | ROB1.032, MMAH.102, GSH.209, LL#338 | |
| BH00005 | Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhi'b (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf) | 28200 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Epistle to the Son of the Wolf; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | الحمد لله الباقی بلا فناء و الدائم بلا زوال و القائم بلا انتقال المهیمن | Praise be to God, the Eternal that perisheth not, the Everlasting that declineth not, the Self-Subsisting that altereth not.... O God, my God! Attire mine head with the crown of justice... Thou seest me, O my Lord, with my face turned towards the heaven | BLIB_Or15708.001, , BLIB_Or15721.001, , BLIB_Or15726.082x, | BRL_ESWP, AQA6#237 p.136x, TZH4.114-115x, YMM.306x, OOL.B047 | ESW, BPRY.075x, ADJ.028ax2x, ADJ.077x, COF.101ax, TDH#158.20, GPB.071x, GPB.071-072x, GPB.097x3x, GPB.101x2x, GPB.102x2x, GPB.114x2x, GPB.124x, GPB.125x, GPB.133x, GPB.137x, GPB.184x9x, GPB.194x2x, GPB.217x2x, GPB.218x3x, PDC.015-016x, PDC.017x, PDC.082x, PDC.117-118x, PDC.118x2x, PDC.125-126x, PDC.141-142x, PDC.142x, PDC.142-143x, PDC.148x, PDC.162x, PDC.181x, PDC.184-185x, PDC.187x, WOB.186x, SW_v01#18 p.004-005x, SW_v05#15 p.226x, BSC.118 #048x, HURQ.BH74x | L. Thoresen [track 2], Charisse et al, Smith & Dragoman, E. Mahony, Baha'i Youth of Japan, Y. Mbazo & the Durban Baha'i Choir, A. Rae, Taraz, Nthabiseng & Page, MANA, S. Toloui-Wallace, S. Jaberi, Arman & Gloria, Steve & Atosa | His last major work and His third longest, calling on its recipient, a leading mujtahid, to repent o … | banishment to; life in Baghdad; being a source of light; guidance; chastity and purity; collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; contention and conflict; corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; East and West; communication between East and West; empty learning; false spirituality; fanaticism and hatred; forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; high station of learning; holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; humility; meekness; lowliness; idle fancies; lust and passion; incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; knowledge; recognition of God; knowledge of self; lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; martyrs and martyrdom; oneness; unity of religion; piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for praise and gratitude; prayers (general or uncategorized); Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; rebellion and sedition; disobedience; rejection, opposition and persecution; religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; service to others; to the Cause of God; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; servitude; submission to God; repentance; Shrines and Holy places; spiritual warfare; struggle; station of the Manifestation of God; status of kings; future of monarchy; suffering and imprisonment; teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; teachings as spirit of the age; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; theft; seizing the properties of others; the golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; war and peace; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | * | * | ROB4.368 et al, BKOG.382, GPB.219, GPB.238, EBTB.147, MMAH.122, MMAH.129, GSH.148, LL#124 | |
| BH00047 | Haft Vadi (The Seven Valleys) | 6100 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Call of the Divine Beloved; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | 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� … | 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 | |
| BH00287 | Lawh-i-Baha | 2190 | 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 … | 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 | |||
| BH00066 | Lawh-i-Salman I | 5230 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance; Commentary on a Verse of Rumi; Commentary on a Verse of Rumi; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | 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; consider … | 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 | ||
| BH00084 | Suriy-i-Amr | 4760 | 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 … | 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 | ||||
| BH00034 | Suriy-i-Sabr (=Lawh-i-Ayyub) | 7050 | 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) | 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 … | 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 | ||
| BH00006 | Lawh-i-Sarraj | 26800 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | نامه آنجناب بین یدی العرش حاضر و بر مقر انه لایعرف بما سواه واصل و ما فیه | Thy letter hath been made present before the Throne and hath reached the Seat of Him Who is known through naught else but Himself, and that which it contained [3.5s]... ...Shake off, O heedless ones, the slumber of negligence, that ye may behold the radiance which His glory hath spread through the world. | INBA35:190, INBA73:198, INBA33:081bx, INBA76:001, PR19.072b-110b, BN_suppl.1754.075-124 | BRL_DA#029, GWBP#050 p.073cx, GWBP#097 p.130ax, MAS4.046ax, MAS4.090bx, MAS4.100ax, MAS4.364ax, MAS4.350bx, MAS4.174bx, MAS7.004, ASAT4.271x, ASAT4.272x, ASAT4.487x, AKHA_122BE #04 p.?x, AKHA_137BE #08 p.ax, ANDA#05 p.06x, ANDA#69 p.05x, MSHR4.286x, YMM.468x, OOL.B201 | BRL_ATBH#67x, BRL_ATBH#72x, BRL_ATBH#76x, BRL_ATBH#77x, GWB#050x, GWB#097x, LOG#0327x, ADJ.080x, GPB.098x, GPB.102x, GPB.171x, PDC.019-020x, WOB.063x2x, WOB.104x2x, WOB.107x, WOB.108x2x, BLO_PT#075x, HURQ.BH51 | One of the longest works of Bahá’u’lláh, written in answer to questions regarding the enigma o … | collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of the Manifestation of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God; the power of words; of speech; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ROB2.262 et al, MMAH.140, LL#242 | ||
| BH01007 | Az Bagh-i-Ilahi | 820 | Translation List | از باغ الهی با سدره ناری آن تازه غلام آمد های های هذا جذب اللهی هذا خلع | Hailing from the godly garden, Invested with the Burning Bush, That fresh and novel Youth is come! | INBA19:037, INBA32:036, INBA36:457, NLI.32p158r | BRL_DA#281, MAS8.023x, OOL.B003 | ADMS#115 | Poem hailing the revelation of the Báb and the advent of the approaching Day of God, coming with th … | call to action; chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | * | - | ROB1.218, MMAH.118, GSH.066, LL#010 | ||
| BH00746 | Shikkar-Shikan Shavand | 1050 | Fire and Light; Tablet of Shikkar Shikan (Shikkar Shikkan Shavand); Tablet of Shikkar Shikan (Shikkar Shikkan Shavand); Tablet of Shikkar Shikan Shavand | شکرشکن شوند همه طوطیان هند زین قند پارسی که به بنگاله میرود مکتوب آنجناب | Warblers, mellifluous-toned, all the parrots of Ind shall be, Because of this Pársí sugar-cone which to Bengal goes… They that yearn for the abode of the Beloved, they that circle round the sanctuary of the Desired One | INBA38:064, INBA36:351, INBA30:070, BLIB_Or15722.210, , BN_suppl.1753.102-106 | BRL_DA#127, NANU_BH#11x, TZH4.242, DRD.147, RHQM1.575-577 (703) (431-433x), ASAT2.105x, ASAT3.105x, AKHA_119BE #09-10 p.ax, FBAH.134x, LDR.432x, NJB_v11#01 p.21-24, OOL.B099 | BRL_FIRE_BH#06x, BLO_PT#120, BLO_PT#121, BKOG.149x | Poetically anticipates future opposition and lauds the constancy of the loved ones of God in the fac … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; rejection, opposition and persecution; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | - | ROB1.147, BKOG.149, BKOG.446, MMAH.209, GSH.031, LL#286 | ||
| BH00587 | Lawh-i-Siyyid Mihdiy-i-Dahaji | 1290 | Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ان یا اسمی ان احمد الله بما جعلناک امطار الفضل لما زرعناه فی الاراضی الطیبه | O my Name! Yield thou praise unto God for having graciously chosen thee to be a shower of bounty for that which We have sown | BLIB_Or15710.097, , BLIB_Or15738.100, , Majlis934.133-147 | BRL_DA#103, AVK3.468.12x, AVK3.470.15x, AVK4.480ax, ASAT5.206x, ASAT5.256x, TBP#13, OOL.B163 | TB#13, GPB.216x | T. Ellis, L. Harley | Praises a prominent teacher of the Bahá’í Faith, declares that the complete victory of the Cause … | methods of teaching the Cause; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; stories; anecdotes; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the power of words; of speech | - | - | ROB4.236, LL#245 | |
| BH00503 | Suriy-i-Khitab | 1470 | ذکر الله علی هیئه النار فی هیکل النور من سدره الانسان باذن الرحمن قد کان فی قطب | The Remembrance of God in the form of Fire, in the Temple of Light, from the Lote-Tree of Man, hath, in very truth, been made manifest with the permission of the All-Merciful | INBA83:154, BLIB_Or15702.144, , BLIB_Or15737.137, | BRL_DA#108, OOL.B128 | HURQ.BH36 | Praises the recipient for recognizing Bahá’u’lláh after failing to do so in an earlier meeting … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; proclamation to people of the Bayan; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | LL#314 | |||
| BH00647 | Lawh-i-Pisar-'Amm (Tablet to the Cousin) | 1170 | Tablet to the Cousin (Lawh-i-Pisar-'Amm); River of Life, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | ای پسر عم حمد کن خدا را که این نسبت کبری قطع نشد و سبقت گرفتی از جمیع | O son of My paternal uncle! Render praise unto God that the ties of this most great kinship have not been severed. | BLIB_Or03116.082, , BLIB_Or11096#019, , BLIB_Or15698.174, , BLIB_Or15720.171, , BLIB_Or15740.132, , Majlis934.308-318 | BRL_DA#156, AVK3.110.02x, AVK3.189.12x, AVK3.368.06x, IQT.174, AYI1.339x, UAB.044ax, IQN.128x, ASAT4.503x, OOL.B066 | BRL_ATBH#53x, ROL.050-051x | Praises the recipient, a paternal cousin, for his faithfulness; remonstrates with another relative f … | fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | - | ROB3.216, MMAH.139, GSH.184, LL#209, LL#427 | ||
| BH00457 | Lawh-i-Mubahilih | 1580 | Tablets concerning the Divine Test | هذا لوح قد فصل من لوح المحفوظ لیکون بنفسه هدایه و رحمه علی کل من فی السموات | This is a Tablet that hath been separated from the Preserved Tablet, that it might serve, of itself, as a guidance and mercy unto all who dwell in the heavens [3.5s]... ...O Muhammad! He Who is the Spirit hath, verily, issued from His habitation, and with Him have come forth the souls of God's chosen ones | BLIB_Or07852.089, , BLIB_Or15725.463, , NLAI_BH2.006 | BRL_DA#153, TZH5.029n-044n, MAS4.278.18x, MAS7.243-244x, ASAT4.487x, SAM.208, PYK.006, YMM.338x, OOL.B060 | GPB.168-169x, BLO_PT#199x | Praises the station of Quddús, one of the Báb’s first disciples and an early martyr, and relates … | love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; martyrs and martyrdom; proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; rejection by the people of the Bayan; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | * | - | ROB2.293, GPB.169, MMAH.168, LL#184 | See also BH03710. | |
| BH00870 | Lawh-i-Anta'l-Kafi (Long Healing Prayer) | 940 | Long Healing Prayer, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | بک یا علی بک یا وفی بک یا بهی انت الکافی و انت الشافی و انت الباقی یا باقی بک | I call on Thee O Exalted One, O Faithful One, O Glorious One! Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, Thou the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One! | INBA36:448, NLAI_BH_AB.103 | BRL_DA#075, AHM.183, TSBT.207, NFF2.017x, ABMK.048, OOL.B025 | BPRY.102, BLO_PT#053 | Ahdieh, L. Thoresen [track 5], The Badasht Project, A. Youssefi (1), A. Youssefi (2), A.Youssefi (3), E. Mahony, Gyenyame, K. Rushdy, N. Ward, unknown, C. Frith | Prayer for healing, rhyming and with repeated refrain, invoking various names of God for the curing … | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power of prayer; prayer for healing; prayer for protection | * | * | GSH.186, LL#052 | |
| BH09085 | Salat-i-Mayyit (Prayer for the Dead) | 110 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | یا الهی هذا عبدک و ابن عبدک الذی آمن بک و بایاتک و توجه الیک منقطعا عن سواک | O my God! This is Thy servant and the son of Thy servant who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs | BRL_Mayyit, PMP#167, AVK4.203, AHM.214, BSHN.005, GHA.138x, TSBT.239, BSHA.077, OOL.B097a, OOL.B097b | PM#167, BPRY.035 | Prayer with six verses to be repeated nineteen times each, recited at graveside, and stated in the K … | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc. | * | * | LL#231 | |||
| BH00071 | Suriy-i-Hajj II (Baghdad) | 5070 | Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh (Suriy-i-Hajj) | 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 th … | 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; teaching the Cause; call to teach | * | - | ROB2.240, MMAH.152, GSH.083, LL#305 | ||
| BH02170 | Lawh-i-Nuqtih | 410 | Translation List | هذا لوح القدس قد جعل الله مقامه مقام النقطه کما ان من النقطه فصلت کل الحروفات | This is the Tablet of holiness; upon it hath God conferred the station of the point, just as it is through the point that every letter and word is made distinct | BRL_DA#737, LHKM1.020 | ADMS#228 | Proclaims itself as occupying the station of the point, differentiating all that has been revealed f … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God the cause of creation | * | - | ROB2.397, BKOG.220, BKOG.245, LL#206 | |||
| BH00739 | Lawh-i-Sahab (Tablet of the Cloud) | 1060 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of the Clouds (Lawḥ-i-Saḥáb), The; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | هذا کتاب من لدی الرحمن الی الذین اقبلوا الی قبله من فی السموات و الارضین | This is a Book from before the Most Merciful unto those who have turned their faces towards Him Who is the Qiblih of all who dwell in the heavens and on earth [3.5s]... ...My captivity can bring on Me no shame. Nay, by My life, it conferreth on Me glory. That which can make Me ashamed is the conduct of such of My followers as profess to love Me | INBA34:109, LEID.Or4970 item 10, , Majlis934.125.02-126.09x | BRL_DA#073, GWBP#060 p.083ax, AQA1#008, MAS4.168ax, MAS4.364bx, MAS8.107bx, ASAT4.051x, ASAT4.132x, ANDA#72 p.03x, OOL.B075 | GWB#060x, TN.042x, ADJ.032x, GPB.190x, PDC.135-136x, PDC.139x, WOB.105x, JHT_B#002 | Proclamatory tablet mentioning Bahá’u’lláh’s recent summons to Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh and … | characteristics and conduct of true believers; chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; predictions and prophecies; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | MMAH.167, GSH.179, LL#228 | ||
| BH00052 | Suriy-i-Qamis | 5750 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | 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 … | 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 | ||
| BH00358 | Suriy-i-Dam | 1850 | 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 | 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 I … | 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. | |
| BH01120 | Lawh-i-Napoleon I | 750 | First Tablet to Napoleon III (Lawh-i-Napulyun); Baha'u'llah's First Tablet to Napoleon III | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت تعلم بانی مااردت فی ذکر الا ذکرک و فی توجهی الی جهه | Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou art aware that nothing have I sought by making any mention, except a fitting mention of Thee | BRL_DA#706, ROBP2.388x | GPB.173x, PDC.082-083x, LOIR4.151, BLO_PT#014, BLO_PT#038x | Recounts the sufferings endured by Bahá’u’lláh and His followers; avows their innocence; remin … | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; petitions to authorities; servitude; submission to God; repentance; suffering and imprisonment | * | - | ROB2.368, ROB2.337, ROB3.110, GSH.097, LL#199 | |||
| BH00579 | Lawh-i-Maryam | 1300 | Lawh-i-Maryam (Tablet to Maryam) Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam; Days of Remembrance | ای مریم مظلومیتم مظلومیت اسم اولم را از لوح امکان محو نموده و از سحاب قضا | O Maryam! The wrongs which I suffer have blotted out the wrongs suffered by My First Name from the Tablet of creation. | INBA38:087, INBA28:386 | BRL_DA#739, AYT.366, BSHN.046, MHT2b.044x, TZH4.138-139x, TZH4.159-161x, TZH4.261-262x, MAS4.329, RHQM2.0991-996 (430) (264-267), ANDA#05 p.02, OOL.B058c, AMB#31 | DOR#31, BKOG.117x, LTDT.300x, GPB.118x, GPB.119x, GPB.120x, GPB.124x, GPB.125x, BLO_PT#015, BLO_PT#048 | Recounts to one of His cousins Bahá’u’lláh’s banishment to Baghdad, His departure for Sulaym … | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | * | - | ROB1.013, BKOG.117, MMAH.132, GSH.174, LL#164 | ||
| BH01325 | Lawh-i-Ru'ya (Tablet of the Vision) | 640 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Vision; Tablet of Vision | یا اسمی استمع ندائی من حول عرشی لیبلغک الی بحر ما له ساحل و ما بلغ قعره | O My Name! Give thou ear unto My Voice ringing from around the precincts of My Throne | INBA23:084b, BLIB_Or15729.133, , BLIB_Or15737a.073, , BLIB_Or15738.061, , NLAI_22848:324, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p166v, , MKI4522.324, | BRL_DA#730, AQA2#011 p.174, AYT.016, RHQM2.0973-975 (409) (252-253), ASAT3.135x, ASAT4.049x, ASAT4.403x, AKHA_123BE #04 p.ax, OOL.B074 | GPB.221x2x, BLO_PT#143, BLO_PT#148, BSC.249 #525, HURQ.BH66 | unknown | Recounts, in celebration of the anniversary of the birth of the Báb, a joyful vision of the Maid of … | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; mystical themes; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; symbolism | * | - | ROB3.223, BKOG.246, GSH.149, LL#226 | |
| BH01026 | Lawh-i-Mallahu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Arabic) | 810 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | یا ملاح القدس احضر سفینه البقاء فی الملا الاعلی فسبحان ربی الابهی ثم امسکها | O Holy Mariner! Bid thine ark of eternity appear before the Celestial Concourse, Glorified be my Lord, the All-Glorious! | BLIB_Or15692.001, , BLIB_Or15706.073, , BLIB_Or15714.039, , IOM.094, ROB1.000x | BRL_DA#079, AQA5#136 p.176, HDQI.043, MAS4.335, AKHA_117BE #09-10 p.ax, YMM.291x, OOL.B055a | BPRY.319, SW_v13#04 p.075, DWN_v3#05 p.031-034, BLO_PT#131, BLO_PT#132, BSC.251 #526, HURQ.BH21 | L. Thoresen [track 4] | Relates two different versions of a mystical narrative of the launching of the ‘Crimson Ark’ of … | Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; suffering and imprisonment | * | * | ROB1.228, BKOG.154, GPB.147, MMAH.109, GSH.019, LL#155 | |
| BH01355 | Lawh-i-Mallahu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Persian) | 630 | Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Tablet of the Holy Mariner | چون اهل فلک الهی باذن ملاح قدسی در سفینه قدمی باسمی از اسما تشبث نموده بر بحر | Whilst the dwellers in the divine Ark, by the permission of the Holy Mariner, held fast unto one name amongst all names in the ancient Ark and sailed upon the ocean of names, they passed the grades of worldly limitation | INBA36:437, BLIB_Or15696.107c, , BLIB_Or15706.126, , BLIB_Or15714.043, , BLIB_Or15722.315, | BRL_DA#729, AQA5#137 p.181, MAS4.339, YADG.049-050, AHB_107BE #19 p.002x, YMM.291x, OOL.B055b | BLO_PT#131, BLO_PT#132, HURQ.BH22 | Relates two different versions of a mystical narrative of the launching of the ‘Crimson Ark’ of … | love of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual transformation; symbolism; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | - | |||
| BH01313 | Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet of Medicine) | 650 | Tablet to the Physician, or Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i-Tibb); Tablet to a Physician (Lawh-i-Tibb); Prayers and Meditations; Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i-Tibb); Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet to the Physician), The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | لسان القدم تنطق بما یکون غنیه الالبا عند غیبه الاطبا قل یا قوم لاتاکلوا... جمیع احبا را من قبل الله تکبیر | The Ancient Tongue speaks what which will satisfy the wise in the absence of doctors. O People, do not eat except when you are hungry… Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance of Thee is my remedy | INBA35:004c, BLIB_Or07852.105, , BLIB_Or11096#233, , NLAI_BH1.138x, NLAI_BH2.365 | BRL_DA#718, PMP#170x, AVK3.112.02x, AVK3.114.07x, MJMM.222, AQMJ1.006ax, MMJA.013x, OOL.B082 | PM#170x, BPRY.096x, COC#1019x, COC#1020x, LOG#1003x, SW_v13#09 p.252, BLO_PT#114, BLO_PT#168, BP1929.031-032x, HURQ.BH64 | S. Toloui-Wallace, A. Wensbo, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown, A. Youssefi, The Badasht Project, L. Slott, A. Bryan, P. Escobar, D. Gundry, Nabilinho, A. McDonald, M. Sparrow, Baha'i Youth of Japan, Ann-Sofie & Rasmus, O. Gollmer, K. Bartlett, C. Bolton, M. Matouf, Yoshie & Aleksandar, M. Hadji & D. Czimek, J. Heath, M.C. Santillana, Honiara Baha'i Youth, N. Ma'ani, N Chiang, W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, C. Signori, L. Robinson, G.H. Miller, Rowshan, K. Porray, Arrayanes, J. Heath [track 3], A. & M. Zemke [track 3], M. Levine [track 3], T. Ellis, Zannetta [track 5], Ladjamaya [track 12], almunajat.com [item 5], Ellie, Rose & Steve | Relates various items of medical and dietary advice—paraphrasing in part a chapter from Náṣíf … | health and healing; material and spiritual healing; prayer for healing; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; wisdom [hikmat] | * | - | ROB3.358, MMAH.174, GSH.177, LL#252, LL#476 | Advice follows closely (in different order) the content and wording of Nasif al-Yajizi, "Majma'ul-Bahrayn", ch. 30, p. 182, from line 10: Yaziji, Shaykh Nasif al - Majma' al-Bahrayn (also at archive.org). |
| BH00112 | Suriy-i-Asma' (=Lawh-i-Ibn?) | 3990 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Tablet of the Son (Jesus) | 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 t … | 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 | ||
| BH00249 | Lawh-i-Ahmad (Persian) | 2510 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Provisional Translation of the Persian Tablet of Ahmad; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | 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 rev … | 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; 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 | |
| BH00151 | Lawh-i-Qina' | 3480 | Translation List; Tablet of the Veil (Lawh-i-Qina') | 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 … | 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 | ||
| BH00297 | Suriy-i-Dhikr | 2160 | Days 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 (o … | 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 | ||
| BH00501 | Lawh-i-Karim | 1470 | Trustworthiness; Translation List; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای کریم انشاء الله بعنایت کریم در ظل سدره رب العالمین مستریح باشی و بفیوضات | O Karím! God grant that, through the bounty of the Most Generous [Karím], thou art reposing beneath the shade of the Tree of the Lord of all worlds...It behoveth ye all so to adorn your inner and outer beings that, robed in trustworthiness… O my loved ones! Ye are the world's spiritual physicians | INBA35:030, INBA51:389, BLIB_Or11096#016, , BLIB_Or15698.164, , BLIB_Or15720.161, , BLIB_Or15740.125, , NLI.32p126r, Majlis210461.011-017 | BRL_DA#738, COMP_TRUSTP#28x, ADM1#007 p.025x, AVK3.002.01x, AVK3.385.15x, IQT.164, MAS4.157bx | BRL_TRUST#27x, BW_v02p062x, COC#2039x, ADMS#207, JHT_S#018x | States that, while some are able to recognize the truth the moment they encounter it, most stand in … | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; methods of teaching the Cause; outward and inward meanings; power of prayer; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | GSH.175 | ||
| BH01850 | Lawh-i-Shaykh Fani | 480 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | قلم اعلی من فی الانشا را ندا میفرماید و بحق واحد هدایت مینماید ای شیخ فانی حمد کن | The Most Exalted Pen calleth unto all who dwell in creation and guideth them unto the One True God. O mortal elder! Render thou praise [3.5s]... ...He is indeed a true believer in the unity of God who, in this Day, will regard Him as One immeasurably exalted above all the comparisons and likenesses with which men have compared Him | BLIB_Or03116.111r, , BLIB_Or11096#041, , NLI.32p132r, Majlis934.031-036 | BRL_DA#704, GWBP#160 p.217x, AVK1.175ax, OOL.B080 | GWB#160x | Stresses the importance of distinguishing the transcendent reality of God from the signs of God in t … | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; empty learning; false spirituality; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; law of fasting; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | GSH.177, LL#240 | ||
| BH00513 | Suriy-i-Dhabih (= Lawh-i-Dhabih) | 1450 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | روحی و نفسی لک الفداء کتاب مبارک که بطراز حب محبوب عالمیان مزین بود این خادم | My spirit and soul be a sacrifice unto Thee! The blessed Book, which was adorned with the ornament of love for the Best-Beloved of all worlds, reached this servant [3.5s]... ...The Pen of Revelation, O Dhabih, hath, in most of the divinely-revealed Tablets, recorded these words | BLIB_Or11096#242x, , BLIB_Or15698.323, , BLIB_Or15720.315, , BLIB_Or15740.246x, | BRL_DA#141, GWBP#115 p.155, AVK3.269.13x, AVK3.270.08x, IQT.323, GHA.333x, ASAT1.131x, OOL.B112.1 | GWB#115x, ADJ.024x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.077x, GPB.099x, PDC.119-120x | Summons the Bahá’ís to upright conduct, obedience to worldly authority, and high moral character … | bribery and corruption; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; obedience to and respect for government authority; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; servitude; submission to God; repentance; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | - | ROB2.412, LL#082, LL#297 | ||
| BH00001 | Kitab-i-Aqdas (The Most Holy Book) | 10520 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Synopsis and Codification of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Kitáb-i-Aqdas Research Tools; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ان اول ما کتب الله علی العباد عرفان مشرق وحیه و مطلع امره الذی کان مقام | The first duty prescribed by God for His servants is the recognition of Him Who is the Dayspring of His Revelation and the Fountain of His laws | INBA43:069, BLIB_Or02820.001, , BLIB_Or15691.001, , BLIB_Or15729.002, , BLIB_Or15737a.001, , CMB_F29, CMB_F30, CMB_F31, IOM.095-096, NLAI_22848:006, LEID.Or4969x, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p001v, CUL.X893.7.B11, MKI4522.002, , BN_6397 | BRL_AqdasA, GWBP#037 p.062bx, GWBP#056 p.078x, GWBP#070 p.093x, GWBP#071 p.094x, GWBP#072 p.095x, GWBP#098 p.130bx, GWBP#105 p.137x, GWBP#155 p.213x, GWBP#159 p.216x, GWBP#166 p.222bx, ROB3.000x, OOL.B015 | AQDS, GWB#037x, GWB#056x, GWB#070x, GWB#071x, GWB#072x, GWB#098x, GWB#105x, GWB#155x, GWB#159x, GWB#166x, BADM.016x, BADM.021ax, COF.018-019x, TDH#082x, TDH#158.3x, GPB.102x2x, GPB.112x, GPB.154x, GPB.170x2x, GPB.176x, GPB.195x, GPB.206x6x, GPB.207x3x, GPB.208x5x, GPB.209x5x, GPB.211x, GPB.214x7x, GPB.215x15x, GPB.215-216x, GPB.216x, GPB.225x, GPB.226x4x, GPB.230-231x, GPB.231x, GPB.242x, GPB.254x, GPB.325x, GPB.331-332x, GPB.376x, GPB.390x, GPB.395-396x, GPB.396x, MBW.166x, MBW.168x, PDC.040x, PDC.040-042x, PDC.042x, PDC.058-059x, PDC.059x, PDC.059-060x, PDC.064-065x, PDC.092x, PDC.092-093x, PDC.095x, PDC.100x, PDC.118-119x, PDC.121x, PDC.133-134x, PDC.134-135x, PDC.161x, PDC.187x, WOB.105x, WOB.109x, WOB.146x, WOB.132x, WOB.134x, WOB.162x, WOB.171-172x, WOB.172x, WOB.176x, SW_v01#05 p.009x, SW_v14#04 p.112 (et al)x, DWN_v1#02 p.002-003x, DWN_v2#09 p.069-070x, BLO_PT#045, BLO_PT#056, BSC.110 #043-044+046x, BSC.156 #138-139x, BSC.262 #547x | unknown (¶1-190), Soulrise Melodies (¶4), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (¶11), E. Mahony (¶11), Soulrise Melodies (¶16), W. Heath (¶31), Soulrise Melodies (¶33), unknown (¶38), S. Jaberi (¶38), T. Nosrat (¶51), J. Mohajer (¶51), Soulrise Melodies (¶74), G.H. Miller (¶91), E. Mahony (¶182), Sophie, Siria and Ashkan (¶182), Bahareh & Scott (¶182), J. Crone (¶182), B. Khademi (¶182), MANA (¶182), Leona and Larry (¶182) | The ‘mother book’ of the Bahá’í Dispensation, announcing to the kings of the earth the promu … | alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; call to action; cleanliness and refinement; confession of sins; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; law of burial and cremation; law of fasting; law of Huququ'llah; law of inheritance; law of obligatory prayer; law of pilgrimage; law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; laws of marriage and dowry; love of God; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); moderation; frugality; simplicity; monasticism; asceticism; murder; causing physical harm; Nineteen-Day Feast; parents and children; youth; families; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for women; prayers (general or uncategorized); pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; theft; seizing the properties of others; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; twin duties of recognition and obedience; unchastity and adultery; words vs deeds; work as worship | * | * | LAC.213-257, ROB3.275 et al, BKOG.351 et al, GPB.206 et al, EBTB.155, EBTB.189, MMAH.199, GSH.133, LL#027 | |
| BH00386 | Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Arabic) | 1750 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Hidden Words; Bahá'í Sacred Writings; 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 t … | 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 | |
| BH00113 | Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Persian) | 3970 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Hidden Words; Bahá'í Sacred Writings; 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 … | 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 | |
| BH00687 | Qad Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisun (The Fire Tablet) | 1120 | Fire Tablet; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ان یا مهدی ان انظر من افق البدآء انوار وجه ربک العلی الابهی ثم استمع الندآء | Indeed the hearts of the sincere are consumed in the fire of separation: Where is the gleaming of the light of Thy Countenance, O Beloved of the worlds? | INBA33:147x, INBA30:124, INBA81:192, BLIB_Or11095#009, , BLIB_Or15738.124, | BRL_DA#335, AHM.169, TSBT.219, MAS4.236ax, NFF2.007x, ASAT1.064x, ASAT5.255x, ABMK.055, OOL.B091 | BPRY.312, BLO_PT#036, BLO_PT#037, BSTW#411 | Ahdieh, S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, B. Lisbeth, A. Yanch, Gyenyame, T. Ellis | Written in rhythmic prose and taking the form of a conversation between Bahá’u’lláh and God in … | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | * | ROB3.226, BKOG.321, MMAH.115, GSH.188, LL#211 | |
| BH01069 | Lawh-i-Hawdaj (=Lawh-i-Samsun) | 780 | تلک آیات ظهرت فی خدر البقا و هودج القدس حین ورود اسم الاعظم عن شطر السبحان | These verses were revealed behind the Veil of Immortality, in the Howdah of Holiness, when the Most Great Name arrived | BRL_DA#728, LHKM1.012, SFI08.015, ASAT4.241x, AKHA_122BE #10 p.ax, AKHA_122BE #10 p.bx, OOL.B042, OOL.B078 | GPB.157x2x, HURQ.BH29 | Written upon Bahá’u’lláh’s arrival on the shores of the Black Sea en route to Istanbul, anno … | banishment to; life in Constantinople; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; power of the Manifestation of God; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | - | ROB2.006, BKOG.195, GPB.157, MMAH.111, GSH.067, LL#115, LL#235 | See howdah at wikipedia.org/wiki/Howdah. |
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