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باین بیان که مانند آفتاب جهان از افق آسمان اوامر الهی طالع و مشرق است ناظر

Fix thine eyes upon this utterance, which, even as the sun in the heavens, hath dawned and shone forth from the horizon of God's celestial commandments [3.5s]... ...Were a man in this day to adorn himself with the raiment of trustworthiness it were better for him in the sight of God than that he should journey on foot towards the holy court

INBA19:015, INBA32:015, INBA57:078, BLIB_Or15710.279, , BLIB_Or15722.172, , BLIB_Or15734.2.031,

COMP_TRUSTP#12x, GHA.316ax, UAB.039ax, MAS4.025x, AHB_133BE #03-04 p.003

BRL_TRUST#12x, COC#2024x

education of children; moral education; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; words vs deeds

LL#261

BH00384

no title

1760

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق امام وجوه العالم انه هو الکنز المخزون و اللوح

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh before the faces of the world, verily He is the Hidden Treasure and the Tablet [3.5s]... ...Say: O bearer of My Name! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. Thou hast ever been adorned with the fair robe of trustworthiness and piety

INBA15:211, INBA26:211, BLIB_Or15724.011,

COMP_TRUSTP#18x, YIA.197x

BRL_TRUST#17x, COC#2029x

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH00268

no title

2370

شهد المقصود انه لا اله الا هو له العظمه و العطاء و هو لکلشیء علیم شهد

He, the True One, beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. His is the majesty and the bounty, and He, verily, hath knowledge of all things. He doth testify [3.5s]... ...Cleave ye to the hem of the raiment of virtue and keep fast hold of the cord of piety and trustworthiness. Have regard to the good of the world and not to your own selfish desires

INBA18:119

COMP_TRUSTP#19x, AVK3.427.04x, UAB.046ex

BRL_TRUST#18x, COC#2030x

corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; exhortations and counsels; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; servitude; submission to God; repentance; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02839

no title

310

انا نشکو عن الذین تجاوزوا حدود الله و اوامره و اتبعوا اهوآئهم الا انهم من

We lament concerning those who have transgressed the bounds of God and His commandments and followed their own desires. Verily, they are among those who [3.5s]... ...Trustworthiness, wisdom and honesty are, of a truth, God's beauteous adornments for His creatures. These fair garments are a befitting vesture for every temple

INBA18:041, BLIB_Or15719.160c,

COMP_TRUSTP#26x, MAS8.163ax

BRL_TRUST#25x, COC#2037x

education of children; moral education; unity; oneness of humanity; wisdom [hikmat]

BH00120

no title

3870

شهادت حق جل جلاله از برای نفسش کافیست قال و قوله الحق انه لایوصف بوصف دونه و

He, glorified be His majesty, doth Himself suffice as a witness unto His Own Being. His Word is the Truth: verily, He cannot be described by any attributes save His Own [3.5s]... ...O My loved ones! We charge you to conduct yourselves with trustworthiness and rectitude, that through you the attributes of your Lord may be manifested to His servants

INBA15:132, INBA26:133

COMP_TRUSTP#31x

BRL_TRUST#30x, COC#2042x

corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; praise of Western values; culture; prophecy and fulfillment; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02064

no title

430

یا اهل المدن و القری ان استمعوا ما ینطق به اللسان فی ملکوت البیان من لدن من

O friends of God in every land! This Wronged One adjureth you by the Best-Beloved of the world, Who is calling aloud in the Kingdom of Utterance

INBA97:066

COMP_TRUSTP#33x, NNY.166-168

BRL_TRUST#32x, COC#2044x

honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; servitude; submission to God; repentance; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00540

no title

1370

امروز تجلیات آفتاب حقیقت بر کل تابیده و مداین و دیار از جذب ندای مختار در شغف

In this day hath the effulgent Sun of Truth shed its radiance upon all creation, and cities and lands are stirred with rapture at the attraction of the Voice of the All-Chosen One [3.5s]... ...Say: desist from wickedness and transgression, and lay hold on trustworthiness and piety, candour and sincerity. This is the commandment of God, the Lord of the Judgement Day

INBA18:399

COMP_TRUSTP#38x, AYI2.012x

BRL_TRUST#37x, COC#2049x

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for unity; rejection, opposition and persecution

AB01717

no title

300

Trustworthiness; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ای صادق موافق چه اسم مبارکی داری هر نفسی مظهر معنای این اسم باشد یعنی صادق

O pure soul! Follow thou in the footsteps of the truthful and tread the way of the righteous, so that, through truthfulness, thou mayest come to occupy a Seat of Truth

INBA87:381, INBA52:391

COMP_TRUSTP#43x, MKT4.080, MILAN.144, AKHA_136BE #13 p.197, AVK3.148, YHA1.382x#6, HYB.014

BRL_TRUST#42x, COC#2054x

honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; rejection, opposition and persecution; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

AB00055

no title

1420

اللهم یا من سبقت رحمته و کملت نعمته و احاطت قدرته و تمت حجته و ظهرت ایاته

Glory be unto Thee, O Thou whose mercy hath encompassed all things, whose gift is made perfect, whose power hath encircled the world… Ye who are the sincere well-wishers of the state, who are the dutiful and compliant subjects of the government

INBA16:185

COMP_TRUSTP#53x, MILAN.132, AVK3.287.07x

BRL_TRUST#52x, TAB.395-404, COC#2064x, LOG#1473x, TEW.029-035

characteristics and conduct of true believers; growth of the Cause; obedience to and respect for government authority; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual transformation

AB05960

no title

140

یا من انجذب بنفحات الله قد اشرق شمس القدم و النیر الاعظم من افق العالم و احاط

O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! The Ancient Sun and the Most Great Luminary hath risen from the horizon of the world and encompassed all [3.5s]

INBA17:187

YQAZ.043

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; praise and encouragement; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB07957

no title

100

ای بنده حق از نفحات قدس که از حدائق ملکوت ابهی منتشر مشام روحانیان معطر و از

O servant of the Truth! The holy fragrances that waft from the gardens of the Abhá Kingdom have perfumed the spiritual senses of the faithful [3.5s]

INBA21:182 (233)

YQAZ.054

heedlessness and ignorance of the people; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB05206

no title

150

ای زائر خوش الحان یاد باد ایامی که چون جوق طیور مجتمع بودیم و آن مرغ خوش

O sweetly singing pilgrim! Let remembrance be paid to the days when we were gathered like unto a flock of birds

INBA17:015

YQAZ.064

ADMS#273

music and singing; prayer for spiritual recognition; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; stories; anecdotes

AB06067

no title

130

ای بنده الهی نامه های شما رسید مناجاتی طلب مغفرت بجهت مرحوم میرزا بهلول

O servant of God! Thy letters were received, as was a supplication seeking forgiveness for the late Mírzá Bahlúl [3.5s]

INBA17:222

YQAZ.145

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; prayer for forgiveness

AB10143

no title

ای ورقه طیبه نونهال بوستان الهی جناب میرزا طرازالله دائما در قلب بذکر تو

O pure leaf, sapling of the divine garden! Jinab-i-Mirza Tarazullah is ever present in my heart with thoughts of thee [3.5s]

INBA17:109

YQAZ.537a

AB08551

no title

ای بنده الهی از عسرت و شدت مایوس مشو بلکه بعفو و الطاف الهی امیدوار باش آنگه

O servant of God! Be not despondent amidst hardship and tribulation, but rather place thy trust in God's forgiveness and grace [3.5s]

INBA17:109

YQAZ.537b

consolation and comfort; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB09846

no title

ای بنده آستان جمال ابهی نامه شما ملاحظه گردید از کثرت کار و مشغولی بال جواب

O servant of the Threshold of the Abhá Beauty! Thy letter was perused. Due to the press of work and manifold occupations, the reply hath been delayed [3.5s]

INBA17:110

YQAZ.538a

AB05782

no title

140

ای مشتاقان روی آن دلبر مهربان الحمد لله مدینه قزوین چنین ضیافتگاه علیین گردید

O ye who long for the countenance of that loving Beloved! Praise be to God, the city of Qazvin hath become such a banquet hall of the highest paradise [3.5s]

INBA17:110

YQAZ.538b

Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; importance of community building; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB02721

no title

230

ای رفیع حمد کن خدا را که پناه بکهف منیع بردی و در ظل امر بدیع درآمدی هر شریفی

O exalted one, render thanks unto God, for thou hast taken refuge in the impregnable Cave and hast entered beneath the shadow of His wondrous Cause [3.5s]

INBA72:101

YQAZ.539-540

praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; the power of words; of speech; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB07436

no title

110

ای سرگشته سودائى از جام حق سرمست شو و از باده الست مدهوش و میپرست

O thou bewildered lover, become thou enraptured from the divine chalice and intoxicated with the wine of the eternal Covenant [3.5s]

INBA72:097

YQAZ.539

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; love as fire; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB12074

no title

130

ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه شما رسید سوال نموده بودید که تکلیف احبای قزاق چیست زیرا

O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Your letter was received. You had inquired about the duty of the friends in Kazakhistan, for [3.5s]

INBA85:023

YQAZ.655a

obedience to and respect for government authority

AB12075

no title

160

ای یاران این عبد مسجون حضرت طراز و حضرت علی اکبر ایام رضوانرا در آن قریه

O ye friends of this captive servant! His honor Taraz and his honor Ali-Akbar spent the days of Ridvan in that village [3.5s]

INBA85:071

YQAZ.655b

exhortations and counsels; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; praise and encouragement; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation

AB07517

no title

110

ای گل و ریاحین ریاض محبه الله از فیض قدم در ارض عدم انبات شدید و بحرارت شمس

O flowers and fragrant herbs of the gardens of the love of God! Through the bounty of the Ancient One ye were made to spring forth from the soil of nothingness, and by the warmth of the Sun [3.5s]

INBA72:095

YQAZ.656b

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; firmness in the Covenant; teaching the Cause; call to teach; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB05752

no title

140

ای کدخدا همت را بلند کن و مقصد را ارجمند تا کد بکشور ابد مبدل گردد و در

O chieftain, raise thy endeavors to lofty heights and ennoble thy purpose, that thy domain may be transformed into an everlasting realm [3.5s]

INBA72:093

YQAZ.657b

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; spiritual transformation

AB05545

no title

140

ای بندگان جمال مبارک در یوم ظهور اقتباس انوار از مجلی طور نمودید و لمعه نور

O ye servants of the Blessed Beauty! In the Day of His Manifestation, ye derived illumination from the Manifestation of Light upon the Mount, and a gleaming ray [3.5s]

INBA72:096

YQAZ.658

fire and light; fire and water; love of God; Manifestation of God as sun; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB04733

no title

160

ای جوان روحانی نامه شیرینت و بیان شکرینت و اثر خامه مشکینت قرائت و تلاوت گردید

O thou who art young in spirit! Thy sugar-shedding words, and the traces of thy musk-laden pen were perused and recited

INBA84:330

VUJUD.012

VUJUDE.017-018

praise and encouragement; prayer for specific individuals; groups; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB01958

no title

280

ای متفکر در ملکوت وجود بی خردانی در ملک وجود حیز ناسوت نظر نمودند و حدت بصر

O thou who art pondering upon the Kingdom of Existence! Certain foolish souls in the world of being strive for keenness of vision with their gaze fixed firmly upon this contingent realm

INBA88:123

VUJUD.023-024

VUJUDE.033-034

harmony of science and religion; limits of the intellect; material and spiritual existence; two books; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

BH07640

no title

130

سبحان الذی انزل الایات و اظهر البینات و انطق الاشیاء علی انه لا اله الا انا العلیم الخبیر

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses and revealed the clear proofs and caused all things to speak forth that there is none other God but Me, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed [3.5s]

INBA23:227, BLIB_Or15734.2.027a,

QUM.021-022

praise and encouragement; prayers (general or uncategorized); prophecy and fulfillment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02088

no title

420

جمال الله عن خلف السحاب من افق القدس قد کان بالفضل مشهودا و ان السحاب حکمه

The Beauty of God, from behind the clouds, hath been made manifest through grace from the horizon of holiness, and verily the clouds are His wisdom [3.5s]

INBA23:226, INBA83:231, BLIB_Or15725.520b, , BLIB_Or15737.160, , ALIB.folder18p375

QUM.021

rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH05201

no title

190

یا امه الله زین المقربین علیه بهاء الله الملک العدل المبین نامه آن ورقه را

O handmaiden of God, Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin, upon him be the glory of God, the King, the Manifest Just One! The letter of that leaf [3.5s]

INBA23:230

QUM.022

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for women; role and station of women

BH07343

no title

140

یا امتی و ورقتی ذکرت لدی المظلوم بوده فراموش نشده امروز لحاظ عنایت متوجه اماء

O My handmaiden and My leaf! Thou hast been remembered before the Wronged One and art not forgotten. Today the glance of loving-kindness is directed towards the handmaidens [3.5s]

INBA23:225

QUM.022

eulogies; reminiscences; love of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02552

no title

350

هذا کتاب من لدن نقطه الاولی الی الذی آمن بالله و توجه الی شطر القدس و سرع فی

This is a Book from the Primal Point unto him who hath believed in God, hath turned towards the holy sanctuary, and hath hastened [3.5s]

INBA23:041, BLIB_Or15694.402, , ALIB.folder18p384

QUM.056-057

consolation and comfort; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02677

no title

330

انشاء الله لازال بعنایت محبوب بیزوال فائز باشی و به افق امر که مطلع انوار احکام است

God willing, mayest thou ever be favored through the loving-kindness of the Eternal Beloved and attain unto the horizon of His Cause, which is the Dawning-Place of the lights of His commandments [3.5s]

INBA45:212, BLIB_Or15715.030a,

QUM.081

heedlessness and ignorance of the people; high station of the true believer; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Satan; the Evil One; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB12322

no title

170

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما ملاحظه گردید فی الحقیقه جناب آقا میرزا محمد باقر خان

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was perused. Verily, his honor Mirza Muhammad-Baqir Khan [3.5s]

INBA85:462

BSHI.010, BSHI.090-091

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; interpretation of dreams and visions

AB12678

no title

ای رفیق روحانی نامه نمره اول رسید با دو مکتوب ملفوف و فورا جواب مرقوم میگردد

O spiritual friend! Your first letter, together with two enclosed missives, was received, and an immediate response is being written [3.5s]

INBA85:456

BSHI.101

spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB12203

no title

260

نامه شماره ۴۸ وصول یافت قدوم آن نفس مبارک با دو فرزند و یک یار عزیز سبب سرور

Your letter numbered 48 was received. The arrival of that blessed soul with two children and one cherished friend was the cause of joy [3.5s]

INBA85:461

BSHI.011, BSHI.123-124

eulogies; reminiscences; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; prayer for the departed

AB12512

no title

110

ای یار خوشمزه نامه های تو از بس شیرین و لطیف و خوش طعم و بامزه است فورا

O cherished friend! Thy letters are so sweet, graceful, delectable and delightful that immediately [3.5s]

INBA85:453

BSHI.117

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

AB12783

no title

یا امه الله فاطمئنی بذکر الله و طیبی نفسا بموهبه الله و انشرحی صدرا بفضل الله ان فضل ربک علیک عظیم عظیم

O handmaiden of God! Be thou assured in the remembrance of God, let thy soul be gladdened through the bounty of God, and let thy breast be dilated through the grace of God. Verily, the favor of thy Lord upon thee is great, great indeed [3.5s]

INBA85:459a

BSHI.012

consolation and comfort; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB12557

no title

100

جناب بشیرالهی مکاتیب جوف ارسال گشت برسانید فی الحقیقه ابدا فرصت تحریر این جوانها

O thou herald of God! The enclosed letters have been dispatched; do thou deliver them. In truth, there is absolutely no time to write to these youth [3.5s]

INBA85:443a

BSHI.122a

business; financial; property matters; teaching the Cause; call to teach; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB12781

no title

جناب بشیرالهی همواره بشارت از روحانیت بندگان حضرت رحمانیت میدهی و علیک البهاء

O esteemed Bashír Iláhí! Thou dost ever proclaim the glad tidings of the spirituality of the servants of the Blessed Lord of Mercy. Upon thee be His glory! [4o]

INBA85:469

BSHI.122b

praise and encouragement

AB12766

no title

یا حضرت بشیرالهی نصف شب است این چند کلمه مرقوم میگردد روز ابدا دقیقه ای فرصت

O thou divine herald! It is midnight as these few words are being penned. Throughout the day, not a moment's respite was found [3.5s]

INBA85:447a

BSHI.126

AB11380

no title

240

ای یار غمخوار نامه های شما الحمد لله کل رسید و مضمون کل مقرون بمژده ثبوت و استقامت... امروز اوّل شخص در این نبأ عظیم

O compassionate friend! Praise be to God, all thy letters were received, and the contents of each bore glad tidings of steadfastness and constancy... Today thou art foremost in this Great Announcement [3.5s]

INBA85:458

BSHI.013, BSHI.121-122, GHA.250.08x

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB12187

no title

280

ای بشیرالهی از تو نامههای متعدده رسید ولی مکتوب اخیر دلیل سرور قلب منیر بود

O divine herald! Though numerous letters were received from thee, thy recent letter brought joy to this illumined heart [3.5s]

INBA85:468

BSHI.033-034

growth of the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the power of words; of speech

AB12510

no title

110

ای بشیرالهی نامه مختصر شما مفصل بود لفظ موجز بود ولی معانی مفصل زیرا دلیل بر انجذاب

O divine herald! Though brief in words, thy letter was detailed in meaning; though concise in expression, it was replete with significance, for it bore testimony to thy attraction [3.5s]

INBA85:450

BSHI.040-041

humility; meekness; lowliness; service to others; to the Cause of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB12473

no title

120

ای بشیر ربانی تحریر اخیر واصل گردید و مفاد انجذاب فواد بود که با وجود این بلایا

O divine herald! Thy recent letter was received, and its contents bespoke the attraction of hearts, notwithstanding these tribulations [3.5s]

INBA85:094

BSHI.044

steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB12644

no title

ای بشیر روحانی نامه دوازدهم شعبان سنه حالیه که به اقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودید

O spiritual herald! The letter which thou didst address to Aqa Siyyid Asadu'llah on the twelfth of Sha'ban of this year [3.5s]

INBA85:457b

BSHI.046

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

AB12474

no title

120

ای بشیر یوسف الهی بشیر مصری مشام پیر کنعانی را به رائحه قمیص یوسفی معطر نمود

O thou herald of the divine Joseph! The Egyptian herald perfumed the senses of that venerable one of Canaan with the fragrance of Joseph's garment [3.5s]

INBA85:088b

BSHI.055-056

praise and encouragement; teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB12606

no title

ای بنده جمال حقیقی الان در شهر مالدن امریک به ذکر آن یار مهربان پرداختم شب و روز

O thou servant of the True Beauty! At this moment in the city of Malden, America, I am engaged in the remembrance of that kind friend, day and night [3.5s]

INBA85:442

BSHI.059

teaching the Cause; call to teach; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB12742

no title

ای بنده حق جناب لورد لامینگتون به شیراز تشریف آورند شخص محترمی است و سیاسی

O servant of Truth! The honorable Lord Lamington hath arrived in Shiraz. He is a distinguished personage, sagacious in matters of statecraft [4o]

INBA85:452a

BSHI.060

AB12475

no title

120

ای بنده صادق جمال مبارک در هر ماهی نامه های متعدد به شما مرقوم میگردد

O faithful servant of the Blessed Beauty! In every month, numerous letters are being penned unto thee [3.5s]

INBA85:455b

BSHI.064

forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration

AB12476

no title

120

ای ثابت بر پیمان از قلت فرصت مجبور بر اختصارم نامه مورخ بیست و چهارم جمادی الاول

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Due to scarcity of time I am compelled to be brief. Thy letter dated 24 Jamádíyu'l-Avval [3.5s]

INBA85:446b

BSHI.068-069

chastisement and requital; rejection, opposition and persecution; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB12511

no title

110

ای ثابت بر پیمان در این مدت مکاتیبی از شما نرسید و اگر میرسید جواب مرقوم میگشت

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! During this period no letters have been received from thee, and had they been received, replies would have been composed [3.5s]

INBA85:092b

BSHI.072

praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB07679

no title

110

ای یار عزیز در این ایام مصمم دیار غربم شاید در عبودیت آستان احدیت نفسی برآرم

O dearly beloved friend! In these days I am resolutely bound for the Western realms, that perchance I may draw a breath in servitude at the threshold of the one true God [3.5s]

INBA85:465, BLIB_Or.08117.016,

BSHI.008, BSHI.120, NJB_v02#11 p.001

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; humility; meekness; lowliness; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB12553

no title

100

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه بشیر بشارت عزم زیارت داشت این بسیار محبوب و مرغوب

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter of good tidings announced the intention of pilgrimage, which is most welcome and pleasing [3.5s]

INBA85:093

BSHI.085-086

permission for visit; pilgrimage; personal instructions

AB12712

no title

ای بنده آستان حق نمره ۵۱ رسید مطمئن بفضل و عنایت حق باش روزی خواهد آمد که... مطمئن به فضل و عنایت حق باش

O servant of the Threshold of God! Letter number 51 hath arrived. Rest thou assured of the grace and bounty of God. The day shall come when… Rest thou confident in the grace and bounty of God [3.5s]

INBA85:463a

BSHI.009, BSHI.057b

acquiescence and resignation; contentment; consolation and comfort

AB12478

no title

120

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه های متعدد شما چون ابر بهار فیض معانی و چون جوهر

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy numerous letters, like the spring rain, have showered down divine meanings and like unto gems [3.5s]

INBA85:445

BSHI.093-094

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; consolation and comfort

AB12407

no title

140

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه نمره ۶۵ رسید از برای عبدالبهاء آسایش جسم و راحت جان فضل

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Letter number 65 was received. Through divine bounty, physical comfort and tranquility of soul for 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s]

INBA85:444

BSHI.093

personal instructions

AB12610

no title

ای ثابت در عهد و پیمان از سفر امریک و فرنگ به سمت افریک شتافتم و حال در پورت سعید

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! From my journey through America and Europe, I hastened toward Africa, and now I am in Port Said [3.5s]

INBA85:457a

BSHI.095-096

growth of the Cause; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB12305

no title

180

ای یاران من در این دم بیاد شما افتادم و بذکر شما پرداختم یاران الهی سلاله حضرت خلیل

O My friends! In this moment I remember you and engage in your mention - O divine friends, descendants of His Holiness Abraham [3.5s]

INBA85:059

KASH.241-242

permission for visit; pilgrimage; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; unity; oneness of humanity

AB12671

no title

ای دو بنده جمال قدم سراج بهاج الطاف در زجاج قلوب اشراق نمود انوار هدایت کبری

O two servants of the Ancient Beauty! The lamp of divine favors hath shed its radiance through the glass of the hearts, and the lights of supreme guidance have shone forth [3.5s]

INBA85:058a

KASH.241a

differences in human capacity

AB12508

no title

110

ای سرج محبت الله کاشان مانند زجاج است و نفحات قدس مانند سراج الحمد لله این زجاج

O lamp of the love of God! Kashan is like the glass and the holy fragrances are as the flame. Praise be to God, this glass [3.5s]

INBA85:021

KASH.308

martyrs and martyrdom; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00461

no title

1560

یا ایها الناظر الی افقی و الطائر فی هوآئی اسمع ندائی قد ارتفع فی هذا الحین و

O thou who gazest upon Mine horizon and soareth in Mine atmosphere! Hearken unto My call which hath been raised at this moment [3.5s]

INBA42:143, BLIB_Or15690.033, , BLIB_Or15718.063, , BLIB_Or15728.178,

KHMT.018-019x, YMM.304x

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; proclamation to Jews; proclamation to the people of the world; rejection by the people of the Bayan; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB08926

no title

ای نفوس مبارکه کاشان مدتی پریشان بود الحمد لله حال پرتو افشانست اشعه ساطعه شمس

O blessed souls of Kashan! For a time ye were scattered, but praise be to God, now the radiance shineth forth and the effulgent rays of the Sun are diffused [3.5s]

INBA85:058b

KHMT.061-062, KASH.241b

growth of the Cause; praise and encouragement

AB03806

no title

190

ای یاران چه خوش بخت و بلند اختر و همایون طالع بودید که در چنین کور و دوری

O friends! How blessed, how favoured, how fortunate are ye to have been born in such a cycle… You had asked about the number of days of Ridvan.

INBA13:033, INBA87:440, INBA52:454b

NURA#01, MMK4#141 p.144x, AVK3.039.13x

LOTW#01x

alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; importance of community building

AB01406

no title

330

ای فرع جلیل سدره مقدسه مبارکه جمال قدم و اسم اعظم روحی لاحبائه الفدا در وقتیکه

O thou distinguished branch of the blessed and sacred Lote-Tree! When the Ancient Beauty, the Most Great Name—may my life be offered up for His loved ones—would visit Haifa

INBA87:269b, INBA52:273

NURA#08, MMK4#059 p.067, HHA.095, DUR3.099, PZHN v2#1 p.105

LOTW#08, GEN.323

rejection, opposition and persecution; sacred remains; burial of the Bab; service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places

AB01467

no title

320

ای بشیرالهی نامه تو چون دیوان محامد و نعوت جمال مبارک بود نهایت فرح و سرور

O Bashír-i-Ilahí! Thy letter was like unto a treasury of poems in glorification and praise of the Blessed Beauty. It hath imparted the utmost joy and gladness

INBA85:086

NURA#16, MMK4#016 p.015, AHB.121BE #10 p.333, AHB.131BE #1-2 p.44, BSHI.038-039, BSHI.161-162

LOTW#16

early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; music and singing; praise and encouragement; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB05237

no title

150

ای عبدالوهاب در سفر اول جمال قدم بعراق عرب جوانی را ملاقات فرمودند نامش میرزا

O ‘Abdu’l-Vahhab! During His first journey to Iraq, the Blessed Beauty met a young man by the name of Mírza ‘Abdu’l-Vahhab

INBA85:074

NURA#18, MMK4#019 p.021

LOTW#18

martyrs and martyrdom; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03195

no title

210

ای مشتاقان جمال دلبر مهربان معشوق عالمیان و محبوب روحانیان و مقصود ربانیان و

O ye who yearn for the beauty of the compassionate Beloved! No sooner had He Who is the Beloved of the worlds, the Desire of the spiritually minded

INBA87:262b, INBA52:266

NURA#24, MKT2.267, MMK4#030 p.029

LOTW#24

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as sun; past, present and future of Iran; power of the Manifestation of God

AB00050

no title

1460

Light of the World; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء جناب فاروقی بعد از زیارت بعتبه مقدسه و طواف مطاف ملا

O ye dear friends of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! After his visit to the Sacred Threshold, and the Centre round which circle in adoration the Concourse on high, Jinab-i-Farúqí came to stay with ‘Abdu’l-Baha

INBA87:394, INBA52:405

NURA#28, MMK4#177 p.214x, ANDA#73 p.46, MSHR2.023x, MSHR3.051x

LOTW#28, LTDT.070x

banishment to; life in Baghdad; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; rejection, opposition and persecution

AB00413

no title

600

ای یاران حقیقی الواح مسطوره و اوراق منشوره و اسماء مذکوره کل ببقعه مبارکه

O ye true friends! The letters ye wrote, the pages ye penned, and the names ye mentioned were all received in the Holy Land

INBA13:001, INBA59:272

NURA#35, MMK4#063 p.072, MSHR2.062x

LOTW#35

call to action; chastisement and requital; exhortations and counsels; Manifestation of God as sun; praise and encouragement; stories; anecdotes

AB02019

no title

270

اگر چه شمس حقیقت بظاهر بغمام غیبت مجلل لکن چون بچشم بینا نگری و گوش شنوا

Although the Sun of Truth may outwardly be veiled by the clouds of concealment, were one to look with a perceiving eye

INBA55:105, INBA87:475 , INBA52:495

NURA#43, MMK4#126 p.131

LOTW#43

growth of the Cause; mystical themes; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB00663

no title

480

ای مستبشر ببشارات الله در هر عصر و قرنی مطلع آفاق بتجلی خاصی مشرق و لائح و

O thou who rejoicest in the glad-tidings of God! In every age and century, the Dayspring of the world is made manifest

INBA85:370

NURA#50, MMK4#103 p.112, YMM.046

LOTW#50

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; oneness; unity of religion; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02734

no title

230

ای طبیب روحانی جسد امکان بامراض شدیده و عوارض مزمنه و علل ساریه و حمای مطبقه

O thou spiritual physician! The body of humankind was afflicted with severe ills and chronic diseases, contagious maladies and prolonged fevers

INBA85:373

NURA#51, MMK4#104 p.114, YMM.046

LOTW#51

health and healing; material and spiritual healing; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as divine physician; spiritual transformation

AB00806

no title

440

ای موقن بایات الله گویند که قوای اعظم عالم قوه سلطنت قاهره و سطوت حکومت باهره

O true believer in the verses of God! It is said that the greatest power in the world is the power of an all-compelling sovereignty

INBA87:497x, INBA52:522x

NURA#54, MMK4#117 p.125x, MATA.033-034x

LOTW#54

eulogies; reminiscences; firmness in the Covenant; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual transformation; stories; anecdotes

AB00322

no title

660

ای دوستان الهی و یاران معنوی خداوند عالمیان در قرآن حکیم میفرماید و لکم فی

O ye beloved of God! O ye spiritual friends! The Lord of the worlds hath said in the Qur’an: “A noble pattern have ye in God’s Apostle.”

INBA13:406, INBA55:167, INBA88:197

NURA#56, MKT1.417, MNMK#102 p.187, MMK4#135 p.137, DWNP_v6#09 p.002-003, BCH.155, DUR1.281x

LOTW#56, SW_v04#04 p.071+074, BSTW#080, BSTW#361, BSTW#367

R. Yazhari

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; human reality created in the image of God; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment

AB01674

no title

300

ای بنده بهاء چه نویسم و چه اندیشم جمال قدم و اسم اعظم روحی لاحبائه الفدا از

O thou servant of Baha! What shall my pen recount? What shall I think? From the earliest days of the Cause, the Ancient Beauty, the Most Great Name

INBA88:192b

NURA#60, MMK4#150 p.161

LOTW#60

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB00121

no title

990

و انک انت یا الهی قد خلقت الاکوان و برئت الانسان و ذرئت الموجودات و اوجدت

O my God! Verily, Thou hast created the universe and fashioned the human soul. Thou hast brought forth the entire creation

INBA89:085

NURA#63, MMK4#158 p.170x, AKHA_117BE #01-04 p.48x, AKHA_120BE #08-09 p.414x

GPB.238x, GPB.238-239x, LOTW#63

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; creation of the world; primordial Covenant; the day of alast; role of the Covenant in preserving unity; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment

AB00452

no title

580

ای احبای الهی کور عظیم است و اشراق شدید و عصر خداوند مجید امکان در حرکت است

O ye beloved of God! How great is this Dispensation! How bright the effulgence of this Age, the Age of the All-Glorious Lord

INBA55:288, INBA88:036

NURA#65, MMK4#161 p.175, QT108.120-121

LOTW#65

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB05221

no title

150

ای صحاف چون بصحف الهیه و صحائف ربانیه رجوع نماای و در معانی مندمجه مندرجه در

O thou binder of books! Shouldst thou refer to the heavenly Books and Sacred Scriptures, and ponder the meanings enshrined therein

INBA17:104

NURA#71, MMK4#183 p.226, MSHR5.200-201

LOTW#71

meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

AB00052

no title

1450

ای بنده حق در دورهای سابق آثار قدرت الهیه و حقیت امر هر چند واضح و باهر بود

O servant of the one true God! In cycles gone by, although the signs of God’s power and the truth of His Cause were clear and manifest, yet to outward seeming the divine tests were severe

INBA17:070

NURA#73, MMK4#175 p.207, RHQM1.200-202 (249x) (148-150x), MAS5.289-292x

LOTW#73

events in the life and ministry of the Bab; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; prophecy and fulfillment; rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; rejection, opposition and persecution

AB01568

no title

310

ای ثابتان ای راسخان نور هویت چون در افق احدیت طلوع و اشراق نمود تجلی وحدانیت

O ye who are staunch! O ye who stand firm! When the light of Divine Essence dawned above the horizon of Singleness, the splendour of His Oneness shone forth

INBA72:052

NURA#74, MMK4#053 p.059

LOTW#74

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Hands of the Cause; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; unity; oneness of humanity

AB01555

no title

310

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ای بندگان و کنیزان عزیزان الهی عالم انسانی از عجز و ناتوانی خاک سیاه چون ابر

O beloved servants and handmaidens of God! In its weakness and frailty, the world of humanity is even as a heap of darksome dust

INBA85:010

NURA#75, MMK4#105 p.115, MAS2.009, MSHR2.185

LOTW#75

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; spiritual transformation

BH06934

no title

140

ان الاوراق تنطق قد ظهر نیر الافاق و الاشجار تنادی قد ظهر المختار و السماء

Lo! The leaves do speak: "The Luminary of the horizons hath appeared!" And the trees cry out: "The Chosen One hath been made manifest!" And the heavens [3.5s]

INBA19:021a, INBA32:021a

AHB_134BE #07-08 p.003

call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; proclamation to the people of the world; worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB10517

no title

ای سبزه نوخیز باغ عنایت باغبان احدیت تو را نهال دست نشان موهبت فرمود و بوستانی

O verdant seedling, freshly sprung in the garden of divine favor! The Gardener of Oneness hath planted thee with His bounteous hand as a sapling [3.5s]

INBA17:063

HUV2.041

Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator

AB10629

no title

ای نهال بوستان الهی شکر کن حضرت بیچونرا که در جویبار هدایت کبری روایدی و

O thou sapling of the divine garden! Render thanks unto the peerless Lord, that thou hast grown beside the stream of His supreme guidance [3.5s]

INBA85:202

HUV2.057

being a source of light; guidance; bringing forth results; fruit

AB01050

no title

380

ای بنده الهی دو نامه شما واصل و بر مضامین وقوف حاصل شد نظر تو باید باینعبد

O servant of the True One! Thy two letters were received and the contents thereof were noted... True paradise for the soul is to enjoy near access to the eternal Beauty, while hell is to be far removed from that radiant Light

INBA89:166b

MAS2.016x, YMM.273x, YMM.284x, VUJUD.111x

VUJUDE.202x

consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; courtesy; culture [adab]; differences in human capacity; servitude; submission to God; repentance; soul; spirit after death

AB00694

no title

470

ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوب شما رسید و مقصود واضح و پدید شد از همت و جد و جهد

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its purport was made plain and evident. Thou hadst written of the high endeavour

INBA89:245

MAS2.079-080x

BRL_ATE#081x

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; prayer for specific individuals; groups

AB05774

no title

140

ای مخمور خمر محبت الهی قومی از باده خلاری پر نشئه و سرورند لکن بامداد در خمار

O thou who art inebriated with the wine of divine love! Some are filled with joy and rapture from common wine, yet find themselves in misery at dawn [3.5s]

INBA13:008, INBA55:413

MAS5.134, MAS9.019x, MSHR2.037

love of God; poems and quotation from poetry; spiritual transformation; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB03314

no title

200

الهی الهی تری فقری و فاقتی و حرقتی و شده لوعتی و سوره غلتی و کثرت ظماای و

O my God, my God! Thou beholdest my poverty and destitution, my burning anguish and sorrows, the intensity of my yearning and the extent of my thirst [3.5s]

INBA13:395, INBA55:226, INBA59:126, INBA59:146, INBA88:049

MAS5.148, NSR_1978.129, NSR_1993.142, BHQ.198

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; prayer for nearness to God

AB10174

no title

ایتها الجوهره الروحیه النساء منقسمه الی قسمین قسم منهن جسمانیه هولاء لیس لهن

O spiritual essence! Women are divided into two categories: one group comprises those who are physical in nature, and these have no [3.5s]

INBA59:183b

MAS5.159, MJZ.020

call to action

AB07665

no title

110

ای یادگار آن مظهر الطاف رب اعلی گویند سلسله سلاله بدو قسم منقسم شود یکی سلاله

O remnant of that Manifestation of the favours of the Most Exalted Lord! They say that the chain of lineage divideth into two branches: one, the lineage [3.5s]

INBA17:018

MAS5.161

symbolism; teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00957

no title

400

ای منجذب نفحات قدس تا بحال دو سه مکتوب مفصل و مختصر ارسال گردیده و رسیده و

O thou who art attracted by the sacred fragrances! Two or three letters, both detailed and brief, have thus far been dispatched and received [3.5s]

INBA88:329

MAS5.172, MSHR4.404-405, MUH2.0766, NSS.234-235

consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; contention and conflict; courtesy; culture [adab]; humility; meekness; lowliness; spiritual transformation

AB00560

no title

530

نامه های مطبوعه عبدالبهاء که بخط خوش خویش طبع نموده بودید رسید ... احبّآء الهی غافل و یحیائیها شب و روز در فساد بهر حزبی که برسند بهائیان را بحزبی دیگر

The printed letters of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, which thou hadst published in thine own graceful handwriting, have arrived... The beloved of God remain unaware, while the followers of Yahyá, night and day, spread corruption, attributing to every faction they meet the Bahá'ís' allegiance to another [3.5s]

INBA79.069

MAS5.224x, RMT.314-315x

constitutional revolution in Iran; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; non-participation in politics; rejection, opposition and persecution; review of publications

AB03358

no title

200

ای بنده حق گرگان در عهد و زمان پیشینیان وقتی کان سیماب بیتاب بود و حوالی در

O servant of the True One! In the age and time of those who came before, when quicksilver lay restless and the surroundings [3.5s]

INBA84:403b

MAS5.240

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; spiritual transformation

AB04389

no title

170

ای سرگشته سودائی مدتیست که از تو خبری نیست و اثری نه جناب آقا مهدی پسر

O thou distracted and impassioned one! For some time no word or trace hath come from thee, nor from Jináb-i-Áqá Mehdi, the son [3.5s]

INBA13:161

MAS5.033, KASH.287-288

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; humor; jokes; soul; spirit after death

AB04826

no title

160

ای مرتل ایات در محافل نجات جناب آقا میرزا علی اکبر

O thou who chantest the verses in the gatherings of salvation, Jináb-i-Áqá Mírzá 'Alí-Akbar [3.5s]

INBA13:154

MAS5.035, MSHR3.030

firmness in the Covenant; humor; jokes; praise and encouragement

AB03470

no title

200

ای متمسک بعهد و پیمان چون صبح صادق از پرتو خسرو خاور در آفاق منتشر گردید برید

O thou who holdest fast to the Covenant and Testament! When, like the true morn, the radiance of the Sovereign of the East spread across the horizons [3.5s]

INBA55:331

MAS9.119

consolation and comfort; eulogies; reminiscences; firmness in the Covenant; martyrs and martyrdom

AB04409

no title

170

ای صادقم ای صادقم محفلده نور بارقم جنتلی نخل باسقم گلشنده مرغ ناطقم جانلر

O My true one, O My faithful one! Thou art a light in the gathering, a towering palm of paradise, and a speaking bird in the rose-garden [3.5s]

INBA55:330

MAS9.120

degrees of faith; certitude; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love of God; martyrs and martyrdom; poems and quotation from poetry

AB09676

no title

رب و رجائی هذا عبدک الذی خضع لملیک سلطان احدیتک و خشع لحضره وحدانیتک و آمن

O my Lord and my Hope! This is Thy servant, who hath bowed himself before the King of Thy oneness in humility, and hath submitted himself in lowliness before the presence of Thy singleness, and hath believed [3.5s]

INBA88:089a

MJMJ2.100x, MMG2#314 p.353

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; prayer for specific individuals; groups

AB05685

no title

140

ای رب ترانی مقصوص الاباهر مکسور الجناح متسعر الاحشاء مرتعد الاعضاء بما ورد

O Lord! Thou seest me with clipped wings and broken pinions, my heart consumed with fire, my limbs trembling by reason of what hath befallen me [3.5s]

INBA88:250

MJMJ2.111, MMG2#345 p.383

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; prayer for protection; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment

AB06150

no title

130

ای ثابت بر عهد و راسخ در میثاق مکاتیب متعدده ناطقه که از مصدر انجذاب بنفحات الله

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant and firm in the Testament! Manifold indeed are the eloquent letters proceeding from the source of attraction to the fragrances of God [3.5s]

INBA17:064

MJMJ2.038ax, MMG2#408 p.454x

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; prayer for protection; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; unity; oneness of humanity

AB11044

no title

رب و رجائی ان هولاء ارقائک و امائک قد توجهوا الی ملکوت رحمانیتک و ابته??وا الی

O my Lord and my Hope! These servants and handmaidens of Thine have turned their faces toward the Kingdom of Thy mercy and have earnestly supplicated [3.5s]

INBA85:100a

MJMJ2.043, MMG2#306 p.343

prayer for spiritual recognition

AB01457

no title

320

الحمد لله الذی تجلی و کشف الغطاء و هتک الستار بغلبه الاسرار و فاض بالانوار و

Praise be to God, Who hath manifested Himself and rent asunder the veils, Who hath drawn aside the curtain through the power of His mysteries and shed forth His luminous rays [3.5s]

INBA13:342, INBA59:302

MJMJ2.044bx, MMG2#160 p.181x

chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; firmness in the Covenant; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00986

no title

390

ای احبای الهی و اماء رحمانی حضرت مسجون و مکبول واسیر سلاسل و زنجیر در سبیل

O ye beloved of God and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! This imprisoned One, bound and fettered, enchained in the path [3.5s]

INBA17:265

MJMJ2.057x, MMG2#159 p.180x

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; prayers (general or uncategorized)

AB02522

no title

240

ای پروردگار توای آمرزگار و ملجا و پناه هر گنهکار بیچارگانیم چاره بخش

O Lord! Thou art the Forgiver, the Refuge and Shelter of every helpless sinner. Bestow upon us healing and relief [3.5s]

INBA85:215

MJMJ2.063a, MMG2#332 p.368

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for forgiveness; spiritual transformation; thankfulness; gratitude

AB03236

no title

210

ای یاران حقیقی و عاشقان جمال الهی جناب میرزا فضل الله در مکتوب خویش ذکر جمیع

O true friends and ardent lovers of the divine Beauty! His honour Mirza Fadlu'llah hath in his letter made mention of all [3.5s]

INBA17:023

MJMJ2.071x, MMG2#036 p.037x

consolation and comfort; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; firmness in the Covenant; love of God; prayer for spiritual recognition

AB03080

no title

210

الهی الهی انت الذی احاطت قدرتک و ظهرت سلطنتک و عمت رحمتک و اشرقت انوار موهبتک

O my God, my God! Thou art He Whose power hath encompassed all, Whose sovereignty hath been made manifest, Whose mercy hath become all-pervading, and Whose light of bounty hath shone forth [3.5s]

INBA59:086a

MJMJ3.010, MMG2#089 p.099

praise and encouragement; prayer for unity

AB07167

no title

110

الهی الهی انی بکل خضوع و انکسار اتضرع الی ملکوت الاسرار ان توید و توفق

O my God, my God! With all humility and lowliness I supplicate unto the Kingdom of Mysteries that Thou wouldst confirm and aid [3.5s]

INBA85:286

MJMJ3.013, MMG2#288 p.320

prayer for the spiritual progress of others; spiritual transformation; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB09135

no title

الهی الهی ترانی متشبثا بذیل رداء رحمانیتک و متمسکا بحبل رحمتک و فردانیتک ای

O my God, my God! Thou seest me clinging to the hem of the robe of Thy mercy, and holding fast unto the cord of Thy loving-kindness and oneness [3.5s]

INBA88:166a

MJMJ3.020a, MMG2#341 p.379

love of God; prayer for steadfastness; obedience

AB07462

no title

110

ای شمع روشن در محفل ثبوت الهی الهی هذا نجم بزغ من افق الثبوت علی میثاقک

O radiant candle in the gathering of divine certitude! O my God, this is a star that hath risen from the horizon of steadfastness to Thy Covenant [3.5s]

INBA21:108b

MJMJ3.028x, MMG2#270 p.302x

firmness in the Covenant; praise and encouragement; prayers (general or uncategorized); teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09131

no title

اللهم یا الهی انی اعفر جبینی و اغبر وجهی بتراب الذل و العجز و الانکسار مبتهلا

O my God! I cast my brow in the dust and cover my face with the soil of lowliness, powerlessness and contrition, imploring Thee [3.5s]

INBA17:205

MJMJ3.002x, MMG2#225 p.252

humility; meekness; lowliness; prayer for assistance; intercession; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause

AB09143

no title

الهی انت ملاذی و کهف آمالی و منتهی املی و غایه رجائی انی ابتهل الی ملکوت

O my God! Thou art my refuge and the sanctuary of my aspirations, the ultimate object of my hopes and the pinnacle of my desire. I beseech the Kingdom [3.5s]

INBA84:490b

MJMJ3.041a, MMG2#112 p.124

prayer for purity; chastity; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayer for the spiritual progress of others

AB03905

no title

180

انی لی یا الهی اطلق عنان محامدی و نعوتی فی مضمار اعجز فوارس الملکوت و کیف اطیر

O my God! How can I loose the reins of my praise and attributes in an arena wherein even the horsemen of the Kingdom stand powerless? How can I soar [3.5s]

INBA84:412b

MJMJ3.049b, MMG2#295 p.327

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; humility; meekness; lowliness; prayer for specific individuals; groups; transcendence; unknowability of God

AB00981

no title

390

الهی الهی هولاء عباد توقدت افئدتهم بنار محبتک و انصرم حبل اصطبارهم لهجرانهم

O my God, O my God! These are servants whose hearts have been set ablaze by the fire of Thy love, and whose cord of patience hath been severed through their separation from Thee [3.5s]

INBA89:001

MJMJ3.063bx, MMG2#285 p.316x

call to action; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; prayers (general or uncategorized); servitude; submission to God; repentance; teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02240

no title

260

ای دوستان حقیقی در شب و روز با احتراق آتشی جهانسوز در دامنه این جبل و این کوه

O true friends! Night and day, with the burning of a world-consuming fire, at the foot of this mount and hill [3.5s]

INBA55:434

MJMJ3.065x, MMG2#113 p.125x

praise and encouragement; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation

AB04233

no title

170

اللهم یا فالق الاصباح و محیی الارواح فی اجداث الاشباح و منعش القلوب من اقداح

O God, Thou Who cleavest the dawn asunder, Who revivest the spirits within their sepulchral shadows, and Who refreshest hearts from chalices [3.5s]

INBA13:341, INBA59:301

MJMJ3.007, MMG2#172 p.198

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; prayer for firmness in the Covenant; prayer for unity; prayers (general or uncategorized); spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; transcendence; unknowability of God

AB11043

no title

رب و رجائی ان عبدک هذا یرجو الالطاف و یتمنی الوصول الی رضاک و یستغیث الی

O my Lord and my Hope! This, Thy servant, implores Thy bountiful favors and ardently desires to attain unto Thy good-pleasure. He crieth out in supplication unto Thee [3.5s]

INBA17:220

MJMJ3.091a, MMG2#282 p.314

prayer for service; prayer for spiritual recognition

AB03040

no title

220

رب و رجائی و ملجای و رجائی انی بکل ذل و انکسار ابتهل الی ملکوت قدسک و افق نیر

O Lord, my Hope and my Refuge and my Hope! With all humility and contrition I supplicate unto the Kingdom of Thy sanctity and the luminous horizon [3.5s]

INBA21:023

MJMJ3.092, MMG2#387 p.434

goodly deeds; actions; prayer for purity; chastity; service to others; to the Cause of God; stories; anecdotes

AB09039

no title

رب و رجائی انی اتوسل الی ملکوت غیبک الابهی و جبروت عظمتک الظاهره فی علانیه

O Lord and my Hope! I implore the Kingdom of Thine invisible glory and the Dominion of Thy manifest grandeur [3.5s]

INBA17:034

MJMJ3.093a, MMG2#343 p.381

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for specific individuals; groups; prayers (general or uncategorized)

AB01023

no title

390

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

ایتها العصبه المویده بجنود من ملکوت الابهی طوبی لکم بما اجتمعتم فی ظل کلمه

O ye co-workers who are supported by armies from the realm of the All-Glorious! Blessed are ye, for ye have come together... O God, my God! We are servants of Thine that have turned with devotion to Thy Holy Face

INBA88:382, INBA89:127

MNMK#030 p.113, MMK1#042 p.082, NSR_1978.120x, NSR_1993.133x, MMJA.021

SWAB#042, BPRY.300-301x, TAB.001-003, BWF.404-406x, BADM.020-021x, COC#1371x, SW_v01#04 p.007-0008x

consultation; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; firmness in the Covenant; prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB01660

no title

300

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

ان النیر الاعظم المتلئلا علی آفاق الامم قد غاب عن مشرق العالم و یلوح و یضی ء

The world's great Light, once resplendent upon all mankind, hath set, to shine everlastingly from the Abha horizon

INBA88:317

MNMK#041 p.127, MMK1#005 p.015, AYBY.323 #001, HHA.053, MHA.525c, KHML.245-250

SWAB#005, BWF.349-350, SW_v14#12 p.356-357, DWN_v1#06 p.001-002, DWN_v6#09 p.002ax, ABCC.048-049, CHH.111, BLO_PN#022

Ascension of Baha'u'llah; firmness in the Covenant; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; predictions and prophecies; rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

AB05943

no title

140

یا احباء الله و امنائه ان مجامع الملکوت الابهی و صوامع الملا الاعلی یصلون و

O ye beloved of the Lord! O ye His trusted ones! Know ye verily that the denizens of the Realm on High

INBA13:340, INBA59:300

MNMK#065 p.143, NJB_v12#08 p.151

SW_v14#03 p.087-088

love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; praise and encouragement; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; the concourse on high

AB08428

no title

100

Memories of Nine Years in Akka

یا من استسقی من معین الحیات ان قافله الملکوت قد ظعنت فی بیداء الجبروت فارسلت

O thou who hast drunk from the fountain of life: Verily, the caravan of the Kingdom set out

INBA13:304a, INBA59:142b

MNMK#076 p.147, AHB.133BE #09-10 p.95, RHQM2.1212 (687) (425), MAS5.294, KNSA.051 (75)

MNYA.057

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB00175

no title

860

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

ای ثابتان بر میثاق جناب زائر ذکر هر یک از شما را نمودند و رجای نامه های

O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! The pilgrim hath made mention of each one of you, and hath asked for a separate letter addressed to each

INBA16:022

MNMK#093 p.170, MMK1#221 p.266, AKHA_109BE #12 p.2, AKHA_137BE #05 p.66, MAS5.026

SWAB#221, LOG#0731x

consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity

AB03646

no title

190

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

ای بنده صادق حق گفتند از وقایع و حوادث کونی قدری ملول و محزونی و کمی مغموم

O sincere servant of the True One! I hear thou art grieved and distressed at the happenings

INBA13:198b

MNMK#136 p.252, MMK1#229 p.299

SWAB#229, SW_v14#01 p.018, BP1926.024-025

confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; firmness in the Covenant; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB08846

no title

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

ای محنت زده در سبیل میثاق صدمات و زحمات در سبیل رب الایات البینات عنایاتست و

O thou who hast been sore afflicted on the pathway of the Covenant! Anguish and torment, when suffered on the pathway of the Lord

INBA85:430b

MNMK#142 p.254, MMK1#191 p.220, MSHR4.331

SWAB#191

firmness in the Covenant; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00851

no title

420

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

الهی الهی استغفرک عن کل الشئون الا العبودیه لعتبتک السامیه و اتبرء عن کل ذکر

My God, my God! I ask thee to forgive everything save my servitude to Thy Supreme Threshold...O thou who art calling by the Testament, in the Pivot of the horizons!... I affirm that the true meaning, the real significance, the innermost secret of these verses

INBA13:327

MNMK#001 p.007, HHA.060, MSHR2.152x, PTFP.281

WOB.138x, BSC.265 #550, SW_v11#14 p.238-239, CUPAB.006-008

evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; humility; meekness; lowliness; prayer for spiritual recognition; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB00145

no title

930

Bahá'í Scriptures

ترانی یا الهی فی هذا الجبل الرفیع و المقام الباذخ المنیع ماوی کل رجل عظیم و

Thou seest me, O my God, on this lofty mountain; the sublime and supreme threshold

INBA16:069

MNMK#003 p.009, MJAI.002

BSC.406 #744, SW_v08#14 p.194-196, CHH.188x, CHU.194-196, BLO_PN#022, BSTW#215

call to unity; prohibition of disunity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for peace and unity; Shrines and Holy places; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; war and peace

AB08914

no title

ای ناطق بذکر الهی گویند انسان ناطقست یعنی مدرک حقائق کلیه و واقف اسرار معانی

O thou who speakest in remembrance of God! They say that man is endowed with speech, meaning he perceiveth universal truths and comprehendeth the mysteries of inner meanings [3.5s]

INBA87:227b, INBA52:231b

MMK2#129 p.098

spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; the power of words; of speech

AB02600

no title

240

ای یاران الهی شکر کنید خدا را که مورد نظر عنایت شدید و مظهر الطاف حضرت احدیت

O divine friends, render thanks unto God, that ye have become the recipients of His favoring glance and the object of the bounties of His Divine Unity [3.5s]

INBA87:155, INBA52:152

MMK2#138 p.103, MMK3#261 p.186

high station of the true believer; praise and encouragement; predictions and prophecies; spiritual transformation

AB06289

no title

130

ای کنیزان یزدان ملاحظه کنید که فضل و عنایت جمال قدم چه کرده و مواهب اسم اعظم

O handmaidens of God! Observe what the grace and bounty of the Ancient Beauty hath wrought, and what gifts the Most Great Name hath bestowed [3.5s]

INBA13:255b

MMK2#141 p.105, DUR1.070

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; high station of the true believer; praise and encouragement

AB01304

no title

340

ای بندگان الهی قریب غروبست و من از کثرت کار خسته و بی راحت و گرفتار با وجود

O servants of God! The hour is nigh unto sunset, and I, from the multitude of tasks, am weary and restless [3.5s]

INBA89:265b

MMK2#148 p.110

forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; praise and encouragement; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB02114

no title

270

ای نفس موید نامه بلیغ رسید مضمون مشحون از راز درون بود و آن خجلت و شرمساری در

O thou confirmed soul! Thy compelling letter was received. Its contents were laden with inner mysteries, and therein was reflected thy humility and abashment [3.5s]

INBA85:328

MMK2#154 p.115

acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; humility; meekness; lowliness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; thankfulness; gratitude

AB01178

no title

360

ای پروردگار مهربان این عاشقان آواره کوی تو آشفته موی تو و دلداده خوی تو پوینده

O kind Lord! These lovers, wanderers in Thy path, with disheveled hair, enchanted by Thy nature, are seekers [3.5s]

INBA87:267, INBA52:271

MMK2#016 p.010

consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; praise and encouragement; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation

AB09882

no title

ای بنده راضی بقضاء حقیقت رضاء اعظم موهبت جمال ابهیست ولی تحقق این صفت که اعظم

O thou servant who art content with the decree of God! In truth, contentment is the greatest gift of the Blessed Beauty, but the realization of this attribute, which is the most exalted [3.5s]

INBA87:175c, INBA52:176a

MMK2#167 p.124

acquiescence and resignation; contentment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB08937

no title

ای هزار بوستان ذکر الهی الحمد لله که عالم ارواح و قلوب بپرتو انوار نیر اعظم

O thou myriad garden of divine remembrance! Praise be to God that the realm of spirits and hearts is illumined by the rays of the Most Great Luminary [3.5s]

INBA87:056, INBA52:055b

MMK2#017 p.011, AHB.131BE #07-08 p.54

call to action; praise and encouragement

AB02498

no title

240

ای احبای الهی و دوستان جمال رحمانی از فیوضات مقدسه جمال قدم و اسم اعظم روحی و

O ye beloved of God and friends of the All-Merciful Beauty! From the sacred outpourings of the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name, my spirit [3.5s]

INBA13:065, INBA13:127

MMK2#185 p.133

love of God; spiritual communication; connections of the heart; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; transcendence; unknowability of God; unity; oneness of humanity

AB01742

no title

300

ای یاران عبدالبهاء بشارت کبری رسید و خبر پرمسرتی عبدالبهاء شنید مژده الفت

O ye beloved of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Great tidings have arrived, and joyful news hath reached 'Abdu'l-Bahá - the glad announcement of fellowship [3.5s]

INBA87:437, INBA52:451

MMK2#186 p.134

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; love and unity; praise and encouragement; prayers (general or uncategorized)

AB05827

no title

140

ای ناظر بافق حقیقت چشم را بمشاهده انوار فیض احدیت روشن و منیر کن و گوش را

O thou who gazest toward the horizon of truth! Illumine and brighten thine eyes to behold the resplendent rays of Divine oneness, and thine ears [3.5s]

INBA87:045a, INBA52:045a

MMK2#018 p.012

call to action; permission for visit; pilgrimage; praise and encouragement

AB04349

no title

170

ای حیران جمال رحمن علیک بهاء الله سراج محبت الله روشن است و قلوب احرار از فضل

O thou who art bewildered by the Beauty of the All-Merciful! Upon thee be the Glory of God. The lamp of the love of God is brightly lit, and the hearts of the free through His grace [3.5s]

INBA16:239

MMK2#199 p.143

being a source of light; guidance; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power of faith; power of the spirit; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation

AB04728

no title

160

ای ثابت بر میثاق نامه شما تلاوت شد دلالت بر استقامت در امرالله داشت طوبی لک و

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was perused, and it betokened steadfastness in the Cause of God. Blessed art thou [3.5s]

INBA16:004

MMK2#200 p.144

firmness in the Covenant; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution

AB10011

no title

ای طالب رضای الهی الیوم اکبر نفوس ملکوتی آن کسست که بعهد و پیمان الهی بعزمی

O seeker of divine good-pleasure! Today, the greatest among celestial souls is one who, with resolute purpose, [remains faithful to God's Covenant] [3.5s]

INBA17:184

MMK2#202 p.145, MSHR3.337

firmness in the Covenant; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the concourse on high

AB01154

no title

370

یا من تشرف بالمثول فی العتبه المقدسه العلیاء آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملحوظ

O thou who hast attained the honor of presenting thyself before the Most Sacred and Exalted Threshold, what thou didst write hath been noted [3.5s]

INBA59:233

MMK2#020 p.013, MMK6#501x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; humility; meekness; lowliness; praise and encouragement; prayer for praise and gratitude; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB06653

no title

120

ای بنده حق کردی ای عطار بر عالم نثار نافه اسرار هر دم صد هزار سبحان الله در

O servant of Truth! O 'Attar! Thou hast scattered upon the world the fragrant musk of mysteries. At every moment a hundred thousand "Glory be to God!" doth resound [3.5s]

INBA21:195c (245c)

MMK2#210 p.149, KNJ.023c

development of capacity and readiness; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

AB06807

no title

120

ای شمع افروخته محبت الله الیوم وقت توکل است و هنگام توسل زمان جوش و خروش است

O enkindled lamp of the love of God! This is the day of trust and the hour of supplication; 'tis the time of fervent ardour and passionate yearning [3.5s]

INBA17:094

MMK2#219 p.157, AKHA_116BE #09 p.288

meditation; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; words vs deeds

AB01081

no title

380

ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء الیوم اهم امور تبلیغ امرالله و نشر نفحات الله است

O beloved friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Today the most vital of all matters is the teaching of God's Cause and the diffusion of His divine fragrances [3.5s]

INBA16:223

MMK2#229 p.163, AVK3.485.18, AYBY.453 #198x, TRZ1.304b, MAS5.079

East and West; communication between East and West; pioneering; travel teaching; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07918

no title

100

ای بنده الهی تا توانی در هدایت خلق کوش و سقایت بوستان حق نما ید عنایت در

O servant of God! Strive with all thy might to guide humanity and water the garden of the Lord [3.5s]

INBA87:076a, INBA52:075a

MMK2#231 p.166, AKHA_133BE #18 p.a, RRT.032

love and unity; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity

AB00960

no title

400

ای یاران روحانی در این عهد جلیل و قرن عظیم که آفتاب میثاق چون نیر اعظم آفاق

O spiritual friends! In this glorious Dispensation and mighty century, when the Sun of the Covenant, like unto the supreme luminary, shineth forth upon the horizons [3.5s]

INBA87:065, INBA52:064

MMK2#232 p.166

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00863

no title

420

ای عندلیب حدیقه وفاء آنچه مرقوم فرموده بودید قرائت و تلاوت گردید بستایش حضرت

O nightingale of the garden of fidelity! That which thou hast written was perused and recited, in praise of the Presence of the Beloved [4o]

INBA87:610, INBA52:652

MMK2#023 p.015, AKHA_125BE #6-7 p.b, ANDA#53 p.07x

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; obedience to and respect for government authority; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB03438

no title

200

ای سرگشته صحرای الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید معلوم و مفهوم گردید و از مضامین

O thou who art bewildered in the divine wilderness! That which thou didst write became known and understood, and from its contents [3.5s]

INBA21:150a

MMK2#236 p.170, AKHA_128BE #11 p.a

firmness in the Covenant; light and darkness; love of God; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; prayer for teaching; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB05271

no title

150

ای مشتعل بنار محبت الله ساعت که جسم منجمد و فلز متطرقست بسبب نظم و ترتیبی

O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! At the hour when the frozen body and the malleable metal are rendered pliant through order and arrangement [3.5s]

INBA55:160, INBA87:170a, INBA52:169

MMK2#238 p.172

all things are in motion; kinds of motion; spiritual transformation; the concourse on high

AB04431

no title

170

Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá'

ای گلرخ ابهای من ای ربی الاعلای من ای سدره سینای من جانم فدای روی تو ای دلبر

My rosy-cheeked most glorious One, My lofty Lord rivaled by none, O brightly Burning Bush of mine, My life be offered up for Thine!

INBA21:159, INBA55:340b

MMK2#027 p.017, DWNP_v6#04 p.004, KHSH02.009

ADMS#123

Ahdieh

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love of God; nearness and remoteness; pain of love; love as veil; poems and quotation from poetry; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB02335

no title

250

ای احبای رحمانی و یاران معنوی ایام قیام بر خدمت و هنگام اشتعال بنار محبت است

O beloved ones of the All-Merciful and spiritual companions! These are the days to arise for service and the time to be set ablaze with the fire of love [3.5s]

INBA72:036, INBA72:160, INBA88:120

MMK2#262 p.189

firmness in the Covenant; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; unity; oneness of humanity

AB08127

no title

100

ای شمع روشن در محفل یاران هر بامداد که این کوکب خاوری از مطلع ظاهری با رخی

O radiant candle in the assembly of friends! Each morn that this eastern star doth rise from its visible horizon with a face [3.5s]

INBA13:014

MMK2#264 p.191, AKHA_130BE #18 p.a, AHB.131BE #01-02 p.02

call to action; material world a reflection of the spiritual

AB04058

no title

180

ای مستبشر ببشارات الله و مطمئن بفضل و موهبت سلطان احدیت ذکرت در سجن اعظم در انجمن

O thou who art gladdened by the glad-tidings of God and assured of the grace and bounty of the Sovereign of Oneness! Thy mention was made in the Most Great Prison in the gathering [3.5s]

INBA88:276

MMK2#265 p.191

music and singing; praise and encouragement; spiritual communication; connections of the heart; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB06229

no title

130

ای سرگشته صحرای عشق چون نسائم صبحگاهی در ریاض قلوب احبای الهی مرور نما دلها

O thou who art bewildered in the wilderness of love, traverse thou, like unto the morning zephyrs, through the gardens of the hearts of the beloved of God [3.5s]

INBA88:269a

MMK2#266 p.192, AHB.102BE #03 p.02

call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; the power of words; of speech; wisdom [hikmat]

AB06728

no title

120

ای خادم درگاه حق این خادمی تو از شهنشاهی عالم برتر است و این بندگی تو از

O thou that dost serve at the divine Threshold! This service of thine is higher than the sovereignty of all the world.

INBA55:378, INBA87:162a , INBA88:348a, INBA52:159

MMK2#267 p.193

BLO_PT#081.267

humility; meekness; lowliness; service to others; to the Cause of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB09332

no title

ای خادم صادق جانفشان هرچه در خدمت یاران بیشتر کوشی کاس عنایت بیشتر نوشی و

O faithful and self-sacrificing servant! The more thou strivest in service to the friends, the more abundantly shalt thou drink from the cup of grace [3.5s]

INBA87:069b, INBA52:068b

MMK2#268 p.193

humility; meekness; lowliness; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB05693

no title

140

ای زنده بنفحات رحمن در این عصر مجید و عهد کریم جهدی کن و همتی نما که منشا

O thou who art quickened by the divine fragrances in this glorious age and bounteous dispensation, strive and make a mighty effort to become a source [3.5s]

INBA87:058b, INBA52:057b

MMK2#269 p.194

call to action; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God

AB06892

no title

120

ای مقتبس انوار هدی در این قرن عظیم خداوند کریم تمسک بعهد قدیم جو و تشبث بذیل

O thou who art recipient of the radiant lights of guidance! In this mighty century, seek thou to hold fast unto the ancient Covenant of the All-Bountiful Lord and cling unto His hem [3.5s]

INBA87:012, INBA52:012

MMK2#270 p.195

call to action; disregarding individual capacity; weakness; firmness in the Covenant; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB09081

no title

یا من بذل الروح فی خدمه امرالله الحمد لله خدماتت در درگاه جمال ابهی مقبول و

O thou who hast sacrificed thy spirit in service to the Cause of God! Praise be unto God, thy services at the threshold of the Abhá Beauty are acceptable [3.5s]

INBA79.018

MMK2#272 p.196

humility; meekness; lowliness; service to others; to the Cause of God

AB06483

no title

130

Poetry in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Writings and Utterances

نور هدی تابان شده طور تقی رخشان شده موسی بجان پویان شده کهسار سیناء آمده صبح

Divine rays of Guidance are scattering wide, The Sinai of righteousness shineth once more; The spirit of Moses is yearning for Thee

INBA13:387, INBA59:158, INBA88:312

MMK2#028 p.018

BLO_PT#064

Manifestation of God as sun; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB05461

no title

150

یا من ثبت فی امرالله از مفتریات اهل فتور مگدر مشو و از اراجیف زاغان خریف

O thou who art firm in the Cause of God! Be thou not perturbed by the calumnies of the indolent, nor dismayed by the prattle of the crows of autumn [3.5s]

INBA88:238a

MMK2#289 p.210, AKHA_134BE #17 p.a

chastisement and requital; forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; suffering and imprisonment

AB01492

no title

320

ای دوستان آن یار مهربان آن آفتاب حقیقت نیر اعظم فلک رحمانیت پرتوش جهانگیر است

O friends of that Loving Friend, that Sun of Truth, that Most Great Luminary in the heaven of divine mercy, whose rays encompass the world [3.5s]

INBA88:104

MMK2#030 p.020, TZH8.0660

call to action; East and West; communication between East and West; spiritual communication; connections of the heart; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB07569

no title

110

ای منجذب روی بها هر چند خانه بتالان دادی و کاشانه بتاراج لانه ات بروفتند و

O thou who art attracted to the Beauty of Bahá! Though they have plundered thy house, laid waste thy dwelling, and despoiled thy nest [3.5s]

INBA87:237b, INBA52:242b

MMK2#300 p.218

consolation and comfort; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; material and spiritual existence; two books; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual transformation; transcending the material condition

AB00505

no title

550

ای احبای الهی و یاران عبدالبهاء جناب هاشم تحریری با فصاحت تقریر و ابدع تعبیر

O divine friends and companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! His honour Háshim Tahríri, with eloquence of utterance and most beauteous expression [3.5s]

INBA87:148, INBA52:145

MMK2#301 p.219x

praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment

AB10082

no title

ای مشتعل بنار محبت الله در این عصر عظیم که تاییدات ملکوت ابهی جمیع جهات را

O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God in this great age, when the confirmations of the Abhá Kingdom encompass all directions [3.5s]

INBA88:212a

MMK2#031 p.021

AB00392

no title

610

ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی خوشا حال نفوسی که بصرف فطرت منجذب الی الله گشتند

O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of Abhá! Blessed indeed are those souls who, through the purity of their nature, have become attracted unto God [3.5s]

INBA72:031, INBA72:156

MMK2#315 p.230, AKHA_129BE #10 p.a, AKHA_119BE #07 p.j, AHB.133BE #07-08 p.66, TSAY.522, RHQM2.0638 (016x) (012x), TISH.468-469x, MAS5.165x

martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for specific individuals; groups; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; service to others; to the Cause of God; suffering and imprisonment

AB10122

no title

ای ناظر بملکوت الهی از خدا بخواه که ترا بامری موفق و موید فرماید که چون ستاره

O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom Divine! Beseech thou God that He may vouchsafe unto thee success and confirmation in a matter that, even as a star [3.5s]

INBA88:212b

MMK2#032 p.022

call to action; service to others; to the Cause of God

AB06241

no title

130

ای شیدائیان روی دلبر الهی آن یار دلنشین چون شاهد نازنین در انجمن روحانیین

O ye ardent lovers of the divine Beloved! That heart-entrancing Friend, like a tender and cherished Beauty, in the spiritual gathering [3.5s]

INBA13:071, INBA88:109a

MMK2#033 p.022, TAH.293, ANDA#72 p.30

Manifestation of God as sun; power of the Manifestation of God; stories; anecdotes; suffering and imprisonment

AB06192

no title

130

ای دو ستاره مانند فرقدان حمد خدا را که در افق محبت الله روشنید و در عتبه

O ye two stars, like unto the twin luminaries of the Great Bear! Praise be to God that ye shine bright in the horizon of the love of God and at the threshold [3.5s]

INBA16:010

MMK2#332 p.241

praise and encouragement; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB03934

no title

180

ای بنده الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملحوظ گردید الحمد لله مومن بحضرت پروردگاری و

O servant of God! That which thou hadst written was noted. Praise be to God, thou art a believer in the Lord, thy Creator [3.5s]

INBA87:193, INBA52:193c

MMK2#340 p.245

consolation and comfort; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; love of God; parents and children; youth; families; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB02338

no title

250

ای اسرار آن سید ابرار ابناء اگر از عنصر جان و دل آباء باشند یعنی حسن اخلاق

O mysteries of that noble Master of the righteous! If the descendants be imbued with the essence of their fathers' soul and heart, this verily is goodly character [3.5s]

INBA16:007

MMK2#341 p.246

characteristics and conduct of true believers; consolation and comfort; Noah

AB09582

no title

ای ورقه مقدسه مبارکه سدره الهیه در بحبوحه فردوس رحمانیه بلند شد و شرق و غرب

O sacred and blessed leaf of the divine Lote-Tree, which was raised up in the midst of the Paradise of the All-Merciful, and East and West [3.5s]

INBA87:347a, INBA52:355b

MMK2#347 p.250

Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; spiritual transformation

AB07467

no title

110

ای شمع محبت الله در این قرن عظیم که چشم و چراغ قرون اولی و شمس مشرق لامع بر

O Candle of the Love of God! In this mighty century, which is the eye and lamp of former ages and the radiant Sun of the dawning East [3.5s]

INBA88:088

MMK2#049 p.039, AKHA_134BE #10 p.a

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB04557

no title

170

شمع روشن است و انجمن روحانیان گلزار و گلشن نفحات قدس منتشر است و نسائم حدآئق

The lamp is ablaze, and the assembly of the spiritual ones is a rose garden in full bloom. The holy fragrances are diffused, and the breezes of paradise waft [3.5s]

INBA13:402, INBA55:234, INBA59:151, INBA88:053

MMK2#050 p.039, AHB.120BE #07 p.000, SFI17.016

call to action; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; high station of the true believer; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB07688

no title

110

ای یاران حقیقی چه نویسم که قلب در نهایت انجذابست و روح در غایت اشتیاق آتشی از

O true companions! What can I write when my heart is in the utmost state of attraction and my spirit is in the depths of longing, a fire of [3.5s]

INBA87:443a, INBA52:457

MMK2#053 p.041

love of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB08209

no title

100

Tablets by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Some

ای مشتاق ملکوت ابهی طائر عنایت از آشیان الهی پرواز نمود و مراتب وجود را طی کرد

O thou who longest for the Abhá Kingdom! The Bird of Grace hath winged its flight from the divine Nest and traversed the realms of existence [3.5s]

INBA16:005

MMK2#058 p.045

spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation

AB08211

no title

100

ای مشتعل باتش محبت الله شعله ای در آن مجمر زن تا بوی خوش عود و عنبر مشام سکان

O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! Kindle thou a flame upon that brazier, that the sweet fragrance of aloes and ambergris may perfume the senses [3.5s]

INBA87:393, INBA52:404b

MMK2#059 p.046

call to action; firmness in the Covenant; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual transformation

AB00871

no title

420

ای یاران روحانی و اماء رحمان این خاکدان فانی جغدان نادانرا سزاوار و این گلخن

O spiritual companions and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! This ephemeral dust-heap befitteth none but ignorant owls, and this furnace [3.5s]

INBA87:143, INBA52:140

MMK2#060 p.046, TABN.038, ANDA#69 p.07

constitutional revolution in Iran; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; spiritual transformation; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB03086

no title

210

ای احبای الهی وقت جانفشانیست و هنگام دست افشانی دم حیات جاودانیست و روز جلوه

O ye friends of God! The time for sacrifice of life is at hand, and the moment for joyous celebration hath come. This is the breath of life everlasting and the day of manifestation [3.5s]

INBA13:010x, INBA21:151b, INBA88:172b

MMK2#069 p.053

Ascension of Baha'u'llah; call to action; consolation and comfort; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; The Holy Spirit; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB09716

no title

130

یا من توجه بکلیته الی الله هر چند در تحریر تقصیر عبدالبهاء بسیار است... ای پروردگار بی‌انباز آن ابرار را در ظلّ عنايتت پرورش ده

O thou who hast wholly turned thyself unto God! Though 'Abdu'l-Bahá's shortcomings in correspondence be many... O peerless Lord, nourish these righteous ones beneath the canopy of Thy loving-kindness [3.5s]

INBA85:116

MMK2#007 p.004x, MJMJ2.036x, MMG2#027 p.028x

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayer for the spiritual progress of others

AB08042

no title

100

ای حیران جمال حقیقت شئون و آثار بر دو نوع و دو طور یکی در تحت احکام عالم

O thou who art enthralled by the beauty of Truth! The manifestations and traces thereof are of two kinds and two modes: one under the laws of the world [3.5s]

INBA89:028a

MMK2#074 p.058

immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; The Holy Spirit; the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

AB05154

no title

150

ای جانسوخته آتش فراق در این فرقت پرحرقت آهی جهانسوز بکش و فغانی عالمسوز برآر

O thou whose soul is seared by the fire of separation! In this grievous estrangement, heave thou a world-consuming sigh and raise a universe-burning cry [3.5s]

INBA84:297

MMK2#080 p.064

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; pain of love; love as veil; presence of; reunion with God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB08159

no title

100

ای غریق دریای محبت الله علیک فیوضات الملا الابهی و امطار الفضل من الافق الاعلی

O thou who art immersed in the sea of God's love! Upon thee be the outpourings of the Supreme Concourse and the rains of grace from the highest horizon [3.5s]

INBA84:276a

MMK2#081 p.064

love as fire; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07459

no title

110

ای شمع افروخته اگر شعله فانی زنی روشناایت دمیست و محفلت مشکاه پرغمی افروختنت

O kindled flame! Should thy blaze be transient, thy radiance would last but a breath, and thy gathering-place become a niche of sorrow through thy kindling [3.5s]

INBA84:313

MMK2#082 p.065, MHA.000v

light and darkness; power of prayer; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; the concourse on high

AB08556

no title

ای بنده الهی خوشا بحال شما که مشامرا بنفحه خوش رحمانی معطر نمودی و توجه

O servant of God! Blessed art thou, for thou hast perfumed the senses with the sweet fragrance of the All-Merciful [3.5s]

INBA13:132

MMK2#091 p.070, TAH.331a

praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB06172

no title

130

ای حکیم حاذق تن ضعیف و جسم نحیف امکان بغایت علیل و بی نهایت نحیل و امراض و

O sagacious healer, the body is weak and the frame enfeebled, contingent being is grievously ill and infinitely frail, afflicted with maladies [3.5s]

INBA21:154a

MMK2#105 p.083

changing and unchanging parts of religion; Greatest Name; health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Manifestation of God as divine physician

AB05541

no title

140

ای بلبل گلستان محبت الله در این عرصه هستی که بن و بنگاه نیستی است صد هزار مشغولیتی

O nightingale of the rose-garden of God's love! In this arena of existence, which hath neither root nor foundation, a hundred thousand preoccupations beset thee [3.5s]

INBA55:131

MMK2#107 p.084, KASH.390

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; music and singing; spiritual transformation; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB08923

no title

ای ناظر بمنظر اعلی در این چند روزه حیات دنیا خود را بالایش و آرزوی آسایش

O thou who gazest upon the Most Exalted Horizon! In these few days of earthly life, burden not thyself with cares and longings for comfort [3.5s]

INBA17:079

MMK2#109 p.085, AKHA_133BE #16 p.a, AKHA_131BE #15 p.a

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; nearness and remoteness; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB05694

no title

140

ای زنده بنفحات محبت الله زبان بذکر الهی باز کن و در فضای جانفزای عرفان بیاد حق

O thou who art quickened by the breaths of God's love, unloose thy tongue in divine remembrance and soar in the soul-refreshing atmosphere of His knowledge [3.5s]

INBA88:267b

MMK2#113 p.087

firmness in the Covenant; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB06182

no title

130

ای دو بنده آستان الهی الطاف نامتناهی شامل گشت تا حامل امانت عظمای الهی گردیدید

O ye two servants of the Divine Threshold! Infinite favors have encompassed you, that ye might become the bearers of God's supreme trust [3.5s]

INBA87:390c, INBA52:401b

MMK2#121 p.093, RAHA.279-280

development of capacity and readiness; high station of the true believer; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; love of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul

AB00111

no title

1030

ای یاران الهی و دوستان حقیقی پروردگار عالمیان جمیع کائنات را بفیض رحمانیت از

O ye divine friends and true companions of the Lord of the worlds! Through His all-embracing bounty He hath brought forth all created things [3.5s]

INBA55:295, INBA88:063

MMK2#122 p.094, MMK3#154 p.107

creation of the world; obedience to and respect for government authority; status of kings; future of monarchy

AB01469

no title

320

ای بندگان الهی شکر خدا را که بنور هدی مهتدی شدید و منجذب بنفحات قدس از ملا اعلی

O ye servants of God! Praise be to God that ye have been guided by the Light of Guidance, have become attracted

INBA84:263

MMK3#147 p.101, YARP2.115 p.139

TEW.011-012

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; loving community spirit in teaching the Cause; loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; spiritual transformation

AB03376

no title

200

ای ثابت بر پیمان تحریرت تاثیری عجیب داشت زیرا آه و فغان از دست نفس بی امان از

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter had a wondrous effect, for it was filled with sighs and lamentations from the merciless self [3.5s]

INBA79.029

MMK3#173 p.121

honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; knowledge of self; meditation; rejection, opposition and persecution; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

AB02155

no title

270

دوستانا یارانا نفوس و اشخاص بر سه قسم منقسم گشته اند قسمی ظالم علی نفسه یعنی

Friends and companions! Souls and individuals are divided into three categories. The first category consisteth of those who are unjust unto themselves, meaning [3.5s]

INBA13:261b

MMK3#179 p.125

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; degrees of faith; certitude; love of God; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB02547

no title

240

ای خادم احبای الهی هر چند مدتی بود که بخدمت یاران پرداختی و در عبودیت حق علم

O servant of the beloved of God! Though for a time thou didst occupy thyself with service to the friends and didst raise the standard of servitude unto the True One [3.5s]

INBA17:244

MMK3#195 p.139

historical episodes and the lessons of the past; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; service to others; to the Cause of God; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB02238

no title

260

ای دوست عزیز من نامه شما را بنهایت دقت قرائت نمودم و از قسم شما نهایت بشاشت

O dearly beloved friend, I have perused thy letter with the utmost care and was filled with utmost joy [3.5s]

INBA87:245, INBA52:249

MMK3#203 p.145x

consolation and comfort; poems and quotation from poetry; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB03133

no title

290

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما واصل شد و از مضمون بالام قلب محزون اطلاع حاصل گشت ... بيگانگان هر چند نشانه تير بلايند ولی از هيچ جهت تسلّی خاطر ندارند

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and from its contents was learned the sorrow of thy heart. Though strangers be the target of affliction's arrows, they find comfort from no direction [3.5s]

INBA79.038

MMK3#219 p.158x

acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Ascension of Baha'u'llah; consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB02332

no title

250

ای احبای الهی ای یاران میثاق الحمد لله علم میثاق بلند است و انوار اشراق از

O divine friends, O allies of the Covenant! Praise be unto God that the standard of the Covenant is raised aloft and the effulgent lights emanate [3.5s]

INBA85:049

MMK3#238 p.171

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation

AB02042

no title

270

ای امه الله قلم چون سمند در جولانست ولی چه فائده که از کثرت جولان خسته و بی

O handmaid of God! My pen is rushing like a phoenix, but to what avail? For after all that rushing, it hath become fatigued and drained of ability

INBA88:160

MMK3#239 p.172

ADMS#276

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; praise and encouragement; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; the power of words; of speech

AB03284

no title

210

یا احباء الله و اصفیائه و منجذبی نفحاته اگر قدری تفکر نمااید و در حقیقت امور

O ye beloved of God and His chosen ones, who are enraptured by His sweet fragrances! If ye would but pause to reflect upon the reality of things [3.5s]

INBA13:381, INBA89:014b

MMK3#241 p.173, HDQI.277, ANDA#29 p.04, ANDA#38 p.05

praise and encouragement; servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09883

no title

ای بنده شکور رب غفور عنایاتش غیرمتناهی و الطافش بی پایان عواطفش محیط است و

O thankful servant of the Lord, the Forgiving! His bounties are boundless and His favours infinite. His tender mercies encompass all [3.5s]

INBA87:164c, INBA52:162b

MMK3#242 p.174, MMK4#123 p.130

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; thankfulness; gratitude

AB09540

no title

ای ناظر بملکوت وجود اهل سجود را جبینی روشن چون آفتاب انور از فیض مقام محمود

O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of existence! The people of prostration are endowed with foreheads radiant as the most luminous sun through the grace of the Praiseworthy Station [3.5s]

INBA87:227a, INBA52:231a

MMK3#244 p.175

attaining the life of the spirit; the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

AB05579

no title

140

ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی شکر کن خدا را که بعون و عنایت حق موفقی و بخیرخواهی

O thou sincere servant of the Abha Beauty! Give thanks unto God that through His aid and grace thou art confirmed and art successful in doing good [3.5s]

INBA87:231a, INBA52:235

MMK3#246 p.176

consolation and comfort; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB07461

no title

110

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ای شمع حب اگر در زجاجه ملکوت ابهی شعله افروزی خواهی در این ناسوت ادنی

O candle of love! If thou wishest to be a kindled flame in the glass of the Abha Kingdom, strive with self-sacrifice in this nethermost realm

INBA17:099

MMK3#254 p.182, HDQI.231, ANDA#20 p.05

ADMS#198

John the Baptist; love of God; martyrs and martyrdom; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB03210

no title

210

ای نوش لب هر لبی که در ستایش و نیایش خداوند آفرینش بجنبش اید چون آب زندگانی

O thou sweet-lipped one! Every lip that moveth in praise and adoration of the Lord of Creation is as the water of life [3.5s]

INBA13:359, INBA59:253, INBA88:344b

MMK3#262 p.187, YARP2.199 p.189, PPAR.172

consolation and comfort; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; light and darkness; praise and encouragement; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; the power of words; of speech

AB05841

no title

140

ای نوش دل هر هوشمند هر زهریرا پادزهریست و هر نیشی را نوشی براستی بدان زهر

O thou who art the sweet solace of every possessor of wisdom! Know thou verily that for every poison there is an antidote, and for every sting there is a balm. Indeed, know thou that this poison [3.5s]

INBA59:252

MMK3#263 p.188, YARP2.200 p.190, PPAR.172

Manifestation of God as divine physician; material and spiritual existence; two books; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

AB04892

no title

160

ای یاران الهی فیض نامتناهیست و موهبت جمال قدیم عزت ابدیه جهان آسمانی پرتو

O ye divine friends! Infinite is the bounty, and the gift of the Ancient Beauty is eternal glory - a heavenly radiance [3.5s]

INBA89:142a

MMK3#298 p.220, PYB#196 p.03

praise and encouragement; servitude; submission to God; repentance; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB05301

no title

150

ای مهتدیان بنور هدی شمع هدی روشنست و افق اعلی بنور جمال ابهی ساطع و لامع

O ye who are guided by the light of guidance! The lamp of guidance is alight, and the Supreme Horizon is radiant and resplendent with the light of the Most Glorious Beauty [3.5s]

INBA85:060

MMK3#299 p.221, AKHA_127BE #02 p.a, PYB#196 p.03

belief and denial; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; light and darkness; Manifestation of God as sun; thankfulness; gratitude

AB10224

no title

حمد کن خدا را که در این کور اعظم بر شاطی بحر احدیت وارد و در گلشن قدس محبت

Praise be to God that in this Most Great Dispensation thou hast attained unto the shores of the ocean of oneness and entered the sacred garden of love [3.5s]

INBA13:091

MMK3#039 p.025x

AB07123

no title

120

یاران مهربانم از قرار معلوم آنمرز و بوم از رائحه جنت ابهی معطر گشته نفحات

O my kind friends! According to what is evident, that realm and region hath become perfumed with the fragrant musk of the Abhá Paradise [3.5s]

INBA89:220

MMK3#053 p.034

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; growth of the Cause; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; wisdom [hikmat]

AB04890

no title

160

ای یار قدیم و همدم و ندیم ایا ایام ملاقات فراموش نمودی که چنین خواموش گشتی

O thou ancient companion and cherished intimate! Hast thou forgotten the days of our meeting, that thou art grown so silent [3.5s]

INBA17:139

MMK3#071 p.046x

call to action; servitude; submission to God; repentance; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB02302

no title

260

رب رب ترانی ان صلاتی و نسکی لک یا ملجای و معاذی انی ابتهل الیک متضرعا بعتبه

O Lord, O Lord, Thou beholdest me, verily my prayers and my sacrifice are for Thee alone, O my Refuge and my Shelter. In utmost humility I turn imploringly to Thy threshold [3.5s]

INBA87:388b, INBA52:399

MMK3#084 p.056x, MMK3#252 p.180x

high station of the true believer; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; prayer for prosperity; spiritual transformation; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB03964

no title

180

ای ثابت بر پیمان کتاب مبین قرین اطلاع گردید از مضامین معانی دلنشین استنباط شد

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy most lucid letter was received, and from its contents sweet significances were derived [3.5s]

INBA79.057

MMK3#106 p.071x, HDQI.244

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; firmness in the Covenant; growth of the Cause; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity

AB08155

no title

100

ای عبدالقادر حضرت قادر توانا چون نظری بر عبد ناتوان اندازد معدن قدرت گردد و

O 'Abdu'l-Qádir! When the All-Powerful, Almighty Lord casteth His glance upon a powerless servant, he becometh a mine of strength [3.5s]

INBA13:182

MMK3#108 p.072

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB10659

no title

150

ای یار عراقی جناب نراقی در نامه خویش ستایش آن یار روحانی نموده که این فتای نراقی... ای دوست حقيقی ، نفوذ کلمة اللّه مانند روح

O friend from Iraq! Jinab-i-Naraqí, in his letter, hath sung the praise of that spiritual companion—this youth of Naraq... O true friend, the penetrating power of the Word of God is even as the spirit [3.5s]

INBA85:127

MMK3#116 p.079x

growth of the Cause; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB00385

no title

610

الهی الهی انی اتوسل بذیل کبریائک و اتعلق باهداب ردآء بهائک و اتضرع الیک

O my God, my God! I beseech Thee by the hem of Thy grandeur and cling to the fringes of the garment of Thy splendor, and I supplicate Thee [3.5s]

INBA89:222

MMK3#129 p.090x

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; high station of the true believer; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB03377

no title

200

ای ثابت بر پیمان حمد کن خدا را که از مطلع آمال انوار جهانتاب طالع و لامع و از

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Render thanks unto God that from the Dayspring of hopes the world-illumining rays have dawned forth, radiant and resplendent [3.5s]

INBA85:047

MMK4#100 p.110

growth of the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09706

no title

یا من اهتز من نفحات الله نور هویت چون در زجاجه احدیت روشن گشت آفاق و انفس

O thou whom the fragrances of God have caused to quiver! When the light of His Being shone forth within the lamp of oneness, it illumined both the horizons and the souls [3.5s]

INBA85:098b

MMK4#101 p.111

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; transcendence; unknowability of God

AB10406

no title

ای بنده جمال قدم انوار الطاف از ملکوت ابهی ساطعست و نجوم مواهب از افق اعلی

O servant of the Ancient Beauty! The lights of divine favors shine forth from the Abhá Kingdom, and the stars of heavenly bounties gleam from the most exalted horizon [3.5s]

INBA85:106a

MMK4#102 p.111

growth of the Cause

AB03004

no title

220

ای یاران حق وقت عصر است و آفتاب پرتوش در تناقص ولی شمس حقیقت از غیب ملکوت

O friends of Truth! It is the afternoon hour, and the sun's radiance is diminishing; yet the Sun of Reality, from the unseen Kingdom [3.5s]

INBA13:060

MMK4#118 p.126

forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God as sun; power of the Manifestation of God; rejection, opposition and persecution

AB04011

no title

180

ای دوستان الهی الحمد لله که نسیم مشکبار و شمیم عنبرنثار از حدائق قدس در انتشار

O divine friends! Praise be unto God that the musk-laden breeze and amber-scented fragrance are wafting from the gardens of holiness [3.5s]

INBA13:297, INBA55:335

MMK4#119 p.126

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; firmness in the Covenant; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; mystical themes

AB02337

no title

250

ای احبای روحانی و یاران حقیقی جمال قدم انوار عزت قدیمه بر آفاق اشراق نموده و

O spiritual friends and true companions of the Ancient Beauty! The light of ancient glory hath shed its radiance upon the horizons [3.5s]

INBA13:160

MMK4#122 p.129

call to action; growth of the Cause; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB04697

no title

160

ای بنده مبتهل متضرع بملکوت ابهی در این صبح بقا که انوار ملکوت ابهی ممالک غیب

O servant, earnest and beseeching at the Threshold of the Abhá Kingdom! In this eternal morn, when the lights of the Abhá Kingdom illumine the realms of the unseen [3.5s]

INBA17:032

MMK4#128 p.132

East and West; communication between East and West; Manifestation of God as sun; progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; spiritual transformation; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB02644

no title

230

ای احبای الهی چون شمس حقیقت از افق اسماء و صفات اشراق نمود و آفاق وجود و شهود

O beloved of God! When the Sun of Reality shed its radiance from the horizon of Names and Attributes, illumining the realms of being and consciousness [3.5s]

INBA72:108

MMK4#132 p.135

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB02748

no title

230

ای مخموران صهبای الهی نفحه رحمانی از ریاض باقی میوزد و صبح نورانی از افق معانی

O ye who are intoxicated with the Wine of God! The Breeze of the Merciful is wafting from the rose-garden of Eternity

INBA55:114, INBA55:411

MMK4#140 p.143, AHB.107BE #05 p.92, AHB.122BE #02 p.47

DAS.1913-08-26, ABIE.244, BLO_PN#007

music and singing; mystical themes; praise and encouragement; predictions and prophecies; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB02967

no title

220

ای مستقیمین و ثابتین بر امر جمال قدم و متشبثین بالعروه الوثقی التی لا انفصام

O ye who are steadfast and firmly established in the Cause of the Ancient Beauty, who hold fast to the sure handle that cannot be broken [3.5s]

INBA55:107

MMK4#142 p.144

call to action; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; firmness in the Covenant; growth of the Cause; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution

AB00150

no title

920

ای حضرت امین علیک بهاء الله و ثنائه خدمات آنجناب در آستان الهی چه در ایام ظهور

O thou Trusted One! Upon thee be the Glory of God and His praise! Thy services at the Divine Threshold, in the days of His Manifestation [3.5s]

INBA88:214, INBA89:036

MMK4#144 p.150, RHQM1.616 (750bx) (460x), MAS5.222x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; obedience to and respect for government authority; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB03467

no title

200

ای گلهای بوستان عرفان در این اوقات که امم عالم مقاومت با امر اسم اعظم خواهند

O ye blossoms of the garden of divine knowledge! In these times when the nations of the world rise in resistance to the Cause of the Most Great Name [3.5s]

INBA88:269b

MMK4#145 p.154

call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; firmness in the Covenant; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; rejection, opposition and persecution

AB00543

no title

530

الهی الهی قد غشت القلوب غاشیه الاضطراب و حجبت الابصار سبحات الاعتساف و حرمت

O my God, O my God! The hearts have been overwhelmed by the shroud of agitation, and eyes have been veiled by the clouds of tyranny and have been deprived [3.5s]

INBA88:194b

MMK4#155 p.166, MSHR3.151x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; crucifixion; ascension of Christ; firmness in the Covenant; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB00005

Lawh-i-Hizar Bayti (Tablet of the Thousand Verses)

10300

ای رب تری هجوم الامم و جولتها و غرور الملل و صولتها علی عبدک الفرید الوحید

O Lord! Thou beholdest the assault of the nations and their violent commotion, and the pride of the peoples and their fierce onslaught against this lone and solitary servant [3.5s]

INBA87:520, INBA52:548b

MMK4#189 p.259, AYT.428x, HHA.084-088x, KHSH14.000x, RHQM1.170-176 (215x) (127-131x), ADH2_1#38 p.055x, MSHR3.098x, MSHR4.295x, MJMJ2.030bx, MJMJ2.034x, MJMJ2.072bx, MMG2#018 p.017x, MMG2#241 p.271x, MMG2#248 p.279x, OOL.C012a

A. Haghighi

authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; episodes from the early history of Islam; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; firmness in the Covenant; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Imam 'Ali; importance of authoritative interpretation; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; martyrs and martyrdom; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; rejection, opposition and persecution; servitude; submission to God; repentance; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Imamate; the Caliphate

MMAH.237

AB02737

no title

230

ای عندلیب حدیقه معانی اشعار فصیح معانی بدیع داشت و در ثنای آستان اسم اعظم

O Nightingale of the Garden of Inner Meanings! Thy verses were eloquent and bore wondrous significances in praise of the threshold of the Most Great Name [3.5s]

INBA87:572, INBA52:607

MMK4#028 p.026x

banishment to; life in Constantinople; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement

AB07351

no title

110

ای جان پاک پاکی و آزادگی در انقطاع از ماسوی الله است و تشبث بعهد و میثاق الله

O pure soul! True purity and freedom lie in detachment from all save God and steadfast adherence to His Covenant [3.5s]

INBA13:213b

MMK4#190 p.300

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; firmness in the Covenant; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB03753

no title

190

ای مشتاق ملکوت الله عالم امکان مطلع انوار جمال رحمن شد و حیز جهان مرکز ظهور

O thou who longest for the Kingdom of God! The world of existence hath become the dawning-place of the lights of the All-Merciful Beauty, and the realm of the world the center of manifestation [3.5s]

INBA55:094, INBA88:277

MMK4#031 p.030, KHSH04.004

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB01123

no title

370

ای دوستان حضرت یزدان در این کور اعظم که شمس قدم از آفاق امم طالع و لائح گردید

O friends of the Divine Lord! In this Most Great Cycle, when the Ancient Sun hath risen and shone forth from the horizons of all peoples [3.5s]

INBA88:284

MMK4#054 p.061

apocalyptic imagery; call to action; divine attributes are within all things; every atom; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB05313

no title

150

ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی آفتاب حقیقت هر چند از افق عالم بسبحات جلال مخفی... ای احبای الهی بکوشید که وقت ظهور

O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of Abhá! Though the Sun of Truth be concealed behind the veils of glory from the horizon of the world... O ye beloved of God, strive ye that in this time of manifestation [3.5s]

INBA84:487

MMK4#070 p.078, BSHN.140.478.08x, BSHN.144.471x, DUR4.808x

call to action; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God

AB05864

no title

140

ای یاران الهی جمال قدم و اسم اعظم با ید بیضاای از صلح و صفا در بین اهل عالم

O divine friends! The Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name must [appear] with a white hand of peace and tranquility amongst the people of the world [3.5s]

INBA13:274

MMK4#072 p.079, SFI12.022

call to action; suffering and imprisonment; unity; oneness of humanity; war and peace

AB00464

no title

580

یا من هو سر ابیه و حب ربه الابهی دو قطعه رسائل واصل و جواب ارسال میشود در

O thou who art the mystery of thy father and the love of thy Most Glorious Lord! Two letters have been received and an answer shall be dispatched [3.5s]

INBA55:438x

MMK5#150 p.116

humility; meekness; lowliness; permission for visit; pilgrimage; suffering and imprisonment; unity; oneness of humanity; wisdom [hikmat]

AB02888

no title

220

ای بنده الهی ندایت باستان مقدس حضرت احدیت واصل و آه و فغان از هجران و حرمانت

O servant of God! Thy call hath reached the sacred threshold of the divine Oneness, and thy sighs and lamentations from separation and deprivation [3.5s]

INBA13:239b

MMK5#014 p.009

call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; permission for visit; pilgrimage; rejection, opposition and persecution

AB00371

no title

620

ای عزیز عبدالبهاء دو طغرا نامه شما پی در پی رسید مضمون یکی تفصیل لایحه مزوره

O beloved of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Two of your letters arrived in quick succession. The contents of one detailed the false document [3.5s]

INBA85:525

MMK5#155 p.120, AVK3.136.01x, AVK3.279.02x

consolation and comfort; rejection, opposition and persecution; review of publications; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB05842

no title

140

ای نیر نورانی جناب سینا رجای ذکر شما نمود و حال آنکه دائما در نزد اینعبد مذکوری و در

O radiant luminary! His honour Sina hath made mention of thee, though verily thou art ever remembered in the presence of this servant and [3.5s]

INBA84:396b

MMK5#163 p.126

love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach; wisdom [hikmat]

AB03288

no title

210

یا علی اعلم حق الیقین ان اسمی عبدالبهاء و سمتی عبدالبهاء و صفتی عبدالبهاء و

O Ali! Know in the indubitable truth my name indeed is Abdu'l-Baha. My deportment is Abdu'l-Baha. My qualification is Abdu'l-Baha

INBA55:266, INBA88:110

MMK5#165 p.128, MSHR1.021x, YIA.546-547

CUPAB.018-019

station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB01879

no title

290

یا من توجه الی دیار الله فی صون حمایه الله فدیت بروحی کل من قام بالعبودیه

O thou who hast turned thy face towards the realms of God under the protection and shelter of God! I would sacrifice my soul for all who have arisen in servitude [3.5s]

INBA21:185 (236), INBA88:140

MMK5#168 p.130

humility; meekness; lowliness; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; unity of thought and belief

AB00260

no title

720

اناجیک یا الهی مکبا بوجهی علی التراب منتظرا لبدایع الطافک متمرغا جبینی بالثری

I cry to Thee, 0, my Lord, while rolling myself on the dust and expecting the Wonders of Thy Bounties… If any soul asks concerning the station of this servant, the answer is Abdu'l-Baha

INBA16:060

MMK5#185 p.146, AVK4.286x

SW_v08#14 p.186x, SW_v08#15 p.212x, CUPAB.003

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; humility; meekness; lowliness; loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB03503

no title

200

ای یادگار آن جوهر هدی در جمیع اوقات و احیان در خاطر بوده و هستید و از درگاه

O remnant of that Essence of Guidance! At all times and seasons thou hast been, and art still, present in our thoughts, and from the threshold [3.5s]

INBA59:132b, INBA88:171

MMK5#187 p.147, PYB#097 p.11

permission for visit; pilgrimage; servitude; submission to God; repentance; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB00641

no title

490

ای یاران الیوم یوم اتحاد و اتفاقست و خلوص در امر نیر آفاق وقت جانفشانیست و

O ye friends! This is the day of unity and concord, and of sincerity in the Cause of the resplendent Orb of all horizons. This is the time to offer up one's life in sacrifice [3.5s]

INBA13:112, INBA88:105, INBA89:020b, Ghazi3072.131-136

MMK5#188 p.148

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love and unity; prayer for nearness to God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; the ephemeral and the eternal

AB03684

no title

190

ای ثابت راسخ بر پیمان رحمن آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید از مضامین

O thou who art steadfast and firm in the Covenant of the All-Merciful! That which thou didst write hath been noted, and from its contents [3.5s]

INBA55:401, INBA79.013

MMK5#226 p.177

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; firmness in the Covenant; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB04035

no title

180

ای عندلیب گلستان عرفان جمال الهی مدتی مدید خبری از شما نرسید بعد مراسله ای

O nightingale of the rose-garden of divine knowledge and recognition, for a long time no word was received from thee, until thy letter [3.5s]

INBA87:607, INBA52:648

MMK5#229 p.179

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; firmness in the Covenant; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; service to others; to the Cause of God

AB01334

no title

340

ای شمع انجمن عرفان در این ساعت که طیر حدیقه وفا بال و پر گشوده که در فضای

O Lamp of the Assembly of Mysticism! In this hour, when the bird of the garden of faithfulness hath spread wide its wings to soar in the heights [3.5s]

INBA87:598, INBA52:637

MMK5#231 p.179

firmness in the Covenant; love of God; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB00312

no title

670

ای متمسک بذیل کبریاء نفحه که از حدیقه قلب آن موقن بالله برخواسته بود بمشام

O thou who hast clung to the hem of grandeur! The fragrance which arose from the garden of the heart of that steadfast believer in God hath reached Our presence [3.5s]

INBA55:200, INBA72:127

MMK5#235 p.184

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; firmness in the Covenant; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; rejection, opposition and persecution; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB06637

no title

120

ای بنده جمال ابهی الیوم سراپرده پیمان در قطب جهان بعنان آسمان رسیده و امکانرا

O servant of the Abha Beauty! Today the pavilion of the Covenant hath been raised to the zenith of the heavens, casting its shelter over the realm of being [3.5s]

INBA13:107

MMK5#240 p.190, TAH.350a

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB02269

no title

260

ای موقن بایات الله الیوم اعظم امور و اهم مواد ثبوت بر عهد و پیمان الهیست و

O thou who art firm in the verses of God! Today the most glorious of all matters and the most momentous of all things is steadfastness in the Covenant and Testament of God [3.5s]

INBA13:299

MMK5#242 p.191

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; firmness in the Covenant; spiritual transformation

AB05830

no title

140

ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی چشم بصیرت باز کن تا مشاهده انوار ساطعه و تجلیات لامعه از

O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of Abhá! Open thou the eye of insight, that thou mayest witness the effulgent lights and brilliant emanations from [3.5s]

INBA88:149a, Ghazi3072.185-187

MMK5#243 p.192

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; firmness in the Covenant; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB08101

no title

100

ای ربیب حضرت عندلیب از حضرت دوست استدعای شب و روز اینست که دوستان راستان را

O cherished fosterling of His Holiness the Nightingale! From the Beloved, this is the prayer, night and day, that the true friends [3.5s]

INBA55:176, INBA87:575a, INBA52:611a

MMK5#245 p.193

firmness in the Covenant; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the power of words; of speech

AB08091

no title

100

ای دوستان الهی هنگام تضرع و ابتهالست و وقت تذلل و انکسار دست عجز و نیاز

O divine friends! This is the time for supplication and entreaty, the hour of humility and contrition, with hands upraised in helplessness and need [3.5s]

INBA13:275a

MMK5#246 p.193, MMG2#106 p.120x

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; prayer for firmness in the Covenant; prayer for protection

AB06157

no title

130

ای ثابت نابت سحاب رحمت سایه بر سر افکنده و انوار فیض اعظم بر شرق و غرب تابیده

O thou who art steadfast and firmly rooted! The cloud of mercy hath cast its shadow overhead, and the rays of the Most Great Bounty have shone forth upon both East and West [3.5s]

INBA55:348

MMK5#253 p.197

development of capacity and readiness; firmness in the Covenant; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; rejection, opposition and persecution

AB10411

no title

ای بنده حق خوشا بحال نفوسیکه از انفاس طیب میثاق مشام معطر نمودند و از اریاح

O servant of the Truth! Blessed are the souls who have perfumed their senses with the sweet breaths of the Covenant and from the fragrant [3.5s]

INBA85:347a

MMK5#263 p.203

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

AB08032

no title

100

ای جواد در عالم وجود صفت جود سلطنتی در کمال عظمت میراند و هر حقیقت مکنونرا از

O Javad! In the realm of existence, the attribute of generosity reigns with sovereign majesty, bringing forth every hidden reality [3.5s]

INBA13:203a

MMK5#265 p.203

call to action; praise and encouragement

AB01125

no title

370

ای عندلیب حدیقه معانی مدتی بود که نغمه از آن مرغ سحری بسمع مشتاقان نرسیده بود

O Nightingale of the garden of meanings! For some time no melody from that dawn-bird hath reached the ears of the eager ones [3.5s]

INBA21:069, INBA87:608, INBA52:649

MMK5#270 p.207

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for protection; suffering and imprisonment

AB00072

no title

1230

ای غلام حق بر مضمون شکایت مشحون مکتوب اطلاع حاصل گردید نهایت استغراب حاصل چه

O servant of Truth! The contents of thy plaint-laden letter have become known, and have occasioned the utmost astonishment [3.5s]

INBA17:205

MMK5#273 p.208x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; servitude; submission to God; repentance; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB06161

no title

130

ای ثابتان بر پیمان نامه مبارک یاران با نهایت رقت تلاوت گردید و بدرگاه حضرت

O ye who stand firm in the Covenant! The blessed letter of the friends was read with the utmost tenderness at the threshold of His holiness [3.5s]

INBA87:236a, INBA52:240b

MMK5#276 p.211

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; consolation and comfort; prayer for protection

AB02796

no title

230

ای یاران معنوی اهل ملا اعلی و سکان ملکوت الابهی در صباح میثاق بشکرانه الطاف

O ye spiritual friends of the Concourse on High and dwellers in the Abhá Kingdom! In the morn of the Covenant, in gratitude for His favours [3.5s]

INBA87:248, INBA52:252

MMK5#282 p.213

power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; prayers (general or uncategorized); thankfulness; gratitude; the concourse on high

AB03750

no title

190

ای مسعود ملکوتی از تلون این دنیای فانی و تغیر احوال امور جسمانی خاطر مگدر

O celestial Masoud! Let not thy heart be troubled by the vicissitudes of this fleeting world and the ever-changing conditions of corporeal affairs [3.5s]

INBA89:170

MMK5#286 p.214, RAHA.015-016

consolation and comfort; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for nearness to God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB06942

no title

120

ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی در این کور اعظم که آفتاب حقیقت مشارق و مغاربرا روشن نموده

O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of Abhá! In this most great cycle, wherein the Sun of Truth hath illumined both East and West [3.5s]

INBA84:476

MMK5#298 p.220

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God as sun; prayer for spiritual recognition; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB10854

no title

ای بنده بهاء بشکرانه رب اعلی روحی له الفدا لسان بگشا و مناجات نما و بگو لک

O servant of Bahá! In gratitude to the Supreme Lord—may my spirit be sacrificed for Him—loose thy tongue in prayer and supplication, and say [3.5s]

INBA84:495b

MMK5#300 p.221

prayer for praise and gratitude

AB07988

no title

100

ای پروردگار مهربان این حزب مظلومان پریشان تواند و این جمع آشفتگان تو عاشق روی

O Compassionate Lord! These oppressed and forlorn ones are Thy party, and this assembly of bewildered ones are lovers of Thy face [3.5s]

INBA21:160a

MMK5#314 p.226

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; prayer for spiritual recognition

AB00367

no title

620

ای ثابت بر پیمان چند روز پیش مکتوبی ارسال گشت لهذا مختصرا مرقوم میشود ای بنده

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Some days ago a letter was dispatched; therefore, I write briefly. O servant of God [3.5s]

INBA89:096

MMK5#032 p.034

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; martyrs and martyrdom; rejection, opposition and persecution; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB04683

no title

160

ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه پنجم شعبان سنه حالیه که به آقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودید

O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! The letter dated the fifth of Sha'ban of this year, which thou hadst addressed to Áqá Siyyid Asadu'lláh [3.5s]

INBA85:451b

MMK5#036 p.038, BSHI.058

autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha

AB02477

no title

250

یا هاشم الثرید لکل حبیب مجید نامه شما رسید مرقوم نموده بودی که عبدالبهاء

O Hashim, the delectable feast for every cherished and glorious friend! Thy letter hath been received. Thou didst write that 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s]

INBA17:003

MMK5#039 p.039

martyrs and martyrdom; past, present and future of Iran; praise of Eastern values; culture; suffering and imprisonment; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB04184

no title

180

یا امین عبدالبهاء در اقلیم مصرم و شب و روز بذکر یاران مشغول از مجمع صلح عمومی

O trusted one of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! I am in the land of Egypt, and night and day am I occupied with the remembrance of the friends in the general peace assembly [3.5s]

INBA16:156

MMK5#042 p.041

humility; meekness; lowliness; suffering and imprisonment; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB01791

no title

290

ای امین عبدالبهاء نامه شما را در دریای محیط بحر آتلانتیک جواب مرقوم مینمایم

O trusted one of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, I pen this reply to your letter upon the vast Atlantic Ocean [3.5s]

INBA16:183

MMK5#059 p.054, RMT.064b

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB10374

no title

ای امین عبدالبهاء باز آمدیم باز آمدیم از راه فرنگستان آمدیم بنده آستان آمدیم

O trusted one [Amín] of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá! I have returned, I have returned! By way of Europe have I come back, a servant at the threshold, returning from flowering rose-gardens

INBA16:153

MMK5#076 p.063

MHMD2s.333b

critique of Eastern values; culture; praise of Western values; culture; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB03617

no title

190

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ای امین الهی مناجاتی در طلب مغفرت بجهت مرغ آشیان الهی نفس مبارک آقا سید

O divine Trustee! A supplication do I offer, seeking forgiveness for that bird of the celestial nest, the blessed soul of Áqá Siyyid [3.5s]... ...O Amín! Praised be God, you were present in Europe and witnessed how, with a constitution weakened to the utmost, ‘Abdu’l-Baha spent night and day in service

INBA16:167

MMK5#078 p.064

MHMD2s.323bx

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God; suffering and imprisonment

AB01149

no title

370

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

عزیز مهربان من نامه که باسید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گشت دلالت بر

My dear beloved one, the letter which you had written to Siyyid Asadu'llah was perused, and it indicated [3.5s]... ...For some time, even as birds without a nest or shelter, I wandered vast lands. At one time I was on the peaks of mountains and hills

INBA79.074b

MMK5#085 p.067

MHMD2s.321-322x

call to action; suffering and imprisonment; travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB02769

no title

230

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ای وحید و فرید آندیار نامه پنجم ربیع الاول سنه حالیه رسید از شدت مشقات این

O unique and peerless one of that land! Thy letter dated the fifth of Rabi'u'l-Avval of this year hath arrived. From the severity of trials [3.5s]... ...For successive years, ‘Abdu’l-Baha traveled throughout the West, raising his voice in every assemblage and gathering to teach the Cause of God

INBA17:153

MMK5#086 p.069, MSHR4.376

MHMD2s.322x

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; business; financial; property matters; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; unity; oneness of humanity

AB04803

no title

160

A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ای قرین و ندیم عبدالبهاء ای همسفر نازنین عبدالبهاء الحمد لله این سفر ثانی نیز

O close companion of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! O dear fellow traveler of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! Praised be God, this second journey, too, has come to an end

INBA84:346, BLIB_Or.08117.041,

MMK5#091 p.072

DAS.1913-08-17x, ABIE.203x, BLO_PN#007, MHMD2s.326x

teaching the Cause; call to teach; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB00149

no title

920

الهی الهی ترانی خائضا فی غمار البلاء و غریقا فی بحار الباساء و الضراء هدفا للنصال مطعونا

My God, my God! Thou beholdest me plunged in an ocean of tribulation, drowned in the seas of hardship and suffering, a target for arrows, pierced through [3.5s]

INBA87:372, INBA52:381

MMK5#011 p.005, ASAT4.298, QT108.145-146

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; love and unity; martyrs and martyrdom; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB01901

no title

280

ای بندگان آستان الهی حضرت اعلی روحی له الفدا و جمال قدم و اسم اعظم فدیته

O ye servants of the divine Threshold of His Holiness the Exalted One—may my spirit be a sacrifice unto Him—and of the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name, to Whom I offer my life in sacrifice [3.5s]

INBA84:475

MMK5#119 p.094

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; unity; oneness of humanity

AB05362

no title

150

ای یار مهربان نامه شما رسید ولی از عدم فرصت جواب تاخیر افتاد ولی شما در جعبه

O kind friend! Your letter was received, but due to lack of opportunity the reply was delayed. Yet you [are in the box...] [3.5s]

INBA84:519

MMK5#122 p.096

autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; business; financial; property matters; personal instructions

BH02209

Lawh-i-Ard-i-Ba

400

Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

حمدا لمن تشرف ارض الباء بقدوم من طاف حوله الاسماء بذلک بشرت الذرات کل

Praise be to Him Who hath honoured the Land of Bá through the presence of Him round Whom all names revolve.

INBA81:088x, BLIB_Or15727a.043,

AHM.107x, HDQI.005x, AHDW.009x, ASAT4.413x, AHB_128BE #06-11 p.196x, TBP#16x, OOL.B166x

TB#16x, GPB.243x, WOB.136x, SW_v04#14 p.239x, SW_v08#14 p.185x

almunajat.com [item 21], L. Slott

consolation and comfort; humility; meekness; lowliness; prayer for specific individuals; groups; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ROB4.240, BKOG.378, YMM.151, LL#061

BH00759

Lawh-i-Naqus (=Subhanaka Ya Hu)

1040

یا راهب الاحدیه اضرب علی الناقوس بما ظهر یوم الله و استوی جمال العز علی عرش

This is the garden of Paradise, wherein arise the anthems of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting; wherein ascend the soul-entrancing melodies

INBA36:466, BLIB_Or15706.083, , BLIB_Or15714.020,

AHM.141, AYT.100, NSR_1993.099, TSQA4.293, ABMK.040, OOL.B101, AMB#26, RMT.023

DOR#26, RBB.169-172, BLO_PT#122, BLO_PT#123, BLO_PT#124

Proclamatory tablet, with repeated refrain celebrating the name ‘He’, commemorating the twentiet …

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; monasticism; asceticism; nearness and remoteness; prayer for detachment; the Kingdom of God [Malakut]; transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB2.018, EBTB.130, BKOG.206, MMAH.103, GSH.071, LL#288

BH01966

Hur-i-'Ujab (The Wondrous Maiden)

450

قد طلع جمال القدس عن خلف الحجاب و ان هذا لشیء عجاب و انصعقت الارواح من نار

The hallowed Beauty shone resplendent from behind the veil. How wondrous a thing, how wondrous indeed!

INBA47:245b, INBA36:463a, BLIB_Or15706.122, , BLIB_Or15714.025,

AHM.153, AYT.251, AHB_120BE #03-06 p.001, OOL.B009, AMB#12

DOR#12, RBB.132-133, BLO_PT#145

L. Slott, R. Yazhari

Ecstatic poem announcing the appearance and unveiling of the Maid of Heaven, her announcement to the …

mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; mystical themes; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; symbolism; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ROB1.218, ROB1.211, MMAH.134, MMAH.232, LL#018, LL#042

BH01459

no title

590

ان یا قلم الابهی بشر اهل ملا الاعلی بما شق حجاب الستر و ظهر جمال الله عن هذا

Proclaim unto the celestial Concourse, O Pen of effulgent glory, that lo, the veil of concealment hath been rent asunder

INBA81:076, BLIB_Or15706.110, , BLIB_Or15714.001,

AHM.162, AHM.158, AYT.246, NSR_1993.111, ASAT1.075x, ASAT3.137x, ASAT4.400x, ASAT4.400x, AHB_120BE #02 p.040, AMB#07

DOR#07, GPB.154x

unknown, S. Jaberi

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#222

BH04444

no title

210

ذکر الله فی شجره الفراق ان یا ایها الاحباب فاصبرون ایاکم ان لاتغفلوا عن ذکرنا ثم

God hath spoken in the tree of separation: Be patient for me, O friends! Beware that ye be not careless

INBA65:098, INBA71:013b

AHM.212, TSBT.213

RBB.124, ADMS#020

Yosi & Shay

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love of God; meaning; importance of dreams and visions; personal instructions; presence of; reunion with God

LL#498

BH10840

no title

Prayers by Bahá'u'lláh, Some

عبادت را از ثمره وجود محروم منما و از بحر جودت قسمت عطا فرما توئی آن مقتدری که

O Lord! Deprive not Thy servants of the fruits of existence, and from the ocean of Thy bounty bestow their portion. Thou art verily He Who is the Omnipotent [3.5s]... ...My God, My Adored One! Deprive not Thy servants of the fruit of existence, and grant them their portion of the ocean of Thy generosity

INBA65:021a, INBA30:081, INBA81:011, NLAI_BH_AB.017a

AHM.307, DWNP_v1#01 p.007, AQMJ1.139a, ADH1.014

ADMS#089

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH04180

no title

220

این مظلوم لله آنجناب را دعوت مینماید امروز روزیست عظیم نیکوست حال نفسیکه

This Wronged One summoneth thee unto God. Great indeed is this Day. Blessed is the soul that [3.5s]

INBA65:027x, INBA30:083x, INBA81:012, NLAI_BH_AB.022x

AHM.324, DWNP_v5#11 p.001-002, AQMJ1.145x

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; service to others; to the Cause of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02355

Lawh-i-Irmighan

380

یا افنانی علیک بهائی افنانی علیه بهائی اراده نموده یک دریا لئالی حکمت و بیان

O My Afnán! Upon thee be My glory! My Afnán, upon whom resteth My glory, hath desired an ocean of pearls of wisdom and utterance [3.5s]

INBA65:033x, INBA30:086bx, INBA81:020a, NLAI_BH_AB.026

AHM.328, AQMJ1.148x, ADH1.020

consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of prayer; praise and encouragement

BH05630

no title

180

یک تجلی از تجلیات نیر علم از افق سماء معانی اشراق نمود کتب لاتحصی ظاهر و غیر

A single effulgence from among the effulgences of the Luminary of Knowledge hath shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of inner meanings, and countless books, both manifest and hidden, have appeared [3.5s]... ...My God, My Adored One! From Thee I came, and unto Thee have I returned. Illumine my heart

INBA65:025x, INBA30:082ax, INBA81:013a, NLAI_BH_AB.017b

AHM.330, AQMJ1.149x, AKHA_136BE #07 p.110

ADMS#053

M. Torki

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; knowledge; recognition of God; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07309

no title

140

همه عالم حق را دوست داشته و دارند کل باو مقبلند و خود را از او میدانند عاصی

All creation hath ever loved and continueth to love the Truth; all turn their faces toward Him and recognize themselves as being from Him, though they be wayward [3.5s]

INBA65:036x, INBA51:081b, INBA30:093x, INBA81:002, KB_620:074-075

AHM.333x, AQMJ1.151x

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07695

no title

130

شهادت میدهم بوحدانیت و فردانیت تو و باینکه از برای تو شبه و مثلی نبوده و

I testify to Thy oneness and singleness, and that no peer or likeness hath ever existed for Thee [3.5s]

INBA65:037, INBA30:088x, INBA81:019

AHM.334, AQMJ1.152

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Satan; the Evil One; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09598

no title

100

وجهم بانوار وجهت متوجه و قلبم بشطر عنایتت مقبل و از تو میطلبم عطای قدیمت و

My face is illumined by the lights of Thy Countenance, and my heart is turned toward the realm of Thy favor, and I beseech from Thee Thine ancient bounty [3.5s]

INBA65:041, INBA30:090x, INBA81:006a, NLAI_BH_AB.020

AHM.336, AQMJ1.153

creation of the world; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for prosperity; prayer for spiritual recognition

BH05712

no title

170

بینیاز میفرماید ای کنیز من و فرزند کنیز من ندایم را بشنو الحمد لله از رحمت

The Self-Sufficient One speaketh: O My handmaiden and daughter of My handmaiden! Hearken unto My call. Praise be unto God for His mercy [3.5s]

INBA65:044x, INBA30:092ax, INBA81:007b, BLIB_Or15695.164b, , NLAI_BH_AB.019x

AHM.338, DWNP_v6#06-7 p.001x, AQMJ1.155x, ADH1.129

knowledge; recognition of God; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; rejection, opposition and persecution; scarcity of receptive souls; service to others; to the Cause of God

BH04825

no title

200

لسان عظمت در جمیع احیان عباد را بکوثر حیوان دعوت نموده و مینماید و کتاب

The Tongue of Grandeur hath, at all times, summoned and continueth to summon the servants unto the living waters, and the Book [3.5s]

INBA65:045x, INBA30:092bx, INBA81:008

AHM.339, AQMJ1.156x, ADH1.096

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual transformation; symbolism; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01334

no title

640

حمد و ثنا مقصود یکتا را لایق و سزاست که بیک کلمه علیا اشیا را از عدم بحت

Praise and glorification beseemeth the One True Object of all desire, Who through a single exalted Word hath called all things into being from utter nothingness [3.5s]... ...My God, independent of all things, most generous and merciful, my Sovereign supreme! All are Thy servants

INBA65:047x, INBA30:094x, INBA81:009, BLIB_Or15703.085,

AHM.341x, DWNP_v5#12 p.001-002x, AQMJ1.157x, BCH.141, ADH1.022x

ADMS#144x

creation of the world; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10248

no title

حمد و ثنا سزاوار تست چه که از مشتی تراب خلقرا خلقفرمودی و گوهر بینش و دانش

Praise and glory befit Thee, for from a handful of dust Thou didst fashion creation and bestow the gem of insight and knowledge [3.5s]

INBA65:050, INBA30:095, INBA81:005

AHM.345, BSHN.045, MHT2b.006, AQMJ1.160, ADH1.024

creation of the world; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; the human soul; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02299

no title

390

یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه و الحاضر لدی العرش لله الحمد در سبیل الهی اعمال طیبه

O thou who art gazing upon My Visage and art present before this Throne! Praise be to the Lord that in His path, virtuous and sanctified deeds have been manifested. In the land of ‘Ayn and Shín

INBA65:055ax, INBA30:098ax, BLIB_Or15716.030.02,

AHM.346, AQMJ1.161ax, PZHN v1#2 p.006, ADH1.025, AKHA_133BE #18 p.610, TABN.247, RAHA.070-071x

RIDA.013-014x

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; love and unity; loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution

BH00079

no title

4890

لله درک یا من سمعت ندآء الحق و اقبلت الی الحق و اجبت الحق و شربت الرحیق ... ذکر استاد شهباز

Blessed art thou, O thou who hast hearkened unto the Call of Truth, turned unto Truth, answered Truth's call, and quaffed the choice Wine... mention of Master Shahbaz [3.5s]

INBA65:055bx, INBA30:098bx, BLIB_Or11097#075, , BLIB_Or15722.194x,

AHM.347x, AQMJ1.161bx, TAH.184x, MSBH5.459x

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; chastisement and requital; importance of reading the Sacred Writings; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH07261

no title

140

گواهی میدهم بوحدانیت و فردانیت تو و از تو میطلبم آنچه را که بدوام ملک و

O Thou Who art the All-Merciful, the Most Compassionate! I bear witness to Thy oneness and Thy singleness, and I seek from Thee that which shall last

INBA65:056, INBA30:099

AHM.348, AQMJ1.162, ADH1.095, AKHA_133BE #16 p.514

ADMS#073

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09205

no title

100

الهی الهی این عبد را از شر نفس و هوی حفظ فرما و بنور بر و تقوی مزین دار ای

O God my God! Protect this servant from the evil of self and passion, and illumine him with the light of righteousness and piety.

INBA65:058x, INBA30:100ax, INBA84:220.13

AHM.350x, AQMJ1.163x

ADMS#074

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for purity; chastity; servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH10992

no title

الها پروردگارا محبوبا مقصودا بتو آمده ام و از تو میطلبم آنچه را که سبب بخشش تو است توئی بحر جود و مالک

My God, my Provider, my Beloved, my Desire! Unto Thee have I come, imploring from Thee that which is conducive to Thy grace.

INBA65:059, INBA30:100b

AHM.351, DWNP_v6#05 p.001a, AQMJ1.164

ADMS#075

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; nearness and remoteness; prayer for forgiveness

BH02920

no title

310

یا بهرام روز دیدار آمد آفتاب قد اتی الوهاب میگوید و آسمان بقد اتی الرحمن... حمد و ثنا و شکر و بها ترا سزاست که گنج شناسائی

O Bahram! The Day of Meeting hath come! The Sun proclaimeth "The All-Bestowing hath appeared!" and the heaven declareth "The All-Merciful hath come!" [3.5s]... ...O Thou kind Lord, O King Who cometh to our aid! Unto Thee be praise and laudation, thanksgiving and glorification

INBA65:060x, INBA30:101x, BLIB_Or15722.103,

AHM.352x, YARP1.016, DWNP_v6#01 p.001-002x, AQMJ1.165x, MSBH4.446x

ADMS#076x

call to action; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition

BH08160

no title

120

توئی آنعلیمیکه هیچ امری از تو مستور نبوده و نخواهد بود و توئی آنخبیریکه از

Thou art He, the All-Knowing, from Whom no matter hath been nor shall ever be concealed, and Thou art the All-Informed, Who [3.5s]

INBA65:063, INBA51:002, INBA30:102, KB_620:281-281

AHM.355, AQMJ1.167

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH00226

no title

2640

الحمد لله الذی نور الابصار بمشاهده الانوار و انطق الالسن باعلی الاذکار فی نعت

Praise be to God Who hath illumined all eyes through beholding His lights and hath caused all tongues to voice the most exalted remembrances in praise [3.5s]

INBA18:304, INBA30:104ax, BLIB_Or15703.040x,

AHM.358x, AQMJ1.168bx, BCH.119x, ADH1.026x, AKHA_134BE #03 p.101x, ANDA#72 p.28x, YBN.145ax

call to action; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH06824

no title

150

یا جواد ایامیکه نور ظهور از افق عراق مشرق کل را بنعیق ناعقین اخبار نمودیم

O Javád! In the days when the Light of the Manifestation shone forth from the horizon of 'Iráq, We warned all through the clamoring of the deniers [3.5s]

INBA30:104bx

AHM.359, AQMJ1.169x

Greatest Name; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection by the people of the Bayan

BH04288

no title

220

ندایت باصغای مالک اسما فائز شد و آنچه عرض نمودی عبد حاضر لدی العرش معروض… بگو ای اله من و محبوب من و سیّد من و سند من

Thy call hath reached the hearing of the Lord of Names, and that which thou didst present hath been laid before the Servant, Who standeth in the presence of the Throne [3.5s]... ...Say: O my God, my Beloved, my Master, my Mainstay, the Object of my desire! My heart, my soul, and my tongue attest that Thou hast ever been one

INBA30:105x, BLIB_Or15710.225, , BLIB_Or15719.130b,

AHM.360x, AQMJ1.170x, BSHA.063, ADH1.131

ADMS#133x

praise and encouragement; prayer for forgiveness; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00768

no title

130

الها کریما رحیما بتو توجّه نموده‌ام و بحبل عنایتت متمسّکم و بذیل کرمت متشبّث

My God, the Most Generous, the Most Compassionate! I have turned my face unto Thee, holding fast to the cord of Thy loving-kindness

INBA30:106

AHM.362, AQMJ1.171, ADH1.093

ADMS#072

prayer for forgiveness; purpose; goal of creation; thankfulness; gratitude; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH08596

no title

120

یا محمود بگو الهی الهی کریما رحیما اینست بصر من امام وجه تو و از تو میطلبد

O Mahmud! Say: My God, my God, O Gracious, O Merciful One! This is my vision before Thy countenance, and from Thee it doth beseech [3.5s]

INBA65:039bx, INBA30:089bx, INBA81:003b

AHM.364, AQMJ1.172, AKHA_133BE #12 p.313

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for forgiveness; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH02951

no title

300

این مشت خاک را از اهتزاز کلمهٴ مبارکه منع منما و از حرارت محبت محروم مساز دریاهای عالم

Do not withhold from this handful of dust the vibrations of the blessed Word, nor deprive it of the warmth of love, O Ocean of the worlds [3.5s]

INBA65:051x, INBA30:096x

AHM.373x, DWNP_v6#04 p.001-002x, AQMJ1.179x, ADH1.088x

education of children; moral education; greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; thankfulness; gratitude; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; wisdom [hikmat]

BH05327

no title

180

ای کنیز من باین بیان که از مشرق فم رحمن اشراق نموده ناطق باش ای پروردگار من

O My handmaid! Be thou eloquent with this utterance which hath dawned from the horizon of the mouth of the All-Merciful, O My Lord [3.5s]

INBA30:108x, BLIB_Or15715.054d,

AHM.377, AQMJ1.185, ADH1.132

love of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for women

BH02023

no title

440

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی احب بکل لسان ادعوک و بکل بیان ارجوک و بکل قلب اذکرک

Magnified be Thy Name, O my God! I love to call on Thee with every tongue, to implore Thee with every utterance, to remember Thee with every heart

INBA30:118x

AHM.054, AQMJ1.022x, ASAT4.393x, ADH1.044

ADMS#118

knowledge; recognition of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH00133

no title

3730

Prayer for Illumination

اگر نفس ثابت راسخ مطمئن مستقیمی یافت شود و لوجه الله و حبه و رضائه بمثابه علم

If there be found a soul steadfast, firm, assured and upright, which, for the love of God and His good-pleasure, standeth even as a banner [3.5s]... ...Praise be unto Thee, O my God! I render Thee thanks for having rescued me from the abyss of self and passion, led me unto Thy straight path and Thy most great announcement

INBA15:219, INBA26:220, INBA30:112ax

AHM.065x, NSR_1993.021x, ABDA.331-343, ADH1.100x, AKHA_131BE #07 p.ax

GPB.190x, BLO_PT#067x, JHT_S#105x

chastisement and requital; consolation and comfort; exhortations and counsels; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; firmness in the Covenant; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00401

no title

1710

خادم مسکین متحیر و متفکر که چه ذکر نماید و که را وصف کند و ستایش گوید حق جل

This lowly servant, bewildered and deep in thought, wondereth what to utter, whom to describe, and how to render praise unto the All-Glorious [3.5s]

INBA15:429, INBA26:433

AHM.068, GHA.017.11, GHA.032ax, TSBT.011, MSHR5.113-114x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; power of prayer; praise and encouragement; prayer for forgiveness; rejection by the people of the Bayan; the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB4.299, LL#191, LL#230

BH00323

no title

2020

سبحان من انار افق البیان بشمس ذکره الاعظم الذی به ارتعدت فرائص الامم الذین

Glorified be He Who hath illumined the horizon of utterance with the Sun of His Most Great Remembrance, whereat the limbs of the peoples have trembled [3.5s]

INBA08:345, INBA97:103x, BLIB_Or15717.217,

AYI2.007x, AYI2.110x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; free will and predestination; fate; justice and wrath of God; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00201

no title

2810

ذکر حقیقی و ثناء معنوی اهل بها را لایق و سزاست که بهدایت کلمه علیا بافق اعلی

True remembrance and spiritual praise beseemeth the people of Bahá, who through the guidance of the Most Exalted Word have turned unto the Supreme Horizon [3.5s]... ...The children of Him Who is the Friend of God, and heirs of the One Who discoursed with God, who were accounted the most abject of men

INBA28:366

AYI2.153x, AYI2.154x, AYI2.155x, AYI2.156x, YMM.007

PDC.143x

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; wisdom [hikmat]

BH00599

no title

1270

حمد مقدس از ادراکات موجودات ساحت عز مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که جمیع عوالم

Sanctified praise, transcending the comprehension of all created things, befitteth the court of the glory of that Best-Beloved One, Who hath brought forth all the worlds [3.5s]... ...It is not permissible to solicit [Huquq]. If anyone offereth something of his own volition, thou mayest accept it, but it is not thine to demand anything from anyone

INBA27:013, BLIB_Or15732.218,

AYI2.177x, AYI2.178x, AYI2.179x

COC#1150x

call to action; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00430

no title

1640

حمد مقدس از انفاس عالمیان ساحت اقدس حضرت محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که جمیع الفاظ

Sanctified praise, transcending the breaths of all the worlds, befitteth the Most Holy Court of that Beloved One, unto Whom all words [3.5s]

INBA27:019, BLIB_Or15717.185,

AYI2.181x, AYI2.182x, AYI2.183x, AYI2.184x

heedlessness and ignorance of the people; knowledge; recognition of God; love of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00866

no title

940

الحمد لله الذی انزل الاحکام و جعلها حصنا لعباده و عله لحفظ بریته طوبی لمن

Praise be to God, Who hath sent down the laws and made them a fortress for His servants and a means for the preservation of His creation. Blessed is he who [3.5s]

INBA27:027, BLIB_Or15700.145, , BLIB_Or15711.224,

AYI2.185x, YMM.248x

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH06417

no title

150

الیوم یومیست که جمیع اشیا از نفحات بیان مالک اسما محظوظ و مسرورند و کل آفرینش

This is the Day wherein all things are enraptured and gladdened by the fragrant breaths of the utterance of the Lord of Names, and all creation [3.5s]

INBA27:454

AYI2.186

chastisement and requital; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; spiritual transformation

BH04416

no title

210

ایامیکه در کتب الهیه از قبل مسطور بود ظاهر و مشهود و صبح ظهور از افق اراده

The days that were inscribed in the divine Books aforetime have become manifest and evident, and the Morn of Revelation hath dawned from the horizon of divine Will [3.5s]

INBA23:010a, BLIB_Or15697.157, , BLIB_Or15722.178b,

AYI2.198

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH07549

no title

130

ای دوستان امانت بمثابه آفتاب جهانتاب است و آسمان او انسان و افقش قلب نیکو

O friends! Trustworthiness is even as the resplendent sun that illumineth the world, whose heaven is man and whose horizon is the pure heart [3.5s]

INBA19:019, INBA32:019a, INBA57:086, BLIB_Or15697.120b, , BLIB_Or15710.294c,

AYI2.203x, AHB_133BE #07-08 p.003, AKHA_133BE #12 p.a, AKHA_135BE #07 p.141

call to action; holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; the power of words; of speech; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH03969

no title

230

الحمد لله از بحر عرفان حضرت رحمن آشامیدید و از آفتاب محبت یزدان قسمت و نصیب

Praise be to God! Ye have drunk from the ocean of divine knowledge of the All-Merciful and received your portion from the sun of God's love [3.5s]

INBA57:085, BLIB_Or15710.291, , BLIB_Or15719.097b,

AYI2.205x

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

BH00639

no title

1190

الحمد لله الخالق الباری المصور المحیی الممیت الذی ما اتخذ لنفسه شبیها و لا

Praise be unto God, the Creator, the Originator, the Fashioner, the Quickener, the Slayer, Who hath taken unto Himself neither likeness nor peer [3.5s]

INBA28:465, BLIB_Or15727b.113, , BLIB_Or15732.254,

AYI2.221x

servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH02577

no title

340

الحمد لربنا الرحمن الذی جعل الفرقان نورا لاهل الامکان و انه لهی النعمه

Praise be unto our Lord, the All-Merciful, Who hath made the Qur'an a light for all the peoples of creation, and verily it is the grace [3.5s]

INBA28:445

AYI2.227x

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; praise and encouragement

BH08705

no title

110

انشاء الله بعنایت الهی از انوار تجلیات شمس حقیقت منور باشید امروز روزیست که

God willing, through divine providence, may ye be illumined by the effulgences of the Sun of Truth. This is a Day wherein [3.5s]

INBA15:285a, INBA26:287a, BLIB_Or15696.014a, , BLIB_Or15734.2.063c,

AYI2.231

spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00149

no title

3510

یا حبذا نامه رسید و عرف محبت محبوب عالمیان از او متضوع هر حرفش دفتری بود و هر

O how excellent! The letter arrived, perfumed with the fragrance of love for the Beloved of all worlds. Each letter thereof was as a volume, and every [3.5s]

INBA15:409, INBA26:412

AYI2.233x, AYI2.350x

praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity

ROB4.300, LL#192

BH10017

no title

نصایح الهیه مائده معنویه است که از سماء مشیت رحمانیه نازل شده باید احباء قدر

The divine counsels are a spiritual sustenance that hath descended from the heaven of the All-Merciful Will. The beloved must needs appreciate [3.5s]

INBA27:432

AYI2.236

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; exhortations and counsels; radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will

BH04993

no title

190

انشاء الله بعنایات الهیه و فیوضات رحمانیه فائز باشید و بمطلع اسماء الله ناظر الیوم بر

God willing, may ye, through the divine bestowals and the effusions of the All-Merciful, attain success and be turned in contemplation toward the Dawning-Place of the names of God [3.5s]

INBA19:453, BLIB_Or15719.066c,

AYI2.237x

contention and conflict; differences in human capacity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach; wisdom [hikmat]

BH00124

no title

3830

اشکو بثی و حزنی الی الله مالک الانام قد انقلبت الامور و اضطربت البلدان و ضعف

I pour out my grief and sorrow unto God, Lord of all mankind. Affairs have been overturned, lands thrown into turmoil, and weakened hath become [3.5s]... ...Moderation is indeed highly desirable. Every person who in some degree turneth towards the truth can himself later comprehend most of what he seeketh

INBA27:257, BLIB_Or15704.183, , Majlis210461.116-117x

AYI2.037x, PYK.104, MSHR2.101x, MMUH#14x

BRL_ATBH#26x, BRL_ATBH#48x, COC#1900x

eulogies; reminiscences; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00872

no title

940

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

لوح من لدنا و کتاب من عندنا الی من اقبل الی قبله الوجود و قطع البر و البحر

A Tablet from Our presence and a Book from Our realm unto him who hath turned his face unto the Qiblih of existence and hath traversed land and sea [3.5s]... ...O Friends! You must all be so ablaze in this day with the fire of the love of God that the heat thereof may be manifest in all your veins, your limbs and members of your body

INBA27:392, BLIB_Or15697.174b, , BLIB_Or15710.266,

AYI2.256x, AYI2.257x, QT108.118x, PYK.058

BRL_ATBH#24x, BRL_ATBH#27x, COC#1898x

divine attributes are within all things; every atom; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for spiritual recognition; presence of; reunion with God; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH09815

no title

چه مقدار از عباد و اماء که در شب و روز بتلاوت کتب الهیه و صحف ربانیه مشغول

How many servants and handmaidens there are who, night and day, occupy themselves with the recitation of divine Books and heavenly Scriptures [3.5s]

INBA27:453b, BLIB_Or15715.159a,

AYI2.258

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; importance of reading the Sacred Writings; literal interpretation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH08742

no title

110

ای محمود انشاء الله از سحاب رحمت مالک وجود و سلطان غیب و شهود دور نمانی و از

O Mahmud! God willing, mayest thou not remain remote from the clouds of mercy of the Lord of existence and the Sovereign of the unseen and the seen [3.5s]

INBA27:455a, BLIB_Or15715.158b,

AYI2.260

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; knowledge; recognition of God; life and death; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH09276

no title

100

ای امه الله انشاء الله بعنایت الهی و فیوضات ربانی در کل احوال از رحیق اطهر

O handmaid of God! God willing, through divine grace and heavenly bounties, mayest thou in all conditions partake of the most pure nectar [3.5s]

INBA27:463b, BLIB_Or15719.065d,

AYI2.261x, AYI2.335

personal instructions; praise and encouragement

BH05000

no title

190

ای علی انشاء الله بعنایت رحمانی لم یزل و لایزال در ظل سدره الهیه ساکن باشید و

O Ali! God willing, mayest thou, through the grace of the All-Merciful, dwell now and forever beneath the shade of the divine Lote-Tree [3.5s]

INBA19:407b, BLIB_Or11096#101, , BLIB_Or15710.075,

AYI2.262x

call to action; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; praise and encouragement; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH09550

no title

100

کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر و طرف اقدس بان ناظر و اول آن این کلمات مذکور الهی اگر کاس

Thy letter hath come before the Face, and the Most Holy Gaze hath beheld it, and at its outset these words were recorded: "O my God! If..." [3.5s]

INBA19:409b, BLIB_Or11096#199,

AYI2.263

consolation and comfort; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH08106

no title

120

ای امه الله الحمد لله از دریای عرفان الهی آشامیدی و بافق ظهور توجه نمودی و

O handmaiden of God! Praise be unto God that thou hast drunk from the ocean of divine knowledge and turned thy face toward the horizon of manifestation and [3.5s]

INBA18:327

AYI2.264

infinity and eternity; knowledge; recognition of God; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; soul; spirit after death; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach; thankfulness; gratitude

BH00265

no title

2400

لک الحمد یا الهی بما اظهرت امرک و انزلت آیاتک و ابرزت بیناتک و ایدت لاعلاء

All praise be unto Thee, O my God, for that Thou hast manifested Thy Cause, sent down Thy verses, revealed Thy clear tokens, and strengthened their exaltation [3.5s]

INBA27:246

AYI2.042x, AHB_129BE #07-08 p.017x, PYK.168, MYD.473x, YMM.469x

eulogies; reminiscences; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Hands of the Cause; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00293

no title

2180

حمد مقدس از ذکر و حدود مالک غیب و شهودیرا لایق و سزاست که افئده و قلوب اولیا

Sanctified praise, beyond all mention and limitation, beseemeth the Lord of the invisible and the visible, Who hath caused the hearts and souls of His chosen ones to be illumined [3.5s]... ...The Kitab-i-Iqan was revealed in 'Iraq especially for the honored Afnan, the illustrious Khal Akbar, upon him rest all My Glory. The details are thus

INBA31:093

AYI2.294x, AYI2.309x

GEN.287-288x

call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; unity; oneness of humanity

LL#177

BH06465

no title

150

ای امه الله مالک قدم از شطر سجن اعظم در کل احیان اهل امکان را بفردوس ابهی

O handmaiden of God! The Ancient Sovereign doth, from the direction of the Most Great Prison, at all times summon them that dwell in the realm of possibility unto the All-Glorious Paradise [3.5s]

INBA23:231a, BLIB_Or15710.150, , BLIB_Or15719.024a,

AYI2.043, QUM.023

equality of men and women; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; importance of prayer; knowledge; recognition of God; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00225

no title

2660

حمد مقدس از ذکر ممکنات ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودیرا لایق و سزاست که بمفتاح

Praise, sanctified above mention by all created things, befitteth and beseemeth the most holy and most exalted court of the Desired One, Who through the key [3.5s]

INBA27:001, INBA41:297ax

AYI2.017x, AYI2.018x, AYI2.180x, TSAY.469x

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; call to action; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; permission for visit; pilgrimage; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00162

no title

3290

حمد مولی الوری را لایق و سزاست که بکلمه علیا اهل ناسوت انشا را بافق اعلی دعوت

Praise befitteth the Lord of all beings, Who through His exalted Word hath summoned the dwellers of the earthly realm unto the highest horizon [3.5s]

INBA18:223

AYI2.340x, AHT.003

call to action; praise and encouragement; proclamation to people of the Bayan; rejection by the people of the Bayan; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05687

no title

170

ای امه الله هر عسیریرا یسری از عقب و هر اضطرابیرا اطمینان از پی و هر فراقرا

O handmaiden of God! After every hardship there cometh ease, after every agitation there followeth tranquility, and after every separation [3.5s]

INBA18:072

AYI2.359

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Manifestation of God as sun; material and spiritual existence; two books; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; presence of; reunion with God; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00572

no title

1310

حمد و ثنا اولیاء حق جل جلاله را لایق و سزاست که منقطعا عن العالم بر خدمت امر

Praise and glory befit the chosen ones of the True One, glorified be His majesty, who, detached from the world, have arisen to serve His Cause [3.5s]

INBA27:047

AYI2.372x

characteristics and conduct of true believers; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; praise and encouragement; prayer for specific individuals; groups; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH05727

no title

170

جنود عشق و محبت الهی بر وجود توجه نمود هر قلب را مقبل یافت مسخر نمود اخذش

The hosts of divine love and affection turned their gaze upon existence, and finding every heart receptive, conquered and took possession thereof [3.5s]

INBA33:063

AYI2.373x, AHB_131BE #09-10 p.002, YQAZ.210

love of God; permission for visit; pilgrimage; presence of; reunion with God; spiritual transformation

BH09659

no title

100

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of

یا صغیر السن کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر و مشاهده شد الحمد لله در اول ایام بکعبه

O thou who art young in years! Thy letter hath arrived before the divine Countenance and was perused. Praised be God, in the early days of thy life

INBA19:190b, INBA32:173b, BLIB_Or15719.075c,

AYI2.052

ADMS#286

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; knowledge; recognition of God; spiritual transformation

BH03643

no title

250

دوست لسانا دعوی دوستی نماید و فعلا مرتکب شود امری را که ضر آن بمحبوب راجع

If a friend with his tongue maketh claim of friendship, yet in deed committeth that which bringeth harm to the Beloved [3.5s]

INBA65:231, BLIB_Or03116.092, , BLIB_Or11096#072, , BLIB_Or15710.023,

AYI2.059x

chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH06362

no title

160

یا روبین حق مبین میفرماید امروز ربیع رحمن ظاهر و نهالهای جدیده که از ید تربیت

O Rubin! The Manifest Truth proclaimeth: Today the springtime of the All-Merciful hath appeared and fresh saplings have sprouted forth through the hand of cultivation [3.5s]

INBA27:417

AYI2.021x

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual springtime

BH00488

no title

1500

روحی لحبکم الفدآء دستخط آنمحبوب دل و جان رسید و در ملکوت بیان عرض شد فرمودند

My spirit be a sacrifice for your love! The handwriting of that Beloved of heart and soul arrived and was presented in the Kingdom of utterance, and He spoke forth [3.5s]

INBA22:258x

MJAN.174, AYBY.262ax, AYBY.262bx, ASAT4.275x, ASAT4.275x

corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; law of Huququ'llah; martyrs and martyrdom; rejection, opposition and persecution; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08354

no title

120

قد کنا جالسا علی الجبل حضر العبد الحاضر باسماء احبائی و نزلنا لکل واحد منهم ما

We were seated upon the mountain when the servant in attendance appeared with the names of My loved ones, and unto each one of them We revealed that which [3.5s]

INBA41:406, BLIB_Or15713.319, , BLIB_Or15715.331b,

LHKM1.101

personal instructions; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation

BH09703

no title

100

یا ملا الارض تالله قد تضوعت رائحه القمیص و انار افق الظهور و نطق مکلم الطور و

O concourse of the earth! By God, the fragrance of the Garment hath been diffused, the horizon of the Manifestation hath been illumined, and He Who spoke upon the Mount hath spoken forth [3.5s]

INBA41:159a, BLIB_Or15715.331e, , BLIB_Or15734.1.106b,

LHKM1.102a

chastisement and requital; consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH07308

no title

140

هل یری فی الارض من یسمع ندآء الله باذن الانصاف و العدل و هل یری من یتوجه الی

Is there to be found in all the earth one who hearkeneth unto the Call of God with the ear of justice and equity, and is there to be found one who turneth [3.5s]

INBA41:376, BLIB_Or15713.297a, , BLIB_Or15715.332a,

LHKM1.102b

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH05572

no title

180

یا امتی ان استمعی ندائی من شطر سجنی فی هذا الیوم الذی فیه اعرضت اماء الارض

O My handmaiden! Hearken unto My call from My prison on this Day wherein the handmaidens of the earth have turned away [3.5s]

INBA15:191, INBA26:191, BLIB_Or15713.222b,

LHKM1.106

proclamation to the people of the world; rejection, opposition and persecution

BH05290

no title

180

ان الیوم ینادی و یقول یا قوم قد ظهر مظهر الامر و به نفخ فی الصور

Verily, this Day proclaimeth and declareth: O people! The Manifestation of the Cause hath appeared, and through Him the Trumpet hath been sounded [3.5s]

INBA41:220, BLIB_Or15713.262b,

LHKM1.109

call to action; living waters; water of life; proofs of the Manifestations of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH07761

no title

130

قد فزت بکوثر الذکر مره بعد مره و این از فضلهای بزرگ الهی است امروز شان دوستان

Thou hast attained, time and again, unto the Kawthar of remembrance, and this is among God's great bounties bestowed upon His friends this day [3.5s]

INBA41:287, BLIB_Or15715.273e,

LHKM1.116

differences in human capacity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; service to others; to the Cause of God

BH07326

no title

140

یا اسمعیل بفرح اکبر فائز شدی و بسرور اعظم مزین چه که حق جل جلاله از شطر سجن

O Isma'il! Thou hast attained unto the most great joy and been adorned with supreme gladness, for the Truth, exalted be His glory, from the Prison [3.5s]

INBA41:213, BLIB_Or15715.274b,

LHKM1.117

personal instructions; praise and encouragement; principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH09693

no title

100

یا محمد قبل حسین آن سر مستسریکه در لوح محفوظ مکنون و مخزون بود در هیکل انسان

O Muhammad-Qablih-Husayn! That most enraptured Secret which lay concealed and treasured within the Preserved Tablet hath appeared in human form [3.5s]

INBA41:439a, BLIB_Or15715.330e,

LHKM1.118a

rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10085

no title

یا صادق آنکلمه مبارکه که جمیع عالم باو خلق شده حال ظاهر و من علی الارض را بحق

O Sadiq! That blessed Word through which all creation hath been brought into being is now made manifest and calleth all who dwell upon earth unto truth [3.5s]

INBA41:358, BLIB_Or15715.331c,

LHKM1.118b

steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07850

no title

130

مظلوم آفاق در لیالی و ایام خلق را بحق جل جلاله دعوت نموده و آنچه که سبب علو

The Wronged One of the horizons hath, throughout the nights and days, summoned mankind unto God, glorified be His majesty, and unto that which leadeth to exaltation [3.5s]

INBA41:154, BLIB_Or15715.275c,

LHKM1.120a

call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity

BH06470

no title

150

ای دوستان امروز نیر اعظم اهل عالم را بشارت میدهد

O friends! Today the Most Great Luminary giveth glad-tidings unto the people of the world [3.5s]

INBA41:418

LHKM1.131

chastisement and requital; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH04378

no title

210

امروز تجلیات انوار آفتاب حقیقت از افق سماء ظهور ظاهر و مشرق و نیر بیان من غیر

In this day the effulgent rays of the Sun of Truth shine forth from the horizon of the heaven of Manifestation, and the Luminary of utterance gleams resplendent, without peer [3.5s]

INBA65:053x, INBA30:097x, BLIB_Or15726.077,

LHKM1.144, AHM.344x, AQMJ1.159x, ADH1.130

knowledge; recognition of God; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for women; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02548

no title

350

کتاب یشهد فیه لسان الله مالک الوری و قلمه الاعلی لمن سمع حفیف سدره المنتهی فی

The Book wherein the Tongue of God, Lord of all beings, and His Most Exalted Pen bear witness unto him who hath hearkened to the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree [3.5s]

INBA19:062b, INBA32:058, BLIB_Or15730.085b,

LHKM1.154

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; praise and encouragement; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03621

no title

250

انشاء الله بعین قلب بافق اعلی ناظر باشی و بگوش جان ندای محبوب امکانرا استماع

God willing, mayest thou gaze with the eye of thy heart toward the Most Exalted Horizon, and with the ear of thy soul hearken to the call of the Best-Beloved of creation [3.5s]

INBA35:146, BLIB_Or15719.157b,

LHKM1.172, AKHA_116BE #09 p.247

importance of reading the Sacred Writings; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02197

no title

400

ای اهل سین قلم اعلی در سجن عکا بشما متوجه و بذکر شما مشغول این نیست مگر از

O people of China! The Most Exalted Pen in the Prison of 'Akká is turned towards you and is occupied with your remembrance. This is naught save [3.5s]

INBA35:148, BLIB_Or15719.144c,

LHKM1.174, MAS8.121ax, AYI2.397x

call to action; praise and encouragement; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH01717

no title

510

انشاء الله آنجناب بعنایت محبوب امکان در کل احیان ساقی رحیق مختوم باشند و حافظ

God willing, may your honor, through the loving-kindness of the Beloved of all possibility, be at all times the Bearer of the sealed wine [3.5s]

INBA35:149, BLIB_Or15719.063b,

LHKM1.176, AYI2.239x

call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; rejection, opposition and persecution; teaching the Cause; call to teach; universal education

BH05906

no title

170

هذا کتاب کریم نزل من لدن عزیز علیم انه لرحمه من عندنا و ذکری للعالمین یا قوم

This is a glorious Book sent down from the presence of the Mighty, the All-Knowing. Verily it is a mercy from Us and a remembrance unto all the worlds. O people [3.5s]

INBA44:157a

LHKM1.071

call to action; chastisement and requital; importance of prayer; praise and encouragement; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06563

no title

150

سبحان الذی نزل الحکم کیف شاء انه لهو الحاکم علی ما اراد یا احبائی ان اعملوا

Praise be unto Him Who hath revealed laws in accordance with His good-pleasure. Verily, He is sovereign over whatsoever He wisheth

INBA51:070, KB_620:063-064

LHKM1.073, GHA.036.11, GHA.045, GHA.046x

BRL_IOPF#1.13, KSHK#23

chastisement and requital; exhortations and counsels; law of fasting; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement

BH10063

no title

یا تقی اتق الله ربک ثم اذکره بما ارشدک و هداک الی صراطه المستقیم ان البهاء

O Taqi! Fear God, thy Lord, and make mention of Him through that which hath guided thee and directed thee unto His straight path. Verily, the Glory [3.5s]

INBA41:455, BLIB_Or15715.273c, , BLIB_Or15734.1.111a,

LHKM1.080a

chastisement and requital; idle fancies; lust and passion; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09140

no title

110

یا علی قد فزت بذکری من قبل انه یذکر من اقبل الیه و یسمع من ینطق بثنائه و یری

O Ali! Thou hast attained unto My remembrance aforetime. Verily, He remembereth whoso turneth unto Him, heareth him who voiceth His praise, and seeth [3.5s]

INBA41:416, BLIB_Or15715.272b, , BLIB_Or15734.1.104a,

LHKM1.081b

chastisement and requital; proclamation to the people of the world; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH10113

no title

یا محمود یذکرک مالک الوجود فی مقامه المحمود و یبشرک بعنایه الله العزیز الودود

O Mahmud! The Lord of existence maketh mention of thee from His glorious station, and announceth unto thee the glad-tidings of God's loving-kindness, the Mighty, the All-Loving [3.5s]

INBA41:167, BLIB_Or15715.274d, , BLIB_Or15734.1.114b,

LHKM1.082

consolation and comfort; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power of the Manifestation of God; thankfulness; gratitude

BH10897

no title

یا احمد قد اتی یوم القیام و الغافلون فی نوم عجیب قد ظهر السر المکنون و المعرضون

O Ahmad! The Day of Resurrection hath come to pass, and the heedless remain in a strange slumber. The hidden mystery hath been unveiled, yet the wayward turn aside [3.5s]

INBA41:436a, BLIB_Or15715.274c, , BLIB_Or15734.1.114a,

LHKM1.083a

chastisement and requital; day of Resurrection; Judgement; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; knowledge; recognition of God; praise and encouragement

BH07483

no title

130

ان افرح بما کنت مذکورا لدی العرش و مسطورا من قلمی الاعلی و قائما علی خدمه

Rejoice, inasmuch as thou art mentioned before the Throne and inscribed by My Most Exalted Pen, and art standing in service [3.5s]

INBA41:323, BLIB_Or15715.273f, , BLIB_Or15734.1.078a,

LHKM1.084

historical episodes and the lessons of the past; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH09160

no title

110

یا معشر الامم قد اتی مالک القدم باسمه الاعظم و یدعوکم الیه ان انتم من السامعین

O peoples of the nations! The Lord of Eternity hath come with His Most Great Name and summoneth you unto Him, if ye be of them that hearken [3.5s]

INBA41:145, BLIB_Or15715.330b, , BLIB_Or15734.1.105b,

LHKM1.098

call to action; proclamation to the people of the world; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH07138

no title

140

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی بالاسم الاعظم انه لمولی العالم طوبی لسمیع

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come with the Most Great Name is, verily, the Lord of all mankind. Blessed is he who hearkeneth [3.5s]

INBA41:142b, BLIB_Or15715.330c, , BLIB_Or15734.1.078b,

LHKM1.099

heedlessness and ignorance of the people; power of the Manifestation of God; proclamation to people of the Bayan

BH10081

no title

یا زینل یذکرک مالک العلل و سلطان الملل علی الجبل فضلا من لدنه ان ربک لهو

O Zayn! The Lord of Causes and Sovereign of Nations doth remember thee upon the Mountain, as a grace from His presence. Verily, thy Lord is He [3.5s]

INBA19:179a, INBA32:163a, BLIB_Or15715.330d, , BLIB_Or15734.1.105c,

LHKM1.100a, TSAY.196

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH09349

no title

100

ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز بانوار الایمان فی ایام ربه الرحمن و حضر اسمه تلقاء الوجه

A remembrance from Us unto him who hath attained unto the lights of faith in the days of his Lord, the Most Merciful, and whose name hath been presented before the Face [3.5s]

INBA41:409, BLIB_Or15715.331a, , BLIB_Or15734.1.106a,

LHKM1.100b

power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; thankfulness; gratitude; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06735

no title

150

کتاب نزل بالحق و یهدی الناس الی الصراط المستقیم الذی اظهره الله فی یومه

A Book sent down in truth and guideth mankind unto the straight path which God hath made manifest in His Day [3.5s]

INBA51:016b, KB_620:009-010

LHKM2.101

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment

BH06858

no title

150

یا فتح الله کتابت بلحاظ عنایت محبوب آفاق فائز و عبد حاضر تلقاء وجه آنچه در

O Fath'u'llah! Thy letter hath attained unto the glances of the Best-Beloved of the horizons, and this servant, present before His countenance, [that which] [3.5s]

INBA51:017, KB_620:010-010

LHKM2.102

Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition

BH06097

no title

160

ای فریدون الحمد لله از فضل الهی ببحر ایمان فائز شدی و بافق اعلی توجه نمودی ولکن

O Feridun! Praise be to God that through divine bounty thou hast attained unto the ocean of faith and turned thy face towards the Most Exalted Horizon. However [3.5s]

INBA51:018a, BLIB_Or15715.321a, , KB_620:011-011

LHKM2.103, YARP1.056c, GHA.004x, MAS4.033ax

honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; words vs deeds

BH07136

no title

140

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو لم یزل کان مقدسا عن الامثال و الاشباه و امر الکل

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He hath ever been sanctified above all similitudes and likenesses, and commandeth all things [3.5s]

INBA51:018b, KB_620:011-012

LHKM2.104

chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; rejection, opposition and persecution

BH06867

no title

150

یا محمد قبل حسن قلم اعلی در جمیع احیان بذکر دوستان مشغول الحمد لله نور مشرق و

O Muhammad-Qablí-Hasan! The Most Exalted Pen hath at all times been occupied with the remembrance of the friends. Praise be to God, the Light hath dawned [3.5s]

INBA51:025, BLIB_Or15697.242, , KB_620:018-019

LHKM2.105

heedlessness and ignorance of the people; knowledge; recognition of God; love of God; many are called but few are chosen; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH09419

no title

100

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی فی العالم انه هو الاسم الاعظم الذی

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath appeared in the world is, verily, the Most Great Name Who [3.5s]

INBA51:026a, BLIB_Or15734.1.118b, , KB_620:019-019

LHKM2.106

power of the Manifestation of God; station of the Manifestation of God

BH06697

no title

150

قلم اعلی بلسان پارسی احلی اهل انشا را بافق اعلی هدایت میفرماید طوبی از برای

The Most Exalted Pen, in the sweet Persian tongue, guideth them that are possessed of utterance unto the Most Sublime Horizon. Blessed be they who [3.5s]

INBA51:026b, BLIB_Or15715.358a, , KB_620:019-020

LHKM2.107

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; suffering and imprisonment

BH03921

no title

240

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی عبد من العباد لیجذبه الی مقر القرب و القدس و اللقا

This is an epistle from Our presence unto a servant among the servants, that he may be drawn unto the seat of nearness and sanctity and attainment [3.5s]

INBA51:027, BLIB_Or15719.019a, , BLIB_Or15722.124, , KB_620:020-021

LHKM2.108

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; prayer for spiritual recognition; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH04029

no title

230

سبحان الذی قد انزل النقطه فی ارض السرور و الکل بامره یعجبون قل انما الحق

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the Point in the land of joy, and all, at His bidding, are filled with wonder. Say: Verily, the Truth [3.5s]

INBA51:032b, KB_620:025-026

LHKM2.109

personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to people of the Bayan; prophecy and fulfillment

BH08516

no title

120

یا اهل الارض دعوا ما عندکم انه قد اتی بسلطان مبین لاینفعکم الیوم شیء الا

O peoples of the earth! Forsake that which ye possess, for He hath come with manifest sovereignty. Naught shall profit you this day save [3.5s]

INBA51:034a, KB_620:027-027

LHKM2.111

call to action; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; exhortations and counsels; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; proclamation to the people of the world; suffering and imprisonment

BH08779

no title

110

در جمیع احیان قلم رحمن بذکر دوستان مشغول بعضی شنیدند و بعمل بان فائز شدند و

At all times hath the Pen of the Most Merciful been occupied with the remembrance of His loved ones. Some have hearkened thereto and, through their deeds, have attained its bounties [3.5s]

INBA51:035, BLIB_Or15715.357c, , KB_620:028-029

LHKM2.112a

Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH04085

no title

230

هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق فی العالم و یدع الامم الی الله رب العالمین قل انا ارسلنا

This is the Book that speaketh with truth in the world and calleth the peoples unto God, the Lord of all worlds. Say: We have sent forth [3.5s]

INBA51:036, KB_620:029-030

LHKM2.112b, NSS.089

apocalyptic imagery; call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; prophecy and fulfillment; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH06719

no title

150

کتاب انزله مالک الرقاب لمن آمن بالله العزیز الوهاب انه یهدی العباد الی

The Book hath been sent down by the Lord of all necks unto him who hath believed in God, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. Verily, He guideth His servants unto [3.5s]

INBA51:039, KB_620:032-033

LHKM2.114

chastisement and requital; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement

BH04183

no title

220

آیا اهل ارض صریر قلم اعلی را نشنیده اند و بحفیف سدره منتهی فائز نگشته اند بگو

Have the peoples of the earth not hearkened unto the shrill cry of the Most Exalted Pen, nor attained unto the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree? Say [3.5s]

INBA51:040, KB_620:033-034

LHKM2.115

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; rejection, opposition and persecution; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07336

no title

140

یا امتی طوبی از برای اذن تو چه که در ایام الهی باصغاء کلمه یا امتی فائز شده

O My handmaiden! Blessed art thou, inasmuch as in these divine days thou hast attained unto the hearing of the word "O My handmaiden!" [3.5s]

INBA51:041, BLIB_Or15715.198a, , KB_620:034-035

LHKM2.116

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; importance of reading the Sacred Writings; praise and encouragement; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for prosperity; prayer for spiritual recognition

BH07727

no title

130

قد ارتفع النعیق و نعب الغراب و المغلون فی حیله و نفاق قد نبذوا کتاب الله عن

The clamor hath risen high and the raven hath croaked, and they that are steeped in deceit and hypocrisy have cast aside the Book of God [3.5s]

INBA51:042a, BLIB_Or15730.135a, , KB_620:035-035

LHKM2.117

chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment

BH04554

no title

210

هذا یوم فیه ظهرت الاسرار و جرت الانهار و نطق لسان العظمه فی سجن عکاء الملک و

This is the Day wherein the mysteries have been unveiled and the rivers have flowed, and the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken in the prison of 'Akká [3.5s]

INBA51:044, BLIB_Or15728.154b, , BLIB_Or15734.1.043a, , KB_620:037-038

LHKM2.118

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment

BH07593

no title

130

حضرت باری میفرماید در جمیع احیان عباد را بما یقربهم و ینفعهم آگاه نمودیم

The Lord of Glory saith: At all times We have apprised Our servants of that which shall draw them nigh unto Us and shall profit them [3.5s]

INBA51:049, KB_620:042-043

LHKM2.124

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; prophecy and fulfillment; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual transformation; transcending the material condition

BH05680

no title

170

انا وجدنا لام الکتاب لسانا ینطق بالحق و یدع الناس الی الله رب العالمین طوبی

Verily, We have found the Mother Book to possess a tongue that speaketh the truth and summoneth the people unto God, the Lord of the worlds. Blessed be [3.5s]

INBA51:053, KB_620:046-046

LHKM2.125

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power of the Manifestation of God; rejection by the people of the Bayan

BH06176

no title

160

سبحان الذی اظهر نفسه و انزل الکتاب ولکن الناس اکثرهم من الغافلین قد نبذوا

Glorified be He Who hath manifested Himself and sent down the Book, yet most among men remain heedless, having cast it aside [3.5s]

INBA51:059, BLIB_Or15715.012b, , KB_620:052-053

LHKM2.126

heedlessness and ignorance of the people; knowledge; recognition of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment

BH03099

no title

290

ذکر الله من شجره الامر قد کان حینئذ علی ابدع الالحان مرفوعا و انه لسر الاعظم بین

The remembrance of God from the Tree of Command was in that hour raised up with most wondrous melodies, and verily it is the Most Great Mystery between [3.5s]

INBA51:060, BLIB_Or15694.611, , KB_620:053-054, ALIB.folder18p410

LHKM2.127

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09185

no title

100

ا تحزن من شیء بعد الذی ادرکت البلایاء فی حبی و الرزایاء فی سبیلی فو عمری

Grieve not over any matter, after that which thou hast borne of tribulations in My love and calamities in My path. By My life [3.5s]

INBA51:061, KB_620:054-055, NLAI_BH1.069a

LHKM2.129

consolation and comfort; nearness and remoteness; praise and encouragement; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01239

no title

680

هذا کتاب من هذا العبد الی احباء الله الذین ابتلیهم الله بفراق الذی ماشهدت

This is an epistle from this servant to the beloved of God whom He hath tried with separation from Him Whom the eyes of existence have never beheld [3.5s]

INBA71:020, BLIB_Or15738.002,

LHKM2.013

consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; presence of; reunion with God; station of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment

BH05010

no title

190

بشنو ندای حسین را که مابین ارض و سما مرتفع گشته ای حسین ستارهای حقیقی

Hearken unto the call of Husayn which hath been raised betwixt earth and heaven: O Husayn, thou true star [3.5s]

INBA51:063, KB_620:056-056

LHKM2.130

justice and wrath of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH08711

no title

110

انوار یوم الهی عالم را منور نموده و آثار ظهور بعنایتش از جمیع جهات هویدا مع

The effulgent lights of the Divine Day have illumined the world, and the signs of His manifestation, through His gracious bounty, have become evident from all directions [3.5s]

INBA51:064a, BLIB_Or15715.334b, , KB_620:057-057

LHKM2.131

heedlessness and ignorance of the people; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH05657

no title

170

امروز حق جل جلاله بر عرش اعظم مستوی و جمیع ذرات از کل جهات بقد اتی مالک

In this day the True One, exalted be His glory, is seated upon the Most Great Throne, and all atoms from every direction proclaim "The Lord is come!" [3.5s]

INBA51:068a, KB_620:061-061

LHKM2.132

call to action; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; the power of words; of speech; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH08350

no title

120

قد ظهر کتاب الفجر و فیه رقم من القلم الاعلی الملک لمالک الوری و انه ینطق انه

The Book of Dawn hath appeared, and therein hath been inscribed by the Most Exalted Pen: sovereignty belongeth unto the Lord of all mankind, and verily it proclaimeth [3.5s]

INBA51:068b, BLIB_Or15734.2.021a, , KB_620:061-062

LHKM2.133

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; proofs of the Manifestations of God; prophecy and fulfillment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07719

no title

130

عریضه ات باصغاء مالک اسماء فائز نیکو است لسانیکه بذکر دوست یکتا ناطق شد و

Thy petition hath attained unto the hearing of the Lord of Names. Well is it with the tongue that speaketh in remembrance of the Peerless Friend [3.5s]

INBA51:072, KB_620:065-066

LHKM2.134

praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH09941

no title

قد نطق لسان غیبی فی جبروت عصمتی انه لا اله الا انا المهیمن علی العالمین

The Tongue of the Unseen hath spoken forth from the Kingdom of Mine inviolable sanctity: "Verily, there is no God but Me, the All-Compelling, the Lord of all worlds." [3.5s]

INBA51:074a, BLIB_Or15730.148e, , KB_620:067-067

LHKM2.135a

belief and denial; chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of the Manifestation of God; station of the Manifestation of God

BH09816

no title

حق جل جلاله لازال مظلومیت را دوست داشته و دارد لذا بر او وارد شده و میشود

God, exalted be His glory, hath ever loved and doth love tribulation; thus it hath descended, and continueth to descend, upon Him [3.5s]

INBA51:075, KB_620:068-069

LHKM2.137a, MAS4.350a

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment

BH04655

no title

200

انا نزلنا مره ما لایعرفه احد الا من شاء الله و فی مقام نزلنا الایات علی شان

Verily, We have revealed that which none knoweth save whom God willeth, and in a certain station have We revealed verses in such manner [3.5s]

INBA51:079, INBA84:154b, INBA84:086b, INBA84:027b.06, KB_620:072-073

LHKM2.137b

call to action; chastisement and requital; consolation and comfort; modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; praise and encouragement; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08561

no title

120

یا عبد ان اشکر الله ربک بما حضر اسمک لدی الوجه و توجه الیه لحاظ ربک العلیم

O servant! Give thanks unto God, thy Lord, inasmuch as thy name hath been present before His Countenance and the gaze of thy Lord, the All-Knowing, hath been directed towards thee [3.5s]

INBA51:080, INBA84:155, INBA84:087, INBA84:028a.02, BLIB_Or15696.060d, , KB_620:073-074

LHKM2.139

high station of the true believer; justice and wrath of God; praise and encouragement; thankfulness; gratitude; wisdom [hikmat]

BH02707

no title

330

هذا کتاب من الله الی الذی آمن بربه و اهتدی بهدی الروح و کان من المهتدین فی

This is a Book from God unto him who hath believed in his Lord, who hath been guided by the Spirit's guidance, and hath been numbered among the rightly guided [3.5s]

INBA51:082, KB_620:075-076

LHKM2.140

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH02793

no title

320

کتاب من لدنا لمن تضوع من ذکره عرف محبه ربه العلیم الخبیر لیجذبه بیان الرحمن

The Book from Our presence is unto him from whom hath been wafted the fragrance of his remembrance of his Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed, that the utterance of the All-Merciful may draw him [3.5s]

INBA51:084, KB_620:077-078

LHKM2.142

corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; firmness in the Covenant; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; station of the Manifestation of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH07945

no title

130

یا خیرالله مظلوم عالم از ملکوت الله ترا ندا مینماید و میفرماید کتابت حاضر و

O Khayrullah! The Wronged One of the world calleth unto thee from the Kingdom of God and saith: Thy letter hath arrived and [3.5s]

INBA51:088, KB_620:081-082

LHKM2.144

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02673

no title

330

ان یا عبد قبل کریم ان استمع ندآء الکریم اذ توجه الیک وجه القدم من هذا المنظر

O servant named Karím! Hearken unto the call of the All-Bountiful, as the Countenance of the Ancient of Days hath turned towards thee from this exalted spot [3.5s]

INBA51:089, BLIB_Or11095#315, , KB_620:082-083

LHKM2.145

power of the Manifestation of God; rejection by the people of the Bayan; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; suffering and imprisonment

BH06557

no title

150

سبحان الذی اظهر نفسه لمن فی العالم و انطقه بما هو المسطور فی لوح حفیظ انه

Glorified be He Who hath manifested Himself unto all who are in the world and caused it to speak forth that which is inscribed in a guarded Tablet. Verily He [3.5s]

INBA51:090, KB_620:083-084

LHKM2.147

call to action; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH06490

no title

150

بحر العرفان ینطق فی قطب الامکان و یدع الکل بالروح و الریحان الی الرحمن ولکن

The Ocean of Divine Knowledge speaks forth from the Pole of Contingent Being, summoning all with spirit and fragrance unto the All-Merciful, yet [3.5s]

INBA51:091, KB_620:084-085

LHKM2.148

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08383

no title

120

قلم اعلی یکی از اماء را ذکر مینماید تا بسرور اکبر و فرح اعظم بحمد مالک قدم

The Most Exalted Pen maketh mention of one of the handmaidens, that she may, with supreme joy and utmost gladness, praise the Lord of Pre-existence [3.5s]

INBA51:105a, KB_620:098-089

LHKM2.150

Manifestation of God as sun; praise and encouragement; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

BH05624

no title

180

یا ورقتی علیک بهائی و عنایتی امروز روز ظهور است و مکلم طور بر عرش بیان مستوی

O My Leaf! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. This is the Day of Revelation, and He Who conversed on Sinai is established upon the throne of utterance [3.5s]

INBA51:112b, KB_620:105-106

LHKM2.151, KHAF.281, MATA.258-259

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; prayer for spiritual recognition; rejection, opposition and persecution; station of the Manifestation of God; thankfulness; gratitude

BH09589

no title

100

هذا کتاب من لدنا لقوم یفقهون انه ما من اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر کل له

This is a Book from Our presence unto a people who understand. Verily, there is no God but Him - His is all creation and command; all are His [3.5s]

INBA51:117a, BLIB_Or15696.064a, , KB_620:110-110

LHKM2.152

belief and denial; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God; two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

BH03840

no title

240

Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

ذکری عبدی الذی اقبل الی قبله الوفاء و وفی بمیثاق ربه العزیز المنان لیلهمه

Remember thou My servant who hath turned toward the Qiblih of faithfulness and fulfilled the Covenant of his Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower, that He may inspire him [3.5s]... ...He, verily, will aid everyone that aideth Him, and will remember everyone that remembereth Him. To this beareth witness this Tablet that hath shed the splendor of the loving-kindness of your Lord

INBA51:117b, BLIB_Or11095#252, , KB_620:110-111

LHKM2.153

COC#1646x, ADJ.075-076x

Hands of the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04684

no title

200

تبارک الذی یدع العباد الی شطر عنایته بعد الذی کان غنیا عن العالمین یشهد کل

Blessed is He Who summoneth His servants unto the shores of His loving-kindness, though He, verily, hath ever been independent of all worlds [3.5s]... ...the mysteries of wisdom and of utterance to flow out of his mouth

INBA51:118, BLIB_Or11095#183, , KB_620:111-112

LHKM2.154

ADJ.046x, PDC.179x

belief and denial; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; knowledge; recognition of God; love of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08921

no title

110

قد تنادی السدره انه لا اله الا انا العزیز الحکیم و تصیح الصخره انه لا اله

The Tree doth call aloud: "There is none other God but He, the Almighty, the All-Wise!" and the Rock doth cry out: "There is none other God..." [3.5s]

INBA51:119, KB_620:112-113

LHKM2.156

praise and encouragement; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01967

no title

450

قد قدر لکل امر میقات اذا جاء اجله یاتی بالحق و لامرد له کذلک قدر فی لوح

It hath been ordained that every matter shall have its appointed time. When its destined hour cometh, it shall appear with truth, and none can avert it. Thus hath it been decreed in the Tablet [3.5s]

INBA51:121, BLIB_Or11095#081, , KB_620:114-116

LHKM2.157

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; mystical themes; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

BH05733

no title

170

حمد کن خداوند بی مانند را که کاس عطا را از ایادی الطاف آشامیدی و بان فائز

Praise be to the peerless Lord, that thou hast quaffed from the chalice of bounty through the hands of divine favors and attained thereunto [3.5s]

INBA51:124, BLIB_Or11096#146, , BLIB_Or15696.034d, , BLIB_Or15734.2.118a, , KB_620:117-118

LHKM2.161

living waters; water of life; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH03659

no title

250

سبحان الذی رفع بقدرته رایه انی انا الله علی کل جبل باذخ منیع ثم استوی بکلمه

Glorified be He Who through His power hath raised up the banner proclaiming "I, verily, am God" upon every lofty and impregnable mountain, then established His sovereignty through His Word [3.5s]

INBA51:126, KB_620:119-120

LHKM2.163, KHAF.048

firmness in the Covenant; justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment

BH04820

no title

200

کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله رب العالمین انه یعرف الناس مطلع الالهام و یهدیهم

The Book which hath been sent down in truth from before God, the Lord of all worlds. Verily, it maketh known unto men the Dawning-Place of divine inspiration and guideth them [3.5s]... ...Say: He hath appeared with that Justice wherewith mankind hath been adorned, and yet the people are, for the most part, asleep

INBA51:127, KB_620:120-121

LHKM2.164

ADJ.027x

heedlessness and ignorance of the people; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06203

no title

160

شمس کلمه از افق مشیت رحمانیه بانوار بدیعه منیعه مشرق و ظاهر بعضی از عباد

The Sun of the Word hath dawned from the horizon of the All-Merciful's Will with wondrous and sublime effulgence, manifest unto certain among His servants [3.5s]

INBA51:137, BLIB_Or15710.103, , BLIB_Or15726.050, , KB_620:130-131

LHKM2.166

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power of love; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06166

no title

160

ذکر من لدی المظلوم الذی سجن فی سبیل الله رب العالمین انه ینادی باعلی الندآء

A remembrance from the Wronged One, Who was imprisoned in the path of God, the Lord of all worlds - verily, He calleth with the most exalted call [3.5s]

INBA51:142a, KB_620:135-135

LHKM2.167

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment

BH07461

no title

130

الحمد لله الذی جعل عله حیوه العالم ما جری من قلمه الاعلی و اظهر ما ابیضت به

All praise be unto God Who hath ordained that which floweth from His Most Exalted Pen as the life-force of the world, and hath manifested that whereby it hath been illumined [3.5s]

INBA51:142b, KB_620:135-136

LHKM2.168

chastisement and requital; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; praise and encouragement; prophecy and fulfillment; suffering and imprisonment

BH05020

no title

190

حضرت بیچون از چند و چون مقدس و مبریست دوئی وصف یکی نداند و از عهده ذکر برنیاید

The Incomparable Lord is sanctified and exalted beyond all manner and description. Duality knoweth not how to describe His oneness, nor can utterance fulfill His remembrance [3.5s]

INBA51:145a, KB_620:138-138

LHKM2.170

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01434

no title

600

حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که بجنود

Praise, sanctified beyond all mention and utterance, befitteth and beseemeth the most sacred and most holy court of the Beloved One, Who through His hosts [3.5s]

INBA51:145b, KB_620:139-141

LHKM2.171

personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the power of words; of speech

BH03406

no title

270

یا اباالحسن مالک سر و علن از شطر سجن بتو توجه نموده و ترا ذکر مینماید طوبی

O Abu'l-Ḥasan! The Lord of the seen and unseen hath turned toward thee from this Prison-land and maketh mention of thee. Blessed art thou [3.5s]

INBA51:148, KB_620:141-142

LHKM2.174

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; love of God; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH05781

no title

170

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی بالحق انه لسماء الکرم للامم و الایه

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come with the truth is verily the heaven of bounty unto all nations and the Sign [3.5s]

INBA51:157, KB_620:150-150

LHKM2.182

heedlessness and ignorance of the people; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09761

no title

ان یا عبدالله اسمع ندآء هذا الطیر حین الذی انقطعت عن کل من فی السموات و

O servant of God! Hearken unto the call of this Bird at the time when He hath detached Himself from all who are in the heavens and [3.5s]

INBA71:009a

LHKM2.185a

spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; thankfulness; gratitude; wisdom [hikmat]

BH05396

no title

180

سبحان الذی یهدی من یشا و انه لهو الفرد العزیز القیوم یظهر لمن یشاء ما یشاء و

Praise be unto Him Who guideth whomsoever He willeth, and Who is verily the Incomparable, the All-Glorious, the Self-Subsistent. He doth verily reveal unto whomsoever He willeth whatsoever He pleaseth

INBA36:154, INBA71:325a

LHKM2.185b

JHT_B#006

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; thankfulness; gratitude

BH02418

no title

370

هذا لوح قد انزله الله حینئذ بالحق و جعله حجه للعالمین و انه بنفسه لکتاب مبین

This is a Tablet which God hath, in truth, sent down at this time and made it a proof unto all the worlds, and verily it is in itself a perspicuous Book [3.5s]

INBA36:016, INBA71:173, BLIB_Or15696.143d,

LHKM2.020, RSBB.025

idle fancies; lust and passion; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01596

no title

550

هذا کتاب الله العلی المقتدر الکریم الی الله العزیز السلطان الممتنع المنیع و

This is the Book of God, the Most Exalted, the All-Powerful, the Most Generous, unto God, the Mighty, the Sovereign, the Inaccessible, the All-Glorious [3.5s]

INBA36:018, INBA71:175, BLIB_Or15696.117,

LHKM2.022, RSBB.024, YMM.218x

proclamation to people of the Bayan; rejection by the people of the Bayan; suffering; rejection of Christ

BH08686

no title

110

ان یا محمد قم علی خدمه الله و امره و کن لهیب الحمراء لاعداء جمالی الابهی و

O Muhammad! Arise to serve God and His Cause, and be as a blazing flame unto the enemies of My Most Glorious Beauty [3.5s]

INBA81:089, BLIB_Or03114.069,

LHKM2.235

call to action; chastisement and requital; importance of prayer; personal instructions; praise and encouragement

BH00677

no title

1130

ذلک الکتاب لا ریب فیه تنزیل بالحق من لدن حکیم خبیرا و یهدی الناس الی جوار

This is the Book, wherein there is no doubt, sent down in truth from the presence of One Who is All-Wise, All-Informed, guiding mankind unto nearness [3.5s]

INBA19:023, INBA32:023, INBA36:020, INBA71:177

LHKM2.026, RSBB.021

blind imitation [taqlid]; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; prayer for tests and difficulties; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08954

no title

110

قل سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تسمع صریخ المشتاقین فی البعد و الفراق و ضجیج

Say: Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou hearest the cry of them that long for Thee in their remoteness and separation, and the lamentation [3.5s]

INBA48:206a, INBA49:060a, INBA92:198, BLIB_Or15739.348,

LHKM2.318, AQMJ1.054

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; prayer for nearness to God

BH02202

no title

400

تبارک الذی له ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض و کل له عابدون و له ما خلق و یخلق

Blessed is He unto Whom belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and all are His worshippers, and unto Him belongeth that which He hath created and createth [3.5s]

INBA36:028, INBA71:186

LHKM2.037, RSBB.017

call to action; chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; station of the Manifestation of God

BH01483

no title

580

تلک آیات الله الملک المتعالی القادر المقتدر العزیز المحبوب و یذکر الناس فی

These are the verses of God, the King, the Most Exalted, the All-Powerful, the Almighty, the Glorious, the Best-Beloved, Who remembereth the people in [3.5s]

INBA36:031, INBA71:189

LHKM2.042, RSBB.015

chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00507

no title

1460

ای حبیب من دنیا را قراری نه و وفائی نیست و صاحبان افئده نباید در این ایام

O My beloved! The world hath neither permanence nor fidelity, and they who possess hearts should not in these days [3.5s]

INBA38:005b, INBA65:279, BLIB_Or15722.235, , NLI.32p011v

LHKM2.005, PYB#148 p.03x, TABN.205-208, YMM.346x

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; humility; meekness; lowliness; spiritual springtime; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH04510

no title

210

کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن حضر کتابه لدی المظلوم اذ کان بین ایدی المشرکین الذین

A Book sent down by the All-Merciful unto him who presented his missive to this Wronged One at a time when he was in the hands of the ungodly [3.5s]

INBA51:008, KB_620:001-002

LHKM2.091

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power of prayer; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment

BH06278

no title

160

کتاب نزل اذ کان المظلوم فی حزن مبین قد حبس الظالمون اولیائی فی الطاء و فی دیار

This is a Book sent down when the Wronged One was in manifest sorrow, for the oppressors had imprisoned My loved ones in Ṭá and in diverse lands [3.5s]

INBA51:009, KB_620:002-003

LHKM2.093

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; suffering and imprisonment

BH04719

no title

200

ذکر من لدنا لمن ذکرناه من قبل لیفرح و یکون من الشاکرین یا فریدون انا ذکرناک

A remembrance from Our presence unto him whom We mentioned before, that he might rejoice and be numbered among the thankful ones. O Faridun! We have remembered thee [3.5s]

INBA51:011, BLIB_Or15713.225a, , KB_620:004-005

LHKM2.095

importance of reading the Sacred Writings; justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH10181

no title

ان یا قلم نریک تحب الاختصار فی الالواح ای و نفسک یا ربی المختار لو اذن واعیه

O Pen! We behold Thee inclining towards brevity in the Tablets. Yea, by Thy Self, O My chosen Lord, if there be ears to hearken [3.5s]

INBA51:012, BLIB_Or15696.071e, , KB_620:005-005

LHKM2.097a, AKHT1.363

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; praise and encouragement; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02959

no title

300

حمد حضرت مقصودی را سزاست که از قطره مکنونه در کلمه علیا عالم را بحیات تازه

Praise befitteth the Desired One, Who through the Hidden Drop enshrined within the Most Exalted Word hath endowed the world with new life [3.5s]

INBA51:013, KB_620:006-007

LHKM2.097b

goodly deeds; actions; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03208

no title

280

چند یومیست که کوم الله مقر عرش واقع شده و این آن مقامیست که در کتب قبل مذکور

For several days hath the divine Pavilion become established as the Seat of the Throne, and this is that station which was mentioned in the former Books [3.5s]

INBA51:014, KB_620:007-008

LHKM2.099, MAS4.218ax

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; light and darkness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places

BH02419

no title

370

هذه ورقه من لدنا الی التی ایقنت بالله و سمعت ندآئه و عرفت نفسه و اقبلت الیه و

This is a Leaf from Our presence unto her who hath believed in God, hearkened unto His call, recognized His Self, and turned her face towards Him [3.5s]... ...thy letter hath been presented before the Throne, and the glance of thy Lord, the Most High, the Most Great, hath been turned thereto.

INBA51:255, BLIB_Or11095#197, , KB_620:248-250

LHKM3.105

LTDT.056x

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for nearness to God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

BH02167

no title

410

هذا کتاب من لدی الوهاب الی من آمن بالله رب الارباب و فاز بالبحر الاعظم اذ ماج

This is a Book from the All-Bountiful unto him that hath believed in God, the Lord of Lords, and hath attained unto the Most Great Ocean when it surged [3.5s]

INBA51:395, INBA49:359, BLIB_Or11095#105,

LHKM3.108

Greatest Name; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; prophecy and fulfillment; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02531

no title

350

سبحان الذی بیده ملکوت کلشیء یسبح له الرعد من خشیته و السحاب من عظمته لا اله

Glorified be He in Whose grasp lieth the dominion of all things, before Whom the thunder praiseth Him in fear and the clouds in His grandeur. There is no God but Him [3.5s]

INBA51:443b, BLIB_Or15725.127,

LHKM3.110

apocalyptic imagery; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH01813

no title

490

سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و جعلها هدی و ذکری للعالمین و بها عرف العباد نفسه

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and made them a guidance and remembrance unto all the worlds, and through them hath enabled His servants to know Him [3.5s]

INBA51:593, BLIB_Or15694.300, , ALIB.folder18p339

LHKM3.114, RSR.114bx

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01891

no title

470

یا ایها المتغمس فی الخلیج المنشعب من البحر الاعظم و الناظر الی الافق اللائح

O thou who art immersed in the gulf that brancheth from the Most Great Ocean and who gazeth upon the luminous horizon [3.5s]

INBA51:622, BLIB_Or11095#104,

LHKM3.117

all things are in motion; kinds of motion; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; spiritual transformation; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00899

no title

910

شهد الله لنفسه بنفسه باننی انا حی فی افق الابهی اذا یشهد نفسی و ذاتی و کینونتی

God beareth witness unto His Own Self, through His Own Self, that verily I am alive in the Most Glorious Horizon, whereupon My Self, My Being and My Essence do bear witness [3.5s]

INBA51:297, INBA49:341, BLIB_Or15694.372, , ALIB.folder18p246

LHKM3.014

banishment to; life in Baghdad; rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; rejection, opposition and persecution; self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; suffering and imprisonment

BH02888

no title

310

کتاب انزله الرحمن لیجذب افئده العباد الی افق منه اشرقت شمس العرفان امرا من

The Book hath been sent down by the All-Merciful to draw the hearts of His servants unto the horizon whence hath shone forth the Sun of divine knowledge, by His command [3.5s]

INBA51:205, BLIB_Or15716.013.23, , BLIB_Or15728.012b, , BLIB_Or15734.1.026, , KB_620:198-199

LHKM3.125, AKHA_120BE #08-09 p.a

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; call to action; chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of prayer; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH06274

no title

160

کتاب من لدنا لقوم اتبعوا ما نزل من لدی الله المقتدر القدیر یذکر فیه امائه

A Book from Our presence unto those who follow that which hath been revealed from God, the Omnipotent, the Almighty, wherein mention is made of His handmaidens [3.5s]

INBA18:366, INBA51:261, BLIB_Or15696.187c, , KB_620:254-255

LHKM3.128

call to action; chastisement and requital; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH03796

no title

240

انا نذکر من انجذب من الندآء اذ ارتفع من الافق الاعلی و اقبل الی الله رب

We make mention of him who hath been attracted by Our Call when it was raised from the summit of transcendent glory

INBA51:327, BLIB_Or15713.130, , BLIB_Or15715.267b,

LHKM3.129, TBP#17g

TB#17g

call to action; praise and encouragement; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; suffering and imprisonment

BH03439

no title

270

ینادی المناد فی کل الاحیان یا عباد الرحمن ان اسرعوا بالقلوب الی شطر المحبوب

The Herald calleth out at all times: "O ye servants of the Most Merciful! Hasten with your hearts toward the Beloved." [3.5s]

INBA51:346, BLIB_Or11095#184,

LHKM3.130

justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; presence of; reunion with God; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; suffering and imprisonment

BH02984

no title

300

Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی من سماء الامر انه لهو الغیب المکنون و

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him and that He Who hath come from the heaven of divine revelation is the Hidden Secret

INBA51:369, BLIB_Or15713.118,

LHKM3.132, TBP#17a

TB#17a

call to action; station of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

LL#058

BH03657

no title

250

سبحان الذی انزل الایات و فتح بها ابواب العرفان علی من فی الامکان تعالی

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses and through them hath opened wide the gates of divine knowledge unto all who dwell in the realm of possibility. Exalted be He [3.5s]

INBA51:383

LHKM3.134

call to action; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04044

no title

230

قد توجه کل الاشیاء الی الله فاطر السماء ولکن الناس اکثرهم من المبعدین قد

All things have indeed turned unto God, the Creator of heaven, yet most men remain far removed [3.5s]

INBA49:329, BLIB_Or11095#299,

LHKM3.135

call to action; chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04270

no title

220

کتاب مرقوم من قلم الله المهیمن القیوم و لوح مسطور من ای یراعه من یراعه الله

The Book inscribed by the Pen of God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, and the Tablet traced by the Supreme Pen—the Pen of God [3.5s]

INBA51:386, BLIB_Or15713.148,

LHKM3.138

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; personal instructions; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02941

no title

300

ان یا عبد ان استمع ندآء الله مالک القدم من شطر سجنه الاعظم لعمری لو یفوز من

O servant! Hearken unto the Call of God, the Lord of Eternity, from the precincts of His Most Great Prison. By My life! Should one [3.5s]

INBA51:405

LHKM3.140

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; importance of reading the Sacred Writings; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04487

no title

210

قد حضر لدی العرش کتاب احد من افنانی الذی اقتبس من مشکوه البیان و فاز بالعرفان

There hath appeared before the Throne the letter of one of Mine Afnán, who hath drawn from the Lamp of Utterance and attained unto true knowledge [3.5s]

INBA51:466b

LHKM3.144

call to action; knowledge; recognition of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment

BH03461

no title

260

ان یا قلم الامر ان اذکر من اقبل الی المنظر الاکبر لتجذبه نفحات الایات الی

O Pen of Command! Make mention of the one who hath turned towards the Most Great Scene, that the fragrances of the verses may draw him unto [3.5s]

INBA51:502, BLIB_Or11095#130,

LHKM3.146

prophecy and fulfillment; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment

BH04492

no title

210

قد ماج بحر البیان بما هاج عرف حبک لله رب العالمین قل یا ملا الارض تالله انه

The ocean of utterance hath surged in response to the stirring fragrance of thy love for God, the Lord of all worlds. Say: O concourse of the earth, by God! verily He [3.5s]

INBA51:503, BLIB_Or15716.127b,

LHKM3.147

forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; humility; meekness; lowliness; knowledge; recognition of God; power of prayer; praise and encouragement; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God

BH03773

no title

250

Tablet of Consolation

یعزیکم الله بفضل من عنده انه لهو المعزی العلیم الحکیم لا تحزن فی ابیک انه صعد الی الله

God consoles you as a token of His grace, and He is, in truth, the Comforter, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise

INBA51:505x

LHKM3.148x

BLO_PT#110, JHT_B#007

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; soul; spirit after death

BH03282

no title

280

یا ابرهیم علیک بهاء هذا النبا العظیم الذی به انجز الله وعده و اظهر سلطانه و

O Ibrahim! Upon thee be the glory of this mighty Announcement, through which God hath fulfilled His promise and manifested His sovereignty [3.5s]

INBA51:510, BLIB_Or15695.139,

LHKM3.150

divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Moses; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03864

no title

240

قد ارتفع ذکر المختار من سدره النار عند مطلع الانوار انه لا اله الا انا

The mention of the Chosen One hath been raised from the Lote-Tree of Fire at the Dawning-Place of Lights - verily, there is no God but Me [3.5s]

INBA51:590

LHKM3.155

knowledge; recognition of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of prayer; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH03254

no title

280

قد سمعنا ندائک و ما ذکرت به مذکور العالمین و وجدنا من کتابک عرف حبک مولیک

We have hearkened unto thy call and that which thou hast mentioned unto Him Who is the Remembrance of the worlds, and from thy letter have We perceived the fragrance of thy love for thy Lord [3.5s]

INBA51:591, BLIB_Or11095#311,

LHKM3.156

knowledge; recognition of God; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH04259

no title

220

قد فاز کتابک بمحضر ربک الفیاض و توجه الیه وجه القدم فضلا من عنده انه لهو

Verily thy book hath attained unto the presence of thy Lord, the All-Bountiful, and the Countenance of the Ancient of Days hath turned towards it, as a token of His grace. He verily is [3.5s]

INBA51:603

LHKM3.158

call to action; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; love of God; praise and encouragement

BH04079

no title

230

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی فاز بانوار الرحمن بعد الذی انکره کل غافل مرتاب قد

This is missive from Us unto him who attained to the light of the All-Merciful, after all that were heedless and doubtful had denied Him.

INBA51:604, BLIB_Or11095#196,

LHKM3.159

JHT_B#001

idolatry; praise and encouragement

BH03156

no title

290

یا ایها الناظر الی افق الظهور اسمع ندآء مکلم الطور انه نطق بما ظهر منه حکم

O thou who gazest upon the horizon of manifestation! Hearken unto the call of Him Who conversed on Sinai, for He hath spoken that whereby His decree was made manifest [3.5s]

INBA51:632, BLIB_Or15713.109,

LHKM3.161

call to action; chastisement and requital; personal instructions; praise and encouragement; proclamation to people of the Bayan

BH08397

no title

120

کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن فی الامکان و فیه هدی الکل الی صراطه المستقیم انه لکوثر

The Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down unto them that dwell within the realm of possibility, and therein hath He guided all unto His straight Path. Verily, it is the Kawthar [3.5s]

INBA51:173b, KB_620:166-167

LHKM3.162

knowledge; recognition of God; praise and encouragement; prophecy and fulfillment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05829

no title

170

قد ذکر ذکرک لدی المظلوم فی سجنه الاعظم و اجابک بما تضوع منه مسک المعانی بین

Thy mention hath been made before the Wronged One in His Most Great Prison, and He hath answered thee with that wherefrom the musk of inner meanings hath been diffused [3.5s]

INBA51:186a, KB_620:179-179

LHKM3.165

heedlessness and ignorance of the people; rejection, opposition and persecution; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08470

no title

120

هذا کتاب من لدی الحق الی الذین اقبلوا و آمنوا بالله الفرد الخبیر هذه سنه

This is a Book from the presence of the Truth unto them that have turned and believed in God, the One, the All-Informed [3.5s]

INBA51:190a, BLIB_Or15696.012a, , BLIB_Or15734.2.059, , KB_620:183-183

LHKM3.166a

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; martyrs and martyrdom; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment

BH07823

no title

130

کتاب نزل بالحق انه شهد بما نزل من قبل من لدی الله علی النبیین و المرسلین قد

A Book sent down in truth. Verily, it beareth witness unto that which was sent down aforetime from God unto the Prophets and Messengers [3.5s]

INBA51:194b, KB_620:187-188

LHKM3.166b

praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH07206

no title

140

قد کنا ننظر الی شطر السجن فی الطاء و نری اولیاء الذین سجنوا من دون بینه و لا

We have indeed gazed toward the precincts of the Prison in Ṭá, and behold Our loved ones who have been imprisoned without proof or testimony [3.5s]

INBA51:196a, KB_620:189-189

LHKM3.167

chastisement and requital; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH06382

no title

160

یا معشر الامم قد اتی الاسم الاعظم و یدعوکم الی الافق الاعلی اتقوا مولی الوری

O concourse of nations! The Most Great Name hath come, calling you unto the Supreme Horizon. Fear ye the Lord of created things [3.5s]

INBA51:209, KB_620:202-203

LHKM3.169

chastisement and requital; consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Greatest Name; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; personal instructions; proclamation to the people of the world

BH08981

no title

110

کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن اقبل الیه فی یوم فیه اعرض کل غافل بعید لتجذبه نفحات

This is a Book revealed by the All-Merciful unto them that have turned unto Him on a day wherein every heedless and distant one hath turned away, that the fragrances may draw them [3.5s]

INBA51:238a, KB_620:231-231

LHKM3.170

idolatry; prophecy and fulfillment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

BH07702

no title

130

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له القدره و العظمه و له الکبریاء و السلطنه قد ارسل

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His are the Power and the Grandeur, His the Majesty and the Dominion. He hath verily sent forth [3.5s]

INBA51:243, KB_620:236-236

LHKM3.171

BH07068

no title

140

ذکر من لدنا لمن سمی بکاظم الذی اقبل الی افق الایمان و آمن بالرحمن اذ اعرض

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath been named Kázim, who turned towards the horizon of faith and believed in the All-Merciful when others turned away [3.5s]

INBA51:268a, BLIB_Or15715.321b, , KB_620:261-261

LHKM3.172, LDR.164

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; martyrs and martyrdom; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH09722

no title

100

یشهد قلمی و لسانی و اناملی و سری و ظاهری و باطنی و قلبی و کبدی و روحی و نفسی

My Pen, My tongue, My fingers, My hidden and My manifest being, My inner self and My heart, My vital parts, My spirit and My soul bear witness [3.5s]

INBA51:357a, BLIB_Or15696.074d,

LHKM3.173a

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09412

no title

100

شهد القلم انه لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم و شهد اللسان انه لا اله الا انا

The Pen hath borne witness that there is none other God but Me, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, and the Tongue hath testified that there is none other God but Me [3.5s]

INBA51:359, BLIB_Or15730.029b,

LHKM3.173b

call to action; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH06650

no title

150

قد حبسونا فی حصن بنی من الصخره الصما و جعلوا سحاب الاوهام حاجزا بیننا و بین

They have imprisoned Us in a fortress built of solid rock, and have made the clouds of vain imaginings a barrier betwixt Us and them [3.5s]

INBA51:363a, INBA73:352b, NLAI_BH1.499, NLAI_BH2.241a

LHKM3.174

firmness in the Covenant; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; high station of the true believer; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; suffering and imprisonment

BH07200

no title

140

قد فاحت نفحه الرحمن فی الامکان و المخلصون فی وله مبین قد تضوعت رائحه القمیص

The fragrances of the All-Merciful have been wafted throughout all contingent being, and they that are sincere are in manifest ecstasy, as the fragrance of His garment hath been diffused [3.5s]

INBA51:364b, BLIB_Or15730.023e,

LHKM3.175

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; knowledge; recognition of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; station of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH05870

no title

170

کتاب انزله الوهاب فی الماب للذین آمنوا بالله المهیمن القیوم یا ملا الارض

This is the Book which the All-Bountiful hath sent down in the return unto them that have believed in God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting. O concourse of the earth [3.5s]

INBA51:379b

LHKM3.176

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH07576

no title

130

تبارک الذی انزل الایات و جعلها بینات لمن علی الارض انه لهو المقتدر المهیمن

Blessed is He Who hath sent down the verses and made them as clear evidences unto all who dwell upon the earth. He, verily, is the Almighty, the All-Compelling [3.5s]

INBA51:387a, INBA49:332, BLIB_Or15715.127c,

LHKM3.177

chastisement and requital; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09425

no title

100

شهد الله لمن ینطق بالحق انه لهو الکنز المخزون و السر المکنون و اللوح المحفوظ

God beareth witness that He Who speaketh the truth is, verily, the Hidden Treasure, the Concealed Mystery and the Preserved Tablet [3.5s]

INBA51:419a

LHKM3.178a

spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07749

no title

130

قد شهد الکتاب بما شهد به المظلوم فی المبدء و الماب یا اهل الارض ان استمعوا

The Book hath borne witness to that which the Wronged One hath testified at the beginning and the return. O peoples of the earth, hearken ye [3.5s]

INBA51:446, BLIB_Or15734.2.015b,

LHKM3.178b

chastisement and requital; knowledge; recognition of God; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH09091

no title

110

یا امائی لاتتبعن الهوی ان اتبعن ما اتی بامر مبین انتن اوراق سدرتی ان اعرفن هذا

O My handmaidens! Follow not your idle fancies, but follow rather that which hath come through a manifest Command. Ye are the leaves of My celestial Tree; know ye this truth [3.5s]

INBA51:458a, BLIB_Or15696.084a,

LHKM3.179

chastisement and requital; praise and encouragement; selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; thankfulness; gratitude

BH08938

no title

110

قد محت الاذکار عند ذکر ربک مالک الانام و انصعقت الطوریون اذا نطقت سدره الرحمن

When thy Lord, the Lord of all mankind, makes mention, all remembrances fade away, and the dwellers of Sinai are thunderstruck when the Tree of the All-Merciful gives utterance [3.5s]

INBA51:458b

LHKM3.180

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; procession; appearance of the Word from God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH06206

no title

160

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو لم یزل کان فی علو الارتفاع و سمو الامتناع و

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. From time immemorial He hath dwelt in the heights of transcendence and the summit of inaccessibility [3.5s]

INBA51:461

LHKM3.181

knowledge; recognition of God; prayer for nearness to God; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01704

no title

520

هذا کتاب من لدن عبد منیب الی الذینهم طاروا فی هواء محبه الرحمن و انقطعوا عن

This is an epistle from a penitent servant unto them that have soared in the atmosphere of the love of the All-Merciful and have detached themselves from [3.5s]

INBA51:300, INBA49:350, BLIB_Or15725.430,

LHKM3.020

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; unity; oneness of humanity

BH06906

no title

140

البهاء المشرق من افق البقاء علی من شرب رحیق الاستقامه من ید عطاء ربه الکریم

All glory, shining forth from the horizon of eternity, rest upon him who hath drunk the wine of steadfastness from the bountiful hand of his Lord, the Most Generous [3.5s]

INBA51:462a

LHKM3.182

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH06637

no title

150

قد استضاء کتابک من انوار افق الوحی و تشرف بلحاظ عنایه ربک الغفور الکریم و

Thy letter hath been illumined by the lights of the horizon of Revelation and hath been honored with the glances of thy Lord, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful [3.5s]

INBA51:465

LHKM3.183

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; thankfulness; gratitude

BH08966

no title

110

قل یا ایتها الرقشاء ان البتول تسئلک عن بناتها بینی ما افتیت علیهن و یا ایها

Say: O thou speckled one! The Virgin doth ask thee concerning her daughters. Tell what thou hast decreed concerning them, O thou [3.5s]

INBA51:466a, BLIB_Or15734.2.015a,

LHKM3.184a, LDR.151

consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; suffering and imprisonment

BH09546

no title

100

کتاب ینطق بالحق بین السموات و الارض ان الذی سمع انه من اهل البهاء فی لوح

The Book proclaimeth the truth betwixt the heavens and the earth: verily, he that hath hearkened is among the people of Bahá in the Tablet [3.5s]

INBA51:543a

LHKM3.185

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08794

no title

110

ذکر من لدنا لمن آمن بالله الفرد الخبیر لیجذبه مره الی جبروتی و طورا الی

A remembrance from Us unto them that have believed in God, the Single One, the All-Informed, that it may draw them at one time unto My dominion and at another unto [3.5s]

INBA51:561, BLIB_Or15696.042b, , BLIB_Or15734.2.137a,

LHKM3.186

knowledge; recognition of God; power of prayer; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH06142

no title

160

ذکر المظلوم لمن فاز بالرحیق المختوم اذ اتی القیوم بسلطان مبین هذا کتاب ینادی

The remembrance of the Wronged One unto him who hath attained unto the Sealed Wine, when the Self-Subsisting appeared with manifest sovereignty. This is a Book that calleth aloud [3.5s]

INBA51:571, BLIB_Or15713.240b,

LHKM3.187

apocalyptic imagery; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; proclamation to the people of the world; prophecy and fulfillment; spiritual transformation

BH08801

no title

110

ذکر من لدی المذکور لمن فاز بعرفان الله فی یوم فیه اتی الرحمن برحمه احاطت

The remembrance from the One who is Remembered be unto him who hath attained unto the recognition of God, on the Day whereon the All-Merciful came with a mercy that encompassed all [3.5s]

INBA51:576b, BLIB_Or15696.064b,

LHKM3.188a

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10300

no title

سدره المنتهی تنطق انه لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم خلقتکم لعرفانی ان انتم تعرفون

The Divine Lote-Tree proclaimeth: There is none other God but Me, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. I created you that ye might know Me, if ye be of them that know [3.5s]

INBA51:578a, NLAI_BH1.043

LHKM3.188b

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; knowledge; recognition of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; purpose; goal of creation; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH07618

no title

130

ذکر من لدنا لمن اراد ان یتخذ الی ذی العرش سبیلا لتجذبه نفحات الذکر الی مقام

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who desireth to take a path unto the Lord of the Throne, that the fragrances of remembrance may draw him unto the station [3.5s]

INBA51:207, BLIB_Or15730.143b, , KB_620:200-201

LHKM3.190

heedlessness and ignorance of the people; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01529

no title

570

هذا کتاب من العبد الی الذی آمن بالله و سافر الیه حتی دخل فی شاطی القدس فی

This is an epistle from the servant unto him who hath believed in God and journeyed unto Him until he reached the sacred shore [3.5s]

INBA51:302, INBA49:346

LHKM3.023

chastisement and requital; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH03826

no title

240

ذکر کلمه من لدی الغلام الی الذی آمن بالله العزیز الوهاب لیاخذها بقوه من لدنا

Invoke the Word bestowed by the Youth upon him who hath believed in God, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful, that he may take it with strength from Our presence [3.5s]

INBA92:206

LHKM3.213

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

BH00426

no title

1650

یا عندلیب علیک بهاء الله رب العالمین بلسان پارسی ندا مینمائیم انا نحب ان

O 'Andalib! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Lord of all worlds. In the Persian tongue do We address thee, verily We love to [3.5s]

INBA51:424, BLIB_Or15690.023, , BLIB_Or15728.187,

LHKM3.229, ASAT1.142x, PYB#163 p.03x

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; praise and encouragement; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01777

no title

500

ک ر ی ذکر رحمه ربک عبده فی اللوح مذکورا و هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و یذکر فیه من

O thou who art mentioned in the remembrance of thy Lord's servant in the Tablet, renowned! This is a Book that speaketh with truth and maketh mention therein of [3.5s]

INBA51:304, INBA49:337

LHKM3.026

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; rejection, opposition and persecution; rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; spiritual transformation; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02099

no title

420

عریضه ات بلسان عربی حاضر و عین عنایت بان ناظر و جواب از ام الکتاب بلسان پارسی

Thy petition in the Arabic tongue hath come to hand, and the Eye of Loving-kindness is directed towards it. The response from the Mother Book cometh in the Persian tongue [3.5s]... ...A fleeting moment, in this Day, excelleth centuries of a bygone age

INBA51:264, KB_620:257-258

LHKM3.245

ADJ.078x

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02425

no title

370

یا کاظم علیک بهاء الله مع ندآء سدره منتهی و ارتفاع صیحه مابین ارض و سماء و

O Kazim! Upon thee be the glory of God, with the call of the divine Lote-Tree and the raising of the cry betwixt earth and heaven [3.5s]

INBA51:266, KB_620:259-260

LHKM3.248

corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; idolatry; spiritual transformation; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02072

no title

420

الحمد لله از فضل و رحمت و عنایت نامتناهیه الهی بافق اعلی توجه نمودی و از ایادی

Praise be to God that through His bounty, mercy and infinite loving-kindness, thou hast turned thy face toward the Most Exalted Horizon and from the hands [3.5s]

INBA51:270, KB_620:263-265

LHKM3.250

martyrs and martyrdom; mystical themes; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01665

no title

530

یا اسمی مکتوب جناب افنان آقا علیه بهائی و عنایتی که باسم شما بود عبد حاضر لدی

O My Name! The letter of the honored Afnán-Áqá, upon him be My glory and loving-kindness, which was addressed unto thee, hath been laid before Me [3.5s]

INBA51:372, BLIB_Or15715.300b,

LHKM3.254

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; personal instructions; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution

BH01436

no title

600

حمد و ثنا ذکر و بهاء آفتاب حقیقت را لایق و سزاست که بانوار نیر برهان اهل

Praise and glory, exaltation and splendor befit the Sun of Truth, which through the radiant light of Its evidence [3.5s]

INBA51:431

LHKM3.260, MUH3.194x, PYB#209 p.03x

call to action; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; praise and encouragement; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02353

no title

380

یا اسم جود علیک بهائی نامه جناب عندلیب علیه بهائی که بشما ارسال داشت تلقاء

O Ism-i-Júd! Upon thee be My glory! The letter of his honour 'Andalíb, upon him be My glory, which was sent unto thee, hath reached [3.5s]

INBA51:435, BLIB_Or15726.122,

LHKM3.263

praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity

BH01576

no title

550

حمد مقدس از بیان و عرفان ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که اسرار

Praise, sanctified beyond utterance and understanding, befitteth and is worthy of the most sacred and transcendent Court of the Lord, the Desired One, whose mysteries [3.5s]

INBA51:538

LHKM3.266, MATA.223x

praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02107

no title

420

Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

قلم اعلی میفرماید کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر و نفحات حب محبوب عالمیان از قمیص بیان

The Most Exalted Pen declareth: Thy letter hath attained unto Our presence, and the sweet fragrances of love for the Beloved of the worlds waft from the garment of utterance [3.5s]... ...That which is now existent and manifest will soon disappear, yet whatever deed hath been performed by any soul to assist God, though it be but a single breath drawn for the love of Him, shall remain and endure forever

INBA51:597, BLIB_Or03116.099r, , BLIB_Or11096.184,

LHKM3.269

ADMS#338x

mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; power of prayer; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the ephemeral and the eternal

BH02066

no title

430

یا حسین علیک بهائی و عنایتی لله الحمد ذکرت قبل از حضور و بعد از حضور و قیام

O Husayn! Upon thee be My glory and loving-kindness. Praise be to God, thou wert mentioned before My presence and after My presence and uprising [3.5s]

INBA51:615

LHKM3.271

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; consolation and comfort; eulogies; reminiscences; presence of; reunion with God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01816

no title

490

قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و قرئناه و انا کنا قارئین فاشهد فی سرک بانه لا اله الا

Thy letter hath reached Our presence and We have perused it, for verily We have ever been the Reader thereof. Bear thou witness in thine inmost heart that there is no God but [3.5s]

INBA51:319, INBA36:103, INBA71:267

LHKM3.029

development of capacity and readiness; knowledge; recognition of God; love of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02318

no title

380

ان یا تقی قد فسرت ما فسرت فیما اردت فی قیامک لدی الباب و حضورک فی مقاعد

O Taqi! Thou hast indeed interpreted what thou didst interpret concerning thy standing before the Gate and thy presence in the seats [3.5s]

INBA51:621

LHKM3.274, MSHR5.127-128

intuition; inspiration; love of God; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; mystical themes; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH03808

no title

240

آنچه در رتبه اولیه سبب نظام عالم و ترقی امم است صلح اکبر بوده و خواهد بود و

That which in the first instance hath been and shall ever remain the prime cause of the order of the world and the progress of nations is the Most Great Peace [3.5s]

INBA51:187, KB_620:180-181

LHKM3.276

call to action; development of capacity and readiness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; universal peace; world unity

BH02762

no title

320

حمد مالک وجود و سلطان غیب و شهود را لایق و سزا که ترا مزین فرمود باسمیکه

All praise be unto the Lord of existence and the Sovereign of the seen and unseen, Who hath adorned thee with a name that [3.5s]

INBA51:197, KB_620:190-191

LHKM3.277

love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH03050

no title

300

یا یوسف علیک بهائی لله الحمد از صریر قلم اعلی باثمار سدره منتهی فائز گشتی و

O Joseph! Upon thee be My glory! Praise be unto God that thou hast attained, through the flowing of the Most Exalted Pen, unto the fruits of the Divine Lote-Tree [3.5s]

INBA51:210, BLIB_Or15690.314, , BLIB_Or15699.099a, , BLIB_Or15724.170, , KB_620:203-204

LHKM3.279

call to action; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; prophecy and fulfillment; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH03909

no title

240

لله الحمد تجلیات انوار شمس بیان مقصود عالمیان کل را احاطه نموده ظلم ظالمین و

Praise be unto God! The effulgent rays of the Sun of the Bayán, the Desire of all worlds, have encompassed all, despite the tyranny of the oppressors [3.5s]

INBA51:213, KB_620:206-207

LHKM3.282

eulogies; reminiscences; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH04254

no title

220

قد حضر کتابک و عرضه العبد الحاضر لدی الوجه اجبناک بهذا اللوح المبین نسئل الله

Thy letter hath arrived and was presented by the servant in attendance before the Face. We have answered thee through this perspicuous Tablet. We beseech God [3.5s]... ...The first person who devoted himself to philosophy was Idrís. Thus was he named. Some called him also Hermes. In every tongue he hath a special name.

INBA51:242, KB_620:235-236

LHKM3.284, YMM.242x

TB#09n3

Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; station of the Manifestation of God; the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul

LL#409

BH04115

no title

230

یا علی علیک بهائی عریضه ات لدی المظلوم مذکور و نفحات ایقان و عرفان و محبت از

O 'Alí! Upon thee rest My glory! Thy petition hath been mentioned before the Wronged One, and the fragrances of certitude, knowledge and love [3.5s]

INBA51:244, BLIB_Or15703.022, , KB_620:237-237

LHKM3.285

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; predictions and prophecies; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; wisdom [hikmat]

BH05599

no title

180

یا علی اسما عباد را از مالک و خالق آن منع نموده در غدیر اسم غرق شده اند

O Ali! Names have prevented the servants from their Lord and Creator, and in the pool of appellations have they been drowned [3.5s]

INBA51:248, KB_620:241-241

LHKM3.287

proclamation to people of the Bayan; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; Word of God and human limitations

BH04356

no title

220

یا ورقتی و ورقه سدرتی قد هبت روایح النفاق و سقطت من سدره الامر اوراق بها ناح

O My leaf and leaf of My divine Lote-Tree! The winds of perfidy have blown, and leaves have fallen from the Tree of the Cause, whereat lamentation hath arisen [3.5s]

INBA51:254, INBA97:026b, BLIB_Or15715.306c, , KB_620:247-248

LHKM3.288, NNY.183-184

consolation and comfort; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution

BH04661

no title

200

ای اهل عالم ضر جمال قدم و اسم اعظم از ظلم امرا و وزرا نبوده و نیست چه که آنچه

O peoples of the world! The Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name hath suffered no injury through the tyranny of princes and ministers, for verily that which [3.5s]

INBA51:268b, KB_620:261-262

LHKM3.290

fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05266

no title

180

الحمد لله بانوار آفتاب حقیقت که از افق اعلی بامر مالک وری مشرقست فائزید و از

Praise be unto God that ye have attained unto the splendrous rays of the Sun of Truth, which, at the behest of the Lord of all beings, hath shone forth from the supreme horizon [3.5s]

INBA51:279b, BLIB_Or15697.115a, , KB_620:272-273

LHKM3.291

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for steadfastness; obedience

BH05565

no title

180

یا اختر ندایت در منظر اکبر باصغای مالک قدر فائز نفحات محبت از او استشمام شد

O Akhtar! Thy call attained to the hearing of the Lord of Power in the Most Great Scene, and the fragrant breaths of His love were inhaled therefrom [3.5s]

INBA51:284, BLIB_Or15715.243a, , KB_620:277-277

LHKM3.295

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prophecy and fulfillment; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; thankfulness; gratitude

BH04567

no title

210

یا افنانی علیک بهائی و عنایتی نامه ات رسید و در پیشگاه حضور مکلم طور بشرف اصغا

O Afnán, My glory and My favor rest upon thee! Your letter arrived and was read before the sovereign throne of the Speaker on Sinai

INBA51:351b, BLIB_Or15716.066.23,

LHKM3.297, KHAF.228a, MATA.194-195

GEN.341-342

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; firmness in the Covenant; prophecy and fulfillment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02809

no title

320

یا ایها الطائف حول العرش یا محمد قبل علی یا ایها المهاجر فی سبیل الله مکتوب

O thou who circlest round the Throne! O Muhammad-Qablí-'Alí! O thou who hast migrated in the path of God! Thy letter [3.5s]

INBA51:358

LHKM3.299

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Word of God and human limitations

BH04112

no title

230

یا سلمان علیک بهاء الرحمن اگرچه در ظاهر قدرت و مقامت مابین عباد معلوم نه چه

O Salman! Upon thee be the Glory of the All-Merciful! Though outwardly thy power and station be not known amongst men [3.5s]

INBA51:381, BLIB_Or15718.076,

LHKM3.301

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10868

no title

لوح مسطور از سماء عنایت نازل شد و مستورات معانی را چون شمس جانی از افق معنوی

A Tablet inscribed hath descended from the heaven of bounty, revealing the hidden meanings like unto a spiritual sun from the mystic horizon [3.5s]

INBA51:034b, KB_620:027-028

LHKM3.005a

Manifestation of God as sun; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04131

no title

220

اسمع ما تلقیک حمامه الفراق حین الذی یسافر عن شطر العراق و هذا من سنه الله

Hearken to what the departing Dove revealeth unto thee, as He prepareth to leave the realm of 'Iráq -- such are the methods of God decreed for His Messengers

INBA51:321, INBA71:042

LHKM3.005b

EBTB.222, JHT_B#003

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; growth of the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH02584

no title

340

ان یا اسمی اسمع ندائی عن شطر الذی فیه تهب نفحات رضوانی و استضاء فیه انوار

O My Name! Hearken unto My Call from the precincts wherein waft the fragrances of My paradise and wherein shine forth the lights [3.5s]

INBA51:295, INBA49:353

LHKM3.032, MSBH7.408?

call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; power of prayer; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03604

no title

250

ان اشهد بما نطق به لسان الرحمن فی ملکوت البیان و قم علی خدمه امره العزیز

Bear thou witness to that which the Tongue of the All-Merciful hath uttered in the Kingdom of Utterance, and arise to serve His mighty Cause [3.5s]

INBA51:407b, BLIB_Or15730.092b,

LHKM3.304

consolation and comfort; praise and encouragement; predictions and prophecies; service to others; to the Cause of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH03910

no title

240

لله الحمد مره اخری کوثر حیوان از ید عطاء مقصود عالمیان آشامیدی لازال ذکرت در

Praise be to God! Once again thou hast quaffed from the living waters from the Hand of Bounty of Him Who is the Goal of all worlds. Forever shall thy mention [3.5s]

INBA51:409

LHKM3.305

call to action; exhortations and counsels; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation

BH03366

no title

270

طوبی لک یا عندلیب بما اقبل الیک البحر الاعظم منهذا المکان بامواج الحکمه و

Blessed art thou, O Nightingale, for the Most Great Ocean hath turned toward thee from this Spot with waves of wisdom [3.5s]

INBA51:433, BLIB_Or15716.191a,

LHKM3.307

praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; service to others; to the Cause of God; the power of words; of speech

BH03346

no title

270

ذکرت لدی المظلوم مذکور و اسمت از قلم اعلی جاری و نازل حمد کن مقصود عالم را

Thou art remembered before the Wronged One, and thy name hath flowed from and been revealed through the Most Exalted Pen. Render praise unto Him Who is the Desired One of the world [3.5s]

INBA51:441

LHKM3.308

justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; meditation; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH05216

no title

190

یا صادق عریضه ات حاضر و عرف محبت محبوب عالمیان از او متضوع حمد کن مقصود عالم

O Sadiq! Thy petition hath come, and from it wafteth the fragrance of love for the Beloved of all worlds. Render praise unto the Lord of the world [3.5s]

INBA51:445a

LHKM3.310

Greatest Name; rejection, opposition and persecution; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH03774

no title

250

یوم یوم قیام است و جمال قدم بر عرش اعظم مستوی نور مشرق نار مشتعل بحر مواج هوا

This is the Day of Rising, and the Ancient Beauty is established upon the Most Great Throne. The Light hath dawned, the Fire is ablaze, the Ocean surgeth, and the Breeze bloweth [3.5s]

INBA51:455, BLIB_Or15690.139a, , BLIB_Or15728.225,

LHKM3.313

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; presence of; reunion with God; spiritual transformation; unity; oneness of humanity

BH05218

no title

190

یا عبد الحسین کتابت در بقعه بیضا امام عین مالک اسما حاضر و لحاظ عنایت باو

O 'Abdu'l-Ḥusayn! Thy letter hath come before the snow-white Spot, in the presence of Him Who is the Lord of all names, and the glance of His loving-kindness is directed towards it [3.5s]

INBA51:460

LHKM3.314, MAS8.126bx, QT108.049x

love of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; proofs of the Manifestations of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01765

no title

500

حمد مقدس از ادراک و عقول ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودیرا لایق و سزاست در

Sanctified praise, transcending mind and understanding, befitteth the Most Holy and Most Exalted Court of Him Who is the Desired One [3.5s]... ...O My Afnán, O Abúʾl-Hasan! Upon thee rest My glory! Hearken to the call of this Wronged One and, through the pure water of divine remembrance

INBA51:475

LHKM3.316, KHAF.261-262x, MATA.238x

GEN.315-316x

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; teaching the Cause; call to teach; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH02755

no title

320

تعالی القدیم ذو الفضل العظیم تعالی القدیر ذو النور المنیر تعالی الکریم ذو

Exalted is the Ancient One, Possessor of Great Bounty! Exalted is the All-Powerful, Possessor of Radiant Light! Exalted is the All-Bountiful [3.5s]

INBA51:508

LHKM3.318

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH04889

no title

200

یا آقا کوچک امید آنکه فضل الهی اخذت نماید و عنایتش احاطه فرماید بشانی که مقام

O Aqa Kuchik! It is hoped that divine grace may take hold of thee and His bounty encompass thee in such wise that thy station [3.5s]

INBA51:511, BLIB_Or15695.140,

LHKM3.320

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; knowledge; recognition of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to people of the Bayan; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity

BH03938

no title

240

یا اولیاء الله و حزبه ندای مظلوم را بشنوید براستی میگویم اهل بیان الیوم از

O friends of God and His party! Hearken unto the voice of Him Who is wronged. In truth I say, the people of the Bayán today [3.5s]

INBA51:513

LHKM3.321

suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02388

no title

370

تلک آیات القدس نزلت بالحق من سحاب فضل بدیعا و بها تطهر افئده العباد عن دنس

These are the verses of holiness which have been sent down in truth from the cloud of wondrous grace, whereby the hearts of the servants are purified from defilement [3.5s]

INBA15:177, INBA26:187b, INBA51:324b, BLIB_Or15694.453, , ALIB.folder18p395

LHKM3.034

chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; idolatry; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04101

no title

230

یا افنانی علیک بهائی و عنایتی و رحمتی فضل الهی درباره آنجناب از حد احصا خارج

O My Afnán! Upon thee be My glory, My loving-kindness and My mercy. Divine grace bestowed upon thee surpasseth all reckoning [3.5s]

INBA51:514b

LHKM3.323

martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; prayer for praise and gratitude

BH03041

no title

300

یا افنانی علیک فضلی و رحمتی و عنایتی اراده مطلقه و مشیت نافذه حق جل جلاله

O My Afnán! Upon thee be My grace, My mercy and My loving-kindness. The absolute Will and the penetrating Decree of God - glorified be His majesty - [3.5s]

INBA51:524, BLIB_Or15716.097a,

LHKM3.324

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution

BH04896

no title

200

یا حیدر قبل علی ندای الهی را بگوش جان بشنو و لئالی حکمتش را در صدف قلب مقر ده

O Haydar-'Alí! With the ear of thy soul, hearken unto the Divine Call, and within the shell of thy heart establish the pearls of His wisdom [3.5s]

INBA51:536

LHKM3.326

praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05796

no title

170

عریضه ات رسید در هنگامیکه مالک انام در قصریکه در سجن اعظم واقع است مشی

Thy petition reached Me at a time when the Lord of all names was walking in the palace situated within the Most Great Prison [3.5s]

INBA51:537

LHKM3.327

praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02685

no title

330

حمد حضرت قیومی را لایق و سزاست که بایادی عطا رحیق مختوم را بمفتاح اسم اعظم

Praise befitteth the Self-Subsisting Lord, Who, by the hands of bounty, hath unsealed the choice wine through the Key of His Most Great Name [3.5s]

INBA51:550, BLIB_Or15703.076,

LHKM3.332

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; martyrs and martyrdom; prayer for service; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04657

no title

200

اهل ارض در قرون و اعصار منتظر تجلیات انوار نیر ظهور الهی بوده و هستند مخصوص

The peoples of the earth have, throughout all ages and centuries, awaited and continue to await the effulgences of the Light of Divine Manifestation [3.5s]

INBA51:570, BLIB_Or15690.151a, , BLIB_Or15695.170, , BLIB_Or15728.001a,

LHKM3.335

knowledge; recognition of God; prophecy and fulfillment; suffering and imprisonment; worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH05985

no title

170

یا غلامحسین اسمت بسیار محبوبست انشاء الله بانچه سزاوار این اسم مبارکست عمل

O Ghulam-Husayn! Most beloved is thy name. God willing, mayest thou act in accordance with that which befitteth this blessed name [3.5s]

INBA51:174, KB_620:167-168

LHKM3.336

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; personal instructions; rejection, opposition and persecution; servitude; submission to God; repentance; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH05607

no title

180

یا محمد قبل باقر ضجیج و صریخ و حنینت در فراق محبوب آفاق اصغا شد حق جل جلاله

O Muhammad-Qablí-Báqir! Thy cries of anguish, thy lamentations and thy plaintive sighs in separation from the Beloved of all worlds were heard by God, exalted be His glory [3.5s]

INBA51:176, KB_620:169-170

LHKM3.337

consolation and comfort; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; presence of; reunion with God; purpose; goal of creation; rejection, opposition and persecution; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH07845

no title

130

لله الحمد فائز شدی بانچه اهل عالم از آن محروم و ممنوعند مگر معدودی سبحاترا

Praise be unto God! Thou hast attained unto that which the peoples of the world are deprived and forbidden, save for a chosen few [3.5s]

INBA51:184, KB_620:177-178

LHKM3.338

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH04955

no title

190

امروز دیباج کتاب وجود باینکلمه مبارکه علیا مزین یا ملا الارض یوم الله آمد

In this day the preamble of the Book of Being are adorned with this most exalted blessed Word: O concourse of the earth, the Day of God is come [3.5s]

INBA51:189, KB_620:182-183

LHKM3.340

corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; proclamation to the people of the world; rejection by the people of the Bayan; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity

BH07157

no title

140

عریضه ات بساحت اقدس فائز حمد کن پروردگار عالم را که شما را روزی نمود آنچه را

Thy petition hath attained unto the Most Holy Court. Render thou praise unto the Lord of all the worlds, Who hath graciously bestowed upon thee that which [3.5s]

INBA51:191, INBA57:088b, BLIB_Or15715.307c, , KB_620:184-185

LHKM3.341

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; thankfulness; gratitude

BH02779

no title

320

فسبحان من خلق السموات بامره و نفخ فی الصور و احی به افئده الذین هم انقطعوا

Glorified be He Who created the heavens by His command and breathed into the Trumpet, thereby quickening the hearts of them that detached themselves [3.5s]

INBA51:398

LHKM3.036

call to action; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as sun; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07475

no title

130

امروز از هزیز اریاح ریاض بیان این کلمه استماع میشود یا اهل البهاء لاتنظروا

In this day, from the rustling of the breezes wafting from the gardens of utterance, this word is heard: "O people of Bahá, fix not your gaze..." [3.5s]

INBA51:202a, KB_620:195-195

LHKM3.342

exhortations and counsels; goodly deeds; actions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement

BH06467

no title

150

ای اهل بها قسم بمالک ملکوت اسما که معرضین از علما و امرا که امروز بنار بغضا

O people of Bahá! I swear by the Lord of the Kingdom of Names that those among the divines and rulers who have turned away are consumed this day with the fire of hatred [3.5s]

INBA51:203, KB_620:196-197

LHKM3.343

chastisement and requital; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution

BH06094

no title

160

ای عبدالله سباق میدان معانی و بیان و صباغ من فی الامکان میفرماید در آنچه از

O Abdullah! He Who is the Forerunner in the arena of inner meanings and utterance, and the One Who hath dyed all created things, speaketh thus concerning [3.5s]... ...O servant of God! The One Who is the Master of utterance and meaning, and colors all created things, sayeth: Meditate on that which We have revealed aforetime

INBA51:224a, BLIB_Or15710.181a, , BLIB_Or15719.045b, , BLIB_Or15722.134, , KB_620:217-217

LHKM3.344

BTO#03x

knowledge; recognition of God; metallurgical metaphors; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment

BH07464

no title

130

الحمد لله بانچه در کتب الهی مذکور و در صحفش مسطور بود فائز شدی و آن عرفان غیب

Praise be to God that thou hast attained unto that which was mentioned in the divine Books and recorded in His Scrolls - the knowledge of the Unseen [3.5s]

INBA51:237a, BLIB_Or15719.122d, , KB_620:230-230

LHKM3.345

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; knowledge; recognition of God; praise and encouragement; servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH08568

no title

120

یا علی علیک بهائی امروز چشم انصاف کور و دست اعتساف بلند بنور هدایت نموده ایم

O Ali, upon thee be My Glory! Today the eye of justice is blinded and the hand of tyranny is lifted high. We have illumined [all] with the light of guidance [3.5s]

INBA51:237b, KB_620:230-231

LHKM3.346

chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH06924

no title

140

امروز کتاب مابین احزاب بقد اتی الوهاب ناطق یوم یوم عنایت و رحمت و کرمست ولکن

In this day doth the Book proclaim among the factions: "The All-Bestowing hath come!" This is the Day of bounty and mercy and grace, yet [3.5s]

INBA51:281, KB_620:274-275

LHKM3.347, UAB.030dx

chastisement and requital; oneness; unity of religion; prayer for nearness to God; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity

BH06006

no title

170

یا ورقتی یا امتی یذکرک مالک الاسما فی بحبوحه البلاء لیجذبک الی مقام رقم من

O My leaf, O My handmaiden! The Lord of Names maketh mention of thee from amidst tribulation, that He may draw thee unto a station decreed [3.5s]

INBA51:360, BLIB_Or15715.374a,

LHKM3.348

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; humility; meekness; lowliness; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH08496

no title

120

یا افنانی علیک بهائی و عنایتی این مظلوم در بحبوحه احزان من فی الامکانرا بحق

O My Afnán! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. This Wronged One, amidst the tumult of sorrows, calleth them that dwell in the realm of creation unto truth [3.5s]

INBA51:331a

LHKM3.348

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment

BH09015

no title

110

کتابت بانوار قرب منور و بلحاظ الطاف مشرف قد سمعنا ندائکم و اجبناکم بهذا

Thy letter hath been illumined with the lights of nearness and honored by the glances of favor. We have heard thy call and have answered thee through this [3.5s]

INBA51:363b, BLIB_Or15710.180a,

LHKM3.349

consolation and comfort; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; praise and encouragement; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH10548

no title

ای امه الله ندایت اصغا شد و کتابت لدی العرش فائز گشت ان اشکری ربک بهذا الفضل

O handmaid of God! Thy call hath been hearkened unto, and thy book hath attained acceptance at the Throne. Render thou thanks unto thy Lord for this bounty [3.5s]

INBA51:370a, BLIB_Or15730.019b,

LHKM3.350

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH05793

no title

170

عالم کتابیست مبین در هر حین بر زوال خود گواهی داده و میدهد بلکه مینماید از

The world is a manifest Book that, in every moment, hath borne and continueth to bear witness unto its own decline [3.5s]

INBA51:379a

LHKM3.351, HDQI.123, ANDA#27 p.03, MSHR2.309

cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02969

no title

300

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of

حمد و ثنا مالک ممالک فضل و عطا را سزا که بید عنایت در حدیقه مکرمت اشجاری غرس

Praise and glorification befit the Lord of the realms of grace and bounty, Who hath, with the hand of divine favor, planted trees in the garden of munificence [3.5s]

INBA81:182x

LHKM3.352ax, LDR.267x, MSBH5.218-219x, QIRT.02cx

BRL_IOPF#1.16x

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; business; financial; property matters; exhortations and counsels; love and unity; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; wisdom [hikmat]

BH05322

no title

180

ای جواد نفحات قمیص ظهور مالک قدم در عرصه عالم متضوع است و انوار وجهش از افق

O Javád! The fragrances of the Robe of Manifestation of the Ancient Lord are wafting throughout the realm of the world, and the lights of His countenance from the horizon [3.5s]

INBA51:400, BLIB_Or15719.008c,

LHKM3.352b

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH06764

no title

150

نغمات و تغنیات و تغردات طیور عرفان آنجناب که بر افنان سدره دانش مرتفع بود

The melodies, songs and warbling notes of the birds of mystic knowledge, which were raised upon the branches of the Tree of Knowledge [3.5s]

INBA51:406, BLIB_Or15697.231,

LHKM3.353

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH09551

no title

100

کتابت نزد مظلوم حاضر شنیدیم و دیدیم و باینکلمه علیا جواب عنایت فرمودیم کن

Thy letter hath reached the Wronged One. We have hearkened unto it and beheld it, and have deigned to answer with this Most Exalted Word [3.5s]

INBA51:410b, BLIB_Or15715.020b,

LHKM3.354

exhortations and counsels; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH07929

no title

130

یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه قربانی عظیم در ارض ظاهر شبه آنرا عین ابداع ندیده

O thou who gazest upon the Countenance! A mighty sacrifice hath appeared upon the earth, the like of which the eye of creation hath never beheld [3.5s]

INBA51:417b, BLIB_Or15716.104d,

LHKM3.355

consolation and comfort; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH07387

no title

140

یا عباس امروز روزیست که پادشاه ناس بر عرش مستوی و لحاظ عنایتش متوجه دوستانش

O Abbas! This is the Day whereon the King of humanity is established upon the throne, and His glance of grace is turned towards His loved ones [3.5s]

INBA51:462b

LHKM3.356b

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; praise and encouragement; prayer for prosperity; spiritual transformation

BH07543

no title

130

اولیای حق جل جلاله را بدو امر اعظم دعوت مینمایم اول معرفت ذات قدم و ثانی

I summon the friends of God, exalted be His glory, unto two most great commandments: first, the recognition of the Ancient Being, and second [3.5s]

INBA51:464a

LHKM3.357

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; love of God; power of prayer; twin duties of recognition and obedience

BH02354

no title

380

یا افنانی علیک بهائی از حفیف سدره منتهی در فردوس اعلی اینکلمه ظاهر کن لی

O My Afnán! Upon thee be My glory! From the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree in the Most Exalted Paradise, this Word was made manifest [3.5s]

INBA51:480

LHKM3.358x

chastisement and requital; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; literal interpretation; piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; wisdom [hikmat]

BH05596

no title

180

یا عبد الحسین امروز حفیف سدره منتهی مرتفع و در هر حین کلمه از آن اصغا شده و

O 'Abdu'l-Ḥusayn! On this day the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree hath been raised aloft, and at every moment a word is heard therefrom [3.5s]

INBA51:512, BLIB_Or15695.141,

LHKM3.359

chastisement and requital; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05949

no title

170

یا امتی کتاب الهی من غیر ستر و حجاب ظاهر و ناطق و این کتاب اعظم در فرقان بام

O My handmaiden! The Book of God hath appeared unveiled and unconcealed, manifest and vocal, and this Most Great Book was heralded in the Qur'án [3.5s]

INBA51:546

LHKM3.360

praise and encouragement; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08138

no title

120

این ایام مع احزان وارده جمال احدیه در کل احیان بذکر و ثنای ذات مقدسش مشغول

In these days, notwithstanding the sorrows that have befallen, the Beauty of Oneness is, at all times, occupied with the remembrance and praise of His sanctified Being [3.5s]

INBA51:549

LHKM3.361

call to action; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; praise and encouragement; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02293

no title

390

هذا کتاب من العبد الی الذی اهتدی بانوار الهدی و اعتصم بعصمه الله الملک

This is an epistle from the servant unto him who hath been guided by the lights of guidance and who hath taken hold of the protection of God, the King [3.5s]

INBA51:399

LHKM3.038

call to action; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; soul; spirit after death; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH07424

no title

140

یا مسعود مظلوم عالم از مقام محمود بتو توجه نموده و ترا ذکر مینماید چه که

O Mas'úd! The Wronged One of the world hath turned towards thee from His glorious station and maketh mention of thee, inasmuch as [3.5s]

INBA51:562

LHKM3.362

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; firmness in the Covenant; praise and encouragement

BH08619

no title

120

یا ورقه ذکرت لدی المظلوم بوده و هست ذکر کن ایامی را که در سجن اعظم امام وجه

O Leaf! Thy mention hath been and ever shall be before the Wronged One. Call thou to mind those days when thou didst stand before Our face in the Most Great Prison [3.5s]

INBA51:563a

LHKM3.363a

call to action; praise and encouragement; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

BH08122

no title

120

ای دوستان ندای الهی را بلسان پارسی بشنوید که شاید بما اراده الله آگاه شوید و

O friends! Hearken unto the divine Call in the Persian tongue, that perchance ye may become aware of what God hath willed [3.5s]

INBA51:577

LHKM3.363b, AYI2.365

knowledge; recognition of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH06106

no title

160

این نامه ایست از مظلوم عالم بیکی از دوستان تا عرف نامه او را بمطلع نور احدیه

This is an Epistle from the Wronged One of the world unto one of the friends, that the fragrance of his letter may be wafted to the Dayspring of divine Oneness [3.5s]

INBA51:614, BLIB_Or15712.325,

LHKM3.365, KHSH08.007

heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Mosaic imagery; praise and encouragement; prayer for steadfastness; obedience

BH07274

no title

140

مصیبت عالم از جاهلیست که خود را بطراز علم مزین نماید و ظاهر کند چه که عباد

The affliction of the world proceedeth from the ignorant one who adorneth himself with the ornaments of knowledge and maketh a show thereof amongst the people [3.5s]

INBA51:631b

LHKM3.366a

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; empty learning; false spirituality; false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH03257

no title

280

قلم ابهی در کل احیان اهل امکان را بافق اعلی دعوت مینماید تا از فضل ایام الله

The Most Glorious Pen summoneth at all times the peoples of the contingent realm unto the Most Exalted Horizon, that they may partake of the bounties of the Days of God [3.5s]

INBA35:153, BLIB_Or15719.077b,

LHKM3.367

banishment to; life in Constantinople; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity

BH02390

no title

370

تلک آیات الکتاب نزلت من سحاب رحمه منیعا و منها تحیی افئده الممکنات ان تتوجهن

These are the verses of the Book, sent down from the cloud of an impregnable mercy, whereby are quickened the hearts of all created things, should they turn thereunto [3.5s]

INBA51:500, ALIB.folder18p379

LHKM3.040

call to action; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; purpose; goal of creation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08243

no title

120

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بحنین قلوب العاشقین و زفرات افئده المشتاقین و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the yearning of the hearts of them that love Thee, and by the sighs of them that pine for Thee [3.5s]

INBA48:201, INBA49:044a, INBA92:157b, BLIB_Or15739.341,

LHKM3.384, AQMJ1.058b

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for protection; rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH11262

no title

سبحانک اللهم یا فاطر السماء و مالک الاسماء اسئلک بجمالک الذی اشرق عن افق

Glorified art Thou, O my God, O Creator of the heavens and Possessor of Names! I beseech Thee by Thy Beauty that hath shone forth from the horizon [3.5s]

INBA33:146a, INBA92:381a, BLIB_Or15699.032b,

LHKM3.385b, AQMJ1.016a

prayer for unity; spiritual transformation

BH11092

no title

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی یا الهی و یا سیدی و سیدی و یا محبوبی محبوبی لک الملک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my God, O my Lord, my Lord, O my Beloved, my Beloved! Thine is the Kingdom [3.5s]

INBA36:113b, INBA71:279b, INBA92:133a

LHKM3.386

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

BH02010

no title

440

فسبحان الذی له ملک السموات و الارض و انه کان بکلشیء علیما و له یسجد کل من

Glorified be He unto Whom belongeth the dominion of the heavens and of the earth, for verily He hath knowledge of all things, and before Him boweth down in adoration all [3.5s]

INBA51:564, INBA36:099b, INBA71:264

LHKM3.043

chastisement and requital; creation of the world; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02233

no title

400

هذا کتاب من شجره الروح للذی آمن بالله ثم هدی و سمع ندآء الله عن وراء قلزم

This is a Book from the Tree of Spirit unto him who hath believed in God, then was guided, and hath hearkened to the Call of God from beyond the crimson sea [3.5s]

INBA51:581

LHKM3.045

knowledge; recognition of God; power of prayer; spiritual transformation; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02831

no title

310

ان یا حرف المیم اسمع ندائی و لا تکن من الصابرین ثم اشهد فی نفسک بانه هو الله لا اله

O thou Mím, hearken unto My voice and be not of them that tarry. Testify in thyself that there is none other god but Him, the Almighty, the All-Powerful

INBA51:499, INBA71:034

LHKM3.007

JHT_B#010

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH04052

no title

230

قل ان یا اهل الارض اف لکم و بما اکتسبت ایدیکم فی هذه الایام التی کان الروح

Say: O peoples of the earth! Fie upon you and upon that which your hands have wrought in these days wherein the Spirit [3.5s]

INBA51:587b, INBA71:065b

LHKM3.052

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH05177

Firdaws al-Baqa’

190

هذه فردوس البقا قد فتحنا ابوابها لمن فی السموات و الارض فاسرعوا الیها یا

The portals of this Paradise of Eternity have We flung open unto all who dwell in the heavens and on earth. Hasten ye, therefore, unto them, O [3.5s]

INBA51:589

LHKM3.053

call to action; chastisement and requital; essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; idolatry; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; servitude; submission to God; repentance; station of the Manifestation of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH03229

no title

280

ذکر ورقه البقا فی شجر الفردوس ان یا ملا الاعلی فاسمعون و هذا من ذکر یهب کل

The mention of the eternal leaf upon the Tree of Paradise: O Concourse on High, hearken ye unto Me! This is from a remembrance that bestoweth upon all [3.5s]

INBA51:607b

LHKM3.054

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; prayer for women; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; thankfulness; gratitude

BH03750

no title

250

یا حرف القرب فاسمع نغمات الورقا من سدره المنتهی و تلقی علی الارواح من آیات

O Letter of Nearness! Hearken unto the melodies of the Dove from the Divine Lote-Tree, and cast upon the souls from the verses [3.5s]

INBA51:629, INBA27:449b

LHKM3.056

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; presence of; reunion with God; The Holy Spirit; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07300

no title

140

هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و یبشر الناس الی رضوان قدس علیا و یقرب المقربین الی ساحه

This is a Book that speaketh with truth and beareth unto all peoples the glad-tidings of a most holy and exalted Paradise, drawing them that are nigh unto His sacred court [3.5s]

INBA51:289, INBA36:110a, INBA71:275b, INBA49:327

LHKM3.057

consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; soul; spirit after death; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH07080

no title

140

ذکر نقطه الاولی عبده الذی آمن بالله و سمی باسم من اسمائنا الذی کان رحیما ان

The mention of the Primal Point, His servant who hath believed in God and hath been named with one of Our names, He Who was the All-Merciful. Verily [3.5s]

INBA51:290b, INBA49:336, BLIB_Or15694.644a, , ALIB.folder18p489a

LHKM3.058

consolation and comfort; fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06241

no title

160

قد ظهر ما هو المستور فی کنز العلم و نزل ما کان مکنونا فی خزآئن العرفان قد

That which lay hidden in the treasury of knowledge hath been made manifest, and that which was concealed in the repositories of wisdom hath been sent down [3.5s]

INBA51:618, BLIB_Or15734.2.016,

LHKM3.059

corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; goodly deeds; actions; living waters; water of life; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH06532

no title

150

ذکر کتاب من العبد الی الذی آمن بالله و کان فی صحف البقا من المقربین مسطورا

The mention of the Book from the servant unto him who hath believed in God and was inscribed among those near unto Him in the Scrolls of eternity [3.5s]

INBA51:619c

LHKM3.060

spiritual transformation

BH07508

no title

130

ان یا کریم قد ارسلنا الیک من قبل کتابا کریم فیه قدر من کل امر علی تفصیل من

O Generous One! Verily We did aforetime send unto thee a noble Book wherein was ordained every matter with detailed exposition [3.5s]

INBA51:620, INBA49:357a

LHKM3.061

composure; tranquillity; serenity; consolation and comfort; fire and light; fire and water

BH11511

no title

قد ظهر هیکل القدس فی هیئه الشمس فی وسط السماء فسبحان ربی الاعلی

The Temple of Holiness hath appeared in the form of the sun in the midst of heaven. Glorified be my Lord, the Most High [3.5s]

INBA51:307b

LHKM3.062a

BH11314

Seal of Baha’u’llah #08

و لله ملکوت ملک البقاء آت و الروح یعز من یشاء بعزته و یذل من یرید بقدرته

To God belongs the dominion of the king of eternity. The spirit exalts whom it wills by its glory and abases whom it wills by its decree and gives what it wills to whomever it wills.

INBA51:308

LHKM3.062b, KHSH04.016, AMIN.017#2

KSHK#19

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

BH10032

no title

و لله غیب غیب السموات و الارض و لن یصل بغیبه احد لا من اهل سرادق البقا و لا

Unto God belongeth the hidden mystery of the heavens and of the earth, and none shall attain unto His mystery save them that dwell within the pavilion of eternity, nor any else [3.5s]

INBA51:308a

LHKM3.062c

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11508

Seal of Baha’u’llah #15

قد اشرقت انوار الوجه عن مشرق البقاء لا اله الا هو البهی الابهی

The lights of the countenance have shown forth from the dawning-place of eternity. No god is there but Him. Verily, He is the glorious, the most glorious.

INBA51:308b

LHKM3.063a, KHSH04.017

KSHK#19

transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10674

no title

و قد یشهد اهل العالین و ملا المقربین بانه لا اله الا هو و ان هذا العبد

The denizens of all worlds and the company of them that are nigh unto God bear witness that there is none other God but Him, and that this servant [3.5s]

INBA51:308

LHKM3.063b

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01631

no title

530

اسمعی ما یغن جمال الظهور فی هذا الطور علی هذه البقعه المبارکه التی ارتفعت عن

Hearken unto that which the Beauty of Manifestation singeth forth upon this Mount and in this blessed spot which hath been raised above [3.5s]

INBA36:087b, INBA71:250

LHKM3.063c, PYB#174 p.03x

Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH10844

Tablet of the Hair 12

فسبحان الله من هذا لخیط الناری و هذا لحبل الربانی مره اشاهد انه نار لان بها

Glorified be Thou, O God, for this fiery strand, this lordly cord! At one time I behold it as fire, for by it the hearts of the devoted are consumed

INBA51:108a, BLIB_Or11098.029j, KB_620:101-101

LHKM3.076b, MUH3.275-276, KHAF.279, OOL.B191.12

ADMS#172

fire and light; fire and water; love as fire; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Holy Spirit

BH11210

Tablet of the Hair 2

Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A

اظهرت ماء الحیوان من کوثر فمی کما سترت شمس الحیوان خلف شعری ای فی ظلمات شعری

I have caused the living waters to issue from the Kawthar of My mouth, even as I have concealed the living sun behind My hair.

INBA51:587a, BLIB_Or11098.029k

LHKM3.076c, MUH3.276, OOL.B191.02

DAS.1914-09-12, ADMS#167

light and darkness; living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01140

no title

740

یا اهل البهاء اسمعوا الندآء من السدره النورآء انه لا اله الا هو الفرد الواحد

O peoples of Bahá! Hearken unto the call raised from the luminous Tree - verily there is none other God but Him, the Single, the One! [3.5s]... ...Say: O people of God! Beware lest the powers of the earth alarm you, or the might of the nations weaken you, or the tumult of the people of discord deter you, or the exponents of earthly glory sadden you. Be ye as a mountain

INBA51:249, BLIB_Or15718.330, , KB_620:242-244

LHKM3.084

COC#0330x, COC#1525x, ADJ.082x

Rowshan

consolation and comfort; eulogies; reminiscences; praise and encouragement; proclamation to Muslims; proclamation to people of the Bayan; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01268

no title

670

یا الهی قد حضر من عبدک کتاب فیه اقر بوحدانیتک و اعترف بفردانیتک و اراد العفو

O my God! From Thy servant hath come a letter wherein he hath acknowledged Thy unity and confessed Thy singleness, and sought forgiveness [3.5s]

INBA51:413

LHKM3.088

call to action; prayer for teaching; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01490

no title

580

سبحان الذی اظهر الکلمه بسلطان من عنده انها تنطق بین اهل الامکان انه لا اله

Glorified be He Who hath manifested the Word with sovereignty from His presence, for verily it proclaimeth amongst the peoples of contingent existence that there is no God [3.5s]

INBA35:092, INBA51:468, BLIB_Or11095#019,

LHKM3.096, ASAT3.106x, LDR.415x

justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01360

no title

630

ذکر الله قد ارتفع بین الارض و السماء من هذا اللسان الذی ماتحرک الا علی ذکر الله

The remembrance of God hath been raised betwixt earth and heaven from this Tongue which moveth not save in remembrance of God [3.5s]

INBA51:599, BLIB_Or15694.416, , ALIB.folder18p300

LHKM3.100, YMM.215x

high station of the true believer; permission for visit; pilgrimage; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01252

no title

670

اینکه مرقوم داشتند نفسی از احباء این آیه مبارکه را سوال نموده قد ظهر سر

Concerning that which was written, that one of the loved ones inquired about this blessed verse "The Mystery hath appeared" [3.5s]

INBA73:048

MAS1.015x, RHQM1.561-562 (687) (421x), NSS.100-102

empty learning; false spirituality; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Shaykhis; symbolism

LL#362

BH00088

Lawh-i-Kimiya 2 (Lawh-i-Mariyyih)

4710

کتاب مرسله در ساحت احدیه وارد و ما فیه مشاهده شد لله الحمد که در این فجر... و اینکه سئوال از قول ماریه نمودید

The missive was received at the Court of Oneness and its contents perused. Unto God be praise that you were illumined… the treatment is specially designed so that this precious, life-giving substance, which has appeared from the divine mine, may be purified... The appearance of this hidden treasure amongst these people [arbab-i-ulum] is the sign of the coming of age of the world

INBA66:187, NLAI_BH2.164

MAS1.026-045x, MAS4.024-025x, OOL.B197.2

BLO_alchemy, HURQ.BH06

A detailed explanation in symbolic language of an enigmatic statement on alchemy attributed to the l …

alchemy; the elixir; composition and decomposition; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; knowledge; recognition of God; law of cause and effect; spiritual transformation; transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#391

BH04321

Lawh-i-Kimiya 5

220

یا ایها الموسوم برکن الاول من اسمی ان استمع ندائی انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المختار و

O thou who art designated as the First Pillar of My Name! Hearken unto My Call. Verily, He is none other than God, the Mighty, the All-Compelling [3.5s]

INBA18:046, BLIB_Or11096#138,

MAS1.046-047x, OOL.B197.5x

corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; outward and inward meanings; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00212

Lawh-i-Kimiya 6

2760

Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A

پس اول باید دانست که این سر قویم و امر عظیم را قادر حکیم و سلطان علیم در چه

It ought first to be understood in what manner the Powerful Ruler and Wise Sovereign has established this firmly established Secret and mighty affair… Balinus, the sage, upheld the same view… [this is] one of nature's secrets and the essence of the knowledge of creation in the world of nature

INBA36:355, BLIB_Or15722.214, , NLAI_BH2.184

MAS1.047-057, OOL.B197.6

REVS.171x, BLO_alchemy, HURQ.BH05

alchemy; the elixir; four elements; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah

BH00953

no title

860

حمد مقدس از ظنون اهل امکان حضرت قیوم را لایق و سزا که اعراض معرضین و انکار

Hallowed praise, sanctified above the conjectures of all contingent beings, befitteth and beseemeth that Most Exalted One, the Self-Subsisting Lord, Who despite the opposition of the opposers and denial [3.5s]... ...The one who related the existence of the Qá’im was a woman. It was asked of Jaʻfar

INBA31:149

MAS1.007.2x, MAS4.091bx, PZHN v4#1 p.142x, NSS.203ax

BLO_PT#060x, ADMS#002x

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection of Muhammad

BH00571

no title

1310

حمد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقتدری را لایق و سزاست که اعراض معرضین و انکار منکرین

Praise befitteth and is worthy of the most sacred and most exalted court of that omnipotent Lord, notwithstanding the turning away of them that have turned aside and the denial of them that have denied [3.5s]

INBA84:148x, INBA84:082ax, INBA84:022b.13x, BLIB_Or15690.037, , BLIB_Or15728.192,

MAS4.123ax, MAS8.122x

chastisement and requital; methods of teaching the Cause; praise and encouragement; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00214

no title

2750

تسبیح و تقدیس ذات بیچون را لایق و سزاست که لئالی بحر حکمت و بیان را نمود و

Glorification and sanctification befit the Incomparable Essence, Who hath manifested the pearls of the ocean of wisdom and utterance [3.5s]

INBA27:219

MAS4.123bx, MAS8.063bx, PYK.138

spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01617

no title

540

قل الایات قد نزلت من جبروت الاعلی من لدن ملیک الاسماء و الصفات و بها شقت الحجبات

Say: The verses have indeed descended from the Supreme Kingdom, from the King of Names and Attributes, and through them were the veils rent asunder [3.5s]

INBA83:224, BLIB_Or15702.293, , NLAI_BH2.115, ALIB.folder18p282

MAS4.124bx

consolation and comfort; martyrs and martyrdom; proclamation to people of the Bayan; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH02052

no title

430

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و ینزلها کیف یشاء بامر من عنده و انه قد کان علی

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and doth send them down as He willeth by His command, and verily He hath ever been mighty [3.5s]

INBA83:168, BLIB_Or15702.181, , ALIB.folder18p365

MAS4.139cx

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; power of the Manifestation of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01801

no title

490

ان یا قلمی الاعلی انا نراک ترکض فی اللوح مره تمیل الی الیمین و اخری الی

O My Most Exalted Pen! Verily, We behold thee hastening across the Tablet, now inclining to the right, and at another moment to the left [3.5s]

INBA15:301, INBA26:304

MAS4.150bx, MAS8.041ax

blind imitation [taqlid]; proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

LL#355

BH00450

no title

1590

الحمد لله الفرد الواحد الاحد الذی خلق الانسان و الهمه ما یظهر به صفات الرحمن

Praise be to God, the Single, the One, the Incomparable, Who hath created man and inspired him with that which manifesteth the attributes of the All-Merciful [3.5s]

INBA07:017, INBA28:195, BLIB_Or11097#074,

MAS4.151ax

avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH04255

no title

220

قد سمع المظلوم ما ناجیت به الله رب العالمین پاک و منزهست کسیکه معرفتش فوق

The Wronged One hath heard that which thou didst whisper unto God, the Lord of all worlds. Sanctified and exalted is He Whose knowledge transcendeth [3.5s]

INBA18:031

MAS4.172ax

corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01678

no title

520

ان یا علی ان اشهد فی نفسک بانه لا اله الا هو و ان الذی ظهر باسم علی قبل نبیل انه

O Ali! Bear thou witness in thine inmost heart that verily there is none other God but Him, and that He Who appeared bearing the name of Ali before Nabil, verily He [3.5s]

INBA83:191, BLIB_Or03114.088, , BLIB_Or15702.231, , ALIB.folder18p321

MAS4.175cx

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach

ROB3.194, LL#429

BH02846

no title

310

بجانان جان همی دریافت ره از بوی او مهر و مه آمیخت با هم روی او و ابروی او

Through His fragrance did the soul find its way to the Beloved; sun and moon commingled in His face and brow [3.5s]

INBA30:167

MAS4.176

living waters; water of life; love of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Moses; pain of love; love as veil; power of the Manifestation of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation

LL#012

BH03242

no title

280

عشق از سدره اعلا آمد با شعله فارانی هم با جام بلا آمد از ساحت سبحانی اول

Love descended from the Supreme Lote-Tree with the Flame of Paran, bringing the chalice of tribulation from the realm of the All-Glorious [3.5s]

INBA30:172, MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p31,

MAS4.179

evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; love as fire; Manifestation of God as sun; mystical themes; realms of being; three realms; five realms; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; transcendence; unknowability of God; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH03468

no title

260

ای علی بشنو جوابهای سوالات خود را که از قلم الله جاری میگردد و اما ما سئلت فی

O Ali! Hearken unto the answers to thy questions, which stream forth from the Pen of God. And as to that which thou didst ask concerning [3.5s]

INBA38:126

MAS4.018ax, MAS4.029x

bribery and corruption; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; freedom of thought and action; holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02406

no title

370

At Dawn the Friend came to my bed'

سحر آمد به بسترم یار کی شوریده ز عشق وی دل افکار ای برایم فتاده بهر سوئی وی

At dawn the Friend came to my bed: “O fool for love, O broken heart, O thou, who pinest for Me wherever thou art

INBA30:163

MAS4.181

LOIR16.273, BLO_PT#010

evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; nearness and remoteness; pain of love; love as veil; poems and quotation from poetry; presence of; reunion with God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH01838

no title

480

بت آمده با بطی باده با رخی چون آفتاب با دلی ساده ساده ز چه از دنیا ار عقبی

The beloved hath come with pure wine, with a countenance like unto the sun, with a heart pure and simple. Why then turnest thou to this world or the next [3.5s]

INBA30:159

MAS4.188

BH00189

no title

2970

لله الحمد فرج الهی بعد از شدت رسید یا محبوب فوادی شدت وقتی بود که لامرالله در

Praise be unto God! Divine deliverance hath come after tribulation. O beloved of My heart! Grievous indeed was that time when the Cause of God [3.5s]

INBA19:379, INBA32:324, BLIB_Or15733.246x,

MAS4.021ax, MAS4.033bx

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; power of prayer; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; wisdom [hikmat]

BH02794

Lawh-i-Gul-i-Mawla

320

Days of Remembrance; Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The

گل مولی چه بسیار از دراویش که در صحراهای شوق بیاد مولی سیاح شدند و در بحور

Flower of God! How many are the dervishes who journeyed through the wildernesses of longing in remembrance of their Lord and swam in the oceans of yearning

INBA35:189, NLI.32p001v

MAS4.218bx, ASAT4.491.15x

ADMS#259

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; rejection by the people of the Bayan; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

MMAH.182

BH00023

Tablet to Varqa I

8000

حمد مقدس از ذکر تقدیس و تنزیه و فوق آن بساط حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که

Sanctified praise, transcendent above all mention of glorification and exaltation, beseemeth the court of that Divine Object of all desire, Who [3.5s]... ...This heedless and prattling have understood this Revelation to be like unto the events of the past. Up to this moment they have not comprehended

INBA41:158x, INBA41:379bx

MAS4.032x, MAS4.141bx, MAS4.348x, AYI2.003x, ABDA.093-094x, TSAY.472x, MSHR2.027.01x, MSHR5.381bx

KFPT#03.1x

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; call to action; consolation and comfort; corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; development of capacity and readiness; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; firmness in the Covenant; goodly deeds; actions; power of love; praise and encouragement; presence of; reunion with God; preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; wisdom [hikmat]; words vs deeds

LL#259

BH05154

no title

190

هذا شهر فیه ولد الاسم الاعظم الذی به ارتعدت فرائص العالم و استبرک بقدومه

This is the month wherein was born He Who beareth the Most Great Name, Whose appearance hath caused the limbs of humankind to quake

INBA41:224, NLAI_BH1.180

MAS4.342, AMB#45

DOR#45

R. Yazhari (1), R. Yazhari (2)

chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of the Manifestation of God; praise and encouragement; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; the power of words; of speech

LL#173

BH02069

no title

430

یا علی انشاء الله بنفحات قمیص بیان الهی فائز باشی و از فیوضات سحاب رحمت

O Ali! God willing, mayest thou be blessed with the fragrances of the garment of divine utterance and be enriched by the outpourings of the clouds of mercy [3.5s]

INBA15:307, INBA26:310, BLIB_Or15715.044b,

MAS4.351, PYK.071

rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; wisdom [hikmat]

BH01484

no title

580

جوهر الحمد علی هیئه من العباد ینادی فی بریه الاشتیاق یا اله الغیب و الشهود و

The essence of praise appeareth in the form of servants who cry out in the wilderness of longing: "O Thou God of the unseen and the seen!" [3.5s]... ...In these days the stay in the True House of Haram-i-Athar (the Purest Wife), upon her be all glory and loftiness

INBA31:014, BLIB_Or11097#046,

MAS4.354cx

LTDT.048-049x

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; business; financial; property matters; consolation and comfort; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God; wisdom [hikmat]

ROB4.007, LL#055

BH00470

no title

1530

حمد و ثنا اولیای مالک اسما را سزاست که ظلم ظالمین و منع مانعین ایشانرا از ذکر و ثنا و

Praise and glorification befit the loved ones of the Lord of Names, whom neither the tyranny of the oppressors nor the hindrances of them that impede can deter from His remembrance and praise [3.5s]

INBA27:489

MAS4.370ax, MAS8.065ax

call to action; humility; meekness; lowliness; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; service to others; to the Cause of God; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00020

Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Commentary on the Disconnected Letters) = Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur (Tablet of the Verse of Light)

8280

Tablet of the 'Light Verse', also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters; Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters; Lawh-i-Hikmat

الحمد لله الذی خلق الحروفات فی عوالم العما خلف سرادقات القدس فی رفارف الاسنی

Praise be to God who created the letters in the worlds of the divine Cloud beyond the pavilions of holiness… Know that the first tokens brought into existence by the pre-existent Cause in the worlds of creation are the four elements… Strive therefore to recognize amongst the primary substances those things which are in equilibrium

INBA08:587, INBA36:212, NLAI_BH2.141x, NLAI_BH3.003x, Berlin1237#19, PR19.002b-017b

MAS4.049, ASAT3.090x, ASAT4.068x, ANDA#19 p.32x, OOL.B029, OOL.B145

BLO_failayn, HURQ.BH08x, BTO#04x, ADMS#199n84x

An extensive commentary on the famous ‘verse of light’ in the Qur’an (24:35) and on the origin …

alchemy; the elixir; four elements; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria)

ROB1.125, MMAH.099, GSH.021, GSH.045, LL#337, LL#391, LL#405?

BH00928

no title

890

یا محبوب فوادی علیک بهاء مولائی و سلطانی و مالکی در هر حین از جمیع جهات آثار ظهور

O Beloved of My heart! Upon Thee be the glory of My Lord, My Sovereign and My Master. At every moment, from all directions, the signs of manifestation [3.5s]

INBA27:485b

MAS4.090ax

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; rejection, opposition and persecution; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00371

no title

1810

ان یا زین المقربین ذکر من قبلی عبادی ثم بشرهم برحمتی و عنایتی ثم فضلی و

O Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin! Make mention of Me before My servants, then give them the glad-tidings of My mercy and loving-kindness and My grace [3.5s]

INBA38:278

MAS4.099x, RSR.107x, AKHA_118BE #05-06 p.ax

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; power of the Manifestation of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment

BH02329

Lawh-i-Babu'l-Ata [Lawh-i-Banu-Qurayzih]

380

Tablets by Bahá'u'lláh, Some

ذرات کائنات شاهد و حقائق ممکنات گواه که این عبد از ظهور و اظهار امر مقصودی جز

The atoms of every contingent being and the realities of all created things bear witness that this Servant.... When I was but a child, this Wronged One read an account of the invasion of the Banú-Qurayẓih recorded in a book attributed to the late Mullá Báqir Majlisí.

INBA81:158, BLIB_Or15695.037, , BLIB_Or15724.101,

MAS7.135, ASAT2.017x

ADMS#042

early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; episodes from the early history of Islam; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; personal instructions; purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); unity; oneness of humanity

ROB2.348, LL#075

BH02236

no title

400

و الذی اراد ان یعرف سر ما ظهر من ظهور قبلی فی الشمس و قیامه تلقائها طوبی لمن سئل

Someone wants to know the secret of what was revealed to him that came before me regarding the sun and his standing while facing it.

INBA66:106ax

MAS8.104-106x

KSHK#12x

consolation and comfort; holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation

BH01511

no title

570

حبذا البلایا التی وردت علی المظلوم فی سبیل الله المهیمن القیوم فی الحقیقه بلا

How wondrous are the tribulations that have befallen the Wronged One in the path of God, the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsisting! In truth, these afflictions [3.5s]

INBA42:155, BLIB_Or15724.065c,

MAS8.108ax

call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00014

no title

9890

لله الحمد حمدا یمطر به السحاب و یجد المقربون عرف قمیص ربنا الوهاب حمدا

All praise be unto God - praise wherewith the clouds pour forth their rain, and through which they who are nigh unto Him perceive the fragrance of the garment of their Lord, the All-Bountiful - praise [3.5s]

INBA15:067, INBA18:302x, INBA26:067

MAS8.108dx, AYI2.072x, AYI2.358x, AKHA_131BE #05 p.ax, AKHA_131BE #04 p.ax, MSHR2.065x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00725

no title

1080

Consultation

یا ابن دخیل علیک بهاء الله الملک المقتدر العزیز الجمیل انا قرئنا کتابک من قبل

O son of Dakhíl! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Sovereign, the Almighty, the All-Powerful, the All-Beauteous. Verily, We have read thy letter aforetime [3.5s]... ...Such matters should be determined through consultation, and whatever emergeth from the consultation of those chosen, that indeed is the command of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting

INBA41:170x, BLIB_Or15716.192d,

MAS8.112bx

BRL_CONSULT#04x, COC#0169x

power of prayer; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00885

Lawh-i-Javad

920

ای حبیب جان و محبوب روانم آیا سکون اختیار نموده و جمال مختار مابین اشرار... ای جواد سلطان ایجاد میفرماید ای جواد سیف لسانرا

O beloved of My soul and cherished of My spirit! Hast thou chosen repose whilst the Beauty of the All-Glorious dwelleth amidst the wicked? O Javád, the Sovereign Lord of creation declareth: O Javád, unsheathe the sword of thy tongue [3.5s]

INBA38:082, NLI.32p036vx, Majlis934.058-069x

MAS8.012x

call to action; rejection, opposition and persecution; rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; suffering and imprisonment; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

GSH.197

BH02623

no title

340

قاصدان کعبه رحمن را امر بتبلیغ نمودیم و سبل تبلیغ را هم در الواح متعدده

We have enjoined upon the seekers of the Ka'bah of the All-Merciful to teach, and have set forth the ways of teaching in manifold Tablets [3.5s]

INBA35:155, BLIB_Or15719.053c, , BLIB_Or15722.203,

MAS8.123x

differences in human capacity; methods of teaching the Cause; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; universal human capacity for spiritual recognition; wisdom [hikmat]

BH08038

no title

120

ان الدیک یقول هذا یومی و اتغنی باسم الله فی ملکوت الانشاء لانه نسبنی الی

Lo, the cockerel proclaimeth: "This is My Day, and I sing praise unto the name of God in the Kingdom of creation, for He hath related me unto Him." [3.5s]

INBA44:004

MAS8.130b, QALAM.010

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; power of the Manifestation of God; symbolism

BH06151

no title

160

ذکر من لدنا لمن آمن باالفرد الخبیر و اقبل الی قلب العالم و اعترف بما نطق

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath believed in the One, the All-Informed, and hath turned towards the Heart of the World and acknowledged that which was spoken [3.5s]

INBA41:450b, BLIB_Or15695.045a,

MAS8.132b

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment

BH01475

no title

590

یا قلم ول وجهک شطر من سمی بمومن ثم اذکره بما

O Pen! Turn thy face toward him who hath been named Believer, then make mention of him with what [3.5s]

INBA41:077

MAS8.133x

call to action; personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH04736

no title

300

سبحان الذی خلق الاسما و جعلها سببا لبلوغ العباد الی عوالم البقا لیعرفن ما ستر

Glorified be He Who created the Names and made them a means whereby His servants might attain unto the realms of eternity, that they may know what was concealed [3.5s]

INBA92:201ax

MAS8.024ax, NSS.134bx

Greatest Name; names and attributes of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH08159

no title

120

تلک ورقه مبارکه ازلیه ابدیه تنطق بالحق بانه انا الله لا اله الا هو و انه کان

The figurative world and the physical world are both pure nonexistence, but they appear in the garb of being.

INBA38:259x

MAS8.029ax

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; love of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH02879

no title

310

قد ارسلنا البدیع بفضل من عندنا و معه کتاب کریم و ماقصدنا منه الا تقرب العباد

We have sent forth the Badi' through Our grace, and with Him a noble Book, and We intended naught thereby save the drawing nigh of the servants [3.5s]

INBA51:498, BLIB_Or11095#102,

MAS8.003bx, TSHA3.378

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; justice and wrath of God; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual transformation; stories; anecdotes

BH10402

no title

هر قلبی قابل ودیعه حب الهیه نبوده و نخواهد بود چنانچه هر ارضی لایق انبات

Not every heart is capable of acting as a repository for divine love. For not every soul is suited for growing wondrous herbs

INBA38:072b

MAS8.033a

differences in human capacity; man's distinction from the animal; two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight; universal human capacity for spiritual recognition; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH01949

no title

450

ای امه الله حال بلسان ابدع احلی نغمات الهی را ببیان فارسی بشنو و بدان که

O handmaid of God! Hearken now in the Persian tongue unto the most wondrous and sweet-sounding melodies of God, and know thou that [3.5s]

INBA38:117

MAS8.034x, AYI2.252x

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; knowledge; recognition of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; recompense; reward for belief; right action; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

BH05330

no title

180

ای مسافر فی الله و ای مهاجر بالله حمد کن محبوبرا که بسینای قدس باقی وارد شدی

O thou who journeyest in God and dost migrate unto God! Render praise unto the Beloved, for thou hast attained unto the holy and everlasting Sinai [3.5s]

INBA38:125a, BLIB_Or15696.108,

MAS8.037bx, GJV.007, YFY.058-059

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment

BH02891

no title

310

کتاب انزله المظلوم لمن آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم انه ینطق بالحق انه لا اله الا

The Book hath been revealed by the Wronged One unto them that have believed in God, the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsisting. Verily, He speaketh the truth: there is no God but [3.5s]

INBA15:300, INBA26:303, BLIB_Or15696.023b, , BLIB_Or15734.2.088,

MAS8.004x, PYK.201

honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH01496

no title

580

یا اسم جود علیک بهاء الله آنچه جناب حیدر علی علیه بهائی و عنایتی و رحمتی

O Ism-i-Júd! Upon thee be the glory of God! That which Ḥaydar-'Alí - upon him be My glory and My loving-kindness and My mercy - [3.5s]

INBA42:223

MAS8.066x

chastisement and requital; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; rejection, opposition and persecution; wisdom [hikmat]

BH03483

no title

260

در این ظهور اعظم اکثری از احباء بتبلیغ امر مالک اسما مامور شده اند یعنی امر

In this Most Great Dispensation, most of the beloved ones have been charged with teaching the Cause of the Lord of Names, that is to say, the Cause [3.5s]

INBA35:130, BLIB_Or15719.041b,

MAS8.097x

martyrs and martyrdom; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; wisdom [hikmat]

BH02944

no title

300

انت تعلم یا الهی بان شفتائی مافتحتا الا باذنک و ماجری قلم القدم الا بامرک و

Thou knowest, O my God, that my lips have not been opened save by Thy leave, and that the Ancient Pen hath not moved except by Thy command [3.5s]

INBA48:131, INBA49:204, INBA92:195, BLIB_Or15739.243,

AQMJ1.101

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for specific individuals; groups; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04034

no title

230

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف اذکرک بعد الذی ایقنت بان ذکر ما سواک لاینبغی لحضرتک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! How can I make mention of Thee, when I have become certain that the mention of aught except Thee befitteth not Thy presence [3.5s]

INBA35:019, INBA48:147, BLIB_Or15739.266,

AQMJ1.106

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; humility; meekness; lowliness; impossibility of true worship of God; love of God; prayer for nearness to God; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04741

no title

200

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به اجتذبت قلوب المخلصین و افئده

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou hast attracted the hearts of the sincere ones and their inmost hearts [3.5s]

INBA48:149, INBA49:207, BLIB_Or15739.270,

AQMJ1.108

spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05401

no title

180

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالکلمه العلیا و الاسماء الحسنی و مظهر نفسک العلی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Exalted Word, and by Thy Most Beautiful Names, and by the Manifestation of Thy Most Exalted Self [3.5s]

INBA27:077, INBA48:152, INBA49:042, BLIB_Or15739.275,

AQMJ1.112

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for women; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment

BH06568

no title

150

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به نورت قلوب العاشقین و استضائت وجوه

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou hast illumined the hearts of them that are ardently devoted, and made their faces to shine with light [3.5s]

INBA48:161a, INBA49:210, INBA92:145b, BLIB_Or15739.286,

AQMJ1.121

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH06571

no title

150

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه امه من امائک بلغها الی ما قدرت لها فی ایامک و اشهد

Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is one of Thy handmaidens - enable her to attain that which Thou hast ordained for her in Thy days, and I bear witness [3.5s]

INBA48:165, INBA49:203, INBA92:147, BLIB_Or15739.293,

AQMJ1.127

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; knowledge; recognition of God; prayer for women; spiritual transformation

BH06572

no title

150

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هؤلآء عبادک الذین اقروا بوحدانیتک و اعترفوا بفردانیتک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! These are Thy servants who have recognized Thy unity and confessed Thy singleness [3.5s]

INBA48:167x, INBA49:218b.12x, BLIB_Or15739.296x,

AQMJ1.128x

characteristics and conduct of true believers; justice and wrath of God; power of faith; power of the spirit; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; teaching the Cause; call to teach; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH07109

no title

140

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالکلمه التی منها تموجت فی قلوب العارفین بحور

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the Word through which the oceans surged in the hearts of them that have known Thee [3.5s]

INBA35:022, INBA48:179a, BLIB_Or15739.312,

AQMJ1.136

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of prayer; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for spiritual recognition

BH09809

no title

Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

تری یا الهی کیف اجتمع علی احبتک طغاه خلقک و عصاه بریتک ما من ارض الا و قد

Thou seest, O my God, how Thy loved ones have been encompassed by the rebellious amongst Thy creatures

INBA49:068a, INBA92:314b

AQMJ1.015

BPRY.229, JHT_S#031

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; rejection, opposition and persecution; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH11070

no title

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما فدیتنی لحیوه العالمین و لک الحمد بما

Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for having ransomed me for the life of the worlds, and all praise be unto Thee [3.5s]

INBA49:094b, INBA92:381b

AQMJ1.016b

living waters; water of life; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for forgiveness; sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; suffering and imprisonment

BH01410

no title

610

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و ان نقطه البیان لعبده و بهائه و عزه و سلطانه و

God testifieth that there is no God but Him and that the Point of the Bayan is His servant, His Glory, His Might and His Sovereignty [3.5s]

INBA71:330

AQMJ1.020x, KNJ.013a

chastisement and requital; obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH10826

no title

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا ندائک قد ارتفع عن یمین عرش عظمتک فاجتذب به قلوب

Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy Call which hath been raised from the right hand of the Throne of Thy majesty and hath drawn unto it all hearts [3.5s]

INBA92:380b

AQMJ1.001x, AQMJ1.097x, BCH.073

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of prayer; prayer for spiritual recognition

BH10288

no title

سبحانک یا الهی تری اسمک الاعظم و سر القدم فی ظلل الاحزان و احاطته جنود

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou beholdest Thy Most Great Name and the Ancient Mystery beneath the shadows of sorrows, encompassed by hosts [3.5s]

INBA92:385b

AQMJ1.028

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition

BH10330

no title

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا عبدک الذی خیط ردآء عز سلطنتک و اثواب قدس هیکلک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy servant who hath stitched the mantle of the glory of Thy sovereignty and the vestures of the sanctity of Thy Temple [3.5s]

INBA71:334, INBA92:143a, BLIB_Or15696.088a,

AQMJ1.029

prayer for specific individuals; groups; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH09619

no title

100

یا الهی و ربی کیف اشکرک بما جعلتنی مشرق البلایا فی سبیلک و مطلع القضایا فی

O my God and my Lord! How can I render thanks unto Thee for having made me the Dawning-Place of tribulations in Thy path and the Rising-Point of trials in Thy way [3.5s]

INBA92:386a

AQMJ1.030

love of God; praise and encouragement; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH08626

no title

110

ا تحرم یا الهی من اقبل الی حرم ذاتک ا تبعد یا محبوبی من استجار الی مدینه

Wouldst Thou bar, O my God, from the sanctuary of Thine Essence one who hath turned towards Thee? Wouldst Thou banish, O my Beloved, one who hath sought refuge in Thy celestial city [3.5s]

INBA33:073a, INBA92:106a

AQMJ1.033

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH08830

no title

110

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک المخزون و جمالک المشهود و بمظهر نفسک العلی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy hidden Name, and Thy manifest Beauty, and by the Supreme Manifestation of Thy Self [3.5s]

INBA48:200a, INBA49:063b, INBA92:160b, BLIB_Or15739.339,

AQMJ1.036x

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for protection; servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH09919

no title

فیا الهی بای ذکر اذکرک بعد علمی بان الذکر غیر مذکور عند ظهورات انوار عظمتک و

O my God! By what remembrance can I remember Thee, knowing that remembrance itself hath no mention before the manifestations of the lights of Thy grandeur [3.5s]

INBA48:214, INBA49:048a, INBA92:167a, BLIB_Or15739.359,

AQMJ1.041

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; impossibility of true worship of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09849

no title

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انی عبدک و ابن عبدک آمنت بک و بایاتک الکبری و قمت بحولک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant. I have believed in Thee and in Thy most mighty signs, and have risen through Thy power [3.5s]

INBA48:212b, INBA49:048b, INBA92:164a, BLIB_Or15739.357,

AQMJ1.042

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

BH07650

Lawh-i-Munajat

130

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی ادعوک بالدعاء الذی دعیت به من لسان رسلک و صفوتک و اسئلک

Magnified be Thy Name, O Lord my God, I supplicate unto Thee with that supplication with which Thou wert implored by the tongue of Thy Messengers

INBA48:189, INBA49:051, BLIB_Or15739.326, , PR05.044b-044a

AQMJ1.045, ANDA#70 p.23

KFPT#05

Greatest Name; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for morning; prayer for steadfastness; obedience

BH06253

no title

160

قل سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انا عبدک و ابن عبدک و قد خرجت من وطنی حبا لجمالک و

Say: Glorified be Thou, O my God! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant, and I have departed from my homeland out of love for Thy Beauty [3.5s]

INBA48:161b, INBA49:053, INBA92:197, BLIB_Or15739.288,

AQMJ1.047

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; love of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH07664

no title

130

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا عبد من عبادک و قد توجه الی شطر عنایتک و اراد بدایع

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is one of Thy servants who hath turned toward the sanctuary of Thy tender mercies and hath sought the wondrous tokens [3.5s]

INBA48:183, INBA49:055, INBA92:171, BLIB_Or15739.318,

AQMJ1.048

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; living waters; water of life; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; spiritual transformation

BH08840

no title

110

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا عبدک الذی آمن بک و بایاتک ان انصره ببدایع نصرک ثم

Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy servant who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs. Aid him, then, through the wondrous tokens of Thy triumph [3.5s]

INBA48:205, INBA49:058a, BLIB_Or15725.392c, , BLIB_Or15739.347,

AQMJ1.053

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; love of God; prayer for specific individuals; groups; prayer for spiritual recognition; service to others; to the Cause of God

BH08837

no title

110

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی فانصر من احبک و اراد وجهک انه قد ورد یا الهی فی شاطی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Do Thou assist them that love Thee and seek Thy presence. Verily they have arrived, O my God, upon the shore [3.5s]

INBA48:206b, INBA49:046a, INBA92:157a, BLIB_Or15739.349,

AQMJ1.055

prayer for specific individuals; groups; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; spiritual transformation

BH09379

no title

100

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بعظمتک و جلالک ثم رفعتک و اجلالک ان تحفظ عبدک

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy greatness and Thy majesty, then by Thy loftiness and Thy glory, to protect Thy servant [3.5s]

INBA48:211, INBA49:045, BLIB_Or15739.355,

AQMJ1.057

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

BH10281

no title

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا عبدک الذی آمن بک و احب احبائک و اعرض عن اعدائک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy servant who hath believed in Thee and loved Thy loved ones and turned away from Thine enemies [3.5s]

INBA48:215a, INBA49:044b, INBA92:158a, BLIB_Or15739.360,

AQMJ1.058a

belief and denial; love of God; prayer for protection

BH08829

no title

110

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک القیوم الذی به بشرت عبادک و جعلته قیوما علی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the Self-Subsisting, through which Thou didst give glad tidings unto Thy servants and didst make it sovereign over [3.5s]

INBA48:198, INBA49:028, INBA49:219, BLIB_Or15739.337b,

AQMJ1.060

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; prayer for nearness to God; suffering and imprisonment

BH08826

no title

110

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به فصلت بین احبائک و اعدائک و به ظهر

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst separate between Thy loved ones and Thine enemies, and through which was manifested [3.5s]

INBA48:199, INBA49:027, INBA49:220, BLIB_Or15739.338,

AQMJ1.061

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH03234

no title

280

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بکلمه امرک التی بها خلقت الممکنات و ذرئت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the Word of Thy Command wherewith Thou didst create all contingent things and bring them into being [3.5s]

INBA48:136, INBA49:020, BLIB_Or15739.250,

AQMJ1.089

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God the cause of creation

BH02214

no title

400

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک ببدایع اشراق انوار جمالک و ظهورات عز سلطنتک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the wondrous dawning-places of the lights of Thy Beauty and the manifestations of the glory of Thy sovereignty [3.5s]

INBA48:111, INBA49:009, BLIB_Or15739.205,

AQMJ1.092

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for protection; prayer for spiritual recognition; presence of; reunion with God

BH10148

no title

الهی الهی ارحم عبادک و امائک و لاتمنعهم عن فرات رحمتک و الذی جری فی ایامک فی

O my God, O my God! Have mercy upon Thy servants and handmaidens, and withhold them not from the streams of Thy mercy which floweth in Thy days [3.5s]

INBA15:343a, INBA28:383b, INBA26:347a

AQMJ2.009

BH06588

no title

150

سبحانک یا من باسمک استانست افئده المشتاقین و بذکرک طارت قلوب الموحدین و

Glorified art Thou, O Thou through Whose Name the hearts of the ardent have found solace, and by Whose remembrance the souls of the sincere have taken wing [3.5s]

INBA23:266

AQMJ2.105

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; love of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for firmness in the Covenant; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH08275

no title

120

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم فانظر یا الهی امتک التی توجهت الی

God testifieth that there is none other God but He, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting. Behold then, O my God, Thy handmaiden who hath turned towards [3.5s]

INBA18:216, BLIB_Or15696.020a, , BLIB_Or15734.2.079,

AQMJ2.108

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for women

BH10735

no title

یا ورقاء اعلم ثم اعرف انا اصطفیناک لذکری و عرفناک سبیل فضلی و رحمتی و سقیناک

O Varqa! Know thou and recognize that We have chosen thee for Our remembrance, and have shown thee the path of Our grace and mercy, and have given thee to drink [3.5s]

INBA19:076, INBA32:070b, INBA41:447b, BLIB_Or15696.089e,

AQMJ2.113bx, KHSH05.006

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; prayer for assistance; intercession; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual transformation

BH09556

no title

100

لک الحمد یا الهنا بما سقیتنا رحیق عرفانک من کاس عطائک و قدرت لنا الحضور امام

All praise be unto Thee, O our God, inasmuch as Thou hast given us to drink the choice wine of Thy knowledge from the chalice of Thy bounty, and hast ordained for us to stand in Thy presence [3.5s]

INBA23:115a, INBA23:262

AQMJ2.121

knowledge; recognition of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH07697

no title

130

شهد الخادم علی ما شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو لم یزل کان مقدسا عن الذکر و

The servant beareth witness unto that which God Himself hath testified: that there is none other God but Him, Who hath ever been sanctified beyond all mention [3.5s]

INBA27:478

AQMJ2.125x

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as mediator; praise and encouragement; purpose; goal of creation; service to others; to the Cause of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08500

no title

120

یا الهی و اله الوجود من الغیب و الشهود اسئلک بالکلمه التی اخرجتها من معدن

O my God and God of existence, both unseen and seen! I beseech Thee by the Word which Thou didst cause to issue forth from the mine [3.5s]

INBA27:469a

AQMJ2.137

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; prayer for martyrs; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04576

no title

210

یا ایها المقبل اسمع ندآء المظلوم انه ذکرک بما انجذبت به الافئده و القلوب و

O thou who hast turned towards Me! Hearken unto the Call of the Wronged One. Verily, He maketh mention of thee with that which hath enraptured hearts and souls [3.5s]

INBA33:066, BLIB_Or15716.138d,

AQMJ2.144x

Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for praise and gratitude; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; prophecy and fulfillment; suffering and imprisonment

BH00011

no title

11650

Selections from the Writings of the Báb

حمد مقدس از السن ممکنات و منزه از ذکر موجودات ساحت قدس سلطان قدمی را سزا است

Sanctified praise, transcendent above the tongues of all created things and hallowed beyond the mention of all beings, befitteth the sacred court of the Ancient King [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O Lord, my Best Beloved! Make me steadfast in Thy Cause and grant that I may be reckoned among those

INBA38:192, INBA66:131x, INBA77:013, PR23.051b-052ax, BN_suppl.1754.001-021

AQMJ2.146x, UVM.072.15x, UVM.082.15x

SWB#72 (p.215-216x)

chastisement and requital; differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00641

no title

1190

یا جواد ان استمع ما یغرد به عندلیب الحزن علی غصن الهم بما اکتسبت ایدی الظالمین

O Javád! Hearken unto what the Nightingale of Sorrow warbleth upon the Branch of Grief through that which the hands of the oppressors have wrought [3.5s]

INBA97:058, BLIB_Or15715.364,

AQMJ2.153x

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Imam Husayn; justice and wrath of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH09522

no title

100

قولی الهی الهی تری امتک التی آمنت بک و بایاتک قد اقبلت الی بحر فضلک و افق

My God, my God! Thou seest Thy handmaiden who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs, and who hath turned toward the ocean of Thy grace and the horizon [3.5s]

INBA18:381b, INBA28:383a, INBA23:143a, INBA84:121a, INBA84:059b, INBA84:002b.11

AQMJ2.028

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for women; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH01219

no title

690

هذا ما نزل لجواد علیه بهاء الله مالک الایجاد یا جواد علیک بهائی جناب امین ذکر

This is what hath been sent down unto Javád, upon him be the glory of God, the Lord of creation. O Javád! Upon thee be My glory. His honor the Trustee hath made mention [3.5s]

INBA18:115

AQMJ2.002x

prayer for steadfastness; obedience; preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06373

no title

160

یا غفار اشهد بما شهد المختار انه لا اله الا هو العلیم الحک??م لیس له شریک فی

O Ghaffar! I bear witness unto that whereunto the Chosen One hath testified, that verily there is no God but Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. No partner hath He [3.5s]

INBA23:183, BLIB_Or15713.237b,

AQMJ2.034

divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; prayer for forgiveness; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08241

no title

120

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به ظهرت کنائز علمک و برزت خزائن امرک و

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the treasuries of Thy knowledge were made manifest and the repositories of Thy Command were brought forth [3.5s]

INBA48:190, BLIB_Or15739.327,

AQMJ2.041, AKHA_122BE #11-12 p.b

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for protection; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH03357

no title

270

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بهبوب اریاح رحمتک فی ایامک و بتموج ابحر احدیتک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the wafting of the breezes of Thy mercy in Thy days, and by the surging of the seas of Thy oneness [3.5s]

INBA48:141, INBA92:183, BLIB_Or15739.257,

AQMJ2.045x

prayer for forgiveness; prayer for purity; chastity; prayer for women; spiritual transformation

BH08842

no title

110

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا یوم من ایام الرضوان الذی فیه تجلیت علی من علی الارض

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is one of the days of Thy Riḍván Festival whereon Thou didst shed the splendour of Thy name

INBA51:609, INBA92:407a

AQMJ2.051, AMB#18

DOR#18

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; praise and encouragement; prayer for specific individuals; groups; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

BH10282

no title

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه ورقه التی ارادت وجهک و تحرکت من اریاح فضلک و اخذها

Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is a leaf that hath yearned for Thy countenance, that hath been stirred by the breezes of Thy bounty, and that hath been gathered unto Thee [3.5s]

INBA23:210b, INBA48:215b, INBA49:091b, INBA92:323b, BLIB_Or15739.361a,

AQMJ2.055a

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; justice and wrath of God; prayer for women; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH08258

no title

120

سبحانک اللهم یا من اظهرت فی ایامک خافیه صدور الخائنین من عبادک و المفترین من

Glorified art Thou, O my God, Who hast made manifest in Thy days that which lay concealed in the breasts of the treacherous among Thy servants and the slanderers [3.5s]

INBA27:477b

AQMJ2.056

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for firmness in the Covenant; rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

BH10280

no title

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی فالبس قلوب احبائک درع الاستقامه و الاطمینان لئلا یوثر

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Clothe Thou the hearts of Thy loved ones with the armor of steadfastness and assurance, lest they be affected [3.5s]

INBA92:378

AQMJ2.058

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for detachment; prayer for protection; prayer for steadfastness; obedience

BH10583

no title

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی قو قلوب احبائک بقدرتک و سلطانک لئلا یخوفهم من فی ارضک ثم

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Strengthen the hearts of Thy loved ones through Thy might and power, that they may not be made fearful by them that dwell upon Thine earth [3.5s]

INBA92:379a

AQMJ2.059

call to action; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

BH09866

no title

سبحانک یا الهی انت الذی سبقت رحمتک الممکنات و عنایتک الکائنات اسئلک باسمک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou art He Whose mercy hath preceded all contingent things and Whose loving-kindness hath encompassed all created beings. I beseech Thee by Thy Name [3.5s]

INBA92:377

AQMJ2.082

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatest Name; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for spiritual recognition

BH10293

no title

سبحانک یا الهی و مقصودی هذه امه من امائک تمسکت بحبل عنایتک و اجابت اذ ارتفع

Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Heart's Desire! This handmaiden from among Thy maidservants hath clung to the cord of Thy loving-kindness and hath responded when the Call was raised [3.5s]

INBA18:378a, INBA28:275a, INBA27:084

AQMJ2.088

prayer for women; rejection, opposition and persecution

BH11072

no title

سبحانک یا اله الاسماء و فاطر السماء اسئلک باوراق سدره المنتهی و اثمارها و

Glorified art Thou, O God of Names and Creator of heaven! I beseech Thee by the leaves of the Divine Lote-Tree and its fruits and [3.5s]

INBA27:479a

AQMJ2.092a

Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; nearness and remoteness; prayer for nearness to God

BH02216

no title

400

سبحانک یا من بک اشرق نیر المعانی من افق سماء البیان و تزینت عوالم العلم و

Glorified art Thou, O Thou through Whom the Sun of inner meanings hath dawned from the horizon of the heaven of utterance, and through Whom the realms of knowledge have been adorned [3.5s]... ...I plead my grief and my sorrow to God, the Lord of mankind. Things have been turned upside down and countries are in turmoil

INBA61:015, INBA66:096

MJMM.404, AQMM.035, NSR_1993.040, ADH1.073, RAHA.028-029, MMUH#01x, MMUH#14x

KSHK#14x, BTO#15x

family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; prayer for praise and gratitude; prayer for spiritual recognition; servitude; submission to God; repentance; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH06583

no title

150

سبحانک یا الهی و اله الممکنات و محبوبی و محبوب الکائنات تری ورقه من اوراقک قد

Glory be unto Thee, O my God and the God of all creation, my Beloved and the Beloved of the universe! Thou seest a leaf from amongst Thy leaves

INBA15:241a, INBA26:243a

NFR.116, PYK.206

JHT_S#069

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for women; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH06578

no title

150

سبحانک یا الهی تری ورقتی تمسکت بسدره ربوبیتک و نطقت بثنائک و اقبلت الیک اذ

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! Thou beholdest how this leaf hath clung to the Tree of Thy Lordship, hath voiced Thy praise, and hath turned unto Thee [3.5s]

INBA18:064a

NFR.129

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for protection; prayer for women; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07690

no title

130

سبحانک یا من تسمع ضجیج المظلومین فی ایامک و حنین العاشقین فی هجرک و فراقک

Glorified art Thou, O Thou Who hearest the cries of the oppressed in Thy days and the yearning of the lovers in their separation and remoteness from Thee [3.5s]

INBA41:284

NFR.141, AQMJ2.084b

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07454

no title

130

اشهد یا الهی بما شهد نفسک انت الله لا اله الا انت لم تزل کنت فی علو العظمه و

I bear witness, O my God, to that whereunto Thine own Self hath borne witness: Thou art God, there is none other God but Thee. From time immemorial hast Thou dwelt in the heights of grandeur [3.5s]

INBA57:097

NFR.145, BNEP.113, ABMK.008

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07681

no title

130

سبحانک یا الهی و محبوبی و مالکی تری عین البهاء ناظره الی افق رحمتک و عنایتک

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Beloved, and my Lord! The Eye of Bahá gazeth toward the horizon of Thy mercy and loving-kindness [3.5s]

INBA51:065, KB_620:058-059

NFR.147

prayers (general or uncategorized); spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08248

no title

120

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی ترانی بین ایادی الذینهم کفروا بایاتک الکبری و اعرضوا عن

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou beholdest me in the hands of them that have denied Thy most mighty signs and turned away [3.5s]

INBA15:256b, INBA23:051c, INBA26:256b

NFR.151

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH08016

no title

120

الهی الهی لک الحمد بما اسکنتنی فی دیار الغربه و ترکتنی بین ایادی الظالمین و

My God, My God! Praise be unto Thee for having made me dwell in the realms of exile and having abandoned me to the clutches of the oppressor

INBA41:355

NFR.159, AQMJ2.017

JHT_S#191

prayer for protection; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; thankfulness; gratitude

BH08347

no title

120

قد ظهر الاعتساف فی کل الاطراف این اسیاف جزآئک یا مجزی العالمین قد حبس البهاء

Tyranny hath appeared on every side. Where are Thy swords of vengeance, O Avenger of the worlds? Bahá hath been imprisoned [3.5s]

INBA33:156x, BLIB_Or15730.148bx,

NFR.160

martyrs and martyrdom; petitions to authorities; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the power of words; of speech

BH08239

no title

120

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به اخذت الزلازل قبائل الارض کلها و فزع

Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy name whereby calamities have laid hold on all the tribes of the earth

INBA18:019, BLIB_Or15696.035d, , BLIB_Or15734.2.120b,

NFR.163

JHT_S#015

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; martyrs and martyrdom; prayer for martyrs; prayer for women

BH08851

no title

110

سبحانک یا الهی قد احاطت المصباح اریاح الغل و البغضاء این زجاجه حفظک یا حفاظ

Glorified art Thou, O my God! The lamp hath been beset by the winds of malice and hatred. Where is the glass of Thy protection, O Protector [3.5s]

INBA23:052a, INBA41:354

NFR.167

justice and wrath of God; prayer for protection; rejection, opposition and persecution

BH08861

no title

110

سبحانک یا مرسل الاریاح و فالق الاصباح اسئلک باسمک الفتاح بان تفتح علی وجوهنا

Glory be unto Thee, O Sender of the winds and Cleaver of the dawn! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the All-Opening, that Thou mayest open before our faces [3.5s]

INBA23:053a

NFR.170, AQMJ1.024x

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH08370

no title

120

قل سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک ببحر علمک و سماء جودک و شمس عطائک بان تجعلنی

Say: Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the ocean of Thy knowledge, the heaven of Thy bounty, and the sun of Thy grace, to make me [3.5s]

INBA57:092a

NFR.177

knowledge; recognition of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH06685

no title

150

قل سبحانک اللهم یا اله الاشیاء و خالق الاسماء اسئلک بالاسم الذی به کسرت

Say: Glorified art Thou, O my God, O Lord of all things and Creator of all names! I beseech Thee by the Name through which Thou didst shatter [3.5s]

INBA57:095a, BLIB_Or15730.072a,

NFR.178, NNY.184

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; prayers (general or uncategorized)

ROB4.089a, LL#006

BH08915

no title

110

قد انشد عبد الحاضر لدی العرش ما انشاته من النظم فی ذکر هذا النظم الذی به

the servant in attendance before the Throne hath recited that which thou didst compose in verse in celebration of this Order whereby [3.5s]

INBA51:144, KB_620:137-138

NFR.184

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for assistance; intercession; service to others; to the Cause of God

BH09400

no title

100

سبحانک یا الهی لک الحمد بما بلغت امرک و اظهرت سلطنتک و اقتدارک و ارسلت الی کل

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! All praise be to Thee for having advanced Thy Cause, manifested Thy sovereignty and power, and sent forth unto all [3.5s]

INBA44:177a, INBA92:395

NFR.185, AQMJ2.089

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment

BH08945

no title

110

قل اللهم یا الهی ترانی مقبلا الی بحر جودک و سماء فضلک و افق الطافک و متوجها

Say: O my God! Thou seest me turning towards the ocean of Thy bounty, the heaven of Thy grace, and the horizon of Thy favors, wholly turned unto Thee [3.5s]

INBA23:229

NFR.190, QUM.020

power of the Manifestation of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayer for teaching; prayers (general or uncategorized)

BH08948

no title

110

قل اللهم یا مالک الملوک و راحم المملوک اسئلک بشمس وحیک و سماء فضلک و بحر

Say: O God, Thou Who art the Sovereign of kings and the Merciful unto Thy servants! I beseech Thee by the Sun of Thy Revelation, and the Heaven of Thy grace, and the Sea [3.5s]

INBA15:244a, INBA26:246a

NFR.192, PYK.212

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for service

BH09373

no title

100

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمائک التی احاطت الممکنات و بصفاتک التی سبقت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Names which have encompassed all contingent things, and by Thy Attributes which have preceded [3.5s]

INBA33:154.16

NFR.195, AQMJ2.044

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for protection; prayers (general or uncategorized); steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH09557

no title

100

لک الحمد یا الهی بما اظهرت ما هو المکنون فی علمک و بینت للعباد ما یقربهم الی

Praise be to Thee, O my God, in that Thou hast made manifest that which lay concealed in Thy knowledge and for that which Thou hast expounded unto Thy servants

INBA84:124, INBA84:062b, INBA84:005c.08

NFR.197

KFPT#01

praise and encouragement; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; prophecy and fulfillment

BH08949

no title

110

قل اللهم یا مالک الوجود و مربی الغیب و الشهود اسئلک باسمک الذی به اشرقت شمس

Say: O God, Possessor of existence and Educator of the hidden and the manifest! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the sun hath shone forth [3.5s]

INBA57:091

NFR.203

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; living waters; water of life; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for protection; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH09385

no title

100

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی ترانی مظلوما بین عبادک و خلقک و مسجونا فی ایدی الغافلین

Glorified be Thou, O my God! Thou beholdest me oppressed among Thy servants and Thy creation, imprisoned in the hands of the heedless [3.5s]

INBA19:169a, INBA19:399, INBA32:153

NFR.207

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; suffering and imprisonment

BH09489

no title

100

قد قرانا کتابک و وجدنا منه عرف محبتک ربک العلیم الحکیم یا افنانی انا آویناکم

We have perused thy letter and found therein the fragrance of thy love for thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. O Afnán! We have sheltered thee [3.5s]

INBA51:322b

NFR.208

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; praise and encouragement; prayer for nearness to God

BH09398

no title

100

سبحانک یا الهی تسمع حنین العشاق فی الفراق و تری احتراق افئده المخلصین فی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou hearest the plaintive cries of the lovers in their separation, and beholdest the burning in the hearts of the sincere ones [3.5s]

INBA23:052b

NFR.209

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for the spiritual progress of others

BH09763

no title

ان یا فتح الاعظم یذکرک المظلوم فیهذا المقام الکریم ایاک ان یحزنک شیء ان

O Supreme Conqueror! The Wronged One maketh mention of thee from this glorious station. Let nothing grieve thee [3.5s]

INBA23:029c

NFR.219

consolation and comfort; prayer for assistance; intercession; prayer for protection

BH09957

no title

قل سبحانک اللهم یا اله العالمین و مربی من فی السموات و الارضین اسئلک باسمک

Say: Glorified art Thou, O my God, Lord of all worlds and Educator of all who dwell in the heavens and on earth! I beseech Thee by Thy Name [3.5s]

INBA57:096

NFR.220

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition

BH10365

no title

قل لک الحمد یا مالک القدم بما اسمعتنی ندآئک و عرفتنی بحر فضلک و سماء جودک

Say: All praise be unto Thee, O Lord of eternity, for having caused me to hear Thy call and having made known unto me the ocean of Thy bounty and the heaven of Thy generosity [3.5s]

INBA57:093a

NFR.223

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; thankfulness; gratitude

BH09952

no title

قل اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما جعلتنی ناطقا باسمک و خادما لامرک و خصصتنی بین

Say: O Lord my God! Praise be unto Thee for having made me an utterer of Thy Name and a servant of Thy Cause, and for having distinguished me among [3.5s]

INBA18:058

NFR.226

praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayer for teaching

BH09955

no title

قل اللهم یا منزل الایات و مظهر البینات اسئلک بمطلع علمک و مشرق وحیک و مظهر

Say: O God, O Thou Who sendeth down the verses and manifesteth the clear signs! I beseech Thee by the Dawning-Place of Thy knowledge and the Day-Spring of Thy Revelation and the Manifestation [3.5s]

INBA19:170, INBA32:155a

NFR.227

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; prayer for teaching; rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

BH10358

no title

قل اللهم یا مالک الاسماء و فاطر السماء اسئلک باسمک الذی به ارتفعت سماء وحیک و

Say: O God, O Sovereign of Names and Creator of heaven! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the heaven of Thy Revelation was raised up [3.5s]

INBA19:132b, INBA32:122a

NFR.234

prayer for nearness to God; prayer for teaching; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10349

no title

قد فاز کتابک فی المنظر الاکبر و یخاطبک مالک القدر و یقول قولی سبحانک اللهم یا

Thy letter hath reached the Most Great Horizon, and the Lord of Destiny addresseth thee, saying: Glorified art Thou, O my God [3.5s]

INBA51:252a, KB_620:245-245

NFR.235, AYT.031, RHQM1.280-280 (344) (206-206), OOL.B179b

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH10631

no title

قل اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بمطلع آیاتک و بمشرق وحیک الذی سجن فی اخرب البلدان بما

Say: O my God, I beseech Thee by the Dawning-Place of Thy signs and by the Dayspring of Thy Revelation, Who hath been imprisoned in the most desolate of lands, by that which [3.5s]

INBA41:280

NFR.236

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; suffering and imprisonment

BH10311

no title

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ظهر انه لمنجی الامم و محیی العالم لایمنعه

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath manifested Himself is verily the Saviour of all nations and the Quickener of the world. None shall prevent Him [3.5s]

INBA57:093c

NFR.238, AQMJ2.112

power of the Manifestation of God; prayers (general or uncategorized); station of the Manifestation of God

BH10857

no title

قل سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما جعلتنی مقبلا الی بحر عطائک و سماء فضلک

Say: Glorified art Thou, O my God! Unto Thee be praise for having caused me to turn towards the ocean of Thy bounty and the heaven of Thy grace [3.5s]

INBA57:099b

NFR.239

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; service to others; to the Cause of God

BH10629

no title

قل اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به خلقت العالم و سخرت الامم بان تجعلنی

Say: O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst create the world and subdue the nations, to make me [3.5s]

INBA57:094b

NFR.240

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10630

no title

قل اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بفلک عنایتک و فلک بیانک و مطلع وحیک و مشرق الهامک بان

Say: O my God! I beseech Thee by the heaven of Thy grace and the orb of Thy utterance, by the Dayspring of Thy revelation and the Dawning-Place of Thy inspiration, that [3.5s]

INBA51:521a, INBA57:093b

NFR.242b

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03112

no title

290

سبحانک یا الهی یشهد لسان ظاهری و باطنی بما شهدت لنفسک قبل خلق السموات و

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! The tongue of mine outer and inner being doth bear witness to that which Thou didst testify of Thine own Self

INBA61:069

NFR.029

JHT_S#063

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Mosaic imagery; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God the cause of creation

BH03666

no title

250

سبحانک یا الهی تری المحمود اقبل الی مقامک المحمود و انه فاز بلقائک اذ کان نیر

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou beholdest how the Praised One hath drawn nigh unto Thy praised station, and verily he hath attained unto Thy presence when he was illumined [3.5s]

INBA35:084

NFR.055

love of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for specific individuals; groups; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH05189

no title

190

یا اله الاسماء و فاطر السماء تعلم و تری قد حضر فی السجن کتاب من احد احبائک و

O God of Names and Creator of heaven! Thou knowest and seest that there hath reached the prison a letter from one of Thy loved ones [3.5s]

INBA51:367

NFR.079

imagery in the Qur'an; prayer for specific individuals; groups; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the cloud ['ama]

BH02389

no title

370

تلک آیات القدس نزلت بالحق من لدی الله العزیز الجمیل و فیها ما یغنی الناس عن

These are the verses of holiness which have been sent down in truth from the presence of God, the Mighty, the Beauteous, and in them lieth that which enricheth mankind [3.5s]

INBA36:039, INBA71:198, NLAI_BH1.347

RSBB.009

personal instructions; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; rejection by the people of the Bayan; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01532

no title

570

هذا لوح ینطق بالحق و فیه ما یهدی الناس الی الله العزیز الحمید الذی قدر لنا

This is a Tablet that speaketh with truth, and wherein is that which guideth humanity unto God, the Mighty, the All-Praised, Who hath ordained for us [3.5s]

INBA36:037b, INBA71:196b, BLIB_Or15696.193b,

RSBB.010, NFQ.002bx

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to Muslims; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH10764

no title

ان یا امه الله ان اشکری فی نفسک بما یذکرک الله حینئذ بلسان قدس محبوب و یرفع بذلک

O handmaid of God! Render thanks within thy soul, inasmuch as God maketh mention of thee at this moment with a sanctified and beloved tongue, and thereby doth exalt [3.5s]

INBA36:037a, INBA71:196a

RSBB.011a

love of God; praise and encouragement

BH01400

no title

610

ان یا کمال الدین ان اشهد فی نفسک بانه لا اله الا هو المبدع البدیع قل انه

O Kamálu'd-Dín! Bear thou witness within thine own self that verily there is no God but Him, the Originator, the Wondrous. Say: He [3.5s]

INBA36:035, INBA71:193

RSBB.011b

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00620

no title

1230

ان یا جمال الفتح بشنو نغمات عز الهی را بلحن پارسی تالله لن تسمع لو تفحص فی

O Jamalu'l-Fath! Hearken unto the melodies of divine glory in the Persian tongue. By God, thou wouldst not hear their like, though thou shouldst search [3.5s]

INBA57:041

RSBB.123, MAS8.132ax

heedlessness and ignorance of the people; knowledge; recognition of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; Seal of the Prophets; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations

BH04009

no title

230

حمد محبوب لن یعرفی را لایق و سزاست که جمیع من فی السموات و الارض را بحرفی از

Praise be to the unknowable Beloved, Who is worthy and befitting of the adoration of all who dwell in the heavens and on earth through but a word of [3.5s]

INBA71:220

RSBB.127, MAS8.073bx

authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; nearness and remoteness; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00544

no title

1360

ان یا حرف الحی اسمع اصوات اجنحه هذا الطیر فی هذا الهوآء باجنحه الیاقوت و

O Letter of the Living! Hearken unto the sounds of the wings of this Bird in this atmosphere, with wings of ruby [3.5s]

INBA38:086bx, INBA74:083, BLIB_Or03114.065rx, , BLIB_Or15737.207b,

RSBB.132x, YMM.470x

prayer for spiritual recognition; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH01867

no title

470

ان یا علی فاشهد فی نفسک و ذاتک و روحک بانه هو الله لا اله الا انا العزیز

O Ali! Bear thou witness in thyself, in thine essence and in thy spirit, that verily He is God, there is no God but Me, the Mighty One [3.5s]

INBA36:033, INBA71:191

RSBB.013

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; station of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment

BH01404

no title

610

این نامه این مسجونست باسم منیر و قمیص یوسف مصر الهی ست بکلمه بصیر قمیص غلام

This epistle belongeth to this Prisoner and is, like unto the garment of Joseph of divine Egypt, adorned with the word "All-Seeing" - the garment of the servant [3.5s]

INBA38:093b, INBA74:053, NLI.32p155v

RSBB.140, ASAT1.018x, YIK.183-184

humility; meekness; lowliness; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02203

no title

400

جناب رحیم و صاد بنفحات عز مرحمت ربانی مسرور بوده بدانند که لم یزل عنایات

Jinab-i-Rahim va Sad! May ye be cheered by the sweet-scented breezes of divine bounty, and know ye that the favors of the Lord have ever [3.5s]

INBA38:084b

RSBB.148

love of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; teaching the Cause; call to teach; wisdom [hikmat]

BH07245

no title

140

کتاب انزله مالک القدر من منظره الاکبر لمن اقبل الی مشرق الوحی اذ ظهرت الساعه

This is the Book which the Lord of Power hath sent down from His Most Great Horizon unto him who hath turned toward the Dayspring of Revelation when the Hour appeared [3.5s]

INBA28:223a

RSBB.171

power of the Manifestation of God; praise and encouragement; preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings

BH01915

no title

460

ذکر الله فی شجره القدس بقعه التی بارکها الله علی بقاع الارض الله لا اله الا

The mention of God hath arisen from the Sacred Tree in that spot which God hath blessed above all the regions of earth - there is no God but Him [3.5s]

INBA36:049, INBA71:208, BLIB_Or07852.113,

RSBB.001, ASAT4.263x

chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; idolatry; proclamation to people of the Bayan; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01264

no title

670

ذلک الکتاب یهدی الی الرشد و جعله الله حجه و ذکری لمن فی السموات و الارضین لا

That is the Book which guideth unto righteousness, and God hath made it a testimony and a remembrance unto all who dwell in the heavens and on earth [3.5s]

INBA36:046, INBA71:205

RSBB.002, YFY.064-065x

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Imam Husayn; martyrs and martyrdom; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03591

no title

250

اسمع ندآء ربک ثم اعمل بما تومر من لدن علیم خبیرا لتکون متبعا امر ربک بما نزل

Hearken unto the call of thy Lord, then act in accordance with that which thou art bidden from the presence of One All-Knowing, All-Informed, that thou mayest follow the command of thy Lord as revealed [3.5s]

INBA35:062

RSBB.068b

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; proofs of the Manifestations of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; thankfulness; gratitude; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH02285

no title

390

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق لقوم یعقلون و انها لتنزیل من لدی الله المهیمن

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth for a people who understand, and verily it is a revelation from God, the All-Subduing [3.5s]

INBA36:050, INBA71:210, BLIB_Or15696.155c,

RSBB.074

chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01824

no title

490

هذا لوح نزل بالحق من لدن عزیز قدیرا و قدر فیه مقادیر الامر من قلم قدس منیعا

This is a Tablet that hath been sent down in truth from the presence of One mighty and powerful, wherein the measures of the Cause have been ordained by a most holy and exalted Pen [3.5s]

INBA36:062, INBA71:221

RSBB.080

oneness; unity of religion; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Word of God and human limitations

BH01113

no title

750

تبارک الذی بیده ملکوت ملک السموات و الارض و انه کان بکل شیء علیما له الجود

Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Kingdom of the heavens and of the earth, and verily He hath knowledge of all things. His is the bounty [3.5s]

INBA36:063, INBA71:223

RSBB.082

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; suffering and imprisonment; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01465

no title

590

ذلک الکتاب نزل بالحق من لدن سلطان عز مبینا انه لا ریب فیه هدی للعالمین جمیعا

This is the Book sent down in truth from the presence of a Sovereign of manifest glory - verily there is no doubt therein; it is a guidance unto all the worlds [3.5s]

INBA36:066, INBA71:226

RSBB.084

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; prophecy and fulfillment; rejection by the people of the Bayan; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00598

no title

1270

ای رب یا الهی کلما ارید ان افتح لسانی ببدایع اذکار عز وحدانیتک او احرک شفتی

O Lord my God! Whensoever I attempt to unloose my tongue to extol the wondrous expressions of Thy transcendent oneness

INBA48:067, BLIB_Or15739.131,

TSBT.114, ABMK.021, AMB#11

DOR#11

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; material world a reflection of the spiritual; prayer for forgiveness; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02533

no title

350

سبحانک اللهم اسئلک بهذا الیوم و بالذی ظهر فیه بسلطنتک و عظمتک و اقتدارک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by this Day, and by Him Whom Thy sovereignty and Thy majesty and Thy might have manifested therein

INBA48:115, INBA49:029, BLIB_Or15739.215,

TSBT.139, AQMJ1.078, ASAT4.224x, ABMK.028, AMB#14

DOR#14

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for protection; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God the cause of creation

BH04569

no title

210

Tablet of the Sacred Night (Lawh Laylat al-Quds)

یا الهی لک الحمد بما طلع فجر عیدک الرضوان و فاز فیه من اقبل الیک یا ربنا

Praise be to Thee, O my God, that the dawn of Thy Riḍván Festival hath broken, and that therein one who had sought Thy presence hath attained his goal

INBA44:116, INBA73:044, INBA92:402

TSBT.155, AKHA_124BE #02-03 p.a, ABMK.030, AMB#08

DOR#08

Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; justice and wrath of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment

BH00915

Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night - 'Akka)

900

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی نجیت به الادم عن الشیطان و حفظت النوح

Praise be to Thee, O my God. I call upon Thee by Thy Name, whereby Thou didst save Adam from Satan, and didst deliver Noah from the deluge, Abraham from the flames

INBA92:298

TSBT.174-181, RHQM2.0996x (435) (267x), OOL.B001a

BLO_PT#138, HURQ.BH43

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power of prayer; prayer for evening; night; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayer for unity; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

MMAH.172, LL#148

Not to be confused with Inventory #BH00970.

BH04014

no title

230

در این وقت که سماء قدرت الهی بقمر عظمت مزین گشته و عماء قدس حضرت لایزالی بانجم

At this time, when the heaven of divine power is adorned with the moon of grandeur, and the holy cloud of the Eternal One with stars [3.5s]

INBA38:034, INBA36:307b

AYBY.004a

power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God; unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

BH00670

no title

1140

هذا کتاب من نقطه الاولی و بهائه الی الذی سمی فی جبروت الاسما بالکاظم و کان من

This is an epistle from the Primal Point and His Glory unto him who hath been named, in the dominion of names, Káẓim, and who was [3.5s]

INBA74:001

AYBY.010b, ASAT5.235x, YMM.358x

prophecy and fulfillment; rejection by the people of the Bayan; service to others; to the Cause of God; suffering and imprisonment

BH01049

no title

800

فطوبی لک یا سمندر النار بما اشتعلت من نار التی ظهرت علی هیکل المختار فی هذه الایام

Blessed art thou, O Salamander of Fire, inasmuch as thou hast been enkindled by the Fire that hath appeared upon the Temple of the Chosen One in these days [3.5s]

INBA83:244, BLIB_Or15725.534, , BLIB_Or15737.170, , ALIB.folder18p231

AYBY.015, TZH6.0528-0531, TRZ1.066cx

high station of the true believer; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB07860

no title

100

الیوم اعظم امور ثبوت و رسوخ بر امرالله است جمال قدم احبای الهی را از برای

Today, the most paramount of matters is steadfastness and firmness in the Cause of God. The Ancient Beauty hath enjoined upon the loved ones of God [3.5s]

INBA55:148

AYBY.327 #007

call to action; House of Justice; unity; oneness of humanity

AB00499

no title

560

ترانی یا الهی مبتهلا الی ملکوت رحمانیتک متضرعا الی جبروت وحدانیتک مهتزا من

Thou seest me, O my God, supplicating before Thy merciful Kingdom, humbly beseeching at the threshold of Thy divine Unity, trembling with [3.5s]

INBA88:135b

AYBY.343 #025

prayer for assistance; intercession; prayer for protection; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB02312

no title

260

یا من اناجیه فی جنح اللیالی و هو المناجی للناجی و ابتهلت الیه فی خلوات

O Thou Whom I invoke in the depths of night, Who art the Confidant of him who doth commune, and unto Whom I turn in fervent prayer in solitude [3.5s]

INBA13:176, INBA59:175

AYBY.349 #031, KNJ.013l

prayer for protection; prayers (general or uncategorized); spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00280

no title

700

الهی الهی انت الذی سبقت رحمتک و سبغت نعمتک و ثبتت حجتک و علت کلمتک و اشتهرت

O my God, my God! Thou art He Whose mercy hath preceded all things, Whose grace hath abundantly flowed, Whose proof hath been firmly established, Whose Word hath been exalted, and Whose fame hath spread abroad [3.5s]

INBA88:157

AYBY.357 #039, KHSH09.022x, NFQ.014x

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB00332

no title

650

ای اماء رحمن بادهای مخالف شمع پیمان را احاطه کرده و طیور غرور عندلیب گلشن

O handmaidens of the Merciful! Contrary winds have encircled the Candle of the Covenant, and the birds of pride have beset the nightingale of the rose-garden [3.5s]

INBA13:204, INBA88:278

AYBY.359 #040, KHSH09.047, MSHR3.331x

avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; rejection, opposition and persecution; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB06497

no title

130

یا سمندر النار الموقده فی سدره السیناء مصائب آنحضرت بیحد و حصر و مشقات آنجناب

O phoenix of the fire kindled in the Tree of Sinai! The tribulations of that blessed Being were boundless and infinite, and the afflictions of that noble Soul [3.5s]

INBA89:045b

AYBY.365 #048, KHSH09.052

consolation and comfort; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB02449

no title

250

ایها الحقائق المنجذبه بنفحات ریاض المیثاق فو عزه ربکم و جلاله و عظمته و علائه

O ye realities that are drawn to the fragrances of the gardens of the Covenant! By the majesty of your Lord, His glory, His grandeur and His exaltation [3.5s]

INBA13:041

AYBY.388 #073

firmness in the Covenant; love of God

AB08164

no title

100

ای غلام علی اعلی این غلام مضاف بنام جمال کبریاء علی اعلی و شطر ثانی از اسم

O servant of the Most Exalted! This servant, who is linked to the name of the Supreme Beauty, the Most Exalted, and to the second part [3.5s]

INBA88:248

AYBY.429 #145

servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB03488

no title

200

ای منیر نیرات بر چند قسم منقسم یکی جرمش مظلم و تاریک ولی اقتباس نور از غیر

O Luminous One! The luminaries are divided into several kinds: one hath a body dark and obscure, yet deriveth its light from another [3.5s]

INBA13:104

AYBY.439 #169, YMM.454x

firmness in the Covenant; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual transformation; symbolism of color and light; teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB10270

no title

یا من شم رائحه الوفاء هر حقیقتی از حقائق الهیه و حقائق کونیه چه اعیان چه

O thou who hast inhaled the fragrance of fidelity! Every reality among the divine verities and cosmic realities, whether essences or [3.5s]

INBA88:234b

AYBY.440 #172

firmness in the Covenant; material world a reflection of the spiritual; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB06696

no title

120

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید از مضمون چنان معلوم گردید که آرزوی دل و جان

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and from its contents it became evident that the desire of thy heart and soul [3.5s]

INBA87:028a, INBA52:028a

AYBY.454 #201, TRZ1.305a

call to action; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02301

no title

390

یا سمندر لعمرک قد تجددت مصیبه محمد رسول الله فی الجنه العلیا و رزیه البتول

O Samandar! By thy life! The calamity of Muhammad, the Apostle of God, hath been renewed in the Most Exalted Paradise, and likewise the tribulation of the Pure One [3.5s]

INBA97:039, BLIB_Or15697.191,

AYBY.044b, NNY.169-171, SAM.180, TRZ1.074a, LDR.152x

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; imagery in the Qur'an; Imam Husayn; martyrs and martyrdom; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment

ROB4.088b, LL#006, LL#241

BH00416

no title

1680

Tablet to Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II (Lawh-i-Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II)

یا سمندر ان مالک القدر یعزی نفسه بما ورد علیه من الذین اخذوا الاعتساف و نبذوا

O Samandar! Verily, He, Who is the Supreme Ordainer, consoleth Himself for that which came upon Him from those who took to oppression and turned their backs on justice

INBA97:041, BLIB_Or15715.366,

AYBY.045, NNY.172-179, MAS8.068x, SAM.236, TRZ1.074bx, MSBH10.195-196x, YIA.207-208x

BLO_PT#191x

justice and wrath of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; rejection, opposition and persecution; servitude; submission to God; repentance; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; wisdom [hikmat]

AB03357

no title

200

ای بنده جمال قدم در جمیع امور متوسل بحی قیوم شو و متوکل بر رب ودود قلب انسان

O servant of the Ancient Beauty! In all matters take recourse unto the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, and place thy trust in the All-Loving Lord [3.5s]

INBA13:061

AVK1.089x, AVK3.403.07x, DUR3.099x, GHA.075

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; effort; striving; law of cause and effect; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH02504

no title

350

اسم اگرچه مدل بموسومست ولکن این در رتبه خلق مشهود و اما حق مقدس از اسم و رسم

Though the Name is signified by symbols, yet this pertaineth to the station of creation; verily God is sanctified above all names and attributes [3.5s]... ...The hour is approaching when the most great convulsion will have appeared.… I swear by God! The promised day is come, the day when tormenting trials will have surged above your heads

INBA81:146

AVK1.105.11x, AVK4.461ax, RAHA.153x, YMM.170x

ADJ.081x, TDH#058.4x, PDC.004x

degrees of faith; certitude; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH00154

no title

3430

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Translation List; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الباقی الذی به استبقت مظاهر امرک و باسمک

Praised be to Thee, O God, my God! I beg of Thee, by Thy name the Enduring One by which the Manifestations of Thy Cause… This is, O my God, the first of the days on which Thou hast bidden Thy loved ones observe the Fast

INBA38:287, INBA48:001, INBA33:091x, INBA49:151, INBA92:263, BLIB_Or15739.001,

AVK1.105.16x, TSBT.037x, NFF5.010, ASAT3.262x, ASAT4.162x, ASAT4.297x, ASAT5.169x, ASAT5.349x, ASAT5.364x, OOL.B090.06x, OOL.B090.09x

BRL_IOPF#3.01x, BPRY.259x, ADMS#047

unknown

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love of God; prayer for fasting; prayers (general or uncategorized); steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#271, LL#466, LL#471

AB01916

no title

280

ای ثابت بر پیمان بجان عزیزت قسم که فرصت و مهلت مسک قلم ندارم با وجود این محض

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! By thy precious life, I swear that I have no time or respite to take up the pen. Nevertheless [3.5s]

INBA85:123c

AVK1.157.13, MAS2.011-012x

alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; naming of children; of individuals; soul; spirit after death

BH01018

no title

820

نامه آنجناب که ببدایع ذکر رب الارباب مزین بود بر مکمن بلا و مخزن ابتلا واصل

Your letter, which was adorned with wondrous mention of the Lord of Lords, hath reached this Repository of Tribulation and Treasury of Tests [3.5s]

INBA38:096b, BLIB_Or15738.144b,

AVK1.271x, HDQI.068, SFI01.096, MAS1.061x

chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; free will and predestination; fate; servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH05270

no title

180

الهی الهی لک الحمد بما جعلتنی معترفا بوحدانیتک و مقرا بفردانیتک و مذعنا بما

O my God, my God! All praise be unto Thee for having made me to acknowledge Thy unity, to confess Thy singleness, and to submit unto that which [3.5s]

INBA61:044, INBA66:098

AVK1.304.02x, MJMM.406, AQMM.049, NSR_1993.011, ADH1.070, RAHA.027-028

JHT_S#103

almunajat.com [item 17]

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Muhammad; Islam; prayer for assistance; intercession; prayer for spiritual recognition; station of the Manifestation of God

BH03880

no title

240

قد قرء کتابک لدی العرش سمعناه باذن العنایه و اجبناک بهذا اللوح الذی لاح من

Thy letter hath been read before the Throne; We have hearkened unto it with the ear of loving-kindness and have answered thee through this Tablet which hath shone forth from [3.5s]

INBA19:014, INBA32:014, BLIB_Or11095#273,

AVK1.334.17x

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; knowledge; recognition of God; predictions and prophecies; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment

BH02183

Asl-i-Kullu'l-Khayr (Words of Wisdom)

400

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

اصل کل الخیر هو الاعتماد علی الله و الانقیاد لامره و الرضاء لمرضاته اصل الحب

The source of all good is trust in God, submission unto His command, and contentment with His holy will and pleasure.

INBA36:170, INBA30:039, BLIB_Or15714.155, , NLI.32p026r, OSAI I.MMS

AVK1.014.09x, AVK3.003.04x, AVK3.161.13x, ZYN.036, AHM.044, MJMM.033, TZH4.224, NSR_1993.083, TBP#10, OOL.B002

TB#10, SW_v04#10 p.171, SW_v06#16 p.121, SW_v07#18 p.185-186, SW_v14#04 p.099-100, BSC.158 #155-163

Y. Mesbah, E. Mahony, Pradheep, Shayna, Shafireh & Prasad, Soulrise Melodies

A brief collection of moral maxims, summarizing the essence of faith, love, wisdom, religion, wealth …

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; exhortations and counsels; fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; humility; meekness; lowliness; independent investigation of truth; reality; love of God; thankfulness; gratitude; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; words vs deeds

MMAH.194, GSH.210, LL#008

BH02135

no title

410

ان یا حسین ان اشهد بنفسک ثم بلسانک ثم بقلبک ثم بذاتک بانه لا اله الا هو و ان

O Husayn! Bear thou witness with thine own self, then with thy tongue, then with thy heart, then with thine essence, that verily there is none other God but Him, and [3.5s]

INBA51:583, INBA36:071, INBA71:232, INBA57:018ax

AVK1.014.11x, LHKM3.050

independent investigation of truth; reality; knowledge of self; Manifestation of God as sun; purpose; goal of creation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07032

no title

140

حق جل جلاله عالم و اهل آنرا بکلمه علیا خلق فرمود و بعد انبیا و اولیا و سفرا

The Truth, glorified be His majesty, created the world and all that dwell therein through His Most Exalted Word, and thereafter raised up the Prophets, the chosen ones and the divine messengers [3.5s]

INBA28:261, BLIB_Or15719.179a,

AVK1.058.10x

mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Word of God the cause of creation

BB00238

Tafsir-i-Dhata ‘Ali Mamsusa

840

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتعالی عن ذکرالذات بالذات للذات و المتقدس عن ذکرالاسماء و الصفات الله فرد حی قیوم احد وتر صمد تفسی

Praise be to God, exalted beyond description of His essence by His essence for His essence, and sanctified above all mention of names and attributes. He is God, the One, the Living, the Self-Subsisting, the Unmatched, the Singular, the Everlasting, transcendent in His reality [4o]

INBA67:100-104

AVK2.009.05x

family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; names and attributes of God; transcendence; unknowability of God

SRC.190

BH00091

Lawh-i-Haji Mirza Kamalu'd-Din

4680

Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Kamálu'd-Dín (Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Kamalu'd-Dín); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

الحمد لله الذی توحد بالعزه و تفرد بالعظمه و نطق بالکلمه بین البریه اذا مرت ... ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الله و سمع ندآئه الاحلی اذ ارتفع بین الارض و السماء

Praise be to God Who hath distinguished Himself through glory and become singular in grandeur, and hath uttered the Word amongst all created things when [3.5s]... ...The question is that whereas in past Scriptures Isaac is said to have been the sacrifice; in the Qur’án this station is given to Ishmael. This is, undoubtedly, true

INBA07:296, BLIB_Or11097#052, , NLAI_BH4.124-146

AVK2.100.14x, AVK2.110.13x, AVK2.197.04x, MAS8.151ax, MUH1.0365x, TAH.190x

BRL_ATBH#21x, BLO_PT#173, KSHK#29x

corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; oneness; unity of religion; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

AB05427

no title

250

نامه شما رسید و مضمون معلوم گردید در خصوص لقب ملکوتی بجهت حضرت صنیع مرقوم ... در خصوص الواح با ترجمه مرقوم فرموده بودید که از اینجا ارسال شود

Your letter hath been received, and its contents noted. Regarding the celestial title to be bestowed upon His Honour Ṣanī', it hath been written... As to the Tablets with their translations, you had written requesting these be sent from here [3.5s]

INBA79.032

AVK2.107.17x

naming of children; of individuals; translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

AB04098

no title

180

ای نفحه خوش ریاض محبت الله ادراکات و معلومات انسانیه کلیه در سه مراتب واقع

O thou sweet gale blowing from the meads of the love of God! All human understanding and knowledge is of three categories. One is the knowledge of abstract concepts

INBA84:440, INBA59:298a

AVK2.147.06, VUJUD.089

VUJUDE.178

limits of the intellect; permission for visit; pilgrimage; symbolism

BH02346

no title

380

ندای مظلوم افاق را بلسان پارسی بشنو جمیع عالم لاجل عرفان الله خلق شده اند

Hearken thou in the Persian tongue to the Voice of the Wronged One across the horizons: The whole world hath been created for the knowledge of God [3.5s]

INBA35:174, BLIB_Or15719.058c,

AVK2.016.07x, AVK3.387.11x

knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as mediator; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection of Muhammad; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; unity; oneness of humanity

BH03183

no title

280

امروز روزیست پیروز چه که عرف ظهور مکلم طور در آن متضوع طوبی از برای نفسیکه

Today is a victorious day, inasmuch as the fragrance of the Revelation of the Speaker of Sinai is wafting therein. Blessed is the soul that [3.5s]

INBA28:264

AVK2.181.09x, ASAT5.371x

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00160

no title

3310

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تسمع حنینی کحنین الثکلی و طرفی الی الافق الاعلی تری و

Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou hearest how I weep with a weeping like that of a mother bereaved of her child...So grievous hath been My weeping that I have been prevented from making mention of Thee and singing Thy praises

INBA48:019, INBA49:238, INBA92:223b, BLIB_Or15739.051,

AVK2.025.14x, AVK2.300.17x, AVK2.359.03x, AVK3.016.08x, AHM.002, AYT.435x, ASAT1.136x, ASAT2.103x, ASAT5.349x

GPB.118x, JHT_B#019

call to action; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; prayer for martyrs; prayer for protection; rejection, opposition and persecution; servitude; submission to God; repentance; suffering and imprisonment

BH03589

no title

260

یوم یومی است که جمیع نبیین و مرسلین از جانب رب العالمین کل را بشارت بان

The Day is verily one whereof all the Prophets and Messengers have, from the Lord of all worlds, given glad tidings unto all [3.5s]

INBA33:160, BLIB_Or15716.020.22,

AVK2.317.10x, AYI1.357x, TRZ2.258x

prayer for spiritual recognition; proofs of the Manifestations of God; the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00244

no title

2540

Changing Pronouns and Dropping 'Say' in Prayers

بجناب ذبیح علیه بهاء الله تکبیر مالانهایه برسانید عجبست که خبر ایشان نرسید

Convey unto his honor Dhabih, upon whom be the Glory of God, boundless greetings. Strange it is that no word hath been received from him [3.5s]... ...In some of the revealed prayers and supplications it is written, “and make him.” Is it considered interpolation if one recites, in a passsage of entreaty, "and make me"

INBA28:171, NLAI_BH4.053-062.03x

AVK2.318.17x, AVK4.028.13x, AVK4.267.10x, AVK4.439ax, MAS4.030x, MAS4.036x, ASAT4.030x, ASAT4.462x, ASAT5.054x, YIK.071-078

KSHK#08x

empty learning; false spirituality; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity

ROB4.321, ROB3.200-201, LL#193, LL#372

BH00109

no title

4020

الحمد لله الذی هدانا الی افقه الاعلی و سقانا کوثر بیانه الاحلی و رزقنا لقائه و وصاله و

Praise be to God Who hath guided us to His most exalted horizon, Who hath given us to drink of the sweet Kawthar of His utterance, and Who hath graciously bestowed upon us His presence and reunion [3.5s]

INBA15:033, INBA26:033, BLIB_Or15731.233x,

AVK2.337.08x, AVK4.428bx, QUM.074.05x

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; praise and encouragement; proclamation to people of the Bayan; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00466

no title

1540

رشحات وحی از اوراق سدره منتهی باعانت نسیم اراده مالک اسماء بهیئت این کلمات

The dewdrops of revelation, aided by the breezes of the Will of the Lord of Names, have descended from the leaves of the Divine Lote-Tree in the form of these words [3.5s]... ...Indeed the laws of God are like unto the ocean and the children of men as fish

INBA35:140x, BLIB_Or15719.031, , Majlis934.092-108

AVK2.057.13x, AVK3.119.11x, AVK3.298.16x, UAB.031dx, MAS4.170x, KSHG.064-070, MSBH2.482-489

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; methods of teaching the Cause; music and singing; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight; wisdom [hikmat]

ROB3.279, LL#131

BH03956

no title

240

یا علی یا اکبر ذکر معرضین ارض صاد را نمودی عالم منقلب است فراعنه قبل مبعوث

O Ali, O Akbar! Thou hast made mention of the opposers in the land of Sad. The world is in turmoil, and the pharaohs of old have been raised up [3.5s]

INBA15:428, INBA26:432

AVK2.058.08x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; prayer for spiritual recognition; rejection, opposition and persecution; teaching the Cause; call to teach; wisdom [hikmat]

BH02281

no title

390

سبحان الذی یسجد له کل من فی السموات و الارض و کل الیه یرجعون سبح لله کل من فی

Glorified be He before Whom all who are in the heavens and on earth bow down in adoration, and unto Whom all shall return. All in the heavens glorify God [3.5s]

INBA36:030, INBA71:188, CMB_F22.046b,

AVK2.098.02x, LHKM2.039, RSBB.016, JRAS.446, BRHL.63

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to people of the Bayan; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God

AB04686

no title

160

ای بنده حضرت کبریاء جمیع سروران هوس بزرگی کنند و ماخولیای بلندپروازی تا

O servant of the All-Glorious Lord! All sovereigns cherish the desire for grandeur and are possessed of the madness of lofty ambitions [3.5s]

INBA72:103

AVK3.097.12x

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; realms of being; three realms; five realms; servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB01551

no title

310

ای بشیر روحانی نامه شما رسید و البته تا بحال عکس فانی بدست مبارک آنحبیب

O spiritual herald! Your letter was received, and assuredly by now my photograph will have reached the blessed hands of that beloved one [3.5s]

INBA85:459b

AVK3.099, BSHI.046-047

autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; humility; meekness; lowliness; photographs and recordings; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

BH03527

no title

260

قلم اعلی میفرماید جمیع عالم لاجل عرفان مالک قدم خلق شده اند و از عدم بوجود

The Most Exalted Pen proclaimeth: All the world hath been created for the knowledge of the Ancient Lord, and hath been called forth from nothingness into being [3.5s]

INBA35:176, INBA23:156, BLIB_Or15719.062a,

AVK3.108.03x

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; wisdom [hikmat]

BH02882

no title

310

قد سمع الله ما نطقت به فی ذکر الله ربک و رب العالمین و شاهدنا ما ورد علیک

God hath heard that which thou didst utter in remembrance of God, thy Lord and the Lord of all worlds, and We have witnessed that which hath befallen thee [3.5s]

INBA35:127

AVK3.112.08x

consolation and comfort; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; wisdom [hikmat]

BH00206

no title

2790

تبارک الرب الناطق علی العرش الذی باسمه نصب علم انه لا اله الا هو علی طور

Blessed be the Lord, speaking upon the Throne, Who through His Name hath raised aloft the Standard that proclaimeth "There is none other God but Him" upon the Mount [3.5s]

INBA07:001, INBA28:183, INBA97:107.11x, BLIB_Or11097#071,

AVK3.113.13x, AVK3.132.11x, AVK3.464.15x, MAS4.102bx

call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#101

BH02148

no title

410

رشحات الهام از اوراق سدره منتهی باعانت نسیم اراده مالک اسما بصورت این کلمات

The dewdrops of inspiration, descending from the leaves of the Divine Lote-Tree, through the aid of the breezes of the Will of the Lord of Names, have taken the form of these words [3.5s]

INBA35:173, INBA51:401

AVK3.121.17x, LHKM3.258, GHA.387a.07x

Imam Husayn; prophecy and fulfillment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity; wisdom [hikmat]

BH00519

no title

1420

الحمد لله الذی نطق بکلمته العلیا اذا ماجت بها البحار و هاجت بها الاریاح و

Praise be unto God, Who hath uttered His most exalted Word, whereupon the seas surged and the winds were stirred [3.5s]

INBA31:004, BLIB_Or11097#006,

AVK3.126.10x, MAS8.128x

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; chastisement and requital; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; wisdom [hikmat]

BH00643

no title

1180

حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان و منزه از ادراک اهل امکان مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزاست

All praise, sanctified beyond mention and utterance and exalted above the comprehension of all contingent beings, befitteth the Desire of all worlds [3.5s]

INBA28:243

AVK3.132.03x, ASAT3.093x

call to action; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God; wisdom [hikmat]

BH02422

no title

370

Tablet to Áqá Mírzá Áqá (Lawh-i-Áqá Mírzá Áqá)

یا افنانی قد قرء لدی العرش ما ارسلته الی اسمنا المهدی مره بعد مره و وجدنا

O My Afnán! That which thou hadst repeatedly sent to Our Name Mihdí was read in Our presence, and from it We sensed the fragrance of sorrow

INBA51:333, BLIB_Or15697.189,

AVK3.133.09x, LHKM3.252

EBTB.234, BLO_PT#170x

chastisement and requital; consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB11350

no title

270

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و از خبر اتحاد و اتفاق و روحانیت و نورانیت... مهمانی نوزده روزه در نهایت همّت بین عموم باید مجری گردد

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and from the tidings of unity, harmony, spirituality and radiance [3.5s]... ...Vigorous steps must be taken to establish the Nineteen Day reception throughout the whole community. Since this Feast is confined to believers only

INBA85:247

AVK3.140.02x

COC#0929x

importance of community building; rejection by the people of the Bayan; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; unity of thought and belief

BH00965

no title

850

ای اسم من الیوم یوم نصرت است و نفسی الحق جمیع حقایق عالین و ارواح مقربین که طائف

O My Name! This is the Day of victory, and by My Life, all the sublime realities and the spirits of the near ones that circle round [3.5s]

INBA74:060x, BLIB_Or11096#241, , BLIB_Or15722.069.12,

AVK3.011.10x, AVK3.016.03x, AVK4.138.06x, MAS4.213cx, AKHA_118BE #05-06 p.a

duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; nearness and remoteness; presence of; reunion with God; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; station of the Manifestation of God; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH05463

no title

180

قد کنا تفکرنا فی الارض و سمعنا حدیثها و اخبارها اذا طلعت من غرفه من غرفات

We had indeed contemplated the earth and hearkened unto its tale and its tidings, when there arose from one of the chambers [3.5s]

INBA19:188b, INBA32:171b, BLIB_Or15696.010d, , BLIB_Or15734.2.055,

AVK3.156.02x, AKHB.046, ASAT1.195x, ASAT3.136x

call to action; chastisement and requital; suffering and imprisonment; symbolism

BH01063

no title

790

یا احمد کن مستعدا لاصغاء ندآء المظلوم انه اراد ان یذکرک فی هذا الحین توجهت

O Ahmad! Be thou ready to hearken unto the Voice of the Wronged One, for verily He desireth to make mention of thee in this hour [3.5s]

INBA42:008

AVK3.169.12x, AYI2.314x, AYI2.315x

call to action; goodly deeds; actions; personal instructions; praise and encouragement; prayer for praise and gratitude; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB08379

no title

100

بعضی از احباء در سر سر مذمت یاران دیگر نمایند و اساس غیبت را در نهایت متانت

Some of the friends, with utmost composure, engage in censure of other friends and lay the foundations of backbiting [3.5s]

INBA72:058, INBA88:324a, INBA89:059

AVK3.183.12x, GHA.306

exhortations and counsels; idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; knowledge of self

BH00451

no title

1590

فی الحقیقه حق جل جلاله و عم نواله را ثنا و ذکر گفتن لایق نبوده و نیست چه که

In truth, it hath never been, nor shall it ever be, befitting to offer praise and make mention of the True One—exalted be His glory and bountiful His favors—for [3.5s]

INBA31:107

AVK3.191.07x, AVK3.225.07x, UAB.029ax, MSHR5.350x, UVM.085.04x

chastisement and requital; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; transcendence; unknowability of God; unity; oneness of humanity

BH00638

no title

1200

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

ای خلیل انشاء الله از نار اعراض مظاهر نمرودیه محفوظ مانی و در کل اعصار بثناء

O Khalil! God willing, mayest thou remain preserved from the fire of rejection kindled by the manifestations of Nimrod-like souls, and in all ages [be engaged] in praise [3.5s]... ...I swear by the incomparable, the one true God! No atom in the heavens and the earth moveth except by the leave of the Ancient Beauty and the good-pleasure of His will

INBA57:062, INBA81:051x

AVK3.192.03x, AVK3.196.11x, RSBB.119, GHA.328x, TZH2.351x, MAS4.155x, MAS8.009bx, AKHA_106BE #10 p.002x

BLO_sazedj#08x

contention and conflict; martyrs and martyrdom; proofs of the Manifestations of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH06616

no title

150

طوبی لمن انصف فی امر الله و نطق بالحق اذ اتی المقصود بسلطان غلب من فی

Blessed is he who hath been equitable in the Cause of God and hath spoken forth the truth when the Desired One came with sovereignty over all who dwell on earth [3.5s]

INBA51:098b, BLIB_Or15734.2.008a, , KB_620:091-092

AVK3.203.05x, LHKM2.149

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; the golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others

BH04234

no title

220

شکی نیست که اسمی جمال علیه بهاء الله مقصودش از آنچه بان عامل شده نصرت حق و

There is no doubt that the Name of Beauty—upon Him be the Glory of God—hath purposed through all His deeds the triumph of Truth [3.5s]

INBA35:161a, BLIB_Or15715.117c,

AVK3.244.03x, ASAT3.027x

contention and conflict; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; wisdom [hikmat]

AB01449

no title

330

مکتوب شما واصل گردید و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل گشت امثال آنجناب سزاوار چنانست که

Your letter was received and its contents were noted. It behoveth one such as you to [3.5s]

INBA89:232

AVK3.245

consultation; contention and conflict; courtesy; culture [adab]; humility; meekness; lowliness; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB09432

no title

230

ای عزیز من مکتوبی که بواسطه جناب میرزا ولی الله خان فرستاده بودید ملاحظه گردید

O my dear one, the letter which thou hadst sent through Jináb-i-Mírzá Valíyu'lláh Khán was received [3.5s]

INBA85:520

AVK3.251.01x

call to action; consultation; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; praise and encouragement; unity; oneness of humanity

BH00403

no title

1710

یا حبیب فوادی و المذکور فی قلبی قد سرتنی آیه الاقتدار و کدرنی سجن الابرار و

O Beloved of My heart and He Who is remembered in My soul! The verse of might hath gladdened Me, while the imprisonment of the righteous hath grieved Me [3.5s]

INBA22:247

AVK3. 227.19x, AVK3.228.10x

forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; martyrs and martyrdom; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB00011

Siyasiyyih (The Art of Divine Polity - Treatise on Politics)

5110

Treatise on Leadership (Risáliy-i-Síyásíyyih); Treatise on Leadership; La Politique; Takfir, declaration of unbelief; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

ستایش و نیایش پاک یزدانیرا سزا که بنیان آفرینش را بر ظهورات کمالات مقدسه عالم

Adoration and praise beseem the Spirit of Purity that has laid the foundation of creation with the sole object

INBA88:001, BLIB_Or.08117#4,

AVK3.275.13x, AVK3.279.14x, AVK3.282.02x, AVK3.287.17x, DWNP_v4#01 p.004-008x, OOL.C025

BLO_PT#203x, BLO_PT#206, BLO_PT#207x

justice and wrath of God; obedience to and respect for government authority; spiritual springtime; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; unity; oneness of humanity

MMAH.236

AB03627

no title

190

ای بنده الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملحوظ گشت و مفهوم گردید دوستان الهی باید

O servant of God! That which thou didst write was noted and understood. The friends of God must [3.5s]

INBA85:212

AVK3.291.09x, MSHR4.072x

characteristics and conduct of true believers; importance of prayer; obedience to and respect for government authority

BH03407

no title

270

یا اباالقاسم ندای مظلوم را بگوش جان بشنو این ایام فی الجمله اوهاماتی بمیان

O Abu'l-Qásim! Hearken with thine inner ear unto the Voice of the Wronged One. In these days certain delusions have arisen [3.5s]

INBA51:282, KB_620:275-276

AVK3.312.07x, LHKM3.294, FBAH.020, NSS.210-211

corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; rejection of Muhammad; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB00221

no title

780

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مفصل شما را با وجود آنکه بجان عزیزت فرصت قرائت یکسطر

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Though I have not the time to read even a single line, thy detailed letter [3.5s]

INBA85:353

AVK3.319.01x, SFI06.015bx, ANDA#67-68 p.36, YMM.042-044

constitutional revolution in Iran; critique of Eastern values; culture; past, present and future of Iran

BH09291

no title

100

ای صادق کتابت در منظر اکبر حاضر و ملاحظه شد انشاء الله همیشه بنفحات الطاف

O Sadiq! Thy letter hath been presented before the Most Great Countenance and hath been perused. God willing, mayest thou ever remain encompassed by the fragrances of divine favors [3.5s]

INBA51:442b, BLIB_Or15710.186a, , BLIB_Or15719.045a, , BLIB_Or15722.136a,

AVK3.354.04, LHKM3.356a

Greatest Name; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB07416

no title

110

ای دوست حقیقی بعضی از دوستان که حال صفت درویشی را بهانه نموده اند در گوشه و

O true friend! Some of the friends who have now made the attribute of dervishhood their pretext, in seclusion [3.5s]

INBA87:386b, INBA52:397a

AVK3.368.10

begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; music and singing; spirit and form in the administration

BH00125

no title

3820

الحمد لله الذی فتح باب الظهور بمفتاح اسمه الاعز الاقدس الابهی و دعا الکل

Praise be to God Who hath opened the gate of Manifestation with the key of His Most Mighty, Most Holy, Most Glorious Name, and hath summoned all [3.5s]

INBA28:447, BLIB_Or15727a.064, , BLIB_Or15732.058,

AVK3.371-372x, AYI2.030x, AYI2.222x, AYI2.223x, AYI2.224x, AYI2.225x, AYI2.226x, ABDA.077-080x, ABDA.330x, MSHR2.066x, YIA.169x, YMM.304x

love of God; prophecy and fulfillment; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01622

no title

540

نوشته از آنجناب بین یدی عبد حاضر شد مشعر بود بر جزع و فزع زیاده از حد و آنچه

The missive from your excellency was laid before this Servant, betokening excessive grief and lamentation, and that which [3.5s]

INBA36:372, INBA76:182, NLAI_BH1.332

AVK3.385.02x

love of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; wisdom [hikmat]

BH00087

no title

4720

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

حمد و ثنا و شکر و بها مخصوص ذات امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی است که ظلم ظالمین و

Praise, glory, thanksgiving and splendor be unto that Most Exalted, Most Holy Being, the Lord of Supreme Purpose, Who [3.5s]... ...Of the new Obligatory Prayers that were later revealed, the long Obligatory Prayer should be said at those times when one feeleth himself in a prayerful mood

INBA44:072

AVK3.035.05x, AVK4.091.03x, GHA.021.09x, GHA.031.10x, GHA.260x, MSHR5.381ax

BRL_IOPF#1.11x

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; Word of God and human limitations

AB11365

no title

150

ای سلیل شهید محزون مباش مغموم مگرد الحمد لله نجل سعید آن شخص فریدی و مشمول

O scion of the martyr! Be thou neither sorrowful nor dismayed. Praise be to God, thou art the blessed offspring of that peerless soul [3.5s]

INBA85:523

AVK3.404.05x

acquiescence and resignation; contentment; consolation and comfort; useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession

AB00532

no title

540

ای ثابت بر میثاق از احتراق بنار فراق ناله و فغان منما زیرا همواره در وثاقید

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Raise not thy voice in lamentation and grief at the fire of separation, for thou art ever secure in the stronghold [3.5s]

INBA89:115

AVK3.037.07x

alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH04772

no title

1900

قد اتی الوعد و الموعود یقول یا ایها المذکور لدی العرش و القائم امام الوجه

The Promise hath come, and the Promised One declareth: O thou who art mentioned before the Throne and who standest before the Face [3.5s]

INBA65:064x, INBA30:103x

AVK3.418.06x, AHM.357x, DWNP_v6#09 p.001x, AQMJ1.168ax, MSHR5.297x, YIA.149-154

courtesy; culture [adab]; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; justice and mercy; martyrs and martyrdom; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; wisdom [hikmat]

LL#493

BH03083

no title

290

بگو چه خوشست کوثر استقامت اگر از دست دوست بیاشامید و چه نیکوست عرف آن اگر بان

Say: How sweet is the Kawthar of steadfastness when quaffed from the hand of the Friend, and how excellent is its fragrance when inhaled therefrom [3.5s]

INBA51:403, BLIB_Or15719.006c,

AVK3.418.10x, LHKM3.302

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02573

no title

350

یا هدهد علیک بهائی ندای مظلوم را بگوش قلب بشنو و در آثارش بچشم حقیقت نظر نما

O Hudhud! Upon thee be My glory! Hearken with thy heart's ear unto the Voice of the Wronged One, and with the eye of truth gaze thou upon His signs [3.5s]... ...Purity and chastity have been, and still are, the most great ornaments for the handmaidens of God

INBA18:360

AVK3.425.16x

ADJ.032x

chastity and purity; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; living waters; water of life; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH06096

no title

160

ای غلام مالک انام و سلطان ایام میفرماید طوبی از برای نفسیست که الیوم بذکر

O bondsman! The Lord of all names and the Sovereign of days proclaimeth: Blessed is the soul that today hath arisen to remember [3.5s]... ...The Mystic Wine of the one true God hath a different intoxication and imparteth another exhilaration. The one diminisheth the intelligence of man, the other increaseth it

INBA28:262, BLIB_Or11096#147, , BLIB_Or15696.035c, , BLIB_Or15734.2.120a,

AVK3.040.07, HDQI.010, ASAT4.252x, AHB_120BE #08 p.276, AKHA_123BE #08 p.b, AKHA_127BE #08 p.a

COC#1786x, ADMS#027

call to action; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; transcendence; unknowability of God; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH04606

Lawh-i-Ram

200

اتقوا الله یا ملا الارض و لاتظنوا فیما اذکرناه فی اللوح باسم الرام رام الذی

Fear ye God, O people of the earth, and think not that the wine We have mentioned in Our Tablet is the wine which men drink

INBA81:049

AVK3.041.06x, GHA.429a.01-03x, MUH3.276-277, ASAT4.003x, AKHA_122BE #09 p.a, OOL.B186

COC#1785

alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; spiritual transformation; symbolism

BH01572

no title

550

بشنوید ندای الهی را و ببصر حدید و قلب منیر در کلمات بدیعش نظر نمائید و تفکر

Hearken unto the divine Call, and with penetrating vision and illumined heart, ponder the wondrous words He hath revealed, and meditate thereon [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name, whereby the Sun of Thy Command shone forth above the horizon of Thine inspiration

INBA47:244, INBA33:018bx, BLIB_Or03116.078, , BLIB_Or11096.172, , BLIB_Or15722.019,

AVK3.453.07x, AVK4.060.03, AHM.210, AQMJ2.099x, GHA.340x, MAS4.102ax, NSR_1993.020x, BSHA.060, ADH1.012x, AKHA_105BE #04 p.001x, VUJUD.095.07x

RBB.119x, VUJUDE.138x, JHT_S#001

almunajat.com [item 28]

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#486

BH00030

no title

7400

Tablet of Ridván (Lawh-i-Ridván); Days of Remembrance

حمد مقدس از حقیقت و مجاز حضرت بینیازیرا لایق و سزاست که از نقطه چهار رکن

Sanctified praise, transcending reality and metaphor, beseemeth and befitteth the Most Exalted Lord, Who from the Point hath fashioned the four pillars [3.5s]... ...On the first day that the Ancient Beauty ascended His Most Great Throne in the garden named Riḍván, the Tongue of Glory gave utterance to three blessed words.

INBA44:205

AVK3.456.09x, MAS8.064x, ASAT4.022x, BCH.041x, AMB#09x

DOR#09x

corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power of the Manifestation of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment

ROB1.278, LL#333

BH02384

no title

370

ایاک ان لاتعجز ثم انطق بقدره بدیعه میقات صمت گذشت روزیکه سلطان بقا از حجبات

Take heed lest thou falter, then speak forth with wondrous power, for the appointed time of silence hath passed - the day when the Sovereign of Eternity emerged from behind the veils [3.5s]

INBA73:179, NLI.32p038v

AVK3.464.10x, ASAT3.056x, ASAT4.192x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the power of words; of speech; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01105

no title

760

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه حق جل و عز در اکثری از الواح احبای خود را بحکمت امر

O thou who gazest upon the Countenance of Truth, glorified and exalted be He! In numerous Tablets hath He commanded His loved ones to wisdom [3.5s]... ...The assistance of God and the teaching of His Cause have ever been, and shall always be, dependent on tact and utterance

INBA35:158, BLIB_Or15719.155,

AVK3.471.07x, MAS8.162x

ADMS#135x

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; methods of teaching the Cause; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; theft; seizing the properties of others; wisdom [hikmat]

BH04048

no title

230

قد شهدت الحصاه لله مالک الاسماء و الصفات ولکن اهل الاشارات منعوا عن نفحات

The pebble hath indeed testified unto God, the Lord of Names and Attributes, yet the people of allusions have deprived themselves of His fragrances [3.5s]

INBA23:065, BLIB_Or11095#222,

AVK3.473.12x

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; teaching the Cause; call to teach; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; wisdom [hikmat]

BB00065

Letter on the apostasy of Mulla Jawad Vilyani = suluk II

2700

Gate of the Heart

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تعالی بذاتیة ذاتیة ذاتیته عن وصف المجردات و کنهها والحمد لله الذی تقدس بکینونیة کینونیة کینونیته عن نعت المادیات و حقائقها

Praise be to God Who hath exalted Himself, in the very Essence of His Essence, above the description and inmost being of all abstract realities, and praise be to God Who hath sanctified Himself, in the very Being of His Being, above the attributes and verities of all material realities [3.5s]

INBA98:111.13-122.08

AVK3.055.07x

GOH.043x, GOH.059x, GOH.209x, GOH.248-249x, GOH.302-308x

acquiescence and resignation; contentment; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of prayer; proofs of the Manifestations of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; servitude; submission to God; repentance; station of the Manifestation of God; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God

FHR, AHDA.450.4, MMAH.040, SRC.190, GOH.030

AB06489

no title

130

یا امه الله المقربه جناب میر ناصر با وجهی ناضر حاضر و در نهایت خلوص باطن و

O handmaid of God who art near unto His threshold! His honor Mir Nasir hath presented himself with radiant countenance and in the utmost sincerity of heart and [3.5s]

INBA16:010

AVK3.057.07x

parents and children; youth; families; praise and encouragement; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00003

Kitab-i-'Ahd (Book of the Covenant)

920

اگر افق اعلی از زخرف دنیا خالیست ولکن در خزائن توکل و تفویض از برای وراث

Although the Realm of Glory hath none of the vanities of the world, yet within the treasury of trust and resignation

INBA65:101, BLIB_Or15261, , CMB_F25.8,

AVK3.066.10x, AVK3.210.02x, AVK3.424.03x, AHM.410, MJMM.399, AYT.355, DWNP_v4#04 p.021, DWNP_v2#03-4 p.025-027x, UAB.036ax, DRD.176, AYI2.076x, AYI2.275x, RHQM2.0918-921 (350) (214-216), TBP#15, OOL.B014, AMB#32

TB#15, DOR#32, PUP.382x, GPB.028x, GPB.238x, GPB.239x8x, GPB.240x7x, GPB.242x, GPB.314x, WOB.134x, SW_v03#14 p.006-007+010, SW_v04#14 p.238, SW_v05#15 p.229, SW_v07#16 p.153, SW_v07#18 p.188, SW_v09#12 p.138x, SW_v09#13 p.150, BSC.259 #532-546

A. Youssefi

Bahá’u’lláh’s last will and testament, appointing ‘Abdu’l-Bahá as His successor by summ …

contention and conflict; piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; religion as source of love and unity; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; status of kings; future of monarchy; unity; oneness of humanity

ROB4.419 et al, BKOG.420, MMAH.213, GSH.150, BSR_v19p03, LL#026

BH00837

no title

980

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی الی من اشکو ما فعلت بی بقدرتک و سلطانک و الی من اذکر ما

Glorified art Thou, O my Lord, my God! Unto whom shall I complain of that which Thou hast wrought against me through Thy power and sovereignty, and to whom shall I recount what [3.5s]... ...O My handmaid! Verily, the nations of the earth have arisen to harm me, and supporting them are those who wield power as well as the community of the Bayan

INBA48:090, BLIB_Or15739.168,

AVK3.067.03x, MAS8.038ax

LTDT.284-285x

avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; pain of love; love as veil; prayer for spiritual recognition; suffering and imprisonment

AB02946

no title

220

ای شمع افروخته عشق الهی چون پیر صومعه محبت الله جان و مال و اهل و منال را کلا

O enkindled flame of divine love! Like unto the sage in the sanctuary of God's affection, wholly dedicate thy life, thy possessions, thy kindred and thy worldly wealth [3.5s]

INBA13:006

AVK3.084.16x

fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; martyrs and martyrdom; soul; spirit after death

AB01618

no title

310

ای یاران عبدالبهاء هر چند مدتیست که بظاهر تحریر ارسال نگشت این نه از تقصیر

O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Though outwardly no missive hath been dispatched for some time, this is not from any neglect [3.5s]

INBA88:359

AVK4.097.10x, AVK4.098.03x, MAS2.082x

authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00035

no title

7030

حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که باصبع قدرت حجبات مجلله عظیمه را خرق فرمود و

No soul has or will ever comprehend the essence of divine wisdom. In reality, the rational mind is a most great sign in humans and blessed are those who realize (its potential)

INBA07:251, INBA28:114, INBA97:144x

AVK4.172.02, AVK4.207.02x, GHA.114x, GHA.172bx, MAS8.099-101x, MAS8.101x, MAS8.115bx, AKHA_124BE #11-12 p.jx, PYK.039x, VUJUD.120.18x

LTDT.022x, VUJUDE.157x, KSHK#07

corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; laws of marriage and dowry; obedience to and respect for government authority; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02688

no title

330

در این حین که ساعت چهار از یوم پنجشنبه بیست و ششم شهر ذی الحجه الحرام است قصد

At this hour, which is four o'clock on Thursday, the twenty-sixth of the sacred month of Dhi'l-Hijjih, it is Our intention [3.5s]... ...At all times hath union and association been well-pleasing in the sight of God, and separation and dissension abhorred. Hold fast unto that which God loveth and is His command unto you

INBA28:253

AVK4.185.03x

COC#0526x

justice and mercy; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; service to others; to the Cause of God; unity; oneness of humanity

BH00492

no title

1490

قد امرت بالاختصار فیما ارسل الی الاخیار من لدی الله العزیز المختار لذا اظهار

I have been commanded to be concise in that which is sent unto the chosen ones from the presence of God, the Mighty, the All-Choosing, and thus do I make manifest [3.5s]... ...It is indubitably clear and evident that whatsoever hath been sent down from the heaven of divine commandment -- magnified be His glory -- is intended to confer benefits upon His servants

INBA18:430

AVK4.230.05x, GHA.099.09x

COC#1143x

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; eulogies; reminiscences; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; interpretation of dreams and visions; permission for visit; pilgrimage

AB03167

no title

210

ای سلیل حضرت خلیل در خصوص شرکت خیریه اساسی که نگاشتی مرغوب و مطلوب فی الحقیقه

O descendant of Abraham, Friend of God! Concerning the charitable association of which thou didst write, it is truly most pleasing and desirable [3.5s]

INBA89:210

AVK4.242.02x, TAH.289

charitable associations; humanitarian activities; consultation; importance of community building; spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

AB04624

no title

160

الهی الهی هذا عبد انتسب الی وحیدک الفرید الحمید الذی ادرک یوم اشراق نورک و

O my God, my God! This is a servant who hath linked himself unto Thy unique and peerless One, the All-Praised, Who attained unto the Day of the dawning of Thy Light [3.5s]

INBA17:138

AVK4.290x, AVK4.481cx

power of prayer; prayer for specific individuals; groups; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00013

no title

10050

Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl); Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl)

البهاء لمن خرق الاحجاب فی یوم الماب و کسر اصنام الاوهام باسم مالک الایام ... قَد جِئت بِاَمرِ الله وظَهَرت لِذکره وخُلِقْت لِخدمتهِ العزیز المحبوب

Glory be unto Him Who hath rent asunder the veils on the Day of Return, and shattered the idols of vain imaginings through the Name of the Lord of all Days [3.5s]... ...The purpose of interpretation is this: that none become deprived of that which is evident, and be veiled from that which is intended

INBA23:062, INBA41:132x, INBA41:329x, BLIB_Or15698.279, , BLIB_Or15720.274x, , BLIB_Or15733.001, , BLIB_Or15740.213x, , Majlis934.255-266

AVK4.028.05x, AVK4.073-074x, AVK2.143.09x, AVK3.300.03x, AVK3.450.13x, AVK3.426.12x, AVK3.472.01x, IQT.279-286x, AYI1.336x, GHA.341ax, UAB.029bx, UAB.042ax, MAS1.018.1x, MAS4.354bx, TSAY.472x, TSAY.472-473x, ASAT2.119x, ASAT3.120x, ASAT3.242x, ASAT4.286x, PYB#115 p.03x, VUJUD.095-096x, VUJUD.105x

BLO_PT#154, BLO_PT#155, WIND#115, VUJUDE.139-141x, VUJUDE.212-213x

almunajat.com [item 41]

chastisement and requital; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; exhortations and counsels; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; outward and inward meanings; praise and encouragement; proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#251, LL#282

Includes verses for newborn child

BH05370

no title

180

ذکر من لدنا الی امه من اماء الله لتشکر ربها و تکون مستقیمه فی حبها بعد الذی

A remembrance from Our presence unto a handmaiden among the handmaidens of God, that she may render thanks unto her Lord and remain steadfast in her love after that which [3.5s]

INBA15:298b, INBA26:300b, NLAI_BH1.024

AVK4.417ax

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of the Manifestation of God; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00094

no title

4580

الحمد لله الذی سخر من فی الانشاء بنغمات قلمه الاعلی و به نفخ فی الصور و

Praise be unto God, Who hath subdued all within creation through the melodies of His Most Exalted Pen, and through it hath caused the Trumpet to be sounded [3.5s]

INBA19:361, INBA32:310, INBA41:156x, BLIB_Or15717.158,

AVK4.429bx, AVK4.429cx

goodly deeds; actions; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; predictions and prophecies; proclamation to people of the Bayan; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02241

no title

400

یا ایها الشارب رحیقی من ید عطائی و یا ایها الطائر فی هوائی و یا ایها المحترق

O thou who drinkest the pure wine from the hand of My bounty, O thou who soarest in Mine atmosphere, O thou who art consumed [3.5s]

INBA15:427, INBA26:430

AVK4.437cx, MAS4.035, MUH3.265-266, ASAT1.144x

heedlessness and ignorance of the people; justice and wrath of God; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment

BH01014

no title

820

حمد مقصود عالم را لایق و سزاست که بعنایت اسم اعظم کوثر علم

Praise be unto the Desired One of all worlds, Who through the grace of the Most Great Name hath made to flow the Kawthar of knowledge [3.5s]

INBA41:092

AVK4.439.09x

Hands of the Cause; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; prayer for governments and rulers; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03751

no title

250

یا حسین یک ندا از ملکوت بیان مرتفع شد و آن بیان مدل و مشعر بود بر آنچه در امکان

O Husayn! A call was raised from the Kingdom of Utterance, and that utterance did signify and give proof of whatsoever existeth in the realm of possibility [3.5s]

INBA45:208, BLIB_Or15715.034a,

AVK4.473.11x

consolation and comfort; praise and encouragement; predictions and prophecies; rejection, opposition and persecution; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB01197

no title

360

ای فرع جلیل سدره مبارکه اریاح مخالف سراج میثاق را احاطه نموده است و امواج نقض ... امر عظیم است عظیم و مقاومت و مهاجمهٴ جمیع ملل

O noble branch of the Blessed Tree! The winds of opposition have surrounded the Lamp of the Covenant, and the waves of violation [3.5s]... ...How great, how very great is the Cause! How very fierce the onslaught of all the peoples and kindreds of the earth.

INBA88:208

AVK4.478cx, PYB#224 p.41, RAHA.130-131

BADM.123x, GPB.354-355x, WOB.017x, COC#1531x, COC#1681x, DWN_v6#03 p.001x, ABCC.111x

growth of the Cause; House of Justice; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; rejection, opposition and persecution

BH00927

no title

890

یا اولیاء در لوح دنیا این کلمات عالیات از مشرق بیان مالک اسماء

O friends! In the Tablet of the World these exalted words have shone forth from the Dayspring of utterance, the Lord of Names [3.5s]

INBA41:085

AVK4.480.08x, MAS8.114cx

absolute freedom; independence of God; call to action; Hands of the Cause; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; past, present and future of Iran; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB06076

no title

130

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Translation List

ای بنده بهاء نامه پارسی باهنگ عراقی تاثیر الحان حجازی داشت و نشئه عراقی داد

O servant of Bahá! Thy Persian missive possessed the melody of Iraq and the influence of Hijazi strains, imparting the exhilaration of Iraqi tones [3.5s]... ...Thou hast written concerning obligatory prayer. Such prayer is binding and mandatory for everyone

INBA17:019

AVK4.094.02x

BRL_IOPF#2.12x, ADMS#292x

firmness in the Covenant; law of obligatory prayer; living waters; water of life; power of prayer; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB05101

no title

150

ای بنده صادق حق جناب تیرانداز نامه شما را پرواز داد تا بدست اینعبد پر عجز و

O faithful servant of the Truth, Jinab-i-Tirandaz hath caused thy letter to soar until it reached the hands of this most humble [3.5s]

INBA87:110, INBA52:109

AYT.010-011x

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02162

no title

410

Days of Remembrance; Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The

لوح من لدنا الی لیله فیها لاحت السموات و الارض من نیر به انار من فی العالمین

This is a Tablet We have addressed unto that night wherein the heavens and the earth were illumined by a Light that cast its radiance over the entire creation

INBA08:619, INBA35:001, BLIB_Or15706.117, , BLIB_Or15714.003,

AYT.012, GHA.388, NSR_1993.093, ABMK.038, DLH3.392, AMB#40

DOR#40

NIKNAK, B. Rezaei

Declaration; advent of the Bab; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#169

BH05004

no title

190

ای ورقه سدره انشاء الله بعنایت رحمت رحمانی و نیسان مکرمت سبحانی متمسک بسدره

O Leaf of the divine Lote-Tree! God willing, through the tender mercies of the All-Merciful and the showers of heavenly bounty, mayest thou be firmly attached to the Lote-Tree [3.5s]

INBA51:253, BLIB_Or11096#097, , BLIB_Or15710.068, , KB_620:246-247

AYT.032, RHQM1.280-281 (345) (206-207), KHAF.186, OOL.B179c

consolation and comfort; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; knowledge; recognition of God; praise and encouragement

BB00017

Sahifiy-i-'Adliyya = Risaliy-i-'Adliyyih (Epistle of Justice: Root Principles)

13500

Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Gate of the Heart

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. حمد و سپاس وصف جمال ذاتی است که لم یزل بوده یگانه فرد بدون وجود شیئ با او و لایزال بکینونیة خود

Praise and thanksgiving befit that Essential Beauty Who hath been from time immemorial single and alone, with naught existing alongside Him, and Who everlastingly endureth in His own Being [3.5s]... ...The supporters of the “oneness of existence” have joined partners with God through their testimony of existence… Since the Ancient of Days created mankind for the purpose of apprehending the power shining within themselves

INBA82:134-205, INBA_3006C:097-, , INBA_5010C:012-082, , INBA_6011C:001-077, , INBA_6012C.265-299x, , PR03.214v27-228r05, PR17.000v-044v, IOM.091, KB_adliyya, HBH_sahifadl, BYC_adliyya, AEWB.136-141x,

AYT.039x, AVK1.030.09x, AVK1.075.10x, AVK1.099-100x, AVK1.103-104x, AVK1.322.07x, AVK2.102.15x, AVK2.167.14x, AVK2.334.11x, HNMJ.093-096x, OOL.A014

BAPT.017-018x, BAPT.026-039x, TAME, BLO_PT#216.021x, GOH.191-192x, GOH.196-197x, GOH.207x, GOH.218-219x, GOH.222x, GOH.225-232x, GOH.235x, GOH.252x, MNP.047x, MNP.057x, HURQ.BB52x, BLO_PT#079.1.1x, BLO_PT#079.1.3x, BLO_sazedj#02

divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's love for His own Essence; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; impossibility of true worship of God; station of the Manifestation of God; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

NSS.036-038, AHDA.453.5, MMAH.045?, MMAH.058, SRC.042, SRC.068-070, SRC.197, GOH.032-033, GOH.217-236

BH01010

Lawh-i-Mawlud

820

Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The

ان یا ملا الغیب و الشهود ان افرحوا فی انفسکم ثم استبشروا فی ذواتکم بما ظهر

O concourse of the seen and the unseen! Rejoice with exceeding gladness in your hearts and souls, for the night hath come for the harvesting of the ages

INBA08:622

AYT.048, MAS4.343, RHQM1.578-578 (706) (433x), OOL.B059, OOL.B206, AMB#42

DOR#42

R. Yazhari

Tablet in honour of the birthday of Bahá’u’lláh, celebrating ‘the harvesting of the ages and …

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; transcendence; unknowability of God

GSH.174

BH01716

no title

510

Tablet on the Birth of the Greatest Name II (Lawh-i-Imawlud-i-'Ism-i-A'zám); Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The

ان یا معشر العشاق تالله هذه للیله ماظهر مثلها فی الامکان و ان هذا لفضل من

O concourse of ardent lovers! By the righteousness of God, this is a night the like of which hath never been witnessed in the world of creation

INBA51:114, INBA73:002, BLIB_Or15696.181f, , KB_620:107-108x

AYT.055, OOL.B205, AMB#44

DOR#44, BLO_PT#157

unknown

birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB08000

no title

100

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه رسید و طلب مغفرت بجهت امة الله والده گردید الهی الهی ان

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and forgiveness was sought on behalf of the handmaiden of God, thy mother. O my God, O my God [3.5s]

INBA85:120a

BSHN.140.100x, BSHN.144.100x, MHT2.150b

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for the departed

AB05501

no title

140

الهی الهی قد ماج طمطام رحمانیتک و هاج اریاح شطر روحانیتک قد اشرق نیر الغفران

O my God, my God! The ocean of Thy mercy hath surged, and the winds from the realm of Thy spirituality have stirred. The orb of forgiveness hath dawned forth [3.5s]

INBA17:251

BSHN.140.102, BSHN.144.102, MHT2.081

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for forgiveness

AB07986

no title

100

ای پروردگار آمرزگار رفعت زیرک این طفل کودک سراج محفل بود و مرغ خوش الحان آن

O Lord, All-Forgiving! This sagacious child, Raf'at, was the lamp of the gathering and its sweet-singing bird [3.5s]

INBA16:124

BSHN.140.107, BSHN.144.107, PYK.306, MHT2.154a

eulogies; reminiscences; prayer for the departed

AB03908

no title

180

ای احبای الهی اگر چه از سنان و سهام قضا در این مصیبه کبری دریای خون در قلب و

O ye loved ones of God! Though from the spears and arrows of fate, in this most great calamity, a sea of blood surgeth in the heart [3.5s]

INBA88:316

BSHN.140.149, BSHN.144.149, MHT2.132

Manifestation of God as sun

AB08860

no title

ای مشتاق نیر آفاق غم مخور کریه مکن مویه منما ناله مفرما نوحه مجو انشاء الله

O thou who yearnest for the Luminary of the horizons! Grieve not, weep not, wail not, neither raise thy voice in lamentation, nor seek to mourn, God willing [3.5s]

INBA84:527

BSHN.140.176, BSHN.140.253, BSHN.144.176, BSHN.144.253, MHT2.102

consolation and comfort; nearness and remoteness; soul; spirit after death

AB08397

no title

100

رب رب ان امتک الطیبه الروحانیه ودعت الحیاه الدنیا و ودعت ذوی القربی و قصدت

O Lord, O Lord! Verily, Thy pure and spiritual handmaiden hath forsaken this earthly life, bade farewell to her kindred, and directed her steps toward [3.5s]

INBA17:014

BSHN.140.178, BSHN.144.178, MHT2.197

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for the departed

AB02458

no title

250

پروردگارا آمرزگارا توای مهربان توای خداوند عظیم الغفران ما جمله سراپا قصوریم

O Lord, O Forgiver! Thou art the Compassionate One, Thou art the Lord of infinite forgiveness. We are all utterly encompassed by our failings [3.5s]

INBA85:213

BSHN.140.193x, BSHN.140.327x, BSHN.144.193x, BSHN.144.325x, MHT1b.247, MHT2.148ax

consolation and comfort; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power of prayer; prayer for forgiveness; soul; spirit after death

AB10811

no title

الهی الهی هذه امة من امائک انجذبت بنفحات قدسک و اشتعلت بنار محبتک و استجارت

O my God, O my God! This handmaiden among Thy handmaidens hath been drawn by the fragrant breaths of Thy holiness, and been set ablaze with the fire of Thy love, and hath sought refuge [3.5s]

INBA21:011

BSHN.140.197, BSHN.144.197, MHT2.070a

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for forgiveness

AB08600

no title

ای بنده درگاه جمال ابهی در فردوس الهی و جنت ابهائی مقامی

O servant of the threshold of the Abhá Beauty, thou hast a station in the divine Paradise and the Abhá Garden [3.5s]

INBA88:161b

BSHN.140.204, BSHN.144.204, MHT2.115

evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; service to others; to the Cause of God; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB04230

no title

170

اللهم یا الهی تری عبدک المسکین الذی آمن بنورک المبین و انجذب الی العلیین

O my God! Thou beholdest Thy lowly servant who hath believed in Thy manifest Light and hath been drawn unto the realms on high [3.5s]

INBA85:110b

BSHN.140.238, BSHN.144.238, MHT2.185b, YIA.238-239

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; love of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for the departed

AB06038

no title

130

ای امه الله محزون نباش دلخون نباش بعنایت جمالقدم روحى

O handmaid of God! Be not sad, neither do thou grieve. Be content with the bounty of the Ancient Beauty

INBA55:365

BSHN.140.239, BSHN.144.239, MHT2.113

ADMS#208

consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; soul; spirit after death

AB06565

no title

120

الهی و غفار ذنوبی انی اتوسل الیک و اتضرع بین یدیک و اتشبث بذیل غفرانک و ابتهل

O my God and Forgiver of my sins! I entreat Thee and humbly supplicate before Thy presence, clinging to the hem of Thy forgiveness and imploring [3.5s]

INBA87:033, INBA52:033

BSHN.140.242, BSHN.144.242, MHT2.080b

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for the departed

AB09085

no title

یا من تمسک بذیل الکبریاء طوبی لنفس استنشق رائحه الوفاء من حدیقه الکبریاء و

O thou who clingest to the hem of glory! Blessed is the soul that hath inhaled the fragrance of faithfulness from the garden of grandeur [3.5s]

INBA88:184

BSHN.140.256, BSHN.144.256, MHT2.164

characteristics and conduct of true believers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB04512

no title

170

ای یاران و خویشان آن متصاعد الی الله هنگام جوش دلهاست و خروش جانها و استماع

O friends and kindred of him who hath ascended unto God! Now is the time for hearts to stir and souls to cry out, and for ears to hearken [3.5s]

INBA21:140b

BSHN.140.258, BSHN.144.258, MHT2.092

eulogies; reminiscences; firmness in the Covenant; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB07285

no title

110

ای بنده حق نظر بملکوت ابهی کن و توجه بجبروت اعلی و مناجات نما ای پروردگار ای

O servant of Truth! Fix thy gaze upon the Abhá Kingdom, and turn thy thoughts to the Supreme Concourse, and commune, saying: "O Lord..." [3.5s]

INBA88:185a

BSHN.140.259, BSHN.144.259, MHT2.142

prayer for protection; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB07448

no title

110

ای سلیل آن شخص مجید پدر بزرگوارت در مدت حیات در سبیل نجات سلوک مینمود

O scion of that illustrious personage! Thy noble father, during his earthly sojourn, did tread the path of salvation [3.5s]

INBA85:068

BSHN.140.260, BSHN.144.260, MHT2.070b, MSBH10.149

eulogies; reminiscences; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for the departed

AB06812

no title

120

ای شمع محبت الله دراین خاکدان که بنیان هستی بنیادش بر شفا جرف ها راست و محن

O Lamp of the Love of God in this dusty world, where the foundation of existence resteth upon the brink of tribulations [3.5s]

INBA17:261

BSHN.140.263, BSHN.144.263, MHT2.067b

existence; immortality of the human soul; The Holy Spirit; transcendence; unknowability of God

AB06004

no title

130

الهی الهی انی بکل عجز و ابتهال و تضرع و تخشع و تذلل و انکسار اناجی الی ملکوت

O my God, my God! With utter weakness and supplication, with earnest entreaty and humility, with lowliness and self-effacement, do I commune with Thy Kingdom [3.5s]

INBA17:053

BSHN.140.264, BSHN.144.264, MHT2.089

firmness in the Covenant; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for the departed

AB04360

no title

170

ای دل بسته عالم بالا و ملا اعلی آنچه بچشم ظاهر مشهود و موجود از عالم پست و

O heart, bound unto the realms above and the Supreme Concourse, whatsoever is visible and manifest to the outward eye in this nether world [3.5s]

INBA13:064b, INBA88:349

BSHN.140.268, BSHN.140.444, BSHN.144.268, BSHN.144.438, HDQI.272, ANDA#36 p.04, MHT1a.071, MHT1b.029, MHT2.165, YIK.289a

material and spiritual existence; two books; the concourse on high; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB03661

no title

190

ای ثابت بر پیمان در ایه فرقان میفرماید ثم اورثنا الکتاب الذین اصطفینا من عبادنا

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! In the verses of the Qur'án it is proclaimed: "Then We caused those of Our servants whom We had chosen to inherit the Book." [3.5s]

INBA85:440

BSHN.140.281, BSHN.144.281, MHT1b.182

exhortations and counsels; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; spiritual transformation

AB02119

no title

270

ای یادگارهای آن نفس مقدس مبارک جناب سمی حضرت مقصود الحمد لله بمقصود رسیدند و

O ye remnants of that blessed and sacred soul, his honor Samí, namesake of the Most Great Beloved! Praise be to God, they have attained their goal [3.5s]

INBA85:432

BSHN.140.283, BSHN.144.283, TSS.174, MHT1b.180b

consolation and comfort; eulogies; reminiscences; exhortations and counsels; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; prayer for the departed

AB04234

no title

480

Prayers by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Some

اللهم یا مقدر الامور و الشئون فی ملکه بقوله کن فیکون و یا من قدر البلاء... ای یاران عبدالبهآء نفوس مقدّسی از احبّآء با سرور

O friends of ʻAbdu’l-Baha! With boundless joy, sanctified souls from among the believers hastened to the field of sacrifice

INBA85:051

BSHN.140.285x, BSHN.144.285x, MHT1a.184x, MHT1b.176x, NANU_AB#29x

ADMS#091

chastisement and requital; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love of God; martyrs and martyrdom; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB03626

no title

190

ای بندگان یزدان و اماء رحمان قریب غروب است و آفتاب رو به افول و عبدالبهاء بیاد شما

O ye servants of God and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! The sun is nigh unto setting, the orb of day declineth, and 'Abdu'l-Bahá remembereth you [3.5s]

INBA85:044b

BSHN.140.287, BSHN.144.287, MJMJ2.065ax, MMG2#185 p.212x, MHT1b.174

being a source of light; guidance; praise and encouragement; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; spiritual transformation; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB03511

no title

200

ای یاران این عبد نهایت سرور از خدمات مشکوره و مشهوره شما حاصل نموده زیرا فی

O friends! This servant hath attained the utmost joy from your praiseworthy and renowned services, for [3.5s]

INBA17:166

BSHN.140.289, BSHN.144.289, MHT1b.164

humility; meekness; lowliness; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God

AB04489

no title

170

ای یار حقیقی گویند که انسان ایت رحمن و مطلع اعظم بخشایش حضرت یزدانست این

O true friend! It is said that man is the sign of the All-Merciful and the supreme dawning-place of the grace of the Lord [3.5s]

INBA13:173, INBA17:043, INBA59:242b

BSHN.140.291, BSHN.144.291, MHT1b.156

crucifixion; ascension of Christ; man's distinction from the animal; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment

AB04256

no title

170

ای امه الله قرین محترم از ید ساقی عنایت شربت شهادت نوشید و بقربانگاه عشق

O handmaiden of God, thy revered companion hath drunk the cup of martyrdom from the hand of the Cupbearer of bounty, and at the altar of love [3.5s]

INBA85:256

BSHN.140.303, BSHN.144.301, MHT1a.176, MHT1b.134

chastisement and requital; consolation and comfort; eulogies; reminiscences; martyrs and martyrdom

AB04472

no title

170

ای ناظر بمنظر اکبر حکایت کنند اسکندر رومی جهانگشا بود و کشورستان و چون از

O thou who gazest upon the Most Great Scene! It is related that Alexander of Rome was a conqueror of the world and subduer of countries. And when [3.5s]

INBA55:145, INBA59:232a

BSHN.140.307, BSHN.144.305, ANDA#58 p.42, MAS5.047, MHT1a.108, MHT1b.066

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power of faith; power of the spirit; stories; anecdotes; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB02776

no title

230

ای یار قدیم آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی واضح و معلوم گشت شکایت از مشقت نموده بودید

O ancient friend! That which thou didst write became clear and evident. Thou didst complain of hardship [3.5s]

INBA17:141

BSHN.140.317, BSHN.144.315, MHT1a.067, MHT1b.025

call to action; law of transformation and change; spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB02751

no title

230

ای مظهر امتحانات الله نفوس بشریه در این خاکدان ترابی بر دو قسمند و مقسوم بر

O Manifestation of God's tests, human souls in this dust-heap of earth are of two kinds and divided [3.5s]

INBA85:103

BSHN.140.319, BSHN.144.317, MHT1a.065, MHT1b.023, MUH2.1120

consolation and comfort; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB05200

no title

150

ای راضی بقضای الهی مصائب و رزایاء هر چند مصاعب و بلایاست لکن اگر تفکر و تدبر

O thou who art resigned to the divine decree! Though calamities and afflictions be grievous trials and dire tests, yet if thou shouldst ponder and reflect [3.5s]

INBA17:053

BSHN.140.325, BSHN.140.465, BSHN.144.323, MHT1a.095, MHT1b.163

consolation and comfort; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering

AB10532

no title

ای شمع افروخته اگرچه افروختن خوش است ولکن سوختن خوشتر چه که در این سوختن جان

O Lighted Candle! Though enkindlement be sweet, yet sweeter still is consuming oneself, for in this burning lies the soul [3.5s]

INBA85:099a

BSHN.140.359, BSHN.144.357, MHT1b.242b

evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa

AB04837

no title

160

ای مصیبت زده محزون مباش مغموم مگرد سرشک مریز اشک مبار رخ مخراش آه و انین مکن

O thou who art afflicted! Be not sorrowful, neither be thou grieved. Shed no tears, weep not, rend not thy face, neither raise thou thy voice in lamentation [3.5s]

INBA17:188

BSHN.140.383, BSHN.144.378, MHT1b.166, YQAZ.043-044

consolation and comfort; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

AB07796

no title

110

یا من آمن بالله و صدق بکلماته آنچه در عرصه وجود است عاقبت فانی و مفقود مگر

O thou who hast believed in God and testified to His words! Whatsoever existeth in the realm of being is destined ultimately to perish and vanish, except [3.5s]

INBA13:200

BSHN.140.384, BSHN.144.379, MHT1b.161

spiritual transformation; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB08139

no title

110

ای ضجیع آن بصیر شهیر بی نظیر چه خوش طالع و خوش بخت و خوش سیرت بودی که قرین آن

O companion of that renowned and peerless Seer! How fortunate and blessed in character wert thou to be the consort of that [3.5s]

INBA85:257

BSHN.140.387x, BSHN.144.382x, TISH.512-513, MHT1b.242ax

mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; soul; spirit after death

AB08255

no title

100

ای موید آسمانی خداوندیرا بستا که تاییدش ابدیست و بخششش سرمدی بنده موید را

O heavenly-confirmed one! Praise be to God, whose confirmations are eternal and whose bounties are everlasting [3.5s]

INBA85:325a

BSHN.140.390, BSHN.144.385, MHT1b.180a

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; love and unity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB07639

no title

110

ای وجه منور بنور محبت الله در سبیل الهی سالک و چالاک شو و آهنگ معارج افلاک

O countenance illumined by the light of God's love! Be thou swift and agile in the pathway of God, and wing thy flight unto the celestial heights [3.5s]

INBA85:055

BSHN.140.391, BSHN.144.386, MHT1b.177

servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB07194

no title

110

ای امه الله از صعود آن ورقه طیبه فغان آغاز مکن و کریه و زاری منما محزون مشو

O handmaid of God! Begin not to lament the ascension of that pure leaf, neither give way to weeping and wailing. Be thou not sorrowful [3.5s]

INBA85:104

BSHN.140.394, BSHN.144.389, MHT1b.052

consolation and comfort; soul; spirit after death

AB06862

no title

120

ای متعلقان آن موقن بالله چشمی بملکوت ابهی باز کنید و با راز او انباز گردید و

O ye who are attached to that one firm in the Faith of God! Open your eyes unto the Abhá Kingdom and become partakers of His mysteries [3.5s]

INBA85:115

BSHN.140.401, BSHN.144.396, MHT1b.178

mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; the Kingdom of God [Malakut]; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB06510

no title

130

یا من اصابته مصیبه کبری نفوسیکه بانفاس مقدسه اسم اعظم و روح مسیح جمال قدیم

O thou who hast been struck by a most grievous calamity, thou whose soul is touched by the sacred breaths of the Most Great Name and the Spirit of Christ, the Ancient Beauty [3.5s]

INBA85:114

BSHN.140.403, BSHN.144.398, PYB#226 p.07, MHT1b.245

consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; soul; spirit after death; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB00730

no title

460

ای پروردگار این نفوس دوستان تواند و این جمع یاران تو و این انجمن پریشان تو از

O Lord! These souls are Thy friends, this company Thy companions, this assembly the scattered flock of Thy dominion [4o]

INBA17:170

BSHN.140.404, BSHN.144.399, MJMJ2.053, MMG2#187 p.213, MHT1b.165

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; prayer for specific individuals; groups; spiritual transformation

AB06083

no title

130

ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه ات شمامه مشک عنبر بود زیرا رایحه طیبه محبت الله از ان

O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Thy letter was as a perfumed breath of musk and amber, for from it wafted the sweet fragrance of the love of God [3.5s]

INBA85:003

BSHN.140.414, BSHN.144.408, MHT1b.240

humility; meekness; lowliness; love of God; spiritual transformation; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB06796

no title

120

ای سمی ذبیح حمد حضرت احدیت را که بقربانگاه عشق راه یافتی و بمشهد فدا پی بردی

O thou who art named Zabíḥ! Praise be to the Lord of Oneness that thou hast found thy way to the sacrificial altar of love and hast discovered the place of sacrifice [3.5s]

INBA85:111

BSHN.140.416, BSHN.144.410, MHT1b.244

martyrs and martyrdom; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; spiritual transformation; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB07738

no title

110

Prayers by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Some

پاک یزدانا کل گنه کاریم و تو آمرزگار جمیع جامع عیوبیم و تو کاشف کروب گناه این

O Pure God! We are all sinners, and Thou art the Forgiver; we are all encompassed by faults, and Thou art the Dispeller of sorrows [3.5s]

INBA75:057

BSHN.140.418, BSHN.144.412, DUR2.156, ADH2.039, ADH2_1#20 p.034, MJMJ1.060, MMG2#249 p.280, MJH.017, MHT1a.060, MHT1b.018

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; humility; meekness; lowliness; prayer for forgiveness

AB05532

no title

140

ای آزردگان سبیل حضرت یزدان آنچه در راه خدا بر سر اید هیکل وجود انسانرا

O ye who are sorely tried in the path of the Almighty! That which befalleth the human frame in the path of God [3.5s]

INBA85:137b

BSHN.140.420, BSHN.144.414, MHT1b.179, MHT2.129b, KASH.353

consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; thankfulness; gratitude

AB04862

no title

160

ای مهاجرین از وطن در سبیل الهی هر چند سرگردان شدید و بی سر و سامان شدید صدمات

O ye who have migrated from your homeland in the path of God! Though ye have become wanderers, bereft of home and shelter [3.5s]

INBA17:238

BSHN.140.421, BSHN.144.415, PYB#238 p.50, MHT1b.152, YFY.081-082

consolation and comfort; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB05723

no title

140

ای شیدای روی دلجوی حق این کره خاک آشیان مرغ خاکی و پرنده ظلمانیست لهذا

O ardent lover of the beauteous face of Truth! This earthen sphere is but a nest for earthbound birds and creatures of darkness; therefore [3.5s]

INBA85:546a

BSHN.140.433, BSHN.140.469, BSHN.144.427, BSHN.144.462, MHT1a.180, MHT1b.138, MHT1b.185, DBR.035

consolation and comfort; material and spiritual existence; two books; prayer for the departed; soul; spirit after death; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB06020

no title

130

ای احبای الهی حمد کنید خدا را که در ظل لواء معقود رب الجنود درآمدید و به بشارات

O beloved ones of God! Render thanks unto God that ye have entered beneath the shade of the banner unfurled by the Lord of Hosts, and attained unto the glad-tidings [3.5s]

INBA85:017

BSHN.140.434, BSHN.144.428, MHT1b.241, KASH.265

praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation

AB06338

no title

130

ای منجذب بنفحات قدس در این عرصه تنگ و جهان پر آب و رنگ اگر صد هزار سال درنگ

O thou who art attracted to the holy fragrances! In this narrow arena and this world full of color and allure, shouldst thou tarry a hundred thousand years [3.5s]

INBA59:229b

BSHN.140.436, BSHN.144.430, MHT1a.106, MHT1b.064

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; spiritual transformation; worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB06320

no title

130

ای معرض مصائب شدیده این مصیبت وارده هر چند رزیه عظمی و بلیه کبری بود ولی صبر و

O thou who art assailed by grievous tribulations! Although this affliction that hath befallen thee is a supreme calamity and a dire ordeal, yet through patience [3.5s]

INBA13:259b, INBA17:102

BSHN.140.437, BSHN.144.431, MHT1a.096, MHT1b.054

consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

AB05672

no title

140

ای دو یار عزیز سرگونی من در این جهان امن و امان و سر و سامان چه کار اید

O two cherished friends! What purpose can my banishment serve in this world of safety and security [3.5s]

INBA17:083

BSHN.140.441, BSHN.144.435, MHT1a.183, MHT1b.141, MHT2.117, NFQ.017, QUM.149

disregarding bodily comfort; idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB04498

no title

170

ای یاران حق از عون و الطاف حضرت احدیت امیدوارم که احبای خویش را از جمیع احوال

O friends of Truth! Through the aid and favours of His Holiness the One God, I hope that His loved ones in all conditions [3.5s]

INBA16:128

BSHN.140.450, BSHN.144.444, MHT1b.022

forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; humility; meekness; lowliness; servitude; submission to God; repentance; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity

AB05922

no title

140

پروردگارا مهربانا این جمع توجه بتو دارند مناجات بسوی تو نمایند در نهایت تضرع

O Lord, O Kind One! This gathering turneth to Thee, offering prayers unto Thee in utmost supplication [3.5s]

INBA75:084

BSHN.140.454, BSHN.144.448, PYM.049, ANDA#03 p.60, ADH2.018, ADH2_1#08 p.016, MJMJ1.077, MMG2#169 p.194, MJH.029, MHT1a.058, MHT1b.016, NJB_v05#05 p.003

prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies; prayer for nearness to God; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

AB07341

no title

520

ای ثابت بر میثاق مضامین نامه شکرین معلوم و مفهوم گشت هر چه ناله و فغان نماای

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The contents of thy sweet letter became known and understood. Whatsoever lamentation and cry thou mayest raise [3.5s]

INBA79.024

BSHN.140.479.01x

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; call to action; firmness in the Covenant; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; status of kings; future of monarchy

AB07984

no title

100

ای پروردگار ای مهربان این دوستان معتکف آستانند و این یاران از حرارت محبتت

O Lord, O Compassionate One! These friends are devoutly stationed at Thy Threshold, and these companions are enkindled with the fire of Thy love [3.5s]

INBA75:042

BSHN.140.497, BSHN.144.485, DUR2.087, ADH2.048, ADH2_1#24 p.041, MJMJ1.050, MMG2#195 p.221, MJH.012a, MHT1a.056a, MHT1b.014a

prayer for forgiveness; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU0114

Discourse at “l’Alliance Spiritualiste”: Words spoken in Paris, 1911-11-09

1160

Paris Talks

از فرمایشات رایس و احساسات قلبیه ایشان نهایت ممنونیت دارم و شکر میکنم... خداوند مهربانا کریما رحیما این جمع را بشمع محبتت روشن

I wish to express my gratitude for your hospitality, and my joy that you are spiritually minded.

INBA75:075x, NLAI_BH_AB.015x

BSHN.140.524x, BSHN.144.512x, ADH2.030x, ADH2_1#15 p.026x, MJMJ1.074x, MMG2#162 p.184x, MJH.027x, MHT1a.166x, MHT1b.124x, BQA.031, KHF.163, KHAB.141 (152), KHTB1.130, NJB_v02#14-16 p.011

PT#28 p.081, SW_v02#17 p.003-005, SW_v02#14 p.015, SW_v08#08 p.0098, SW_v14#01 p.011

S. Tirandaz

mind as intermediary between soul and body; origin of the soul; the soul as emanation; relationship of the soul to the body; soul is the essential reality of man; spiritual transformation; the human soul; unity; oneness of humanity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00624

no title

1220

الحمد لله الذی تجلی علی الممکنات بالنور الذی سطع و اشرق و لمع و ابرق من افق

Praise be unto God, Who hath manifested Himself unto all created things through the light that hath shone forth, gleamed, radiated and flashed from the horizon [3.5s]

INBA18:083, BLIB_Or15700.088, , BLIB_Or15711.268,

GHA.454a.01x

acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; review of publications; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00132

Commentary on the Dala'il-i-Sab'ih of the Bab

3750

قد فتح ختم رحیق المختوم باسمی القیوم طوبی لقوم یعرفون انه لکوثر الرحمن ...قوله جل و عز از جمله ادلاء متقنه علم کل شیء است

The seal of the Choice Wine hath been broken through My Name, the Self-Subsisting. Blessed are they that recognize it as the Kawthar of the All-Merciful... His Word - exalted and glorious be He - is among the most perfect proofs of the knowledge of all things [3.5s]

INBA33:001x, BLIB_Or11095#033x, , BLIB_Or11096#011x, , BLIB_Or15722.107x, , NLAI_BH3.222x, BN_suppl.1754.037-042x

GHA.042x, ASAT5.276x

corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); prophecy and fulfillment; Word of God is its own standard

DB.304-305, SRC.089, LL#178

BH03202

no title

280

بحر معانی از معین قلم رحمانی در کل احیان جاری و ساریست از حق میطلبیم تشنگان

The ocean of inner meanings, flowing forth from the wellspring of the Pen of the All-Merciful, surgeth and courseth through all times. We beseech God that the thirsting ones [3.5s]

INBA35:133, BLIB_Or15719.034c,

HDQI.101, ABDA.017-018, ANDA#47 p.03

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; wisdom [hikmat]

BH07486

no title

130

ان الذکر ینادی من اعلی المقام ینطق و یقول لک الحمد یا اله العالمین بما اظهرت

The Remembrance calleth out from the most exalted station, speaking and saying: "Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of the worlds, inasmuch as Thou hast manifested..." [3.5s]

INBA15:261a, INBA26:261b, BLIB_Or15696.068b,

HDQI.103, HDQI.151, ANDA#41-42 p.04

chastisement and requital; praise and encouragement; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01719

no title

510

بشنو بشنو قلم اعلی از اعلی مقام عالم ندا میفرماید ببین ببین نیر برهان از اعلی

Hearken, hearken! The Most Exalted Pen from the loftiest station of the world doth raise its call. Behold, behold! The Sun of proof shineth forth from the heights [3.5s]

INBA15:258b, INBA26:258b

HDQI.104, MAS8.016x, AHB_108BE #07 p.122x, PYK.129, ANDA#45 p.03, LDR.072x

love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; oneness; unity of religion; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02091

no title

420

حمد خدا را که صحرای بافضای فصاحترا طی فرموده اید و ارتقی بسموات بلاغت

Praise be to God that thou hast traversed the vast expanse of eloquence and ascended unto the heavens of rhetoric [3.5s]

INBA38:068, INBA36:380, BLIB_Or15722.277,

HDQI.107, MSHR5.336-337

free will and predestination; fate; knowledge; recognition of God; mystical themes; praise and encouragement; self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; spiritual transformation; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH10801

no title

بگو ای عباد مظلوم آفاق در یوم معاد کل را بمالک ایجاد دعوت میفرماید مقصود آنکه

Say: O wronged servants throughout all regions! On the Day of Return, He summoneth all unto the Lord of creation. The purpose is that [3.5s]

INBA18:333, BLIB_Or15716.076.01,

HDQI.109

day of Resurrection; Judgement; goodly deeds; actions; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

BH01099

no title

760

شاربان سلسبیل محبت و سالکان بادیه مودت را متذکریم بکلماتیکه قلوب صافیه را

We call to remembrance them that drink from the Salsabíl of love and traverse the wilderness of affection with words that pure hearts [3.5s]

INBA65:218, INBA71:094, BLIB_Or15722.242,

HDQI.118, AYI2.375x, YFY.108-109x

knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; mystical themes; unity; oneness of humanity

BH03108

no title

290

سبحان الله از این ساعت و وقت که جوهر نور قمیص طیور پوشید که شاید در رضوان حب

Glorified be God for this hour and time when the Essence of Light hath donned the garment of celestial birds, that perchance in the paradise of love [3.5s]

INBA38:037, INBA19:006, INBA32:007, INBA36:307a

HDQI.121, ANDA#25 p.03

spiritual transformation; symbolism; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05634

no title

170

اسم وفا را حق جل جلاله دوست داشته و دارد و لازال بنیر این اسم که از افق سماء

God, exalted be His glory, hath ever loved the name Vafá, and from time immemorial His gaze hath been fixed on the Daystar of this name

INBA19:199, INBA32:182a, BLIB_Or15724.200b,

HDQI.127, ANDA#46 p.04

ADMS#125

firmness in the Covenant; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prophecy and fulfillment; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH03995

no title

230

ای حبیب زمان زمان کان الله و لم یکن معه من شیء فسوف تجد البعد بمثل ما قد کان

O beloved of the age! There was a time when God was, and there was naught beside Him. Soon shalt thou find remoteness even as it once was [3.5s]

INBA38:252

HDQI.131, ANDA#30 p.03

heedlessness and ignorance of the people; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10893

no title

یا ابراهیم باینکلمه مبارکه که بمثابه آفتابست از برای آسمان بیان ناظر باش کن لی

O Ibrahim! Fix thy gaze upon this blessed Word which, like unto the sun in the heaven of utterance, shineth forth [3.5s]

INBA51:037a, BLIB_Or15706.216a, , BLIB_Or15715.087c, , KB_620:030-030

HDQI.132, FRH.162

praise and encouragement; prayer for praise and gratitude; servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH00092

no title

4660

یا حبذا نصره الله علم انه هو المقتدر علی ما یشاء بر اعلی مقام عالم نصب فرمود

O how glorious that God hath raised aloft His ensign, for verily He is the Omnipotent over whatsoever He willeth, and hath planted it upon the most exalted station in all the world [3.5s]... ...The Right of God is an obligation upon everyone. This commandment hath been revealed and set down in the Book by the Pen of Glory. However, it is not permissible to solicit or demand it

INBA15:292ax, INBA26:294x, INBA27:179

HDQI.142x, GHA.106bx, PYK.130

COC#1136x

call to action; law of Huququ'llah; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; Word of God the cause of creation

BH08164

no title

120

جمیع عالم از برای خدمت این یوم مبارک خلق شده اند ای اهل ارض قدر این ایام را

All the world hath been created to serve this blessed Day. O peoples of the earth, know ye the value of these days [3.5s]

INBA15:271b, INBA26:272a

HDQI.143, AYI2.254, ANDA#33 p.04

attaining good pleasure of God; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; the ephemeral and the eternal; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01078

no title

770

ای مهدی لوح مرسوله که حاکی بود از جواهر تسلیم و رضا و مشعر بود بر حزن و اندوه

O Mahdi! The tablet thou didst send, which bore the gems of submission and contentment, and betokened grief and sorrow, hath reached Us [3.5s]

INBA38:253, INBA15:194, INBA26:194, Majlis934.052-058

HDQI.145x, ANDA#39 p.03

banishment to; life in Constantinople; consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03999

no title

230

ایام ایام ظهور است و آفتاب عنایت مشرق و بحر کرم مواج لذا نفوسیکه اقبال

These are the days of Divine manifestation, when the Sun of bounty hath dawned and the Ocean of generosity surgeth. Therefore, those souls that have turned [3.5s]... ...This Day a door is open wider than both heaven and earth. The eye of the mercy of Him Who is the Desire of the worlds is turned towards all men

INBA28:260, BLIB_Or15730.094a,

HDQI.148, MHA.018, ANDA#40 p.03

ADJ.078x

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; goodly deeds; actions; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH03822

no title

240

در اول یوم ظهور دیباج کتاب وجود بکلمه مبارکه لا انساب بینکم مزین در آن یوم

Upon the first Day of the Manifestation, the brocaded pages of the Book of Being were adorned with the blessed words "No ties of kinship shall remain between you" on that Day [3.5s]

INBA15:291, INBA26:293, BLIB_Or15699.043a,

HDQI.152, PYK.219, ANDA#41-42 p.05

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

BH07046

no title

140

در جمیع الواح عباد الله را باخلاق مرضیه و اعمال پسندیده وصیت نمودیم و قلم

In all the Tablets have We counselled the servants of God concerning virtuous character and praiseworthy deeds, and the Pen [3.5s]

INBA19:127a, INBA32:117, BLIB_Or15697.117, , BLIB_Or15710.292b,

HDQI.156, ANDA#46 p.03

exhortations and counsels; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; unity; oneness of humanity

ROB4.053, LL#004

BH00150

no title

3480

حمد حضرت مقتدری را لایق و سزاست که از قلم اعلی کوثر بقا جاری نمود و عالم ملک

Praise be unto Him, the Almighty One, Who hath caused to flow from the Most Exalted Pen the Kawthar of everlasting life, and the realm of existence [3.5s]... ...O Pen! Make mention of the one named Mihdí, that he may rejoice and be of the thankful. O Mihdí! Hearken thou to the Voice which is lifted up from the Crimson Tree

INBA41:034

HDQI.159x

BLO_PT#215x

call to action; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; station of the Manifestation of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB03915

no title

180

ای اماء رحمن در این اوان که نار امتحان در ممالک ایران برافروخته و آتش ظلم و

O handmaids of the All-Merciful! In this hour when the fire of tests and trials hath been kindled throughout the realms of Persia, and the flame of tyranny and [3.5s]

INBA89:236

HDQI.199, ANDA#07 p.09

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; firmness in the Covenant; martyrs and martyrdom; power of faith; power of the spirit; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00524

no title

1420

لازال مظاهر الهیه بحجتهای محکمه متقنه و براهین واضحه لائحه ظاهر شده اند و

The Manifestations of God have ever appeared with compelling and conclusive proofs and with clear and manifest evidences [3.5s]

INBA92:203bx

HDQI.016, PYB#175 p.03x, AKHA_122BE #06 p.ax, ANDA#09 p.03

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for spiritual recognition; proofs of the Manifestations of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB07537

no title

110

ای محمود مخمود مباش محسود باش ثلج در یخچال و برف در قلل جبال فراوان و بهائم

O Mahmud! Be thou not subdued, but rather be thou the object of others' emulation. Like snow in the ice-house and upon the mountain peaks, abundant [...] [3.5s]

INBA87:176a, INBA52:176b

HDQI.243

call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; spiritual transformation

AB07245

no title

110

ای بنده الهی اگرچه صد هزار نغمه و آهنگ در زوایای حنجر این دلتنگ مضمر ولی یک ترانه

O servant of God! Though a hundred thousand melodies and harmonies lie concealed within the recesses of this yearning throat, yet one song [3.5s]

INBA13:140, INBA55:430a

HDQI.245, ANDA#15 p.06

expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love of God; suffering and imprisonment

AB03642

no title

190

ای بنده درگاه جمال ابهی آنچه بجوای جز ایت الطاف قدم نیابی و آنچه بپوای جز

O servant of the Threshold of the Most Glorious Beauty! Whatsoever thou seekest, thou shalt find naught save the bounties of the Ancient One, and whatsoever thou pursuest [3.5s]

INBA13:037

HDQI.267, ANDA#34 p.05

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; permission for visit; pilgrimage; servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH08746

no title

110

ایامیست که سکر سکان سموآت و ارض را اخذ نموده و اشراقات شمس افتتان و امتحان

These are days wherein the dwellers of earth and heaven have been seized with intoxication, and the effulgent rays of the Sun of trials and tests have shone forth [3.5s]

INBA18:368

HDQI.023, AYI2.342, PYK.037, ANDA#10 p.03

consolation and comfort; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; predictions and prophecies; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB03156

no title

210

ای دوستان الهی و یاران معنوی چشم بافق ابهی بگشااید و توجه بملاء اعلی نمااید

O divine friends and spiritual companions! Open your eyes unto the Most Glorious horizon and turn your gaze to the Supreme Concourse [3.5s]

INBA13:119

HDQI.275, ANDA#37 p.05

call to action; characteristics and conduct of true believers; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB04393

no title

170

ای سعید دو جهان شکرشکن شوند همه طوطیان هند زین قند پارسی که به بنگاله میرود

O thou who art blissful in both worlds! All the parrots of India become sugar-breaking through this Persian sweetmeat that goeth unto Bengal [3.5s]

INBA87:392a, INBA52:403

HDQI.292, ANDA#47 p.04

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH09215

no title

100

امروز روزیست که باید معرفت و دانائی شخص انسانی در عالم وجود بوجود آید مثل

This is a day wherein the knowledge and wisdom of the human soul must needs be made manifest in the realm of existence, like unto [3.5s]

INBA57:087b, BLIB_Or15697.158b, , BLIB_Or15710.300a,

HDQI.026

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; knowledge of self; mystical themes; spiritual transformation

BH07531

no title

130

انشاء الله جمیع اماء الله بما اراده الله فائز شوند لله تکلم نمایند و الی الله

God willing, may all the handmaidens of God attain unto that which He hath ordained for them, speak for the sake of God, and unto God direct their gaze [3.5s]

INBA18:358b, BLIB_Or15719.179b,

HDQI.028, AYI2.266

call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; exhortations and counsels; praise and encouragement; predictions and prophecies; spiritual transformation

BH09741

no title

امروز بر جمیع اطاعت امرالله لازم و واجبست باید کل بعنایت الهیه بطراز احکام

In this day it is incumbent and obligatory upon all to render obedience unto the Command of God. Through His divine bounty, all must adorn themselves with the ornament of His laws [3.5s]

INBA18:358a, BLIB_Or15719.064b,

HDQI.029, UAB.021bx, AYI2.341, PYB#187 p.03

laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; love of God; obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God

BH10797

no title

آفتاب ظهور مشرق و دریای فضل مواج طوبی از برای نفوسیکه بکمال ایقان بافق رحمن

The Sun of Manifestation is risen, and the Ocean of bounty surgeth. Blessed are they who, with complete certitude, have turned unto the horizon of the All-Merciful [3.5s]

INBA18:204a, BLIB_Or15697.049b,

HDQI.030, AYI2.077

forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH10546

no title

انشاء الله لازال از کوثرعرفان بیاشامی و بذکر محبوب امکان مشغول باشی هر نفسی

God willing, mayest thou ever drink from the Fountain of divine knowledge and remain engaged, at every moment, in the remembrance of the Beloved of all existence [3.5s]

INBA18:204b, BLIB_Or15697.050a,

HDQI.031a, AYI2.080

divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; knowledge; recognition of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH06837

no title

150

یا روح الله امروز روح در وادی مقدس لبیک اللهم لبیک میگوید و کلیم در طور عرفان

O Ruhu'llah! On this day the Spirit in the sacred Valley crieth out "Here am I, O my God, here am I," and the Interlocutor on the Mount of divine knowledge [3.5s]

INBA15:185a, INBA26:185a

HDQI.032, AYI2.230x, BNEP.001

Mosaic imagery; spiritual transformation; thankfulness; gratitude; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH09437

no title

100

عالم را غبار تیره ظلم احاطه نموده و بظلمی قیام نموده اند که شبه و مثل نداشته و

The world hath been encompassed by the dark dust of tyranny, and they have arisen with an oppression that hath neither likeness nor parallel [3.5s]

INBA51:345

HDQI.034

consolation and comfort; justice and wrath of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; service to others; to the Cause of God

BH06013

no title

160

از هزیز نسیم سحری در اینظهور اعظم اینکلمه مبارکه اصغا میشود عالم بمحبت و وداد

From the rustling of the morning breeze in this Most Great Revelation, these blessed words are heard: "The world through love and fellowship..." [3.5s]

INBA41:407, BLIB_Or15726.040,

HDQI.047, UAB.056bx, ANDA#11 p.04

call to unity; prohibition of disunity; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; unity of thought and belief

BH03328

no title

270

انشاء الله بعنایه الله فائز باشی و از قدح عرفان محبوب امکان مره بعد مره

God willing, mayest thou be assisted through His loving-kindness and drink, time and again, from the chalice of recognition of the Beloved of all existence [3.5s]

INBA35:145, BLIB_Or15719.061b,

HDQI.048, ANDA#17 p.03

contention and conflict; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; wisdom [hikmat]

AB04166

no title

180

حبیبا شمس حقیقت تابان و ابر بهاری در فیضان و اریاح بهار الهی از کل جهات در

O beloved! The Sun of Truth is shining bright, the spring clouds are outpouring their bounty, and the divine breezes of springtime are wafting from every direction [3.5s]

INBA15:246, INBA26:248

HDQI.050a, ANDA#19 p.03

greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; spiritual transformation; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00283

no title

2220

الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالکبریاء و توحد بالاسم الذی جعله سلطان الاسماء قد خلق

Praise be unto Him Who is peerless in His grandeur and single in His Name, which He hath made the Sovereign of all names [3.5s]

INBA08:380, INBA19:353, INBA32:303, BLIB_Or15727a.100x, , BLIB_Or15732.186,

HDQI.050b, MAS4.122x, MAS8.018ax, TSAY.469-471x, TAH.186x

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; love of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01422

no title

600

الحمد لله الذی بدل الغضب و القهر بالرحمه و النصر و قدر لکل قطره من دماء

Praise be unto God Who hath transformed wrath and fury into mercy and victory, and hath ordained for every drop of blood [3.5s]

INBA19:088, INBA32:081

HDQI.051x

courtesy; culture [adab]; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00712

no title

1090

از یمین ندآء الله مرتفع و از یسار اسم الله مشهود و امام وجه آیات الله ظاهر و

From the right the Call of God is raised aloft, and from the left the Name of God is witnessed, and before His face the signs of God are manifest [3.5s]

INBA19:456, BLIB_Or15690.058, , BLIB_Or15728.021b,

HDQI.052x, ANDA#21 p.03x

detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07539

no title

130

انوار قدیم در عرش عظیم سایر و اسرار قویم بر الواح شمیم ساطر و حمامه قدرت در

The Ancient Lights course through the mighty Throne, and sacred mysteries are inscribed upon the perfumed Tablets, and the Dove of Power [3.5s]

INBA23:049

HDQI.054, AKHA_117BE #07-08 p.a, AKHA_118BE #07 p.b

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; mystical themes; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; symbolism; transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00341

no title

1930

حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که دوستان را بجانب فرات رحمت خود راه نمود و آگاه

Praise be unto the Beloved, Who alone is worthy and deserving, Who hath guided His friends unto the streams of His mercy and enlightened them [3.5s]

INBA27:042, BLIB_Or15732.202,

HDQI.055x, AKHA_118BE #11-12 p.bx, ANDA#22 p.04x, ANDA#50 p.03x, MSHR5.241x

rejection, opposition and persecution; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; wisdom [hikmat]

BH04700

no title

200

حمد مالک جود و سلطان وجود را لایق و سزاست که بیک کلمه عالم را بنور ظهور منور

Praise be unto the Lord of Bounty and the Sovereign of existence, Who hath, through a single Word, illumined the world with the light of manifestation [3.5s]

INBA41:356, BLIB_Or15695.041, , BLIB_Or15724.102,

HDQI.058, ANDA#45 p.05

fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00951

no title

860