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| AB11929 | 120 | الهی الهی هذا ریحان حدیقه ولائک و شجره مونقه باسقه فی ریاض احسانک ای رب | O my God, my God! This is a fragrant flower from the garden of Thy love and a verdant, lofty tree in the meadows of Thy bounty. O Lord! [3.5s] | INBA79.022 | BRL_DAK#0317 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; prayer for protection; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB11932 | 120 | ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی فی الحقیقه ایام عسر امتداد یافت ولی اگر دقت نماای در سنه | O faithful servant of the Blessed Beauty! In truth, the days of hardship have been prolonged, but if thou ponderest carefully [3.5s] | INBA79.040 | rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11934 | 120 | ای مونس عبدالبهاء بجان و دل در خدمت امر سعی بلیغ نمودی و جهدی عظیم داری | O intimate companion of Abdu'l-Baha! With heart and soul thou hast striven mightily to serve the Cause and exerted a tremendous effort [3.5s] | INBA79.028 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11940 | 120 | یا من توجه الی الملکوت الابهی هنیئا لک بما شربت کاس البقاء من ساقی الوفاء | O thou who hast turned thy face to the Most Glorious Kingdom! Blessed art thou, for thou hast drunk the cup of everlasting life from the hand of the cup-bearer of faithfulness [3.5s] | INBA79.007 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11946 | 110 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و ملاحظه گردید حق با شماست اذن حضور خواسته | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents were noted. Verily, thou art right in having sought permission to attain Our presence [3.5s] | INBA79.067a | permission for visit; pilgrimage; review of publications; service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11954 | 100 | ای ثابت بر پیمان خدماتت در آستان مقدس معروف و مثبوت و مساعیت در سبیل الهی | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy services at the Sacred Threshold are recognized and recorded, and thy strivings in the path of God are written [3.5s] | INBA79.078b | TISH.538 | call to action; praise and encouragement; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB11956 | 100 | ای ثابت بر عهد چه ستایشی الیوم اعظم از این عنوانست و چه مدحی ابدع از این مدح | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant -- what praise could be greater in this day, and what tribute more wondrous than this tribute? [3.5s] | INBA79.016 | firmness in the Covenant; praise and encouragement; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11958 | 100 | ای جوان رحمانی هر چند از میلانی و لکن الحمد لله مرد میدانی و بجان مقیم آستانی | O youth of the All-Merciful! Though thou art from Milan, yet praise be to God, thou art a champion in the field and in thy soul art firm at His threshold [3.5s] | INBA79.037b | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; martyrs and martyrdom; service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11965 | 100 | ای منتسبین آن یار روحانی از خدا خواهم که گلشن ملکوت را نهال بیهمال گردید | O ye who are associated with that spiritual friend! I beseech God that ye may become peerless saplings in the garden of the Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA79.051a | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11968 | 100 | ای یار جانی نامه آن حبیب روحانی واصل و در طی آن نامه تصویر مقدس نورانی پیک | O intimate friend! The letter from that spiritual loved one arrived, and within its pages was contained the sacred and luminous portrait [3.5s] | INBA79.035 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11971 | 100 | نامه شما رسید و مفتریات اهل حجبات معلوم و واضح گردید جوابی در اینخصوص مرقوم | Your letter was received and the calumnies of the people of veils became known and evident. A response concerning this matter has been penned [3.5s] | INBA79.062b | chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; rejection, opposition and persecution; review of publications | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11980 | 90 | ای مرغ چمن باهنگی بغزلخوانی آغاز ترانه نما که سکان انجمن بالا در اهتزاز | O songbird of the garden! With melodious tones commence thine anthem, for the denizens of the exalted Concourse are astir [3.5s] | INBA79.015 | firmness in the Covenant; music and singing; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; the concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11985 | 90 | مکتوب شما واصل و تصاویری که ارسال فرموده بودید واصل گردید مگر صد و چهل عدد | Thy letter was received, as were the photographs that thou hadst sent, save one hundred and forty [3.5s] | INBA79.037a | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11986 | 90 | نامه شما رسید از تاسیس محفل روحانی در طبرستان مرقوم نموده بودید بسیار سبب سرور | Thy letter was received. Thou hadst written about the establishment of the Spiritual Assembly in Tabaristan, which brought exceeding joy [3.5s] | INBA79.062a | exhortations and counsels; Hands of the Cause; praise and encouragement; spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11989 | 260 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | الهی الهی ان عبدک الملتهب بنار محبتک المنجذب الی ملکوت رحمانیتک قد احب ان | O my Lord, my Lord! Verily, this servant, enkindled with the fire of Thy love and attracted to the kingdom of Thy mercy, hath desired to [3.5s]... ...As to the Obligatory Prayer, it hath a Qiblih that is fixed, specified, holy and blessed | INBA85:330 | BRL_IOPF#2.21x | law of obligatory prayer; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; prayer for spiritual recognition; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||
| AB11993 | 80 | ای بنده درگاه جمال ابهی مکتوب شما ملاحظه گردید و رویا نیز مطالعه شد از عنایات | O thou servant at the Threshold of the Most Glorious Beauty! Thy letter was considered, and likewise the dream thou didst recount. From the bounties [3.5s] | INBA79.019a | humility; meekness; lowliness; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11994 | 80 | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکاتیب آنجناب رسید و تصاویر انعکاسیه حضرت پیک رحمن جناب بدیع | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letters were received, as were the photographic prints of that herald of divine mercy, Jinab-i-Badi' [3.5s] | INBA79.036 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; martyrs and martyrdom; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11995 | 80 | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوبی که در مدافعه بر مفتریات اهل نجف اشرف مرقوم شده البته | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter which was penned in refutation of the calumnies of the people of most holy Najaf hath surely [3.5s] | INBA79.063 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; newspapers and the media; publications; review of publications | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12003 | 70 | ای جوان نورانی در خصوص امتحان سالیانه مدرسه تربیت مرقوم نموده بودید فی الحقیقه | O radiant youth! Concerning the annual examinations at the Tarbiyat School of which thou didst write, verily [3.5s] | INBA79.074a | praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12004 | 70 | این روزنامه را در غرب شخصی از خارج طبع نموده و فصلی مفصل در این امر مرقوم | This newspaper has been published in the West by a person from abroad, and a detailed chapter concerning this Cause hath been written therein [3.5s] | INBA79.059a | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; newspapers and the media; publications; review of publications | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12009 | 60 | ای ثابت بر پیمان از عدم فرصت جواب مختصر است نامه ملاحظه گردید در اینخصوص | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Due to lack of time, this reply must needs be brief. Thy letter was perused, and concerning this matter [3.5s] | INBA79.083a | personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12010 | 60 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و کتبی که بخط خویش مرقوم نموده بودید جمیع | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, along with all that thou hadst written with thine own hand [3.5s] | INBA79.058 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; excellence; distinction; personal instructions; service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12012 | 50 | ای ثابت نابت این دو کتاب که جناب آقا میرزا علی اکبر جمع نموده اند باید بترتیب | O soul that art steadfast and firm! The two books which his honor Mirza Ali-Akbar hath compiled must be arranged [3.5s] | INBA79.078a | business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12018 | 40 | ای ثابت بر پیمان این ورقه را بخط بسیار خوشی چهل و پنجاه نسخه مرقوم نموده | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Write this letter in most excellent calligraphy, and prepare forty or fifty copies thereof [3.5s] | INBA79.047 | preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; review of publications | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12020 | 20 | ای بنده حق این نامه آقا میرزا احمد را طبع نموده بهر جا انتشار دهید | O servant of God! Publish and disseminate widely this letter of Aqa Mirza Ahmad [3.5s] | INBA79.048a | personal instructions; review of publications | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12074 | 130 | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه شما رسید سوال نموده بودید که تکلیف احبای قزاق چیست زیرا | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Your letter was received. You had inquired about the duty of the friends in Kazakhistan, for [3.5s] | INBA85:023 | YQAZ.655a | obedience to and respect for government authority | - | - | |||||||
| AB12075 | 160 | ای یاران این عبد مسجون حضرت طراز و حضرت علی اکبر ایام رضوانرا در آن قریه | O ye friends of this captive servant! His honor Taraz and his honor Ali-Akbar spent the days of Ridvan in that village [3.5s] | INBA85:071 | YQAZ.655b | exhortations and counsels; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; praise and encouragement; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB12117 | 570 | ای ثابت بر میثاق دو قطعه منشور ثبوت و رسوخ ممهور رسید و بعین رافت ملحوظ افتاد | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Two letters, sealed with constancy and firmness, were received and were considered with the eye of loving-kindness [3.5s] | INBA85:231b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; firmness in the Covenant; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; review of publications; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12118 | 570 | ای طائف بقعه نوراء شکر کن خدا را که هزار فرسنگ طی نمودی و مانند باد بادیه | O thou who hast circumambulated the luminous Sanctuary! Give thanks unto God that thou hast traversed a thousand leagues and, like the desert wind, hast journeyed far [3.5s] | INBA85:030 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12126 | 450 | ای یادگار آن فداای جمال ابهی مراسلات متعدده شما واصل و بر دلتنگی و احزان شما | O thou who art a memento of that devoted servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! Numerous letters from thee were received, and from them thy grief and sorrows were made evident [3.5s] | INBA85:470 | BRL_DAK#0815 | consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; personal instructions; power of prayer; teaching the Cause; call to teach; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| AB12127 | 450 | ای ثابت راسخ بر عهد و میثاق بعد از رجوع آن جناب الی الان از عدم ارسال مکاتبات | O thou who art firm and steadfast in the Covenant and Testament! Since the time of thy return until now, due to the absence of correspondence [3.5s] | INBA85:235 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; call to action; consolation and comfort; exhortations and counsels; personal instructions; praise and encouragement; unity; oneness of humanity; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12134 | 420 | ای عزیز عبدالبهاء نامه رسید از تکسر مزاج شما و ناتوانی و اسیری فراش | O thou who art dear to 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Thy letter was received. I learned of thine ailment, weakness, and confinement to bed [3.5s] | INBA85:506 | non-participation in politics; obedience to and respect for government authority; personal instructions; predictions and prophecies; rejection, opposition and persecution; relationship between government and people | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12135 | 420 | الحمد لله الذی فتح علی قلوب المخلصین ابواب العطاء و انعم علیهم بمائده من السماء | Praise be to God Who hath opened wide the gates of bounty before the faces of His sincere ones and bestowed upon them heavenly sustenance [3.5s] | INBA85:240 | martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; prayer for specific individuals; groups; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12138 | 400 | ای یاران الهی حضرت اسحق رحمانی نهایت ستایش را از محبت و مهربانی شما نمودند | O divine friends! The esteemed Ishaq Rahmani offered utmost praise for your love and kindness [3.5s] | INBA85:053 | call to action; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; love and unity; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12142 | 390 | ای یاران حق و ای اماء رحمن حمد حی قیومرا که سرمستان الست را از رحیق مختوم | O friends of God and handmaids of the All-Merciful! Praised be the Self-Subsisting Lord, Who hath caused those inebriated with the wine of the eternal Covenant to quaff from the sealed nectar [3.5s] | INBA85:108 | praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12147 | 380 | تعالیت یا الهی و تقدست یا ملجای و منائی قد ابدعت الاشیاء بحکمه بالغه فی ملکوت | Exalted art Thou, O my God, and sanctified art Thou, O my Refuge and my Support! Thou hast brought all created things into being through consummate wisdom in Thy celestial Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA85:528 | consolation and comfort; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12150 | 360 | یا ربی الودود الفائض علی حقیقه الوجود فیضا ابدیا فی حیز الشهود المقدر لاحبائه | O my Lord, the All-Loving, Who doth shower upon the reality of existence an everlasting bounty in the realm of being, Who hath ordained for His loved ones [3.5s] | INBA85:080 | eulogies; reminiscences; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power of prayer; prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12157 | 330 | ای بندگان و اماء رحمان جناب آقا نورالله و آقا محمد تبریزی نامه ای مرقوم نموده | O ye servants and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! Jinab-i-Aqa Nurullah and Jinab-i-Aqa Muhammad Tabrizi have penned a letter [3.5s] | INBA85:036 | praise and encouragement; prayer for teaching; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12168 | 310 | ای ثابت بر پیمان و یادگار آن یار مهربان مکتوب شما رسید و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل | O steadfast one in the Covenant and cherished memorial of that loving friend! Your letter was received and its contents noted [3.5s] | INBA85:509 | non-participation in politics; obedience to and respect for government authority; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12176 | 300 | فی الحقیقه حکومت حاضره ایران در خصوص احبای رحمن بهیچوجه قصور ندارد و بقدر | In truth, the present government of Iran is in no way remiss with respect to the loved ones of the All-Merciful, and to the extent of [3.5s] | INBA85:406 | contention and conflict; obedience to and respect for government authority; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12184 | 290 | لک الحمد یا الهی بما اشرقت شمس الحقیقه من الافق المبین و تلوح علی هیاکل | Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for that the Sun of Truth hath shone forth from the manifest horizon and doth illumine the temples of being [3.5s] | INBA85:331 | unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12187 | 280 | ای بشیرالهی از تو نامههای متعدده رسید ولی مکتوب اخیر دلیل سرور قلب منیر بود | O divine herald! Though numerous letters were received from thee, thy recent letter brought joy to this illumined heart [3.5s] | INBA85:468 | BSHI.033-034 | growth of the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||
| AB12195 | 270 | ای امه الله نامه شما ملاحظه گردید مضمون مشحون ببیان ایمان و ایقان و ثبوت بر عهد | O handmaiden of God! Thy letter was perused, and its contents were replete with expressions of faith and certitude and steadfastness in the Covenant [3.5s] | INBA85:026b | consolation and comfort; firmness in the Covenant; the ephemeral and the eternal | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12197 | 270 | ای عزیز عبدالبهاء نامه مفصل شما بنهایت حزن و افسوس و غم و الم قرائت گردید | O thou dear one of Abdu'l-Baha! Thy detailed letter was perused with the utmost grief, regret, sorrow and pain [3.5s] | INBA85:531 | consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12203 | 260 | نامه شماره ۴۸ وصول یافت قدوم آن نفس مبارک با دو فرزند و یک یار عزیز سبب سرور | Your letter numbered 48 was received. The arrival of that blessed soul with two children and one cherished friend was the cause of joy [3.5s] | INBA85:461 | BSHI.011, BSHI.123-124 | eulogies; reminiscences; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||
| AB12206 | 260 | الهی الهی هذا عبد قد ازلت عن بصره الغشاء و ملئت له کاس العطاء و کشفت عن | O my God, my God! This is a servant from whose vision Thou hast removed the veil, for whom Thou hast filled the chalice of bounty, and before whom Thou hast unveiled [3.5s] | INBA85:327 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; prayer for specific individuals; groups; review of publications; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12222 | 240 | ای بنده حق الحمد لله آنچه از خامه میثاق صادر مشهود و واضح گردید اعلیحضرت | O servant of God! Praise be to God that whatsoever flowed from the Pen of the Covenant became evident and manifest [3.5s] | INBA85:073 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; education of children; moral education; obedience to and respect for government authority | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12225 | 240 | الهی الهی قد حیرتنی فی قدرتک و اقتدارک و ادهشتنی من ارادتک و اختیارک حیث حرمت | O my God, my God! I am bewildered before Thy might and Thy power, and am struck with wonder at Thy will and Thy sovereignty, wherein Thou hast deprived [3.5s] | INBA85:325b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12227 | 240 | ای سلاله حضرت خلیل جلیل شکر کنید خدا را که اب رحیم حضرت ابراهیم را در ملکوت | O descendant of the illustrious Abraham! Render thanks unto God that thou art of the seed of that Merciful One, the Prophet Abraham, in His celestial Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA85:199 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12228 | 240 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای بجناب حیدر قبل علی مرقوم نموده بودید و خواهش نگارش | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thou hadst written a letter to his honor Haydar-'Ali, making a request for correspondence [3.5s] | INBA85:001 | authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; firmness in the Covenant; preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12229 | 240 | ای مجذوبان دلبر حقیقت حضرت مسیح ملیح روح الوجود له الفداء در انجیل میفرماید | O ye who are attracted to the Beauty of Truth! The sweet and glorious Christ - may my life be a sacrifice unto Him - in the Gospel saith [3.5s] | INBA85:341 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; many are called but few are chosen; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; scarcity of receptive souls; teaching the Cause; call to teach; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12234 | 230 | حضرت افنان سدره مبارکه تحریر قرائت و مضمون مفهوم شد در خصوص آقا سید میرزا | O thou Afnan of the Sacred Lote-Tree! Thy letter was received and its contents were fully understood. Concerning Áqá Siyyid Mírzá [3.5s] | INBA85:283 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; obedience to and respect for government authority; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12236 | 230 | ای امه الله آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملحوظ افتاد و از استقامت شما بر محبت الله | O handmaiden of God! That which thou didst write was noted, and thy steadfastness in the love of God [3.5s] | INBA85:344a | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12238 | 230 | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما که بتاریخ ۷ رمضان ۳۳۹ بود رسید و از مضمون عبودیت | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Your letter dated the 7th of Ramadan 1339 was received, and from its contents expressing servitude [3.5s] | INBA85:508 | past, present and future of Iran; teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12243 | 220 | الهی الهی تعلم و تری امواج البلاء تتلاطم علی عبدالبهاء تتری وجنت نار اعلام | My God, my God! Thou knowest and seest how the waves of tribulation surge one after another upon 'Abdu'l-Bahá and the flames of trials rise high [3.5s] | INBA85:244 | prayer for specific individuals; groups; prayer for spiritual recognition; rejection by the people of the Bayan; servitude; submission to God; repentance; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12245 | 220 | یامن انقذه الله من مخالب الذل و الهوان نامه مفصل شما رسید حین قرائت بسیار | O thou whom God hath delivered from the clutches of abasement and degradation! Thy detailed letter was received and, at the time of its reading, brought great joy [3.5s] | INBA85:180 | steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12248 | 220 | و انت تعلم یا الهی ذلی و مسکنتی و فقری و مسغبتی و تبتلی و تضرعی و تذللی | Thou knowest, O my God, my lowliness and poverty, my destitution and desperate need, my utter devotion, my supplications, and my complete self-effacement [3.5s] | INBA85:427 | servitude; submission to God; repentance; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12253 | 210 | ایها الفرع المقدس من السدره الربانیه در خصوص برات جناب تاجرباشی و حواله بر شما | O sacred branch of the divine Lote-Tree! Regarding the promissory note of Jináb-i-Tájirbáshí and the remittance assigned to you [4o] | INBA85:296 | business; financial; property matters; firmness in the Covenant; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12256 | 210 | ای بلبل خوش الحان نامه شما رسید از واقعه محزنه تاثر شدید حاصل گردیده لکن صبر | O sweetly singing nightingale! Thy letter was received, and from this sorrowful event profound grief was occasioned; yet patience [3.5s] | INBA85:020 | consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12258 | 210 | ای بنده صادق حق حمد حضرت رب ودود را که در بدو اشراق فجر انوار پدر بزرگوار را | O faithful servant of the Truth! Praise be to the Lord, the All-Loving, that at the first gleaming of dawn thou didst witness the radiant lights of thy noble father [3.5s] | INBA85:140 | firmness in the Covenant; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12259 | 210 | ایها الفاضل الجلیل قد رتلت ایات شکرک لله بما خرق الحجاب و کشف الغطاء و اراک | O distinguished and noble one! Thou hast chanted thy verses of thanksgiving unto God, inasmuch as He hath rent asunder the veil, lifted the covering, and caused thee to behold [3.5s] | INBA85:090b | teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12260 | 210 | اللهم یا الهی انی اتضرع الی ملکوت وحدانیتک و جبروت فردانیتک ان یوید بقدرتک | O Lord, my God! I earnestly beseech the Kingdom of Thy oneness and the Realm of Thy singleness to assist through Thy power [3.5s] | INBA85:519 | prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12261 | 210 | ای بنده جمال ابهی تحریرات واصل و مضمون مفهوم ولی آنچه که این عبد خیر آنجنابست | O servant of the all-glorious Beauty! Your letters have arrived and their contents were noted, but what this servant wishes for your honor is [3.5s] | INBA85:522b | personal instructions; service to others; to the Cause of God; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12262 | 210 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه رسید و تضرع شدید و ابتهال عظیم سبب شد که بدرگاه رب قدیم | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and thy fervent entreaty and supplication caused me to turn toward the threshold of the Ancient Lord [3.5s] | INBA85:478 | BRL_DAK#1048 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB12263 | 210 | ای بنده حق در اقلیم مصر قناد فوج فوج موج میزند ولی شیرینی شما حلاوتی دیگر | O servant of the Truth! In the land of Egypt the candy makers weave their sweet confections in batch after batch, but your sweetness is of a different order [3.5s] | INBA85:084 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; consolation and comfort; permission for visit; pilgrimage; personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12272 | 200 | ای امین عبدالبهاء در خصوص جناب عزیزالله خان مرقوم نموده بودید شما میدانید | O trusted one of Abdu'l-Baha! Concerning what you wrote about his honor Azizu'llah Khan, you know [3.5s] | INBA85:477 | personal instructions; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12274 | 200 | ای ثابت بر پیمان الحمد لله آنچه مامور گشتی مجری داشتی بیزد شتافتی و آن اسرا را بطهران | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Praise be to God that thou didst fulfill that which was enjoined upon thee, hastening to Yazd and conducting those captives to Tehran [3.5s] | INBA85:225 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; law of inheritance | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12277 | 200 | یا غافری و یا عفوی لم ادر کیف اشفع لاحد و انا احتاج لشفیع مشفع اتشفع به الی باب | O Thou Who art the Pardoner and the Ever-Forgiving! I know not how I may intercede for anyone when I myself am in need of an intercessor through whom I may seek intercession at Thy gate [3.5s] | INBA85:245 | consolation and comfort; prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12278 | 200 | والله یحب المحسنین حقا که محسنی و متحصن در حصن حصین لهذا محفوظ و مصونی | Verily, God cherisheth the doers of good, for they, like unto a fortified and steadfast citadel, are ever shielded and preserved [4o] | INBA85:311 | defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12290 | 190 | ای یادگار حضرت ذبیح ان خاندان و دودمان همیشه مشمول نظر عنایت جمال مبارک بوده | O remnant of the illustrious Dhabih! That family and lineage have ever been the recipients of the loving-kindness of the Blessed Beauty [3.5s] | INBA85:343 | consolation and comfort; eulogies; reminiscences; martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12297 | 180 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای از صبیه من استغرق فی بحر الانوار محفل التجلی فی عالم | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! A letter from my daughter, who is immersed in the ocean of lights in the gathering place of divine manifestation in the realm [3.5s] | INBA85:249 | business; financial; property matters; eulogies; reminiscences | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12298 | 180 | ای نفوس مبارکه فی الحقیقه آستان مقدس را خادم صادقید و انجمن یارانرا شعاع بارق | O noble souls, verily ye are the true servants of the sacred Threshold and the luminous rays illuminating the assemblage of the friends [4o] | INBA85.314, INBA85.316 | teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12303 | 180 | ای نورانی الوجه بانوار محبت الله چون در این ساعت بذکر احبای آذربایجان مشغول | O thou whose countenance is illumined with the light of the love of God! As in this hour I am engaged in remembrance of the friends in Azerbaijan [3.5s] | INBA85:138 | love of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12304 | 180 | ای دوستان حضرت یزدان ابواب فتوح گشوده و آتش محبت الله افروخته و سراج الهی بال | O friends of the Lord of mercy! The portals of victory have been flung open, the fire of the love of God hath been kindled, and the divine lamp hath shed its radiance [3.5s] | INBA85:119 | firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12305 | 180 | ای یاران من در این دم بیاد شما افتادم و بذکر شما پرداختم یاران الهی سلاله حضرت خلیل | O My friends! In this moment I remember you and engage in your mention - O divine friends, descendants of His Holiness Abraham [3.5s] | INBA85:059 | KASH.241-242 | permission for visit; pilgrimage; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB12306 | 180 | یار مهربانا این ایام ولوله متارکه است و زمزمه مصالحه قوای عالم آشتی طلبد | O kind friend! In these days there is clamor for armistice, and the murmur of reconciliation rises as the forces of the world yearn for peace [3.5s] | INBA85:078 | justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; war and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12307 | 180 | ایها المقتبس من نار التجلی فی سدره الانسان هنیئا لک بما سرعت الی الوادی الایمن | O thou who hast drawn illumination from the fire of revelation in the tree of man! Joy be unto thee, for thou hast hastened to the sacred valley [3.5s] | INBA85:306 | firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12309 | 180 | یا ابن الرجل الرشید الشهید از شهر مالدن مصمم عزیمت بمنتریال قنادا شمال امریکا | O son of that wise and martyred man! From the city of Malden, I am determined to journey to Montreal, Canada, in North America [3.5s] | INBA85:504 | service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12310 | 180 | ای ناشر لوای ذکر و رافع اعلام ثنای الهی جناب خان در این سجن اعظم وارد و بزیارات | O thou who dost raise high the banners of praise and glorification of God! His honor the Khan hath arrived at this Most Great Prison and attained unto visitation [3.5s] | INBA85:222 | teaching the Cause; call to teach; the power of words; of speech; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12320 | 170 | ای فرع لطیف سدره رحمانیه خدماتت در این ساحت مذکور و مشقاتت معلوم و مشهود | O graceful branch of the divine Lote-Tree! Thy services in this realm are remembered and thy trials are evident and manifest [3.5s] | INBA85:294 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12321 | 170 | ایها الفرع المبارک من السدره الربانیه علیک بهاء الله و ثنائه و ثناء کل شیء و فضله | O blessed branch sprung from the Divine Tree! Upon thee be the Glory of God, His praise, and the praise of all things, and His grace [3.5s] | INBA85:290 | firmness in the Covenant; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12322 | 170 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما ملاحظه گردید فی الحقیقه جناب آقا میرزا محمد باقر خان | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was perused. Verily, his honor Mirza Muhammad-Baqir Khan [3.5s] | INBA85:462 | BSHI.010, BSHI.090-091 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; interpretation of dreams and visions | - | - | |||||||
| AB12324 | 170 | ای ثابتان بر پیمان لانه شما کاشانه تبلیغ احباست و آشیانه مرغان آسمانیست بلکه | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! Your dwelling is a sanctuary for the teaching of the loved ones and a nest for the birds of heaven; nay, rather [3.5s] | INBA85:196 | spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12325 | 170 | ای منجذبان نامه رسید از ورود جناب آقا سید جلال و جناب آقا سید حسن خبر داده | O ye who are attracted to the Truth! Your letter was received, conveying the news of the arrival of Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Jalal and Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Hassan [3.5s] | INBA85:276 | serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12327 | 170 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی ان هاتین النفسین المومنتین بک و بایاتک المعترفتین بظهور اثارک | Glorified art Thou, O my Lord! These two souls have believed in Thee and in Thy signs, and have recognized the manifestation of Thy tokens [3.5s] | INBA85:437 | prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12328 | 170 | ای بنده الهی نامه شما رسید الحمد لله دلیل جلیل بود که یاران آنسامان مستقیم بر امر | O servant of God! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God, it was a clear proof that the friends in that region are firm in the Cause [3.5s] | INBA85:040 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12329 | 170 | ای بنده الهی صدمات شدیده دیدی و مشقات عظیمه کشیدی و بشماتت و ملامت اعدا | O servant of God! Grievous afflictions have befallen thee, and thou hast endured mighty tribulations and borne the derision and reproach of the opponents [3.5s] | INBA85:302 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12331 | 170 | ای دو بنده صادق رب ابراهیم جناب آقا شکرالله در بقعه نوراء بیاد احباء افتاد و بدعا | O ye two faithful servants of the Lord Abraham! Jinab-i-Aqa Shukru'llah, in the luminous Spot, remembered the loved ones and raised his voice in prayer [3.5s] | INBA85:436 | prayer for specific individuals; groups; predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12333 | 170 | ای ثابت بر پیمان مناجات و مکاتیب متعدده در حق مدارس همدان و نفوسی که باعانه | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The numerous prayers and letters regarding the schools of Hamadán and those souls who have extended assistance [3.5s] | INBA85:312 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12334 | 170 | ای ثابت بر پیمان جناب معاون در نامه خویش ذکر شما نمودند و ستایش زیاد کردند | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Jinab-i-Mu'avin hath made mention of thee in his letter, offering abundant praise [3.5s] | INBA85:128 | love of God; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12335 | 170 | رب و رجائی و غایه منائی و ملجای و ملاذی و مرجعی و معاذی انی اتضرع الیک بقلب | O my Lord, my Hope, my utmost Desire, my Refuge, my Haven, my Destination and my Shelter! With a heart full of supplication, I beseech Thee [3.5s] | INBA85:125 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12337 | 170 | عزیزا حضرت احدیتک لطف و عنایتی بر بنده صادقه شامل و پرتو هدایتی بر طالب | O beloved, may the Grace and Favor of the Lord of Oneness envelop His devoted servant, and may the Light of Guidance shine upon the earnest seeker [4o] | INBA85:024 | light and darkness; power of faith; power of the spirit; presence of; reunion with God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12348 | 160 | ایها الفرع العظیم من السدره المنتهی تالله الحق ان الشرق و الغرب و الشجر و الحجر | O mighty branch of the Divine Lote-Tree! By God, the True One, verily the East and the West, the tree and the stone [3.5s] | INBA85:295 | power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12349 | 160 | ای موقن بایات الله اگر در سامعه جسم خللی عارض و در اذن غیر واعیه فتوری حاصل | O thou who art firm in the signs of God! Though there be impairment in the physical ear and deficiency in the outward hearing [3.5s] | INBA85:176 | preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; the ephemeral and the eternal | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12350 | 160 | ای دو منجذب جمال الله جناب یونس مدتی مونس بود و در کمال محبت ندیم مستدیم بود | O ye two souls who are attracted to the Beauty of God! For some time Yunis was a companion, and in the utmost love, a constant and faithful friend [3.5s] | INBA85:251 | prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12355 | 160 | ای عاشق جمال ذوالجلال نامه شما رسید و مضمون شیرین و دلنشین بود زیرا دلیل | O lover of the Glory of the All-Glorious! Your letter was received, and its contents were sweet and pleasing, for they were evidence [3.5s] | INBA85:038 | permission for visit; pilgrimage; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12356 | 160 | الهی الهی ان عبدک الوهاب حلیم اواب یدعوک بکل ضراعه و ابتهال و یتوب من کل شئون | O my God, O my God! Verily, this Thy servant, Abdul-Vahhab, meek and penitent, calleth upon Thee with utmost supplication, turning away from all save Thee [3.5s] | INBA85:075 | prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12357 | 160 | ای ثابت بر پیمان الیوم خدمت عظمی بعتبه علیاء ثبوت و استقامتست و ثانی مژده | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Today the greatest service at the Sacred Threshold is firmness and steadfastness, and second is the glad-tidings [3.5s] | INBA85:475 | consolation and comfort; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12358 | 160 | ای نائب مناب یاران هر چند والده ساده دل گوش بفرمایش شما ننمود و پند و نصیحت | O faithful deputy of the friends! Although the simple-hearted mother heeded not thy counsel and accepted not thy wise exhortation [3.5s] | INBA85:277 | consolation and comfort; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12359 | 160 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مشکین گلشن معانی بود و مندرجاتش ایت حقیقت پدر بزرگوار | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy missive was a fragrant rose-garden of inner meanings, and its contents were a token of the truth of thy noble father [3.5s] | INBA85:194 | consolation and comfort; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12360 | 160 | الهی الهی تری هذه الوجوه الناضره بنور الهدی و هذه الاعین الناظره الی ملکوتک | O my God, my God! Thou seest these radiant faces illumined with the light of guidance, and these eyes gazing toward Thy Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA85:173 | prayer for prosperity; prayer for specific individuals; groups; prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12361 | 160 | ای بنده بهاء شکایت از تعویق جواب فرموده بودید هر چند گله و شکوه در اینمقام عین | O servant of Bahá! Though thou didst complain about the delay in reply, even though lamentation and complaint in this station are the very [3.5s] | INBA85:012 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; prayer for assistance; intercession | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12362 | 160 | اللهم یا الهی و کهفی الوافی و ملاذی السامی تری احبائک الثابتین علی المیثاق | O my Lord and my God, my All-Sufficing Shelter and my Most Exalted Haven! Thou dost behold Thy loved ones who stand firm in Thy Covenant [3.5s] | INBA85:452b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; firmness in the Covenant; prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12363 | 160 | ای سلیل آن شخص جلیل هر چند چندیست که این خامه بنام تو نامه ننگاشت ولی دائم ذکر | O scion of that glorious personage! Although for some time this pen hath not written a letter in thy name, yet thy mention hath been constant [3.5s] | INBA85:511b | characteristics and conduct of true believers; personal instructions; service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12364 | 160 | ای عزیز عبدالبهاء چندی پیش بخط خویش بشما نامه ای در تهنیت عید نگاشتم البته تا | O thou dear one of Abdu'l-Baha! Some time ago I wrote thee a letter in my own hand, offering felicitations for the Festival. Surely by now [3.5s] | INBA85:539a | business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12365 | 160 | ای عزیز عزیز کمان منما که نفسی برارم مگر انگه بیاد تو افتم و از فضل و عنایت | O dearly beloved! Imagine not that I draw a breath save that I remember thee and am mindful of Thy grace and loving-kindness [3.5s] | INBA85:512 | business; financial; property matters; excellence; distinction; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12377 | 150 | ای بشیرالهی نامه شما رسید و همچنین نامه دیگر که در جوف بود الحمد لله بشارت | O divine herald! Your letter was received, as well as the other letter enclosed therein. Praise be to God for these glad-tidings [3.5s] | INBA85:447b | business; financial; property matters; permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12380 | 150 | ای برادر آن پاک جان و مقبول ساحت قدس حضرت رحمن حمد کن خدا را که صنو آن شجره | O brother! Render thou thanks unto God that thou art the brother of that pure soul, acceptable at the Sacred Threshold of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA85:217b | call to action; eulogies; reminiscences | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12381 | 150 | سوگلی یار غارم صبح احدیت آچلدی شمس احدیت افق حقیقتدن دوغدی جهانی نور هدایت | O my cherished companion! The morn of eternity hath dawned, and the Sun of oneness hath arisen from the horizon of truth, flooding the world with the light of guidance [3.5s] | INBA85:022 | nearness and remoteness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12385 | 150 | ای دو ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید شمامه عنبر بود و مضمون مسک اذفر دلالت بر | O ye two steadfast ones in the Covenant! Your letter was received. It was as fragrant as musk and its contents were as sweet-scented as the choicest ambergris, testifying to [3.5s] | INBA85:076 | spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12386 | 150 | ای یادگار آن شهید بزرگوار چند روز پیش نامه ای ارسال گردید و حال نیز باثر خامه | O cherished remnant of that noble martyr! Though a letter was dispatched several days ago, now again through the influence of the pen [3.5s] | INBA85:517b | honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12401 | 140 | ایها الفرع البدیع من السدره الربانیه دع اشارات اهل الشبهات و تمسک بالعروه الوثقی | O distinguished branch of the divine Tree! Abandon the insinuations of the doubters, and hold fast unto the sure handle [3.5s] | INBA85:293 | firmness in the Covenant; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12402 | 140 | ایها الفرع النجیب الرطیب من السدره المبارکه جواب مراسلات آنحضرت انشاء الله در پوسته | O gracious and fresh branch of the Blessed Tree! The responses to your communications will, God willing, be sent by post [3.5s] | INBA85:284 | business; financial; property matters; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12403 | 140 | الهی الهی ??د خلقت امه من جوهر محبتک و برئت ورقه من ساذج معرفتک و نورت وجهها | My God, my God! Thou hast created a handmaiden from the essence of Thy love, and fashioned a leaf from the pure substance of Thy knowledge, and illumined her countenance [3.5s] | INBA85:253 | prayer for the departed; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12404 | 140 | ای ثابت بر پیمان از قرار معلوم میرزا حسینعلی جهرمی از بمباای بجهرم میرود اظهار | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! According to what is reported, Mirza Husayn-'Ali of Jahrum is departing from Bombay for Jahrum [3.5s] | INBA85:464a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12407 | 140 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه نمره ۶۵ رسید از برای عبدالبهاء آسایش جسم و راحت جان فضل | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Letter number 65 was received. Through divine bounty, physical comfort and tranquility of soul for 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | INBA85:444 | BSHI.093 | personal instructions | - | - | |||||||
| AB12409 | 140 | ای مقتبس نور هدی از مصباح الهی جمعی که خود را دلیل راه دانستند و وسیله وصول | O thou who hast acquired illumination from the Divine Lamp! A company of souls, who deemed themselves guides upon the path and means of attainment [3.5s] | INBA85:042b | humility; meekness; lowliness; pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12410 | 140 | ای شمع انجمن دوستان الهی حمد کن خدا را که از صلب پاکی باین عالم خاک قدم نهادی | O thou candle of the assemblage of the friends of God! Render praise unto God for having come forth from the purest issue and set foot upon this dust-laden world [3.5s] | INBA85:139b | eulogies; reminiscences; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12412 | 140 | ای بنده الهی جناب میرزا ربیع ببقعه مبارکه وارد و در محضر این مسجون حاضر شد | O thou servant of God! His honor Mirza Rabi' arrived at the Holy Shrine and attained the presence of this prisoner [3.5s] | INBA85:063 | spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12414 | 140 | ای ثابت بر پیمان در این ایام منادی نادر شده است و مبلغ کمیاب از هر طرفی فریاد | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! In these days, the herald hath become rare and the teacher scarce in every direction [3.5s] | INBA85:318 | teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12415 | 140 | ای ثابت عهد نامه در اسکندریه رسید در حالتیکه ابدا مجال ندارم و بی نهایت خسته | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received in Alexandria at a time when I am utterly bereft of respite and infinitely weary [3.5s] | INBA85:319 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; consolation and comfort; past, present and future of Iran; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12417 | 140 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما واصل و مضمون مفهوم شد بمجرد صعود حضرت والده مناجاتی | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents were understood. Upon the ascension of thy revered mother, a prayer [3.5s] | INBA85:155a | prayer for forgiveness; service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12418 | 140 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما که بتاریخ نهم شوال ۱۳۳۹ بود رسید بشخص محترم و والا | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter dated 9 Shawwal 1339 was received by that honored and exalted personage [3.5s] | INBA85:505 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; chastisement and requital; predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12419 | 140 | ای عزیز عبدالبهاء نامه اخیر شما وصول یافت و فورا جواب ارسال میگردد در خصوص | O thou dear one of Abdu'l-Baha! Thy recent letter was received and immediately a reply is being sent concerning [3.5s] | INBA85:538b | business; financial; property matters; chastisement and requital; personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12420 | 140 | ای یادگار آن نجم بازغ همیشه بیاد توام و در فکر تو آنی فراموش نشده و نخواهی شد | O thou cherished remembrance of that brilliant star! Ever art thou in my thoughts and memory - not for a moment hast thou been, nor shalt thou ever be, forgotten [3.5s] | INBA85:474a | rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12429 | 130 | ایها الفرع المتصاعد علی السدره المبارکه در این اوقات در حفظ و حمایت و صیانت | O thou branch that hath grown upon the blessed Tree! In these times, be thou under the protection, shelter and safeguarding [3.5s] | INBA85:287 | exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12430 | 130 | ای دوستان جمال ابهی افق آفاق بنور میثاق روشن است و ساحت وجود بحدائق ملکوت گلشن | O friends of the Most Glorious Beauty! The horizon of all regions is luminous with the light of the Covenant, and the realm of existence hath been transformed into a rose garden of the Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA85:163 | forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12431 | 130 | ای بشیرالهی دیگر شکایت از انقطاع مراسلات مفرما ملاحظه کن که در جوف چند نامه | O Divine Herald! Complain no longer of the cessation in our correspondence. Behold how many letters are enclosed herein! [3.5s] | INBA85:443b | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12436 | 130 | یا من اختاره الله لتبلیغ امره و اعلاء ذکره آنچه مرقوم قلم وداد بود تلاوت شد از معانیش | O thou whom God hath chosen for the promotion of His Cause and the exaltation of His remembrance! That which was written by the pen of love was read, and from its meanings [3.5s] | INBA85:220 | service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12437 | 130 | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوب مفصل قرائت گردید و مضمون مفهوم شد الحمد لله دل از قید | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy detailed letter was perused and its contents understood. Praise be to God, the heart from bondage [3.5s] | INBA85:551a | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12438 | 130 | ای چراغ افروخته از نار موقده هر چند بظاهر هزار فرسنگ دوری و مهجوری و از باده | O thou lamp enkindled by the fire divine! Though outwardly thou art distant and remote by a thousand leagues [3.5s] | INBA85:164b | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12439 | 130 | یا من لبی للندآء قد اطلعت بما جائنی من کتابکم و استحلیت تلک المعانی الرائقه | O thou who hast responded to the call! I have been apprised of the contents of thy letter, and found sweet those luminous meanings [3.5s] | INBA85:098a | rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12440 | 130 | ای ثابت بر عهد هر چند اشتیاق این عبد بمشاهده روی دلجوی یاران بیش از ایشانست | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Though this servant's longing to gaze upon the cherished countenance of the friends exceedeth their own [3.5s] | INBA85:070 | spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12442 | 130 | ای یار قدیم و حبیب و ندیم الفت عراق در خاطر است و مصاحبت روزها و شبها کالنقش | O ancient friend and cherished companion! The fellowship of Iraq is remembered, and the association of days and nights is etched [3.5s] | INBA85:197 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12443 | 130 | ای دو ابناء ملکوت حمد کنید خدا را که فضل و عنایت الهیه شما را موفق بان نمود | O ye two sons of the Kingdom! Render thanks unto God that divine grace and bounty hath enabled you to achieve this [3.5s] | INBA85:097 | teaching the Cause; call to teach; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12446 | 130 | ای عزیز عبدالبهاء جمال ابهی شاهد و واقف که من بچه مثابه بتو محبت دارم و در جمیع | O thou dear one of Abdu'l-Baha! The Blessed Beauty Himself beareth witness and is well aware to what measure I cherish love for thee [3.5s] | INBA85:479 | personal instructions; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12447 | 130 | ای عزیز عبدالبهاء نصوحی بیک سفیر جدید دولت علیه عثمانیه شخص کامل و صادق دولت | O thou dear one of Abdu'l-Baha! Nasuhi Bey, the new Ambassador of the Sublime Ottoman State, is a person of consummate excellence and unshakeable loyalty to his government [3.5s] | INBA85:518 | non-participation in politics; obedience to and respect for government authority | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12448 | 130 | ای یادگار آن شمع روشن شهادت کبری مکتوبی از شما رسید و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل | O thou remnant of that radiant candle of supreme martyrdom! A letter from thee was received and its contents were noted [3.5s] | INBA85:521 | call to action; martyrs and martyrdom; naming of children; of individuals | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12449 | 130 | ای سه نفس مقرب درگاه کبریاء آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید حق با شماست | O three souls drawn nigh unto the threshold of the All-Glorious! That which ye had written was perused. The truth lieth with you [3.5s] | INBA85:511a | BRL_DAK#1047 | words vs deeds; work as worship | - | - | |||||||
| AB12452 | 130 | ای مظلومه آفاق دیده زمین و سپهر برین بر مظلومی آن خاندان گریانست و قلب امکان | O thou who art oppressed in all horizons! The eyes of earth and exalted heaven weep over the tribulations of that household, and the heart of all existence is grief-stricken [3.5s] | INBA85:473 | consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12470 | 120 | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره المبارکه تحریریکه بجناب آقا سید تقی مرقوم نموده | O exalted branch of the Blessed Tree! Concerning the letter thou didst write to Jinab-i-Áqá Siyyid Taqí [3.5s] | INBA85:301 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12473 | 120 | ای بشیر ربانی تحریر اخیر واصل گردید و مفاد انجذاب فواد بود که با وجود این بلایا | O divine herald! Thy recent letter was received, and its contents bespoke the attraction of hearts, notwithstanding these tribulations [3.5s] | INBA85:094 | BSHI.044 | steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| AB12474 | 120 | ای بشیر یوسف الهی بشیر مصری مشام پیر کنعانی را به رائحه قمیص یوسفی معطر نمود | O thou herald of the divine Joseph! The Egyptian herald perfumed the senses of that venerable one of Canaan with the fragrance of Joseph's garment [3.5s] | INBA85:088b | BSHI.055-056 | praise and encouragement; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB12475 | 120 | ای بنده صادق جمال مبارک در هر ماهی نامه های متعدد به شما مرقوم میگردد | O faithful servant of the Blessed Beauty! In every month, numerous letters are being penned unto thee [3.5s] | INBA85:455b | BSHI.064 | forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration | - | - | |||||||
| AB12476 | 120 | ای ثابت بر پیمان از قلت فرصت مجبور بر اختصارم نامه مورخ بیست و چهارم جمادی الاول | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Due to scarcity of time I am compelled to be brief. Thy letter dated 24 Jamádíyu'l-Avval [3.5s] | INBA85:446b | BSHI.068-069 | chastisement and requital; rejection, opposition and persecution; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB12478 | 120 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه های متعدد شما چون ابر بهار فیض معانی و چون جوهر | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy numerous letters, like the spring rain, have showered down divine meanings and like unto gems [3.5s] | INBA85:445 | BSHI.093-094 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; consolation and comfort | - | - | |||||||
| AB12480 | 120 | ای سلاله ذبیح ملیح با وجهی صبیح و نطقی فصیح و قلبی جریح چون جد بزرگوار در لیل | O descendant of that gentle martyr! With radiant countenance, eloquent speech, and wounded heart, like thy noble ancestor [3.5s] | INBA85:346 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; martyrs and martyrdom; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12481 | 120 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید اشعار مانند ماء زلال بود و در نهایت فصاحت و | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter hath been received. The verses were like crystal-clear water, and possessed the utmost eloquence and [3.5s] | INBA85:151a | prayer for protection; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12482 | 120 | قل سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد و لک الشکر بما خلقتنی من طین عجن بماء محبتک | Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God! All praise and gratitude be unto Thee for having created me from clay kneaded with the water of Thy love [3.5s] | INBA85:141 | prayer for praise and gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12483 | 120 | ای بنده الهی شما در کردستانی و آقا میرزا حبیب الله در ترکستان و این عبد در سورستان | O thou servant of God! Thou art in Kurdistan, and Aqa Mirza Habibullah is in Turkistan, and this servant is in Syria [3.5s] | INBA85:041 | love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12484 | 120 | ای مبتهل الی الله نامه بیروت وصول یافت سفر از راه عراق عرب موافق و باید در بغداد | O thou who dost supplicate unto God! Thy letter from Beirut was received. The journey by way of Iraq-i-'Arab is favourable, and thou must proceed to Baghdad [3.5s] | INBA85:183b | chastisement and requital; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12486 | 120 | ای پدر و پسر مهربان الحمد لله پدر مهرپرور است و پسر پاک گهر و آمیخته مانند شیر | O loving father and son! Praise be to God that the father is affectionate and tender, and the son pure in essence, mingling as milk [3.5s] | INBA85:323a | call to action | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12487 | 120 | ای سرگشته کوی الهی و آشفته روی جمال حقیقی قد سمعت ضجیج فوادک و صریخ کینونتک | O thou who wanderest in the divine path and whose countenance is troubled before the Beauty of Truth! I have heard the lamentations of thy heart and the cry of thine inmost being [3.5s] | INBA85:200 | presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12488 | 120 | ای مومنه موقنه نامه تو قرائت گردید و آرزوی تو سزاوار ستایش است و شایان شمول | O assured believer! Your letter was perused, and your aspiration is worthy of praise and deserving of acceptance [3.5s] | INBA85:039 | power of imagination; thought; right intention; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12489 | 120 | ای بنده درگاه الهی از عسرت مینالی ولی از غربت و کربت و مصیبت و بیماری و مشقت | O thou servant at the Divine Threshold! Though thou dost lament thy poverty, yet thou sufferest from estrangement, grief, calamity, illness and hardship [3.5s] | INBA85:013 | permission for visit; pilgrimage; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12491 | 120 | ای سلیمان تاسی بان امیر سریر سلطنت عظمی نما و با جمیع وحوش و طیور همدم و همراز | O Sulayman! Follow the example of that sovereign of the exalted throne of mighty dominion, and become an intimate companion to all the beasts of the field and birds of the air [3.5s] | INBA85:324 | Moses; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12492 | 120 | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوبی که از طهران مرقوم نموده بودی ملحوظ و مقروء گردید | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter sent from Tehran was received and perused [3.5s] | INBA85:517a | firmness in the Covenant; personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12493 | 120 | ای یادگار آن طیر حدائق ملکوت محررات متعدده آنجناب واصل و آه و انین از فراق | O cherished remnant of that bird of the gardens of the Kingdom! Your numerous letters have arrived, and sighs and lamentations of separation [3.5s] | INBA85:474b | business; financial; property matters; consolation and comfort; martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12494 | 120 | یا ابن من استشهد فی سبیل الله رقیمه لطیفه بلیغه قرائت گردید سبب گشایش دلها | O son of him who was martyred in the path of God! Thy graceful and eloquent letter was read, bringing joy to all hearts [3.5s] | INBA85:524b | business; financial; property matters; excellence; distinction; work as worship | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12495 | 120 | در خصوص جناب آقا میرزا حبیب الله این سلیل آقا رضای جلیل است هر قسم باشد همتی | Concerning Jinab-i-Aqa Mírzá Ḥabíbu'lláh, the noble scion of the illustrious Áqá Riḍá, let every manner of effort be exerted [4o] | INBA85:476 | business; financial; property matters; Hands of the Cause; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; personal instructions; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12504 | 110 | ای ندیم قدیم در این ایام مژده رسید که آن بنده نورانی الهی اقتران بورقه محترمه | O ancient companion! In these days glad tidings were received that that illumined servant of God hath joined in marriage with the respected handmaiden [3.5s] | INBA85:250 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12508 | 110 | ای سرج محبت الله کاشان مانند زجاج است و نفحات قدس مانند سراج الحمد لله این زجاج | O lamp of the love of God! Kashan is like the glass and the holy fragrances are as the flame. Praise be to God, this glass [3.5s] | INBA85:021 | KASH.308 | martyrs and martyrdom; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB12510 | 110 | ای بشیرالهی نامه مختصر شما مفصل بود لفظ موجز بود ولی معانی مفصل زیرا دلیل بر انجذاب | O divine herald! Though brief in words, thy letter was detailed in meaning; though concise in expression, it was replete with significance, for it bore testimony to thy attraction [3.5s] | INBA85:450 | BSHI.040-041 | humility; meekness; lowliness; service to others; to the Cause of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB12511 | 110 | ای ثابت بر پیمان در این مدت مکاتیبی از شما نرسید و اگر میرسید جواب مرقوم میگشت | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! During this period no letters have been received from thee, and had they been received, replies would have been composed [3.5s] | INBA85:092b | BSHI.072 | praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| AB12512 | 110 | ای یار خوشمزه نامه های تو از بس شیرین و لطیف و خوش طعم و بامزه است فورا | O cherished friend! Thy letters are so sweet, graceful, delectable and delightful that immediately [3.5s] | INBA85:453 | BSHI.117 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | |||||||
| AB12513 | 110 | ای سلیل حضرت ذبیح جد بزرگوار ایت هدی بود و رایت ملا اعلی در کاشان نور افشان | O descendant of the illustrious Dhabih! Thy distinguished grandfather was a sign of guidance and a banner of the Most Exalted Assembly, shedding radiance throughout Kashan [3.5s] | INBA85:345b | eulogies; reminiscences; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12514 | 110 | ای جوان روحانی جناب حاجی ایمان کوه و بیابان طی نمود و صحرا و دریا قطع کرد | O spiritual youth! Jinab-i-Haji Iman traversed mountain and wilderness, and crossed desert and sea [3.5s] | INBA85:263b | permission for visit; pilgrimage; prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12516 | 110 | ای جوهر ایمان چه خوش بخت بودی و خوش طالع و خوش وقت در راه حق زنجیر در گردن | O essence of faith! How fortunate, blessed and auspicious thou art to have chains around thy neck in the path of the Truth! [3.5s] | INBA85:254b | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12517 | 110 | ای بخشش خدا حق ویردی معنیش بپارسی خداداد است و ترا از این اسم امیدم نصیب | O thou who art God's bestowal! The meaning of thy name in Persian is "God-given", and I cherish the hope that thou wilt receive thy portion from this name [3.5s] | INBA85:056 | praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12518 | 110 | ای سلیل حضرت خلیل جلیل پناه اسراایل اورشلیم رب جلیلست آن اورشلیم آسمانیست | O descendant of His Holiness Abraham! That glorious Refuge of Israel - the Jerusalem thou seekest - is the celestial Jerusalem of the All-Glorious Lord [3.5s] | INBA85:069 | service to others; to the Cause of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12519 | 110 | ای موقن بکلمات الله صبح است و صد هزار گرفتاری و متاعب و امور و مصاعب و مصائب | O thou who believest in the Words of God! Though it is dawn, myriad cares, troubles, tasks, hardships and tribulations beset me [3.5s] | INBA85:117a | spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12521 | 110 | ای دو گل نوبهار محبت الله جناب فروغی علیه بهاء الله ذکر خدمتگذاری شما را باحبای الهی | O two fresh blossoms in the garden of the love of God! His honor Furughi - upon him be the Glory of God - hath mentioned your devoted services to the friends of God [3.5s] | INBA85:323b | love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12522 | 110 | ای ثابت بر پیمان الحمد لله در جمیع امور مویدی امر مریضخانه پیشرفت دارد مدرسه | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Praise be to God that thou art confirmed in all matters. The affairs of the hospital are progressing, and likewise the school [3.5s] | INBA85:537 | East and West; communication between East and West | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12523 | 110 | ای عزیز عبدالبهاء جناب میرزا حبیب الله عازم طهران شد زیرا در اینجا کاری از برای ایشان | O thou who art dear to Abdu'l-Baha! Jinab-i-Mirza Habibullah has departed for Tehran, as there was no occupation here for him [3.5s] | INBA85:536a | business; financial; property matters; personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12524 | 110 | ای نهال بیهمال حدیقه محبت الله نامه آنجناب واصل و مفهوم و معلوم گردید تضرع و ابتهال | O peerless sapling of the garden of the love of God! Thy letter was received and its contents were noted and understood. With humble entreaty and supplication [3.5s] | INBA85:524a | personal instructions; prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12525 | 110 | ای یادگار آن دو کوکب رخشنده چندی بود در این ارض مقدسه در جوار روضه مبارکه در | O thou who art the remembrance of those two radiant stars! For some time in this Holy Land, near the blessed Shrine [3.5s] | INBA85:472 | call to action; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12526 | 110 | ای ضجیع حضرت آقابصیر بی نظیر آن مرغ باغ الهی آشیانی در شاخ سرو رحمانی ساخت | O thou who wast the companion of the peerless Áqá Basír! That bird of the divine garden built its nest upon the branch of the celestial Tree [3.5s] | INBA85:258 | eulogies; reminiscences | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12528 | 110 | ای شخص شخیص خلق ضعیفند و محیل عاجزند و ماگر باید ایشانرا بخوف و رجا نگاه داشت | O distinguished personage! The people are frail and susceptible, and the shrewd soul must guide them through fear and hope [3.5s] | INBA85:428a | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; justice and mercy; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; reward and punishment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12550 | 100 | ای ابن ایمان و سلاله ایقان زاده ایمانی و از سلاله ایقان در صون و عون جمال ابهی | O son of faith and scion of certitude! Thou art born of faith and descended from certitude under the protection and providence of the Blessed Beauty [3.5s] | INBA85:259a | rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; the Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12551 | 100 | ای یادگار آن ورقه محترمه و یادگار آقا سید اشرف ان مستشهد در سبیل الله همچو | O remnant of that honored leaf and descendant of Áqá Siyyid Ashraf, that martyr in the path of God, thou who art even as [3.5s] | INBA85:254a | consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12552 | 100 | ای بنده صادق جمال مبارک نامه بیست و دوم محرم ۱۳۳۰ وصول یافت و ملاحظه گردید و | O faithful servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter dated 22 Muharram 1330 was received and perused [3.5s] | INBA85:454a | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12553 | 100 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه بشیر بشارت عزم زیارت داشت این بسیار محبوب و مرغوب | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter of good tidings announced the intention of pilgrimage, which is most welcome and pleasing [3.5s] | INBA85:093 | BSHI.085-086 | permission for visit; pilgrimage; personal instructions | - | - | |||||||
| AB12554 | 100 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و بشارت انجذاب و اشتعال احبای الهی از ورود | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, bringing the glad tidings of the attraction and enkindlement of the loved ones of God upon arrival [3.5s] | INBA85:454b | teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12557 | 100 | جناب بشیرالهی مکاتیب جوف ارسال گشت برسانید فی الحقیقه ابدا فرصت تحریر این جوانها | O thou herald of God! The enclosed letters have been dispatched; do thou deliver them. In truth, there is absolutely no time to write to these youth [3.5s] | INBA85:443a | BSHI.122a | business; financial; property matters; teaching the Cause; call to teach; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB12559 | 100 | اللهم یا غافر الخطایا و واهب العطایا تغفر لمن تشاء و تعفو عمن تشاء بیدک الامر کله | O my Lord! O Thou Forgiver of sins and Bestower of gifts! Thou dost forgive whomsoever Thou willest and pardon whomsoever Thou pleasest. In Thy hands lie all affairs [3.5s] | INBA85:064 | prayer for forgiveness; prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12560 | 100 | ای خویشان حاجی ایمان شما یاران و خویش منید و مرهم زخم و ریش عالمید درد | O ye kindred of Haji Iman! Ye are verily the companions and kin of mine own heart, and a healing balm for the wounds and afflictions of the world [3.5s] | INBA85:264a | growth of the Cause; health and healing; material and spiritual healing; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12561 | 100 | یا من توجه وجهه للذی فطر السموات و الارض چه فضل و موهبتی جمال قدم در حق | O thou who hast turned thy face toward Him Who hath fashioned the heavens and the earth! What bounty and gift hath the Ancient Beauty bestowed upon [3.5s] | INBA85:550b | spiritual transformation; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12562 | 100 | ایها الموید المشید از فضل و جود سر وجود امیدوارم که در صون حمایت حضرت رحمن | O thou who art confirmed and assisted! Through the bounty and grace of the Lord of existence, I hope that thou mayest abide under the protection of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA85:186a | teaching the Cause; call to teach; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12565 | 100 | ای مخلص در امرالله آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید فی الحقیقه مدتی بود | O sincere servant of the Cause of God! That which thou hadst written was perused. In truth, it hath been some time [3.5s] | INBA85:230a | martyrs and martyrdom; visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12566 | 100 | ای مشتعل بنار محبت الله حمد کن حضرت احدیت را که بنور هدایت رویت منور شد | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! Render praise unto His divine Unity, for thy countenance hath been illumined with the light of guidance [3.5s] | INBA85:134 | service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12569 | 100 | ای بنده درگاه الهی هر چند بعد فاصله صد هزار فرسنگ است ولی الفت حاصله حکم | O thou servant at the Threshold of God! Though physical distance may span a hundred thousand leagues, yet the affection thus engendered hath the power [3.5s] | INBA85:046 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; material and spiritual existence; two books; spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12598 | 90 | ایها الفرع البدیع من السدره المبارکه بجناب آقا میرزا محمود فروغی نهایت رعایت | O distinguished branch of the Blessed Tree! Show utmost consideration to Jinab-i-Aqa Mirza Mahmud Furughi [3.5s] | INBA85:291 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12599 | 90 | ایها الفرع المجید من السدره المبارکه مراعات بقیه حضرت ورقاء حدیقه ملکوت ابهی | O illustrious offshoot of the blessed tree! Care for the remnant of his holiness Varqá in the garden of the most glorious Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA85:300 | business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12600 | 90 | یا من توجه الی ملکوت التقدیس بال و پری بگشا و بگلشن توحید پرواز کن چشم بصیرت | O thou who hast turned thy face to the Kingdom of holiness! Spread thy wings and soar unto the rose garden of divine oneness with the eye of insight [3.5s] | INBA85:109 | duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12602 | 90 | یا رب الجنود و مربی الوجود و موجد کل موجود اترامی فی سده رحمانیتک علی التراب | O Lord of Hosts, Educator of existence, and Creator of all beings! I implore Thee, casting myself upon the dust at the threshold of Thy mercy [3.5s] | INBA85:175c | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12603 | 90 | ای ورقه مشتعله اگر در کرمان و طهران عمری بسر بردی ولی فی الحقیقه در دیار الهی | O thou enkindled leaf! Though thou hast spent a lifetime in Kirman and Tihran, in truth thou dwellest in the realms of the divine [3.5s] | INBA85:057a | power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12606 | 90 | ای بنده جمال حقیقی الان در شهر مالدن امریک به ذکر آن یار مهربان پرداختم شب و روز | O thou servant of the True Beauty! At this moment in the city of Malden, America, I am engaged in the remembrance of that kind friend, day and night [3.5s] | INBA85:442 | BSHI.059 | teaching the Cause; call to teach; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB12610 | 90 | ای ثابت در عهد و پیمان از سفر امریک و فرنگ به سمت افریک شتافتم و حال در پورت سعید | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! From my journey through America and Europe, I hastened toward Africa, and now I am in Port Said [3.5s] | INBA85:457a | BSHI.095-096 | growth of the Cause; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB12612 | 90 | ای بنده رب جنود آن خداوند ودود هر ضعیف را توانا کند و هر فقیریرا توانگر | O servant of the Lord of Hosts! That loving God makes mighty every powerless one and enriches every destitute soul [3.5s] | INBA85:018b | status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12613 | 90 | ای ثابت بر پیمان بلبل گلشنی و مرغ چمنستان حقیقت خوب آهنگی داری مانند نهنگ | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thou art a nightingale of the rose garden and a bird of the meadows of Truth. Thou hast a sweet melody like unto [3.5s] | INBA85:018a | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12614 | 90 | ای بنده حق فی الحقیقه آنچه مدح و ستایش زایدالوصف از حضرت موید نمودی محققست | O servant of God! In truth, the abundant praise and glorification that thou hast expressed regarding his honor Mu'ayyad is verily confirmed [3.5s] | INBA85:333 | praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12615 | 90 | یار موافقا آنچه در عالم رویا استماع نمودی خطاب ببعضی از ایرانیان بود و اما شما | O thou faithful friend! That which thou didst hear in the realm of dreams was addressed to certain Persians. As for thee [3.5s] | INBA85:042a | interpretation of dreams and visions; permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12617 | 90 | ای یار حقیقی این صحرا وسیع و این دریا هر چند عمیق بود ولی تو عاقبت طی نمودی | O true friend! Though this desert was vast and this ocean was deep, yet thou didst ultimately traverse them [3.5s] | INBA85:120b | permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12618 | 90 | الهی الهی ان جواد ازداد شوقا الی لقائک و توقا الی جوار رحمتک حتی طار باجنحه | O my God, my God! Verily, the yearning of Javad for Thy presence and his ardent longing for the realm of Thy mercy increased until he soared aloft on wings [3.5s] | INBA85:155b | eulogies; reminiscences; prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12619 | 90 | ای یار روحانی الحمد لله بنفس رحمانی زنده شدی و از مشکاه نورانی اقتباس اشعه | O spiritual friend! Praise be to God, thou hast been quickened by the breath of the Merciful and hast acquired illumination from the resplendent lamp of His light [3.5s] | INBA85:095a | condition of search | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12621 | 90 | ای ثابت بر پیمان آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملحوظ گشت هر چند بیاد تو بودم ولی بیشتر | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! That which thou didst write was noted. Though I was ever mindful of thee, yet even more so [3.5s] | INBA85:135b | praise and encouragement; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12623 | 90 | ای یار عزیز البته نامه ها رسیده حال چون یار و ندیم و مونس جان و دل عبدالبهاء | O cherished friend! Assuredly the letters have arrived, and now, as thou art the companion, confidant and heart's consolation of 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | INBA85:538a | consolation and comfort; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12625 | 90 | ای موقن بایات الله حمد کن حی قیومی را که بنور هدی که مشرق گشت از ملکوت ابهی | O thou who art firm in the signs of God! Glorify the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting One, Who hath caused the light of guidance to dawn from the Kingdom of Glory [3.5s] | INBA85:178a | power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12637 | 80 | ای فرع شجره مبارکه فی الحقیقه در خصوص پوسته ها خدمت نمایانی باستان مقدس جمال | O offshoot of the blessed Tree! In truth, concerning the parcels, thou hast rendered a conspicuous service to the Sacred Threshold of the Blessed Beauty [3.5s] | INBA85:088a | servitude; submission to God; repentance; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12638 | 80 | ای بنده الهی خدمت شما و جمیع احباء در درگاه احدیت مقبول و از عون و عنایت رب ودود | O servant of God! Your service, and that of all the loved ones, is accepted at the Threshold of the One True God, and ye are encompassed by the bounty and grace of the All-Loving Lord [3.5s] | INBA85:110a | service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12644 | 80 | ای بشیر روحانی نامه دوازدهم شعبان سنه حالیه که به اقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودید | O spiritual herald! The letter which thou didst address to Aqa Siyyid Asadu'llah on the twelfth of Sha'ban of this year [3.5s] | INBA85:457b | BSHI.046 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | |||||||
| AB12646 | 80 | ای ورقه متعلمه حمد کن حضرت معبود را که بمقصود رسیدی و بایمان و ثبوت بر پیمان | O learned handmaiden! Render praise unto the Lord, thy God, that thou hast attained thy heart's desire and art confirmed in faith and steadfast in His Covenant [3.5s] | INBA85:348b | firmness in the Covenant; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12647 | 80 | ای مستفیض از نور ایمان از فضل جمال قدم آن دودمان اشرف همیشه مظاهر الطاف بودند | O thou who art illumined by the light of faith! Through the bounty of the Ancient Beauty, that noble family hath ever been the manifestation of divine favours [3.5s] | INBA85:261b | eulogies; reminiscences; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12648 | 80 | ای یادگار آن یار مهربان کمان منما که دقیقه ای فراموش گردی همیشه در نظری و در خاطری | O cherished remnant of that loving friend! Think not for a moment that thou art forgotten. Thou art ever before my sight and present in my thoughts [3.5s] | INBA85:150 | consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12649 | 80 | یا من آمن بالله و صدق بکلمات الله قد تلوت ایات شکرک لله و رتلت کلمات ذکرک | O thou who hast believed in God and hast acknowledged His words! I have read thy verses of thanksgiving unto God and recited the words of thy remembrance [3.5s] | INBA85:139a | firmness in the Covenant; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12651 | 80 | ای بنده الهی نامه تو رسید تا بحال تحریر جواب ممتنع و محال بود زیرا عدم اعتدال | O servant of God! Your letter was received. Until now, writing a reply was impossible and unattainable, due to ill health [3.5s] | INBA85:085 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12652 | 80 | الهی الهی هذه امة کانت طیبه القلب خالصه النوایاء صادقه القول خادمه الاماء | O my God, my God! This is a handmaiden who possessed a pure heart, sincere motives and truthful utterance, and was a servant of Thy maidservants [3.5s] | INBA85:154 | prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12654 | 80 | ای رب هذا عبد قد توجه الیک بصفقه رابحه و حقیقه ناجحه و کینونه فالحه و قلب | O my Lord! This is a servant who hath turned to Thee with a gainful exchange, a trimphant truth, and a flourishing essence. His heart [3.5s] | INBA85:551b | prayer for firmness in the Covenant; prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12655 | 80 | اللهم یا فاتح الابواب و محیر القلوب و الالباب و مهیا الاسباب لنجاح عبادک فی المبدء | O God! O Thou Who art the Opener of Doors, Who bewildereth hearts and minds, and Who prepareth the means for the success of Thy servants in the beginning [3.5s] | INBA85:435a | prayer for specific individuals; groups; service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12656 | 80 | ای حضرت موید با وجود عدم مجال و تشتت بال و اعتلال احوال مختصر جواب بر سوال | O thou who art confirmed! Despite lack of opportunity, distraction of mind, and indisposition of health, I write this brief response to thy question [3.5s] | INBA85:334a | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12657 | 80 | ای بنده الهی الحمد لله بدون واسطه موسوط شدی و بحضرت مقصود پی بردی از کاس هدی | O servant of God! Praise be to God that thou hast attained without intermediary and discovered the Lord of all desires, having drunk from the chalice of guidance [3.5s] | INBA85:441 | soul; spirit after death; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12659 | 80 | یا من ینشر نفحات الله خدمات آنحضرت در آستان مقدس مشهود و محمود و تاییدات از | O thou who diffusest the fragrances of God! Thy services at the Sacred Threshold are evident and praiseworthy, and the confirmations from [3.5s] | INBA85:161a | service to others; to the Cause of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12660 | 80 | ای زائر مشکین نفس دوباره بدیدن این آواره آمدی و احرام طواف مطاف ملا اعلی | O perfumed visitor! Once again thou hast come to visit this exile, and donned the pilgrim's garb to circumambulate the gathering place of the Supreme Concourse [3.5s] | INBA85:136 | permission for visit; pilgrimage; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12661 | 80 | ای امه الله جناب آقا غلامعلی ذکر شما را در مسطورات خویش نموده بودند من نیز قلم | O handmaiden of God! Jinab-i-Aqa Ghulam-'Ali made mention of thee in his letter, and I likewise take up my pen [3.5s] | INBA85:057b | firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12662 | 80 | ای بنده حق از فضل حق جمعی نه پریشان در پناه الهی هستی نه بی سر و سامان منظور | O servant of the Truth! Through the grace of God thou art united, not scattered; thou art sheltered beneath divine protection, not forsaken and adrift; thou art remembered, not forgotten [3.5s] | INBA85:434a | consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12665 | 80 | ای متوجه بملکوت ابهی ورقه مبارکه خاله خانم در جمیع اوقات ذکرت را در انجمن | O thou who art turned toward the Abha Kingdom! The blessed leaf, Khali Khanum, doth at all times make mention of thee in the gatherings [4o] | INBA85:183a | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12671 | 70 | ای دو بنده جمال قدم سراج بهاج الطاف در زجاج قلوب اشراق نمود انوار هدایت کبری | O two servants of the Ancient Beauty! The lamp of divine favors hath shed its radiance through the glass of the hearts, and the lights of supreme guidance have shone forth [3.5s] | INBA85:058a | KASH.241a | differences in human capacity | - | - | |||||||
| AB12673 | 70 | ای آقا بابا هر چند در جهان دنیاای ولی از عالم بالائی و متوجه بملا اعلی و ناظر | O Aqa Baba! Though thou dwellest in this earthly realm, yet thou belongest to the celestial world, art turned towards the Concourse on High, and art ever mindful thereof [3.5s] | INBA85:016 | permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12674 | 70 | ای جلال منجذب بجمال ذوالجلال باش و مشتعل بنار موقده در شجره اجلال الطاف بی | O thou who art attracted to the Beauty of the All-Glorious! Be thou enkindled with the fire ignited in the Tree of Divine Glory through boundless favors [3.5s] | INBA85:347c | being a source of light; guidance | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12678 | 70 | ای رفیق روحانی نامه نمره اول رسید با دو مکتوب ملفوف و فورا جواب مرقوم میگردد | O spiritual friend! Your first letter, together with two enclosed missives, was received, and an immediate response is being written [3.5s] | INBA85:456 | BSHI.101 | spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB12680 | 70 | ای رب هذان عبدان قد التجئا الی کهف رحمانیتک و لاذا الی عتبه ربانیتک و توجها | O Lord! These two servants have sought refuge in the shelter of Thy mercy and have taken sanctuary at the threshold of Thy divinity and have turned their faces toward Thee [3.5s] | INBA85:168 | prayer for specific individuals; groups; prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12681 | 70 | ای مقبل درگاه الهی فیض ابدی پرتو عرفان بجان و وجدانت مبذول داشت قدرش بدان و | O thou who hast turned thy face toward the Divine Threshold! The eternal bounty and the radiance of divine knowledge have been bestowed upon thy soul and conscience. Know thou its worth [3.5s] | INBA85:156 | teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12685 | 70 | ای ثابت بر پیمان جواب مختصر مرقوم میگردد معذور دارید هر دو رویا دلیل بر | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! A brief reply is being written; pray excuse me. Both dreams indicate [3.5s] | INBA85:117b | consolation and comfort; interpretation of dreams and visions; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12686 | 70 | جناب آقا حسین این نفوس مبارکه را ذکر نموده و در این صفحه نگاشته و تمنای هر یک | O Jinab-i-Aqa Husayn! Thou hast made mention of these blessed souls and recorded them upon this page, and each one hath expressed a wish [3.5s] | INBA85:122b | prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12687 | 70 | ای ثابت بر پیمان خلوص و ثبوت و رسوخ شما در نزد این عبد واضح و مشهود و تاییدات | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy sincerity, constancy and firmness are manifest and evident unto this servant, and the confirmations [3.5s] | INBA85:164a | growth of the Cause; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12688 | 70 | یا من اشتعل بالنار الموقده قد تنفس صبح الاشراق بانوار المیثاق و لاح فجر الوجود | O thou who art ablaze with the kindled flame! Verily, the morn of radiance hath dawned with the effulgent lights of the Covenant, and the dawn of existence hath appeared [4o] | INBA85:161b | power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12689 | 70 | ای امه الله پدر وفاپرورت در این محضر یاد تو نمود و نامه بحلاوت شهد و شکر رجا | O handmaid of God! Your devoted father mentioned you in this presence, and entreated with words sweet as honey and sugar [3.5s] | INBA85:262b | Greatest Name; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12690 | 70 | از رحمت سابقه مستدعیم که بدرقه عنایت بان اسیر محبت الله برسد تا چون کوه آهنین | From His pre-existent mercy, we beseech that divine confirmations may reach that captive of the love of God, that he may stand firm like a mountain of iron [3.5s] | INBA85:135a | firmness in the Covenant; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12691 | 70 | ای بنده حق نامه تو رسید و از مضمون بهجت حاصل گردید از خدا خواهم که همواره | O servant of the True One! Your letter was received and its contents brought joy. I beseech God that always [3.5s] | INBA85:137a | honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12692 | 70 | ای امه الله و ای ورقه مقربه درگاه کبریاء جناب حاجی ایمان در جمیع مواقع بذکر | O handmaiden of God and leaf drawn nigh unto the Divine Threshold! Jinab-i-Haji Iman hath, at all times, made mention [3.5s] | INBA85:255b | spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12693 | 70 | ای عزیز عبدالبهاء روز فیروز عید است و اشراق انوار ملکوت ابهی در سطوع و لمعان | O thou dear one of Abdu'l-Baha! This is a glorious and victorious day of celebration, and the effulgent rays from the Kingdom of Abha are shining forth with radiant splendour [3.5s] | INBA85:536b | martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12706 | 60 | ای ناظر بملکوت الله هر چند مسافه مابین بعید است ولکن روابط قلوب مستحکم وشدید | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of God! Although the distance between us is vast, yet the bonds that unite our hearts are firm and mighty [4o] | INBA85:105a | love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12708 | 60 | ای موقن بایات الله در این حشر اکبر در ظل لواء جلیل اعظم محشور شدی و در تحت | O thou who art assured in the signs of God! In this Most Great Resurrection thou hast been gathered beneath the shelter of the glorious and exalted Banner, and under the [3.5s] | INBA85:105b | firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12709 | 60 | ای ناطق بثناء الله از فضل رب قیوم و غیب معلوم امید چنانست که هر یک از احبای الهی | O thou who speakest in praise of God! Through the bounty of the Lord, the Self-Subsisting, and the unseen yet manifest realm, it is hoped that each one of the beloved of God [3.5s] | INBA85:106b | characteristics and conduct of true believers; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12711 | 60 | ای بنده آستان حق نامه شما رسید از عدم فرصت مختصر مرقوم میشود عبارتی که در نامه | O servant of the Threshold of God! Your letter was received. Due to lack of time, I write briefly. The statement in the letter [3.5s] | INBA85:464b | BRL_DAK#0961, BSHI.007, BSHI.057a | authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings | - | - | |||||||
| AB12712 | 60 | ای بنده آستان حق نمره ۵۱ رسید مطمئن بفضل و عنایت حق باش روزی خواهد آمد که... مطمئن به فضل و عنایت حق باش | O servant of the Threshold of God! Letter number 51 hath arrived. Rest thou assured of the grace and bounty of God. The day shall come when… Rest thou confident in the grace and bounty of God [3.5s] | INBA85:463a | BSHI.009, BSHI.057b | acquiescence and resignation; contentment; consolation and comfort | - | - | |||||||
| AB12715 | 60 | ای پروردگار بی نیاز بنده درگاهت جناب بزاز را محرم راز فرما و در عرفان برویش | O Lord of boundless grace! Admit Thy servant, Jináb-i-Bazzáz, into the sanctuary of Thy mysteries, and open to him the portals of discernment unto the realms of divine knowledge [4o] | INBA85:044a | prayer for prosperity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12716 | 60 | الهی الهی ان عبدک ابوالقاسم یقتسم احبائک فیوضات رحمانیتک و اقسم بجمالک المنیر | O my God, my God! Verily, Thy servant Abu'l-Qasim doth distribute amongst Thy loved ones the outpourings of Thy mercy, and I swear by Thy resplendent Beauty [3.5s] | INBA85:433 | prayer for specific individuals; groups; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12717 | 60 | ای امه الله عنقریب روی اماء الله در ملکوت ابهی چون شمع روشن گردد و قلبشان چون | O handmaiden of God! Erelong shall the faces of the handmaidens of God shine forth like unto brilliant lamps in the Abhá Kingdom, and their hearts shall [3.5s] | INBA85:263a | role and station of women; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12719 | 60 | ای حضرت موید بعون و عنایت حضرت احدیت موفقی العاقبه للمخلصین در چنین انقلابی | O thou who art confirmed by the aid and bounty of the One True God! Victory ultimately belongeth unto the sincere ones in such a revolution [3.5s] | INBA85:186b | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12720 | 60 | رب و رجائی اسئلک بسلطان غفرانک الذی احاط اهل العصیان بان تغفر لوالد عبدک الذی | O my Lord and my Hope! I implore Thee, by the sovereignty of Thy forgiveness which encompasseth all sinners, to forgive the father of this servant [3.5s] | INBA85:262a | prayer for forgiveness; prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12721 | 60 | ای بنده حضرت کبریاء نامه شما رسید و مضمون سبب فرح و سرور گردید و دلالت بر ثبوت | O servant of the Most Glorious Lord! Thy letter was received and its contents became the cause of joy and gladness, bearing testimony to steadfastness [3.5s] | INBA85:062 | permission for visit; pilgrimage; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12722 | 60 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید با وجود موانع شدیده محض خاطر مبارک جواب مختصر | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and despite severe impediments, for the sake of His blessed remembrance, a brief reply is penned [3.5s] | INBA85:317 | personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12723 | 60 | ای ثابت راسخ جمیع احبای الهی را بعنایت رحمانی و فضل و رحمت غیرمتناهی صمدانی | O steadfast and immovable one! All the beloved of God are immersed in divine grace and the infinite bounty and mercy of the Lord [3.5s] | INBA85:201a | predictions and prophecies; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12727 | 60 | ربی ربی ان هذا عبد توجه الی وجه رحمانیتک و قصد باب فضل ربانیتک و تمسک بحبل | O my Lord, my Lord! This servant hath turned his face toward the countenance of Thy mercy, hath sought the gate of Thy divine bounty, and hath clung to the cord [3.5s] | INBA85:260b | prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12728 | 60 | ای بنده مقبول جمال مبارک اگر بدانی چه نظر عنایتی متوجه شماست قسم بجمال قدم | O favored servant of the Blessed Beauty! If thou didst know what glances of grace are directed towards thee, I swear by the Ancient Beauty [3.5s] | INBA85:231a | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12729 | 60 | حضرت زائر آقا حسین نهایت خلوص و تعلق باحبای الهی دارند و هر یک را در این محضر | Hadrat-i-Za'ir Aqa Husayn possesseth the utmost sincerity and attachment to the loved ones of God, and remembereth each one of them in this presence [3.5s] | INBA85:123a | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12738 | 50 | ای افنان سدره مبارکه جناب ابراهیم صفار از شدت تعرض اهل جفا پریشان گشته اند | O Afnan of the Blessed Tree! Jinab-i-Ibrahim Saffar hath been sorely distressed by the fierce opposition of the people of tyranny [3.5s] | INBA85:285a | rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12741 | 50 | ای بدیع الله شکر کن حضرت مقدسه جمال ابهی را که در آستانه مقدسه اش راه یافتی | O Badi'u'llah! Render thanks unto the sacred threshold of the Abhá Beauty, for thou hast attained the honor of entering His hallowed sanctuary [4o] | INBA85:237 | praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12742 | 50 | ای بنده حق جناب لورد لامینگتون به شیراز تشریف آورند شخص محترمی است و سیاسی | O servant of Truth! The honorable Lord Lamington hath arrived in Shiraz. He is a distinguished personage, sagacious in matters of statecraft [4o] | INBA85:452a | BSHI.060 | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12743 | 50 | جناب عندلیب علیه بهاء الله الابهی از جهت خانه شان بشخصی از احباء الله هفتاد | O nightingale of God! Upon thee be the Most Glorious Glory of God. As regards their house, seventy [3.5s] | INBA85:446a | business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12744 | 50 | نامه آنجناب وصول یافت ولی فرصت جواب مفصل نیست مختصر مرقوم میشود | Thy letter was received, and though time doth not permit a detailed reply, this brief response is now penned [3.5s] | INBA85:455a | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12745 | 50 | اللهم یا الهی اید امتک هذه علی الاخلاص فی دینک و قدر لها المناص عن شر اعدائک | O my Lord and my God! Assist this handmaiden of Thine to be sincere in Thy Faith, and ordain for her deliverance from the malice of Thine adversaries [3.5s] | INBA85:223b | prayer for women | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12746 | 50 | الهی الهی هذه امتک التی آمنت بک و بایاتک الکبری و صدقت بکلماتک فی ظهور جمالک | O my God, my God! This is Thy handmaiden who hath believed in Thee and in Thy most great signs, and hath testified to Thy words in the manifestation of Thy Beauty [3.5s] | INBA85:223a | prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12747 | 50 | جناب آقا غلامعلی در پناه حق باش و مشمول لحاظ عنایت مکاتیب شما رسید پوسته را | Jinab-i-Aqa Ghulam-'Ali: May thou abide under divine protection and be the recipient of the glances of providence. Thy letters have been received by post [3.5s] | INBA85:546b | personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12748 | 50 | ای حفید حضرت ذبیح تاسی بجد بزرگوار کن و همیشه در قربانگاه حق حاضر باش نام او | O descendant of the illustrious Zabih! Follow in the footsteps of your exalted forebear and ever be present at the altar of sacrifice for the Cause of God [4o] | INBA85:347b | eulogies; reminiscences; martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12749 | 50 | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه مختصر شما ایجار اعجاز است بسیار مقبول گردید زیرا | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Your brief letter, which was a miracle of concision, proved most acceptable, for [3.5s] | INBA85:099b, INBA85:550a | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12750 | 50 | ای بنده پاینده درگاه الهی سمی بزرگوار حضرت اسحق در قربانگاه سر تسلیم نهاد | O steadfast servant at the Divine Threshold, noble namesake of his holiness Isaac who laid down his head in surrender at the altar of sacrifice [3.5s] | INBA85:061a | sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12753 | 50 | سلیل نجیب آقا حسن و نجل کریم آقا عبدالله و ولد محبوب آقا فیض الله و امه الله خدیجه | O noble descendant of Aqa Hasan, distinguished son of Aqa Abdullah, beloved child of Aqa Faydullah, and handmaiden of God, Khadijih [3.5s] | INBA85:121b | prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12754 | 50 | ای نهال بوستان محبت الله آنچه بحضرت والا مرقوم نموده بودید عین واقع و ذلک من الهام | O sapling of the garden of the love of God! That which thou didst write to Hadrat-i-Vala was the very truth, and this is from divine inspiration [3.5s] | INBA85:203a | prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12762 | 40 | ای حضرت افنان سدره مبارکه حضرت اسم الله علیه بهاء الله الابهی بجهت کاری اگر | O thou Afnan of the Blessed Tree and bearer of His Most Great Name, upon thee be the Glory of God, the All-Glorious! Should it be for any matter [3.5s] | INBA85:285b | business; financial; property matters; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12764 | 40 | ای دو دوست حقیقی سرکار لورد لامینگتون عازم سیاحت ایرانند شخص محترمی هستند | O ye two true friends! Lord Lamington intends to journey to Persia. He is an honoured personage [3.5s] | INBA85:530b | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12766 | 40 | یا حضرت بشیرالهی نصف شب است این چند کلمه مرقوم میگردد روز ابدا دقیقه ای فرصت | O thou divine herald! It is midnight as these few words are being penned. Throughout the day, not a moment's respite was found [3.5s] | INBA85:447a | BSHI.126 | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12767 | 40 | ای ثابت بر پیمان جمیع مکاتیب تا بیستم محرم سنه ۱۳۳۱ با جمیع بروات رسید مطمئن | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! All letters, together with all drafts, up to the twentieth of Muharram 1331, have been received; be thou assured [3.5s] | INBA85:547a | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12769 | 40 | امه الله المقربه والده محترمه را از قبل عبدالبهاء تحیت ابدع ابهی ابلاغ دارید | Convey to the honored mother, that near handmaiden of God, on behalf of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, the most exalted and resplendent greetings [3.5s] | INBA85:121a | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12770 | 40 | ای ثابت بر پیمان از مشاکل و غوائل محزون مشو زیرا شریک عبدالبهاءای از این جام | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Be not distressed by hardships and tribulations, for thou art a partner of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in partaking of this cup [3.5s] | INBA85:463b | consolation and comfort; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12771 | 40 | رب احتکم فی من احتشم و اعتذل و اعتزل من غیر رضائک راجیا صونک و عونک و حسن | O Lord! I have submitted my cause to Thee, abstaining from all that is contrary to Thy good pleasure, and have withdrawn from the affairs of this world, hoping for Thy protection, Thy succor, and Thy grace [4o] | INBA85:308 | prayer for protection; prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12773 | 30 | ای حضرت بشیر این نامه پانزده روز پیش مرقوم شد ولی فرصت ارسال نشد | O thou herald of the Covenant! Though this letter was penned fifteen days ago, opportunity for its dispatch did not present itself [3.5s] | INBA85:451a | travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12774 | 30 | ای سمی حضرت مقصود دست بذیل اطهر زن و از ما سوی الله منقطع شو و در ظل شجره | O namesake of the desired One! Cling to the hem of His most pure garment, detach thyself from all else save God, and take shelter beneath the Tree [3.5s] | INBA85:382a | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12775 | 30 | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید با نفوسیکه ماذونند اذن حضور دارید مکتوب جوف را برسانید | O thou servant of the True One! Thy letter was received. Thou art permitted to attain the presence with those who have permission. Deliver the enclosed letter [3.5s] | INBA85:123b | permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12776 | 30 | امه الله المشتعله بنار محبت الله ضجیع منجذبه را بالطاف حق بشارت ده تا از فیض | O maidservant of God! Give thou glad tidings through divine favors to that enkindled one who is set ablaze with the fire of the love of God, that attracted one, so that from His bounty [3.5s] | INBA85:121c | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12777 | 30 | ای ابن شهید همواره در نظری پیش بصری در آنچه از پیش مرقوم گردید سعی و جهد | O son of the martyred one! Remain ever before mine eyes and strive with all thy might to fulfill that which hath been written aforetime [4o] | INBA85:522a | call to action; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12778 | 30 | رب اید هذا العبد علی ما یحب و یرضی و علی رضائک فی هذه النشئه الاولی | O Lord! Aid Thou this servant in accordance with what Thou lovest and approvest, and in accordance with Thy pleasure in this, the first life [4o] | INBA85:122a | prayer for nearness to God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12779 | 30 | یا رب الایات و مظهر البینات اسئلک ان تنزل البرکات علی هذه الشرکه الجدیده | O Lord of signs and Revealer of clear proofs, I beseech Thee to shower Thy blessings upon this new enterprise [4o] | INBA85:122c | business; financial; property matters; prayer for prosperity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12781 | 20 | جناب بشیرالهی همواره بشارت از روحانیت بندگان حضرت رحمانیت میدهی و علیک البهاء | O esteemed Bashír Iláhí! Thou dost ever proclaim the glad tidings of the spirituality of the servants of the Blessed Lord of Mercy. Upon thee be His glory! [4o] | INBA85:469 | BSHI.122b | praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||
| AB12782 | 20 | جناب اخویرا بکمال اشتیاق بابدع اذکار مکبرم بجهت ایشان انشاء الله من بعد مخصوص | I will most joyously and with utmost fervor pray for your esteemed brother. For him, God willing, I will specifically [3.5s] | INBA85:160b | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12783 | 20 | یا امه الله فاطمئنی بذکر الله و طیبی نفسا بموهبه الله و انشرحی صدرا بفضل الله ان فضل ربک علیک عظیم عظیم | O handmaiden of God! Be thou assured in the remembrance of God, let thy soul be gladdened through the bounty of God, and let thy breast be dilated through the grace of God. Verily, the favor of thy Lord upon thee is great, great indeed [3.5s] | INBA85:459a | BSHI.012 | consolation and comfort; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||
| 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 | - | - | ||||
| BB00001 | Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan) | 106000 | Persian Bayan, The; Persian Bayan, The; Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Persian Bayán; Persian Bayan, A Summary; Báb's Bayan, The; Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Translation List; Le Béyan Persan; Persian Bayan ("Exposition"); Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; کتاب مستطاب بیان فارسی | تسبیح و تقدیس بساط قدس عز مجد سلطانی را لایق که لم یزل و لا یزال بوجود کینونیت ذات خود بوده | All praise and glory befitteth the sacred and glorious court of the sovereign Lord, Who from everlasting hath dwelt, and unto everlasting will continue to dwell within the mystery of His Own divine Essence… Thou knowest full well, O my God, that tribulations have showered... There is no paradise more wondrous for any soul | INBA62, INBA24, INBA96, INBA_1006C, INBA_4008C, INBA_6015C, INBA_6018C, INBA_6019C, INBA_6021C, CMB_F12, CMB_F13, CMB_Or.34(8), BLIB_Or2819, BLIB_Or5760, BLIB_Or1330, BN_suppl.1070, MKI4518, MKI4519, MKI4524.070, SOAS ms.24255, IOM.088-089, KB_bayan-per, HBH_bayanf, BYC_bayan-per, BYC_bayan-per2 | BAYN, SWBP#09 (p.052-081x), SWBP#71 (p.153-154x), OOL.A001 | SWB#09 (p.077-113x), SWB#71 (p.214-215x), BPRY.226-227x, GPB.029-030x, GPB.097-098x, WOB.062bx, WOB.100-101x, EGB.316-406, GOH.passim (see index), MNP.045-046x, MNP.226-228x, MESSIAH.659-704x, HURQ.BB55x, LOG#0668, LOG#0770, LOG#1480, LOG#1481, LOG#2161, LOG#2162, BLO_PT#049, BLO_PT#062x, BLO_PT#063x, BLO_PT#079.1.4x, BLO_sazedj#01, ADMS#041 | Smith & Dragoman, L. Slott (2:16), J. Heath [track 8], J. Heath | The Mother Book of the Bábí Dispensation. Comprising nine vahids (unities) of nineteen chapters or … | attaining good pleasure of God; chastisement and requital; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's knowledge; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; inmost heart [fu'ad]; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; knowledge; recognition of God; lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Letters of the Living; Manifestation of God as mirror; Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; names and attributes of God; oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; predictions and prophecies; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; proofs of the Manifestations of God; purpose; goal of creation; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; rejection, opposition and persecution; return of the Manifestations of God; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; the Imamate; the Caliphate; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; the Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; Word of God is its own standard; Word of God the cause of creation | * | - | NSS.045-049, BRHL.59, MSBR.204-205, AHDA.442.1, MMAH.007, SRC.083-084, SRC.181-184, SRC.280, GOH.035, GOH.281-298, GOH.308-338, GPB.025x | see also BB00020, Arabic Bayan |
| BB00002 | Qayyumu'l-Asma' (Commentary on the Surah of Joseph) | 112000 | Qayyum al-Asma' Sura 93: Chapter of the Bees (Qayyum al-Asma 93: Surat al-nahl); Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad, the Báb, The; Terms Remembrance (dhikr) and Gate (bab) in the Bab's Commentary on the Sura of Joseph, The; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب علی عبده بالحق لیکون للعالمین سراجا وهاجا ان هذا صراط علی | All praise be to God Who hath, through the power of Truth, sent down this Book unto His servant [the Bāb], that it may serve as a shining light for all mankind | INBA03, INBA_6020C, INBA_6016C, PR41.002-192, CMB_F23.150r14-153r11 (53)x, , CMB_F11, , BLIB_Or3539, BLIB_Or6681, BN_6435, BN_5780, MKI4496, , IOM.089-090, KB_qayyum, BYC_qayyum | ASH.055-370, RHQM1.019-021x, MBA.309-314x, SWBP#08 (p.026-050x), OOL.A003 | SWB#08 (p.041-074x), GPB.005-006x, GPB.023x, GPB.376x, WOB.101x, WOB.126x, GOH.passim (see index), MNP.001-027n, MNP.088x, MNP.110-114x, MNP.127-134x, HURQ.BB02x, LOIR06.047x, BLO_PT#074x | T. Ellis, unknown, friends in Jordan | Adam; Adam and Eve; angels; apocalyptic imagery; belief and denial; birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; call to action; celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; chastisement and requital; creation of the world; Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; day of Resurrection; Judgement; development of capacity and readiness; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; empty learning; false spirituality; exhortations and counsels; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; fire and light; fire and water; firmness in the Covenant; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; goodly deeds; actions; Greatest Name; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; high station of the true believer; hypocrisy; idolatry; imagery in the Qur'an; Imam Husayn; infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; John the Baptist; justice and wrath of God; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; knowledge; recognition of God; lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; language and the structure of reality; life and death; living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; martyrs and martyrdom; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mosaic imagery; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; mystical themes; Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr); obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; outward and inward meanings; piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of the Manifestation of God; praise and encouragement; predictions and prophecies; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; proofs for the existence of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; prophecy and fulfillment; quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; realms of being; three realms; five realms; recompense; reward for belief; right action; rejection, opposition and persecution; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Satan; the Evil One; scarcity of receptive souls; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; service to others; to the Cause of God; seven stages of creation; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God; status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; stories; anecdotes; suffering and imprisonment; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; symbolism; teaching the Cause; call to teach; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; the Imamate; the Caliphate; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; the Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; twin duties of recognition and obedience; unity; oneness of humanity; visitation Tablets; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | - | FHR#01, NSS.023-024, DB.061x, DB.179x, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.445.4, MMAH.009, SRC.055-057, SRC.195, GOH.030, GOH.111-159, KKD1.228.08x | ||
| BB00003 | Kitab-i-Asma' (Book of Names) | >500000 | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | الباب الاول من الواحد الاول ... بسم الله الاسمم الاسمم. لا اله الا هو الأرشد الأرشد قل الله ارشد فوق کل ذا ارشاد لن يقدر ان يمتنع عن مليک سلطان ارشاده | God, no God is there save Him., the Supremely Guided (al-arshad), the Supremely Guided (al-arshad). Say: God proffers a Guidance (arshad) beyond every possessor of Guidance (irshad)…. O Lord! Enable all the peoples of the earth to gain admittance | INBA60:156-166x, INBA64:025.10-030.01x, INBA82:060-066x, INBA_6002C, INBA29, PR02.069v01-069v20x, PR03.150v08-151v11x, PR24.069r-072vx, PR30.001-344, CMB_F16x, CMB_F18x, CMB_F23.171v04-174r04 (58)x, , CMB_F17x, CMB_F19x, BLIB_Or5278, BLIB_Or5481, BLIB_Or5869, BLIB_Or6255, BN_5806, BN_5807, BN_6141, BN_6142, BLIB_Or5487-5490, , MKI4491, MKI4492, MKI4493, IOL (12:1-18)x, IOM.091-092x, HBH_asma, BYC_asma | MANU.039-045x, TZH2.006x, SWBP#07 (p.018-024x), SWBP#11 (p.092-106x), SWBP#15 (p.109-110x), SWBP#28 (p.121-122x), SWBP#31 (p.124-125x), SWBP#32 (p.125-125(a)x), SWBP#33 (p.125-125(b)x), SWBP#47 (p.136-136x), OOL.A008 | SWB#07 (p.029-037x), SWB#11 (p.129-149x), SWB#15 (p.155-155x), SWB#29 (p.172-172x), SWB#32 (p.176(a)x), SWB#33 (p.176(b)x), SWB#34 (p.177(a)x), SWB#48 (p.191-191x), BPRY.081x, BPRY.234x, GOH.passim (see index), HURQ.BB58x | E. Mahony, A. Bryan, G.H. Miller, K. Key | absolute freedom; independence of God; business; financial; property matters; call to action; chastisement and requital; corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; courtesy; culture [adab]; cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; divine attributes are within all things; every atom; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; excellence; distinction; exhortations and counsels; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's attributes require the existence of objects; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; importance of reading the Sacred Writings; justice and wrath of God; knowledge; recognition of God; light and darkness; literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as mirror; martyrs and martyrdom; modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; oneness; unity of religion; oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of prayer; power of the Manifestation of God; prayer for martyrs; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayers (general or uncategorized); predictions and prophecies; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; proclamation to Muslims; proclamation to people of the Bayan; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; proofs for the existence of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; prophecy and fulfillment; recompense; reward for belief; right action; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; relativity of religious truth; return of the Manifestations of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; thankfulness; gratitude; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations; words vs deeds | * | - | BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, AHDA.447.7, MMAH.065, SRC.091-092, SRC.188, GOH.036 and passim | Note that the Partial Inventory states that the word count is more than 500,000 words. | |
| BB00005 | Panj Sha'n (Book of the Five Modes) | 98000 | Kitáb-i-Panj Sha'n, Book of Five Qualification; Kitab-i-Panj Sha'n; Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الائله الائله. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الائله الائله بسم الله الاله الاله بالله الله الاله الاله بسم الله الموله الموله | Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Most High, the Most High. In the Name of God, the Divine One, the Divine One. By God, the Divine One, the Divine One. In the Name of God, the Lord Supreme [3.5s]... ...God has not created anything without creating a trace of the elixir within it | INBA01:001-088x, INBA64:085.02-094.05x, INBA82:002-016x, INBA82:066-078x, INBA_6007C.494-541x, PR02.053v07-060r04x, PR02.069r01-075r17x, PR02.154r01-159v28x, PR03.040v05-042v06x, PR03.089v26-136r16x, PR03.241v07-245r27, CMB_F23.002v04-076r03x, , CMB_F15, CMB_F25.3, BLIB_Or5612, BLIB_Or6680, BN_6143, BN_6518 p.002v, MKI4488.134r-315rx, , KB_panj, HBH_panjshan, HBH_panjshan2, BYC_collect3.045-062x, BYC_panj | PANJx, MAS7.114-18x, RBB.098-100x, RBB.109x, MBA.203-209x, MBA.276-293x, MBA.301x, MBA.314-326x, AHDA.467x?, OOL.A012, OOL.A019x | RBB.015-016x, GOH.174-178x, GOH.184-185x, GOH.393fn17x, GOH.191x, GOH.245x, GOH.292x, GOH.348-349x, GOH.368x, MNP.220-222x, HURQ.BB59x, BLO_PT#046x, BLO_alchemy | absolute freedom; independence of God; Adam; Adam and Eve; alchemy; the elixir; belief and denial; blind imitation [taqlid]; call to action; chastisement and requital; corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; creation of the world; da'iras and haykals; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine attributes are within all things; every atom; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; essential vs. actional attributes of God; exhortations and counsels; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; light and darkness; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as mirror; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); names and attributes of God; obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; oneness; unity of religion; oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Perfect Man [insan-i-kamil]; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayers (general or uncategorized); predictions and prophecies; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; prophecy and fulfillment; purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); rejection by the people of the Bayan; return of the Manifestations of God; station of the Manifestation of God; symbolism; symbolism of color and light; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; unity in diversity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations | * | - | BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, AHDA.446.6, AHDA.459.01x, MMAH.038, MMAH.062, SRC.088-090, SRC.093-095, SRC.189, SRC.190, SRC.281, GOH.036 | Last part is known as the Lawh-i-Hurufat | ||
| 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 | ||||
| BB00007 | Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Kawthar (Commentary on the Surah of Kawthar) | 49500 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم و به نستعین. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح کتاب الفلق فی کل ما فتق و استفرق و استنطق طراز الازل | Praised be to God, who hath made the Ornament of the scriptural Tablets to be the Book of the Daybreak which is operative within everything such that it is cleft asunder and split apart | INBA53:181-383, INBA_5019C:001-083x, , CMB_F10, , BLIB_Or5080, , HBH_tafkawthar, BYC_kowthar | ASAT2.007-008x, AHDA.466x, OOL.A006 | GOH.069-075x, GOH.111-115x, GOH.177x, MNP.178x, HURQ.BB08x, KSHK#03x | prophecy and fulfillment; station of the Manifestation of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | NSS.025-029, DB.174x, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.455.03, MMAH.013, SRC.071, SRC.201, GOH.033 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| BB00009 | Kitab al-Ruh (Book of the Spirit) | 36000 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد نزل الايات بالحق الي عبده لعل الناس بايات ربک يومنون ان اتبع ما اوحينا اليک | Praise be to God, Who hath revealed the verses in truth unto His servant, that perchance mankind might believe in the signs of their Lord. Follow that which We have revealed unto thee [3.5s]... ...This Book is a Dhikr (Remembrance) from God according to the Decree of a wondrous servant [the Bāb]. He is assuredly the True One within the heavens and the earth. | INBA78:069-076x, INBA_4011C.069-100, INBA_7005C, PR04.036r12-038r12x, MKI4507.001x, , IOM.091 | ASAT4.044-45x, AHDA.198x, OOL.A017 | HURQ.BB05x, HURQ.BB15x | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; justice and wrath of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard | * | - | FHR#10, AHDA.446.5, MMAH.064, SRC.061, SRC.189, GOH.031, GOH.380fn3 | The "Suratu'l-Ridvan" is a part of this work | ||
| BB00010 | Tafsir-i-Surah wa'l-'Asr (Commentary on the Surah of the Afternoon) | 22000 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلی للممکنات بظهور آثار ابداعه فی ملکوت الامر والخلق لیتلالئن جوهریات حقائق الموجودات بتلئلأ آیات اللاهوت و یتلجلجن کینونیات مجردات آیات الجبروت بتلجلج ظهورات آیات الملکوت | Praised be to God Who divuged Himself before all realms of Existence through the tokens of His wondrous directives in the Kingdoms of Command and Creation. This to the end that He might illuminate the Essences | INBA14:105-208, INBA40:006-080, INBA69:021-119, INBA_6010C:095-198, , INBA_7009C:005-130, , CMB_F09.001=4005C, , BLIB_Or5112, , BN_6531, HBH_asr, BYC_asr | AADA.138-139x, AVK2.012.04x, MHA.142x, OOL.A007 | GOH.060-061x, MNP.049x, HURQ.BB10x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; station of the Manifestation of God; the Imamate; the Caliphate; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | DB.201x, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.455.04, MMAH.066, SRC.076, SRC.202, GOH.034, GOH.115 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| BB00015 | Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (The Seven Proofs - Persian) | 13900 | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Seven Proofs, The; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | بسم الله الافرد الافرد. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو الافرد الافرد و انما البهاء من الله علی من یظهره الله ثم ادلائه لم یزل و لا یزال و بعد | Praise be to God, for there is none other God but He, the Only Unique, the Only Unique. All splendor comes from God, upon the 'Man Yuzhiruhu'llah' and upon His Apostles… Say: God sufficeth all things above all things | INBA_2007C:13b-64b, , PR02.104r21-115v02, CMB_F22.092b, CMB_F25.7, BLIB_Or5109, BLIB_Or5110, BN_6154, NLI.50, KB_seven, HBH_dalail=DLLS, BYC_saba-p | DLLS, AYT.043x, SWBP#10 (p.083-090x), OOL.A005b | SWB#10 (p.117-126x), BPRY.056x, GOH.078x, GOH.169x, GOH.171x, GOH.244-245x, GOH.267x, GOH.359x, GOH.361x, HURQ.BB53x, BLO_PT#085 | The Badasht Project, K. Key, B. Vahdat, C. Shoemaker, B. Groetzinger, Edelo & Emma, T. Francis, M. Leong-Granfar, Honiara Baha'i Youth, W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, J. Cooper, Baha'i Youth in Jordan, Kiskadee, L. Dely & M. Congo [track 10], A. & M. Zemke [track 4], Zannetta [track 7], almunajat.com [item 1], S. Jaberi | lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; proofs for the existence of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will | * | - | NSS.039-044, JRAS.447, BRHL.63, BRHL.65?, MSBR.204-205, AHDA.447.8, MMAH.066, SRC.085-087, SRC.185, GOH.035 | ||
| BB00017 | Sahifiy-i-'Adliyya = Risaliy-i-'Adliyyih (Epistle of Justice: Root Principles) | 13500 | Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. حمد و سپاس وصف جمال ذاتی است که لم یزل بوده یگانه فرد بدون وجود شیئ با او و لایزال بکینونیة خود | Praise and thanksgiving befit that Essential Beauty Who hath been from time immemorial single and alone, with naught existing alongside Him, and Who everlastingly endureth in His own Being [3.5s]... ...The supporters of the “oneness of existence” have joined partners with God through their testimony of existence… Since the Ancient of Days created mankind for the purpose of apprehending the power shining within themselves | INBA82:134-205, INBA_3006C:097-, , INBA_5010C:012-082, , INBA_6011C:001-077, , INBA_6012C.265-299x, , PR03.214v27-228r05, PR17.000v-044v, IOM.091, KB_adliyya, HBH_sahifadl, BYC_adliyya, AEWB.136-141x, | AYT.039x, AVK1.030.09x, AVK1.075.10x, AVK1.099-100x, AVK1.103-104x, AVK1.322.07x, AVK2.102.15x, AVK2.167.14x, AVK2.334.11x, HNMJ.093-096x, OOL.A014 | BAPT.017-018x, BAPT.026-039x, TAME, BLO_PT#216.021x, GOH.191-192x, GOH.196-197x, GOH.207x, GOH.218-219x, GOH.222x, GOH.225-232x, GOH.235x, GOH.252x, MNP.047x, MNP.057x, HURQ.BB52x, BLO_PT#079.1.1x, BLO_PT#079.1.3x, BLO_sazedj#02 | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's love for His own Essence; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; impossibility of true worship of God; station of the Manifestation of God; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | - | NSS.036-038, AHDA.453.5, MMAH.045?, MMAH.058, SRC.042, SRC.068-070, SRC.197, GOH.032-033, GOH.217-236 | |||
| 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. | |
| BB00019 | Sahifa Baynu'l-Haramayn (Epistle Revealed between the Twin Shrines) | 13100 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد نزلت علی الارض المقدسة بین الحرمین من لدن علی حمید | This Book was indeed sent down within the sacred land between the Two Shrines on the part of one Elevated, Praiseworthy. | INBA50:073-106x, INBA_4011C:179-252, , INBA_6007C.348-413, PR03.058r22-068v23, PR04.115v04-164r03, CMB_F07, CMB_Or943 ff.489-545, BLIB_Or0943, BLIB_Or5325, BN_5804, BN_6248, LEID.Or4371, LEID.UL2414, MKI4499.069-118x, MKI4488.001r-028v, MKI4511.029v-037v, KB_bayn, BYC_bayn, BYC_baynal, AEWB.061-071x, AEWB.116-135x | HBAB.727x, HNMJ.006-008x, HNMJ.009-011x, HNMJ.011-016x, HNMJ.016-018x, HNMJ.019-020x, OOL.A004 | RBB.093-096x, GOH.056x, HURQ.BB14x, KSHK#01x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; impossibility of true worship of God; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; law of fasting; law of pilgrimage; martyrs and martyrdom; personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for martyrs; seven stages of creation; transcendence; unknowability of God; visitation Tablets; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations | * | - | FHR#07, DB.137x, BRHL.59, MSBR.200-201, AHDA.450.6, MMAH.049, SRC.060, SRC.198, GOH.031 | |||
| BB00020 | Bayan-i-Arabi (Arabic Bayan) | 12400 | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Báb's Bayan, The; Arabic Bayan, The; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا و ان ما دونی خلقی قل ان یا خلقی ایای فاعبدون قد خلقتک و رزقتک و امتک و احببتک و بعثتک و جعلتک مظهر نفسی لتتلون من عندی ایاتی و لتدعون کل من خلقته الی دینی هذا صراط عز منیع و خلقت کل شیء | 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. | INBA43:001-068, INBA86:001-064, INBA_4002C, , BN_4669, MKI44872x, MKI4511.079v-147v, KB_bayan-ara, HBH_bayana, BYC_bayan-ara, BYC_three.097-107x | ASH.373-406, AHDA.465x, SWBP#20 (p.111-112x), OOL.A002 | SWB#20 (p.158-159x), BAPT.040-101, GOH.261x, GOH.284x, GOH.353x, HURQ.BB56x, BLO_PT#009, KSHK#12x | C. Serrano (8:10) | A condensed form of the Persian Bayán, written in the language of divine verses. While much shorter … | alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; contention and conflict; law of burial and cremation; law of Huququ'llah; law of inheritance; law of obligatory prayer; law of pilgrimage; laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; laws of marriage and dowry; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; station of the Manifestation of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | AHDA.443.2, MMAH.006, SRC.085, SRC.181, GOH.035, GOH.285, GOH.368 | see also BB00001 Persian Bayan |
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||
| BB00039 | Risala Furu' al-'Adliyya (Epistle of Justice: Branches) | 5500 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و لقد فرض الله علی الناس قبل الصلوة بعضاً من الاحکام و هی ان الله لا یکلف لاحد الا دون قوته و ما یجبر علی احد لشیء | God hath enjoined upon mankind certain ordinances prior to the act of prayer, and among them is His decree that He imposeth no burden upon any soul beyond its capacity, nor is anyone to be compelled in any matter [4o] | INBA_3006C:148-182, , INBA_5010C:082-166, , INBA_6011C:081-120, , PR02.077v01-077v28, MKI4499.020, AEWB.141-145, | HBAB.798, OOL.A021a, OOL.A021b | business; financial; property matters; holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; justice and wrath of God; law of Huququ'llah; law of obligatory prayer; laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas | * | - | DB.208x, AHDA.448.1, MMAH.044, SRC.068-071, SRC.196, SRC.203, GOH.033 | ||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||||
| BB00079 | Epistle to Muhammad Shah 3 | 2500 | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | هو المتکبرالعلی الاعلی. حمد و سپاس بی مثل و قیاس حضرت حی قیوم را سزاست که لم یزل بوده و شیء در ساحت قدس | Praise and glory, beyond comparison and likeness, befit the Supreme, the Ever-Living and Eternal Lord, who hath existed from time immemorial, while naught hath ever approached the sanctified precincts of His holiness [4o]... ...The substance wherewith God hath created Me is not the clay out of which others have been formed | INBA64:103.05-126.08 | RHQM1.709x, ASAT4.368-369x, HNU.239-241x, TZH2.156-165, AHDA.299, SWBP#06 (p.013-018x), OOL.A023.3 | SWB#04 (p.011-017x) | Naim Z, Naim S & Negin | prophecy and fulfillment; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | AHDA.460.08, MMAH.023?, SRC.097, SRC.193 | Shoghi Effendi writes in " God Passes By", p. 26: "The Báb was still in Máh-Kú when He wrote the most detailed and illuminating of His Tablets to Muḥammad Sháh. Prefaced by a laudatory reference to the unity of God, to His Apostles and to the twelve Imáms; unequivocal in its assertion of the divinity of its Author and of the supernatural powers with which His Revelation had been invested; precise in the verses and traditions it cites in confirmation of so audacious a claim; severe in its condemnation of some of the officials and representatives of the Sháh’s administration, particularly of the “wicked and accursed” Ḥusayn Khán; moving in its description of the humiliation and hardships to which its writer had been subjected, this historic document resembles, in many of its features, the Lawḥ-i-Sulṭán, the Tablet addressed, under similar circumstances, from the prison-fortress of ‘Akká by Bahá’u’lláh to Náṣiri’d-Dín Sháh, and constituting His lengthiest epistle to any single sovereign." | |
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | - | - | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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? | ||||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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? | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | |||||
| BB00197 | 1000 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. رب انک انت انت حبی ایاک و ذکری انت انت و ذکرک ایای هو قولک هو هو کیف اتوجه الیک بوجهة فردانیتک | O Lord! Verily Thou, Thou art my Love; my remembrance is of Thee alone, Thou art, Thou art; and Thy remembrance of me is Thy Word, it is that it is. How can I turn my face unto Thee with the countenance of Thy Oneness [3.5s] | INBA67:104-109 | existence and nonexistence; preexistence; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; love of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; transcendence; unknowability 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 | ||||||
| BB00200 | 990 | هو الاعلی بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی و انه هو حی لا یموت فی قبضته ملکوت کلشیء یخلق ما یشآء بأمره انه کان علی کل شیء قدیراً شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم ... فتوبوا الی ان الینا ایابکم ثم علینا حسابکم | 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 testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Help-in-Peril, the Self-Subsisting... Return ye unto Him in repentance, for unto Us is your return, then with Us shall rest your reckoning [3.5s] | INBA64:152.02-158.07 | TZH3.272x, NSS.183x | growth of the Cause; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prophecy and fulfillment; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; the Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||
| BB00211 | 940 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً فرداً صمداً حیاً قیوماً ما اتخذت لنفسک صاحبة و لا ولداً | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Verily, Thou hast ever been one God, Single, Unique, Individual, Self-Subsisting, Ever-Living, Self-Sufficient. Thou hast taken unto Thyself neither consort nor son [3.5s] | INBA78:077-088, CMB_F14.083v10-086v05, | absolute freedom; independence of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for assistance; intercession; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.455, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | |||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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? | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| BB00267 | 730 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و جاعلها ومقدرها و مصورها لن یعزب من علمک من شیء لا فی ملکوت الامر و الخلق .... و ان من یظهره الله لحق من عنده و ان اعداد حی الذینهم یؤمنون فأولئک هم فی کتاب الله المقربون | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth, their Creator, Ordainer and Fashioner. Not a thing can escape Thy knowledge, whether in the kingdom of command or creation... And verily He Whom God shall make manifest is the Truth from His presence, and they who are numbered among the Living Ones and believe - these indeed are they who, in the Book of God, are among the near ones [3.5s] | INBA58:130.09-133.15 | chastisement and requital; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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? | ||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| BB00345 | 520 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و السلام على عباد الله المخلصین فیا ایها السآئل قد سمعت کل ما کتبت الی فی کتابک | Peace be upon God's sincere servants! O thou who inquireth, verily I have heard all that thou didst write unto Me in thy letter [3.5s] | INBA91:189.02-192.01, PR04.008v15-010v07 | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; outward and inward meanings; proofs of the Manifestations of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| BB00410 | 370 | هو الاعز الابهی. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الوجهة و الجمال و لک الطلعة و الکمال و لک القوة و الفعال | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Countenance and the Beauty, Thine the Splendor and the Perfection, Thine the Power and the Action [3.5s] | INBA58:166.03-169.04 | NSR_1993.005x | business; financial; property matters; consolation and comfort; personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| BB00432 | 330 | بسمه العلی الاعلی. اللهم لک الحمد لا الله الا هو سامع الدعاء و دائم العطاء و واسع الآلاء و مالک الاسماء اللهم لک الحمد لا الله الا هو مرسل الالواح و محرک الرواح | O God, unto Thee be praise! There is no God but He, the Hearer of prayer, the Ever-Bestowing, the All-Bountiful, the Lord of Names. O God, unto Thee be praise! There is no God but He, the Sender of Tablets, the Mover of winds [3.5s] | INBA_6009C:227-231, , PR03.045r18-045v08, CMB_F14.004v02-005v02, , MKI4500.120r-120v, MKI4511.020v-022v, BYC_tablets.017.09-018.09 | justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195 | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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) | - | - | |||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| BB00479 | 260 | Epistle of the Báb to His Grandmother and Mother, An | هو الاکبر. حضور جده و والده ذکر میشود که الحمد لله حیات صحت را دارم و تمنائی جز رضای الهی نیست | Before the presence of my grandmother and mother it is mentioned that, praised be God, I am in good health and have no desire save divine contentment [3.5s] | INBA58:160.02-162.03 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; consolation and comfort; personal instructions; return of the Manifestations of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00481 | 260 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی | 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 [3.5s] | INBA40:221-221 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| BB00499 | 220 | بسم الله الاشفی الاشفی. الله لا اله الا هو الاشفی الاشفی قل الله اشفی فوق ذااشفآء لن یقدر ان یمتنع عن ملیک سلطانه | God, no God is there but Him, the All-Healing, the All-Healing! Say: God is the Supreme Healer, transcending all healing, and none can resist His sovereign might [3.5s] | INBA58:142.02-143.09, LEID.Or4971-6 p3L3, | health and healing; material and spiritual healing; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| BB00512 | 200 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. ذلکم الله ربکم له الخلق و الامر لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب هو الذی یحی و یمیت | This is God, your Lord; His is the creation and the command. There is no God but Him, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved. He it is Who giveth life and bringeth death [3.5s] | INBA78:088-090 | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||
| 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 | |||||
| BB00535 | 170 | Proclamation of the Cause, and the Manifest Sign, The | بسم الله العلی المتکبر القاهر. قد جاء امر فی حکم مستتر اقتربت الساعة و انشق القمر | The Cause, once veiled in mystery, hath now been proclaimed; the Hour is nigh, and the Moon hath been cleft asunder [4o] | INBA60:155-156 | chastisement and requital; imagery in the Qur'an; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; prophecy and fulfillment; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||
| BB00537 | 170 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و لا حول و لا قوة الا بالله العلی العظیم اللهم صل و سلم و بارک و المفازات اقسم علیک | There is no power nor strength save in God, the Most Exalted, the Most Great. O God! Bestow Thy blessings, grant Thy peace, and shower Thy benedictions. I beseech Thee by the sanctified realms [3.5s] | INBA78:091-093, INBA86:194-195 | family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; prayer for assistance; intercession | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00538 | 160 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم علی الله یعرضون یا الهی اشهد لدیک فی موقفی هذا بانک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک | 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 brought into His presence. O my God! I testify before Thee in this my station that verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, alone, without peer [3.5s] | INBA64:151.01-151.09 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for forgiveness; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| BB00577 | 120 | هو الله العزیز المتعال. فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی حینئذ ارید ان اذکرک بذکر المقدسين واسبّحک بتسبيح المقربين مع علم بانّ کلّ ذکر الذي يظهر من عند غيرک | Praise be to Thee, O my God! How oft have I wanted to mention you with the words of the saints and praise you with the praise of those who have drawn nigh, despite knowing that every mention appearing from someone other than You will not reach you | INBA86:195-195 | KSHK.BWB | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| BB00595 | 90 | الله اکبر. قل اللهم انک انت فطار السموآت و الارض و ما بینهما لتؤتین الفطرته من تشآء و لتنز | Say: O my God, verily you are the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lies between them. You give creation to whom You will and take creation from whom You will | INBA58:163.04-164.01 | KSHK.BWB | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||
| BB00606 | 70 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. بسم الله و بالله و الحمد لله و الجات امری الى الله و ما توفیقی الا بالله و ما النصر الا من عند الله | In the name of God, by God, praise be to God! I commit my affairs to God. I have no success except through God, and no help save from God. Whatsoever blessing we have comes from God | INBA78:090-091, INBA86:194-194 | KSHK.BWB | angels; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||
| BB00608 | 70 | الله اکبر. قل اللهم انک انت صحاب السموات و الارض و ما بینهما لتؤتین الصحبة من تشآء | Say: O my God! Verily, you are Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lies between them. You give lordship to whom you will and take lordship from whom you will | INBA58:162.06-163.02 | KSHK.BWB | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00618 | 50 | بسم الله الاحفظ الاحفظ. الحمد لله لا إله إلا هو الأحفظ الأحفظ قل الله أحفظ فوق کل ذی إحفاظ | In the name of God, the Greatest Protector, the Greatest Protector. Praise be to God! There is no god but Him, the Greatest Protector | INBA36:171 | KSHK.BWB | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00636 | Reply to six questions from Mirza Sulayman | INBA_5019C:159-163, | - | - | SRC.190 | ||||||||||
| BB00637 | On the imams, to an unknown recipient | INBA_5019C:163-166, | - | - | SRC.190 | ||||||||||
| BB00638 | In reply to four questions, to an unknown recipient | INBA_5019C:170-171, | - | - | SRC.190 | ||||||||||
| BB00639 | Prayer for Sayyid Ja'far Shubbar | INBA_5019C:216-218, | - | - | SRC.190 | ||||||||||
| BB00640 | On istifah (asking the explanation of texts) | INBA_5019C:264-269, | - | - | SRC.191 | ||||||||||
| BB00641 | To Aqa Sayyid Jawad [Karbala'i?] | INBA_5019C:269-270, | - | - | SRC.191 | ||||||||||
| BB00642 | To Mulla Mahdi Khu'i | INBA_5019C:270-271, | - | - | SRC.191 | ||||||||||
| BB00643 | To Mulla Hasan Bajastani | INBA_5019C:271-275, | BAPT.006x | - | - | SRC.191 | |||||||||
| BB00644 | To Mulla Ahmad Mu'allim Hisari | INBA_5019C:275-279, | - | - | SRC.191 | ||||||||||
| BB00645 | In reply to a question from an unknown correspondent | INBA_5019C:279-284, | - | - | SRC.191 | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00659 | 2510 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم رب السموات و الارض و ما بینهما من ان اذکرک بذکری ایاک او ان اثنی علیک بثنائی فی ملکک | Glorified art Thou, O my God, Lord of the heavens and of the earth and whatsoever lieth betwixt them, that I should make mention of Thee by my remembrance of Thee, or extol Thee through my praise within Thy dominion [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.016-028 | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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? | |||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00668 | 800 | هو المحبوب بسم الله الفطار الجبار المختار القهار السخار الفطار الستار الغفار البطاش اذ لا اله الا هو و ان الله کل یرجعون. یا حبیب الحمد لله الذی قد اغن الورقة النور فی ارض الهاء بالسّر الطورین | O cherished friend! Praise be to God, Who hath enriched the luminous leaf in the land of Há with the mystery of the twin Mounts [4o] | INBA_6007C.551-555 | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00671 | 390 | Utterances of the Unlettered and the Proof of the Divine Call, The | هو العلی المتکبر. امر مستور که رکن است موهوم تصور شود اگر در جائی ذکر مقامی یا علم بکل شیء ذکر شده بواسطه عظمة مقام توحید بوده | If the concealed command, which is fundamental yet deemed imaginary, be mentioned anywhere, or if reference be made to any station or to the knowledge of all things, it is by virtue of the majesty of the station of Divine Unity [3.5s] | INBA91:197.10-199.12 | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; proofs of the Manifestations of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00674 | 30 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اکتب شعر الاول یوم الخمیس علی حریرات الخضراء مع عشر علیات و اجعله عندک ثم اکتب شعر الثانی | Write thou the first verse on Thursday upon green silk with ten exalted lines, and keep it with thee, then write thou the second verse [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.494-494b | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00675 | 30 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. وصلیت فی الثانی علی خیر خلقه محمد من زاح الضلالة و العلت | And secondly, I invoke blessings upon the noblest of His creation, Muhammad, who dispelled error and affliction [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.494-494a | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00001 | Kitab-i-Aqdas (The Most Holy Book) | 10520 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Synopsis and Codification of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Kitáb-i-Aqdas Research Tools; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ان اول ما کتب الله علی العباد عرفان مشرق وحیه و مطلع امره الذی کان مقام | The first duty prescribed by God for His servants is the recognition of Him Who is the Dayspring of His Revelation and the Fountain of His laws | INBA43:069, BLIB_Or02820.001, , BLIB_Or15691.001, , BLIB_Or15729.002, , BLIB_Or15737a.001, , CMB_F29, CMB_F30, CMB_F31, IOM.095-096, NLAI_22848:006, LEID.Or4969x, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p001v, CUL.X893.7.B11, MKI4522.002, , BN_6397 | BRL_AqdasA, GWBP#037 p.062bx, GWBP#056 p.078x, GWBP#070 p.093x, GWBP#071 p.094x, GWBP#072 p.095x, GWBP#098 p.130bx, GWBP#105 p.137x, GWBP#155 p.213x, GWBP#159 p.216x, GWBP#166 p.222bx, ROB3.000x, OOL.B015 | AQDS, GWB#037x, GWB#056x, GWB#070x, GWB#071x, GWB#072x, GWB#098x, GWB#105x, GWB#155x, GWB#159x, GWB#166x, BADM.016x, BADM.021ax, COF.018-019x, TDH#082x, TDH#158.3x, GPB.102x2x, GPB.112x, GPB.154x, GPB.170x2x, GPB.176x, GPB.195x, GPB.206x6x, GPB.207x3x, GPB.208x5x, GPB.209x5x, GPB.211x, GPB.214x7x, GPB.215x15x, GPB.215-216x, GPB.216x, GPB.225x, GPB.226x4x, GPB.230-231x, GPB.231x, GPB.242x, GPB.254x, GPB.325x, GPB.331-332x, GPB.376x, GPB.390x, GPB.395-396x, GPB.396x, MBW.166x, MBW.168x, PDC.040x, PDC.040-042x, PDC.042x, PDC.058-059x, PDC.059x, PDC.059-060x, PDC.064-065x, PDC.092x, PDC.092-093x, PDC.095x, PDC.100x, PDC.118-119x, PDC.121x, PDC.133-134x, PDC.134-135x, PDC.161x, PDC.187x, WOB.105x, WOB.109x, WOB.146x, WOB.132x, WOB.134x, WOB.162x, WOB.171-172x, WOB.172x, WOB.176x, SW_v01#05 p.009x, SW_v14#04 p.112 (et al)x, DWN_v1#02 p.002-003x, DWN_v2#09 p.069-070x, BLO_PT#045, BLO_PT#056, BSC.110 #043-044+046x, BSC.156 #138-139x, BSC.262 #547x | unknown (¶1-190), Soulrise Melodies (¶4), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (¶11), E. Mahony (¶11), Soulrise Melodies (¶16), W. Heath (¶31), Soulrise Melodies (¶33), unknown (¶38), S. Jaberi (¶38), T. Nosrat (¶51), J. Mohajer (¶51), Soulrise Melodies (¶74), G.H. Miller (¶91), E. Mahony (¶182), Sophie, Siria and Ashkan (¶182), Bahareh & Scott (¶182), J. Crone (¶182), B. Khademi (¶182), MANA (¶182), Leona and Larry (¶182) | The ‘mother book’ of the Bahá’í Dispensation, announcing to the kings of the earth the promu … | alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; call to action; cleanliness and refinement; confession of sins; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; law of burial and cremation; law of fasting; law of Huququ'llah; law of inheritance; law of obligatory prayer; law of pilgrimage; law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; laws of marriage and dowry; love of God; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); moderation; frugality; simplicity; monasticism; asceticism; murder; causing physical harm; Nineteen-Day Feast; parents and children; youth; families; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for women; prayers (general or uncategorized); pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; theft; seizing the properties of others; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; twin duties of recognition and obedience; unchastity and adultery; words vs deeds; work as worship | * | * | LAC.213-257, ROB3.275 et al, BKOG.351 et al, GPB.206 et al, EBTB.155, EBTB.189, MMAH.199, GSH.133, LL#027 | |
| BH00003 | Kitab-i-'Ahd (Book of the Covenant) | 920 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | اگر افق اعلی از زخرف دنیا خالیست ولکن در خزائن توکل و تفویض از برای وراث | Although the Realm of Glory hath none of the vanities of the world, yet within the treasury of trust and resignation | INBA65:101, BLIB_Or15261, , CMB_F25.8, | AVK3.066.10x, AVK3.210.02x, AVK3.424.03x, AHM.410, MJMM.399, AYT.355, DWNP_v4#04 p.021, DWNP_v2#03-4 p.025-027x, UAB.036ax, DRD.176, AYI2.076x, AYI2.275x, RHQM2.0918-921 (350) (214-216), TBP#15, OOL.B014, AMB#32 | TB#15, DOR#32, PUP.382x, GPB.028x, GPB.238x, GPB.239x8x, GPB.240x7x, GPB.242x, GPB.314x, WOB.134x, SW_v03#14 p.006-007+010, SW_v04#14 p.238, SW_v05#15 p.229, SW_v07#16 p.153, SW_v07#18 p.188, SW_v09#12 p.138x, SW_v09#13 p.150, BSC.259 #532-546 | A. Youssefi | Bahá’u’lláh’s last will and testament, appointing ‘Abdu’l-Bahá as His successor by summ … | contention and conflict; piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; religion as source of love and unity; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; status of kings; future of monarchy; unity; oneness of humanity | * | * | ROB4.419 et al, BKOG.420, MMAH.213, GSH.150, BSR_v19p03, LL#026 | |
| 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 | ||
| BH00007 | Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple) | 20670 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Original Text of the Súriy-i-Haykal, The; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | سبحان الذی نزل الایات لقوم یفقهون سبحان الذی ینزل الایات لقوم یشعرون سبحان | Glorified is He Who hath revealed His verses to those who understand. Glorified is He Who sendeth down His verses to those who perceive. | INBA34:001, BLIB_Or15705.001, , BLIB_Or15735.002, , IOM.099 | NRJ#1, AQA1#001, AQA4#090 p.268, HYK.002, YMM.153x, OOL.B121 | SLH#01, COC#0301x, COC#1648x, ADJ.080-081x, ADJ.085ax, ADJ.085x, COF.101bx, GPB.099x2x, GPB.101x3x, GPB.101-102x, GPB.102x, GPB.106x, GPB.143x, GPB.173x2x, GPB.174x, GPB.186x, GPB.206x4x, GPB.207x11x, GPB.207-208x, GPB.208x2x, GPB.209x6x, GPB.210x2x, GPB.211x, GPB.226x, GPB.227x3x, GPB.245x, GPB.331x, PDC.007x, PDC.020x, PDC.042-043x, PDC.046x, PDC.046-047x, PDC.047x2x, PDC.047-048x, PDC.048x, PDC.048-049x, PDC.049x2x, PDC.049-050x, PDC.050x4x, PDC.050-051x, PDC.051x3x, PDC.051-052x, PDC.052x2x, PDC.052-053x, PDC.053x, PDC.054x, PDC.055x2x, PDC.055-057x, PDC.057x, PDC.057-058x, PDC.065-067x, PDC.067x2x, PDC.067-068x, PDC.068x3x, PDC.073x, PDC.075x, PDC.078x, PDC.081x3x, PDC.085x6x, PDC.090x3x, PDC.106-107x, PDC.107x, PDC.119x, PDC.136-137x, PDC.138x, PDC.144-145x, PDC.161-162x, PDC.166x, PDC.168-169x, PDC.169x, PDC.173-174x, PDC.181-182x, PDC.196x, WOB.104x, WOB.107x, WOB.108x, WOB.109x3x, WOB.109-110x, WOB.110x, WOB.117x, WOB.138x, WOB.163x, WOB.169x, WOB.192x, WOB.192x, BLO_PT#140, BSC.209 #392-434 | G. Major and T. Sutton, L. Manifold and P. Weber | The centrepiece of His proclamatory works, originally written in Edirne and recast in ‘Akká, in w … | banishment to; life in 'Akka; call to action; chastisement and requital; defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; growth of the Cause; high station of the true believer; holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Imam Husayn; innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; justice and wrath of God; lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; names and attributes of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; primordial Covenant; the day of alast; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; proclamation to people of the Bayan; rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; station of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; thankfulness; gratitude; the concourse on high; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; the ephemeral and the eternal; the power of example; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | * | * | ROB3.133, JRAS.292-309, MMAH.179, GSH.131, LL#306 | Epistles to the kings and rulers included in the composite Suriy-i-Haykal have their own catalog entries. |
| BH00009 | 13240 | Translation List | امروز حفیف سدره منتهی مرتفع و آفتاب بیان از افق سماء معانی مشرق و لائح صراط | In this day the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree hath been raised up, and the Sun of Utterance hath dawned and shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of inner meanings, and the Path hath been made manifest [3.5s]... ...The days of the Manifestations of God have, in one sense, been referred to as the Day of God. Yet these days, as they are mentioned in all the Holy Books… How can I choose to sleep, O God, my God, when the eyes of them that long for Thee are wakeful... I have risen this morning by Thy grace, O my God, and left my home trusting wholly in Thee... This, Thy servant, seeketh to sleep in the shelter of Thy mercy... I have wakened in Thy shelter, O my God | INBA61:061x, INBA30:115x, INBA41:018x, BLIB_Or15717.018, | BRL_DA#686, ADM3#088 p.102x, ADM3#089 p.103x, AVK3.343.10x, UAB.030cx, MAS4.154x, BSHA.055x | ADMS#040x | MJ Cyr, J. Lenz [track 2], A. Wensbo, Nabilinho, Nabilinho, D. Gundry, M. Sparrow, The Descendants, M. Saraswati, Honiara Baha'i Youth, The Bird & The Butterfly, O. Devine, Soulrise Melodies, S. Sunderland, Gyenyame, G.H. Miller (1), G.H. Miller (2), T. Ellis, almunajat.com [items 3, 4, 10, 13], C. Signori, T. Ellis, K. Porray, K. Porray, Refuge, Nabil and Karim, E. Mahony | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; justice and wrath of God; power of prayer; rejection, opposition and persecution; soul; spirit after death; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#262, LL#509 | |||
| BH00010 | 13180 | Bahá'í Sacred Writings | الحمد للّه الذی تفرد بالمحبة و توحد بالوداد انه لمولی العباد و مالک الایجاد | Praise be unto Him Who is unique in His love and singular in His affection; verily, He is the Lord of all beings and the Sovereign of creation [3.5s]... ...The companions of God are, in this day, the lump that must leaven the peoples of the world. They must show forth such trustworthiness, such truthfulness and perseverance, such deeds and character that all mankind may profit by their example | INBA28:049, INBA22:307, INBA45:049, BLIB_Or15713.144x, , Majlis210461.120x | BRL_DA#084, AVK3.148.06x, ASAT5.263x, AKHA_129BE #18 p.ax | COC#0768x, COC#2040x, ADJ.023x, ADJ.079x2x | goodly deeds; actions; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; praise and encouragement; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ROB4.023?, LL#112 | ||||
| BH00011 | 11650 | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | حمد مقدس از السن ممکنات و منزه از ذکر موجودات ساحت قدس سلطان قدمی را سزا است | Sanctified praise, transcendent above the tongues of all created things and hallowed beyond the mention of all beings, befitteth the sacred court of the Ancient King [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O Lord, my Best Beloved! Make me steadfast in Thy Cause and grant that I may be reckoned among those | INBA38:192, INBA66:131x, INBA77:013, PR23.051b-052ax, BN_suppl.1754.001-021 | AQMJ2.146x, UVM.072.15x, UVM.082.15x | SWB#72 (p.215-216x) | chastisement and requital; differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00012 | Javahiru'l-Asrar (Gems of Divine Mysteries) | 10360 | 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 | |
| BH00013 | 10050 | Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl); Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl) | البهاء لمن خرق الاحجاب فی یوم الماب و کسر اصنام الاوهام باسم مالک الایام ... قَد جِئت بِاَمرِ الله وظَهَرت لِذکره وخُلِقْت لِخدمتهِ العزیز المحبوب | Glory be unto Him Who hath rent asunder the veils on the Day of Return, and shattered the idols of vain imaginings through the Name of the Lord of all Days [3.5s]... ...The purpose of interpretation is this: that none become deprived of that which is evident, and be veiled from that which is intended | INBA23:062, INBA41:132x, INBA41:329x, BLIB_Or15698.279, , BLIB_Or15720.274x, , BLIB_Or15733.001, , BLIB_Or15740.213x, , Majlis934.255-266 | AVK4.028.05x, AVK4.073-074x, AVK2.143.09x, AVK3.300.03x, AVK3.450.13x, AVK3.426.12x, AVK3.472.01x, IQT.279-286x, AYI1.336x, GHA.341ax, UAB.029bx, UAB.042ax, MAS1.018.1x, MAS4.354bx, TSAY.472x, TSAY.472-473x, ASAT2.119x, ASAT3.120x, ASAT3.242x, ASAT4.286x, PYB#115 p.03x, VUJUD.095-096x, VUJUD.105x | BLO_PT#154, BLO_PT#155, WIND#115, VUJUDE.139-141x, VUJUDE.212-213x | almunajat.com [item 41] | chastisement and requital; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; exhortations and counsels; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; outward and inward meanings; praise and encouragement; proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#251, LL#282 | Includes verses for newborn child | ||
| BH00014 | 9890 | لله الحمد حمدا یمطر به السحاب و یجد المقربون عرف قمیص ربنا الوهاب حمدا | All praise be unto God - praise wherewith the clouds pour forth their rain, and through which they who are nigh unto Him perceive the fragrance of the garment of their Lord, the All-Bountiful - praise [3.5s] | INBA15:067, INBA18:302x, INBA26:067 | MAS8.108dx, AYI2.072x, AYI2.358x, AKHA_131BE #05 p.ax, AKHA_131BE #04 p.ax, MSHR2.065x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00016 | 8470 | الحمد لربنا الذی اظهر من القطره امواج البحر و من الذره انوار الشمس و فصل من | Praised be our Lord, Who hath revealed from the droplet the waves of the sea and from the atom the rays of the sun [3.5s] | INBA18:146, CMB_F31.038bx, | MUH3.153-173, NSS.201-202x, AMIN.196x, AMIN.216x | corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | JRAS.288 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||
| BH00019 | 8320 | انسان بصیر لازال منفعل و خجل چه که وصف مینماید مقصودیرا که جمیع ارکان | The perspicacious soul hath ever been moved to shame and contrition, inasmuch as he describeth Him Who is the Purpose of all existence [3.5s]... ...Say: O concourse of Persian divines In My name ye have seized the reins of men, and occupy the seats of honor, by reason of your relation to Me | INBA27:098 | BRL_DA#479, ADM3#066 p.081x, ADM3#067 p.084x, ADM3#068 p.084x, ADM3#069 p.086x, ADM3#147 p.166x, MAS8.074ax, AYI2.057x, AYI2.234x, AYI2.255x, PYK.148-168, RAHA.204-205x | GPB.211x, GPB.231x, PDC.145-146x | honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; humility; meekness; lowliness; petitions to authorities; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; the power of words; of speech; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH00020 | Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Commentary on the Disconnected Letters) = Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur (Tablet of the Verse of Light) | 8280 | 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? | ||
| BH00021 | Suriy-i-Muluk | 8150 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | هذا کتاب من هذا العبد الذی سمی بالحسین فی ملکوت الاسما الی ملوک الارض کله | This is a Tablet from this Servant, who is called Ḥusayn in the kingdom of names, to the concourse of the kings of the earth. | INBA71:123, BLIB_Or15723.001, , IOM.098-099, PR11.043b-064a, PR19.048a-061b, PR23.016a-029b | NRJ#5, GWBP#065 p.086x, GWBP#066 p.087x, GWBP#113 p.143x, GWBP#114 p.150x, GWBP#116 p.158x, GWBP#118 p.160x, RSBB.040, TZH4.328-353, BCH.008x, PYB#129 p.03x, OOL.B131, AMB#36x | SLH#05, GWB#065x, GWB#066x, GWB#113x, GWB#114x, GWB#116x, GWB#118x, DOR#36x, LOG#1615x, COF.138-139x, GPB.161x4x, GPB.171x, GPB.172x7x, GPB.175x4x, GPB.210x, GPB.230x2x, PDC.007x, PDC.020x, PDC.027-028x, PDC.033-034x, PDC.034x, PDC.034-035x, PDC.035x2x, PDC.035-038x, PDC.038-039x, PDC.043-044x, PDC.060x, PDC.060-062x, PDC.062x, PDC.062-063x, PDC.063-064x, PDC.098x4x, PDC.098-099x, PDC.114-115x, PDC.143x, PDC.146-147x, PDC.182x, WOB.108x, WOB.174x, WOB.177x3x, WOB.177-178x, WOB.178x | E. Mahony | His most momentous proclamatory work, though not yet divulging the totality of His messianic claim, … | chastisement and requital; justice and wrath of God; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment | * | - | ROB2.301 et al, BKOG.207, BKOG.213, BKOG.330, GPB.171, MMAH.158, GSH.090, LL#319 | |
| BH00022 | 8120 | Translation List | حمد و ثنا مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزاست که بحروف ابواب بیان را گشود و بکلمه | Praise and glory beseem that Desired One of all the worlds, Who hath unlocked the gates of exposition through the letters and through the Word [3.5s]... ...Ponder and reflect upon that which hath come to pass: The sister of this Wronged One hath been miles distant from the truth while the aforementioned handmaid hath attained nearness... We have consented to bear the afflictions of the earth for the sake of exalting the blessed and Most Sublime Word | INBA19:273, INBA32:244, INBA41:171x, BLIB_Or15724.149ax, | ADM3#149 p.169x, HDQI.041x, MUH3.205-206x, IQN.188-189x, TSAY.471x | LTDT.288-289x, ADMS#150x | knowledge; recognition of God; power of prayer; praise and encouragement; prayer for forgiveness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| BH00024 | 7950 | سبحانک یا من باسمک سرع الموحدون الی مطلع انوار وجهک و المقربون الی مشرق آیات | Glorified art Thou, O Thou through Whose Name the sincere have hastened to the Dayspring of the lights of Thy countenance, and they who are nigh have rushed unto the Orient of Thy signs [3.5s] | INBA28:008, INBA22:057, BLIB_Or15704.025, | BRL_DA#087, AVK3.464.01x, SFI04.008cx, PYK.041x | call to action; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for protection; proclamation to people of the Bayan; rejection, opposition and persecution; status of kings; future of monarchy; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | |||||||
| BH00027 | 7660 | Huqúqu'lláh | حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که غوغای معرضین و ضوضای معتدین و سطوت ظالمین | Praise be unto Him Who is the All-Desired One, unto Whom belongeth all glory and majesty, Whose power hath prevailed over the clamor of the opposers, the tumult of the transgressors, and the might of the oppressors [3.5s]... ...The question of the Huquq dependeth on the willingness of the individuals themselves. From every true believer who is willing to tender the Right of God spontaneously | INBA42:163, BLIB_Or15724.206x, | BRL_HUQUQP#018x, AVK3.111.09x, KHSH08.007, AYI2.316x, AYI2.317x, AYI2.318x | BRL_HUQUQ#018x, COC#1148x, ADJ.078x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; belief and denial; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; praise and encouragement; prayer for forgiveness; servitude; submission to God; repentance; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| BH00028 | 7480 | Research Department, Functions of; Etymologies of three terms; Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation | سبوح قدوس ربنا و رب الملائکه و الروح آیات منزله عالم را فراگرفته و بینات | Glorified and sanctified is our Lord, the Lord of the angels and the Spirit! The revealed verses have encompassed the world and the clear evidences [3.5s]... ...O thou who gazest towards the Supreme Horizon, upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of men. The intention of "the Kingdom" (Malakut) in its primary sense and degree is the scene of the transcendent glory | INBA19:292, INBA32:258, INBA41:299x | ADM3#150 p.170x, AVK2.169.09x, AVK2.318.02x, NNY.152x, MAS1.018.2x, MAS4.114-115x, MAS4.137x, MSHR5.422x | BLO_PT#076x, BLO_PT#079.2.2x | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; unity in diversity | - | - | |||||
| BH00030 | 7400 | Tablet of Ridván (Lawh-i-Ridván); Days of Remembrance | حمد مقدس از حقیقت و مجاز حضرت بینیازیرا لایق و سزاست که از نقطه چهار رکن | Sanctified praise, transcending reality and metaphor, beseemeth and befitteth the Most Exalted Lord, Who from the Point hath fashioned the four pillars [3.5s]... ...On the first day that the Ancient Beauty ascended His Most Great Throne in the garden named Riḍván, the Tongue of Glory gave utterance to three blessed words. | INBA44:205 | AVK3.456.09x, MAS8.064x, ASAT4.022x, BCH.041x, AMB#09x | DOR#09x | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power of the Manifestation of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ROB1.278, LL#333 | ||||
| BH00031 | Suriy-i-Nush | 7310 | Surih of Admonition (Suratu'l-Nus'h); Days of Remembrance | فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق علی النبیین و المرسلین و ینزل حینئذ علی ما کان | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth unto the Prophets and Messengers, and Who doth now send down what hath ever been [3.5s]... ...Announce unto My servants the advent of the One Who came unto them with the power of truth bearing the name of ‘Alí | INBA47:171, INBA36:242, INBA73:181.09x, INBA83:001, PR19.034b-048b | BRL_DA#727, AVK2.228.08x, TZH4.200-202x, LMA1.350 (209), MAS4.135x, ASAT3.024x, YMM.152x, OOL.B133, AMB#35x | DOR#35x, GPB.141x6x, BLO_PT#097, NYR#145x | A lengthy work recounting the stories of the prophets of God and their rejection by the people and c … | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Noah; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; stories; anecdotes; suffering and imprisonment | * | - | ROB1.137, MMAH.207, LL#321 | ||
| BH00032 | Lawh-i-Ruh | 7220 | فسبحان الذی فی قبضته ملکوت ملک الآیات یصرفها کیف یشآء بأمر | Glorified be He in Whose grasp lieth the dominion of the realm of verses, Who directeth them as He pleaseth through His command [3.5s] | INBA37:018, INBA83:073, BLIB_Or15723.082, , PR23.001b-015b | AQA4#081 p.123, AQA4a.150, ASAT1.276x, OOL.B073 | Refutes certain claims of Mírzá Yaḥyá; asserts the magnitude of Bahá’u’lláh’s own stati … | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; oneness; unity of religion; proclamation to people of the Bayan; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | ROB2.181, ROB2.260, MMAH.185, GSH.085, LL#224 | ||||
| BH00033 | 7090 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | الحمد لله الذی توحه بالکلام و تفرد بالبیان الذی خضعت بحور المعانی عندما | Praise be unto Him Who hath adorned Himself with utterance and Who alone possesseth expression, He before Whom the oceans of inner meanings have bowed down whensoever [3.5s]... ...He it is Who in the Old Testament hath been named Jehovah, Who in the Gospel hath been designated as the Spirit of Truth… the task of executing the laws, the ordinances and statutes that have been sent down in the Book hath been delegated unto the men of the divine Houses of Justice [rijal-i-buyut-i-'adliyyih-yi-ilahiyyih]... It is beloved of God that all should speak in Arabic, which is the richest and vastest of all languages | INBA31:022 | BRL_DA#225, AQA7#393 p.114, AVK3.219.08x, AVK3.228.05x, AVK4.272x.01, AVK4.278x.07, DWNP_v1#05 p.001-003x, UAB.041bx, UAB.054bx, NFQ.005-008x, MAS4.175ax, GSH.210-213x, ASAT5.108x, AKHA_106BE #09 p.002x, AKHA_111BE #10-12 p.002x, AKHA_135BE #07 p.141x, NJB_v14#07 p.224x, YMM.305x, OOL.B177x, LFLN.012x | BRL_ATBH#37x, LTDT.052-053x, WOB.104x, SW_v14#07 p.224x, HURQ.BH70x, STYLE.032-033x, ADMS#331ax | heedlessness and ignorance of the people; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; universal language; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ROB4.159, LL#273, LL#418 | ||||
| BH00034 | Suriy-i-Sabr (=Lawh-i-Ayyub) | 7050 | Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb); Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb) | ذکر الله فی مدینه الصبر عبده ایوبا اذ آویناه فی ظل شجره القدس فی فواده و اشهدناه | This is the remembrance of God in the City of Patience regarding Job, Our servant, Whom We sheltered under the shade of that Holy Tree planted in His heart | INBA36:173, INBA73:082, Berlin1237#08 | BRL_DA#726, AYT.262, LMA1.379 (228), MAS4.282, ASAT5.246x, ASAT5.309x, ASAT5.247x, FBAH.160x, OOL.B138 | WOB.116x, BLO_PT#116, HURQ.BH23, NYR#144 | Major work, written on the first day of Riḍván as He was departing Baghdad, praising the Bábís … | consolation and comfort; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; stories; anecdotes; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | - | ROB1.263, BKOG.131, BKOG.195, MMAH.203, GSH.055, LL#327 | ||
| BH00035 | 7030 | حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که باصبع قدرت حجبات مجلله عظیمه را خرق فرمود و | No soul has or will ever comprehend the essence of divine wisdom. In reality, the rational mind is a most great sign in humans and blessed are those who realize (its potential) | INBA07:251, INBA28:114, INBA97:144x | AVK4.172.02, AVK4.207.02x, GHA.114x, GHA.172bx, MAS8.099-101x, MAS8.101x, MAS8.115bx, AKHA_124BE #11-12 p.jx, PYK.039x, VUJUD.120.18x | LTDT.022x, VUJUDE.157x, KSHK#07 | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; laws of marriage and dowry; obedience to and respect for government authority; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | |
| BH00039 | 6840 | یا ابراهیم قد حضر اسمک فی هذا المقام الاعلی امام حضور مولی الوری ذکرک | O Ibrahim! Indeed thy name hath been mentioned in this most exalted station before the presence of the Lord of all mankind [3.5s]... ...O Lord my God! Thy knowledge of me doth verily surpass my understanding of my own self. I implore Thee to enable me to so rise to serve Thee | INBA81:181.11x, BLIB_Or15715.207x, | AQA6#299 p.292, ADM2#023 p.041x | JHT_S#046x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||
| BH00042 | 6590 | Translation List | الحمد لله الذی انزل ما کان مکنونا فی سماء مشیته و اظهر ما کان مخزونا فی علمه | Praise be to Him Who hath sent down that which lay concealed in the heaven of His will, and revealed that which was treasured within His knowledge [3.5s]... ...The Afnans arrived in Beirut. After some time they received permission to come in small groups. Finally, they entered the shelter of grace | INBA31:049x, INBA51:150x, BLIB_Or15701.116, , KB_620:143-144x | AQA6#221 p.086, ADM1#020 p.052x, LHKM2.176x, AYI1.265x, AYT.327x, LMA2.016x, ASAT2.098x | LTDT.051-052x, GEN.314.04x, ADMS#077 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for protection; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||
| BH00043 | 6520 | Prayer and Devotional Life; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | سبحان الله مالک الملک و الملکوت سبحان الله صاحب العز و الجبروت سبحان الله | Glorified is God, the Lord of the earthly realm and the Kingdom above, glorified is God, the Possessor of majesty and omnipotence, glorified is God! [3.5s]... ...As for thy mention of the Obligatory Prayer: in truth, anyone who readeth this with absolute sincerity will attract all created things | INBA15:325x, INBA26:328bx, BLIB_Or15717.077, | AQA7#401 p.171x, ADM2#016 p.033x | BRL_ATBH#34x, BRL_PDL#56x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; praise and encouragement; prayer for service; proclamation to people of the Bayan; rejection by the people of the Bayan; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| BH00044 | 6470 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | حمد مولی العالم را سزاست که جمیع امم را وحده باسم اعظم دعوت نمود بشانی که | Praise be to the Lord of the Worlds, Who hath summoned all peoples, as one, through His Most Great Name, in such wise that [3.5s]... ...As to the question thou has asked concerning the minimum amount of property on which Huquq is payable, this was mentioned in His exalted and glorious presence and the following is what the Tongue of Grandeur uttered | INBA18:511, INBA22:001, INBA81:171x, BLIB_Or15704.366x, , BLIB_Or15733.076, | BRL_DA#080, AVK4.227.14x, ANDA#27 p.03x, MSHR5.440x | BRL_ATBH#71x, BRL_ATBH#73x, COC#1117x, COC#2232x | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| BH00047 | Haft Vadi (The Seven Valleys) | 6100 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Call of the Divine Beloved; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | الحمد لله الذی اظهر الوجود من العدم و رقم علی لوح الانسان من اسرار القدم و | Praise be to God Who hath made being to come forth from nothingness; graven upon the tablet of man a measure of the mysteries of His eternity | INBA35:293, INBA33:101, BLIB_Or03116.067, , NLI.32p061r, PR19.024b-032b | BRL_Haft, AQA3#068 p.092, AVK1.320x, TZH4.151-153x, YMM.310x, OOL.B006 | CDB#2, BSC.159 #164-174, HURQ.BH12 | MJ Cyr (1), MJ Cyr (2), TaliaSafa & Friends, Rachel, Ethan & Ilia, E. Sabariego, G. Burriston & P. Kay, Ine, Ine, MANA, N. Hamilton, A.E. Rahbin, Gyenyame, E. Kelly, T. Ellis, M. Levine, P. Marin, J. Luckey [track 1], L. Dely & M. Congo, T. Francis | His most important mystical composition, patterned in part after Faríd’u’d-Dín ‘Aṭṭár� … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; knowledge; recognition of God; love as fire; love of God; microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; transcendence; unknowability of God; unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | * | ROB1.096, BKOG.139, BKOG.159-161, GPB.140, MMAH.096, GSH.017, LL#016 | |
| BH00049 | Lawh-i-Nasir | 5960 | Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | قلم اعلی لازال بر اسم احبای خود متحرک و جاری و آنی از فیوضات لابدایات خود | The Pen of the Most High hath never ceased to make mention of the names of His loved ones…. All praise be unto Thee, O Lord, in that Thou hast sent down from the heaven of Thy bounty that whereby the worlds are purified | INBA73:144, CMB_F22, , PR19.061b-069b, PR23.052b-060b, BN_suppl.1754.064-075 | BRL_DA#032, GWBP#053 p.076x, GWBP#075 p.097x, ADM2#106 p.191x, AVK1.019.01x, AVK1.150x, AVK2.016.15x, AVK2.075.20x, AVK2.116.03x, AVK3.313.15x, AVK3.407.08x, AVK4.141.02x, MJMM.166, RSBB.152, TZH4.121x, MAS4.160bx, DLS.506x, ASAT1.032x, ASAT1.123x, ASAT1.154x, ASAT2.058x, ASAT2.101x, ASAT2.191x, ASAT3.009x, ASAT3.093x, ASAT3.203x, ASAT3.217x, ASAT4.006x, ASAT4.008x, ASAT4.372x, ASAT5.224x, ADH1.083x, YMM.340x, OOL.B063 | BRL_ATBH#74x, GWB#053x, GWB#075x, COC#1651x, COC#1652x, ADJ.057x, GPB.171x, GPB.377x, WOB.106x, BLO_PT#176, HURQ.BH52, JHT_S#092x | Affirms the ceaselessness of divine grace and guidance, which brings forth fruit provided the seed i … | chastisement and requital; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; praise and encouragement; proclamation to people of the Bayan; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | ROB2.245 et al, MMAH.193, GSH.173, LL#201 | ||
| BH00051 | 5760 | Translation List | شهد الخادم بما شهد الله و اعترف بما اعترف به القلم الاعلی قبل خلق الاشیاء انه | The servant beareth witness unto that which God Himself hath witnessed, and acknowledgeth that which the Most Exalted Pen hath acknowledged ere the creation of all things, that verily He [3.5s]... ...And now concerning thy question about the Manifestations of God. Know thou that, even in the wombs of their mothers, the Manifestations possessed stations | INBA19:318, INBA32:277 | BRL_DA#174, AVK2.036.10x, AVK2.059.14x, AVK2.250.15x, MAS1.019x, MAS4.150ax, MAS4.166bx, ASAT4.315x, ASAT5.296x, NSS.087-088x | ADMS#043x, ADMS#199n79x | chastisement and requital; dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; firmness in the Covenant; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; praise and encouragement; preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; prophecy and fulfillment; rejection, opposition and persecution; teaching the Cause; call to teach; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | LL#259, LL#391 | ||||
| BH00054 | 5690 | الحمد لله الذی اظهر الوجه بعد فناء الاشیاء و هز ملکوت الاسماء باهتزاز قلمه | Praise be to God Who hath manifested His Countenance after the extinction of all things, and hath stirred up the Kingdom of Names through the movement of His Pen [3.5s] | INBA07:137, INBA22:210, BLIB_Or15717.137, , NLAI_BH4.326-364 | ASAT3.193x | rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| BH00055 | 5690 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | یا جوان روحانی علیک بهاء الله الابدی نامه شما در ساحت عز احدیه بشرف اصغاء | O spiritual youth! Upon thee be the eternal Glory of God! Thy letter hath attained unto the presence of His Sacred and Most Exalted Court and hath been graciously heard [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! Do Thou adorn Thy servants with the vesture of understanding,and ordain for them such as shall bring them ever nearer to Thy horizon | INBA44:018, NLAI_BH1.144x | ADM3#137 p.155x, AVK3.204.09x, AVK3.498.07x, MAS4.048x, ASAT2.116x, ASAT3.011x, ASAT3.239x, ASAT4.143x, ASAT4.144x, ASAT4.187x, ASAT4.431x, ASAT4.445x, ASAT4.505x, ASAT5.050x, ASAT5.083x, TISH.024x, FRH.069-071x, FRH.352-353x | BRL_IOPF#1.08x, JHT_S#066x | call to action; chastisement and requital; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| BH00056 | 5660 | الله لا اله الا هو الذی ینطق فیکل شیء انه لا اله الا هو له العزه و الجلال | God, no God is there but Him, Who speaketh in all things. Verily, there is none other God but Him. His is the glory and the majesty [3.5s]... ...Soon will the cry, 'Yea, yea, here am I, here am I' be heard from every land. For there hath never been, nor can there ever be, any other refuge to fly to for anyone | INBA27:147 | BRL_DA#085, TZH4.212-213x, MAS4.359bx, RHQM1.214-214 (271x) (162-162x), KHAF.035x, PYK.186 | ADJ.081-082x | consolation and comfort; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; power of prayer; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||
| BH00057 | 5560 | Tablet to Sháh-Muhammad-Amín (Amínu'l-Bayán) (Lawh-i-Amínu'l-Bayán); Social Action; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | حمد مقدس از ذکر و اصغا مالک اسما را لایق و سزاست که از آفتاب آسمان علم عالم | Sanctified praise, transcending all mention and hearing, befitteth the Lord of Names, Who, from the Sun in the heaven of knowledge, illumineth the world [3.5s]... ...Thou hast written that one of the friends hath composed a treatise. This was mentioned in the Holy Presence, and this is what was revealed in response… Whatever is written should not transgress the bounds of tact and wisdom | INBA08:512, NLAI_BH4.373-415 | BRL_DA#224, COMP_DEFENCEP#10x, AVK2.219.04x, MAS1.017x, MAS4.103x, PZHN v4#1 p.142x, KHAF.010x, AADA.035-036x, ASAT1.158x, ASAT1.199x, ASAT1.199x, ASAT2.013x, ASAT5.296x, ASAT5.297x, YIK.022-037, YFY.293-294x | BRL_SOCIAL#239x, COMP_DEFENCE#10x, COC#2212x, LOG#0346x, BLO_PT#190x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; law of fasting; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| BH00058 | Suriy-i-Hajj I (Shiraz) | 5550 | Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb (Suriy-i-Hajj) | تلک آیات الله قد نزلت حینئذ عن قطب البقاء مقام الذی یطوفن فی حوله اهل سرادق | These are the verses of God which have been sent down in this hour from the Focal Point of eternity, that Station round which circle the dwellers of the pavilion [3.5s]... ...O Muhammad, when the fragrances of holiness have drawn thee unto them and turned thee unto the land of the All-Merciful that thou mayest discover the breezes of divine praise | INBA73:005, INBA83:049, BLIB_Or15723.168, , BLIB_Or15737.006, | AQA4#078 p.075, AVK4.120, GHA.039x, GHA.069ax, TSBT.093x, RHQM2.0809-834 (222) (137-151), ASAT2.113x, ASAT4.426x, ASAT5.029x, OOL.B119 | RBB.154-162x, BLO_PT#118x, HURQ.BH53, GEN.371-380 | Prescribes the rite of pilgrimage to the House of the Báb in Shiraz, codified later in the Kitáb-i … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | ROB2.240, BKOG.250, MMAH.152, GSH.082, LL#304 | ||
| BH00060 | Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzaq | 5390 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | مکتوب آنجناب بمنظر اکبر وارد و از قمیص کلماتش نفحات حب مالک اسما و صفات | Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon, and from the garment of its words wafted the sweet-scented fragrance of love for the Lord of Names and Attributes [3.5s]... ...As to thy question concerning the origin of creation. Know assuredly that God’s creation hath existed from eternity, and will continue to exist forever… Thou hast asked Me whether man, as apart from the Prophets of God… | INBA38:144, BLIB_Or15698.044, , BLIB_Or15720.046, , BLIB_Or15740.038, , NLAI_BH3.047, BN_suppl.1754.021-030 | BRL_DA#030, GWBP#078 p.101bx, GWBP#080 p.103x, GWBP#087 p.114x, AVK1.113ax, AVK1.213.04x, AVK1.222.10x, AVK1.272x, AVK2.042.10x, AVK2.073.12x, IQT.044, RSBB.104, MAS4.174ax, ASAT1.013x, ASAT2.019x, ASAT2.103x, ASAT4.317x, ASAT4.296x, ASAT4.530x, ASAT5.270x, ASAT5.355x, OOL.B021 | BRL_ATBH#75x, GWB#078x, GWB#080x, GWB#087x, ROL.016-021x, BSC.228 #453-459x, HURQ.BH57x, HURQ.BH58x | Addresses some misconceptions of the Bábís and answers questions concerning the origin of creation … | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; creation of the world; eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; soul; spirit after death; universal language; Word of God and human limitations | * | - | LL#036, LL#411 | ||
| BH00061 | Suriy-i-Sultan | 5370 | تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق من جبروت البقاء و جعلها الله حجه من عنده و | These are the verses of God, sent down in truth from the dominion of eternity, and God hath made them a testimony from His presence [3.5s] | INBA37:040, BLIB_Or15723.126, | BRL_DA#211, AQA4#082 p.154, AQA4a.261, OOL.B139 | Addresses individually words of praise and encouragement to a number of followers in the town of Sul … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; martyrs and martyrdom; proclamation to people of the Bayan; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | MMAH.170, GSH.193, LL#328 | ||||
| BH00064 | Hurufat-i-'Alin (=Kalimat-i-'Uliya; the Exalted Letters) | 5270 | Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam; Suffering of the Exalted Letters; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف یتحرک القلم و یجری المداد بعد ما انقطعت نسائم | Pure and sanctified art Thou, O my God! How can the pen move and the ink flow after the breezes of loving-kindness have ceased | INBA36:281, BLIB_Or15714.157, | BRL_DA#035, AHM.217, BSHN.054, MHT1a.002, MHT2b.007x, TSBT.242, ASAT3.087x, OOL.B010a, OOL.B010b | BRL_APBH#01x, BLO_PT#015x, BLO_PT#090, HURQ.BH18x, ADMS#163x, JHT_B#005 | A meditation on mortality, death, suffering, and theodicy, in remembrance of a cousin who had recent … | consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | ROB1.122, MMAH.216, GSH.025, LL#019, LL#272 | ||
| BH00066 | Lawh-i-Salman I | 5230 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance; Commentary on a Verse of Rumi; Commentary on a Verse of Rumi; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای سلمان از شهر جان بنسایم قدس رحمن بر اهل اکوان و امکان مرور نما | O Salman! Pass through the realm of being and existence with holy breezes from the City of the Spirit, wafting with the fragrances of the All-Merciful [3.5s]... ...O Salmán! Say: O people! Tread ye in the path of the one true God and ponder the ways and words of Him Who is the Manifestation | INBA35:276, INBA73:118, BLIB_Or15722.001, , NLAI_BH3.110, BN_suppl.1754.047-059 | BRL_DA#735, GWBP#021 p.040x, GWBP#148 p.204x, GWBP#154 p.212x, AVK1.026.05x, AVK2.078.12x, AVK3.303.06x, AVK3.418.16x, MJMM.128, ASAT4.100x, ASAT5.346x, YMM.322x, OOL.B076, AMB#37x | GWB#021x, GWB#148x, GWB#154x, DOR#37x, MNP.036-037x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.076-77x, ADJ.083x, ADJ.084x, GPB.169x, WOB.108x, WIND#128, HURQ.BH55 | Laments the opposition of Mírzá Yaḥyá; contrasts the stations of belief and disbelief; consider … | call to action; chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; development of capacity and readiness; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | ROB2.283, ROB3.089, BLO_PT#023, MMAH.187, GSH.179, LL#232, LL#234 | ||
| 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 | ||
| BH00070 | 5110 | الحمد لله الشکر لاولیائه و الثناء لاصفیائه الذین مابدلوا نعمته و قاموا علی خدمته و انفقوا | Praise be unto God! Thanks be unto His loved ones, and glory unto His chosen ones who have not altered His bounty, who have arisen to serve Him, and who have given freely [3.5s] | INBA15:110, INBA26:111, UMich962.156x | BRL_DA#573, AVK1.277x, AVK1.283x, AVK1.297.07x, AVK1.123.02x, GHA.321.10x, MAS4.018bx, MAS4.020x, MAS4.100bx, MAS8.189ax, AKHA_125BE #05 p.ax, AKHA_131BE #06 p.ax, MSBH3.151x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; call to action; love and unity; praise and encouragement; proclamation to the people of the world; rejection by the people of the Bayan; soul; spirit after death; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| BH00071 | Suriy-i-Hajj II (Baghdad) | 5070 | Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh (Suriy-i-Hajj) | فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و ینزل بامره کیف یشاء لا اله الا هو العزیز | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and doth send down through His command whatsoever He willeth. There is no God but Him, the Mighty [3.5s]... ...I beg Thy forgiveness, O Lord, with the entirety of my being—my tongue, my heart, my breath, my soul, my spirit, my body... It is incumbent on whomsoever desireth to turn to the most holy direction, to come into the presence of God, the Mighty, the Knowing, to hearken unto the call of God | INBA37:066, INBA66:012, BLIB_Or15723.194, , BLIB_Or15737.033, | BRL_DA#166, AQA4#084 p.192, ADM2#107 p.193x, AVK4.109, GHA.070x, DRD.009x, TSBT.077x, ASAT1.094x, ASAT2.109x, ASAT4.022x, ADH1.082x, OOL.B120 | RBB.163-168x, BLO_PT#117x, HURQ.BH54, JHT_S#193x | Prescribes the rite of pilgrimage to the House of Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdad, codified later in th … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; inability of the Manifestation; Prophet to comprehend God; law of pilgrimage; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for forgiveness; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach | * | - | ROB2.240, MMAH.152, GSH.083, LL#305 | ||
| BH00072 | 5020 | Huqúqu'lláh; Translation List | الحمد لله الذی نطق بکلمه فی العالم و اختلفت الاحزاب فی معناها منهم من عرف | Praise be to God Who hath uttered a word in the world, and the peoples differed as to its meaning. Among them were those who recognized [3.5s]... ...O Zayn! Such souls as comply with the injunction of God prescribed in the Book are regarded as most excellent in the same estimation of God… O Thou Who art the Lord of all names! I beseech Thee by Thy Name which overshadoweth all things | INBA45:182, BLIB_Or15717.001, | BRL_HUQUQP#007x, ADM2#115 p.204x, AYI2.160x, MSBH5.454ax, YIA.191x | BRL_HUQUQ#007x, COC#1103x, ADMS#116 | E. Tarani | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | ||||
| BH00074 | 4990 | Huqúqu'lláh; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The Institution of the; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | الحمد لله الذی تجلی باثر قلمه الاعلی علی من فی ملکوت الانشاء اذا نطق کل کلیل | Praised be God Who hath manifested through the influence of His Most Exalted Pen unto all who dwell in the kingdom of creation, whereupon every weary one hath spoken [3.5s]... ...Let not the happenings of the world sadden you. I swear by God! The sea of joy yearneth… Blessed is the spot, and the house… Regarding what ye had written as to the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár’s having been established… It is the binding command of God that in every locality whatever hath been or will be made available for the Ḥuqúqu’lláh should be submitted to His Holy Presence | INBA07:220, INBA27:340, INBA22:114, BLIB_Or15717.148, , NLAI_BH4.289-326 | BRL_DA#175, BRL_HUQUQP#104x, COMP_MASHRIQP#04x, AVK3.017.06x, AVK4.147.14x, AVK4.239.11x, AVK4.430x, AVK4.432ax, AVK4.432bx, MAS4.213bx, RSR.103-104x, RSR.135-136x, PYK.060, MYD.468x, YMM.185x | BRL_ATBH#44x, BRL_HUQUQ#104x, BRL_MASHRIQ#04x, COC#0818x, COC#1152x, ADJ.082x, ADJ.083-084x | D. Deardorff [track 9], J. Heath [track 1], S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, The Humming Birds, L. Slott, K. Kuolga, Fred & Munirih, R. Orona, M. Tokuma, Honiara Baha'i Youth, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, TaliaSafa, Friends in Vancouver, Shirin & Daniel, Jamesley & Leon, Bass Adjustment, S. Sunderland, S. Sunderland, G.H. Miller, L. Robinson, Rowshan [track 9], D. Crofts, Brina, S. Sharma, S. Peyman, M. Weigert, unknown, Arrayanes [track 9], E. Mahony | firmness in the Covenant; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; power of the Manifestation of God; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||
| BH00076 | Suriy-i-Ashab (=Lawh-i-Habib) | 4960 | Surah of the Companions | ح ب اسمع ندآء الله عن جهه العرش بایات مهیمن مقدم عظیم لعل تقلب بکلک الی | H.B. Give ear unto the divine summons from the precincts of the Throne, as We recite to thee the verses of God | INBA83:027b, BLIB_Or15723.031b, | AQA4#072b p.001, AQA4a.205, TZH4.354-360, MAS4.355ax, ASAT3.071x, OOL.B039, OOL.B107 | WOB.108-109x, BLO_PT#094, HURQ.BH32 | Proclamatory work playing a major role in the conversion of the followers of the Báb to the cause o … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of faith; power of the spirit; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | ROB2.065, MMAH.151, GSH.075, LL#095, LL#293 | ||
| BH00078 | 4940 | حمد و ثنای اهل بقا مالک اسماء را لایق و سزاست که ذیل اطهرش از مفتریات اهل | Praise and glorification befit the denizens of eternity unto the Lord of Names, Whose most holy garment remaineth unsullied by the calumnies [3.5s] | INBA44:182 | BRL_DA#001, NSS.204ax | call to action; corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| BH00079 | 4890 | لله درک یا من سمعت ندآء الحق و اقبلت الی الحق و اجبت الحق و شربت الرحیق ... ذکر استاد شهباز | Blessed art thou, O thou who hast hearkened unto the Call of Truth, turned unto Truth, answered Truth's call, and quaffed the choice Wine... mention of Master Shahbaz [3.5s] | INBA65:055bx, INBA30:098bx, BLIB_Or11097#075, , BLIB_Or15722.194x, | AHM.347x, AQMJ1.161bx, TAH.184x, MSBH5.459x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; chastisement and requital; importance of reading the Sacred Writings; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| BH00080 | 4850 | حمد حضرت مقتدری را لایق و سزاست که بنقاط قلم اعلی صفوف اقتدار را بیاراست... یا علی ما کان گذشت و ما یکون از بعد میآید باید این حین | Praise be unto Him Who is worthy and befitting of all glorification, Who hath adorned the ranks of power through the points of the Most Exalted Pen [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O God, O Revealer of incontrovertible proofs, and Lord of all names and attributes! I beseech Thee by the light which hath shone forth | INBA41:381ax, BLIB_Or15717.098, , NLAI_BH1.136x | BRL_DA#562, ADM3#082 p.098x, ADM3#083 p.098x, ADM3#084 p.099x, ADM3#151 p.171x, HDQI.008bx, MAS4.141ax, PYB#042 p.01x, ANDA#04 p.02x | JHT_S#152x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; chastisement and requital; exhortations and counsels; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||
| BH00081 | 4820 | الحمد لله منطق السن البلغاء ببدایع جوامع منابع اذکار الحمد و الثناء و مظهر | Praise be to God, Who hath caused the tongues of the eloquent to speak forth wondrous fountainheads and wellsprings of praise and thanksgiving, and Who is the Manifestor [3.5s] | INBA56:043 | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00082 | Lawh-i-'Andalib | 4810 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | الحمد لله الذی سخر شمس البیان بقدرته و قمر البرهان بسلطانه الذی بامره طوی ما | Praise be to God Who, through His might, hath caused the Sun of Utterance to shine forth and, through His sovereignty, hath made manifest the Moon of Proof, He Who by His command hath rolled up that which [3.5s] | INBA39:001, BLIB_Or15698.002, , BLIB_Or15720.001, , BLIB_Or15740.001, , Majlis934.153-198 | BRL_DA#078, AVK3.070.06x, AVK4.139.10x, AVK4.248.09x, IQT.002, GHA.191x, GHA.270x, ASAT1.073x, ASAT1.128x, ASAT4.288x, ASAT4.340x, NSS.204-205x | BRL_ATBH#22x | call to action; justice and wrath of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ROB4.083, LL#050 | |||
| BH00083 | 4800 | Consultation; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | حمد مقدس از لم یزل و لایزال ساحت قرب قدس حضرت محبوب بیزوالی را لایق و سزاست | Sanctified praise beseemeth the most holy court of the nearness of the Eternal, the Beloved One, Who was and is and ever shall be [3.5s]... ...Say: no man can attain his true station except through his justice. No power can exist except through unity. No welfare and no well-being can be attained except through consultation… In all things it is necessary to consult | INBA27:293 | BRL_DA#086, UAB.051ax, MAS4.213ax, MAS8.059bx, PYK.093, YMM.310x | BRL_ATBH#28x, BRL_CONSULT#02x, BRL_CONSULT#05x, COC#0167x, COC#0170x, LOG#0577x | call to action; chastisement and requital; consultation; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00084 | Suriy-i-Amr | 4760 | سبحان الذی خلق الخلق بأمره و ابدع خلق کلشیء اقرب من ان یحصی ان انتم تعلمون | Glorified be He Who hath created all beings through His command and brought forth the creation of all things in ways beyond reckoning, were ye to comprehend [3.5s] | INBA36:001, INBA71:155, INBA81:108, BLIB_Or07852.093, , BLIB_Or15723.109, , PR19.069b-072bx, PR23.060b-063bx, ROB2.000x | BRL_DA#725, NANU_BH#17x, RSBB.026, RSBB.030, RSBB.033, SFI13.019, ASAT4.303x, ASAT4.326x, YIA.549-553x, OOL.B105 | Major proclamatory work formalizing Bahá’u’lláh’s claim to divine messengership, read aloud … | chastisement and requital; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; proclamation to people of the Bayan; suffering and imprisonment | * | - | ROB2.161, BKOG.230, MMAH.141, GSH.073, LL#291 | ||||
| BH00085 | 4750 | یک تجلی از تجلیات اسم کریم بر ارض پرتو افکند نعمت ظاهر مائده نازل بحر جود | A beam from among the effulgent beams of the Most Generous Name cast its radiance upon the earth; manifest became the bounty and the heavenly feast descended from the ocean of munificence [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! Unto Thee do I repent; Thou art, in truth, the Pardoning, the Munificent… One of the relatives, named Muhammad Hasan, came to this land, and on his return he bore seventy Tablets for the servants of God | INBA39:059, INBA61:026x, BLIB_Or07852.078, , BLIB_Or15724.069b, , MKI4523.085, | BRL_DA#210, ISH.085, ISH.107, IQN.186-188x, ASAT1.277-278x, ASAT5.276x, ADH1.112x, NSS.209ax | LTDT.288x, JHT_S#192 | call to action; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; petitions to authorities; prayers (general or uncategorized); proclamation to people of the Bayan; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | ||||||
| BH00087 | 4720 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | حمد و ثنا و شکر و بها مخصوص ذات امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی است که ظلم ظالمین و | Praise, glory, thanksgiving and splendor be unto that Most Exalted, Most Holy Being, the Lord of Supreme Purpose, Who [3.5s]... ...Of the new Obligatory Prayers that were later revealed, the long Obligatory Prayer should be said at those times when one feeleth himself in a prayerful mood | INBA44:072 | AVK3.035.05x, AVK4.091.03x, GHA.021.09x, GHA.031.10x, GHA.260x, MSHR5.381ax | BRL_IOPF#1.11x | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||
| 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 | ||
| BH00089 | 4700 | حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که حین استوای بر عرش در بستانی که به رضوان نامیده شده | Praise befitteth the Beloved One Who, at the time of His ascendancy upon the throne, dwelt in the garden named Ridván [3.5s] | INBA07:179, INBA15:363bx, INBA18:348ax, INBA26:367bx, INBA22:266, INBA45:001 | BRL_DA#081, AVK3.466.07x, AKHA_111BE #10-12 p.002x, YIA.122-128 | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; love and unity; praise and encouragement; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity; war and peace | - | - | |||||||
| BH00090 | 4690 | حمدا لمن نور العالم بانوار اسمه الاعظم لیعرف الامم ما یقربهم الیه فضلا من | Praise be unto Him Who hath illumined the world through the splendors of His Most Great Name, that all peoples might recognize that which draweth them nigh unto Him through His grace [3.5s]... ...As to what thou hast written concerning the Right of God: The binding injunction of God is set forth in the Book, but this matter is conditional upon the willingness of the individual | INBA28:404, BLIB_Or15727b.326, , BLIB_Or15732.002, | ADM3#078 p.093x, GHA.106ax, GHA.107bx, UAB.022bx, AYI2.164x, AYI2.165x, AYI2.166x, AYI2.167x, AYI2.168x, ABDA.080-081x | COC#1151x, JHT_S#073x | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; exhortations and counsels; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; law of Huququ'llah; power of prayer; praise and encouragement; prayers (general or uncategorized); spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||
| BH00092 | 4660 | یا حبذا نصره الله علم انه هو المقتدر علی ما یشاء بر اعلی مقام عالم نصب فرمود | O how glorious that God hath raised aloft His ensign, for verily He is the Omnipotent over whatsoever He willeth, and hath planted it upon the most exalted station in all the world [3.5s]... ...The Right of God is an obligation upon everyone. This commandment hath been revealed and set down in the Book by the Pen of Glory. However, it is not permissible to solicit or demand it | INBA15:292ax, INBA26:294x, INBA27:179 | HDQI.142x, GHA.106bx, PYK.130 | COC#1136x | call to action; law of Huququ'llah; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | ||||||
| BH00093 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | یا محبوب فوادی و المذکور فی قلبی قد سرتنی نسمات الحب التی سرت من حدائق... اصلّی و اسلّم و اکبّر علی انجم سمآء عرفانک | O Beloved of my heart and Thou Who art remembered in my soul! The breezes of love that wafted from the gardens [3.5s]... ...Thou hast asked about affection and reconciliation, in the case of Mirza .... This matter was mentioned in the Holy Presence. This is what the tongue of our All-Merciful Lord uttered in response… My blessings, my salutations, and my greetings to the Stars of the heaven of Thy proof and the Hands of Thy Cause | INBA08:461, INBA27:364, INBA22:175 | BRL_DA#176, AVK3.010.08x, AYI2.235x, PYK.073, ANDA#74 p.04x, MYD.011-012x | BRL_ATBH#25x, COC#0528x, LOG#1080x, ADMS#137x | growth of the Cause; health and healing; material and spiritual healing; praise and encouragement; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | Several letters were sent to the Khurasan community. | |||||
| BH00094 | 4580 | الحمد لله الذی سخر من فی الانشاء بنغمات قلمه الاعلی و به نفخ فی الصور و | Praise be unto God, Who hath subdued all within creation through the melodies of His Most Exalted Pen, and through it hath caused the Trumpet to be sounded [3.5s] | INBA19:361, INBA32:310, INBA41:156x, BLIB_Or15717.158, | AVK4.429bx, AVK4.429cx | goodly deeds; actions; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; predictions and prophecies; proclamation to people of the Bayan; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| BH00095 | 4510 | Prayers and Meditations | یومی از ایام نشسته بودم در امر الهی متحیر و در آنچه در ارض کاف و را ظاهر شده | One day, as I sat in contemplation, bewildered by the divine Cause and by that which had been made manifest in the land of Káf and Rá [3.5s]... ...My God, Thou Whom I adore and worship, Who art Most Powerful! I testify that no description by any created thing | INBA65:021bx, INBA30:079x, INBA81:015x, BLIB_Or15704.439, , NLAI_BH4.417-449 | BRL_DA#692, PMP#153x, AHM.320x, DWNP_v5#09 p.002x, AQMJ1.142x, ASAT3.017x, ADH1.014x, AKHA_133BE #15 p.469x, AKHA_136BE #08 p.125x | PM#153x | proofs of the Manifestations of God; rejection by the people of the Bayan; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ROB3.044, LL#255 | ||||
| BH00096 | 4440 | الحمد لله الذی جعل البلاء ماء لسدرته العلیا و شجرته القصوی و نورا لعباده | Praise be unto Him Who hath made tribulation as water for His exalted and furthermost Lote-Tree, and as a light for His servants [3.5s] | INBA97:095.07x, BLIB_Or11097#064, , BLIB_Or15717.188, | ASAT1.164x, PYK.202x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; martyrs and martyrdom; rejection, opposition and persecution; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| BH00098 | 4290 | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی بالحق انه لمطلع الایات و مظهر البینات | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come with the truth is verily the Dawning-Place of His signs and the Manifestation of His clear proofs [3.5s] | INBA19:233, INBA32:211 | ADM3#128 p.146x, AVK3.311.07x | exhortations and counsels; praise and encouragement; proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00099 | 4270 | حبذا ید اراده حق جل جلاله مساعد و نجوم از ظلمت سماء سجن فارغ و بازغ و منیر و | How glorious that the Hand of Divine Will, glorified be His majesty, is gracious, and that the stars, freed from the darkness of the prison-sky, shine forth resplendent and luminous [3.5s] | INBA15:379, INBA26:382 | BRL_DA#212, AVK4.230.14x, MYD.393x | chastisement and requital; law of Huququ'llah; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| BH00100 | 4220 | تعالی الرحمن الذی انزل التوریه و الانجیل و الفرقان ثم البیان و اظهر ام الکتاب اذ استوی الله | Exalted be the All-Merciful Who revealed the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur'án, then the Bayán, and hath manifested the Mother Book when God was established upon the throne [3.5s] | INBA42:020, BLIB_Or15718.309, | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; proclamation to people of the Bayan; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00101 | 4200 | حمد حامدین و شکر شاکرین و نعت ناعتین را چگونه میتوان بمقامی نسبت داد که از | How can the praise of them that praise, the gratitude of them that render thanks, and the glorification of them that extol, be ascribed unto a station that [3.5s]... ...I swear by God! That which hath been destined for him who aideth My Cause excelleth the treasures of the earth | INBA18:129 | TABN.215ax | ADJ.084x | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; martyrs and martyrdom; power of prayer; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH00103 | 4110 | حمد و ثنا شکر و سنا مالک ملکوت اسماء را لایق و سزاست که عالم را محض فضل و عطا | Praise and glorification, thanksgiving and exaltation befit the Lord of the Kingdom of Names, Who through His grace and bounty hath created the world [3.5s] | INBA15:050, INBA26:050 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; call to action; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00104 | 4090 | عالم منقلب و متغیر مشاهده میشود صفیر طیور را از ندای مکلم طور و حفیف سدره | The world is witnessed to be in turmoil and transformation, while the warbling of birds mingles with the Call of Him Who conversed upon the Mount and the rustling of the Divine Tree [3.5s] | INBA42:094 | NSS.115-116x, NSS.209-210x | rejection by the people of the Bayan; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00107 | 4060 | حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزا که در اثبات امرش بدونش تمسک نجسته و ذکر | Praise befitteth and is meet unto the Desired One, Who, in establishing His Cause, hath not sought any proof save His Own Self [3.5s] | INBA18:192 | TAH.011ax, TAH.207x | chastisement and requital; corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; petitions to authorities; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; proofs of the Manifestations of God; the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||
| BH00108 | Mathnavi-yi-Mubarak | 4040 | Mathnaviyí-i Mubárak; Mathnaví Mubárak; Mathnaví of the Blessed One | ای حیات العرش خورشید وداد که جهان و امکان چه تو نوری نزاد گر نبودی خلق محجوب | You! Life-force of God's throne, compassion's sun, Time's universe has birthed no light like Yours! From seeing God, creation's eyes are barred | INBA30:131, OSAI I.MMSx, , MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p14, | BRL_DA#272, MSNV, AQA3#070 p.160, DWNP_v4#07 p.038-039x, DWNP_v5#04 p.003x, TZH4.139-141x, HHA.058x, ASAT1.119x, ASAT4.015x, AHB_124BE #01 p.002x, AHB_130BE #03-04 p.130x, OOL.B089 | GPB.099x, BLO_PT#055, BLO_PT#218, HURQ.BH28 | Ahdieh (1), Ahdieh (2), unknown | Ecstatic poem in rhyming couplets, written during the journey to Istanbul and announcing the Day of … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment; symbolism; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | - | ROB2.029, MMAH.233, GSH.071, LL#270 | |
| BH00109 | 4020 | الحمد لله الذی هدانا الی افقه الاعلی و سقانا کوثر بیانه الاحلی و رزقنا لقائه و وصاله و | Praise be to God Who hath guided us to His most exalted horizon, Who hath given us to drink of the sweet Kawthar of His utterance, and Who hath graciously bestowed upon us His presence and reunion [3.5s] | INBA15:033, INBA26:033, BLIB_Or15731.233x, | AVK2.337.08x, AVK4.428bx, QUM.074.05x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; praise and encouragement; proclamation to people of the Bayan; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00111 | Kalimat-i-Firdawsiyyih (Words of Paradise) | 4020 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | یا مشارق العدل و الانصاف و مطالع الصدق و الالطاف ان المظلوم یبکی و یقول ینوح | O ye the embodiments of justice and equity and the manifestations of uprightness and of heavenly bounties! | INBA33:044x, BLIB_Or07851.049b, , BLIB_Or15692.025, , BLIB_Or15716.042.14x, , KB_262:042-062, CMB_F32.048, , OSAI_TC 2v-8r, , MKI4523.112, , BN_suppl.1753.023-037 | ADM2#008 p.022x, AVK1.212.13x, AVK2.075.04x, AVK3.003.16x, AVK3.164.02x, AVK3.225.12x, AVK3.326.11x, AVK4.282bx, ZYN.147, ISH.112, UAB.007x, UAB.032bx, UAB.036cx, UAB.039cx, UAB.042cx, UAB.043ax, UAB.046ax, UAB.046dx, UAB.050cx, UAB.053ax, UAB.054ax, ADH1.056x, TBP#06, TUM.109-115x, OOL.B012 | TB#06, LOG#0479x, LOG#0785x, ADJ.027-028x, GPB.217x2x, GPB.218x, GPB.219x, PDC.136x, PDC.151x, WOB.023x, WOB.149x, WOB.153x, SW_v01#04 p.021x, SW_v03#01 p.005x, SW_v03#02 p.007x, SW_v09#07 p.081x, SW_v11#18 p.297x, DWN_v3#01 p.009-010x, DWN_v5#04 p.002-003x, DWN_v5#05 p.002-003x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.146 #100-124x, BSC#144-146x, BSC#151-154x | D. E. Walker, Chicago Baha'i Community, C. Oja | Proclaims eleven ‘leaves of paradise’: the fear of God, the importance of religion, the golden r … | contention and conflict; education of children; moral education; monasticism; asceticism; rejection, opposition and persecution; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | * | ROB4.214 et al, BKOG.382, MMAH.161, GSH.161, LL#024 | |
| BH00112 | Suriy-i-Asma' (=Lawh-i-Ibn?) | 3990 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Tablet of the Son (Jesus) | رایحه احزان جمال رحمن را احاطه نموده و ابواب فرح و بهجت از ظلم اهل طغیان من | The fragrance of sorrows hath encompassed the Beauty of the All-Merciful, and the gates of joy and delight have been shut fast through the tyranny of the people of rebellion [3.5s]... ...Know thou that when the Son of Man yielded up His breath to God, the whole creation wept with a great weeping. | INBA38:177, INBA18:468, INBA35:177b, BLIB_Or15698.078, , BLIB_Or15720.080, , BLIB_Or15740.064, , Majlis934.330-368, BN_suppl.1754.131-139 | BRL_DA#031, GWBP#036 p.062ax, AVK2.037.04x, AVK2.098.11x, AVK2.176.05x, IQT.078, NFQ.003x, MAS4.165bx, MAS7.130x, ASAT1.051x, ASAT1.127x, ASAT2.088x, ASAT2.129x, ASAT4.531x, ASAT5.293x, AHB_109BE #08 p.002x, OOL.B108 | GWB#036x, ROL.021-045x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.081x, PDC.004x2x, PDC.179-181x, WOB.185-186x, BLO_PT#139, HURQ.BH45 | Responds to objections to His claims raised by some Bábís, implores them not to be shut out from t … | exhortations and counsels; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; rejection by the people of the Bayan; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | LL#294, LL#380 | ||
| BH00113 | Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Persian) | 3970 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Hidden Words; Bahá'í Sacred Writings; Hidden Words | ای صاحبان هوش و گوش اول سروش دوست این است ای بلبل معنوی جز در گلبن معانی جای | O ye people that have minds to know and ears to hear! The first call of the Beloved is this | INBA65:115, INBA36:383, INBA30:014, BLIB_Or15714.131c, , CMB_F33.001, , NLI.32p048v, BLIB_Or.08117, BLIB_Or.08685, CUL.X893.7.B111, Majlis210461.030-045, BN_suppl.1974.001 | BRL_HWP, GWBP#042 p066ax, GWBP#104 p.136bx, ZYN.001, AHM.421, MJMM.373, BSHN.017x, MHT2b.036x, UAB.047dx, UAB.048ax, UAB.048bx, UAB.069ax, UAB.069bx, TZH4.223-224, NFF4.017, OOL.B013b | HWPE, GWB#042x, GWB#104x, LOG#0835x, ADJ.081x, BADM.155-156x, PDC.007x, PDC.148x, PDC.149x, WOB.059-060x, WOB.116x, WOB.201x, SW_v03#02 p.005x, SW_v05#10 p.150-151x, SW_v14#11 p.321x, BLO_PT#061 | S. Toloui-Wallace (#1), S. Taefi (#1) [track 1], R. Johnston-Garvin (#1) [track 7], Baha'i Youth of Japan (#2), S. Taefi (#2) [track 2], L. Dely & M. Congo (#2), S. Toloui-Wallace (#3), K. Key (#3), A. Bridges (#3), L. Slott (#3), Rowshan (#3), SKY (#3), E. Mahony (#3), L. Dely (#3), S. Engle and J. White (#3), Delia Olam (#3), B. Vahdat (#3), Sanale & Xolani (#3), Nora, Sasha & Ann-Sofie (#3), NKAK (#3), Zannetta (#3) [track 10], A.E. Rahbin (#3), B. Silvestre (#3), R. Bennett (#3), S. Kouchekzadeh (#3), L. Dube (#3) [track 6], D. Hunt (#4), A. Youssefi (#4), Bass Adjustment (#4), S. Taefi (#4) [track 4], G.H. Miller (#4), Rowshan (#4) [track 6], Nabil and Karim (#4), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#4), N. Ma'ani (#4), A. Stephen (#4), A. Wood (#4), G. Besungu (#4), Ahdieh (#4), S. Parak (#4), A. Youssefi (#7), G.H. Miller (#7), S. Zahrai (#7), A.E. Rahbin (#7), B. Khademi (#7), G. and M. Smith (#7), S. Zein (#7), The Badasht Project (#8), A. Wensbo (#8), A. Bryan (#8), G.H. Miller (#9), A. Toufighian & A. Youssefi (#9), A. Wensbo (#10), L. Dube (#10) [track 18], S. Taefi (#10) [track 5], G.H. Miller (#11), S. Taefi (#11) [track 7], Naim, Miad & Justus (#11), Z. Rolle (#11), A. Bryan (#12), E. Mahony (#12), J. Sweeting & M. Weigert (#12), Chicago Baha'i Community (#12), MANA (#12), Meredith & Arman (#12), J. Cooper (#12), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#13), G.H. Miller (#13), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#14), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#14), MANA (#14), S. Esmaeili (#14), S. Peyman (#14), J. Cooper (#14), Rowshan (#16), A.E. Rahbin (#16), G.H. Miller (#16), L. Dely & M. Congo (#16), G.H. Miller (#18), O. Master (#19), S. Taefi (#20) [track 10], G.H. Miller (#21), Anis & Friends (#21), T. Ellis (#21), S. Taefi (#21) [track 8], R. Johnston-Garvin (#21) [track 6], E. Mahony (#21), N. Ma'ani (#22), D. Stevenson (#26), M. Kerr (#26), A.E. Rahbin (#26), J. Marks and S. Engle (#26), Chicago Baha'i Community (#26), Ashwin & Arhwin (#26), Temple of Light (#29), L. Dube (#30) [track 11], G.H. Miller (#31), TaliaSafa (#31), E. Mahony (#31), Turning Point (#31), S. Taefi (#31) [track 3], A. & M. Zemke (#31) [track 5], N. Ma'ani (#31), G.H. Miller (#32), TaliaSafa (#32), A. Wensbo (#32), MANA (#32), S. Trick (#32), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#33), A. Youssefi (#33), L. Dube (#34) [track 4], Carmel, Roya & Maryam (#35), A.E. Rahbin (#36), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#38), S. Toloui-Wallace (#38), F. Lionheart (#38), J. Cooper (#38), Seaon, Sasha & Sam (#38), S. Taefi (#38) [track 6], S. Bayan & S. Suggs (#38), L. Dely (#38), N. Hamilton (#38), B. Khademi (#39), A.E. Rahbin (#39), S. Toloui-Wallace (#40), Rasmus & Ann-Sofie (#40), Voices of Baha 2010 (#40), T. Ellis (#40), A Family Affair (#40), A. Youssefi (#40), The Badasht Project (#40), Refuge (#40), R. Peterson (#40) [track 8], Nabil and Karim (#40), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#40), J. Cooper (#40), S. Parak (#40), A. Youssefi (#40), N. Hamilton (#40), Kiskadee (#40), L. Dely (#40), Rasmus & Ann-Sofie (#40), L. Dely & M. Congo (#42), J. Cooper (#42), L. Dely & M. Congo (#44) [track 9], D. E. Walker (#44), S. Cleasby (#44), MANA (#44), M. Sparrow (#45), L. Dube (#63) [track 13], G.H. Miller (#64), G.H. Miller (#70), Bosch Bluegrass Band (#72), Arrayanes (#72) [track 8], A. Youssefi (#73), Friends from Mongolia (#73), N. D. Huening (#76), C. & L. Heggie (#80), K. Key (#80) | The Persian portion of His foremost ethical work, consisting of 82 aphorisms spoken in the voice of … | begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; goodly deeds; actions; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; justice and wrath of God; love of God; pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; primordial Covenant; the day of alast; status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; transcendence; unknowability of God; useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; words vs deeds | * | * | ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025 | |
| BH00115 | Qasidiy-i-'Izz-i-Varqa'iyyih (Ode of the Dove) | 3950 | Ode of the Dove; Baha'u'llah's Notes to His "Ode of the Dove"; Bahá'u'lláh's "Ode of the Dove" | اجذبتنی بوارق انوار طلعه لفروغها کل الشموس تخفت کان بروق الشمس من نور حسنها | A face flashing with light drew me to her; all the suns dimmed before her radiance | INBA36:419, INBA66:175x | BRL_DA#803, AQA3#071 p.196, TZH4.148x, MAS4.197, MAS8.039ax, RHQM2.0878-887 (299) (184-191), OOL.B092 | GPB.118x, BLO_PT#017x, BLO_PT#059, JBS#29.3.43, HURQ.BH04 | A lengthy poem composed in the style of a poem by Ibn-i-Fáriḍ, glorifying the spirit that had vis … | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | - | ROB1.062, ROB1.084, BKOG.118, BKOG.415, EBTB.098, MMAH.087, GSH.010, LL#274 | ||
| BH00116 | 3940 | حمد مقدس از لفظ و معنی ساحت امنع اقدس مالک وری را لایق و سزاست که در ایامیکه | Sanctified praise, transcending both utterance and meaning, befitteth the Most Holy and Most Exalted Court of the Lord of all mankind, Who in these days [3.5s]... ...Well is it with those who have met their obligations in respect of the Right of God and observed that which is prescribed in the Book ... This payment of Huquq is conclusively established | INBA27:320 | PYK.119 | COC#1126x | firmness in the Covenant; rejection by the people of the Bayan; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||
| BH00117 | 3920 | سبحانک یا اله الاسماء و فاطر السماء تری کیف احاط البلاء عبادک الذین نبذوا | Glorified art Thou, O God of Names and Creator of Heaven! Thou beholdest how tribulation hath encompassed Thy servants who have cast aside [3.5s] | INBA97:030x, BLIB_Or11097#035, , BLIB_Or15719.094ax, , BLIB_Or15722.170x, | ADM2#097 p.179x, NNY.181-182x, MAS8.144ax, ASAT4.311x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; personal instructions; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| BH00119 | 3870 | حمد مقدس عن کل ما عند الخادم مولائی را لایق و سزاست که فرات رحمتش را از قلم | Sanctified praise, transcending all that the servant possesseth, beseemeth my Lord, Who hath caused the river of His mercy to flow from the Pen [3.5s] | INBA08:423 | praise and encouragement; proclamation to people of the Bayan; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00120 | 3870 | Trustworthiness | شهادت حق جل جلاله از برای نفسش کافیست قال و قوله الحق انه لایوصف بوصف دونه و | He, glorified be His majesty, doth Himself suffice as a witness unto His Own Being. His Word is the Truth: verily, He cannot be described by any attributes save His Own [3.5s]... ...O My loved ones! We charge you to conduct yourselves with trustworthiness and rectitude, that through you the attributes of your Lord may be manifested to His servants | INBA15:132, INBA26:133 | COMP_TRUSTP#31x | BRL_TRUST#30x, COC#2042x | corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; praise of Western values; culture; prophecy and fulfillment; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00123 | 3840 | Consultation; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | حمد مقدس از لسان و بیان ساحت اقدس حضرت لم یلد و لم یولدی را سزاست | A praise sanctified beyond speech and utterance befitteth the most sacred court of Him Who begetteth not nor was begotten [3.5s]... ...Consultation bestoweth greater awareness and transmuteth conjecture into certitude. It is a shining light which, in a dark world, leadeth the way and guideth | INBA08:560, BLIB_Or15696.091e, | BRL_DA#271, MAS8.018bx, MAS8.060x, MUH3.255bx | BRL_CONSULT#03x, COC#0168x | consultation; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; power of faith; power of the spirit; praise and encouragement; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||
| BH00124 | 3830 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | اشکو بثی و حزنی الی الله مالک الانام قد انقلبت الامور و اضطربت البلدان و ضعف | I pour out my grief and sorrow unto God, Lord of all mankind. Affairs have been overturned, lands thrown into turmoil, and weakened hath become [3.5s]... ...Moderation is indeed highly desirable. Every person who in some degree turneth towards the truth can himself later comprehend most of what he seeketh | INBA27:257, BLIB_Or15704.183, , Majlis210461.116-117x | AYI2.037x, PYK.104, MSHR2.101x, MMUH#14x | BRL_ATBH#26x, BRL_ATBH#48x, COC#1900x | eulogies; reminiscences; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| BH00125 | 3820 | الحمد لله الذی فتح باب الظهور بمفتاح اسمه الاعز الاقدس الابهی و دعا الکل | Praise be to God Who hath opened the gate of Manifestation with the key of His Most Mighty, Most Holy, Most Glorious Name, and hath summoned all [3.5s] | INBA28:447, BLIB_Or15727a.064, , BLIB_Or15732.058, | AVK3.371-372x, AYI2.030x, AYI2.222x, AYI2.223x, AYI2.224x, AYI2.225x, AYI2.226x, ABDA.077-080x, ABDA.330x, MSHR2.066x, YIA.169x, YMM.304x | love of God; prophecy and fulfillment; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| BH00128 | 3800 | Fire and Light | الحمد لله الذی ظهر بالحکمه و اظهر امره بالحکمه و امر الکل بالحکمه و جعل | Praise be to God Who hath manifested Himself through wisdom, and revealed His Cause through wisdom, and commanded all through wisdom, and ordained [3.5s]... ...Nothing hath ever happened nor will happen without a cause or effect. Reflect a while and consider | INBA97:139x, BLIB_Or15732.103, | BRL_DA#781, ADM3#144x p.163, AVK3.015.16x, NANU_BH#06x, NNY.191-192x, ASAT4.034x, ASAT4.230x, TABN.027x, TABN.279x | BRL_FIRE_BH#04x | call to action; contention and conflict; martyrs and martyrdom; nationalism; love of country; the power of words; of speech; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||
| BH00130 | Lawh-i-Ahbab | 3770 | Translation List | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی اذا سمع الندا من شطر ربه الابهی قال بلی یا اله من | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who, when he heard the Call from the direction of his Most Glorious Lord, responded "Yea, verily, O my God!" [3.5s]... ...O Pen of Revelation! Call thou to mind the Baptizer. Say: The Day of baptism hath come. Blessed is the one who hath baptized himself with the baptism of God | INBA34:069, BLIB_Or11095#001, | AQA1#002, AVK4.476ax, MAS4.159x, ASAT3.071x, BCH.032x, PYK.031x, OOL.B022 | ADMS#244, BTO#02x | Addresses various followers with words of advice and encouragement, calling them to be united, to be … | call to action; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to people of the Bayan; station of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | - | ROB3.258, GSH.187, LL#038 | ||
| BH00131 | 3760 | شکر خدا و ثنایش در رتبه اولی مخصوص جمالش و در رتبه ثانی اولیائش را که در مثل | Praise and thanksgiving belong, in the first degree, unto His Beauty and, in the second degree, unto His chosen ones who, in similitude [3.5s] | INBA15:394, INBA26:398 | chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; the power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00132 | Commentary on the Dala'il-i-Sab'ih of the Bab | 3750 | قد فتح ختم رحیق المختوم باسمی القیوم طوبی لقوم یعرفون انه لکوثر الرحمن ...قوله جل و عز از جمله ادلاء متقنه علم کل شیء است | The seal of the Choice Wine hath been broken through My Name, the Self-Subsisting. Blessed are they that recognize it as the Kawthar of the All-Merciful... His Word - exalted and glorious be He - is among the most perfect proofs of the knowledge of all things [3.5s] | INBA33:001x, BLIB_Or11095#033x, , BLIB_Or11096#011x, , BLIB_Or15722.107x, , NLAI_BH3.222x, BN_suppl.1754.037-042x | GHA.042x, ASAT5.276x | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); prophecy and fulfillment; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | DB.304-305, SRC.089, LL#178 | |||||
| BH00133 | 3730 | Prayer for Illumination | اگر نفس ثابت راسخ مطمئن مستقیمی یافت شود و لوجه الله و حبه و رضائه بمثابه علم | If there be found a soul steadfast, firm, assured and upright, which, for the love of God and His good-pleasure, standeth even as a banner [3.5s]... ...Praise be unto Thee, O my God! I render Thee thanks for having rescued me from the abyss of self and passion, led me unto Thy straight path and Thy most great announcement | INBA15:219, INBA26:220, INBA30:112ax | AHM.065x, NSR_1993.021x, ABDA.331-343, ADH1.100x, AKHA_131BE #07 p.ax | GPB.190x, BLO_PT#067x, JHT_S#105x | chastisement and requital; consolation and comfort; exhortations and counsels; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; firmness in the Covenant; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| BH00134 | Madinatu't-Tawhid (the City of Unity) | 3720 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | تلک آیات الکتاب فصلت آیاته بدعیا غیر ذی عوج علی آیات الله و هدی و نوری | These are the verses of the Book, whose signs have been set forth with wondrous originality, free from all crookedness, dwelling upon the signs of God, and serving as guidance and light [3.5s]... ...Beware, O believers in the Unity of God, lest ye be tempted to make any distinction between any of the Manifestations of His Cause | INBA36:199, BLIB_Or07852.046, , NLAI_BH3.074, PR03.251b13-254a15, PR19.017a-025b | BRL_DA#283, GWBP#024 p.046x, TZH4.225-227, MAS4.313, ASAT5.286x, MMUH#13x, MSBH5.443-444x, OOL.B088 | GWB#024x, GPB.003x, PDC.011x, PDC.111x, HURQ.BH15, JHT_B#009 | A theological discussion of the concept of divine unity from various perspectives: the unity of the … | absolute freedom; independence of God; essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | ROB1.109, MMAH.180, GSH.022, LL#151 | ||
| BH00136 | 3680 | الحمد لله الذی فتح باب العرفان بمفتاح البیان و انزل من سماء البرهان امطار | Praise be to God Who hath opened wide the portals of divine knowledge through the key of utterance, and hath caused to rain down from the heaven of proof the showers [3.5s]... ...upset the equilibrium of the world and revolutionized its ordered life | INBA19:148, INBA32:136, INBA41:386x | ADM3#121 p.140x, ADM3#122 p.140x, TSAY.467x | ADJ.004x2x, ADJ.047x | call to action; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; personal instructions; praise and encouragement; proclamation to people of the Bayan; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||
| BH00139 | 3670 | سبحان اللّه مقام آذان به درجهئی مرتفع گشته که از وصف و ذکر خارج است ... یا خلیل اسمع ندآء الجلیل انه یذکرک فی السجن کما ذکرک من قبل و انزل لک | Glorified be God! The station of the ears hath been exalted to such heights as transcendeth description and mention... O Khalil! Hearken unto the call of the All-Glorious. Verily, He remembereth thee in the prison even as He remembered thee aforetime, and hath revealed unto thee [3.5s] | INBA44:062 | FRH.044-047x, FRH.182-183x | call to action; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| BH00141 | 3650 | روح حمد و جوهر آن ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت محبوبی را سزاست که از معین قلم | The spirit of praise and its essence befitteth the most hallowed and exalted sanctuary of the Best-Beloved One, Who from the wellspring of the Pen [3.5s] | INBA08:358, BLIB_Or15727a.111, , BLIB_Or15732.046, , NLAI_BH4.263-287 | chastisement and requital; consolation and comfort; praise and encouragement; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | SHHB.157, LL#054 | |||||||
| BH00142 | 3600 | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذین ظلموا اولئک عباد تاخذهم نفحات العذاب من | God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. And they that have wronged - these are servants whom the breezes of chastisement shall overtake [3.5s] | INBA41:253x, BLIB_Or15701.100, | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; chastisement and requital; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transcendence; unknowability of God; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00144 | Suriy-i-Bayan | 3580 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ذکر اسم ربک عبده اذ دخل بقعه الفردوس مقر الذی استشرقت علیه انوار الوجه عن مشرق | The remembrance of the name of thy Lord by His servant, when he entered the Garden of Paradise, the seat whereupon shone forth the lights of the Face from the Dayspring [3.5s]... ...Say: Doth it beseem a man while claiming to be a follower of his Lord, the All-Merciful, he should yet in his heart do the very deeds of the Evil One? | INBA37:007, INBA83:203, BLIB_Or15702.254, , BLIB_Or15723.228, , BLIB_Or15737.069, , NLAI_BH2.280, Berlin1237#10, ALIB.folder18p001-018, Majlis934.115.09-125.01x | BRL_DA#736, GWBP#128 p.176x, GWBP#129 p.179x, GWBP#145 p.202ax, AQA4#080 p.108, AQA4a.392, AVK3.095.13x, AVK3.147.08x, AVK3.260.06x, GHA.428x, ASAT2.106x, PYK.032x, YFY.060x, OOL.B109 | GWB#128x, GWB#129x, GWB#145x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.034x, TDH#037.1x, GPB.170x, GPB.376-377x, GPB.404x, MBW.038x, BSTW#037x, HURQ.BH39 | D. E. Walker, MANA (1), MANA (2), C. Signori | Charges the recipient to teach the Cause of God in a state of detachment from the world and enkindle … | assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; exhortations and counsels; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach | * | - | ROB2.397, GSH.198, LL#295 | |
| BH00149 | 3510 | یا حبذا نامه رسید و عرف محبت محبوب عالمیان از او متضوع هر حرفش دفتری بود و هر | O how excellent! The letter arrived, perfumed with the fragrance of love for the Beloved of all worlds. Each letter thereof was as a volume, and every [3.5s] | INBA15:409, INBA26:412 | AYI2.233x, AYI2.350x | praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ROB4.300, LL#192 | ||||||
| BH00150 | 3480 | حمد حضرت مقتدری را لایق و سزاست که از قلم اعلی کوثر بقا جاری نمود و عالم ملک | Praise be unto Him, the Almighty One, Who hath caused to flow from the Most Exalted Pen the Kawthar of everlasting life, and the realm of existence [3.5s]... ...O Pen! Make mention of the one named Mihdí, that he may rejoice and be of the thankful. O Mihdí! Hearken thou to the Voice which is lifted up from the Crimson Tree | INBA41:034 | HDQI.159x | BLO_PT#215x | call to action; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; station of the Manifestation of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||
| BH00151 | Lawh-i-Qina' | 3480 | Translation List; Tablet of the Veil (Lawh-i-Qina') | یکی از احبای الهی مکتوبی بیکی از علمای معروف نوشته و در آن مکتوب سوالات چندی | One of the loved ones of God wrote a letter to Ḥájí Muḥammad Karím Khán, in which he posed a number of questions...For twelve years We tarried in Baghdád. Much as We desired that a large gathering of divines and fair-minded men be convened | INBA38:165, INBA35:007, INBA90:044, BLIB_Or15698.190, , BLIB_Or15720.188, , BLIB_Or15740.144, , NLAI_BH2.320, NLAI_BH3.167, Majlis934.199-229, BN_suppl.1754.124-131 | BRL_DA#719, AVK1.307.08x, AVK2.101.18x, AVK2.108.15x, AVK2.273.08x, AVK3.103.10x, AVK3.396.06x, IQT.190, MJMM.067, ASAT2.012x, ASAT3.279x, ASAT4.519x, ASAT4.520x, ASAT4.204x, ASAT5.174x, ASAT5.239x, TUM.050-051x, NSS.089-090x, NSS.190-199, OOL.B067 | BKOG.148x, PDC.139x, HURQ.BH63x, ADMS#199 | Sharply rebuts accusations, made by the leader of the Shaykhí school, of grammatical discrepancies … | corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; humility; meekness; lowliness; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; rejection, opposition and persecution; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Word of God is its own standard | * | - | ROB1.334, MMAH.137, GSH.176, LL#212 | ||
| BH00154 | 3430 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Translation List; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الباقی الذی به استبقت مظاهر امرک و باسمک | Praised be to Thee, O God, my God! I beg of Thee, by Thy name the Enduring One by which the Manifestations of Thy Cause… This is, O my God, the first of the days on which Thou hast bidden Thy loved ones observe the Fast | INBA38:287, INBA48:001, INBA33:091x, INBA49:151, INBA92:263, BLIB_Or15739.001, | AVK1.105.16x, TSBT.037x, NFF5.010, ASAT3.262x, ASAT4.162x, ASAT4.297x, ASAT5.169x, ASAT5.349x, ASAT5.364x, OOL.B090.06x, OOL.B090.09x | BRL_IOPF#3.01x, BPRY.259x, ADMS#047 | unknown | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love of God; prayer for fasting; prayers (general or uncategorized); steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#271, LL#466, LL#471 | |||
| BH00155 | Suriy-i-Ahzan | 3410 | Surah of Sorrows (Suriy-i-Ahzán); Days of Remembrance | ان یا سیاح الاحدیه سبح فی قلزم الکبریاء الذی ظهر باسمی الابهی و جرت علیه سفن | O thou who art the pilgrim of Divine Oneness! Swim thou in the ocean of grandeur which hath been manifested through My Most Glorious Name, whereon sail the barques [3.5s]... ...Would that thou wert standing at this moment before the Throne and couldst hear how the melodies of eternity | INBA37:085, BLIB_Or15694.494, , BLIB_Or15723.212, , BLIB_Or15737.052, , NLAI_BH2.125, NLAI_BH2.265, ALIB.folder18p034-047 | BRL_DA#733, AQA4#086 p.221, AQA4a.075, ASAT5.351x, OOL.B103, AMB#39x | DOR#39x, LTDT.080x, BLO_PT#092 | Expatiates on the sorrows experienced by Bahá’u’lláh and the Báb, taking in part the form of … | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; suffering and imprisonment; symbolism; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | ROB2.397, MMAH.155, GSH.114, LL#289 | ||
| BH00157 | 3400 | حمد و ذکر و شکر و ثنا اولیای مقصود یکتا را لایق و سزاست که بحبل وفا تمسک | Praise and remembrance, thanksgiving and glorification, befit and are worthy of the loved ones of the one true Object of Desire, who have held fast to the cord of faithfulness [3.5s] | INBA15:014, INBA26:014 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; humility; meekness; lowliness; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00159 | 3380 | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو قد اظهر امره بین العباد بسلطان مامنعه الاعراض... این یوم را شبه و مثل نبوده و نیست چه که جمال قدم بر عرش اعظم مستوی جذب ظهور | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He hath manifested His Cause amidst His servants with a sovereignty that no opposition can withhold. Peerless and incomparable is this Day, for the Ancient Beauty is established upon the Most Great Throne, drawing forth through His Revelation [3.5s]... ...Gracious God! The people of God suffered themselves to be killed rather than kill. During the events that came to pass, they were the embodiments of utter meekness | INBA27:234 | BRL_DA#762, HDQI.138x, MAS8.074bx, PYK.174 | BRL_ATBH#63x | call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; humility; meekness; lowliness; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||
| BH00160 | 3310 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تسمع حنینی کحنین الثکلی و طرفی الی الافق الاعلی تری و | Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou hearest how I weep with a weeping like that of a mother bereaved of her child...So grievous hath been My weeping that I have been prevented from making mention of Thee and singing Thy praises | INBA48:019, INBA49:238, INBA92:223b, BLIB_Or15739.051, | AVK2.025.14x, AVK2.300.17x, AVK2.359.03x, AVK3.016.08x, AHM.002, AYT.435x, ASAT1.136x, ASAT2.103x, ASAT5.349x | GPB.118x, JHT_B#019 | call to action; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; prayer for martyrs; prayer for protection; rejection, opposition and persecution; servitude; submission to God; repentance; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| BH00162 | 3290 | حمد مولی الوری را لایق و سزاست که بکلمه علیا اهل ناسوت انشا را بافق اعلی دعوت | Praise befitteth the Lord of all beings, Who through His exalted Word hath summoned the dwellers of the earthly realm unto the highest horizon [3.5s] | INBA18:223 | AYI2.340x, AHT.003 | call to action; praise and encouragement; proclamation to people of the Bayan; rejection by the people of the Bayan; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00163 | 3280 | الحمد لله الذی سخر العالم باسمه الاعظم و انه اذ استوی علی التراب انه لهو العرش | Praise be unto God Who hath subdued the world through His Most Great Name, and verily, when He established Himself upon the dust, He was indeed the Throne [3.5s] | INBA41:228, BLIB_Or15704.205, | call to action; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; martyrs and martyrdom; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00165 | 3260 | Translation List | حمد گوینده پاینده را لایق و سزاست که در حین اشتعال نار بغضا در اطراف و اشطار | Praise be unto Him Who is the Ever-Abiding, the Ever-Enduring, Who is worthy and befitting of all glorification, even in this hour when the fire of hatred hath been kindled in all regions and quarters [3.5s]... ...The movement itself from place to place, when undertaken for the sake of God, hath always exerted, and can now exert, its influence in the world | INBA27:200 | ADM3#113 p.134x, MAS4.120bx, PYK.179 | ADJ.084x, ADMS#337x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; free will and predestination; fate; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| BH00166 | 3250 | بحور حمد و ثنا محبوبی را لایق و سزا که از عنایت بدیعه حکم سیف را مرتفع | The oceans of praise and glorification befit and beseem my Beloved, Who through His wondrous grace hath lifted up the decree of the sword [3.5s] | INBA07:046, INBA28:148, INBA97:130x, INBA77:001, BLIB_Or15717.180, | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; call to action; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00170 | 3190 | حمد و ثنای اهل انشا و ملکوت اسما اولیای فاطر سما را لایق و سزاست که شبهات... الهی الهی اشهد بوحدانیتک و فردانیتک | Praise and glory from the people of creation and the Kingdom of Names beseemeth the chosen ones of the Creator of heaven, who have dispelled doubts [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! I testify to Thy oneness and Thy unity, and unto that which Thou hast made manifest in Thy power and sovereignty. O my Lord, I have been so overcome | INBA44:050, NLAI_BH1.169.12-170x | ADM3#097 p.115x, ADM3#098 p.117x | JHT_S#154x | business; financial; property matters; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; praise and encouragement; proclamation to people of the Bayan; rejection by the people of the Bayan; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||
| BH00177 | 3140 | Huqúqu'lláh; Translation List | حمد بساط حضرت موجودی را که وجود را موجود فرمود و عالم را بانوار اسم اعظم منور | Praise be unto the Court of that Being Who brought existence into being and illumined the world with the lights of His Most Great Name [3.5s]... ...It is incumbent upon everyone to discharge the obligation of Huquq. The advantages gained from this deed revert to the persons themselves | INBA15:001, INBA26:001b, BLIB_Or15701.360, | BRL_DA#399, BRL_HUQUQP#011x | BRL_HUQUQ#011x, COC#1102x, ADMS#351x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; praise and encouragement; review of publications; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| BH00178 | 3130 | حمد مقدس از بیان سلطان امکان و ملیک اکوان را سزاست که از کوثر حیوان عالم | All hallowed praise befitteth the Sovereign of contingent being and the King of all worlds, Who from the Living Waters hath created the universe [3.5s]... ...We beseech the True One to adorn His handmaidens with the ornament of chastity, of trustworthiness, of righteousness and of purity. Verily, He is the All-Bestowing | INBA28:338 | BRL_DA#403, COMP_WOMENP#094x, AYI2.148x, AYI2.149x, AYI2.150x, AYI2.151x, AYI2.152x, YMM.013 | BRL_WOMEN#094x, COC#2185x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; living waters; water of life; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH00179 | 3120 | هذا کتاب من هذا العبد الی الذی احبه الله و شرفه بلقائه و اسمعه نغماته و | This is an epistle from this servant unto him whom God hath loved and honored with His presence, and caused him to hear His melodies [3.5s] | INBA74:023 | YIK.461-470 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00180 | 3100 | Fire and Light | حمد مقدس از قلم و مداد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که اهل بها | A praise, exalted above every conception that pen and ink can portray, beseemeth the subline, the ever-blessed court of the Well-Beloved Who hath initiated the people of Baha into the school of adversity | INBA18:439, BLIB_Or15701.086, | NANU_BH#14x, UAB.028ax, AYI2.025x, AYI2.140x, AYI2.159x | BRL_FIRE_BH#08x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||
| BH00183 | 3080 | یشهد الخادم انه لا اله الا هو لم یزل کان و یکون بمثل ما قد کان بعد اعترافه | The servant testifieth that there is no God but Him. He hath ever been and shall forever be as He hath ever been, subsequent to his confession [3.5s] | INBA41:331 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; consultation; preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; rejection, opposition and persecution; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00189 | 2970 | لله الحمد فرج الهی بعد از شدت رسید یا محبوب فوادی شدت وقتی بود که لامرالله در | Praise be unto God! Divine deliverance hath come after tribulation. O beloved of My heart! Grievous indeed was that time when the Cause of God [3.5s] | INBA19:379, INBA32:324, BLIB_Or15733.246x, | MAS4.021ax, MAS4.033bx | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; power of prayer; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| BH00191 | 2960 | لله الحمد آذان طلب متتابعا بهدیر حمامه محبت و وداد فائز و ابصار بملاحظه آثار | Praise be to God! The ears of longing have successively attained unto the cooing of the dove of love and fellowship, and eyes have been blessed with beholding His signs [3.5s] | INBA27:277, BLIB_Or15704.105, | PYK.086, AMIN.208x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; business; financial; property matters; call to action; chastisement and requital; personal instructions; praise and encouragement; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| BH00192 | 2940 | جوهر حمد و بیان و ساذج شکر و تبیان بساط امنع اقدس مالک امکان را لایق و سزاست | The essence of praise and utterance, and the quintessence of thanksgiving and exposition, beseemeth and befitteth the most holy and most exalted court of the Lord of all possibility [3.5s]... ...God hath not blinked, nor will He ever blink His eyes at the tyranny of the oppressor | INBA28:229 | BRL_DA#787, AVK2.181.09x, AVK3.402.09x, NANU_BH#08x, ASAT2.128x, ASAT3.269x, ASAT4.055x, ASAT4.206x, YMM.425x | GPB.224x | justice and wrath of God; martyrs and martyrdom; personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ROB2.413, LL#210 | |||||
| BH00193 | 2920 | الحمد لله الذی ظهر و اظهر ما اراد انه هو المقتدر علی ما یشاء لایعجزه شئونات | All praise be unto God, Who hath manifested Himself and revealed whatsoever He willeth. Verily, He is the Omnipotent, Who doeth as He pleaseth; no circumstances can frustrate Him [3.5s] | INBA07:109, BLIB_Or15717.205, , NLAI_BH4.240-263 | ASAT3.161x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; call to action; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Greatest Name; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| BH00195 | Ridvanu'l-'Adl (the Garden of Justice) | 2910 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Baha'u'llah's Paradise of Justice; Translation List; Garden of Justice (Ridvan al-'adl); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | هذا لوح فیه بعث الله اسمه العادل و نفخ منه روح العدل فی هیاکل الخلایق اجمعین | This is the Paradise of Justice, which hath appeared as a token of God’s grace and been adorned by Him with glorious and wondrous fruits | INBA47:022, INBA37:104, INBA92:207bx, BLIB_Or15723.241, , BLIB_Or15725.085, , BLIB_Or15737.083, | BRL_DA#717, GWBP#012 p.019x, GWBP#088 p.116ax, GWBP#134 p.186x, AQA4#088 p.245, AQA4a.299, AVK2.054.13x, SFI10.010, MAS4.160ax, RHQM2.0000 (138) (087-088x), AKHA_122BE #07-08 p.ax, OOL.B094 | BRL_ATBH#55x, GWB#012x, GWB#088x, GWB#134x, ADJ.028ax, PDC.006x, PDC.120x, BLO_PT#018, HURQ.BH26, ADMS#016 | M. Magagula, Sanele & Xolani | Extols the virtue of justice, assigning it a sacred origin and purpose in the world; calls upon the … | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; humility; meekness; lowliness; justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; prophecy and fulfillment; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | MMAH.104, GSH.207, LL#276 | |
| BH00201 | 2810 | ذکر حقیقی و ثناء معنوی اهل بها را لایق و سزاست که بهدایت کلمه علیا بافق اعلی | True remembrance and spiritual praise beseemeth the people of Bahá, who through the guidance of the Most Exalted Word have turned unto the Supreme Horizon [3.5s]... ...The children of Him Who is the Friend of God, and heirs of the One Who discoursed with God, who were accounted the most abject of men | INBA28:366 | AYI2.153x, AYI2.154x, AYI2.155x, AYI2.156x, YMM.007 | PDC.143x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||
| BH00203 | Lawh-i-Quds 1 | 2800 | Translation List | هذا لوح القدس یذکر فیه ما یشتعل به فی قلوب العباد نارا لعل یحترق بها کل الحجبات | This is the Tablet of Holiness; in it is mentioned what will kindle a flame in the hearts of the servants, that haply it may burn away every veil and allusion | INBA51:224b, INBA57:031, BLIB_Or15694.420, , KB_620:217-228, ALIB.folder18p255x | BRL_DA#099, SFI08.019b, MAS1.060x, AADA.061-073, ASAT1.130x, ASAT5.350x | ADMS#224 | A call to the recognition of Bahá’u’lláh, affirming the continuity of His mission with the Bá … | rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering; rejection of Christ; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | |||
| BH00205 | 2790 | ان یا رحیم مر علی البلاد کنسایم الروح لیجدد بک هیاکل العباد بطراز الله المهیمن العزیز | O Rahim! Pass over the land like the breezes of the Spirit, that through Thee the temples of the servants may be renewed with the adornment of God, the All-Subduing, the Mighty [3.5s] | INBA83:257x, BLIB_Or15725.547, , ALIB.folder18p047-057 | ASAT1.132x, ASAT4.010x, ASAT4.386x, ASAT4.435x, HYK.129 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| BH00206 | 2790 | تبارک الرب الناطق علی العرش الذی باسمه نصب علم انه لا اله الا هو علی طور | Blessed be the Lord, speaking upon the Throne, Who through His Name hath raised aloft the Standard that proclaimeth "There is none other God but Him" upon the Mount [3.5s] | INBA07:001, INBA28:183, INBA97:107.11x, BLIB_Or11097#071, | AVK3.113.13x, AVK3.132.11x, AVK3.464.15x, MAS4.102bx | call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#101 | ||||||
| BH00208 | 2790 | Prayers and Meditations | لک الحمد یا الهی و اله العالمین و مقصودی و مقصود العارفین و محبوبی و محبوب | Praise be unto Thee, Who art my God and the God of all men, and my Desire and the Desire of all them that have recognized Thee | INBA56:001, BLIB_Or15729.098, , NLAI_22848:235, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p123v, , Ghazi3072.001-045, MKI4522.235, | PMP#176, AQA2#005 p.118, TZH4.002-003x, TZH4.143-144x, AQMM.002 | PM#176 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; proclamation to people of the Bayan; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | - | - | ||||
| BH00213 | 2760 | لحمد لله الذی تفرد بالفضل و توحد بالاحسان و منزه عما ینطق به اهل الامکان و تقدس | Praise be unto God, Who is singular in His bounty and unique in His beneficence, Who is sanctified above whatsoever the peoples of contingent being may utter, and is holy [3.5s] | INBA08:326ax, INBA22:283x, INBA45:021.07x, BLIB_Or15732.126, | AFG.046-058 | chastisement and requital; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| BH00214 | 2750 | تسبیح و تقدیس ذات بیچون را لایق و سزاست که لئالی بحر حکمت و بیان را نمود و | Glorification and sanctification befit the Incomparable Essence, Who hath manifested the pearls of the ocean of wisdom and utterance [3.5s] | INBA27:219 | MAS4.123bx, MAS8.063bx, PYK.138 | spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00215 | 2740 | Prayers by Bahá'u'lláh, Some | حمد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که بکلمه علیا در یوم میثاق | Praise be befitting the most exalted, most holy court of the Desired One, Who through His most sublime Word on the Day of the Covenant [3.5s] | INBA28:308 | BRL_DA#446, PZHN v4#1 p.141x, AKHA_130BE #10 p.ax | chastisement and requital; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; petitions to authorities; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||
| BH00219 | 2700 | Bahá'í Sacred Writings | حمد مقدس از بیان و عرفان محبوبی را لایق و سزست که عنایتش جمیع عالم ... انشاء الله بعنایت الهی فائز باشید و بما یهذب به اخلاق العباد متوجه و ناطق | Sanctified praise, beyond all utterance and understanding, beseemeth that Beloved One Whose loving-kindness hath encompassed the entire world... May ye, through divine bounty, attain and be moved to voice that which refineth the character of all His servants [3.5s] | INBA66:212x, BN_suppl.1753.124-126 | BRL_DA#547, LHKM3.379bx, AYI2.090x, AYI2.091x, AYI2.092x | contention and conflict; importance of community building; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; oneness; unity of religion; spiritual foundations of true knowledge; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| BH00223 | Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom) | 2680 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | کتاب انزله الرحمن من ملکوت البیان و انه لروح الحیوان لاهل الامکان تعالی الله | This is an Epistle which the All-Merciful hath sent down from the Kingdom of Utterance. It is truly a breath of life… Say: Magnified be Thy Name, O Lord my God! | INBA47:098, INBA90:001, INBA30:052, INBA81:024, BLIB_Or15729.106, , NLAI_22848:255, NLAI_BH3.142, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p133v, , Ghazi3072.045-093, UMich962.095-105, MKI4522.255, MKI4524.290, BN_suppl.1753.089-100 | AQA2#006 p.130, ADM2#011 p.026x, AVK4.437bx, MJMM.037, RSBB.092, NSR_1993.047x, ASAT1.042-043x, ASAT1.190x, ASAT1.156x, ASAT5.213x, ASAT5.372x, ADH1.103x, TBP#09, OOL.B043 | TB#09, BPRY.199x, PN_1900_heh p013, ADJ.025x, GPB.197x, PDC.186-187x, SW_v14#09 p.257x, BSC.189 #277-338 | Arrayanes, Rafael, Efe, Sabria & Maarten, L. Dely & M. Congo [track 8], P. Held & C. Bahia [track 9], almunajat.com [item 23] | Calls on the people to observe a number of spiritual maxims; answers a question regarding the origin … | consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; heat and motion; purpose; goal of creation; special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God sanctified from time and place | * | * | ROB4.033 et al, BKOG.382, GPB.219, EBTB.115, MMAH.085, GSH.139, LL#116 | |
| BH00225 | 2660 | Bahá'í Sacred Writings | حمد مقدس از ذکر ممکنات ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودیرا لایق و سزاست که بمفتاح | Praise, sanctified above mention by all created things, befitteth and beseemeth the most holy and most exalted court of the Desired One, Who through the key [3.5s] | INBA27:001, INBA41:297ax | AYI2.017x, AYI2.018x, AYI2.180x, TSAY.469x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; call to action; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; permission for visit; pilgrimage; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||
| BH00226 | 2640 | Translation List | الحمد لله الذی نور الابصار بمشاهده الانوار و انطق الالسن باعلی الاذکار فی نعت | Praise be to God Who hath illumined all eyes through beholding His lights and hath caused all tongues to voice the most exalted remembrances in praise [3.5s] | INBA18:304, INBA30:104ax, BLIB_Or15703.040x, | AHM.358x, AQMJ1.168bx, BCH.119x, ADH1.026x, AKHA_134BE #03 p.101x, ANDA#72 p.28x, YBN.145ax | call to action; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH00227 | Ridvanu'l-Iqrar | 2630 | اقر الله بذاته لذاته بانه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر و کل له خاضعون اقر | God taketh His seat [upon His celestial Throne] by virtue of His Essence which is operative through His Essence, for He, no God is there except Him… By God, O people! Mine eye weepeth, and the eye of Ali (the Bab) weepeth amongst the Concourse on high, and Mine heart crieth out | INBA47:050, INBA37:057, INBA83:092, BLIB_Or15723.146, | AQA4#083 p.180, AQA4a.042, MAS4.353x, OOL.B095 | GPB.243x, GPB.250x, HURQ.BH27x | Dwells on the state of those who have rejected the truth and contrasts it with the state of those wh … | Adam; Adam and Eve; call to action; creation of the world; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; rejection, opposition and persecution | * | - | ROB2.397, MMAH.175, GSH.115, LL#277 | Quoted by Abdu'l-Baha in MKT3.420 (AB00024). Merged with BH10413. | ||
| BH00230 | 2620 | الامر لله الذی امسک قلمه الاعلی فی اشهر معلومات بما اظلم افق الامانه بما | The command belongeth unto God, Who hath stayed His Most Exalted Pen during certain known months, inasmuch as the horizon of trustworthiness was darkened [3.5s] | INBA08:393 | BRL_DA#528, AVK3.357.17x | call to action; oneness; unity of religion; praise and encouragement; prayer for service; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00232 | 2610 | جوهر تسبیح و ساذج تقدیس سلطان بدیع منیع قیومی را سزاست که از رشحات طفحات | The essence of glorification and purest sanctity beseemeth the wondrous, exalted and Self-Subsisting Sovereign, Who from the outpourings [3.5s] | INBA36:365, BLIB_Or15722.256, , PR23.048b-050b | BRL_DA#033, TZH4.143bx, MSHR4.198x, YMM.321x | humility; meekness; lowliness; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH00234 | 10150 | Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | الحمد لله الذی نصر امره بالاعدآء الذین استقروا علی سرر الظلم فی ناسوت الانشاء | Praise be unto God Who hath aided His Cause through the enemies who have occupied the seats of tyranny in the kingdom of creation [3.5s]... ...O Haydar! This Wronged One hath heard thy voice raised in the service of the Cause of God... O my handmaiden, O my leaf!... It is indeed a most excellent favour | INBA51:010x, KB_620:003-004x | BRL_DA#478, LHKM2.094x, UAB.012bx, QT108.059x, PYB#114 p.04x, ANDA#64 p.08-33x, TBP#17ix, YMM.309x, YMM.341x | TB#17ix, BRL_ATBH#03x, LTDT.059x, COC#1134x | R. Yazhari | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | LL#107, LL#188 | |||
| BH00235 | 2590 | Fire and Light | الحمد لله الذی خلق القلم الاعلی و نفخ فیه اذا انصعق من فی الارض و السماء الا | Praise be to God Who created the Supreme Pen and breathed into it whereupon all who dwell in earth and heaven were thunderstruck, save [3.5s]... ...All praise be to God Who, from every drop of blood shed by His chosen ones, hath brought forth a vast creation whose number none but Himself can reckon | INBA18:093, BLIB_Or15717.220, | BRL_DA#788, NANU_BH#01x, YMM.140 | BRL_FIRE_BH#01x | alchemy; the elixir; Hands of the Cause; servitude; submission to God; repentance; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||
| BH00236 | 2590 | ان الحمد یحمد الله ربه و یقول یا ملا الابرار و یا ملا الاخیار یوم یوم من است | Verily, praise doth praise God his Lord and saith: O Concourse of the Righteous and O Company of the Chosen Ones! This is the Day [3.5s] | INBA31:188 | alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; business; financial; property matters; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; exhortations and counsels; praise and encouragement; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00238 | Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World) | 2590 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | حمد و ثنا سلطان مبین را لایق و سزاست که سجن متین را بحضور حضرت علی قبل اکبر | Praise and thanksgiving beseem the Lord of manifest dominion Who hath adorned the mighty prison… The betterment of the world can be accomplished | INBA89:190x, BLIB_Or07851.066a, , BLIB_Or15696.107bx, , BLIB_Or15716.198x, , PR05.009a-020a, Majlis934.001-026, BN_suppl.1753.078-089 | GWBP#043 p.066bx, AVK1.021.02x, AVK3.063.14x, AVK3.161.09x, AVK3.203.15x, AVk3.459.04x, AVK4.239.06x, AVK4.255.05x, AVK4.280x, ZYN.212, MJMM.285, AQMJ2.151x, AQMJ2.152x, UAB.051cx, DRD.084, MAS4.120ax, ASAT3.039x, ASAT4.387x, ASAT5.067x, AHB_107BE #03 p.046x, ADH1.080x, SAM.235x, TBP#07, OOL.B036 | TB#07, GWB#043x, ADJ.024x, ADJ.024-025x, ADJ.028x, ADJ.077x, GPB.232x, PDC.196x, PDC.199x, WOB.107x2x, WOB.198x, SW_v09#07 p.082x, SW_v14#06 p.179x, DWN_v3#01 p.009x, DWN_v5#01 p.003-004x, DWN_v6#06-7 p.001-002x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.138 #055-069x | T. Price, T. Ellis, A. Tahirih R. Weiss, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, S. Jaberi | Reiterates many of Bahá’u’lláh’s central social teachings, such as renunciation of self and … | call to action; House of Justice; lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; love and unity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; unity in diversity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | * | ROB4.329 et al, BKOG.382, BKOG.399, BKOG.410, BKOG.454, MMAH.131, GSH.168, LL#083 | |
| BH00241 | 2550 | ان الخادم قد امر بالاختصار فی ذکر الاخیار من لدی الله المقتدر المختار لان | The servant in attendance hath been bidden to be brief in mentioning the righteous ones, by God, the Almighty, the All-Choosing, for [3.5s] | INBA19:213, INBA32:195, BLIB_Or15704.196, | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; call to action; chastisement and requital; exhortations and counsels; predictions and prophecies; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00242 | 2550 | حمد مقدس از ذکر آمه و خامه مشرق نور سلطان احدیه را لایق و سزاست که علم امرش | Praise, sanctified beyond word and pen, befitteth the Dawning-Place of Light, the Sovereign of Oneness, Who hath caused the standard of His Cause [3.5s] | INBA28:290 | chastity and purity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00244 | 2540 | Changing Pronouns and Dropping 'Say' in Prayers | بجناب ذبیح علیه بهاء الله تکبیر مالانهایه برسانید عجبست که خبر ایشان نرسید | Convey unto his honor Dhabih, upon whom be the Glory of God, boundless greetings. Strange it is that no word hath been received from him [3.5s]... ...In some of the revealed prayers and supplications it is written, “and make him.” Is it considered interpolation if one recites, in a passsage of entreaty, "and make me" | INBA28:171, NLAI_BH4.053-062.03x | AVK2.318.17x, AVK4.028.13x, AVK4.267.10x, AVK4.439ax, MAS4.030x, MAS4.036x, ASAT4.030x, ASAT4.462x, ASAT5.054x, YIK.071-078 | KSHK#08x | empty learning; false spirituality; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ROB4.321, ROB3.200-201, LL#193, LL#372 | ||||
| BH00247 | 2520 | الها معبودا مسجودا کریما رحیما علیما حکیما غفارا ستارا وهابا تری اولیائک بین | My God, my Adored One, the Object of my worship, the All-Bountiful, the Most Merciful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, the All-Forgiving, the Concealer of faults, the Bestower! Thou beholdest Thy loved ones amidst [3.5s] | INBA15:155, INBA26:156 | MUH3.193x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; exhortations and counsels; modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; petitions to authorities; praise and encouragement; prayer for protection | - | - | |||||||
| BH00248 | Suriy-i-'Ibad | 2520 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و انا کل له عابدون شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و انا کل | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and verily all are His worshippers. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and verily all [3.5s]... ...Contemplate with thine inward eye the chain of successive Revelations that hath linked the Manifestation of Adam | INBA47:077x, BLIB_Or15723.050, , BLIB_Or15738.006, , NLAI_BH1.312 | BRL_DA#005x, GWBP#031 p.055bx, AQA4#073 p.023, AQA4a.244, ASAT4.307x, OOL.B124 | BRL_APBH#12x, GWB#031x, GPB.151x5x, HURQ.BH31 | S. Jaberi | Declares the continuity of Bahá’u’lláh’s prophetic claim with the ‘chain of successive Rev … | banishment to; life in Constantinople; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; exhortations and counsels; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | ROB2.272, MMAH.154, GSH.112, LL#309 | |
| BH00249 | Lawh-i-Ahmad (Persian) | 2510 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Provisional Translation of the Persian Tablet of Ahmad; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | اینست بدایع نصایح الهی که بلسان قدرت در مکمن عظمت و مقعد قدس رفعت خود میفرماید پس بگوش | O banished and faithful friend! Quench the thirst of heedlessness with the sanctified waters of My grace | INBA38:018, INBA65:185, INBA35:073, INBA36:401, NLI.32p145r, PR23.041b-045b, Majlis210461.020-030, BN_suppl.1753.106-115 | BRL_DA#126, GWBP#152 p.207x, GWBP#153 p.208x, AVK1.021.09x, ZYN.070, MJMM.315, DRD.114, MAS8.038bx, ASAT5.106x, PYM.012x, OOL.B023b | GWB#152x, GWB#153x, ADJ.081x, ADJ.082x, PDC.024-025x, SW_v07#06 p.044x, SW_v07#16 p.152x, SW_v14#02 p.040x, BLO_PT#073, BSC.223 #435-443 | L. Slott, A. Youssefi (1), A. Youssefi (2), E. Mahony (1), E. Mahony (2), E. Mahony (3), A. Bryan, Samira & Sara, MANA, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2), A.E. Rahbin, E. Kelly, K. Porray, M. Levine [track 7] | Sets forth the conditions of spiritual search, with purity of heart being foremost; compares His rev … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; knowledge of self; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | - | ROB2.137, BKOG.157, BKOG.223, BKOG.245, MMAH.184, LL#041 | |
| BH00250 | 2510 | در این حین روحا که سما فضل مرفوع و شمس عنایت و الطاف از افق | In this moment, when the heaven of grace hath been uplifted and the sun of loving-kindness and favors [from the horizon] [3.5s] | INBA08:496 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; personal instructions; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00254 | 2480 | حمد فاطر سما و مالک اسما را لایق و سزا که مدح عالم بر مقامش | Praise be unto the Creator of the heavens and the Sovereign of Names, worthy and deserving is He of the world's exaltation [3.5s] | INBA84:209 | call to action; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00256 | 2470 | حمد مقدس از شئونات و حوادثات و گفتارهای عباد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی را | Praise, sanctified above the limitations and happenings and utterances of men, befitteth the most holy and most exalted court of the Desired One [3.5s] | INBA18:182 | MSHR5.060-061x | martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; prayer for protection; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||
| BH00258 | Lawh-i-Yusuf | 2460 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of Joseph (Lawh-i Yusuf); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Resurrection and the World to Come | تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق عن جهه ایمن العرش و جعلها الله هدی و ذکری للعالمین... ای یوسف حجّتم بر کلّ من فی السّموات و الارض... انّا قد جعلنا میقاتاً لکم فاذا تمّت المیقات | These are the verses of God which have verily been sent down in truth from the right hand of the Throne, and which God hath made a guidance and a remembrance unto all the worlds [3.5s]... ...We have a fixed time for you, O people. If ye fail, at the appointed hour, to turn towards God, He, verily, will lay violent hold on you | INBA38:139, BLIB_Or15694.465, , ALIB.folder18p199, NLI.32p030vx | BRL_DA#532, GWBP#108 p.139bx, AVK1.279.19x, RSBB.181, GHA.255x, UAB.031cx, MAS4.019bx, MAS8.013x, AYI2.248x, AYI2.250x, ASAT4.378x, OOL.B084b | GWB#108x, LOG#1982x, PDC.007x, WOB.201x, SW_v02#03 p.003x, BLO_PT#113, BSC.199 #339-372, KSHK#28x | Emphasizes the importance of detachment as prerequisite to the recognition of spiritual truth and ex … | heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | * | - | GSH.171, LL#265, LL#395 | ||
| BH00259 | Lawh-i-Napoleon II | 2460 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | قل یا ملک الباریس نبأ القسیس بأن لا یدق النواقیس تالله الحق قد ظهر الناقوس | O King of Paris! Tell the priests to ring the bells no longer. By God, the True One! The Most Mighty Bell hath appeared | INBA34:033, BLIB_Or15705.022, , CMB_F31.034, , PR11.031a-038b | NRJ#1b, GWBP#107 p.139ax, GWBP#158 p.215bx, AQA1#001b, AVK3.203.19x, AKHA_123BE #01-02 p.ax, OOL.B062 | SLH#01b, GWB#107x, GWB#158x, WOB.203x, SW_v03#05 p.007x, DWN_v5#02-3 p.002-004x, DWN_v6#10 p.001bx, BSC.105 #042 | W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2) | Summons the Emperor to ‘tell the priests to ring the bells no longer’, announcing that He is the … | call to action; chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | * | * | ROB3.110, BKOG.320, BKOG.392, MMAH.124, LL#200 | Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal. |
| BH00260 | Suriy-i-Ra'is | 2450 | 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 | ||
| BH00265 | 2400 | لک الحمد یا الهی بما اظهرت امرک و انزلت آیاتک و ابرزت بیناتک و ایدت لاعلاء | All praise be unto Thee, O my God, for that Thou hast manifested Thy Cause, sent down Thy verses, revealed Thy clear tokens, and strengthened their exaltation [3.5s] | INBA27:246 | AYI2.042x, AHB_129BE #07-08 p.017x, PYK.168, MYD.473x, YMM.469x | eulogies; reminiscences; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Hands of the Cause; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00266 | 2390 | امروز فرات فیض الهی از یمین عرش رحمانی جاری و آسمان بیان بانجم معانی مزین | In this day the streams of divine bounty floweth from the right hand of the Throne of the All-Merciful, and the heaven of utterance is adorned with the stars of inner meaning [3.5s] | INBA42:079, BLIB_Or15712.157b, | personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection of Muhammad; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00267 | Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'am (the Tablet of All Food) | 2370 | Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i Kullu't-Ta'am) | الحمد لله مموج ابحر النور بالماء الناریه الالهیه و مهیج احرف الظهور بنقطه | Praise be to God Who hath caused Oceans of Light to surge in the Divine Fiery Water; excited the Letters of the Dispensation | INBA36:268, Berlin1237#20 | BRL_DA#393, TZH4.132-135x, MAS4.265, RHQM2.0979-989 (416) (256-262), OOL.B052 | GPB.118x2x, BLO_PT#108, HURQ.BH02 | A commentary offering several allegorical interpretations of the Qur’anic verse ‘All food was al … | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; prayer for protection; realms of being; three realms; five realms; rejection, opposition and persecution; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | ROB1.050, BKOG.112, MMAH.127, GSH.008, LL#146 | Revealed "in the year nine", see BRL_TTT#11 | |
| BH00268 | 2370 | Trustworthiness | شهد المقصود انه لا اله الا هو له العظمه و العطاء و هو لکلشیء علیم شهد | He, the True One, beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. His is the majesty and the bounty, and He, verily, hath knowledge of all things. He doth testify [3.5s]... ...Cleave ye to the hem of the raiment of virtue and keep fast hold of the cord of piety and trustworthiness. Have regard to the good of the world and not to your own selfish desires | INBA18:119 | COMP_TRUSTP#19x, AVK3.427.04x, UAB.046ex | BRL_TRUST#18x, COC#2030x | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; exhortations and counsels; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; servitude; submission to God; repentance; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||
| BH00269 | Lawh-i-Ra'is | 2370 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | قلم اعلی میفرماید ای نفسیکه خود را اعلی الناس دیده و غلام الهی که چشم اهل ملا | The Pen of the Most High proclaimeth: O thou who hast imagined thyself to be the most exalted of men | INBA35:043, BLIB_Or11096#015, , BLIB_Or15698.302, , BLIB_Or15720.296, , BLIB_Or15740.230, , CMB_F31.030, , NLI.32p039v, PR11.066a-072a | NRJ#3, AVK1.333.04x, AVK2.287.11x, AVK3.052.07x, AVK4.455x, IQT.302, MJMM.102, UAB.058cx, DRD.043, ASAT3.015x, ASAT4.168x, ASAT4.419x, OOL.B070b | SLH#03, GPB.173x2x, GPB.187x3x, GPB.208x3x, PDC.073-074x, PDC.099x, PDC.099-100x, SW_v02#02 p.003-007x, BLO_PT#198, BSC.081 #038 | Bahá’u’lláh’s second tablet to the Ottoman Prime Minister ‘Álí Páshá, denouncing him f … | banishment to; life in 'Akka; justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | * | * | ROB3.033 et al, BKOG.013, MMAH.148, GSH.121, LL#217 | ||
| BH00270 | 2350 | حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که بارادهٴ غالبه و حکمت بالغه صفوف بیانرا | Praise be unto Him Who is the Desired One, Who through His all-conquering Will and consummate Wisdom hath marshaled the ranks of the Bayan [3.5s] | INBA19:428b, BLIB_Or15696.075ax, | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00271 | Tafsir-i-Va'sh-Shams (Commentary on the Surih of the Sun) | 2340 | Commentary on the Surah of the Sun; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | الحمد لله الذی انطق ورقاء البیان علی افنان دوحه التبیان بفنون الالحان علی انه لا اله الا هو | Praise be to God, Who hath set the dove of eloquence, perched among the twigs of the tree of explanation, to weaving her divers melodies | INBA90:076, BLIB_Or15714.065, , NLAI_BH3.227, Berlin1237#01, MKI4524.278, | BRL_DA#710, GWBP#089 p.116bx, MJMM.001, DLS.107x, ASAT1.253x, ASAT2.171x, ASAT3.116x, ASAT4.205x, ASAT4.208x, ASAT4.366x, ASAT4.375x, ADH1.108x, OOL.B146 | GWB#089x, BLO_PT#025, HURQ.BH78, ADMS#199n02x | W. Heath | Gives a detailed interpretation of a short surah of the Qur’an, relates several symbolic meanings … | interpretation of words and passages in scripture; limits of language; names and attributes of God; outward and inward meanings; station of the Manifestation of God; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | ROB1.032, MMAH.102, GSH.209, LL#338 | |
| 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 | |||
| 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" | ||
| BH00280 | Suriy-i-Ziyarih | 2280 | Wronged One, The; Surih of Visitation | هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الذی سمی فی ملکوت البقاء بالبهاء و فی جبروت العلاء | This is a letter from a wronged One, who is known in the kingdom of eternity as Bahá, in the dominion of exaltation… Our God and Beloved! Forgive us, our parents, and such of our relations as have believed in Thee and Thy signs | INBA37:122, INBA83:195, INBA49:289, BLIB_Or15702.239, , NLAI_BH2.297, ALIB.folder18p057-066 | AQA4#091 p.301, ADM2#005 p.017x, MAS8.082, ASAT4.078x, OOL.B141 | LOIR03.083, BLO_PT#098, JHT_S#087x | Visitation tablet for Mullá Ḥusayn, who was the first to embrace the cause of the Báb and was on … | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power of the Manifestation of God; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; visitation Tablets | * | - | MMAH.204, GSH.196, LL#330 | ||
| BH00283 | 2220 | الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالکبریاء و توحد بالاسم الذی جعله سلطان الاسماء قد خلق | Praise be unto Him Who is peerless in His grandeur and single in His Name, which He hath made the Sovereign of all names [3.5s] | INBA08:380, INBA19:353, INBA32:303, BLIB_Or15727a.100x, , BLIB_Or15732.186, | HDQI.050b, MAS4.122x, MAS8.018ax, TSAY.469-471x, TAH.186x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; love of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| BH00284 | 2210 | الحمد لله الذی اید احبائه علی خدمه اصفیائه و وفقهم بفضله علی الاستقامه علی | Praise be unto God Who hath strengthened His loved ones to serve His chosen ones and through His grace hath guided them to steadfastness [3.5s] | INBA18:408 | ASAT3.234x, YIA.188-190x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; firmness in the Covenant; praise and encouragement; prayer for protection; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH00287 | Lawh-i-Baha | 2190 | ان یا امه الله ا تصبرین علی مقعدک بعد الذی کان قمیص الغلام محمرا بدم البغضاء | O Maidservant of God! Be patient under all circumstances and mindful of the fact that the robe of this Youth was dyed crimson with the blood of enmity betwixt earth and heaven | INBA35:070x, NLAI_BH1.269x | BRL_DA#703, AQA7#394-395 p.154, ASAT5.348x, OOL.B030a, OOL.B030b | HURQ.BH38 | Identifies Himself and His sufferings with those of prophets past; compares Mírzá Yaḥyá to the … | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; proclamation to people of the Bayan; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | ROB2.179, ROB2.171, MMAH.119, GSH.040, LL#071 | |||
| BH00288 | 2190 | حمد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مالک وجود را لایق و سزا که از تجلیات انوار نیر برهان | Praise be unto the most sacred and exalted Court of the Sovereign of existence, Who through the effulgences of the Orb of proof [3.5s] | INBA81:138x, BLIB_Or15715.169j, | exhortations and counsels; firmness in the Covenant; personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; proclamation to people of the Bayan; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00293 | 2180 | حمد مقدس از ذکر و حدود مالک غیب و شهودیرا لایق و سزاست که افئده و قلوب اولیا | Sanctified praise, beyond all mention and limitation, beseemeth the Lord of the invisible and the visible, Who hath caused the hearts and souls of His chosen ones to be illumined [3.5s]... ...The Kitab-i-Iqan was revealed in 'Iraq especially for the honored Afnan, the illustrious Khal Akbar, upon him rest all My Glory. The details are thus | INBA31:093 | AYI2.294x, AYI2.309x | GEN.287-288x | call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | LL#177 | |||||
| BH00295 | Madinatu'r-Rida (the City of Radiant Acquiescence) | 2180 | Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; City of Radiant Acquiescence (Lawh-i-Madinatu'r-Rida); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | ذکر رحمه الله عبده بالحق لیفتخر بذلک فی ملا العالین و یشکر ربه فی کل حین | Remind his servant of God's clemency in truth, that he might be honored thereby among the concourse of the worlds, and might give thanks to his lord at all times, insofar as God's bounties to him | INBA73:186 | BRL_DA#282, AQA4a.135, AVK3.403.02x, ASAT4.015x, AKHA_124BE #11-12 p.bx, OOL.B087 | BRL_ATBH#41x, WIND#138, BLO_sazedj#07x, HURQ.BH16x | Expounds various stages and degrees of contentment: contentment with God and His decree; with one’ … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for protection; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; symbolism of color and light; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | * | - | ROB1.108, MMAH.191, GSH.036, LL#150 | ||
| BH00296 | 2170 | Prayers and Meditations; Days of Remembrance | انک انت یا الهی لما استویت علی کرسی عز فردانیتک و تعلیت علی عرش رحمت | Since Thou hast, O my God, established Thyself upon the throne of Thy transcendent unity | INBA49:187, INBA92:241, BLIB_Or15739.032, | PMP#184, TSBT.157, AMB#22 | PM#184, DOR#22 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00297 | Suriy-i-Dhikr | 2160 | Days of Remembrance | هذا کتاب نقطه الاولی الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله الواحد الفرد العزیز العلیم و فیه یخاطب | This is the Súrih of Remembrance, sent down as a token of grace, that perchance the people of the Bayán might renounce that which they possess | INBA47:001, INBA37:097, BLIB_Or15725.176, , NLAI_BH2.343 | BRL_DA#732, AQA4#087 p.236, AQA4a.108, ASAT3.279x, OOL.B114, AMB#38x | DOR#38x, GPB.137x, HURQ.BH24 | Speaking in the voice of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh declares His mystical identity with the Báb (o … | chastisement and requital; exhortations and counsels; personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment | * | - | MMAH.160, GSH.059, LL#299 | ||
| BH00299 | 2150 | حمد بساط امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که افنانش را بر نصرت سدره | Praise befitteth and is worthy of the Most Holy, Most Exalted Court of the Divine Object of all desire, Who hath enabled His branches to arise in defense of the Tree [3.5s] | INBA31:137 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; goodly deeds; actions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for protection; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; rejection, opposition and persecution; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; work as worship | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00300 | 2140 | این ایام الف قائمه که از قیامش عالم قیام نمود نوحه مینماید و هاء مسکین از دو چشم | In these days doth the Alif, which standeth upright and through whose arising the world was raised up, lament, and the helpless Há weepeth from both eyes [3.5s]... ...I swear by God! In those days the equivalent of all that hath been sent down aforetime unto the Prophets hath been revealed | INBA42:066, MKI4523.160, | BRL_DA#267, ISH.160 | GPB.171x | rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; symbolism | - | - | ||||||
| BH00302 | 2130 | Huqúqu'lláh | تبارک الیوم الذی فیه انار افق البیان و استوی الرحمن علی عرش العظمه و الاحسان | Blessed be this Day wherein the horizon of utterance hath been illumined and the All-Merciful hath been established upon the throne of grandeur and benevolence [3.5s]... ...To discharge one's obligations is highly praiseworthy in the sight of God. However, it is not permitted to solicit Huquq from anyone | INBA07:052, BLIB_Or11097#030, | BRL_DA#269, BRL_HUQUQP#088x | BRL_HUQUQ#088x, COC#1144x | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; martyrs and martyrdom; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||
| BH00304 | 2120 | الحمد لله الذی انزل الکتب و ارسل الرسل و جعلهم سرج هدایته بین خلقه بهم فرق | Praise be unto God, Who hath sent down the Sacred Books and sent forth His Messengers, making them the lamps of His guidance amidst His creation. Through them He hath distinguished [3.5s] | INBA28:203 | BRL_DA#447, ADM3#059 p.074x, MSHR4.158x | early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; justice and wrath of God; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| BH00305 | Namaz-i-Hajat and instructions re ablutions | 2100 | 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 | |||
| BH00306 | Chihar Vadi (The Four Valleys) | 2100 | Call of the Divine Beloved | ای ضیاء الحق حسام الدین راد که فلک و ارکان چه تو شاهی نزاد نمیدانم چرا | O light of truth and sword of faith And soul of generosity! No prince hath sky or earth begot | INBA36:334x, BLIB_Or15722.307, , NLI.32p092v | BRL_Chihar, AQA3#069 p.140, TZH4.153x, ASAT4.314x, MSHR2.109x, MSHR3.131x, OOL.B007 | CDB#7, HURQ.BH13 | M. Milne [track 7] | A mystical work elaborating four different but complementary paths of approach to the Divine: the wa … | belief and denial; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; knowledge; recognition of God; love of God; mystical themes; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | * | ROB1.104, BKOG.159, BKOG.163, MMAH.197, GSH.018, LL#014 | |
| BH00309 | 2100 | زلازل قبائل را اخذ نمود و اضطراب سکان ارضرا احاطه کرد الا من شاء الله ظاهر شد | The convulsions of the tribes have seized them, and trembling hath encompassed the dwellers of the earth, save whom God willeth [3.5s] | INBA31:196 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; business; financial; property matters; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00310 | 2090 | یا حیدر قبل علی علیک بهائی و عنایتی جناب سیاح را از قبل مظلوم سلام برسان بگو | O Haydar-Qabl-'Alí! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. Convey, on behalf of this Wronged One, greetings unto His honor the Wanderer, and say [3.5s] | INBA42:053, BLIB_Or15690.204, , BLIB_Or15699.084, | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; personal instructions; rejection, opposition and persecution; teaching the Cause; call to teach; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00315 | 2050 | حمد مقدس از عرفان کائنات حضرت مقصودیرا لایق و سزاست که بیک نظر عنایت ذره را | All praise, sanctified beyond the understanding of created things, befitteth Him Who is the Lord of our hearts' Desire, Who, with but a single glance of loving-kindness, causeth the merest atom [3.5s] | INBA28:395, BLIB_Or15727a.040, | BRL_DA#327, AYI2.169x, AYI2.170x, AYI2.171x, AYI2.172x, AYI2.173x, AYI2.174x, AYI2.175x, AYI2.176x, TSAY.468-469x, YMM.382x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; oneness; unity of religion; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00316 | Lawh-i-Jawhar-i-Hamd I | 2040 | 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 | ||||
| BH00319 | 2040 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | یا احمد اسمع الندآء من شطر الکبریاء من سدره المنتهی عن یمین بقعه النورآء انه | O Ahmad! Hearken unto the Call from the direction of Supreme Glory, from the Divine Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing, upon the right hand of the luminous Spot, that verily [3.5s]... ...As for obligatory prayer, it hath been sent down by the Pen of the Most High in such wise that it setteth ablaze the hearts | INBA27:086, BLIB_Or07852.072, | BRL_DA#123, ADM2#074 p.139x, AVK4.090.03x, GHA.036a, GHA.037ax, MAS4.134x, NSS.087x, NSS.116x | BRL_IOPF#1.07x | identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; law of fasting; prayer for spiritual recognition; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00322 | 2020 | حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که آفتاب کلمه علیا را از افق لوح بحرکت قلم اعلی | Praise befitteth the Beloved One Who hath caused the Sun of the Most Exalted Word to move from the horizon of the Tablet through the stirring of the Supreme Pen [3.5s] | INBA08:411 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; high station of the true believer; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00323 | 2020 | سبحان من انار افق البیان بشمس ذکره الاعظم الذی به ارتعدت فرائص الامم الذین | Glorified be He Who hath illumined the horizon of utterance with the Sun of His Most Great Remembrance, whereat the limbs of the peoples have trembled [3.5s] | INBA08:345, INBA97:103x, BLIB_Or15717.217, | AYI2.007x, AYI2.110x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; free will and predestination; fate; justice and wrath of God; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH00325 | 2010 | Huqúqu'lláh; Family Life | سبحان من انار افق العالم بنیر اسمه الاعظم الذی به اخذت الزلازل کل القبائل | Glorified be He Who hath illumined the horizon of the world through the radiance of His Most Great Name, whereby all the tribes were seized with trembling [3.5s]... ...There can be no doubt that whatsoever hath been revealed from the All-Glorious Pen, be it ordinances of prohibitions, conferreth benefits upon the believers themselves | INBA07:208, BLIB_Or11097#054, | BRL_DA#408, BRL_HUQUQP#017x, COMP_FAMP#84x, GHA.102.03x, PYK.052, MSBH7.374x | BRL_HUQUQ#017x, BRL_FAM#84x, COC#1146x | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; law of Huququ'llah; literal interpretation; personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00326 | 2010 | لله عملک یا من فزت بالبلاء فی سبیل الله فاطر السماء نعیما لک یا من شربت کاس | Praised be thy deed, O thou who hast attained unto tribulation in the path of God, the Creator of heaven! Blessed art thou, O thou who hast quaffed the cup [3.5s] | INBA07:167, INBA97:099, BLIB_Or15717.201, | BRL_DA#190, MSBH10.240, YIA.163-168 | consultation; praise and encouragement; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; unity; oneness of humanity; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | |||||||
| BH00328 | 2000 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الله رب العالمین و حضر کتابه فی السجن الاعظم و فاز | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath turned unto God, the Lord of all worlds, who hath attained unto His Book in the Most Great Prison, and who hath achieved [3.5s]... ...Thou hast asked Me concerning the nature of the soul. Know, verily, that the soul is a sign of God, a heavenly gem whose reality the most learned of men hath failed to grasp | INBA51:165, BLIB_Or15730.039, , KB_620:158-166 | BRL_DA#663, GWBP#082 p.107x, ADM1#037 p.079x, AVK1.137bx, AVK1.185ax, AVK1.276ax, MAS8.189bx, RRT.144x, ASAT4.106x, YMM.270x | GWB#082x | celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; degrees of faith; certitude; literal interpretation; soul; spirit after death; suffering and imprisonment; the human soul | - | - | LL#427 | ||||
| BH00332 | 1980 | یا حبیب فوادی لله الحمد بعنایات لانهایات الهی فائز شدید و بذکرش موفق گشتید و | O thou beloved of My heart! Praised be God that thou hast attained unto His infinite bounties and been enabled to make mention of Him [3.5s] | INBA08:448, BLIB_Or15727b.216, , BLIB_Or15732.169, | call to action; humility; meekness; lowliness; obedience to and respect for government authority; praise and encouragement; teaching the Cause; call to teach; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00333 | 1980 | یوم الله آمد سریر بیان در قطب امکان ظاهر و مکلم طور بر آن مستوی فرات رحمت از | The Day of God hath come, the Throne of Utterance hath appeared at the pole of contingent being, and the Speaker of Sinai is established thereon. The river of mercy hath descended [3.5s] | INBA31:101, BLIB_Or15701.014, | YARP1.056bx, SFI05.013, AYI2.259x, YMM.207x | lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); proclamation to Christians; proclamation to Jews; proclamation to Muslims; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH00334 | Suriy-i-Qalam | 1970 | Days of Remembrance | ان یا قلم الاعلی ان اشهد فی نفسک بانه هو الله لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم | O Pen of the Most High! Bear thou witness, in thine own self, that verily He is God and that there is none other God but Me | INBA37:115, BLIB_Or15692.012, , BLIB_Or15706.001, , BLIB_Or15714.049, , BLIB_Or15725.239, , NLAI_BH1.083, NLAI_BH2.204 | AQA4#089 p.258, SFI14.036-045n, TZH4.268-270, TSBT.124, ASAT1.111x, ASAT3.015x, ASAT3.136x, ASAT4.508x, OOL.B136, AMB#23 | DOR#23, BLO_PT#095, HURQ.BH47 | A celebration of the festival of Riḍván, taking the form of a series of apostrophes to His Pen, t … | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; monasticism; asceticism; proclamation to Christians; proclamation to people of the Bayan; symbolism; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God the cause of creation | * | * | ROB2.397, SFI14.036-045, MMAH.159, GSH.192, LL#324 | ||
| BH00336 | Lawh-i-Burhan (= Lawh-i-Raqsha?) | 1960 | Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | قد احاطت اریاح البغضا سفینه البطحا بما اکتسبت ایدی الظالمین یا باقر قد افتیت | The winds of hatred have encompassed the Ark of Baṭḥá, by reason of that which the hands of the oppressors have wrought | INBA47:126, INBA35:119x, INBA90:026, INBA97:072, BLIB_Or15729.119, , NLAI_22848:289, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p150r, , UMich962.105-113, MKI4522.289, | AQA2#008 p.152, AVK3.110.07x, AVK4.284ax, AVK4.454bx, MJMM.053, NNY.245, RHQM2.0965-973 (399) (247-252), ASAT2.073x, ASAT3.250x, ASAT4.034x, ASAT4.052x, ASAT4.376x, LDR.217x, TBP#14, OOL.B035, OOL.B110 | TB#14, BADM.173-174x, GPB.211x, GPB.218x, GPB.231x, GPB.232x3x, PDC.159x, WOB.179x | Condemns in fiery language two members of the Shiite clergy for their roles in the martyrdom of two … | chastisement and requital; empty learning; false spirituality; proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment | * | * | ROB4.091 et al, GPB.219, MMAH.219, GSH.145, LL#081 | ||
| BH00337 | 1950 | ایام ایام فرح جدید است چه که در مدینه عشاق عاشقی بکام دل رسید و بما هو | These are days, days of newfound joy, for in the City of Lovers a lover hath attained unto the desire of his heart [3.5s] | INBA19:254, INBA32:228, BLIB_Or15717.095, | BRL_DA#784, NANU_BH#02x, AYI2.056x, HNU.369x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| BH00341 | 1930 | حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که دوستان را بجانب فرات رحمت خود راه نمود و آگاه | Praise be unto the Beloved, Who alone is worthy and deserving, Who hath guided His friends unto the streams of His mercy and enlightened them [3.5s] | INBA27:042, BLIB_Or15732.202, | HDQI.055x, AKHA_118BE #11-12 p.bx, ANDA#22 p.04x, ANDA#50 p.03x, MSHR5.241x | rejection, opposition and persecution; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| BH00342 | 1930 | یا ملا الارض اسمعوا ندآء المظلوم من شطر السجن انه یقربکم الی الله المهیمن | O peoples of the earth! Hearken unto the call of the Wronged One from the precincts of His Prison. Verily, He draweth you nigh unto God, the All-Possessing [3.5s] | INBA42:123, BLIB_Or15712.204, | call to action; law of cause and effect; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayer for unity; proclamation to the people of the world; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00343 | Suriy-i-Fadl | 1920 | ان یا ذبیح انا ارسلنا الیک من قبل لوحا ممتنعا منیع و فیه ذکر ما جعله الله حجه علی من فی | O Dhabih! We did verily send unto thee aforetime a Tablet, mighty and impregnable, wherein was inscribed that which God hath made a testimony unto all who dwell therein [3.5s]... ...Say: By God! The Sovereign of Words hath assuredly come upon the clouds of the verses, and lo, the words of every contentious polytheist were thunderstruck | INBA83:247, BLIB_Or15725.537, , BLIB_Or15737.173, , ALIB.folder18p081-088 | OOL.B115 | SHHB.135x | Exhorts the recipient to be bold in conveying Bahá’u’lláh’s claim to the followers of the B� … | call to action; chastisement and requital; idolatry; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; proofs of the Manifestations of God; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | LL#300 | |||
| BH00344 | 1920 | تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق و انها لروح الحیوان لاهل ملا الاعلی و مائده | These are the verses of God, revealed in truth, and verily they are the spirit of life unto the denizens of the celestial concourse and a heavenly feast [3.5s] | INBA42:236x, BLIB_Or15725.001, | BNEP.114x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00347 | Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX) | 1900 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ان یا پاپا ان اخرق الاحجاب قد اتی رب الارباب فی ظلل السحاب و قضی الامر من | O Pope! Rend the veils asunder. He Who is the Lord of Lords is come overshadowed with clouds, and the decree hath been fulfilled by God | INBA34:026, BLIB_Or15705.018, , CMB_F31.032, , PR11.026a-031a | NRJ#1a, AQA1#001a, RHQM1.141-142 (180) (106-106x), OOL.B065 | SLH#01a, BSC.098 #041 | Announces the return of Christ, ‘come down from Heaven even as He came down from it the first time … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; monasticism; asceticism; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to Christians; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering; rejection of Christ; suffering and imprisonment; universal peace; world unity | * | * | ROB3.116, MMAH.166, MMAH.229, GSH.124, LL#208 | Included in the Suriyi-Haykal. | |
| BH00348 | Suriy-i-Qada | 1900 | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH00354 | Suriy-i-Vafa (=Lawh-i-Vafa) | 1870 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ان یا وفاء ان اشکر ربک بما ایدک علی امره و عرفک مظهر نفسه و اقامک علی ثناء ذکره | O Vafa! Render thanks unto thy Lord for having aided thee to embrace His Cause, enabled thee to recognize the Manifestation | INBA28:215, BLIB_Or15694.386, , Berlin1237#26, ALIB.folder18p103-109 | GWBP#079 p.102x, AQA4#103 p.350, AQA4a.418, AVK1.119.07x, AVK1.276bx, AVK1.321.01x, LMA1.418 (253), MAS1.006x, MAS1.063x, ASAT5.300x, TBP#12, OOL.B140 | TB#12, GWB#079x, WOB.138-139x, NYR#143 | Exhorts the recipient to be the essence of faithfulness; asserts Bahá’u’lláh’s mystical iden … | chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; meaning; importance of dreams and visions; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; realms of being; three realms; five realms; rejection, opposition and persecution; return of the Manifestations of God | * | * | ROB4.205, GSH.190, LL#329 | ||
| BH00356 | 1860 | حمد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که اولیائش را بنار محبتش مشتعل | Praise befitteth the most exalted, most holy court of the Beloved One, Who hath set His loved ones ablaze with the fire of His love [3.5s] | INBA19:390, INBA32:334 | ADM3#129 p.147x, MAS4.169x | corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| BH00358 | Suriy-i-Dam | 1850 | Tablet of Blood (Súriy-i-Damm); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | ان یا محمد اسمع ندآء ربک عن هذا المقام الذی لن یصل الله ایدی الممکنات و لا | O Muhammad! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord from this Station whereunto the hands of all created things cannot attain [3.5s]... ...Adorn thyself with My virtues, in such wise that should anyone stretch forth the hand of oppression against thee, thou wouldst neither take notice nor contend with him. | INBA83:066, BLIB_Or15723.156, | BRL_DA#157, GWBP#039 p.064x, AQA4#075 p.059, AQA4a.001, TZH4.360-366, ASAT4.167x, ASAT5.200x, ASAT5.226x, OOL.B111 | BRL_ATBH#61x, GWB#039x, WOB.118-119x, WOB.139x, BLO_PT#109, HURQ.BH42 | Proclamatory work declaring the oneness of the Prophets through a vision of the words of the dying I … | call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; prophecy and fulfillment; return of the Manifestations of God; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | ROB2.236, MMAH.223, GSH.081, LL#296 | Sometimes spelled as Súriy-i-Damm. | |
| BH00365 | 1840 | شهدت سدره المنتهی لمن ظهر فی ملکوت الانشاء بانه لا اله الا هو لم یزل کان مقدسا | The Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing beareth witness unto Him Who hath appeared in the Kingdom of creation that, verily, there is none other God beside Him, Who hath ever been sanctified [3.5s] | INBA84:232x, BLIB_Or15719.181c, , BLIB_Or15729.125, , NLAI_22848:304, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p156v, , MKI4522.304, | AQA2#009 p.160, ADH1.062x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; call to action; exhortations and counsels; knowledge; recognition of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection by the people of the Bayan; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH00366 | 1840 | قد حضر بین یدی العرش کتابک و ارتد الیه لحاظ الله الملک المقتدر العزیز القدیر و توجه الیه | Your letter hath appeared before the Throne, and towards it have been directed the glances of God, the King, the All-Powerful, the Mighty, the Omnipotent [3.5s] | INBA83:292, ALIB.folder18p096-102 | chastisement and requital; exhortations and counsels; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; thankfulness; gratitude; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00367 | Suriy-i-Husayn | 1830 | 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 | - | - | ||||||
| BH00371 | 1810 | ان یا زین المقربین ذکر من قبلی عبادی ثم بشرهم برحمتی و عنایتی ثم فضلی و | O Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin! Make mention of Me before My servants, then give them the glad-tidings of My mercy and loving-kindness and My grace [3.5s] | INBA38:278 | MAS4.099x, RSR.107x, AKHA_118BE #05-06 p.ax | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; power of the Manifestation of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BH00376 | Suriy-i-Fath | 1790 | ان یا فتح الاعظم قد اخذت القلم لننزل علیک ما یسرک و یحدث فی قلبک ما یجذبک الی | O Fatḥ al-A`zam! I took firm hold of the Pen that there might be revealed for thee what will gladden thee and generate within thy heart | INBA18:249, BLIB_Or15694.355, , ALIB.folder18p075-081 | ANDA#79 p.45x, OOL.B116a | HURQ.BH35x | Addresses an intimate early follower, expressing His weariness at the inane questions and vain objec … | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; events in the life and ministry of the Bab; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; suffering and imprisonment | * | - | LL#301 | |||
| BH00379 | 1780 | Days of Remembrance | شمس الکلمات عن افق بیان ملیک الاسماء و الصفات قد کانت فی احسن الساعات بانوار | The day-star of words, dawning above the horizon of the utterance of Him Who is the Lord of all names and attributes, hath, at this most blessed of hours | INBA81:062, BLIB_Or15692.005, , BLIB_Or15706.021, , BLIB_Or15714.005, | BRL_DA#200, AYT.305x, ASAT4.400x, AMB#10 | DOR#10 | banishment to; life in Baghdad; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); rejection, opposition and persecution; stories; anecdotes; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#015 | ||||
| BH00382 | 1770 | Prayers and Meditations | حمد و ثنا و شکر و بها مقصودیرا لایق و سزا که بحرکت اصبع اقتدار سبحات و حجبات | Praise and glory and thanksgiving and splendor befit and are worthy of that Most Desired One Who, through the motion of the Finger of Power, hath rent asunder the veils and shrouds [3.5s]... ...My God, the Object of my adoration, the Goal of my desire, the All-Bountiful, the Most Compassionate! All life is of Thee | INBA65:030x, INBA30:084bx, INBA81:013bx, BLIB_Or15690.210, , BLIB_Or15699.099b, , NLAI_BH_AB.025x | BRL_DA#691, PMP#160x, AHM.326, AQMJ1.146x, AYI2.310x, AYI2.311x, ADH1.017x | PM#160x | Ahdieh | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#464 | |||
| BH00384 | 1760 | Trustworthiness | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق امام وجوه العالم انه هو الکنز المخزون و اللوح | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh before the faces of the world, verily He is the Hidden Treasure and the Tablet [3.5s]... ...Say: O bearer of My Name! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. Thou hast ever been adorned with the fair robe of trustworthiness and piety | INBA15:211, INBA26:211, BLIB_Or15724.011, | COMP_TRUSTP#18x, YIA.197x | BRL_TRUST#17x, COC#2029x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||
| BH00385 | 1750 | لله در الذین نطقوا بالحق و تمسکوا بالحکمه و البیان فی کل الاحیان انهم عباد ما | Blessed indeed are they who have spoken forth the truth and have held fast to wisdom and utterance at all times. Verily, they are servants [3.5s] | INBA08:549, BLIB_Or15704.126, | UAB.012ax | collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; consultation; contention and conflict; corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; love and unity; proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; the power of words; of speech; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| BH00386 | Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Arabic) | 1750 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Hidden Words; Bahá'í Sacred Writings; Hidden Words | هذا ما نزل من جبروت العزه بلسان القدره و القوه علی النبیین من قبل و انا | This is that which hath descended from the realm of glory, uttered by the tongue of power and might, and revealed unto the Prophets of old. | INBA36:440, INBA30:002, BLIB_Or8901, BLIB_Or15714.147, , CMB_F33.033, , PR22.049b-056b, PR23.029a-033a, BLIB_Or.08685, CUL.X893.7.B111, UMich962.143-151 | BRL_HWA, AVK3.161.16x, ZYN.040, MJMM.017, BSHN.013x, MHT2b.030x, MAS4.367bx, NSR_1993.053, NFF4.001, OOL.B013a | HWAE, LOG#0304x, GPB.140x, SW_v03#01 p.004+007x, SW_v03#02 p.004x, SW_v04#18 p.300x2x, SW_v14#10 p.289-290x, BSC.171 #175-262 | L. Slott (#1), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#1), almunajat.com (#1) [item 2], D. Gundry (#1), E. Mahony (#1), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#1), Baha'i Youth of Japan (#1), Joel in Real Life (#1), The Daguerreotypes (#1), E. Kelly (#1), L. Dely (#1), Y. Mbazo & Friends (#1), Fleur & Tessa (#1), G.H. Miller (#1), S. Peyman (#1), S. Eblaghi and M. Weigert (#1), K. Porray (#1), R. Johnston-Garvin (#1) [track 6], D. Sylvester (#1), M. Levine (#2), Nicolas & Louis (#2), L. Dely (#2), A.E. Rahbin (#2), R. Peterson (#2) [track 6], A. Wensbo (#3), E. Mahony (#3), S. Sunderland (#3), S. Sunderland (#3), M. Levine (#3) [track 2], L. Dely (#3), Rowshan (#3) [track 8], P. Held & C. Bahia (#3) [track 2], A. Youssefi (#4), E. Lilian (#4), MANA (#4), S. Peyman (#4), J. Cooper (#4), L. Dely (#4), R. Peterson (#4) [track 4], Corinne & Riaz (#4), L. Dube (#4) [track 3], Ladjamaya (#4) [track 7], D. Gundry (#5), W. Heath (#5), E. Mahony and A. Youssefi (#5), Bass Adjustment (#5), Ine (#5), M. Weigert (#5), S. Engle and J. White (#5), S. Gomes (#5), T. Ellis (#5), K. Kuolga (#5), A. Mirra (#5), Rowshan (#5) [track 11], SKY (#5), KC Porter (#5), E. Kelly (#5), M. Levine (#5) [track 7], L. Dely (#5), K. Key (#5), A. Sperandeo (#5), A. Wood (#6), L. Slott (#6), Y. Mesbah (#6), L. Dely (#6), The Descendants (#6), The Joburg Baha'i Choir (#6), Honiara Baha'i Youth (#6), The Badasht Project (1) (#7), The Badasht Project (2) (#7), Nabil and Karim (#7), Matt McGrath (#7), T. Nosrat (#7), L. Dube (#7) [track 12], Ladjamaya (#8) [track 4], almunajat.com (#9) [item 1], E. Mahony (#9), D. Hunt (#9), N. Ma'ani (#9), S. Toloui-Wallace (#9), J. Raj (#9), MJ Cyr (#11), O. Devine (#11), Refuge (#11), L. Dely & M. Congo (#11), Oisin & Bahiyyih Devine (#11), A. Azad (#11), Ahdieh (#11), S. Taborn (#11), S. Sunderland (#11), The Descendants (#12), O. Devine (#12), B. Nakedi (#12), P. Held & C. Bahia (#12) [track 3], M.C. Santillana (#12), M. Levine (#12) [track 2], R. Lea (#13), P. Held & C. Bahia (#13) [track 4], Joel in Real Life (#13), A.E. Rahbin (#13), L. Dube (#13) [track 2], MJ Cyr (#14), S. Taefi (#14) [track 9], L. Slott (#14), SKY (#14), A.E. Rahbin (#14), L. Slott (#15), A. Youssefi (#15), L. Dely (#15), E. Mahony (#15), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#15), L. Dube (#15) [track 14], Chicago Baha'i Community (#15), M. Sparrow (#16), Honiara Baha'i Youth (#16), MANA (#16), S. Jaberi (#16), L. Dely & M. Congo (#16) [track 7], L. Slott (#17), E. Mahony (#17), E. Mahony, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#17), E. Henrikson (#17), Mona, Dibo & Nachidah (#17), L. Dely & M. Congo (#17) [track 7], E. Lilian (#18), Rowshan (#19) [track 5], J. Heath (#19) [track 9], J. Heath (#19), D. Olam (#19) [track 11], T. Ellis (#19), Sabin & Leticia (#19), A. Youssefi (#20), TaliaSafa & Friends (#20), Ine (#21), M. Saraswati (#21), A. Youssefi (#22), G.H. Miller (#22), NKAK (#22), K. Porray (#22), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#22), Ann-Sofie & Shahram (#22), T. Ellis (#22), The Descendants (#22), Naseem, Michele & Yasmin (#22), Meredth & Arman (#22), E. Tarani (#22), R. Yazhari (#23), L. Dely (#23), L. Dely (#25) [track 5], L. Dube (#26) [track 17], L. Dely (#27), P. Held & C. Bahia (#29) [track 5], L. Slott (#31), jeph.ilosopher (#31), L. Dely (#31), K. Key (#31), A. Youssefi (#32), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#32), Roz, Amelia & Andre (#32), Ahdi (#32), P. Escobar (#33), N. Ma'ani (#33), Laura & Michael (#33), R. Peterson (#33) [track 5], L. Herrmann (#34), Gyenyame (#34), C. Zurek (#34), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#35), L. Dely (#35), S. & H. Fikri (#35), L. Dube (#35) [track 21], A. Tahirih R. Weiss (#36), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#36), J. Marks and S. Engle (#36), K. Porray (#36), Hayden, Alessia & Anis (#36), A. Youssefi (#38), T. Ellis (#38), E. Mahony (#39), Rowshan (#40), A.E. Rahbin (#40), M. Tokuma (#41), L. Dely & M. Congo (#41) [track 1], Calling Waiting Searching (#42), G.H. Miller (#42), L. Dube (#42) [track 19], S. Gomes (#42), E. Mahony (#43), Dawnbreaker Collective (#43), Heroes Teaching Conference (#43), M. Perez (#43), J. Duhart (#43), G.H. Miller (#44), L. Dely (#44), A.E. Rahbin (#44), L. Dube (#44) [track 8], Nabil and Karim (#46), R. Lea (#48), L.Slott (#48), Katie & Faizi (#48), L. Dely (#48), SKY (#48), L. Dube (#48) [track 15], HeartBeat Collective (#48), L. & L. Hosack (#48), S. Acevedo (#48), A. Youssefi (#50), E. Mahony (#50), K. and D. Eckert and A. Youssefi (#50), Leona and Larry (#51), The Baha'i Trio (#51), E. Lilian (#52), L. Dely & M. Congo (#52) [track 6], E. Mahony (#52), N.D. Huening (#52), C. Oja (#52), S. Skiti (#52), J. Heath (#53) [track 7], S. Toloui-Wallace (#55), M. Levine (#55) [track 3], W. Eng & N. Rajan (#55), Qurratul, Ruhiyyih & Verona (#55), O. Devine (#55), R. Orona (#55), T. Bradley (#55), J. Cooper (#55), Seaon & Saman (#55), D. Stevenson (#56), L. Dube (#57) [track 7], K. Porray (#58), K. Porray (#59), O. Devine (#59), Baha'i Youth of Japan (#59), QuiqueSaba (#59), Strong Steep (#59), Ladjamaya (#59) [track 2], Z. Affolter (#60), L. Dely (#60), L. Dube (#61) [track 10], unknown (#62), L. Dube (#62) [track 1], M. Cuvillier (#63), L. Dube (#63) [track 9], P. Held & C. Bahia (#64) [track 6], L. Dube (#66) [track 20], Ine (#66), W. Heath (#68), Chicago Baha'i Community (#68), P. Held & C. Bahia (#68) [track 7], D. E. Walker (#68), S. Jaberi (#68), C. Oja (#68), L. Harley (#68), D. Stevenson (#71), L. Dely (#71), L. Dube (#71) [track 16] | The Arabic portion of His foremost ethical work, consisting of 71 aphorisms spoken in the voice of t … | bringing oneself to account each day; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; God's love for His own Essence; human reality created in the image of God; humility; meekness; lowliness; knowledge of self; love of God; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; soul; spirit after death | * | * | ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025 | |
| BH00390 | 1740 | حمد مالک ملکوت و سلطان جبروت را لایق و سزاست که بمفتاح اسم اعظم باب بیان را گشود | Praise befitteth and becometh the Lord of the Kingdom and the Sovereign of the Celestial Realm, Who, through the key of the Most Great Name, hath unlocked the Gate of Utterance [3.5s] | INBA27:508 | ADM3#116 p.136x, ADM3#148 p.169x, QUM.081x | confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; praise and encouragement; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| BH00391 | 1740 | ساذج ذکر و ثنا سلطان قدم و دارای عالم را سزاست که بیک تجلی از تجلیات انوار | The pure essence of praise and glorification befitteth the Sovereign of eternity and the Lord of all worlds, Who through but a single effulgence from among the effulgences of His light [3.5s] | INBA07:197, INBA19:124x, INBA32:114x, INBA57:079x, BLIB_Or11097#059, , BLIB_Or15710.282, , NLAI_BH4.202-209 | NNY.005x, NNY.087-088x, NNY.144-150, MAS8.176x | martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ROB4.073, ROB4.088a, LL#006, LL#263 | ||||||
| BH00394 | Sahifiy-i-Shattiyih (the Book of the Tigris) | 1730 | Tablet of the River [Tigris]; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá | قد اکثرت القول فی ذلک ولکن الناس اکثرهم لایفقهون آنچه از ظهورات معجزات که | The people talk constantly about this subject, but most of them comprehend not. Of the miracles mentioned, those which are ascribed to this humble one are fabrications contrived by impostors | INBA36:316, INBA57:010, BLIB_Or15722.267, , BN_suppl.1754.139-143 | BRL_DA#734, MAS4.142, RHQM1.285-291 (349) (209-213), OOL.B096 | BLO_PT#137, BLO_sazedj#10x, JBS#9.3 | Challenges the validity of miracles as proof and takes the coursing of the Tigris River as a central … | differences in human capacity; miracles and their interpretation; proofs of the Manifestations of God; spiritual transformation; symbolism; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard | * | - | ROB1.105, MMAH.228, GSH.024, LL#280 | ||
| BH00395 | Lawh-i-Sayyah (=Suratu'l-Widad) | 1720 | Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ان یا علی فاشهد بانی ظهور الله فی جبروت البقاء و بطونه فی غیب العماء و جمال | O Ali! Bear thou witness that verily I am the Manifestation of God in the Kingdom of eternity, His concealment in the mystic realm of the divine cloud, and the Beauty [3.5s]... ...Upon Our arrival We were welcomed with banners of light, whereupon the Voice of the Spirit cried out saying | INBA36:052, INBA71:211 | BRL_DA#396, RSBB.075, MUH3.258-262, OOL.B079 | GPB.184x2x, HURQ.BH49 | Declares Bahá’u’lláh’s messianic claim; urges the Bábís to embrace it; relates a mystical … | banishment to; life in 'Akka; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | ROB2.210, ROB3.013, BKOG.220, BKOG.245, MMAH.220, GSH.079, LL#236 | ||
| BH00397 | 1720 | حمد مالک عرش و فرش را لایق و سزا که اعراض مشرکین را بقوه غالبه باقبال تبدیل | Praise be unto Him, the Lord of the heavenly throne and earthly realm, Who hath through His conquering might transformed the opposition of the ungodly into acceptance [3.5s] | INBA19:223, INBA32:203 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; consolation and comfort; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00398 | 1720 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | حمدا لمن لایوصف بالمقال الذی لایقوم معه الرجال و الابطال و هو الظاهر فی یوم | Praise be unto Him Who cannot be described by utterance, before Whom no men or heroes can stand, Who is manifest in the Day [3.5s]... ...O Samandar! How many are the souls who with the utmost endeavour and effort, collect a handful of worldly goods and greatly rejoice in this act | INBA66:107x, BLIB_Or15727b.092, , BLIB_Or15732.208, | BRL_DA#255, AYBY.204, AQMJ2.106x, GHA.103bx, HQUQ.011x, AKHA_131BE #15 p.443x | BRL_ATBH#30x, COC#1145x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; charitable associations; humanitarian activities; law of Huququ'llah; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||
| BH00401 | 1710 | خادم مسکین متحیر و متفکر که چه ذکر نماید و که را وصف کند و ستایش گوید حق جل | This lowly servant, bewildered and deep in thought, wondereth what to utter, whom to describe, and how to render praise unto the All-Glorious [3.5s] | INBA15:429, INBA26:433 | AHM.068, GHA.017.11, GHA.032ax, TSBT.011, MSHR5.113-114x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; power of prayer; praise and encouragement; prayer for forgiveness; rejection by the people of the Bayan; the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ROB4.299, LL#191, LL#230 | ||||||
| BH00402 | Suriy-i-Shahada | 1710 | قد حضر کتابک بین یدی العرش و توجه الیه لحظات الله المهیمن العزیز القدیر و عرفنا ما | Your letter hath attained the presence before the Throne, and the gaze of God, the All-Possessing, the Mighty, the All-Powerful, hath been directed towards it, and We have perceived that which [3.5s] | INBA83:103, BLIB_Or15702.007, , BLIB_Or15723.261, , BLIB_Or15737.106, , ALIB.folder18p109-116 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| BH00403 | 1710 | یا حبیب فوادی و المذکور فی قلبی قد سرتنی آیه الاقتدار و کدرنی سجن الابرار و | O Beloved of My heart and He Who is remembered in My soul! The verse of might hath gladdened Me, while the imprisonment of the righteous hath grieved Me [3.5s] | INBA22:247 | AVK3. 227.19x, AVK3.228.10x | forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; martyrs and martyrdom; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||
| BH00405 | 1700 | الحمد لله الذی ظهر بمشرق ایاته و مطلع بیناته و مصدر اوامره و احکامه | Praise be to God, Who hath manifested Himself from the Dayspring of His signs, the Dawning-Place of His clear evidences, and the Source of His commandments and decrees [3.5s] | INBA41:021 | honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Manifestation of God as mediator; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00409 | Lawh-i-Basitatu'l-Haqiqah | 1700 | Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality; Tablet on the Simple Reality, The (Lawḥ-i-Basíṭu'l-Ḥaqíqih) | و ما سئل السائل فی قول الحکماء بسیط الحقیقه کل الاشیاء قل فاعلم ان المقصود | As to the question the enquirer hath asked concerning the sage’s assertion, saying: the Element of Simple Reality is all things… words without deeds are as bees that yield no honey | INBA39:034, BLIB_Or11096#012, , BLIB_Or15698.105, , BLIB_Or15720.105, , BLIB_Or15740.083, , NLAI_BH3.213, LEID.Or4971-7, , Majlis934.291-307 | BRL_DA#714, AVK1.104.06x, IQT.105, SFI05.008, MAS7.140b, ASAT1.078x, ASAT5.176x, ASAT5.250x, TUM.061-064, OOL.B032, VUJUD.099x | LOIR11.203, BLO_PT#141, VUJUDE.133-134x, HURQ.BH65x, JHT_B#016 | Elucidates a statement by the philosopher Mullá Ṣadrá that ‘the uncompounded reality is all th … | Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; prayer for spiritual recognition; transcendence; unknowability of God; uncompounded reality [basitu'l-haqiqah]; unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; words vs deeds | * | - | MMAH.121, GSH.185, LL#077 | ||
| BH00412 | 1690 | حمد خداوند بیمانند را لایق و سزاست که ببا بدء نمود و بالف ختم را ظاهر فرمود و هیکل | Praise be unto the peerless Lord, Who initiated with the letter Bá and made manifest the ending with Alif, and the Temple [3.5s] | INBA15:199, INBA26:199 | MSHR4.011x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; business; financial; property matters; chastisement and requital; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||
| BH00413 | 1690 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | سبحان الذی اظهر نفسه کیف شاء و اراد فی حین ماادرکته افئده اولی الحجی و اعترض | Glorified be He Who hath manifested His Self as He hath willed and desired, at a time when the hearts of them that are endowed with understanding could not comprehend Him and raised objection [3.5s]... ...Regard thou the one true God as One Who is apart from, and immeasurably exalted above, all created things. The whole universe reflecteth His glory | INBA35:094, BLIB_Or11096#009, , BLIB_Or15698.143, , BLIB_Or15720.141, , BLIB_Or15740.110, , NLI.32p083v | BRL_DA#597, GWBP#084 p.111ax, ADM1#006 p.021x, IQT.143, AYI1.337x, UAB.031ax, AQMJ1.181x, ASAT4.270x | GWB#084x, SW_v02#05 p.015x, JHT_S#030x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#421 | ||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||
| BH00416 | 1680 | Tablet to Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II (Lawh-i-Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II) | یا سمندر ان مالک القدر یعزی نفسه بما ورد علیه من الذین اخذوا الاعتساف و نبذوا | O Samandar! Verily, He, Who is the Supreme Ordainer, consoleth Himself for that which came upon Him from those who took to oppression and turned their backs on justice | INBA97:041, BLIB_Or15715.366, | AYBY.045, NNY.172-179, MAS8.068x, SAM.236, TRZ1.074bx, MSBH10.195-196x, YIA.207-208x | BLO_PT#191x | justice and wrath of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; rejection, opposition and persecution; servitude; submission to God; repentance; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||
| BH00422 | 1650 | الحمد لله الذی فتح ابواب العرفان بمقالید البیان و اظهر ما کان مکنونا فی ازل | Praise be unto God, Who hath unlocked the gates of divine knowledge through the keys of utterance, and hath revealed that which lay hidden from all eternity [3.5s] | INBA23:187 | BRL_DA#465, KHMI.021x | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Hands of the Cause; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of prayer; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||
| BH00425 | 1650 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی آمن بالله ربه العلی العظیم و فاز بلقاء الغلام | This is an Epistle from the Prisoner unto him who hath believed in God, his Lord, the Most High, the Most Great, and hath attained to the presence of the Youth [3.5s]... ...By the righteousness of God, my Well-Beloved! I have never aspired after worldly leadership | INBA27:398, BLIB_Or15725.459, , NLAI_BH2.108 | BRL_DA#245, GWBP#054 p.077ax | GWB#054x | Baha'u'llah; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; proclamation to Christians; proclamation to Jews; proclamation to people of the Bayan; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#460 | ||||
| BH00426 | 1650 | یا عندلیب علیک بهاء الله رب العالمین بلسان پارسی ندا مینمائیم انا نحب ان | O 'Andalib! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Lord of all worlds. In the Persian tongue do We address thee, verily We love to [3.5s] | INBA51:424, BLIB_Or15690.023, , BLIB_Or15728.187, | LHKM3.229, ASAT1.142x, PYB#163 p.03x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; praise and encouragement; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| BH00428 | 1640 | تلک آیات الله نزلت بالحق من لدن عزیز علیم و جعلها الله آیه ظهوره لمن فی الملا الاعلی | These are the verses of God, sent down in truth from the presence of the Mighty, the All-Knowing, and God hath made them a sign of His Manifestation unto those in the highest concourse [3.5s] | INBA83:273, BLIB_Or15725.564, , ALIB.folder18p116-121 | knowledge; recognition of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00430 | 1640 | حمد مقدس از انفاس عالمیان ساحت اقدس حضرت محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که جمیع الفاظ | Sanctified praise, transcending the breaths of all the worlds, befitteth the Most Holy Court of that Beloved One, unto Whom all words [3.5s] | INBA27:019, BLIB_Or15717.185, | AYI2.181x, AYI2.182x, AYI2.183x, AYI2.184x | heedlessness and ignorance of the people; knowledge; recognition of God; love of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| BH00431 | Lawh-i-Ibna' | 1630 | 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 | ||
| BH00432 | 1630 | جوهر حمد و ثنا مالک اسما را لایق و سزا که بجنود ذکر و بیان مدائن قلوب اهل | The essence of praise and glorification befitteth the Lord of Names, Who through the hosts of remembrance and utterance hath adorned the cities of the hearts of men [3.5s] | INBA44:200, BLIB_Or15701.254, | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection by the people of the Bayan; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00434 | Suriy-i-Dhibh | 1620 | Surah of the Sacrifice (Súratu'dh-Dhibh) | اقر لله علی عرش العظمه و الجلال بانی انا الله لا اله الا انا المهیمن | God hath proclaimed from the throne of grandeur and splendor, "I, verily, am the Lord God, and there is no other god beside Me | INBA18:001, INBA37:003, BLIB_Or15723.188, , BLIB_Or15737.027, | AQA4#079 p.100, AQA4a.029, AVK3.467.01x, MAS4.139ax, ASAT3.267x, OOL.B113 | BLO_PT#096 | Exhorts the recipient to look into the truth of the Cause of God with his own eyes and declares that … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; independent investigation of truth; reality; proofs of the Manifestations of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | MMAH.222, GSH.113, LL#298 | ||
| 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 | |||
| BH00438 | 1620 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | قد انزلنا الکتاب و هو ینطق امام وجوه العباد الملک لله رب الارباب و یبشر... الها معبودا ملکا مقصودا | Lo, We have sent down the Book, and it proclaimeth before the faces of the servants: "Dominion belongeth unto God, the Lord of Lords," and announceth [3.5s]... ...My God, my Adored One, my King, my Desire! What tongue can voice my thanks to Thee? I was heedless | INBA65:026x, INBA30:082bx, INBA81:001ax, BLIB_Or15690.221, , BLIB_Or15699.006, , NLAI_BH_AB.016x | BRL_DA#687, PMP#173x, AHM.323x, AQMJ1.144x, AYI2.050x, MMJA.011x | PM#173x, BPRY.019-020 | L. Thoresen, R. Price, L. Slott, Soulrise Melodies, K. Porray | characteristics and conduct of true believers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#504 | |||
| BH00443 | 1600 | Meetings, Bahá'í; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | امروز حدیقه ثنا باسم اولیای الهی مزین یعنی نفوسیکه ما عند الناس ایشانرا از ما | In this day is the garden of praise adorned with the name of the chosen ones of God - that is, those souls whom the possessions of men have not withheld from Us [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Thou Who art the God of the seen and the unseen,and ascendent on the throne of Thy name, the Well-Beloved!... The friends of God, one and all, are remembered by the Supreme Pen | INBA44:170b, BLIB_Or15717.009, | ADM3#079 p.095x, AVK3.142.01x, ASAT3.099x, ASAT4.274x | BRL_MEET.BH#01x, JHT_S#151x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; importance of reading the Sacred Writings; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| BH00450 | 1590 | الحمد لله الفرد الواحد الاحد الذی خلق الانسان و الهمه ما یظهر به صفات الرحمن | Praise be to God, the Single, the One, the Incomparable, Who hath created man and inspired him with that which manifesteth the attributes of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA07:017, INBA28:195, BLIB_Or11097#074, | MAS4.151ax | avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| BH00451 | 1590 | فی الحقیقه حق جل جلاله و عم نواله را ثنا و ذکر گفتن لایق نبوده و نیست چه که | In truth, it hath never been, nor shall it ever be, befitting to offer praise and make mention of the True One—exalted be His glory and bountiful His favors—for [3.5s] | INBA31:107 | AVK3.191.07x, AVK3.225.07x, UAB.029ax, MSHR5.350x, UVM.085.04x | chastisement and requital; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; transcendence; unknowability of God; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| BH00453 | 1590 | کتاب انزله المظلوم لمن فاز بایام الله و شرب رحیق البیان من ایادی رحمه ربه | The Book which the Wronged One hath revealed unto them who have attained unto the Days of God and have quaffed the pure wine of utterance from the hands of their Lord's mercy [3.5s] | INBA23:116, BLIB_Or15690.226, , BLIB_Or15699.033, | UAB.039bx | call to action; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; prayer for spiritual recognition; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00454 | Lawh-i-Huriyyih (Tablet of the Maiden) | 1580 | Tablet of the Maiden | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اذکرک حینئذ حین الذی استشرقت شمس الوهیتک عن افق سماء | Praise be unto Thee, O Lord, My God! I mention Thee at this moment when the Sun of Thy divinity is shining from the horizon of the Heaven | INBA48:036, INBA66:004, INBA92:001, BLIB_Or15714.058, , BLIB_Or15739.080, | AQA4#102 p.342, AQA4a.379, SFI16.008-012, ASAT3.134x, ASAT4.049x, OOL.B045 | BLO_PT#133, HURQ.BH20 | Describes a visionary encounter with the Maid of Heaven, who looks deeply within His soul and expire … | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; mystical themes; symbolism; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | ROB1.125, ROB3.223, BKOG.167, MMAH.211, GSH.020, LL#118 | ||
| BH00458 | 1570 | در این ایام که نار ظلم مشتعل و نور عدل مستور قلم اعلی تو را ذکر مینماید و | In these days when the fire of tyranny blazeth fiercely and the light of justice remaineth concealed, the Most Exalted Pen maketh mention of thee and [3.5s] | INBA84:221b.14, BLIB_Or15730.073, | RHQM1.519-520 (637) (390-391x), NSS.122-123x | chastisement and requital; martyrs and martyrdom; prayer for spiritual recognition; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| BH00459 | 1570 | کلمه الله از افق ملکوت بیان ظاهر و نور ظهور از افق طور ساطع آنکلمه کلمه | The Word of God hath appeared from the horizon of the Kingdom of utterance, and the Light of Manifestation hath shone forth from the horizon of Sinai. That Word is the Word [3.5s] | INBA51:448, BLIB_Or15690.028, , BLIB_Or15728.080b, | ADM1#025 p.061x, LHKM3.220 | praise and encouragement; proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| BH00461 | 1560 | یا ایها الناظر الی افقی و الطائر فی هوآئی اسمع ندائی قد ارتفع فی هذا الحین و | O thou who gazest upon Mine horizon and soareth in Mine atmosphere! Hearken unto My call which hath been raised at this moment [3.5s] | INBA42:143, BLIB_Or15690.033, , BLIB_Or15718.063, , BLIB_Or15728.178, | KHMT.018-019x, YMM.304x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; proclamation to Jews; proclamation to the people of the world; rejection by the people of the Bayan; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| BH00462 | 1550 | الحمد لله الذی جعل البیان مقناطیسا لجذب اهل الادیان فی الامکان و به انطق | Praise be to God Who hath made utterance a magnet for attracting the followers of all religions in the realm of possibility [3.5s] | INBA08:326 | authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00465 | 1550 | حیرت اندر حیرت و عجب اندر عجب که اینفانی مفقود در اول عرایض و مکاتب و رسائل | Wonder upon wonder and astonishment upon astonishment, that this evanescent and lost one, in the beginning of supplications, letters and treatises [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! I beseech Thee by the station wherein Thy most sweet voice calleth aloud,and by the horizon from which the luminary of Thy Cause doth shine forth | INBA31:116 | AQA6#217 p.051, ADM2#030 p.051x, FRH.077-078x | JHT_S#055x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; justice and wrath of God; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#352 | |||||
| BH00466 | 1540 | رشحات وحی از اوراق سدره منتهی باعانت نسیم اراده مالک اسماء بهیئت این کلمات | The dewdrops of revelation, aided by the breezes of the Will of the Lord of Names, have descended from the leaves of the Divine Lote-Tree in the form of these words [3.5s]... ...Indeed the laws of God are like unto the ocean and the children of men as fish | INBA35:140x, BLIB_Or15719.031, , Majlis934.092-108 | AVK2.057.13x, AVK3.119.11x, AVK3.298.16x, UAB.031dx, MAS4.170x, KSHG.064-070, MSBH2.482-489 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; methods of teaching the Cause; music and singing; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ROB3.279, LL#131 | ||||||
| BH00468 | 1540 | هذا کتاب کریم قد نزل من لدن عزیز حکیم و فیه ما یفرح به المخلصون | This is a glorious Book which hath been sent down from the presence of One Who is Mighty, All-Wise, wherein is that which causeth the sincere ones to rejoice [3.5s]... ...Say: Beware lest ye become veiled by evil suggestions from Him who is the Possessor of all Names and Attributes. This is he [Baha’u’llah] whose Manifestation the Bab hath covenanted (‘ahd) in every particle (dharr) of the Bayan | INBA34:089, BLIB_Or15735.143, | AQA1#004, AVK4.420bx, AVK4.257.03x, MAS8.047bx, AKHA_124BE #09 p.ax, HYK.143 | BLO_PT#216.030x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; living waters; water of life; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; predictions and prophecies; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH00469 | 1540 | یا فضل یذکرک المظلوم و یبشرک بما نزل لک من القلم الاعلی فی هذا الکتاب المبین | O Faḍl! The Wronged One maketh mention of thee and giveth thee glad tidings of that which hath been sent down for thee from the Most Exalted Pen in this perspicuous Book [3.5s] | INBA08:330, INBA22:288x, INBA45:027.01x | BRL_DA#359, AVK3.357.02x, SAAF.364-365x | alchemy; the elixir; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| BH00470 | 1530 | حمد و ثنا اولیای مالک اسما را سزاست که ظلم ظالمین و منع مانعین ایشانرا از ذکر و ثنا و | Praise and glorification befit the loved ones of the Lord of Names, whom neither the tyranny of the oppressors nor the hindrances of them that impede can deter from His remembrance and praise [3.5s] | INBA27:489 | MAS4.370ax, MAS8.065ax | call to action; humility; meekness; lowliness; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; service to others; to the Cause of God; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| BH00474 | 1520 | حمد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که عوالم لایتناهی خلق فرموده و | Praise be befitting the most exalted, most holy court of that Desired One Who hath created infinite worlds [3.5s] | INBA31:158 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; praise and encouragement; thankfulness; gratitude; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00477 | 1510 | الحمد لله الذی حکم للعشاق بالفراق و بحنینهم انجذب من فی الافاق تعالی من ظهر | Praise be to God Who decreed separation for the lovers, and through their yearning drew unto Him all who dwell within the horizons. Exalted be He Who hath manifested Himself [3.5s] | INBA19:342, INBA32:295, BLIB_Or15700.067, , BLIB_Or15711.240, | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love of God; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00478 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Maryam | 1510 | Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam | ان یا قلم الاعلی مااخذک السرور فی ایام ربک العلی الاعلی لتغن به علی افنان | O Pen of Glory! Thou hast never been seized with transports of joy during the days of Thy Lord, the Exalted, the Most High | INBA38:311, INBA48:052, INBA49:260, BLIB_Or15714.119, , BLIB_Or15739.108, , NLAI_BH2.336, Majlis210461.104-111 | BRL_DA#568, TAHR.336-339, ASAT4.080x, AKHT1.093-094x, AKHT1.366, HYK.334x, OOL.B153 | LTDT.298-299x, BLO_PT#015, HURQ.BH85 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; eulogies; reminiscences; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love of God; martyrs and martyrdom; prayer for protection; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; visitation Tablets | * | - | ROB1.013, GSH.205, LL#348 | Stephen Lambden states that this Tablet of Visitation was "apparently primarily written by Baha'u'llah for Tahirih and utilized also for various other eminent female Bahá'ís, including Maryam". | ||
| BH00480 | 1510 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | حمد سلطان وجود و ملیک غیب و شهود را لایق و سزا است که بنور کلمه مبارکه افئده | Praise be unto the Sovereign of existence and the King of the seen and unseen, Who through the light of His blessed Word hath illumined the hearts [3.5s]... ...I swear by the Daystar that shineth above the Horizon of Utterance A paring from the nail of one of the believing handmaidens | INBA28:001, INBA22:046, BLIB_Or15732.232, , BLIB_Or15733.109, | BRL_ATBH#43x, PDC.144x | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; role and station of women; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||
| BH00483 | 1500 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | الحمد لمن نطق بعد تقدیسه عن اللسان و علم بعد تنزیهه عن البیان انه لهو الذی | Praise be unto Him Who, after His sanctification beyond all tongues, hath spoken, and Who, after His transcendence above all utterance, hath taught. He, verily, is the One Who [3.5s]... ...It hath been decreed that, if anyone should have a troubled dream and should thereby be grieved and saddened, he may recite this blessed verse… O Thou by Whose name the sea of joy moveth and the fragrance of happiness is wafted! | INBA07:128, INBA18:421, BLIB_Or15717.233, , Majlis210461.126x | ADM2#113 p.202x, MAS4.366bx, ASAT1.072x, PYK.033x | BRL_APBH#23x, RBB.123x, BSC.186 #270x, BP1929.012x | Sixth Choral Music Festival Concert, C. Wolcott | consolation and comfort; eulogies; reminiscences; meaning; importance of dreams and visions; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#189 | |||
| BH00488 | 1500 | روحی لحبکم الفدآء دستخط آنمحبوب دل و جان رسید و در ملکوت بیان عرض شد فرمودند | My spirit be a sacrifice for your love! The handwriting of that Beloved of heart and soul arrived and was presented in the Kingdom of utterance, and He spoke forth [3.5s] | INBA22:258x | MJAN.174, AYBY.262ax, AYBY.262bx, ASAT4.275x, ASAT4.275x | corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; law of Huququ'llah; martyrs and martyrdom; rejection, opposition and persecution; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH00491 | 1490 | ستایش بیقیاس ذات بی مثالیرا سزاست که شمس توحید را از افق تجرید ظاهر فرمود و | Immeasurable praise beseemeth that peerless Essence Who hath caused the Sun of Unity to appear from the horizon of detachment [3.5s] | INBA42:207, BLIB_Or15693.042, | call to action; consolation and comfort; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for teaching; rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00492 | 1490 | قد امرت بالاختصار فیما ارسل الی الاخیار من لدی الله العزیز المختار لذا اظهار | I have been commanded to be concise in that which is sent unto the chosen ones from the presence of God, the Mighty, the All-Choosing, and thus do I make manifest [3.5s]... ...It is indubitably clear and evident that whatsoever hath been sent down from the heaven of divine commandment -- magnified be His glory -- is intended to confer benefits upon His servants | INBA18:430 | AVK4.230.05x, GHA.099.09x | COC#1143x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; eulogies; reminiscences; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; interpretation of dreams and visions; permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||
| BH00494 | 1490 | یا آقا بابا علیک بهاء الله الابهی هل تعلم من ینادیک قلم الله الاعلی و هل | O Aqa Baba! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Most Glorious! Dost thou know who calleth thee? The Most Exalted Pen of God, and dost thou [3.5s] | INBA44:165, BLIB_Or15715.195bx, , BLIB_Or15724.109, | BRL_DA#046, ASAT2.087x | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| BH00501 | Lawh-i-Karim | 1470 | Trustworthiness; Translation List; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای کریم انشاء الله بعنایت کریم در ظل سدره رب العالمین مستریح باشی و بفیوضات | O Karím! God grant that, through the bounty of the Most Generous [Karím], thou art reposing beneath the shade of the Tree of the Lord of all worlds...It behoveth ye all so to adorn your inner and outer beings that, robed in trustworthiness… O my loved ones! Ye are the world's spiritual physicians | INBA35:030, INBA51:389, BLIB_Or11096#016, , BLIB_Or15698.164, , BLIB_Or15720.161, , BLIB_Or15740.125, , NLI.32p126r, Majlis210461.011-017 | BRL_DA#738, COMP_TRUSTP#28x, ADM1#007 p.025x, AVK3.002.01x, AVK3.385.15x, IQT.164, MAS4.157bx | BRL_TRUST#27x, BW_v02p062x, COC#2039x, ADMS#207, JHT_S#018x | States that, while some are able to recognize the truth the moment they encounter it, most stand in … | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; methods of teaching the Cause; outward and inward meanings; power of prayer; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | GSH.175 | ||
| BH00503 | Suriy-i-Khitab | 1470 | ذکر الله علی هیئه النار فی هیکل النور من سدره الانسان باذن الرحمن قد کان فی قطب | The Remembrance of God in the form of Fire, in the Temple of Light, from the Lote-Tree of Man, hath, in very truth, been made manifest with the permission of the All-Merciful | INBA83:154, BLIB_Or15702.144, , BLIB_Or15737.137, | BRL_DA#108, OOL.B128 | HURQ.BH36 | Praises the recipient for recognizing Bahá’u’lláh after failing to do so in an earlier meeting … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; proclamation to people of the Bayan; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | LL#314 | |||
| BH00504 | 1470 | Family Life; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ساذج حمد و جوهر آن ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت قیومی را لایق و سزاست که بکلمه علیا | The pure essence of praise and its quintessence beseemeth the most exalted, the most holy court of His presence, the Ever-Abiding Lord, Who through His Most Great Word [3.5s]... ...These blessed words were uttered by the Tongue of Grandeur in the Land of Mystery, exalted and glorified is His utterance… One of the distinguishing characteristics of this most great Dispensation is that the kin of such as have recognized | INBA28:323 | BRL_DA#407, COMP_FAMP#45x, MAS4.173ax | BRL_FAM#45x, COC#0823x | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; praise and encouragement; rejection by the people of the Bayan; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00505 | Lawh-i-Aqdas (Tablet to the Christians) | 1470 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Miscellaneous historical and doctrinal topics; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی مامنعته سبحات الاسماء عن الله فاطر الارض و السما | This is an Epistle from Our presence unto him whom the veils of names have failed to keep back from God | INBA34:100, BLIB_Or15735.163, , CMB_F32.085, | AQA1#006, SFI16.025, NSR_1993.024ax, ASAT1.168x, ASAT4.185x, HYK.163, TBP#02, OOL.B026 | TB#02, COF.030ax, TDH#158.3x, GPB.210x8x, GPB.253x, GPB.396x, PDC.166x, PDC.166-167x, PDC.167-168x, PDC.168x, PDC.174x, WOB.078x, SW_v04#01 p.013, SW_v04#01 p.014-020, BSC.124 #049 | Ahdieh | Announces to an unnamed Christian Bahá’u’lláh’s revelation as the fulfilment of Christian pr … | call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; knowledge; recognition of God; monasticism; asceticism; Mosaic imagery; proclamation to Christians; spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | * | ROB4.227 et al, BKOG.382, GPB.209, WOB.104, MMAH.165, GSH.164-168, LL#060 | |
| BH00507 | 1460 | ای حبیب من دنیا را قراری نه و وفائی نیست و صاحبان افئده نباید در این ایام | O My beloved! The world hath neither permanence nor fidelity, and they who possess hearts should not in these days [3.5s] | INBA38:005b, INBA65:279, BLIB_Or15722.235, , NLI.32p011v | LHKM2.005, PYB#148 p.03x, TABN.205-208, YMM.346x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; humility; meekness; lowliness; spiritual springtime; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| BH00508 | 1460 | Huqúqu'lláh | این ایامیست که قلم و لسان جز بذکر شهدا ساکن نه و دوست نداشته و ندارد بذکری | These are the days wherein neither pen nor tongue findeth rest or desireth aught save the remembrance of the martyrs [3.5s]... ...Payments for the Huququ'llah cannot be handed over to every person. These words have been uttered by Him Who is the sovereign Truth | INBA28:516 | BRL_DA#398, BRL_HUQUQP#087x | BRL_HUQUQ#087x, COC#1156x, LOG#1040x | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; law of Huququ'llah; martyrs and martyrdom; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ROB4.089c, LL#006 | ||||
| BH00511 | 1450 | حمد مقدس از ذکر و ادراک امم مالک قدم را لایق و سزاست که باشراقات انوار نیر اسم | Praise, sanctified beyond the mention and comprehension of all peoples, befitteth and beseemeth the Lord of Eternity, Who through the effulgent rays of the Orb of His Name [3.5s] | INBA31:183 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00512 | Lawh-i-Tawhid | 1450 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | حمد مقدس از عرفان ممکنات و منزه از ادراک مدرکات ملیک عز بی مثالی را سزا است | Praise be to God, the All-Possessing, the King of incomparable glory, a praise which is immeasurably above | INBA38:012, INBA65:167, INBA35:058b, INBA36:396, NLI.32p020v, PR23.039b-041b | BRL_DA#716, GWBP#026 p.047bx, AVK1.113b.02x, AVK2.013.17x, AVK2.072.02x, ZYN.056, MJMM.307, DWNP_v1#01 p.003-007, UAB.006bx, UAB.008ax, DLS.070x, ASAT2.104x, AHB_109BE #07 p.002x, PYM.335-341, OOL.B081 | GWB#026x, WOB.113x2x, ADMS#013 | Discourse on the transcendence of God, Whose signs have pervaded the entire creation and Who is know … | creation of the world; Manifestation of God as mirror; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | GSH.184, LL#250 | ||
| BH00519 | 1420 | الحمد لله الذی نطق بکلمته العلیا اذا ماجت بها البحار و هاجت بها الاریاح و | Praise be unto God, Who hath uttered His most exalted Word, whereupon the seas surged and the winds were stirred [3.5s] | INBA31:004, BLIB_Or11097#006, | AVK3.126.10x, MAS8.128x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; chastisement and requital; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| BH00520 | 1420 | حق ناطق و آیات مشرق سبیل واضح دلیل مشهود ولکن اهل ارض باوهام مشغول و از | Truth speaketh, and the verses shine forth; the path is manifest, and the proof evident; yet the people of the earth remain occupied with vain imaginings and are [3.5s] | INBA23:269 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Hands of the Cause; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00522 | 1420 | حمد مقصود عالم و مولی الامم را لایق و سزاست که اسرار مکنونه مخزونه را محض | Praise be unto Him Who is the Desire of the world and the Lord of all nations, Who hath caused the hidden and treasured mysteries to be revealed [3.5s] | INBA44:146 | BRL_DA#057 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; eulogies; reminiscences; prayer for the departed; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00523 | 1420 | ذکر من لدی المظلوم لمن فی الامکان لیقربهم الی ملکوت اسمی الرحمن المقام الذی | A remembrance from the Wronged One unto them that dwell within the realm of possibility, that He may draw them nigh unto the Kingdom of My Name, the All-Merciful - the station which [3.5s] | INBA18:488, BLIB_Or15713.027, | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; proclamation to the people of the world; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00524 | 1420 | لازال مظاهر الهیه بحجتهای محکمه متقنه و براهین واضحه لائحه ظاهر شده اند و | The Manifestations of God have ever appeared with compelling and conclusive proofs and with clear and manifest evidences [3.5s] | INBA92:203bx | HDQI.016, PYB#175 p.03x, AKHA_122BE #06 p.ax, ANDA#09 p.03 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for spiritual recognition; proofs of the Manifestations of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| BH00531 | 1410 | Trustworthiness; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | شکر و حمد ذکر و ثنا نعت و بها مقصود یکتا را سزا که عالم وجود را بنور عدل منور فرمود | Praise, thanksgiving, glorification and eulogy befit the one peerless Object of all desire, Who hath illumined the world of existence with the light of justice [3.5s]... ...I beseech Thee, O my God, by all the transcendent glory of Thy Name, to clothe Thy loved ones in the robe of justice and to illumine their beings with the light of trustworthiness… In most of Our Tablets We have counselled the servants of God to be trustworthy and righteous | INBA15:149, INBA26:149 | COMP_TRUSTP#08x, COMP_TRUSTP#37x | BRL_TRUST#08x, BRL_TRUST#36x, BPRY.173x, COC#2020x, COC#2048x | jeph.ilosopher | business; financial; property matters; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||
| BH00532 | Suriy-i-Ismuna'l-Mursil | 1410 | هذا کتاب من لدی البهاء الی من اقر بالله و اعترف بسلطانه ثم استقر علی مقر قدس رفیع | This is the Book from the presence of Bahá unto him who hath acknowledged God and recognized His sovereignty, and hath moreover attained unto a seat of celestial sanctity [3.5s]... ...Among them is the King of Persia, who suspended Him Who is the Temple of the Cause in the air, and put Him to death with such cruelty | INBA37:133, INBA83:118, BLIB_Or15702.037, , BLIB_Or15723.253, , BLIB_Or15737.097, , ALIB.folder18p142-147 | BRL_DA#731, AQA4#092 p.311, OOL.B126 | PDC.111-112x | A meditation on the name of God, ‘the Sender’, and its various present and future manifestations … | categories of Prophets (major; minor; village); proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | GSH.201, LL#311 | |||
| BH00537 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Siyyidu'sh-Shuhada | 1380 | Tablet of Visitation for Imám Husayn (Lawh-i-Zíyárat-Namih-i-Imám Husayn); Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی انه هو الموعود فی الکتب و الصحف و | God testifieth that there is no God but Him! And He that hath appeared is the One promised in all the Books and sacred Scrolls…. Glory be unto Thee O my God, O Thou the Lord of Manifestation, Whose shed the glory of His effulgence upon the branch of Sinai! | INBA65:001, BLIB_Or15696.175bx, , BLIB_Or15714.112, | BRL_DA#158, ADM2#010 p.024x, MJMM.202, AYT.235, ASAT3.100x, DLH3.422x, OOL.B154 | BRL_ATBH#59x, BLO_PT#149, ADMS#003x, JHT_S#173x | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; martyrs and martyrdom; prayer for martyrs; visitation Tablets | * | - | ROB3.303, MMAH.226, GSH.144, LL#347, LL#350 | Tablet of Visitation for Imam Husayn. | ||
| BH00538 | 1370 | الحمد لله الذی تجلی من انوار بوارق المشرقه من افق البیان علی القلم الاعلی | Praise be to God, Who hath shone forth through the radiant lights that gleam from the horizon of utterance upon the Supreme Pen [3.5s] | INBA31:010, BLIB_Or11097#039, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00540 | 1370 | Trustworthiness | امروز تجلیات آفتاب حقیقت بر کل تابیده و مداین و دیار از جذب ندای مختار در شغف | In this day hath the effulgent Sun of Truth shed its radiance upon all creation, and cities and lands are stirred with rapture at the attraction of the Voice of the All-Chosen One [3.5s]... ...Say: desist from wickedness and transgression, and lay hold on trustworthiness and piety, candour and sincerity. This is the commandment of God, the Lord of the Judgement Day | INBA18:399 | COMP_TRUSTP#38x, AYI2.012x | BRL_TRUST#37x, COC#2049x | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for unity; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||
| BH00544 | 1360 | ان یا حرف الحی اسمع اصوات اجنحه هذا الطیر فی هذا الهوآء باجنحه الیاقوت و | O Letter of the Living! Hearken unto the sounds of the wings of this Bird in this atmosphere, with wings of ruby [3.5s] | INBA38:086bx, INBA74:083, BLIB_Or03114.065rx, , BLIB_Or15737.207b, | RSBB.132x, YMM.470x | prayer for spiritual recognition; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| BH00552 | 1350 | هذا کتاب نزل بالحق من سماء التی کانت علی العالمین محیطا و ینزل منها فیکل حین | This is the Book sent down in truth from the heaven that hath encompassed all the worlds, and from which there descendeth at every moment that which hath been ordained [3.5s]... ...Wert thou to hear with Mine ear, thou wouldst hear how Ali [the Bab] bewaileth Me in the presence of the Glorious Companion | INBA92:218x, BLIB_Or15694.537, , ALIB.folder18p137-142 | ASAT4.157x | PDC.013-014x | call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; exhortations and counsels; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection by the people of the Bayan; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||
| BH00553 | 1350 | هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و یلقی فی القلوب من اسرار الله المهیمن العزیز القدیر و | This is a Book that proclaimeth the truth and casteth into hearts the mysteries of God, the All-Possessing, the Mighty, the All-Powerful [3.5s] | INBA36:117, INBA71:283b, BLIB_Or15696.164b, , BLIB_Or15738.091, | ASAT2.112x, ASAT4.438x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| BH00554 | 1350 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | یا حیدر قبل علی بگو یا اهل ارض آذان را از برای اینکلمه مبارکه از آنچه | O Haydar-'Alí! Say: O peoples of the earth! Purge your ears for this blessed Word from whatsoever [3.5s]... ...O my God, the God of bounty and mercy! Thou art that King by Whose commanding word the whole creation | INBA42:001, INBA65:029x, INBA30:084a, BLIB_Or15690.234, , BLIB_Or15699.080, , BLIB_Or15718.155, | BRL_DA#684, PMP#159x, AHM.319x, AQMJ1.141x, VAA.202-202x, ADH1.044x, MMJA.034x | PM#159x, BPRY.168 | A. Youssefi | exhortations and counsels; power of the Manifestation of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#497 | |||
| BH00560 | 1330 | حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان مالک امکان را لایق و سزاست که از انقلاب سکون ظاهر | Sanctified praise, transcending all mention and utterance, befitteth the Lord of all contingent being, Who hath been made manifest through the transformation of repose [3.5s] | INBA31:179 | consultation; exhortations and counsels; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | LL#104, LL#105 | |||||||
| BH00561 | 1330 | Bahá'í Sacred Writings | حمد مقصود عالمیان را که در جمیع احوال از قلم اعلی | Praise be unto Him Who is the Goal of all the worlds, Who in every condition, through the Most Exalted Pen [3.5s] | INBA41:060 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; praise and encouragement; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| BH00565 | 1330 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الی من تمسک بالعلوم لعل یخرق حجاب الاکبر و یتوجه الی | This is a Book from Him Who is Wronged unto him that hath clung to learning, that perchance he may rend asunder the most great veil and turn towards [3.5s]... ...Ponder awhile. What is it that prompted, in every Dispensation, the peoples of the earth to shun the Manifestation of the All-Merciful? | INBA35:053, INBA66:110, BLIB_Or11096#007, , BLIB_Or15698.231, , BLIB_Or15720.228, , BLIB_Or15740.176, | BRL_DA#666, GWBP#035 p.060x, ADM1#005 p.018x, IQT.231, AYI1.329x, MJMM.232, DWNP_v5#06 p.002-003x, UAB.002bx, ASAT3.074x, ASAT3.131x, ASAT4.146x, ASAT4.429x, YMM.404x, NSS.125x | GWB#035x, JHT_S#100x | corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; suffering; rejection of Christ; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#377, LL#423 | ||||
| BH00568 | Bisharat (Glad-Tidings; =Lawh-i-Nida) | 1320 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | حق شاهد و مظاهر اسماء و صفاتش گواه که مقصود از ارتفاع ندآء و کلمه علیا آنکه | God, the True One, testifieth and the Revealers of His names and attributes bear witness that Our sole purpose in raising the Call | INBA30:042, BLIB_Or07851.043b, , KB_262:033-041, PR05.002b-007a, BN_suppl.1753.069-075 | ADM2#108 p.195x, AVK3.431.02x, AVK4.248.04x, AVK4.282ax, MJMM.116, UAB.057cx, BSHA.066x, PYB#188 p.04x, ADH1.086x, TBP#03, OOL.B005, OOL.B132 | TB#03, LOG#0410x, LOG#2105x, LOG#2116x, GPB.218x, PDC.026x, PDC.118x, SW_v08#06 p.067, SW_v08#09 p.113, SW_v11#18 p.297, DWN_v5#04 p.001x, DWN_v5#09 p.001x, DWN_v6#01 p.001-002x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.141 #070-091 | Proclaims fifteen ‘glad-tidings’: the abolition of holy war, consorting in fellowship with the f … | destruction of books; House of Justice; law of pilgrimage; monasticism; asceticism; status of kings; future of monarchy; useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; work as worship | * | * | JRAS.676-679, ROB4.161-168, GSH.156, GSH.191, BSR_v16p03, LL#013, LL#320 | ||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||
| BH00571 | 1310 | حمد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقتدری را لایق و سزاست که اعراض معرضین و انکار منکرین | Praise befitteth and is worthy of the most sacred and most exalted court of that omnipotent Lord, notwithstanding the turning away of them that have turned aside and the denial of them that have denied [3.5s] | INBA84:148x, INBA84:082ax, INBA84:022b.13x, BLIB_Or15690.037, , BLIB_Or15728.192, | MAS4.123ax, MAS8.122x | chastisement and requital; methods of teaching the Cause; praise and encouragement; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| BH00572 | 1310 | حمد و ثنا اولیاء حق جل جلاله را لایق و سزاست که منقطعا عن العالم بر خدمت امر | Praise and glory befit the chosen ones of the True One, glorified be His majesty, who, detached from the world, have arisen to serve His Cause [3.5s] | INBA27:047 | AYI2.372x | characteristics and conduct of true believers; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; praise and encouragement; prayer for specific individuals; groups; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| BH00578 | 1300 | ان یا فتح الاعظم تالله الحق الیوم یومک قم علی الامر بین السموات و الارض ثم غن | O Most Great Victory! By God, the True One, this is Thy Day. Arise to serve the Cause betwixt heaven and earth, then sing [3.5s] | INBA18:258, BLIB_Or15725.039, | call to action; chastisement and requital; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00579 | Lawh-i-Maryam | 1300 | Lawh-i-Maryam (Tablet to Maryam) Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam; Days of Remembrance | ای مریم مظلومیتم مظلومیت اسم اولم را از لوح امکان محو نموده و از سحاب قضا | O Maryam! The wrongs which I suffer have blotted out the wrongs suffered by My First Name from the Tablet of creation. | INBA38:087, INBA28:386 | BRL_DA#739, AYT.366, BSHN.046, MHT2b.044x, TZH4.138-139x, TZH4.159-161x, TZH4.261-262x, MAS4.329, RHQM2.0991-996 (430) (264-267), ANDA#05 p.02, OOL.B058c, AMB#31 | DOR#31, BKOG.117x, LTDT.300x, GPB.118x, GPB.119x, GPB.120x, GPB.124x, GPB.125x, BLO_PT#015, BLO_PT#048 | Recounts to one of His cousins Bahá’u’lláh’s banishment to Baghdad, His departure for Sulaym … | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | * | - | ROB1.013, BKOG.117, MMAH.132, GSH.174, LL#164 | ||
| BH00581 | 1300 | حمد مقدس از ادراکات من علی الارض ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودیرا سزاست که سطوت | Sanctified praise, transcending the perceptions of all who dwell upon the earth, befitteth the most holy and exalted Court of Him Who is the Desired One, Whose might [3.5s] | INBA31:085 | heedlessness and ignorance of the people; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00586 | 1300 | یوم یوم الله است و کل ما سواه بر هستی و عظمت و اقتدار او گواه بعضی شناخته و | This is the Day of God, and all else besides Him beareth witness to His Being, His Grandeur and His Power. Some have recognized [3.5s]... ...Regard thou the one true God as One Who is apart from, and immeasurably exalted above, all created things. | INBA39:045, BLIB_Or11096#014, , BLIB_Or15698.155, , BLIB_Or15720.152, , BLIB_Or15740.119, | BRL_DA#665, AVK1.015.13x, AVK2.021.02x, AVK3.386.15x, IQT.155, RSBB.100, MAS8.108cx, ASAT5.285x | PDC.133x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; knowledge; recognition of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| BH00591 | 1290 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تشهد السن الممکنات علی سلطنتک و اقتدارک و علی فقری و | Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! The tongues of all created things testify to Thy sovereignty and Thine omnipotence | INBA44:152, INBA48:060, INBA49:098, BLIB_Or07852.054, , BLIB_Or15725.477, , BLIB_Or15739.121, | PMP#179 | PM#179 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; servitude; submission to God; repentance; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00594 | 1280 | شهد مقصودنا و محبوبنا و معبودنا انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ظهر انه هو ظهوره و نفسه و ظاهره | Our Purpose, our Beloved, and our Adored One beareth witness that verily there is no God but Him, and that He Who hath appeared is indeed His Manifestation, His very Self, and His revealed Sign [3.5s] | INBA27:496, BLIB_Or15717.236, | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; business; financial; property matters; consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; God's love for His own Essence; servitude; submission to God; repentance; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00597 | Lawh-i-Ashraf | 1270 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet to Ashraf | ان یا اشرف اسمع ما یلقیک لسان القدم و لاتکن من الغافلین و ان استماع نغمه من نغمات | O Ashraf, listen carefully to what the Tongue of the Eternal has to say. Any one of the melodies of your Lord would be sufficient to attract the hearts | INBA83:216, BLIB_Or15702.276, , NLAI_BH2.308, ALIB.folder18p167 | BRL_DA#722, GWBP#052 p.075x, AVK3.088.11x, MJMM.211, ASAT1.123x, ASAT1.140x, ASAT2.065x, ASAT5.347x, OOL.B027 | GWB#052x, BLO_PT#171 | A summons to the recognition of Bahá’u’lláh, naming the proofs of His cause as His own self, H … | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; personal instructions; praise and encouragement; proclamation to people of the Bayan; proofs of the Manifestations of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | ROB2.230, ROB2.120, GSH.186, LL#063 | Quoted in the Lawh-i-Istintaq, BH00015. | |
| BH00598 | 1270 | Days of Remembrance | ای رب یا الهی کلما ارید ان افتح لسانی ببدایع اذکار عز وحدانیتک او احرک شفتی | O Lord my God! Whensoever I attempt to unloose my tongue to extol the wondrous expressions of Thy transcendent oneness | INBA48:067, BLIB_Or15739.131, | TSBT.114, ABMK.021, AMB#11 | DOR#11 | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; material world a reflection of the spiritual; prayer for forgiveness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00599 | 1270 | حمد مقدس از ادراکات موجودات ساحت عز مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که جمیع عوالم | Sanctified praise, transcending the comprehension of all created things, befitteth the court of the glory of that Best-Beloved One, Who hath brought forth all the worlds [3.5s]... ...It is not permissible to solicit [Huquq]. If anyone offereth something of his own volition, thou mayest accept it, but it is not thine to demand anything from anyone | INBA27:013, BLIB_Or15732.218, | AYI2.177x, AYI2.178x, AYI2.179x | COC#1150x | call to action; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH00604 | Suriy-i-Zubur | 1260 | جمال الرحمن عن افق الرضوان خلف سحاب الاحزان قد کان بالحق مشروقا و ان یرفع السحاب | The Beauty of the All-Merciful hath risen from the horizon of the Divine Good-Pleasure, veiled behind clouds of sorrow, and verily these clouds shall be lifted [3.5s] | INBA83:132, BLIB_Or03114.039r, , BLIB_Or15696.124b, , BLIB_Or15702.070, , BLIB_Or15737.121, , NLAI_BH1.390, ALIB.folder18p147-152 | ASAT1.125x, TISH.269-273, OOL.B142 | Explains the circumstances of His withdrawal from the community, states that He has as a result hidd … | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | LL#331 | ||||
| BH00605 | 1260 | یا اسد علیک بهائی نامه جناب نصر علیه بهائی که بشما ارسال نمود بدیع الله بحضور | O Asad! Upon thee be my glory! The letter from his honor Nasr - upon him be my glory - which he sent unto thee, reached the Divine Presence [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! Thou hearest and art fully aware that this servant of Thine doth affirm the oneness of Thine Essence and Its sanctity | INBA61:023 | ADM2#082 p.150x, AQMM.055x | JHT_S#023x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; eulogies; reminiscences; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for praise and gratitude; teaching the Cause; call to teach; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||
| BH00608 | 1250 | الحمد لله الذی تجلی باسمه الاعظم علی العالم اذا ارتعدت فرائص المشرکین ... یا حسین قد انزلنا لک لوحا | All praise be unto God Who hath manifested Himself through His Most Great Name unto the world, whereat the limbs of the ungodly trembled... O Ḥusayn, We have sent down unto thee a Tablet [3.5s] | INBA18:240, BLIB_Or15716.035.17, , OSAI_TC 33r-33vx, | AHT.005ax, AHT.006bx | consolation and comfort; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Hands of the Cause; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; praise and encouragement; prayer for protection; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00610 | Suriy-i-A'rab | 1250 | Surah of the Arabs | تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق من سماء عز بدیع و جعلها الله حجه من عنده و برهانا | These are the verses of God which have been sent down from the heaven of wondrous glory, and which God has made to be a proof and testament from Him unto the worlds | INBA37:081, BLIB_Or15723.224, , BLIB_Or15725.045, , BLIB_Or15737.064, | BRL_DA#705, AQA4#085 p.215, AQA4a.061, MUH3.267-268x, OOL.B106 | BLO_PT#093, JHT_B#004 | Addresses words of praise and encouragement to the Arabs among His followers, inviting them to remem … | banishment to; life in Baghdad; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; status of kings; future of monarchy; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | MMAH.224, MMAH.237, GSH.204, LL#292 | ||
| BH00612 | 1250 | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی ان هذا عبدک الذی جعلته عریا عن رداء الوهیتک و بعیدا عن | Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy servant whom Thou hast rendered bereft of the mantle of Thy divinity and kept remote from [3.5s] | INBA92:075 | love of God; pain of love; love as veil; presence of; reunion with God; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00617 | 1240 | روحی و نفسی لک الفداء یا روحا بما فاحت نفحه الروح عن جهه قربک و تضوعت رائحه | My spirit and my soul be a sacrifice unto Thee, O Spirit, through Whom the fragrance of the Spirit wafteth from the direction of Thy nearness and sweet perfumes are diffused [3.5s] | INBA28:164 | BRL_DA#112 | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH00619 | 1230 | الحمد لله الذی تجلی علی الممکنات بالاسم الذی به استفرح الملا الاعلی و طارت | Praise be to God, Who hath revealed Himself unto all contingent beings through the Name whereby the Concourse on High hath been made joyous and hath soared aloft [3.5s] | INBA19:264, INBA32:237 | love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; prophecy and fulfillment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00620 | 1230 | ان یا جمال الفتح بشنو نغمات عز الهی را بلحن پارسی تالله لن تسمع لو تفحص فی | O Jamalu'l-Fath! Hearken unto the melodies of divine glory in the Persian tongue. By God, thou wouldst not hear their like, though thou shouldst search [3.5s] | INBA57:041 | RSBB.123, MAS8.132ax | heedlessness and ignorance of the people; knowledge; recognition of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; Seal of the Prophets; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||
| BH00621 | 1230 | ان یا علی قبل نقی ان استمع الندا من شاطئ البقآء فی البقعة الحمرآء من السدرة المنتهی انه لا اله الا انا العزیز المختار | O Ali-Qabli-Naqi! Hearken unto the Call from the Shore of Eternity in the crimson spot, from the Divine Lote-Tree: Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the All-Choosing [3.5s]... ...O concourse of divines ... Lay aside that which ye possess, and hold your peace, and give ear, then, unto that which the Tongue of Grandeur and Majesty speaketh | INBA34:105, BLIB_Or11095#002, , BLIB_Or15735.172, | AQA1#007, HYK.172 | PDC.144x | call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||
| BH00623 | 1230 | قد اخذت القلم حینئذ یا الهی من عندک و وضعت المداد بین یدیک و لم ادر ما ترید | I took up the pen, then, O my God, from Thee and placed the ink before Thee, not knowing what Thou didst desire [3.5s] | INBA49:138, INBA92:057 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; humility; meekness; lowliness; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00624 | 1220 | الحمد لله الذی تجلی علی الممکنات بالنور الذی سطع و اشرق و لمع و ابرق من افق | Praise be unto God, Who hath manifested Himself unto all created things through the light that hath shone forth, gleamed, radiated and flashed from the horizon [3.5s] | INBA18:083, BLIB_Or15700.088, , BLIB_Or15711.268, | GHA.454a.01x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; review of publications; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | |||
| BH00629 | 1220 | Lawh-i-Hikmat | فسبحان الذی نزل الایات من قبل الذی لا قبل له و ینزل کیف یشاء بامره و انه لهو المقتدر | Glorified be He Who hath sent down verses from before that which hath no before, and doth send down as He willeth through His command, and verily He is the All-Powerful [3.5s]... ...Know that thy Lord hath ever been a treasure concealed within His invisible Essence and shall remain concealed | INBA81:097 | ANDA#19 p.29x | BLO_failayn | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00637 | Lawh-i-Fitnih (Tablet of the Test) | 1500 | ان یا فتنه البقا فانتظری فتنه الله المهیمن القیوم بانها سیاتیکم بالحق فها قد | O Enchantment of eternity! Await thou the Enchantment of God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, for verily it shall come unto you with truth. Lo, it hath [3.5s] | INBA81:080x | BRL_DA#574, MAS4.261x, RHQM1.206-209 (262-265) (157-159x), YIA.567-569x, OOL.B037x | Foretells a coming period of tests and trials, which will encompass all created things and every ato … | forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; rejection by the people of the Bayan; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | - | ROB1.128, MMAH.173, GSH.036, LL#087 | ||||
| BH00638 | 1200 | Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá | ای خلیل انشاء الله از نار اعراض مظاهر نمرودیه محفوظ مانی و در کل اعصار بثناء | O Khalil! God willing, mayest thou remain preserved from the fire of rejection kindled by the manifestations of Nimrod-like souls, and in all ages [be engaged] in praise [3.5s]... ...I swear by the incomparable, the one true God! No atom in the heavens and the earth moveth except by the leave of the Ancient Beauty and the good-pleasure of His will | INBA57:062, INBA81:051x | AVK3.192.03x, AVK3.196.11x, RSBB.119, GHA.328x, TZH2.351x, MAS4.155x, MAS8.009bx, AKHA_106BE #10 p.002x | BLO_sazedj#08x | contention and conflict; martyrs and martyrdom; proofs of the Manifestations of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||
| BH00639 | 1190 | الحمد لله الخالق الباری المصور المحیی الممیت الذی ما اتخذ لنفسه شبیها و لا | Praise be unto God, the Creator, the Originator, the Fashioner, the Quickener, the Slayer, Who hath taken unto Himself neither likeness nor peer [3.5s] | INBA28:465, BLIB_Or15727b.113, , BLIB_Or15732.254, | AYI2.221x | servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||
| BH00641 | 1190 | یا جواد ان استمع ما یغرد به عندلیب الحزن علی غصن الهم بما اکتسبت ایدی الظالمین | O Javád! Hearken unto what the Nightingale of Sorrow warbleth upon the Branch of Grief through that which the hands of the oppressors have wrought [3.5s] | INBA97:058, BLIB_Or15715.364, | AQMJ2.153x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Imam Husayn; justice and wrath of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||
| BH00643 | 1180 | حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان و منزه از ادراک اهل امکان مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزاست | All praise, sanctified beyond mention and utterance and exalted above the comprehension of all contingent beings, befitteth the Desire of all worlds [3.5s] | INBA28:243 | AVK3.132.03x, ASAT3.093x | call to action; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| BH00651 | 1170 | حمد و شکر اولیا و اصفیاء حق را لایق و سزاست آنانکه کوثر حیوان را که از قلم | Thou hast written about the sum belonging to Hadrat-i-Varaqiy-i-'Ulya… Whatever was sent, hath been received. | INBA31:112 | BRL_DA#374 | LTDT.054x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; business; financial; property matters; Hands of the Cause; praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||
| BH00652 | 1170 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف اذکرک بعد الذی ایقنت بان السن العارفین کلت عن ذکرک | Lauded and glorified art Thou, O Lord, my God! How can I make mention of Thee, assured as I am that no tongue, however deep its wisdom | INBA48:073, INBA83:144b, INBA49:107, INBA92:304, BLIB_Or15702.116, , BLIB_Or15739.131, | BRL_DA#771, GWBP#001 p.010x | GWB#001x | call to action; Imam Husayn; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#056 | ||||
| BH00654 | 1170 | کتاب انزله المظلوم لیقرب الکل الی الله المهیمن القیوم قد ظهر ما کان مخزونا | This is a Book revealed by this Wronged-One that all may draw nigh unto God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Verily, there hath appeared that which was treasured in the knowledge of God | INBA51:471 | BRL_DA#449, LHKM3.238 | GEN.113-117 | call to action; consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; proclamation to people of the Bayan; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||
| BH00657 | 1160 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | ان یا حامل امانه حب ربک العلی المقتدر العظیم فی یوم الذی فزع کل شیء عن حملها | Say: O ye that envy Me and seek My hurt! The fury of your wrath against Me confound you! | INBA83:238, BLIB_Or03114.059r, , BLIB_Or15725.147, , BLIB_Or15737.164, , ALIB.folder18p172 | BRL_DA#673, GWBP#121 p.165 | GWB#121 | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; names and attributes of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of the Manifestation of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| BH00658 | 1160 | حمد مقدس از شئونات و ظهورات و بروزات امم مالک قدم را لایق و سزاست که باسم | Sanctified praise, transcending all attributes, manifestations and revelations, befitteth the Ancient Lord, Who by His Name [3.5s] | INBA28:302 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; knowledge; recognition of God; praise and encouragement; rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00662 | Lawh-i-Malikah Victoria (Tablet to Queen Victoria) | 1150 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | یا ایتها الملکه فی اللوندره ان استمعی ندآء ربک مالک البریه من السدره الالهیه | O Queen in London! Incline thine ear unto the voice of thy Lord, the Lord of all mankind, calling from the Divine Lote-Tree | INBA34:044, BLIB_Or15705.029, , PR11.040b-043b | NRJ#1d, GWBP#119 p.162x, GWBP#120 p.164x, AQA1#001d, DLH2.176x, OOL.B053 | SLH#01d, GWB#119x, GWB#120x, WOB.039-040x, WOB.040x, WOB.162x2x, SW_v14#10 p.296, DWN_v5#01 p.004x, BLO_PT#188, BSC.111 #045 | B. Parmar | Announces the fulfilment of ‘all that hath been mentioned in the Gospel’; praises the Queen for … | prayer for governments and rulers; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; rejection, opposition and persecution; status of kings; future of monarchy; suffering and imprisonment; the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; unity of thought and belief; universal peace; world unity | * | * | ROB3.123, MMAH.177, GSH.130, LL#153 | Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal. |
| BH00665 | 1140 | حمد حضرت قیومی را لایق و سزا که بعد از قائم بر امر قیام نمود قیامیکه کل را از قیام | Praise be unto Him, the Self-Subsisting, Who, after the Qá'im, arose with such an arising as caused all to arise [3.5s] | INBA27:502 | MSHR2.026x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; presence of; reunion with God; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH00666 | 1140 | حمد حضرت مقصود را مالک غیب و شهود را مظهر اسماء و صفات را که بیک کلمه علیا | Praise be unto Him, the Intended One, the Lord of the unseen and the visible, the Manifestation of Names and Attributes, Who through one exalted Word [3.5s] | INBA27:066 | YMM.031 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | |||||||
| BH00667 | 1140 | حمد مقدس از حدود و عالم محدود لایق بساط یفعل ما یشاء بوده و یحکم ما یرید | Sanctified praise, transcending all bounds and the limited world, befitteth the court of Him Who doeth whatsoever He willeth and ordaineth whatsoever He pleaseth [3.5s] | INBA28:496 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for forgiveness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00669 | 1140 | کتاب انزله الرحمن من سماء البرهان لیظهر حجته بین عباده و دلیله فی مملکته انه | The Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down from the heaven of proof to manifest His evidence amongst His servants and His testimony within His dominion. Verily He [3.5s] | INBA42:135, BLIB_Or15712.051, , Berlin1237#16 | call to action; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; rejection of Muhammad; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00670 | 1140 | هذا کتاب من نقطه الاولی و بهائه الی الذی سمی فی جبروت الاسما بالکاظم و کان من | This is an epistle from the Primal Point and His Glory unto him who hath been named, in the dominion of names, Káẓim, and who was [3.5s] | INBA74:001 | AYBY.010b, ASAT5.235x, YMM.358x | prophecy and fulfillment; rejection by the people of the Bayan; service to others; to the Cause of God; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BH00673 | 1130 | حبذا نسیم وصال وزید و عرف لقا در این حین که پنج ساعت بغروب مانده متضوع گشت | How wondrous the breeze of reunion that hath wafted, and the fragrance of meeting that hath been diffused, in this hour when five hours remain until sunset [3.5s] | INBA31:124, BLIB_Or15731.344, | AQA7#388 p.096, PYB#115 p.04x | call to action; light and darkness; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||
| BH00676 | 1130 | Scholarship; Huqúqu'lláh; Social Action; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | دستخط آنجناب که دوازدهم شهر محرم الحرام تاریخ آن بود رسید و بشرف اصغاء مالک | Thy letter, which was dated the twelfth of the sacred month of Muharram, hath been received and hath attained unto the presence of its Lord [3.5s]... ...The purpose of learning should be the promotion of the welfare of the people, and this can be achieved through crafts… The one true God—exalted be His glory—hath ever been and will continue to be exalted above every expression of praise | INBA28:440 | BRL_HUQUQP#006x, AYI1.338x, UAB.033cx, QUM.073-074x, VUJUD.123x | BRL_SOCIAL#142x, BRL_SCHOLAR#22x, BRL_HUQUQ#006x, COC#0010x, COC#1100x, VUJUDE.164x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; rejection, opposition and persecution; unity; oneness of humanity; work as worship | - | - | |||||
| BH00677 | 1130 | ذلک الکتاب لا ریب فیه تنزیل بالحق من لدن حکیم خبیرا و یهدی الناس الی جوار | This is the Book, wherein there is no doubt, sent down in truth from the presence of One Who is All-Wise, All-Informed, guiding mankind unto nearness [3.5s] | INBA19:023, INBA32:023, INBA36:020, INBA71:177 | LHKM2.026, RSBB.021 | blind imitation [taqlid]; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; prayer for tests and difficulties; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00679 | 1130 | ستایش بیقیاس یکتای بیهمتائیرا سزاوار که مشارق قلوب مقبله را بانوار شمس توحید | Immeasurable praise beseemeth the peerless and incomparable One, Who hath illumined the dawning-places of devoted hearts with the rays of the Sun of Divine Unity [3.5s] | INBA42:199, BLIB_Or15693.067, , BLIB_Or15718.348x, | call to action; chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for opponents; enemies of the Faith; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; prayer for teaching; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00682 | Suriy-i-Hifz | 1130 | هذا کتاب یذکر فیه ما الهمنی الروح و انه لتنزیل من الله و آیه ذکره للذینهم اقروا بالله و | This is a Book wherein is recorded that which the Spirit hath inspired within Me, and verily it is a revelation from God and a token of His remembrance unto them that have acknowledged God [3.5s] | INBA83:139, BLIB_Or03114.047r, , BLIB_Or15702.090, , BLIB_Or15737.129, , ALIB.folder18p152-162 | OOL.B122 | Discusses Bahá’u’lláh’s opposition from Mírzá Yaḥyá and the latter’s intention to hav … | call to action; proclamation to people of the Bayan; rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach | * | - | LL#307 | ||||
| BH00687 | Qad Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisun (The Fire Tablet) | 1120 | Fire Tablet; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ان یا مهدی ان انظر من افق البدآء انوار وجه ربک العلی الابهی ثم استمع الندآء | Indeed the hearts of the sincere are consumed in the fire of separation: Where is the gleaming of the light of Thy Countenance, O Beloved of the worlds? | INBA33:147x, INBA30:124, INBA81:192, BLIB_Or11095#009, , BLIB_Or15738.124, | BRL_DA#335, AHM.169, TSBT.219, MAS4.236ax, NFF2.007x, ASAT1.064x, ASAT5.255x, ABMK.055, OOL.B091 | BPRY.312, BLO_PT#036, BLO_PT#037, BSTW#411 | Ahdieh, S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, B. Lisbeth, A. Yanch, Gyenyame, T. Ellis | Written in rhythmic prose and taking the form of a conversation between Bahá’u’lláh and God in … | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | * | ROB3.226, BKOG.321, MMAH.115, GSH.188, LL#211 | |
| BH00690 | 1120 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of the Gems of Unity, The (Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd); Bahá'í Sacred Writings | جواهر توحید و لطایف تحمید متصاعد بساط حضرت سلطان بی مثال و ملیک ذوالجلالی | All praise to the unity of God, and all honor to Him, the sovereign Lord, the incomparable and all-glorious Ruler of the universe, Who, out of utter nothingness, hath created the reality of all things | INBA65:242, INBA57:001, BLIB_Or15722.224, , NLAI_BH1.283, NLAI_BH3.186 | BRL_DA#773, GWBP#027 p.050x, AVK1.015.08x, AVK1.212.08x, AVK2.001.03x, AVK3.014.09x, AVK3.422.11x, MJMM.338, DWNP_v3#12 p.028-031, UAB.008bx, UAB.014bx, MAS4.042x, PYB#006-007 p.01x, AKHA_107BE #06 p.002x, YMM.169x | GWB#027x, JHT_B#015 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; human reality created in the image of God; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God; twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | LL#383 | ||||
| BH00692 | 1120 | ستایش بیقیاس ساحت حضرت بیمثالیرا سزاست که باشراق انوار شمس معانی قلوب انسانیه | Immeasurable praise beseemeth the sanctified court of the Peerless One, Who through the effulgence of the Sun of inner meanings hath illumined human hearts [3.5s] | INBA19:348, INBA32:300, BLIB_Or15693.109, , BLIB_Or15718.238x, | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00695 | 1110 | الحمد لله الذی اوقد سراج البیان و یمده بدهن العلم و العرفان فی قطب الامکان هو | All praise be unto God, Who hath kindled the lamp of utterance and sustaineth it with the oil of knowledge and wisdom at the pivot of contingent existence [3.5s] | INBA18:454, BLIB_Or15693.141, , BLIB_Or15718.239x, | eulogies; reminiscences; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for protection; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00698 | Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib | 1110 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Mánikchí Sáhib; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tabernacle of Unity, The; Bahá'í Sacred Writings; Pen of Glory, The | ستایش بیننده پاینده را سزا است که بشبنمی از دریای بخشش خود آسمان هستی را بلند | Praise be to the all-perceiving, the ever-abiding Lord Who, from a dewdrop out of the ocean of His grace, hath reared the firmament of existence | INBA35:116, BLIB_Or15715.120b, , BLIB_Or15722.092, , BN_suppl.1753.118-123 | BRL_TBUP#1, GWBP#106 p.138x, AVK3.095.19x, AVK3.104.08x, AVK3.169.06x, AVK3.205.03x, ZYN.236, MJMM.259, RSBB.175, YARP1.019, DWNP_v5#02-3 p.001-002x, UAB.021ax, UAB.027ax, UAB.032ax, UAB.035ax, UAB.046cx, DRD.002, DLS.301x, NVJ.030, ASAT1.009x, ASAT4.014x, ASAT4.131x, ASAT5.041x, PYB#066 p.03x, ADH1.009x, AKHA_109BE #01 p.002x, AKHA_119BE #08 p.ax, PYM.111ax, ANDA#79 p.12x, ANDA#79 p.16x, OOL.B056 | TBU#1, GWB#106x, SW_v01#01 p.005, SW_v03#02 p.003, SW_v07#18 p.186, BLO_PT#019, BSC.130 #050 | Parrish & Toppano, S. Toloui-Wallace, M. Sparrow, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, Sahar & Hoda | Addresses a number of theological questions by implying that the answers lie in the realm of action, … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; procession; appearance of the Word from God; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; spiritual transformation; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity; words vs deeds | * | * | ROB3.270, GSH.174, LL#160, LL#176 | |
| BH00707 | 1100 | حمد و ثنا شکر و بها مخصوص شاکر حقیقی است که باینکلمه علیا عباد خود را بذروه | Praise and glory, thanksgiving and splendor belong exclusively to the true Thanksgiver, Who through this exalted Word hath raised His servants unto the summit [3.5s] | INBA31:206 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; call to action; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; praise and encouragement; prayer for specific individuals; groups; prophecy and fulfillment; status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00712 | 1090 | از یمین ندآء الله مرتفع و از یسار اسم الله مشهود و امام وجه آیات الله ظاهر و | From the right the Call of God is raised aloft, and from the left the Name of God is witnessed, and before His face the signs of God are manifest [3.5s] | INBA19:456, BLIB_Or15690.058, , BLIB_Or15728.021b, | HDQI.052x, ANDA#21 p.03x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00716 | 1090 | حمد مقدس از ما یشهد و یری مالک ارض و سما را لایق و سزاست که بجنود قویه غالبه | Praise be sanctified above all else, befitting Him Who witnesseth and seeth all things, the Lord of earth and heaven, Who through His mighty and triumphant hosts [3.5s] | INBA19:250, INBA32:225, INBA41:148x, BLIB_Or15701.337, | BRL_DA#139, KHSH05.005, NSS.092ax | call to action; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for forgiveness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; thankfulness; gratitude; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00721 | 1080 | رقیمه آنجناب رسید از نفحات آن کمال بهجت و سرور دست داد انشاء الله در کل احیان... قل قد حرم علیکم الزینا و اللواط | The letter of that honored personage hath been received. From its gentle breeze, utmost joy and felicity were vouchsafed. God willing, in all seasons... ...Ye are forbidden to commit adultery, sodomy and lechery. Avoid them, O concourse of the faithful. By the righteousness of God! Ye have been called into being to purge the world from the defilement of evil passions | INBA22:155, NLAI_BH4.088-095 | AvK3.513.12x, GHA.338x, ASAT1.077x | COC#0148x | characteristics and conduct of true believers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Muhammad; Islam; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; rejection by the people of the Bayan; unchastity and adultery | - | - | ||||||
| BH00724 | 1080 | هذا کتاب نزل بالحق و فیه ما یقرب العالمین الی رضوان قدس بدیع ان یستقیمن علی حب | This is a Book sent down in truth, wherein is that which draweth the peoples of the world nigh unto a hallowed and wondrous Paradise, should they remain steadfast in love [3.5s] | INBA83:172, BLIB_Or15702.192, , BLIB_Or15737.150, , NLAI_BH2.085, ALIB.folder18p162 | heedlessness and ignorance of the people; power of prayer; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00725 | 1080 | Consultation | یا ابن دخیل علیک بهاء الله الملک المقتدر العزیز الجمیل انا قرئنا کتابک من قبل | O son of Dakhíl! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Sovereign, the Almighty, the All-Powerful, the All-Beauteous. Verily, We have read thy letter aforetime [3.5s]... ...Such matters should be determined through consultation, and whatever emergeth from the consultation of those chosen, that indeed is the command of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting | INBA41:170x, BLIB_Or15716.192d, | MAS8.112bx | BRL_CONSULT#04x, COC#0169x | power of prayer; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| BH00726 | 1070 | حمد مقصودی را لایق و سزا که راه درست نمود و راهنما فرستاد در هر مقام کنزی گذاشت | Praise befitteth and is worthy of the Desired One, Who hath shown forth the straight path and sent forth a guide, placing in every station a treasure [3.5s] | INBA15:029, INBA26:028 | call to action; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; praise and encouragement; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00729 | Lawh-i-Ghulamu'l-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth) | 1070 | Days of Remembrance | قد فتحت ابواب الفردوس و طلع غلام القدس بسلطان مبین فیا بشری هذا غلام الخلد | Lo, the gates of Paradise were unlocked, and the hallowed Youth came forth bearing a serpent plain. Rejoice! This is the immortal Youth | INBA36:464, BLIB_Or15706.093, BLIB_Or15706.139, BLIB_Or15714.014, | AQA7#414 p.203, AYT.092, ASAT4.401x, AKHA_124BE #04-05 p.hx, OOL.B038, AMB#27 | DOR#27, BLO_PT#127 | Narrates in mystical language the appearance of the Immortal Youth (Bahá’u’lláh), whose beauty … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; mystical themes; pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; spiritual transformation; symbolism; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | * | * | ROB1.213, MMAH.125, GSH.032, LL#090 | ||
| BH00734 | 1060 | تلک آیات الامر نزلت بالحق من لدن مقتدر قیوما و فیها ارتفعت صریخ الله بما | These are the verses of the Command, sent down in truth from the presence of One Who is the All-Powerful, the Self-Subsisting. Through them hath been raised the Call of God inasmuch as [3.5s] | INBA38:086ax, BLIB_Or03114.074x, , BLIB_Or15725.407, , BLIB_Or15737.197, | BRL_DA#419, LHKM1.049 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||
| BH00735 | 1060 | حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که از قلم اعلی جنودی ترتیب فرمود و از آن | Praise be unto the Lord of all desires, Who is worthy and befitting, for from the Supreme Pen He hath marshaled forth His hosts, and from them [3.5s] | INBA31:211 | call to action; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00739 | Lawh-i-Sahab (Tablet of the Cloud) | 1060 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of the Clouds (Lawḥ-i-Saḥáb), The; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | هذا کتاب من لدی الرحمن الی الذین اقبلوا الی قبله من فی السموات و الارضین | This is a Book from before the Most Merciful unto those who have turned their faces towards Him Who is the Qiblih of all who dwell in the heavens and on earth [3.5s]... ...My captivity can bring on Me no shame. Nay, by My life, it conferreth on Me glory. That which can make Me ashamed is the conduct of such of My followers as profess to love Me | INBA34:109, LEID.Or4970 item 10, , Majlis934.125.02-126.09x | BRL_DA#073, GWBP#060 p.083ax, AQA1#008, MAS4.168ax, MAS4.364bx, MAS8.107bx, ASAT4.051x, ASAT4.132x, ANDA#72 p.03x, OOL.B075 | GWB#060x, TN.042x, ADJ.032x, GPB.190x, PDC.135-136x, PDC.139x, WOB.105x, JHT_B#002 | Proclamatory tablet mentioning Bahá’u’lláh’s recent summons to Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh and … | characteristics and conduct of true believers; chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; predictions and prophecies; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | MMAH.167, GSH.179, LL#228 | ||
| BH00740 | 1060 | هذا یوم فیه ارتفعت الاصوات و بدلت اللذات کان الارض و السماء قد تحولنا الی | This is the Day wherein voices have been raised and delights transmuted, as though earth and heaven had been transformed [3.5s] | INBA31:045 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; prayer for spiritual recognition; prophecy and fulfillment; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00741 | 1050 | الحمد لله الذی ظهر و اظهر ما هو المستور فی ازل الازال و نطق بثناء نفسه | Praise be to God Who hath manifested and revealed that which lay hidden from time immemorial, and hath spoken forth in praise of His own Self [3.5s] | INBA31:019, BLIB_Or11097#069, | BRL_DA#476 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; praise and encouragement; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| BH00742 | 1050 | ان یا نبیل قد ارسلنا الیک لوحا و من قبله کتابا و من قبله زبرا و من قبله صحایف التی | O Nabíl! We have sent down unto thee a Tablet, and before it a Book, and before that Sacred Scriptures, and ere these, Scrolls which [3.5s] | INBA83:288, ALIB.folder18p186 | spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00743 | 1050 | جذب و ولهی در مدینه عشاق ظاهر چه که جوهری از جواهر ثمینه قصد کان خود نموده و | Rapture and ecstasy have appeared in the City of the Lovers, inasmuch as a precious gem from amongst the priceless jewels hath set forth towards its Mine [3.5s]... ...Know thou, of a truth, these great oppressions that have befallen the world are preparing it for the advent of the Most Great Justice | INBA51:158b, KB_620:151-155 | BRL_DA#553 | ADJ.027x, PDC.007x | The Badasht Project | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; martyrs and martyrdom; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||
| BH00744 | 1050 | حمد حضرت قیوم را لایق و سزاست که بایادی عطا رحیق مختوم را بر عالمیان مبذول | Praise be to the Self-Subsisting Lord, Who hath, through the hands of His bounty, bestowed upon all the peoples the sealed wine [3.5s] | INBA51:019, KB_620:012-013 | BRL_DA#482, SFI22.011-013 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Hands of the Cause; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| BH00745 | 1050 | سبحان الذی یذکر من یشاء بامر من عنده و یلقی من یشاء ما یرید من علمه لا اله الا | Glorified be He Who remembereth whom He willeth through a command from His presence, and bestoweth upon whom He pleaseth whatsoever He desireth of His knowledge. There is no God but Him [3.5s] | INBA18:204c, INBA71:109, BLIB_Or15696.159, , BLIB_Or15738.079, | AQA7#387 p.091, SFI04.018, TZH4.293-295, KHAF.082 | development of capacity and readiness; fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; methods of teaching the Cause; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BH00746 | Shikkar-Shikan Shavand | 1050 | Fire and Light; Tablet of Shikkar Shikan (Shikkar Shikkan Shavand); Tablet of Shikkar Shikan (Shikkar Shikkan Shavand); Tablet of Shikkar Shikan Shavand | شکرشکن شوند همه طوطیان هند زین قند پارسی که به بنگاله میرود مکتوب آنجناب | Warblers, mellifluous-toned, all the parrots of Ind shall be, Because of this Pársí sugar-cone which to Bengal goes… They that yearn for the abode of the Beloved, they that circle round the sanctuary of the Desired One | INBA38:064, INBA36:351, INBA30:070, BLIB_Or15722.210, , BN_suppl.1753.102-106 | BRL_DA#127, NANU_BH#11x, TZH4.242, DRD.147, RHQM1.575-577 (703) (431-433x), ASAT2.105x, ASAT3.105x, AKHA_119BE #09-10 p.ax, FBAH.134x, LDR.432x, NJB_v11#01 p.21-24, OOL.B099 | BRL_FIRE_BH#06x, BLO_PT#120, BLO_PT#121, BKOG.149x | Poetically anticipates future opposition and lauds the constancy of the loved ones of God in the fac … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; rejection, opposition and persecution; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | - | ROB1.147, BKOG.149, BKOG.446, MMAH.209, GSH.031, LL#286 | ||
| BH00748 | 1050 | مع ایقانی بانه لایذکر بذکر دونه و اقراری بانه لایوصف بوصف ما سواه اذکره اتباعا بما | Despite my certitude that He cannot be mentioned through any mention save His own, and my acknowledgment that He cannot be described by any description but His, I make mention of Him in accordance with [3.5s] | INBA15:179, INBA26:179 | UVM.095.20x | consultation; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||
| BH00752 | 1040 | جوهر حمد و ثنا حضرت محمودی را لایق و سزاست که در مقام محمود خود جمیع عباد را | The essence of praise and glorification befitteth and beseemeth that All-Praised Lord Who, from His all-praised station, hath called all servants [3.5s] | INBA31:090 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; business; financial; property matters; personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00755 | 1040 | حمد مالک رقاب را لایق و سزا که در یوم ماب بی ستر و حجاب احزاب را بافق اعلی | Praise be unto Him Who is the Lord of all necks, Who, on the Day of Return, did guide the multitudes, unveiled and unhindered, unto the Most Exalted Horizon [3.5s]... ...Peace and blessings be upon the lord of the world and the cause of the nations’ existence, by whom God revealed the Qur’an and distinguished between truth and falsehood until the day of resurrection | INBA31:133 | MMUH#08x | KSHK#20x | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; justice and wrath of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH00756 | 1040 | در هر حین از احیان نعمتهای متوالیه متتابعه حضرت مقصود ظاهر و هویدا وجود از او | At every instant of time, the successive and continuous bounties of the Most-Desired Lord stand manifest and evident, existence flowing from Him [3.5s] | INBA31:145 | business; financial; property matters; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for praise and gratitude; prayer for specific individuals; groups; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00758 | 1040 | Translation List | سبحان من خلق الخلق للارتقاء الی سماء عرفانه و امرهم بالاتحاد لاعلاء کلمته و | Glorified be He Who hath created all beings for their ascent unto the heaven of His knowledge and hath commanded them to unite for the exaltation of His Word [3.5s] | INBA15:166, INBA26:167 | ADMS#254x | consultation; permission for visit; pilgrimage; prayer for specific individuals; groups; suffering and imprisonment; thankfulness; gratitude; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | ||
| BH00760 | 1030 | الحمد لله الباقی الدائم المقتدر الذی احاط الارض و السماء بکلمته العلیا و اظهر الانسان و فضله | Praise be unto God, the Ever-Abiding, the Eternal, the All-Powerful, Who hath encompassed earth and heaven through His exalted Word and hath brought forth man, endowing him with distinction [3.5s] | INBA15:206, INBA26:207 | corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; love and unity; praise and encouragement; prayer for governments and rulers; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00768 | 130 | Translation List | الها کریما رحیما بتو توجّه نمودهام و بحبل عنایتت متمسّکم و بذیل کرمت متشبّث | My God, the Most Generous, the Most Compassionate! I have turned my face unto Thee, holding fast to the cord of Thy loving-kindness | INBA30:106 | AHM.362, AQMJ1.171, ADH1.093 | ADMS#072 | prayer for forgiveness; purpose; goal of creation; thankfulness; gratitude; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||
| BH00769 | 1030 | Prayers and Meditations; Days of Remembrance | شهد الله لنفسه بوحدانیه نفسه و لذاته بفردانیه ذاته و نطق بلسانه فی عرش بقائه | God testifieth to the unity of His Godhood and to the singleness of His own Being.... Praise be to Thee, to Whom the tongues of all created things have, from eternity, called | INBA49:271, INBA92:253, BLIB_Or15739.141, | PMP#057x, PMP#058x, TSBT.182, NFF5.082, ABMK.031, AMB#04 | PM#057x, PM#058x, DOR#04 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; humility; meekness; lowliness; limits of the intellect; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | MMAH.105 | ||||
| BH00774 | 1020 | حمد خالق یکتا را که خلق را بکلمه علیا خلق فرمود و بر ما یضرهم و ینفعهم آگاه نمود | Praise be unto the peerless Creator, Who brought creation into being through His exalted Word and made known unto them that which harmeth them and that which profiteth them [3.5s] | INBA15:174, INBA26:174 | consultation; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for justice and fairmindedness; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00777 | 1020 | ذکر منیر من العبد الی الذی آمن بالله ثم اهتدی بشمس التی کانت عن افق الروح | A luminous remembrance from the servant unto him who hath believed in God and hath been guided by the Sun that shone forth from the horizon of the Spirit [3.5s] | INBA19:041, INBA32:039 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; mystical themes; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00778 | 1020 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه ایام فیها فرضت الصیام لکل الانام لیزکی بها انفسهم و | Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! These are the days whereon Thou hast bidden all men to observe the fast | INBA48:080, INBA49:180, INBA92:278, BLIB_Or15739.151, | PMP#056, TSBT.029x, NFF5.034, AKHA_123BE #10 p.ax, ABMK.009, OOL.B090.07 | PM#056, BPRY.275 | N. Chiang | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; 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; twin Manifestations | - | - | LL#271, LL#474 | |||
| BH00779 | 1020 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | سپاس و ستایش خداوندی را سزاوار که آفرینش را بتوانائی خود از برهنگی نابودی | All praise and glory be to God Who, through the power of His might, hath delivered His creation from the nakedness of nonexistence, and clothed it with the mantle of life | INBA72:080, Ghazi3072.167-177 | GWBP#034 p.057bx, AYI1.332x, YARP1.045, UAB.010ax, UAB.018x, UAB.019x, MAS4.044x | GWB#034x, WOB.187x | changing and unchanging parts of religion; consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; freedom of thought and action; knowledge of self; Manifestation of God as divine physician; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; relativity of religious truth; universal human capacity for spiritual recognition | - | - | LL#393 | ||||
| BH00782 | 1020 | هذا ذکر من الله الی الذین هم کسروا اصنام انفسهم بتقوی الله و حفظوا امانات | This is a remembrance from God unto those who have shattered the idols of self through the fear of God and have preserved the divine trusts [3.5s] | INBA36:042, INBA71:201, BLIB_Or07852.111c, | BRL_DA#027, RSBB.004 | call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prophecy and fulfillment; rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | |||||||
| BH00783 | 1020 | هذا کتاب من هذا المفتقر الذی یدعو کل من فی السموات و الارض الی ربه العزیز | This is a Book from this lowly one who summoneth all them that dwell in the heavens and on earth unto His Lord, the Mighty [3.5s] | INBA18:267, INBA51:625, PR03.254a19-256a18 | BRL_DA#251, LHKM3.008 | chastisement and requital; day of Resurrection; Judgement; imagery in the Qur'an; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; rejection by the people of the Bayan; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | |||||||
| BH00788 | 1010 | ان یا اهل البیان و من دان بالله و آیاته فی حی التبیان اسمعوا ما یغن علیکم | O people of the Bayán, and whosoever hath believed in God and His verses in this perspicuous Dispensation, hearken unto that which enricheth you [3.5s] | INBA36:301 | PYK.494x | chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; proclamation to people of the Bayan; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| BH00790 | 1010 | Translation List | حمد مقدس از عرفان اهل امکان مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزاست که بلا را مخصوص | Praise be to God, the Desire of the World, a praise which is immeasurably above the understanding of all that dwell on earth | INBA31:121 | BRL_DA#423, AQA6#244 p.194, AYI1.274x | ADMS#014b | love of God; prayer for protection; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||
| BH00793 | 1010 | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی کسر صنم الوهم بسلطان ذکر ربه مالک الرقاب و اقبل | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath shattered the idol of vain imaginings through the sovereign power of his Lord's remembrance, the Lord of all necks, and hath turned unto Him [3.5s] | INBA34:113, BLIB_Or15707.001, , BLIB_Or15735.180, | BRL_DA#068, AQA1#009, PYK.495x, HYK.180 | call to unity; prohibition of disunity; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; suffering and imprisonment; the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||
| BH00807 | 1000 | حمد مقدس از فکر و لسان محبوب عالمیان را لایق و سزاست که بیک کلمه هستی بخشید | A praise sanctified beyond thought and utterance beseemeth the Best-Beloved of the worlds, Who through a single Word bestowed existence [3.5s] | INBA30:109x | ADM2#098 p.181x, ADM2#099 p.182x, ADM2#100x p.188, MSHR3.156x, MSHR5.346x, FRH.308x | almunajat.com [item 37] | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; chastisement and requital; corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; justice and wrath of God; knowledge; recognition of God; martyrs and martyrdom; permission for visit; pilgrimage; personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| BH00809 | 1000 | ساذج حمد و جوهر آن ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که در بحبوحه | Pure praise and its essence are worthy and befitting of the most exalted, most holy court of the Beloved, Who in the midst [3.5s] | INBA51:212x, KB_620:205-206x | ADM1#045 p.089x, LHKM3.103x, PYB#200 p.03x, YMM.476x | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; proclamation to the people of the world; prophecy and fulfillment; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| BH00813 | 1000 | Bahá'í Sacred Writings | هذا کتاب من لدی البهاء الی الذین عصمهم الله من خزی النفس و الهوی و ادخلهم فی | This is the Book from before Bahá unto those whom God hath preserved from the shame of self and desire and caused to enter into [incomplete source text] [3.5s]... ...Peruse My verses with joy and radiance. Verily they will attract you unto God and will enable you to detach yourselves from aught else save Him | INBA34:116, BLIB_Or15707.008, , BLIB_Or15735.186, , Majlis934.114.04-115.08x | AQA1#010, AKHA_124BE #04-05 p.ax, HYK.186 | COC#0365x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| BH00818 | 1000 | یا علی چندی قبل مخصوص اولیای ارض تا نازل شد آنچه که بآن عرف عنایت کل | O Ali! Some time ago there was revealed, specially for the loved ones of the earth, that which diffused the fragrance of divine grace [3.5s] | INBA41:422, BLIB_Or15690.055, , BLIB_Or15715.228b, , BLIB_Or15728.070, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; goodly deeds; actions; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00820 | 990 | الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالجلال و توحد بالجمال و تقدس عن المقال و هو الغنی | Praise be unto God, Who standeth alone in His majesty, is unique in His beauty, and sanctified above all utterance, the All-Sufficient [3.5s] | INBA41:109, NLAI_BH1.103 | heedlessness and ignorance of the people; imagery in the Qur'an; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00824 | 990 | حمد خداوند یکتا را که ندایش بیهمتا و ذکرش بیهمتا و ظهورش بیهمتا یکتائی سزاوار | Praise be to the one incomparable Lord, Whose call is peerless, Whose mention is matchless, and Whose manifestation is without equal - His is a befitting oneness [3.5s] | INBA27:032 | YMM.475x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; business; financial; property matters; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| BH00829 | 990 | Tablet to Varqá Regarding the Prince and King of Martyrs (Lawh-i-Varqá dar barih-yi-Mahbubu wa Sultánu'sh-Shuhada) | یا ورقاء قد حضر العبد الحاضر و عرض ما فی کتابک انا وجدناه مراتا حاکیه عن | O Varqá! The Servant in Attendance attained My presence and mentioned what thou hadst written and We found thy letter a mirror reflecting thy love for the Beloved of the world | INBA97:052 | NNY.184-188 | EBTB.049-051, BLO_PT#197 | martyrs and martyrdom; power of prayer; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ROB4.089, LL#264 | ||||
| BH00830 | 980 | الحمد لله الذی انزل الکتاب و اظهر البینات و نطق بلسان العظمه قبل خلق الارضین | Praise be to God Who hath revealed the Book, made manifest the clear tokens, and spoken with the tongue of grandeur ere the creation of the worlds [3.5s] | INBA28:491 | business; financial; property matters; humility; meekness; lowliness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00834 | 980 | بیانات عربی که ببدایع نغمات حجازی از سماء سلطنت صمدانی نازل شد زیاده از حد | The Arabic utterances which descended from the heaven of Divine sovereignty with wondrous Hijazi melodies surpass all bounds [3.5s] | INBA38:001, INBA65:256, INBA57:006, BLIB_Or15722.228, , NLI.32p016v | HDQI.072, MAS8.033bx, AYI2.001x, AYI2.206x | impossibility of true worship of God; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| BH00836 | 980 | حمد مقدس از لم یزل و لایزال ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت بیزوالی را لایق و سزا که | Sanctified praise, from time everlasting unto everlasting, befitteth the most holy, most exalted Court of that Eternal Lord [3.5s] | INBA31:128, BLIB_Or15731.362, | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; praise and encouragement; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00837 | 980 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی الی من اشکو ما فعلت بی بقدرتک و سلطانک و الی من اذکر ما | Glorified art Thou, O my Lord, my God! Unto whom shall I complain of that which Thou hast wrought against me through Thy power and sovereignty, and to whom shall I recount what [3.5s]... ...O My handmaid! Verily, the nations of the earth have arisen to harm me, and supporting them are those who wield power as well as the community of the Bayan | INBA48:090, BLIB_Or15739.168, | AVK3.067.03x, MAS8.038ax | LTDT.284-285x | avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; pain of love; love as veil; prayer for spiritual recognition; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| BH00841 | 970 | اگرچه مدتها است که هبوب عنایتی از شطر آنجناب بر قلب این مسکین نوزیده و قلم | Though long hath it been since any breeze of loving-kindness from thy direction hath wafted o'er the heart of this lowly one, and the pen [3.5s] | INBA27:409 | BRL_DA#117, AYI2.143x, TSHA2.068x, PYK.023 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| BH00843 | 2260 | Lawh-i-Hikmat | الحمد لله الذی خلق الماء من بیانه الظاهر فی ملکوت البقاء ثم نظر الیه انه ارتعد ی نفسه و انجمد | Praise be to God, Who created the water from His manifest utterance in the Kingdom of Eternity. Then He gazed upon it and, lo, it trembled within itself and a part of it became congealed | INBA18:079b | BRL_DA#741, ANDA#19 p.32x, YMM.258x, YMM.289x, YMM.396x | BLO_failayn | celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; creation of the world; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | |||||
| BH00844 | 970 | الحمد لله الذی سر الخادم بنفحات بیان اولیائه الذین نبذوا العالم و قاموا علی | Praise be unto God Who hath gladdened the servant through the fragrant breaths of the utterances of His chosen ones, who have cast aside the world and arisen [3.5s] | INBA08:490, INBA27:384, INBA22:168, BLIB_Or15732.272, | PYK.083 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; power of the Manifestation of God; praise and encouragement; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| BH00846 | 970 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ان یا نبیل الاعظم اسمع ما ینادیک به لسان القدم عن جبروت اسمه الاکرم و انه ینطق | Let thine ear be attentive, O Nabíl-i-A‘ẓam, to the Voice of the Ancient of Days, crying to thee from the Kingdom of His all-glorious Name. | INBA83:108, BLIB_Or15702.018, , ALIB.folder18p207 | BRL_DA#772, GWBP#139 p.194, KHSH07.011 | GWB#139, ADJ.025x, ADJ.060x | T. Ellis | courtesy; culture [adab]; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual transformation; status of kings; future of monarchy; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; words vs deeds | - | - | ROB3.026, LL#198 | |||
| BH00848 | 970 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالذی اظهرته و جعلت ظهوره نفس ظهورک ... فی هذا الظهور الذی فیه اسودت وجوه مظاهر النفی | Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I supplicate Thee by Him Whom Thou hast called into being | INBA48:085, INBA49:174, INBA92:293, BLIB_Or15739.160, | PMP#178, TSBT.022, NFF5.068, ABMK.014, RAHA.110x, OOL.B090.05 | PM#178 | forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; prayer for fasting; prayer for martyrs; suffering and imprisonment; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#271, LL#473 | ||||
| BH00853 | 960 | ان یا عبد الذی سجنت فی سبیل الله ربک و رب العالمین اسمع ما ینطق به لسان القدس | O thou servant who hast been imprisoned in the path of God, thy Lord and the Lord of all worlds! Hearken unto that which the Tongue of Holiness speaketh [3.5s] | INBA83:159, BLIB_Or03114.051r, , BLIB_Or15702.158, , BLIB_Or15737.141, , ALIB.folder18p224 | avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; importance of reading the Sacred Writings; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; primordial Covenant; the day of alast; proofs of the Manifestations of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; teaching the Cause; call to teach; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00857 | 960 | لازال این عبد از عباد الله جز صدق و انصاف نخواسته و این معلوم آنجناب بوده که | This servant hath at all times sought naught from among the servants of God save truth and justice, and this hath been known unto that honoured one [3.5s] | INBA38:114.02, INBA57:055 | UAB.031bx, AYI2.251x | honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; idolatry; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| BH00859 | 950 | حمد مقدس از ظهور و بروز و لسان و بیان و ادراک و عقول مقصود عالم را لایق و | Sanctified praise, transcending manifestation and appearance, tongue and utterance, perception and minds, befitteth the Goal of the world [3.5s] | INBA42:217 | corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); thankfulness; gratitude; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00863 | 5160 | حمد مقدس از شئونات عالم و اشارات امم و شبهات معتدین و ضوضاء معرضین ساحت امنع | Hallowed praise be sanctified above the affairs of the world and the intimations of nations, beyond the doubts of the assailants and the clamor of the deniers [3.5s] | INBA81:173x | BRL_DA#747, MAS8.112cx, TSAY.467x, MSBH5.146x | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| BH00866 | 940 | الحمد لله الذی انزل الاحکام و جعلها حصنا لعباده و عله لحفظ بریته طوبی لمن | Praise be to God, Who hath sent down the laws and made them a fortress for His servants and a means for the preservation of His creation. Blessed is he who [3.5s] | INBA27:027, BLIB_Or15700.145, , BLIB_Or15711.224, | AYI2.185x, YMM.248x | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| BH00867 | 940 | الحمد لله الذی جعل النصره فی حکمته البالغه و امر بها کل البریه الذین آمنوا | Praise be to God Who hath ordained assistance through His consummate wisdom and hath enjoined it upon all who have believed [3.5s] | INBA07:047, BLIB_Or15727b.315b, , BLIB_Or15732.277, , NLAI_BH4.364-373 | BRL_DA#604, SFI14.012-014 | holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; the power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||
| BH00868 | 940 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | امروز ثنا و سلام و ذکر و بیان مخصوص اولیاء حق جل جلاله است که شبهات اهل | In this day, praise and salutations and remembrance and utterance are reserved unto the chosen ones of God, exalted be His glory, who have dispelled the doubts of the people [3.5s]... ...My God, Whom I worship and adore! I bear witness unto Thy unity and Thy oneness, and acknowledge Thy gifts | INBA65:032x, INBA30:086ax, INBA41:117, INBA81:018x, NLAI_BH_AB.021 | BRL_DA#685, PMP#157x, AHM.317, AQMJ1.140, MMJA.012x | PM#157x, BPRY.111x, BP1929.033-034x | heedlessness and ignorance of the people; praise and encouragement; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for spiritual recognition; rejection by the people of the Bayan; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | LL#503 | ||||
| BH00870 | Lawh-i-Anta'l-Kafi (Long Healing Prayer) | 940 | Long Healing Prayer, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | بک یا علی بک یا وفی بک یا بهی انت الکافی و انت الشافی و انت الباقی یا باقی بک | I call on Thee O Exalted One, O Faithful One, O Glorious One! Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, Thou the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One! | INBA36:448, NLAI_BH_AB.103 | BRL_DA#075, AHM.183, TSBT.207, NFF2.017x, ABMK.048, OOL.B025 | BPRY.102, BLO_PT#053 | Ahdieh, L. Thoresen [track 5], The Badasht Project, A. Youssefi (1), A. Youssefi (2), A.Youssefi (3), E. Mahony, Gyenyame, K. Rushdy, N. Ward, unknown, C. Frith | Prayer for healing, rhyming and with repeated refrain, invoking various names of God for the curing … | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power of prayer; prayer for healing; prayer for protection | * | * | GSH.186, LL#052 | |
| BH00872 | 940 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | لوح من لدنا و کتاب من عندنا الی من اقبل الی قبله الوجود و قطع البر و البحر | A Tablet from Our presence and a Book from Our realm unto him who hath turned his face unto the Qiblih of existence and hath traversed land and sea [3.5s]... ...O Friends! You must all be so ablaze in this day with the fire of the love of God that the heat thereof may be manifest in all your veins, your limbs and members of your body | INBA27:392, BLIB_Or15697.174b, , BLIB_Or15710.266, | AYI2.256x, AYI2.257x, QT108.118x, PYK.058 | BRL_ATBH#24x, BRL_ATBH#27x, COC#1898x | divine attributes are within all things; every atom; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for spiritual recognition; presence of; reunion with God; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| BH00875 | 940 | هذا کتاب من لدی القیوم لقوم یعلمون هل الذین اعرضوا علی شیء لا وربک المهیمن القیوم | This is a Book from before the Self-Subsisting unto those who possess understanding. Are they who have turned away possessed of aught? Nay, by thy Lord, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA34:118, BLIB_Or11096#265x, , BLIB_Or15707.018, , BLIB_Or15735.192, | AQA1#011, AYBY.025b, HYK.192 | call to action; personal instructions; proofs of the Manifestations of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | ROB3.179, LL#368 | ||||||
| BH00879 | 930 | کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم و دار البلاد لاعلاء کلمتی و احداث حبی و اشراق | The Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down unto him who hath believed in God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, and who hath traversed the lands to exalt My Word and to kindle My love and radiance [3.5s] | INBA42:047, BLIB_Or15718.305, | call to action; prayer for spiritual recognition; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||
| BH00886 | 920 | Huqúqu'lláh | حمد مقدس عما یخطر بالبال بساط امنع اقدس حضرت غنی متعالی را لایق و سزاست | Hallowed praise, sanctified above whatsoever may enter the minds of men, beseemeth the most holy and exalted court of the All-Possessing, the Most High [3.5s]... ...O Abu'l Hasan: May my Glory rest upon thee! Fix thy gaze upon the glory of the Cause. Speak forth that which will attract the hearts and the minds. To demand the Huquq is in no wise permissible… O Amín! Upon thee be My glory. It behoveth thee to have the utmost regard for the dignity of the Cause of God in all circumstances | INBA28:508 | BRL_DA#263, BRL_HUQUQP#083x, BRL_HUQUQP#090x, AYI2.219x, AYI2.220x | BRL_HUQUQ#083x, BRL_HUQUQ#090x, COC#1107x, LOG#1034x | law of Huququ'llah; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayers (general or uncategorized); steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||
| BH00893 | 910 | ای یوسف از عرف قمیص رحمانی محروم مشاهده میشوی عجب در آنست که چشم یعقوب | O Joseph! I behold thee deprived of the fragrance of the divine Raiment. Strange indeed it is that the eye of Jacob [3.5s] | INBA35:027b, BLIB_Or03116.105, , BLIB_Or11096#032, | MUH3.381-382x, ASAT5.350x, OOL.B189x | belief and denial; call to action; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; prayer for spiritual recognition; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH00897 | 910 | حمد مقصود عالم را لایق و سزا که مع اعراض امرا و اغماض علما و انکار فقها علم | Praise be unto Him Who is the Purpose of the world, Who, notwithstanding the turning away of princes, the heedlessness of the learned, and the denial of the divines, hath caused knowledge [3.5s] | INBA31:203 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00898 | 910 | ذکر من لدنا لمن کان مذکورا لدی الوجه و تحرک علی ذکره قلمی الاعلی علی شان | A remembrance from Our presence unto one who was mentioned before the Countenance and for whom My Most Exalted Pen hath been moved to make mention in such wise [3.5s]... ...At one time, We address the people of the Torah and summon them unto Him Who is the Revealer of verses | INBA35:102, BLIB_Or11095#015, , BLIB_Or15738.128, | YARP1.056ax | GPB.210x, GPB.211x, GPB.230x, PDC.076x, PDC.124-125x, PDC.125x | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); proclamation to Christians; proclamation to Jews; proclamation to Muslims; proclamation to people of the Bayan; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; station of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| BH00899 | 910 | شهد الله لنفسه بنفسه باننی انا حی فی افق الابهی اذا یشهد نفسی و ذاتی و کینونتی | God beareth witness unto His Own Self, through His Own Self, that verily I am alive in the Most Glorious Horizon, whereupon My Self, My Being and My Essence do bear witness [3.5s] | INBA51:297, INBA49:341, BLIB_Or15694.372, , ALIB.folder18p246 | LHKM3.014 | banishment to; life in Baghdad; rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; rejection, opposition and persecution; self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BH00902 | 910 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | هذا کتاب من لدی الله مالک الاسماء لاهل البهاء الذین لایتکلمون الا بما نطق | This is a Book from God, the Possessor of Names, unto the people of Bahá who speak not except that which hath been uttered [3.5s] | INBA51:149, BLIB_Or15738.068, , KB_620:142-143 | BRL_DA#404, LHKM1.065, MAS8.022bx, MUH3.270x, ASAT4.302x | BRL_ATBH#13x | authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; chastisement and requital; duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; humility; meekness; lowliness; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; prayer for forgiveness | - | - | |||||
| BH00903 | 910 | هذا کتاب یهدی الی الحق و یذکر الناس بایام الروح و یبشرهم برضوان الله المهیمن | This is a Book that guideth unto truth, remindeth the people of the days of the Spirit, and beareth unto them the glad-tidings of God's all-compelling Paradise [3.5s] | INBA36:025, INBA71:182, BLIB_Or15696.171c, | BRL_DA#365, LHKM2.032, RSBB.018, ASAT2.194x | avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; rejection, opposition and persecution; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#378 | ||||||
| BH00904 | 910 | یا جواد مکتوبی که جناب علی قبل اکبر علیه بهآء الله بشما نوشته بودند عبد حاضر | O Javád! The missive which His honor 'Alí-i-Akbar, upon him be the Glory of God, had written unto thee was presented to this Servant [3.5s] | INBA97:034 | NNY.189-191 | justice and wrath of God; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| 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. | ||
| BH00916 | 900 | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت الذی خلقت الموجودات بقوه صمدانیتک و اظهرت | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou art He Who hath created all created things through the power of Thine eternal Self-Subsistence and hath manifested [3.5s] | INBA92:020 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for forgiveness; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00922 | Suriy-i-Ma'ani | 890 | سبحان الذی یسبح له کل من فی السموات و الارض و انه کان علی کل شیء محیطا | Praised be He who offereth glory before Him; all, that is, whether they be in the heavens or upon the earth. He indeed hath ever been All-Encompassing of everything | INBA83:136, BLIB_Or03114.044r, , BLIB_Or15702.082, , BLIB_Or15737.126, , NLAI_BH2.118, ALIB.folder18p219 | OOL.B129 | HURQ.BH33 | Praises God and His Messengers, who receive divine inspiration in various ways; declares as a matter … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; spiritual transformation; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | LL#317 | |||
| BH00925 | 890 | لم ادر یا الهی لمن اصفک و بمن اذکرک فو عزتک صرت متحیرا بعد الذی جعلتنی فی | I know not, O my God, to whom I shall liken Thee or by what name I shall extol Thee. By Thy glory, I am bewildered after Thou didst cause me to be [3.5s] | INBA92:015 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00927 | 890 | یا اولیاء در لوح دنیا این کلمات عالیات از مشرق بیان مالک اسماء | O friends! In the Tablet of the World these exalted words have shone forth from the Dayspring of utterance, the Lord of Names [3.5s] | INBA41:085 | AVK4.480.08x, MAS8.114cx | absolute freedom; independence of God; call to action; Hands of the Cause; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; past, present and future of Iran; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| BH00928 | 890 | یا محبوب فوادی علیک بهاء مولائی و سلطانی و مالکی در هر حین از جمیع جهات آثار ظهور | O Beloved of My heart! Upon Thee be the glory of My Lord, My Sovereign and My Master. At every moment, from all directions, the signs of manifestation [3.5s] | INBA27:485b | MAS4.090ax | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; rejection, opposition and persecution; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00934 | Lawh-i-Tuqa | 880 | فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق من جبروت عز علیا و ینطق بالحق فی ملکوته الاعلی بلسانه | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth from the heaven of transcendent might, and Who speaketh with truth in His most exalted Kingdom through His tongue [3.5s]... ...Among the people is he who opposes God publicly. If the verses of God are recited to him, his face grows dark and he returns to his people as one despised. | INBA83:100, BLIB_Or15702.001, , BLIB_Or15723.258, , BLIB_Or15737.102, , ALIB.folder18p204 | BRL_DA#723, AQA7#509 p.347, OOL.B083 | HURQ.BH50, KSHK#06x | Bids the people enter the ‘crimson Ark’, adorned with divine virtue; addresses the objections of … | chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering; rejection of Christ; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | ROB2.397, GPB.171, LL#254 | |||
| BH00936 | 880 | هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و فیه ما یبلغ الناس الی شاطی الاحدیه و یرزقهم من ثمرات | This is a Book that speaketh the truth, and therein lieth that which will guide humanity to the shores of divine oneness and nourish them with its fruits [3.5s] | INBA71:086 | call to action; chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; martyrs and martyrdom; power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00939 | Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch) | 870 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | اتی امر الله علی ظلل من البیان و المشرکون یومئذ فی عذاب عظیم قد نزلت جنود الوحی | The Cause of God hath come down upon the clouds of utterance, while they that have joined partners with Him are afflicted with a sore torment | INBA83:144ax, BLIB_Or03114.089r, , BLIB_Or15702.108, , ALIB.folder18p221 | AQA4#098 p.331, AQA4a.424, AYT.360, HDQI.002, SFI08.012, MAS4.115, HHA.058x, RHQM1.596-600 (728) (447-449), AHDW.005, AHB_128BE #06-11 p.194x, ANDA#03 p.08-09, OOL.B118, AMB#29 | DOR#29, GPB.177x, GPB.242x, WOB.135x, SW_v03#14 p.015, BLO_PT#125, BSC.255 #528-531 | Announces the high station of Bahá’u’lláh’s son ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, titled Ghuṣn-i-A‘ẓa … | condition of search; methods of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | * | ROB2.388, BKOG.250, EBTB.052, GSH.107, LL#303 | ||
| BH00940 | 870 | ان یا احمد تالله الحق قد تمت حجه الله علیک و جعل برهانه علیک بالغا ان انت من العارفین | O Ahmad! By God, the True One, His proof hath been perfected unto thee, and His testimony hath been made complete against thee, if thou be of them that comprehend [3.5s] | INBA38:110, BLIB_Or15694.542, , ALIB.folder18p258 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; knowledge; recognition of God; rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00941 | 870 | ان یا ایها العبد اسمع ندآء الله ثم اعمل بما تومر من لدن ربک و لاتکن فی دین | O thou servant! Hearken unto the Call of God, then act in accordance with that which hath been ordained for thee by thy Lord, and be not of them that waver in their faith [3.5s]... ...By God, the True One! Were We, for a single instant, to withhold from him the outpourings of Our Cause | INBA23:042, BLIB_Or15725.032, | BRL_DA#114, TZH5.155 | GPB.251x | chastisement and requital; contention and conflict; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; humility; meekness; lowliness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH00942 | 870 | حمد حضرت مالکی را لایق که مابین مملوکهای عالم علم اننی انا مالک الوجود | Praise be to the sovereign Lord Who hath, amidst the servants of the world, raised aloft the banner of "Verily, I am the Lord of existence." [3.5s] | INBA31:142 | consolation and comfort; permission for visit; pilgrimage; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00947 | 870 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تشهد حالی و تسمع ضجیجی و تعلم ما فعلوا بنا عبادک فی | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou dost witness my state and hear my lamentation, and knowest what Thy servants have wrought against us [3.5s] | INBA48:095, INBA49:132, BLIB_Or15739.175, | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00951 | 860 | Bahá'í Sacred Writings | احرف حمد حقایق و دقایق حمد مخصوص ساحت قدس قرب حضرت سلطانیست که از لطایف | The letters of praise and the subtleties of glorification belong unto the holy and intimate sanctuary of that Sovereign Lord Who, through His grace [3.5s]... ...My God, My Master, My Desire! …Thou hast created this atom of dust through the consummate power of Thy might | INBA65:268, INBA36:329c, NLAI_BH1.278 | HDQI.060, TZH4.117-120x, MAS8.049bx, FBAH.099x, OOL.B155, UVM.083.02x | BKOG.104x, GPB.109x | creation of the world; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | MMAH.217, LL#407 | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| BH00953 | 860 | One Who Related the Existence of the Qáʼim, The; Translation List | حمد مقدس از ظنون اهل امکان حضرت قیوم را لایق و سزا که اعراض معرضین و انکار | Hallowed praise, sanctified above the conjectures of all contingent beings, befitteth and beseemeth that Most Exalted One, the Self-Subsisting Lord, Who despite the opposition of the opposers and denial [3.5s]... ...The one who related the existence of the Qá’im was a woman. It was asked of Jaʻfar | INBA31:149 | MAS1.007.2x, MAS4.091bx, PZHN v4#1 p.142x, NSS.203ax | BLO_PT#060x, ADMS#002x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection of Muhammad | - | - | |||||
| BH00958 | 860 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | لم یزل نفحات قدسی از رضوان عنایت الهی در وزیدن بوده و لایزال روایح عز معنوی | From time immemorial have the breezes of holiness wafted from the Paradise of divine favor, and unto eternity shall the fragrances of spiritual glory continue to be diffused [3.5s]... ...The purpose of God in creating man hath been, and will ever be, to enable him to know his Creator and to attain His Presence | INBA36:080, INBA71:241 | BRL_DA#130, GWBP#029 p.053x, AVK1.333.010x, MJMM.368, DRD.139, ASAT5.061x, ASAT5.262x, AKHA_134BE #18 p.691 | GWB#029x, DWN_v3#12 p.031-032x | growth of the Cause; knowledge; recognition of God; nearness and remoteness; power of the Manifestation of God; purpose; goal of creation; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#430 | ||||
| BH00959 | 860 | نامهای آنجناب هر یک بلحاظ مظلوم فائز و عرف توجه و خلوص و استقامت از هر حرفی | The letters of that honored one, each attained unto the presence of the Wronged One, and from every letter thereof wafted the fragrance of devotion, sincerity and steadfastness [3.5s] | INBA15:423, INBA26:426 | YIA.101-102x | greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; review of publications; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ROB4.321, LL#102, LL#194 | ||||||
| BH00961 | 860 | Trustworthiness; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | یا عبدالله علیک بهاء الله انا نبشرک فی اول البیان بقبول عملک لوجه الله رب العالمین | O servant of God! Upon thee be the glory of God. We herald unto thee, at the outset of this utterance, that thy deed hath been accepted before the face of God, the Lord of all worlds [3.5s]... ...We have counselled all people, in the most clear and eloquent language, to adorn their characters with trustworthiness and godliness, and with such qualities | INBA19:144b, INBA32:133 | BRL_DA#444, COMP_TRUSTP#21x | BRL_TRUST#20x, COC#2032x | honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; permission for visit; pilgrimage; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| BH00962 | 860 | یا کاظم اسمع الندآء من شطر عکاء انه یهدیک الی الافق الاعلی و الغایه القصوی | O Kazim! Hearken unto the Call from the direction of 'Akká - verily it guideth thee unto the Most Exalted Horizon and the Ultimate Goal [3.5s] | INBA19:194, INBA32:177 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00965 | 850 | ای اسم من الیوم یوم نصرت است و نفسی الحق جمیع حقایق عالین و ارواح مقربین که طائف | O My Name! This is the Day of victory, and by My Life, all the sublime realities and the spirits of the near ones that circle round [3.5s] | INBA74:060x, BLIB_Or11096#241, , BLIB_Or15722.069.12, | AVK3.011.10x, AVK3.016.03x, AVK4.138.06x, MAS4.213cx, AKHA_118BE #05-06 p.a | duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; nearness and remoteness; presence of; reunion with God; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; station of the Manifestation of God; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| BH00967 | 850 | حمد مقدس از ما کان و ما یکون حضرت قیومی را لایق و سزا که بانوار نیر کلمه کن | Sanctified praise, transcending all that was and shall be, befitteth the Self-Subsisting Lord Who, through the radiant light of His Word "Be!" [3.5s] | INBA31:215 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00970 | Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night - Adrianople) | 850 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تشهد و تری کیف ابتلیت بین عبادک بعد الذی مااردت الا الخضوع | The Most Great Name beareth Me witness! How sad if any man were, in this Day, to rest his heart on the transitory things of this world! | INBA81:021x, BLIB_Or15698.213, , BLIB_Or15720.209, , BLIB_Or15740.162, , Majlis934.127-133x | BRL_DA#715, GWBP#147 p.203x, AVK2.027.04x, AVK3.240x, IQT.213, MJMM.227, HDQI.027ax, ASAT3.212x, ASAT4.015x, ASAT5.248x, ASAT5.284x, AHB_107BE #09 p.180x, AKHA_105BE #06 p.001x, AKHA_108BE #08 p.002x, OOL.B001bx | GWB#147x, ADJ.083x, SW_v07#19 p.191, SW_v10#01 p.001, BSC.133 #051x | Calls on His followers to be closely united and to associate with their neighbours ‘with faces joy … | being a source of light; guidance; call to unity; prohibition of disunity; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; humility; meekness; lowliness; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | - | ROB2.164, ROB2.188, GSH.209, LL#147 | Sometimes referred to in the plural, Alváḥ-i-Laylatu’l-Quds. Not to be confused with Inventory #BH00915. | |
| BH00972 | Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 3 | 850 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر آنچه مسطور مذکور آمد و شنیده شد انشاء الله همیشه ایام | Thy letter hath been presented before Our countenance, and that which was inscribed therein hath been mentioned and heard. God willing, may all thy days [3.5s]... ...And now concerning thy question whether human souls continue to be conscious one of another after their separation from the body | INBA66:115, BLIB_Or11096#021, , BLIB_Or15698.226, , BLIB_Or15720.222, , BLIB_Or15740.172, | BRL_DA#539, GWBP#086 p.113x, AVK1.278.02x, IQT.226, YARP1.055a, MAS1.071x, OOL.B085c | GWB#086x, PNAK.86 | Christ; Christianity; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; recompense; reward for belief; right action; soul; spirit after death; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | LL#438 | |||
| BH00977 | 840 | الحمد لله الذی خلق النقطه و جعل لها اربعه ارکان و اظهر من الرکن الاول الفا و | Praise be to God, Who created the Point and ordained for it four pillars, and manifested from the first pillar the letter Alif [3.5s] | INBA31:001, BLIB_Or11097#014, | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; four pillars; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00980 | 840 | ان یا بقیه اسمائنا الحسنی اسمع ما یوحی الیک عن شطر القدم مقر ربک العلی العظیم | O remnant of Our most beauteous names! Hearken unto that which is revealed unto thee from the direction of eternity, the seat of thy Lord, the Most Exalted, the Most Great [3.5s] | INBA83:165, BLIB_Or15702.174, , BLIB_Or15737.146, , ALIB.folder18p228 | PYK.015 | call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; growth of the Cause; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| BH00983 | 840 | حمد و شکر و ذکر و ثنا و سلام و بها در رتبه اولی ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودیرا | Praise and thanksgiving, mention and glorification, peace and splendor, in their highest degree, befit the most holy and most exalted Sanctuary of Him Who is the Intended One [3.5s] | INBA27:036 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00984 | 830 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | سؤالاتیکه در احکام الهیه نموده بودید عرض شد از مطلع عنایت این جواب مشرق و | The questions which thou didst ask concerning the divine ordinances were submitted, and from the Dayspring of loving-kindness this answer hath shone forth [3.5s]... ...A number of people in various regions are at present illumined with the light of faith, but with the exception of a few, they have not been privileged as yet to observe the injunctions | INBA73:061, BLIB_Or15722.127b, , NLAI_BH4.100-105 | BRL_DA#757, AVK3.116.12x, GHA.133.10x, ASAT4.170x, ASAT4.170x, MSBH5.413bx | BRL_ATBH#02x, COC#1120x, LOG#1039x | House of Justice; law of Huququ'llah; law of inheritance; laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas | - | - | |||||
| BH00994 | Suriy-i-Ism | 830 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ان یا اسمی اسمع ندآء الله عن مطلع کل اللسان بانی انا الله ربک و رب کل شیء و | O My Name! Hearken unto the Call of God from the Dawning-Place of every tongue: "Verily, I am God, thy Lord and the Lord of all things." [3.5s]... ...Say: Deliver your souls, O people, from the bondage of self, and purify them from all attachment to anything besides Me… Intone, O My servant, the verses of God | INBA83:124, BLIB_Or15702.051, , ALIB.folder18p214 | BRL_DA#721, GWBP#136 p.189x, AVK2.168.20x, MAS4.026ax, MAS4.045x, MAS8.120bx, ASAT1.242x, ASAT4.156x, PYK.018, OOL.B125 | GWB#136x, ADJ.025x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.032x, BLO_sazedj#12x, HURQ.BH37 | MJ Cyr, L. Slott, Seals & Crofts, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, Soulrise Melodies, L. Dely & M. Congo, K. Key, Sheyda Peyman, Ina Nes | Calls the recipient to cast all names and designations behind him and announce the joyful tidings; s … | call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; praise and encouragement; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; suffering and imprisonment | * | - | LL#143, LL#310 | BLO note: See also loom.loomofreality.org (provisional translation of a passage) |
| BH00995 | 830 | انظر ما انزله الرحمن فی الفرقان مایاتیهم من رسول الا کانوا به یستهزون و | Behold what the All-Merciful hath revealed in the Qur'án: "No Messenger cometh unto them but they mock at him." [3.5s] | INBA27:425 | YFY.254-256 | martyrs and martyrdom; petitions to authorities; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BH00997 | 830 | ای دوستان جمال رحمن من غیر ستر و کتمان از افق اکوان مشرق و لائح بشانیکه احدی | O friends! The Beauty of the All-Merciful hath shone forth from the horizon of creation, manifest and unconcealed, in such wise that none [3.5s] | INBA81:165, NLAI_BH1.123, NLAI_BH2.049 | BRL_DA#317, MAS4.021cx, MAS4.022bx, MAS4.124ax, MAS4.138bx, ASAT4.192x | characteristics and conduct of true believers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| BH00998 | 830 | حمد مقدس از ادراک اولین و آخرین مالک یوم الدین را لایق و سزاست که بکلمه علیا | Sanctified praise, transcending the comprehension of both first and last, befitteth the Lord of the Day of Judgment, Who through His Most Exalted Word [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Thou Who art the Creator of the Point, Who art the Ordainer, the Adorner, the Protector and Champion whereof! | INBA51:045, KB_620:038-042 | ADM1#003 p.010x, LHKM2.119 | JHT_S#137x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; four pillars; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH01007 | Az Bagh-i-Ilahi | 820 | Translation List | از باغ الهی با سدره ناری آن تازه غلام آمد های های هذا جذب اللهی هذا خلع | Hailing from the godly garden, Invested with the Burning Bush, That fresh and novel Youth is come! | INBA19:037, INBA32:036, INBA36:457, NLI.32p158r | BRL_DA#281, MAS8.023x, OOL.B003 | ADMS#115 | Poem hailing the revelation of the Báb and the advent of the approaching Day of God, coming with th … | call to action; chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | * | - | ROB1.218, MMAH.118, GSH.066, LL#010 | ||
| BH01010 | Lawh-i-Mawlud | 820 | Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The | ان یا ملا الغیب و الشهود ان افرحوا فی انفسکم ثم استبشروا فی ذواتکم بما ظهر | O concourse of the seen and the unseen! Rejoice with exceeding gladness in your hearts and souls, for the night hath come for the harvesting of the ages | INBA08:622 | AYT.048, MAS4.343, RHQM1.578-578 (706) (433x), OOL.B059, OOL.B206, AMB#42 | DOR#42 | R. Yazhari | Tablet in honour of the birthday of Bahá’u’lláh, celebrating ‘the harvesting of the ages and … | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | * | GSH.174 | |
| BH01014 | 820 | حمد مقصود عالم را لایق و سزاست که بعنایت اسم اعظم کوثر علم | Praise be unto the Desired One of all worlds, Who through the grace of the Most Great Name hath made to flow the Kawthar of knowledge [3.5s] | INBA41:092 | AVK4.439.09x | Hands of the Cause; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; prayer for governments and rulers; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH01015 | 820 | قد تشرف الخادم بکتاب حضرتک الذی لاحت من افقه شمس محبه الله من غیر ستر تحجب | The servant hath been honored by thy letter, from whose horizon hath shone forth, unveiled, the sun of the love of God [3.5s] | INBA31:164, BLIB_Or15732.298, | authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; methods of teaching the Cause; preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01016 | 820 | قد شهدت الکتب و الزبر و الصحف و الالواح بوحدانیه الله و فردانیته و بتقدیس ذاته و | The Books, the Scriptures, the Scrolls and the Tablets have borne witness to the oneness of God and His singleness, to the sanctification of His Being [3.5s] | INBA27:515 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; praise and encouragement; prayer for opponents; enemies of the Faith; rejection, opposition and persecution; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01018 | 820 | نامه آنجناب که ببدایع ذکر رب الارباب مزین بود بر مکمن بلا و مخزن ابتلا واصل | Your letter, which was adorned with wondrous mention of the Lord of Lords, hath reached this Repository of Tribulation and Treasury of Tests [3.5s] | INBA38:096b, BLIB_Or15738.144b, | AVK1.271x, HDQI.068, SFI01.096, MAS1.061x | chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; free will and predestination; fate; servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||
| BH01024 | 810 | ان یا طیر المعانی و البیان طیر فی هواء العرفان ثم اسمع نغمات ربک الرحمن | O bird of inner meanings and utterance! Soar thou in the atmosphere of divine knowledge, then hearken unto the melodies of thy Lord, the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA28:276b, BLIB_Or15725.057, | proclamation to people of the Bayan; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01025 | 810 | ان یا عبد کیف اذکر لک ما ورد علی فی هذالسجن من الذینهم کانوا ان یفتخروا | O servant! How can I recount unto thee what hath befallen Me in this Prison from those who were wont to pride themselves [3.5s] | INBA33:024, BLIB_Or15725.008, | contention and conflict; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; exhortations and counsels; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; power of prayer; prayer for purity; chastity; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; servitude; submission to God; repentance; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01034 | Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi | 810 | Tablet to Jamal-i-Burujirdi (Lawh-i-Jamál-i-Burujirdí); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | قوله تعالی بحر وحی که در قلم اعلی مستور است بصورت اینکلمات ترشح فرموده ای | The Ocean of Divine Revelation which is hidden within the Supreme Pen hath sprinkled forth in the form of these Words: O Jamal! Thou didst arrive in the Most Holy Presence and attain the Most Great Vision | INBA35:039, BLIB_Or15698.218, , BLIB_Or15720.214, , BLIB_Or15740.166, , Majlis210461.017-020 | BRL_DA#713, GWBP#005 p.013x, AVK2.031.11x, AVK3.141.08x, AVK3.181.08x, AVK3.243.06x, AVK3.465.14x, IQT.218, GHA.445.10x, MAS8.048ax, AKHA_118BE #08-09 p.ax, AKHA_122BE #07-08 p.bx, ANDA#49 p.04x, OOL.B049a | GWB#005x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.077x, BLO_PT#181, HURQ.BH60 | D. E. Walker, L. Slott | Advises the recipient to practice love, humility, and detachment when engaging people with different … | contention and conflict; differences in human capacity; humility; meekness; lowliness; love and unity; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity in diversity | * | - | GSH.183, LL#130 | |
| BH01035 | 810 | م ه علیک بهاء الله مولی الاسماء ان البحر الاعظم اراد ان یرسل الیک موجا من | Upon thee be the glory of God, the Lord of Names! Verily, the Most Great Ocean desireth to send unto thee a wave from [3.5s] | INBA41:182 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; knowledge; recognition of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01042 | Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus (Tablet to Czar Alexander II) | 800 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts | ان یا ملک الروس ان استمع ندآء الله الملک القدوس ثم اقبل الی الفردوس مقر الذی | O Czar of Russia! Incline thine ear unto the voice of God, the King, the Holy, and turn thou unto Paradise | INBA34:041, BLIB_Or15705.028, , CMB_F31.037, , PR11.038b-040b | NRJ#1c, AQA1#001c, OOL.B054 | SLH#01c, WOB.105x, BSC.094 #040 | States cryptically that Bahá’u’lláh has answered a secret wish of the Czar; praises him for of … | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; status of kings; future of monarchy; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | * | * | ROB3.118, MMAH.176, GSH.120, LL#154 | ||
| BH01049 | 800 | فطوبی لک یا سمندر النار بما اشتعلت من نار التی ظهرت علی هیکل المختار فی هذه الایام | Blessed art thou, O Salamander of Fire, inasmuch as thou hast been enkindled by the Fire that hath appeared upon the Temple of the Chosen One in these days [3.5s] | INBA83:244, BLIB_Or15725.534, , BLIB_Or15737.170, , ALIB.folder18p231 | AYBY.015, TZH6.0528-0531, TRZ1.066cx | high station of the true believer; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH01051 | 800 | کتاب من لدی المظلوم الذی سجن فی حصن عکاء الی من اراد ان یشرب کوثر الحیوان من | The Book from the Wronged One, Who is imprisoned in the fortress of 'Akká, unto him who desireth to drink from the Kawthar of life [3.5s] | INBA65:112x, INBA66:206b.03x, BLIB_Or15697.036, | apocalyptic imagery; call to action; humility; meekness; lowliness; laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; prayer for forgiveness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01052 | 800 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | هذا کتاب فیه یذکر ما یجری عنه الدموع من اعین المقربین ان یا قلم فاذکر ما ورد علی ذکر | This is a Book wherein is mentioned that which causeth tears to flow from the eyes of them that are near unto God. O Pen! Make mention of that which hath befallen the Remembrance [3.5s]... ...God is My witness, O people! I was asleep on My couch, when lo, the Breeze of God wafting over Me roused Me from My slumber. | INBA49:316, BLIB_Or15694.377, , ALIB.folder18p249 | BRL_DA#671, GWBP#041 p.065bx | GWB#041x | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; rejection by the people of the Bayan; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God | - | - | LL#379 | ||||
| BH01055 | 790 | حمد مالکی را لایق و سزاست که شئونات و ارادت ملوک و مملوک او را از اراده منع | Praise be unto Him, the sovereign Lord, Whose majesty and authority over both king and subject no will can withstand [3.5s] | INBA19:230, INBA32:208 | authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; humility; meekness; lowliness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - |
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