search results for 'INBA'

INBA91:102.03-111.02, PR04.195r02-200r04

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00158

Answer to Mirza Muhammad Yazdi

1200

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الواحد الاحد الفرد الذی لا اله الا هو العلی العظیم والصلوة من الله علی محمد و اوصیائه کماهو اهله انه هو العلی الحکیم در حاشیه شبیه خط مبارک

Praise be to God, the One, the Single, the Peerless, beside Whom there is no God, the Most High, the Most Great. May the blessings of God rest upon Muhammad and His chosen ones, as befitteth His grace, for verily He is the Most High, the All-Wise [3.5s]

INBA14:452-459, INBA67:160-165, INBA_4011C:149-156, , INBA_6006C:083-085, , PR07.069v-072r

authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power of prayer; preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

SRC.192?

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]

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for specific individuals; groups; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00313

Answer to one of the believers

590

Báb's Epistle of Consolation and Counsel to a Beloved Follower, The

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

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

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

love of God; power of prayer; praise and encouragement; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209

BB00363

Answer to one of the relatives

460

هو الله تعالی. قبله محترم دام فضلکم تلاوت ایات دو ورقه خط شریف را نموده صفحه عربی بجهة

O thou revered point of adoration, may thy grace endure! I have perused the verses inscribed upon two sacred pages, and the Arabic portion [3.5s]

INBA91:194.10-197.08

humility; meekness; lowliness; limits of the intellect; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God

BB00234

Ayati allati Nuzzilat fi Yaumi’l-‘Arafa

880

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الاعرف الاعرف قد خلقت کل شیء لیعرفنی ثم لیعبدتنی و لا یشرکن بی احد و قد ارسلت الرسل من قبل لیوم ظهوری

Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Most Knowing, the Most Knowing. I have created all things that they may know Me and worship Me, and none shall join partners with Me. And I did send forth the Messengers before for the Day of My Manifestation [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.177-180, BYC_misc-b.126a06-130a04

corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Manifestation of God as mediator; presence of; reunion with God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; purpose; goal of creation; saddening another soul

AHDA.461.02?

BB00249

Bayan 'illati Tahrimi'l-Maharim

800

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اشهد الله کشهادته لنفسه ان لا اله الا هو و هو العزیز الحکیم و اشهد لمحمد و احبائه سلام الله علیهم کما شاءالله

I bear witness before God, even as He beareth witness unto His Own Self, that there is none other God but Him, and He is the Mighty, the All-Wise. And I bear witness unto Muhammad and His loved ones - the peace of God be upon them - as God hath willed [3.5s]

INBA14:499-502, INBA67:165-169, INBA_4011C:159-163, , INBA_5006C:352, , INBA_6006C:087?, , INBA_6010C:493-496, , PR07.072r-073r, AEWB.212-216,

HURQ.BB09x

creation of the world; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; law of divorce; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

SRC.072, SRC.184

BB00325

Bayan al-Taqarub wa Taba'ud

560

بسم الله الاقوم الاقوم - یا القدیم الاقوم. الذی لا اله الا هو العظیم الادوم شاءالله ان ینشاء سر اسم الاعظم فی هذا اللوح المعظم للرجال ....... لا تخف و لا تحزن فانا مع المحسنین و لمثل هذا فلنجری العاملین والحمد لله رب العالمین

He is God, the Most Great, the Ever-Enduring! God hath willed to manifest the mystery of the Most Great Name in this most exalted Tablet unto men... Fear not, neither be thou grieved, for verily We are with the doers of good, and thus shall they that strive be requited. All praise be unto God, the Lord of all worlds [3.5s]

INBA14:459-462, INBA53:077-079, INBA67:179-181, INBA_4011C:141-145, , INBA_5006C:348-350, , INBA_6004C:187-189, , INBA_6006C:080-081, , INBA_6010C:455-458, , PR07.067v-068v, AEWB.226-230,

divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; nearness and remoteness; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

SRC.073, SRC.184

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

BB00141

Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy

1300

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم اسئلک باخریتک التی انها هی مرتفعة فوق کل شیء ان تخذلن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة النفی

O God, I beseech Thee by Thy lastness, exalted above all else, to abase every soul that cleaveth unto the tree of denial [4o]

INBA_6007C.085-090, CMB_F14.136r05-140r08,

belief and denial; heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); transcendence; unknowability of God

JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

BB00161

Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy

1200

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تعذبن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة النفی

O God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which is exalted above all things, to chastise every being possessing the letter Alif that claimeth association with the Tree of Negation [3.5s]

INBA82:016-025, BYC_misc-b.035a05-040b07

justice and wrath of God; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause

BB00178

Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy

1100

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

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

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

fire and light; fire and water; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BB00230

Du’a’ a’l-Vajib

900

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاسالنک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تنصرن کل ذات الف یؤمن

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which transcendeth all things in its inaccessible heights, to aid every soul that believeth [3.5s]

INBA58:134.01-141.04

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; prayer for spiritual recognition; prophecy and fulfillment; the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00177

Du’a’ li-Ithbati’l-ithbat

1100

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بابدیتک التی انها هی مرتفعة فوق کل شیء ان توجدن شجرة الاثبات و ما ینسب الیها

O God! I beseech Thee, by Thine eternity which transcendeth every created thing, to bring forth the Tree of Affirmation and all that pertaineth thereunto [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.080-084, CMB_F14.132r10-136r03,

transcendence; unknowability of God

JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

BB00127

Du’a’ li’l-Ithbat

1400

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

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

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

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BB00142

Du’a’ li’l-Ithbat

1300

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بالوهیتک التی انها هی مستضیئة فوق کل شیء ان ترحمن و تکرمن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة الاثبات بقیومیتک التی انها هی متقومة فوق کل شیء

O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Divinity, which illumineth all things from on high, that Thou mayest vouchsafe Thy mercy and confer Thy bounties upon every soul that is associated with the Tree of Affirmation, by Thy Self-Subsistence, which standeth supreme above all things [4o]

INBA82:025-035, BYC_misc-b.040b09-046b03

petitions to authorities; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00069

Du’a’ li’s-Sab’a

2700

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی یبدع ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض بامره و انه لعزیز حکیم یا الهی ان وجودک اعلی وجود لایشابهه شیء و ان وجودی ادنی وجود لایساویه شیء

Glorified be He Who createth, by His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on earth, and verily He is the Mighty, the All-Wise. O my God! Verily Thy Being is the most exalted of all being, naught can be likened unto it, and my being is the lowliest of all being, naught can equal it [3.5s]

INBA67:109-121, INBA78:105-138, INBA82:035-053, INBA98:001.03-011.02, PR03.043v-043vx, BN_6518 p.320v, MKI4511.014b-017x, BYC_tablets.042.10-052.04

absolute freedom; independence of God; impossibility of true worship of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00096

Du’a’-i-Muttasil bi-Salat

1900

بسم الله المتعالی المنیع. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک خالق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما لم تزل کنت کائناً قبل کل شیء و لا تزال انک کائن بعد فناء کل شیء

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Verily, Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and all that lieth between. Thou hast ever existed before all things, and Thou shalt continue to exist after the extinction of all things [4o]

INBA58:121.05-130.07, PR03.071v19-073v19, MKI4511.053v-064v, BYC_collect3.094-102

family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00404

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-‘Ali

380

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما لم تزل کنت قاهراً علی کل شیء و ظاهراً فوق کل شیء و قائماً علی کل شیء و قادراً علی کل شیء و مهیمناً علی کل شیء

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art, verily, the Creator of the heavens and earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou hast ever been supreme over all things, manifest above all things, standing over all things, powerful over all things, and dominant over all things [3.5s]

INBA58:097.14-099.10, PR03.074r16-074v06, BYC_collect3.065-066

the Imamate; the Caliphate

BB00453

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-‘Ali Ibn-i-Husayn

300

بسم الله المتقدس المنیع. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف استعرجن الی جو هواء قدسک و استصعدن الی بساط فضل انسک و استصفن

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! How can I ascend unto the atmosphere of Thy holy presence, and soar upward to the threshold of intimate fellowship with Thee, and attain unto purity [3.5s]

INBA58:104.14-106.05, PR03.075v15-076r04, BYC_collect3.077-073

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for specific individuals; groups; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00438

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-‘Askari

320

Exalted Prayer of the Báb for Imām Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, The

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت اله کل الهة فی ملکوت الارض والسموات و انک انت رب کل الارباب فی ملکوت الاسماء والصفات لم تزل کنت کائناً قبل کل شیء

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the God of all gods in the kingdoms of earth and heaven, and Thou art the Lord of all lords in the realms of names and attributes. From time immemorial Thou hast existed before all things [3.5s]

INBA58:115.11-117.06, PR03.078r07-078r27, BYC_collect3.083-084

absolute freedom; independence of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for specific individuals; groups; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00449

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Baqir

300

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت بدیع السموات و الارض ذوالقوة و البهآء و ذوالعزة والضیآء و ذوالعظمة

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of might and splendor, of majesty and radiance [3.5s]

INBA58:106.07-107.13, PR03.076r05-076r23, BYC_collect3.073-075

Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; prayer for specific individuals; groups; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00380

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Fatimih

420

بسم الله المتعالی المنیع. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و جاعل الامر والخلق لم یزل لم یکن لک شبه و لا مثل و لا کفو و لا عدل و لا قرین فسبحانک من ان یرتقی الی جو هواء قدسک اعلی جواهر الممکنات

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth and the Ordainer of both command and creation. Never hath there been any like unto Thee, nor any equal, nor any peer, nor any companion. Glorified art Thou! The most exalted essences of contingent beings can never ascend to the atmosphere of Thy sanctity [3.5s]

INBA58:099.12-101.11, PR03.074v08-075r03, BYC_collect3.066-068

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for praise and gratitude; prayer for spiritual recognition; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00452

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Hasan

300

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت محبوبی فی ملکوت الامر والخلق و مقصودی فی جمیع مظاهر البدع و الامر ماعبدت الا ایاک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art verily my Beloved in the kingdoms of command and creation, and my sole Desire throughout all manifestations of creation and decree. None have I worshipped but Thee alone [3.5s]

INBA58:101.12-103.01, PR03.075r04-075r19, BYC_collect3.068-070

transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00395

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Husayn

400

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت نورالسموات و الارض و ما بینهما لم یزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً فرداً صمداً حیاً قیوماً مااتخذت لنفسک صاحبة ولا ولداً

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the Light of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, single, peerless, eternal, ever-living, self-subsisting. Thou hast taken neither consort nor offspring unto Thyself [3.5s]

INBA58:103.02-104.12, PR03.075r21-075v13, BYC_collect3.070-072

Imam Husayn; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for martyrs; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00450

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Javad

300

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت مبدع السموات و الارض و ما بینهما و مقدرما فی ملکوت الامر والخلق دونهما لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً فرداً صمداً حیاً قیوماً

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and the Ordainer of all that existeth in the realms of command and creation [and of whatever is] other than them. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, Single, Alone, Self-Subsisting, the Ever-Living [3.5s]

INBA58:112.11-114.01, PR03.077r28-077v16, BYC_collect3.080-081

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00451

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Kazim

300

سبحانک اللهم انک انت مجلی کل شیء بنورک و مجذب کل شیء بلحظات قربک لاسئلنک من ظهورات

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the One Who illumineth all things by Thy light and draweth all things nigh through the glances of Thy nearness [3.5s]

INBA58:109.09-110.16, PR03.076v17-077r07, BYC_collect3.077-078

prayer for specific individuals; groups; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00386

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Muhammad

410

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله المتعالی المنیع. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما قد خلقت محمد صلواتک علیه بامرک و اصطفیته لعهدک و اصطنعه لذکرک و استخلصته لولایتک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Through Thy command didst Thou create Muhammad—Thy blessings rest upon Him—and didst choose Him for Thy Covenant, and fashion Him for Thy remembrance, and single Him out for Thy Cause [3.5s]

INBA58:095.09-097.12, PR03.073v20-074r14, BYC_collect3.062-063

absolute freedom; independence of God; Muhammad; Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00444

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Naqi

310

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت مبدع السموات و الارض و ما بینهما تقدر خلق کل شیء کیف تشاء عما تشاء و تصور خلق کل شیء کیف یرید بما ترید

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou dost ordain the creation of all things as Thou willest, howsoever Thou pleasest, and Thou dost fashion the creation of all things according to Thy desire [3.5s]

INBA58:114.02-115.09, PR03.077v17-078r06, BYC_collect3.081-082

absolute freedom; independence of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00257

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Qa’im

780

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت خالق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامرک لا من شیء و انک انت فاطر کل شیء بامرک لا عن شیء

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them by Thy command, not from anything; and verily Thou art the Fashioner of all things by Thy command, not from aught [3.5s]

INBA58:117.08-121.03

creation of the world; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for protection; prayer for specific individuals; groups; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00435

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Rida’

330

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما قد اخترعت ما قد اخترعت بانشائک و قد ابدعت ما قد ابدعت باحداثک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Through Thy creative power hast Thou brought into being all that Thou hast fashioned, and through Thy generative act hast Thou originated all that Thou hast created [3.5s]

INBA58:111.01-112.10, PR03.077r08-077r26, BYC_collect3.078-080

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for specific individuals; groups

BB00427

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Sadiq

340

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما جاعل الملائکة رسلاً اولی اجنحة مثنی و ثلث و رباع

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art, verily, the Creator of the heavens and earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou hast fashioned the angels as messengers, endowed with wings, two, three, and fourfold [4o]

INBA58:107.15-109.08, PR03.076r24-076v16, BYC_collect3.075-077

family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00228

Du’a’a’l-Khamis li’l-Avval

900

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انا الله و انا الیه راجعون سبحانک اللهم انک انت رب القدر والقضاء و ملیک الاذن والبداء

Verily, we are of God and unto Him do we return! Glorified art Thou, O Lord! Indeed, Thou art the Lord of destiny and decree, and the Sovereign of permission and fulfillment [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.251-254, MKI4494.043, BYC_pray.162.13-166.13

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; justice and wrath of God; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for martyrs; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00664

Du’a’a’l-Qahriyya ‘Ala’n-nafy

900

بسم الله الاقهر الاقهر. سبحانک اللهم لاسئلنک باوليتک التى انها هى ممتنعة فوق کل شئ ان تعد من کل ذات الف ينسب الى دون الحق بقدرتک على کل شئ

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Firstness which transcendeth all things, to reckon all those possessing the alif [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.272-276, MKI4515.001-006r

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00251

Du’a’a’l-Vajib (fi kull laylat-i-jum'ah)

800

بسم الله الاقهر الاقهر. سبحانک اللهم فاهلکن کل ذات الف لم یؤمن بمن تظهرنه ذات حجتک الکبری بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء

Glorified art Thou, O my God! By Thy sovereign might, bring to naught every being whose heart fails to recognize Him Whom Thou hast manifested as the quintessence of Thy supreme Proof. In the majesty of Thy divinity, verily, He is transcendent above all things [4o]

INBA58:064.10-071.08, BYC_misc-b.105a09-108b10

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; prophecy and fulfillment; suffering and imprisonment

BB00301

Fi ‘ili’l-qira’a

630

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق الحروف بعدة تکرار اسم الوهاب من نفسه و حرف لا لتدلعن السن الممکنات ثناء نفسه فی حرف لا من دون حکم

Praise be to God, Who hath created the letters according to the repetition of His Name, the All-Bountiful, from His own Self, and the letter "Lá," that the tongues of all contingent beings might voice His praise through the letter "Lá" [3.5s]

INBA53:400-402

grammar and orthography; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); the cross and the trinity

SRC.081, SRC.195

BB00421

Fi ‘ilmi’l-Huruf va’l-Iksir (Letter on gematria and alchemy)

350

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و اما السئوال عن علم الحروف فخذ من رأس کل عشرة حرف الاول و احسب علی الاول عنصر النار

As to thy question regarding the science of letters, know that from each set of ten letters, take the first, and reckon the first as representing the element of fire [4o]... ...And now as regards thy question about the Elixir: Know thou that God did not create anything except that He deposited within it a "letter" of the Elixir in accordance with its level of being

INBA67:203-204, INBA_6004C:213-215, , PR07.074r-074v, AEWB.234-236,

HURQ.BB17x

alchemy; the elixir; four elements; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision

SRC.190, SRC.192

BB00239

Fi ‘ilmi’s-Sarf va’n-Nahv (Treatise on grammar)

830

Grammar of the Divine, A; Gate of the Heart

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلى على الانسان بالنقطة المنفصلة المتحرکه عن مطلع البیان و الحمد لله

Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself unto man by the detached and moving Point from the Dayspring of utterance, and praise be to God [3.5s]... ...Verily, the noun is the attribute of the thing as it is in its own station…. But the verb referreth to the movement of that thing, and is the source of both noun and preposition

INBA67:121-125, PR07.076r-077r, AEWB.207-212,

GOH.205-206x, MNP.064-066, BLO_PT#039

grammar and orthography; language and the structure of reality; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; symbolism

SRC.073, GOH.205

BB00364

Fi Bayani Lawhi’l-Mahfuz (Letter on the Preserved Tablet) (part II)

460

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و قد سئلک السائل عن اللوح الحفیظ اعلمه بما قد علمک الله المحیط و ها انا ذا القیت الیک من رشحات تلک الالواح المستضیئه

The questioner hath assuredly asked thee about al-lawḥ al-maḥfūẓ ("The Preserved Tablet"). Inform him then according to what God, the All-Encompassing, hath taught thee [the Bāb]

INBA67:174-176, INBA_4011C:139-141, , INBA_6004C:202-204, , INBA_6006C:079-080, , PR07.067r-067v

HURQ.BB07x

heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; law of cause and effect; seven stages of creation; the cross and the trinity

SRC.190, SRC.192x2

BB00445

Fi Hukmi ‘Ilmi’l-Huruf (musajja'ih)

300

Tablet of the Letters (Ḥurūfāt) Revealed by the Báb, The

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلى على الآیات بانفسها و على الابواب بالالف القآئم فی مظاهرها و على السموات

Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself through the signs in their very essence, and through the Gates by the upright Alif in their manifestations, and through the heavens [3.5s]

INBA67:204-206, PR07.073v-074r

HURQ.BB36

meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria)

BB00173

Fi Istifhamat al-Qur'an

1100

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع جوهریات ذوات اهل الانشاء لا من شیئ بامره لیعرفه کل من فی ملکوت الارض والسموات

Praise be to God Who hath brought forth, through His Command, the essential realities of created beings out of nothingness, that all within the kingdom of earth and heaven might know Him [3.5s]

INBA14:395-400, INBA40:192-196, INBA53:406-411, INBA67:273-279, INBA_6010C:393-398, , CMB_F21.100.03-104.17#13, , Berlin3655.118r-120v

essential vs. actional attributes of God; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BB00194

Fi Javabi’l-Mujadala va’l-Mubahalah

1000

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. احمدک اللهم یا الهی بما انت اهله و اشهدک اللهم یا مولائی بما انت تستحقه بانک

I praise Thee, O my God, as befitteth Thine excellence, and I bear witness before Thee, O my Lord, as beseemeth Thy glory [3.5s]

INBA91:182.12-188.12, PR04.010v08-013v02

humility; meekness; lowliness; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00416

Fi Mas’alati’l-Bada’ (Letter on the alteration of the Divine Will) (part I)

360

بسم الله المنشأ العلیم الذی لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم. قد ابتدء باختراع الکلمات فی ثبات اهل السبحات

Verily hath begun the fashioning of words in establishing those who dwell in the realms of divine glory [3.5s]

INBA67:172-174, INBA_4011C:137-139, , INBA_6004C:200-202, , INBA_6006C:078-079, , PR07.066v-067r, AEWB.221-226,

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God

MMAH.057, SRC.190, SRC.192x2

BB00150

Fi Yawmi ‘idi’l-Adha

1300

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا یوم قد جعلته من قبل بقول حبیبک محمد عیداً لمن آمن بک و آیاتک وذخراً لمن وفی بعهدک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is a Day which Thou didst aforetime make, through the words of Thy beloved Muhammad, a festival unto them that believed in Thee and in Thy signs, and a treasure for such as were faithful to Thy Covenant [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.180-187, MKI4494.002

Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; purpose; goal of creation; transcendence; unknowability of God

AHDA.462.03d?

BB00378

Fi’l-Khuar

420

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب من عبد الله الیک فی حکم ما سئلت منی ان اعلم انی عبد آمنت بالله و آیاته و ما انا من المشرکین و لقد اشتبه الامر عندالناس فی حقی بما اظهرت مما اعطانی الله

Verily, this is a Book from the servant of God unto thee concerning that which thou didst ask of me. Know thou that I am a servant who hath believed in God and His signs, and I am not of them that join partners with Him. And indeed the matter hath become confused among the people concerning me by reason of that which I have manifested from what God hath bestowed upon me [3.5s]

INBA91:180.08-182.10

corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance

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

BB00645

In reply to a question from an unknown correspondent

INBA_5019C:279-284,

BB00638

In reply to four questions, to an unknown recipient

INBA_5019C:170-171,

INBA_6007C.289-337, BYC_pray.106.01-117.22

BB00240

Introduction to the Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqara

830

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلی للممکنات بطراز النقطة المنفصلة عن لجة الابداع لها بها الیها جلت و علت قبل ما اخترعت

Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself unto all contingent beings through the ornament of the Point, which was separated from the depths of creation - unto it, through it, and toward it - exalted was it and transcendent before aught came into being [3.5s]

INBA86:065-069, INBA98:023.11-027.07, PR40.001v-003r

accounts of dreams and visions; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; eulogies; reminiscences; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); symbolism of color and light; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00662

Javab-i-‘Alim-i-Rashti

1700

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله ربّ العالمین و انّما الصّلوة علی الواحد الاوّل فی کلّ حین و بعد مخفی نباشد بر هیچ فردی که مؤمن بود بخداوند و کتاب او و رسول او و ائمّۀ هدی و مظاهر امر او بر اینکه امروز هیچ امری اهمّ از معرفت مبدء دین ندانسته

Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds, and verily all blessings rest upon the first Vahid at every moment. And furthermore, let it not be hidden from any soul who hath believed in God, His Book, His Messenger, the Imáms of Guidance and the Manifestations of His Cause, that in this Day no matter is more vital than the recognition of the Source of Religion [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.482-494

interpretation of words and passages in scripture; oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection of Muhammad; return of the Manifestations of God; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God

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

BB00175

Khutba on gematria and its sister (‘ilmi’l-Huruf va Ukhtiha)

1100

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف ذاته بایاته المتجلیه فی غرا لفواد بغیر تشبیه و لا تفریق لیشهد الکل فی مقعد الفضل

Praise be to God Who hath enabled the gnosis of His Essence to be realized through His verses which express theophanic self-disclosure within the grandeur of the inmost heart

INBA67:228-233, INBA91:030.07-036.06, INBA_5006C:315-317, , INBA_5019C:322-324, , INBA_6004C:209-213,

HURQ.BB20x

alchemy; the elixir; celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; transcendence; unknowability of God

FHR#06.09, SRC.063, SRC.187, SRC.191

BB00101

Khutba on the 'Id al-Fitr written in Masqat (Khutbiy-i-Qamariyyih)

1800

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد تفرد بالعزة و توحد بالعظمة و تعظم بالکبریاء و تعالی عن مشاهدة الانظار الاحد القیوم والصمد المعبود

Praise be to God, Who hath singled Himself out in might, and united Himself in grandeur, and exalted Himself in majesty, and transcendeth the vision of all eyes—the One, the Self-Subsisting, the Eternal [3.5s]

INBA_4011C:359-366, , INBA_5006C:326-330,

FHR#06.04, SRC.063, SRC.187

BB00122

Khutba on the suffering of Imam Husayn, at sea

1500

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد شهد لذاتیته بالاحدیة القدیمة لما علم بان الحسین یشهد لنفسه بنفسه

Praise be to God, Who hath testified unto His Own Being through His Ancient Unity, inasmuch as He knew that Husayn beareth witness unto His Self through His Self [3.5s]

INBA91:073.10-081.02, INBA_5006C:317-320, , PR04.164r05-168r14

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; martyrs and martyrdom; transcendence; unknowability of God

FHR#06.08, SRC.063, SRC.187

BB00205

Khutba writen near the staging post of al-Safra 1

960

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف ذاته بذاته و لا یعلم احد کیف هو الا هو لا اله الا هو قد انشأ

Praise be to God Who hath known His Own Self through His Self, and none knoweth His Reality save Him. There is no God but Him [3.5s]

INBA91:036.08-041.10, INBA_5006C:320-322, , INBA_5019C:324-326, , PR04.040v06-043v03

divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; transcendence; unknowability of God

FHR#06.07?, SRC.063, SRC.187

BB00279

Khutba writen near the staging post of al-Safra 2 (Khutbiy-i-Jamaliyyih)

700

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد علا بعلو ذاتیته علواً سقطت الاشیاء دونه و تعالی بعظم کینونیته علی عرش الاحدیة التی قد خضع الکل لدی وجهه

Praise be unto Him Who hath, through the loftiness of His Essence, risen to such heights that all things other than Him have fallen away, and Who hath, through the grandeur of His Being, been exalted upon the Throne of Oneness before which all creation boweth down in submission [3.5s]

INBA91:047.08-051.09, INBA_5006C:324-326, , INBA_5019C:328-330,

creation of the world; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Shrines and Holy places; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God

FHR#06.07?, SRC.063, SRC.187

BB00106

Khutba written in Kanakan (Khutbih Bahriyyih)

1700

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتقدس فی الذات و المتفرد فی الصفات القدیم الوتر و القیوم الحی الذی لا اله الا هو

Praise be to God, Who is sanctified in His Essence and unrivalled in His attributes, the Ancient of Days, the Single One, the Self-Subsisting, the Ever-Living, beside Whom there is no other God [3.5s]

INBA_4011C:351-358, , INBA_5006C:355-359,

FHR#06.03, SRC.063, SRC.186

BB00216

Khutba written one stage from Medina (Khutbiy-i-Shajariyyih)

920

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد شهد لذاته بذاته ان لا اله الا هو و ابدع خلقه بامره ان لا اله الا هو

Praise be to God, Who hath testified unto His Own Being by His Own Self that there is no God but Him, and Who brought forth His creation by His Command that there is no God but He [3.5s]

INBA91:042.01-047.06, INBA_5006C:322-324, , INBA_5019C:326-328,

anthropomorphism; Christ; Christianity; divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; pantheism; the cross and the trinity; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God

FHR#06.07?, SRC.063, SRC.187

BB00195

Khutbah fi Ard-i-Sad (insha'uha fi balad as-sad)

1000

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی شهد لذاته بذاته بانه لا الله الا هو الحق فی ازل الازال و انه هو کائن بمثل ما کان فیما یحدث من الازمان و لا له تغیر فی شأن و لا انتقال انقطعة الاسماء عن ساحة قرب حضرته

All praise be to God Who hath testified through His Own Self unto His Self that there is none other God but Him, the True One, from all eternity, and verily He remaineth even as He hath ever been throughout all times to come, subject neither to change in station nor alteration. All names are far removed from the court of His nearness [3.5s]

INBA40:198-202, INBA67:190-194, PR02.141r16-142r12, CMB_F23.076r05-078v07 (16), , Berlin3655.124r-126r

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; proofs for the existence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00265

Khutbah fi'l-Bakarih (hin julusihi 'ala'l-safinah al-saghirah)

740

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد ارفع عبده من البلد المقام علی السفینة الصغیره الی الفلک المسخر فوق الماء من قبل طلوع خط البیضاء من احق السوداء

Praise be unto Him Who hath raised His servant from the settled place, upon the small vessel, unto the ark that saileth upon the waters, ere the rising of the white line from the black horizon [3.5s]

INBA_5006C:339-340?, , PR04.038r13-040v03

FHR#06.07?, SRC.242

BB00498

Khutbata’l-Baladiyya

220

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتوحد فی الکبریاء والمتفرد فی الآلاء الذی قد ارفع السماء للعماء و قد انشأ السناء للذرالبقاء

Praise be to God Who standeth alone in grandeur and is singular in His bestowals, Who hath raised up the heavens unto the celestial realm and hath brought forth resplendent light [3.5s]

INBA67:129-130, PR07.075v-076r

prayer for spiritual recognition; transcendence; unknowability of God

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

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]

alchemy; the elixir; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BB00464

Kitabu’l-Mashhudiyyah

280

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. السلام من السلام و بالسلام الی السلام یعود السلام لا اله الا هو المعبود کل البریة الیه یرجعون

Peace [Salám, = greeting] is from Peace, and through Peace unto Peace doth Peace return. There is none other God but He, the Worshipped One, unto Whom all creation returneth [3.5s]

INBA98:110.08-111.09

mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; prayer for firmness in the Covenant; servitude; submission to God; repentance; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BB00040

Kitabu’sh-Shahadah

5000

بسمه العلی العظیم. حمد و ثناء ذات اقدسی را سزاوار است که لم یزل منزه بوده طلعت حضرت او از وصف ماسوای او

Praise and glory befit that Most Sacred Being, Who hath ever been sanctified beyond the description of aught else beside Him [3.5s]

INBA64:030.03-033.14x

impossibility of true worship of God; prayer for firmness in the Covenant; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH02918

Lawh-i-Mazindaran

310

یا اسمی یا ایها الناظر الى شمس ظهورى اهل میم و الف را در لوح ذکر

O My Name! O thou who gazest upon the Sun of My Manifestation! Make mention in the Tablet of the people of M and A [3.5s]

INBA73:045, BLIB_Or15738.181.15,

praise and encouragement; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH09452

Lawh-i-Mizan

100

قد اتت الساعه و نفخ فی الصور و المیزان ینادی انا الممیز العلیم ابین و اظهر

The Hour hath come, and the Trumpet hath been sounded, and the Balance proclaimeth: "I am the All-Distinguishing, the All-Knowing, manifest and evident!" [3.5s]

INBA19:072b, INBA32:067a

apocalyptic imagery; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; suffering and imprisonment

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

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

Epistle of the Báb Revealed for Mullá Ḥusayn Concerning the Practice of Dissimulation, Patience, and the Reward of the Faithful

consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; petitions to authorities; spiritual communication; connections of the heart

BB00517

Letter to Haji Siyyid ‘Ali Kirmani (from Medina)

190

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قد قرئت کتابک هذا فاستمع لماذا القی الیک باذن الله فان ذکر اسم ربک لهو الحق یهدیک الی صراط مستقیم

I have read this, thy letter. Hearken thou, therefore, to that which is imparted unto thee by leave of God, for verily the mention of thy Lord's Name is truth itself, guiding unto the straight path [3.5s]

INBA91:028.09-029.08, INBA_5019C:298-299, , INBA_6012C.260-261,

power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God

FHR#03.09, FHR#03.21?, SRC.191

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

BB00415

Letter to Mulla Husayn III

360

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

BB00516

Letter to Mulla Husayn V

190

Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥusayn Bushrú'í from al-Mukhā, An

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی قد نزل الروح علی قلبک لتکونن من المنذرین ان اتبع مایلقی الیک من کتاب کریم و لقد ارسلنا من قبل الیک

Glorified be He Who hath caused the Spirit to descend upon thy heart, that thou mayest be numbered among the warners. Follow thou what is revealed unto thee from this glorious Book, for verily We did send it aforetime unto thee [3.5s]

INBA91:059.10-060.10, PR04.008r14-008v13

justice and wrath of God; laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

FHR#03.01

BB00471

Letter to Mulla Javad and his associates

270

Báb's Epistle Refuting the Claims to the Station of Bābiyyat (Gatehood), The

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله رب العالمین و صلی الله علی محمد و اله الطاهرین و بعد چنین گوید فی خلق الله علی محمد بن المرحوم محمد رضا طاب ثراه که جمعی ادعای مقام بابیت امام علیه السلام را نسبت باین بنده ضعیف دانسته اند

Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds, and may His blessings rest upon Muhammad and His pure kindred. To continue: Thus speaketh, in the creation of God, 'Alí-Muhammad, son of the late Muhammad-Ridá, may his rest be sweet, that certain individuals have attributed unto this humble servant the station of the Gate of the Imám, peace be upon Him [3.5s]

INBA91:169.02-170.09

self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; station of the Manifestation of God

BB00407

Letter to Mulla Javad Baraghani: Risala fi'l-Rububiyyah

370

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله رب العالمین و السلام علی عباد الله المخلصین فیا ایها السائل قد سمعت کل ما کتبت الی فی کتابک فاستمع لما ذا القی الیک باذن الله ثم انصف اولاً بحکم ربک

Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds, and peace be upon His sincere servants. O thou who asketh! I have indeed heard all that thou didst write unto me in thy letter. Hearken, then, unto that which I cast unto thee by God's leave, and be thou first just in accordance with thy Lord's command [3.5s]

INBA91:192.03-194.10x

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; free will and predestination; fate; humility; meekness; lowliness; independent investigation of truth; reality; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BB00658

Letter to Rahim

4900

بسم الله الامدد الامدد. و اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا کنت من اول الذی لا اول له خیرالائلهین و اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا لاکونن الی آخر الذی لا آخر له خیرالائلهین ... ان یا اسم الابهی اذا غربت الشمس لم یحط علم بانها فیمن و لا یطلع الا یوم من یظهره الله ذلک رب العالمین

Verily I am God; there is no God but Me! From the beginning that hath no beginning I have been the Best of creators, and verily I am God; there is no God but Me, and unto the end that hath no end I shall ever remain the Best of creators... O Name of the All-Glorious! When the sun hath set, none knoweth wherein it dwelleth, nor shall it rise again save on the Day of Him Whom God shall make manifest, that Lord of all the worlds [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.471-482

BB00399

Letter to the Hanafi Imam

390

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد نزلت باذن ربک من لدن علی حکیم. ثم قد فصلت آیاته باذن ربک على صراط مستقیم

Verily this is a Book sent down by leave of thy Lord from the presence of One who is Exalted and Wise. Then were its verses expounded by the leave of thy Lord upon a straight path [3.5s]

INBA91:023.04-025.04

call to action; justice and wrath of God; need for an educator; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

FHR#03.09

BB00315

Letter to the uncle of the Báb in Bushihr

590

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی قد نزل الآیات علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لسمیع علیم و ان ذلک حکم من لدی ان ارسل کتاباً فیه احکام الناس ما هم کانوا عاملین

Glorified be He Who sendeth down verses upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants, and verily He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. And this, truly, is a decree from His presence, that I should send forth a Book containing ordinances for mankind according to which they act [3.5s]

INBA91:056.06-059.08

belief and denial; chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

FHR#03.06?

BB00571

Letter to the wife of the Báb, from Masqat

120

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ربک الذی لا اله الا هو قد نزل باذنه من لدن علی حمید و انه فی حکم الکتاب

Read the book of your Lord God, there is no other god but Him. It descended by His permission from Ali, the Praiseworthy. Verily, the path of God in the heavens and the earth is in the decree of the book

INBA58:170.04-171.04, INBA91:051.11-052.06, PR04.194v01-194v10

Epistle of the Báb to His Beloved and Blessed Wife

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; procession; appearance of the Word from God

FHR#03.08

BB00601

Li-Hadrat-i-Haram

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

INBA_6007C.547-551, BYC_jabar.034.12-036.14, BYC_jabar.075.07-077.08

acquiescence and resignation; contentment; consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BB00204

Ma Qala’l-Mir’at

970

بسم الله العلی الجواد ث م ر. انا ارسلنا فی ارض الهائیات ثاء نوریا لیستضیئن کل من فی الملک بنوره و لیکونن للرحمن منصورا

Verily We have sent forth into the realm of divine manifestations a luminous effulgence, that all who dwell in the kingdom may be illumined by its light and become victorious for the All-Merciful [3.5s]

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

BB00640

On istifah (asking the explanation of texts)

INBA_5019C:264-269,

BB00637

On the imams, to an unknown recipient

INBA_5019C:163-166,

INBA_6007C.099-104, BYC_misc-b.100b05-105a07

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]

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; transcendence; unknowability of God; visitation Tablets

BB00070

Prayer for 19 letters

2700

بسم الله العزیز الرؤف. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء بانک انت الله لا اله الا انت لم تزل یا الهی کنت کائنا و لا تزال تکون

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee. From time immemorial, O my God, Thou hast been, and unto everlasting Thou shalt be [3.5s]

INBA01:129.05-147.08

petitions to authorities; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for praise and gratitude; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00289

Prayer for Friday

670

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

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

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

GOH.171x

divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; symbolism; transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BB00661

Prayer for Friday evening

1980

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه لیلة الجمعه لاسئلنک ما فیها بک اذ لا شئ فى علمک عدلک و لا مثلک و لا شبهک و لا قرينک الخلق خلقک و الامر منک اليک و حدک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is the night of Friday, wherein I beseech Thee, through Thine own Self, for there existeth not within Thy knowledge any equal to Thy justice, nor any like unto Thee, nor any similitude, nor any peer. Creation is Thy creation, and the Command proceedeth from Thee and returneth unto Thee [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.041-046, MKI4515.015v-023v

charitable associations; humanitarian activities; firmness in the Covenant; law of pilgrimage; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00579

Prayer for Mulla Hasan

120

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا ایها الحبیب قف علی باب المجیب و اتکل علی الله ربی و ربک الذی لا الله الا هو السمیع العلیم

O loved one! Stand at the door of the One Who Answers, and trust in God, my Lord and your Lord. There is no God but Him, the Hearing, the Knowing

INBA67:178-178, INBA_4011C:164-165, , PR04.051v01-051v05, PR07.073r-073r

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of prayer; prayer for protection; transcendence; unknowability of God; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

SRC.192

BB00639

Prayer for Sayyid Ja'far Shubbar

INBA_5019C:216-218,

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

Prayer of the Báb on Divine Sovereignty and the True Mirror

BB00536

Prayer for the mirrors

170

الله اکبر تکبیراً کبیرا. قل اللهم انک انت قوآء السموات و الارض و ما بینهما لتؤتین القوة من یشآء ... و لعمر من یظهره الله لو تدومن بذلک و لتقبلن على من على الارض لن یقابلنک من احد

Say: O God! Verily Thou art the Power of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou bestowest strength upon whomsoever Thou willest... By the life of Him Whom God shall make manifest, wert thou to persevere in this and turn unto all who are on earth, none would stand against thee [3.5s]

INBA58:144.01-145.05

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BB00152

Prayer in reply to al-'Alawiyya (Tahirih)

1300

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا من له العزة و الجمال و العظمة و الجلال لا اله الا هو الکبیر المتعال شهد الله لذاته قبل کل شیء

O Thou Who art possessed of glory and beauty, of grandeur and majesty! There is no God but Him, the Most Great, the Most Exalted. God beareth witness unto His Own Self before all else [3.5s]

INBA91:145.06-152.10, PR04.029v08-032v13

identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mirror; Muhammad; Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for protection; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God

FHR#12.02

BB00145

Prayer in reply to Mirza Muhammad 'Ali Nahri et al

1300

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی اشهدک بما تشهد لنفسک و للخلق عبادک انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک و لا لکینونیتک خلقه دون ذاتک

O God! I bear witness before Thee to that whereunto Thou dost bear witness unto Thyself and unto all created beings, Thy servants, that Thou art God, no God is there but Thee, Single art Thou, without peer, and naught existeth in Thine Essence save Thy Self [3.5s]

INBA91:154.06-161.09, INBA_5019C:311-315,

alteration of the divine will [bada]; family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; transcendence; unknowability of God; wisdom [hikmat]

FHR#12.06, SRC.191

BB00402

Prayer in reply to Mulla 'Abd al-Jalil, on the thanksgiving prostration

380

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف نفسه بنفسه و تنزه عن مجانسة عباده و تقدس عن مقارنة اثاره

Praise be to God Who hath revealed His Own Self through His Own Self, Who hath exalted Himself above all likeness to His servants, and Who hath sanctified Himself beyond all comparison with His signs [3.5s]

INBA91:121.02-123.02, INBA_5019C:294-294,

chastisement and requital; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God

FHR#12.05, AHDA.459?, SRC.191

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

Tablet of the Báb to Hádí and Muḥammad ʿAlí Qazvíní

justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for praise and gratitude

FHR#12.04, SRC.191

BB00062

Prayers for the days of the week

2800

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته الی الله یحشرون اللهم انک انت الله الفرد الاحد الصمد الحی القیوم

Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth by His command, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs and who shall be gathered unto Him. O God! Thou art indeed God, the Single, the One, the Eternal, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s]

INBA58:072.03-095.07, INBA78:001-045, PR03.228r07-231r09, MKI4499.035-047

divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; essential vs. actional attributes of God; family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for specific individuals; groups; transcendence; unknowability of God

AHDA.461.01a

BB00124

Reply to Mirza hadi Qazvini and Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Qazvini

1500

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف ادعوک و انت تعلم سری و کیف لا اقول ما خطر علی قلبی و انت امرتنی بالدعاء و وعدت المتکبرین کلمة العذاب فی کتابک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! How can I call upon Thee when Thou knowest mine inmost secrets, and how can I refrain from uttering that which hath stirred within my heart when Thou hast commanded me to pray and hast decreed for the proud the word of chastisement in Thy Book [3.5s]

INBA91:130.10-139.03, INBA_5019C:305-308, , PR04.032v15-036r10

family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transcendence; unknowability of God

FHR#12.08, SRC.191

BB00196

Reply to Mulla Ibrahim Mahallati

1000

Tablet of the Báb Revealed in Response to the Inquiry of Mullá Ibrāhím Maḥallātí

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف الخلق آیاته المودعة فی عز حقایقهم و ما خلق فی الافاق بغیر

Praise be to God, Who hath acquainted all created things with His signs deposited in the glory of their own selves and that which He hath fashioned in the horizons [3.5s]

INBA91:139.05-145.04, INBA_5019C:308-311, , PR04.020v05-023r12

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God

FHR#12.09, FHR#03.20, SRC.191

BB00157

Reply to Mulla Ja'far-i-Shubbar

1200

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی شهد لذاته بذاته الا اله الا هو العلی العظیم اللهم انی اشهدک فی ذلک الکتاب بما تحب لنفسک من اهل الابداع

All praise be to God Who hath testified through His Own Self unto His Self that there is none other God but Him, the Most Exalted, the Most Great. O my God! I bear witness before Thee in this Book unto that which Thou lovest for Thyself among the people of creation [3.5s]

INBA91:161.11-168.06, INBA_5019C:315-318, , PR04.023r13-026v02

dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God

FHR#12.10, SRC.191

BB00636

Reply to six questions from Mirza Sulayman

INBA_5019C:159-163,

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

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

BB00061

Sharh-i-Du’a'-i-Sabah II

2800

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

BB00366

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

450

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

BH00952

Suratu'l-Kifaya

860

ان یا اهل الهاء استمعوا تغنی ورقه الحمراء فی جو العماء بانه هو النور هیکل

O people of Ha! Hearken unto the melody of the Crimson Leaf in the Paradise of the Divine Cloud, for He, verily, is the Light of the Radiant Temple

INBA36:277

HURQ.BH03

essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; symbolism; the cloud ['ama]; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#315

BH01057

Suriy-i-Burhan (not = Lawh-i-Burhan)

790

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و ان هذا الغلام لبرهانه لمن فی السموات و الارض و سلطانه

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and that this Youth is His proof unto all who are in the heavens and on the earth, and His sovereign authority [3.5s]

INBA83:150, BLIB_Or15702.132, , BLIB_Or15737.134, , ALIB.folder18p272

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power of the Manifestation of God; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; station of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; thankfulness; gratitude

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

BB00346

Tafsir-i-Ayat fi Surati'n-Nur

510

Báb's Mystical Commentary on the Hadith of the Maid (Hadith al-Jāriyyah) and the Knowledge of the Unseen, The

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

BB00307

Tafsir-i-Hadith al-Jariyya

610

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

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

BB00098

Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-Ma’rifati Nafs

1900

هو بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قال السائل سلمه الله تعالی ما معنی الحدیث المروی عن علی علیه السلام من عرف نفسه فقد عرف ربه اقول اعلم یا اخی رحمک الله انی اوصیک

The questioner—may God, the Most High, preserve him—asked: "What is the meaning of the tradition related from 'Alí—peace be upon him—'Whoso knoweth his own self hath verily known his Lord'?" I say: Know thou, O my brother—may God's mercy be upon thee—that I counsel thee [3.5s]... ...He (God) hath not begotten anything; rather He hath created all beings by His Will, and created the Will by Itself

INBA14:468-479, INBA53:046-053, INBA64:082.05-084.09x, INBA67:181-190, INBA_4011C:101-110, , INBA_6004C:180-187, , INBA_6006C:063-067, , INBA_6010C:464-473, , PR02.152r08-153v27, PR07.057r-059v, BYC_collect4.012-017

GOH.062-063x, GOH.096x

Adam; Adam and Eve; degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; empty learning; false spirituality; human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as mediator; realms of being; three realms; five realms; self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; transcendence; unknowability of God

AHDA.458.12, MMAH.060, SRC.072, SRC.200

BB00344

Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-Nahnu Wajhu'llah

520

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم ما تفسیر قوله علیه السلام نحن وجه الله. فاعلم ان عرباً من العرباء من اهل البادیه سئل عن علی ع عن وجه الله فی قوله

And know thou that an Arab among the Arabs of the Bedouin people asked [Imam] `Alī about the Wajh Allāh (the Face of God) as indicated in His statement: "So wherever you turn there is the Face of God!"

INBA14:489-491, INBA53:056-058, INBA67:138-140, INBA_4011C:115-118, , INBA_6004C:195-197, , INBA_6006C:069-070, , PR07.061r-061v

HURQ.BB40x

God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Manifestation of God as mediator; symbolism; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God

AHDA.459.17, SRC.072, SRC.200

BB00045

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

4200

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

BB00006

Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqarah (2nd Juz') (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow II)

6300

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 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

BB00455

Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Fatiha (prefixed to Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqarah)

300

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. هذه السورة المبارکة عندالله سبعة آیات محکمات الآیة الاولی کتاب محمد صلی الله علیه و آله و فقد جعل الله فیها احکام وجوده مما لا بدایة و لا نهایة و هی جنة الفردوس ...

This blessed Surah, in the presence of God, consisteth of seven inviolable verses, the first verse being the Book of Muhammad - peace and blessings of God rest upon Him and His family - wherein God hath ordained the laws of His existence, having neither beginning nor end, and it is the Garden of Paradise [3.5s]

INBA69:156-157, PR02.001v07-001v19, PR40.002, CMB_F08, , BLIB_Or5276, BLIB_Or5277

family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; the Imamate; the Caliphate

MSBR.200-201

BB00105

Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Qadar I

1700

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم الی الله یحشرون و الحمد لله الذی ابتدع الجوهریات لا من شیئ قبلها بعلیة نفسها

Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs - these shall verily be gathered unto Him. And praise be to God Who hath originated the essences, not from aught that existed before them, through their own causation [3.5s]

INBA14:221-229, INBA69:014-021, INBA98:158.16-165.07, INBA_6010C:211-219, , Berlin3655.081v-085v, HBH_qadr (=INBA69)

infinity and eternity; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations

MMAH.019, SRC.072, SRC.202

BB00076

Tasbih-i-Fatimih

2500

بسم الله العلی العظیم. اسبح سبحان الذی لا یعلم جوهو وجود کیف هو و لا مجرد موجود این

Glorified be He whose essential Reality none knoweth, and whose pure Being none can fathom [3.5s]

INBA98:176.16-186.10, CMB_F09.088=4005C, , BLIB_Or5112, , HBH_tasbih

HURQ.BB32x

chastisement and requital; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; impossibility of true worship of God; Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr); transcendence; unknowability of God; worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203

BB00468

Tawqi' Khitab bih ahl-i-bait dar Shiraz

280

هو الابهی. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب نوشته سید مورخه ١١ رسید خطوط قبل نرسیده که ظاهر شود

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved. The letter of the Siyyid, dated the eleventh, hath arrived, though previous missives have not been received [3.5s]

INBA40:221-221

laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; return of the Manifestations of God; spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BB00210

Testamentary disposition, addressed to Azal

940

بسم الله الازل الازل. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الوحاد الوحید اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الاحاد الاحید اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الصماد الصمید ... ان یا اسم الازل فاشهد علی الله لا اله الا انا العزیز المحبوب ثم اشهد

Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the One, the Unique. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Single, the Peerless. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the All-Sufficing, the Everlasting... O Name of Eternity! Bear thou witness that there is no God but Me, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved [3.5s]... …O name of Azal, testify that there is no God but I, the dearest beloved. Then testify that there is no God but you, the victorious and permanent. Say, God created what He created from the time of beginning that has no beginning and

INBA64:095.01-102.09x, INBA_6007C.465-471, PR03.084r24-085v13, CMB_F23.174r06-176v02 (59)x, , HBH_vasayax, BYC_vesayatx

LOIR08.387, HURQ.BB61x, BLO_PT#211

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; transcendence; unknowability of God

MSBR.206-207x

BB00641

To Aqa Sayyid Jawad [Karbala'i?]

INBA_5019C:269-270,

BB00644

To Mulla Ahmad Mu'allim Hisari

INBA_5019C:275-279,

BB00643

To Mulla Hasan Bajastani

INBA_5019C:271-275,

BAPT.006x

BB00642

To Mulla Mahdi Khu'i

INBA_5019C:270-271,

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

INBA_6007C.541-547, BYC_jabar.006.04-009.08

BB00134

Ziyarat al-Zahra (Fatimah)

1400

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. فاذا قمت بین یدی الله ظهر مرقد فاطمه صلوات الله علیها صل فی مقام الذی صلی رسول الله علیه و انه فی بیت فاطمه

If thou standest before God, and the resting-place of Fatimih—upon her be the blessings of God—is made manifest, pray thou in that station wherein the Apostle of God did pray, and it is in the house of Fatimih [3.5s]... ...And I testify that thy [Fatimah's] son [Imam] Hasan is the Hujjat-Allah (Proof of God) and His Wali (Legatee) for through him the Throne was raised up upon the Watery Expanse

INBA_5019C:148-159, , AEWB.180-189,

HURQ.BB31x

family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; station of the Manifestation of God; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God

SRC.099, SRC.203

BB00670

Ziyarat dar shab-i-jum'ah

400

فاذا کنت فی مثل للیلة فی روضة القدس و حضیرة الانس... للرزق یاتیهم رزقهم بکرةً و عشیاً

If thou findest thyself in the likeness of the night within the garden of sanctity and the precincts of fellowship... Verily, their sustenance doth come to them both morn and eve [4o]

INBA_6007C.109-111

BB00663

Ziyarat for 'the second to believe' on 'Id al-Fitr

1200

انما البهاء الابهی و الجلال الاجلل و الجمال الاجمل و العظمة الاعظمی

Verily the All-Glorious Glory, the Most Exalted Majesty, the Most Beauteous Beauty, and the Most Supreme Grandeur [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.154-160

BB00185

Ziyarat for 'the twenty-nine letters'

1100

هو بسم الله القادر الاقدر الافطر الاقهر. سبحان الذی قد بدع الآیات بفضله کیف یشاء انه هو المقتدر العسوف اول کافور سازج اطهر اظهر ابرز اطرز من رب العماء علیک یا ایها السر المخزون

Glorified be He Who hath created the verses through His grace as He willeth. Verily, He is the All-Powerful, the Most Mighty. The first and most refined camphor, most pure, most manifest, most resplendent, most adorned, from the Lord of the celestial realm descendeth upon thee, O thou Hidden Mystery [3.5s]

mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00083

Ziyarat for Friday and Thursday nights

2300

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. و اذا کنت لیلة الجمعه او یومها بین یدی نقطة البیان او احد من مظاهر الحی

And when thou findest thyself, on the eve of Friday or during its day, in the presence of the Point of the Bayán or any one of the Manifestations of the Living One [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.030-040, CMB_F14.114r05-121v01,

cleanliness and refinement; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BB00118

Ziyarat for the eight letters

1600

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو الملک القدوس السلام المؤمن المهیمن العزیز الجبار

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Sovereign, the Most Holy, the Source of Peace, the Faithful, the Guardian, the Mighty, the All-Compelling [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.189-197, MKI4494.008

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; rejection by the people of the Bayan

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

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

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

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

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

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

BB00666

Ziyarat for the first [to believe]

810

بسم الله الابهی الابهی. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا و ان ما دونی خلقی قل أن یا خلقي إیاي فاعبدون إنني أنا الله لا إله إلا أنا کنت أزلا قدیما

Verily I am God, no God is there but Me, and aught except Me is but My creation. Say, worship Me then, O ye, My creatures. Verily, I am God; there is no God but Me. I have been from all eternity the Ancient One [3.5s]... ...the first to know Me was I Myself, the Lord of the letters of ‘Azím (‘Alí), then it was the possessor of eight exalted and glorious letters (Mullá Husayn)

INBA_6007C.063-067

GOH.198-199x

heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; justice and wrath of God; martyrdom of the Bab; murder; causing physical harm; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BB00199

Ziyarat for the first and last to believe, on Friday

1000

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

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness unto Thee in this hour of Friday, and so too doth every thing, that verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, alone, without partner [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.104-109, MKI4494.082

divine attributes are within all things; every atom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan; transcendence; unknowability of God

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

INBA_6007C.164-175, BYC_misc-b.113a04-125a01

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]

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

BB00250

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

800

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

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

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

chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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

BB00133

Ziyarat for the first to believe, on Thursday night

1400

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

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

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

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

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

BB00338

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

530

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض عالم الغیب و الشهادة لن یغرب من علمک من شیء لا فی السموات و لا فی الارض و لا ما بینهما و لا یعجک من شیء لا فی ملکوت الامر و لا الخلق و لا ما دونهما لم تزل کنت الها واحدا احدا فردا

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth, the Knower of the seen and the unseen. Nothing escapeth Thy knowledge, whether in the heavens or on earth or betwixt them, nor can aught confound Thee in the kingdoms of command and creation or in whatsoever lieth beyond them. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, single and alone [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.121-124, CMB_F14.095v03-097r04,

absolute freedom; independence of God; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God

INBA_6007C.268-272, BYC_misc-b.089a03-092a08

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]

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; visitation Tablets

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

INBA_6007C.175-176, BYC_misc-b.125a03-126a04

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]

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

INBA_6007C.095-099, BYC_misc-b.096b05-100b03

BB00125

Ziyarat for the letter mim

1500

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء فی هذه اللیلة التی قد عظمتها و جللتها و فضلتها و عززتها و کرمتها علی مادونها بجودک ثم لطفک و کرمک ثم فضلک و وهابیتک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee in this night which Thou hast magnified and exalted, which Thou hast preferred and honored and made noble above all else through Thy bounty, then through Thy grace and generosity, then through Thy favor and beneficence [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.137-143, CMB_F14.180r03-185r06,

chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; transcendence; unknowability of God

JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210

BB00246

Ziyarat for the letters of unity, on Friday

810

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء فی تلک اللیلة التی عظمتها و شرفتها و قدستها و کرمتها و مننت علیها

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee in this night which Thou hast magnified and honored and hallowed and exalted [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.160-164, BYC_misc-b.046b05-051a01

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]

chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability 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

BB00071

Ziyarat for the Point and his Letters of the Living

2700

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

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

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

cleanliness and refinement; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BB00293

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

660

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

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

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

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

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

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