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| BH11091 | 50 | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی و محبوبی تری فقری و افتقاری | Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Beloved! Thou beholdest my poverty and my destitution [3.5s] | INBA35:004a | acquiescence and resignation; contentment; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11092 | 50 | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی یا الهی و یا سیدی و سیدی و یا محبوبی محبوبی لک الملک و | Glorified art Thou, O my God, my God, O my Lord, my Lord, O my Beloved, my Beloved! Thine is the Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA36:113b, INBA71:279b, INBA92:133a | LHKM3.386 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH11093 | 50 | قد ادنفنا هم ناصب و عیش شاصب و بلاء لازب نحمد الله فی کل ذلک لم یزل کان | We have been encompassed by consuming grief, a bitter life and relentless tribulation. Through all these things We render praise unto God, Who hath ever been as He is [3.5s] | INBA73:343a, NLAI_BH1.489, NLAI_BH2.234b | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11094 | 50 | قد اراد بحر المعانی ان یرسل الیک قدحا من کوثر البیان انک اذا شربت قل سبحانک | The Ocean of Inner Meanings hath desired to send unto thee a chalice from the Kawthar of utterance. When thou drinkest thereof, say: "Glorified art Thou!" [3.5s] | INBA15:262a, INBA26:262b, BLIB_Or15696.142d, | praise and encouragement; prayer for praise and gratitude; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11095 | 50 | قد حضر کتابک و امسکنا القلم الی ان اتی المیقات اطلقنا زمامه و ذکرناک بما | Thy letter hath arrived before Us, and We withheld Our Pen until the appointed time had come. Then did We loose its rein and make mention of thee with that which [3.5s] | INBA51:140a, BLIB_Or15715.254d, , KB_620:133-134 | personal instructions; praise and encouragement; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11098 | 50 | قد شهد قلمی الاعلی باقبالک الی الله العلی الاعلی هذه شهاده لاتعادلها کنوز | My Most Exalted Pen hath testified to thy turning unto God, the Most High, the Most Exalted - a testimony wherewith no treasures can compare [3.5s] | INBA19:132c, INBA32:122b, BLIB_Or15696.087c, | personal instructions; praise and encouragement; predictions and prophecies; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11109 | 50 | قل سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بجودک و جنودک و بالنور الذی به اشرقت مدآئن علمک | Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy bounty and Thy hosts, and by the Light wherewith the cities of Thy knowledge were illumined [3.5s] | INBA23:102, BLIB_Or15695.066a, | BRL_DA#332, AHB_131BE #01-02 p.142, BSHI.019 | knowledge; recognition of God; prayer for nearness to God | - | - | |||||||
| BH11111 | 50 | قل سبحانک یا سلطان الوجود و مالک الغیب و الشهود اسئلک بالاسم الذی به انفطرت | Say: Glorified art Thou, O Sovereign of existence and Ruler of the seen and unseen! I beseech Thee by the Name through which was cleft asunder [3.5s] | INBA41:447a | Greatest Name; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11112 | 50 | قل لک الحمد یا منزل المن و السلوی و مالک العرش و الثری بما عرفتنی مظهر امرک و | Say: All praise be unto Thee, O Sender of manna and quails, Lord of the Throne and of the dust, inasmuch as Thou hast caused me to recognize the Manifestation of Thy Cause [3.5s] | INBA41:445c | knowledge; recognition of God; praise and encouragement; prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11113 | 50 | قلم اعلی در حبس اعظم بذکر الله ناطق و مشغول است انشاء الله باید نفوسی که از | The Most Exalted Pen, in the Most Great Prison, is occupied with the remembrance of God. Verily, such souls as [3.5s] | INBA41:446a, BLIB_Or15710.295c, | praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11114 | 50 | کل یوم یفترس الذئب عنما من اغنام الله الهی الی متی تنظر و تصبر ان العدل | O my God! Each day doth the wolf seize one from among the sheep of God. How long wilt Thou observe and forbear? Verily justice [3.5s] | INBA51:434, BLIB_Or15696.090g, | chastisement and requital; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11116 | 50 | لا تنس ذکر الله و عهده انه معک و ینصرک فی کل الاحوال ان اقبل الی الله و انقطع | Forget not the remembrance of God and His Covenant. Verily, He is with thee and shall aid thee in all circumstances. Turn thou unto God and be thou detached [3.5s] | INBA73:336b, NLAI_BH2.218.10 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11121 | 50 | لک الحمد یا الهی بما ایدت عبادک و امائک علی ذکرک و ثنائک و خدمه امرک اسئلک | Praise be unto Thee, O my God, inasmuch as Thou hast aided Thy servants and handmaidens to make mention of Thee and glorify Thee, and to serve Thy Cause. I beseech Thee [3.5s] | INBA18:375 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11122 | 50 | لک الحمد یا الهی بما مستنی الذله الکبری مره اخری فی حبک یا من بیدک ملکوت | All praise be unto Thee, O my God, for once again hath supreme abasement touched me in Thy love, O Thou in Whose hand rests dominion [3.5s] | INBA73:338a, NLAI_BH2.218.06 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; praise and encouragement; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11131 | 50 | وجه قدم از سجن اعظم باحبایش توجه نموده و مینماید طوبی لمن قام علی خدمه الامر | The Ancient Countenance from the Most Great Prison hath turned toward His loved ones and continueth so to turn. Blessed is he who ariseth to serve the Cause [3.5s] | INBA23:175b, BLIB_Or15710.259a, , BLIB_Or15730.027f, | AQA6#294 p.289b, KHMI.076 | call to action; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BH11132 | 50 | ورقای بقا بر سدره منتهی در هر صبح و شام باین کلمه احلی مغرد است ای مجذوبان | The Immortal Dove, upon the Divine Lote-Tree, doth at every morn and eve warble forth this most sweet utterance: "O ye who are enraptured..." [3.5s] | INBA38:073e | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11156 | 50 | یا بدیع ان البدیع یذکرک فی الحضور اظهارا لفضل الله و نعمته و ابرازا لجوده و | O Badí'! The Most Wondrous One maketh mention of thee in His presence, as a token of God's grace and bounty, and as a manifestation of His generosity [3.5s] | INBA19:108c, INBA32:100a | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11169 | 50 | یا عبدالله انا اقبلنا الیک من هذا المقام الرفیع و نذکرک بذکر لا یعادله شیء و | O servant of God! We have turned unto thee from this exalted station and make mention of thee with a remembrance wherewith nothing can compare [3.5s] | INBA15:247a, INBA26:249a, BLIB_Or15696.084d, | PYK.212 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||
| BH11170 | 50 | یا عزیزالله انا ذکرناک و فی هذا الحین ان ذکری تراه مره کالشمس المشرقه من | O 'Azizu'llah! We have made mention of thee, and at this moment thou beholdest My remembrance even as the sun rising resplendent [3.5s] | INBA19:108d, INBA32:100b | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11176 | 50 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | یا غصن اعظم لعمر الله نوازلک کدرتنی ولکن الله یشفیک و یحفظک و هو خیر کریم | O Most Great Branch! By My life! Thy tribulations have grieved Me, but God shall heal thee and preserve thee, for He is the Best, the All-Bountiful [3.5s]... ...The glory of God rest upon Thee and upon whosoever serveth Thee and circleth around Thee | INBA81:087a | BRL_DA#244, AHM.106, HDQI.006b, AHDW.009, ASAT4.413x, AHB_128BE #06-11 p.196, ANDA#03 p.46 | BRL_ATBH#42, WOB.135x | almunajat.com [item 20] | chastisement and requital; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; praise and encouragement | - | - | LL#092 | |||
| BH11179 | 50 | یا لیت کان للبهاء انس علی عدد کل الاشیاء لیشکرک یا الهی فیما مسته فی | O would that Bahá had intimate companions to the number of all created things, that they might render thanks unto Thee, O my God, for what hath befallen him [3.5s] | INBA73:336a, NLAI_BH2.219.02 | acquiescence and resignation; contentment; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11192 | 50 | یا میرزا آقا اسمت لدی العرش مذکور آمد و مالک اسماء باین کلمات بدیعه منیعه که | O Mirza Aqa! Thy name hath been mentioned before the Throne, and the Lord of Names hath addressed thee with these wondrous and sublime words [3.5s] | INBA41:445a, BLIB_Or15710.295a, | exhortations and counsels; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11196 | 50 | یذکرک المظلوم من شطر السجن و یذکر ایام حضورک لدی الوجه و قیامک لدی الباب و | The Wronged One remembereth thee from the precincts of the prison, and calleth to mind the days of thy presence before His countenance and thy standing at the gate [3.5s] | INBA51:563b, BLIB_Or15696.092b, | consolation and comfort; permission for visit; pilgrimage; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11206 | 40 | ابواب رضوان معانی مفتوح و نسایم قمیص رحمن در هبوب و مرور ای احبای الهی خود | The gates of the Paradise of inner meanings stand open, and the breezes from the garment of the All-Merciful are wafting and passing by, O beloved ones of God [3.5s] | INBA38:073d | attaining the life of the spirit | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11224 | 40 | ان یا محمد لاتحزن عن کل ما نسبناک لان کلما یظهر من الحبیب محبوب ثم استقم علی | O Muhammad! Be not grieved by all that We have attributed unto thee, for whatsoever proceedeth from the Beloved is beloved. Stand thou, then, steadfast [3.5s] | INBA71:002a | consolation and comfort; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11226 | 40 | انا بشرنا الوری بما انتهت الایه المبارکه الکبری ولکنه رسول الله و خاتم | Verily, We have given glad tidings unto all humanity of that which the Most Great and Blessed Verse hath concluded: "And yet He is the Messenger of God and the Seal" [3.5s] | INBA15:335b, INBA26:339a, BLIB_Or15715.169b, | day of Resurrection; Judgement; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prophecy and fulfillment; Seal of the Prophets | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11227 | 40 | انا نذکر عبدالحسین و نوصیه بما ینبغی له طوبی لمذکور عمل بما نزل فی کتاب الله | We make mention of 'Abdu'l-Husayn, and counsel him with that which beseemeth him. Blessed is he who hath acted in accordance with that which hath been revealed in the Book of God [3.5s] | INBA51:619b.05 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; personal instructions; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11237 | 40 | ای کنیز الهی ندایت اصغا شد و بفیض اعظم که عرفان مالک قدم است فائز گشتی | O handmaid of God! Thy call hath been heard, and thou hast attained unto the Most Great Bounty, which is the recognition of the Ancient Lord [3.5s] | INBA84:125b, INBA84:063b, INBA84:005b, BLIB_Or15730.019d, | knowledge; recognition of God; twin duties of recognition and obedience | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11257 | 40 | ذکر حضرت مبلغ و جناب افنان علیهم بهاء الله و رحمته در ساحت امنع اقدس عرض شد | The mention of His Holiness the Teacher and the noble Afnán, upon them be the glory of God and His mercy, was presented at the Most Holy and Most Exalted Threshold [3.5s] | INBA27:485a | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; eulogies; reminiscences; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11261 | 40 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما انفقتنی لاحیاء من فی سمائک و ارضک و جعلتنی | Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for having caused me to expend myself for the quickening of all who dwell in Thy heaven and on Thy earth, and hast made me [3.5s] | INBA73:001a, INBA92:382a | TZH4.115x, AQMJ1.021 | sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | |||||||
| BH11262 | 40 | سبحانک اللهم یا فاطر السماء و مالک الاسماء اسئلک بجمالک الذی اشرق عن افق | Glorified art Thou, O my God, O Creator of the heavens and Possessor of Names! I beseech Thee by Thy Beauty that hath shone forth from the horizon [3.5s] | INBA33:146a, INBA92:381a, BLIB_Or15699.032b, | LHKM3.385b, AQMJ1.016a | prayer for unity; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| BH11270 | 40 | طوبی از برای نفوسیکه از رحیق بقا نوشیده اند و از کوثر لقا مرزوق شده قسم | Blessed are the souls who have quaffed from the wine of immortality and have been made to partake of the Kawthar of attainment unto His presence [3.5s] | INBA38:073c | high station of the true believer; presence of; reunion with God; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; spiritual transformation; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH11276 | 40 | فسبحانک اللهم اسئلک بالذی به ارفعت اعلام هدایتک و به اقمت رایات فردانیتک بان | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Him through Whom Thou didst raise up the ensigns of Thy guidance and establish the standards of Thy oneness, that [3.5s] | INBA71:116a, INBA92:127b | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11277 | 40 | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بأسمک الذی به اظهرت | Glorified be Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst manifest [3.5s] | INBA35:004b | presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11295 | 40 | قلم ینادی و یقول قد منعت من اسرار القدم و ذکر لئالی بحر الاعظم الذی کل قطره | The Pen proclaimeth and saith: I have been withheld from the mysteries of eternity and from making mention of the pearls of the Most Great Sea, whereof every drop [3.5s] | INBA73:337b, NLAI_BH2.217.09 | mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11321 | 40 | یا افنانی اسمعوا ندائی من شاطی وادی السجن انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق انه | O My Afnán! Hearken unto My call from the shores of this Prison-Vale. Verily, there is no God but Him, and He Who speaketh is indeed He [3.5s] | INBA51:322a | suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11323 | 40 | یا افنانی لعمری لایعادل بکلمتی ما فی ارضی و سمائی و ارسلناها الیک لتشکر مولی | O My Afnán! By My life, nothing that existeth in My earth and My heaven can equal My Word, and We have sent it unto thee that thou mayest render thanks unto thy Lord [3.5s] | INBA51:323a, BLIB_Or15715.116d, , BLIB_Or15734.1.124d, | praise and encouragement; thankfulness; gratitude; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11325 | 40 | یا امه الله جئنا لزیارتک و اقبلنا الی رمسک و نسئل الله ان یرزقک فی کل حین ما | O handmaiden of God! We have come to visit thee and have drawn nigh unto thy resting-place, and We beseech God to bestow upon thee at all times that which [3.5s] | INBA65:094c, BLIB_Or15696.139f, , BLIB_Or15714.130c, | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for the departed; visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11332 | 40 | یا سلیمان ندای مظلوم را باذن فطرت بشنو و بحبل متین الهی تمسک نما عالم فانی و | O Solomon! Hearken with the ear of thine inborn nature unto the Voice of the Wronged One, and hold thou fast unto the mighty cord of God. The world is evanescent [3.5s] | INBA51:573a | knowledge; recognition of God; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11335 | 40 | یا سیف الله قد طالت الاعناق بالنفاق ولکن الله نهی حکم السیف و قدر مقامه | O Sayfu'llah! The necks have grown long in hypocrisy, but God hath forbidden the decree of the sword and ordained its station [3.5s] | INBA18:112b | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11339 | 40 | یا عباس منزل الایات یذکرک و مظهر البینات توجه الیک و ذکرک بما نطقت به الاشجار | O 'Abbás! The Revealer of Verses remembereth thee, and the Manifestor of Clear Proofs hath turned toward thee and maketh mention of thee with that wherewith the trees have spoken [3.5s] | INBA51:572 | prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11342 | 40 | یا علی قبل محمد یذکرک الفرد الاحد و ینادیک من الافق الاعلی لتشکر ربک مالک | O 'Alí-Qablí-Muhammad! The One, the Peerless, maketh mention of thee and calleth unto thee from the Most Exalted Horizon, that thou mayest render thanks unto thy Lord, the Possessor [3.5s] | INBA15:361b, INBA26:366a, BLIB_Or15730.098d, , BLIB_Or15734.1.125b, | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11351 | 40 | یا میرزا هاشم افرح بما ذکرک القلم الاعلی فی المنظر الابهی و انزل لک ما | O Mírzá Háshim! Rejoice thou, inasmuch as the Supreme Pen hath made mention of thee from the Most Glorious Horizon, and hath sent down for thee that which [3.5s] | INBA51:201a, BLIB_Or15695.254b, , KB_620:194-194 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11353 | 40 | یا ورقه یا امه الله علیک سلام الله و رحمته و نوره و فضله و نسئله لک امواج | O Leaf, O Handmaid of God! Upon thee be God's salutation, His mercy, His light and His grace, and We beseech for thee the waves [3.5s] | INBA65:095, BLIB_Or15696.139g, , BLIB_Or15714.130d, | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| BH11390 | 30 | ای سمع اکوان بشنو ندای رب رحمن را که از شطر احزان مرتفع است که شاید بشنیدن | O Hearing Ear of creation! Hearken unto the Call of the Lord, the All-Merciful, which ascendeth from the realm of sorrows, that perchance thou mayest hear [3.5s] | INBA38:074b | call to action; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11391 | 30 | ای کنیز من تو از سجیه جمال احدیه مطلع شدی و از تقدیس ذات قدم باخبر اخبار کن | O My handmaiden! Thou hast become aware of the nature of the Divine Beauty and art informed of the sanctity of the Ancient Being. Convey thou these tidings [3.5s] | INBA38:129b | purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; spiritual transformation; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11397 | 30 | بعضی بمیقات معین باید از بلده مبارکه خارج شوند ح شهری ع اطول و بعضی هم باید | Some, at the appointed time, must needs depart from the Blessed City for a month, a year, or longer, whilst others must [3.5s] | INBA71:119a | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11400 | 30 | حمد خدا را که صنم وهم را بقدرت خلیل شکستی و حجاب مانعه را دریدی اینست آن | Praise be to God, Who hath, through the power of the Friend, shattered the idol of vain imaginings and rent asunder the intervening veils. This is that [3.5s] | INBA38:073b | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11406 | 30 | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم قد حضرت لدی الباب و سمعت الندآء من | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the All-Dominating, the Self-Subsisting. I have presented myself before the Gate and hearkened unto the Call from [3.5s] | INBA23:148 | presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11408 | 30 | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو یوتی من یشاء ما اراد انه لهو العزیز الوهاب یا افنانی لا تحزنوا | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He bestoweth upon whomsoever He willeth that which He hath purposed. He is, verily, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. O My Afnán, grieve not [3.5s] | INBA84:178b, INBA84:106b.15, INBA84:047b.06 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11412 | 30 | طوبی لک بما قصدت المقصد الاقصی الی ان بلغت الغایه القصوی و سمعت الندآء | Blessed art thou for having sought the Most Great Objective until thou didst attain the Ultimate Goal and hearken unto the Call [3.5s] | INBA18:324a | spiritual transformation; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| BH11422 | 30 | قد شهدت بما شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم هذه شهاده تکون معک | He hath testified to that which God Himself hath testified: that there is none other God but Him, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting. This is a testimony that shall remain with thee [3.5s] | INBA84:176c, INBA84:104c, INBA84:045a.04 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11423 | 30 | قد نطق لسان الوحی انه لا اله الا هو الواحد المختار سوف یرتفع اعلام النصر و | The Tongue of Revelation hath proclaimed: He is, verily, the One God besides Whom there is none other, the Single, the Chosen One. Erelong shall the banners of victory be raised [3.5s] | INBA84:179a, INBA84:107a, INBA84:047c.07 | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; predictions and prophecies; rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat] | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11426 | 30 | کتاب انزلناه بالحق لمن اقبل الی الفرد الخبیر یا ایها المقبل انک اردت اللقاء | This is a Book We have sent down in truth for whoso hath turned towards the One, the All-Informed. O thou who hast turned thy face, verily thou hast yearned for the meeting [3.5s] | INBA19:176a, INBA32:160a | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11428 | 30 | کلمه الهی محیی ابدانست و مبعث روان پس بشنوید کلمه بدیعه محکمه اش را تا از | The Divine Word is the quickener of bodies and the awakener of souls. Hearken ye, therefore, unto His wondrous and firmly-established Word, that ye may [3.5s] | INBA38:074a | spiritual transformation; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11430 | 30 | محبوب میفرماید که الیوم احدی بعرفان الله فائز نمی شود مگر بانقطاع از آنچه در | The Beloved declareth: None shall attain in this Day unto the recognition of God save through detachment from all that [3.5s] | INBA38:072c | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; knowledge; recognition of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11433 | 30 | ورقاء ازلی و ورقه صمدی در جلوه و سرور در یمین طور بایات نور مذکورند فیا روحا | O immortal Dove and celestial Leaf! In splendor and joy ye are mentioned in verses of light at the right hand of the Mount. O spirit [3.5s] | INBA36:313d | knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; mystical themes; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| BH11439 | 30 | یا حسین علیک بهائی یذکرک المظلوم و یعزیک فیما ورد علیک لعمر الله انا معک و انا | O Husayn! Upon thee be My glory! The Wronged One maketh mention of thee and consoleth thee in that which hath befallen thee. By the life of God, verily I am with thee [3.5s] | INBA18:039, BLIB_Or15696.084e, | consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11440 | 30 | یا حفیف سدره المنتهی علیک بهاء الله مولی الوری و رب العرش و الثری و یا نفحه | O rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of all mankind, and the Sovereign of the throne and of the dust, and O gentle breeze [3.5s] | INBA65:094b, BLIB_Or15696.139e, , BLIB_Or15714.130b, | praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11441 | 30 | یا عبدالله قد شهد القلم الاعلی باقبالک و توجهک الی الوجه علیک بهاء الله و | O 'Abdu'lláh! The Most Exalted Pen hath indeed borne witness to thy recognition and thy turning unto His Countenance. Upon thee be the glory of God [3.5s] | INBA65:094a, BLIB_Or15696.139d, , BLIB_Or15714.130a, | praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11447 | 30 | یا من اشتاق الاحبا للقاک و یذکر ذکرک فی کل حین عند محشر المخلصین فاشکر الله | O thou who longest for the meeting with the loved ones, and whose remembrance is ever on the tongues in the gathering-place of the sincere ones, render thanks unto God [3.5s] | INBA23:202a | praise and encouragement; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| BH11450 | 30 | یا یدالله قالت الیهود ید الله مغلوله قل لا و نفسه الحق انه یفعل ما یشاء و | O Hand of God! The Jews have said: "The Hand of God is fettered." Say: Nay, by His very Self! He doeth whatsoever He willeth [3.5s] | INBA18:112a | absolute freedom; independence of God; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11479 | 20 | ای مجدالدین عنایات الهی درباره شما بسیار است روز جمعه در ساحت قرب اظهار شدی | O Majdu'd-Din! Divine bounties have been lavished upon thee in great abundance. On Friday thou wert mentioned in the precincts of nearness [3.5s] | INBA23:029a | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11482 | 20 | بسم الذی ینزل الایات باالحق و کل کان عنها محروما و نستعین بربنا العلی | In the Name of Him Who sendeth down the verses in truth, though all were deprived thereof, and We seek the aid of our Lord, the Most Exalted [3.5s] | INBA66:004 | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11485 | 20 | حجبات اوهام را بدر دریدنیکه صدای آن را اهل سرادقات قدس ربانی بشنوند و جمیع | To rend asunder the veils of vain imaginings, such that they who dwell within the pavilions of divine holiness may hearken unto its call [3.5s] | INBA38:075a | mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11493 | 20 | رب آتنی من لدنک رحمه انک انت العزیز الوهاب | O Lord! Grant me mercy from Thy presence, for verily Thou art the Mighty, the All-Bestowing [3.5s] | INBA33:145b | prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11511 | 20 | قد ظهر هیکل القدس فی هیئه الشمس فی وسط السماء فسبحان ربی الاعلی | The Temple of Holiness hath appeared in the form of the sun in the midst of heaven. Glorified be my Lord, the Most High [3.5s] | INBA51:307b | LHKM3.062a | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11513 | 20 | قدر لی یا الهی من قلمک الاعلی ما قدرته لاصفیائک | Ordain for me, O my God, through Thy Most Exalted Pen, that which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones [3.5s] | INBA19:132a, INBA32:121c | Manifestation of God as sun; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11520 | 20 | نشهد ان الافنان شهدوا بما شهدت السدره انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم | We bear witness that the Afnán have testified to that which the Tree hath testified: verily there is none other God but Him, the All-Dominant, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA51:262, KB_620:255-255 | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| BH11529 | 20 | یا افنانی ان ربک الابهی یدعوک الی الافق الاعلی و یذکرک بما لاینقطع عرفه بدوام | O My Afnán! Verily thy Lord, the Most Glorious, calleth thee unto the Supreme Horizon and maketh mention of thee with that whose fragrance shall never cease to endure [3.5s] | INBA51:535a | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11530 | 20 | یا افنانی قد شهدت الشجره باقبالکم الیها و تمسککم بها طوبی لکم و ان لکم حسن | O My Afnán! The Tree hath borne witness to thy turning unto it and thy firm adherence thereto. Blessed art thou, and goodly is thy portion [3.5s] | INBA51:531 | praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11823 | 130 | قد حضر احد اغصانی الذی سمی ببدیع الله بکتابک و عرضه امام الوجه اجبناک | One of My branches, who hath been named Badí'u'lláh, appeared before Us with thy letter and laid it before Our presence, whereupon We responded to thee [3.5s] | INBA79.001 | Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00100 | Alfayn Munajat | 1800 | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته الی ربهم یحشرون اللهم انت الله رب السموات و الارض تعلم کل شیء و لا یخفی علیک شیئ فی السموات و الارض | Praise be to God Who hath brought forth the heavens and earth by His command; then shall they who have believed in God and His signs be gathered unto their Lord. O God! Thou art God, Lord of the heavens and earth, Thou knowest all things, and naught in the heavens or earth remaineth concealed from Thee [3.5s]... ...Glory be to Thee, O God! Thou art the God Who hath existed before all things, Who will exist after all things and will last beyond all things… Verily Thou art the Lord of all created things | INBA_5019C:173-188, , PR03.172v13-179r06 | ASAT5.165-167x, HNMJ.096-115, SWBP#42 (p.132-132x) | SWB#43 (p.186-186x), BPRY.150x | Kiya & Parya | love of God; predictions and prophecies; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.458.14, SRC.072, SRC.190, SRC.202 | ||
| BB00155 | Alfayn: Al-Khutbata’l-Makhtum bi-Ta’bir’n-num | 1200 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الاستنطاق فی الواح کتاب الافتراق طراز الاشتقاق التی عینت | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of utterance in the Tablets of the Book of Separation to be the ornament of derivation that was ordained [3.5s] | INBA98:027.11-033.03, PR02.160r01-161r23, CMB_F21.003.13-008.19#02, , CMB_F23.160r01-162v01 (55), , Berlin3655.092r-095r, BYC_jabar.163.02-165.07 | meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); mystical themes; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; symbolism of color and light; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||
| BB00524 | Answer to Mirza Muhammad 'Ali Qazvini | 180 | Epistle of the Báb in Reply to Mírzá Muḥammad-`Alí Qazvíní | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. فاعلم یا اخ الجلیل و اثبت قدمیک علی صراط الله الجمیل و اعرف ان الله سبحانه ما خلق شیئا | Know thou, O noble brother! Plant thy feet firmly upon the beauteous path of God, and know that God, glorified be He, created naught [3.5s] | INBA67:177-178, INBA_4011C:163-164, , PR07.073r-073v | consolation and comfort; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | SRC.192 | |||||
| BB00564 | Answer to Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Nahri va Rafiqih | 140 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد تجلی للعباد بنور عزته المتشعشعة من وجه الجلال بلا مثل و لا شبه فی حکم الفؤاد و لا الجلال | Praise be to God who was revealed to the servants by the light of His glory radiating from the face of majesty, with no peer or likeness in the station of the inmost heart nor the concealed beauty | INBA91:152.12-153.08, PR04.194v08-194v16, MKI4499.124a | KSHK.BWB | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BB00158 | Answer to Mirza Muhammad Yazdi | 1200 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الواحد الاحد الفرد الذی لا اله الا هو العلی العظیم والصلوة من الله علی محمد و اوصیائه کماهو اهله انه هو العلی الحکیم در حاشیه شبیه خط مبارک | Praise be to God, the One, the Single, the Peerless, beside Whom there is no God, the Most High, the Most Great. May the blessings of God rest upon Muhammad and His chosen ones, as befitteth His grace, for verily He is the Most High, the All-Wise [3.5s] | INBA14:452-459, INBA67:160-165, INBA_4011C:149-156, , INBA_6006C:083-085, , PR07.069v-072r | authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power of prayer; preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | SRC.192? | ||||||
| BB00102 | Answer to Mulla Abdu'l-Jalil on 20 questions | 1800 | Tablet of Twenty Questions Revealed by the Báb and Addressed to Mullá 'Abdu'l-Jalíl Urūmī, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد توحد بالعزة و تقدس بالکبریاء لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم اشهدک اللهم یا الهی فی ذلک الیوم من شهر الصیام الذی قد شرفته و فضلته و جعلته هدی للعالمین | Praise be to God Who hath been distinguished by might and sanctified by grandeur. There is no God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Wise. I bear witness before Thee, O my God, on this day of the month of fasting, which Thou hast honored and exalted and made a guidance unto all the worlds [3.5s] | INBA91:111.03-121.01, INBA_5019C:300-304, , PR04.015v13-020v04 | HBAB.167x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; law of fasting; power of prayer; prayer for fasting; the Imamate; the Caliphate; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.01, SRC.191 | ||||
| BB00123 | Answer to Mulla Javad-i-Qazvini | 1500 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی افتتح الکتاب بذکرک و ثنآء نفسک لا اله الا انت و لا یعلم احد کیف انت الا انت | O God! I commence this Book with Thy remembrance and praise of Thine own Self. There is no God but Thee, and none knoweth how Thou art save Thee [3.5s] | INBA91:102.03-111.02, PR04.195r02-200r04 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for specific individuals; groups; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00088 | Answer to Navvab-i-Hindi | 2000 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الاسماء فی مبدء الاشتقاق طراز الف الاستنطاق الذی تکعب بالحرفین و استقام فی ظرفی الامرین الذی لاح عن لوح الابداع | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of Names at the source of derivation to be the ornament of the Alif of utterance, which was formed through two letters and stood firm in the vessel of the two commands, shining forth from the tablet of creation [3.5s]... ...Verily, that which We sprinkled upon thee out of the ocean of Names and Attributes is due to the sweet melodies of This Bird | INBA98:011.05-020.06, PR02.163v24-165v28, Berlin3655.110v-114v | NSS.050-055 | GOH.080x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; impossibility of true worship of God; names and attributes of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||
| BB00313 | Answer to one of the believers | 590 | Báb's Epistle of Consolation and Counsel to a Beloved Follower, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل المجرة لسطوع طلوع شمس الرحمة لیدلعن کل الالسن فی تلک الطلعات الصماء الدهماء العمیاء بثناء طلعة حضرة الربوبیة فی صورة الانزعیه والنور الالهیه | Praise be to God Who hath sent down the starry expanse for the dawning splendor of the Sun of Mercy, that every tongue might be moved, amidst these deaf, dark and sightless manifestations, to extol the Countenance of Divine Lordship in its most glorious form and celestial light [3.5s] | INBA98:020.10-023.07, PR02.166r02-166v12, CMB_F21.001.01-003.11#01, , Berlin3655.114v-116r | love of God; power of prayer; praise and encouragement; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | |||||
| BB00363 | Answer to one of the relatives | 460 | هو الله تعالی. قبله محترم دام فضلکم تلاوت ایات دو ورقه خط شریف را نموده صفحه عربی بجهة | O thou revered point of adoration, may thy grace endure! I have perused the verses inscribed upon two sacred pages, and the Arabic portion [3.5s] | INBA91:194.10-197.08 | humility; meekness; lowliness; limits of the intellect; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00383 | Answer to the son of Mulla ‘Ali-i-Nuri (Kayfiyyata’l-Mi’raj) | 410 | Epistle of the Báb on the Mi'rāj of the Prophet Muhammad, Addressed to Mīrzá Ḥasan Nūrī | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلی للممکنات بظهور المشیة لها بها لیعرفن کل الممکنات | Praise be to God Who hath manifested Himself within and through existing realities by virtue of the theophany of His Divine Will | INBA14:390-392, INBA40:197-198, INBA53:402-404, INBA69:416-418, INBA_6010C:388-390, , CMB_F21.104.19-106.11#14, , Berlin3655.120v-121v | ESCH.397 | HURQ.BB13x | limits of the intellect; realms of being; three realms; five realms; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.080, SRC.194 | |||
| BB00318 | as-Silsilatu'th-Thamaniyya | 590 | Inquiry and Revelation | بسم الله البدیع الذی لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم. و لقد ورد الی الیوم کتاب من عبدالله عبدالجلیل فاعلم یا ایهاالواقف علی خط القیم در حاشیه شبیه خط مبارک | Verily, there hath come unto me this day a letter from 'Abdu'llah 'Abdu'l-Jalil. Know thou, O thou who art acquainted with the sacred script, that in the margin there appeareth that which resembleth the blessed handwriting [3.5s] | INBA14:503-506, INBA67:169-172, INBA69:434-437, INBA_4011C:156-159, , INBA_5006C:365-367, , INBA_6004C:198-200, , INBA_6006C:085-087, , PR07.071v-072r, AEWB.217-221, | NSS.073-075 | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; outward and inward meanings; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.192x2 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| BB00234 | Ayati allati Nuzzilat fi Yaumi’l-‘Arafa | 880 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الاعرف الاعرف قد خلقت کل شیء لیعرفنی ثم لیعبدتنی و لا یشرکن بی احد و قد ارسلت الرسل من قبل لیوم ظهوری | Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Most Knowing, the Most Knowing. I have created all things that they may know Me and worship Me, and none shall join partners with Me. And I did send forth the Messengers before for the Day of My Manifestation [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.177-180, BYC_misc-b.126a06-130a04 | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Manifestation of God as mediator; presence of; reunion with God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; purpose; goal of creation; saddening another soul | - | - | AHDA.461.02? | ||||||
| BB00249 | Bayan 'illati Tahrimi'l-Maharim | 800 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اشهد الله کشهادته لنفسه ان لا اله الا هو و هو العزیز الحکیم و اشهد لمحمد و احبائه سلام الله علیهم کما شاءالله | I bear witness before God, even as He beareth witness unto His Own Self, that there is none other God but Him, and He is the Mighty, the All-Wise. And I bear witness unto Muhammad and His loved ones - the peace of God be upon them - as God hath willed [3.5s] | INBA14:499-502, INBA67:165-169, INBA_4011C:159-163, , INBA_5006C:352, , INBA_6006C:087?, , INBA_6010C:493-496, , PR07.072r-073r, AEWB.212-216, | HURQ.BB09x | creation of the world; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; law of divorce; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | SRC.072, SRC.184 | |||||
| BB00325 | Bayan al-Taqarub wa Taba'ud | 560 | بسم الله الاقوم الاقوم - یا القدیم الاقوم. الذی لا اله الا هو العظیم الادوم شاءالله ان ینشاء سر اسم الاعظم فی هذا اللوح المعظم للرجال ....... لا تخف و لا تحزن فانا مع المحسنین و لمثل هذا فلنجری العاملین والحمد لله رب العالمین | He is God, the Most Great, the Ever-Enduring! God hath willed to manifest the mystery of the Most Great Name in this most exalted Tablet unto men... Fear not, neither be thou grieved, for verily We are with the doers of good, and thus shall they that strive be requited. All praise be unto God, the Lord of all worlds [3.5s] | INBA14:459-462, INBA53:077-079, INBA67:179-181, INBA_4011C:141-145, , INBA_5006C:348-350, , INBA_6004C:187-189, , INBA_6006C:080-081, , INBA_6010C:455-458, , PR07.067v-068v, AEWB.226-230, | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; nearness and remoteness; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | SRC.073, SRC.184 | ||||||
| BB00219 | Bayan dar Jabr wa Tafwid (fi bayan-i-mas'alati'l-Qadar) | 920 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قال الله تعالی الذی خلق فسوی والذی قدر فهدی و قال الصادق لا جبر و لا تفویض بل امر بین الامرین فاعلم ان هذه المسئله لما سد الله معرفته عن العقول والنفوس والارواح | God spoke forth Who created all that is other than Him and thus foreordained and proffered guidance. And [likewise] al-Ṣādiq said when God blocked the gnosis of this matter | INBA14:479-483, INBA53:053-056, INBA67:134-138, INBA_4011C:110-115, , INBA_5006C:375-377, , INBA_6004C:192-195, , INBA_6006C:067-069, , INBA_6010C:473-477, , PR07.059v-061r | ASAT4.473x | HURQ.BB41x | free will and predestination; fate; limits of the intellect; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; the Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im | - | - | MMAH.018, SRC.073, SRC.184 | ||||
| BB00244 | Bayan fi 'Ilm al-Jawamid wa'l-Mushtaqat | 810 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد تفرد اولیآئه بالمحامد العظمآء و توحد ابوابه فی علم الجوامد الکبریآء الذی قد نعت | Praise be to God Who hath singled out His chosen ones by sublime glorification and hath unified His gates in the knowledge of supreme grandeur [3.5s] | INBA67:130-134, INBA_5006C:350-352, , INBA_6006C:081-083, , PR07.068v-069v | day of Resurrection; Judgement; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; mystical themes; symbolism; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | SRC.073, SRC.184 | ||||||
| BH00132 | Commentary on the Dala'il-i-Sab'ih of the Bab | 3750 | قد فتح ختم رحیق المختوم باسمی القیوم طوبی لقوم یعرفون انه لکوثر الرحمن ...قوله جل و عز از جمله ادلاء متقنه علم کل شیء است | The seal of the Choice Wine hath been broken through My Name, the Self-Subsisting. Blessed are they that recognize it as the Kawthar of the All-Merciful... His Word - exalted and glorious be He - is among the most perfect proofs of the knowledge of all things [3.5s] | INBA33:001x, BLIB_Or11095#033x, , BLIB_Or11096#011x, , BLIB_Or15722.107x, , NLAI_BH3.222x, BN_suppl.1754.037-042x | GHA.042x, ASAT5.276x | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); prophecy and fulfillment; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | DB.304-305, SRC.089, LL#178 | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| BB00066 | Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (The Seven Proofs - Arabic) | 2700 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الافرد الافرد. بسم الله الفرد الفرد بسم الله الفرد الفرد بسم الله الفرد الفراد بسم الله الفرد الفراد بسم الله الفارود الفارد بسم الله الفرد الفراد بسم الله الفرد الفرود | In the name of God, the One, the Peerless. In the Name of God, the One, the Peerless. In the Name of God, the Singular, the Matchless. In the Name of God, the Singular, the Matchless. In the Name of God, the Unique, the Supreme. In the Name of God, the Singular, the Matchless [4o] | INBA_2007C:01a-13b, , PR02.101v10-104r18x, CMB_F22.092b?, , HBH_dalail=DLLS, BYC_saba-a | DLLS, OOL.A005a | HURQ.BB54x | oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; proofs of the Manifestations of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.447, BRHL.63, BRHL.65, MSBR.204-205?, AHDA.447.8, MMAH.066, SRC.087-088, SRC.185, GOH.035 | |||
| ABU0114 | Discourse at “l’Alliance Spiritualiste”: Words spoken in Paris, 1911-11-09 | 1160 | Paris Talks | از فرمایشات رایس و احساسات قلبیه ایشان نهایت ممنونیت دارم و شکر میکنم... خداوند مهربانا کریما رحیما این جمع را بشمع محبتت روشن | I wish to express my gratitude for your hospitality, and my joy that you are spiritually minded. | INBA75:075x, NLAI_BH_AB.015x | BSHN.140.524x, BSHN.144.512x, ADH2.030x, ADH2_1#15 p.026x, MJMJ1.074x, MMG2#162 p.184x, MJH.027x, MHT1a.166x, MHT1b.124x, BQA.031, KHF.163, KHAB.141 (152), KHTB1.130, NJB_v02#14-16 p.011 | PT#28 p.081, SW_v02#17 p.003-005, SW_v02#14 p.015, SW_v08#08 p.0098, SW_v14#01 p.011 | S. Tirandaz | mind as intermediary between soul and body; origin of the soul; the soul as emanation; relationship of the soul to the body; soul is the essential reality of man; spiritual transformation; the human soul; unity; oneness of humanity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||
| BB00522 | Du'a Hajat | 180 | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Translation List; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انزل علی رحمتک فان لک الرحمة کلها اللهم صل على محمد حبیبک و الانبیآء | O Lord! Send down Thy mercy upon me, for verily all mercy is Thine.... O Lord! Unto Thee I repair for refuge and toward all Thy signs I set my heart. O Lord! Whether traveling or at home | INBA64:017.13-024.03 | SWBP#50 (p.137-137(a)x) | SWB#51 (p.193-193(a)x), BPRY.055, ADMS#143 | L. Slott, Kiya & Parya, Nabilinho, Refuge, E. Mahony, B. Khademi, S. Gould, Strong Steep, E. Kuitunen, Ladjamaya, D. Khavari, D. Sylvester, Rosalynd & Pascal, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, C. Signori, M. Stamper, K. Porray, S. Jaberi (?), Bea & Arthur Joy, Juliet & Amelia | prayer for forgiveness; prayer for protection; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||
| BB00341 | Du'a Tawassul | 520 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ینزل ما یشاء بامره سبحانه و تعالی عما یصفون یا الهی کیف اثنی علیک بعد علمی بقطع الکل عن عرفانک و کیف لا ادعوک و ان فؤادی لم تستقر الا بذکرک | Praise be unto God Who sends down whatsoever He Willeth through a command on His part. Praise be He and Exalted be He above whatsoever they do assert | INBA64:013.12-017.10, PR02.053r01-053r29, PR03.128v21-129r23, BYC_jabar.168.07-169.13 | KHSH6.008 | HURQ.BB37 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for assistance; intercession; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BB00141 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy | 1300 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم اسئلک باخریتک التی انها هی مرتفعة فوق کل شیء ان تخذلن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة النفی | O God, I beseech Thee by Thy lastness, exalted above all else, to abase every soul that cleaveth unto the tree of denial [4o] | INBA_6007C.085-090, CMB_F14.136r05-140r08, | belief and denial; heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||
| BB00161 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy | 1200 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تعذبن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة النفی | O God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which is exalted above all things, to chastise every being possessing the letter Alif that claimeth association with the Tree of Negation [3.5s] | INBA82:016-025, BYC_misc-b.035a05-040b07 | justice and wrath of God; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| BB00178 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy | 1100 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بازلیتک التی انها هی مرتفعة فوق کل شیء ان تبدلن کل ذات الف | O God! I beseech Thee, by Thine eternity which transcendeth all else, to transform every possessor of the letter Alif [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.276-282, CMB_F14.185r07-189r05, | fire and light; fire and water; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||
| BB00230 | Du’a’ a’l-Vajib | 900 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاسالنک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تنصرن کل ذات الف یؤمن | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which transcendeth all things in its inaccessible heights, to aid every soul that believeth [3.5s] | INBA58:134.01-141.04 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; prayer for spiritual recognition; prophecy and fulfillment; the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00177 | Du’a’ li-Ithbati’l-ithbat | 1100 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بابدیتک التی انها هی مرتفعة فوق کل شیء ان توجدن شجرة الاثبات و ما ینسب الیها | O God! I beseech Thee, by Thine eternity which transcendeth every created thing, to bring forth the Tree of Affirmation and all that pertaineth thereunto [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.080-084, CMB_F14.132r10-136r03, | transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||
| BB00127 | Du’a’ li’l-Ithbat | 1400 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان نحفظن و تغنین کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة الاثبات بقدرتک علی کل شیء | O God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which is exalted above all things, to preserve and enrich every soul possessing the letter Alif that is related to the Tree of Affirmation, through Thy power over all things [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.282-288, CMB_F14.189r07-194r01, | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||
| BB00142 | Du’a’ li’l-Ithbat | 1300 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بالوهیتک التی انها هی مستضیئة فوق کل شیء ان ترحمن و تکرمن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة الاثبات بقیومیتک التی انها هی متقومة فوق کل شیء | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Divinity, which illumineth all things from on high, that Thou mayest vouchsafe Thy mercy and confer Thy bounties upon every soul that is associated with the Tree of Affirmation, by Thy Self-Subsistence, which standeth supreme above all things [4o] | INBA82:025-035, BYC_misc-b.040b09-046b03 | petitions to authorities; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00069 | Du’a’ li’s-Sab’a | 2700 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی یبدع ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض بامره و انه لعزیز حکیم یا الهی ان وجودک اعلی وجود لایشابهه شیء و ان وجودی ادنی وجود لایساویه شیء | Glorified be He Who createth, by His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on earth, and verily He is the Mighty, the All-Wise. O my God! Verily Thy Being is the most exalted of all being, naught can be likened unto it, and my being is the lowliest of all being, naught can equal it [3.5s] | INBA67:109-121, INBA78:105-138, INBA82:035-053, INBA98:001.03-011.02, PR03.043v-043vx, BN_6518 p.320v, MKI4511.014b-017x, BYC_tablets.042.10-052.04 | absolute freedom; independence of God; impossibility of true worship of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00096 | Du’a’-i-Muttasil bi-Salat | 1900 | بسم الله المتعالی المنیع. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک خالق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما لم تزل کنت کائناً قبل کل شیء و لا تزال انک کائن بعد فناء کل شیء | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Verily, Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and all that lieth between. Thou hast ever existed before all things, and Thou shalt continue to exist after the extinction of all things [4o] | INBA58:121.05-130.07, PR03.071v19-073v19, MKI4511.053v-064v, BYC_collect3.094-102 | family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00404 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-‘Ali | 380 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما لم تزل کنت قاهراً علی کل شیء و ظاهراً فوق کل شیء و قائماً علی کل شیء و قادراً علی کل شیء و مهیمناً علی کل شیء | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art, verily, the Creator of the heavens and earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou hast ever been supreme over all things, manifest above all things, standing over all things, powerful over all things, and dominant over all things [3.5s] | INBA58:097.14-099.10, PR03.074r16-074v06, BYC_collect3.065-066 | the Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | |||||||
| BB00453 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-‘Ali Ibn-i-Husayn | 300 | بسم الله المتقدس المنیع. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف استعرجن الی جو هواء قدسک و استصعدن الی بساط فضل انسک و استصفن | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! How can I ascend unto the atmosphere of Thy holy presence, and soar upward to the threshold of intimate fellowship with Thee, and attain unto purity [3.5s] | INBA58:104.14-106.05, PR03.075v15-076r04, BYC_collect3.077-073 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for specific individuals; groups; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00438 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-‘Askari | 320 | Exalted Prayer of the Báb for Imām Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت اله کل الهة فی ملکوت الارض والسموات و انک انت رب کل الارباب فی ملکوت الاسماء والصفات لم تزل کنت کائناً قبل کل شیء | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the God of all gods in the kingdoms of earth and heaven, and Thou art the Lord of all lords in the realms of names and attributes. From time immemorial Thou hast existed before all things [3.5s] | INBA58:115.11-117.06, PR03.078r07-078r27, BYC_collect3.083-084 | absolute freedom; independence of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for specific individuals; groups; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BB00449 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Baqir | 300 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت بدیع السموات و الارض ذوالقوة و البهآء و ذوالعزة والضیآء و ذوالعظمة | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of might and splendor, of majesty and radiance [3.5s] | INBA58:106.07-107.13, PR03.076r05-076r23, BYC_collect3.073-075 | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; prayer for specific individuals; groups; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00380 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Fatimih | 420 | بسم الله المتعالی المنیع. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و جاعل الامر والخلق لم یزل لم یکن لک شبه و لا مثل و لا کفو و لا عدل و لا قرین فسبحانک من ان یرتقی الی جو هواء قدسک اعلی جواهر الممکنات | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth and the Ordainer of both command and creation. Never hath there been any like unto Thee, nor any equal, nor any peer, nor any companion. Glorified art Thou! The most exalted essences of contingent beings can never ascend to the atmosphere of Thy sanctity [3.5s] | INBA58:099.12-101.11, PR03.074v08-075r03, BYC_collect3.066-068 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for praise and gratitude; prayer for spiritual recognition; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00452 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Hasan | 300 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت محبوبی فی ملکوت الامر والخلق و مقصودی فی جمیع مظاهر البدع و الامر ماعبدت الا ایاک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art verily my Beloved in the kingdoms of command and creation, and my sole Desire throughout all manifestations of creation and decree. None have I worshipped but Thee alone [3.5s] | INBA58:101.12-103.01, PR03.075r04-075r19, BYC_collect3.068-070 | transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00395 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Husayn | 400 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت نورالسموات و الارض و ما بینهما لم یزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً فرداً صمداً حیاً قیوماً مااتخذت لنفسک صاحبة ولا ولداً | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the Light of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, single, peerless, eternal, ever-living, self-subsisting. Thou hast taken neither consort nor offspring unto Thyself [3.5s] | INBA58:103.02-104.12, PR03.075r21-075v13, BYC_collect3.070-072 | Imam Husayn; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for martyrs; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00450 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Javad | 300 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت مبدع السموات و الارض و ما بینهما و مقدرما فی ملکوت الامر والخلق دونهما لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً فرداً صمداً حیاً قیوماً | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and the Ordainer of all that existeth in the realms of command and creation [and of whatever is] other than them. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, Single, Alone, Self-Subsisting, the Ever-Living [3.5s] | INBA58:112.11-114.01, PR03.077r28-077v16, BYC_collect3.080-081 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00451 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Kazim | 300 | سبحانک اللهم انک انت مجلی کل شیء بنورک و مجذب کل شیء بلحظات قربک لاسئلنک من ظهورات | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the One Who illumineth all things by Thy light and draweth all things nigh through the glances of Thy nearness [3.5s] | INBA58:109.09-110.16, PR03.076v17-077r07, BYC_collect3.077-078 | prayer for specific individuals; groups; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00386 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Muhammad | 410 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله المتعالی المنیع. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما قد خلقت محمد صلواتک علیه بامرک و اصطفیته لعهدک و اصطنعه لذکرک و استخلصته لولایتک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Through Thy command didst Thou create Muhammad—Thy blessings rest upon Him—and didst choose Him for Thy Covenant, and fashion Him for Thy remembrance, and single Him out for Thy Cause [3.5s] | INBA58:095.09-097.12, PR03.073v20-074r14, BYC_collect3.062-063 | absolute freedom; independence of God; Muhammad; Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00444 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Naqi | 310 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت مبدع السموات و الارض و ما بینهما تقدر خلق کل شیء کیف تشاء عما تشاء و تصور خلق کل شیء کیف یرید بما ترید | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou dost ordain the creation of all things as Thou willest, howsoever Thou pleasest, and Thou dost fashion the creation of all things according to Thy desire [3.5s] | INBA58:114.02-115.09, PR03.077v17-078r06, BYC_collect3.081-082 | absolute freedom; independence of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00257 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Qa’im | 780 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت خالق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامرک لا من شیء و انک انت فاطر کل شیء بامرک لا عن شیء | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them by Thy command, not from anything; and verily Thou art the Fashioner of all things by Thy command, not from aught [3.5s] | INBA58:117.08-121.03 | creation of the world; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for protection; prayer for specific individuals; groups; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00435 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Rida’ | 330 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما قد اخترعت ما قد اخترعت بانشائک و قد ابدعت ما قد ابدعت باحداثک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Through Thy creative power hast Thou brought into being all that Thou hast fashioned, and through Thy generative act hast Thou originated all that Thou hast created [3.5s] | INBA58:111.01-112.10, PR03.077r08-077r26, BYC_collect3.078-080 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||
| BB00427 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Sadiq | 340 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما جاعل الملائکة رسلاً اولی اجنحة مثنی و ثلث و رباع | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art, verily, the Creator of the heavens and earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou hast fashioned the angels as messengers, endowed with wings, two, three, and fourfold [4o] | INBA58:107.15-109.08, PR03.076r24-076v16, BYC_collect3.075-077 | family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00051 | Du’a’a’i-Avval li’l-Avval | 3400 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی ما قد شهدت علی نفسک و استشهدت کل شیء علی ذلک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee, even as Thou hast borne witness concerning Thine own Self and called all things to witness [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.211-251, MKI4494.021, BYC_pray.126.11-137.05 | MANU.089-100 | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for protection; rejection, opposition and persecution; symbolism; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BB00228 | Du’a’a’l-Khamis li’l-Avval | 900 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انا الله و انا الیه راجعون سبحانک اللهم انک انت رب القدر والقضاء و ملیک الاذن والبداء | Verily, we are of God and unto Him do we return! Glorified art Thou, O Lord! Indeed, Thou art the Lord of destiny and decree, and the Sovereign of permission and fulfillment [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.251-254, MKI4494.043, BYC_pray.162.13-166.13 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; justice and wrath of God; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for martyrs; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00664 | Du’a’a’l-Qahriyya ‘Ala’n-nafy | 900 | بسم الله الاقهر الاقهر. سبحانک اللهم لاسئلنک باوليتک التى انها هى ممتنعة فوق کل شئ ان تعد من کل ذات الف ينسب الى دون الحق بقدرتک على کل شئ | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Firstness which transcendeth all things, to reckon all those possessing the alif [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.272-276, MKI4515.001-006r | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00251 | Du’a’a’l-Vajib (fi kull laylat-i-jum'ah) | 800 | بسم الله الاقهر الاقهر. سبحانک اللهم فاهلکن کل ذات الف لم یؤمن بمن تظهرنه ذات حجتک الکبری بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء | Glorified art Thou, O my God! By Thy sovereign might, bring to naught every being whose heart fails to recognize Him Whom Thou hast manifested as the quintessence of Thy supreme Proof. In the majesty of Thy divinity, verily, He is transcendent above all things [4o] | INBA58:064.10-071.08, BYC_misc-b.105a09-108b10 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; prophecy and fulfillment; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BB00241 | Epistle to Haji Mirza Aqasi 1 | 820 | First Epistle Revealed by the Báb to Mírzá Áqásí, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک من لدن امام حق مبین و انه لکتاب قد نزل من حکم ربک من لدن علی | Read thou the Book wherein is remembered the Name of thy Lord, revealed from the presence of the true and manifest Imam. Verily it is a Book that hath been sent down through the wisdom of thy Lord from the presence of 'Alí [3.5s] | INBA_4011C:332-336, , INBA_5006C:369-371?, | HNU.151-153x, OOL.A023.6 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | AHDA.461.09, MMAH.029, SRC.064, SRC.192 | ||||
| BB00074 | Epistle to Haji Mirza Aqasi 3 (Khutbiy-i-Qahriyyih) | 2600 | Fourth Epistle Revealed by the Báb to Mírzá Áqásí, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تقهر بتقهیر تقهر اقتهار قهر قهاریته علی کینونیات المشرکات من الممکنات... اما بعد فاعلم یا ایها الکافر بالله والمشرک بآیاته والمعرض عن جنابه والمستکبر عن بابه | Praise be to God Who, through His transcendent dominion, His sovereign power and His all-subduing might, hath prevailed over the essences of those beings who have joined partners with Him from among all contingent things... And now know thou, O thou who hast disbelieved in God, associated partners with His signs, turned away from His presence and shown pride before His gate [3.5s] | INBA64:127.04-150.07, INBA_4012C.001-013, PR02.045v07-048r26, BYC_collect4.004-012 | RHQM1.438-440 (326-328x), KKD1.104.19, HNU.204-206x, TZH2.241-250, AHDA.359, OOL.A023.8 | chastisement and requital; events in the life and ministry of the Bab; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; justice and wrath of God; personal instructions; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | MMAH.031, SRC.092-093, SRC.186 | ||||
| BB00224 | Epistle to Muhammad Shah 1 | 900 | Epistle of the Báb to Muḥammad Sháh Qájár Revealed in Búshihr, An | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک الذی لا اله الا هو العلی الکبیر و انه لکتاب لا ریب فیه قد نزل من لدن | Read the Book of the Remembrance of thy Lord, no God is there except Him, the Exalted, the Mighty. Such is indeed a Book about which there is no doubt | INBA_4011C:328-332, , INBA_5006C:367-369, , INBA_6012C.262-264x, , CMB_F28.7.03-04, | HNU.149-151x, AHDA.102, OOL.A023.1 | HURQ.BB28x | lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | MSBR.208-209, AHDA.460.08, MMAH.024, SRC.058, SRC.192 | |||
| BB00301 | Fi ‘ili’l-qira’a | 630 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق الحروف بعدة تکرار اسم الوهاب من نفسه و حرف لا لتدلعن السن الممکنات ثناء نفسه فی حرف لا من دون حکم | Praise be to God, Who hath created the letters according to the repetition of His Name, the All-Bountiful, from His own Self, and the letter "Lá," that the tongues of all contingent beings might voice His praise through the letter "Lá" [3.5s] | INBA53:400-402 | grammar and orthography; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); the cross and the trinity | - | - | SRC.081, SRC.195 | ||||||
| BB00421 | Fi ‘ilmi’l-Huruf va’l-Iksir (Letter on gematria and alchemy) | 350 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و اما السئوال عن علم الحروف فخذ من رأس کل عشرة حرف الاول و احسب علی الاول عنصر النار | As to thy question regarding the science of letters, know that from each set of ten letters, take the first, and reckon the first as representing the element of fire [4o]... ...And now as regards thy question about the Elixir: Know thou that God did not create anything except that He deposited within it a "letter" of the Elixir in accordance with its level of being | INBA67:203-204, INBA_6004C:213-215, , PR07.074r-074v, AEWB.234-236, | HURQ.BB17x | alchemy; the elixir; four elements; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | SRC.190, SRC.192 | |||||
| BB00239 | Fi ‘ilmi’s-Sarf va’n-Nahv (Treatise on grammar) | 830 | Grammar of the Divine, A; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلى على الانسان بالنقطة المنفصلة المتحرکه عن مطلع البیان و الحمد لله | Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself unto man by the detached and moving Point from the Dayspring of utterance, and praise be to God [3.5s]... ...Verily, the noun is the attribute of the thing as it is in its own station…. But the verb referreth to the movement of that thing, and is the source of both noun and preposition | INBA67:121-125, PR07.076r-077r, AEWB.207-212, | GOH.205-206x, MNP.064-066, BLO_PT#039 | grammar and orthography; language and the structure of reality; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; symbolism | - | - | SRC.073, GOH.205 | ||||
| BB00364 | Fi Bayani Lawhi’l-Mahfuz (Letter on the Preserved Tablet) (part II) | 460 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و قد سئلک السائل عن اللوح الحفیظ اعلمه بما قد علمک الله المحیط و ها انا ذا القیت الیک من رشحات تلک الالواح المستضیئه | The questioner hath assuredly asked thee about al-lawḥ al-maḥfūẓ ("The Preserved Tablet"). Inform him then according to what God, the All-Encompassing, hath taught thee [the Bāb] | INBA67:174-176, INBA_4011C:139-141, , INBA_6004C:202-204, , INBA_6006C:079-080, , PR07.067r-067v | HURQ.BB07x | heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; law of cause and effect; seven stages of creation; the cross and the trinity | - | - | SRC.190, SRC.192x2 | |||||
| BB00214 | Fi Bayani’l-I’tiqad | 930 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یهدی من یشاء و یضل من یشاء و الیه کل الخلق یرجعون و ان الصلوة علی محمد رسول الله و اوصیائه الذین قد جعلهم الله ائمة الدین و ارکان اهل الیقین ... و بعد لما سمعت ان بعض الناس قد عرضوا بمحضر حضرة العالی | Praise be to God, Who guideth whom He willeth and leadeth astray whom He willeth, and unto Whom all created things shall return. And blessings rest upon Muhammad, the Apostle of God, and His chosen ones, whom God hath made the Imams of the Faith and the pillars of them that are assured... And further, when I heard that certain ones had made representations in the presence of [3.5s] | INBA14:385-390, INBA40:133-136, INBA69:411-416, INBA_6010C:383-388, , PR02.130v24-131v26, CMB_F21.089.01-093.01#11, , BYC_collect4.017-020, BYC_three.092-097 | ESCH.393, TZH2.082-084 | events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Muhammad; Islam; names and attributes of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.077, SRC.193 | |||||
| BB00445 | Fi Hukmi ‘Ilmi’l-Huruf (musajja'ih) | 300 | Tablet of the Letters (Ḥurūfāt) Revealed by the Báb, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلى على الآیات بانفسها و على الابواب بالالف القآئم فی مظاهرها و على السموات | Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself through the signs in their very essence, and through the Gates by the upright Alif in their manifestations, and through the heavens [3.5s] | INBA67:204-206, PR07.073v-074r | HURQ.BB36 | meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria) | - | - | |||||
| BB00173 | Fi Istifhamat al-Qur'an | 1100 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع جوهریات ذوات اهل الانشاء لا من شیئ بامره لیعرفه کل من فی ملکوت الارض والسموات | Praise be to God Who hath brought forth, through His Command, the essential realities of created beings out of nothingness, that all within the kingdom of earth and heaven might know Him [3.5s] | INBA14:395-400, INBA40:192-196, INBA53:406-411, INBA67:273-279, INBA_6010C:393-398, , CMB_F21.100.03-104.17#13, , Berlin3655.118r-120v | essential vs. actional attributes of God; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.079, SRC.194 | ||||||
| BB00194 | Fi Javabi’l-Mujadala va’l-Mubahalah | 1000 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. احمدک اللهم یا الهی بما انت اهله و اشهدک اللهم یا مولائی بما انت تستحقه بانک | I praise Thee, O my God, as befitteth Thine excellence, and I bear witness before Thee, O my Lord, as beseemeth Thy glory [3.5s] | INBA91:182.12-188.12, PR04.010v08-013v02 | humility; meekness; lowliness; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00416 | Fi Mas’alati’l-Bada’ (Letter on the alteration of the Divine Will) (part I) | 360 | بسم الله المنشأ العلیم الذی لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم. قد ابتدء باختراع الکلمات فی ثبات اهل السبحات | Verily hath begun the fashioning of words in establishing those who dwell in the realms of divine glory [3.5s] | INBA67:172-174, INBA_4011C:137-139, , INBA_6004C:200-202, , INBA_6006C:078-079, , PR07.066v-067r, AEWB.221-226, | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | MMAH.057, SRC.190, SRC.192x2 | ||||||
| BB00237 | Fi Tafsir-i-Kalimiy-i-Aqul (Commentary on a statement of Siyyid Kazim) | 860 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قال مولانا علی علیه السلام فی خطبة الطتنجیه علی قائلها الاف الثناء والتحیة الحمد لله الذی فتق الاجواء ... بسم الله والحمد لله افتتح بالله فی شرح سر من الکلمة التی شرحها کلمة الحق روحی | Our Master [Imam] `Alī said (upon him be peace) in the Khuṭbat al-Tutunjiyya (“Sermon of the Gulf”) according to his statement expressive of a thousand degrees of praise | INBA67:125-129, INBA_4011C:171-176, , INBA_5006C:343-345, , INBA_6004C:204-207, , PR07.077r-078r | NSS.069-071 | HURQ.BB18x | multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; mystical themes; symbolism; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.458.09, SRC.073, SRC.198 | ||||
| BB00150 | Fi Yawmi ‘idi’l-Adha | 1300 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا یوم قد جعلته من قبل بقول حبیبک محمد عیداً لمن آمن بک و آیاتک وذخراً لمن وفی بعهدک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is a Day which Thou didst aforetime make, through the words of Thy beloved Muhammad, a festival unto them that believed in Thee and in Thy signs, and a treasure for such as were faithful to Thy Covenant [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.180-187, MKI4494.002 | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; purpose; goal of creation; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.462.03d? | ||||||
| BB00378 | Fi’l-Khuar | 420 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب من عبد الله الیک فی حکم ما سئلت منی ان اعلم انی عبد آمنت بالله و آیاته و ما انا من المشرکین و لقد اشتبه الامر عندالناس فی حقی بما اظهرت مما اعطانی الله | Verily, this is a Book from the servant of God unto thee concerning that which thou didst ask of me. Know thou that I am a servant who hath believed in God and His signs, and I am not of them that join partners with Him. And indeed the matter hath become confused among the people concerning me by reason of that which I have manifested from what God hath bestowed upon me [3.5s] | INBA91:180.08-182.10 | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||
| BB00651 | Fi’l-Maut va’l-‘Ama’ | 3400 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی بیده ملکوت السموات و الارض لا اله الا هو الواحد المتکبر الاحد المقتدر ... اما معنی الحديث الآخر الذی سئل فی الکتاب ان الله کان فی عماء فوقه هواء و تحته هواء | Glorified be He in Whose Hands lie the kingdoms of the heavens and of the earth. There is no God but Him, the One, the All-Compelling, the Single, the All-Powerful... As to the meaning of that other tradition mentioned in the Book, that God was in a cloud with air above it and air beneath it [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.001-016 | ASAT4.391-393x | HURQ.BB42x | absolute freedom; independence of God; the cloud ['ama]; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH05177 | Firdaws al-Baqa’ | 190 | هذه فردوس البقا قد فتحنا ابوابها لمن فی السموات و الارض فاسرعوا الیها یا | The portals of this Paradise of Eternity have We flung open unto all who dwell in the heavens and on earth. Hasten ye, therefore, unto them, O [3.5s] | INBA51:589 | LHKM3.053 | call to action; chastisement and requital; essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; idolatry; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; servitude; submission to God; repentance; station of the Manifestation of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| BH01361 | Gul va Bulbul (The nightingale and the owl) | 630 | Tablet of the Nightingale and the Owl | گل معنوی در رضوان الهی بقدوم ربیع معانی مشهود ولکن بلبلان صوری محروم مانده اند گل | The spiritual rose in the divine garden blossoms into mystical meanings at the approach of spring, but the artificial nightingales remain deprived. | INBA65:234, BLIB_Or07852.108, , NLI.32p002v | AQA4#099 p.336, AQA4a.368, HDQI.011, AHB_126BE #01-02 p.002x, AKHA_123BE #11-12 p.a, ANDA#06 p.03, OOL.B200 | BLO_PT#136 | blind imitation [taqlid]; defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; humility; meekness; lowliness; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; symbolism | - | - | LL#064, LL#094 | |||
| BB00483 | Hadrat-i-Haram in Maku? | 260 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قل ما شاء الله لا بهآء الا لله رب السموات و رب الارض رب العالمین قل ما شاء الله لا ضیآء الا لله | Say: God doeth as He willeth. There is no Glory except in God, the Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth, the Lord of all the worlds. Say: God doeth as He willeth. There is no Light except in God [3.5s] | INBA58:155.01-159.06, CMB_F23.177r05-182v03 (62), | AHDA.470 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | AHDA.460.02d | |||||
| BB00494 | Hirz fi’s-sijn li-Sayyid Hasan | 230 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته اولئک هم علی الله یعرضون و ان الذین امنوا ثم صبروا فی ایام الله | Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on the earth, and beyond them they who have believed in God and His signs - these verily shall be brought into His presence. They that have believed and persevered in the days of God [3.5s] | INBA64:159.09-161.02, PR03.157v01-157v14, MKI4511.074r-075v, BYC_collect3.042-043 | high station of the true believer; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | |||
| BB00645 | In reply to a question from an unknown correspondent | INBA_5019C:279-284, | - | - | SRC.191 | ||||||||||
| BB00638 | In reply to four questions, to an unknown recipient | INBA_5019C:170-171, | - | - | SRC.190 | ||||||||||
| BB00240 | Introduction to the Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqara | 830 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلی للممکنات بطراز النقطة المنفصلة عن لجة الابداع لها بها الیها جلت و علت قبل ما اخترعت | Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself unto all contingent beings through the ornament of the Point, which was separated from the depths of creation - unto it, through it, and toward it - exalted was it and transcendent before aught came into being [3.5s] | INBA86:065-069, INBA98:023.11-027.07, PR40.001v-003r | accounts of dreams and visions; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; eulogies; reminiscences; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); symbolism of color and light; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00662 | Javab-i-‘Alim-i-Rashti | 1700 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله ربّ العالمین و انّما الصّلوة علی الواحد الاوّل فی کلّ حین و بعد مخفی نباشد بر هیچ فردی که مؤمن بود بخداوند و کتاب او و رسول او و ائمّۀ هدی و مظاهر امر او بر اینکه امروز هیچ امری اهمّ از معرفت مبدء دین ندانسته | Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds, and verily all blessings rest upon the first Vahid at every moment. And furthermore, let it not be hidden from any soul who hath believed in God, His Book, His Messenger, the Imáms of Guidance and the Manifestations of His Cause, that in this Day no matter is more vital than the recognition of the Source of Religion [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.482-494 | interpretation of words and passages in scripture; oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection of Muhammad; return of the Manifestations of God; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00026 | Javab-i-Ahadin mina’s-sabirin | 7500 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق الممکنات لشأن قبولهم و صورهم علی هیکل طاعتهم ثم قد اقامهم فی مقامات الامر والنهی لیجزیهم وصفهم ثم افتتنهم لیمیزینهم فسبحانه ما اعجب فتنته و اعظم بینته | Praise be to God, who hath brought into being the contingent beings for the purpose of their acceptance, and hath fashioned them in the form of their obedience. Thereupon, He hath raised them up in the stations of command and prohibition, that He might recompense them according to their true deserts. Thereafter, He hath subjected them to trials, that He might distinguish them. Exalted be He! How wondrous is His trial, and how mighty His proof [4o] | INBA98:122.11-150.04 | TZH3.279.19-280.06x, TZH3.282.21-283.05x, TZH3.283.05-09x, AHDA.187x | power of prayer; power of the Manifestation of God; prayer for forgiveness; servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | |
| BB00355 | Khatt ila Mirza Siyyid Hasan-i-Khurasani | 470 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الله لا اله الا هو قد نزل الکتاب بالحق لیوم لاریب فیه و اعبده و انتظر لنصره فان ایام الذکر عند ربک کان مقضیا | God, no God is there but Him. He hath sent down the Book in truth for a Day whereof there is no doubt. Worship Him and await His triumph, for verily the days of remembrance with thy Lord have been ordained [3.5s] | INBA91:200.01-202.10 | superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.02 | ||||||
| BB00316 | Khatt mina’l-Masqat ila Salman | 590 | Tablet of the Báb Revealed in Muscat in Honour of Shaykh Salmán Āl-'Aṣfūr | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو لعزیز حمید و انه لکتاب قد فصل فیه حکم البدع تنزیل من لدن علی حکیم | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the Book upon whomsoever He willeth amongst His servants. Verily, there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Praised. And verily it is a Book wherein the laws of the new creation have been distinctly set forth, a revelation from One All-Wise [3.5s] | INBA91:052.08-056.04, INBA_5019C:330-330, | AHDA.096-098 | call to action; chastisement and requital; prophecy and fulfillment; recompense; reward for belief; right action; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | AHDA.461.13, SRC.191 | ||||
| BB00175 | Khutba on gematria and its sister (‘ilmi’l-Huruf va Ukhtiha) | 1100 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف ذاته بایاته المتجلیه فی غرا لفواد بغیر تشبیه و لا تفریق لیشهد الکل فی مقعد الفضل | Praise be to God Who hath enabled the gnosis of His Essence to be realized through His verses which express theophanic self-disclosure within the grandeur of the inmost heart | INBA67:228-233, INBA91:030.07-036.06, INBA_5006C:315-317, , INBA_5019C:322-324, , INBA_6004C:209-213, | HURQ.BB20x | alchemy; the elixir; celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.09, SRC.063, SRC.187, SRC.191 | |||||
| BB00101 | Khutba on the 'Id al-Fitr written in Masqat (Khutbiy-i-Qamariyyih) | 1800 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد تفرد بالعزة و توحد بالعظمة و تعظم بالکبریاء و تعالی عن مشاهدة الانظار الاحد القیوم والصمد المعبود | Praise be to God, Who hath singled Himself out in might, and united Himself in grandeur, and exalted Himself in majesty, and transcendeth the vision of all eyes—the One, the Self-Subsisting, the Eternal [3.5s] | INBA_4011C:359-366, , INBA_5006C:326-330, | - | - | FHR#06.04, SRC.063, SRC.187 | |||||||
| BB00122 | Khutba on the suffering of Imam Husayn, at sea | 1500 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد شهد لذاتیته بالاحدیة القدیمة لما علم بان الحسین یشهد لنفسه بنفسه | Praise be to God, Who hath testified unto His Own Being through His Ancient Unity, inasmuch as He knew that Husayn beareth witness unto His Self through His Self [3.5s] | INBA91:073.10-081.02, INBA_5006C:317-320, , PR04.164r05-168r14 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; martyrs and martyrdom; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.08, SRC.063, SRC.187 | ||||||
| BB00205 | Khutba writen near the staging post of al-Safra 1 | 960 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف ذاته بذاته و لا یعلم احد کیف هو الا هو لا اله الا هو قد انشأ | Praise be to God Who hath known His Own Self through His Self, and none knoweth His Reality save Him. There is no God but Him [3.5s] | INBA91:036.08-041.10, INBA_5006C:320-322, , INBA_5019C:324-326, , PR04.040v06-043v03 | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.07?, SRC.063, SRC.187 | ||||||
| BB00279 | Khutba writen near the staging post of al-Safra 2 (Khutbiy-i-Jamaliyyih) | 700 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد علا بعلو ذاتیته علواً سقطت الاشیاء دونه و تعالی بعظم کینونیته علی عرش الاحدیة التی قد خضع الکل لدی وجهه | Praise be unto Him Who hath, through the loftiness of His Essence, risen to such heights that all things other than Him have fallen away, and Who hath, through the grandeur of His Being, been exalted upon the Throne of Oneness before which all creation boweth down in submission [3.5s] | INBA91:047.08-051.09, INBA_5006C:324-326, , INBA_5019C:328-330, | creation of the world; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Shrines and Holy places; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.07?, SRC.063, SRC.187 | ||||||
| BB00106 | Khutba written in Kanakan (Khutbih Bahriyyih) | 1700 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتقدس فی الذات و المتفرد فی الصفات القدیم الوتر و القیوم الحی الذی لا اله الا هو | Praise be to God, Who is sanctified in His Essence and unrivalled in His attributes, the Ancient of Days, the Single One, the Self-Subsisting, the Ever-Living, beside Whom there is no other God [3.5s] | INBA_4011C:351-358, , INBA_5006C:355-359, | - | - | FHR#06.03, SRC.063, SRC.186 | |||||||
| BB00216 | Khutba written one stage from Medina (Khutbiy-i-Shajariyyih) | 920 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد شهد لذاته بذاته ان لا اله الا هو و ابدع خلقه بامره ان لا اله الا هو | Praise be to God, Who hath testified unto His Own Being by His Own Self that there is no God but Him, and Who brought forth His creation by His Command that there is no God but He [3.5s] | INBA91:042.01-047.06, INBA_5006C:322-324, , INBA_5019C:326-328, | anthropomorphism; Christ; Christianity; divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; pantheism; the cross and the trinity; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.07?, SRC.063, SRC.187 | ||||||
| BB00195 | Khutbah fi Ard-i-Sad (insha'uha fi balad as-sad) | 1000 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی شهد لذاته بذاته بانه لا الله الا هو الحق فی ازل الازال و انه هو کائن بمثل ما کان فیما یحدث من الازمان و لا له تغیر فی شأن و لا انتقال انقطعة الاسماء عن ساحة قرب حضرته | All praise be to God Who hath testified through His Own Self unto His Self that there is none other God but Him, the True One, from all eternity, and verily He remaineth even as He hath ever been throughout all times to come, subject neither to change in station nor alteration. All names are far removed from the court of His nearness [3.5s] | INBA40:198-202, INBA67:190-194, PR02.141r16-142r12, CMB_F23.076r05-078v07 (16), , Berlin3655.124r-126r | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; proofs for the existence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00265 | Khutbah fi'l-Bakarih (hin julusihi 'ala'l-safinah al-saghirah) | 740 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد ارفع عبده من البلد المقام علی السفینة الصغیره الی الفلک المسخر فوق الماء من قبل طلوع خط البیضاء من احق السوداء | Praise be unto Him Who hath raised His servant from the settled place, upon the small vessel, unto the ark that saileth upon the waters, ere the rising of the white line from the black horizon [3.5s] | INBA_5006C:339-340?, , PR04.038r13-040v03 | - | - | FHR#06.07?, SRC.242 | |||||||
| BB00498 | Khutbata’l-Baladiyya | 220 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتوحد فی الکبریاء والمتفرد فی الآلاء الذی قد ارفع السماء للعماء و قد انشأ السناء للذرالبقاء | Praise be to God Who standeth alone in grandeur and is singular in His bestowals, Who hath raised up the heavens unto the celestial realm and hath brought forth resplendent light [3.5s] | INBA67:129-130, PR07.075v-076r | prayer for spiritual recognition; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00084 | Khutbata’r-Raj’a (Khutba written in Jidda) | 2200 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد اقام العرش علی الماء والهواء علی وجه الماء و فرق بینهما علی کلمة اللاء ثم قد فتق الاجواء من عالم العماء | Praised be to God! Who raised up the Celestial Throne upon the watery expanse and the atmosphere above the surface of the watery expanse. | INBA91:060.12-073.08, INBA_5006C:330-335, | HNU.143-145x, AHDA.086x | MNP.090-091x, MNP.146-158, HURQ.BB19x, LOIR06.050ff | interpretation of words and passages in scripture; mystical themes; pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; symbolism; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.05, SRC.063, SRC.187, GOH.032 | |||
| 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 | |||
| BB00115 | Khutbiy-i-Mahdiyyih | 1600 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عهد لعلو ذاتیته عن وصف الانشاء و اهلها و تقدس بعظم کینونیته عن نعت اهل الثناء و من یشابهها الخطبه السادسه فی البوشهر حمل | Praise be unto Him Who, by the sublimity of His Being, hath transcended all description by His creation and its people, and Who, through the grandeur of His Essence, hath sanctified Himself above the attributes of those who offer praise and their like [3.5s] | INBA_4011C:341-348, , INBA_5006C:359-363, | - | - | FHR#06.01, SRC.063, SRC.186 | |||||||
| BB00128 | Kitab al-Fihrist (Book of the index) | 1400 | Autobibliography in the Writings of the Báb; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. المر ذلک الکتاب ذکر من الله فی حکم عبد بدیع و انه للکتاب قد نزلت من لدن بقیة الله امام حق قدیم | Alif. Lám. Mím. Rá. This is the Book, a Remembrance from God concerning a wondrous servant, and verily it is the Book sent down from the presence of the Remnant of God, the True Imam [3.5s]... ...And this is a Book which was sent down from God containing a directive from a wondrous servant. It is indeed a Book which hath come down from the Remnant of God | INBA_5019C:285-293, , INBA_6007C.339-348, INBA_4011C.062-069, , PR04.001r03-006v11, Berlin3655.001v-007r | ASAT4.527x | MNP.091-095x, HURQ.BB46x, LOIR06.051ff | events in the life and ministry of the Bab; family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih] | - | - | FHR#04, AHDA.444.3, SRC.043, SRC.050-052, SRC.065, SRC.188, GOH.022, GOH.032 | |||
| BB00025 | Kitab-i-A'mal al-sana (sahifa) = Sahifa Fatimiyya (Epistle on the Devotional Deeds of the Year) | 7600 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب بالحق هدی و ذکری للخاشعین و انه لکتاب قد فصل فی حکم شهرالله فی القران هدی و رحمة من عندالله لقوم ساجدین | Praised be to God Who hath, in very truth sent down the Book, a guidance and a remembrance for such as fear God. It is indeed a Book which sets forth regulations pertaining to the month(s) of God in the Qur'an | INBA50:106-158x, INBA_5006C:262-278, , INBA_6007C.413-452, PR04.168v01-194v07, MKI4499.118-147, AEWB.001-060, | HNMJ.021-027x, HNMJ.027-030x, HNMJ.031-036x | HURQ.BB30x | law of obligatory prayer; martyrs and martyrdom; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#05, AHDA.452.2, AHDA.461.02?, SRC.048, SRC.064-065, SRC.197, GOH.031 | |||
| BB00091 | Kitabu’l-‘Ulama I (Bushihr) | 2000 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو الغنی الجمیل و انه کتاب لا ریب فیه فصل فی حکم باطن القران | Praised be to God who sends down the Book upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants. He, verily, no God is there except Him. | INBA67:206-216, INBA91:082.02-094.10, INBA_4011C:318-328, , INBA_6007C.452-463, INBA_4012C.083-092, , PR03.063r10-065r26, PR04.106v02-115v02, PR07.049v-052v, CMB_F21.224.02-232.13#32, , BYC_collect5 | HNU.085x, HNU.134x, AHDA.107 | DB.148fn1, DB.129fn2, HURQ.BB22x, RR.121x | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.03, GPB.024, BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, MMAH.034, SRC.074, SRC.098, SRC.189 | ||||
| BB00044 | Kitabu’l-Ba’th | 4400 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الأمر 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 قدیرا شهد الله انه لا اله الا انا العزیز المحبوب شهد الله انه لا اله الا الله قل کل باللیل و النهار له عابدون | 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. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved. God beareth witness that there is none other God but God. Say: All, by night and by day, worship Him [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.289-337, BYC_pray.106.01-117.22 | alchemy; the elixir; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| BB00464 | Kitabu’l-Mashhudiyyah | 280 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. السلام من السلام و بالسلام الی السلام یعود السلام لا اله الا هو المعبود کل البریة الیه یرجعون | Peace [Salám, = greeting] is from Peace, and through Peace unto Peace doth Peace return. There is none other God but He, the Worshipped One, unto Whom all creation returneth [3.5s] | INBA98:110.08-111.09 | mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; prayer for firmness in the Covenant; servitude; submission to God; repentance; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BB00040 | Kitabu’sh-Shahadah | 5000 | بسمه العلی العظیم. حمد و ثناء ذات اقدسی را سزاوار است که لم یزل منزه بوده طلعت حضرت او از وصف ماسوای او | Praise and glory befit that Most Sacred Being, Who hath ever been sanctified beyond the description of aught else beside Him [3.5s] | INBA64:030.03-033.14x | impossibility of true worship of God; prayer for firmness in the Covenant; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| BH02209 | Lawh-i-Ard-i-Ba | 400 | Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas | حمدا لمن تشرف ارض الباء بقدوم من طاف حوله الاسماء بذلک بشرت الذرات کل | Praise be to Him Who hath honoured the Land of Bá through the presence of Him round Whom all names revolve. | INBA81:088x, BLIB_Or15727a.043, | AHM.107x, HDQI.005x, AHDW.009x, ASAT4.413x, AHB_128BE #06-11 p.196x, TBP#16x, OOL.B166x | TB#16x, GPB.243x, WOB.136x, SW_v04#14 p.239x, SW_v08#14 p.185x | almunajat.com [item 21], L. Slott | consolation and comfort; humility; meekness; lowliness; prayer for specific individuals; groups; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ROB4.240, BKOG.378, YMM.151, LL#061 | ||
| BH03564 | Lawh-i-Ard-i-Ta | 260 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | یا ارض الطاء یاد آر هنگامی را که مقر عرش بودی و انوارش از در و دیوارت ظاهر | Call thou to remembrance, O Land of Ṭa (Ṭihrán), the former days in which thy Lord had made thee the seat of His throne, and had enveloped thee with the effulgence of His glory | INBA66:106b, BLIB_Or15730.090a, , NLAI_BH1.081 | GWBP#055 p.077bx, RHQM1.072-073x (092) (053-054), ASAT1.071-072x, TSHA3.011, PYM.110ax, LDR.322, OOL.B167 | GWB#055x, LTDT.270x | eulogies; reminiscences; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; prophecy and fulfillment; service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | MUH1.0034, LL#062 | |||
| BH02329 | Lawh-i-Babu'l-Ata [Lawh-i-Banu-Qurayzih] | 380 | Translation List | ذرات کائنات شاهد و حقائق ممکنات گواه که این عبد از ظهور و اظهار امر مقصودی جز | The atoms of every contingent being and the realities of all created things bear witness that this Servant.... When I was but a child, this Wronged One read an account of the invasion of the Banú-Qurayẓih recorded in a book attributed to the late Mullá Báqir Majlisí. | INBA81:158, BLIB_Or15695.037, , BLIB_Or15724.101, | MAS7.135, ASAT2.017x | ADMS#042 | early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; episodes from the early history of Islam; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; personal instructions; purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ROB2.348, LL#075 | |||
| 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 | - | - | ||||
| 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 | - | - | |||
| BH02794 | Lawh-i-Gul-i-Mawla | 320 | Translation List | گل مولی چه بسیار از دراویش که در صحراهای شوق بیاد مولی سیاح شدند و در بحور | Flower of God! How many are the dervishes who journeyed through the wildernesses of longing in remembrance of their Lord and swam in the oceans of yearning | INBA35:189, NLI.32p001v | MAS4.218bx, ASAT4.491.15x | ADMS#259 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; rejection by the people of the Bayan; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | MMAH.182 | |||
| 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 | - | - | ||||
| AB00008 | Lawh-i-Hizar Bayti II (Second Tablet of the Thousand Verses) | 6520 | Bahá'í Sacred Writings | یا من وقف حیاته لاعلاء کلمه الله آنچه مرقوم فرموده بودید ملحوظ گردید و بدقت | O thou who hast devoted thy life to the exaltation of the Word of God! What thou hast written was perused | INBA21:120ax, INBA55:422x, INBA55:425ax, INBA59:311, INBA88:001, INBA88:013x | MKT2.253x, MMK4#188 p.232, MMK4#188a p.242x, AYBY.387 #068x, HHA.080-084x, MSHR1.029x, MSHR3.028x, MSHR3.165x, AADA.162-163x, OOL.C012b | BSR_v16p114-130 | chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; firmness in the Covenant; humility; meekness; lowliness; loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; personal instructions; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||
| BH04150 | Lawh-i-Husayn 1 | 220 | ان یا حسین اسمع ندائی من شطر سجنی لیجذبک الی ملکوت امری و جبروت عظمتی ان ربک | O Husayn! Hearken unto My call from the precincts of My prison, that it may attract thee to the Kingdom of My Cause and the dominion of My majesty. Verily, thy Lord [3.5s] | INBA34:255 | AQA1#116, OOL.B046a | personal instructions; predictions and prophecies; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |||
| BH02355 | Lawh-i-Irmighan | 380 | یا افنانی علیک بهائی افنانی علیه بهائی اراده نموده یک دریا لئالی حکمت و بیان | O My Afnán! Upon thee be My glory! My Afnán, upon whom resteth My glory, hath desired an ocean of pearls of wisdom and utterance [3.5s] | INBA65:033x, INBA30:086bx, INBA81:020a, NLAI_BH_AB.026 | AHM.328, AQMJ1.148x, ADH1.020 | consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of prayer; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||
| BH02758 | Lawh-i-Jamal 2 | 320 | ج ل اسمع ندآء ربک الغنی المتعال قم علی الامر و امر الناس بالمعروف کذلک یامرک | O Jalíl! Hearken unto the Call of thy Lord, the Self-Sufficing, the Most Exalted. Arise in the Cause and enjoin the people unto that which is good. Thus doth He command thee [3.5s] | INBA34:187 | AQA1#052, OOL.B049b | call to action; chastisement and requital; love of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||
| BH00885 | Lawh-i-Javad | 920 | ای حبیب جان و محبوب روانم آیا سکون اختیار نموده و جمال مختار مابین اشرار... ای جواد سلطان ایجاد میفرماید ای جواد سیف لسانرا | O beloved of My soul and cherished of My spirit! Hast thou chosen repose whilst the Beauty of the All-Glorious dwelleth amidst the wicked? O Javád, the Sovereign Lord of creation declareth: O Javád, unsheathe the sword of thy tongue [3.5s] | INBA38:082, NLI.32p036vx, Majlis934.058-069x | MAS8.012x | call to action; rejection, opposition and persecution; rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; suffering and imprisonment; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | GSH.197 | |||||
| BH00316 | Lawh-i-Jawhar-i-Hamd I | 2040 | جوهر حمد و ساذج ثنا بساط قدس حضرت محبوبیرا لایق و سزاست که لمیزل مقدس از | The essence of praise and the pure essence of glorification beseemeth the holy court of the Beloved One, Who hath ever been sanctified from [3.5s] | INBA35:161b, BLIB_Or15730.007c, | AADA.033-034x, YMM.283x | HURQ.BH75x | Manifestation of God as mediator; presence of; reunion with God; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | SHHB.152, LL#132 | ||||
| BH00088 | Lawh-i-Kimiya 2 (Lawh-i-Mariyyih) | 4710 | Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A | کتاب مرسله در ساحت احدیه وارد و ما فیه مشاهده شد لله الحمد که در این فجر... و اینکه سئوال از قول ماریه نمودید | The missive was received at the Court of Oneness and its contents perused. Unto God be praise that you were illumined… the treatment is specially designed so that this precious, life-giving substance, which has appeared from the divine mine, may be purified... The appearance of this hidden treasure amongst these people [arbab-i-ulum] is the sign of the coming of age of the world | INBA66:187, NLAI_BH2.164 | MAS1.026-045x, MAS4.024-025x, OOL.B197.2 | BLO_alchemy, HURQ.BH06 | A detailed explanation in symbolic language of an enigmatic statement on alchemy attributed to the l … | alchemy; the elixir; composition and decomposition; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; knowledge; recognition of God; law of cause and effect; spiritual transformation; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#391 | ||
| BH04321 | Lawh-i-Kimiya 5 | 220 | یا ایها الموسوم برکن الاول من اسمی ان استمع ندائی انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المختار و | O thou who art designated as the First Pillar of My Name! Hearken unto My Call. Verily, He is none other than God, the Mighty, the All-Compelling [3.5s] | INBA18:046, BLIB_Or11096#138, | MAS1.046-047x, OOL.B197.5x | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; outward and inward meanings; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||
| BH00212 | Lawh-i-Kimiya 6 | 2760 | Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A | پس اول باید دانست که این سر قویم و امر عظیم را قادر حکیم و سلطان علیم در چه | It ought first to be understood in what manner the Powerful Ruler and Wise Sovereign has established this firmly established Secret and mighty affair… Balinus, the sage, upheld the same view… [this is] one of nature's secrets and the essence of the knowledge of creation in the world of nature | INBA36:355, BLIB_Or15722.214, , NLAI_BH2.184 | MAS1.047-057, OOL.B197.6 | REVS.171x, BLO_alchemy, HURQ.BH05 | alchemy; the elixir; four elements; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah | - | - | ||||
| BH00915 | Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night - 'Akka) | 900 | Tablet of the Sacred Night (Lawh Laylat al-Quds) | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی نجیت به الادم عن الشیطان و حفظت النوح | Praise be to Thee, O my God. I call upon Thee by Thy Name, whereby Thou didst save Adam from Satan, and didst deliver Noah from the deluge, Abraham from the flames | INBA92:298 | TSBT.174-181, RHQM2.0996x (435) (267x), OOL.B001a | BLO_PT#138, HURQ.BH43 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power of prayer; prayer for evening; night; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayer for unity; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | MMAH.172, LL#148 | Not to be confused with Inventory #BH00970. | ||
| 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 | |||
| AB01214 | Lawh-i-Mahabbat (Tablet of Love) | 360 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Memories of Nine Years in Akka; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ایها المنجذب بنفحات الله قد وصلنی تحریرک الاخیر الدال علی فرط محبتک لعبدالبهاء | O thou who art attracted by the fragrant breezes of God... Know thou of a certainty that Love is the secret of God's holy Dispensation | INBA89:262 | MKT1.159, MNMK#036 p.121, MMK1#012 p.024x, MMK1#147 p.171x, MMK1#179 p.200x, MMK1#180 p.201x, AVK3.207.19, NSR_1978.137, NSR_1993.150, KNSA.219 (412), OOL.C016 | SWAB#012x, TAB.524-526, MNYA.306-307, BSC.435 #790, AELT.209-210x, BSTW#025, BSTW#250, BSTW#502a | A. Youssefi, Choir of the Baha'i Temple of South America, K. Porray, SKY, Ladjamaya [track 13], E. Mahony | love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; one universal law; attractive power of love; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||
| BH05897 | Lawh-i-Maryam 1 | 170 | مریما مهدی با یک قبضه صمدی و یک دکله محمد علی واصل و عاید بغداد شد مع خبرهای | O Mary! Mahdi arrived in Baghdad with one holy sword-hilt and one knife of Muhammad-'Ali, bearing tidings [3.5s]... ...What is causing thy sadness and why art thou sorrowful? Hast thou ever heard of the ocean shedding tears in separation from a river or the sun fearing the pursuit of a star? | INBA38:046, INBA36:378 | OOL.B058a | LTDT.303x | consolation and comfort; continual renewal of creation; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||
| BH02918 | Lawh-i-Mazindaran | 310 | یا اسمی یا ایها الناظر الى شمس ظهورى اهل میم و الف را در لوح ذکر | O My Name! O thou who gazest upon the Sun of My Manifestation! Make mention in the Tablet of the people of M and A [3.5s] | INBA73:045, BLIB_Or15738.181.15, | praise and encouragement; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | |||
| BH09452 | Lawh-i-Mizan | 100 | قد اتت الساعه و نفخ فی الصور و المیزان ینادی انا الممیز العلیم ابین و اظهر | The Hour hath come, and the Trumpet hath been sounded, and the Balance proclaimeth: "I am the All-Distinguishing, the All-Knowing, manifest and evident!" [3.5s] | INBA19:072b, INBA32:067a | apocalyptic imagery; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BH07650 | Lawh-i-Munajat | 130 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی ادعوک بالدعاء الذی دعیت به من لسان رسلک و صفوتک و اسئلک | Magnified be Thy Name, O Lord my God, I supplicate unto Thee with that supplication with which Thou wert implored by the tongue of Thy Messengers | INBA48:189, INBA49:051, BLIB_Or15739.326, , PR05.044b-044a | AQMJ1.045, ANDA#70 p.23 | KFPT#05 | Greatest Name; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for morning; prayer for steadfastness; obedience | - | - | |||||
| BH04298 | Lawh-i-Mustatab | 220 | هذا کتاب نزل من لدن عزیز وهاب لمن خضع و اناب اذ اتی الرب علی السحاب انه لرب | This is a Book sent down from the presence of the Mighty, the All-Bountiful, unto him who hath bowed down and turned unto God when the Lord came upon the clouds. Verily, He is the Lord [3.5s] | INBA44:109b, INBA34:275, BLIB_Or15696.123b, | AQA1#138, AKHA_124BE #08 p.j | chastisement and requital; justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||
| BH00759 | Lawh-i-Naqus (=Subhanaka Ya Hu) | 1040 | Days of Remembrance | یا راهب الاحدیه اضرب علی الناقوس بما ظهر یوم الله و استوی جمال العز علی عرش | This is the garden of Paradise, wherein arise the anthems of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting; wherein ascend the soul-entrancing melodies | INBA36:466, BLIB_Or15706.083, , BLIB_Or15714.020, | AHM.141, AYT.100, NSR_1993.099, TSQA4.293, ABMK.040, OOL.B101, AMB#26, RMT.023 | DOR#26, RBB.169-172, BLO_PT#122, BLO_PT#123, BLO_PT#124 | Proclamatory tablet, with repeated refrain celebrating the name ‘He’, commemorating the twentiet … | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; monasticism; asceticism; nearness and remoteness; prayer for detachment; the Kingdom of God [Malakut]; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | * | ROB2.018, EBTB.130, BKOG.206, MMAH.103, GSH.071, LL#288 | ||
| BH02800 | Lawh-i-Quds 2 | 320 | Translation List | هذا لوح القدس نزل من جبروت الامر لمن وجد عرف القمیص من شطر التقدیس و اقبل | This is the Tablet of holiness; it was sent down, from the realm of revelation, unto him who hath discovered the fragrance of the garment wafting from the direction of sanctity | INBA34:199 | AQA1#062, OOL.B068b | ADMS#225 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||
| BH04551 | Lawh-i-Quds 3 | 210 | Translation List | هذا لوح القدس قد نزل بالحق من لدن عزیز حکیم یستنشق منه الموحدون رایحه الرحمن | This is the Tablet of holiness; it hath been sent down, through the power of truth, by Him Who is the Almighty, the All-Wise | INBA34:261b, NLAI_BH1.015 | AQA1#123, AKHA_124BE #06 p.b, OOL.B068c | ADMS#226 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; nearness and remoteness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||
| BH02563 | Lawh-i-Rada'r-Ruh | 350 | Tablet to Rada'r-Rúh | یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه اسمع ندآء من سجن مره بعد اخری فی سبیل الله ربک و رب | O Thou who hast fixed his gaze upon the (divine) Countenance! Hearken unto the Call of Him Who hath suffered imprisonment, time after time, in the path of God | INBA73:362, NLAI_BH1.510, NLAI_BH2.249 | SFI16.036-037, MUH3.026-027, ASAT1.051x, DLH3.472 | BLO_PT#189, BTO#11 | spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment; The Holy Spirit; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ROB3.007-010, LL#197 | |||
| BH04606 | Lawh-i-Ram | 200 | اتقوا الله یا ملا الارض و لاتظنوا فیما اذکرناه فی اللوح باسم الرام رام الذی | Fear ye God, O people of the earth, and think not that the wine We have mentioned in Our Tablet is the wine which men drink | INBA81:049 | AVK3.041.06x, GHA.429a.01-03x, MUH3.276-277, ASAT4.003x, AKHA_122BE #09 p.a, OOL.B186 | COC#1785 | alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; spiritual transformation; symbolism | - | - | |||||
| 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 | ||
| BH00038 | Lawh-i-Sultan | 6890 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | یا ملک الارض اسمع ندآء هذا المملوک انی عبد آمنت بالله و آیاته و فدیت نفسی فی | O King of the Earth! Hearken unto the call of this Vassal: Verily, I am a Servant Who hath believed in God | INBA34:047, BLIB_Or03115.001, , BLIB_Or15705.032, , CMB_F31.022, , NLAI_BH2.367, NLI.32p100r, PR11.001b-020b, LEID.Or4970 item 7, LEID.Or8685 | NRJ#1e, AQA1#001e, UAB.022ax, FBAH.215x, DLH2.154x, OOL.B018 | SLH#01e, BLO_PT#186, BLO_PT#187, BSC.068 #037, BP1929.036x | almunajat.com [item 22], S. Jaberi | Bahá’u’lláh’s lengthiest tablet to any monarch, delivered in person to the Shah at the cost … | call to action; justice and wrath of God; lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of the Manifestation of God; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; proofs of the Manifestations of God; rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ROB2.337 et al, BKOG.309 et al, MMAH.113, GSH.102, LL#248 | |
| BH00414 | Lawh-i-Yusuf 1 | 1690 | قد اشرقت من افق الامر شمس رقم علیها من القلم الاعلی الملک لله المقتدر العزیز | The sun hath indeed risen from the horizon of the Cause, upon which the Supreme Pen hath inscribed: "The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the All-Powerful, the Mighty." [3.5s] | INBA34:094, BLIB_Or11095#005, , BLIB_Or15735.153, | AQA1#005, HYK.153, OOL.B084a | call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | |||
| BH02011 | Lawh-i-Zuhur | 440 | کتاب الظهور قد نزل من سماء الفضل لمن اقبل الی الله مرسل الاریاح ان فی استوآء | The Book of Manifestation hath been sent down from the heaven of grace unto him who hath turned unto God, the Sender of the winds. Verily, in its revelation [3.5s] | INBA23:022, INBA34:162, BLIB_Or15707.115, , BLIB_Or15735.272, | AQA1#034, HYK.272 | love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion | - | - | ||||||
| BB00324 | Letter in reply to four questions | 560 | Báb's Epistle Revealed in Isfahán in Response to Four Questions, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الامر فی الکتاب للذین اتبعوا امرالله بالحق فان اولئک هم الصادقون و بعد قد نزل کتابک فی ارض الصاد و اطلعت بخطابک فاعلم فیما سئلت من معنی یوم القیامه | Praise be to God Who hath sent down the Command in the Book unto them that follow the Cause of God in truth, for these are the sincere ones. Thy letter hath reached the Land of Ṣád and I have understood thy message. Know thou, then, concerning that which thou didst inquire about the meaning of the Day of Resurrection [3.5s] | INBA53:398-400, PR02.200v04-201r04, Berlin3655.122v-124r | chastisement and requital; day of Resurrection; Judgement; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | SRC.081, SRC.195 | |||||
| BB00065 | Letter on the apostasy of Mulla Jawad Vilyani = suluk II | 2700 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تعالی بذاتیة ذاتیة ذاتیته عن وصف المجردات و کنهها والحمد لله الذی تقدس بکینونیة کینونیة کینونیته عن نعت المادیات و حقائقها | Praise be to God Who hath exalted Himself, in the very Essence of His Essence, above the description and inmost being of all abstract realities, and praise be to God Who hath sanctified Himself, in the very Being of His Being, above the attributes and verities of all material realities [3.5s] | INBA98:111.13-122.08 | AVK3.055.07x | GOH.043x, GOH.059x, GOH.209x, GOH.248-249x, GOH.302-308x | acquiescence and resignation; contentment; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of prayer; proofs of the Manifestations of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; servitude; submission to God; repentance; station of the Manifestation of God; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR, AHDA.450.4, MMAH.040, SRC.190, GOH.030 | |||
| BB00072 | Letter to Haji 'Abd al-Wahhab | 2700 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا من له الحمد فی السموات و الارض و له السلام فی ملکوت الامر والخلق سبحانه و تعالی جل ذاتیته من ان یصعد الیها اعلی جواهر الممکنات و علت کینونیته من ان یرفع الی مقام عزها اعلی شوامخ | O Thou Who art praised in the heavens and on earth, and unto Whom belongeth peace in the Kingdom of Command and Creation! Glorified and exalted art Thou! The quintessence of Thy Being is far above the loftiest essences of all contingent things, and the Reality of Thy Self transcendeth the most sublime heights [3.5s] | INBA_5019C:257-264, | ASAT4.509x, AVK1.294-295x, AVK1.323-324x | celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; meaning; importance of dreams and visions; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; soul; spirit after death; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; symbolism; the Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | SRC.191 | |||||
| BB00558 | Letter to Haji 'Abd al-Wahhab | 150 | هو الله تعالی. قبله مؤید و مطاع ممجد ادام الله فضلکم اگرچه بصورت تشرف حضور را درک نکرده ولی یحکم الارواح جنود مجنده رشته محبت | He is God, exalted is He! He Who is supported and obeyed and glorified. May God preserve you. Although not recognizing the honor of attaining the presence | INBA58:184.03-184.11 | KSHK.BWB | consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; petitions to authorities; spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||
| BB00517 | Letter to Haji Siyyid ‘Ali Kirmani (from Medina) | 190 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قد قرئت کتابک هذا فاستمع لماذا القی الیک باذن الله فان ذکر اسم ربک لهو الحق یهدیک الی صراط مستقیم | I have read this, thy letter. Hearken thou, therefore, to that which is imparted unto thee by leave of God, for verily the mention of thy Lord's Name is truth itself, guiding unto the straight path [3.5s] | INBA91:028.09-029.08, INBA_5019C:298-299, , INBA_6012C.260-261, | power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#03.09, FHR#03.21?, SRC.191 | ||||||
| BB00582 | Letter to Hajj Sulayman Khan (from Medina) | 110 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد سطرت من ید الذکر هذا علی حکیم و انه لعلی علی صراط مستقیم و ان ربک یعلم غیب السموات | Verily, this book has been written by the hand of this, the Remembrance, Exalted and Wise. Verily, he is exalted upon the straight path. Verily, he knows the invisble world of the heavens and the earth | INBA91:029.10-030.04, INBA_5019C:299-300?, , INBA_6012C.261-262, , CMB_F28.7.03-04, | TZH2.059-060 | KSHK.BWB | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.09, FHR#03.22?, BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.461.14?, AHDA.610.12, SRC.191, SRC.192 | ||||
| BB00089 | Letter to Jinab-i-Haji Siyyid Javad Karbala'i | 2000 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح صبح الازل طراز الالف القائم بین البائین فلاحت و اضائت بعد ما بدعت قبل ما اخترعت | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of the Morn of Eternity to be as the Alif standing betwixt two Bás, resplendent and illumining after it was originated, ere it was fashioned [3.5s] | INBA98:150.07-158.13, PR02.161r25-163v22, CMB_F21.026.18-035.16#04, , Berlin3655.105v-110v | ASAT3.054-055x, NSS.059-064 | defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; symbolism; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | |||||
| BB00054 | Letter to Mirza Hasan Vaqay’-Nigar | 3300 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره و اقام الکل بحکمه لیعرف کل الموجودات فی مقام عرفان طلعة الذات و آیات ظهورات الصفات | Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and hath established all things through His wisdom, that every created thing might attain unto the station of recognition of the Countenance of His Essence and the signs of the manifestations of His attributes [3.5s] | INBA40:180-192, INBA53:385-398, INBA67:085-100, PR02.175r27-179r06, CMB_F28.7.06, | ASAT4.368x | BAPT.002x, HURQ.BB51x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; free will and predestination; fate; names and attributes of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, MMAH.032, SRC.079, SRC.194 | ||||
| BB00119 | Letter to Mirza Hasan-‘Ali, uncle of the Bab | 1600 | Gate of the Heart; Divine Proof and the Challenge of Revelation | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قبله محترم دام عزکم تلاوت آیات کریمه را نموده ولی چه بسیار عجب است که اهل بصیرت ... والسلام خیرالکلام والحمد | O revered uncle, may thy glory endure! I have perused thy kind letter; yet how passing strange it is that the people of insight... Peace be upon the best of utterances, and praise be to [3.5s]... ...This lowly One hath completed the Commentary on the Súrih of Joseph in forty days, during which I wrote parts thereof each day | INBA91:170.11-180.06, PR04.200r05-204r11 | TZH3.283.09-286.11x | GOH.124x, MNP.002x | authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; independent investigation of truth; reality; literal interpretation; proofs of the Manifestations of God; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||
| BB00269 | Letter to Mirza Hasan-i-Khurasani | 720 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک الذی لا اله الا هو العلی الحکیم و انه لکتاب قد تنزل من لدن بقیة الله امام حق | Read thou the Book wherein is remembered the Name of thy Lord, He besides Whom there is no God, the Most Exalted, the All-Wise. Verily it is a Book sent down from the presence of the Remnant of God, the true Imam [3.5s] | INBA67:216-219, INBA91:006.04-010.07, INBA_5019C:319-321, | NSS.078-080 | call to action; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | FHR#03.02, SRC.190, SRC.191 | |||||
| BB00665 | Letter to Mirza Siyyid Hasan Khurasani (from Bushihr) | 830 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک ثم اسجد لحکمه انه لا اله الا هو لغنی حمید و انه لکتاب قد نزل من حکم بقیة الله امام حق مبین | Read thou the Book wherein is remembered the Name of thy Lord, then humble thyself before His decree. Verily, there is no God but Him, the Self-Sufficient, the All-Praised. And verily this is a Book sent down through the decree of the Remnant of God, the manifest Imam of Truth [3.5s] | INBA91:018.08-023.02 | TZH3.169x, NSS.082ax | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.13?, FHR#03.02? | |||||
| BB00580 | Letter to Mulla Hasan Bajistani | 120 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا ایها السآئل فاعلم ان الله لا یحکم بمرض لنفس الا بما قدمت ایدیه من الخطایا و ذلک ما کانت | O questioner! Know that God does not decree disease for a soul unless it is for the errors its hands have wrought. That is naught but a penance for its sins | INBA67:176-176, INBA_4011C:165-166, , PR07.074v-074v | HBAB.502x, ASAT3.097 | KSHK.BWB | bringing oneself to account each day; effort; striving; health and healing; material and spiritual healing; mindfulness; concentration; focus; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | SRC.190 | ||||
| BB00287 | Letter to Mulla Husayn I (from Medina) | 670 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد نزلت باذن ربک من لدن علی حکیم و انه لعلی علی صراط مستقیم و ان ربک یعلم عنت السموات و الارض و ما کان الناس فیه تختلفون | Verily this is a Book sent down by leave of thy Lord from the presence of One who is Exalted and Wise, and lo, it standeth exalted upon the straight path. And thy Lord knoweth well the travail of the heavens and of the earth, and that concerning which men are at variance [3.5s] | INBA91:010.09-014.06 | dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; justice and wrath of God; law of pilgrimage; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | FHR#03.01 | ||||||
| BB00336 | Letter to Mulla Husayn II (from Shiraz) | 540 | Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥusayn Bushrú'í, Revealed at Bushíhr, An | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. شهد الله لعبده فی ذلک الکتاب انه قد آمن بالله و آیاته و کان علی صراط حق مبین و ذلک الکتاب ذکر من بقیة الله لمن اراد ان یؤمن بآیات ربه و یتبع امره و کان من الساجدین | God testifieth in this Book unto His servant that he hath believed in God and His signs, and hath remained steadfast upon a path of manifest truth. And this Book is a remembrance from the Remnant of God for whosoever desireth to believe in the signs of his Lord and follow His command, and be numbered among those who prostrate themselves [3.5s] | INBA91:001.02-003.12, INBA_5019C:318-319, , PR04.006v13-008r12 | TZH3.140.06-140.18x | chastisement and requital; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.01, SRC.191 | ||||
| BB00415 | Letter to Mulla Husayn III | 360 | Epistle of the Báb Revealed for Mullá Ḥusayn Concerning the Practice of Dissimulation, Patience, and the Reward of the Faithful | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قال علی علیه السلام اللهم و انی لاعلم ان العلم لا یا رب (؟) کل و لا ینقطع مردود و انک لا تخلی ارضک من حجة انک علی خلقک | Ali, upon whom be peace, hath spoken: O God! Verily I know that knowledge doth not perish, and that its seeker is not turned away, and that Thou dost not leave Thine earth bereft of a proof unto Thy creation [3.5s] | INBA91:004.02-006.02 | dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | FHR#03.01 | |||||
| BB00284 | Letter to Mulla Husayn IV - from Bushihr | 690 | Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥusayn, Revealed at Búshihr | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی نزل الروح من حکمه الیک لتکونن من المنذرین اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک هذا و کن من الشاکرین | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the Spirit through His wisdom unto thee, that thou mayest be numbered among the warners. Recite thou the Book of thy Lord's remembrance and be thou among the thankful [3.5s] | INBA91:014.08-018.06 | ASAT4.236x | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.01 | ||||
| BB00516 | Letter to Mulla Husayn V | 190 | Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥusayn Bushrú'í from al-Mukhā, An | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی قد نزل الروح علی قلبک لتکونن من المنذرین ان اتبع مایلقی الیک من کتاب کریم و لقد ارسلنا من قبل الیک | Glorified be He Who hath caused the Spirit to descend upon thy heart, that thou mayest be numbered among the warners. Follow thou what is revealed unto thee from this glorious Book, for verily We did send it aforetime unto thee [3.5s] | INBA91:059.10-060.10, PR04.008r14-008v13 | justice and wrath of God; laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | FHR#03.01 | |||||
| BB00471 | Letter to Mulla Javad and his associates | 270 | Báb's Epistle Refuting the Claims to the Station of Bābiyyat (Gatehood), The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله رب العالمین و صلی الله علی محمد و اله الطاهرین و بعد چنین گوید فی خلق الله علی محمد بن المرحوم محمد رضا طاب ثراه که جمعی ادعای مقام بابیت امام علیه السلام را نسبت باین بنده ضعیف دانسته اند | Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds, and may His blessings rest upon Muhammad and His pure kindred. To continue: Thus speaketh, in the creation of God, 'Alí-Muhammad, son of the late Muhammad-Ridá, may his rest be sweet, that certain individuals have attributed unto this humble servant the station of the Gate of the Imám, peace be upon Him [3.5s] | INBA91:169.02-170.09 | self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||
| BB00407 | Letter to Mulla Javad Baraghani: Risala fi'l-Rububiyyah | 370 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله رب العالمین و السلام علی عباد الله المخلصین فیا ایها السائل قد سمعت کل ما کتبت الی فی کتابک فاستمع لما ذا القی الیک باذن الله ثم انصف اولاً بحکم ربک | Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds, and peace be upon His sincere servants. O thou who asketh! I have indeed heard all that thou didst write unto me in thy letter. Hearken, then, unto that which I cast unto thee by God's leave, and be thou first just in accordance with thy Lord's command [3.5s] | INBA91:192.03-194.10x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; free will and predestination; fate; humility; meekness; lowliness; independent investigation of truth; reality; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| BB00658 | Letter to Rahim | 4900 | بسم الله الامدد الامدد. و اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا کنت من اول الذی لا اول له خیرالائلهین و اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا لاکونن الی آخر الذی لا آخر له خیرالائلهین ... ان یا اسم الابهی اذا غربت الشمس لم یحط علم بانها فیمن و لا یطلع الا یوم من یظهره الله ذلک رب العالمین | Verily I am God; there is no God but Me! From the beginning that hath no beginning I have been the Best of creators, and verily I am God; there is no God but Me, and unto the end that hath no end I shall ever remain the Best of creators... O Name of the All-Glorious! When the sun hath set, none knoweth wherein it dwelleth, nor shall it rise again save on the Day of Him Whom God shall make manifest, that Lord of all the worlds [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.471-482 | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00333 | Letter to Sulayman, Sharif of Mecca (addressing the people of Mecca) | 540 | Epistle of the Báb to Sharīf Sulaymān, the Sharīf of Mecca, and to the People of Mecca | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد نزلت باذن ربک من لدن علی حکیم و انه لعلی صراط الله فی السموات و الارض ینزل الیک من الآیات بلسان عربی متین | Verily this is a Book sent down by leave of thy Lord from the presence of One who is Exalted and Wise, and lo, it followeth the Path of God in the heavens and on earth, revealing unto thee verses in a mighty Arabic tongue [3.5s] | INBA91:025.06-028.07, INBA_6012C.257-260, , CMB_F28.7.01-02, | AHDA.104 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to Muslims; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#03.19, BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.461.12?, MMAH.035, SRC.191, SRC.192 | ||||
| BB00399 | Letter to the Hanafi Imam | 390 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد نزلت باذن ربک من لدن علی حکیم. ثم قد فصلت آیاته باذن ربک على صراط مستقیم | Verily this is a Book sent down by leave of thy Lord from the presence of One who is Exalted and Wise. Then were its verses expounded by the leave of thy Lord upon a straight path [3.5s] | INBA91:023.04-025.04 | call to action; justice and wrath of God; need for an educator; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.09 | ||||||
| BB00315 | Letter to the uncle of the Báb in Bushihr | 590 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی قد نزل الآیات علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لسمیع علیم و ان ذلک حکم من لدی ان ارسل کتاباً فیه احکام الناس ما هم کانوا عاملین | Glorified be He Who sendeth down verses upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants, and verily He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. And this, truly, is a decree from His presence, that I should send forth a Book containing ordinances for mankind according to which they act [3.5s] | INBA91:056.06-059.08 | belief and denial; chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | FHR#03.06? | ||||||
| BB00571 | Letter to the wife of the Báb, from Masqat | 120 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ربک الذی لا اله الا هو قد نزل باذنه من لدن علی حمید و انه فی حکم الکتاب | Read the book of your Lord God, there is no other god but Him. It descended by His permission from Ali, the Praiseworthy. Verily, the path of God in the heavens and the earth is in the decree of the book | INBA58:170.04-171.04, INBA91:051.11-052.06, PR04.194v01-194v10 | KSHK.BWB | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; procession; appearance of the Word from God | - | - | FHR#03.08 | |||||
| BB00601 | Li-Hadrat-i-Haram | 80 | Epistle of the Báb to His Beloved and Blessed Wife | هو الابهی الاجل الاجمل الاعظم الانور. جان عزیز من در هر حال بتسبیح حق قلب خود را ساکن نموده و از فضل الهی یوم وصل را سائل بوده | He is the Most Glorious, the Most Splendid, the Most Beautiful, the Most Great, the Most Luminous! My dear soul, at all times the praise of God dwells in one's heart | INBA58:183.01-183.07 | KSHK.BWB | acquiescence and resignation; contentment; consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||
| BB00541 | Li-Hadrati’l-Haram | 160 | بسم الله تعالی. جان شیرین من حرسک الله تعالی لا تحسبن انقطاع الکتب من ملل | O my sweet spirit! May God, the Most High, protect thee. Think not that the interruption of letters stems from [3.5s]... …God is my witness that since the time of our separation, such griefs encircled me as are beyond description | INBA58:164.05-165.08 | KHAF.166 | RR.240-241 | business; financial; property matters; consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||
| BB00204 | Ma Qala’l-Mir’at | 970 | بسم الله العلی الجواد ث م ر. انا ارسلنا فی ارض الهائیات ثاء نوریا لیستضیئن کل من فی الملک بنوره و لیکونن للرحمن منصورا | Verily We have sent forth into the realm of divine manifestations a luminous effulgence, that all who dwell in the kingdom may be illumined by its light and become victorious for the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.547-551, BYC_jabar.034.12-036.14, BYC_jabar.075.07-077.08 | Letters of the Living; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); symbolism; the cloud ['ama]; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | |||
| BB00640 | On istifah (asking the explanation of texts) | INBA_5019C:264-269, | - | - | SRC.191 | ||||||||||
| BB00637 | On the imams, to an unknown recipient | INBA_5019C:163-166, | - | - | SRC.190 | ||||||||||
| BB00168 | Prayer and Ziyarat for Friday | 1200 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک فی ذلک الیوم الجمعه الذی قد شرفته و عظمته و عززته و قدسته و کرمته | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness unto Thee on this Friday, which Thou hast made noble and great, and hast exalted and sanctified [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.099-104, BYC_misc-b.100b05-105a07 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; transcendence; unknowability of God; visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||
| BB00070 | Prayer for 19 letters | 2700 | بسم الله العزیز الرؤف. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء بانک انت الله لا اله الا انت لم تزل یا الهی کنت کائنا و لا تزال تکون | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee. From time immemorial, O my God, Thou hast been, and unto everlasting Thou shalt be [3.5s] | INBA01:129.05-147.08 | petitions to authorities; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for praise and gratitude; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00235 | Prayer for Friday | 880 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله الفرد الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا محبوب من ان اذکرک بذکری ایاک او ان اثنی فی ملکک اذ اننی اعرف حد کینونیتی بانها معدومة عندک | Glorified art Thou, O God, O Beloved, that I should make mention of Thee through my remembrance, or that I should praise Thee in Thy dominion, for verily I recognize the bounds of mine own being as non-existent before Thee [3.5s] | INBA58:145.08-154.09, INBA78:094-105, INBA82:054-060, BYC_collect3.137-141 | ASAT5.159-163, HNMJ.002-005x, HNMJ.037-040x, HNMJ.040-042x | humility; meekness; lowliness; impossibility of true worship of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BB00289 | Prayer for Friday | 670 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الملائکة و اولو العلم قائما بالقسط لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم قد وقع علی ذلک الجبل کتابک و اشهد | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and the angels, and they who are possessed of knowledge, standing firm in justice, bear witness that there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Wise. Upon this mountain hath Thy letter descended, and I bear witness [3.5s]... ...Verily, at this time, the Sun of Truth hath reached the Point of midday zenith | INBA98:174.06-176.13, Berlin3655.116r-117v | GOH.171x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; symbolism; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195 | ||||
| BB00661 | Prayer for Friday evening | 1980 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه لیلة الجمعه لاسئلنک ما فیها بک اذ لا شئ فى علمک عدلک و لا مثلک و لا شبهک و لا قرينک الخلق خلقک و الامر منک اليک و حدک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is the night of Friday, wherein I beseech Thee, through Thine own Self, for there existeth not within Thy knowledge any equal to Thy justice, nor any like unto Thee, nor any similitude, nor any peer. Creation is Thy creation, and the Command proceedeth from Thee and returneth unto Thee [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.041-046, MKI4515.015v-023v | charitable associations; humanitarian activities; firmness in the Covenant; law of pilgrimage; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00579 | Prayer for Mulla Hasan | 120 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا ایها الحبیب قف علی باب المجیب و اتکل علی الله ربی و ربک الذی لا الله الا هو السمیع العلیم | O loved one! Stand at the door of the One Who Answers, and trust in God, my Lord and your Lord. There is no God but Him, the Hearing, the Knowing | INBA67:178-178, INBA_4011C:164-165, , PR04.051v01-051v05, PR07.073r-073r | KSHK.BWB | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of prayer; prayer for protection; transcendence; unknowability of God; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | SRC.192 | |||||
| BB00639 | Prayer for Sayyid Ja'far Shubbar | INBA_5019C:216-218, | - | - | SRC.190 | ||||||||||
| BH01125 | Prayer for the Fast (Dawn) | 740 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | اللهم انی اسئلک بالایه الکبری و ظهور فضلک بین الوری بان لاتطردنی عن باب | I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy mighty Sign, and by the revelation of Thy grace amongst men | INBA97:153, Majlis210461.121-124 | PMP#177, AHM.121, TSBT.057, NFF5.041, OOL.B090.04 | PM#177, BPRY.261, SW_v04#18 p.306, BP1929.004-011 | The Badasht Project, E. Mahony, L. Harley | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; prayer for fasting; presence of; reunion with God; service to others; to the Cause of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#271, LL#467 | ||
| 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 | |||
| BB00493 | Prayer for the hajj, for Mirza Muhammad 'Ali Qazvini | 230 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اشهد ان لا اله الا هو و اشهد لمحمد و علی و فاطمه و الحسن و الحسین و علی و محمد و جعفر | I bear witness that there is no God but Him, and I testify unto Muhammad and 'Alí and Fáṭimih and Ḥasan and Ḥusayn and 'Alí and Muhammad and Ja'far [3.5s] | INBA67:176-177, PR07.074v-074v | chastisement and requital; family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.190 | ||||||
| BB00536 | Prayer for the mirrors | 170 | Prayer of the Báb on Divine Sovereignty and the True Mirror | الله اکبر تکبیراً کبیرا. قل اللهم انک انت قوآء السموات و الارض و ما بینهما لتؤتین القوة من یشآء ... و لعمر من یظهره الله لو تدومن بذلک و لتقبلن على من على الارض لن یقابلنک من احد | Say: O God! Verily Thou art the Power of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou bestowest strength upon whomsoever Thou willest... By the life of Him Whom God shall make manifest, wert thou to persevere in this and turn unto all who are on earth, none would stand against thee [3.5s] | INBA58:144.01-145.05 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||
| BB00152 | Prayer in reply to al-'Alawiyya (Tahirih) | 1300 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا من له العزة و الجمال و العظمة و الجلال لا اله الا هو الکبیر المتعال شهد الله لذاته قبل کل شیء | O Thou Who art possessed of glory and beauty, of grandeur and majesty! There is no God but Him, the Most Great, the Most Exalted. God beareth witness unto His Own Self before all else [3.5s] | INBA91:145.06-152.10, PR04.029v08-032v13 | identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mirror; Muhammad; Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for protection; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.02 | ||||||
| BB00145 | Prayer in reply to Mirza Muhammad 'Ali Nahri et al | 1300 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی اشهدک بما تشهد لنفسک و للخلق عبادک انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک و لا لکینونیتک خلقه دون ذاتک | O God! I bear witness before Thee to that whereunto Thou dost bear witness unto Thyself and unto all created beings, Thy servants, that Thou art God, no God is there but Thee, Single art Thou, without peer, and naught existeth in Thine Essence save Thy Self [3.5s] | INBA91:154.06-161.09, INBA_5019C:311-315, | alteration of the divine will [bada]; family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; transcendence; unknowability of God; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | FHR#12.06, SRC.191 | ||||||
| BB00402 | Prayer in reply to Mulla 'Abd al-Jalil, on the thanksgiving prostration | 380 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف نفسه بنفسه و تنزه عن مجانسة عباده و تقدس عن مقارنة اثاره | Praise be to God Who hath revealed His Own Self through His Own Self, Who hath exalted Himself above all likeness to His servants, and Who hath sanctified Himself beyond all comparison with His signs [3.5s] | INBA91:121.02-123.02, INBA_5019C:294-294, | chastisement and requital; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.05, AHDA.459?, SRC.191 | ||||||
| BB00172 | Prayer in reply to Mulla 'Abdu'l-Khaliq [Yazdi] | 1200 | Tablet of the Báb Addressed to Mullá 'Abdu'l-Kháliq Yazdí | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا من له الحمد و العزة و ماسواه من خشیته یشفقون یا الهی اشهد لدیک فی ذلک الکتاب بما تشهد لنفسک قبل کل شیء لا اله الا انت وحدک لاشریک لک | O Thou to Whom belongeth all praise and glory, before Whom all else tremble in awe! O my God, I testify before Thee in this Book to that which Thou didst testify concerning Thine own Self before all things: Verily, there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer [3.5s] | INBA91:094.12-102.01, PR04.026v04-029v05 | AHDA.183 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.03 | ||||
| BB00138 | Prayer in reply to Mulla Ahmad Khurasani, Di'bil, et al | 1300 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف لعباد نفسه و لو لا تعریفه با لا بداع لکانوا من المنسیین اللهم انی اشهدک فی ذلک الیوم بما تشهد لنفسک | Praise be to God, Who hath made Himself known unto His servants; for, without His revelation and divine guidance, they would assuredly have remained in oblivion. O Lord, I bear witness unto Thee on this day in the very manner that Thou dost bear witness unto Thine own Self [4o] | INBA91:123.04-130.08, INBA_5019C:295-298, | ASAT4.370x | family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; petitions to authorities; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for justice and fairmindedness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.07, SRC.191 | |||||
| BB00587 | Prayer written at the request of Karbala'i 'Ali Asghar Khurasani | 100 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. شهد الله لعبده انه من بالله و ایاته و کان من المهتدین الهی انی اشهدک بما تشهد لنفسک | God bore witness to His servant that he believed in God and His verses, and he was of those who are guided. O my God! I bear witness to You by that which you bear witness to Yourself and the saints who have drawn nigh among Your servants | INBA91:153.10-154.04 | KSHK.BWB | justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for praise and gratitude | - | - | FHR#12.04, SRC.191 | |||||
| BB00062 | Prayers for the days of the week | 2800 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته الی الله یحشرون اللهم انک انت الله الفرد الاحد الصمد الحی القیوم | Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth by His command, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs and who shall be gathered unto Him. O God! Thou art indeed God, the Single, the One, the Eternal, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA58:072.03-095.07, INBA78:001-045, PR03.228r07-231r09, MKI4499.035-047 | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; essential vs. actional attributes of God; family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for specific individuals; groups; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.461.01a | ||||||
| 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" | ||
| BB00124 | Reply to Mirza hadi Qazvini and Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Qazvini | 1500 | Tablet of the Báb to Hádí and Muḥammad ʿAlí Qazvíní | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف ادعوک و انت تعلم سری و کیف لا اقول ما خطر علی قلبی و انت امرتنی بالدعاء و وعدت المتکبرین کلمة العذاب فی کتابک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! How can I call upon Thee when Thou knowest mine inmost secrets, and how can I refrain from uttering that which hath stirred within my heart when Thou hast commanded me to pray and hast decreed for the proud the word of chastisement in Thy Book [3.5s] | INBA91:130.10-139.03, INBA_5019C:305-308, , PR04.032v15-036r10 | family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.08, SRC.191 | |||||
| BB00196 | Reply to Mulla Ibrahim Mahallati | 1000 | Tablet of the Báb Revealed in Response to the Inquiry of Mullá Ibrāhím Maḥallātí | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف الخلق آیاته المودعة فی عز حقایقهم و ما خلق فی الافاق بغیر | Praise be to God, Who hath acquainted all created things with His signs deposited in the glory of their own selves and that which He hath fashioned in the horizons [3.5s] | INBA91:139.05-145.04, INBA_5019C:308-311, , PR04.020v05-023r12 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.09, FHR#03.20, SRC.191 | |||||
| BB00157 | Reply to Mulla Ja'far-i-Shubbar | 1200 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی شهد لذاته بذاته الا اله الا هو العلی العظیم اللهم انی اشهدک فی ذلک الکتاب بما تحب لنفسک من اهل الابداع | All praise be to God Who hath testified through His Own Self unto His Self that there is none other God but Him, the Most Exalted, the Most Great. O my God! I bear witness before Thee in this Book unto that which Thou lovest for Thyself among the people of creation [3.5s] | INBA91:161.11-168.06, INBA_5019C:315-318, , PR04.023r13-026v02 | dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.10, SRC.191 | ||||||
| BB00636 | Reply to six questions from Mirza Sulayman | INBA_5019C:159-163, | - | - | SRC.190 | ||||||||||
| BB00037 | Risala fi Tashkhis al-Ghina (on singing) | 5600 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تقدس تقدیس قیومته عن نعت الجوهریات و ما یشاء بهها و الحمد لله الذی تفرد بتفرد ازلیته عن وصف الذاتیات و ما یعادلها | Praise be to God Who, through the sanctity of His Essence, hath sanctified Himself above the attributes of essences and all that pertaineth thereunto; and praise be to God Who, in His primal Eternity, hath singled out His oneness above the description of intrinsic qualities and their like [3.5s]... ...The reality of all beings, save God, dependeth on two aspects. The first is the existential aspect (jihat-i-vujúdí) which indicateth the divine effulgence | INBA14:432-452, INBA40:202-220, INBA67:233-259, INBA82:096-133, INBA_6010C:430-450, , PR02.146v16-152r04, PR07.110r-117v, UMich962.152-156, BYC_collect4.022x | SFI01.085-095, ASAT4.424-425x | GOH.177x | martyrs and martyrdom; the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.450.5, MMAH.047, SRC.080, SRC.194, GOH.034-035 | |||
| BB00354 | Risala fi'l-Tasdid | 470 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اعلم ثبت الله قدمیک علی الصراط ان الله سبحانه تعالی غنی کامل و ان مصنوعه حین ما اصنع جری القلم و قدرها القدر علی کماله بحیث لانقص فیه ..... | Know thou—may God make firm thy footsteps upon the Path—that God, glorified and exalted be He, is the All-Sufficient and Perfect One, and that His creation, from the moment He fashioned it, when the Pen moved and destiny ordained it to its perfection, was such that no imperfection could be found therein [3.5s] | INBA14:483-486, INBA53:061-063, INBA67:143-145, INBA_4011C:121-123, , INBA_6004C:207-209, , INBA_6006C:072-073, , INBA_6010C:477-480, , PR07.062v-063r | ASAT5.237x | Adam; Adam and Eve; perfection; imperfection of nature; power of the Manifestation of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | SRC.045, SRC.192, SRC.196 | |||||
| BB00297 | Risala fi's-Suluk (Epistle on the Spiritual Path I) | 650 | Báb's Epistle on the Spiritual Journey towards God, The; Gate of the Heart; Treatise on Spiritual Wayfaring unto God (Risálah fi's-Sulúk ilá Alláh) | استقم یا سائل التقی فی مقام التوحید قال الله تعالى الذین قالوا ربنا الله ثم استقاموا تتنزل | Be steadfast, O seeker of piety, in the station of affirming the divine unity. As God, exalted be He, has said | INBA14:486-489, INBA53:058-061, INBA67:145-148, PR04.052r08-054r12, PR07.063r-064r, HBH_suluktr (=INBMC6006) | ASAT4.158-159x, AVK2.231.07 | LOIR03.049-058 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; four pillars; knowledge; recognition of God; knowledge of self; love of God; oneness; unity of religion; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcending the material condition; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | NSS.019-020, AHDA.449.3, MMAH.043, SRC.044, GOH.030, GOH.301 | |||
| BB00042 | Risalata’l-Ishraq | 4600 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع المشیة قبل کلشیء لظهور قیومیته فی ملکوت الامر و الخلق لیعلم کل الذرات | Praise be to God Who hath brought forth the Primal Will before all else, that His divine sovereignty might be made manifest in the kingdom of command and creation, and that all atoms might come to know [3.5s] | INBA40:164-180, PR02.142r14-146v13, Berlin3655.126r-135v | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; essential vs. actional attributes of God; eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah]; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.079, SRC.194 | ||||||
| BB00012 | Sahifiy-i-Ja'fariyya (Epistle of Ja'far) | 19300 | Analysis of the Salient Features of Risáliy-i-Ja'faríyyih, An; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی شهد بذاته لذاته ان لا اله الا هو الذی قد علا بعلو نفسه علی کل شیء و استتر من علو ظهوره عن کل شیء الذی کان لم یزل کان بلا ذکر شیئ | All praise be to God Who hath testified through His Own Self unto His Self that there is none other God but Him, Who hath ascended through the sovereignty of His Being above all things, and Who, through the loftiness of His Revelation, hath concealed Himself from all things - He Who hath everlastingly been, and existed ere the mention of aught else [3.5s]... ...The fifth station testifieth unto God in the mirror of the Letter Há’, and it is the Word that consisteth of the Twin Alifs | INBA60:057-154, INBA98:048.15-110.05x, PR14.001-060, Berlin3655.008r-051v | TZH3.280.06-282.21x, NSS.184ax, OOL.A010 | GOH.224x, MNP.199-212x (infra), LOIR20.248 | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; impossibility of true worship of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | NSS.030-035, AHDA.453.4, SRC.066-067, SRC.198, GOH.021-022, GOH.032, GOH.235 | |||
| BB00018 | Sahifiy-i-Makhdhumiyyih = Sahifiy-i-Makhzunih (Hidden Treasured Epistle) | 13200 | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی هو کائن قبل کل شیء و لا یکون شیء معه و کان موجوداً حین لا وجود لشیء لدیه الذی قد قصدت افئده العارفین عن معرفة ادنی وصفه | Praise be to God Who existed ere all things were brought into being, and with Whom nothing can be compared. He was manifest when there was none other to contemplate His reality. He is the One Whose essence the hearts of the knowing have longed to fathom, yet fail utterly to apprehend even the most infinitesimal glimpse of His attributes [4o]... …The glory of glories and the most resplendent light rest upon Thee, O my God. Thy majesty is so transcendent… O my God, my Lord and my Master! I have detached myself… I adjure Thee by Thy might, O my God!... O My God, O my Lord, O my Master! I beg Thee to forgive me | INBA_5006C:284-314, , INBA_6009C:001-171, , PR03.043r-043rx, PR04.058r06-100r11, PR25.001-043, CMB_Add.3704, , MKI4499.043x | SWBP#53 (p.138-139x), SWBP#54 (p.139-141x), SWBP#57 (p.142-144x), SWBP#58 (p.144-145x), SWBP#59 (p.145-146x), SWBP#60 (p.146-147x), SWBP#62 (p.149-149(a)x), SWBP#63 (p.149-149(b)x), SWBP#64 (p.149-150x), SWBP#73 (p.155-155x), OOL.A009 | SWB#54 (p.194-195x), SWB#55 (p.196-198x), SWB#58 (p.200-202x), SWB#59 (p.202-204x), SWB#60 (p.204-205x), SWB#61 (p.205-206x), SWB#63 (p.209-209x), SWB#64 (p.210(a)x), SWB#65 (p.210(b)x), SWB#73 (p.216x), BPRY.022x, BPRY.063x, BPRY.130x, BPRY.141x, BPRY.227x, HURQ.BB29x | The Humming Birds, S. Toloui-Wallace, Kiya & Parya, TaliaSafa, E. Mahony, E. Mahony, E. Mahony, E. Mahony, A. Wensbo, Louis & Eleonore, Z. Johnson, Nahal & Bakang, D. Khavari, Shadi, Hoda & Leif, C. Kinglit, O. Devine, N. Chiang, Soulrise Melodies, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, L. & L. Hosack, S. Ihsan, P. Held & C. Bahia [track 10], almunajat.com [item 4], E. Tarani, unknown | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; impossibility of true worship of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#02, AHDA.451.1, MMAH.059, SRC.059, SRC.198, GOH.030-031 | Prayer 1 is Du'a-yi sahifa. | |
| BB00660 | Salavat-i-Hayakil-i-Tis’ati ‘Ashar | 2320 | بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم صل على هيکل الاول بکل بهائک ابهاه وکل جلالک اجله وکل جمالک اجمله وکل عظمتک اعظمها وکل نورک انوره وکل رحمتک اوسعها | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Shower Thy blessings upon the Primal Temple with all Thy most effulgent Glory, and all Thy most exalted Majesty, and all Thy most beauteous Beauty, and all Thy most supreme Grandeur, and all Thy most radiant Light, and all Thy most expansive Mercy [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.090-095 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for praise and gratitude; prophecy and fulfillment; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | |||
| BH11562 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #04 | 10 | دلیلی نفسی و برهانی امری و حجتی جمالی المنیر | My evidence is my self, my proof is my cause, and my testimony is my radiant beauty. | INBA84:179b, INBA84:107b, INBA84:047d | KHSH04.016, KHSH06.ii, MHA.000i, AMIN.017#5 | KSHK#19 | power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||
| BH11475 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #06 | 20 | انه لبهاء الله لمن فیملکوت الامر و الخلق و مصباح الهدی لمن فی السموآت و الارض | He is the glory of God to those in the kingdom of command and creation and the lamp of guidance to those in the heavens and the earth. | INBA38:057c | KHSH04.016, AMIN.017#3 | KSHK#19 | being a source of light; guidance; light and darkness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||
| BH11314 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #08 | 40 | و لله ملکوت ملک البقاء آت و الروح یعز من یشاء بعزته و یذل من یرید بقدرته | To God belongs the dominion of the king of eternity. The spirit exalts whom it wills by its glory and abases whom it wills by its decree and gives what it wills to whomever it wills. | INBA51:308 | LHKM3.062b, KHSH04.016, AMIN.017#2 | KSHK#19 | absolute freedom; independence of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||
| BH11409 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #09 | 30 | شهد الله لنفسه بنفسه باننی انا حی فی الافق الابهی و اذا ینطق فی هذا الافق فی کلشیئ بانی | Verily, God testified of Himself through His self that I am living in the most glorious horizon. Whereupon I announce to all things that verily I am God | INBA51:532a | KHSH04.016, ASAT3.169x, AMIN.017#4 | KSHK#19 | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH11282 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #12 | 40 | قد استقر جمال القدم علی العرش الاعظم اذا نطق لسان العظمه و الکبریا عند سدره | The ancient beauty has been established upon the most great throne. Whereupon the tongue of grandeur and majesty that belongs to the lote-tree beyond which there is no passing | INBA84:178a, INBA84:106a, INBA84:047a.03 | KHSH04.016-017, LMA2.471 | KSHK#19 | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH11508 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #15 | 20 | قد اشرقت انوار الوجه عن مشرق البقاء لا اله الا هو البهی الابهی | The lights of the countenance have shown forth from the dawning-place of eternity. No god is there but Him. Verily, He is the glorious, the most glorious. | INBA51:308b | LHKM3.063a, KHSH04.017 | KSHK#19 | transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| BB00061 | Sharh-i-Du’a'-i-Sabah II | 2800 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره و یحکم بین الکل بالقسط فی یوم الذی فیه کل الی الله یحشرون | Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and Who judgeth between all with justice on the Day whereon all shall be gathered unto God [3.5s]... ...Know thou that each letter thereof [the Morning Prayer of Imám ‘Alí] pertaineth to seven stations that were enjoined by the Imám to Jábir in reference to true recognition | INBA_4012C.096-109, , PR07.032r-036r, CMB_F21.143.06-155.14#26, , BYC_collect3.026-041 | GOH.117x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; knowledge; recognition of God; seven stages of creation; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; spiritual transformation; the Imamate; the Caliphate; the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.458.13, MMAH.020, SRC.098, SRC.199 | ||||
| BB00165 | Sharh-i-Du’a’-i-Sabah I | 1200 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع کل الذرات الموجودات بامره لا من شیء لتدلعن السن کل الممکنات | Praised be to God Who originated the essences of all the atoms of the realms of existence through His Logos-Command and not by means of anything other than Him | INBA14:400-409, INBA40:155-162, INBA53:411-419, INBA67:219-228, INBA_6010C:398-407, , PR02.179r08-181r20 | TZH3.027x | HURQ.BB39x | interpretation of words and passages in scripture; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | MMAH.020, SRC.079, SRC.193 | ||||
| BB00366 | Sharh-i-Hadith-i-ma min fi’lin yaf’alahu’l-‘abd | 450 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم الی الله یحشرون اما بعد قد اطلعت بما | Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs - these shall verily be gathered unto Him. To continue: I have perused that which [3.5s]... ...For, verily, when a thing is made mention of, it becometh invested with the station of existence, for it is impossible for the thing to exist except through the station of essence | INBA14:392-394, INBA40:162-164, INBA53:404-406, INBA_6010C:390-392, , CMB_F21.106.13-108.09#15, , Berlin3655.121v-122v | GOH.203x | existence and nonexistence; preexistence; free will and predestination; fate; law of cause and effect; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; primordial Covenant; the day of alast; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.079, SRC.194 | ||||
| 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 | ||
| BH00952 | Suratu'l-Kifaya | 860 | ان یا اهل الهاء استمعوا تغنی ورقه الحمراء فی جو العماء بانه هو النور هیکل | O people of Ha! Hearken unto the melody of the Crimson Leaf in the Paradise of the Divine Cloud, for He, verily, is the Light of the Radiant Temple | INBA36:277 | HURQ.BH03 | essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; symbolism; the cloud ['ama]; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#315 | |||||
| BH01057 | Suriy-i-Burhan (not = Lawh-i-Burhan) | 790 | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و ان هذا الغلام لبرهانه لمن فی السموات و الارض و سلطانه | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and that this Youth is His proof unto all who are in the heavens and on the earth, and His sovereign authority [3.5s] | INBA83:150, BLIB_Or15702.132, , BLIB_Or15737.134, , ALIB.folder18p272 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power of the Manifestation of God; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; station of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||
| BH00367 | Suriy-i-Husayn | 1830 | شهد الله انه لا اله الا انا الذاکر المهیمن العزیز القدیر و اشهد بانی انا | God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, the Rememberer, the All-Subduing, the Mighty, the Powerful, and I do testify that verily I am [3.5s] | INBA83:043, BLIB_Or15738.174, , Berlin1237#05 | YMM.470x | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; outward and inward meanings; suffering and imprisonment; symbolism; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH00260 | Suriy-i-Ra'is | 2450 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Bahá'í Sacred Writings; Extract from the Súriy-i-Ra'ís about the Nature of the Soul | ان یا رئیس اسمع ندآء الله الملک المهیمن القیوم انه ینادی بین الارض و السماء | Hearken, O Chief, to the voice of God, the Sovereign, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. He, verily, calleth aloud between heaven and earth | INBA47:147, INBA34:081, BLIB_Or15735.129, , NLAI_BH2.354, Berlin1237#28, PR11.020b-026a, UMich962.130-132x | NRJ#2, AQA1#003, AVK4.453x, MJMM.087, ASAT3.048x, ASAT4.254x, ASAT5.230x, BCH.104x, YMM.269x, OOL.B070a | SLH#02, GPB.174x, GPB.179-180x, GPB.180x, GPB.181x2x, PDC.099x, PDC.120x, WOB.105-106x, WOB.178x, BLO_PT#194, BSC.088 #039x, BSC.224 #444-445x | Addresses ‘Álí Páshá, the Ottoman Prime Minister, as Bahá’u’lláh and His companions were … | chastisement and requital; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; prophecy and fulfillment; suffering and imprisonment; the human soul; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ROB2.411 et al, BKOG.259, MMAH.146, GSH.109, LL#326 | ||
| BH00402 | Suriy-i-Shahada | 1710 | قد حضر کتابک بین یدی العرش و توجه الیه لحظات الله المهیمن العزیز القدیر و عرفنا ما | Your letter hath attained the presence before the Throne, and the gaze of God, the All-Possessing, the Mighty, the All-Powerful, hath been directed towards it, and We have perceived that which [3.5s] | INBA83:103, BLIB_Or15702.007, , BLIB_Or15723.261, , BLIB_Or15737.106, , ALIB.folder18p109-116 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| BB00075 | Suriy-i-Tawhid (Commentary on the Surah of Unity) | 2600 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ینزل الامر فی الکتاب علی قدر غیر معدود فاشهد ان لا اله الا الله کما هو اهله و یستحقه من دون ان یقدر احد ان یعرف کیف هو الا هو سبحانه و تعالی عما یصفون | Praise be to God Who sendeth down the Command in His Book in measures beyond count! I testify that there is none other God but Him, as befitteth His glory and as He deserveth, in such wise that none can know His true nature save His own Self - glorified and exalted be He above whatsoever they describe [3.5s]... ...Verily, God hath intended by this exalted word to sanctify His Essence utterly from any attribute of causation | INBA14:209-221, INBA69:002-013, INBA98:165.11-174.01, INBA_6010C:199-211, , Berlin3655.076r-081v, HBH_tawh002 (=INBA69), BYC_towhid | OOL.A018 | GOH.192x | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; symbolism; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.456.06, MMAH.016, SRC.072, SRC.202, GOH.106 | |||
| BH00569 | Suriy-i-Zuhur nazzala li-'Abdu'r-Rahim | 1320 | ذکر رحمه ربک عبده لیستقره علی الامر بشان لن یضطربه ندآء کل مشرک بعیدا فطوبی | The mention of thy Lord's mercy upon His servant is such that it establisheth him firmly in the Cause in such wise that the clamorous call of every remote polytheist shall not disquiet him. Blessed indeed is he [3.5s] | INBA83:266, BLIB_Or15725.557, , BLIB_Or15737.182, , ALIB.folder18p176 | AQA4a.099 | call to action; light and darkness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||
| BH10844 | Tablet of the Hair 12 | 60 | Translation List | فسبحان الله من هذا لخیط الناری و هذا لحبل الربانی مره اشاهد انه نار لان بها | Glorified be Thou, O God, for this fiery strand, this lordly cord! At one time I behold it as fire, for by it the hearts of the devoted are consumed | INBA51:108a, BLIB_Or11098.029j, KB_620:101-101 | LHKM3.076b, MUH3.275-276, KHAF.279, OOL.B191.12 | ADMS#172 | fire and light; fire and water; love as fire; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||
| BH11210 | Tablet of the Hair 2 | 40 | Translation List | اظهرت ماء الحیوان من کوثر فمی کما سترت شمس الحیوان خلف شعری ای فی ظلمات شعری | I have caused the living waters to issue from the Kawthar of My mouth, even as I have concealed the living sun behind My hair. | INBA51:587a, BLIB_Or11098.029k | LHKM3.076c, MUH3.276, OOL.B191.02 | DAS.1914-09-12, ADMS#167 | light and darkness; living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||
| AB03022 | Tablet of visitation for Aqa Siyyid Jafar | 220 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایها الشهید الوحید الفرید المجید انی احیی ترابک الطاهر و مرقدک المقدس المبارک | O thou peerless, matchless, glorious martyr! Verily, I salute thy pure dust | INBA89:153 | MSBH2.230, VAA.094-094, YIK.451-452 | TAB.383-385, VTRM.011-012 | chastisement and requital; eulogies; reminiscences; love of God; martyrs and martyrdom; visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||
| AB01228 | Tablet of visitation for Aqa Zaman | 350 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | اول نور اشرق من افق البقاء و اول شعاع سطع من صبح الهدی و اول رحمه نزلت من | The first light which shone forth from the horizon of Eternity, the first radiance | INBA89:151 | MSBH2.231, VAA.094-095, YIK.452-453 | TAB.385-387, TOR.190x, VTRM.009-011 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||
| BB00064 | Tablet to Mirza Sa'id Ardistani on Basitatu'l-Haqiqah, qadim wa hadith | 2700 | Brief Discussion of the Primal Will in the Bahá'í Writings; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع فی کینونیات الخلق آیات ظهور قدرته لیعرفوه کل الموجودات بما تجلی لهم بهم ... و ان ما ذکرت فی بیان القدم والحدوث و ان الذی اردت حبک بانه | All praise be to God, Who hath created the signs of the manifestations of His might in the inmost reality of the creatures, that all beings may recognize Him… The third question thou didst pose is about the meaning of the saying of the philosophers who say: 'From one naught can be created by one.' | INBA14:418-432, INBA40:144-154, INBA53:419-431, INBA67:259-273, INBA69:419-433, INBA_6010C:416-430, , CMB_F21.077.08-088.18#11, , Berlin3655.086r-092r, BYC_three.001-016, AEWB.189-207, | SFI05.014-019 | GOH.044, GOH.065x, GOH.095-096x, GOH.190-191x, GOH.194-198x, GOH.201-202x, BSB4:2 p22-27x | creation of the world; essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; necessary and possible being; seven stages of creation; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.078, SRC.193, GOH.034 | |||
| BB00170 | Tablet to Siyyid Muhammad | 1200 | Gate of the Heart | 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 قل هو الحق لا اله الا هو یحی و یمیت | 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. Say: He is the Truth, there is none other God but Him. He giveth life and causeth death [3.5s]... ...Inasmuch as every morning I saw thee reciting these words, “I believe in the Mystery of the Family of Muhammad,” | INBA58:172.03-182.09 | KHSH6.010, TZH3.262, TZH3.223.06-225.07 | GOH.129x, GOH.135x | Declaration; advent of the Bab; events in the life and ministry of the Bab; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; return of the Manifestations of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.096 | |||
| BH00023 | Tablet to Varqa I | 8000 | حمد مقدس از ذکر تقدیس و تنزیه و فوق آن بساط حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که | Sanctified praise, transcendent above all mention of glorification and exaltation, beseemeth the court of that Divine Object of all desire, Who [3.5s]... ...This heedless and prattling have understood this Revelation to be like unto the events of the past. Up to this moment they have not comprehended | INBA41:158x, INBA41:379bx | MAS4.032x, MAS4.141bx, MAS4.348x, AYI2.003x, ABDA.093-094x, TSAY.472x, MSHR2.027.01x, MSHR5.381bx | KFPT#03.1x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; call to action; consolation and comfort; corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; development of capacity and readiness; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; firmness in the Covenant; goodly deeds; actions; power of love; praise and encouragement; presence of; reunion with God; preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; wisdom [hikmat]; words vs deeds | - | - | LL#259 | ||||
| BB00022 | Tafsir (huruf) al-basmala | 10700 | Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله البدیع الذی لا اله الا هو. ان الله سبحانه قد جعل لظهوره لخلقه بخلقه اربع مقامات المشار الیها والرموز عنها | Verily God, glorified be He, hath ordained for His Manifestation unto His creation, through His creation, four stations which have been indicated and symbolized [3.5s]... ...The "E" (nún) in the stage of utterance is the same as the "B" (káf). It is the totality of the possible | INBA14:041.04-104, INBA53:001-045, INBA60:001-056, INBA64:033.16-081.14, INBA_6010C:041-094, , INBA_6013C:002-109, , INBA_6012C.300-393, | TZH3.139.10-139.15x | GOH.132x, GOH.135-136x, GOH.204x, GOH.215x, MNP.048x, HURQ.BB03x, BLO_PT#079.1.8x | alchemy; the elixir; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; martyrs and martyrdom; self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; station of the Manifestation of God; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#08, AHDA.459.16, MMAH.012, SRC.063, SRC.200, GOH.031, GOH.079 | |||
| BB00021 | Tafsir al-Ha I (Tafsir alfayn) (Commentary on the Letter Ha’) | 11000 | Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الالواح الابداع طراز الالف القائم بین الحرفین الذی لاح و اشرق بما استشقق و استنطق فسبحان رب العرش عما یصف القائلون و انه هو فوق ما یعرف العارفون ... | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of creation to be the ornament of the Alif standing between two letters, which hath shone forth and gleamed resplendent through that which was cleft asunder and made to speak. Glorified be the Lord of the Throne above whatsoever they who speak may describe, and verily He transcendeth all that they who know can comprehend [3.5s]... ...God, verily, created the Will from nothing through itself… That which I set forth in explanation of the letter Há was to extol the Tree of Bahá, for the supporters of fate recognize the decree of spontaneity | INBA14:231-283, INBA53:081-125, INBA67:004-052, INBA86:099-154, INBA_3006C:002-058, , INBA_6010C:221-274, , INBA_4002C, , PR02.181r22-193v13, PR07.078r-092v | AADA.138x, ASAT1.189x, ASAT3.214x, AVK1.100-102x, HNMJ.080-081x | GOH.211-214x, GOH.222-223x, MNP.209x, LOIR06.052x, BLO_PT#079.1.3x, BLO_PT#079.1.6x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah]; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | AHDA.454.01, SRC.072, SRC.199, GOH.033 | |||
| BB00029 | Tafsir al-Ha II (Tafsir sirr al-ha) (Commentary on the Mystery of Ha’) | 7200 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تقدس بقدس کینونیته عن عرفان اعلی مجردات اللاهوت و من یشا... الحمد لله الذی یمن فی الکتاب علی الذین آمنوا | Praise be to God Who, through the sanctity of His Essence, transcendeth the comprehension of the most sublime abstractions of divinity and whatsoever... Praise be to God Who bestoweth grace in the Book upon them that have believed [3.5s]... ...For verily each name hath infinite degrees, and the meaning of each thing that is named pertaineth to its own degree | INBA14:283-320, INBA53:125-156, INBA67:052-085, INBA86:154-193, INBA_3006C:058-096, , INBA_6010C:274-310, , INBA_4002C, , PR02.193v14-200v02, PR03.065r28-067r27x, PR07.092v-102r, BYC_collect3.116-126x | ASAT1.190x, ASAT5.158-159x, ASAT5.163-164x, HNMJ.081-086x, HNMJ.086-093x, HNMJ.086-093x | GOH.064x | essential vs. actional attributes of God; impossibility of true worship of God; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | AHDA.454.02, SRC.072, SRC.199, GOH.034 | |||
| BB00032 | Tafsir al-Hamd | 5900 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتقدس عن جوهر نعت الموجودات و المتعالی عن مجرد وصف الممکنات و المتکبر عن ذکر کافور اللکینونیات ... قد علمت قد ذکرت ما ذکرت فی ذکر ورقة الطاهرة و ما للناس والاخذ من تلک الثمرة الجنیه قد رکنها ربها لنفسها | Praise be to God, Who is sanctified above the essence of all created things' attributes, exalted beyond mere description by contingent beings, and magnified above mention of the camphor of existences... Indeed thou hast known and made mention of that which thou didst mention concerning the pure Leaf, and what have people to do with partaking of that hidden fruit which her Lord hath reserved for her [3.5s]... ...When it [the Point] appeared there was [also] manifest that which is Unseen, namely, the letter alif | INBA14:005-038, INBA69:120-155, INBA_5019C:084-129, , INBA_6010C:005-041, , Berlin3655.060r-075r, HBH_hamd (=INBA69) | ASAT1.205x, ASAT4.115-120, TZH2.176x | RBB.101-104, HURQ.BB04x | da'iras and haykals; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; names and attributes of God; prayer for tests and difficulties; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.64, AHDA.458.11?, MMAH.015, SRC.064, SRC.199, GOH.330 | |||
| BB00346 | Tafsir-i-Ayat fi Surati'n-Nur | 510 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله البدیع الذی لا اله الا هو. افتتح سر البیان لاظهار ما جعله الله فی الکیان بالوجود .... و بمثل هذا فلیعمل العاملون و لا حول و لا قوة الا بالله العلی العظیم والحمد لله رب العالمین | The secret of utterance hath been unlocked to manifest that which God hath ordained in the realm of existence.... Even thus must the doers of deeds endeavour, and there is no power nor strength save in God, the Most High, the Most Great, and praise be to God, the Lord of all the worlds [3.5s]... ...Naught is seen in Me in in the station of My heart save God alone, which is the manifestation of Lordship from God | INBA14:491-494, INBA53:075-077, INBA67:155-157, INBA_4011C:134-137, , INBA_5006C:345-347, , INBA_6006C:077-078, , INBA_6010C:485-488, , PR07.065v-066v | GOH.094x, GOH.103x | inmost heart [fu'ad]; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; knowledge; recognition of God; nearness and remoteness; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | AHDA.458.15, SRC.072, SRC.198 | ||||
| AB00012 | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-az Suriy-i-Ra'd (Commentary on a Verse from the Surih of the Thunder) | 4830 | الحمد لله تنطق السن البلغاء ببدایع جوامع منابع اذکار الحمد و الثناء و مظهر | Praise be to God! The tongues of the eloquent ones give utterance to wondrous and comprehensive wellsprings of praise and thanksgiving [3.5s] | INBA56:043 | BMT.045 | interpretation of words and passages in scripture; quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; symbolism | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||
| BB00238 | Tafsir-i-Dhata ‘Ali Mamsusa | 840 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتعالی عن ذکرالذات بالذات للذات و المتقدس عن ذکرالاسماء و الصفات الله فرد حی قیوم احد وتر صمد تفسی | Praise be to God, exalted beyond description of His essence by His essence for His essence, and sanctified above all mention of names and attributes. He is God, the One, the Living, the Self-Subsisting, the Unmatched, the Singular, the Everlasting, transcendent in His reality [4o] | INBA67:100-104 | AVK2.009.05x | family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; names and attributes of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.190 | |||||
| BB00307 | Tafsir-i-Hadith al-Jariyya | 610 | Báb's Mystical Commentary on the Hadith of the Maid (Hadith al-Jāriyyah) and the Knowledge of the Unseen, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. فاقول مستغنیاً بالله فی تفسیر بعض حدیث المروی فی الکافی فی ذکر علم الغیب عن سدیر | I shall, relying on God and in the manner befitting His guidance, offer an interpretation of the tradition recorded in Al-Kafi concerning the knowledge of the unseen as narrated by Sudair [4o] | INBA14:496-499, INBA67:157-160, INBA_4011C:176-179, , INBA_5006C:373-375, , INBA_6004C:189-192, , INBA_6010C:490-493, , PR04.100v01-102r08, PR07.074v-075v, AEWB.230-233, | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; outward and inward meanings; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.456.07, MMAH.052, SRC.057, SRC.199 | |||||
| AB00014 | Tafsir-i-Hadith لا یسعنی (Commentary on the Tradition "Heaven and Earth cannot contain me…") | 4700 | الحمد لله بما من علی العباد بالفضل و الافضال فی هذه الایام التی فیها تجلی علی | Praise be to God, Who hath bestowed upon His servants grace and bounty in these days wherein He hath manifested [3.5s] | INBA56:067 | BMT.219, SFI02.166 | blind imitation [taqlid]; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; literal interpretation; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||
| BB00321 | Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-'Ashura | 570 | Báb's Commentary on the Ḥadíth Every Day is ʿĀshūrāʾ, The | ما معنی الحدیث کل یوم عاشورا هذا لم اره فی محل و لا سمعته من العلما حتی ایقن | What is the meaning of the saying, "Every day is Ashura"? I have neither found it in any authoritative source nor heard it from the learned, until I became certain [4o] | INBA14:494-496, INBA67:141-143, INBA_4011C:118-121, , INBA_6006C:070-072, , INBA_6010C:488-490, , PR07.061v-062v | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; martyrs and martyrdom; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.073, SRC.200 | |||||
| BB00151 | Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-Haqiqat (Commentary on the Tradition of Truth) | 1300 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و هو ان کمیل بن زیاد النخعی اردنه علی علیه السلام یوماً علی ناقته فقال کمیل یا مولای ما الحقیقة قال مالک | And it came to pass that Kumayl ibn Ziyad an-Nakha'i approached 'Alí - peace be upon him - one day as he rode upon his she-camel, and Kumayl asked: "O my master, what is Truth?" He said [3.5s]... ...thou must know that Kumayl’s response reflecteth his condition; for he was not attired with the vesture of utter servitude | INBA14:462-468, INBA53:063-068, INBA67:148-155, INBA_4011C:127-134, , INBA_6006C:074-077, , INBA_6010C:458-464, , PR07.064r-065v | AADA.014 | GOH.134x, GOH.165-168x, GOH.194x, GOH.251x, HURQ.BB44x | family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; knowledge; recognition of God; presence of; reunion with God; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | AHDA.459.18, MMAH.055, SRC.072, SRC.199, GOH.077, GOH.164 | |||
| BB00098 | Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-Ma’rifati Nafs | 1900 | Gate of the Heart | هو بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قال السائل سلمه الله تعالی ما معنی الحدیث المروی عن علی علیه السلام من عرف نفسه فقد عرف ربه اقول اعلم یا اخی رحمک الله انی اوصیک | The questioner—may God, the Most High, preserve him—asked: "What is the meaning of the tradition related from 'Alí—peace be upon him—'Whoso knoweth his own self hath verily known his Lord'?" I say: Know thou, O my brother—may God's mercy be upon thee—that I counsel thee [3.5s]... ...He (God) hath not begotten anything; rather He hath created all beings by His Will, and created the Will by Itself | INBA14:468-479, INBA53:046-053, INBA64:082.05-084.09x, INBA67:181-190, INBA_4011C:101-110, , INBA_6004C:180-187, , INBA_6006C:063-067, , INBA_6010C:464-473, , PR02.152r08-153v27, PR07.057r-059v, BYC_collect4.012-017 | GOH.062-063x, GOH.096x | Adam; Adam and Eve; degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; empty learning; false spirituality; human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as mediator; realms of being; three realms; five realms; self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.458.12, MMAH.060, SRC.072, SRC.200 | ||||
| BB00344 | Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-Nahnu Wajhu'llah | 520 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم ما تفسیر قوله علیه السلام نحن وجه الله. فاعلم ان عرباً من العرباء من اهل البادیه سئل عن علی ع عن وجه الله فی قوله | And know thou that an Arab among the Arabs of the Bedouin people asked [Imam] `Alī about the Wajh Allāh (the Face of God) as indicated in His statement: "So wherever you turn there is the Face of God!" | INBA14:489-491, INBA53:056-058, INBA67:138-140, INBA_4011C:115-118, , INBA_6004C:195-197, , INBA_6006C:069-070, , PR07.061r-061v | HURQ.BB40x | God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Manifestation of God as mediator; symbolism; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.459.17, SRC.072, SRC.200 | |||||
| BB00045 | Tafsir-i-Hadithi Abu Lubaydi Makhzumi or Tafsir-i-Hurufat al-Muqatta'ih | 4200 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح الاختراع اسرار الابداع التی عینت قبل ما شیئت و اقضت | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of origination to be the mysteries of creation, which were ordained ere they were brought into being [3.5s]... ...Verily, the appearance of the day of Muhammad, the Apostle of God, the blessings of God rest upon Him and His kin | INBA98:033.06-048.13, PR02.048v02-052v27, CMB_F21.009.02-026.16#03, , Berlin3655.095v-105r | GOH.109x | interpretation of words and passages in scripture; pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; personal instructions; predictions and prophecies; prophecy and fulfillment; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; symbolism; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, MMAH.021 | ||||
| BH00020 | Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Commentary on the Disconnected Letters) = Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur (Tablet of the Verse of Light) | 8280 | Tablet of the 'Light Verse', also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters; Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters; Lawh-i-Hikmat | الحمد لله الذی خلق الحروفات فی عوالم العما خلف سرادقات القدس فی رفارف الاسنی | Praise be to God who created the letters in the worlds of the divine Cloud beyond the pavilions of holiness… Know that the first tokens brought into existence by the pre-existent Cause in the worlds of creation are the four elements… Strive therefore to recognize amongst the primary substances those things which are in equilibrium | INBA08:587, INBA36:212, NLAI_BH2.141x, NLAI_BH3.003x, Berlin1237#19, PR19.002b-017b | MAS4.049, ASAT3.090x, ASAT4.068x, ANDA#19 p.32x, OOL.B029, OOL.B145 | BLO_failayn, HURQ.BH08x, BTO#04x, ADMS#199n84x | An extensive commentary on the famous ‘verse of light’ in the Qur’an (24:35) and on the origin … | alchemy; the elixir; four elements; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria) | - | - | ROB1.125, MMAH.099, GSH.021, GSH.045, LL#337, LL#391, LL#405? | ||
| BB00014 | Tafsir-i-Nubuvvat-i-Khassih (Treatise on Specific Prophethood) | 15400 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح کتاب الاذن طراز النقطة التی عینت بعد ما شیئت | Praise be to God who made the ornament of the Tablets the Book of Authorization which is the ornament of the Point singled out after such was willed and decreed [by God] | INBA14:321-384, INBA40:081-132, INBA_6010C:311-382, , INBA_4011C.001-060, INBA_4012C.013-076, PR02.115v05-130v22, CMB_F23.169v02-171v02 (57)x, , HBH_nubuwwah (=INBA14), BYC_nubuva, BYC_nubuva2, BYC_three.016-092 | ESCH.357, OOL.A020 | GOH.091x, HURQ.BB50x, GPB.014-015x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; impossibility of true worship of God; innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; knowledge; recognition of God; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Muhammad; Islam; power of the Manifestation of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; prophecy and fulfillment; self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; station of the Manifestation of God; symbolism; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; the Imamate; the Caliphate; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | DB.202x, AHDA.448.9, MMAH.042, SRC.076, SRC.196, GOH.034, GOH.199 | |||
| BB00006 | Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqarah (2nd Juz') (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow II) | 6300 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی بامره تلجلجت اللاهوتیات بکینونیاتها لها بها الیها فاجتمعت المجتمعات و افترقت المتفرقات | Praise be to God, through Whose bidding the divine essences did surge in their inmost realities, by Him, unto Him, and through Him, whereupon the gathered were joined together and the dispersed were scattered [3.5s]... ...Elevate the alphabetical letters of that divine verse unto the sublime station of the manifestation of their heart | INBA69:377-410x, PR04.051v06-052r06x | GOH.050x, GOH.108x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; knowledge; recognition of God; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; the Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | GOH.127 | ||||
| BB00008 | Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqarah = Kitab al-Ahmadiyya (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow I) | 43700 | Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad, the Báb, The; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الم ذلک الکتاب لا ریب فیه هدی للمتقین هذه الایة لاهل الحقیقة معرفة الله سبحانه | "Alif. Lám. Mím. This is the Book wherein there is no doubt, a guidance unto them that fear God." For the people of truth, this verse signifieth the knowledge of God, glory be unto Him [3.5s]... ...The Primal Adam is the Will, Who is the Primal Utterance, manifested in the primal realm of contingency | INBA69:157-377, INBA_6004C:002-178, , INBA_6014C:001-296, , INBA_6012C.060-257, , PR02.001v21-044v14, PR03.043r-043rx, PR40.003v-095v, CMB_F08, , BLIB_Or5277, , BN_5780, BN_5805, BN_6610, LEID.Or4371-8, , OXF.MS.Arab.e.59-60, IOM.090-091x, HBH_baqarah (=INBA 69) | ASAT2.064x | TAME, BLO_PT#216.019-020, GOH.119-121x, GOH.204x, GOH.251-252x, HURQ.BB01x | - | - | FHR#09, NSS.021-022, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.455.05, MMAH.011, SRC.046-047, SRC.201, GOH.030, GOH.118 | ||||
| BB00455 | Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Fatiha (prefixed to Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqarah) | 300 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. هذه السورة المبارکة عندالله سبعة آیات محکمات الآیة الاولی کتاب محمد صلی الله علیه و آله و فقد جعل الله فیها احکام وجوده مما لا بدایة و لا نهایة و هی جنة الفردوس ... | This blessed Surah, in the presence of God, consisteth of seven inviolable verses, the first verse being the Book of Muhammad - peace and blessings of God rest upon Him and His family - wherein God hath ordained the laws of His existence, having neither beginning nor end, and it is the Garden of Paradise [3.5s] | INBA69:156-157, PR02.001v07-001v19, PR40.002, CMB_F08, , BLIB_Or5276, BLIB_Or5277 | family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; the Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | MSBR.200-201 | ||||||
| BB00105 | Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Qadar I | 1700 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم الی الله یحشرون و الحمد لله الذی ابتدع الجوهریات لا من شیئ قبلها بعلیة نفسها | Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs - these shall verily be gathered unto Him. And praise be to God Who hath originated the essences, not from aught that existed before them, through their own causation [3.5s] | INBA14:221-229, INBA69:014-021, INBA98:158.16-165.07, INBA_6010C:211-219, , Berlin3655.081v-085v, HBH_qadr (=INBA69) | infinity and eternity; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | MMAH.019, SRC.072, SRC.202 | ||||||
| AB00015 | Tafsir-i-Suriy-i-Qalam (Commentary on the Surih of the Pen) | 4670 | الحمد لله الذی جعل النقطه البارزه فی کتاب الابداع طراز جداول الاختراع و فصل | Praised be to God Who made the Point to be outstretched within the Book of Origination, an Ornament through which is the Genesis of Creativity | INBA56:023 | BMT.119 | HURQ.BH48 | interpretation of words and passages in scripture; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BB00114 | Tafsiri-i-Hadith-i-‘Allamani Akhi Rasulu’llah | 1600 | Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی الهم من فی السموات و الارض حکمه لئلا یحتجب احد عن ظهور نور طلعته | Praise be to God, the God of all who are in heaven and on earth, Who hath decreed that no one should be veiled from the effulgence | INBA14:410-417, INBA40:137-143, INBA53:068-075, INBA67:195-203, INBA_6010C:408-415, , CMB_F21.093.03-100.01#12, | ASAT4.367x | GOH.214x, BLO_PT#079.1.3x, BLO_PT#079.1.7 | knowledge; recognition of God; station of the Manifestation of God; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.078, SRC.193, GOH.247 | |||
| BB00076 | Tasbih-i-Fatimih | 2500 | بسم الله العلی العظیم. اسبح سبحان الذی لا یعلم جوهو وجود کیف هو و لا مجرد موجود این | Glorified be He whose essential Reality none knoweth, and whose pure Being none can fathom [3.5s] | INBA98:176.16-186.10, CMB_F09.088=4005C, , BLIB_Or5112, , HBH_tasbih | HURQ.BB32x | chastisement and requital; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; impossibility of true worship of God; Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr); transcendence; unknowability of God; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203 | |||||
| BB00468 | Tawqi' Khitab bih ahl-i-bait dar Shiraz | 280 | هو الابهی. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب نوشته سید مورخه ١١ رسید خطوط قبل نرسیده که ظاهر شود | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved. The letter of the Siyyid, dated the eleventh, hath arrived, though previous missives have not been received [3.5s] | INBA40:221-221 | laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; return of the Manifestations of God; spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| BB00036 | Tawqi’i-i-Dhahabiyyih (Risaliy-i-Dhahabiyya II) | 5700 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الواحد الاحد الفرد القهار الصمد الوتر الدائم الجبار الحی القیوم المتعال المختار المقتدرالعادل الغفار الذی خلق بامره جوهریات الاسرار | Praise be to God, the One, the Single, the Peerless, the All-Compelling, the Eternally Besought, the Unique, the Ever-Abiding, the Almighty, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, the Most Exalted, the All-Choosing, the All-Powerful, the Just, the All-Forgiving, Who through His command hath created the essences of mysteries [3.5s] | INBA53:157-180, INBA86:070-098, PR07.102v-110r, HBH_RisalahDhahabiyyihll, BYC_zahab | HNMJ.071-079x, OOL.A016 | impossibility of true worship of God; knowledge; recognition of God; limits of language; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | SRC.080-081, SRC.207, SRC.195 | |||||
| BB00210 | Testamentary disposition, addressed to Azal | 940 | Tablet of the Báb Lawh-i-Vasaya, "Will and Testament"; Titles of Mírzá Yahyá; Will and Testament; Epistle of the Báb to Azal | بسم الله الازل الازل. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الوحاد الوحید اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الاحاد الاحید اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الصماد الصمید ... ان یا اسم الازل فاشهد علی الله لا اله الا انا العزیز المحبوب ثم اشهد | Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the One, the Unique. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Single, the Peerless. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the All-Sufficing, the Everlasting... O Name of Eternity! Bear thou witness that there is no God but Me, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved [3.5s]... …O name of Azal, testify that there is no God but I, the dearest beloved. Then testify that there is no God but you, the victorious and permanent. Say, God created what He created from the time of beginning that has no beginning and | INBA64:095.01-102.09x, INBA_6007C.465-471, PR03.084r24-085v13, CMB_F23.174r06-176v02 (59)x, , HBH_vasayax, BYC_vesayatx | LOIR08.387, HURQ.BB61x, BLO_PT#211 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | MSBR.206-207x | ||||
| BB00641 | To Aqa Sayyid Jawad [Karbala'i?] | INBA_5019C:269-270, | - | - | SRC.191 | ||||||||||
| BB00644 | To Mulla Ahmad Mu'allim Hisari | INBA_5019C:275-279, | - | - | SRC.191 | ||||||||||
| BB00643 | To Mulla Hasan Bajastani | INBA_5019C:271-275, | BAPT.006x | - | - | SRC.191 | |||||||||
| BB00642 | To Mulla Mahdi Khu'i | INBA_5019C:270-271, | - | - | SRC.191 | ||||||||||
| ABU0992 | Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, ca. 1913(1911?) | 310 | Translation List | مبلغ باید مدارا داشته باشد جوهر تقدیس باشد اطلاعات داشته | Teachers of the Cause must have courtesy and forbearance. They must be the essence of sanctity—informed, moved by the divine teachings, knowledgeable and well apprised | INBA06:629-632 | RRT.086-088 | ADMS#158 | methods of teaching the Cause; priority over other activities in teaching the Cause; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||
| BB00308 | Ziyara for the martyrs, on Thursday night | 1500 | 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 الاسمآء الحسنى بجوهريتها و لک الامثال العليا بجبرويتها | 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 are the most excellent names in their essence, and Thine the most exalted attributes in their sovereignty [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.070-077, MKI4515.006r-012v | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; justice and wrath of God; Letters of the Living; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BH01570 | Ziyarat al-Huruf | 550 | اول ذکر البهاء و اول ثناء الکبریاء علیک یا طلعه الاعلی و خالق الاشیاء و رافع السماء | The first mention of Glory and the foremost praise of Grandeur be upon Thee, O Most Exalted Countenance, Creator of all things and Raiser of the heavens [3.5s] | INBA73:058, Majlis210461.096-098 | OOL.B188 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; transcendence; unknowability of God; visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||
| BB00134 | Ziyarat al-Zahra (Fatimah) | 1400 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. فاذا قمت بین یدی الله ظهر مرقد فاطمه صلوات الله علیها صل فی مقام الذی صلی رسول الله علیه و انه فی بیت فاطمه | If thou standest before God, and the resting-place of Fatimih—upon her be the blessings of God—is made manifest, pray thou in that station wherein the Apostle of God did pray, and it is in the house of Fatimih [3.5s]... ...And I testify that thy [Fatimah's] son [Imam] Hasan is the Hujjat-Allah (Proof of God) and His Wali (Legatee) for through him the Throne was raised up upon the Watery Expanse | INBA_5019C:148-159, , AEWB.180-189, | HURQ.BB31x | family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; station of the Manifestation of God; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.203 | |||||
| BB00670 | Ziyarat dar shab-i-jum'ah | 400 | فاذا کنت فی مثل للیلة فی روضة القدس و حضیرة الانس... للرزق یاتیهم رزقهم بکرةً و عشیاً | If thou findest thyself in the likeness of the night within the garden of sanctity and the precincts of fellowship... Verily, their sustenance doth come to them both morn and eve [4o] | INBA_6007C.109-111 | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00663 | Ziyarat for 'the second to believe' on 'Id al-Fitr | 1200 | انما البهاء الابهی و الجلال الاجلل و الجمال الاجمل و العظمة الاعظمی | Verily the All-Glorious Glory, the Most Exalted Majesty, the Most Beauteous Beauty, and the Most Supreme Grandeur [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.154-160 | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00185 | Ziyarat for 'the twenty-nine letters' | 1100 | هو بسم الله القادر الاقدر الافطر الاقهر. سبحان الذی قد بدع الآیات بفضله کیف یشاء انه هو المقتدر العسوف اول کافور سازج اطهر اظهر ابرز اطرز من رب العماء علیک یا ایها السر المخزون | Glorified be He Who hath created the verses through His grace as He willeth. Verily, He is the All-Powerful, the Most Mighty. The first and most refined camphor, most pure, most manifest, most resplendent, most adorned, from the Lord of the celestial realm descendeth upon thee, O thou Hidden Mystery [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.541-547, BYC_jabar.006.04-009.08 | mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00083 | Ziyarat for Friday and Thursday nights | 2300 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. و اذا کنت لیلة الجمعه او یومها بین یدی نقطة البیان او احد من مظاهر الحی | And when thou findest thyself, on the eve of Friday or during its day, in the presence of the Point of the Bayán or any one of the Manifestations of the Living One [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.030-040, CMB_F14.114r05-121v01, | cleanliness and refinement; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00118 | Ziyarat for the eight letters | 1600 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو الملک القدوس السلام المؤمن المهیمن العزیز الجبار | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Sovereign, the Most Holy, the Source of Peace, the Faithful, the Guardian, the Mighty, the All-Compelling [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.189-197, MKI4494.008 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00311 | Ziyarat for the fifth to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 600 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک یا الهی و ربی و محبوبی و مقصودی کیف ابتدئن بذکرک و ثنائک | Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Lord, my Beloved, and my Heart's Desire! How can I begin to make mention of Thee and offer Thy praise [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.124-126, CMB_F14.097r06-099r01, | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; purpose; goal of creation; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00111 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 1600 | بسم الله الازل الازل. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الأءزل الأءزل إنَّني أنا الله لا إله إلا أنا الأقدم الأقدم إنَّني أنا الله لا إله إلا أنا کنت أزلا قديما من قبل ومن بعد کلٌ إيَّاي يعبدون | Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Eternal One. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Ancient One. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, existing from time immemorial, before and after all things. Unto Me alone shall all worship be rendered [4o] | INBA_6007C.255-262 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00213 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 940 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاسئلنک من بهائک ابهاه و من جلالک اجله و من جمالک اجمله | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by the most glorious of Thy Glory, and the most exalted of Thine Exaltedness, and the most beauteous of Thy Beauty [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.187a-189, MKI4494.005 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00223 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 900 | انما البهاء من الله علی نوره الأنور و من یشابه ذلک النور من أدلائه الأظهر الأظهر | Verily all glory from God be upon His Most Luminous Light and upon them that resemble that Light among His most manifest guides [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.061-065, MKI4515.046r-050r | rejection, opposition and persecution; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; transcendence; unknowability of God; visitation Tablets | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00248 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 800 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. و إن علیک سلام الله ثم سلام کل من آمن به من قبل و من بعد علیک یا أیتها الشمس المشرقة | Upon thee be the peace of God, then the peace of all who believed in Him, before and after, O thou dawning Sun [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.262-266 | Manifestation of God as mirror; power of the Manifestation of God; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00509 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 400 | فاذا کنت مثل ذلک الیوم عند من یظهره الله فاذا لیکفینک بین یدی الله عن کل ذکر و ثناء و لکن اذا کنت فی اللیل | If, on that day, thou art in the presence of Him Whom God shall make manifest, then shall He suffice thee before God for all mention and praise. But if thou findest thyself in the night.. [4o] | INBA_6007C.067-069 | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | |||||||
| BB00666 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 810 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الابهی الابهی. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا و ان ما دونی خلقی قل أن یا خلقي إیاي فاعبدون إنني أنا الله لا إله إلا أنا کنت أزلا قدیما | Verily I am God, no God is there but Me, and aught except Me is but My creation. Say, worship Me then, O ye, My creatures. Verily, I am God; there is no God but Me. I have been from all eternity the Ancient One [3.5s]... ...the first to know Me was I Myself, the Lord of the letters of ‘Azím (‘Alí), then it was the possessor of eight exalted and glorious letters (Mullá Husayn) | INBA_6007C.063-067 | GOH.198-199x | heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; justice and wrath of God; martyrdom of the Bab; murder; causing physical harm; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||
| BB00199 | Ziyarat for the first and last to believe, on Friday | 1000 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک حینئذ یوم الجمعه ثم کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لاشریک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness unto Thee in this hour of Friday, and so too doth every thing, that verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, alone, without partner [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.104-109, MKI4494.082 | divine attributes are within all things; every atom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00179 | Ziyarat for the first to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 1100 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی اسئلک باسمک یا الله یا رحمن یا رحیم یا رب یا مالک یا محیط یا قدیر یا علیم | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, O God, O Compassionate One, O Merciful One, O Lord, O Sovereign, O All-Encompassing, O Almighty, O All-Knowing! [4o] | INBA_6007C.112-116, CMB_F14.088v05-091v09, | justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00080 | Ziyarat for the first to believe, on the Day of 'Arafa | 2500 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الاسماء الحسنی یسبح له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ما بینهما لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم و انما البهاء | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His are the most beauteous names. All who dwell in the heavens and on earth and whatsoever lieth between them sing His praise. There is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. And verily the Glory is His [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.164-175, BYC_misc-b.113a04-125a01 | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; oneness; unity of religion; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; prophecy and fulfillment; station of the Manifestation of God; visitation Tablets | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00250 | Ziyarat for the first to believe, on the night of 'Id al-Fitr | 800 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم ربنا الرحمن اللهم صل علی ذات حروف السبع ثم حروف الحی من عندک و انزل اللهم حینئذ لیلة الجمعه علی شجرة وحدانیتک | Glorified art Thou, O our Lord, the All-Merciful! O God, bestow Thy blessings upon the Essence of the Seven Letters, then upon the Letters of the Living from Thy presence, and cause to descend, O God, at this hour of Friday night, upon the Tree of Thy Oneness [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.143-147, CMB_F14.201v01-203v10, | chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | JRAS.460, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00133 | Ziyarat for the first to believe, on Thursday night | 1400 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء فی هذه اللیلة لیلة الجمعة التی تنظر فیها الی داعیک فی البیان | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee in this night - the night of Friday - wherein Thou gazest upon him who calleth unto Thee [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.046-052, CMB_F14.110r03-114r03, | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Muhammad; Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00338 | Ziyarat for the fourth to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 530 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض عالم الغیب و الشهادة لن یغرب من علمک من شیء لا فی السموات و لا فی الارض و لا ما بینهما و لا یعجک من شیء لا فی ملکوت الامر و لا الخلق و لا ما دونهما لم تزل کنت الها واحدا احدا فردا | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth, the Knower of the seen and the unseen. Nothing escapeth Thy knowledge, whether in the heavens or on earth or betwixt them, nor can aught confound Thee in the kingdoms of command and creation or in whatsoever lieth beyond them. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, single and alone [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.121-124, CMB_F14.095v03-097r04, | absolute freedom; independence of God; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00275 | Ziyarat for the last [to believe] | 710 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو الاقهر الاقهر و انما البهاء من الله علی نوره الانور الانور و بعد اذا ادرکت ما قد قدرالله لک من عرفان ذلک الاسم الاعظم | Praise be to God, beside Whom there is no other god, the All-Subduing, the Most Compelling. And verily, all glory from God be upon His Light, the Most Luminous, the Most Radiant. And thereafter, shouldst thou attain unto that which God hath ordained for thee of the knowledge of that Most Great Name [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.268-272, BYC_misc-b.089a03-092a08 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; visitation Tablets | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00389 | Ziyarat for the last [to believe] | 400 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من عند الله علیک یا جوهر البهآء ثم الجلال علیک یا جوهر الجلال ثم الجمال علیک یا جوهر الجمال | Verily all glory from God rest upon thee, O Essence of Glory! Then all Majesty be upon thee, O Essence of Majesty! Then all Beauty be upon thee, O Essence of Beauty! [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.266-268 | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | |||||||
| BB00478 | Ziyarat for the last [to believe] | 260 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. ان من بهاءالله علیک ابهاه و من جلال الله علیک اجله و من جمال الله علیک اجمله | Upon thee be the most resplendent glory of God, and upon thee be the most exalted majesty of God, and upon thee be the most beautiful grace of God [4o] | INBA_6007C.175-176, BYC_misc-b.125a03-126a04 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00125 | Ziyarat for the letter mim | 1500 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء فی هذه اللیلة التی قد عظمتها و جللتها و فضلتها و عززتها و کرمتها علی مادونها بجودک ثم لطفک و کرمک ثم فضلک و وهابیتک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee in this night which Thou hast magnified and exalted, which Thou hast preferred and honored and made noble above all else through Thy bounty, then through Thy grace and generosity, then through Thy favor and beneficence [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.137-143, CMB_F14.180r03-185r06, | chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00246 | Ziyarat for the letters of unity, on Friday | 810 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء فی تلک اللیلة التی عظمتها و شرفتها و قدستها و کرمتها و مننت علیها | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee in this night which Thou hast magnified and honored and hallowed and exalted [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.095-099, BYC_misc-b.096b05-100b03 | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | |||||||
| BB00103 | Ziyarat for the martyrs | 1800 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من الله الذی لا اله الا هو علی فوادک و فواد من فی فوادک و علی روحک و من فی روحک... قدوس قدوس قدوس انما البهاء من الله | The glory from God, no other God is there but He, rest upon thy heart and the heart of whomsoever is in thy heart, and upon thy spirit and the spirit of whomsoever is in thy spirit | INBA64:001.04-013.08, INBA_6007C.130-137, CMB_F14.104v04-110r01, | TSHA1.412-414, MANU.082-088, TZH3.424.20-426.02x | RBB.105-106x, BLO_PT#150 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; justice and wrath of God; power of prayer; prayer for praise and gratitude; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||
| BB00215 | Ziyarat for the middle night of the month of God | 930 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه لیلة قد عظمتها و جللتها و جملتها و فضلتها و کرمتها بما قد قدرت فیها و نزلت | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is a night which Thou hast magnified and exalted, adorned and distinguished, and honored through that which Thou hast ordained therein [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.160-164, BYC_misc-b.046b05-051a01 | chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00667 | Ziyarat for the Point | 800 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من عند الله علیک یا ایتها التربة المقدسة ثم الجلال علیک یا ایتها التربة الممتنعة | Verily all glory from God rest upon thee, O thou sacred dust, and all exaltation be upon thee, O thou sanctified earth [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.197-201 | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00071 | Ziyarat for the Point and his Letters of the Living | 2700 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. فاذا اردت زیارة النقطة او احد من حروف الحی فلتلطفن نفسک حق التلطف بحیث لو یحیط علمک بان فى جسدك شعر ازيد الّا ينبغى لك حينئذٍ و لتلبسن اطهر لباسك | If thou desirest to visit the Point or any of the Letters of the Living, thou must needs purify thyself with utmost refinement, such that shouldst thou become aware of but a single wayward hair upon thy body, it beseemeth thee not at that moment; and thou must don thy purest attire [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.201-211, CMB_F14.194r03-201r05, | cleanliness and refinement; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.460, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00293 | Ziyarat for the second to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 660 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض عالم الغیب و الشهادة لن یغرب من علمک من شیء لا فی السموات و لا فی الارض و لا ما بینهما و لا یعجک من شیء لا فی ملکوت الامر و لا الخلق و لا ما دونهما لم تزل قد تفردت بالعزة و البقاء | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth, the Knower of the seen and the unseen. Nothing escapeth Thy knowledge, whether in the heavens or on earth or betwixt them, nor can aught confound Thee in the kingdoms of command and creation or in whatsoever lieth beyond them. From time immemorial Thou hast been alone in Thy glory and permanence [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.116-119, CMB_F14.091v10-093v09, | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00258 | Ziyarat for the sixth to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 780 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض عالم الغیب و الشهادة لم تزل قد تعززت | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art, verily, the Creator of the heavens and earth, the Knower of the seen and the unseen. Ever hast Thou been exalted [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.126-129, CMB_F14.099r03-101r08, | absolute freedom; independence of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00508 | Ziyarat for the ten letters | 200 | انما البهاء من الله ثم من کل من آمن بالله و آیاته علیکم یا ایتها الحروف | Verily all glory from God, and from all them that have believed in God and His signs, be upon you, O ye Letters [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.040-041 | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | |||||||
| BB00329 | Ziyarat for the third to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 550 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک بجوهر کینونیتی و ساذج ذاتیتی و مجرد نفسانیتی و کافور انیتی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I testify unto Thee by the essence of my being, the pure reality of my nature, the naked truth of my soul, and the innermost camphor of mine identity, that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.119-121, CMB_F14.093v10-095v01, | eulogies; reminiscences; justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00153 | Ziyarat for the two hidden names | 200 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من الله علیکما یا ایهما النوران النیران و الاسمان العالیان و الکلمتان الممتنعان | Verily all glory be from God upon ye both, O ye two resplendent and luminous Lights, ye two most exalted Names, and ye two impregnable Words! [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.069-070, MKI4515.028r-028v | martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00099 | Ziyarat for Thursday night (Ziyara jami'a) | 1800 | الحمد لله الذی لا إله إلا هو الحي المهیمن القیوم و إنما البهاء من الله علی الواحد الأول ثم أعداده ثم من یشابه ذلک الأعداد حيث لا يرى فيه إلا الواحد الأول | Praise be to God, beside Whom there is no other god, the Ever-Living, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Indeed, the glory from God be upon the Primal Unity, then upon Its numbers, and then upon such as resemble those numbers wherein naught can be seen except the Primal Unity [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.052-061 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00049 | Ziyarat Jami’atu'l-Kabira | 3600 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم [بسمه المکنون الرؤف]. الحمد لله رب العالمین و انما الصلوة علی محمد رسول الله و خاتم النبیین ... و اذا اردت زیارت حبیب الله او احد من ائمة الدین طهر ادلا جسمک | Praised be to God, the Lord of all the worlds. And may prayerful devotion [peace] be upon Muhammad, the Messenger of God, and the Seal of the Prophets. | INBA50:001-072, INBA_5019C:132-145, , INBA_6009C:173-219, , PR02.090r01-093v09, CMB_F22.019b, , MKI4499.049, AEWB.145-170, | ASAT3.074x | HURQ.BB34x | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; humility; meekness; lowliness; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God; visitation Tablets | - | - | JRAS.445, BRHL.63, MSBR.204-205, SRC.045, SRC.202 | ||||
| BB00669 | Ziyarat-i-Hurufi’l-Vahid | 640 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. فان کنت مثل ذلک الیوم یوم الجمعة بین یدی من یظهره الله طوبی لک لیکفیک عن زیارة حروف الواحد | Verily, if upon such a day - the Day of Friday - thou shouldst find thyself in the presence of Him Whom God shall make manifest, blessed indeed art thou, and this shall suffice thee in place of visiting the Letters of Unity [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.077-080, MKI4515.012v-015r | apocalyptic imagery; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; prophecy and fulfillment; spiritual transformation; visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||
| 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 | |||
| BH01419 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Zahra Bagum | 610 | یا اوراق سدرتی علیکن بهاء الله رب العالمین یا اثمار شجر عنایتی علیکن نور الله | O ye Leaves of My Divine Lote-Tree! Upon ye be the Glory of God, the Lord of both worlds. O ye fruits of My Tree of Bounty! Upon ye rest the Light of God, the Luminous, the Radiant, the Effulgent! | INBA51:343, BLIB_Or15716.034.12, | KHAF.188 | GEN.121-122 | consolation and comfort; eulogies; reminiscences; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; personal instructions; prayer for forgiveness; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#166 |
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