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

BB00041

Du’a’ li-Hadrat-i-Ni’ma

5000

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم و بحمدک اشهدک حینئذ بتوحیدی ایاک و اقراری بازلیتک و ایقانی بوحدانیتک بجوهر کافور ذاتیتی و مجرد ظهور کینونیتی و منتهی غایات خفیات انیتی ... قل هو الله احد الله الصمد لم یلد و لم یولد و لم یکن له کفوا احد بلی انک انت الله

Glorified art Thou, O my God, and praise be unto Thee! I testify unto Thee at this moment, through my unity with Thee and my confession of Thine eternity and my certitude of Thy oneness, by the essence of the camphor of my reality, the pure manifestation of my being, and the uttermost boundaries of the hidden signs of my identity... Say: He is God, the One! God, the Self-Subsisting! He begetteth not, nor is He begotten, and there is none like unto Him. Yea, verily, Thou art God [3.5s]

CMB_F14.005v03-021v02, , BN_6518 p.307v, BYC_tablets.018.11-036.06

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

BB00043

Answer to Kitabi’l-Adyan

4500

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القوة و اللاهوت و لک القدرة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الرحمة و الفضال و لک السطوة و العدال و لک المثل و الأمثال و لک المواقع و الإجلال و لک القوَة و الفعال و لک المثل و الأمثال و لک العظمة و الکبریاء

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

CMB_F21.171.10-189.11#28, , MKI4515.055v-074v

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Angels; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mystical themes; Names and attributes of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00047

Tafsir-i-Vav-i-Va’s-Safat I

3900

Gate of the Heart

بسم الله العلی الاعلی الاعظم. سبحان الذی بیده ملکوت کل شیء لا اله الا هو الواحد المتکبر القائم القدوس الرفیع العزیز المنیع شهد الله لنفسه بالله لا اله الا هو الفرد الحی

Glorified be He in Whose Hands lie the kingdoms of all things. There is none other God but Him, the One, the Most Great, the Self-Subsisting, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Almighty, the Impregnable. God hath testified unto His Own Self, by God, that there is none other God but Him, the Single, the Ever-Living [3.5s]... ...For verily God hath created, in the furthermost oceans of plurality, beyond the Alif, countless numerical letters according to His will

CMB_F21.044.16-060.17#06,

GOH.106-107x, GOH.356x, HURQ.BB06x

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.458.1, GOH.387fn63

BB00058

Ziyarat li-Avvali man aman

3000

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

CMB_F14.204r01-213v02,

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

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

BB00063

Kitab al-Hujja II

2800

بسم الله المقتدر المقتدر. هذا کتاب من عند نقطة البیان عند الله و حجته للعالمین جمیعاً الی من قد جعل الله ذکر اسمه و ذکر اسم حجته و جعله من عند حجته حجة علی العالمین جمیعاً

This is a Book from the Point of the Bayan, Who standeth in the presence of God and is His Proof unto all the worlds, addressed unto him whom God hath made the mention of His Name and the mention of His Proof, and hath made him, through His Proof, a proof unto all the worlds [3.5s]

CMB_F23.082r19-089v05 (18), , BYC_hujjat

Muhammad; Islam; Power of the Manifestation of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection of Muhammad; Return of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

JRAS.477, MSBR.206-207

BB00078

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

2500

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

Tablet to Mulla Muhammad Baqir-i Tabrizi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BB00081

no title

2400

بسم الله العلی العظیم. سبحانک اللهم و بحمدک لا اله الا انت بک عرفتک و بدعوتک صعدت الیک و بما یلهمنی من ذکرک و قدرتک لولا انت ما کنت شیء بدون شماره گذاری

Glorified art Thou, O my God, and praise be unto Thee! There is none other God but Thee. Through Thee have I known Thee, and by Thy summons have I ascended unto Thee, and through that which Thou dost inspire me of Thy remembrance and Thy power - were it not for Thee, I would be as naught [3.5s]

CMB_F23.153r13-159v14 (54),

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00086

Li-avvali man sa’ida ilayh (Mulla Husayn)

2200

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العزة و الجبروت و لک القوة و اللاهوت و لک القدرة و الیاقوت تحیی و تمیت ثم تمیت و تحی و انک انت حی لا تموت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance. Thou givest life and causest death, then causest death and givest life, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not [3.5s]

CMB_F23.182v04-188r07 (63), , BYC_misc-b.022a11-031b06

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs; Prayer for the departed; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets

BB00107

Kitabu’l-Javad

1700

بسم الله الاجود الاجود. بالله الله الاجود الاجود بجود الله الاجود الاجود قل اللهم انک انت جواد السموات و الارض و ما بینهما

By God, the Most Bountiful, the Most Bountiful! Through the bounty of God, the Most Bountiful, the Most Bountiful! Say: O God! Verily Thou art the All-Bountiful One of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them [3.5s]

CMB_F23.089v06-093v06 (19),

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Word of God the cause of creation

BB00109

Du’ayi Laylatu aula min Shahri’llah

1700

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه لیلة قد عظمتها و شرفتها و جللتها و جملتها و قدستها بما قد نسبتها الی نفسک و اطلعت فیها آیة

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is a night which Thou hast magnified, honored, exalted, beautified and sanctified through having associated it with Thine own Self, and wherein Thou didst cause a sign to appear [3.5s]

CMB_F14.166r05-171v04,

Manifestation of God as mediator; Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr); Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BB00117

Du’a’ ‘ala’l-Abavayn min’ar’Rabb

1600

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

CMB_F14.124r10-129r08,

Absolute freedom; independence of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Impossibility of true worship of God; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00130

Munajat li-Hadrat va man ma’ahu

1400

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً صمداً فرداً حیاً قیوماً دائماً ابداً متعمداً مااتخذت لنفسک صاحبة و لا ولداً

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou hast ever been One God, Single, Alone, Self-Subsisting, Living, Self-Sustaining, Everlasting, Eternal, and hast taken unto Thyself neither consort nor son [3.5s]

CMB_F14.214v06-219r09,

Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00135

Kitab al-Hujja I

1400

بسم الله الممتنع الممتنع. و ان هذا لکتاب من عند الله المهیمن القیوم الی من قد جعل الله ذکر اسمه اسم نبیل قبل علی ذکراً من عنده فی العالمین ان یا نبیل قبل علی فاشهد علی انه لا اله الا انا ذوالالاهین

Verily, this is a Book from God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto him whose name God hath made the name of Nabil-before-Ali, a remembrance from His presence unto all the worlds. O Nabil-before-Ali! Bear thou witness that there is none other God but Me, the Lord of all divine attributes [3.5s]

CMB_F23.078v09-082r18 (17),

MSBR.206-207

BB00137

Sahifiy-i-Radaviyyih (Epistle of Rida')

1300

Autobibliography in the Writings of the Báb; Excerpts from the Risáliy-i-Dhahabiyyih; Gate of the Heart

Risaliy-i-Dhahabiyyih

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق الماء بسر الانشا و اقام العرش علی الماء بشان الامضا و انزل الایات من عالم العما

Praise be to God Who hath created the water by the mystery of construction, hath established the throne upon the water by the modality of execution

CMB_F28.6.1-2, , BYC_radawiya

MHA.141-142x, TZH3.290x, AHDA.473-474x fn2, OOL.A013

BAPT.003-005x, MNP.057-058x, MNP.097-100, HURQ.BB21x, LOIR06.059ff, BLO_PT#012x, BLO_PT#034x

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.449.2, AHDA.452.3, MMAH.046, MMAH.048, SRC.053-055, SRC.207, GOH.023, GOH.032, GOH.131, GOH.379fn35

Includes the Khutbiy-i-Dhikriyyih as chapter 1.

BB00144

Du’a’ li’l-Ithbat

1300

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک باولیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تنصرن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة الاثبات

O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Firstness, which verily transcendeth all things, to grant victory unto every being possessing the letter Alif that is related to the Tree of Affirmation [3.5s]

CMB_F14.140r10-144v02,

Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BB00148

Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy

1300

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

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

CMB_F14.144v04-148v09,

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00163

Du’ayi Layliy-i-thaniyyih

1200

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک ببهاء ضیاء علاء رضاء ربوبیتک و جلال و جمال کمال فعال سبوحیتک

O God! I beseech Thee by the splendor, the radiance, the sublimity and the good-pleasure of Thy Lordship, and by the majesty, beauty and perfection of Thy sanctified glory [3.5s]

CMB_F14.174v08-178v04,

Ziyarat-Namih-i-Mulla Muhammad `Ali-i-Barfurushi (Tablets of Visitation for Mulla Muhammad `Ali-i-Barfurushi (Quddus))

BB00166

Ziyarat for Hadrat-i-Quddus

1200

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. جوهر مجرد طرز کافور اطهر اطهر انور الذی طلع و اشرق ثم لمع و ابرق ... علیک یا نورالبهاء و ذکر الانشاء و سر القضاء

O pure Essence, ornament of most holy and radiant camphor, that hath risen and shone forth, then gleamed and flashed in brilliance... upon thee, O Light of Bahá, Remembrance of Creation, Mystery of Decree [3.5s]

CMB_F23.146r07-149r08 (51), , MKI4500.124r-126v

HURQ.BB35x

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Mystical themes; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

For Shaykh Ahmad?

BB00167

Prayer for Ahmad

1200

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و لک الحمد تحیی و تمیت ثم تمیت و تحیی و انک انت حی لاتموت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and Thine the Praise. Thou givest life and causest death, then causest death and givest life, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not [3.5s]

CMB_F14.057r06-060v08,

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

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

BB00169

Du’a’ li'lladhina ‘araju

1200

Selections from the Writings of the Báb

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

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

CMB_F14.158v05-162v01,

SWBP#45 (p.134-134x)

SWB#46 (p.188-189x)

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

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

BB00181

Du’a’ li’n-Nuri’l-Akhdar

1100

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک من ابدیتک بتابدها و کل ابدیتک متابدة عندک ثم فی ام الکتاب اللهم انی اسئلک بابدیتک کلها

O God! I beseech Thee by Thine Eternity in its perpetuity, and verily all Thine eternity is everlasting in Thy presence and in the Mother Book. O my God! I beseech Thee by Thine eternity in its entirety [3.5s]

CMB_F14.229v01-233r09,

Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BB00183

no title

1100

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. تبارک الذی جعل الیوم یوم العید لم یزل و ان فی شطر من اللیل تقترن الشمس بالجلم تلعت شمس البدیعة فی اوا الایام معتدل و فی لیله التقی الفلکان شمس من السبع

Blessed be He Who hath made this day a festival for all time, when even in the watches of night the sun was conjoined with the celestial sphere; when the sun of wondrous newness rose in balanced measure at the dawning of days, and in its night two heavenly orbs, the sun from among the seven, did meet [3.5s]

CMB_F20.018r09-018v03,

BB00184

no title

1100

بسم الله المتفرد المتقرب. سبحان الذی خلق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامره و ان الیه کل یرجعون و لله ملکوت السموات و الارض و ما بینهما

Glorified be He Who created the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them by His command, and verily unto Him shall all return, and His is the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them [3.5s]

CMB_F20.026v08-028v19,

BB00188

Prayer for Siyyid Husayn

1100

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العزة و الجبروت و لک القوة و اللاهوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت

CMB_F14.219r10-223r02,

Justice and wrath of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BB00189

Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafyi’n-Nafy

1100

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

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

CMB_F14.148v10-152v01,

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Impossibility of true worship of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00190

Du’a’ li-avvali man amana bi’llah va man qad sa’ida bihi ila’llah

1100

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت الواحد الاحد الصمد الفرد الحی القیوم المعتمد الذی لم تلد و لم تولد و لم یکون لک کفو و لا عدل و لا شبه و لا قرین

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, the One, the Single, the Self-Subsisting, the Alone, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Sufficient, Who hath neither begotten nor been begotten, and unto Whom there is no peer, nor equal, nor likeness, nor partner [3.5s]

CMB_F14.162v03-166r04,

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

BB00192

Du’a’ li-Ithbati’l-ithbat

1100

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

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

CMB_F14.152v03-156r08,

Selections from the Writings of the Báb

BB00201

Du’ayi Sahar likulli laylin min shahri’llah

990

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. یا من یقبل من یقبله نقطة البیان و یا من یرد من یرده نقطة البیان و یا من ینظر الی ما ینظر الیه نقطة البیان

O thou who acceptest whomsoever the Point of the Bayan doth accept, and O thou who rejectest whomsoever the Point of the Bayan doth reject, and O thou who beholdest whatsoever the Point of the Bayan doth behold [3.5s]... ...Do Thou ordain for me, O Lord, every good thing Thou hast created or wilt create, and shield me from whatever evil Thou abhorrest

CMB_F14.171v05-174v07,

SWBP#44 (p.133-134x)

SWB#45 (p.187-188x)

Attaining good pleasure of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00208

Li-Validay man yaktub bayna yadi’llah

950

بسم الله الامنع الامنع. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک الرحمة و الفضال و لک السطوة و العدال ... علی کلشیء قدیرا و سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تقدست

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

CMB_F14.129r09-132r09,

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

BB00212

Du’a’ li’n-Nuri’l-Asfar

940

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاسئلنک من الوهیتک باعظمها او کل الوهیتک عظیمه عندک ثم فی ام الکتاب

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by that which is most exalted in Thy Divinity, though verily all Thy Divinity is supremely great in Thy sight and in the Mother Book [3.5s]

CMB_F14.225v10-229r10,

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

BB00221

no title

910

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

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

CMB_F14.121v02-124r09,

Angels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00227

Du’a’ li’n-Nuri’l-Ahmar

900

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک عن الوهیتک باعظمها و کل الوهیتک عظمه عندک

O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Divinity in its most glorious manifestation, and all Thy divinity is glorious in Thy sight [3.5s]

CMB_F14.233r10-236v05,

JRAS.462, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

BB00243

Letter to Jinab-i-Dhabih Dhakiru'llah

820

بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحان الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ما بینهما قل کل له قانتون و الحمد لله الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و الارض و ما بینهما قل کل له ساجدون شهد الله

Glorified be He before Whom bow down in adoration all who dwell in the heavens and on the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Say: All are submissive unto Him. And praise be unto God, before Whom prostrate themselves whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on earth and whatsoever lieth between them! Say: All are prostrate before Him. God beareth witness [3.5s]

CMB_F23.096v06-098v04 (22),

MANU.051-054

Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00254

Du’a’ li’n-Nuri’l-Abyad

790

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

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

CMB_F14.223r04-225v09,

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

Belief and denial; Fire and light; fire and water; Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00255

Ziyarat li-Avvali man aman

790

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک یومئذ یوم الجمعه و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لاشریک لک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness unto Thee on this Day, the Day of Friday, and all things testify that verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, alone, without peer [3.5s]

CMB_F23.188r09-190r09 (64), , BYC_misc-b.031b08-035a02

BB00256

Du’a’ fi avvali kulli laylin min shahri’llah

780

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک یا لا اله الا انت ببهاء لا اله الا انت اذ لا اله الا انت ان تصلین علی حرف الباء بما انت علیه من بها لا اله الا انت انک کنت ذا فضل عظیما

O God! I beseech Thee, O Thou besides Whom there is none other God, by the splendor of "There is no God but Thee"—when there is none other God but Thee—to shower Thy blessings upon the Letter B through that glory which is Thine—There is no God but Thee! Verily, Thou art the Lord of surpassing bounty [3.5s]

CMB_F14.156r10-158v03,

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Manifestation of God as sun; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BB00271

Hadith on 'the Land of Paradise'

720

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

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

CMB_F21.192.16-196.04#30,

Epistle of Qāʾimiyyat, The

BB00273

Tawqi’i Qa’imiyyat

720

Tawqi’i Qa’imiyyat

هو الاعلی بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی و انه هو حی لا یموت فی قبضته ملکوت کلشیء یخلق ما یشآء بأمره انه کان علی کل شیء قدیراً ان یا علی قد اصطفیناک بامرنا و جعلناک ملکاً تنادی بین یدی القائم

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the creation and the command. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life, and verily He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not. In His grasp is the dominion of all things; He createth whatsoever He willeth by His command, and verily, He hath power over all things. O Ali! We have chosen thee through Our command and made thee a king to proclaim before the Qa'im [3.5s]

CMB_F20.010v18-012r07, , BYC_tablets.062.17-065.09

LDR.291x, TZH3.164.11-166.09, AHDA.472, QISM.014

HURQ.BB26x

Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; Transcendence; unknowability of God

SRC.095, SRC.276

BB00278

no title

710

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الملائکة و اولو العلم قائما بالقسط لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم اللهم انی اسئلک یا لا اله الا انت بالوامیة

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and the angels, and they who are possessed of knowledge, standing firm in justice, bear witness that there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Wise. O my God! I beseech Thee, O Thou besides Whom there is no God [3.5s]

CMB_F14.026r04-027v07,

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00283

no title

700

CMB_F14.102v04-104v02,

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

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Creation of the world; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00286

Tafsir hadith "یکتمنه عن غیر اهله"

680

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

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

CMB_F21.189.14-192-12#29, , MKI4494.061

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00288

Tafsir-i-Vav-i-Va’s-Safat II

670

بسم الله العلی الاعلی العظیم. سبحان الذی بیده ملکوت کل شیء و انه لا اله الا هو الواحد المتکبرالمنان و ان لله ملک السموات و الارض

Glorified be He in Whose Hands lie the dominion of all things. There is no God but Him, the One, the All-Compelling, the All-Bountiful. Verily unto God belongeth the sovereignty of the heavens and of the earth [3.5s]

CMB_F21.060.19-063.15#07,

Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00290

no title

670

هو العطوف الرحیم الرؤف الکریم. طراز جوهر مجرد کافور ساذج عال ازل الذی طرز من استطرازو طرز تطریز طرازات اطراز طراز

O Essence of pure and ethereal camphor, Ancient and Most Exalted One, Who hath adorned with embellishments the very emblems of adornment [3.5s]

CMB_F14.002v03-004v01, , CMB_F23.149r10-150r12 (52), , MKI4500.126v-128r

JRAS.453, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195

BB00291

Letter to Tahirih (Maku)

660

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یبدع ما یشاء بفضله سبحانه و تعالی عما یصفون اللهم انی اشهدک و من لدیک

Praise be to God Who createth whatsoever He willeth through His grace, and glorified and exalted be He above all that they describe. O God! I bear witness before Thee [3.5s]

CMB_F21.135.02-138.01#24,

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BB00296

no title

660

بسم الله المتنور المتعطر المتجب المتعظم. و لله بهاء السموات و الارض و ما بینهما و کان الله ذا بهاء عظیما

Unto God belongeth the splendor of the heavens and of the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and verily God is possessed of surpassing glory [3.5s]

CMB_F20.007v09-009r06,

BB00299

no title

640

بسم الله المتشکر المتقدم المتکرم المتعظم. و لله البهاء کله و انا لنستبهین بالله فی کل حین و قبل حین و بعد حین

Unto God belongeth all Glory, and verily we seek illumination from God at every moment, both aforetime and hereafter [3.5s]

CMB_F20.006r12-007v08,

BB00303

Reply to six questions

620

هو الله المتکبر الفرد الوتر. حمداً لله الذی عرف ذاته ذاته و تقدس عن وصف ما دونه بنفسه لم

Praise be unto God, Who hath known His own Essence through His own Self, and Who hath sanctified His Being beyond the description of aught else beside Him [3.5s]

CMB_F23.127r19-130r06 (27), , HARV.3, BYC_tablets.057.06-061.02

MANU.067-068x

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00306

no title

610

هو الاقهر الاظهر الاکبر الانور الافخر بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو السلطان المتعزز المتکبر المتسخر المتجبر المتقهر المتظهر المتنور المتفطر المتجلل المتجمل المتقدم المتعظم المتقدر المتقدس له الاسماءالحسنی

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Sovereign, the All-Mighty, the Most Great, the All-Compelling, the All-Subduing, the All-Victorious, the Most Manifest, the All-Luminous, the Creator, the Most Glorious, the Most Beauteous, the Most Exalted, the Most Supreme, the All-Powerful, the Most Holy. His are the most excellent names [3.5s]

CMB_F23.143v14-145v01 (48), , CMB_F20.024r18-025r18, , BYC_tablets.090.12-092.15

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

BB00310

no title

600

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما عالم الغیب والشهادة لن یعزب عن علمک من شیء لا فی السموات و لا فی الارض و لا ما بینهما

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, the Knower of all that is hidden and manifest. Nothing escapeth Thy knowledge, whether in the heavens or in the earth or in whatsoever lieth between them [3.5s]

CMB_F14.086v07-088v03,

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Purpose; goal of creation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BB00312

Tawqi'a haykal

600

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو قل کل له ساجدون شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو قل کل له عابدون

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. Say: All bow down before Him. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. Say: All worship Him [3.5s]

CMB_F20.029r02-030r19,

AHDA.469, QISM.026

AHDA.460.02c, SRC.275

BB00323

no title

560

بسم الله الرحمن المستعان المترئف المتعال. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بالحق و ان امره اقرب من ان یقول له کن فیکون و لله ما فی السموات و الارض و ما بینهما قل کل الیه لیرجعون و لله بهاء

Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them in truth, and verily His command is nearer than to say "Be!" and it is. Unto God belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and in the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Say: All shall return unto Him. And unto God be glory [3.5s]

CMB_F20.004v11-005r19,

BB00350

Tawqi'a Qa'imiyyat

490

هو الاعلی بسم الامنع الاقدس. قل هو الظاهر فوق خلقه و هو المهیمن القیوم شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو

Say: He is the One manifest above His creation, and He is the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. God doth testify that there is none other God but Him [3.5s]

CMB_F23.136v13-138r03 (42), , CMB_F20.017r12-018r07, , BYC_tablets.076.09-078.05

QISM.018

Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Return of the Manifestations of God; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; Transcendence; unknowability of God

SRC.096

BB00351

Da’irat’il-Hirz

480

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

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

CMB_F21.063.17-065.15#08,

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

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

BB00357

Tawqi'a Tahrim Sharb-i-Dukhkhan (in honor of Shaykh 'Ali)

470

هو العلی المتکبر البدیع. سبحان الذی یعلم ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض و انه لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم هو الذی یبدع ما یشاء بامره و ان الذین کفروا بالله و ایاته فاولئک هم الخاسرون و ان الذین

Glorified be He Who knoweth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on the earth. Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Wise. He it is Who createth, through His command, whatsoever He willeth. And they who have disbelieved in God and His signs, these are they who are the lost, and those who [3.5s]

CMB_F23.139v12-141r02 (45), , CMB_F20.019v11-020v03, , BYC_tablets.080.16-082.10

TZH3.000j.04

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00377

no title

420

بسم الله العلی العظیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین کفروا بایاتنا الى الله ربک یحشرون ولقد قرئنا کتب الذى نزل الینا قل له انا لکل شاهدون قل اتقوا الله

Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth by His command! Those who have denied Our signs shall be brought to account before God, thy Lord. Verily, We have read that which was sent down unto Us. Say: We bear witness unto all things. Say: Fear ye God [3.5s]

CMB_F23.138v09-139v10 (44), , CMB_F20.019r01-019v09, , BYC_tablets.079.06-080.14

Personal instructions; Shaykhis

BB00387

no title

410

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

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

CMB_F14.101r10-102v02,

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

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

BB00391

Du’ayi Sahar-i-mukhtasar

400

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بک لا شیء عندک عدلک و لاکفوک و لاشبهک و لاقرینک و لامثالک مستشهدا علی ما اشهدتنی و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت

O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Self -- for naught before Thee can equal Thy justice, none can be Thy peer, none can bear resemblance unto Thee, none can be joined with Thee, and none can be likened unto Thee -- bearing witness unto that which Thou hast caused me to witness, and all things likewise bear witness, that verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee [3.5s]

CMB_F14.178v05-180r01,

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Letters of the Living; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00397

no title

400

بسم الله المتعزز المتقدر المتظهر المهیمن. و لله الهاء کله من قبل و من بعد و کان الله ذا هاء عظیما

Unto God belongeth the transcendent Essence [Há'], both in the past and in the future, and God hath ever been possessed of transcendent Glory [3.5s]

CMB_F20.010r02-010v16,

BB00405

no title

380

بسم الله المتسخر المتجذب المتکبر المتقدر. و لله الامر کله من قبل و من بعد و کان الله ذا اکر عظیما

Unto God belongeth all Command, both in the past and in the future, and God is, verily, possessed of supreme majesty [3.5s]

CMB_F20.009r07-009v19,

BB00406

no title

380

بسم الله المتذخر المتعفظ المتنظر المتعزز. و لله ما فی السموات و الارض و ما بینهما و کان الله علی کل شیء قدیرا و لله بهاء

Unto God belongeth all that is in the heavens and upon the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and verily God hath power over all things. Unto Him be all glory [3.5s]

CMB_F20.003r08-004r01,

BB00408

no title

370

بسم الله المتعزز المتقدر المتکبر المتطهر. سبحان الذی خلق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامره کن فیکون قل سبحان الله فی کل حین

Glorified be He Who created the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them by His command "Be, and it is!" Say: Glory be unto God at every moment [3.5s]

CMB_F20.001v02-002r13,

BB00411

no title

360

بسم الله المتعزز المتقدر المتکبر المتطهر. الحمد لله الاول الاخر و الظاهر الباطن و القاهر القائم و القادر العالم

Praise be to God, the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden, the Omnipotent and the Self-Subsisting, the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing [3.5s]

CMB_F20.002r15-003r06,

BB00417

Du’a’ li’sh-Shajarati’l-Ula va man i’sta'zalla fi zillih

360

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. لتصلین اللهم رب علی شجرة وحدانیتک و لتنزلن اللهم علیها ما ینبغی لعلو جودک و ملیک عز صمدانیتک

O Lord, my God! Shower Thy blessings upon the Tree of Thy Unity, and rain down upon it that which befitteth the loftiness of Thy bounty and the sovereignty of Thy divine Oneness [3.5s]

CMB_F14.213v04-214v05,

Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BB00429

no title

340

بسم الله المتکبر المتجبر المتعزز المتظهر. قل الله ربی یخلق ما یشاء بامره کن فیکون و له بدع السموات و الارض و ما بینهما

Say: God, my Lord, createth whatsoever He willeth by His command "Be," and it is. His is the creation of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them [3.5s]

CMB_F20.005v02-006r11,

BB00430

no title

330

بسمه العلی العظیم. الحمد لله الذی یزکى من یشآء بحکمه ثم الذین امنوا بالله و ایاته الى الله ربک یحشرون

Praise be to God, Who, through His wisdom, purifieth whomsoever He willeth. Then shall they who have believed in God and in His signs be gathered unto God, thy Lord [3.5s]

CMB_F23.136r04-136v11 (41), , CMB_F20.016v10-017r10, , BYC_tablets.075.06-076.08

BB00461

no title

290

هو الله العلی الاعلی بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض بامر ثم الذین امنوا بالله و ایاته فاولئک هم الی الله یحشرون الحمد الله الذی افتتن الکل بصبری علی ذلک الجبل

Glorified be He Who hath fashioned whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on earth by His command. And they who have believed in God and His signs - these shall verily be gathered unto Him. Praise be to God Who hath tried all through My patience upon that mountain [3.5s]

CMB_F23.130r08-130v08 (28), , CMB_F20.012r09-012v03, , BYC_tablets.065.11-066.06

Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Imamate; the Caliphate

BB00462

Prayer for Haji Mirza Jani Kashani

290

Translation List

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا الهی کیف ادعوک بعد عصیانی نفسک و اغفالی عن مواقع حکمک و ادباری عن مقاعد مناجاتک

How can I call on Thee, O my God, after I have rebelled against Thee, neglected the Repositories of Thy decree, and turned away from the Seats of Thy communion?

CMB_F31.040r,

ADMS#130

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AHDA.459

BB00465

no title

280

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان اتبع ما اوحی الیک الآن من کتاب الله فان امرالله لحق و کل علینا لیعرضون

Follow thou what hath now been revealed unto thee from the Book of God, for verily the Cause of God is the Truth, and all shall be brought before Us [3.5s]

CMB_F23.131r05-131v09 (30), , CMB_F20.012v18-013r04, , HARV.10, BYC_tablets.067.05-068.03

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BB00473

no title

270

بسمه العلی العظیم. سبحان الذی نزل الآیات بالحق فی کتاب مبین و هو الذی یحق الحق بآیاته و لو کره المشرکون و لقد منناک بما ذکرت فی الکتاب

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth within a clear Book, and He it is Who vindicateth the truth through His signs, though the idolaters be averse. Verily have We favored thee with that which thou hast mentioned in the Book [3.5s]

CMB_F23.131v11-132v01 (31), , CMB_F20.013r17-013v15, , BYC_tablets.068.05-069.03

Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BB00476

no title

270

بسم الله المتقدر المتقدس. فاشهد فی اول الدین ان لا اله الا هو رب العالمین و ما لله مثل محمد رسول الا من قبل و لا من بعد و لا فی العالمین

Bear thou witness, in the beginning of the Religion of God, that there is no God but Him, the Lord of the worlds, and that none like unto Muhammad, His Messenger, existed before or shall exist after, throughout all creation [3.5s]

CMB_F23.126v10-127r17 (26), , BYC_tablets.056.07-057.04

MANU.066-067

Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00477

no title

260

بسمه العلی العظیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو لعزیز حکیم و لقد قرئنا کتب التی نزلت الینا و انا نحن نشهد لما یحدث فی الارض والله خبیر علیم

Praise be to God Who hath sent down the Book upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants. Verily, there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Wise. We have indeed read the books that were sent down unto Us, and We do verily bear witness unto that which transpireth upon the earth, and God is the All-Informed, the All-Knowing [3.5s]

CMB_F20.014r07-014v03, , BYC_tablets.069.15-070.13

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BB00488

no title

250

بسم الله المتقدس المنیع. و لله الامر کله من قبل و من بعد و کان الله علی کل شیء قدیر

Unto God belongeth all Command, both in the past and in the future, and God is, verily, powerful over all things [3.5s]

CMB_F20.026r05-026v06,

BB00491

no title

240

بسم الله المتقدس المتقدر. تبارک الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و الارض و ما بینهما و کان الله عظیما عظیما

Blessed be He unto whom bow down in adoration all that dwell in the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and verily God hath ever been supremely great [3.5s]

CMB_F20.016r08-016v08, , BYC_tablets.074.05-075.04

BB00492

Li-‘Azim

240

بسم الله العلی العظیم. سبحان الذى نزل الکتاب فیه هدى و ذکرى لقوم یسمعون و انا نحن نزلنا کتاب العدل فیه حکم من لدنا لقوم یعملون

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the Book wherein lieth guidance and remembrance for a people who hearken. Verily We, even We, have revealed the Book of Justice containing Our decrees for those who act [3.5s]

CMB_F23.138r03-138v07 (43), , CMB_F20.018v05-018v19, , BYC_tablets.078.07-079.04

Free will and predestination; fate; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Word of God is its own standard

BB00495

no title

230

بسمه العلی العظیم. ان اتبع حکم الله فی الحین و لا تخف و اسکن بیت الامن فانا کنا علیکم حافظون ان اصبر و لا تجزع فانا کنا علیکم شاهدون

Follow thou the command of God in this hour, and fear not. Dwell thou in the shelter of security, for verily We are thy Protector. Be patient and grieve not, for verily We are thy Witness [3.5s]

CMB_F23.135r13-136r02 (40), , CMB_F20.015v11-016r06, , BYC_tablets.073.06-074.04

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Contention and conflict; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BB00503

no title

210

بسمه العلی العظیم. سبحان الذى نزل الامر فى الحین على امر مستقر و لقد نزل الیوم ما فصلت الینا و انا نحن لکل شاهدون و ان الصبح نزلنا کتابا الى الذى صدق امر ربک من قبل

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the Command in this Hour according to an established decree. Verily, there hath been sent down this Day that which was expounded unto Us, and We, verily, are witnesses unto all things. And at daybreak did We send down a Book unto him who formerly affirmed the Cause of thy Lord [3.5s]

CMB_F23.134r13-134v12 (38), , CMB_F20.015r06-015r17, , BYC_tablets.071.16-072.10

Exhortations and counsels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Wisdom [hikmat]

BB00519

Answer to Siyyid Ahmad Aqa-Zadih

190

Prayer Revealed by the Báb for the Son of Siyyid Kazim Rashti, A

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا صغیر السن یا رطب البدن یا قریب العهد من شرب اللبن الحمد لله الذی انشاء ما فی السموات و الارض بامره

O thou who art young in years, tender of body, and freshly weaned from thy mother's milk! Praise be to God, who hath, through His command, brought into being whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth [4o]

CMB_F21.126.10-127.04#20, , BYC_collect3.001-002

MUH1.0671-0672, NSS.082b

Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Transcendence; unknowability of God