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| BH10880 | 60 | نیکوست حال ورقه که بسدره تمسک جست بشانیکه هبوب اریاح امتحان و افتتان او را | Blessed is the state of that leaf which hath clung fast unto the divine Lote-Tree, in such wise that the blowing winds of trials and temptations have failed to dislodge it [3.5s] | INBA23:071, BLIB_Or15710.157a, , BLIB_Or15719.023c, | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10884 | 60 | هذا لوح اظهره الله حینئذ بالحق و بعث به هیکل فی الملک و ما من مقدر الا هو لله | This is a Tablet which God hath revealed in truth at this hour, and through it He hath sent forth a Temple in the kingdom, and there is none who ordaineth save Him [3.5s] | INBA18:293a | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10885 | 60 | هذا لوح من الواح الجنه و ورقه من اوراق الفردوس و کلمه من الله المهیمن القیوم | This is a Tablet from the Tablets of Paradise, a leaf from the leaves of the celestial realm, and a Word from God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA18:292 | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10886 | 60 | هذه ورقه تحرکها اریاح القدس التی تهب عن شطر الانس مقر الذی فیه یذکر ذکر الله | This is a leaf stirred by the holy winds that blow from the direction of fellowship, the place wherein is celebrated the mention of God [3.5s] | INBA19:186a, INBA32:169b | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; praise and encouragement; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10893 | 60 | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| BH10897 | 60 | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| BH10901 | 60 | یا افنانی شهدت السدره بانک اقبلت الیها و حملت الشدائد فی سبیلها الی ان دخلت | O My Afnán! The Divine Lote-Tree beareth witness that thou didst turn thyself unto it and didst endure tribulations in its path until thou didst enter therein [3.5s] | INBA84:176a, INBA84:104a, INBA84:044a.10 | consolation and comfort; permission for visit; pilgrimage; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10902 | 60 | یا افنانی علیک بهائی و عنایتی اسمی مهدی حاضر نامه شما که باو ارسال نمودید | O My Afnán! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. My Name Mahdi was present. The letter which thou didst send through him [3.5s] | INBA51:532b, BLIB_Or15738.215a, | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10906 | 60 | یا الهی هذا عبدک الذی سرع الی میادین رحمتک و رکض الی بیداء لایسمع فیه صوت | O my God! This is Thy servant who hath hastened unto the arenas of Thy mercy and rushed forth into a wilderness wherein no voice is heard [3.5s] | INBA51:607a | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; living waters; water of life; nearness and remoteness; prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10916 | 60 | یا باقر سمعنا ندائک و راینا اقبالک ذکرناک بما یبقی بدوام الملک و الملکوت ذکرناک من قبل | O Bāqir! We have hearkened unto thy call and have beheld thy devotion. We make mention of thee with that which shall endure throughout the dominion of earth and heaven. We made mention of thee before [3.5s] | INBA44:102a, BLIB_Or15713.037.01, | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10927 | 60 | یا خلیل انک فزت برحیق الوحی و شربت کوثر البقاء من ید العطاء و ذکرت مره بعد | O Khalil! Thou hast attained unto the pure wine of revelation, and hast quaffed from the Kawthar of immortality from the hand of bounty, and art mentioned time and again [3.5s] | INBA19:203a, INBA32:185a, INBA41:175b.06 | call to action; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; nearness and remoteness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10931 | 60 | یا روح الله قد اقبل الیک الروح الاعظم من شطر السجن و یذکرک بما لاینفد عرفه | O Ruhu'llah! The Most Great Spirit hath turned unto thee from the precincts of the Prison, and maketh mention of thee with that which fadeth not in its fragrance [3.5s] | INBA19:108a, INBA32:099b, INBA41:448a | KHSH05.008, MUH3.187, TSQA2.155, TSHA3.515, MSBH1.322 | praise and encouragement; The Holy Spirit; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH10935 | 60 | یا شکرالله فائز شدی بانچه در کتب الهی مذکور و مسطور از حق بطلب ترا تایید | O Shukru'lláh! Thou hast attained unto that which hath been recorded and inscribed in the divine Books. Beseech thou the True One that He may vouchsafe unto thee His confirmations [3.5s] | INBA18:391a, BLIB_Or15716.068.19, | call to action; exhortations and counsels; personal instructions; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10941 | 60 | یا عبدی یا ثابت قد نزل لک فی کتاب من احبنی ذکرناک مره بعد مره لتشکر ربک مظهر | O My servant, O Steadfast One! There hath been sent down for thee in the Book of them that love Me mention after mention, that thou mayest render thanks unto thy Lord, the Manifest One [3.5s] | INBA51:619a | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10947 | 60 | یا علی لله الحمد بطراز اقبال و نور ایمان مزینید ذکرت لدی المظلوم مذکور و | O 'Alí! Praise be to God that thou art adorned with the ornament of acceptance and the light of faith. Thy mention hath been made in the presence of the Wronged One [3.5s] | INBA23:162a | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; consolation and comfort; praise and encouragement; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10951 | 60 | یا غلام قبل علی از حق بطلبیم اهل ان ارضرا تایید | O Qhulam Qabl-'Alí, We beseech God to confirm the people of that land [3.5s] | INBA42:160, BLIB_Or15690.179b, , BLIB_Or15728.204a, | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10963 | 60 | یا محمد قبل حسن باینکلمه مبارکه که بمثابه نیر اعظم است از برای جهان بینائی ناظر | O Muhammad-Qablí-Hasan! Fix thy gaze upon this blessed Word, which, like unto the Most Great Luminary, bestoweth vision upon the world [3.5s] | INBA23:245a, BLIB_Or15706.216b, , BLIB_Or15715.087d, | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; praise and encouragement; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10972 | 60 | یا مصطفی علیک بهاء الله مولی الوری خذ کاسا من رحیقی المختوم ثم اشرب منها | O Mustafa! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of all beings! Take thou a cup of Mine eternally sealed Wine, and drink therefrom [3.5s] | INBA19:208c, INBA32:190b, INBA41:011a, INBA41:172.07 | knowledge; recognition of God; spiritual transformation; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10975 | 60 | یا ورقاء ان مولاک یذکرک لتذکر العباد و تبشرهم برحمتی التی سبقت ان ربک لهو الامر | O Varqa! Thy Lord maketh mention of thee, that thou mayest make mention of His servants and give them glad-tidings of My mercy which hath preceded all else. Verily thy Lord is the Commander [3.5s] | INBA19:075a, INBA32:069b, BLIB_Or15696.084f, | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10977 | 60 | یا ورقتی حق وفا را دوست داشته در جمیع احوال باو ناظر است محزون مباش بانچه | O My Leaf! Verily, God loveth faithfulness and in all conditions keepeth His gaze fixed upon it. Be thou not saddened by that which [3.5s] | INBA27:079a, BLIB_Or15696.084g, | YMM.034 | consolation and comfort; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; nearness to God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| BH10987 | 50 | اسئلک یا اله الاسماء و المهیمن علی الاشیاء بانوار ملکوتک و جبروتک بان تنزل | I beseech Thee, O God of Names and Ruler over all things, by the lights of Thy Kingdom and Thy Dominion, that Thou mayest cause to descend [3.5s] | INBA23:130b | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11001 | 50 | ان یا احباء الله عرجوا بمرقاه المعانی و البیان الی ربکم الرحمن ایاکم ان تمنعکم | O beloved of God! Ascend by the ladder of inner meanings and utterance unto your Lord, the Most Merciful. Beware lest ye be hindered [3.5s] | INBA73:337a, NLAI_BH2.217.16 | chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; exhortations and counsels; praise and encouragement; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11002 | 50 | ان یا احباء الله لاتحزنوا عما ورد علی نیر الافاق و ان الشمس یکسف و القمر یخسف | O ye beloved of God! Be not grieved by that which hath befallen the Luminary of the horizons. Verily, the sun shall be eclipsed and the moon darkened [3.5s] | INBA73:336c, NLAI_BH2.217.06 | consolation and comfort; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God as sun; predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11007 | 50 | ان یا جمشید فاصبر علی الفراق و لاتجزع فی نفسک و کن من الصابرین ثم اسئل الله | O Jamshid! Be thou patient in separation, grieve not within thyself, but be thou among the patient ones. Then beseech thou God [3.5s] | INBA71:005a | consolation and comfort; prayers (general or uncategorized); spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11009 | 50 | ان یا قلم انس بذکر سلطان القدم و امح عن قلبک ما یمنعک عن التغمس فی غمرات | O Pen! Be thou enchanted by the remembrance of the Ancient King, and efface from thy heart whatsoever preventeth thee from immersing thyself in the depths [3.5s] | INBA73:337c, NLAI_BH2.217.12 | living waters; water of life; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11010 | 50 | ان یا قلمی الاعلی انا اردنا ان نذکر من اقبل الی افقی اذ سمع ندائی و قام علی | O My Most Exalted Pen! We have willed to make mention of him who turned toward Our horizon when he heard My call and arose [3.5s] | INBA51:407a, BLIB_Or15730.036e, | humility; meekness; lowliness; rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat] | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11011 | 50 | ان یا میهمان ان اشهدی فی ذاتک بانه هو الله وحده لا شریک له له العزه و البقا | O guest! Bear thou witness within thine own self that verily He is God, alone, with no partner. His are glory and perpetuity [3.5s] | INBA71:012b | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11012 | 50 | ان یا هادی فاصبر علی ما اصابک و اصابنا من القضاء المبرم المشهود فتوکل علی | O Hadi! Be thou patient in what hath befallen thee and Us from the manifest and irrevocable decree, and place thy trust in [3.5s] | INBA71:010a | consolation and comfort; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11022 | 50 | ای دوستان از بوستان نفس و هوی برآئید و برضوان حب بهائی بخرامید از وهم بیرون | O friends! Arise ye from the garden of self and desire, and betake yourselves unto the paradise of Bahá'í love. Step forth from fancy's realm [3.5s] | INBA36:085c, INBA71:247d | chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11024 | 50 | ای دوستان در این ربیع رحمن که سدره اراده الهیه باثمار معارف بدیعه مزین شده | O friends! In this divine springtime, wherein the Tree of God's Will hath been adorned with the wondrous fruits of heavenly knowledge [3.5s] | INBA38:077b | spiritual springtime; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11029 | 50 | ای عزیز عزت در حقیقت اولیه مخصوص نفوسی است که بعز الله معززند چه که عزت هیچ | O dear one! True glory, in its primal reality, belongeth unto those souls who are exalted through the glory of God, for no glory [3.5s] | INBA41:445b, BLIB_Or15710.295b, | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11035 | 50 | ای مهدی رحیق باقی از کلمه الهی جاری از دست عطا بیاشام و کوثر اطهر از شطر منظر | O Mahdi! Drink thou of the eternal nectar that floweth from the Divine Word, from the hand of grace, and of the pure Kawthar from the precincts of His presence [3.5s] | INBA19:046a, INBA32:043b | the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11043 | 50 | بحر قدم در امواج است و نور عظم در ارتجاج و هیکل مکرم در ابتهاج فیا طوبی لکم | The Ocean of Pre-existence surgeth, and the Light of Grandeur is astir, and the Temple of Glory rejoiceth. O the blessedness that awaiteth you [3.5s] | INBA38:061d, INBA36:314a | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11044 | 50 | بلکه پخته ارادهٴ فرار نمودهئی که از عرصهٴ بلا و موقف ابتلا بگریزی هیهات هیهات هنوز بسهم اعدا | Nay, rather, thou hast formed a fixed resolve to flee from the arena of tribulation and the station of tests. Alas! Alas! Still by the arrows of the enemies [3.5s] | INBA38:100bx | avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11045 | 50 | تبارک الذی بیده ملکوت ملک السموات و الارض و انه علی کل شیء حکیما یرفع من | Blessed be He in Whose hand is the dominion of the kingdom of the heavens and of the earth, and verily, He is, over all things, All-Wise. He exalteth [3.5s] | INBA36:113d, INBA71:279d | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11048 | 50 | حمد خدا را که اگر موسی کلیم طلعه هدایت لابدایه را از نار شجره لاشرقیه و | Praise be unto God that, whereas Moses the Interlocutor beheld the Face of Guidance, which hath no beginning, in the Fire of the Tree neither of the East nor of the West [3.5s] | INBA38:061b | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11049 | 50 | حمد خدا را که نسایم قدسی از رضوان قدس معنوی بر جمیع ممکنات مبذول فرموده تا | Praise be to God, Who hath vouchsafed unto all created things the sacred breezes from the divine and spiritual Paradise [3.5s] | INBA36:085a, INBA71:247b | knowledge; recognition of God; outward and inward meanings; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11053 | 50 | حینئذ سجد لله کل من فی السموات و الارض و نفخ روح القدس فی هیاکل ملا الاعلی و | At that moment all who dwelt in the heavens and on earth fell prostrate before God, and the Holy Spirit breathed into the temples of the Concourse on High [3.5s] | INBA51:307a | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; symbolism; the concourse on high; The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11056 | 50 | دوستان آن ارض را تکبیر برسانید | Convey My greetings to the friends in that land [3.5s] | INBA41:200a.04 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; prayer for specific individuals; groups; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11060 | 50 | روح القدس مترصد و روح الانس منتظر که نغمه نور کی مذکور شود و نقره ظهور کی | The Holy Spirit standeth ready and the human spirit waiteth expectantly - when shall the melody of light be mentioned and the note of manifestation be sounded [3.5s] | INBA38:060c, INBA36:314b, BLIB_Or15696.091g, | meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11063 | 50 | سبحانک اللهم اسئلک باسمک الأعظم و کلمتک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name and Thy Word [3.5s] | INBA35:003c | prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11064 | 50 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الاعظم الابهی ان تنزل من سحاب رحمتک امطار | Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Most Great and Most Glorious Name, to send down from the clouds of Thy mercy the rains [3.5s] | INBA18:344a, BLIB_Or15715.169c, | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11065 | 50 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الاعلی و بنورک الابهی و باسمک المحبوب الذی | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Exalted Name, and by Thy Most Resplendent Light, and by Thy Beloved Name which [3.5s] | INBA51:417a, BLIB_Or15715.169a, | prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11067 | 50 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لا اعلم بای ذکر اذکرک مایلیق لشان حضرتک لان اذکار مادونک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I know not by what remembrance to remember Thee as befitteth the station of Thy presence, for the remembrances of all else beside Thee [3.5s] | INBA23:168 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11068 | 50 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما جعلتنی سراج العالمین و ضیاء العارفین انت | Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for having made me a lamp unto the worlds and a light unto them that are endued with knowledge [3.5s] | INBA92:382b, BLIB_Or15696.086d, | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as sun; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11069 | 50 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما سقیت البهاء کاس القضاء فو عزتک یا مالک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for having given Bahá to drink of the cup of Thy decree. By Thy might, O Sovereign [3.5s] | INBA92:382c, BLIB_Or15696.086c, | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11070 | 50 | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| BH11071 | 50 | سبحانک اللهم یا موجد الاسماء و خالق الارض و السماء اسئلک بجمالک الاقدس الابهی | Glorified art Thou, O my God, Creator of Names and Fashioner of earth and heaven! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Holy, Most Resplendent Beauty [3.5s] | INBA15:361a, INBA26:365 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for purity; chastity; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11072 | 50 | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| BH11074 | 50 | سبحانک یا اله الغیب و الشهود اسئلک باسمک الودود الذی احاط کل شاهد و مشهود بان | Glorified art Thou, O God of the unseen and the seen! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the All-Loving, which hath encompassed every witness and witnessed thing, that [3.5s] | INBA18:376a | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for nearness to God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11081 | 50 | طلعات عرش قدسی و وجهات عماء فردوسی و حوریات سرادق عصمت و قاصرات فسطات عفت در | The Manifestations of the Holy Throne, the Countenances from the Paradise of Divine Unity, the Maidens of the Pavilion of Sanctity, and the Chaste Ones beneath the Tabernacles of Virtue [3.5s] | INBA38:061a, INBA36:315a | music and singing; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11083 | 50 | طوبی لک بما حضر کتابک لدی العرش اذ یمشی المظلوم و ینطق بایات الله رب | Blessed art thou, inasmuch as thy book hath attained unto Our presence before the Throne, whilst the Wronged One walketh and uttereth the verses of God, the Lord [3.5s] | INBA23:174a, BLIB_Or15730.026c, | praise and encouragement; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11084 | 50 | طوبی لکم یا اسرآء الارض انتم الذین اقبلتم الی دیار الغربه شوقا للقاء مطلع | Blessed are ye, O captives of the earth, ye who have turned, yearning, toward the land of exile in quest of the Dawning-Place [3.5s] | INBA65:096a, BLIB_Or15696.139h, , BLIB_Or15714.130e, | BRL_DA#577 | rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| BH11087 | 50 | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به رفع کل ظلمه و طلع کل نور و انار | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which every darkness hath been dispelled, every light hath shone forth and illumined [3.5s] | INBA36:114b, INBA71:280b, INBA92:133b | light and darkness; prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11088 | 50 | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به فتح ابواب رحمتک علی وجه الممکنات و | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the gates of Thy mercy were opened unto the face of all created things [3.5s] | INBA71:052b | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11089 | 50 | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بصفاتک العلیا و باسمائک الکبری و بکلمتک الاتم | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy most exalted attributes, by Thy Most Great Names, and by Thy most perfect Word [3.5s] | INBA92:098b | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11091 | 50 | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی و محبوبی تری فقری و افتقاری | Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Beloved! Thou beholdest my poverty and my destitution [3.5s] | INBA35:004a | acquiescence and resignation; contentment; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11092 | 50 | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی یا الهی و یا سیدی و سیدی و یا محبوبی محبوبی لک الملک و | Glorified art Thou, O my God, my God, O my Lord, my Lord, O my Beloved, my Beloved! Thine is the Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA36:113b, INBA71:279b, INBA92:133a | LHKM3.386 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH11093 | 50 | قد ادنفنا هم ناصب و عیش شاصب و بلاء لازب نحمد الله فی کل ذلک لم یزل کان | We have been encompassed by consuming grief, a bitter life and relentless tribulation. Through all these things We render praise unto God, Who hath ever been as He is [3.5s] | INBA73:343a, NLAI_BH1.489, NLAI_BH2.234b | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11094 | 50 | قد اراد بحر المعانی ان یرسل الیک قدحا من کوثر البیان انک اذا شربت قل سبحانک | The Ocean of Inner Meanings hath desired to send unto thee a chalice from the Kawthar of utterance. When thou drinkest thereof, say: "Glorified art Thou!" [3.5s] | INBA15:262a, INBA26:262b, BLIB_Or15696.142d, | praise and encouragement; prayer for praise and gratitude; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11095 | 50 | قد حضر کتابک و امسکنا القلم الی ان اتی المیقات اطلقنا زمامه و ذکرناک بما | Thy letter hath arrived before Us, and We withheld Our Pen until the appointed time had come. Then did We loose its rein and make mention of thee with that which [3.5s] | INBA51:140a, BLIB_Or15715.254d, , KB_620:133-134 | personal instructions; praise and encouragement; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11098 | 50 | قد شهد قلمی الاعلی باقبالک الی الله العلی الاعلی هذه شهاده لاتعادلها کنوز | My Most Exalted Pen hath testified to thy turning unto God, the Most High, the Most Exalted - a testimony wherewith no treasures can compare [3.5s] | INBA19:132c, INBA32:122b, BLIB_Or15696.087c, | personal instructions; praise and encouragement; predictions and prophecies; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11109 | 50 | قل سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بجودک و جنودک و بالنور الذی به اشرقت مدآئن علمک | Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy bounty and Thy hosts, and by the Light wherewith the cities of Thy knowledge were illumined [3.5s] | INBA23:102, BLIB_Or15695.066a, | BRL_DA#332, AHB_131BE #01-02 p.142, BSHI.019 | knowledge; recognition of God; prayer for nearness to God | - | - | |||||||
| BH11111 | 50 | قل سبحانک یا سلطان الوجود و مالک الغیب و الشهود اسئلک بالاسم الذی به انفطرت | Say: Glorified art Thou, O Sovereign of existence and Ruler of the seen and unseen! I beseech Thee by the Name through which was cleft asunder [3.5s] | INBA41:447a | Greatest Name; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11112 | 50 | قل لک الحمد یا منزل المن و السلوی و مالک العرش و الثری بما عرفتنی مظهر امرک و | Say: All praise be unto Thee, O Sender of manna and quails, Lord of the Throne and of the dust, inasmuch as Thou hast caused me to recognize the Manifestation of Thy Cause [3.5s] | INBA41:445c | knowledge; recognition of God; praise and encouragement; prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11113 | 50 | قلم اعلی در حبس اعظم بذکر الله ناطق و مشغول است انشاء الله باید نفوسی که از | The Most Exalted Pen, in the Most Great Prison, is occupied with the remembrance of God. Verily, such souls as [3.5s] | INBA41:446a, BLIB_Or15710.295c, | praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11114 | 50 | کل یوم یفترس الذئب عنما من اغنام الله الهی الی متی تنظر و تصبر ان العدل | O my God! Each day doth the wolf seize one from among the sheep of God. How long wilt Thou observe and forbear? Verily justice [3.5s] | INBA51:434, BLIB_Or15696.090g, | chastisement and requital; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11116 | 50 | لا تنس ذکر الله و عهده انه معک و ینصرک فی کل الاحوال ان اقبل الی الله و انقطع | Forget not the remembrance of God and His Covenant. Verily, He is with thee and shall aid thee in all circumstances. Turn thou unto God and be thou detached [3.5s] | INBA73:336b, NLAI_BH2.218.10 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11121 | 50 | لک الحمد یا الهی بما ایدت عبادک و امائک علی ذکرک و ثنائک و خدمه امرک اسئلک | Praise be unto Thee, O my God, inasmuch as Thou hast aided Thy servants and handmaidens to make mention of Thee and glorify Thee, and to serve Thy Cause. I beseech Thee [3.5s] | INBA18:375 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11122 | 50 | لک الحمد یا الهی بما مستنی الذله الکبری مره اخری فی حبک یا من بیدک ملکوت | All praise be unto Thee, O my God, for once again hath supreme abasement touched me in Thy love, O Thou in Whose hand rests dominion [3.5s] | INBA73:338a, NLAI_BH2.218.06 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; praise and encouragement; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11131 | 50 | وجه قدم از سجن اعظم باحبایش توجه نموده و مینماید طوبی لمن قام علی خدمه الامر | The Ancient Countenance from the Most Great Prison hath turned toward His loved ones and continueth so to turn. Blessed is he who ariseth to serve the Cause [3.5s] | INBA23:175b, BLIB_Or15710.259a, , BLIB_Or15730.027f, | AQA6#294 p.289b, KHMI.076 | call to action; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BH11132 | 50 | ورقای بقا بر سدره منتهی در هر صبح و شام باین کلمه احلی مغرد است ای مجذوبان | The Immortal Dove, upon the Divine Lote-Tree, doth at every morn and eve warble forth this most sweet utterance: "O ye who are enraptured..." [3.5s] | INBA38:073e | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11156 | 50 | یا بدیع ان البدیع یذکرک فی الحضور اظهارا لفضل الله و نعمته و ابرازا لجوده و | O Badí'! The Most Wondrous One maketh mention of thee in His presence, as a token of God's grace and bounty, and as a manifestation of His generosity [3.5s] | INBA19:108c, INBA32:100a | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11169 | 50 | یا عبدالله انا اقبلنا الیک من هذا المقام الرفیع و نذکرک بذکر لا یعادله شیء و | O servant of God! We have turned unto thee from this exalted station and make mention of thee with a remembrance wherewith nothing can compare [3.5s] | INBA15:247a, INBA26:249a, BLIB_Or15696.084d, | PYK.212 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||
| BH11170 | 50 | یا عزیزالله انا ذکرناک و فی هذا الحین ان ذکری تراه مره کالشمس المشرقه من | O 'Azizu'llah! We have made mention of thee, and at this moment thou beholdest My remembrance even as the sun rising resplendent [3.5s] | INBA19:108d, INBA32:100b | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11179 | 50 | یا لیت کان للبهاء انس علی عدد کل الاشیاء لیشکرک یا الهی فیما مسته فی | O would that Bahá had intimate companions to the number of all created things, that they might render thanks unto Thee, O my God, for what hath befallen him [3.5s] | INBA73:336a, NLAI_BH2.219.02 | acquiescence and resignation; contentment; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11192 | 50 | یا میرزا آقا اسمت لدی العرش مذکور آمد و مالک اسماء باین کلمات بدیعه منیعه که | O Mirza Aqa! Thy name hath been mentioned before the Throne, and the Lord of Names hath addressed thee with these wondrous and sublime words [3.5s] | INBA41:445a, BLIB_Or15710.295a, | exhortations and counsels; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11196 | 50 | یذکرک المظلوم من شطر السجن و یذکر ایام حضورک لدی الوجه و قیامک لدی الباب و | The Wronged One remembereth thee from the precincts of the prison, and calleth to mind the days of thy presence before His countenance and thy standing at the gate [3.5s] | INBA51:563b, BLIB_Or15696.092b, | consolation and comfort; permission for visit; pilgrimage; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11206 | 40 | ابواب رضوان معانی مفتوح و نسایم قمیص رحمن در هبوب و مرور ای احبای الهی خود | The gates of the Paradise of inner meanings stand open, and the breezes from the garment of the All-Merciful are wafting and passing by, O beloved ones of God [3.5s] | INBA38:073d | attaining the life of the spirit | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11224 | 40 | ان یا محمد لاتحزن عن کل ما نسبناک لان کلما یظهر من الحبیب محبوب ثم استقم علی | O Muhammad! Be not grieved by all that We have attributed unto thee, for whatsoever proceedeth from the Beloved is beloved. Stand thou, then, steadfast [3.5s] | INBA71:002a | consolation and comfort; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11226 | 40 | انا بشرنا الوری بما انتهت الایه المبارکه الکبری ولکنه رسول الله و خاتم | Verily, We have given glad tidings unto all humanity of that which the Most Great and Blessed Verse hath concluded: "And yet He is the Messenger of God and the Seal" [3.5s] | INBA15:335b, INBA26:339a, BLIB_Or15715.169b, | day of Resurrection; Judgement; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prophecy and fulfillment; Seal of the Prophets | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11227 | 40 | انا نذکر عبدالحسین و نوصیه بما ینبغی له طوبی لمذکور عمل بما نزل فی کتاب الله | We make mention of 'Abdu'l-Husayn, and counsel him with that which beseemeth him. Blessed is he who hath acted in accordance with that which hath been revealed in the Book of God [3.5s] | INBA51:619b.05 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; personal instructions; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11237 | 40 | ای کنیز الهی ندایت اصغا شد و بفیض اعظم که عرفان مالک قدم است فائز گشتی | O handmaid of God! Thy call hath been heard, and thou hast attained unto the Most Great Bounty, which is the recognition of the Ancient Lord [3.5s] | INBA84:125b, INBA84:063b, INBA84:005b, BLIB_Or15730.019d, | knowledge; recognition of God; twin duties of recognition and obedience | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11257 | 40 | ذکر حضرت مبلغ و جناب افنان علیهم بهاء الله و رحمته در ساحت امنع اقدس عرض شد | The mention of His Holiness the Teacher and the noble Afnán, upon them be the glory of God and His mercy, was presented at the Most Holy and Most Exalted Threshold [3.5s] | INBA27:485a | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; eulogies; reminiscences; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11261 | 40 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما انفقتنی لاحیاء من فی سمائک و ارضک و جعلتنی | Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for having caused me to expend myself for the quickening of all who dwell in Thy heaven and on Thy earth, and hast made me [3.5s] | INBA73:001a, INBA92:382a | TZH4.115x, AQMJ1.021 | sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | |||||||
| BH11262 | 40 | سبحانک اللهم یا فاطر السماء و مالک الاسماء اسئلک بجمالک الذی اشرق عن افق | Glorified art Thou, O my God, O Creator of the heavens and Possessor of Names! I beseech Thee by Thy Beauty that hath shone forth from the horizon [3.5s] | INBA33:146a, INBA92:381a, BLIB_Or15699.032b, | LHKM3.385b, AQMJ1.016a | prayer for unity; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| BH11270 | 40 | طوبی از برای نفوسیکه از رحیق بقا نوشیده اند و از کوثر لقا مرزوق شده قسم | Blessed are the souls who have quaffed from the wine of immortality and have been made to partake of the Kawthar of attainment unto His presence [3.5s] | INBA38:073c | high station of the true believer; presence of; reunion with God; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; spiritual transformation; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11276 | 40 | فسبحانک اللهم اسئلک بالذی به ارفعت اعلام هدایتک و به اقمت رایات فردانیتک بان | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Him through Whom Thou didst raise up the ensigns of Thy guidance and establish the standards of Thy oneness, that [3.5s] | INBA71:116a, INBA92:127b | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11277 | 40 | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بأسمک الذی به اظهرت | Glorified be Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst manifest [3.5s] | INBA35:004b | presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11295 | 40 | قلم ینادی و یقول قد منعت من اسرار القدم و ذکر لئالی بحر الاعظم الذی کل قطره | The Pen proclaimeth and saith: I have been withheld from the mysteries of eternity and from making mention of the pearls of the Most Great Sea, whereof every drop [3.5s] | INBA73:337b, NLAI_BH2.217.09 | mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11321 | 40 | یا افنانی اسمعوا ندائی من شاطی وادی السجن انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق انه | O My Afnán! Hearken unto My call from the shores of this Prison-Vale. Verily, there is no God but Him, and He Who speaketh is indeed He [3.5s] | INBA51:322a | suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11323 | 40 | یا افنانی لعمری لایعادل بکلمتی ما فی ارضی و سمائی و ارسلناها الیک لتشکر مولی | O My Afnán! By My life, nothing that existeth in My earth and My heaven can equal My Word, and We have sent it unto thee that thou mayest render thanks unto thy Lord [3.5s] | INBA51:323a, BLIB_Or15715.116d, , BLIB_Or15734.1.124d, | praise and encouragement; thankfulness; gratitude; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11325 | 40 | یا امه الله جئنا لزیارتک و اقبلنا الی رمسک و نسئل الله ان یرزقک فی کل حین ما | O handmaiden of God! We have come to visit thee and have drawn nigh unto thy resting-place, and We beseech God to bestow upon thee at all times that which [3.5s] | INBA65:094c, BLIB_Or15696.139f, , BLIB_Or15714.130c, | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for the departed; visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11332 | 40 | یا سلیمان ندای مظلوم را باذن فطرت بشنو و بحبل متین الهی تمسک نما عالم فانی و | O Solomon! Hearken with the ear of thine inborn nature unto the Voice of the Wronged One, and hold thou fast unto the mighty cord of God. The world is evanescent [3.5s] | INBA51:573a | knowledge; recognition of God; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11335 | 40 | یا سیف الله قد طالت الاعناق بالنفاق ولکن الله نهی حکم السیف و قدر مقامه | O Sayfu'llah! The necks have grown long in hypocrisy, but God hath forbidden the decree of the sword and ordained its station [3.5s] | INBA18:112b | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11339 | 40 | یا عباس منزل الایات یذکرک و مظهر البینات توجه الیک و ذکرک بما نطقت به الاشجار | O 'Abbás! The Revealer of Verses remembereth thee, and the Manifestor of Clear Proofs hath turned toward thee and maketh mention of thee with that wherewith the trees have spoken [3.5s] | INBA51:572 | prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11342 | 40 | یا علی قبل محمد یذکرک الفرد الاحد و ینادیک من الافق الاعلی لتشکر ربک مالک | O 'Alí-Qablí-Muhammad! The One, the Peerless, maketh mention of thee and calleth unto thee from the Most Exalted Horizon, that thou mayest render thanks unto thy Lord, the Possessor [3.5s] | INBA15:361b, INBA26:366a, BLIB_Or15730.098d, , BLIB_Or15734.1.125b, | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11351 | 40 | یا میرزا هاشم افرح بما ذکرک القلم الاعلی فی المنظر الابهی و انزل لک ما | O Mírzá Háshim! Rejoice thou, inasmuch as the Supreme Pen hath made mention of thee from the Most Glorious Horizon, and hath sent down for thee that which [3.5s] | INBA51:201a, BLIB_Or15695.254b, , KB_620:194-194 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11353 | 40 | یا ورقه یا امه الله علیک سلام الله و رحمته و نوره و فضله و نسئله لک امواج | O Leaf, O Handmaid of God! Upon thee be God's salutation, His mercy, His light and His grace, and We beseech for thee the waves [3.5s] | INBA65:095, BLIB_Or15696.139g, , BLIB_Or15714.130d, | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11354 | 40 | یا ولی علیک بهائی و عنایتی ان لحاظی من افقی توجه الیکم و النور اشرق من افق | O My friend! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness! Verily Mine eyes from Mine horizon have turned towards thee, and the light hath shone forth from the horizon [3.5s] | INBA19:108b, INBA32:099c | BRL_DA#409 | praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||
| BH11390 | 30 | ای سمع اکوان بشنو ندای رب رحمن را که از شطر احزان مرتفع است که شاید بشنیدن | O Hearing Ear of creation! Hearken unto the Call of the Lord, the All-Merciful, which ascendeth from the realm of sorrows, that perchance thou mayest hear [3.5s] | INBA38:074b | call to action; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11391 | 30 | ای کنیز من تو از سجیه جمال احدیه مطلع شدی و از تقدیس ذات قدم باخبر اخبار کن | O My handmaiden! Thou hast become aware of the nature of the Divine Beauty and art informed of the sanctity of the Ancient Being. Convey thou these tidings [3.5s] | INBA38:129b | purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; spiritual transformation; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11397 | 30 | بعضی بمیقات معین باید از بلده مبارکه خارج شوند ح شهری ع اطول و بعضی هم باید | Some, at the appointed time, must needs depart from the Blessed City for a month, a year, or longer, whilst others must [3.5s] | INBA71:119a | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11400 | 30 | حمد خدا را که صنم وهم را بقدرت خلیل شکستی و حجاب مانعه را دریدی اینست آن | Praise be to God, Who hath, through the power of the Friend, shattered the idol of vain imaginings and rent asunder the intervening veils. This is that [3.5s] | INBA38:073b | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11406 | 30 | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم قد حضرت لدی الباب و سمعت الندآء من | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the All-Dominating, the Self-Subsisting. I have presented myself before the Gate and hearkened unto the Call from [3.5s] | INBA23:148 | presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11408 | 30 | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو یوتی من یشاء ما اراد انه لهو العزیز الوهاب یا افنانی لا تحزنوا | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He bestoweth upon whomsoever He willeth that which He hath purposed. He is, verily, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. O My Afnán, grieve not [3.5s] | INBA84:178b, INBA84:106b.15, INBA84:047b.06 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11412 | 30 | طوبی لک بما قصدت المقصد الاقصی الی ان بلغت الغایه القصوی و سمعت الندآء | Blessed art thou for having sought the Most Great Objective until thou didst attain the Ultimate Goal and hearken unto the Call [3.5s] | INBA18:324a | spiritual transformation; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11419 | 30 | قد انار افق العالم بالنیر الاعظم و نطقت الاشیاء قد اتی المالک الملک لله العزیز الودود | The horizon of the world hath been illumined by the Most Great Light, and all things have proclaimed: "The Sovereign of all sovereignty hath come! The Kingdom is God's, the Mighty, the All-Loving!" [3.5s] | INBA23:104, BLIB_Or15696.090j, | BRL_DA#330, BSHI.025 | divine attributes are within all things; every atom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to the people of the world | - | - | |||||||
| BH11422 | 30 | قد شهدت بما شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم هذه شهاده تکون معک | He hath testified to that which God Himself hath testified: that there is none other God but Him, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting. This is a testimony that shall remain with thee [3.5s] | INBA84:176c, INBA84:104c, INBA84:045a.04 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11423 | 30 | قد نطق لسان الوحی انه لا اله الا هو الواحد المختار سوف یرتفع اعلام النصر و | The Tongue of Revelation hath proclaimed: He is, verily, the One God besides Whom there is none other, the Single, the Chosen One. Erelong shall the banners of victory be raised [3.5s] | INBA84:179a, INBA84:107a, INBA84:047c.07 | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; predictions and prophecies; rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat] | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11426 | 30 | کتاب انزلناه بالحق لمن اقبل الی الفرد الخبیر یا ایها المقبل انک اردت اللقاء | This is a Book We have sent down in truth for whoso hath turned towards the One, the All-Informed. O thou who hast turned thy face, verily thou hast yearned for the meeting [3.5s] | INBA19:176a, INBA32:160a | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11428 | 30 | کلمه الهی محیی ابدانست و مبعث روان پس بشنوید کلمه بدیعه محکمه اش را تا از | The Divine Word is the quickener of bodies and the awakener of souls. Hearken ye, therefore, unto His wondrous and firmly-established Word, that ye may [3.5s] | INBA38:074a | spiritual transformation; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11430 | 30 | محبوب میفرماید که الیوم احدی بعرفان الله فائز نمی شود مگر بانقطاع از آنچه در | The Beloved declareth: None shall attain in this Day unto the recognition of God save through detachment from all that [3.5s] | INBA38:072c | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; knowledge; recognition of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11433 | 30 | ورقاء ازلی و ورقه صمدی در جلوه و سرور در یمین طور بایات نور مذکورند فیا روحا | O immortal Dove and celestial Leaf! In splendor and joy ye are mentioned in verses of light at the right hand of the Mount. O spirit [3.5s] | INBA36:313d | knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; mystical themes; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11437 | 30 | یا اهل الفردوس الاعلی علیکم ذکر الله و ثنائه و فضله و الطافه و سلامه و | O ye dwellers in the Most Exalted Paradise! Upon you rest the remembrance of God, His praise, His bounty, His tender mercies, and His peace [3.5s] | INBA65:093a, BLIB_Or15696.139b, , BLIB_Or15714.129a, | BRL_DA#579, AVK4.072.11 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; praise and encouragement; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH11439 | 30 | یا حسین علیک بهائی یذکرک المظلوم و یعزیک فیما ورد علیک لعمر الله انا معک و انا | O Husayn! Upon thee be My glory! The Wronged One maketh mention of thee and consoleth thee in that which hath befallen thee. By the life of God, verily I am with thee [3.5s] | INBA18:039, BLIB_Or15696.084e, | consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11440 | 30 | یا حفیف سدره المنتهی علیک بهاء الله مولی الوری و رب العرش و الثری و یا نفحه | O rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of all mankind, and the Sovereign of the throne and of the dust, and O gentle breeze [3.5s] | INBA65:094b, BLIB_Or15696.139e, , BLIB_Or15714.130b, | praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11441 | 30 | یا عبدالله قد شهد القلم الاعلی باقبالک و توجهک الی الوجه علیک بهاء الله و | O 'Abdu'lláh! The Most Exalted Pen hath indeed borne witness to thy recognition and thy turning unto His Countenance. Upon thee be the glory of God [3.5s] | INBA65:094a, BLIB_Or15696.139d, , BLIB_Or15714.130a, | praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11447 | 30 | یا من اشتاق الاحبا للقاک و یذکر ذکرک فی کل حین عند محشر المخلصین فاشکر الله | O thou who longest for the meeting with the loved ones, and whose remembrance is ever on the tongues in the gathering-place of the sincere ones, render thanks unto God [3.5s] | INBA23:202a | praise and encouragement; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11449 | 30 | یا نفحات الارض و اسرارها و اوراق السدره و اثمارها طوبی لکن قد اتخذتن لانفسکن | O Breezes of the earth and its mysteries, O Leaves of the Lote-Tree and its fruits! Blessed are ye, for ye have chosen for yourselves [3.5s] | INBA65:097a, BLIB_Or15696.139j, , BLIB_Or15714.131b, | BRL_DA#575 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| BH11450 | 30 | یا یدالله قالت الیهود ید الله مغلوله قل لا و نفسه الحق انه یفعل ما یشاء و | O Hand of God! The Jews have said: "The Hand of God is fettered." Say: Nay, by His very Self! He doeth whatsoever He willeth [3.5s] | INBA18:112a | absolute freedom; independence of God; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11479 | 20 | ای مجدالدین عنایات الهی درباره شما بسیار است روز جمعه در ساحت قرب اظهار شدی | O Majdu'd-Din! Divine bounties have been lavished upon thee in great abundance. On Friday thou wert mentioned in the precincts of nearness [3.5s] | INBA23:029a | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11482 | 20 | بسم الذی ینزل الایات باالحق و کل کان عنها محروما و نستعین بربنا العلی | In the Name of Him Who sendeth down the verses in truth, though all were deprived thereof, and We seek the aid of our Lord, the Most Exalted [3.5s] | INBA66:004 | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11485 | 20 | حجبات اوهام را بدر دریدنیکه صدای آن را اهل سرادقات قدس ربانی بشنوند و جمیع | To rend asunder the veils of vain imaginings, such that they who dwell within the pavilions of divine holiness may hearken unto its call [3.5s] | INBA38:075a | mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11493 | 20 | رب آتنی من لدنک رحمه انک انت العزیز الوهاب | O Lord! Grant me mercy from Thy presence, for verily Thou art the Mighty, the All-Bestowing [3.5s] | INBA33:145b | prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11511 | 20 | قد ظهر هیکل القدس فی هیئه الشمس فی وسط السماء فسبحان ربی الاعلی | The Temple of Holiness hath appeared in the form of the sun in the midst of heaven. Glorified be my Lord, the Most High [3.5s] | INBA51:307b | LHKM3.062a | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11513 | 20 | قدر لی یا الهی من قلمک الاعلی ما قدرته لاصفیائک | Ordain for me, O my God, through Thy Most Exalted Pen, that which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones [3.5s] | INBA19:132a, INBA32:121c | Manifestation of God as sun; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11520 | 20 | نشهد ان الافنان شهدوا بما شهدت السدره انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم | We bear witness that the Afnán have testified to that which the Tree hath testified: verily there is none other God but Him, the All-Dominant, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA51:262, KB_620:255-255 | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11524 | 20 | هنیئا لکم یا اهل البهاء انتم الذین شربتم الرحیق المختوم باسمه القیوم فی یوم | Blessed be ye, O people of Bahá, ye who have quaffed the sealed wine by His Name, the Self-Subsisting, on this Day [3.5s] | INBA65:096b, BLIB_Or15696.139i, , BLIB_Or15714.131a, | BRL_DA#576 | spiritual transformation; symbolism | - | - | |||||||
| BH11529 | 20 | یا افنانی ان ربک الابهی یدعوک الی الافق الاعلی و یذکرک بما لاینقطع عرفه بدوام | O My Afnán! Verily thy Lord, the Most Glorious, calleth thee unto the Supreme Horizon and maketh mention of thee with that whose fragrance shall never cease to endure [3.5s] | INBA51:535a | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11530 | 20 | یا افنانی قد شهدت الشجره باقبالکم الیها و تمسککم بها طوبی لکم و ان لکم حسن | O My Afnán! The Tree hath borne witness to thy turning unto it and thy firm adherence thereto. Blessed art thou, and goodly is thy portion [3.5s] | INBA51:531 | praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11823 | 130 | قد حضر احد اغصانی الذی سمی ببدیع الله بکتابک و عرضه امام الوجه اجبناک | One of My branches, who hath been named Badí'u'lláh, appeared before Us with thy letter and laid it before Our presence, whereupon We responded to thee [3.5s] | INBA79.001 | Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00155 | Alfayn: Al-Khutbata’l-Makhtum bi-Ta’bir’n-num | 1200 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الاستنطاق فی الواح کتاب الافتراق طراز الاشتقاق التی عینت | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of utterance in the Tablets of the Book of Separation to be the ornament of derivation that was ordained [3.5s] | INBA98:027.11-033.03, PR02.160r01-161r23, CMB_F21.003.13-008.19#02, , CMB_F23.160r01-162v01 (55), , Berlin3655.092r-095r, BYC_jabar.163.02-165.07 | meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); mystical themes; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; symbolism of color and light; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||
| BB00524 | Answer to Mirza Muhammad 'Ali Qazvini | 180 | Epistle of the Báb in Reply to Mírzá Muḥammad-`Alí Qazvíní | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. فاعلم یا اخ الجلیل و اثبت قدمیک علی صراط الله الجمیل و اعرف ان الله سبحانه ما خلق شیئا | Know thou, O noble brother! Plant thy feet firmly upon the beauteous path of God, and know that God, glorified be He, created naught [3.5s] | INBA67:177-178, INBA_4011C:163-164, , PR07.073r-073v | consolation and comfort; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | SRC.192 | |||||
| BB00158 | Answer to Mirza Muhammad Yazdi | 1200 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الواحد الاحد الفرد الذی لا اله الا هو العلی العظیم والصلوة من الله علی محمد و اوصیائه کماهو اهله انه هو العلی الحکیم در حاشیه شبیه خط مبارک | Praise be to God, the One, the Single, the Peerless, beside Whom there is no God, the Most High, the Most Great. May the blessings of God rest upon Muhammad and His chosen ones, as befitteth His grace, for verily He is the Most High, the All-Wise [3.5s] | INBA14:452-459, INBA67:160-165, INBA_4011C:149-156, , INBA_6006C:083-085, , PR07.069v-072r | authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power of prayer; preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | SRC.192? | ||||||
| BB00102 | Answer to Mulla Abdu'l-Jalil on 20 questions | 1800 | Tablet of Twenty Questions Revealed by the Báb and Addressed to Mullá 'Abdu'l-Jalíl Urūmī, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد توحد بالعزة و تقدس بالکبریاء لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم اشهدک اللهم یا الهی فی ذلک الیوم من شهر الصیام الذی قد شرفته و فضلته و جعلته هدی للعالمین | Praise be to God Who hath been distinguished by might and sanctified by grandeur. There is no God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Wise. I bear witness before Thee, O my God, on this day of the month of fasting, which Thou hast honored and exalted and made a guidance unto all the worlds [3.5s] | INBA91:111.03-121.01, INBA_5019C:300-304, , PR04.015v13-020v04 | HBAB.167x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; law of fasting; power of prayer; prayer for fasting; the Imamate; the Caliphate; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.01, SRC.191 | ||||
| BB00123 | Answer to Mulla Javad-i-Qazvini | 1500 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی افتتح الکتاب بذکرک و ثنآء نفسک لا اله الا انت و لا یعلم احد کیف انت الا انت | O God! I commence this Book with Thy remembrance and praise of Thine own Self. There is no God but Thee, and none knoweth how Thou art save Thee [3.5s] | INBA91:102.03-111.02, PR04.195r02-200r04 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for specific individuals; groups; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00313 | Answer to one of the believers | 590 | Báb's Epistle of Consolation and Counsel to a Beloved Follower, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل المجرة لسطوع طلوع شمس الرحمة لیدلعن کل الالسن فی تلک الطلعات الصماء الدهماء العمیاء بثناء طلعة حضرة الربوبیة فی صورة الانزعیه والنور الالهیه | Praise be to God Who hath sent down the starry expanse for the dawning splendor of the Sun of Mercy, that every tongue might be moved, amidst these deaf, dark and sightless manifestations, to extol the Countenance of Divine Lordship in its most glorious form and celestial light [3.5s] | INBA98:020.10-023.07, PR02.166r02-166v12, CMB_F21.001.01-003.11#01, , Berlin3655.114v-116r | love of God; power of prayer; praise and encouragement; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | |||||
| BB00363 | Answer to one of the relatives | 460 | هو الله تعالی. قبله محترم دام فضلکم تلاوت ایات دو ورقه خط شریف را نموده صفحه عربی بجهة | O thou revered point of adoration, may thy grace endure! I have perused the verses inscribed upon two sacred pages, and the Arabic portion [3.5s] | INBA91:194.10-197.08 | humility; meekness; lowliness; limits of the intellect; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00318 | as-Silsilatu'th-Thamaniyya | 590 | Inquiry and Revelation | بسم الله البدیع الذی لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم. و لقد ورد الی الیوم کتاب من عبدالله عبدالجلیل فاعلم یا ایهاالواقف علی خط القیم در حاشیه شبیه خط مبارک | Verily, there hath come unto me this day a letter from 'Abdu'llah 'Abdu'l-Jalil. Know thou, O thou who art acquainted with the sacred script, that in the margin there appeareth that which resembleth the blessed handwriting [3.5s] | INBA14:503-506, INBA67:169-172, INBA69:434-437, INBA_4011C:156-159, , INBA_5006C:365-367, , INBA_6004C:198-200, , INBA_6006C:085-087, , PR07.071v-072r, AEWB.217-221, | NSS.073-075 | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; outward and inward meanings; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.192x2 | ||||
| BB00234 | Ayati allati Nuzzilat fi Yaumi’l-‘Arafa | 880 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الاعرف الاعرف قد خلقت کل شیء لیعرفنی ثم لیعبدتنی و لا یشرکن بی احد و قد ارسلت الرسل من قبل لیوم ظهوری | Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Most Knowing, the Most Knowing. I have created all things that they may know Me and worship Me, and none shall join partners with Me. And I did send forth the Messengers before for the Day of My Manifestation [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.177-180, BYC_misc-b.126a06-130a04 | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Manifestation of God as mediator; presence of; reunion with God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; purpose; goal of creation; saddening another soul | - | - | AHDA.461.02? | ||||||
| BB00325 | Bayan al-Taqarub wa Taba'ud | 560 | بسم الله الاقوم الاقوم - یا القدیم الاقوم. الذی لا اله الا هو العظیم الادوم شاءالله ان ینشاء سر اسم الاعظم فی هذا اللوح المعظم للرجال ....... لا تخف و لا تحزن فانا مع المحسنین و لمثل هذا فلنجری العاملین والحمد لله رب العالمین | He is God, the Most Great, the Ever-Enduring! God hath willed to manifest the mystery of the Most Great Name in this most exalted Tablet unto men... Fear not, neither be thou grieved, for verily We are with the doers of good, and thus shall they that strive be requited. All praise be unto God, the Lord of all worlds [3.5s] | INBA14:459-462, INBA53:077-079, INBA67:179-181, INBA_4011C:141-145, , INBA_5006C:348-350, , INBA_6004C:187-189, , INBA_6006C:080-081, , INBA_6010C:455-458, , PR07.067v-068v, AEWB.226-230, | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; nearness and remoteness; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | SRC.073, SRC.184 | ||||||
| BB00244 | Bayan fi 'Ilm al-Jawamid wa'l-Mushtaqat | 810 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد تفرد اولیآئه بالمحامد العظمآء و توحد ابوابه فی علم الجوامد الکبریآء الذی قد نعت | Praise be to God Who hath singled out His chosen ones by sublime glorification and hath unified His gates in the knowledge of supreme grandeur [3.5s] | INBA67:130-134, INBA_5006C:350-352, , INBA_6006C:081-083, , PR07.068v-069v | day of Resurrection; Judgement; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; mystical themes; symbolism; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | SRC.073, SRC.184 | ||||||
| BH05338 | Baz Av-u-Bidih Jamih | 180 | باز آو بده جامی این ساقی عطشانرا زآن ساغر باقی ده این فانی دورانرا این هیکل | Return and offer a cup to this thirsty cupbearer; From that eternal chalice, bestow upon this transient being;This temple [3.5s] | INBA30:138, OSAI I.MMS, | BRL_DA#252, TZH4.142-143x, MAS4.186, OOL.B004 | Brief ode celebrating the divine love, beseeching immortal life, and expressing His desire for evane … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; love as fire; mystical themes; pain of love; love as veil; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; spiritual transformation; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | * | - | MMAH.163, GSH.065, LL#011 | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| BB00141 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy | 1300 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم اسئلک باخریتک التی انها هی مرتفعة فوق کل شیء ان تخذلن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة النفی | O God, I beseech Thee by Thy lastness, exalted above all else, to abase every soul that cleaveth unto the tree of denial [4o] | INBA_6007C.085-090, CMB_F14.136r05-140r08, | belief and denial; heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||
| BB00161 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy | 1200 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تعذبن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة النفی | O God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which is exalted above all things, to chastise every being possessing the letter Alif that claimeth association with the Tree of Negation [3.5s] | INBA82:016-025, BYC_misc-b.035a05-040b07 | justice and wrath of God; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| BB00178 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy | 1100 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بازلیتک التی انها هی مرتفعة فوق کل شیء ان تبدلن کل ذات الف | O God! I beseech Thee, by Thine eternity which transcendeth all else, to transform every possessor of the letter Alif [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.276-282, CMB_F14.185r07-189r05, | fire and light; fire and water; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||
| BB00230 | Du’a’ a’l-Vajib | 900 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاسالنک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تنصرن کل ذات الف یؤمن | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which transcendeth all things in its inaccessible heights, to aid every soul that believeth [3.5s] | INBA58:134.01-141.04 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; prayer for spiritual recognition; prophecy and fulfillment; the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00177 | Du’a’ li-Ithbati’l-ithbat | 1100 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بابدیتک التی انها هی مرتفعة فوق کل شیء ان توجدن شجرة الاثبات و ما ینسب الیها | O God! I beseech Thee, by Thine eternity which transcendeth every created thing, to bring forth the Tree of Affirmation and all that pertaineth thereunto [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.080-084, CMB_F14.132r10-136r03, | transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||
| BB00127 | Du’a’ li’l-Ithbat | 1400 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان نحفظن و تغنین کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة الاثبات بقدرتک علی کل شیء | O God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which is exalted above all things, to preserve and enrich every soul possessing the letter Alif that is related to the Tree of Affirmation, through Thy power over all things [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.282-288, CMB_F14.189r07-194r01, | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||
| BB00142 | Du’a’ li’l-Ithbat | 1300 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بالوهیتک التی انها هی مستضیئة فوق کل شیء ان ترحمن و تکرمن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة الاثبات بقیومیتک التی انها هی متقومة فوق کل شیء | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Divinity, which illumineth all things from on high, that Thou mayest vouchsafe Thy mercy and confer Thy bounties upon every soul that is associated with the Tree of Affirmation, by Thy Self-Subsistence, which standeth supreme above all things [4o] | INBA82:025-035, BYC_misc-b.040b09-046b03 | petitions to authorities; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00069 | Du’a’ li’s-Sab’a | 2700 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی یبدع ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض بامره و انه لعزیز حکیم یا الهی ان وجودک اعلی وجود لایشابهه شیء و ان وجودی ادنی وجود لایساویه شیء | Glorified be He Who createth, by His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on earth, and verily He is the Mighty, the All-Wise. O my God! Verily Thy Being is the most exalted of all being, naught can be likened unto it, and my being is the lowliest of all being, naught can equal it [3.5s] | INBA67:109-121, INBA78:105-138, INBA82:035-053, INBA98:001.03-011.02, PR03.043v-043vx, BN_6518 p.320v, MKI4511.014b-017x, BYC_tablets.042.10-052.04 | absolute freedom; independence of God; impossibility of true worship of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00096 | Du’a’-i-Muttasil bi-Salat | 1900 | بسم الله المتعالی المنیع. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک خالق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما لم تزل کنت کائناً قبل کل شیء و لا تزال انک کائن بعد فناء کل شیء | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Verily, Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and all that lieth between. Thou hast ever existed before all things, and Thou shalt continue to exist after the extinction of all things [4o] | INBA58:121.05-130.07, PR03.071v19-073v19, MKI4511.053v-064v, BYC_collect3.094-102 | family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00404 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-‘Ali | 380 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما لم تزل کنت قاهراً علی کل شیء و ظاهراً فوق کل شیء و قائماً علی کل شیء و قادراً علی کل شیء و مهیمناً علی کل شیء | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art, verily, the Creator of the heavens and earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou hast ever been supreme over all things, manifest above all things, standing over all things, powerful over all things, and dominant over all things [3.5s] | INBA58:097.14-099.10, PR03.074r16-074v06, BYC_collect3.065-066 | the Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | |||||||
| BB00453 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-‘Ali Ibn-i-Husayn | 300 | بسم الله المتقدس المنیع. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف استعرجن الی جو هواء قدسک و استصعدن الی بساط فضل انسک و استصفن | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! How can I ascend unto the atmosphere of Thy holy presence, and soar upward to the threshold of intimate fellowship with Thee, and attain unto purity [3.5s] | INBA58:104.14-106.05, PR03.075v15-076r04, BYC_collect3.077-073 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for specific individuals; groups; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00438 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-‘Askari | 320 | Exalted Prayer of the Báb for Imām Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت اله کل الهة فی ملکوت الارض والسموات و انک انت رب کل الارباب فی ملکوت الاسماء والصفات لم تزل کنت کائناً قبل کل شیء | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the God of all gods in the kingdoms of earth and heaven, and Thou art the Lord of all lords in the realms of names and attributes. From time immemorial Thou hast existed before all things [3.5s] | INBA58:115.11-117.06, PR03.078r07-078r27, BYC_collect3.083-084 | absolute freedom; independence of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for specific individuals; groups; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BB00449 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Baqir | 300 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت بدیع السموات و الارض ذوالقوة و البهآء و ذوالعزة والضیآء و ذوالعظمة | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of might and splendor, of majesty and radiance [3.5s] | INBA58:106.07-107.13, PR03.076r05-076r23, BYC_collect3.073-075 | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; prayer for specific individuals; groups; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00380 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Fatimih | 420 | بسم الله المتعالی المنیع. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و جاعل الامر والخلق لم یزل لم یکن لک شبه و لا مثل و لا کفو و لا عدل و لا قرین فسبحانک من ان یرتقی الی جو هواء قدسک اعلی جواهر الممکنات | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth and the Ordainer of both command and creation. Never hath there been any like unto Thee, nor any equal, nor any peer, nor any companion. Glorified art Thou! The most exalted essences of contingent beings can never ascend to the atmosphere of Thy sanctity [3.5s] | INBA58:099.12-101.11, PR03.074v08-075r03, BYC_collect3.066-068 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for praise and gratitude; prayer for spiritual recognition; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00452 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Hasan | 300 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت محبوبی فی ملکوت الامر والخلق و مقصودی فی جمیع مظاهر البدع و الامر ماعبدت الا ایاک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art verily my Beloved in the kingdoms of command and creation, and my sole Desire throughout all manifestations of creation and decree. None have I worshipped but Thee alone [3.5s] | INBA58:101.12-103.01, PR03.075r04-075r19, BYC_collect3.068-070 | transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00395 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Husayn | 400 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت نورالسموات و الارض و ما بینهما لم یزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً فرداً صمداً حیاً قیوماً مااتخذت لنفسک صاحبة ولا ولداً | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the Light of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, single, peerless, eternal, ever-living, self-subsisting. Thou hast taken neither consort nor offspring unto Thyself [3.5s] | INBA58:103.02-104.12, PR03.075r21-075v13, BYC_collect3.070-072 | Imam Husayn; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for martyrs; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00450 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Javad | 300 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت مبدع السموات و الارض و ما بینهما و مقدرما فی ملکوت الامر والخلق دونهما لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً فرداً صمداً حیاً قیوماً | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and the Ordainer of all that existeth in the realms of command and creation [and of whatever is] other than them. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, Single, Alone, Self-Subsisting, the Ever-Living [3.5s] | INBA58:112.11-114.01, PR03.077r28-077v16, BYC_collect3.080-081 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00451 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Kazim | 300 | سبحانک اللهم انک انت مجلی کل شیء بنورک و مجذب کل شیء بلحظات قربک لاسئلنک من ظهورات | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the One Who illumineth all things by Thy light and draweth all things nigh through the glances of Thy nearness [3.5s] | INBA58:109.09-110.16, PR03.076v17-077r07, BYC_collect3.077-078 | prayer for specific individuals; groups; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00386 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Muhammad | 410 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله المتعالی المنیع. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما قد خلقت محمد صلواتک علیه بامرک و اصطفیته لعهدک و اصطنعه لذکرک و استخلصته لولایتک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Through Thy command didst Thou create Muhammad—Thy blessings rest upon Him—and didst choose Him for Thy Covenant, and fashion Him for Thy remembrance, and single Him out for Thy Cause [3.5s] | INBA58:095.09-097.12, PR03.073v20-074r14, BYC_collect3.062-063 | absolute freedom; independence of God; Muhammad; Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00444 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Naqi | 310 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت مبدع السموات و الارض و ما بینهما تقدر خلق کل شیء کیف تشاء عما تشاء و تصور خلق کل شیء کیف یرید بما ترید | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou dost ordain the creation of all things as Thou willest, howsoever Thou pleasest, and Thou dost fashion the creation of all things according to Thy desire [3.5s] | INBA58:114.02-115.09, PR03.077v17-078r06, BYC_collect3.081-082 | absolute freedom; independence of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00257 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Qa’im | 780 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت خالق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامرک لا من شیء و انک انت فاطر کل شیء بامرک لا عن شیء | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them by Thy command, not from anything; and verily Thou art the Fashioner of all things by Thy command, not from aught [3.5s] | INBA58:117.08-121.03 | creation of the world; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for protection; prayer for specific individuals; groups; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00435 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Rida’ | 330 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما قد اخترعت ما قد اخترعت بانشائک و قد ابدعت ما قد ابدعت باحداثک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Through Thy creative power hast Thou brought into being all that Thou hast fashioned, and through Thy generative act hast Thou originated all that Thou hast created [3.5s] | INBA58:111.01-112.10, PR03.077r08-077r26, BYC_collect3.078-080 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||
| BB00427 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Sadiq | 340 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما جاعل الملائکة رسلاً اولی اجنحة مثنی و ثلث و رباع | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art, verily, the Creator of the heavens and earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou hast fashioned the angels as messengers, endowed with wings, two, three, and fourfold [4o] | INBA58:107.15-109.08, PR03.076r24-076v16, BYC_collect3.075-077 | family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00051 | Du’a’a’i-Avval li’l-Avval | 3400 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی ما قد شهدت علی نفسک و استشهدت کل شیء علی ذلک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee, even as Thou hast borne witness concerning Thine own Self and called all things to witness [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.211-251, MKI4494.021, BYC_pray.126.11-137.05 | MANU.089-100 | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for protection; rejection, opposition and persecution; symbolism; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BB00228 | Du’a’a’l-Khamis li’l-Avval | 900 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انا الله و انا الیه راجعون سبحانک اللهم انک انت رب القدر والقضاء و ملیک الاذن والبداء | Verily, we are of God and unto Him do we return! Glorified art Thou, O Lord! Indeed, Thou art the Lord of destiny and decree, and the Sovereign of permission and fulfillment [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.251-254, MKI4494.043, BYC_pray.162.13-166.13 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; justice and wrath of God; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for martyrs; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00664 | Du’a’a’l-Qahriyya ‘Ala’n-nafy | 900 | بسم الله الاقهر الاقهر. سبحانک اللهم لاسئلنک باوليتک التى انها هى ممتنعة فوق کل شئ ان تعد من کل ذات الف ينسب الى دون الحق بقدرتک على کل شئ | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Firstness which transcendeth all things, to reckon all those possessing the alif [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.272-276, MKI4515.001-006r | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00251 | Du’a’a’l-Vajib (fi kull laylat-i-jum'ah) | 800 | بسم الله الاقهر الاقهر. سبحانک اللهم فاهلکن کل ذات الف لم یؤمن بمن تظهرنه ذات حجتک الکبری بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء | Glorified art Thou, O my God! By Thy sovereign might, bring to naught every being whose heart fails to recognize Him Whom Thou hast manifested as the quintessence of Thy supreme Proof. In the majesty of Thy divinity, verily, He is transcendent above all things [4o] | INBA58:064.10-071.08, BYC_misc-b.105a09-108b10 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; prophecy and fulfillment; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BB00241 | Epistle to Haji Mirza Aqasi 1 | 820 | First Epistle Revealed by the Báb to Mírzá Áqásí, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک من لدن امام حق مبین و انه لکتاب قد نزل من حکم ربک من لدن علی | Read thou the Book wherein is remembered the Name of thy Lord, revealed from the presence of the true and manifest Imam. Verily it is a Book that hath been sent down through the wisdom of thy Lord from the presence of 'Alí [3.5s] | INBA_4011C:332-336, , INBA_5006C:369-371?, | HNU.151-153x, OOL.A023.6 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | AHDA.461.09, MMAH.029, SRC.064, SRC.192 | ||||
| BB00074 | Epistle to Haji Mirza Aqasi 3 (Khutbiy-i-Qahriyyih) | 2600 | Fourth Epistle Revealed by the Báb to Mírzá Áqásí, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تقهر بتقهیر تقهر اقتهار قهر قهاریته علی کینونیات المشرکات من الممکنات... اما بعد فاعلم یا ایها الکافر بالله والمشرک بآیاته والمعرض عن جنابه والمستکبر عن بابه | Praise be to God Who, through His transcendent dominion, His sovereign power and His all-subduing might, hath prevailed over the essences of those beings who have joined partners with Him from among all contingent things... And now know thou, O thou who hast disbelieved in God, associated partners with His signs, turned away from His presence and shown pride before His gate [3.5s] | INBA64:127.04-150.07, INBA_4012C.001-013, PR02.045v07-048r26, BYC_collect4.004-012 | RHQM1.438-440 (326-328x), KKD1.104.19, HNU.204-206x, TZH2.241-250, AHDA.359, OOL.A023.8 | chastisement and requital; events in the life and ministry of the Bab; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; justice and wrath of God; personal instructions; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | MMAH.031, SRC.092-093, SRC.186 | ||||
| BB00301 | Fi ‘ili’l-qira’a | 630 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق الحروف بعدة تکرار اسم الوهاب من نفسه و حرف لا لتدلعن السن الممکنات ثناء نفسه فی حرف لا من دون حکم | Praise be to God, Who hath created the letters according to the repetition of His Name, the All-Bountiful, from His own Self, and the letter "Lá," that the tongues of all contingent beings might voice His praise through the letter "Lá" [3.5s] | INBA53:400-402 | grammar and orthography; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); the cross and the trinity | - | - | SRC.081, SRC.195 | ||||||
| BB00214 | Fi Bayani’l-I’tiqad | 930 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یهدی من یشاء و یضل من یشاء و الیه کل الخلق یرجعون و ان الصلوة علی محمد رسول الله و اوصیائه الذین قد جعلهم الله ائمة الدین و ارکان اهل الیقین ... و بعد لما سمعت ان بعض الناس قد عرضوا بمحضر حضرة العالی | Praise be to God, Who guideth whom He willeth and leadeth astray whom He willeth, and unto Whom all created things shall return. And blessings rest upon Muhammad, the Apostle of God, and His chosen ones, whom God hath made the Imams of the Faith and the pillars of them that are assured... And further, when I heard that certain ones had made representations in the presence of [3.5s] | INBA14:385-390, INBA40:133-136, INBA69:411-416, INBA_6010C:383-388, , PR02.130v24-131v26, CMB_F21.089.01-093.01#11, , BYC_collect4.017-020, BYC_three.092-097 | ESCH.393, TZH2.082-084 | events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Muhammad; Islam; names and attributes of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.077, SRC.193 | |||||
| BB00173 | Fi Istifhamat al-Qur'an | 1100 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع جوهریات ذوات اهل الانشاء لا من شیئ بامره لیعرفه کل من فی ملکوت الارض والسموات | Praise be to God Who hath brought forth, through His Command, the essential realities of created beings out of nothingness, that all within the kingdom of earth and heaven might know Him [3.5s] | INBA14:395-400, INBA40:192-196, INBA53:406-411, INBA67:273-279, INBA_6010C:393-398, , CMB_F21.100.03-104.17#13, , Berlin3655.118r-120v | essential vs. actional attributes of God; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.079, SRC.194 | ||||||
| BB00194 | Fi Javabi’l-Mujadala va’l-Mubahalah | 1000 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. احمدک اللهم یا الهی بما انت اهله و اشهدک اللهم یا مولائی بما انت تستحقه بانک | I praise Thee, O my God, as befitteth Thine excellence, and I bear witness before Thee, O my Lord, as beseemeth Thy glory [3.5s] | INBA91:182.12-188.12, PR04.010v08-013v02 | humility; meekness; lowliness; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00416 | Fi Mas’alati’l-Bada’ (Letter on the alteration of the Divine Will) (part I) | 360 | بسم الله المنشأ العلیم الذی لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم. قد ابتدء باختراع الکلمات فی ثبات اهل السبحات | Verily hath begun the fashioning of words in establishing those who dwell in the realms of divine glory [3.5s] | INBA67:172-174, INBA_4011C:137-139, , INBA_6004C:200-202, , INBA_6006C:078-079, , PR07.066v-067r, AEWB.221-226, | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | MMAH.057, SRC.190, SRC.192x2 | ||||||
| BB00150 | Fi Yawmi ‘idi’l-Adha | 1300 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا یوم قد جعلته من قبل بقول حبیبک محمد عیداً لمن آمن بک و آیاتک وذخراً لمن وفی بعهدک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is a Day which Thou didst aforetime make, through the words of Thy beloved Muhammad, a festival unto them that believed in Thee and in Thy signs, and a treasure for such as were faithful to Thy Covenant [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.180-187, MKI4494.002 | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; purpose; goal of creation; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.462.03d? | ||||||
| BB00378 | Fi’l-Khuar | 420 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب من عبد الله الیک فی حکم ما سئلت منی ان اعلم انی عبد آمنت بالله و آیاته و ما انا من المشرکین و لقد اشتبه الامر عندالناس فی حقی بما اظهرت مما اعطانی الله | Verily, this is a Book from the servant of God unto thee concerning that which thou didst ask of me. Know thou that I am a servant who hath believed in God and His signs, and I am not of them that join partners with Him. And indeed the matter hath become confused among the people concerning me by reason of that which I have manifested from what God hath bestowed upon me [3.5s] | INBA91:180.08-182.10 | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||
| BB00483 | Hadrat-i-Haram in Maku? | 260 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قل ما شاء الله لا بهآء الا لله رب السموات و رب الارض رب العالمین قل ما شاء الله لا ضیآء الا لله | Say: God doeth as He willeth. There is no Glory except in God, the Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth, the Lord of all the worlds. Say: God doeth as He willeth. There is no Light except in God [3.5s] | INBA58:155.01-159.06, CMB_F23.177r05-182v03 (62), | AHDA.470 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | AHDA.460.02d | |||||
| BB00494 | Hirz fi’s-sijn li-Sayyid Hasan | 230 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته اولئک هم علی الله یعرضون و ان الذین امنوا ثم صبروا فی ایام الله | Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on the earth, and beyond them they who have believed in God and His signs - these verily shall be brought into His presence. They that have believed and persevered in the days of God [3.5s] | INBA64:159.09-161.02, PR03.157v01-157v14, MKI4511.074r-075v, BYC_collect3.042-043 | high station of the true believer; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BB00645 | In reply to a question from an unknown correspondent | INBA_5019C:279-284, | - | - | SRC.191 | ||||||||||
| BB00638 | In reply to four questions, to an unknown recipient | INBA_5019C:170-171, | - | - | SRC.190 | ||||||||||
| BB00240 | Introduction to the Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqara | 830 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلی للممکنات بطراز النقطة المنفصلة عن لجة الابداع لها بها الیها جلت و علت قبل ما اخترعت | Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself unto all contingent beings through the ornament of the Point, which was separated from the depths of creation - unto it, through it, and toward it - exalted was it and transcendent before aught came into being [3.5s] | INBA86:065-069, INBA98:023.11-027.07, PR40.001v-003r | accounts of dreams and visions; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; eulogies; reminiscences; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); symbolism of color and light; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00662 | Javab-i-‘Alim-i-Rashti | 1700 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله ربّ العالمین و انّما الصّلوة علی الواحد الاوّل فی کلّ حین و بعد مخفی نباشد بر هیچ فردی که مؤمن بود بخداوند و کتاب او و رسول او و ائمّۀ هدی و مظاهر امر او بر اینکه امروز هیچ امری اهمّ از معرفت مبدء دین ندانسته | Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds, and verily all blessings rest upon the first Vahid at every moment. And furthermore, let it not be hidden from any soul who hath believed in God, His Book, His Messenger, the Imáms of Guidance and the Manifestations of His Cause, that in this Day no matter is more vital than the recognition of the Source of Religion [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.482-494 | interpretation of words and passages in scripture; oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection of Muhammad; return of the Manifestations of God; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00026 | Javab-i-Ahadin mina’s-sabirin | 7500 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق الممکنات لشأن قبولهم و صورهم علی هیکل طاعتهم ثم قد اقامهم فی مقامات الامر والنهی لیجزیهم وصفهم ثم افتتنهم لیمیزینهم فسبحانه ما اعجب فتنته و اعظم بینته | Praise be to God, who hath brought into being the contingent beings for the purpose of their acceptance, and hath fashioned them in the form of their obedience. Thereupon, He hath raised them up in the stations of command and prohibition, that He might recompense them according to their true deserts. Thereafter, He hath subjected them to trials, that He might distinguish them. Exalted be He! How wondrous is His trial, and how mighty His proof [4o] | INBA98:122.11-150.04 | TZH3.279.19-280.06x, TZH3.282.21-283.05x, TZH3.283.05-09x, AHDA.187x | power of prayer; power of the Manifestation of God; prayer for forgiveness; servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||
| BB00355 | Khatt ila Mirza Siyyid Hasan-i-Khurasani | 470 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الله لا اله الا هو قد نزل الکتاب بالحق لیوم لاریب فیه و اعبده و انتظر لنصره فان ایام الذکر عند ربک کان مقضیا | God, no God is there but Him. He hath sent down the Book in truth for a Day whereof there is no doubt. Worship Him and await His triumph, for verily the days of remembrance with thy Lord have been ordained [3.5s] | INBA91:200.01-202.10 | superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.02 | ||||||
| BB00316 | Khatt mina’l-Masqat ila Salman | 590 | Tablet of the Báb Revealed in Muscat in Honour of Shaykh Salmán Āl-'Aṣfūr | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو لعزیز حمید و انه لکتاب قد فصل فیه حکم البدع تنزیل من لدن علی حکیم | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the Book upon whomsoever He willeth amongst His servants. Verily, there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Praised. And verily it is a Book wherein the laws of the new creation have been distinctly set forth, a revelation from One All-Wise [3.5s] | INBA91:052.08-056.04, INBA_5019C:330-330, | AHDA.096-098 | call to action; chastisement and requital; prophecy and fulfillment; recompense; reward for belief; right action; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | AHDA.461.13, SRC.191 | ||||
| BB00101 | Khutba on the 'Id al-Fitr written in Masqat (Khutbiy-i-Qamariyyih) | 1800 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد تفرد بالعزة و توحد بالعظمة و تعظم بالکبریاء و تعالی عن مشاهدة الانظار الاحد القیوم والصمد المعبود | Praise be to God, Who hath singled Himself out in might, and united Himself in grandeur, and exalted Himself in majesty, and transcendeth the vision of all eyes—the One, the Self-Subsisting, the Eternal [3.5s] | INBA_4011C:359-366, , INBA_5006C:326-330, | - | - | FHR#06.04, SRC.063, SRC.187 | |||||||
| BB00122 | Khutba on the suffering of Imam Husayn, at sea | 1500 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد شهد لذاتیته بالاحدیة القدیمة لما علم بان الحسین یشهد لنفسه بنفسه | Praise be to God, Who hath testified unto His Own Being through His Ancient Unity, inasmuch as He knew that Husayn beareth witness unto His Self through His Self [3.5s] | INBA91:073.10-081.02, INBA_5006C:317-320, , PR04.164r05-168r14 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; martyrs and martyrdom; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.08, SRC.063, SRC.187 | ||||||
| BB00205 | Khutba writen near the staging post of al-Safra 1 | 960 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف ذاته بذاته و لا یعلم احد کیف هو الا هو لا اله الا هو قد انشأ | Praise be to God Who hath known His Own Self through His Self, and none knoweth His Reality save Him. There is no God but Him [3.5s] | INBA91:036.08-041.10, INBA_5006C:320-322, , INBA_5019C:324-326, , PR04.040v06-043v03 | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.07?, SRC.063, SRC.187 | ||||||
| BB00279 | Khutba writen near the staging post of al-Safra 2 (Khutbiy-i-Jamaliyyih) | 700 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد علا بعلو ذاتیته علواً سقطت الاشیاء دونه و تعالی بعظم کینونیته علی عرش الاحدیة التی قد خضع الکل لدی وجهه | Praise be unto Him Who hath, through the loftiness of His Essence, risen to such heights that all things other than Him have fallen away, and Who hath, through the grandeur of His Being, been exalted upon the Throne of Oneness before which all creation boweth down in submission [3.5s] | INBA91:047.08-051.09, INBA_5006C:324-326, , INBA_5019C:328-330, | creation of the world; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Shrines and Holy places; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.07?, SRC.063, SRC.187 | ||||||
| BB00106 | Khutba written in Kanakan (Khutbih Bahriyyih) | 1700 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتقدس فی الذات و المتفرد فی الصفات القدیم الوتر و القیوم الحی الذی لا اله الا هو | Praise be to God, Who is sanctified in His Essence and unrivalled in His attributes, the Ancient of Days, the Single One, the Self-Subsisting, the Ever-Living, beside Whom there is no other God [3.5s] | INBA_4011C:351-358, , INBA_5006C:355-359, | - | - | FHR#06.03, SRC.063, SRC.186 | |||||||
| BB00216 | Khutba written one stage from Medina (Khutbiy-i-Shajariyyih) | 920 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد شهد لذاته بذاته ان لا اله الا هو و ابدع خلقه بامره ان لا اله الا هو | Praise be to God, Who hath testified unto His Own Being by His Own Self that there is no God but Him, and Who brought forth His creation by His Command that there is no God but He [3.5s] | INBA91:042.01-047.06, INBA_5006C:322-324, , INBA_5019C:326-328, | anthropomorphism; Christ; Christianity; divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; pantheism; the cross and the trinity; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.07?, SRC.063, SRC.187 | ||||||
| BB00195 | Khutbah fi Ard-i-Sad (insha'uha fi balad as-sad) | 1000 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی شهد لذاته بذاته بانه لا الله الا هو الحق فی ازل الازال و انه هو کائن بمثل ما کان فیما یحدث من الازمان و لا له تغیر فی شأن و لا انتقال انقطعة الاسماء عن ساحة قرب حضرته | All praise be to God Who hath testified through His Own Self unto His Self that there is none other God but Him, the True One, from all eternity, and verily He remaineth even as He hath ever been throughout all times to come, subject neither to change in station nor alteration. All names are far removed from the court of His nearness [3.5s] | INBA40:198-202, INBA67:190-194, PR02.141r16-142r12, CMB_F23.076r05-078v07 (16), , Berlin3655.124r-126r | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; proofs for the existence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00265 | Khutbah fi'l-Bakarih (hin julusihi 'ala'l-safinah al-saghirah) | 740 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد ارفع عبده من البلد المقام علی السفینة الصغیره الی الفلک المسخر فوق الماء من قبل طلوع خط البیضاء من احق السوداء | Praise be unto Him Who hath raised His servant from the settled place, upon the small vessel, unto the ark that saileth upon the waters, ere the rising of the white line from the black horizon [3.5s] | INBA_5006C:339-340?, , PR04.038r13-040v03 | - | - | FHR#06.07?, SRC.242 | |||||||
| BB00498 | Khutbata’l-Baladiyya | 220 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتوحد فی الکبریاء والمتفرد فی الآلاء الذی قد ارفع السماء للعماء و قد انشأ السناء للذرالبقاء | Praise be to God Who standeth alone in grandeur and is singular in His bestowals, Who hath raised up the heavens unto the celestial realm and hath brought forth resplendent light [3.5s] | INBA67:129-130, PR07.075v-076r | prayer for spiritual recognition; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00115 | Khutbiy-i-Mahdiyyih | 1600 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عهد لعلو ذاتیته عن وصف الانشاء و اهلها و تقدس بعظم کینونیته عن نعت اهل الثناء و من یشابهها الخطبه السادسه فی البوشهر حمل | Praise be unto Him Who, by the sublimity of His Being, hath transcended all description by His creation and its people, and Who, through the grandeur of His Essence, hath sanctified Himself above the attributes of those who offer praise and their like [3.5s] | INBA_4011C:341-348, , INBA_5006C:359-363, | - | - | FHR#06.01, SRC.063, SRC.186 | |||||||
| BB00044 | Kitabu’l-Ba’th | 4400 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الأمر یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی و انه هو حی لا یموت فی قبضته ملکوت کلشیء یخلق ما یشآء بأمره انه کان علی کل شیء قدیرا شهد الله انه لا اله الا انا العزیز المحبوب شهد الله انه لا اله الا الله قل کل باللیل و النهار له عابدون | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the creation and the command. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life, and verily He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not. In His grasp is the dominion of all things; He createth whatsoever He willeth by His command, and verily, He hath power over all things. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved. God beareth witness that there is none other God but God. Say: All, by night and by day, worship Him [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.289-337, BYC_pray.106.01-117.22 | alchemy; the elixir; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| BB00464 | Kitabu’l-Mashhudiyyah | 280 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. السلام من السلام و بالسلام الی السلام یعود السلام لا اله الا هو المعبود کل البریة الیه یرجعون | Peace [Salám, = greeting] is from Peace, and through Peace unto Peace doth Peace return. There is none other God but He, the Worshipped One, unto Whom all creation returneth [3.5s] | INBA98:110.08-111.09 | mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; prayer for firmness in the Covenant; servitude; submission to God; repentance; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BB00040 | Kitabu’sh-Shahadah | 5000 | بسمه العلی العظیم. حمد و ثناء ذات اقدسی را سزاوار است که لم یزل منزه بوده طلعت حضرت او از وصف ماسوای او | Praise and glory befit that Most Sacred Being, Who hath ever been sanctified beyond the description of aught else beside Him [3.5s] | INBA64:030.03-033.14x | impossibility of true worship of God; prayer for firmness in the Covenant; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| BH01342 | Lawh-i Shati’u’l-Baqa (Tablet of the Shore of Eternity) | 640 | هذا شاطی البقا فاستمع لما یوحی عن مکمن الاعلی انه لا اله الا هو قد خلق الممکنات | This is the Shore of Eternity; hearken unto that which is revealed from the Most Exalted Sanctuary: Verily, there is no God but Him. He hath created all contingent beings [3.5s] | INBA71:089 | BRL_DA#634 | Moses; quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; rejection of Muhammad; suffering; rejection of Christ; the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH00637 | Lawh-i-Fitnih (Tablet of the Test) | 1500 | ان یا فتنه البقا فانتظری فتنه الله المهیمن القیوم بانها سیاتیکم بالحق فها قد | O Enchantment of eternity! Await thou the Enchantment of God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, for verily it shall come unto you with truth. Lo, it hath [3.5s] | INBA81:080x | BRL_DA#574, MAS4.261x, RHQM1.206-209 (262-265) (157-159x), YIA.567-569x, OOL.B037x | Foretells a coming period of tests and trials, which will encompass all created things and every ato … | forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; rejection by the people of the Bayan; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | - | ROB1.128, MMAH.173, GSH.036, LL#087 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| BH04150 | Lawh-i-Husayn 1 | 220 | ان یا حسین اسمع ندائی من شطر سجنی لیجذبک الی ملکوت امری و جبروت عظمتی ان ربک | O Husayn! Hearken unto My call from the precincts of My prison, that it may attract thee to the Kingdom of My Cause and the dominion of My majesty. Verily, thy Lord [3.5s] | INBA34:255 | AQA1#116, OOL.B046a | personal instructions; predictions and prophecies; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| BH02355 | Lawh-i-Irmighan | 380 | یا افنانی علیک بهائی افنانی علیه بهائی اراده نموده یک دریا لئالی حکمت و بیان | O My Afnán! Upon thee be My glory! My Afnán, upon whom resteth My glory, hath desired an ocean of pearls of wisdom and utterance [3.5s] | INBA65:033x, INBA30:086bx, INBA81:020a, NLAI_BH_AB.026 | AHM.328, AQMJ1.148x, ADH1.020 | consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of prayer; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||
| BH02758 | Lawh-i-Jamal 2 | 320 | ج ل اسمع ندآء ربک الغنی المتعال قم علی الامر و امر الناس بالمعروف کذلک یامرک | O Jalíl! Hearken unto the Call of thy Lord, the Self-Sufficing, the Most Exalted. Arise in the Cause and enjoin the people unto that which is good. Thus doth He command thee [3.5s] | INBA34:187 | AQA1#052, OOL.B049b | call to action; chastisement and requital; love of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||
| AB00026 | Lawh-i-Mahmud Furughi | 2440 | ای گمگشته بادیه پیما اگرچه چون باد بادیه پیماای ولی از جام عنایت سرمست | O thou who art lost and wandering in the desert! Though thou roamest the wilderness like unto the wind, thou art intoxicated with the wine of divine bounty [3.5s] | INBA13:364, INBA21:168 (209), INBA59:260, INBA88:299 | BRL_DAK#0640, AKHA_135BE #16 p.318x, BSHN.140.227, BSHN.144.227, DUR1.342x, MSHR2.103x, MSHR4.319x, MJMJ2.037x, MMG2#028 p.028x, MHT2.173, QUM.215x | characteristics and conduct of true believers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; obedience to and respect for government authority; rejection, opposition and persecution; relationship between government and people; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||
| BH02918 | Lawh-i-Mazindaran | 310 | یا اسمی یا ایها الناظر الى شمس ظهورى اهل میم و الف را در لوح ذکر | O My Name! O thou who gazest upon the Sun of My Manifestation! Make mention in the Tablet of the people of M and A [3.5s] | INBA73:045, BLIB_Or15738.181.15, | praise and encouragement; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| BH09452 | Lawh-i-Mizan | 100 | قد اتت الساعه و نفخ فی الصور و المیزان ینادی انا الممیز العلیم ابین و اظهر | The Hour hath come, and the Trumpet hath been sounded, and the Balance proclaimeth: "I am the All-Distinguishing, the All-Knowing, manifest and evident!" [3.5s] | INBA19:072b, INBA32:067a | apocalyptic imagery; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BH04298 | Lawh-i-Mustatab | 220 | هذا کتاب نزل من لدن عزیز وهاب لمن خضع و اناب اذ اتی الرب علی السحاب انه لرب | This is a Book sent down from the presence of the Mighty, the All-Bountiful, unto him who hath bowed down and turned unto God when the Lord came upon the clouds. Verily, He is the Lord [3.5s] | INBA44:109b, INBA34:275, BLIB_Or15696.123b, | AQA1#138, AKHA_124BE #08 p.j | chastisement and requital; justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||
| BH00032 | Lawh-i-Ruh | 7220 | فسبحان الذی فی قبضته ملکوت ملک الآیات یصرفها کیف یشآء بأمر | Glorified be He in Whose grasp lieth the dominion of the realm of verses, Who directeth them as He pleaseth through His command [3.5s] | INBA37:018, INBA83:073, BLIB_Or15723.082, , PR23.001b-015b | AQA4#081 p.123, AQA4a.150, ASAT1.276x, OOL.B073 | Refutes certain claims of Mírzá Yaḥyá; asserts the magnitude of Bahá’u’lláh’s own stati … | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; oneness; unity of religion; proclamation to people of the Bayan; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | ROB2.181, ROB2.260, MMAH.185, GSH.085, LL#224 | ||||
| BH00414 | Lawh-i-Yusuf 1 | 1690 | قد اشرقت من افق الامر شمس رقم علیها من القلم الاعلی الملک لله المقتدر العزیز | The sun hath indeed risen from the horizon of the Cause, upon which the Supreme Pen hath inscribed: "The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the All-Powerful, the Mighty." [3.5s] | INBA34:094, BLIB_Or11095#005, , BLIB_Or15735.153, | AQA1#005, HYK.153, OOL.B084a | call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||
| BH01328 | Lawh-i-Ziyarih | 640 | اول بهاء ظهر و اشرق عن مشرق البقا و اول ضیاء لاح عن مطلع السنا و اول رحمه | The first splendor that dawned and shone forth from the Dayspring of eternity, and the first light that gleamed from the Horizon of glory, and the first mercy [3.5s] | INBA37:131, INBA83:233, INBA49:305, BLIB_Or15725.524, , Majlis210461.102-104 | ASAT4.081x | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for spiritual recognition; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; visitation Tablets | * | - | LL#268 | |||||
| BH02011 | Lawh-i-Zuhur | 440 | کتاب الظهور قد نزل من سماء الفضل لمن اقبل الی الله مرسل الاریاح ان فی استوآء | The Book of Manifestation hath been sent down from the heaven of grace unto him who hath turned unto God, the Sender of the winds. Verily, in its revelation [3.5s] | INBA23:022, INBA34:162, BLIB_Or15707.115, , BLIB_Or15735.272, | AQA1#034, HYK.272 | love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion | - | - | ||||||
| BB00324 | Letter in reply to four questions | 560 | Báb's Epistle Revealed in Isfahán in Response to Four Questions, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الامر فی الکتاب للذین اتبعوا امرالله بالحق فان اولئک هم الصادقون و بعد قد نزل کتابک فی ارض الصاد و اطلعت بخطابک فاعلم فیما سئلت من معنی یوم القیامه | Praise be to God Who hath sent down the Command in the Book unto them that follow the Cause of God in truth, for these are the sincere ones. Thy letter hath reached the Land of Ṣád and I have understood thy message. Know thou, then, concerning that which thou didst inquire about the meaning of the Day of Resurrection [3.5s] | INBA53:398-400, PR02.200v04-201r04, Berlin3655.122v-124r | chastisement and requital; day of Resurrection; Judgement; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | SRC.081, SRC.195 | |||||
| BB00072 | Letter to Haji 'Abd al-Wahhab | 2700 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا من له الحمد فی السموات و الارض و له السلام فی ملکوت الامر والخلق سبحانه و تعالی جل ذاتیته من ان یصعد الیها اعلی جواهر الممکنات و علت کینونیته من ان یرفع الی مقام عزها اعلی شوامخ | O Thou Who art praised in the heavens and on earth, and unto Whom belongeth peace in the Kingdom of Command and Creation! Glorified and exalted art Thou! The quintessence of Thy Being is far above the loftiest essences of all contingent things, and the Reality of Thy Self transcendeth the most sublime heights [3.5s] | INBA_5019C:257-264, | ASAT4.509x, AVK1.294-295x, AVK1.323-324x | celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; meaning; importance of dreams and visions; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; soul; spirit after death; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; symbolism; the Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | SRC.191 | |||||
| BB00517 | Letter to Haji Siyyid ‘Ali Kirmani (from Medina) | 190 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قد قرئت کتابک هذا فاستمع لماذا القی الیک باذن الله فان ذکر اسم ربک لهو الحق یهدیک الی صراط مستقیم | I have read this, thy letter. Hearken thou, therefore, to that which is imparted unto thee by leave of God, for verily the mention of thy Lord's Name is truth itself, guiding unto the straight path [3.5s] | INBA91:028.09-029.08, INBA_5019C:298-299, , INBA_6012C.260-261, | power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#03.09, FHR#03.21?, SRC.191 | ||||||
| BB00089 | Letter to Jinab-i-Haji Siyyid Javad Karbala'i | 2000 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح صبح الازل طراز الالف القائم بین البائین فلاحت و اضائت بعد ما بدعت قبل ما اخترعت | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of the Morn of Eternity to be as the Alif standing betwixt two Bás, resplendent and illumining after it was originated, ere it was fashioned [3.5s] | INBA98:150.07-158.13, PR02.161r25-163v22, CMB_F21.026.18-035.16#04, , Berlin3655.105v-110v | ASAT3.054-055x, NSS.059-064 | defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; symbolism; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | |||||
| BB00269 | Letter to Mirza Hasan-i-Khurasani | 720 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک الذی لا اله الا هو العلی الحکیم و انه لکتاب قد تنزل من لدن بقیة الله امام حق | Read thou the Book wherein is remembered the Name of thy Lord, He besides Whom there is no God, the Most Exalted, the All-Wise. Verily it is a Book sent down from the presence of the Remnant of God, the true Imam [3.5s] | INBA67:216-219, INBA91:006.04-010.07, INBA_5019C:319-321, | NSS.078-080 | call to action; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | FHR#03.02, SRC.190, SRC.191 | |||||
| BB00665 | Letter to Mirza Siyyid Hasan Khurasani (from Bushihr) | 830 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک ثم اسجد لحکمه انه لا اله الا هو لغنی حمید و انه لکتاب قد نزل من حکم بقیة الله امام حق مبین | Read thou the Book wherein is remembered the Name of thy Lord, then humble thyself before His decree. Verily, there is no God but Him, the Self-Sufficient, the All-Praised. And verily this is a Book sent down through the decree of the Remnant of God, the manifest Imam of Truth [3.5s] | INBA91:018.08-023.02 | TZH3.169x, NSS.082ax | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.13?, FHR#03.02? | |||||
| BB00287 | Letter to Mulla Husayn I (from Medina) | 670 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد نزلت باذن ربک من لدن علی حکیم و انه لعلی علی صراط مستقیم و ان ربک یعلم عنت السموات و الارض و ما کان الناس فیه تختلفون | Verily this is a Book sent down by leave of thy Lord from the presence of One who is Exalted and Wise, and lo, it standeth exalted upon the straight path. And thy Lord knoweth well the travail of the heavens and of the earth, and that concerning which men are at variance [3.5s] | INBA91:010.09-014.06 | dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; justice and wrath of God; law of pilgrimage; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | FHR#03.01 | ||||||
| BB00336 | Letter to Mulla Husayn II (from Shiraz) | 540 | Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥusayn Bushrú'í, Revealed at Bushíhr, An | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. شهد الله لعبده فی ذلک الکتاب انه قد آمن بالله و آیاته و کان علی صراط حق مبین و ذلک الکتاب ذکر من بقیة الله لمن اراد ان یؤمن بآیات ربه و یتبع امره و کان من الساجدین | God testifieth in this Book unto His servant that he hath believed in God and His signs, and hath remained steadfast upon a path of manifest truth. And this Book is a remembrance from the Remnant of God for whosoever desireth to believe in the signs of his Lord and follow His command, and be numbered among those who prostrate themselves [3.5s] | INBA91:001.02-003.12, INBA_5019C:318-319, , PR04.006v13-008r12 | TZH3.140.06-140.18x | chastisement and requital; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.01, SRC.191 | ||||
| BB00415 | Letter to Mulla Husayn III | 360 | Epistle of the Báb Revealed for Mullá Ḥusayn Concerning the Practice of Dissimulation, Patience, and the Reward of the Faithful | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قال علی علیه السلام اللهم و انی لاعلم ان العلم لا یا رب (؟) کل و لا ینقطع مردود و انک لا تخلی ارضک من حجة انک علی خلقک | Ali, upon whom be peace, hath spoken: O God! Verily I know that knowledge doth not perish, and that its seeker is not turned away, and that Thou dost not leave Thine earth bereft of a proof unto Thy creation [3.5s] | INBA91:004.02-006.02 | dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | FHR#03.01 | |||||
| BB00284 | Letter to Mulla Husayn IV - from Bushihr | 690 | Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥusayn, Revealed at Búshihr | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی نزل الروح من حکمه الیک لتکونن من المنذرین اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک هذا و کن من الشاکرین | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the Spirit through His wisdom unto thee, that thou mayest be numbered among the warners. Recite thou the Book of thy Lord's remembrance and be thou among the thankful [3.5s] | INBA91:014.08-018.06 | ASAT4.236x | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.01 | ||||
| BB00516 | Letter to Mulla Husayn V | 190 | Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥusayn Bushrú'í from al-Mukhā, An | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی قد نزل الروح علی قلبک لتکونن من المنذرین ان اتبع مایلقی الیک من کتاب کریم و لقد ارسلنا من قبل الیک | Glorified be He Who hath caused the Spirit to descend upon thy heart, that thou mayest be numbered among the warners. Follow thou what is revealed unto thee from this glorious Book, for verily We did send it aforetime unto thee [3.5s] | INBA91:059.10-060.10, PR04.008r14-008v13 | justice and wrath of God; laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | FHR#03.01 | |||||
| BB00471 | Letter to Mulla Javad and his associates | 270 | Báb's Epistle Refuting the Claims to the Station of Bābiyyat (Gatehood), The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله رب العالمین و صلی الله علی محمد و اله الطاهرین و بعد چنین گوید فی خلق الله علی محمد بن المرحوم محمد رضا طاب ثراه که جمعی ادعای مقام بابیت امام علیه السلام را نسبت باین بنده ضعیف دانسته اند | Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds, and may His blessings rest upon Muhammad and His pure kindred. To continue: Thus speaketh, in the creation of God, 'Alí-Muhammad, son of the late Muhammad-Ridá, may his rest be sweet, that certain individuals have attributed unto this humble servant the station of the Gate of the Imám, peace be upon Him [3.5s] | INBA91:169.02-170.09 | self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||
| BB00407 | Letter to Mulla Javad Baraghani: Risala fi'l-Rububiyyah | 370 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله رب العالمین و السلام علی عباد الله المخلصین فیا ایها السائل قد سمعت کل ما کتبت الی فی کتابک فاستمع لما ذا القی الیک باذن الله ثم انصف اولاً بحکم ربک | Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds, and peace be upon His sincere servants. O thou who asketh! I have indeed heard all that thou didst write unto me in thy letter. Hearken, then, unto that which I cast unto thee by God's leave, and be thou first just in accordance with thy Lord's command [3.5s] | INBA91:192.03-194.10x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; free will and predestination; fate; humility; meekness; lowliness; independent investigation of truth; reality; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| BB00658 | Letter to Rahim | 4900 | بسم الله الامدد الامدد. و اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا کنت من اول الذی لا اول له خیرالائلهین و اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا لاکونن الی آخر الذی لا آخر له خیرالائلهین ... ان یا اسم الابهی اذا غربت الشمس لم یحط علم بانها فیمن و لا یطلع الا یوم من یظهره الله ذلک رب العالمین | Verily I am God; there is no God but Me! From the beginning that hath no beginning I have been the Best of creators, and verily I am God; there is no God but Me, and unto the end that hath no end I shall ever remain the Best of creators... O Name of the All-Glorious! When the sun hath set, none knoweth wherein it dwelleth, nor shall it rise again save on the Day of Him Whom God shall make manifest, that Lord of all the worlds [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.471-482 | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00333 | Letter to Sulayman, Sharif of Mecca (addressing the people of Mecca) | 540 | Epistle of the Báb to Sharīf Sulaymān, the Sharīf of Mecca, and to the People of Mecca | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد نزلت باذن ربک من لدن علی حکیم و انه لعلی صراط الله فی السموات و الارض ینزل الیک من الآیات بلسان عربی متین | Verily this is a Book sent down by leave of thy Lord from the presence of One who is Exalted and Wise, and lo, it followeth the Path of God in the heavens and on earth, revealing unto thee verses in a mighty Arabic tongue [3.5s] | INBA91:025.06-028.07, INBA_6012C.257-260, , CMB_F28.7.01-02, | AHDA.104 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to Muslims; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#03.19, BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.461.12?, MMAH.035, SRC.191, SRC.192 | ||||
| BB00399 | Letter to the Hanafi Imam | 390 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد نزلت باذن ربک من لدن علی حکیم. ثم قد فصلت آیاته باذن ربک على صراط مستقیم | Verily this is a Book sent down by leave of thy Lord from the presence of One who is Exalted and Wise. Then were its verses expounded by the leave of thy Lord upon a straight path [3.5s] | INBA91:023.04-025.04 | call to action; justice and wrath of God; need for an educator; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.09 | ||||||
| BB00315 | Letter to the uncle of the Báb in Bushihr | 590 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی قد نزل الآیات علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لسمیع علیم و ان ذلک حکم من لدی ان ارسل کتاباً فیه احکام الناس ما هم کانوا عاملین | Glorified be He Who sendeth down verses upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants, and verily He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. And this, truly, is a decree from His presence, that I should send forth a Book containing ordinances for mankind according to which they act [3.5s] | INBA91:056.06-059.08 | belief and denial; chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | FHR#03.06? | ||||||
| BB00204 | Ma Qala’l-Mir’at | 970 | بسم الله العلی الجواد ث م ر. انا ارسلنا فی ارض الهائیات ثاء نوریا لیستضیئن کل من فی الملک بنوره و لیکونن للرحمن منصورا | Verily We have sent forth into the realm of divine manifestations a luminous effulgence, that all who dwell in the kingdom may be illumined by its light and become victorious for the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.547-551, BYC_jabar.034.12-036.14, BYC_jabar.075.07-077.08 | Letters of the Living; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); symbolism; the cloud ['ama]; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00640 | On istifah (asking the explanation of texts) | INBA_5019C:264-269, | - | - | SRC.191 | ||||||||||
| BB00637 | On the imams, to an unknown recipient | INBA_5019C:163-166, | - | - | SRC.190 | ||||||||||
| BB00168 | Prayer and Ziyarat for Friday | 1200 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک فی ذلک الیوم الجمعه الذی قد شرفته و عظمته و عززته و قدسته و کرمته | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness unto Thee on this Friday, which Thou hast made noble and great, and hast exalted and sanctified [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.099-104, BYC_misc-b.100b05-105a07 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; transcendence; unknowability of God; visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||
| BB00070 | Prayer for 19 letters | 2700 | بسم الله العزیز الرؤف. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء بانک انت الله لا اله الا انت لم تزل یا الهی کنت کائنا و لا تزال تکون | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee. From time immemorial, O my God, Thou hast been, and unto everlasting Thou shalt be [3.5s] | INBA01:129.05-147.08 | petitions to authorities; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for praise and gratitude; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00235 | Prayer for Friday | 880 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله الفرد الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا محبوب من ان اذکرک بذکری ایاک او ان اثنی فی ملکک اذ اننی اعرف حد کینونیتی بانها معدومة عندک | Glorified art Thou, O God, O Beloved, that I should make mention of Thee through my remembrance, or that I should praise Thee in Thy dominion, for verily I recognize the bounds of mine own being as non-existent before Thee [3.5s] | INBA58:145.08-154.09, INBA78:094-105, INBA82:054-060, BYC_collect3.137-141 | ASAT5.159-163, HNMJ.002-005x, HNMJ.037-040x, HNMJ.040-042x | humility; meekness; lowliness; impossibility of true worship of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BB00661 | Prayer for Friday evening | 1980 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه لیلة الجمعه لاسئلنک ما فیها بک اذ لا شئ فى علمک عدلک و لا مثلک و لا شبهک و لا قرينک الخلق خلقک و الامر منک اليک و حدک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is the night of Friday, wherein I beseech Thee, through Thine own Self, for there existeth not within Thy knowledge any equal to Thy justice, nor any like unto Thee, nor any similitude, nor any peer. Creation is Thy creation, and the Command proceedeth from Thee and returneth unto Thee [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.041-046, MKI4515.015v-023v | charitable associations; humanitarian activities; firmness in the Covenant; law of pilgrimage; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00639 | Prayer for Sayyid Ja'far Shubbar | INBA_5019C:216-218, | - | - | SRC.190 | ||||||||||
| BB00493 | Prayer for the hajj, for Mirza Muhammad 'Ali Qazvini | 230 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اشهد ان لا اله الا هو و اشهد لمحمد و علی و فاطمه و الحسن و الحسین و علی و محمد و جعفر | I bear witness that there is no God but Him, and I testify unto Muhammad and 'Alí and Fáṭimih and Ḥasan and Ḥusayn and 'Alí and Muhammad and Ja'far [3.5s] | INBA67:176-177, PR07.074v-074v | chastisement and requital; family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.190 | ||||||
| BB00536 | Prayer for the mirrors | 170 | Prayer of the Báb on Divine Sovereignty and the True Mirror | الله اکبر تکبیراً کبیرا. قل اللهم انک انت قوآء السموات و الارض و ما بینهما لتؤتین القوة من یشآء ... و لعمر من یظهره الله لو تدومن بذلک و لتقبلن على من على الارض لن یقابلنک من احد | Say: O God! Verily Thou art the Power of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou bestowest strength upon whomsoever Thou willest... By the life of Him Whom God shall make manifest, wert thou to persevere in this and turn unto all who are on earth, none would stand against thee [3.5s] | INBA58:144.01-145.05 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||
| BB00152 | Prayer in reply to al-'Alawiyya (Tahirih) | 1300 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا من له العزة و الجمال و العظمة و الجلال لا اله الا هو الکبیر المتعال شهد الله لذاته قبل کل شیء | O Thou Who art possessed of glory and beauty, of grandeur and majesty! There is no God but Him, the Most Great, the Most Exalted. God beareth witness unto His Own Self before all else [3.5s] | INBA91:145.06-152.10, PR04.029v08-032v13 | identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mirror; Muhammad; Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for protection; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.02 | ||||||
| BB00145 | Prayer in reply to Mirza Muhammad 'Ali Nahri et al | 1300 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی اشهدک بما تشهد لنفسک و للخلق عبادک انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک و لا لکینونیتک خلقه دون ذاتک | O God! I bear witness before Thee to that whereunto Thou dost bear witness unto Thyself and unto all created beings, Thy servants, that Thou art God, no God is there but Thee, Single art Thou, without peer, and naught existeth in Thine Essence save Thy Self [3.5s] | INBA91:154.06-161.09, INBA_5019C:311-315, | alteration of the divine will [bada]; family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; transcendence; unknowability of God; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | FHR#12.06, SRC.191 | ||||||
| BB00402 | Prayer in reply to Mulla 'Abd al-Jalil, on the thanksgiving prostration | 380 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف نفسه بنفسه و تنزه عن مجانسة عباده و تقدس عن مقارنة اثاره | Praise be to God Who hath revealed His Own Self through His Own Self, Who hath exalted Himself above all likeness to His servants, and Who hath sanctified Himself beyond all comparison with His signs [3.5s] | INBA91:121.02-123.02, INBA_5019C:294-294, | chastisement and requital; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.05, AHDA.459?, SRC.191 | ||||||
| BB00172 | Prayer in reply to Mulla 'Abdu'l-Khaliq [Yazdi] | 1200 | Tablet of the Báb Addressed to Mullá 'Abdu'l-Kháliq Yazdí | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا من له الحمد و العزة و ماسواه من خشیته یشفقون یا الهی اشهد لدیک فی ذلک الکتاب بما تشهد لنفسک قبل کل شیء لا اله الا انت وحدک لاشریک لک | O Thou to Whom belongeth all praise and glory, before Whom all else tremble in awe! O my God, I testify before Thee in this Book to that which Thou didst testify concerning Thine own Self before all things: Verily, there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer [3.5s] | INBA91:094.12-102.01, PR04.026v04-029v05 | AHDA.183 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.03 | ||||
| BB00138 | Prayer in reply to Mulla Ahmad Khurasani, Di'bil, et al | 1300 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف لعباد نفسه و لو لا تعریفه با لا بداع لکانوا من المنسیین اللهم انی اشهدک فی ذلک الیوم بما تشهد لنفسک | Praise be to God, Who hath made Himself known unto His servants; for, without His revelation and divine guidance, they would assuredly have remained in oblivion. O Lord, I bear witness unto Thee on this day in the very manner that Thou dost bear witness unto Thine own Self [4o] | INBA91:123.04-130.08, INBA_5019C:295-298, | ASAT4.370x | family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; petitions to authorities; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for justice and fairmindedness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.07, SRC.191 | |||||
| BB00062 | Prayers for the days of the week | 2800 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته الی الله یحشرون اللهم انک انت الله الفرد الاحد الصمد الحی القیوم | Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth by His command, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs and who shall be gathered unto Him. O God! Thou art indeed God, the Single, the One, the Eternal, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA58:072.03-095.07, INBA78:001-045, PR03.228r07-231r09, MKI4499.035-047 | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; essential vs. actional attributes of God; family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for specific individuals; groups; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.461.01a | ||||||
| BB00124 | Reply to Mirza hadi Qazvini and Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Qazvini | 1500 | Tablet of the Báb to Hádí and Muḥammad ʿAlí Qazvíní | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف ادعوک و انت تعلم سری و کیف لا اقول ما خطر علی قلبی و انت امرتنی بالدعاء و وعدت المتکبرین کلمة العذاب فی کتابک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! How can I call upon Thee when Thou knowest mine inmost secrets, and how can I refrain from uttering that which hath stirred within my heart when Thou hast commanded me to pray and hast decreed for the proud the word of chastisement in Thy Book [3.5s] | INBA91:130.10-139.03, INBA_5019C:305-308, , PR04.032v15-036r10 | family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.08, SRC.191 | |||||
| BB00196 | Reply to Mulla Ibrahim Mahallati | 1000 | Tablet of the Báb Revealed in Response to the Inquiry of Mullá Ibrāhím Maḥallātí | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف الخلق آیاته المودعة فی عز حقایقهم و ما خلق فی الافاق بغیر | Praise be to God, Who hath acquainted all created things with His signs deposited in the glory of their own selves and that which He hath fashioned in the horizons [3.5s] | INBA91:139.05-145.04, INBA_5019C:308-311, , PR04.020v05-023r12 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.09, FHR#03.20, SRC.191 | |||||
| BB00157 | Reply to Mulla Ja'far-i-Shubbar | 1200 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی شهد لذاته بذاته الا اله الا هو العلی العظیم اللهم انی اشهدک فی ذلک الکتاب بما تحب لنفسک من اهل الابداع | All praise be to God Who hath testified through His Own Self unto His Self that there is none other God but Him, the Most Exalted, the Most Great. O my God! I bear witness before Thee in this Book unto that which Thou lovest for Thyself among the people of creation [3.5s] | INBA91:161.11-168.06, INBA_5019C:315-318, , PR04.023r13-026v02 | dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.10, SRC.191 | ||||||
| BB00636 | Reply to six questions from Mirza Sulayman | INBA_5019C:159-163, | - | - | SRC.190 | ||||||||||
| BB00354 | Risala fi'l-Tasdid | 470 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اعلم ثبت الله قدمیک علی الصراط ان الله سبحانه تعالی غنی کامل و ان مصنوعه حین ما اصنع جری القلم و قدرها القدر علی کماله بحیث لانقص فیه ..... | Know thou—may God make firm thy footsteps upon the Path—that God, glorified and exalted be He, is the All-Sufficient and Perfect One, and that His creation, from the moment He fashioned it, when the Pen moved and destiny ordained it to its perfection, was such that no imperfection could be found therein [3.5s] | INBA14:483-486, INBA53:061-063, INBA67:143-145, INBA_4011C:121-123, , INBA_6004C:207-209, , INBA_6006C:072-073, , INBA_6010C:477-480, , PR07.062v-063r | ASAT5.237x | Adam; Adam and Eve; perfection; imperfection of nature; power of the Manifestation of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | SRC.045, SRC.192, SRC.196 | |||||
| BB00039 | Risala Furu' al-'Adliyya (Epistle of Justice: Branches) | 5500 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و لقد فرض الله علی الناس قبل الصلوة بعضاً من الاحکام و هی ان الله لا یکلف لاحد الا دون قوته و ما یجبر علی احد لشیء | God hath enjoined upon mankind certain ordinances prior to the act of prayer, and among them is His decree that He imposeth no burden upon any soul beyond its capacity, nor is anyone to be compelled in any matter [4o] | INBA_3006C:148-182, , INBA_5010C:082-166, , INBA_6011C:081-120, , PR02.077v01-077v28, MKI4499.020, AEWB.141-145, | HBAB.798, OOL.A021a, OOL.A021b | business; financial; property matters; holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; justice and wrath of God; law of Huququ'llah; law of obligatory prayer; laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas | * | - | DB.208x, AHDA.448.1, MMAH.044, SRC.068-071, SRC.196, SRC.203, GOH.033 | ||||
| BB00042 | Risalata’l-Ishraq | 4600 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع المشیة قبل کلشیء لظهور قیومیته فی ملکوت الامر و الخلق لیعلم کل الذرات | Praise be to God Who hath brought forth the Primal Will before all else, that His divine sovereignty might be made manifest in the kingdom of command and creation, and that all atoms might come to know [3.5s] | INBA40:164-180, PR02.142r14-146v13, Berlin3655.126r-135v | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; essential vs. actional attributes of God; eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah]; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.079, SRC.194 | ||||||
| BB00660 | Salavat-i-Hayakil-i-Tis’ati ‘Ashar | 2320 | بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم صل على هيکل الاول بکل بهائک ابهاه وکل جلالک اجله وکل جمالک اجمله وکل عظمتک اعظمها وکل نورک انوره وکل رحمتک اوسعها | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Shower Thy blessings upon the Primal Temple with all Thy most effulgent Glory, and all Thy most exalted Majesty, and all Thy most beauteous Beauty, and all Thy most supreme Grandeur, and all Thy most radiant Light, and all Thy most expansive Mercy [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.090-095 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for praise and gratitude; prophecy and fulfillment; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH01343 | Suriy-i-Amin | 640 | هذا کتاب من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذی منه ظهرت الاستقامه الکبری فی | This is a Book from God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, unto him through whom was manifested the Most Great Steadfastness [3.5s] | INBA34:123, BLIB_Or15707.030, , BLIB_Or15735.202, , LEID.Or4970 item 11, | AQA1#013, AQA4#094 p.320, ASAT1.201x, ASAT2.035x, ASAT4.459x, DLH2.187x, HYK.202, OOL.B104 | Praises the recipient for his steadfastness; calls the followers of the Qur’an to hear ‘the voic … | justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of faith; power of the spirit; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | * | - | MMAH.157, GSH.200, LL#290 | ||||
| BH00084 | Suriy-i-Amr | 4760 | سبحان الذی خلق الخلق بأمره و ابدع خلق کلشیء اقرب من ان یحصی ان انتم تعلمون | Glorified be He Who hath created all beings through His command and brought forth the creation of all things in ways beyond reckoning, were ye to comprehend [3.5s] | INBA36:001, INBA71:155, INBA81:108, BLIB_Or07852.093, , BLIB_Or15723.109, , PR19.069b-072bx, PR23.060b-063bx, ROB2.000x | BRL_DA#725, NANU_BH#17x, RSBB.026, RSBB.030, RSBB.033, SFI13.019, ASAT4.303x, ASAT4.326x, YIA.549-553x, OOL.B105 | Major proclamatory work formalizing Bahá’u’lláh’s claim to divine messengership, read aloud … | chastisement and requital; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; proclamation to people of the Bayan; suffering and imprisonment | * | - | ROB2.161, BKOG.230, MMAH.141, GSH.073, LL#291 | ||||
| BH01057 | Suriy-i-Burhan (not = Lawh-i-Burhan) | 790 | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و ان هذا الغلام لبرهانه لمن فی السموات و الارض و سلطانه | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and that this Youth is His proof unto all who are in the heavens and on the earth, and His sovereign authority [3.5s] | INBA83:150, BLIB_Or15702.132, , BLIB_Or15737.134, , ALIB.folder18p272 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power of the Manifestation of God; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; station of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| BH00803 | Suriy-i-Fath 2 | 1000 | ان یا فتح الاعظم انا قد احصینا فی نفسک نصر نفسنا الحق و نفخنا فیک روحا من | O Fath-i-A'zam! We have, verily, encompassed within thy being the triumph of Our Cause, and have breathed into thee a spirit from [3.5s] | INBA18:272, BLIB_Or15725.119, | BRL_DA#470, LHKM1.036, OOL.B116b | call to action; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; idolatry; law of pilgrimage; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | ||||||
| BH00682 | Suriy-i-Hifz | 1130 | هذا کتاب یذکر فیه ما الهمنی الروح و انه لتنزیل من الله و آیه ذکره للذینهم اقروا بالله و | This is a Book wherein is recorded that which the Spirit hath inspired within Me, and verily it is a revelation from God and a token of His remembrance unto them that have acknowledged God [3.5s] | INBA83:139, BLIB_Or03114.047r, , BLIB_Or15702.090, , BLIB_Or15737.129, , ALIB.folder18p152-162 | OOL.B122 | Discusses Bahá’u’lláh’s opposition from Mírzá Yaḥyá and the latter’s intention to hav … | call to action; proclamation to people of the Bayan; rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach | * | - | LL#307 | ||||
| BH01774 | Suriy-i-Hijr | 500 | فسبحان الذی خرق حجبات الممکنات بسلطانه و خلق السموات بامره و انزل من مکفهرات | Glorified be He Who hath rent asunder the veils of all contingent beings through His sovereignty, and hath fashioned the heavens by His command, and hath caused to descend from the darkening clouds [3.5s] | INBA37:001, BLIB_Or15723.166, , BLIB_Or15737.004, | AQA4#077 p.072, AQA4a.024, ASAT5.262x, OOL.B123 | Announces His withdrawal from the community and His sorrow at the state of affairs that made this ac … | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; personal instructions; proclamation to the people of the world; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | * | - | ROB2.397, GSH.188, LL#308 | ||||
| BH00367 | Suriy-i-Husayn | 1830 | شهد الله انه لا اله الا انا الذاکر المهیمن العزیز القدیر و اشهد بانی انا | God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, the Rememberer, the All-Subduing, the Mighty, the Powerful, and I do testify that verily I am [3.5s] | INBA83:043, BLIB_Or15738.174, , Berlin1237#05 | YMM.470x | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; outward and inward meanings; suffering and imprisonment; symbolism; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH00402 | Suriy-i-Shahada | 1710 | قد حضر کتابک بین یدی العرش و توجه الیه لحظات الله المهیمن العزیز القدیر و عرفنا ما | Your letter hath attained the presence before the Throne, and the gaze of God, the All-Possessing, the Mighty, the All-Powerful, hath been directed towards it, and We have perceived that which [3.5s] | INBA83:103, BLIB_Or15702.007, , BLIB_Or15723.261, , BLIB_Or15737.106, , ALIB.folder18p109-116 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| BH00061 | Suriy-i-Sultan | 5370 | تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق من جبروت البقاء و جعلها الله حجه من عنده و | These are the verses of God, sent down in truth from the dominion of eternity, and God hath made them a testimony from His presence [3.5s] | INBA37:040, BLIB_Or15723.126, | BRL_DA#211, AQA4#082 p.154, AQA4a.261, OOL.B139 | Addresses individually words of praise and encouragement to a number of followers in the town of Sul … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; martyrs and martyrdom; proclamation to people of the Bayan; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | MMAH.170, GSH.193, LL#328 | ||||
| BH00604 | Suriy-i-Zubur | 1260 | جمال الرحمن عن افق الرضوان خلف سحاب الاحزان قد کان بالحق مشروقا و ان یرفع السحاب | The Beauty of the All-Merciful hath risen from the horizon of the Divine Good-Pleasure, veiled behind clouds of sorrow, and verily these clouds shall be lifted [3.5s] | INBA83:132, BLIB_Or03114.039r, , BLIB_Or15696.124b, , BLIB_Or15702.070, , BLIB_Or15737.121, , NLAI_BH1.390, ALIB.folder18p147-152 | ASAT1.125x, TISH.269-273, OOL.B142 | Explains the circumstances of His withdrawal from the community, states that He has as a result hidd … | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | LL#331 | ||||
| BH01761 | Suriy-i-Zuhur | 500 | تلک آیات الکتاب قد نزلت علی احسن النغمات و انها بنفسها لیکون حجه علی من فی | These are the verses of the Book, revealed in the most melodious of tones, and they shall, of themselves, stand as testimony against all who dwell therein [3.5s] | INBA83:113, BLIB_Or15702.028, , ALIB.folder18p316 | PYK.115, OOL.B143 | Declares, at a time when He is beset on all sides, that His revelation is the testimony of God that … | call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power of faith; power of the spirit; rejection, opposition and persecution; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Word of God and human limitations | * | - | LL#332 | Not to be confused with Lawh-i-Zuhur (BH00686). | |||
| BH00569 | Suriy-i-Zuhur nazzala li-'Abdu'r-Rahim | 1320 | ذکر رحمه ربک عبده لیستقره علی الامر بشان لن یضطربه ندآء کل مشرک بعیدا فطوبی | The mention of thy Lord's mercy upon His servant is such that it establisheth him firmly in the Cause in such wise that the clamorous call of every remote polytheist shall not disquiet him. Blessed indeed is he [3.5s] | INBA83:266, BLIB_Or15725.557, , BLIB_Or15737.182, , ALIB.folder18p176 | AQA4a.099 | call to action; light and darkness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||
| AB00012 | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-az Suriy-i-Ra'd (Commentary on a Verse from the Surih of the Thunder) | 4830 | الحمد لله تنطق السن البلغاء ببدایع جوامع منابع اذکار الحمد و الثناء و مظهر | Praise be to God! The tongues of the eloquent ones give utterance to wondrous and comprehensive wellsprings of praise and thanksgiving [3.5s] | INBA56:043 | BMT.045 | interpretation of words and passages in scripture; quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; symbolism | - | - | ||||||
| AB00017 | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-Qayyumu'l-Asma (Commentary on a Verse from the Qayyumu'l-Asma) | 4460 | الحمد لله الذی جعل الخط المتکون من النقطه الاولیه الظاهره بالباء طراز الختم | Praise be to God Who hath ordained that the Line, proceeding from the Primal Point manifested in the letter Bá, be the ornament of the seal [3.5s] | INBA59:001 | BRL_DA#305, MAS9.048 | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; mystical themes; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| BB00238 | Tafsir-i-Dhata ‘Ali Mamsusa | 840 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتعالی عن ذکرالذات بالذات للذات و المتقدس عن ذکرالاسماء و الصفات الله فرد حی قیوم احد وتر صمد تفسی | Praise be to God, exalted beyond description of His essence by His essence for His essence, and sanctified above all mention of names and attributes. He is God, the One, the Living, the Self-Subsisting, the Unmatched, the Singular, the Everlasting, transcendent in His reality [4o] | INBA67:100-104 | AVK2.009.05x | family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; names and attributes of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.190 | |||||
| BB00307 | Tafsir-i-Hadith al-Jariyya | 610 | Báb's Mystical Commentary on the Hadith of the Maid (Hadith al-Jāriyyah) and the Knowledge of the Unseen, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. فاقول مستغنیاً بالله فی تفسیر بعض حدیث المروی فی الکافی فی ذکر علم الغیب عن سدیر | I shall, relying on God and in the manner befitting His guidance, offer an interpretation of the tradition recorded in Al-Kafi concerning the knowledge of the unseen as narrated by Sudair [4o] | INBA14:496-499, INBA67:157-160, INBA_4011C:176-179, , INBA_5006C:373-375, , INBA_6004C:189-192, , INBA_6010C:490-493, , PR04.100v01-102r08, PR07.074v-075v, AEWB.230-233, | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; outward and inward meanings; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.456.07, MMAH.052, SRC.057, SRC.199 | |||||
| AB00014 | Tafsir-i-Hadith لا یسعنی (Commentary on the Tradition "Heaven and Earth cannot contain me…") | 4700 | الحمد لله بما من علی العباد بالفضل و الافضال فی هذه الایام التی فیها تجلی علی | Praise be to God, Who hath bestowed upon His servants grace and bounty in these days wherein He hath manifested [3.5s] | INBA56:067 | BMT.219, SFI02.166 | blind imitation [taqlid]; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; literal interpretation; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BB00321 | Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-'Ashura | 570 | Báb's Commentary on the Ḥadíth Every Day is ʿĀshūrāʾ, The | ما معنی الحدیث کل یوم عاشورا هذا لم اره فی محل و لا سمعته من العلما حتی ایقن | What is the meaning of the saying, "Every day is Ashura"? I have neither found it in any authoritative source nor heard it from the learned, until I became certain [4o] | INBA14:494-496, INBA67:141-143, INBA_4011C:118-121, , INBA_6006C:070-072, , INBA_6010C:488-490, , PR07.061v-062v | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; martyrs and martyrdom; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.073, SRC.200 | |||||
| BB00455 | Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Fatiha (prefixed to Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqarah) | 300 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. هذه السورة المبارکة عندالله سبعة آیات محکمات الآیة الاولی کتاب محمد صلی الله علیه و آله و فقد جعل الله فیها احکام وجوده مما لا بدایة و لا نهایة و هی جنة الفردوس ... | This blessed Surah, in the presence of God, consisteth of seven inviolable verses, the first verse being the Book of Muhammad - peace and blessings of God rest upon Him and His family - wherein God hath ordained the laws of His existence, having neither beginning nor end, and it is the Garden of Paradise [3.5s] | INBA69:156-157, PR02.001v07-001v19, PR40.002, CMB_F08, , BLIB_Or5276, BLIB_Or5277 | family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; the Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | MSBR.200-201 | ||||||
| BB00105 | Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Qadar I | 1700 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم الی الله یحشرون و الحمد لله الذی ابتدع الجوهریات لا من شیئ قبلها بعلیة نفسها | Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs - these shall verily be gathered unto Him. And praise be to God Who hath originated the essences, not from aught that existed before them, through their own causation [3.5s] | INBA14:221-229, INBA69:014-021, INBA98:158.16-165.07, INBA_6010C:211-219, , Berlin3655.081v-085v, HBH_qadr (=INBA69) | infinity and eternity; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | MMAH.019, SRC.072, SRC.202 | ||||||
| BB00468 | Tawqi' Khitab bih ahl-i-bait dar Shiraz | 280 | هو الابهی. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب نوشته سید مورخه ١١ رسید خطوط قبل نرسیده که ظاهر شود | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved. The letter of the Siyyid, dated the eleventh, hath arrived, though previous missives have not been received [3.5s] | INBA40:221-221 | laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; return of the Manifestations of God; spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| BB00036 | Tawqi’i-i-Dhahabiyyih (Risaliy-i-Dhahabiyya II) | 5700 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الواحد الاحد الفرد القهار الصمد الوتر الدائم الجبار الحی القیوم المتعال المختار المقتدرالعادل الغفار الذی خلق بامره جوهریات الاسرار | Praise be to God, the One, the Single, the Peerless, the All-Compelling, the Eternally Besought, the Unique, the Ever-Abiding, the Almighty, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, the Most Exalted, the All-Choosing, the All-Powerful, the Just, the All-Forgiving, Who through His command hath created the essences of mysteries [3.5s] | INBA53:157-180, INBA86:070-098, PR07.102v-110r, HBH_RisalahDhahabiyyihll, BYC_zahab | HNMJ.071-079x, OOL.A016 | impossibility of true worship of God; knowledge; recognition of God; limits of language; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | SRC.080-081, SRC.207, SRC.195 | |||||
| BB00641 | To Aqa Sayyid Jawad [Karbala'i?] | INBA_5019C:269-270, | - | - | SRC.191 | ||||||||||
| BB00644 | To Mulla Ahmad Mu'allim Hisari | INBA_5019C:275-279, | - | - | SRC.191 | ||||||||||
| BB00642 | To Mulla Mahdi Khu'i | INBA_5019C:270-271, | - | - | SRC.191 | ||||||||||
| BB00308 | Ziyara for the martyrs, on Thursday night | 1500 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الاسمآء الحسنى بجوهريتها و لک الامثال العليا بجبرويتها | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine are the most excellent names in their essence, and Thine the most exalted attributes in their sovereignty [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.070-077, MKI4515.006r-012v | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; justice and wrath of God; Letters of the Living; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BH01570 | Ziyarat al-Huruf | 550 | اول ذکر البهاء و اول ثناء الکبریاء علیک یا طلعه الاعلی و خالق الاشیاء و رافع السماء | The first mention of Glory and the foremost praise of Grandeur be upon Thee, O Most Exalted Countenance, Creator of all things and Raiser of the heavens [3.5s] | INBA73:058, Majlis210461.096-098 | OOL.B188 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; transcendence; unknowability of God; visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||
| BB00670 | Ziyarat dar shab-i-jum'ah | 400 | فاذا کنت فی مثل للیلة فی روضة القدس و حضیرة الانس... للرزق یاتیهم رزقهم بکرةً و عشیاً | If thou findest thyself in the likeness of the night within the garden of sanctity and the precincts of fellowship... Verily, their sustenance doth come to them both morn and eve [4o] | INBA_6007C.109-111 | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00663 | Ziyarat for 'the second to believe' on 'Id al-Fitr | 1200 | انما البهاء الابهی و الجلال الاجلل و الجمال الاجمل و العظمة الاعظمی | Verily the All-Glorious Glory, the Most Exalted Majesty, the Most Beauteous Beauty, and the Most Supreme Grandeur [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.154-160 | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00185 | Ziyarat for 'the twenty-nine letters' | 1100 | هو بسم الله القادر الاقدر الافطر الاقهر. سبحان الذی قد بدع الآیات بفضله کیف یشاء انه هو المقتدر العسوف اول کافور سازج اطهر اظهر ابرز اطرز من رب العماء علیک یا ایها السر المخزون | Glorified be He Who hath created the verses through His grace as He willeth. Verily, He is the All-Powerful, the Most Mighty. The first and most refined camphor, most pure, most manifest, most resplendent, most adorned, from the Lord of the celestial realm descendeth upon thee, O thou Hidden Mystery [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.541-547, BYC_jabar.006.04-009.08 | mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00083 | Ziyarat for Friday and Thursday nights | 2300 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. و اذا کنت لیلة الجمعه او یومها بین یدی نقطة البیان او احد من مظاهر الحی | And when thou findest thyself, on the eve of Friday or during its day, in the presence of the Point of the Bayán or any one of the Manifestations of the Living One [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.030-040, CMB_F14.114r05-121v01, | cleanliness and refinement; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00118 | Ziyarat for the eight letters | 1600 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو الملک القدوس السلام المؤمن المهیمن العزیز الجبار | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Sovereign, the Most Holy, the Source of Peace, the Faithful, the Guardian, the Mighty, the All-Compelling [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.189-197, MKI4494.008 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00311 | Ziyarat for the fifth to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 600 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک یا الهی و ربی و محبوبی و مقصودی کیف ابتدئن بذکرک و ثنائک | Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Lord, my Beloved, and my Heart's Desire! How can I begin to make mention of Thee and offer Thy praise [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.124-126, CMB_F14.097r06-099r01, | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; purpose; goal of creation; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00111 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 1600 | بسم الله الازل الازل. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الأءزل الأءزل إنَّني أنا الله لا إله إلا أنا الأقدم الأقدم إنَّني أنا الله لا إله إلا أنا کنت أزلا قديما من قبل ومن بعد کلٌ إيَّاي يعبدون | Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Eternal One. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Ancient One. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, existing from time immemorial, before and after all things. Unto Me alone shall all worship be rendered [4o] | INBA_6007C.255-262 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00213 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 940 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاسئلنک من بهائک ابهاه و من جلالک اجله و من جمالک اجمله | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by the most glorious of Thy Glory, and the most exalted of Thine Exaltedness, and the most beauteous of Thy Beauty [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.187a-189, MKI4494.005 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00223 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 900 | انما البهاء من الله علی نوره الأنور و من یشابه ذلک النور من أدلائه الأظهر الأظهر | Verily all glory from God be upon His Most Luminous Light and upon them that resemble that Light among His most manifest guides [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.061-065, MKI4515.046r-050r | rejection, opposition and persecution; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; transcendence; unknowability of God; visitation Tablets | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00248 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 800 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. و إن علیک سلام الله ثم سلام کل من آمن به من قبل و من بعد علیک یا أیتها الشمس المشرقة | Upon thee be the peace of God, then the peace of all who believed in Him, before and after, O thou dawning Sun [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.262-266 | Manifestation of God as mirror; power of the Manifestation of God; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00509 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 400 | فاذا کنت مثل ذلک الیوم عند من یظهره الله فاذا لیکفینک بین یدی الله عن کل ذکر و ثناء و لکن اذا کنت فی اللیل | If, on that day, thou art in the presence of Him Whom God shall make manifest, then shall He suffice thee before God for all mention and praise. But if thou findest thyself in the night.. [4o] | INBA_6007C.067-069 | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | |||||||
| BB00199 | Ziyarat for the first and last to believe, on Friday | 1000 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک حینئذ یوم الجمعه ثم کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لاشریک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness unto Thee in this hour of Friday, and so too doth every thing, that verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, alone, without partner [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.104-109, MKI4494.082 | divine attributes are within all things; every atom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00179 | Ziyarat for the first to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 1100 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی اسئلک باسمک یا الله یا رحمن یا رحیم یا رب یا مالک یا محیط یا قدیر یا علیم | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, O God, O Compassionate One, O Merciful One, O Lord, O Sovereign, O All-Encompassing, O Almighty, O All-Knowing! [4o] | INBA_6007C.112-116, CMB_F14.088v05-091v09, | justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00080 | Ziyarat for the first to believe, on the Day of 'Arafa | 2500 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الاسماء الحسنی یسبح له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ما بینهما لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم و انما البهاء | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His are the most beauteous names. All who dwell in the heavens and on earth and whatsoever lieth between them sing His praise. There is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. And verily the Glory is His [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.164-175, BYC_misc-b.113a04-125a01 | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; oneness; unity of religion; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; prophecy and fulfillment; station of the Manifestation of God; visitation Tablets | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00250 | Ziyarat for the first to believe, on the night of 'Id al-Fitr | 800 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم ربنا الرحمن اللهم صل علی ذات حروف السبع ثم حروف الحی من عندک و انزل اللهم حینئذ لیلة الجمعه علی شجرة وحدانیتک | Glorified art Thou, O our Lord, the All-Merciful! O God, bestow Thy blessings upon the Essence of the Seven Letters, then upon the Letters of the Living from Thy presence, and cause to descend, O God, at this hour of Friday night, upon the Tree of Thy Oneness [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.143-147, CMB_F14.201v01-203v10, | chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | JRAS.460, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00133 | Ziyarat for the first to believe, on Thursday night | 1400 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء فی هذه اللیلة لیلة الجمعة التی تنظر فیها الی داعیک فی البیان | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee in this night - the night of Friday - wherein Thou gazest upon him who calleth unto Thee [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.046-052, CMB_F14.110r03-114r03, | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Muhammad; Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00338 | Ziyarat for the fourth to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 530 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض عالم الغیب و الشهادة لن یغرب من علمک من شیء لا فی السموات و لا فی الارض و لا ما بینهما و لا یعجک من شیء لا فی ملکوت الامر و لا الخلق و لا ما دونهما لم تزل کنت الها واحدا احدا فردا | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth, the Knower of the seen and the unseen. Nothing escapeth Thy knowledge, whether in the heavens or on earth or betwixt them, nor can aught confound Thee in the kingdoms of command and creation or in whatsoever lieth beyond them. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, single and alone [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.121-124, CMB_F14.095v03-097r04, | absolute freedom; independence of God; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00275 | Ziyarat for the last [to believe] | 710 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو الاقهر الاقهر و انما البهاء من الله علی نوره الانور الانور و بعد اذا ادرکت ما قد قدرالله لک من عرفان ذلک الاسم الاعظم | Praise be to God, beside Whom there is no other god, the All-Subduing, the Most Compelling. And verily, all glory from God be upon His Light, the Most Luminous, the Most Radiant. And thereafter, shouldst thou attain unto that which God hath ordained for thee of the knowledge of that Most Great Name [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.268-272, BYC_misc-b.089a03-092a08 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; visitation Tablets | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00389 | Ziyarat for the last [to believe] | 400 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من عند الله علیک یا جوهر البهآء ثم الجلال علیک یا جوهر الجلال ثم الجمال علیک یا جوهر الجمال | Verily all glory from God rest upon thee, O Essence of Glory! Then all Majesty be upon thee, O Essence of Majesty! Then all Beauty be upon thee, O Essence of Beauty! [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.266-268 | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | |||||||
| BB00478 | Ziyarat for the last [to believe] | 260 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. ان من بهاءالله علیک ابهاه و من جلال الله علیک اجله و من جمال الله علیک اجمله | Upon thee be the most resplendent glory of God, and upon thee be the most exalted majesty of God, and upon thee be the most beautiful grace of God [4o] | INBA_6007C.175-176, BYC_misc-b.125a03-126a04 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00125 | Ziyarat for the letter mim | 1500 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء فی هذه اللیلة التی قد عظمتها و جللتها و فضلتها و عززتها و کرمتها علی مادونها بجودک ثم لطفک و کرمک ثم فضلک و وهابیتک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee in this night which Thou hast magnified and exalted, which Thou hast preferred and honored and made noble above all else through Thy bounty, then through Thy grace and generosity, then through Thy favor and beneficence [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.137-143, CMB_F14.180r03-185r06, | chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00246 | Ziyarat for the letters of unity, on Friday | 810 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء فی تلک اللیلة التی عظمتها و شرفتها و قدستها و کرمتها و مننت علیها | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee in this night which Thou hast magnified and honored and hallowed and exalted [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.095-099, BYC_misc-b.096b05-100b03 | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | |||||||
| BB00215 | Ziyarat for the middle night of the month of God | 930 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه لیلة قد عظمتها و جللتها و جملتها و فضلتها و کرمتها بما قد قدرت فیها و نزلت | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is a night which Thou hast magnified and exalted, adorned and distinguished, and honored through that which Thou hast ordained therein [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.160-164, BYC_misc-b.046b05-051a01 | chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00667 | Ziyarat for the Point | 800 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من عند الله علیک یا ایتها التربة المقدسة ثم الجلال علیک یا ایتها التربة الممتنعة | Verily all glory from God rest upon thee, O thou sacred dust, and all exaltation be upon thee, O thou sanctified earth [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.197-201 | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00071 | Ziyarat for the Point and his Letters of the Living | 2700 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. فاذا اردت زیارة النقطة او احد من حروف الحی فلتلطفن نفسک حق التلطف بحیث لو یحیط علمک بان فى جسدك شعر ازيد الّا ينبغى لك حينئذٍ و لتلبسن اطهر لباسك | If thou desirest to visit the Point or any of the Letters of the Living, thou must needs purify thyself with utmost refinement, such that shouldst thou become aware of but a single wayward hair upon thy body, it beseemeth thee not at that moment; and thou must don thy purest attire [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.201-211, CMB_F14.194r03-201r05, | cleanliness and refinement; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.460, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00293 | Ziyarat for the second to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 660 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض عالم الغیب و الشهادة لن یغرب من علمک من شیء لا فی السموات و لا فی الارض و لا ما بینهما و لا یعجک من شیء لا فی ملکوت الامر و لا الخلق و لا ما دونهما لم تزل قد تفردت بالعزة و البقاء | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth, the Knower of the seen and the unseen. Nothing escapeth Thy knowledge, whether in the heavens or on earth or betwixt them, nor can aught confound Thee in the kingdoms of command and creation or in whatsoever lieth beyond them. From time immemorial Thou hast been alone in Thy glory and permanence [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.116-119, CMB_F14.091v10-093v09, | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00258 | Ziyarat for the sixth to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 780 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض عالم الغیب و الشهادة لم تزل قد تعززت | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art, verily, the Creator of the heavens and earth, the Knower of the seen and the unseen. Ever hast Thou been exalted [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.126-129, CMB_F14.099r03-101r08, | absolute freedom; independence of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00508 | Ziyarat for the ten letters | 200 | انما البهاء من الله ثم من کل من آمن بالله و آیاته علیکم یا ایتها الحروف | Verily all glory from God, and from all them that have believed in God and His signs, be upon you, O ye Letters [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.040-041 | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | |||||||
| BB00329 | Ziyarat for the third to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 550 | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک بجوهر کینونیتی و ساذج ذاتیتی و مجرد نفسانیتی و کافور انیتی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I testify unto Thee by the essence of my being, the pure reality of my nature, the naked truth of my soul, and the innermost camphor of mine identity, that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.119-121, CMB_F14.093v10-095v01, | eulogies; reminiscences; justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00153 | Ziyarat for the two hidden names | 200 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من الله علیکما یا ایهما النوران النیران و الاسمان العالیان و الکلمتان الممتنعان | Verily all glory be from God upon ye both, O ye two resplendent and luminous Lights, ye two most exalted Names, and ye two impregnable Words! [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.069-070, MKI4515.028r-028v | martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00099 | Ziyarat for Thursday night (Ziyara jami'a) | 1800 | الحمد لله الذی لا إله إلا هو الحي المهیمن القیوم و إنما البهاء من الله علی الواحد الأول ثم أعداده ثم من یشابه ذلک الأعداد حيث لا يرى فيه إلا الواحد الأول | Praise be to God, beside Whom there is no other god, the Ever-Living, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Indeed, the glory from God be upon the Primal Unity, then upon Its numbers, and then upon such as resemble those numbers wherein naught can be seen except the Primal Unity [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.052-061 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00669 | Ziyarat-i-Hurufi’l-Vahid | 640 | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. فان کنت مثل ذلک الیوم یوم الجمعة بین یدی من یظهره الله طوبی لک لیکفیک عن زیارة حروف الواحد | Verily, if upon such a day - the Day of Friday - thou shouldst find thyself in the presence of Him Whom God shall make manifest, blessed indeed art thou, and this shall suffice thee in place of visiting the Letters of Unity [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.077-080, MKI4515.012v-015r | apocalyptic imagery; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; prophecy and fulfillment; spiritual transformation; visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||
| BH01312 | Ziyarat-i-Jinab-i-Aba Badi' | 650 | قد مضت ایام الفرح و الابتهاج و اتت ایام الاحزان بما غاب نجم الایقان من سماء العرفان | The days of joy and exultation have passed away, and the days of sorrow have come, for the Star of Certitude hath vanished from the heaven of divine knowledge [3.5s] | INBA97:117, Majlis210461.099-101 | BRL_DA#329, MUH2.699x, ASAT3.107x, ASAT4.081x, LDR.193x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||
| AB02662 | 230 | Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای بنده آستان مقدس آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید و بر تفصیل اطلاع حاصل شد هفت وادی | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! That which thou didst write was perused, and its contents were fully understood. The Seven Valleys [3.5s]... ...Every person must have an occupation, a trade or a craft, so that he may carry other people's burdens, and not himself be a burden to others. | INBA87:386a, INBA52:396 | BRL_DAK#0832, ASAT3.243, AVK3.369.09 | COC#0011x | begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; love of God; music and singing; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; work as worship | - | - | |||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH06096 | 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 | - | - | ||||||
| AB00145 | 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 | - | - | |||||
| AB07768 | 110 | Bahá'í Scriptures | قد اشرق الافاق من انوار نیر الاشراق طوبی للفائزین قد ارتفع الندآء من الشجره | The rays of the Day-star of the world have illumined every land—blessed are they that have beheld! | INBA55:459, INBA59:135, UMich962.151-152, UMich991.101 | MKT2.218, DWNP_v3#03-4 p.023a, BCH.023, DUR1.189, MJH.070 | BSC.432 #785 | praise and encouragement; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; spiritual transformation; the concourse on high; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| AB00219 | 790 | Bahá'í Scriptures | یا من انجذب الی الملکوت و شرب الکاس التی مزاجها کافور در این ایام که فیوضات | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom and hast quaffed from the cup whose essence is of camphor! In these days when the outpourings [3.5s]... ...Indifference breeds deterioration. Silence is the cause of retrogression. Thoughtlessness leads to forgetfulness. Passivity, inaction, produce oblivion.... Consider the story of Simon the Rock [Peter]: Two of the Apostles of His Holiness, the Spirit [Jesus], went to the city of Antioch to teach the Cause of God | INBA72:041, INBA88:116 | BRL_DAK#0570, MKT1.471 | BSC.439 #798x, SW_v13#07 p.180-181x, BSTW#271d, BTO#05x | call to action; methods of teaching the Cause; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the power of words; of speech; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||
| AB10456 | 280 | ای ثابت بر پیمان الحمد لله در هر محل و مکانی موفق بخدمت حضرت یزدانی زیرا بیزار | In this great Dispensation some of the anniversaries are solar and some lunar | INBA85:307 | BRL_DAK#0890, GHA.426ax | RKS.147-148x | Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Justice; race unity; racial issues | - | - | ||||||
| BB00541 | Li-Hadrati’l-Haram | 160 | بسم الله تعالی. جان شیرین من حرسک الله تعالی لا تحسبن انقطاع الکتب من ملل | O my sweet spirit! May God, the Most High, protect thee. Think not that the interruption of letters stems from [3.5s]... …God is my witness that since the time of our separation, such griefs encircled me as are beyond description | INBA58:164.05-165.08 | KHAF.166 | RR.240-241 | business; financial; property matters; consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||
| AB01531 | 320 | یا من امتحن عبدالبهاء هل یلیق لمثلک ان یمتحن عبدا خاضعا خاشعا لله لا والله بل | O thou who hast put Abdu’l-Baha to the test! Is it seemly for one like thyself to test a lowly and submissive servant of the Lord? | INBA59:212 | BRL_DAK#1033, MKT2.192, MILAN.193, YHA2.931 | ABCC.051, BTO#14 | station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; stories; anecdotes; testing God; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| AB02675 | 230 | ای ثابت بر پیمان از خدا بخواه که در جمیع مراتب خادم رب المواهب باشی و در | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Supplicate unto God that thou mayest become, in all degrees, a servant of the Lord of Bounties, and in [3.5s]... ...The centre of violation purloined, in its entirety, the Divine trust which specifically appertained to this servant. He took everything | INBA84:289 | ABCC.053 | business; financial; property matters; consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| BH00951 | 860 | Bahá'í Sacred Writings | احرف حمد حقایق و دقایق حمد مخصوص ساحت قدس قرب حضرت سلطانیست که از لطایف | The letters of praise and the subtleties of glorification belong unto the holy and intimate sanctuary of that Sovereign Lord Who, through His grace [3.5s]... ...My God, My Master, My Desire! …Thou hast created this atom of dust through the consummate power of Thy might | INBA65:268, INBA36:329c, NLAI_BH1.278 | HDQI.060, TZH4.117-120x, MAS8.049bx, FBAH.099x, OOL.B155, UVM.083.02x | BKOG.104x, GPB.109x | creation of the world; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | MMAH.217, LL#407 | ||||
| BH04415 | 210 | ایام ایام امتحان و ابحر اختلاف و ابتلا در هیجان و رایات مشتبهات از هر گوشه | The days of tests are now come. Oceans of dissension and tribulation are surging | INBA38:042, INBA36:328, BLIB_Or15722.266, | BRL_DA#613, TZH4.129-130x | BKOG.109x, GPB.115x | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH00151 | Lawh-i-Qina' | 3480 | Translation List; Tablet of the Veil (Lawh-i-Qina') | یکی از احبای الهی مکتوبی بیکی از علمای معروف نوشته و در آن مکتوب سوالات چندی | One of the loved ones of God wrote a letter to Ḥájí Muḥammad Karím Khán, in which he posed a number of questions...For twelve years We tarried in Baghdád. Much as We desired that a large gathering of divines and fair-minded men be convened | INBA38:165, INBA35:007, INBA90:044, BLIB_Or15698.190, , BLIB_Or15720.188, , BLIB_Or15740.144, , NLAI_BH2.320, NLAI_BH3.167, Majlis934.199-229, BN_suppl.1754.124-131 | BRL_DA#719, AVK1.307.08x, AVK2.101.18x, AVK2.108.15x, AVK2.273.08x, AVK3.103.10x, AVK3.396.06x, IQT.190, MJMM.067, ASAT2.012x, ASAT3.279x, ASAT4.519x, ASAT4.520x, ASAT4.204x, ASAT5.174x, ASAT5.239x, TUM.050-051x, NSS.089-090x, NSS.190-199, OOL.B067 | BKOG.148x, PDC.139x, HURQ.BH63x, ADMS#199 | Sharply rebuts accusations, made by the leader of the Shaykhí school, of grammatical discrepancies … | corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; humility; meekness; lowliness; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; rejection, opposition and persecution; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Word of God is its own standard | * | - | ROB1.334, MMAH.137, GSH.176, LL#212 | ||
| BH00018 | Commentary on the Fire Tablet | 8330 | الحمد لله الذی اظهر بسلطانه ما اراد و زین الیوم بنسبته الیه و سمیه فی کتب السماء | Praise be unto Him Who hath, through His sovereignty, manifested whatsoever He hath willed, and Who hath adorned this Day through its connection with His Name, as recorded in the Books of Heaven [3.5s]... ...One day during My childhood, I set out intending to visit the grandmother of the Most Great Branch at a time when she was the wife of Mirza Isma'il-i-Vazir | INBA39:090, MKI4523.002, | BRL_DA#221, AVK2.061.04x, AVK4.436x, ISH.002, UAB.034ax, ASAT1.134x, ASAT5.109x, ASAT5.252x, ADH1.051x, LDR.077x, MSHR2.087x, YIA.119-120x | LTDT.088x, GPB.209x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; rejection, opposition and persecution; servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual foundations of true knowledge; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | ROB3.230, LL#382 | ||||
| BH09237 | 100 | ان یا اختی نسئل الله بان یحفظک عن ضر العالمین و بعد چندیست که خبری از شما | O My sister! We beseech God to protect thee from the harms of the world. There hath been no news from thee for some time | INBA28:275b | LTDT.281 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; personal instructions; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BH00837 | 980 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی الی من اشکو ما فعلت بی بقدرتک و سلطانک و الی من اذکر ما | Glorified art Thou, O my Lord, my God! Unto whom shall I complain of that which Thou hast wrought against me through Thy power and sovereignty, and to whom shall I recount what [3.5s]... ...O My handmaid! Verily, the nations of the earth have arisen to harm me, and supporting them are those who wield power as well as the community of the Bayan | INBA48:090, BLIB_Or15739.168, | AVK3.067.03x, MAS8.038ax | LTDT.284-285x | avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; pain of love; love as veil; prayer for spiritual recognition; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| BH07724 | 130 | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه اختی التی آمنت بمظاهر احدیتک فی قمایص ازلیتک و | Praised be Thou O Lord My God. This is My sister who hath believed in the Manifestations of Thy unity appearing in the garments of Thy eternity | INBA92:065 | YMM.354 | LTDT.285-286 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; prayer for women; presence of; reunion with God; station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH00022 | 8120 | Translation List | حمد و ثنا مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزاست که بحروف ابواب بیان را گشود و بکلمه | Praise and glory beseem that Desired One of all the worlds, Who hath unlocked the gates of exposition through the letters and through the Word [3.5s]... ...Ponder and reflect upon that which hath come to pass: The sister of this Wronged One hath been miles distant from the truth while the aforementioned handmaid hath attained nearness... We have consented to bear the afflictions of the earth for the sake of exalting the blessed and Most Sublime Word | INBA19:273, INBA32:244, INBA41:171x, BLIB_Or15724.149ax, | ADM3#149 p.169x, HDQI.041x, MUH3.205-206x, IQN.188-189x, TSAY.471x | LTDT.288-289x, ADMS#150x | knowledge; recognition of God; power of prayer; praise and encouragement; prayer for forgiveness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| BH00085 | 4750 | یک تجلی از تجلیات اسم کریم بر ارض پرتو افکند نعمت ظاهر مائده نازل بحر جود | A beam from among the effulgent beams of the Most Generous Name cast its radiance upon the earth; manifest became the bounty and the heavenly feast descended from the ocean of munificence [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! Unto Thee do I repent; Thou art, in truth, the Pardoning, the Munificent… One of the relatives, named Muhammad Hasan, came to this land, and on his return he bore seventy Tablets for the servants of God | INBA39:059, INBA61:026x, BLIB_Or07852.078, , BLIB_Or15724.069b, , MKI4523.085, | BRL_DA#210, ISH.085, ISH.107, IQN.186-188x, ASAT1.277-278x, ASAT5.276x, ADH1.112x, NSS.209ax | LTDT.288x, JHT_S#192 | call to action; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; petitions to authorities; prayers (general or uncategorized); proclamation to people of the Bayan; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | ||||||
| BH00478 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Maryam | 1510 | Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam | ان یا قلم الاعلی مااخذک السرور فی ایام ربک العلی الاعلی لتغن به علی افنان | O Pen of Glory! Thou hast never been seized with transports of joy during the days of Thy Lord, the Exalted, the Most High | INBA38:311, INBA48:052, INBA49:260, BLIB_Or15714.119, , BLIB_Or15739.108, , NLAI_BH2.336, Majlis210461.104-111 | BRL_DA#568, TAHR.336-339, ASAT4.080x, AKHT1.093-094x, AKHT1.366, HYK.334x, OOL.B153 | LTDT.298-299x, BLO_PT#015, HURQ.BH85 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; eulogies; reminiscences; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love of God; martyrs and martyrdom; prayer for protection; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; visitation Tablets | * | - | ROB1.013, GSH.205, LL#348 | Stephen Lambden states that this Tablet of Visitation was "apparently primarily written by Baha'u'llah for Tahirih and utilized also for various other eminent female Bahá'ís, including Maryam". | ||
| BH04177 | 220 | ای ورقه مطهره ناله ات بسماء احدیه مرتفع شده و حنین قلبت سکان جنان رحمانرا | O thou pure leaf! Thy lamentation hath ascended to the heaven of Oneness and the sighing of thy heart hath saddened | INBA28:391, INBA74:011 | LTDT.302-303 | consolation and comfort; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; nearness and remoteness; pain of love; love as veil; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BH05897 | Lawh-i-Maryam 1 | 170 | مریما مهدی با یک قبضه صمدی و یک دکله محمد علی واصل و عاید بغداد شد مع خبرهای | O Mary! Mahdi arrived in Baghdad with one holy sword-hilt and one knife of Muhammad-'Ali, bearing tidings [3.5s]... ...What is causing thy sadness and why art thou sorrowful? Hast thou ever heard of the ocean shedding tears in separation from a river or the sun fearing the pursuit of a star? | INBA38:046, INBA36:378 | OOL.B058a | LTDT.303x | consolation and comfort; continual renewal of creation; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||
| BH09106 | 110 | یا ایتها الورقه الورقه الحمرآء ان افرحی بما یذکرک محبوبک الابهی و المظلوم | O Crimson Leaf! Rejoice thou in that thy Best Beloved, the All-Glorious, the Wronged One, maketh mention of thee [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O Thou Who hast revealed to me Thy lofty Horizon, aided me to recognize Thy most exalted Word, and drawn me nigh | INBA18:374a | LTDT.304-305x | praise and encouragement; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH03019 | Lawh-i-Maryam 2 | 300 | Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam | مریما عیسی جان بلامکان عروج نمود قفس وجود از طیر محمود خالی ماند بلبل قدم | O Maryam! Exchange thy sorrow for happiness and drink thy sadness from the cup of joy. Shouldst thou desire to enter the path of search, thou must needs be patient | INBA38:031 | BRL_DA#584, NANU_BH#12x, BSHN.037, MHT2b.061, AHB_122BE #03 p.092, AKHT1.092x, MSHR4.308, OOL.B058b | LTDT.304x, BLO_PT#015 | acquiescence and resignation; contentment; consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; knowledge; recognition of God; pain of love; love as veil; spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | - | ||||
| BH06389 | 160 | یا ورقتی علیک بهائی و عنایتی و یا ثمره سدرتی علیک رحمتی و فضلی مکرر ذکرت در | O thou My leaf, upon thee be My glory and My favours! O thou the fruit of My Tree, upon thee be My mercy and My bounty! | INBA28:394 | LTDT.305 | chastisement and requital; consolation and comfort; praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||
| BH00035 | 7030 | حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که باصبع قدرت حجبات مجلله عظیمه را خرق فرمود و | No soul has or will ever comprehend the essence of divine wisdom. In reality, the rational mind is a most great sign in humans and blessed are those who realize (its potential) | INBA07:251, INBA28:114, INBA97:144x | AVK4.172.02, AVK4.207.02x, GHA.114x, GHA.172bx, MAS8.099-101x, MAS8.101x, MAS8.115bx, AKHA_124BE #11-12 p.jx, PYK.039x, VUJUD.120.18x | LTDT.022x, VUJUDE.157x, KSHK#07 | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; laws of marriage and dowry; obedience to and respect for government authority; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||
| BH01727 | 510 | ذکر الله ورقه الفردوس لتسمع اطوار ورقه البقا من هذالغصن الذی ارتفع باسمه... از مصائب وارده مکدر مباشید چه که لازال بلایا مخصوص اصفیای حق بوده | The remembrance of God unto the Leaf of Paradise, that she may hearken unto the melodies of the Leaf of Eternity from this Branch which hath been upraised through His Name [3.5s]... ...Thou hast mentioned that the mother of Hadrat-i-A'la (His Highness the Exalted One), may the spirits of all except Him be His sacrifice, wisheth for thee to direct thy steps towards that land... Be thou not vexed by the afflictions that have stricken thee, for afflictions have ever been and shall always be reserved for God’s chosen ones | INBA51:259, INBA92:216x, BLIB_Or15694.464, , KB_620:252-254, ALIB.folder18p400 | ADM2#110 p.198x, LHKM3.289x, MAS4.043x, MAS8.109bx, PYB#166 p.03x | LTDT.044-045x, ADMS#129x | consolation and comfort; personal instructions; power of prayer; prayer for healing; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| BH01484 | 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 | |||||
| BH00042 | 6590 | Translation List | الحمد لله الذی انزل ما کان مکنونا فی سماء مشیته و اظهر ما کان مخزونا فی علمه | Praise be to Him Who hath sent down that which lay concealed in the heaven of His will, and revealed that which was treasured within His knowledge [3.5s]... ...The Afnans arrived in Beirut. After some time they received permission to come in small groups. Finally, they entered the shelter of grace | INBA31:049x, INBA51:150x, BLIB_Or15701.116, , KB_620:143-144x | AQA6#221 p.086, ADM1#020 p.052x, LHKM2.176x, AYI1.265x, AYT.327x, LMA2.016x, ASAT2.098x | LTDT.051-052x, GEN.314.04x, ADMS#077 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for protection; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||
| BH00651 | 1170 | حمد و شکر اولیا و اصفیاء حق را لایق و سزاست آنانکه کوثر حیوان را که از قلم | Thou hast written about the sum belonging to Hadrat-i-Varaqiy-i-'Ulya… Whatever was sent, hath been received. | INBA31:112 | BRL_DA#374 | LTDT.054x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; business; financial; property matters; Hands of the Cause; praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||
| BH02419 | 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 | - | - | ||||||
| BH08904 | 110 | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه امی التی اقرت بفردانیتک و اعترفت بسلطان احدیتک و | Praised be Thou O Lord, My God! This is My mother who hath acknowledged Thy oneness, confessed Thy unity, attained the honour of meeting Thy Manifestations in Thy days | INBA92:065 | LTDT.081-082 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; nearness and remoteness; prayer for parents; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| AB10997 | 50 | ایتها الجوهره الحبیه الناظره الی مطلع الاشراق غضی النظر و کفی البصر عن غیر | O thou beloved gem, who hast fixed thy gaze upon the Horizon of the Shining-Light! Take heed | INBA59:182a | MAX.080-081 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; The Holy Spirit | - | - | |||||||
| BB00084 | Khutbata’r-Raj’a (Khutba written in Jidda) | 2200 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد اقام العرش علی الماء والهواء علی وجه الماء و فرق بینهما علی کلمة اللاء ثم قد فتق الاجواء من عالم العماء | Praised be to God! Who raised up the Celestial Throne upon the watery expanse and the atmosphere above the surface of the watery expanse. | INBA91:060.12-073.08, INBA_5006C:330-335, | HNU.143-145x, AHDA.086x | MNP.090-091x, MNP.146-158, HURQ.BB19x, LOIR06.050ff | interpretation of words and passages in scripture; mystical themes; pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; symbolism; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.05, SRC.063, SRC.187, GOH.032 | |||
| BB00128 | Kitab al-Fihrist (Book of the index) | 1400 | Autobibliography in the Writings of the Báb; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. المر ذلک الکتاب ذکر من الله فی حکم عبد بدیع و انه للکتاب قد نزلت من لدن بقیة الله امام حق قدیم | Alif. Lám. Mím. Rá. This is the Book, a Remembrance from God concerning a wondrous servant, and verily it is the Book sent down from the presence of the Remnant of God, the True Imam [3.5s]... ...And this is a Book which was sent down from God containing a directive from a wondrous servant. It is indeed a Book which hath come down from the Remnant of God | INBA_5019C:285-293, , INBA_6007C.339-348, INBA_4011C.062-069, , PR04.001r03-006v11, Berlin3655.001v-007r | ASAT4.527x | MNP.091-095x, HURQ.BB46x, LOIR06.051ff | events in the life and ministry of the Bab; family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih] | - | - | FHR#04, AHDA.444.3, SRC.043, SRC.050-052, SRC.065, SRC.188, GOH.022, GOH.032 | |||
| 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 | - | - | ||||
| BH02516 | 350 | ان یا فتح الاعظم کن بکینونتک و حقیقتک و ذاتک سمعا لتسمع ما ینطق ربک العلی | O Greatest Victory! Be thou with thine essence, thy reality and thy very being, an ear, that thou mayest hearken unto that which thy Lord, the Most Exalted, doth speak [3.5s]... ...The Mount dwellers have assuredly swooned away on the Elevated Mount. The denizens of the heavenly Kingdom | INBA23:030, INBA83:242, BLIB_Or03114.080rx, , BLIB_Or15725.532, , ALIB.folder18p376 | SHHB.134-135x | call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | LL#086 | ||||||
| BH00343 | Suriy-i-Fadl | 1920 | ان یا ذبیح انا ارسلنا الیک من قبل لوحا ممتنعا منیع و فیه ذکر ما جعله الله حجه علی من فی | O Dhabih! We did verily send unto thee aforetime a Tablet, mighty and impregnable, wherein was inscribed that which God hath made a testimony unto all who dwell therein [3.5s]... ...Say: By God! The Sovereign of Words hath assuredly come upon the clouds of the verses, and lo, the words of every contentious polytheist were thunderstruck | INBA83:247, BLIB_Or15725.537, , BLIB_Or15737.173, , ALIB.folder18p081-088 | OOL.B115 | SHHB.135x | Exhorts the recipient to be bold in conveying Bahá’u’lláh’s claim to the followers of the B� … | call to action; chastisement and requital; idolatry; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; proofs of the Manifestations of God; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | LL#300 | |||
| AB00246 | 740 | الحمد لله الذی انطق الورقاء باحسن اللغی فی حدیقه الرحمن علی الاغصان بابدع | Praise be to God Who hath caused the tongue of the Mystic Dove to speak with the best of words in the Garden of the All-Merciful upon the boughs with the most wondrous of melodies | INBA55:149, INBA59:023b, UMich962.069-072, UMich991.043-047 | BRL_DAK#0645, MKT1.114, MNMK#017 p.090, TZH6.1104-1107, ABB.125 | SMR.292-295 | exhortations and counsels; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||
| BB00008 | Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqarah = Kitab al-Ahmadiyya (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow I) | 43700 | Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad, the Báb, The; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الم ذلک الکتاب لا ریب فیه هدی للمتقین هذه الایة لاهل الحقیقة معرفة الله سبحانه | "Alif. Lám. Mím. This is the Book wherein there is no doubt, a guidance unto them that fear God." For the people of truth, this verse signifieth the knowledge of God, glory be unto Him [3.5s]... ...The Primal Adam is the Will, Who is the Primal Utterance, manifested in the primal realm of contingency | INBA69:157-377, INBA_6004C:002-178, , INBA_6014C:001-296, , INBA_6012C.060-257, , PR02.001v21-044v14, PR03.043r-043rx, PR40.003v-095v, CMB_F08, , BLIB_Or5277, , BN_5780, BN_5805, BN_6610, LEID.Or4371-8, , OXF.MS.Arab.e.59-60, IOM.090-091x, HBH_baqarah (=INBA 69) | ASAT2.064x | TAME, BLO_PT#216.019-020, GOH.119-121x, GOH.204x, GOH.251-252x, HURQ.BB01x | - | - | FHR#09, NSS.021-022, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.455.05, MMAH.011, SRC.046-047, SRC.201, GOH.030, GOH.118 | ||||
| AB01477 | 320 | ای پروردگار در کتب و صحف بواسطه انبیا اخبار فرموده ای و اسراایل را بشارت | O God! In the Sacred Books and Scriptures, revealed through Thy Messengers, Thou gave the Israelites the glad-tidings and the promise that the day would come when despondent Jews would prosper | INBA75:091 | MKT3.365, AHB.118BE #05 p.138, ADH2_1#54 p.083, MMG2#447 p.493, YHA1.423x (2.832), KHAZ.i028+082, KHH1.038 (1.053) | KHHE.070-071, KHAZE.023, BLO_PN#025 | chastisement and requital; predictions and prophecies; sacred remains; burial of the Bab | - | - | ||||||
| AB01365 | 340 | یا ایها المشتاقون المهتزون من سریان نسیم محبت الله من ریاض ملکوت الابهی | O ye yearning one's who are quickened by the breeze of the love of God, flowing from the meadows of the Abha Kingdom. | INBA59:166 | BRL_DAK#1034, MKT1.184, KHH1.047 (1.066) | KHHE.084-085 | contention and conflict; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; praise and encouragement; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||
| AB03042 | 220 | رب و محبوبی لک الحمد علی ما اولیت و لک الشکر علی ما اعطیت توتی من تشاء و توید | O God and my Beloved! Praise be upon Thee for Thy greatness and thanks be unto Thee for Thy generosity. Thou grantest what Thou dost wish | INBA84:319 | ASAT4.380, AHB.110BE #17-18 p.356, AHB.121BE #07 p.247, MUH2.1117, YHA1.128 (1.261), MLK.112, QT108.054, DSDS.071, QUM.253-254x, KHH1.330 (1.460) | KHHE.467-468 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; praise and encouragement; prayer for praise and gratitude | - | - | ||||||
| AB00823 | 430 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه دوم رمضان ۱۳۳۲ وصول یافت مضمون تبتل و تضرع بملکوت ابهی | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter of 2 Ramadan 1332 was received, testifying to thy humility and reverence before the Abha Kingdom. | INBA85:499, INBA85:532 | KHH1.331 (1.461) | KHHE.469-470 | exhortations and counsels; firmness in the Covenant; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; growth of the Cause; martyrs and martyrdom; universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||
| AB04733 | 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 | 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 | - | - | ||||||
| AB04098 | 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 | - | - | ||||||
| AB01050 | 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 | - | - | ||||||
| BB00346 | Tafsir-i-Ayat fi Surati'n-Nur | 510 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله البدیع الذی لا اله الا هو. افتتح سر البیان لاظهار ما جعله الله فی الکیان بالوجود .... و بمثل هذا فلیعمل العاملون و لا حول و لا قوة الا بالله العلی العظیم والحمد لله رب العالمین | The secret of utterance hath been unlocked to manifest that which God hath ordained in the realm of existence.... Even thus must the doers of deeds endeavour, and there is no power nor strength save in God, the Most High, the Most Great, and praise be to God, the Lord of all the worlds [3.5s]... ...Naught is seen in Me in in the station of My heart save God alone, which is the manifestation of Lordship from God | INBA14:491-494, INBA53:075-077, INBA67:155-157, INBA_4011C:134-137, , INBA_5006C:345-347, , INBA_6006C:077-078, , INBA_6010C:485-488, , PR07.065v-066v | GOH.094x, GOH.103x | inmost heart [fu'ad]; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; knowledge; recognition of God; nearness and remoteness; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | AHDA.458.15, SRC.072, SRC.198 | ||||
| BB00045 | Tafsir-i-Hadithi Abu Lubaydi Makhzumi or Tafsir-i-Hurufat al-Muqatta'ih | 4200 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح الاختراع اسرار الابداع التی عینت قبل ما شیئت و اقضت | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of origination to be the mysteries of creation, which were ordained ere they were brought into being [3.5s]... ...Verily, the appearance of the day of Muhammad, the Apostle of God, the blessings of God rest upon Him and His kin | INBA98:033.06-048.13, PR02.048v02-052v27, CMB_F21.009.02-026.16#03, , Berlin3655.095v-105r | GOH.109x | interpretation of words and passages in scripture; pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; personal instructions; predictions and prophecies; prophecy and fulfillment; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; symbolism; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, MMAH.021 | ||||
| BB00061 | Sharh-i-Du’a'-i-Sabah II | 2800 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره و یحکم بین الکل بالقسط فی یوم الذی فیه کل الی الله یحشرون | Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and Who judgeth between all with justice on the Day whereon all shall be gathered unto God [3.5s]... ...Know thou that each letter thereof [the Morning Prayer of Imám ‘Alí] pertaineth to seven stations that were enjoined by the Imám to Jábir in reference to true recognition | INBA_4012C.096-109, , PR07.032r-036r, CMB_F21.143.06-155.14#26, , BYC_collect3.026-041 | GOH.117x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; knowledge; recognition of God; seven stages of creation; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; spiritual transformation; the Imamate; the Caliphate; the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.458.13, MMAH.020, SRC.098, SRC.199 | ||||
| BB00119 | Letter to Mirza Hasan-‘Ali, uncle of the Bab | 1600 | Gate of the Heart; Divine Proof and the Challenge of Revelation | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قبله محترم دام عزکم تلاوت آیات کریمه را نموده ولی چه بسیار عجب است که اهل بصیرت ... والسلام خیرالکلام والحمد | O revered uncle, may thy glory endure! I have perused thy kind letter; yet how passing strange it is that the people of insight... Peace be upon the best of utterances, and praise be to [3.5s]... ...This lowly One hath completed the Commentary on the Súrih of Joseph in forty days, during which I wrote parts thereof each day | INBA91:170.11-180.06, PR04.200r05-204r11 | TZH3.283.09-286.11x | GOH.124x, MNP.002x | authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; independent investigation of truth; reality; literal interpretation; proofs of the Manifestations of God; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||
| BB00170 | Tablet to Siyyid Muhammad | 1200 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی و انه هو حی لا یموت فی قبضته ملکوت کلشیء یخلق ما یشآء بأمره انه کان علی کل شیء قدیراً قل هو الحق لا اله الا هو یحی و یمیت | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the creation and the command. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life, and verily He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not. In His grasp is the dominion of all things; He createth whatsoever He willeth by His command, and verily, He hath power over all things. Say: He is the Truth, there is none other God but Him. He giveth life and causeth death [3.5s]... ...Inasmuch as every morning I saw thee reciting these words, “I believe in the Mystery of the Family of Muhammad,” | INBA58:172.03-182.09 | KHSH6.010, TZH3.262, TZH3.223.06-225.07 | GOH.129x, GOH.135x | Declaration; advent of the Bab; events in the life and ministry of the Bab; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; return of the Manifestations of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.096 | |||
| BB00022 | Tafsir (huruf) al-basmala | 10700 | Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله البدیع الذی لا اله الا هو. ان الله سبحانه قد جعل لظهوره لخلقه بخلقه اربع مقامات المشار الیها والرموز عنها | Verily God, glorified be He, hath ordained for His Manifestation unto His creation, through His creation, four stations which have been indicated and symbolized [3.5s]... ...The "E" (nún) in the stage of utterance is the same as the "B" (káf). It is the totality of the possible | INBA14:041.04-104, INBA53:001-045, INBA60:001-056, INBA64:033.16-081.14, INBA_6010C:041-094, , INBA_6013C:002-109, , INBA_6012C.300-393, | TZH3.139.10-139.15x | GOH.132x, GOH.135-136x, GOH.204x, GOH.215x, MNP.048x, HURQ.BB03x, BLO_PT#079.1.8x | alchemy; the elixir; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; martyrs and martyrdom; self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; station of the Manifestation of God; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#08, AHDA.459.16, MMAH.012, SRC.063, SRC.200, GOH.031, GOH.079 | |||
| BB00151 | Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-Haqiqat (Commentary on the Tradition of Truth) | 1300 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و هو ان کمیل بن زیاد النخعی اردنه علی علیه السلام یوماً علی ناقته فقال کمیل یا مولای ما الحقیقة قال مالک | And it came to pass that Kumayl ibn Ziyad an-Nakha'i approached 'Alí - peace be upon him - one day as he rode upon his she-camel, and Kumayl asked: "O my master, what is Truth?" He said [3.5s]... ...thou must know that Kumayl’s response reflecteth his condition; for he was not attired with the vesture of utter servitude | INBA14:462-468, INBA53:063-068, INBA67:148-155, INBA_4011C:127-134, , INBA_6006C:074-077, , INBA_6010C:458-464, , PR07.064r-065v | AADA.014 | GOH.134x, GOH.165-168x, GOH.194x, GOH.251x, HURQ.BB44x | family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; knowledge; recognition of God; presence of; reunion with God; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | AHDA.459.18, MMAH.055, SRC.072, SRC.199, GOH.077, GOH.164 | |||
| BB00289 | Prayer for Friday | 670 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الملائکة و اولو العلم قائما بالقسط لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم قد وقع علی ذلک الجبل کتابک و اشهد | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and the angels, and they who are possessed of knowledge, standing firm in justice, bear witness that there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Wise. Upon this mountain hath Thy letter descended, and I bear witness [3.5s]... ...Verily, at this time, the Sun of Truth hath reached the Point of midday zenith | INBA98:174.06-176.13, Berlin3655.116r-117v | GOH.171x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; symbolism; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195 | ||||
| BB00037 | Risala fi Tashkhis al-Ghina (on singing) | 5600 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تقدس تقدیس قیومته عن نعت الجوهریات و ما یشاء بهها و الحمد لله الذی تفرد بتفرد ازلیته عن وصف الذاتیات و ما یعادلها | Praise be to God Who, through the sanctity of His Essence, hath sanctified Himself above the attributes of essences and all that pertaineth thereunto; and praise be to God Who, in His primal Eternity, hath singled out His oneness above the description of intrinsic qualities and their like [3.5s]... ...The reality of all beings, save God, dependeth on two aspects. The first is the existential aspect (jihat-i-vujúdí) which indicateth the divine effulgence | INBA14:432-452, INBA40:202-220, INBA67:233-259, INBA82:096-133, INBA_6010C:430-450, , PR02.146v16-152r04, PR07.110r-117v, UMich962.152-156, BYC_collect4.022x | SFI01.085-095, ASAT4.424-425x | GOH.177x | martyrs and martyrdom; the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.450.5, MMAH.047, SRC.080, SRC.194, GOH.034-035 | |||
| BB00075 | Suriy-i-Tawhid (Commentary on the Surah of Unity) | 2600 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ینزل الامر فی الکتاب علی قدر غیر معدود فاشهد ان لا اله الا الله کما هو اهله و یستحقه من دون ان یقدر احد ان یعرف کیف هو الا هو سبحانه و تعالی عما یصفون | Praise be to God Who sendeth down the Command in His Book in measures beyond count! I testify that there is none other God but Him, as befitteth His glory and as He deserveth, in such wise that none can know His true nature save His own Self - glorified and exalted be He above whatsoever they describe [3.5s]... ...Verily, God hath intended by this exalted word to sanctify His Essence utterly from any attribute of causation | INBA14:209-221, INBA69:002-013, INBA98:165.11-174.01, INBA_6010C:199-211, , Berlin3655.076r-081v, HBH_tawh002 (=INBA69), BYC_towhid | OOL.A018 | GOH.192x | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; symbolism; the Imamate; the Caliphate; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.456.06, MMAH.016, SRC.072, SRC.202, GOH.106 | |||
| BB00666 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 810 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الابهی الابهی. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا و ان ما دونی خلقی قل أن یا خلقي إیاي فاعبدون إنني أنا الله لا إله إلا أنا کنت أزلا قدیما | Verily I am God, no God is there but Me, and aught except Me is but My creation. Say, worship Me then, O ye, My creatures. Verily, I am God; there is no God but Me. I have been from all eternity the Ancient One [3.5s]... ...the first to know Me was I Myself, the Lord of the letters of ‘Azím (‘Alí), then it was the possessor of eight exalted and glorious letters (Mullá Husayn) | INBA_6007C.063-067 | GOH.198-199x | heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; justice and wrath of God; martyrdom of the Bab; murder; causing physical harm; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||
| BB00366 | Sharh-i-Hadith-i-ma min fi’lin yaf’alahu’l-‘abd | 450 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم الی الله یحشرون اما بعد قد اطلعت بما | Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs - these shall verily be gathered unto Him. To continue: I have perused that which [3.5s]... ...For, verily, when a thing is made mention of, it becometh invested with the station of existence, for it is impossible for the thing to exist except through the station of essence | INBA14:392-394, INBA40:162-164, INBA53:404-406, INBA_6010C:390-392, , CMB_F21.106.13-108.09#15, , Berlin3655.121v-122v | GOH.203x | existence and nonexistence; preexistence; free will and predestination; fate; law of cause and effect; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; primordial Covenant; the day of alast; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.079, SRC.194 | ||||
| BB00239 | Fi ‘ilmi’s-Sarf va’n-Nahv (Treatise on grammar) | 830 | Grammar of the Divine, A; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلى على الانسان بالنقطة المنفصلة المتحرکه عن مطلع البیان و الحمد لله | Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself unto man by the detached and moving Point from the Dayspring of utterance, and praise be to God [3.5s]... ...Verily, the noun is the attribute of the thing as it is in its own station…. But the verb referreth to the movement of that thing, and is the source of both noun and preposition | INBA67:121-125, PR07.076r-077r, AEWB.207-212, | GOH.205-206x, MNP.064-066, BLO_PT#039 | grammar and orthography; language and the structure of reality; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; symbolism | - | - | SRC.073, GOH.205 | ||||
| BB00021 | Tafsir al-Ha I (Tafsir alfayn) (Commentary on the Letter Ha’) | 11000 | Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الالواح الابداع طراز الالف القائم بین الحرفین الذی لاح و اشرق بما استشقق و استنطق فسبحان رب العرش عما یصف القائلون و انه هو فوق ما یعرف العارفون ... | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of creation to be the ornament of the Alif standing between two letters, which hath shone forth and gleamed resplendent through that which was cleft asunder and made to speak. Glorified be the Lord of the Throne above whatsoever they who speak may describe, and verily He transcendeth all that they who know can comprehend [3.5s]... ...God, verily, created the Will from nothing through itself… That which I set forth in explanation of the letter Há was to extol the Tree of Bahá, for the supporters of fate recognize the decree of spontaneity | INBA14:231-283, INBA53:081-125, INBA67:004-052, INBA86:099-154, INBA_3006C:002-058, , INBA_6010C:221-274, , INBA_4002C, , PR02.181r22-193v13, PR07.078r-092v | AADA.138x, ASAT1.189x, ASAT3.214x, AVK1.100-102x, HNMJ.080-081x | GOH.211-214x, GOH.222-223x, MNP.209x, LOIR06.052x, BLO_PT#079.1.3x, BLO_PT#079.1.6x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah]; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | AHDA.454.01, SRC.072, SRC.199, GOH.033 | |||
| BB00114 | Tafsiri-i-Hadith-i-‘Allamani Akhi Rasulu’llah | 1600 | Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی الهم من فی السموات و الارض حکمه لئلا یحتجب احد عن ظهور نور طلعته | Praise be to God, the God of all who are in heaven and on earth, Who hath decreed that no one should be veiled from the effulgence | INBA14:410-417, INBA40:137-143, INBA53:068-075, INBA67:195-203, INBA_6010C:408-415, , CMB_F21.093.03-100.01#12, | ASAT4.367x | GOH.214x, BLO_PT#079.1.3x, BLO_PT#079.1.7 | knowledge; recognition of God; station of the Manifestation of God; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.078, SRC.193, GOH.247 | |||
| BB00012 | Sahifiy-i-Ja'fariyya (Epistle of Ja'far) | 19300 | Analysis of the Salient Features of Risáliy-i-Ja'faríyyih, An; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی شهد بذاته لذاته ان لا اله الا هو الذی قد علا بعلو نفسه علی کل شیء و استتر من علو ظهوره عن کل شیء الذی کان لم یزل کان بلا ذکر شیئ | All praise be to God Who hath testified through His Own Self unto His Self that there is none other God but Him, Who hath ascended through the sovereignty of His Being above all things, and Who, through the loftiness of His Revelation, hath concealed Himself from all things - He Who hath everlastingly been, and existed ere the mention of aught else [3.5s]... ...The fifth station testifieth unto God in the mirror of the Letter Há’, and it is the Word that consisteth of the Twin Alifs | INBA60:057-154, INBA98:048.15-110.05x, PR14.001-060, Berlin3655.008r-051v | TZH3.280.06-282.21x, NSS.184ax, OOL.A010 | GOH.224x, MNP.199-212x (infra), LOIR20.248 | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; impossibility of true worship of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | NSS.030-035, AHDA.453.4, SRC.066-067, SRC.198, GOH.021-022, GOH.032, GOH.235 | |||
| 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 | |||
| BB00064 | Tablet to Mirza Sa'id Ardistani on Basitatu'l-Haqiqah, qadim wa hadith | 2700 | Brief Discussion of the Primal Will in the Bahá'í Writings; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع فی کینونیات الخلق آیات ظهور قدرته لیعرفوه کل الموجودات بما تجلی لهم بهم ... و ان ما ذکرت فی بیان القدم والحدوث و ان الذی اردت حبک بانه | All praise be to God, Who hath created the signs of the manifestations of His might in the inmost reality of the creatures, that all beings may recognize Him… The third question thou didst pose is about the meaning of the saying of the philosophers who say: 'From one naught can be created by one.' | INBA14:418-432, INBA40:144-154, INBA53:419-431, INBA67:259-273, INBA69:419-433, INBA_6010C:416-430, , CMB_F21.077.08-088.18#11, , Berlin3655.086r-092r, BYC_three.001-016, AEWB.189-207, | SFI05.014-019 | GOH.044, GOH.065x, GOH.095-096x, GOH.190-191x, GOH.194-198x, GOH.201-202x, BSB4:2 p22-27x | creation of the world; essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; necessary and possible being; seven stages of creation; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.078, SRC.193, GOH.034 | |||
| BB00006 | Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqarah (2nd Juz') (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow II) | 6300 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی بامره تلجلجت اللاهوتیات بکینونیاتها لها بها الیها فاجتمعت المجتمعات و افترقت المتفرقات | Praise be to God, through Whose bidding the divine essences did surge in their inmost realities, by Him, unto Him, and through Him, whereupon the gathered were joined together and the dispersed were scattered [3.5s]... ...Elevate the alphabetical letters of that divine verse unto the sublime station of the manifestation of their heart | INBA69:377-410x, PR04.051v06-052r06x | GOH.050x, GOH.108x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; knowledge; recognition of God; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; the Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | GOH.127 | ||||
| BB00010 | Tafsir-i-Surah wa'l-'Asr (Commentary on the Surah of the Afternoon) | 22000 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلی للممکنات بظهور آثار ابداعه فی ملکوت الامر والخلق لیتلالئن جوهریات حقائق الموجودات بتلئلأ آیات اللاهوت و یتلجلجن کینونیات مجردات آیات الجبروت بتلجلج ظهورات آیات الملکوت | Praised be to God Who divuged Himself before all realms of Existence through the tokens of His wondrous directives in the Kingdoms of Command and Creation. This to the end that He might illuminate the Essences | INBA14:105-208, INBA40:006-080, INBA69:021-119, INBA_6010C:095-198, , INBA_7009C:005-130, , CMB_F09.001=4005C, , BLIB_Or5112, , BN_6531, HBH_asr, BYC_asr | AADA.138-139x, AVK2.012.04x, MHA.142x, OOL.A007 | GOH.060-061x, MNP.049x, HURQ.BB10x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; station of the Manifestation of God; the Imamate; the Caliphate; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | DB.201x, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.455.04, MMAH.066, SRC.076, SRC.202, GOH.034, GOH.115 | |||
| BB00098 | Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-Ma’rifati Nafs | 1900 | Gate of the Heart | هو بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قال السائل سلمه الله تعالی ما معنی الحدیث المروی عن علی علیه السلام من عرف نفسه فقد عرف ربه اقول اعلم یا اخی رحمک الله انی اوصیک | The questioner—may God, the Most High, preserve him—asked: "What is the meaning of the tradition related from 'Alí—peace be upon him—'Whoso knoweth his own self hath verily known his Lord'?" I say: Know thou, O my brother—may God's mercy be upon thee—that I counsel thee [3.5s]... ...He (God) hath not begotten anything; rather He hath created all beings by His Will, and created the Will by Itself | INBA14:468-479, INBA53:046-053, INBA64:082.05-084.09x, INBA67:181-190, INBA_4011C:101-110, , INBA_6004C:180-187, , INBA_6006C:063-067, , INBA_6010C:464-473, , PR02.152r08-153v27, PR07.057r-059v, BYC_collect4.012-017 | GOH.062-063x, GOH.096x | Adam; Adam and Eve; degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; empty learning; false spirituality; human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as mediator; realms of being; three realms; five realms; self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.458.12, MMAH.060, SRC.072, SRC.200 | ||||
| BB00029 | Tafsir al-Ha II (Tafsir sirr al-ha) (Commentary on the Mystery of Ha’) | 7200 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تقدس بقدس کینونیته عن عرفان اعلی مجردات اللاهوت و من یشا... الحمد لله الذی یمن فی الکتاب علی الذین آمنوا | Praise be to God Who, through the sanctity of His Essence, transcendeth the comprehension of the most sublime abstractions of divinity and whatsoever... Praise be to God Who bestoweth grace in the Book upon them that have believed [3.5s]... ...For verily each name hath infinite degrees, and the meaning of each thing that is named pertaineth to its own degree | INBA14:283-320, INBA53:125-156, INBA67:052-085, INBA86:154-193, INBA_3006C:058-096, , INBA_6010C:274-310, , INBA_4002C, , PR02.193v14-200v02, PR03.065r28-067r27x, PR07.092v-102r, BYC_collect3.116-126x | ASAT1.190x, ASAT5.158-159x, ASAT5.163-164x, HNMJ.081-086x, HNMJ.086-093x, HNMJ.086-093x | GOH.064x | essential vs. actional attributes of God; impossibility of true worship of God; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | AHDA.454.02, SRC.072, SRC.199, GOH.034 | |||
| BB00007 | Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Kawthar (Commentary on the Surah of Kawthar) | 49500 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم و به نستعین. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح کتاب الفلق فی کل ما فتق و استفرق و استنطق طراز الازل | Praised be to God, who hath made the Ornament of the scriptural Tablets to be the Book of the Daybreak which is operative within everything such that it is cleft asunder and split apart | INBA53:181-383, INBA_5019C:001-083x, , CMB_F10, , BLIB_Or5080, , HBH_tafkawthar, BYC_kowthar | ASAT2.007-008x, AHDA.466x, OOL.A006 | GOH.069-075x, GOH.111-115x, GOH.177x, MNP.178x, HURQ.BB08x, KSHK#03x | prophecy and fulfillment; station of the Manifestation of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | NSS.025-029, DB.174x, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.455.03, MMAH.013, SRC.071, SRC.201, GOH.033 | |||
| BB00088 | Answer to Navvab-i-Hindi | 2000 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الاسماء فی مبدء الاشتقاق طراز الف الاستنطاق الذی تکعب بالحرفین و استقام فی ظرفی الامرین الذی لاح عن لوح الابداع | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of Names at the source of derivation to be the ornament of the Alif of utterance, which was formed through two letters and stood firm in the vessel of the two commands, shining forth from the tablet of creation [3.5s]... ...Verily, that which We sprinkled upon thee out of the ocean of Names and Attributes is due to the sweet melodies of This Bird | INBA98:011.05-020.06, PR02.163v24-165v28, Berlin3655.110v-114v | NSS.050-055 | GOH.080x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; impossibility of true worship of God; names and attributes of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||
| BB00014 | Tafsir-i-Nubuvvat-i-Khassih (Treatise on Specific Prophethood) | 15400 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح کتاب الاذن طراز النقطة التی عینت بعد ما شیئت | Praise be to God who made the ornament of the Tablets the Book of Authorization which is the ornament of the Point singled out after such was willed and decreed [by God] | INBA14:321-384, INBA40:081-132, INBA_6010C:311-382, , INBA_4011C.001-060, INBA_4012C.013-076, PR02.115v05-130v22, CMB_F23.169v02-171v02 (57)x, , HBH_nubuwwah (=INBA14), BYC_nubuva, BYC_nubuva2, BYC_three.016-092 | ESCH.357, OOL.A020 | GOH.091x, HURQ.BB50x, GPB.014-015x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; impossibility of true worship of God; innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; knowledge; recognition of God; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Muhammad; Islam; power of the Manifestation of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; prophecy and fulfillment; self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; station of the Manifestation of God; symbolism; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; the Imamate; the Caliphate; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | DB.202x, AHDA.448.9, MMAH.042, SRC.076, SRC.196, GOH.034, GOH.199 | |||
| AB11324 | 30 | الهی تری امتک الموقنه بک و بایاتک المتضرعه بباب احدیتک قدر لها کل خیر بفضلک و | O my God! Thou seest Thy servant who is believing in Thee, and supplicating through the door of Thy Oneness. Render her all good through Thy Bounty and Generosity. Thou art the Bestower, the Giver. | INBA59:180a | BW_v12p682, MAB.008a | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for women | - | - | |||||||
| AB10257 | 70 | یا صغیر السن و منیر الوجه از قرار معلوم نقاهتی از برای شما حاصل لهذا مجبور بر | O thou who art young in years and radiant of countenance, I understand you have been ill and obliged to rest | INBA87:577a, INBA52:613 | DUR3.286, HUV2.021, YHA2.585, PPRP.034 | BW_v13p067, PPRL.021, SEIO.005 | personal instructions | - | - | ||||||
| BH02406 | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH02867 | Saqi bidih abi | 310 | Hymn to Love (Sáqí, bi-dih ábí), A | ساقی بده آبی زآن شعله فارانی تا که بشویم جان را از وسوسه نفسانی زآن آب کزو | O Cup-Bearer, give me a drop of the mystic Flame, that it may wash my soul from the whispers of the flesh | INBA30:171, OSAI I.MMS, | BRL_DA#491, MAS4.192 | LOIR16.223, BLO_PT#042 | love as fire; love of God; mystical themes; pain of love; love as veil; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation | - | - | LL#284 | |||
| BH04076 | Lawh-i-Liqa' | 230 | Bahá'í Scriptures; In the Presence of the Beloved: Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i-Liqá' | هذا کتاب جعلناه لقائنا للذین اقبلوا الی الله فی تلک الایام التی فیها تغیرت | Lo, We made this epistle to be the attainment of Our presence for such as have turned unto God in these days | INBA34:274, CMB_F31.039b-040a, | BRL_DA#369, AQA1#137, MAS8.167x, ASAT5.068x | LOIR18.471, BLO_PT#043, BSC.187 #276, HURQ.BH84 | praise and encouragement; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | JRAS.289 | |||
| BH01489 | 580 | Ancient Poems as Means of Revelation, in an Early Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh | دی شیخ با چراغ همی گشت گرد شهر کز دیو دد ملولم و انسانم آرزو است دوست مهربان | Last night the shaikh went all about the city, lamp in hand crying, "I am weary of beast and devil, a man is my desire" | INBA36:349, BLIB_Or15722.245, , Majlis934.076-082 | BRL_DA#609, MSHR2.138x | LOIR19.237, BLO_PT#008 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; love of God; mystical themes; poems and quotation from poetry; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit | - | - | |||||
| AB01307 | 340 | ای بنده بهاء الله نامه شما رسید و مکتوب قائممقامی از بدایت تا نهایت بدقت | O servant of Baha’u’llah! Your message has arrived, and the letter from Jinab-i-Qa’im-Maqamí was read, from beginning to end, with careful attention | INBA17:224 | SFI18.274bx | LOIR20.170x | forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; humility; meekness; lowliness; interpretation of dreams and visions; martyrs and martyrdom; predictions and prophecies; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||
| AB00114 | 1010 | ای مونس سفر من هر چند جواب نامه مرقوم و ارسال گردید ولی حال دوباره از شدت محبت | O companion of my travels! … The great Qa’im-Maqam has said, “The body of the mulla is the object of God’s ridicule,” | INBA84:371 | RRT.127x, SFI18.279ax | LOIR20.175ax | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; prophecy and fulfillment; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; teaching the Cause; call to teach; universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||
| AB02476 | 250 | یا من ینادی بالمیثاق جناب حاجی چون طلبکار سرهنگ ترک و سرباز آذربایجان | O thou who callest unto the Covenant! As for the Ḥájí who, like unto a creditor, seeketh payment from the Turkish colonel and the soldier of Ádhirbáyján [3.5s] | INBA72:104, INBA88:241 | SFI18.282 | LOIR20.179-180 | business; financial; property matters; call to action; firmness in the Covenant; servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||
| AB03843 | 190 | جناب آقا محمد هاشم آقا مهدی الان چون طلبکار بی امان و یا محصل دیوان حاضر | The esteemed Aqa Muhammad Hashim Aqa Mahdi is now present like an unrelenting creditor or a diligent tax collector [3.5s] | INBA21:017 | AHB.128BE #06-11 p.311, SFI18.283a, KASH.280a | LOIR20.180-181 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; humility; meekness; lowliness; humor; jokes; service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH05477 | 180 | کتاب انزلناه بالحق رحمه من عندنا علی الذین فازوا بایام الله و توجهوا بقلوبهم | Concerning that which thou hadst written with regard to the work of teaching the Faith, as well as the consideration given to certain surrounding areas | INBA15:273, INBA26:273b, BLIB_Or15730.065d, | SFI18.285-286x, PYK.119 | LOIR20.184x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; proofs of the Manifestations of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||
| AB08063 | 100 | ای دبیر شهیر حضرت حی قدیر امیر مدینه تدبیر و انشا را ستایش فرموده این نام و لقب | O renowned Dabír! He Who is the Ever-Living, the Almighty, has lauded the Prince of the City of Statesmanship and Literary Accomplishment | INBA85:320 | TAH.306, SFI18.272-273 | LOIR20.167-168 | praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||
| BH00409 | Lawh-i-Basitatu'l-Haqiqah | 1700 | Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality; Tablet on the Simple Reality, The (Lawḥ-i-Basíṭu'l-Ḥaqíqih) | و ما سئل السائل فی قول الحکماء بسیط الحقیقه کل الاشیاء قل فاعلم ان المقصود | As to the question the enquirer hath asked concerning the sage’s assertion, saying: the Element of Simple Reality is all things… words without deeds are as bees that yield no honey | INBA39:034, BLIB_Or11096#012, , BLIB_Or15698.105, , BLIB_Or15720.105, , BLIB_Or15740.083, , NLAI_BH3.213, LEID.Or4971-7, , Majlis934.291-307 | BRL_DA#714, AVK1.104.06x, IQT.105, SFI05.008, MAS7.140b, ASAT1.078x, ASAT5.176x, ASAT5.250x, TUM.061-064, OOL.B032, VUJUD.099x | LOIR11.203, BLO_PT#141, VUJUDE.133-134x, HURQ.BH65x, JHT_B#016 | Elucidates a statement by the philosopher Mullá Ṣadrá that ‘the uncompounded reality is all th … | Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; prayer for spiritual recognition; transcendence; unknowability of God; uncompounded reality [basitu'l-haqiqah]; unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; words vs deeds | * | - | MMAH.121, GSH.185, LL#077 | ||
| BH04079 | 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 | - | - | ||||||
| AB06553 | 120 | الهی الهی انی ابتهل الی ملکوت رحمتک و اتذلل الی جبروت سلطنتک و ادعوک بقلب | O my God, my God! I humbly supplicate unto the Kingdom of Thy mercy, and abase myself before the dominion of Thy sovereignty, and call upon Thee with my heart [3.5s] | INBA85:430a | BRL_DAK#0151, MJMJ3.014, MMG2#356 p.398, YIA.223 | JHT_A#002 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for healing; prayer for praise and gratitude | - | - | ||||||
| BH02831 | 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 | - | - | ||||||
| BH05396 | 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 | - | - | ||||||
| BH05181 | 190 | یا احبائی فی سروستان ان استمعوا ندآء الرحمن فی الامکان انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المنان | My beloved ones in Sarvistán, Give ear to the call of the All-Merciful in the contingent realm, saying, None other god is there beside Him, the Almighty, the Beneficent | INBA51:535b | BRL_DA#448, LHKM3.152 | JHT_B#011 | consolation and comfort; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment; 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 | - | - | ||||||
| AB00073 | 1230 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | صبح است و نور احدیت از مطلع غیب رحمانیت ساطع و لامع و فیض جلیل ملیک فردانیت | It is daybreak, and from the rising-point of the invisible realms of God, the light of unity is dawning... O Thou kind Lord! We are servants of Thy Threshold, taking shelter at Thy holy Door. | INBA88:324b, INBA89:060 | MKT1.362, MNMK#091 p.163, MMK1#193 p.221, AVK3.184.14x, DWNP_v1#10-11 p.003-005x, ADH2_1#30 p.048x, MJMJ1.118x, MMG2#389 p.436x, YHA1.101x, GHA.307x, HYB.175x, MMJA.018x | SWAB#193, BPRY.023-024x, LOG#0323x | characteristics and conduct of true believers; growth of the Cause; idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; prayer for spiritual recognition; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||
| BH00055 | 5690 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | یا جوان روحانی علیک بهاء الله الابدی نامه شما در ساحت عز احدیه بشرف اصغاء | O spiritual youth! Upon thee be the eternal Glory of God! Thy letter hath attained unto the presence of His Sacred and Most Exalted Court and hath been graciously heard [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! Do Thou adorn Thy servants with the vesture of understanding,and ordain for them such as shall bring them ever nearer to Thy horizon | INBA44:018, NLAI_BH1.144x | ADM3#137 p.155x, AVK3.204.09x, AVK3.498.07x, MAS4.048x, ASAT2.116x, ASAT3.011x, ASAT3.239x, ASAT4.143x, ASAT4.144x, ASAT4.187x, ASAT4.431x, ASAT4.445x, ASAT4.505x, ASAT5.050x, ASAT5.083x, TISH.024x, FRH.069-071x, FRH.352-353x | BRL_IOPF#1.08x, JHT_S#066x | call to action; chastisement and requital; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| BH00093 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | یا محبوب فوادی و المذکور فی قلبی قد سرتنی نسمات الحب التی سرت من حدائق... اصلّی و اسلّم و اکبّر علی انجم سمآء عرفانک | O Beloved of my heart and Thou Who art remembered in my soul! The breezes of love that wafted from the gardens [3.5s]... ...Thou hast asked about affection and reconciliation, in the case of Mirza .... This matter was mentioned in the Holy Presence. This is what the tongue of our All-Merciful Lord uttered in response… My blessings, my salutations, and my greetings to the Stars of the heaven of Thy proof and the Hands of Thy Cause | INBA08:461, INBA27:364, INBA22:175 | BRL_DA#176, AVK3.010.08x, AYI2.235x, PYK.073, ANDA#74 p.04x, MYD.011-012x | BRL_ATBH#25x, COC#0528x, LOG#1080x, ADMS#137x | growth of the Cause; health and healing; material and spiritual healing; praise and encouragement; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | Several letters were sent to the Khurasan community. | |||||
| BH00082 | Lawh-i-'Andalib | 4810 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | الحمد لله الذی سخر شمس البیان بقدرته و قمر البرهان بسلطانه الذی بامره طوی ما | Praise be to God Who, through His might, hath caused the Sun of Utterance to shine forth and, through His sovereignty, hath made manifest the Moon of Proof, He Who by His command hath rolled up that which [3.5s] | INBA39:001, BLIB_Or15698.002, , BLIB_Or15720.001, , BLIB_Or15740.001, , Majlis934.153-198 | BRL_DA#078, AVK3.070.06x, AVK4.139.10x, AVK4.248.09x, IQT.002, GHA.191x, GHA.270x, ASAT1.073x, ASAT1.128x, ASAT4.288x, ASAT4.340x, NSS.204-205x | BRL_ATBH#22x | call to action; justice and wrath of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ROB4.083, LL#050 | |||
| AB06140 | 240 | Trustworthiness | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بحضرت حیدر قبل علی ارسال نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The letter thou didst send to his honour Haydar-'Alí was perused [3.5s]... ...Those souls who are employed in government departments should approach their duties with entire detachment, integrity and independence of spirit, and with complete consecration | INBA85:248 | BRL_DAK#0835, COMP_TRUSTP#59x | BRL_TRUST#58x, COC#2070x, LOG#1478x | characteristics and conduct of true believers; conduct in finance and business; exhortations and counsels; past, present and future of Iran; relationship between government and people | - | - | |||||
| BH00941 | 870 | ان یا ایها العبد اسمع ندآء الله ثم اعمل بما تومر من لدن ربک و لاتکن فی دین | O thou servant! Hearken unto the Call of God, then act in accordance with that which hath been ordained for thee by thy Lord, and be not of them that waver in their faith [3.5s]... ...By God, the True One! Were We, for a single instant, to withhold from him the outpourings of Our Cause | INBA23:042, BLIB_Or15725.032, | BRL_DA#114, TZH5.155 | GPB.251x | chastisement and requital; contention and conflict; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; humility; meekness; lowliness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH08824 | 110 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به اخضرت سدرات رضوان امرک و اثمرت | Magnified, O Lord my God, be Thy Name, whereby the trees of the garden of Thy Revelation have been clad with verdure | INBA48:197b, INBA49:206, INBA92:150, BLIB_Or15739.337a, | PMP#096, AQMJ1.011 | PM#096 | R. Yazhari | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for praise and gratitude; symbolism | - | - | ||||
| AB07356 | 110 | Consultation; Social Action; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای جمع در امور جزای و کلی انسان باید مشورت نماید تا بآنچه موافق است اطلاع | Man must consult in all matters, whether major or minor, so that he may become cognizant of what is good. | INBA59:294a, INBA88:288, INBA89:019 | BRL_DAK#0399, MKT9.113, AVK3.412.04 | BRL_CONSULT#14x, BRL_SOCIAL#160, COC#0180x, DAS.1913-10-21x | consultation; importance of community building; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | |||||
| AB11746 | 130 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای منادی پیمان نامه های متعدد واصل و از ملاحظه اش روح و ریحان متواصل زیرا | O Herald of the Covenant! Numerous letters were received and from their perusal continuous spirit and joy were attained, for [3.5s]... ...My hope is that the Tarbíyat School may be under the protection of the one true God, and may achieve extraordinary progress | INBA85:428b | BRL_DAK#0203, YIA.297 | BRL_ATE#106x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; education of children; moral education; high station of the arts and sciences; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| BH07119 | 140 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم ادر ای نار اشتعلت فی صدری بحیث یسمع من کل ارکانی | All praise be to Thee, O Lord, my God! How mysterious the Fire which Thou hast enkindled within my heart! | INBA48:182, INBA49:221, INBA92:172, BLIB_Or15739.317, | PMP#127 | PM#127, SW_v01#04 p.020 | Hands of the Cause; love as fire; love of God; pain of love; love as veil; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| AB11989 | 260 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | الهی الهی ان عبدک الملتهب بنار محبتک المنجذب الی ملکوت رحمانیتک قد احب ان | O my Lord, my Lord! Verily, this servant, enkindled with the fire of Thy love and attracted to the kingdom of Thy mercy, hath desired to [3.5s]... ...As to the Obligatory Prayer, it hath a Qiblih that is fixed, specified, holy and blessed | INBA85:330 | BRL_IOPF#2.21x | law of obligatory prayer; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; prayer for spiritual recognition; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||
| BH00379 | 1780 | Days of Remembrance | شمس الکلمات عن افق بیان ملیک الاسماء و الصفات قد کانت فی احسن الساعات بانوار | The day-star of words, dawning above the horizon of the utterance of Him Who is the Lord of all names and attributes, hath, at this most blessed of hours | INBA81:062, BLIB_Or15692.005, , BLIB_Or15706.021, , BLIB_Or15714.005, | BRL_DA#200, AYT.305x, ASAT4.400x, AMB#10 | DOR#10 | banishment to; life in Baghdad; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); rejection, opposition and persecution; stories; anecdotes; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#015 | ||||
| BH03850 | 240 | Prayers and Meditations; I know Not How to Sing Thy Praise | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم ادر بای ذکر اذکرک و بای وصف اثنیک و بای اسم ادعوک ان | All praise be to Thee, O Lord, my God! I know not how to sing Thy praise, how to describe Thy glory | INBA48:144, INBA61:025, INBA49:213, INBA92:149, BLIB_Or15716.135a, , BLIB_Or15739.262, | PMP#075, ADM2#088 p.164x, AQMM.062, AQMJ1.104 | PM#075 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00627 | Lawh-i-Ibrahim | 1220 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | ان یا ایها السائل فاعلم بان حضر بین یدینا کتاب من الذی اشتعل بنار الله و وجدنا فیه | O thou who dost inquire! Know thou that there hath appeared before Us a letter from one who hath been enkindled with the fire of God, and therein We found [3.5s]... ...It hath been decreed by Us that the Word of God and all the potentialities thereof shall be manifested unto men in strict conformity with such conditions | INBA83:279, Berlin1237#23, ALIB.folder18p181 | BRL_DA#746, GWBP#033 p.057ax, GWBP#038 p.063x, GWBP#127 p.175x, MAS8.171x | GWB#033x, GWB#038x, GWB#127x, PDC.194x, WOB.059x, WOB.117x, WOB.164x | growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; prayer for forgiveness; rejection, opposition and persecution; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#125, LL#142, LL#404 | |||
| BH00120 | 3870 | Trustworthiness | شهادت حق جل جلاله از برای نفسش کافیست قال و قوله الحق انه لایوصف بوصف دونه و | He, glorified be His majesty, doth Himself suffice as a witness unto His Own Being. His Word is the Truth: verily, He cannot be described by any attributes save His Own [3.5s]... ...O My loved ones! We charge you to conduct yourselves with trustworthiness and rectitude, that through you the attributes of your Lord may be manifested to His servants | INBA15:132, INBA26:133 | COMP_TRUSTP#31x | BRL_TRUST#30x, COC#2042x | corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; praise of Western values; culture; prophecy and fulfillment; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| AB01717 | 300 | Trustworthiness | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH05544 | 180 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الی الذی اتخذ الی الرحمن سبیلا لیاخذه عن نفسه و یجذبه | This is the Book from the Wronged One unto him who hath chosen for himself a path unto the All-Merciful, that it may seize him from his self and draw him nigh [3.5s]... ...Blessed art thou, O My servant, inasmuch as thou hast recognized the Truth, and withdrawn from him who repudiated the All-Merciful | INBA34:315, BLIB_Or15707.170, , BLIB_Or15735.319, | BRL_DA#766, GWBP#143 p.200x, AQA1#188, HYK.319 | GWB#143x, PDC.027x, WOB.161-162x | forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#434 | ||||
| BH05905 | 170 | هذا حین فیه یغسلون الابن امام الوجه بعد الذی فدیناه فی السجن الاعظم | At this very moment My son is being washed before My face, after Our having sacrificed him in the Most Great Prison | INBA65:071x, BLIB_Or11095#128, , NLAI_BH1.532 | BRL_DA#248, BSHN.039, MHT2b.063, MAS4.108x, RHQM2.0788-789 (204) (125-126x), ASAT4.083x, AHB_127BE #03-04 p.068, AKHA_120BE #04 p.b, FBAH.226 | TDH#064.9x, GPB.188x, GPB.348x | consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ROB3.216, LL#179, LL#180 | |||||
| BH00192 | 2940 | جوهر حمد و بیان و ساذج شکر و تبیان بساط امنع اقدس مالک امکان را لایق و سزاست | The essence of praise and utterance, and the quintessence of thanksgiving and exposition, beseemeth and befitteth the most holy and most exalted court of the Lord of all possibility [3.5s]... ...God hath not blinked, nor will He ever blink His eyes at the tyranny of the oppressor | INBA28:229 | BRL_DA#787, AVK2.181.09x, AVK3.402.09x, NANU_BH#08x, ASAT2.128x, ASAT3.269x, ASAT4.055x, ASAT4.206x, YMM.425x | GPB.224x | justice and wrath of God; martyrs and martyrdom; personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ROB2.413, LL#210 | |||||
| BH09399 | 100 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک یا الهی قد توجه وجه البهاء الی وجهک و وجهک وجهه و ندآئک ندآئه و ظهورک | Glory be to Thee, O my God! My face hath been set towards Thy face, and my face is, verily, Thy face | INBA41:285a | PMP#142, NFR.187, AQMJ2.092b | PM#142, BPRY.241 | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for women; self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline | - | - | |||||
| BH02969 | 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] | - | - | |||||
| BH03315 | 270 | Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | الهی الهی اشکرک فی کل حال و احمدک فی جمیع الاحوال فی النعمه الحمد لک یا اله | O God, my God! I yield Thee thanks at all times and render Thee praise under all conditions. | INBA61:041, INBA30:110x, BLIB_Or15696.190c, | BRL_DA#004, AHM.049, AQMM.058, NSR_1993.013, NFF2.026, ADH1.036 | BRL_APBH#11, RBB.131x | almunajat.com [item 7] | praise and encouragement; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; thankfulness; gratitude; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#487 | |||
| BH06576 | 150 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا الهی ترانی تحت ایدی الظالمین کلما اتوجه الی الیمین اسمع ضجیج | Lauded be Thy name, O my God! Thou beholdest me in the clutches of my oppressors. | INBA92:342a | PMP#005 | PM#005 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayer for tests and difficulties; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| BH00898 | 910 | ذکر من لدنا لمن کان مذکورا لدی الوجه و تحرک علی ذکره قلمی الاعلی علی شان | A remembrance from Our presence unto one who was mentioned before the Countenance and for whom My Most Exalted Pen hath been moved to make mention in such wise [3.5s]... ...At one time, We address the people of the Torah and summon them unto Him Who is the Revealer of verses | INBA35:102, BLIB_Or11095#015, , BLIB_Or15738.128, | YARP1.056ax | GPB.210x, GPB.211x, GPB.230x, PDC.076x, PDC.124-125x, PDC.125x | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); proclamation to Christians; proclamation to Jews; proclamation to Muslims; proclamation to people of the Bayan; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; station of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| BH07166 | 140 | Prayers and Meditations | فسبحانک یا الهی هذا راسی قد وضعته تحت سیف مشیتک و هذا عنقی مترصد لسلاسل | Glorified be Thou, O my God! Behold Thou my head ready to fall before the sword of Thy Will | INBA61:049, INBA66:100, INBA49:146, INBA92:064, BLIB_Or15716.135b, | PMP#060, AQMM.072 | PM#060, SW_v14#01 p.020 | love of God; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||
| BH00336 | Lawh-i-Burhan (= Lawh-i-Raqsha?) | 1960 | Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | قد احاطت اریاح البغضا سفینه البطحا بما اکتسبت ایدی الظالمین یا باقر قد افتیت | The winds of hatred have encompassed the Ark of Baṭḥá, by reason of that which the hands of the oppressors have wrought | INBA47:126, INBA35:119x, INBA90:026, INBA97:072, BLIB_Or15729.119, , NLAI_22848:289, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p150r, , UMich962.105-113, MKI4522.289, | AQA2#008 p.152, AVK3.110.07x, AVK4.284ax, AVK4.454bx, MJMM.053, NNY.245, RHQM2.0965-973 (399) (247-252), ASAT2.073x, ASAT3.250x, ASAT4.034x, ASAT4.052x, ASAT4.376x, LDR.217x, TBP#14, OOL.B035, OOL.B110 | TB#14, BADM.173-174x, GPB.211x, GPB.218x, GPB.231x, GPB.232x3x, PDC.159x, WOB.179x | Condemns in fiery language two members of the Shiite clergy for their roles in the martyrdom of two … | chastisement and requital; empty learning; false spirituality; proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment | * | * | ROB4.091 et al, GPB.219, MMAH.219, GSH.145, LL#081 | ||
| BH00095 | 4510 | Prayers and Meditations | یومی از ایام نشسته بودم در امر الهی متحیر و در آنچه در ارض کاف و را ظاهر شده | One day, as I sat in contemplation, bewildered by the divine Cause and by that which had been made manifest in the land of Káf and Rá [3.5s]... ...My God, Thou Whom I adore and worship, Who art Most Powerful! I testify that no description by any created thing | INBA65:021bx, INBA30:079x, INBA81:015x, BLIB_Or15704.439, , NLAI_BH4.417-449 | BRL_DA#692, PMP#153x, AHM.320x, DWNP_v5#09 p.002x, AQMJ1.142x, ASAT3.017x, ADH1.014x, AKHA_133BE #15 p.469x, AKHA_136BE #08 p.125x | PM#153x | proofs of the Manifestations of God; rejection by the people of the Bayan; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ROB3.044, LL#255 | ||||
| BH00223 | Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom) | 2680 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | کتاب انزله الرحمن من ملکوت البیان و انه لروح الحیوان لاهل الامکان تعالی الله | This is an Epistle which the All-Merciful hath sent down from the Kingdom of Utterance. It is truly a breath of life… Say: Magnified be Thy Name, O Lord my God! | INBA47:098, INBA90:001, INBA30:052, INBA81:024, BLIB_Or15729.106, , NLAI_22848:255, NLAI_BH3.142, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p133v, , Ghazi3072.045-093, UMich962.095-105, MKI4522.255, MKI4524.290, BN_suppl.1753.089-100 | AQA2#006 p.130, ADM2#011 p.026x, AVK4.437bx, MJMM.037, RSBB.092, NSR_1993.047x, ASAT1.042-043x, ASAT1.190x, ASAT1.156x, ASAT5.213x, ASAT5.372x, ADH1.103x, TBP#09, OOL.B043 | TB#09, BPRY.199x, PN_1900_heh p013, ADJ.025x, GPB.197x, PDC.186-187x, SW_v14#09 p.257x, BSC.189 #277-338 | Arrayanes, Rafael, Efe, Sabria & Maarten, L. Dely & M. Congo [track 8], P. Held & C. Bahia [track 9], almunajat.com [item 23] | Calls on the people to observe a number of spiritual maxims; answers a question regarding the origin … | consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; heat and motion; purpose; goal of creation; special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God sanctified from time and place | * | * | ROB4.033 et al, BKOG.382, GPB.219, EBTB.115, MMAH.085, GSH.139, LL#116 | |
| BH00970 | Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night - Adrianople) | 850 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تشهد و تری کیف ابتلیت بین عبادک بعد الذی مااردت الا الخضوع | The Most Great Name beareth Me witness! How sad if any man were, in this Day, to rest his heart on the transitory things of this world! | INBA81:021x, BLIB_Or15698.213, , BLIB_Or15720.209, , BLIB_Or15740.162, , Majlis934.127-133x | BRL_DA#715, GWBP#147 p.203x, AVK2.027.04x, AVK3.240x, IQT.213, MJMM.227, HDQI.027ax, ASAT3.212x, ASAT4.015x, ASAT5.248x, ASAT5.284x, AHB_107BE #09 p.180x, AKHA_105BE #06 p.001x, AKHA_108BE #08 p.002x, OOL.B001bx | GWB#147x, ADJ.083x, SW_v07#19 p.191, SW_v10#01 p.001, BSC.133 #051x | Calls on His followers to be closely united and to associate with their neighbours ‘with faces joy … | being a source of light; guidance; call to unity; prohibition of disunity; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; humility; meekness; lowliness; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | - | ROB2.164, ROB2.188, GSH.209, LL#147 | Sometimes referred to in the plural, Alváḥ-i-Laylatu’l-Quds. Not to be confused with Inventory #BH00915. | |
| BH03562 | 260 | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | و عزتک یا محبوب العشاق و منور الافاق قد اهلکتنی نار بعدی و ذاب کبدی من غفلتی | By Thy glory, O Beloved One, Thou giver of light to the world! The flames of separation have consumed me | INBA61:038 | BRL_DA#750, AQMM.039, RAHA.028 | BPRY.169, JHT_S#110 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for protection; servitude; submission to God; repentance; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| AB01405 | 330 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای طائف حول ضریح مطهر حمد کن خدا را که بچنین موهبت الهیه فائز شدی و بچنین | O thou who circlest in adoration round His hallowed Shrine! Render thou thanks unto God for having received so heavenly a bestowal | INBA13:083, INBA59:341b, INBA88:097 | BRL_DAK#0380, MMK6#439, JNM1.452, QT108.051, NFQ.012 | BRL_ATE#129 | quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||
| BH10162 | 80 | Bahá'í Sacred Writings | امروز روز بیانست باید اهل بها بکمال رفق و مدارا اهل عالم را بافق اعلی هدایت | This is the day in which to speak. It is incumbent upon the people of Baha to strive | INBA23:016b, INBA57:070, BLIB_Or15715.260b, | ADJ.082-083x | high station of teachers of the Cause; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||
| BH00101 | 4200 | حمد حامدین و شکر شاکرین و نعت ناعتین را چگونه میتوان بمقامی نسبت داد که از | How can the praise of them that praise, the gratitude of them that render thanks, and the glorification of them that extol, be ascribed unto a station that [3.5s]... ...I swear by God! That which hath been destined for him who aideth My Cause excelleth the treasures of the earth | INBA18:129 | TABN.215ax | ADJ.084x | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; martyrs and martyrdom; power of prayer; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH06547 | 150 | ذکر و بیان مقصود عالمیان بمقامی رسیده که عالم و عالمیان را احاطه نموده ولکن | The mention and utterance of the Desire of all worlds hath reached such station as to encompass both the universe and all them that dwell therein; yet [3.5s]... ...O people of Baha! That there is none to rival you is a sign | INBA23:069a | BRL_DA#439 | ADJ.084x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; call to action; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; praise and encouragement; wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||
| BH00165 | 3260 | Translation List | حمد گوینده پاینده را لایق و سزاست که در حین اشتعال نار بغضا در اطراف و اشطار | Praise be unto Him Who is the Ever-Abiding, the Ever-Enduring, Who is worthy and befitting of all glorification, even in this hour when the fire of hatred hath been kindled in all regions and quarters [3.5s]... ...The movement itself from place to place, when undertaken for the sake of God, hath always exerted, and can now exert, its influence in the world | INBA27:200 | ADM3#113 p.134x, MAS4.120bx, PYK.179 | ADJ.084x, ADMS#337x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; free will and predestination; fate; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| BH03556 | 260 | Prayer and Devotional Life | هذا کتاب نزل بالحق للذین اتخذوا سبیلا الی الله و اتبعوا الحق اذ اتی من مطلع | This is the Book which hath in truth been sent down unto them that have chosen the path that leadeth unto God and followed the Truth when it appeared from the Dawning-Place thereof [3.5s]... ...Gather ye together with the utmost joy and fellowship and recite the verses revealed by the merciful Lord. By so doing the doors to true knowledge will be opened to your inner beings | INBA34:257 | BRL_DA#285, AQA1#118, AVK3.140.15x | BRL_PDL#68x, COC#0364x | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| BH01536 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Bayt (Lawh-i-Hajj Baghdad) | 570 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List | یا ایها الناظر الی المنظر الاکبر اسمع ندآء جمال القدم من شطر سجنه الاعظم | O thou who gazest upon the Most Great Scene! Hearken unto the call of the Ancient Beauty from the direction of His Most Great Prison [3.5s]... ...When thou art departed out of the court of My presence, O Muḥammad, direct thy steps towards My House (Baghdád House), and visit it on behalf of thy Lord | INBA34:136, INBA49:283, BLIB_Or15707.058, , BLIB_Or15735.225, , NLAI_BH1.007x | BRL_DA#712, GWBP#057 p.079x, AQA1#019, AHM.097, TSBT.090, RHQM2.0805-807 (214) (133-134x), ASAT2.111x, HYK.255, OOL.B152 | GWB#057x, GPB.110x9x, GPB.149x2x, GPB.360x, MBW.168x, PDC.026x, ADMS#107 | banishment to; life in Baghdad; prayers (general or uncategorized); rejection, opposition and persecution; Shrines and Holy places; suffering and imprisonment | * | - | MMAH.206, GSH.206, LL#114, LL#345 | Tablet to be recited when making pilgrimage to Bahá'u'lláh's House in Baghdad | ||
| BH09854 | 90 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما جعلتنی مرجع القضایا و مطلع البلایا لحیوه | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I yield Thee thanks for that Thou hast made me the target of divers tribulations | INBA92:374a | PMP#086 | PM#086 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| BH00087 | 4720 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | حمد و ثنا و شکر و بها مخصوص ذات امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی است که ظلم ظالمین و | Praise, glory, thanksgiving and splendor be unto that Most Exalted, Most Holy Being, the Lord of Supreme Purpose, Who [3.5s]... ...Of the new Obligatory Prayers that were later revealed, the long Obligatory Prayer should be said at those times when one feeleth himself in a prayerful mood | INBA44:072 | AVK3.035.05x, AVK4.091.03x, GHA.021.09x, GHA.031.10x, GHA.260x, MSHR5.381ax | BRL_IOPF#1.11x | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||
| BH00124 | 3830 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | اشکو بثی و حزنی الی الله مالک الانام قد انقلبت الامور و اضطربت البلدان و ضعف | I pour out my grief and sorrow unto God, Lord of all mankind. Affairs have been overturned, lands thrown into turmoil, and weakened hath become [3.5s]... ...Moderation is indeed highly desirable. Every person who in some degree turneth towards the truth can himself later comprehend most of what he seeketh | INBA27:257, BLIB_Or15704.183, , Majlis210461.116-117x | AYI2.037x, PYK.104, MSHR2.101x, MMUH#14x | BRL_ATBH#26x, BRL_ATBH#48x, COC#1900x | eulogies; reminiscences; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| BH09848 | 90 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بهبوب اریاح فضلک و بمشارق وحیک و مطالع الهامک بان | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by the onrushing winds of Thy grace | INBA48:209, INBA49:223a, INBA92:161, BLIB_Or15739.352, | PMP#023 | PM#023, BPRY.086 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayer for unity | - | - | |||||
| BH00939 | Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch) | 870 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | اتی امر الله علی ظلل من البیان و المشرکون یومئذ فی عذاب عظیم قد نزلت جنود الوحی | The Cause of God hath come down upon the clouds of utterance, while they that have joined partners with Him are afflicted with a sore torment | INBA83:144ax, BLIB_Or03114.089r, , BLIB_Or15702.108, , ALIB.folder18p221 | AQA4#098 p.331, AQA4a.424, AYT.360, HDQI.002, SFI08.012, MAS4.115, HHA.058x, RHQM1.596-600 (728) (447-449), AHDW.005, AHB_128BE #06-11 p.194x, ANDA#03 p.08-09, OOL.B118, AMB#29 | DOR#29, GPB.177x, GPB.242x, WOB.135x, SW_v03#14 p.015, BLO_PT#125, BSC.255 #528-531 | Announces the high station of Bahá’u’lláh’s son ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, titled Ghuṣn-i-A‘ẓa … | condition of search; methods of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | * | ROB2.388, BKOG.250, EBTB.052, GSH.107, LL#303 | ||
| BH00049 | Lawh-i-Nasir | 5960 | Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | قلم اعلی لازال بر اسم احبای خود متحرک و جاری و آنی از فیوضات لابدایات خود | The Pen of the Most High hath never ceased to make mention of the names of His loved ones…. All praise be unto Thee, O Lord, in that Thou hast sent down from the heaven of Thy bounty that whereby the worlds are purified | INBA73:144, CMB_F22, , PR19.061b-069b, PR23.052b-060b, BN_suppl.1754.064-075 | BRL_DA#032, GWBP#053 p.076x, GWBP#075 p.097x, ADM2#106 p.191x, AVK1.019.01x, AVK1.150x, AVK2.016.15x, AVK2.075.20x, AVK2.116.03x, AVK3.313.15x, AVK3.407.08x, AVK4.141.02x, MJMM.166, RSBB.152, TZH4.121x, MAS4.160bx, DLS.506x, ASAT1.032x, ASAT1.123x, ASAT1.154x, ASAT2.058x, ASAT2.101x, ASAT2.191x, ASAT3.009x, ASAT3.093x, ASAT3.203x, ASAT3.217x, ASAT4.006x, ASAT4.008x, ASAT4.372x, ASAT5.224x, ADH1.083x, YMM.340x, OOL.B063 | BRL_ATBH#74x, GWB#053x, GWB#075x, COC#1651x, COC#1652x, ADJ.057x, GPB.171x, GPB.377x, WOB.106x, BLO_PT#176, HURQ.BH52, JHT_S#092x | Affirms the ceaselessness of divine grace and guidance, which brings forth fruit provided the seed i … | chastisement and requital; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; praise and encouragement; proclamation to people of the Bayan; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | ROB2.245 et al, MMAH.193, GSH.173, LL#201 | ||
| BH02064 | 430 | Trustworthiness | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH10889 | 60 | Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | ولو ان سوء حالی یا الهی استحقنی لسیاطک و عذابک ولکن حسن عطوفتک و مواهبک | Although this evil state in which I am, O my God, maketh me deserving of Thy wrath and punishment, Thy good pleasure and Thy bounties demand Thy forgiveness | INBA33:018a, INBA33:072b | BRL_DA#142, LHKM3.385a, AQMJ1.032a, ADH1.102 | BRL_APBH#16, BKOG.287 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; justice and wrath of God; prayer for protection; servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ROB3.021?, LL#478 | ||||
| BH05715 | 170 | Prayers and Meditations | تری یا الهی اشراق شمس کلمتک من افق سجنک بما ارتفع فیه ذکرک بلسان مظهر ذاتک | Thou beholdest, O my God, the Day-Star of Thy Word shining above the horizon of Thy prison-city | INBA44:089, INBA92:401 | BRL_DA#036, PMP#027 | PM#027 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; justice and wrath of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH05768 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کلما ارید ان اذکرک تمنعنی خطیاتی الکبری و جریراتی | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Every time I venture to make mention of Thee, I am held back by my mighty sins | INBA48:160, INBA92:180, BLIB_Or15739.285, | PMP#124, AQMM.041, AQMJ1.119 | PM#124, BPRY.076, BSC.185 #269 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||
| BH00325 | 2010 | Huqúqu'lláh; Family Life | سبحان من انار افق العالم بنیر اسمه الاعظم الذی به اخذت الزلازل کل القبائل | Glorified be He Who hath illumined the horizon of the world through the radiance of His Most Great Name, whereby all the tribes were seized with trembling [3.5s]... ...There can be no doubt that whatsoever hath been revealed from the All-Glorious Pen, be it ordinances of prohibitions, conferreth benefits upon the believers themselves | INBA07:208, BLIB_Or11097#054, | BRL_DA#408, BRL_HUQUQP#017x, COMP_FAMP#84x, GHA.102.03x, PYK.052, MSBH7.374x | BRL_HUQUQ#017x, BRL_FAM#84x, COC#1146x | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; law of Huququ'llah; literal interpretation; personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH08827 | 110 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به فلقت الاصباح و ارسلت الاریاح و موجت | I give praise to Thee, O Lord my God! I entreat Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst cause the dawn to appear | INBA92:407b | PMP#035 | PM#035 | love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||
| BH06201 | 160 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا من فی قبضتک زمام افئده العارفین و فی یمینک من فی السموات و الارضین | Magnified be Thy name, O Thou in Whose grasp are the reins of the souls of all them that have recognized Thee | INBA48:168, BLIB_Or15739.297, | PMP#098, AQMJ1.130 | PM#098 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; nearness and remoteness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||
| BH00275 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Khadijih Bagum | 2300 | Tablet of Visitation for the wife of the Bab, Khadijih Begum; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | ان القلم ینوح و اللوح یبکی بما صعدت زفرات اهل الوفاء و نزلت عبرات الفردوس... ان یا قلم قد اتتک مصیبة کبری | O Pen! Verily a great tribulation and mighty calamity hath come upon Thee, one that hath caused the denizens of the Exalted Paradise and the dwellers of the Concourse on High | INBA31:074, BLIB_Or15704.218, , BLIB_Or15714.095x, , Majlis210461.114-116x | BRL_DA#273x, AQA4#100 p.339, AQA4a.201, AVK3.133.02x, AYT.029x, KHAF.184 (285), ASAT4.080x, AKHT1.364x, OOL.B179a, MATA.154-155x | BRL_ATBH#16x, EBTB.379, LTDT.055x, LTDT.057x, BLO_PT#151, GEN.099-102 | consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; martyrs and martyrdom; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; visitation Tablets | - | - | LL#139 | |||
| AB00506 | 550 | Scholarship; Social Action; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای بندگان الهی و یاران من صبح هدی چون از فیوضات بها پرتو بر آفاق انداخت نور | O ye servants of God and my companions! When the morn of guidance, through the outpourings of Glory, cast its radiance upon the horizons [3.5s]... ...Make every effort to acquire the advanced knowledge of the day, and strain every nerve to carry forward the divine civilization. Establish schools that are well organized | INBA59:214b, INBA88:151 | BRL_DAK#0830, MKT4.026, MILAN.184, AKHA_120BE #12 p.b, BSHN.140.488, BSHN.144.481, PYB#101 p.03, MJTB.117x, MHT1b.200 | BRL_SOCIAL#053x, BRL_SOCIAL#185x, BRL_SCHOLAR#03x, COC#0022x, COC#0613x | Hands of the Cause; obedience to and respect for government authority; progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity in diversity | - | - | |||||
| BH09383 | 100 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انا الذی انقطعت عن کل شیء و توجهت الی بوارق انوار وجهک و | Exalted art Thou, O Lord my God! I am the one who hath forsaken his all and set his face towards the splendors of the glory of Thy countenance | INBA48:210a, INBA49:224, INBA92:158b, BLIB_Or15739.353, | PMP#022, AQMJ2.061 | PM#022 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||
| BH00868 | 940 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | امروز ثنا و سلام و ذکر و بیان مخصوص اولیاء حق جل جلاله است که شبهات اهل | In this day, praise and salutations and remembrance and utterance are reserved unto the chosen ones of God, exalted be His glory, who have dispelled the doubts of the people [3.5s]... ...My God, Whom I worship and adore! I bear witness unto Thy unity and Thy oneness, and acknowledge Thy gifts | INBA65:032x, INBA30:086ax, INBA41:117, INBA81:018x, NLAI_BH_AB.021 | BRL_DA#685, PMP#157x, AHM.317, AQMJ1.140, MMJA.012x | PM#157x, BPRY.111x, BP1929.033-034x | heedlessness and ignorance of the people; praise and encouragement; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for spiritual recognition; rejection by the people of the Bayan; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | LL#503 | ||||
| BH08850 | 110 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا الهی تری عجزی و فقری و تشهد ضری و ابتلائی الی م ترکتنی بین عبادک | All praise be to Thee, O my God! Thou beholdest my helplessness and poverty, and bearest witness unto my woes and trials. | INBA48:204b, INBA49:064, INBA92:162a, BLIB_Or15739.346, | PMP#014, AQMJ1.037 | PM#014 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | |||||
| BH01089 | 760 | Fire and Light | الحمد لله الذی انزل الایات و اظهر البینات و انطق القلم الاعلی بین الارض و | Praise be to God Who hath sent down the verses, made manifest the clear tokens, and caused the Supreme Pen to speak forth betwixt earth and heaven [3.5s]... ...You should exhort all the friends to patience, to acquiescence, and to tranquility, saying: O ye loved ones of God in that land! | INBA28:436 | BRL_DA#786, NANU_BH#09x, AYI2.228x, AYI2.229x | BRL_FIRE_BH#05x, COC#0334x | exhortations and counsels; goodly deeds; actions; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of prayer; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||
| BH03402 | 270 | هذا یوم فیه طار طائر من اطیار العرش و طارت معه الافئده و العقول ان یا میم | This is the Day whereon the Bird from among the birds of the Divine Throne hath taken wing, and with It have soared aloft all hearts and minds. O Mím! [3.5s]... ...Blessed art thou, and blessed he that turneth unto thee, and visiteth thy grave, and draweth nigh, through thee, unto God, the Lord of all that was and shall be | INBA23:195, BLIB_Or11095#129, | BRL_DA#438, RHQM2.0790-791 (206) (127x), ASAT4.415x, FBAH.227x | TDH#064.12x, GPB.188x3x, GPB.348x | consolation and comfort; eulogies; reminiscences; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Shrines and Holy places; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||
| BH00208 | 2790 | Prayers and Meditations | لک الحمد یا الهی و اله العالمین و مقصودی و مقصود العارفین و محبوبی و محبوب | Praise be unto Thee, Who art my God and the God of all men, and my Desire and the Desire of all them that have recognized Thee | INBA56:001, BLIB_Or15729.098, , NLAI_22848:235, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p123v, , Ghazi3072.001-045, MKI4522.235, | PMP#176, AQA2#005 p.118, TZH4.002-003x, TZH4.143-144x, AQMM.002 | PM#176 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; proclamation to people of the Bayan; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH03123 | 290 | قد حضر کتابک و اردت به ان تجرب ربک العلی العظیم هذا ما نهیت عنه فی کل | Thy letter hath reached Us, wherein thou didst desire to put to the test thy Lord, the Most High, the Most Great. This is that which thou hast been forbidden in all things [3.5s]... ...Is there any excuse left for any one in this Revelation? No, by God, the Lord of the Mighty Throne! | INBA34:215 | AQA1#076 | GPB.220x, PDC.009x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; knowledge; recognition of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual transformation; testing God | - | - | ||||||
| BH00395 | Lawh-i-Sayyah (=Suratu'l-Widad) | 1720 | Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ان یا علی فاشهد بانی ظهور الله فی جبروت البقاء و بطونه فی غیب العماء و جمال | O Ali! Bear thou witness that verily I am the Manifestation of God in the Kingdom of eternity, His concealment in the mystic realm of the divine cloud, and the Beauty [3.5s]... ...Upon Our arrival We were welcomed with banners of light, whereupon the Voice of the Spirit cried out saying | INBA36:052, INBA71:211 | BRL_DA#396, RSBB.075, MUH3.258-262, OOL.B079 | GPB.184x2x, HURQ.BH49 | Declares Bahá’u’lláh’s messianic claim; urges the Bábís to embrace it; relates a mystical … | banishment to; life in 'Akka; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | ROB2.210, ROB3.013, BKOG.220, BKOG.245, MMAH.220, GSH.079, LL#236 | ||
| BH00178 | 3130 | حمد مقدس از بیان سلطان امکان و ملیک اکوان را سزاست که از کوثر حیوان عالم | All hallowed praise befitteth the Sovereign of contingent being and the King of all worlds, Who from the Living Waters hath created the universe [3.5s]... ...We beseech the True One to adorn His handmaidens with the ornament of chastity, of trustworthiness, of righteousness and of purity. Verily, He is the All-Bestowing | INBA28:338 | BRL_DA#403, COMP_WOMENP#094x, AYI2.148x, AYI2.149x, AYI2.150x, AYI2.151x, AYI2.152x, YMM.013 | BRL_WOMEN#094x, COC#2185x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; living waters; water of life; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH00437 | Prayer for the Fast (Iftar) | 1620 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالذین جعلت صیامهم فی حبک و رضائک و اظهار امرک | Exalted art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by those whom Thou hast bidden to observe the Fast for the sake of Thy love | INBA38:304, INBA48:045, INBA33:087, INBA49:227, INBA92:284, BLIB_Or15739.094, | BRL_DA#242, TSBT.064, NFF5.055, ASAT4.488x, OOL.B090.02 | BRL_IOPF#3.06 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; justice and wrath of God; law of fasting; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for fasting; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#271, LL#469 | |||
| BH02533 | 350 | Days of Remembrance | 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 | - | - | |||||
| AB01467 | 320 | Light of the World | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH00043 | 6520 | Prayer and Devotional Life; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | سبحان الله مالک الملک و الملکوت سبحان الله صاحب العز و الجبروت سبحان الله | Glorified is God, the Lord of the earthly realm and the Kingdom above, glorified is God, the Possessor of majesty and omnipotence, glorified is God! [3.5s]... ...As for thy mention of the Obligatory Prayer: in truth, anyone who readeth this with absolute sincerity will attract all created things | INBA15:325x, INBA26:328bx, BLIB_Or15717.077, | AQA7#401 p.171x, ADM2#016 p.033x | BRL_ATBH#34x, BRL_PDL#56x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; praise and encouragement; prayer for service; proclamation to people of the Bayan; rejection by the people of the Bayan; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| AB01594 | 310 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای گلهای گلشن محبت الله و ای سراجهای روشن انجمن معرفت الله علیکم نفحات الله و | O ye roses in the garden of God's love! O ye bright lamps in the assemblage of His knowledge! May the soft breathings of God | INBA59:138 | MKT1.476, MMK1#210 p.256, AKHA_118BE #01-04 p.ب, BSHN.140.368, BSHN.144.366, DWNP_v5#06 p.004, MHT1a.109, MHT1b.067 | SWAB#210 | The Badasht Project | call to action; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||
| AB00644 | 490 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | پاک یزدانا بیناای و شنوا مقتدری و توانا صیت نبا عظیم در جمیع اقالیم منتشر و | O Thou Pure God! Thou art the Seer and the Hearer! Thou art the Powerful and the Mighty! The fame of Thy Most Great Cause… O ye true friends! Day and night ‘Abdu’l‑Baha calleth his loved ones to mind, and with every breath | INBA75:087 | BRL_DAK#0065, MKT2.136, MILAN.200, AKHA_130BE #13 p.a, DWNP_v5#07-8 p.001-002x, BCH.005, ADH2_1#53 p.081, MJMJ1.081, MMG2#047 p.047, MJH.031, YHA1.016x | BRL_ATE#092x, TAB.574-576 | Declaration; advent of the Bab; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; oneness; unity of religion; praise and encouragement; prayer for peace and unity | - | - | |||||
| BH02462 | 360 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا الهی تری ضعف احبائک و قدره اعدآئک و ذله اصفیائک و عزه الذین جحدوا | Praised be Thou, O my God! Thou beholdest both the helplessness of Thy dear ones and the ascendancy of Thy foes | INBA51:506, INBA92:346 | PMP#111, LHKM3.112 | PM#111 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love of God; power of prayer; rejection, opposition and persecution; rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||
| BH01924 | 460 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | ص و النبا العظیم قد اتی الرحمن بسلطان مبین و وضع المیزان و حشر من علی الارض | By Him Who is the Great Announcement! The All-Merciful is come invested with undoubted sovereignty. The Balance hath been appointed | INBA34:150, BLIB_Or15707.090, , BLIB_Or15735.252, | BRL_DA#659, GWBP#017 p.034x, AQA1#027, PYK.017, DLH1.048, HYK.252 | GWB#017x, WOB.194x | apocalyptic imagery; call to action; chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; predictions and prophecies; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ROB3.032, LL#453 | ||||
| AB06012 | 130 | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | الهی تو بینا و آگاهی که ملجا و پناهی جز تو نجسته و نجویم و بغیر از سبیل محبتت | O God, my God! Thou seest me, Thou knowest me; Thou art my Haven and My | INBA13:354, INBA72:117a, INBA75:048, NLAI_BH_AB.023 | BRL_DAK#0234, MKT1.487b, MILAN.213, AKHA_133BE #09 p.a, DWNP_v5#10 p.008, DUR2.110, ADH2.058, ADH2_2#03 p.090, MJMJ1.053, MJMJ2.113, MMG2#026 p.027, MJH.013 | BPRY.133-134, SW_v14#01 p.001, DWN_v4#04 p.091, BP1926.014-015 | S. Taefi [track 15], R. Yazhari, M. Sparrow, K. Porray, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, Strong Steep | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power of prayer; prayer for nearness to God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||
| BH03289 | 280 | Prayers and Meditations | یا الهی و محبوبی لا مفر لاحد عند نزول احکامک و لا مهرب لنفس لدی صدور اوامرک | My God, my Well-Beloved! No place is there for any one to flee to when once Thy laws have been sent down | INBA92:358 | PMP#116 | PM#116 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; development of capacity and readiness; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| BH02984 | 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 | ||||
| BH01974 | 450 | Prayers and Meditations | لک الحمد یا الهی بما وفیت بما رقم من قلم امرک فی الالواح التی ارسلتها الی | Praised be Thou, O my God, that Thou hast been true to what the Pen of Thy Revelation hath inscribed | INBA92:363 | PMP#108 | PM#108 | praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||
| AB00444 | Lawh-i-Ayat (Tablet of the Signs) | 590 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | سبحان من انشا الوجود و ابدع کل موجود و بعث المخلصین مقاما محمود و اظهر الغیب | Praise be to Him Who hath made the world of being, and hath fashioned all that is, Him Who hath raised up the sincere to a station of honour | INBA13:398, INBA55:229, INBA59:148, INBA88:051, UMich962.092-094, UMich991.047-051 | BRL_DAK#0958, MKT1.137, MNMK#021 p.099, MMK1#004 p.013, AKHA_124BE #02-03 p.v, BCH.130, DLH2.223, OOL.C008 | SWAB#004, SW_v09#03 p.032-034, DWN_v3#08 p.070-073, STYLE.043x | chastisement and requital; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; power of the Manifestation of God; praise and encouragement; proofs of the Manifestations of God; prophecy and fulfillment; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | * | ||||
| AB01253 | 350 | Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones | ای دوستان حضرت رحمن و ای طیور فردوس ایقان و ای سراجهای محفل امکان و ای اشجار | O ye that are enamoured of the divine Beauty! O ye that are enraptured by the true Beloved! In this day when the fierce gales of tests | INBA13:125 | BRL_CONF2018P#20x, MMK2#012 p.007, MMG2#174 p.201x | BRL_CONF2018#20x | love of God; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||
| AB02454 | 250 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ایها المختارون ایها الثابتون ایها المنادون ایها المخلصون انی اشکر ربی الاعلی | O ye who are chosen! O ye who are firm! O ye who are calling! O ye who are sincere! Verily, I praise my supreme Lord for choosing you | INBA89:244 | BRL_DAK#0402 | BRL_ATE#139, TAB.018-019 | call to action; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||
| BH05571 | 180 | Prayers and Meditations | یا الهی تری عبدک جالسا فی السجن منقطعا عن دونک و ناظرا الی افق عنایتک و | Thou beholdest, O my God, Thy servant who dwelleth in this prison-house, wholly detached from any one but Thee | INBA35:021a, INBA48:154, INBA49:049, INBA92:167b, BLIB_Or15739.278, | PMP#063, AQMJ1.116, ASAT1.021x | PM#063 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayers (general or uncategorized); suffering and imprisonment; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||
| BH05071 | 190 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بزفرات قلوب العاشقین و تذرفات عیون المشتاقین بان | Lauded and glorified art Thou, O my God! I entreat Thee by the sighing of Thy lovers and by the tears shed | INBA48:151, INBA49:209x, INBA92:145a, BLIB_Or15739.273, | BRL_DA#769, PMP#162, AQMJ1.096x | PM#162, BPRY.224 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for protection; prayer for spiritual recognition; servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||
| BH08256 | 120 | Days of Remembrance | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا یوم من ایام رضوانک و فیه استدعی احد من عبادک مظهر | All praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! This is one of the days of Thy Riḍván Festival whereon a servant of Thine hath extended an invitation | INBA92:396b | AMB#20 | DOR#20 | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; prayer for specific individuals; groups; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| BH00268 | 2370 | Trustworthiness | شهد المقصود انه لا اله الا هو له العظمه و العطاء و هو لکلشیء علیم شهد | He, the True One, beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. His is the majesty and the bounty, and He, verily, hath knowledge of all things. He doth testify [3.5s]... ...Cleave ye to the hem of the raiment of virtue and keep fast hold of the cord of piety and trustworthiness. Have regard to the good of the world and not to your own selfish desires | INBA18:119 | COMP_TRUSTP#19x, AVK3.427.04x, UAB.046ex | BRL_TRUST#18x, COC#2030x | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; exhortations and counsels; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; servitude; submission to God; repentance; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||
| AB00121 | 990 | Light of the World | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH00235 | 2590 | Fire and Light | الحمد لله الذی خلق القلم الاعلی و نفخ فیه اذا انصعق من فی الارض و السماء الا | Praise be to God Who created the Supreme Pen and breathed into it whereupon all who dwell in earth and heaven were thunderstruck, save [3.5s]... ...All praise be to God Who, from every drop of blood shed by His chosen ones, hath brought forth a vast creation whose number none but Himself can reckon | INBA18:093, BLIB_Or15717.220, | BRL_DA#788, NANU_BH#01x, YMM.140 | BRL_FIRE_BH#01x | alchemy; the elixir; Hands of the Cause; servitude; submission to God; repentance; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||
| AB04980 | 160 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | یا من امتلا قلبه حبا بجمال الله انی تلوت رقیمک الکریم و رتلت کلماتک الناطقه | O thou whose heart hath been filled with love for the beauty of God!… O God, my God! Thou art my Hope and my Beloved, my highest Aim and Desire! | INBA59:194c | BRL_DAK#0229, ADH2.115x, ADH2_3#07 p.148x, MJMJ1.023x, MMG2#218 p.245x, MJH.068ax | BRL_ATE#110x, BPRY.056-057x, TAB.329-330, BSC.428 #775 | T. Ellis | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; love of God; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual communication; connections of the heart; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||
| AB04779 | 160 | Social Action | ای سمی سید حصور بحر الطاف بی پایان چنان برجی باوج زد که سواحل کائنات از فیض | O namesake of the Chaste One! The sea of bounty hath surged so high as to flood the shores of existence | INBA17:103 | BRL_DAK#0889, MKT4.076, AKHA_128BE #08 p.a, ANDA#66 p.06 | BRL_SOCIAL#025 | call to action; power of the mind over nature; progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||
| AB02532 | 240 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بجناب بشیر تحریر نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید و معلوم | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The letter thou didst write to his honor Bashir was perused, and it became known [3.5s]... ...The residence is under all conditions the property of the first-born son, irrespective of whether or not the deceased | INBA87:243, INBA52:248 | BRL_ATE#053x, BRL_UHJ1996-07-01#4 | charitable associations; humanitarian activities; law of inheritance | - | - | ||||||
| BH00504 | 1470 | Family Life; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ساذج حمد و جوهر آن ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت قیومی را لایق و سزاست که بکلمه علیا | The pure essence of praise and its quintessence beseemeth the most exalted, the most holy court of His presence, the Ever-Abiding Lord, Who through His Most Great Word [3.5s]... ...These blessed words were uttered by the Tongue of Grandeur in the Land of Mystery, exalted and glorified is His utterance… One of the distinguishing characteristics of this most great Dispensation is that the kin of such as have recognized | INBA28:323 | BRL_DA#407, COMP_FAMP#45x, MAS4.173ax | BRL_FAM#45x, COC#0823x | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; praise and encouragement; rejection by the people of the Bayan; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00128 | 3800 | Fire and Light | الحمد لله الذی ظهر بالحکمه و اظهر امره بالحکمه و امر الکل بالحکمه و جعل | Praise be to God Who hath manifested Himself through wisdom, and revealed His Cause through wisdom, and commanded all through wisdom, and ordained [3.5s]... ...Nothing hath ever happened nor will happen without a cause or effect. Reflect a while and consider | INBA97:139x, BLIB_Or15732.103, | BRL_DA#781, ADM3#144x p.163, AVK3.015.16x, NANU_BH#06x, NNY.191-192x, ASAT4.034x, ASAT4.230x, TABN.027x, TABN.279x | BRL_FIRE_BH#04x | call to action; contention and conflict; martyrs and martyrdom; nationalism; love of country; the power of words; of speech; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||
| BH00746 | Shikkar-Shikan Shavand | 1050 | Fire and Light; Tablet of Shikkar Shikan (Shikkar Shikkan Shavand); Tablet of Shikkar Shikan (Shikkar Shikkan Shavand); Tablet of Shikkar Shikan Shavand | شکرشکن شوند همه طوطیان هند زین قند پارسی که به بنگاله میرود مکتوب آنجناب | Warblers, mellifluous-toned, all the parrots of Ind shall be, Because of this Pársí sugar-cone which to Bengal goes… They that yearn for the abode of the Beloved, they that circle round the sanctuary of the Desired One | INBA38:064, INBA36:351, INBA30:070, BLIB_Or15722.210, , BN_suppl.1753.102-106 | BRL_DA#127, NANU_BH#11x, TZH4.242, DRD.147, RHQM1.575-577 (703) (431-433x), ASAT2.105x, ASAT3.105x, AKHA_119BE #09-10 p.ax, FBAH.134x, LDR.432x, NJB_v11#01 p.21-24, OOL.B099 | BRL_FIRE_BH#06x, BLO_PT#120, BLO_PT#121, BKOG.149x | Poetically anticipates future opposition and lauds the constancy of the loved ones of God in the fac … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; rejection, opposition and persecution; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | - | ROB1.147, BKOG.149, BKOG.446, MMAH.209, GSH.031, LL#286 | ||
| BH00180 | 3100 | Fire and Light | حمد مقدس از قلم و مداد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که اهل بها | A praise, exalted above every conception that pen and ink can portray, beseemeth the subline, the ever-blessed court of the Well-Beloved Who hath initiated the people of Baha into the school of adversity | INBA18:439, BLIB_Or15701.086, | NANU_BH#14x, UAB.028ax, AYI2.025x, AYI2.140x, AYI2.159x | BRL_FIRE_BH#08x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||
| BH05813 | 170 | قد اشرقت الشمس من افق البرهان و غنت عندلیب العرفان علی الافنان و نادی الروح | The Sun hath risen from the horizon of proof, and the Nightingale of divine knowledge hath warbled upon the branches, and the Spirit hath called aloud [3.5s]... ...I testify before God to the greatness, the inconceivable greatness of this Revelation. Again and again have We in most of Our Tablets | INBA28:271, BLIB_Or15730.065c, | ADJ.077x, WOB.103x | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH04072 | 230 | نامه ات رسید و باصغاء مظلوم فائز گشت ان یا حسین بشنو ندای سدره منتهی را که در | Thy letter reached Us and attained unto the hearing of this Wronged One. O Hussein! Hearken unto the Call of the Divine Lote-Tree which doth [3.5s]... ...That which hath been made manifest in this preeminent, this most exalted Revelation, stands unparalleled in the annals of the past | INBA19:177b, INBA32:161b, INBA57:084, BLIB_Or15697.181, , BLIB_Or15710.290a, | ADJ.077x, WOB.104-105x, WOB.167x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; God's knowledge; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; knowledge; recognition of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| BH02099 | 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 | - | - | ||||||
| BH03999 | 230 | Bahá'í Sacred Writings | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH02890 | 310 | کتاب انزله المظلوم لمن اراد ان یشرب الرحیق المختوم من ایادی عطاء ربه المهیمن | The Book which the Wronged One hath sent down unto him who desireth to quaff the sealed wine from the hands of the bounty of his Lord, the All-Compelling [3.5s]... ...The Scriptures of past Dispensations celebrate the great jubilee... The world of being shineth in this Day with the resplendency of this Divine Revelation | INBA19:081x, INBA32:075x, BLIB_Or15690.315, , BLIB_Or15699.140, | BRL_DA#017, SFI17.012-013 | ADJ.078x, WOB.106x, WOB.167x | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||
| BH05711 | 170 | بگو ای ناعقین این یوم یوم الله است در او دیده نمیشود جز حق و آثارش امروز | Say: O ye that croak! This is the Day of God; naught is seen therein save His Truth and His signs this day [3.5s]... ...This is the Day which past ages and centuries can never rival. Know this, and be not of the ignorant | INBA23:023 | ADJ.079x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| BH07881 | 130 | هذا یوم فیه فازت الاذان باصغاء ما سمع الکلیم فی الطور و الحبیب فی المعراج و | This is the Day whereon human ears have been privileged to hear what He Who conversed with God heard upon Sinai | INBA23:001a | ADJ.079x | Christ; Christianity; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Mosaic imagery; servitude; submission to God; repentance; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| BH04054 | 230 | قل یا ملاء الاکوان قد جائکم البرهان من لدی الرحمن ما غرکم بربکم فی هذا الیوم | Say: O concourse of all created things! The proof hath come unto you from the presence of the All-Merciful. What hath deluded you concerning your Lord on this Day? [3.5s]... ...This is the King of Days, the Day that hath seen the coming of the Best-beloved, Him Who through all eternity hath been acclaimed the Desire of the World | INBA34:273 | AQA1#136 | ADJ.079x, WOB.106x, WOB.167x | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||
| BH04186 | 220 | Prayers and Meditations | تری یا الهی عبادک تمسکوا باسمائک و یدعونها فی اللیالی و الایام و اذا ظهر من | Thou seest, O my God, how Thy servants have been cleaving fast to Thy names, and have been calling on them | INBA92:362 | PMP#118 | PM#118 | heedlessness and ignorance of the people; prayer for detachment; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayer for teaching; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| BH02764 | 320 | Fire and Light | در این وقت که سنت الهی جدید و تازه گشت و حسین بقا از ارض با با جمعی صغیر | In this hour when the divine tradition hath been made new and fresh, and when Husayn of the realm of eternity, with a small company, from the land of Bá [3.5s]... ...The people of the world have grievously erred, for they fondly imagine that they can exterminate the Cause of God, that they would be able to extinguish His effulgent light | INBA71:063 | BRL_DA#540, NANU_BH#16x, SFI03.007, AKHA_124BE #02-03 p.d, AKHA_133BE #17 p.a | BRL_FIRE_BH#10x | chastisement and requital; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | |||||
| BH03359 | 270 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تری مقری و مقامی و تشهد اضطرابی و اضطراری و ضری و | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou beholdest my low estate and the habitation wherein I dwell | INBA48:139, INBA49:024, INBA92:174, BLIB_Or15739.255, | PMP#120, AQMJ1.083 | PM#120 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; thankfulness; gratitude; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH02617 | 340 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا من بیدک جبروت العز و ملکوت الخلق تفعل ما تشاء بسلطانک و تحکم ما | Glory be to Thee, Thou in Whose hand are the heaven of omnipotence and the kingdom of creation. Thou doest, by Thy sovereignty, what Thou willest | INBA48:117, INBA49:013, BLIB_Or15739.218, , NLAI_BH2.064 | PMP#103, ADM2#062 p.109 | PM#103 | absolute freedom; independence of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00012 | Javahiru'l-Asrar (Gems of Divine Mysteries) | 10360 | Gems of Divine Mysteries; Bahá'í Sacred Writings; Pen of Glory, The | یا ایها السالک فی سبل العدل و الناظر الی طلعه الفضل قد بلغ کتابک و عرفت سوالک | O thou who treadest the path of justice and beholdest the countenance of mercy! Thine epistle was received, thy question was noted | INBA46:001, INBA66:036, INBA99:001, PR07.015b-029b, LEID.Or4970.1-26, UMich968.041-052x | BRL_Jawahir, AQA3#067 p.004, TZH4.189-190x, TZH4.190-191x, TZH4.191x, ANDA#21 p.04x, OOL.B157 | GDM | D. Stevenson (¶110) | A lengthy commentary in answer to a question on the fulfilment of prophetic expectations in unexpect … | Jabulqa and Jabarsa; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; mystical themes; oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; prophecy and fulfillment; transcendence; unknowability of God; unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | LOC.062-066, ROB1.151, MMAH.195, GSH.027, LL#023 | |
| BH01353 | Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdani | 630 | Tablet to the Zoroastrians (Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdaní); Tabernacle of Unity, The; Pen of Glory, The | ای دوستان یزدان آواز یکتا خداوند بی نیاز را بگوش جان بشنوید تا شما را از بند | O friends of God! Incline your inner ears to the voice of the peerless and self-subsisting Lord, that He may deliver you | INBA35:106, BLIB_Or11096#039, , BLIB_Or15722.085, , NLI.32p005r, Majlis934.036-042 | BRL_TBUP#5, AVK2.217.02x, ZYN.271, MJMM.247, YARP1.005, DWNP_v5#06 p.003-004x, DRD.058x, DLS.300x, AKHA_120BE #01 p.ax | TBU#5, COC#1846x, GPB.211x, PDC.127x2x, BLO_PT#196 | call to action; chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love as fire; power of prayer; proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; spiritual transformation; suffering; rejection of Christ; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | LL#084 | |||
| BH02006 | 440 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت الذی لم تزل کنت فی علو القدره و القوه و الجلال و | Lauded and glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He Who from everlasting hath been clothed with majesty | INBA48:106, INBA49:216x, INBA92:155, BLIB_Or15739.198, | BRL_DA#768, PMP#062, HDQI.053bx, ANDA#21 p.04x | PM#062 | prayer for forgiveness; station of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transcendence; unknowability of God; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||
| BH03550 | 260 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی اخذته نفحات آیات ربه الرحمن و فاز بانوار الهدی فی | This is a Book from Our presence unto him whom the sweet-scented breezes of the verses of his Lord, the All-Merciful, have stirred, and who hath attained unto the lights of guidance in [3.5s]... ...The Pen of the Most High hath decreed and imposed upon every one the obligation to teach this Cause. | INBA34:252, NLAI_BH2.195 | BRL_DA#657, GWBP#144 p.201x, AQA1#113, ASAT4.126x | GWB#144x, TDH#037.1x | Gus, Emma & Edelo, D. Mantas, A.E. Rahbin | disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | LL#450 | |||
| AB00551 | 530 | Consultation; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای یاران حقیقی جمع بشر نوع انسان بمثابه اطفال دبستانند و مطالع نور و مظاهر | O true companions! All humankind are as children in a school, and the Dawning-Points of Light, the Sources of divine revelation, are the teachers | INBA59:167 | BRL_DAK#0170, MMK1#102 p.125, AVK3.330.06x, TRBB.044, MJTB.070, YIA.333-334 | SWAB#102, BRL_CONSULT#19x, COC#0185x, LOG#0588x, LOG#0712x, LOG#0999x | consultation; education of children; moral education; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; high station of learning; Manifestation of God as educator; prayer for governments and rulers; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual transformation; unity; oneness of humanity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| BH11086 | 50 | Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | فسبحانک اللهم باسمک الاعلی فی سرادق الابهی و بکلمتک العلیا فی جبروت الاسنی | Praise be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Exalted Name in the Tabernacle of effulgent splendour | INBA92:144a, ROB1.143x | BRL_DA#041, AQMJ2.116a, MSBH5.335 | BRL_APBH#07 | praise and encouragement; prayer for protection; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ROB1.038, LL#156 | ||||
| BH00687 | Qad Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisun (The Fire Tablet) | 1120 | Fire Tablet; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ان یا مهدی ان انظر من افق البدآء انوار وجه ربک العلی الابهی ثم استمع الندآء | Indeed the hearts of the sincere are consumed in the fire of separation: Where is the gleaming of the light of Thy Countenance, O Beloved of the worlds? | INBA33:147x, INBA30:124, INBA81:192, BLIB_Or11095#009, , BLIB_Or15738.124, | BRL_DA#335, AHM.169, TSBT.219, MAS4.236ax, NFF2.007x, ASAT1.064x, ASAT5.255x, ABMK.055, OOL.B091 | BPRY.312, BLO_PT#036, BLO_PT#037, BSTW#411 | Ahdieh, S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, B. Lisbeth, A. Yanch, Gyenyame, T. Ellis | Written in rhythmic prose and taking the form of a conversation between Bahá’u’lláh and God in … | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | * | ROB3.226, BKOG.321, MMAH.115, GSH.188, LL#211 | |
| AB10531 | 60 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای شعله محبت الله شعاعرا سطوعی باید و آفتاب را طلوعی و بدر را نوری و نجم را | O flame of the love of God! The ray must shed light and the sun must rise; the full moon must shine and the star must gleam. | INBA85:381a | AHB.131BE #01-02 p.32, ANDA#12 p.74, YMM.058 | BRL_ATE#041 | being a source of light; guidance; love of God; praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||
| AB00719 | 470 | یا اماء الرحمن از قرار مسموع محفلی آراستید و بخدمت آستان مقدس برخواستید طوبی | O handmaidens of the Most Merciful! I have heard how you have adorned a gathering and have arisen to serve the Sacred Threshold. Blessed are ye [3.5s]... ...The effulgence of the rays of the Sun of Truth is abundant and the favours of the Blessed Beauty surround the women believers and the handmaidens who have attained unto certitude | INBA87:106, INBA52:104 | BRL_DAK#0833, COMP_WOMENP#095x, MKT7.218, AKHA_135BE #04 p.71, RRT.043x, QIRT.08bx | BRL_WOMEN#095x, COC#2186x | call to action; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; praise and encouragement; role and station of women; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||
| BH02747 | 320 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | ای بندگان سزاوار آنکه در این بهار جانفزا از باران نیسان یزدانی تازه و خرم | O My servants! It behoveth you to refresh and revive your souls through the gracious favors which, in this Divine, this soul-stirring Springtime | INBA35:110, BLIB_Or11096#059, , BLIB_Or15722.089, , CMB_F33.039, , NLI.32p009v, Majlis934.046-049 | GWBP#085 p.111b, ZYN.283, AHM.308, MJMM.255, YARP1.013, DWNP_v1#02 p.001-002x, UAB.058bx, DRD.040, DRD.101, PYB#019 p.02 | GWB#085, ADJ.081x | all things are in motion; kinds of motion; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; life and death; present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Satan; the Evil One; selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; spiritual transformation; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#072 | ||||
| BH03373 | 270 | Prayers and Meditations | قل سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انا عبدک و ابن عبدک قد توجهت الی شطر امرک موقنا | Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant. I have set my face towards Thy Cause | INBA48:138, INBA81:095, BLIB_Or15739.253, | BRL_DA#776, PMP#021 | PM#021 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||
| 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 | |
| AB00050 | 1460 | Light of the World | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH09874 | 90 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک یا الهی یشهد کل ذی بصر بسلطنتک و اقتدارک و کل ذی نظر بعظمتک و اجتبارک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Every man of insight confesseth Thy sovereignty and Thy dominion | INBA61:058, INBA66:105, INBA49:093, INBA92:331b | PMP#001, AQMJ2.084a, AQMM.069 | PM#001, BPRY.222 | love of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for protection; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||
| AB00767 | 450 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای عزیز پارسی هر چند الان بهیچوجه تحریر نتوانم و فرصت ندارم مع ذلک مختصر جواب | Praised be God ye have adorned yourselves with devotion and love... As to the question of evil spirits, demons and monsters, any references made to them in the Holy Books have symbolic meaning | INBA75:150 | BRL_DAK#0427, ALPA.089, YARP2.106 p.127 | BRL_ATE#138x, LOG#1731x | astrology and numerology; celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; demons and evil spirits; microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | |||||
| BH08245 | 120 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بمطلع آیاتک و مظهر اسمائک و مخزن الهامک و مکمن | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I pray Thee, by Him Who is the Day-Spring of Thy signs and the Manifestation of Thy names | INBA48:194b, BLIB_Or15739.333, | PMP#099, AQMJ2.052 | PM#099 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||
| AB03646 | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH00328 | 2000 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الله رب العالمین و حضر کتابه فی السجن الاعظم و فاز | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath turned unto God, the Lord of all worlds, who hath attained unto His Book in the Most Great Prison, and who hath achieved [3.5s]... ...Thou hast asked Me concerning the nature of the soul. Know, verily, that the soul is a sign of God, a heavenly gem whose reality the most learned of men hath failed to grasp | INBA51:165, BLIB_Or15730.039, , KB_620:158-166 | BRL_DA#663, GWBP#082 p.107x, ADM1#037 p.079x, AVK1.137bx, AVK1.185ax, AVK1.276ax, MAS8.189bx, RRT.144x, ASAT4.106x, YMM.270x | GWB#082x | celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; degrees of faith; certitude; literal interpretation; soul; spirit after death; suffering and imprisonment; the human soul | - | - | LL#427 | ||||
| AB05193 | 150 | Consultation | ای دوستان الهی جناب آقا سید اسدالله نامه ارسال داشته و ستایش و توصیف و تعریف زیاد از | O ye friends of God! His honor Aqa Siyyid Asadu'llah hath sent a letter conveying abundant praise, commendation and tribute regarding [3.5s]... ...The question of consultation is of the utmost importance, and is one of the most potent instruments conducive to the tranquillity | INBA21:197 (247a) | BRL_DAK#1243, AVK3.411.08x, AVK3.413.10x, GHA.228 | BRL_CONSULT#13x, COC#0179x | consultation; praise and encouragement; prayer for specific individuals; groups; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; unity; oneness of humanity; work as worship | - | - | |||||
| AB01555 | 310 | Light of the World | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH02022 | Lawh-i-Ahmad (Arabic) | 440 | Tablet of Ahmad, Arabic (Lawh-i-Ahmad); Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic); Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | هذه ورقه الفردوس تغنی علی افنان سدره البقا بالحان قدس ملیح و یبشر المخلصین | Lo, the Nightingale of Paradise singeth upon the twigs of the Tree of Eternity, with holy and sweet melodies | INBA19:001, INBA32:002, INBA36:041, INBA71:199, INBA30:076, BN_suppl.1974.067 | BRL_DA#197, AHM.193, RSBB.007, SFI17.008, TZH4.302, TSBT.215, NSR_1993.025, NFF1.016, BSHA.032, ASAT5.103x, ABMK.052, OOL.B023a | BPRY.307 | Ahdieh, L. Slott, G.H. Miller, Seals & Crofts, L. Bergsmo & S. Vadeghani, R. Lehmer-Chang, MANA, N. Hamilton, R. Grammer [track 2], L. Dely, L. Dely & M. Congo, KC Porter, Ladjamaya [track 15], almunajat.com [item 19], F. Dehghan & M. Weigert | Brief words of consolation and encouragement to its recipient, affirming the prophetic station of th … | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; power of prayer; recompense; reward for belief; right action; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | * | ROB2.107, MMAH.183, GSH.074, LL#040 | |
| BH00358 | Suriy-i-Dam | 1850 | Tablet of Blood (Súriy-i-Damm); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | ان یا محمد اسمع ندآء ربک عن هذا المقام الذی لن یصل الله ایدی الممکنات و لا | O Muhammad! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord from this Station whereunto the hands of all created things cannot attain [3.5s]... ...Adorn thyself with My virtues, in such wise that should anyone stretch forth the hand of oppression against thee, thou wouldst neither take notice nor contend with him. | INBA83:066, BLIB_Or15723.156, | BRL_DA#157, GWBP#039 p.064x, AQA4#075 p.059, AQA4a.001, TZH4.360-366, ASAT4.167x, ASAT5.200x, ASAT5.226x, OOL.B111 | BRL_ATBH#61x, GWB#039x, WOB.118-119x, WOB.139x, BLO_PT#109, HURQ.BH42 | Proclamatory work declaring the oneness of the Prophets through a vision of the words of the dying I … | call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; prophecy and fulfillment; return of the Manifestations of God; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | ROB2.236, MMAH.223, GSH.081, LL#296 | Sometimes spelled as Súriy-i-Damm. | |
| BH02382 | 370 | Call of the Divine Beloved | ای شمس بجان آواز عندلیب جانان بشنو شاید بتمام روان قدم از مکان نفس و هوا | O Shams! Hearken with all thy heart to the nightingale song of the Beloved, that perchance thou mayest abandon | INBA36:451b, NLAI_BH1.289 | SFI15.012-013, YFY.145 | CDB#5 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; knowledge of self; mystical themes; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||
| AB01568 | 310 | Light of the World | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH03230 | Rashh-i-'Ama | 280 | Call of the Divine Beloved | رشح عما از جذبه ما میریزد سر وفا از نغمه ما میریزد از باد صبا مشک خطا گشته | Tis from our rapture that the clouds of realms above are raining down; ’Tis from Our anthem that the mysteries of faith are raining down | INBA36:460, INBA30:165, OSAI I.MMS, , MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p30b, | BRL_DA#709, SFI02.059, MAS4.184, TWQ.441x, YMM.224x, OOL.B093 | CDB#1, BLO_PT#089, BLO_PT#135, HURQ.BH01 | Ahdieh | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; mystical themes; poems and quotation from poetry; symbolism | * | * | ROB1.045, MMAH.077, LL#275 | ||
| BH01654 | Second Tablet to Faris | 530 | قد حضر کتابک لدی الوجه و وجدنا منه عرف الحب و الوداد لذا نزل لک هذا اللوح | Thy letter hath come before Our Countenance, and from it We have inhaled the fragrance of love and affection; wherefore this Tablet hath been sent down unto thee [3.5s]... ...The Breath hath been wafted, and the Breeze hath blown, and from Zion hath appeared that which was hidden, and from Jerusalem is heard the Voice of God | INBA81:153, BLIB_Or11095#030, | BRL_DA#274, AVK3.121x, SFI16.038-039, ASAT4.432x, YIK.120-121 | GPB.211x, PDC.125x, PDC.165x2x, PDC.165-166x, PDC.167x, BSB7:3-4 p27x, HURQ.BH77 | methods of teaching the Cause; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; praise and encouragement; proclamation to Christians | - | - | LL#085 | ||||
| BH02979 | 300 | ستایش پاک یزدانرا سزاست که بخودی خود زنده و پاینده بوده هر نابودی از بود او پدیدار | All praise belongeth unto the pure and sanctified Lord, Who, self-subsisting and everlasting, hath been the Source from which every transient thing hath come into being [3.5s]... ...Say, O high priests! Ye are held in reverence because of My Name, and yet ye flee Me! Ye are the high priests of the Temple | INBA35:111, BLIB_Or11096#060, , BLIB_Or15722.091, , CMB_F33.037, , NLI.32p010v, Majlis934.049-052 | BRL_DA#184, AVK3.430.11x, ZYN.285, MJMM.257, YARP1.014, UAB.059bx, DRD.081 | GPB.211x, PDC.127x | call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power of the Manifestation of God; proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH00019 | 8320 | انسان بصیر لازال منفعل و خجل چه که وصف مینماید مقصودیرا که جمیع ارکان | The perspicacious soul hath ever been moved to shame and contrition, inasmuch as he describeth Him Who is the Purpose of all existence [3.5s]... ...Say: O concourse of Persian divines In My name ye have seized the reins of men, and occupy the seats of honor, by reason of your relation to Me | INBA27:098 | BRL_DA#479, ADM3#066 p.081x, ADM3#067 p.084x, ADM3#068 p.084x, ADM3#069 p.086x, ADM3#147 p.166x, MAS8.074ax, AYI2.057x, AYI2.234x, AYI2.255x, PYK.148-168, RAHA.204-205x | GPB.211x, GPB.231x, PDC.145-146x | honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; humility; meekness; lowliness; petitions to authorities; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; the power of words; of speech; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | ||
| BH07426 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | یا من کل شیء اضطرب من سطوتک و کل الامور مقبوضه فی قبضتک و کل الوجوه متوجهه | O Thou, at Whose dreadful majesty all things have trembled, in Whose grasp... O my Lord! Make Thy beauty to be my food, and Thy presence my drink | INBA35:023a, INBA48:179b, BLIB_Or15739.314, | PMP#077, PMP#168x, AQMJ1.137, AQMJ1.004, BNEP.113 | PM#077, PM#168x, BPRY.167x, BPRY.245x, BSC.187 #274x, BP1929.021-022x | L. Slott, Nabil and Karim, C. Zurek, Soulrise Melodies, C. Signori, QuiqueSaba, T. Ellis | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for protection | - | - | ||||
| BH00505 | Lawh-i-Aqdas (Tablet to the Christians) | 1470 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Miscellaneous historical and doctrinal topics; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی مامنعته سبحات الاسماء عن الله فاطر الارض و السما | This is an Epistle from Our presence unto him whom the veils of names have failed to keep back from God | INBA34:100, BLIB_Or15735.163, , CMB_F32.085, | AQA1#006, SFI16.025, NSR_1993.024ax, ASAT1.168x, ASAT4.185x, HYK.163, TBP#02, OOL.B026 | TB#02, COF.030ax, TDH#158.3x, GPB.210x8x, GPB.253x, GPB.396x, PDC.166x, PDC.166-167x, PDC.167-168x, PDC.168x, PDC.174x, WOB.078x, SW_v04#01 p.013, SW_v04#01 p.014-020, BSC.124 #049 | Ahdieh | Announces to an unnamed Christian Bahá’u’lláh’s revelation as the fulfilment of Christian pr … | call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; knowledge; recognition of God; monasticism; asceticism; Mosaic imagery; proclamation to Christians; spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | * | ROB4.227 et al, BKOG.382, GPB.209, WOB.104, MMAH.165, GSH.164-168, LL#060 | |
| BH00690 | 1120 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of the Gems of Unity, The (Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd); Bahá'í Sacred Writings | جواهر توحید و لطایف تحمید متصاعد بساط حضرت سلطان بی مثال و ملیک ذوالجلالی | All praise to the unity of God, and all honor to Him, the sovereign Lord, the incomparable and all-glorious Ruler of the universe, Who, out of utter nothingness, hath created the reality of all things | INBA65:242, INBA57:001, BLIB_Or15722.224, , NLAI_BH1.283, NLAI_BH3.186 | BRL_DA#773, GWBP#027 p.050x, AVK1.015.08x, AVK1.212.08x, AVK2.001.03x, AVK3.014.09x, AVK3.422.11x, MJMM.338, DWNP_v3#12 p.028-031, UAB.008bx, UAB.014bx, MAS4.042x, PYB#006-007 p.01x, AKHA_107BE #06 p.002x, YMM.169x | GWB#027x, JHT_B#015 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; human reality created in the image of God; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God; twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | LL#383 | ||||
| BH00144 | Suriy-i-Bayan | 3580 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ذکر اسم ربک عبده اذ دخل بقعه الفردوس مقر الذی استشرقت علیه انوار الوجه عن مشرق | The remembrance of the name of thy Lord by His servant, when he entered the Garden of Paradise, the seat whereupon shone forth the lights of the Face from the Dayspring [3.5s]... ...Say: Doth it beseem a man while claiming to be a follower of his Lord, the All-Merciful, he should yet in his heart do the very deeds of the Evil One? | INBA37:007, INBA83:203, BLIB_Or15702.254, , BLIB_Or15723.228, , BLIB_Or15737.069, , NLAI_BH2.280, Berlin1237#10, ALIB.folder18p001-018, Majlis934.115.09-125.01x | BRL_DA#736, GWBP#128 p.176x, GWBP#129 p.179x, GWBP#145 p.202ax, AQA4#080 p.108, AQA4a.392, AVK3.095.13x, AVK3.147.08x, AVK3.260.06x, GHA.428x, ASAT2.106x, PYK.032x, YFY.060x, OOL.B109 | GWB#128x, GWB#129x, GWB#145x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.034x, TDH#037.1x, GPB.170x, GPB.376-377x, GPB.404x, MBW.038x, BSTW#037x, HURQ.BH39 | D. E. Walker, MANA (1), MANA (2), C. Signori | Charges the recipient to teach the Cause of God in a state of detachment from the world and enkindle … | assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; exhortations and counsels; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach | * | - | ROB2.397, GSH.198, LL#295 | |
| AB00175 | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH07106 | 140 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باصفیائک و امنائک و بالذی جعلته خاتم انبیائک و | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Chosen Ones, and by the Bearers of Thy Trust | INBA48:176, INBA61:066, INBA92:178, BLIB_Or15739.309, | PMP#025, NSR_1993.015, RAHA.026 | PM#025, BPRY.073 | almunajat.com [item 18] | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for nearness to God; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||
| BH08363 | 120 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | قل اللهم انک انت مظهر المظاهر و مصدر المصادر و مطلع المطالع و مشرق المشارق | O God, Who art the Author of all Manifestations, the Source of all Sources, the Fountain-Head of all Revelations | INBA44:099a | BRL_DA#037, PMP#043, NFR.157, HDQI.053ax | PM#043, BPRY.198 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; service to others; to the Cause of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH09995 | 90 | کلام الله ولو انحصر بکلمه لاتعادلها کتب العالمین انک لاتحزن بما اختصرنا اللوح | The Word of God, though it be confined to a single word, is not equaled by all the books of the worlds. Grieve thou not that We have made brief this Tablet [3.5s]... ...The word which the one true God uttereth in this day, though that word be the most familiar and commonplace of terms, is invested with supreme, with unique distinction. | INBA34:341, BLIB_Or15696.028b, , BLIB_Or15707.220, , BLIB_Or15734.2.101a, , BLIB_Or15735.360, | BRL_DA#238, AQA1#232, HYK.360 | WOB.104x | humor; jokes; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH05402 | 180 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تری بان طرف البهاء متوجه الی شطر عنایتک و عینه الی افق | Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou beholdest how my gaze is fixed toward Thy tender mercies | INBA92:354 | PMP#109 | PM#109 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power of prayer; prayer for spiritual recognition; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||
| BH07721 | 130 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به ارفعت اعلام هدایتک و اشرقت انوار | Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by Thy Name, through which Thou didst lift up the ensigns of Thy guidance | INBA30:130, INBA49:066b | PMP#148, ADM1#079 p.137, AHM.181, AQMJ2.097, ADH1.098 | PM#148, BPRY.096-097 | attaining good pleasure of God; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; names and attributes of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for healing | - | - | LL#481 | ||||
| BH07661 | 130 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کلما ارید ان اذکرک یمنعنی علوک و اقتدارک لانی لو اذکرک | Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Every time I attempt to make mention of Thee, I am hindered by the sublimity of Thy station | INBA48:188b, INBA49:046b, INBA92:163, BLIB_Or15739.325, | PMP#076, AQMJ1.038 | PM#076, BPRY.140 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for prosperity; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| AB06122 | 130 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای تلامیذ دبستان حمد خدا را که در امتحان حسن استعداد و قابلیت ظاهر و عیان | O students of the school! Praise be to God that in your tests ye have manifested and demonstrated excellence of capacity and capability [3.5s]... ...It is incumbent upon Baha’í children to surpass other children in the acquisition of sciences and arts | INBA87:150b, INBA52:148a | MMK1#119 p.137x, MJTB.075x, HUV2.027 | SWAB#119x, LOG#0481x, DAS.1914-10-26x | call to acquire knowledge; sciences; education of children; moral education | - | - | |||||
| BH00123 | 3840 | Consultation; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | حمد مقدس از لسان و بیان ساحت اقدس حضرت لم یلد و لم یولدی را سزاست | A praise sanctified beyond speech and utterance befitteth the most sacred court of Him Who begetteth not nor was begotten [3.5s]... ...Consultation bestoweth greater awareness and transmuteth conjecture into certitude. It is a shining light which, in a dark world, leadeth the way and guideth | INBA08:560, BLIB_Or15696.091e, | BRL_DA#271, MAS8.018bx, MAS8.060x, MUH3.255bx | BRL_CONSULT#03x, COC#0168x | consultation; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; power of faith; power of the spirit; praise and encouragement; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||
| BH02101 | 420 | Prayers and Meditations | فنعم یا الهی ما استغرد بغاء الداود فی حدیقه الزبور من تغنیات ورقاء الانجذاب... الهی الهی لا تبعد عنّی لأنّ الشّدائد بکلّها احاطتنی | O God, my God! Be Thou not far from me, for tribulation upon tribulation hath gathered about me. | INBA33:022x, INBA30:117.09x, INBA92:035 | BRL_DA#544, PMP#145x, AHM.052x, TZH4.143ax, AQMJ1.013x, ADH1.041, OOL.B159.1 | PM#145x | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for tests and difficulties; servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | LL#492 | ||||
| AB01975 | 280 | Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones | ای یاران رحمانی شمس حقیقت بر آفاق قلوب اشراق نورانیت محبت نمود و غمام موهبت | The purpose of the appearance of the holy Manifestations hath ever been the establishment of fellowship and love in the world of humanity | INBA87:424, INBA52:447a | BRL_DAK#1040, BRL_CONF2018P#15x, MMK2#187 p.135 | BRL_CONF2018#15x | love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; service to others; to the Cause of God; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| BH08907 | 110 | قد اخذ اهتزاز الوصال شطر الجنوب و الشمال نسمع ندآء البطحاء تقول لک الحمد یا | The vibration of reunion hath stirred the regions of the south and the north. We hear the call of the Sacred Valley exclaiming: Praise be unto Thee [3.5s]... ...North and South both vibrate to the call announcing the advent of our Revelation | INBA34:338a, BLIB_Or15707.214b, , BLIB_Or15735.355b, | AQA1#226, AKHA_124BE #06 p.h, HYK.355 | WOB.106x | prophecy and fulfillment; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||
| BH02467 | Lawh-i-Firayjat | 360 | Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of Firayját (Lawḥ-i-Firayját) / Tablet of Firáq (Lawḥ-i-Firáq) | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انادیک حین الذی تغن حمامه الفراق عن شطر العراق | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I call upon Thee at this time when the accents of the dove of separation are raised | INBA18:247, INBA71:030b, INBA92:123 | BRL_DA#241, UVM.064.20x | BRL_APBH#18 | unknown (1), unknown (2) | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power of the Manifestation of God; prayer for protection; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||
| BH00729 | Lawh-i-Ghulamu'l-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth) | 1070 | Days of Remembrance | قد فتحت ابواب الفردوس و طلع غلام القدس بسلطان مبین فیا بشری هذا غلام الخلد | Lo, the gates of Paradise were unlocked, and the hallowed Youth came forth bearing a serpent plain. Rejoice! This is the immortal Youth | INBA36:464, BLIB_Or15706.093, BLIB_Or15706.139, BLIB_Or15714.014, | AQA7#414 p.203, AYT.092, ASAT4.401x, AKHA_124BE #04-05 p.hx, OOL.B038, AMB#27 | DOR#27, BLO_PT#127 | Narrates in mystical language the appearance of the Immortal Youth (Bahá’u’lláh), whose beauty … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; mystical themes; pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; spiritual transformation; symbolism; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | * | * | ROB1.213, MMAH.125, GSH.032, LL#090 | ||
| BH09401 | 100 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک یا الهی لک العزه و الجلال و العظمه و الاجلال و السطوه و الاستجلال و | All praise, O my God, be to Thee Who art the Source of all glory and majesty, of greatness and honor | INBA27:461 | PMP#059 | PM#059, BPRY.135 | T. Price (after W.A. Mozart), A. Sperandeo, S. Riekstins-Vice | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||
| BH08244 | 120 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بقدرتک التی احاطت الممکنات و بسلطانک الذی استعلی | Glorified be Thy name, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy power that hath encompassed all created things | INBA48:193, INBA49:047, INBA92:166a, BLIB_Or15739.331, | PMP#132, AQMJ1.040 | PM#132, BPRY.184 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||
| AB01406 | 330 | Light of the World | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH04311 | 220 | Prayers and Meditations | یا الهی تری بان السکر اخذ عبادک الذین اعرضوا عن جمالک و اعترضوا علی ما نزل | Thou beholdest, O my God, how bewildered in their drunkenness are Thy servants who have turned back from Thy beauty | INBA92:340b | PMP#112 | PM#112 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| BH01386 | 620 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تری مقری فی السجن الذی کان خلف البحور و الجبال و تعلم ما | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou seest me dwelling in this prison-house that lieth behind the seas and the mountains | INBA48:103, INBA92:192b, BLIB_Or15739.188, | BRL_DA#541, PMP#066, AVK3.067.11x | PM#066 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||
| BH00155 | Suriy-i-Ahzan | 3410 | Surah of Sorrows (Suriy-i-Ahzán); Days of Remembrance | ان یا سیاح الاحدیه سبح فی قلزم الکبریاء الذی ظهر باسمی الابهی و جرت علیه سفن | O thou who art the pilgrim of Divine Oneness! Swim thou in the ocean of grandeur which hath been manifested through My Most Glorious Name, whereon sail the barques [3.5s]... ...Would that thou wert standing at this moment before the Throne and couldst hear how the melodies of eternity | INBA37:085, BLIB_Or15694.494, , BLIB_Or15723.212, , BLIB_Or15737.052, , NLAI_BH2.125, NLAI_BH2.265, ALIB.folder18p034-047 | BRL_DA#733, AQA4#086 p.221, AQA4a.075, ASAT5.351x, OOL.B103, AMB#39x | DOR#39x, LTDT.080x, BLO_PT#092 | Expatiates on the sorrows experienced by Bahá’u’lláh and the Báb, taking in part the form of … | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; suffering and imprisonment; symbolism; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | ROB2.397, MMAH.155, GSH.114, LL#289 | ||
| BH03629 | 240 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | این نامه ایست از مظلوم بسوی مظلومی که از کاس بلا آشامید و از کوب باساء چشید | This is an epistle from the Wronged One to one who hath been wronged, who hath drunk from the chalice of tribulation and tasted from the cup of adversity [3.5s]... ...Dispel my grief by Thy bounty and Thy generosity, O God, my God, and banish mine anguish through Thy sovereignty | INBA61:063, INBA84:187a, INBA84:114b, INBA84:055.04, BLIB_Or15712.048, , MKI4523.288x, | BRL_DA#534, PMP#154x, ISH.288x, AHM.204, NSR_1993.031, VAA.059-059, ADH1.039 | PM#154x, BPRY.223x | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for assistance; intercession; prayers (general or uncategorized); steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | LL#507 | ||||
| BH06833 | 150 | Prayers and Meditations | یا رب الارض و السما و موجد الاسماء تسمع ضجیج الابهی من حصن العکا و تری | O Thou Who art the Ruler of earth and heaven and the Author of all names! Thou hearest the voice of my lamentation | INBA92:391a | PMP#015 | PM#015 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; prayer for protection; prayers (general or uncategorized); suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| AB01016 | 390 | Huqúqu'lláh | ای یاران ربانی من این یقین و مسلم است که حضرت بیچون در جمیع شئون بغنای مطلق | O my heavenly friends! It is certain and evident that the Incomparable One is always praised for His absolute wealth | INBA16:134 | BRL_DAK#0521, BRL_HUQUQP#024x, AMK.113-114, TAH.314, ANDA#07 p.20 | BRL_HUQUQ#024x, COC#1160x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; education of children; moral education; law of Huququ'llah | - | - | |||||
| BH01079 | 770 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance | تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق و انها لکتاب مبین و جعلها برهانا من لدنه ثم ذکری للعالمین | These are the verses of God which have verily been sent down in truth, and they are indeed a perspicuous Book, which He hath made a testimony from His presence and a remembrance unto all the worlds [3.5s]... ...Give ear, O My servant, unto that which is being sent down unto thee from the Throne of thy Lord, the Inaccessible, the Most Great. | INBA73:173, INBA83:181, BLIB_Or03114.094, , BLIB_Or15702.213, , ALIB.folder18p280 | BRL_DA#799, GWBP#076 p.098, AMB#34x | GWB#076x, DOR#34x | creation of the world; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as mediator; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual transformation; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#381 | ||||
| BH08796 | 110 | Huqúqu'lláh; Social Action; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ذکر من لدنا لمن توجه الی الوجه اذ اعرض عنه الذین کفروا بالله العلی العظیم انا | A remembrance from Us to one who turned towards the Countenance when those who denied God, the Most High, the Most Great, rejected Him [3.5s]... ...In this day it is incumbent upon everyone to serve the Cause of God, while He who is the Eternal Truth -- exalted be His glory -- hath made the fulfilment of every undertaking | INBA19:131b, INBA32:121b, BLIB_Or15696.005c, , BLIB_Or15734.2.043a, | BRL_HUQUQP#014x | BRL_SOCIAL#170x, BRL_HUQUQ#014x, COC#1132x, LOG#1411x | martyrs and martyrdom; suffering and imprisonment; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||
| AB00325 | 660 | ای یاران من و یاوران من بانگ بانگ عبودیت است و جلوه جلوه رقیت آستان مقدس کل | O my friends and helpers! The call is the call of servitude, and the manifestation is the manifestation of thraldom at the sacred Threshold of all [3.5s]... ...Erelong will your brethren from Europe and America journey to Persia. There they will promote to an unprecedented degree the interests of art and industry | INBA13:092, INBA72:026, INBA88:227 | BRL_DAK#0527, AVK4.452.05x, NJB_v01#19a p.007x | BADM.173ax | humility; meekness; lowliness; obedience to and respect for government authority; progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||
| BH06095 | 160 | Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of; Prayer and Devotional Life; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای علی بلقا الله فائز شدی و بضیاء وجه مستنیر و این فضلیست کبیر ان یا علی | O Ali! Thou hast attained unto the presence of God and been illumined by the radiant light of His countenance, and this is a great bounty indeed, O Ali! [3.5s]... ...Occupy thyself in remembrance of the Beauty of Him Who is the Unconstrained at early morn, and seek communion with Him at the hour of dawn | INBA38:127a | BRL_DA#280 | BRL_PMDA#11x, BRL_PDL#17x, COC#1732x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; humility; meekness; lowliness; power of prayer; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| AB01545 | Lawh-i-Mahfil-i-Shawr? | 310 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Huqúqu'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | اول فریضه اصحاب شور خلوص نیت و نورانیت حقیقت و انقطاع از ما سوی الله و انجذاب | The prime requisites for them that take counsel together are purity of motive, radiance of spirit, detachment from all else save God… A third requisite is the promulgation of the divine commandments among the friends | INBA16:216, INBA88:287, INBA89:018 | BRL_HUQUQP#091x, MKT3.504, MMK1#043 p.083, MILAN.083, AKHA_134BE #15 p.586, AKHA_133BE #12 p.314, AMK.048-050, AVK4.314cx, OOL.C015 | SWAB#043, BRL_HUQUQ#091x, BADM.021bx, COC#0174x, COC#0175x, COC#1171x, COC#1370x, COC#1392x, DAS.1913-10-21x | assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; consultation; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; education of children; moral education; non-participation in politics; obedience to and respect for government authority; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; twin Manifestations | * | * | ||||
| BH10578 | 70 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به ظهرت الساعه و قامت القیامه و فزع من | Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! I entreat Thee by Thy Name through which the Hour hath struck | INBA27:451a, BLIB_Or15696.073a, | PMP#049, AQA6#191 p.021a, ADM2#032 p.054, NFR.237b | PM#049, BPRY.146 | apocalyptic imagery; knowledge; recognition of God; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for tests and difficulties; prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | |||||
| BH03270 | 280 | Prayers and Meditations | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی کسر اصنام الهوی بتقوی الله مالک الاسماء و مانقض | Lauded be Thy name, O my God! I testify that no thought of Thee, howsoever wondrous, can ever ascend | INBA34:196 | PMP#088, AQA1#059 | PM#088 | contention and conflict; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||
| BH08604 | 120 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | یا من قربک رجائی و وصلک املی و ذکرک منائی و الورود فی ساحه عزک مقصدی و شطرک | O Thou Whose nearness is my wish, Whose presence is my hope, Whose remembrance is my desire | INBA48:184a, INBA30:122x, BLIB_Or15739.319, | BRL_DA#759, PMP#104, AHM.062, AQMJ1.008, NSR_1993.028 | PM#104, BPRY.185 | S. Toloui-Wallace | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; prayer for nearness to God; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | LL#489 | |||
| BH00279 | Remembrance of the seven martyrs of Yazd | 2280 | Tablet to The Times of London; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | کنا ماشیا فی البیت و سامعا حدیث الارض اذا ارتفع الندآء من الفردوس الاعلی | We were walking in the House and hearing the discourse of the earth when the Call was raised from the Most Exalted Paradise [3.5s]... ...O 'Times', O thou endowed with the power of utterance! O dawning place of news! Spend an hour with the oppressed of Iran | INBA39:154 | BRL_DA#375, MAS4.124cx, RHQM1.382-382 (461) (283-289), ASAT4.387x, MSBH2.171x, OOL.B169, OOL.B199 | BRL_ATBH#08x, BLO_PT#195 | call to action; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ROB4.348, MMAH.144, LL#253 | Includes the "Lawh-i-Times" | ||
| BH08723 | 110 | Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas | ای دوست جمیع را در بیان امر نمودیم که در این ظهور اعظم بچشم خود به بینند و | O Friend! In the Bayán We directed everyone in this Most Great Revelation to see with his own eyes | INBA19:073b, INBA32:068 | TBP#17e | TB#17e | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; independent investigation of truth; reality; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | LL#260 | ||||
| BH00300 | 2140 | این ایام الف قائمه که از قیامش عالم قیام نمود نوحه مینماید و هاء مسکین از دو چشم | In these days doth the Alif, which standeth upright and through whose arising the world was raised up, lament, and the helpless Há weepeth from both eyes [3.5s]... ...I swear by God! In those days the equivalent of all that hath been sent down aforetime unto the Prophets hath been revealed | INBA42:066, MKI4523.160, | BRL_DA#267, ISH.160 | GPB.171x | rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; symbolism | - | - | ||||||
| BH01459 | 590 | Days of Remembrance | 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 | |||
| BH05771 | 170 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک یا الهی انی عبد من عبادک آمنت بک و آیاتک و ترانی یا الهی مقبلا الی | Praise be unto Thee, O my God! I am one of Thy servants, who hath believed on Thee and on Thy signs. | INBA61:045, INBA66:099a | PMP#128, ADM2#050 p.086x, AQMM.065 | PM#128, BPRY.052 | B. Lisbeth, E. Mahony, C. Serrano | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||
| BH00759 | Lawh-i-Naqus (=Subhanaka Ya Hu) | 1040 | Days of Remembrance | یا راهب الاحدیه اضرب علی الناقوس بما ظهر یوم الله و استوی جمال العز علی عرش | This is the garden of Paradise, wherein arise the anthems of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting; wherein ascend the soul-entrancing melodies | INBA36:466, BLIB_Or15706.083, , BLIB_Or15714.020, | AHM.141, AYT.100, NSR_1993.099, TSQA4.293, ABMK.040, OOL.B101, AMB#26, RMT.023 | DOR#26, RBB.169-172, BLO_PT#122, BLO_PT#123, BLO_PT#124 | Proclamatory tablet, with repeated refrain celebrating the name ‘He’, commemorating the twentiet … | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; monasticism; asceticism; nearness and remoteness; prayer for detachment; the Kingdom of God [Malakut]; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | * | ROB2.018, EBTB.130, BKOG.206, MMAH.103, GSH.071, LL#288 | ||
| AB00431 | 590 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای منجذب بنفحات ریاض ملکوت نامه روحانی قرایت شد و مضامین محبت... ای پروردگار مستمندانیم مرحمتی کن و فقیرانیم از بحر غنا نصیبی بخش | O maidservant of God! There are two kinds of disease, spiritual and physical....Lord! Pitiful are we, grant us Thy favour; poor, bestow upon us a share... As to thy question regarding palmistry | INBA75:052x, NLAI_BH_AB.005b | BRL_DAK#0953, MKT1.487ax, MKT2.093, MILAN.063, AVK3.025.16x, AVK3.365.13x, DUR2.129x, MJMJ1.056x, MMG2#307 p.344x, MJH.015x | BPRY.022-023x, BSC.429 #777, SW_v13#12 p.332x, SW_v08#18 p.229x, BP1926.020-021x, BSTW#002x, BSTW#183x, BSTW#369ax | The Dutch Youth, Reza & Anthony, E. Mensah | interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; prayer for prosperity; spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||
| AB00112 | 1020 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای متوجهین بمنظر اعلی در لیل و نهار و صباح و مساء و عشی و ضحی در عوالم قلب | O ye who have turned your faces toward the Exalted Beauty! By night, by day, at morningtide and sunset | INBA88:098 | MKT1.368, MNMK#098 p.179, MMK1#207 p.250, YHA1.373-374x, DLS.319 | SWAB#207, BWF.401-402x, DAS.1915-04-01, BSC.359 #686, SW_v07#05 p.036-038x, SW_v08#13 p.179x | M. Sparrow (1), M. Sparrow (2), Heroes Teaching Conference, K. Porray | call to action; rejection by the people of the Bayan; sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; unity; oneness of humanity; unity in diversity | - | - | ||||
| AB00151 | 920 | Takfir, declaration of unbelief; Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet on the Functioning of the Universal House of Justice; Universal House of Justice and the Principles of Jurisprudence; Universal House of Justice, The; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای متشبث بذیل المیثاق منشور مسطور منظور آمد و سوالات مفصله ملاحظه گردید ولو | O thou who hast clung to the hem of the Covenant! Thy detailed letter was received and thy questions were noted [3.5s]... ...Those matters of major importance which constitute the foundation of the Law of God are explicitly recorded in the Text, but subsidiary laws are left to the House of Justice | INBA72:012, INBA59:275b, INBA89:156 | BRL_DAK#0710, BRL_CUHJP#19x, AHB.120BE #03-06 p.05, DWNP_v3#05 p.033-035, RHQM1.302-304 (370) (222-223x) | BRL_CUHJ#19x, COC#0728x, COC#0763x, LOG#1068x, SW_v13#12 p.323-324x, PN_1906 p047, LOIR08.257, BLO_PT#006, BLO_PT#209 | changing and unchanging parts of religion; House of Justice; importance of authoritative interpretation; laws of marriage and dowry | - | - | |||||
| BH05408 | 180 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا الهی قد اخذتنی نفحات وصلک علی شان نسیت نفسی و ما عندی ان هذا الا | Lauded be Thy name, O my God! I am so carried away by the breezes blowing from Thy presence that I have forgotten my self | INBA92:398 | PMP#036, AQA6#186 p.016, AKHA_124BE #06 p.d, FRH.048 | PM#036 | S. Jaberi & J. Badiei | humility; meekness; lowliness; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; praise and encouragement; prayers (general or uncategorized); station of the Manifestation of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||
| BH00047 | Haft Vadi (The Seven Valleys) | 6100 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Call of the Divine Beloved; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | الحمد لله الذی اظهر الوجود من العدم و رقم علی لوح الانسان من اسرار القدم و | Praise be to God Who hath made being to come forth from nothingness; graven upon the tablet of man a measure of the mysteries of His eternity | INBA35:293, INBA33:101, BLIB_Or03116.067, , NLI.32p061r, PR19.024b-032b | BRL_Haft, AQA3#068 p.092, AVK1.320x, TZH4.151-153x, YMM.310x, OOL.B006 | CDB#2, BSC.159 #164-174, HURQ.BH12 | MJ Cyr (1), MJ Cyr (2), TaliaSafa & Friends, Rachel, Ethan & Ilia, E. Sabariego, G. Burriston & P. Kay, Ine, Ine, MANA, N. Hamilton, A.E. Rahbin, Gyenyame, E. Kelly, T. Ellis, M. Levine, P. Marin, J. Luckey [track 1], L. Dely & M. Congo, T. Francis | His most important mystical composition, patterned in part after Faríd’u’d-Dín ‘Aṭṭár� … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; knowledge; recognition of God; love as fire; love of God; microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; transcendence; unknowability of God; unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | * | ROB1.096, BKOG.139, BKOG.159-161, GPB.140, MMAH.096, GSH.017, LL#016 | |
| BH02283 | 390 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا من تسمع ضجیج المنقطعین و صریخ المخلصین و تری ما ورد علیهم من طغاه | Unto Thee be praise, O Thou Who inclinest Thine ear to the sighing of them that have rid themselves of all attachment | INBA48:113, INBA49:034, BLIB_Or15739.208, | PMP#081, AQMJ1.071 | PM#081 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||
| BH01615 | 540 | قد ارسل الی حضرتک عریضه من قبل و تلک مره اخری لان کلما یتوجه الیک احد یشتعل | Verily I have sent unto thy presence a petition aforetime, and this is yet another, for whenever anyone turneth unto thee, they are set aflame [3.5s]... ...Blessed the palate that savoreth its sweetness, and the perceiving eye that recognizeth that which is treasured therein | INBA28:046 | BRL_DA#113, AVK1.010bx, AVK1.010.10x | GPB.216x | laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; praise and encouragement; review of publications; service to others; to the Cause of God; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ROB3.279, LL#098 | |||||
| BH07179 | 140 | قد توجه وجه القدم الی العالم و انه لهو الاسم الاعظم ینادی باعلی الندا و یبشر | The Ancient Beauty hath turned His face unto the world, and verily He is the Most Great Name, calling with the loudest voice and bearing glad-tidings [3.5s]... ...This Book is a heaven which We have adorned with the stars of Our commandments and prohibitions | INBA23:005a | GPB.216x | belief and denial; firmness in the Covenant; Greatest Name; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH07204 | 140 | قد فعل امه الفرقان بال الرسول مافعلوه من قبل و ینوح بذلک محمد رسول الله فی | The followers of the Qur'an have indeed wrought what their predecessors wrought, whereat Muhammad, the Apostle of God, doth lament in the [3.5s]... ...Muhammad, the Apostle of God, bewaileth, in the all-highest Paradise, their acts | INBA18:074, INBA97:129 | PDC.162x | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; justice and wrath of God; martyrs and martyrdom; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| AB00282 | 700 | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای بنده درگاه الهی آنچه از خامه محبت الله جاری قرائت گردید و از مضامینش | O thou servant of the Holy Threshold! We have read what flowed out from thy pen in thy love for God, and found the contents of thy letter | INBA21:100, INBA88:056b | MKT1.248, MNMK#155 p.288, MMK1#156 p.178, MILAN.103, BSHN.140.120, BSHN.140.492, BSHN.144.120, MHT1a.079, MHT1b.037, MHT2.166, YMM.231 | SWAB#156, TAB.642-645, BWF.391-393x, COC#1750, PN_1900_heh p035 | attaining the life of the spirit; degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; progress only takes place within its own degree; proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; realms of being; three realms; five realms; reincarnation; return of the Manifestations of God; soul; spirit after death; soul is the essential reality of man; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||
| BH00565 | 1330 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الی من تمسک بالعلوم لعل یخرق حجاب الاکبر و یتوجه الی | This is a Book from Him Who is Wronged unto him that hath clung to learning, that perchance he may rend asunder the most great veil and turn towards [3.5s]... ...Ponder awhile. What is it that prompted, in every Dispensation, the peoples of the earth to shun the Manifestation of the All-Merciful? | INBA35:053, INBA66:110, BLIB_Or11096#007, , BLIB_Or15698.231, , BLIB_Or15720.228, , BLIB_Or15740.176, | BRL_DA#666, GWBP#035 p.060x, ADM1#005 p.018x, IQT.231, AYI1.329x, MJMM.232, DWNP_v5#06 p.002-003x, UAB.002bx, ASAT3.074x, ASAT3.131x, ASAT4.146x, ASAT4.429x, YMM.404x, NSS.125x | GWB#035x, JHT_S#100x | corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; suffering; rejection of Christ; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#377, LL#423 | ||||
| AB03615 | 190 | ای امه الله در این کور عظیم و دور بدیع اماای مبعوث شدند که ایات توحید بودند و | In this great Cycle and wondrous Dispensation some women have been raised up who were the emblems of unity and ensigns of oneness | INBA17:039 | COMP_WOMENP#096, MKT7.052 | BRL_WOMEN#096, COC#2187 | role and station of women; service to others; to the Cause of God; veiling [hijab] | - | - | ||||||
| BH00676 | 1130 | Scholarship; Huqúqu'lláh; Social Action; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | دستخط آنجناب که دوازدهم شهر محرم الحرام تاریخ آن بود رسید و بشرف اصغاء مالک | Thy letter, which was dated the twelfth of the sacred month of Muharram, hath been received and hath attained unto the presence of its Lord [3.5s]... ...The purpose of learning should be the promotion of the welfare of the people, and this can be achieved through crafts… The one true God—exalted be His glory—hath ever been and will continue to be exalted above every expression of praise | INBA28:440 | BRL_HUQUQP#006x, AYI1.338x, UAB.033cx, QUM.073-074x, VUJUD.123x | BRL_SOCIAL#142x, BRL_SCHOLAR#22x, BRL_HUQUQ#006x, COC#0010x, COC#1100x, VUJUDE.164x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; rejection, opposition and persecution; unity; oneness of humanity; work as worship | - | - | |||||
| BH00115 | Qasidiy-i-'Izz-i-Varqa'iyyih (Ode of the Dove) | 3950 | Ode of the Dove; Baha'u'llah's Notes to His "Ode of the Dove"; Bahá'u'lláh's "Ode of the Dove" | اجذبتنی بوارق انوار طلعه لفروغها کل الشموس تخفت کان بروق الشمس من نور حسنها | A face flashing with light drew me to her; all the suns dimmed before her radiance | INBA36:419, INBA66:175x | BRL_DA#803, AQA3#071 p.196, TZH4.148x, MAS4.197, MAS8.039ax, RHQM2.0878-887 (299) (184-191), OOL.B092 | GPB.118x, BLO_PT#017x, BLO_PT#059, JBS#29.3.43, HURQ.BH04 | A lengthy poem composed in the style of a poem by Ibn-i-Fáriḍ, glorifying the spirit that had vis … | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | - | ROB1.062, ROB1.084, BKOG.118, BKOG.415, EBTB.098, MMAH.087, GSH.010, LL#274 | ||
| BH00160 | 3310 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تسمع حنینی کحنین الثکلی و طرفی الی الافق الاعلی تری و | Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou hearest how I weep with a weeping like that of a mother bereaved of her child...So grievous hath been My weeping that I have been prevented from making mention of Thee and singing Thy praises | INBA48:019, INBA49:238, INBA92:223b, BLIB_Or15739.051, | AVK2.025.14x, AVK2.300.17x, AVK2.359.03x, AVK3.016.08x, AHM.002, AYT.435x, ASAT1.136x, ASAT2.103x, ASAT5.349x | GPB.118x, JHT_B#019 | call to action; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; prayer for martyrs; prayer for protection; rejection, opposition and persecution; servitude; submission to God; repentance; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| BH00267 | Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'am (the Tablet of All Food) | 2370 | Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i Kullu't-Ta'am) | الحمد لله مموج ابحر النور بالماء الناریه الالهیه و مهیج احرف الظهور بنقطه | Praise be to God Who hath caused Oceans of Light to surge in the Divine Fiery Water; excited the Letters of the Dispensation | INBA36:268, Berlin1237#20 | BRL_DA#393, TZH4.132-135x, MAS4.265, RHQM2.0979-989 (416) (256-262), OOL.B052 | GPB.118x2x, BLO_PT#108, HURQ.BH02 | A commentary offering several allegorical interpretations of the Qur’anic verse ‘All food was al … | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; prayer for protection; realms of being; three realms; five realms; rejection, opposition and persecution; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | ROB1.050, BKOG.112, MMAH.127, GSH.008, LL#146 | Revealed "in the year nine", see BRL_TTT#11 | |
| BH03356 | 270 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الکافی بان تکفی عنا شر اعدائک الذین کفروا | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the Restrainer, to withhold from us the maleficence of Thine adversaries | INBA48:133, INBA49:040, INBA92:188, BLIB_Or15739.245, | PMP#073, AQMJ1.062 | PM#073 | justice and wrath of God; prayer for protection; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| BH00269 | Lawh-i-Ra'is | 2370 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | قلم اعلی میفرماید ای نفسیکه خود را اعلی الناس دیده و غلام الهی که چشم اهل ملا | The Pen of the Most High proclaimeth: O thou who hast imagined thyself to be the most exalted of men | INBA35:043, BLIB_Or11096#015, , BLIB_Or15698.302, , BLIB_Or15720.296, , BLIB_Or15740.230, , CMB_F31.030, , NLI.32p039v, PR11.066a-072a | NRJ#3, AVK1.333.04x, AVK2.287.11x, AVK3.052.07x, AVK4.455x, IQT.302, MJMM.102, UAB.058cx, DRD.043, ASAT3.015x, ASAT4.168x, ASAT4.419x, OOL.B070b | SLH#03, GPB.173x2x, GPB.187x3x, GPB.208x3x, PDC.073-074x, PDC.099x, PDC.099-100x, SW_v02#02 p.003-007x, BLO_PT#198, BSC.081 #038 | Bahá’u’lláh’s second tablet to the Ottoman Prime Minister ‘Álí Páshá, denouncing him f … | banishment to; life in 'Akka; justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | * | * | ROB3.033 et al, BKOG.013, MMAH.148, GSH.121, LL#217 | ||
| BH08255 | 120 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم ادر بای ماء خلقتنی و بای نار اشتعلتنی و بای تراب | Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God! I know not what the water is with which Thou hast created me | INBA49:092b, INBA92:324b | PMP#009 | PM#009 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power of prayer; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||
| BB00100 | Alfayn Munajat | 1800 | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته الی ربهم یحشرون اللهم انت الله رب السموات و الارض تعلم کل شیء و لا یخفی علیک شیئ فی السموات و الارض | Praise be to God Who hath brought forth the heavens and earth by His command; then shall they who have believed in God and His signs be gathered unto their Lord. O God! Thou art God, Lord of the heavens and earth, Thou knowest all things, and naught in the heavens or earth remaineth concealed from Thee [3.5s]... ...Glory be to Thee, O God! Thou art the God Who hath existed before all things, Who will exist after all things and will last beyond all things… Verily Thou art the Lord of all created things | INBA_5019C:173-188, , PR03.172v13-179r06 | ASAT5.165-167x, HNMJ.096-115, SWBP#42 (p.132-132x) | SWB#43 (p.186-186x), BPRY.150x | Kiya & Parya | love of God; predictions and prophecies; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.458.14, SRC.072, SRC.190, SRC.202 | ||
| AB00670 | 480 | Consultation | ای یاران حقیقی عبدالبهاء خدمات شما در آستان مقدس مذکور و محبوب و مقبول پس نهایت | O true friends of Abdu'l-Baha! Your services at the Sacred Threshold are remembered, cherished and accepted, therefore utmost [3.5s]... ...The honoured members of the Spiritual Assembly should exert their efforts so that no differences may occur, and if such differences do occur, they should not reach the point of causing conflict | INBA16:232 | BRL_DAK#0831 | BRL_CONSULT#18x, COC#0184x, LOG#0587x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; elections; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| BH01052 | 800 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | هذا کتاب فیه یذکر ما یجری عنه الدموع من اعین المقربین ان یا قلم فاذکر ما ورد علی ذکر | This is a Book wherein is mentioned that which causeth tears to flow from the eyes of them that are near unto God. O Pen! Make mention of that which hath befallen the Remembrance [3.5s]... ...God is My witness, O people! I was asleep on My couch, when lo, the Breeze of God wafting over Me roused Me from My slumber. | INBA49:316, BLIB_Or15694.377, , ALIB.folder18p249 | BRL_DA#671, GWBP#041 p.065bx | GWB#041x | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; rejection by the people of the Bayan; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God | - | - | LL#379 | ||||
| BH05543 | 180 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الغلام الذی باسمه زینت الاسما و یذکر فی ملکوت الاعلی | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I give Thee thanks inasmuch as Thou hast called me into being in Thy days… I am, O my God, but a tiny seed | INBA48:162, BLIB_Or15739.289, | BRL_DA#785, PMP#106, AQA7#463 p.285, ADM2#013 p.029x, AQMJ1.122x | PM#106, BPRY.171 | Nabilinho, NKAK, Dawnbreaker Collective | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; living waters; water of life; praise and encouragement; thankfulness; gratitude; the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | ||||
| BH03109 | 290 | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد بقدرتک و قوتک و سلطانک و عنایتک و فضلک و اقتدارک و | Glory be unto Thee, Thou O My God, the Lord Omnipotent. I testify to Thine omnipotence and Thy might | INBA61:036, BLIB_Or15695.218, | BRL_DA#549, AVK4.070.14, BSHN.001, BSHN.008, MHT1a.043, TSBT.237, BSHA.070 | BPRY.038x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for the departed; soul; spirit after death | - | - | LL#465 | ||||
| BB00015 | Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (The Seven Proofs - Persian) | 13900 | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Seven Proofs, The; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | بسم الله الافرد الافرد. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو الافرد الافرد و انما البهاء من الله علی من یظهره الله ثم ادلائه لم یزل و لا یزال و بعد | Praise be to God, for there is none other God but He, the Only Unique, the Only Unique. All splendor comes from God, upon the 'Man Yuzhiruhu'llah' and upon His Apostles… Say: God sufficeth all things above all things | INBA_2007C:13b-64b, , PR02.104r21-115v02, CMB_F22.092b, CMB_F25.7, BLIB_Or5109, BLIB_Or5110, BN_6154, NLI.50, KB_seven, HBH_dalail=DLLS, BYC_saba-p | DLLS, AYT.043x, SWBP#10 (p.083-090x), OOL.A005b | SWB#10 (p.117-126x), BPRY.056x, GOH.078x, GOH.169x, GOH.171x, GOH.244-245x, GOH.267x, GOH.359x, GOH.361x, HURQ.BB53x, BLO_PT#085 | The Badasht Project, K. Key, B. Vahdat, C. Shoemaker, B. Groetzinger, Edelo & Emma, T. Francis, M. Leong-Granfar, Honiara Baha'i Youth, W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, J. Cooper, Baha'i Youth in Jordan, Kiskadee, L. Dely & M. Congo [track 10], A. & M. Zemke [track 4], Zannetta [track 7], almunajat.com [item 1], S. Jaberi | lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; proofs for the existence of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will | * | - | NSS.039-044, JRAS.447, BRHL.63, BRHL.65?, MSBR.204-205, AHDA.447.8, MMAH.066, SRC.085-087, SRC.185, GOH.035 | ||
| BB00003 | Kitab-i-Asma' (Book of Names) | >500000 | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | الباب الاول من الواحد الاول ... بسم الله الاسمم الاسمم. لا اله الا هو الأرشد الأرشد قل الله ارشد فوق کل ذا ارشاد لن يقدر ان يمتنع عن مليک سلطان ارشاده | God, no God is there save Him., the Supremely Guided (al-arshad), the Supremely Guided (al-arshad). Say: God proffers a Guidance (arshad) beyond every possessor of Guidance (irshad)…. O Lord! Enable all the peoples of the earth to gain admittance | INBA60:156-166x, INBA64:025.10-030.01x, INBA82:060-066x, INBA_6002C, INBA29, PR02.069v01-069v20x, PR03.150v08-151v11x, PR24.069r-072vx, PR30.001-344, CMB_F16x, CMB_F18x, CMB_F23.171v04-174r04 (58)x, , CMB_F17x, CMB_F19x, BLIB_Or5278, BLIB_Or5481, BLIB_Or5869, BLIB_Or6255, BN_5806, BN_5807, BN_6141, BN_6142, BLIB_Or5487-5490, , MKI4491, MKI4492, MKI4493, IOL (12:1-18)x, IOM.091-092x, HBH_asma, BYC_asma | MANU.039-045x, TZH2.006x, SWBP#07 (p.018-024x), SWBP#11 (p.092-106x), SWBP#15 (p.109-110x), SWBP#28 (p.121-122x), SWBP#31 (p.124-125x), SWBP#32 (p.125-125(a)x), SWBP#33 (p.125-125(b)x), SWBP#47 (p.136-136x), OOL.A008 | SWB#07 (p.029-037x), SWB#11 (p.129-149x), SWB#15 (p.155-155x), SWB#29 (p.172-172x), SWB#32 (p.176(a)x), SWB#33 (p.176(b)x), SWB#34 (p.177(a)x), SWB#48 (p.191-191x), BPRY.081x, BPRY.234x, GOH.passim (see index), HURQ.BB58x | E. Mahony, A. Bryan, G.H. Miller, K. Key | absolute freedom; independence of God; business; financial; property matters; call to action; chastisement and requital; corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; courtesy; culture [adab]; cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; divine attributes are within all things; every atom; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; excellence; distinction; exhortations and counsels; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's attributes require the existence of objects; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; importance of reading the Sacred Writings; justice and wrath of God; knowledge; recognition of God; light and darkness; literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as mirror; martyrs and martyrdom; modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; oneness; unity of religion; oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of prayer; power of the Manifestation of God; prayer for martyrs; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayers (general or uncategorized); predictions and prophecies; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; proclamation to Muslims; proclamation to people of the Bayan; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; proofs for the existence of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; prophecy and fulfillment; recompense; reward for belief; right action; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; relativity of religious truth; return of the Manifestations of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; thankfulness; gratitude; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations; words vs deeds | * | - | BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, AHDA.447.7, MMAH.065, SRC.091-092, SRC.188, GOH.036 and passim | Note that the Partial Inventory states that the word count is more than 500,000 words. | |
| 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 | - | - | |||
| BB00001 | Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan) | 106000 | Persian Bayan, The; Persian Bayan, The; Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Persian Bayán; Persian Bayan, A Summary; Báb's Bayan, The; Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Translation List; Le Béyan Persan; Persian Bayan ("Exposition"); Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; کتاب مستطاب بیان فارسی | تسبیح و تقدیس بساط قدس عز مجد سلطانی را لایق که لم یزل و لا یزال بوجود کینونیت ذات خود بوده | All praise and glory befitteth the sacred and glorious court of the sovereign Lord, Who from everlasting hath dwelt, and unto everlasting will continue to dwell within the mystery of His Own divine Essence… Thou knowest full well, O my God, that tribulations have showered... There is no paradise more wondrous for any soul | INBA62, INBA24, INBA96, INBA_1006C, INBA_4008C, INBA_6015C, INBA_6018C, INBA_6019C, INBA_6021C, CMB_F12, CMB_F13, CMB_Or.34(8), BLIB_Or2819, BLIB_Or5760, BLIB_Or1330, BN_suppl.1070, MKI4518, MKI4519, MKI4524.070, SOAS ms.24255, IOM.088-089, KB_bayan-per, HBH_bayanf, BYC_bayan-per, BYC_bayan-per2 | BAYN, SWBP#09 (p.052-081x), SWBP#71 (p.153-154x), OOL.A001 | SWB#09 (p.077-113x), SWB#71 (p.214-215x), BPRY.226-227x, GPB.029-030x, GPB.097-098x, WOB.062bx, WOB.100-101x, EGB.316-406, GOH.passim (see index), MNP.045-046x, MNP.226-228x, MESSIAH.659-704x, HURQ.BB55x, LOG#0668, LOG#0770, LOG#1480, LOG#1481, LOG#2161, LOG#2162, BLO_PT#049, BLO_PT#062x, BLO_PT#063x, BLO_PT#079.1.4x, BLO_sazedj#01, ADMS#041 | Smith & Dragoman, L. Slott (2:16), J. Heath [track 8], J. Heath | The Mother Book of the Bábí Dispensation. Comprising nine vahids (unities) of nineteen chapters or … | attaining good pleasure of God; chastisement and requital; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's knowledge; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; inmost heart [fu'ad]; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; knowledge; recognition of God; lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Letters of the Living; Manifestation of God as mirror; Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; names and attributes of God; oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; predictions and prophecies; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; proofs of the Manifestations of God; purpose; goal of creation; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; rejection, opposition and persecution; return of the Manifestations of God; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; the Imamate; the Caliphate; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; the Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; Word of God is its own standard; Word of God the cause of creation | * | - | NSS.045-049, BRHL.59, MSBR.204-205, AHDA.442.1, MMAH.007, SRC.083-084, SRC.181-184, SRC.280, GOH.035, GOH.281-298, GOH.308-338, GPB.025x | see also BB00020, Arabic Bayan |
| BH04140 | 220 | امروز روزیست که جمیع اسما و جمیع اشیاء باعلی الندآء ذکر مینمایند و عباد و | This is the day whereon all names and all things cry out with the most exalted call, and the servants and [3.5s]... ...We beseech God to aid all the leaves to attain the knowledge of the Tree and deprive them not of the ocean of His generosity. In this day no regard is paid to loftiness or lowliness | INBA19:112, INBA32:103, INBA57:081, BLIB_Or15710.281, | COMP_WOMENP#006x | BRL_WOMEN#006x, COC#2097x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; spiritual transformation; status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | ||||||
| BH06686 | 150 | Prayers and Meditations | قل سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الاعظم الذی سجن فی العکا و تریه یا الهی | Unto Thee be praise, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name Who hath been shut up in the prison-town of Akka | INBA51:459 | PMP#048 | PM#048 | praise and encouragement; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; station of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| BH00271 | Tafsir-i-Va'sh-Shams (Commentary on the Surih of the Sun) | 2340 | Commentary on the Surah of the Sun; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | الحمد لله الذی انطق ورقاء البیان علی افنان دوحه التبیان بفنون الالحان علی انه لا اله الا هو | Praise be to God, Who hath set the dove of eloquence, perched among the twigs of the tree of explanation, to weaving her divers melodies | INBA90:076, BLIB_Or15714.065, , NLAI_BH3.227, Berlin1237#01, MKI4524.278, | BRL_DA#710, GWBP#089 p.116bx, MJMM.001, DLS.107x, ASAT1.253x, ASAT2.171x, ASAT3.116x, ASAT4.205x, ASAT4.208x, ASAT4.366x, ASAT4.375x, ADH1.108x, OOL.B146 | GWB#089x, BLO_PT#025, HURQ.BH78, ADMS#199n02x | W. Heath | Gives a detailed interpretation of a short surah of the Qur’an, relates several symbolic meanings … | interpretation of words and passages in scripture; limits of language; names and attributes of God; outward and inward meanings; station of the Manifestation of God; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | ROB1.032, MMAH.102, GSH.209, LL#338 | |
| BH03740 | 250 | Prayers and Meditations | یا الهی یحترق قلب المشتاق من نار الاشتیاق و تبکی عیون العشاق من سطوه الفراق | The hearts that yearn after Thee, O my God, are burnt up with the fire of their longing for Thee… They are like the angels which Thou hast created of snow and of fire | INBA92:350 | PMP#094 | PM#094 | C. McLoughlin (after J. Lincoln) | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||
| BH04421 | 210 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | باز بلند مکنت پرواز نمود و غراب غیرت از مغرب جان متصاعد و باوج عماء قدرت... قلباً طاهراً فاخلق فیّ یا الهی سرّاً ساکناً جدّد فیّ یا منائی | Once again hath the Phoenix of divine grandeur taken flight, and the Raven of glory hath soared from the western horizon of the soul unto the zenith of hallowed eternity [3.5s]... ...Create in me a pure heart, O my God, and renew a tranquil conscience within me, O my Hope! | INBA38:040, INBA33:020ax, INBA30:120ax | BRL_DA#689, PMP#155x, AHM.057x, BSHA.085, ADH1.047x, MMJA.025x, OOL.B159.2x | PM#155x, BPRY.164x, SW_v14#09 p.257x, BSC.186 #273x | Ahdieh, Nabilinho, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown, L. Slott, M. Sparrow, Refuge, Chandra & Eric, C. McGrail, Elina, Mea, Nader, Pedram & Annika, The Bird & The Butterfly, N. Hamilton, Gyenyame, QuiqueSaba, G. and M. Smith, P. Held & C. Bahia [track 1], Ladjamaya [track 11], almunajat.com [item 6], S. Peyman, Nava, Michele, Roya & Marie | composure; tranquillity; serenity; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; nearness and remoteness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for purity; chastity; spiritual transformation; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#494 | |||
| BH00011 | 11650 | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | حمد مقدس از السن ممکنات و منزه از ذکر موجودات ساحت قدس سلطان قدمی را سزا است | Sanctified praise, transcendent above the tongues of all created things and hallowed beyond the mention of all beings, befitteth the sacred court of the Ancient King [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O Lord, my Best Beloved! Make me steadfast in Thy Cause and grant that I may be reckoned among those | INBA38:192, INBA66:131x, INBA77:013, PR23.051b-052ax, BN_suppl.1754.001-021 | AQMJ2.146x, UVM.072.15x, UVM.082.15x | SWB#72 (p.215-216x) | chastisement and requital; differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH03803 | 240 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | ای کنیز خدا و فرزند کنیز او بشنو ندای الهی را بگوش جان چه که آذان ظاهره | O handmaid of God and daughter of His handmaid! Hearken with the ear of thy soul unto the divine call, for the outward ears [3.5s] | INBA38:120, INBA57:048 | BRL_ATBH#50x | development of capacity and readiness; praise and encouragement; prayer for morning; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||
| BH00961 | 860 | Trustworthiness; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | یا عبدالله علیک بهاء الله انا نبشرک فی اول البیان بقبول عملک لوجه الله رب العالمین | O servant of God! Upon thee be the glory of God. We herald unto thee, at the outset of this utterance, that thy deed hath been accepted before the face of God, the Lord of all worlds [3.5s]... ...We have counselled all people, in the most clear and eloquent language, to adorn their characters with trustworthiness and godliness, and with such qualities | INBA19:144b, INBA32:133 | BRL_DA#444, COMP_TRUSTP#21x | BRL_TRUST#20x, COC#2032x | honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; permission for visit; pilgrimage; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| BH00512 | Lawh-i-Tawhid | 1450 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | حمد مقدس از عرفان ممکنات و منزه از ادراک مدرکات ملیک عز بی مثالی را سزا است | Praise be to God, the All-Possessing, the King of incomparable glory, a praise which is immeasurably above | INBA38:012, INBA65:167, INBA35:058b, INBA36:396, NLI.32p020v, PR23.039b-041b | BRL_DA#716, GWBP#026 p.047bx, AVK1.113b.02x, AVK2.013.17x, AVK2.072.02x, ZYN.056, MJMM.307, DWNP_v1#01 p.003-007, UAB.006bx, UAB.008ax, DLS.070x, ASAT2.104x, AHB_109BE #07 p.002x, PYM.335-341, OOL.B081 | GWB#026x, WOB.113x2x, ADMS#013 | Discourse on the transcendence of God, Whose signs have pervaded the entire creation and Who is know … | creation of the world; Manifestation of God as mirror; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | GSH.184, LL#250 | ||
| BH00001 | Kitab-i-Aqdas (The Most Holy Book) | 10520 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Synopsis and Codification of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Kitáb-i-Aqdas Research Tools; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ان اول ما کتب الله علی العباد عرفان مشرق وحیه و مطلع امره الذی کان مقام | The first duty prescribed by God for His servants is the recognition of Him Who is the Dayspring of His Revelation and the Fountain of His laws | INBA43:069, BLIB_Or02820.001, , BLIB_Or15691.001, , BLIB_Or15729.002, , BLIB_Or15737a.001, , CMB_F29, CMB_F30, CMB_F31, IOM.095-096, NLAI_22848:006, LEID.Or4969x, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p001v, CUL.X893.7.B11, MKI4522.002, , BN_6397 | BRL_AqdasA, GWBP#037 p.062bx, GWBP#056 p.078x, GWBP#070 p.093x, GWBP#071 p.094x, GWBP#072 p.095x, GWBP#098 p.130bx, GWBP#105 p.137x, GWBP#155 p.213x, GWBP#159 p.216x, GWBP#166 p.222bx, ROB3.000x, OOL.B015 | AQDS, GWB#037x, GWB#056x, GWB#070x, GWB#071x, GWB#072x, GWB#098x, GWB#105x, GWB#155x, GWB#159x, GWB#166x, BADM.016x, BADM.021ax, COF.018-019x, TDH#082x, TDH#158.3x, GPB.102x2x, GPB.112x, GPB.154x, GPB.170x2x, GPB.176x, GPB.195x, GPB.206x6x, GPB.207x3x, GPB.208x5x, GPB.209x5x, GPB.211x, GPB.214x7x, GPB.215x15x, GPB.215-216x, GPB.216x, GPB.225x, GPB.226x4x, GPB.230-231x, GPB.231x, GPB.242x, GPB.254x, GPB.325x, GPB.331-332x, GPB.376x, GPB.390x, GPB.395-396x, GPB.396x, MBW.166x, MBW.168x, PDC.040x, PDC.040-042x, PDC.042x, PDC.058-059x, PDC.059x, PDC.059-060x, PDC.064-065x, PDC.092x, PDC.092-093x, PDC.095x, PDC.100x, PDC.118-119x, PDC.121x, PDC.133-134x, PDC.134-135x, PDC.161x, PDC.187x, WOB.105x, WOB.109x, WOB.146x, WOB.132x, WOB.134x, WOB.162x, WOB.171-172x, WOB.172x, WOB.176x, SW_v01#05 p.009x, SW_v14#04 p.112 (et al)x, DWN_v1#02 p.002-003x, DWN_v2#09 p.069-070x, BLO_PT#045, BLO_PT#056, BSC.110 #043-044+046x, BSC.156 #138-139x, BSC.262 #547x | unknown (¶1-190), Soulrise Melodies (¶4), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (¶11), E. Mahony (¶11), Soulrise Melodies (¶16), W. Heath (¶31), Soulrise Melodies (¶33), unknown (¶38), S. Jaberi (¶38), T. Nosrat (¶51), J. Mohajer (¶51), Soulrise Melodies (¶74), G.H. Miller (¶91), E. Mahony (¶182), Sophie, Siria and Ashkan (¶182), Bahareh & Scott (¶182), J. Crone (¶182), B. Khademi (¶182), MANA (¶182), Leona and Larry (¶182) | The ‘mother book’ of the Bahá’í Dispensation, announcing to the kings of the earth the promu … | alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; call to action; cleanliness and refinement; confession of sins; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; law of burial and cremation; law of fasting; law of Huququ'llah; law of inheritance; law of obligatory prayer; law of pilgrimage; law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; laws of marriage and dowry; love of God; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); moderation; frugality; simplicity; monasticism; asceticism; murder; causing physical harm; Nineteen-Day Feast; parents and children; youth; families; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for women; prayers (general or uncategorized); pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; theft; seizing the properties of others; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; twin duties of recognition and obedience; unchastity and adultery; words vs deeds; work as worship | * | * | LAC.213-257, ROB3.275 et al, BKOG.351 et al, GPB.206 et al, EBTB.155, EBTB.189, MMAH.199, GSH.133, LL#027 | |
| AB04432 | 170 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای متمسکین بعهد و پیمان الهی الیوم اهل ملا اعلی از ملکوت ابهی ناظر و از جبروت | O ye who are holding fast unto the Covenant and Testament! This day, from the realms of the All-Glorious, from the Kingdom of Holiness | INBA88:145 | MKT6.108b, MNMK#130 p.244, MMK1#182 p.202, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.283 | SWAB#182 | firmness in the Covenant; importance of community building; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; role of the Covenant in preserving unity; the concourse on high; unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||
| AB09838 | 70 | Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای بنده الهی بزرگواری در عبودیت جلیل اکبر است نه سلطنت خاور و باختر نفوس | ...Servitude to God lieth in servitude to the friends. One must be the essence of humility and the embodiment of meekness | INBA16:104 | BRL_DAK#0372, BRL_CONF2018P#08x, MMK2#156 p.118 | BRL_CONF2018#08x | evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; humility; meekness; lowliness; servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||
| BH00334 | Suriy-i-Qalam | 1970 | Days of Remembrance | ان یا قلم الاعلی ان اشهد فی نفسک بانه هو الله لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم | O Pen of the Most High! Bear thou witness, in thine own self, that verily He is God and that there is none other God but Me | INBA37:115, BLIB_Or15692.012, , BLIB_Or15706.001, , BLIB_Or15714.049, , BLIB_Or15725.239, , NLAI_BH1.083, NLAI_BH2.204 | AQA4#089 p.258, SFI14.036-045n, TZH4.268-270, TSBT.124, ASAT1.111x, ASAT3.015x, ASAT3.136x, ASAT4.508x, OOL.B136, AMB#23 | DOR#23, BLO_PT#095, HURQ.BH47 | A celebration of the festival of Riḍván, taking the form of a series of apostrophes to His Pen, t … | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; monasticism; asceticism; proclamation to Christians; proclamation to people of the Bayan; symbolism; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God the cause of creation | * | * | ROB2.397, SFI14.036-045, MMAH.159, GSH.192, LL#324 | ||
| AB05996 | 130 | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | اللهم یا من سبقت رحمتک و عظمت مغفرتک و جل احسانک و شاع عفوک و ذاع صیت فضلک | O Lord, O Thou Whose mercy hath encompassed all, Whose forgiveness is transcendent, Whose bounty is sublime | INBA16:135 | BRL_DAK#1198, BSHN.140.184, BSHN.144.184, PYK.302, MHT2.147 | BPRY.044-045 | J. Heath [track 11] | angels; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||
| BH04460 | 210 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا الهی تری کیف ابتلیت بین عبادک و ما ورد علی فی سبیلک انت تعلم بانی | Lauded be Thy name, O my God! Thou seest how I have been sorely vexed among Thy servants | INBA49:095, INBA92:359 | PMP#119 | PM#119 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; power of prayer; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; servitude; submission to God; repentance; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| BH08013 | 120 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | الهی الهی اسئلک ببحر شفائک و اشراقات انوار نیر فضلک و بالاسم الذی سخرت به | O God, my God! I beg of Thee by the ocean of Thy healing, and by the splendors of the Day-Star of Thy grace | INBA30:116bx | BRL_DA#774, PMP#174, ADM2#111 p.200x, AHM.180, AQMJ2.096, MAS4.101x, NSR_1993.019x, ADH1.097 | PM#174, BPRY.095, DAS.1915-04-04, BP1929.028-029 | E. Tarani | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for healing; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#477 | |||
| BH11273 | 40 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | علیکم یا اهل القبور سلام الله مالک الظهور و مکلم الطور طوبی لکم قد فزتم | O ye in mortal graves! The peace of God, Him Who is the Lord of Revelation and the Speaker on Sinai, rest upon you | INBA65:093b, BLIB_Or15696.139c, , BLIB_Or15714.129b, | BRL_DA#578 | BRL_ATBH#04 | eulogies; reminiscences; martyrs and martyrdom; outward and inward meanings; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| BH07688 | 130 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا من بیدک ملکوت الاسما و فی قبضه قدرتک من فی الارض و السما اسئلک | Lauded be Thy name, O Thou in Whose hands is the kingdom of all names, and in the grasp of Whose might | INBA92:376b | PMP#072 | PM#072 | exhortations and counsels; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for protection; prayer for spiritual recognition; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||
| BH04596 | 210 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | یا معشر العلماء اتقوا الله ثم انصفوا فی امر هذا الامی الذی شهدت له کتب الله | Lay not aside the fear of God, O ye the learned of the world, and judge fairly the Cause of this unlettered One | INBA51:186b, KB_620:179-180 | GWBP#044 p.070, LHKM3.339, YFY.264-265 | GWB#044 | call to action; lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; power of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#410 | ||||
| AB00322 | 660 | Light of the World | 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 | - | - | ||||
| BH02874 | 310 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب له الجود و الفضل یعطی من یشاء ما | God witnesseth that there is no God but Him, the Gracious, the Best-Beloved. All grace and bounty are His. To whomsoever He will He giveth whatsoever is His wish | INBA23:197b, INBA36:087a, INBA71:249 | BRL_DA#782, GWBP#030 p.055ax | GWB#030x | oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; return of the Manifestations of God; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | LL#417 | ||||
| BH03941 | 240 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه اسمع ندائی و لاتضطرب عما ورد علی احباء الله و امنائه | O thou who gazest upon the Countenance! Hear thou My call, and be thou not perturbed by that which hath befallen the loved ones of God and His trusted servants [3.5s]... ...The generations that have gone on before you—whither are they fled? And those round whom in life circled the fairest and the loveliest of the land, where now are they? | INBA34:272 | BRL_DA#658, GWBP#123 p.168ax, AQA1#135 | GWB#123x | chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | LL#398 | ||||
| BH01313 | Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet of Medicine) | 650 | Tablet to the Physician, or Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i-Tibb); Tablet to a Physician (Lawh-i-Tibb); Prayers and Meditations; Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i-Tibb); Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet to the Physician), The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | لسان القدم تنطق بما یکون غنیه الالبا عند غیبه الاطبا قل یا قوم لاتاکلوا... جمیع احبا را من قبل الله تکبیر | The Ancient Tongue speaks what which will satisfy the wise in the absence of doctors. O People, do not eat except when you are hungry… Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance of Thee is my remedy | INBA35:004c, BLIB_Or07852.105, , BLIB_Or11096#233, , NLAI_BH1.138x, NLAI_BH2.365 | BRL_DA#718, PMP#170x, AVK3.112.02x, AVK3.114.07x, MJMM.222, AQMJ1.006ax, MMJA.013x, OOL.B082 | PM#170x, BPRY.096x, COC#1019x, COC#1020x, LOG#1003x, SW_v13#09 p.252, BLO_PT#114, BLO_PT#168, BP1929.031-032x, HURQ.BH64 | S. Toloui-Wallace, A. Wensbo, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown, A. Youssefi, The Badasht Project, L. Slott, A. Bryan, P. Escobar, D. Gundry, Nabilinho, A. McDonald, M. Sparrow, Baha'i Youth of Japan, Ann-Sofie & Rasmus, O. Gollmer, K. Bartlett, C. Bolton, M. Matouf, Yoshie & Aleksandar, M. Hadji & D. Czimek, J. Heath, M.C. Santillana, Honiara Baha'i Youth, N. Ma'ani, N Chiang, W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, C. Signori, L. Robinson, G.H. Miller, Rowshan, K. Porray, Arrayanes, J. Heath [track 3], A. & M. Zemke [track 3], M. Levine [track 3], T. Ellis, Zannetta [track 5], Ladjamaya [track 12], almunajat.com [item 5], Ellie, Rose & Steve | Relates various items of medical and dietary advice—paraphrasing in part a chapter from Náṣíf … | health and healing; material and spiritual healing; prayer for healing; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; wisdom [hikmat] | * | - | ROB3.358, MMAH.174, GSH.177, LL#252, LL#476 | Advice follows closely (in different order) the content and wording of Nasif al-Yajizi, "Majma'ul-Bahrayn", ch. 30, p. 182, from line 10: Yaziji, Shaykh Nasif al - Majma' al-Bahrayn (also at archive.org). |
| BH01034 | Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi | 810 | Tablet to Jamal-i-Burujirdi (Lawh-i-Jamál-i-Burujirdí); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | قوله تعالی بحر وحی که در قلم اعلی مستور است بصورت اینکلمات ترشح فرموده ای | The Ocean of Divine Revelation which is hidden within the Supreme Pen hath sprinkled forth in the form of these Words: O Jamal! Thou didst arrive in the Most Holy Presence and attain the Most Great Vision | INBA35:039, BLIB_Or15698.218, , BLIB_Or15720.214, , BLIB_Or15740.166, , Majlis210461.017-020 | BRL_DA#713, GWBP#005 p.013x, AVK2.031.11x, AVK3.141.08x, AVK3.181.08x, AVK3.243.06x, AVK3.465.14x, IQT.218, GHA.445.10x, MAS8.048ax, AKHA_118BE #08-09 p.ax, AKHA_122BE #07-08 p.bx, ANDA#49 p.04x, OOL.B049a | GWB#005x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.077x, BLO_PT#181, HURQ.BH60 | D. E. Walker, L. Slott | Advises the recipient to practice love, humility, and detachment when engaging people with different … | contention and conflict; differences in human capacity; humility; meekness; lowliness; love and unity; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity in diversity | * | - | GSH.183, LL#130 | |
| AB00993 | 390 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | ای بنده جمال قدم زبان بشکرانه اسم اعظم بگشا که موفق بزیارت عتبه مقدسه روحی | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Loose your tongue in thanksgiving to the Most Great Name, for you have attained the privilege of pilgrimage to the Sacred Threshold - may my spirit be sacrificed for it [3.5s]... ...Obligatory prayer is the very foundation of the Cause of God. Through it joy and vitality infuse the heart | INBA13:313 | AKHA_125BE #04 p.b, AVK3.251.09x, AVK4.092.11x, DWNP_v1#10-11 p.002-003x | BRL_IOPF#2.14x | law of obligatory prayer; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; spiritual transformation; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| AB00198 | 820 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای فرع رفیع سدره مبارکه جناب آقا سید میرزا چون در اینجا تشریف داشتند | O thou exalted bough of the divine Lote-Tree! ...When thou art disdained and rejected by the wicked doers be not cast down | INBA55:395 | BRL_DAK#1203, MNMK#133 p.246, MMK1#195 p.227, MAS5.105 | SWAB#195 | Alex, Asha, Renya, and Alia, B. Weber | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; growth of the Cause; rejection, opposition and persecution; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||
| BH04829 | 200 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | مقصود از کتابهای آسمانی و آیات الهی آنکه مردمان بادابی تربیت شوند که سبب | The purpose underlaying the revelation of every heavenly Book, nay, of every divinely-revealed verse | INBA57:087a, INBA41:155bx, BLIB_Or07852.111b, , BLIB_Or15710.296a, | GWBP#101 p.134x, AVK3.001.06, MJMM.304x, DWNP_v5#01 p.001-002, UAB.023ax, DRD.001x, RRT.005x, DAUD.01x, AHB_109BE #05 p.020, AHB_134BE #03-04 p.068, AKHA_133BE #09 p.199, AKHA_136BE #07 p.110 | GWB#101x, ROL.009 | call to action; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); spiritual transformation; two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | LL#431 | ||||
| BH08852 | 110 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک یا الهی قد استظلت فی ظل سدره وحدانیتک امه من امائک التی آمنت بک و | Glory to Thee, O my God! One of Thy handmaidens, who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs | INBA92:353b | PMP#093 | PM#093, BPRY.246 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for women; spiritual transformation; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH05264 | 180 | الحمد لله الذی خلق الخلق بکلمه من عنده و ارسل الیهم الرسل و انزل علیهم الکتب | Praise be to God Who hath created all created things through His Word, and hath sent unto them His Messengers, and hath caused to descend upon them His Books [3.5s]... ...Hear thou Me once again! God is well pleased with thee, as a token of His grace and a sign of His mercy. He hath made thee to be His companion in every one of His worlds | INBA65:085 | BRL_DA#433, SFI20.014a, RHQM2.1040x (486) (299x), ATB.128, AKHT1.079x, FBAH.239 | TDH#064.15x | eulogies; reminiscences; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God; visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||
| BH00621 | 1230 | ان یا علی قبل نقی ان استمع الندا من شاطئ البقآء فی البقعة الحمرآء من السدرة المنتهی انه لا اله الا انا العزیز المختار | O Ali-Qabli-Naqi! Hearken unto the Call from the Shore of Eternity in the crimson spot, from the Divine Lote-Tree: Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the All-Choosing [3.5s]... ...O concourse of divines ... Lay aside that which ye possess, and hold your peace, and give ear, then, unto that which the Tongue of Grandeur and Majesty speaketh | INBA34:105, BLIB_Or11095#002, , BLIB_Or15735.172, | AQA1#007, HYK.172 | PDC.144x | call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||
| BH00234 | 10150 | Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | الحمد لله الذی نصر امره بالاعدآء الذین استقروا علی سرر الظلم فی ناسوت الانشاء | Praise be unto God Who hath aided His Cause through the enemies who have occupied the seats of tyranny in the kingdom of creation [3.5s]... ...O Haydar! This Wronged One hath heard thy voice raised in the service of the Cause of God... O my handmaiden, O my leaf!... It is indeed a most excellent favour | INBA51:010x, KB_620:003-004x | BRL_DA#478, LHKM2.094x, UAB.012bx, QT108.059x, PYB#114 p.04x, ANDA#64 p.08-33x, TBP#17ix, YMM.309x, YMM.341x | TB#17ix, BRL_ATBH#03x, LTDT.059x, COC#1134x | R. Yazhari | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | LL#107, LL#188 | |||
| BH00501 | Lawh-i-Karim | 1470 | Trustworthiness; Translation List; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای کریم انشاء الله بعنایت کریم در ظل سدره رب العالمین مستریح باشی و بفیوضات | O Karím! God grant that, through the bounty of the Most Generous [Karím], thou art reposing beneath the shade of the Tree of the Lord of all worlds...It behoveth ye all so to adorn your inner and outer beings that, robed in trustworthiness… O my loved ones! Ye are the world's spiritual physicians | INBA35:030, INBA51:389, BLIB_Or11096#016, , BLIB_Or15698.164, , BLIB_Or15720.161, , BLIB_Or15740.125, , NLI.32p126r, Majlis210461.011-017 | BRL_DA#738, COMP_TRUSTP#28x, ADM1#007 p.025x, AVK3.002.01x, AVK3.385.15x, IQT.164, MAS4.157bx | BRL_TRUST#27x, BW_v02p062x, COC#2039x, ADMS#207, JHT_S#018x | States that, while some are able to recognize the truth the moment they encounter it, most stand in … | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; methods of teaching the Cause; outward and inward meanings; power of prayer; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | GSH.175 | ||
| AB02812 | 230 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The Institution of the | ایها المنجذبون ایها الثابتون ایها الغیورون فی خدمت امر الله | O ye who are attracted! O ye who are firm! O ye who are zealous... ...The greatest affair and the most important matter today is to establish a Mashriqu'l-Adhkar | INBA89:243 | BRL_DAK#0403, COMP_MASHRIQP#10x, QT108.165, NJB_v01#19a p.012x | BRL_MASHRIQ#10x, TAB.017-018, BWF.415-415x, SW_v01#11 p.010x, SW_v06#17 p.133-134x, BW_v01p062 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; power of prayer; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||
| BH02872 | 310 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کلما یخطر بقلبی ذکرک و ثنائک یاخذنی الجذب و الانجذاب علی | Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Every time I am reminded of Thee and muse on Thy virtues, I am seized with such ecstasies | INBA27:083, INBA48:125, INBA49:018, INBA92:185, BLIB_Or15739.233, | PMP#078, AQMJ1.098 | PM#078 | praise and encouragement; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God; twin Manifestations | - | - | |||||
| BH01966 | Hur-i-'Ujab (The Wondrous Maiden) | 450 | Days of Remembrance | 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 | |
| BH07469 | 130 | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | الهی الهی تری عبادک فی هیماء الضلاله و الغوی این نور هدایتک یا مقصود | O God, my God! Thou beholdest Thy servants in the abyss of perdition and error; where is Thy Light of Divine Guidance | INBA61:053, INBA66:103 | ADM2#046 p.079, AQMM.052, NFF2.024 | BPRY.068, SW_v14#02 p.052, DWN_v3#12 p.098-099, DWN_v5#02-3 p.002-003, JHT_S#010 | power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayers (general or uncategorized); steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH01887 | 470 | Prayers and Meditations | یا الهی قرت عین البهاء بالنظر الی افق البلا الذی اتی من سماء قضائک و اخذه من | Mine eyes are cheered, O my God, when I contemplate the tribulations that descend upon me from the heaven of Thy decree | INBA92:342b | PMP#114 | PM#114 | crucifixion; ascension of Christ; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; love of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH09960 | 90 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | قل سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت الذی کنت الها و لا مالوه و ربا و لا مربوب و | Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou art He Whom all things worship and Who worshipeth no one | INBA48:213b, BLIB_Or15739.358b, | PMP#004, AQMJ1.031 | PM#004, BPRY.138 | living waters; water of life; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | |||||
| BH07659 | 130 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی ترانی الیوم فی السجن بین ایدی اعدائک و الابن علی التراب | Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou seest me in this day shut up in my prison, and fallen into the hands of Thine adversaries | INBA44:114a, INBA92:396a | PMP#030, NFR.166, AQMJ1.026 | PM#030 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for the departed; prayers (general or uncategorized); suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| AB00694 | 470 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH00739 | Lawh-i-Sahab (Tablet of the Cloud) | 1060 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of the Clouds (Lawḥ-i-Saḥáb), The; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | هذا کتاب من لدی الرحمن الی الذین اقبلوا الی قبله من فی السموات و الارضین | This is a Book from before the Most Merciful unto those who have turned their faces towards Him Who is the Qiblih of all who dwell in the heavens and on earth [3.5s]... ...My captivity can bring on Me no shame. Nay, by My life, it conferreth on Me glory. That which can make Me ashamed is the conduct of such of My followers as profess to love Me | INBA34:109, LEID.Or4970 item 10, , Majlis934.125.02-126.09x | BRL_DA#073, GWBP#060 p.083ax, AQA1#008, MAS4.168ax, MAS4.364bx, MAS8.107bx, ASAT4.051x, ASAT4.132x, ANDA#72 p.03x, OOL.B075 | GWB#060x, TN.042x, ADJ.032x, GPB.190x, PDC.135-136x, PDC.139x, WOB.105x, JHT_B#002 | Proclamatory tablet mentioning Bahá’u’lláh’s recent summons to Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh and … | characteristics and conduct of true believers; chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; predictions and prophecies; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | MMAH.167, GSH.179, LL#228 | ||
| BH07088 | 140 | ذکری نار تشتعل به قلوب المخلصین و نور تستضیء به وجوه المقربین و مره تراه | My remembrance is a fire by which the hearts of the sincere are set ablaze, and a light whereby the faces of them that are nigh are illumined, and a nectar thou beholdest [3.5s]... ...Should they attempt to conceal its light on the continent, it will assuredly rear its head in the midmost heart of the ocean | INBA34:329a, BLIB_Or11095#349, , BLIB_Or15707.198, , BLIB_Or15735.342, | BRL_DA#275, AQA1#209, HYK.342 | GPB.253x, WOB.079x | S. Jaberi | light and darkness; martyrdom of the Bab; rejection, opposition and persecution; twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00134 | Madinatu't-Tawhid (the City of Unity) | 3720 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | تلک آیات الکتاب فصلت آیاته بدعیا غیر ذی عوج علی آیات الله و هدی و نوری | These are the verses of the Book, whose signs have been set forth with wondrous originality, free from all crookedness, dwelling upon the signs of God, and serving as guidance and light [3.5s]... ...Beware, O believers in the Unity of God, lest ye be tempted to make any distinction between any of the Manifestations of His Cause | INBA36:199, BLIB_Or07852.046, , NLAI_BH3.074, PR03.251b13-254a15, PR19.017a-025b | BRL_DA#283, GWBP#024 p.046x, TZH4.225-227, MAS4.313, ASAT5.286x, MMUH#13x, MSBH5.443-444x, OOL.B088 | GWB#024x, GPB.003x, PDC.011x, PDC.111x, HURQ.BH15, JHT_B#009 | A theological discussion of the concept of divine unity from various perspectives: the unity of the … | absolute freedom; independence of God; essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; station of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | ROB1.109, MMAH.180, GSH.022, LL#151 | ||
| AB06584 | 120 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای اماء رحمن شکر کنید جمال قدم را که در این قرن اعظم و عصر منور محشور شدید | O handmaids of the Merciful! Render ye thanks unto the Ancient Beauty that ye have been raised up and gathered together | INBA13:257a | MMK1#096 p.122, AKHA_103BE #07 p.04, AKHB.212, MJTB.090, DUR1.562 | SWAB#096 | education of children; moral education; firmness in the Covenant; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; role and station of women | - | - | |||||
| BH00260 | Suriy-i-Ra'is | 2450 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Bahá'í Sacred Writings; Extract from the Súriy-i-Ra'ís about the Nature of the Soul | ان یا رئیس اسمع ندآء الله الملک المهیمن القیوم انه ینادی بین الارض و السماء | Hearken, O Chief, to the voice of God, the Sovereign, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. He, verily, calleth aloud between heaven and earth | INBA47:147, INBA34:081, BLIB_Or15735.129, , NLAI_BH2.354, Berlin1237#28, PR11.020b-026a, UMich962.130-132x | NRJ#2, AQA1#003, AVK4.453x, MJMM.087, ASAT3.048x, ASAT4.254x, ASAT5.230x, BCH.104x, YMM.269x, OOL.B070a | SLH#02, GPB.174x, GPB.179-180x, GPB.180x, GPB.181x2x, PDC.099x, PDC.120x, WOB.105-106x, WOB.178x, BLO_PT#194, BSC.088 #039x, BSC.224 #444-445x | Addresses ‘Álí Páshá, the Ottoman Prime Minister, as Bahá’u’lláh and His companions were … | chastisement and requital; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; prophecy and fulfillment; suffering and imprisonment; the human soul; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ROB2.411 et al, BKOG.259, MMAH.146, GSH.109, LL#326 | ||
| BH07780 | 130 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | قل سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انا عبدک الذی تمسکت بحبل الطافک و تشبثت بذیل افضالک | Lauded be Thy Name, O Lord my God! I am Thy servant who hath laid hold on the cord of Thy tender mercies | INBA15:243, INBA26:245, BLIB_Or15715.128c, | PMP#136, NFR.162, PYK.213 | PM#136, BPRY.167-168 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for healing; servitude; submission to God; repentance; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||
| BH00554 | 1350 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | یا حیدر قبل علی بگو یا اهل ارض آذان را از برای اینکلمه مبارکه از آنچه | O Haydar-'Alí! Say: O peoples of the earth! Purge your ears for this blessed Word from whatsoever [3.5s]... ...O my God, the God of bounty and mercy! Thou art that King by Whose commanding word the whole creation | INBA42:001, INBA65:029x, INBA30:084a, BLIB_Or15690.234, , BLIB_Or15699.080, , BLIB_Or15718.155, | BRL_DA#684, PMP#159x, AHM.319x, AQMJ1.141x, VAA.202-202x, ADH1.044x, MMJA.034x | PM#159x, BPRY.168 | A. Youssefi | exhortations and counsels; power of the Manifestation of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#497 | |||
| BH03033 | 3390 | هذا کتاب نزل من سماء مشیة الرحمن علی من فی الامکان ... یا ایلیا اراضی جرزه لایق بذر حکمت الهی | This is a Book that hath been sent down from the heaven of the will of the All-Merciful unto all who dwell within the realm of possibility [3.5s]... ...By the one true God, Elijah hath hastened unto My court and hath circumambulated | INBA65:042x, INBA30:091ax, INBA81:006bx, NLAI_BH_AB.018x | BRL_DA#395, AHM.337x, DWNP_v6#05 p.001bx, AQMJ1.154x, AQMJ1.176ax, AYI2.325x, AYI2.326x, AYI2.327x, AYI2.328x, AYI2.330x, ADH1.021x, ADH1.027x, AKHA_131BE #13 p.ax, TAH.011bx | WOB.105x2x, HURQ.BH73x | unknown | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power of prayer; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; prophecy and fulfillment; spiritual transformation; teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||
| BH00652 | 1170 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف اذکرک بعد الذی ایقنت بان السن العارفین کلت عن ذکرک | Lauded and glorified art Thou, O Lord, my God! How can I make mention of Thee, assured as I am that no tongue, however deep its wisdom | INBA48:073, INBA83:144b, INBA49:107, INBA92:304, BLIB_Or15702.116, , BLIB_Or15739.131, | BRL_DA#771, GWBP#001 p.010x | GWB#001x | call to action; Imam Husayn; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#056 | ||||
| BH02033 | 430 | ان یا حرف الحی فاسمع ندآء ربک مره اخری فی هذالجبروت المقدس الابهی | O Letter of the Living! Hearken thou unto the Call of thy Lord once again in this most hallowed and most glorious Dominion [3.5s]... ...He is the same as the One Who appeared in the year sixty (1260 A.H.). | INBA19:181b, INBA32:165 | BRL_DA#431 | WOB.139x | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; the power of words; of speech; twin Manifestations | - | - | ||||||
| BH00060 | Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzaq | 5390 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | مکتوب آنجناب بمنظر اکبر وارد و از قمیص کلماتش نفحات حب مالک اسما و صفات | Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon, and from the garment of its words wafted the sweet-scented fragrance of love for the Lord of Names and Attributes [3.5s]... ...As to thy question concerning the origin of creation. Know assuredly that God’s creation hath existed from eternity, and will continue to exist forever… Thou hast asked Me whether man, as apart from the Prophets of God… | INBA38:144, BLIB_Or15698.044, , BLIB_Or15720.046, , BLIB_Or15740.038, , NLAI_BH3.047, BN_suppl.1754.021-030 | BRL_DA#030, GWBP#078 p.101bx, GWBP#080 p.103x, GWBP#087 p.114x, AVK1.113ax, AVK1.213.04x, AVK1.222.10x, AVK1.272x, AVK2.042.10x, AVK2.073.12x, IQT.044, RSBB.104, MAS4.174ax, ASAT1.013x, ASAT2.019x, ASAT2.103x, ASAT4.317x, ASAT4.296x, ASAT4.530x, ASAT5.270x, ASAT5.355x, OOL.B021 | BRL_ATBH#75x, GWB#078x, GWB#080x, GWB#087x, ROL.016-021x, BSC.228 #453-459x, HURQ.BH57x, HURQ.BH58x | Addresses some misconceptions of the Bábís and answers questions concerning the origin of creation … | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; creation of the world; eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; soul; spirit after death; universal language; Word of God and human limitations | * | - | LL#036, LL#411 | ||
| BH01494 | Suriy-i-Fu'ad (=Lawh-i-Fu'ad) | 580 | Summons of the Lord of Hosts | ک ظ نادیناک عن وراء قلزم الکبریا علی الارض الحمرا من افق البلا انه لا اله | Káf. Ẓá’. We call unto thee from beyond the sea of grandeur, upon the crimson land, above the horizon of tribulation. | INBA34:128, BLIB_Or15707.040, , BLIB_Or15735.210, | NRJ#4, AQA1#015, AYBY.023b, MAS4.246x, RHQM1.592-594 (723) (444-445), ASAM.261-262, SAM.292, DLH2.186x, HYK.210, OOL.B117 | SLH#04, GPB.208-209x, PDC.100x, BLO_PT#172 | Details the divine justice that was meted out to the recently deceased Ottoman Prime Minister in con … | call to action; chastisement and requital; justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of prayer; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | * | * | ROB3.087 et al, MMAH.225, GSH.192, LL#088, LL#302 | ||
| BH00958 | 860 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | لم یزل نفحات قدسی از رضوان عنایت الهی در وزیدن بوده و لایزال روایح عز معنوی | From time immemorial have the breezes of holiness wafted from the Paradise of divine favor, and unto eternity shall the fragrances of spiritual glory continue to be diffused [3.5s]... ...The purpose of God in creating man hath been, and will ever be, to enable him to know his Creator and to attain His Presence | INBA36:080, INBA71:241 | BRL_DA#130, GWBP#029 p.053x, AVK1.333.010x, MJMM.368, DRD.139, ASAT5.061x, ASAT5.262x, AKHA_134BE #18 p.691 | GWB#029x, DWN_v3#12 p.031-032x | growth of the Cause; knowledge; recognition of God; nearness and remoteness; power of the Manifestation of God; purpose; goal of creation; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#430 | ||||
| BH02839 | 310 | Trustworthiness | 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] | - | - | |||||
| BH10973 | 60 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | یا من وجهک کعبتی و جمالک حرمی و شطرک مطلبی و ذکرک رجائی و حبک مونسی و عشقک | O Thou Whose face is the object of my adoration, Whose beauty is my sanctuary, Whose habitation is my goal | INBA33:145a, INBA30:123ax | PMP#166, AHM.064, AQMJ1.009, NSR_1993.037a | PM#166, BPRY.019 | A. Youssefi, TaliaSafa, M.J. Davey-Hatcher | knowledge; recognition of God; nearness and remoteness; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | LL#501 | |||
| BH07657 | 130 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بهذا الظهور الذی فیه بدل الدیجور بالبکور و بنی | Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by this Revelation whereby darkness hath been turned into light, through which the Frequented Fane hath been built… I am the one, O my Lord, who hath held fast the cord of Thy loving-kindness… | INBA48:188a, INBA49:062, INBA92:165, BLIB_Or15739.324, | PMP#007, NFF5.066, OOL.B090.14 | PM#007, BPRY.269 | B. Lisbeth | belief and denial; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; law of fasting; prayer for fasting; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#271, LL#468 | |||
| BH01957 | 450 | ذکر من لدنا لمن توجه الی الوجه اذ اعرض عنه اکثر العباد لیقربه الی الله و | This is a remembrance from Our presence unto one who hath turned toward the Countenance when most of the servants turned away therefrom, that it may draw him nigh unto God and [3.5s]... ...The pagan priests, and the Jewish and Christian divines, have committed the very things which the divines of the age | INBA18:396, INBA57:089 | PDC.132-133x | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; rejection, opposition and persecution; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| BH00072 | 5020 | Huqúqu'lláh; Translation List | الحمد لله الذی نطق بکلمه فی العالم و اختلفت الاحزاب فی معناها منهم من عرف | Praise be to God Who hath uttered a word in the world, and the peoples differed as to its meaning. Among them were those who recognized [3.5s]... ...O Zayn! Such souls as comply with the injunction of God prescribed in the Book are regarded as most excellent in the same estimation of God… O Thou Who art the Lord of all names! I beseech Thee by Thy Name which overshadoweth all things | INBA45:182, BLIB_Or15717.001, | BRL_HUQUQP#007x, ADM2#115 p.204x, AYI2.160x, MSBH5.454ax, YIA.191x | BRL_HUQUQ#007x, COC#1103x, ADMS#116 | E. Tarani | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | ||||
| BH00537 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Siyyidu'sh-Shuhada | 1380 | Tablet of Visitation for Imám Husayn (Lawh-i-Zíyárat-Namih-i-Imám Husayn); Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی انه هو الموعود فی الکتب و الصحف و | God testifieth that there is no God but Him! And He that hath appeared is the One promised in all the Books and sacred Scrolls…. Glory be unto Thee O my God, O Thou the Lord of Manifestation, Whose shed the glory of His effulgence upon the branch of Sinai! | INBA65:001, BLIB_Or15696.175bx, , BLIB_Or15714.112, | BRL_DA#158, ADM2#010 p.024x, MJMM.202, AYT.235, ASAT3.100x, DLH3.422x, OOL.B154 | BRL_ATBH#59x, BLO_PT#149, ADMS#003x, JHT_S#173x | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; martyrs and martyrdom; prayer for martyrs; visitation Tablets | * | - | ROB3.303, MMAH.226, GSH.144, LL#347, LL#350 | Tablet of Visitation for Imam Husayn. | ||
| BH03181 | Khutbatu'n-Nikah [marriage Tablet] | 280 | Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | الحمد لله القدمی بلا زوال و الابدی بلا انتقال الذی شهد لذاته بذاته انه لهو | Praise be to God, the Ancient, the Ever-Abiding, the Changeless, the Eternal! He Who hath testified in His Own Being | INBA73:042, BLIB_Or15722.057a, , NLAI_BH4.075.13-076.09 | BRL_DA#564, AVK4.157x, TSBT.205x | BPRY.117, PNAK.83 | business; financial; property matters; laws of marriage and dowry; marriage as means of spiritual progress; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#144, LL#205 | |||
| BH07113 | 140 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تری و تعلم بانی مادعوت عبادک الا الی شطر مواهبک و | Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou seest and knowest that I have called upon Thy servants to turn nowhere except | INBA48:174, INBA49:063a, INBA92:166b, BLIB_Or15739.306, | PMP#122, AQMJ1.131 | PM#122, BPRY.144 | D. Gundry, E. Mahony, Honiara Baha'i Youth, Leona and Larry, SKY | knowledge; recognition of God; love of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for protection; rejection, opposition and persecution; servitude; submission to God; repentance; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||
| BH00033 | 7090 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | الحمد لله الذی توحه بالکلام و تفرد بالبیان الذی خضعت بحور المعانی عندما | Praise be unto Him Who hath adorned Himself with utterance and Who alone possesseth expression, He before Whom the oceans of inner meanings have bowed down whensoever [3.5s]... ...He it is Who in the Old Testament hath been named Jehovah, Who in the Gospel hath been designated as the Spirit of Truth… the task of executing the laws, the ordinances and statutes that have been sent down in the Book hath been delegated unto the men of the divine Houses of Justice [rijal-i-buyut-i-'adliyyih-yi-ilahiyyih]... It is beloved of God that all should speak in Arabic, which is the richest and vastest of all languages | INBA31:022 | BRL_DA#225, AQA7#393 p.114, AVK3.219.08x, AVK3.228.05x, AVK4.272x.01, AVK4.278x.07, DWNP_v1#05 p.001-003x, UAB.041bx, UAB.054bx, NFQ.005-008x, MAS4.175ax, GSH.210-213x, ASAT5.108x, AKHA_106BE #09 p.002x, AKHA_111BE #10-12 p.002x, AKHA_135BE #07 p.141x, NJB_v14#07 p.224x, YMM.305x, OOL.B177x, LFLN.012x | BRL_ATBH#37x, LTDT.052-053x, WOB.104x, SW_v14#07 p.224x, HURQ.BH70x, STYLE.032-033x, ADMS#331ax | heedlessness and ignorance of the people; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; universal language; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ROB4.159, LL#273, LL#418 | ||||
| BH02871 | 310 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تری فقری و افتقاری و ضری و اضطراری و عجزی و انکساری و | Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Thou seest my poverty and my misery, my troubles and my needs | INBA48:126, INBA49:036, BLIB_Or15739.235, | PMP#083, AQMJ1.067 | PM#083 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; justice and wrath of God; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; rejection, opposition and persecution; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| BH01325 | Lawh-i-Ru'ya (Tablet of the Vision) | 640 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Vision; Tablet of Vision | یا اسمی استمع ندائی من حول عرشی لیبلغک الی بحر ما له ساحل و ما بلغ قعره | O My Name! Give thou ear unto My Voice ringing from around the precincts of My Throne | INBA23:084b, BLIB_Or15729.133, , BLIB_Or15737a.073, , BLIB_Or15738.061, , NLAI_22848:324, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p166v, , MKI4522.324, | BRL_DA#730, AQA2#011 p.174, AYT.016, RHQM2.0973-975 (409) (252-253), ASAT3.135x, ASAT4.049x, ASAT4.403x, AKHA_123BE #04 p.ax, OOL.B074 | GPB.221x2x, BLO_PT#143, BLO_PT#148, BSC.249 #525, HURQ.BH66 | unknown | Recounts, in celebration of the anniversary of the birth of the Báb, a joyful vision of the Maid of … | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; mystical themes; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; symbolism | * | - | ROB3.223, BKOG.246, GSH.149, LL#226 | |
| BH02693 | 330 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد لنفسک کما شهدت لنفسک بنفسک قبل خلق الاختراع و ذکر | All glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! I bear witness for Thee to that whereto Thou Thyself didst bear witness | INBA48:123, INBA49:031, BLIB_Or15739.227, | PMP#079, AQMJ1.074 | PM#079 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00112 | Suriy-i-Asma' (=Lawh-i-Ibn?) | 3990 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Tablet of the Son (Jesus) | رایحه احزان جمال رحمن را احاطه نموده و ابواب فرح و بهجت از ظلم اهل طغیان من | The fragrance of sorrows hath encompassed the Beauty of the All-Merciful, and the gates of joy and delight have been shut fast through the tyranny of the people of rebellion [3.5s]... ...Know thou that when the Son of Man yielded up His breath to God, the whole creation wept with a great weeping. | INBA38:177, INBA18:468, INBA35:177b, BLIB_Or15698.078, , BLIB_Or15720.080, , BLIB_Or15740.064, , Majlis934.330-368, BN_suppl.1754.131-139 | BRL_DA#031, GWBP#036 p.062ax, AVK2.037.04x, AVK2.098.11x, AVK2.176.05x, IQT.078, NFQ.003x, MAS4.165bx, MAS7.130x, ASAT1.051x, ASAT1.127x, ASAT2.088x, ASAT2.129x, ASAT4.531x, ASAT5.293x, AHB_109BE #08 p.002x, OOL.B108 | GWB#036x, ROL.021-045x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.081x, PDC.004x2x, PDC.179-181x, WOB.185-186x, BLO_PT#139, HURQ.BH45 | Responds to objections to His claims raised by some Bábís, implores them not to be shut out from t … | exhortations and counsels; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; rejection by the people of the Bayan; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | LL#294, LL#380 | ||
| BH01231 | 680 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای محمد قبل علی بشنو ندای محبوب باوفا را که از شطر ابهی ندا میفرماید و | O Muhammad-'Ali! Hearken unto the call of thy faithful Beloved, Who from the Most Glorious Horizon doth proclaim and [3.5s]... ...I swear by the beauty of the Well-Beloved! This is the Mercy that hath encompassed the entire creation, the Day whereon the grace of God hath permeated and pervaded all things | INBA35:035, INBA74:097, BLIB_Or03116.106r, , BLIB_Or11096#033, , BLIB_Or15710.208, , BLIB_Or15722.151, | BRL_DA#767, GWBP#142 p.198x, ADM1#010 p.031x, AVK3.178.13x, RSBB.090, MAS4.110, ASAT5.167x, ADH1.029x | GWB#142x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; prayer for forgiveness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ROB2.117, LL#186 | ||||
| BH00540 | 1370 | Trustworthiness | امروز تجلیات آفتاب حقیقت بر کل تابیده و مداین و دیار از جذب ندای مختار در شغف | In this day hath the effulgent Sun of Truth shed its radiance upon all creation, and cities and lands are stirred with rapture at the attraction of the Voice of the All-Chosen One [3.5s]... ...Say: desist from wickedness and transgression, and lay hold on trustworthiness and piety, candour and sincerity. This is the commandment of God, the Lord of the Judgement Day | INBA18:399 | COMP_TRUSTP#38x, AYI2.012x | BRL_TRUST#37x, COC#2049x | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for unity; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||
| BH08265 | 120 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا الهی قد اعترف عبدک هذا بانک لاتوصف بسواک و لاتذکر بدونک کلما | Praised be Thou, O my God! This servant of Thine testifieth that naught else except Thee can ever express Thee | INBA51:611, BLIB_Or15696.082b, | PMP#140, ADM1#059 p.108, NFR.174 | PM#140 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH06296 | 160 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | من انهار کافور صمدیتک فاشربنی یا الهی و من اثمار شجره کینونتک فاطعمنی یا | From the sweet-scented streams of Thine eternity give me to drink, O my God, and of the fruits of the tree of Thy being | INBA92:089 | PMP#165, LHKM1.005, AQMJ1.017b, OOL.B159.3 | PM#165, BPRY.163, BSTW#049 | L. Thoresen, S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, almunajat.com [item 14] | knowledge; recognition of God; mystical themes; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; presence of; reunion with God; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||
| BH01509 | 570 | Tabernacle of Unity, The; Bahá'í Sacred Writings; Pen of Glory, The | ای بندگان چشمه های بخشش یزدانی در جوش است از آن بنوشید تا بیاری دوست یکتا | O servants! The wellsprings of divine bestowal are streaming forth. Quaff ye therefrom, that by the aid of the incomparable Friend | INBA35:108, BLIB_Or11096#040, , BLIB_Or15722.087, , NLI.32p007v, Majlis934.042-046 | BRL_TBUP#4, ZYN.277, MJMM.251, YARP1.002, DWNP_v4#01 p.001-002, UAB.058ax, DRD.032, AKHA_133BE #10 p.221, ANDA#71 p.03 | TBU#4 | chastisement and requital; exhortations and counsels; knowledge; recognition of God; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation; transcending the material condition; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; words vs deeds | - | - | |||||
| AB09571 | 80 | ای ورقه طیبه اماء الهی و کنیزان حریم رحمانی باید بصفتی و سمتی در بین نساء | The handmaidens of God and the bondsmaids in His divine Court should reveal such attributes and attitudes amongst the women of the world | INBA87:213a, INBA52:216a | COMP_WOMENP#077, MKT7.223a | BRL_WOMEN#077, COC#2168 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| BH09621 | 100 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | یا الهی و سیدی ترانی بین عصاه بریتک و طغاه خلقک کلما دعوتهم الی بحر عرفانک | O my God and my Master! Thou seest me among Thy creatures who have rebelled and transgressed against Thee | INBA19:018a, INBA32:017c | OOL.B090.12 | BRL_IOPF#3.04 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for firmness in the Covenant; prayer for tests and difficulties; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||
| AB00851 | 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 | - | - | |||||
| AB07346 | 110 | Additional Prayers Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá | خداوند مهربانا کودکانیم بینوا و طفلانیم در نهایت فقر و فنا ولی سبزهٴ جویبار توئیم و نهالهای پرشکوفهٴ | ...O Thou kind Lord! We are poor children, needy and insignificant, yet we are plants which have sprouted by Thy heavenly stream | INBA75:067x | DUR1.561x, ADH2.128x, ADH2_5#04 p.160x, MJMJ1.107x, MMG2#439 p.482x, MJH.047ax, HUV1.006x | BRL_APAB#03x, BRL_CHILD#25x | education of children; moral education; prayer for children and youth; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||
| BH04033 | 230 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بهیاکل قدس احدیتک و مظاهر عز فردانیتک و مطالع | Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by Them Who are the Tabernacles of Thy Divine holiness | INBA48:145, INBA49:026, BLIB_Or15739.264, , NLAI_BH2.067 | PMP#024, AQMJ1.081, BCH.163 | PM#024 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH07775 | 130 | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | قل الهی الهی تبت الیک و انک انت التواب الرحیم الهی الهی رجعت الیک انک انت | O God, my God! I have turned in repentance unto Thee, and verily Thou art the Pardoner, the Compassionate. | INBA61:051, INBA66:101 | ADM2#103 p.186, AQMM.051 | BPRY.186 | J. Heath [track 2], N. Chiang | firmness in the Covenant; prayer for forgiveness; rejection, opposition and persecution; servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||
| BH02950 | Lawh-i-Mihraban | 300 | Epistle to Mihrabán (Lawh-i-Mihrabán); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | ای مهربان دوستی از دوستان یادت نمود یادت نمودیم امروز آنچه دیده می شود گواهی | O Mihrábán! One of the friends hath evoked thy remembrance; thus have We remembered thee. | INBA66:118, BLIB_Or15690.295, , BLIB_Or15699.120, , BLIB_Or15715.199b, , BLIB_Or15722.097, , MKI4523.285, , BN_suppl.1753.068-069 | BRL_DA#124, ZYN.257, ISH.285, AHM.303, YARP1.017, UAB.052bx, DRD.173, AHB_120BE #10 p.360, AKHA_119BE #05-06 p.a | BRL_ATBH#64, BW_v01p037x, BW_v02p057x, BW_v18p967, BLO_PT#033x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; knowledge; recognition of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; true liberty; freedom; two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | LL#172 | |||
| AB04621 | 160 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | الهی الهی تری ان عبادک المخلصین لجمیع الوری حتی الاعداء و یخدمون کل البشر | O God, my God! Thou beholdest Thy servants who are sincere towards all humanity | INBA16:238 | BRL_DAK#0081, MJMJ1.027, MMG2#346 p.385, MJH.071 | BRL_ATE#060 | composure; tranquillity; serenity; loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; prayer for protection; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||
| AB01562 | 310 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Translation List | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه اخیر وصول یافت و از گفتگوی با شخصین محترمین بشاشت حاصل | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy recent letter was received, and great joy was obtained from thy conversations with those two honored persons [3.5s]... ...The future of Iran is of the utmost greatness, majesty, and glory, for it is the native land of the Blessed Beauty | INBA85:539b | BRL_DAK#0082, MMK6#447, AVK4.451dx, PYM.113ax, KHSH12.009 | BRL_ATE#061x, ADMS#065i02x | consolation and comfort; predictions and prophecies; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| BH10149 | 80 | Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | الهی الهی اشهد هذا الیوم یومک الذی کان مذکورا فی کتبک و صحفک و زبرک و الواحک | O my God! O my God! I testify that this is Thy Day which hath been mentioned in Thy Books | INBA15:185b, INBA15:269b, INBA19:420b, INBA23:083a, INBA23:238b, INBA23:248b, INBA26:185b, INBA26:269b, INBA51:109b, INBA51:568b, INBA27:476, INBA84:180a, INBA84:107d, INBA84:047f.14, KB_620:102b | BRL_DA#040, ADM1#056 p.104, AQMJ2.011 | BRL_APBH#09, JHT_S#134 | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for steadfastness; obedience | - | - | |||||
| BH07180 | 140 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | قد حضر بین یدینا ما انشات و انشدت فی ذکر الله ربک و رب العالمین طوبی لک... سبحانک اللّهمّ یا الهی لک الحمد بما عرّفتنی مظهر نفسک | That which thou hast written and composed in remembrance of God, thy Lord and the Lord of all worlds, hath come before Our presence. Blessed art thou [3.5s]... ...Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I yield Thee thanks for having enabled me to recognize the Manifestation of Thyself | INBA48:181, BLIB_Or15739.316, | BRL_DA#778, PMP#067x, AQMJ2.069b | PM#067x, BPRY.139x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| BB00079 | Epistle to Muhammad Shah 3 | 2500 | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | هو المتکبرالعلی الاعلی. حمد و سپاس بی مثل و قیاس حضرت حی قیوم را سزاست که لم یزل بوده و شیء در ساحت قدس | Praise and glory, beyond comparison and likeness, befit the Supreme, the Ever-Living and Eternal Lord, who hath existed from time immemorial, while naught hath ever approached the sanctified precincts of His holiness [4o]... ...The substance wherewith God hath created Me is not the clay out of which others have been formed | INBA64:103.05-126.08 | RHQM1.709x, ASAT4.368-369x, HNU.239-241x, TZH2.156-165, AHDA.299, SWBP#06 (p.013-018x), OOL.A023.3 | SWB#04 (p.011-017x) | Naim Z, Naim S & Negin | prophecy and fulfillment; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | AHDA.460.08, MMAH.023?, SRC.097, SRC.193 | Shoghi Effendi writes in " God Passes By", p. 26: "The Báb was still in Máh-Kú when He wrote the most detailed and illuminating of His Tablets to Muḥammad Sháh. Prefaced by a laudatory reference to the unity of God, to His Apostles and to the twelve Imáms; unequivocal in its assertion of the divinity of its Author and of the supernatural powers with which His Revelation had been invested; precise in the verses and traditions it cites in confirmation of so audacious a claim; severe in its condemnation of some of the officials and representatives of the Sháh’s administration, particularly of the “wicked and accursed” Ḥusayn Khán; moving in its description of the humiliation and hardships to which its writer had been subjected, this historic document resembles, in many of its features, the Lawḥ-i-Sulṭán, the Tablet addressed, under similar circumstances, from the prison-fortress of ‘Akká by Bahá’u’lláh to Náṣiri’d-Dín Sháh, and constituting His lengthiest epistle to any single sovereign." | |
| AB00806 | 440 | Light of the World | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH00508 | 1460 | Huqúqu'lláh | این ایامیست که قلم و لسان جز بذکر شهدا ساکن نه و دوست نداشته و ندارد بذکری | These are the days wherein neither pen nor tongue findeth rest or desireth aught save the remembrance of the martyrs [3.5s]... ...Payments for the Huququ'llah cannot be handed over to every person. These words have been uttered by Him Who is the sovereign Truth | INBA28:516 | BRL_DA#398, BRL_HUQUQP#087x | BRL_HUQUQ#087x, COC#1156x, LOG#1040x | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; law of Huququ'llah; martyrs and martyrdom; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ROB4.089c, LL#006 | ||||
| BH00248 | Suriy-i-'Ibad | 2520 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و انا کل له عابدون شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و انا کل | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and verily all are His worshippers. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and verily all [3.5s]... ...Contemplate with thine inward eye the chain of successive Revelations that hath linked the Manifestation of Adam | INBA47:077x, BLIB_Or15723.050, , BLIB_Or15738.006, , NLAI_BH1.312 | BRL_DA#005x, GWBP#031 p.055bx, AQA4#073 p.023, AQA4a.244, ASAT4.307x, OOL.B124 | BRL_APBH#12x, GWB#031x, GPB.151x5x, HURQ.BH31 | S. Jaberi | Declares the continuity of Bahá’u’lláh’s prophetic claim with the ‘chain of successive Rev … | banishment to; life in Constantinople; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; exhortations and counsels; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | ROB2.272, MMAH.154, GSH.112, LL#309 | |
| BH00443 | 1600 | Meetings, Bahá'í; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | امروز حدیقه ثنا باسم اولیای الهی مزین یعنی نفوسیکه ما عند الناس ایشانرا از ما | In this day is the garden of praise adorned with the name of the chosen ones of God - that is, those souls whom the possessions of men have not withheld from Us [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Thou Who art the God of the seen and the unseen,and ascendent on the throne of Thy name, the Well-Beloved!... The friends of God, one and all, are remembered by the Supreme Pen | INBA44:170b, BLIB_Or15717.009, | ADM3#079 p.095x, AVK3.142.01x, ASAT3.099x, ASAT4.274x | BRL_MEET.BH#01x, JHT_S#151x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; importance of reading the Sacred Writings; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| BH06188 | 160 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی منه تموج فی کل قطره بحور رحمتک و الطافک | Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by Thy Name that hath caused to surge within every drop | INBA23:246, INBA48:166, INBA49:215, INBA92:155, BLIB_Or15739.294, | PMP#097, AQMJ2.039 | PM#097 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| AB01197 | 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 | - | - | ||||||
| AB00535 | 540 | Fire and Light | ای ستمدیدگان سبیل الهی ظلم و اعتساف مردم بی انصاف همیشه بر اولیای الهی واقع | O ye who have been wronged in the path of God! The loved ones of the Almighty have always been exposed to the dire oppression and tyranny | INBA89:093 | AKHA_105BE #10 p.02, AKHA_127BE #10 p.a, AHB.129BE #05-06 p.077x, MJMJ2.009x, MMG2#126 p.144x, NANU_AB#25, QUM.262-263 | BRL_FIRE_AB#10x | martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||
| BH09029 | 110 | Prayers and Meditations | لک الحمد یا الهی بما جعلتنی هدفا لسهام اعدائک فی سبیلک اشکرک یا عالم الغیب و | I give Thee thanks, O my God, for that Thou hast made me to be a target for the darts of Thine adversaries in Thy path. | INBA23:076a, INBA51:610b | PMP#141, NFR.181 | PM#141 | steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||
| BH02113 | 420 | Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | م ع ان استمع ما یلقی الروح علیک من آیات الله المهیمن القیوم لیجذبک الندآء | Give ear unto that which the Spirit imparteth unto thee in the days of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting | INBA33:011 | TBP#17m | TB#17m | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; exhortations and counsels; spiritual transformation; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | LL#167 | ||||
| BH02333 | 380 | Bahá'í Sacred Writings | علیک یا مهدی ذکر الله و تکبیره ان افرح بما یذکر لدی العرش اسمک فی اکثر الاحیان | Upon thee, O Mahdi, be the remembrance of God and His glorification! Rejoice thou in that thy name hath been mentioned before the Throne time and again [3.5s]... ...Know thou that upon Our arrival at this Spot, We chose to designate it as the 'Most Great Prison.' Though previously subjected in another land | INBA51:533 | ASAT4.130x | GPB.185x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; banishment to; life in 'Akka; call to action; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; importance of reading the Sacred Writings; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| BB00018 | Sahifiy-i-Makhdhumiyyih = Sahifiy-i-Makhzunih (Hidden Treasured Epistle) | 13200 | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی هو کائن قبل کل شیء و لا یکون شیء معه و کان موجوداً حین لا وجود لشیء لدیه الذی قد قصدت افئده العارفین عن معرفة ادنی وصفه | Praise be to God Who existed ere all things were brought into being, and with Whom nothing can be compared. He was manifest when there was none other to contemplate His reality. He is the One Whose essence the hearts of the knowing have longed to fathom, yet fail utterly to apprehend even the most infinitesimal glimpse of His attributes [4o]... …The glory of glories and the most resplendent light rest upon Thee, O my God. Thy majesty is so transcendent… O my God, my Lord and my Master! I have detached myself… I adjure Thee by Thy might, O my God!... O My God, O my Lord, O my Master! I beg Thee to forgive me | INBA_5006C:284-314, , INBA_6009C:001-171, , PR03.043r-043rx, PR04.058r06-100r11, PR25.001-043, CMB_Add.3704, , MKI4499.043x | SWBP#53 (p.138-139x), SWBP#54 (p.139-141x), SWBP#57 (p.142-144x), SWBP#58 (p.144-145x), SWBP#59 (p.145-146x), SWBP#60 (p.146-147x), SWBP#62 (p.149-149(a)x), SWBP#63 (p.149-149(b)x), SWBP#64 (p.149-150x), SWBP#73 (p.155-155x), OOL.A009 | SWB#54 (p.194-195x), SWB#55 (p.196-198x), SWB#58 (p.200-202x), SWB#59 (p.202-204x), SWB#60 (p.204-205x), SWB#61 (p.205-206x), SWB#63 (p.209-209x), SWB#64 (p.210(a)x), SWB#65 (p.210(b)x), SWB#73 (p.216x), BPRY.022x, BPRY.063x, BPRY.130x, BPRY.141x, BPRY.227x, HURQ.BB29x | The Humming Birds, S. Toloui-Wallace, Kiya & Parya, TaliaSafa, E. Mahony, E. Mahony, E. Mahony, E. Mahony, A. Wensbo, Louis & Eleonore, Z. Johnson, Nahal & Bakang, D. Khavari, Shadi, Hoda & Leif, C. Kinglit, O. Devine, N. Chiang, Soulrise Melodies, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, L. & L. Hosack, S. Ihsan, P. Held & C. Bahia [track 10], almunajat.com [item 4], E. Tarani, unknown | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; impossibility of true worship of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#02, AHDA.451.1, MMAH.059, SRC.059, SRC.198, GOH.030-031 | Prayer 1 is Du'a-yi sahifa. | |
| BH00384 | 1760 | Trustworthiness | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق امام وجوه العالم انه هو الکنز المخزون و اللوح | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh before the faces of the world, verily He is the Hidden Treasure and the Tablet [3.5s]... ...Say: O bearer of My Name! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. Thou hast ever been adorned with the fair robe of trustworthiness and piety | INBA15:211, INBA26:211, BLIB_Or15724.011, | COMP_TRUSTP#18x, YIA.197x | BRL_TRUST#17x, COC#2029x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||
| BH00886 | 920 | Huqúqu'lláh | حمد مقدس عما یخطر بالبال بساط امنع اقدس حضرت غنی متعالی را لایق و سزاست | Hallowed praise, sanctified above whatsoever may enter the minds of men, beseemeth the most holy and exalted court of the All-Possessing, the Most High [3.5s]... ...O Abu'l Hasan: May my Glory rest upon thee! Fix thy gaze upon the glory of the Cause. Speak forth that which will attract the hearts and the minds. To demand the Huquq is in no wise permissible… O Amín! Upon thee be My glory. It behoveth thee to have the utmost regard for the dignity of the Cause of God in all circumstances | INBA28:508 | BRL_DA#263, BRL_HUQUQP#083x, BRL_HUQUQP#090x, AYI2.219x, AYI2.220x | BRL_HUQUQ#083x, BRL_HUQUQ#090x, COC#1107x, LOG#1034x | law of Huququ'llah; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayers (general or uncategorized); steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||
| BH03389 | 270 | Prayers and Meditations | لم ادر یا الهی انطق ببدایع ذکرک بین عبادک و اعرفهم خفیات رحمتک و اسرار امرک | I know not, O my God, whether I should speak forth the wonders of Thy praise among Thy servants | INBA92:348 | PMP#110, AQA7#513 p.357 | PM#110 | light and darkness; rejection, opposition and persecution; servitude; submission to God; repentance; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| BH05837 | 170 | Prayers and Meditations | قد قرئنا کتابک و قدرنا لک ما سئلت به الله ربک و رب العالمین و رقم لک... ای ربّ لک الحمد علی ما اسمعتنی ندائک | We have read thy letter and have ordained for thee that which thou didst ask of God, thy Lord and the Lord of all worlds, and inscribed for thee [3.5s]... ...Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God, inasmuch as Thou hast inclined mine ear to Thy voice, and called me to Thyself | INBA35:021b, INBA48:156, INBA57:077x, BLIB_Or15739.281, | PMP#074x, AQMJ1.117x | PM#074x | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; knowledge; recognition of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||
| AB01013 | 390 | Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones | ای مومن بالله و موقن بایات الله در این ایام که جمیع آفاق امکان از آثار قدرت و | ...In this day, any deed, however infinitesimal, when not performed for the sake of God, is manifest loss | INBA55:414 | BRL_CONF2018P#14x, MMK2#143 p.106, MMK4#108 p.118 | BRL_CONF2018#14x | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; power of prayer; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; rejection, opposition and persecution; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| AB02935 | 220 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای دوستان حضرت دوست شمع هدی روشن است و نور افق اعلی جلوه هر انجمن غمام فیض در | O ye friends of the Beloved! The candle of guidance is burning, and the light shining from the Supreme Horizon adorneth every assemblage | INBA55:432b, INBA89:025b | BRL_DAK#0067, MKT1.470, AHB.123BE #05 p.000, AHB.124BE #05 p.138 | BRL_ATE#090 | call to action; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; praise and encouragement; predictions and prophecies; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||
| AB00619 | 500 | ایتها الاماء المنجذبه بنفحات الله تا بحال در میان اماء رحمان تاسیس درس تبلیغ | O ye handmaidens attracted by the fragrances of God! For the first time among the maidservants of the Most Merciful, a teaching class hath been established [3.5s]... ...Confirmations from the kingdom of God will assuredly be received, enabling some radiant leaves to appear resplendent in the assemblage of this world with clear proofs | INBA16:121 | COMP_WOMENP#097x, MKT7.079, PYK.309, DUR1.321x, QIRT.004 | BRL_WOMEN#097x, COC#2188x | equality of men and women; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; spiritual transformation; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||
| BH05894 | 170 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | لم ادر یا الهی بای نار اوقدت سراج امرک و بای زجاجه حفظته من اعادی نفسک فو | I know not, O my God, what the Fire is with which Thou didst light the Lamp of Thy Cause, or what the Glass | INBA92:387 | PMP#089, AKHA_124BE #08 p.a | PM#089, BPRY.051 | power of the Manifestation of God; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| BH00319 | 2040 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | یا احمد اسمع الندآء من شطر الکبریاء من سدره المنتهی عن یمین بقعه النورآء انه | O Ahmad! Hearken unto the Call from the direction of Supreme Glory, from the Divine Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing, upon the right hand of the luminous Spot, that verily [3.5s]... ...As for obligatory prayer, it hath been sent down by the Pen of the Most High in such wise that it setteth ablaze the hearts | INBA27:086, BLIB_Or07852.072, | BRL_DA#123, ADM2#074 p.139x, AVK4.090.03x, GHA.036a, GHA.037ax, MAS4.134x, NSS.087x, NSS.116x | BRL_IOPF#1.07x | identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; law of fasting; prayer for spiritual recognition; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||
| AB00142 | Lawh-i-Tarbiyyat (Tablet of Education) | 930 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای احبای الهی و اماء رحمن جمهور عقلاء بر آنند که تفاوت عقول و آراء از تفاوت | O ye beloved of God and maidservants of the Merciful! The republic of wise men believes that the difference in minds and opinions is due to the difference of education | INBA16:026 | MKT1.330, MNMK#110 p.207, MMK1#098 p.123x, MMK1#104 p.127x, MILAN.084, AKHA_104BE #06 p.15, AKHB.210x, AVK1.250x, AVK3.326.17x, DWNP_v6#05 p.004-006, PYM.218, MJTB.035, DUR1.574x, YHA1.329-330x, YHA1.382x#7, YHA1.382x#8, NJB_v05#02 p.005, OOL.C018 | SWAB#098x, SWAB#104x, TAB.576-580, BWF.396-399x, LOG#0482x, LOG#0484x, LOG#0486x, BSC.486 #935x, TEW.003-006 | MANA (1), MANA (2) | differences in human capacity; education and the development of capacity; education of children; moral education; equality of men and women; work as worship | * | - | |||
| BH00227 | Ridvanu'l-Iqrar | 2630 | اقر الله بذاته لذاته بانه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر و کل له خاضعون اقر | God taketh His seat [upon His celestial Throne] by virtue of His Essence which is operative through His Essence, for He, no God is there except Him… By God, O people! Mine eye weepeth, and the eye of Ali (the Bab) weepeth amongst the Concourse on high, and Mine heart crieth out | INBA47:050, INBA37:057, INBA83:092, BLIB_Or15723.146, | AQA4#083 p.180, AQA4a.042, MAS4.353x, OOL.B095 | GPB.243x, GPB.250x, HURQ.BH27x | Dwells on the state of those who have rejected the truth and contrasts it with the state of those wh … | Adam; Adam and Eve; call to action; creation of the world; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; rejection, opposition and persecution | * | - | ROB2.397, MMAH.175, GSH.115, LL#277 | Quoted by Abdu'l-Baha in MKT3.420 (AB00024). Merged with BH10413. | ||
| BH09086 | 110 | یا الهی هذا غصن انشعب من دوحه فردانیتک و سدره وحدانیتک تراه یا الهی ناظرا | This is the Branch that hath extended from the bower of Thy Oneness... ...Thou knowest, O my God, that I desire for Him naught except that which Thou didst desire | INBA81:090, BLIB_Or15696.127d, | BRL_DA#402, AHM.109, HDQI.006a, AHDW.009, KKD2.002, ASAT4.414x, AHB_128BE #06-11 p.197, ANDA#03 p.47 | GPB.243x, WOB.136x, SW_v04#13 p.235, SW_v05#15 p.226, SW_v08#14 p.184 | power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | LL#353 | |||||
| BH09144 | 110 | Tablets by Bahá'u'lláh, Some | یا غصنی الاعظم قد حضر لدی المظلوم کتابک و سمعنا ما ناجیت به الله رب العالمین | O thou my Greatest Branch! Thy letter was surely presented before this oppressed one, and I heard that which | INBA81:087b | BRL_DA#440, AHM.105, HDQI.007, AHDW.008, YHA1.012-013, ASAT4.412x, AHB_128BE #06-11 p.197, ANDA#03 p.48, ANDA#43-44 p.02, QALAM.014 | GPB.243x3x, WOB.135-136x, SW_v04#14 p.239, SW_v05#15 p.228, SW_v08#14 p.184 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | LL#091 | ||||
| BH00238 | Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World) | 2590 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | حمد و ثنا سلطان مبین را لایق و سزاست که سجن متین را بحضور حضرت علی قبل اکبر | Praise and thanksgiving beseem the Lord of manifest dominion Who hath adorned the mighty prison… The betterment of the world can be accomplished | INBA89:190x, BLIB_Or07851.066a, , BLIB_Or15696.107bx, , BLIB_Or15716.198x, , PR05.009a-020a, Majlis934.001-026, BN_suppl.1753.078-089 | GWBP#043 p.066bx, AVK1.021.02x, AVK3.063.14x, AVK3.161.09x, AVK3.203.15x, AVk3.459.04x, AVK4.239.06x, AVK4.255.05x, AVK4.280x, ZYN.212, MJMM.285, AQMJ2.151x, AQMJ2.152x, UAB.051cx, DRD.084, MAS4.120ax, ASAT3.039x, ASAT4.387x, ASAT5.067x, AHB_107BE #03 p.046x, ADH1.080x, SAM.235x, TBP#07, OOL.B036 | TB#07, GWB#043x, ADJ.024x, ADJ.024-025x, ADJ.028x, ADJ.077x, GPB.232x, PDC.196x, PDC.199x, WOB.107x2x, WOB.198x, SW_v09#07 p.082x, SW_v14#06 p.179x, DWN_v3#01 p.009x, DWN_v5#01 p.003-004x, DWN_v6#06-7 p.001-002x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.138 #055-069x | T. Price, T. Ellis, A. Tahirih R. Weiss, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, S. Jaberi | Reiterates many of Bahá’u’lláh’s central social teachings, such as renunciation of self and … | call to action; House of Justice; lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; love and unity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; unity in diversity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | * | ROB4.329 et al, BKOG.382, BKOG.399, BKOG.410, BKOG.454, MMAH.131, GSH.168, LL#083 | |
| BH05849 | 170 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | قل یا الهی و ناری و نوری قد دخلت الایام التی سمیتها بایام الهاء فی کتابک یا | My God, my Fire and my Light! The days which Thou hast named the Ayyam-i-Ha in Thy Book have begun | INBA41:006, BLIB_Or15696.022e, , BLIB_Or15734.2.087a, | PMP#045, NFR.099, AHM.131, GHA.044ax, TSBT.204, NFF5.003, ABMK.020 | PM#045, BPRY.290 | Soulrise Melodies | law of fasting; obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; prayer for fasting; presence of; reunion with God; spiritual transformation | - | - | MMAH.106, LL#462 | |||
| BH02965 | 300 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | حمد محبوبی را که لم یزل سحاب عنایتش بر کل ممکنات باریده و لایزال پرتو آفتاب | Praise be unto my Beloved, Whose cloud of grace hath eternally rained upon all created things, and Whose radiant sun [3.5s] | INBA38:123, INBA23:212, INBA57:052 | BRL_ATBH#51 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| AB00034 | 1750 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | و انی اتقرب الیک یا الهی فی جنح هذه اللیله الظلماء و اناجیک بلسان سری مهتزا | O my Lord! I have drawn nigh unto Thee, in the depths of this darksome night, confiding in Thee with the tongue of my heart | INBA16:037, INBA75:029x | MKT6.081, MKT4.185, MNMK#002 p.007x, MNMK#089 p.158x, MMK1#002 p.004, MILAN.072, AKHA_128BE #04 p.ax, AKHA_135BE #05 p.95x, AYBY.373 #058, DUR2.048x, ADH2.027x, ADH2_1#14 p.024x, MJMJ1.042x, MMG2#301 p.334x, MJH.007x, YHA1.365x (2.731), YHA1.371x (2.744) | SWAB#002, TAB.366-375, ADJ.026x | M. Saraswati, Andreas & Amal, L. Slott | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; spiritual springtime; spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||
| AB06644 | 120 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده حق احبای الهی در هر ارض الحمد لله موجود و مشهود و کل در ظل سدره وجود | O servant of the One true God! The Lord be praised, the loved ones of God are found in every land, and are, one and all, neath the shadow | INBA17:093 | MMK1#052 p.089, MSHR3.253 | SWAB#052, SW_v14#01 p.019-020, BP1926.028 | compassion; kindness; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; growth of the Cause; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||
| BH04778 | 200 | Prayers and Meditations | قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و سمعنا ما نادیت به الله فی جهرک و نجویک ان ربک... سبحانک اللّهمّ یا الهی انا الّذی اردت رضائک | Thy letter hath come before Us, and We have hearkened unto that which thou didst call upon God, both in thy public utterance and thy private communion. Verily, thy Lord [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I am the one who hath sought the good pleasure of Thy will | INBA35:020, INBA48:153, BLIB_Or15739.276, , NLAI_BH1.176 | BRL_DA#783, PMP#121x, AQMJ2.113cx, AQMJ1.114x | PM#121x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||
| BH03361 | 270 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی نشهد بان مشیتک غلبت الاشیا کلها و سبقت رحمتک من فی | Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou dost witness that Thy will hath prevailed over all created things | INBA49:083b, INBA92:317 | PMP#061 | PM#061 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for protection; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||
| BH00057 | 5560 | Tablet to Sháh-Muhammad-Amín (Amínu'l-Bayán) (Lawh-i-Amínu'l-Bayán); Social Action; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | حمد مقدس از ذکر و اصغا مالک اسما را لایق و سزاست که از آفتاب آسمان علم عالم | Sanctified praise, transcending all mention and hearing, befitteth the Lord of Names, Who, from the Sun in the heaven of knowledge, illumineth the world [3.5s]... ...Thou hast written that one of the friends hath composed a treatise. This was mentioned in the Holy Presence, and this is what was revealed in response… Whatever is written should not transgress the bounds of tact and wisdom | INBA08:512, NLAI_BH4.373-415 | BRL_DA#224, COMP_DEFENCEP#10x, AVK2.219.04x, MAS1.017x, MAS4.103x, PZHN v4#1 p.142x, KHAF.010x, AADA.035-036x, ASAT1.158x, ASAT1.199x, ASAT1.199x, ASAT2.013x, ASAT5.296x, ASAT5.297x, YIK.022-037, YFY.293-294x | BRL_SOCIAL#239x, COMP_DEFENCE#10x, COC#2212x, LOG#0346x, BLO_PT#190x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; law of fasting; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| BH00249 | Lawh-i-Ahmad (Persian) | 2510 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Provisional Translation of the Persian Tablet of Ahmad; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | اینست بدایع نصایح الهی که بلسان قدرت در مکمن عظمت و مقعد قدس رفعت خود میفرماید پس بگوش | O banished and faithful friend! Quench the thirst of heedlessness with the sanctified waters of My grace | INBA38:018, INBA65:185, INBA35:073, INBA36:401, NLI.32p145r, PR23.041b-045b, Majlis210461.020-030, BN_suppl.1753.106-115 | BRL_DA#126, GWBP#152 p.207x, GWBP#153 p.208x, AVK1.021.09x, ZYN.070, MJMM.315, DRD.114, MAS8.038bx, ASAT5.106x, PYM.012x, OOL.B023b | GWB#152x, GWB#153x, ADJ.081x, ADJ.082x, PDC.024-025x, SW_v07#06 p.044x, SW_v07#16 p.152x, SW_v14#02 p.040x, BLO_PT#073, BSC.223 #435-443 | L. Slott, A. Youssefi (1), A. Youssefi (2), E. Mahony (1), E. Mahony (2), E. Mahony (3), A. Bryan, Samira & Sara, MANA, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2), A.E. Rahbin, E. Kelly, K. Porray, M. Levine [track 7] | Sets forth the conditions of spiritual search, with purity of heart being foremost; compares His rev … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; knowledge of self; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; spiritual transformation; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | - | ROB2.137, BKOG.157, BKOG.223, BKOG.245, MMAH.184, LL#041 | |
| BH00386 | Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Arabic) | 1750 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Hidden Words; Bahá'í Sacred Writings; Hidden Words | هذا ما نزل من جبروت العزه بلسان القدره و القوه علی النبیین من قبل و انا | This is that which hath descended from the realm of glory, uttered by the tongue of power and might, and revealed unto the Prophets of old. | INBA36:440, INBA30:002, BLIB_Or8901, BLIB_Or15714.147, , CMB_F33.033, , PR22.049b-056b, PR23.029a-033a, BLIB_Or.08685, CUL.X893.7.B111, UMich962.143-151 | BRL_HWA, AVK3.161.16x, ZYN.040, MJMM.017, BSHN.013x, MHT2b.030x, MAS4.367bx, NSR_1993.053, NFF4.001, OOL.B013a | HWAE, LOG#0304x, GPB.140x, SW_v03#01 p.004+007x, SW_v03#02 p.004x, SW_v04#18 p.300x2x, SW_v14#10 p.289-290x, BSC.171 #175-262 | L. Slott (#1), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#1), almunajat.com (#1) [item 2], D. Gundry (#1), E. Mahony (#1), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#1), Baha'i Youth of Japan (#1), Joel in Real Life (#1), The Daguerreotypes (#1), E. Kelly (#1), L. Dely (#1), Y. Mbazo & Friends (#1), Fleur & Tessa (#1), G.H. Miller (#1), S. Peyman (#1), S. Eblaghi and M. Weigert (#1), K. Porray (#1), R. Johnston-Garvin (#1) [track 6], D. Sylvester (#1), M. Levine (#2), Nicolas & Louis (#2), L. Dely (#2), A.E. Rahbin (#2), R. Peterson (#2) [track 6], A. Wensbo (#3), E. Mahony (#3), S. Sunderland (#3), S. Sunderland (#3), M. Levine (#3) [track 2], L. Dely (#3), Rowshan (#3) [track 8], P. Held & C. Bahia (#3) [track 2], A. Youssefi (#4), E. Lilian (#4), MANA (#4), S. Peyman (#4), J. Cooper (#4), L. Dely (#4), R. Peterson (#4) [track 4], Corinne & Riaz (#4), L. Dube (#4) [track 3], Ladjamaya (#4) [track 7], D. Gundry (#5), W. Heath (#5), E. Mahony and A. Youssefi (#5), Bass Adjustment (#5), Ine (#5), M. Weigert (#5), S. Engle and J. White (#5), S. Gomes (#5), T. Ellis (#5), K. Kuolga (#5), A. Mirra (#5), Rowshan (#5) [track 11], SKY (#5), KC Porter (#5), E. Kelly (#5), M. Levine (#5) [track 7], L. Dely (#5), K. Key (#5), A. Sperandeo (#5), A. Wood (#6), L. Slott (#6), Y. Mesbah (#6), L. Dely (#6), The Descendants (#6), The Joburg Baha'i Choir (#6), Honiara Baha'i Youth (#6), The Badasht Project (1) (#7), The Badasht Project (2) (#7), Nabil and Karim (#7), Matt McGrath (#7), T. Nosrat (#7), L. Dube (#7) [track 12], Ladjamaya (#8) [track 4], almunajat.com (#9) [item 1], E. Mahony (#9), D. Hunt (#9), N. Ma'ani (#9), S. Toloui-Wallace (#9), J. Raj (#9), MJ Cyr (#11), O. Devine (#11), Refuge (#11), L. Dely & M. Congo (#11), Oisin & Bahiyyih Devine (#11), A. Azad (#11), Ahdieh (#11), S. Taborn (#11), S. Sunderland (#11), The Descendants (#12), O. Devine (#12), B. Nakedi (#12), P. Held & C. Bahia (#12) [track 3], M.C. Santillana (#12), M. Levine (#12) [track 2], R. Lea (#13), P. Held & C. Bahia (#13) [track 4], Joel in Real Life (#13), A.E. Rahbin (#13), L. Dube (#13) [track 2], MJ Cyr (#14), S. Taefi (#14) [track 9], L. Slott (#14), SKY (#14), A.E. Rahbin (#14), L. Slott (#15), A. Youssefi (#15), L. Dely (#15), E. Mahony (#15), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#15), L. Dube (#15) [track 14], Chicago Baha'i Community (#15), M. Sparrow (#16), Honiara Baha'i Youth (#16), MANA (#16), S. Jaberi (#16), L. Dely & M. Congo (#16) [track 7], L. Slott (#17), E. Mahony (#17), E. Mahony, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#17), E. Henrikson (#17), Mona, Dibo & Nachidah (#17), L. Dely & M. Congo (#17) [track 7], E. Lilian (#18), Rowshan (#19) [track 5], J. Heath (#19) [track 9], J. Heath (#19), D. Olam (#19) [track 11], T. Ellis (#19), Sabin & Leticia (#19), A. Youssefi (#20), TaliaSafa & Friends (#20), Ine (#21), M. Saraswati (#21), A. Youssefi (#22), G.H. Miller (#22), NKAK (#22), K. Porray (#22), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#22), Ann-Sofie & Shahram (#22), T. Ellis (#22), The Descendants (#22), Naseem, Michele & Yasmin (#22), Meredth & Arman (#22), E. Tarani (#22), R. Yazhari (#23), L. Dely (#23), L. Dely (#25) [track 5], L. Dube (#26) [track 17], L. Dely (#27), P. Held & C. Bahia (#29) [track 5], L. Slott (#31), jeph.ilosopher (#31), L. Dely (#31), K. Key (#31), A. Youssefi (#32), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#32), Roz, Amelia & Andre (#32), Ahdi (#32), P. Escobar (#33), N. Ma'ani (#33), Laura & Michael (#33), R. Peterson (#33) [track 5], L. Herrmann (#34), Gyenyame (#34), C. Zurek (#34), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#35), L. Dely (#35), S. & H. Fikri (#35), L. Dube (#35) [track 21], A. Tahirih R. Weiss (#36), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#36), J. Marks and S. Engle (#36), K. Porray (#36), Hayden, Alessia & Anis (#36), A. Youssefi (#38), T. Ellis (#38), E. Mahony (#39), Rowshan (#40), A.E. Rahbin (#40), M. Tokuma (#41), L. Dely & M. Congo (#41) [track 1], Calling Waiting Searching (#42), G.H. Miller (#42), L. Dube (#42) [track 19], S. Gomes (#42), E. Mahony (#43), Dawnbreaker Collective (#43), Heroes Teaching Conference (#43), M. Perez (#43), J. Duhart (#43), G.H. Miller (#44), L. Dely (#44), A.E. Rahbin (#44), L. Dube (#44) [track 8], Nabil and Karim (#46), R. Lea (#48), L.Slott (#48), Katie & Faizi (#48), L. Dely (#48), SKY (#48), L. Dube (#48) [track 15], HeartBeat Collective (#48), L. & L. Hosack (#48), S. Acevedo (#48), A. Youssefi (#50), E. Mahony (#50), K. and D. Eckert and A. Youssefi (#50), Leona and Larry (#51), The Baha'i Trio (#51), E. Lilian (#52), L. Dely & M. Congo (#52) [track 6], E. Mahony (#52), N.D. Huening (#52), C. Oja (#52), S. Skiti (#52), J. Heath (#53) [track 7], S. Toloui-Wallace (#55), M. Levine (#55) [track 3], W. Eng & N. Rajan (#55), Qurratul, Ruhiyyih & Verona (#55), O. Devine (#55), R. Orona (#55), T. Bradley (#55), J. Cooper (#55), Seaon & Saman (#55), D. Stevenson (#56), L. Dube (#57) [track 7], K. Porray (#58), K. Porray (#59), O. Devine (#59), Baha'i Youth of Japan (#59), QuiqueSaba (#59), Strong Steep (#59), Ladjamaya (#59) [track 2], Z. Affolter (#60), L. Dely (#60), L. Dube (#61) [track 10], unknown (#62), L. Dube (#62) [track 1], M. Cuvillier (#63), L. Dube (#63) [track 9], P. Held & C. Bahia (#64) [track 6], L. Dube (#66) [track 20], Ine (#66), W. Heath (#68), Chicago Baha'i Community (#68), P. Held & C. Bahia (#68) [track 7], D. E. Walker (#68), S. Jaberi (#68), C. Oja (#68), L. Harley (#68), D. Stevenson (#71), L. Dely (#71), L. Dube (#71) [track 16] | The Arabic portion of His foremost ethical work, consisting of 71 aphorisms spoken in the voice of t … | bringing oneself to account each day; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; God's love for His own Essence; human reality created in the image of God; humility; meekness; lowliness; knowledge of self; love of God; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; soul; spirit after death | * | * | ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025 | |
| BH09162 | 110 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | یا من وجهک کعبه المشتاقین و لقائک امل المخلصین و قربک رجاء المقربین و طلعتک | O Thou Whose face is the object of the adoration of all that yearn after Thee, Whose presence is the hope | INBA48:207, INBA30:120bx, BLIB_Or15739.350, | BRL_DA#755, PMP#010, AHM.059, AQMJ1.005, ADH1.048 | PM#010, BPRY.240 | Avalan & May | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for nearness to God; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#495 | |||
| BH04684 | 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 | - | - | ||||||
| BH05162 | 190 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی زین بطراز رحمه ربه العزیز الحکیم و انطقه جذب | This is a Book from Our presence unto him whom We have adorned with the robe of the mercy of his Lord, the Mighty, the All-Wise, and caused him to speak through rapture [3.5s]... ...They that have forsaken their country for the purpose of teaching Our Cause—these shall the Faithful Spirit strengthen through its power | INBA34:302 | BRL_DA#678, GWBP#157 p.215ax, AQA1#170, GHA.259ax, AKHA_124BE #04-05 p.j, YFY.077-078 | GWB#157x, COC#1904x, ADJ.051x, ADJ.060x4x, ADJ.060-61x, ADJ.068x, GPB.377x, GPB.389x, MBW.038x | Claudia & Jornt | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | LL#428 | |||
| BH00725 | 1080 | Consultation | یا ابن دخیل علیک بهاء الله الملک المقتدر العزیز الجمیل انا قرئنا کتابک من قبل | O son of Dakhíl! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Sovereign, the Almighty, the All-Powerful, the All-Beauteous. Verily, We have read thy letter aforetime [3.5s]... ...Such matters should be determined through consultation, and whatever emergeth from the consultation of those chosen, that indeed is the command of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting | INBA41:170x, BLIB_Or15716.192d, | MAS8.112bx | BRL_CONSULT#04x, COC#0169x | power of prayer; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| BH01282 | 660 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | انشاء الله لم یزل و لایزال از زلال سلسال معارف محبوب لایزال بنوشی و بنوشانی | God willing, thou hast ever drunk and wilt ever continue to drink, and cause others to drink, from the sweet-flowing stream of divine knowledge of the Eternal Beloved [3.5s]... ...The never-ending sprinkling of the showers of Revelation fall continuously from the leaves of the Divine Lote-Tree, and are made manifest in Words and revealed in the Holy Tablets | INBA35:138, INBA51:153, BLIB_Or15710.165b, , BLIB_Or15719.044, , BLIB_Or15722.132, , KB_620:146-149 | BRL_DA#401, AVK2.354.17x, AVK3.114.03x, LHKM2.178, HDQI.097, MAS8.042x, VUJUD.141.05x | BRL_ATBH#11x, VUJUDE.156x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; methods of teaching the Cause; modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; service to others; to the Cause of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH02162 | 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 | |||
| AB00092 | 1140 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی مکتوب آنجناب واصل و مضمون واضح گشت از فضل حق امید جدید | O faithful servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was received and its contents became evident. Through the grace of God, fresh hope has been awakened [3.5s]... ...Thou didst write as to the question of spiritual discoveries. The spirit of man is a circumambient power | INBA89:273 | MKT3.402, MNMK#149 p.277x, MMK1#145 p.166x, AVK2.248.11x | SWAB#145x, BSC.492 #946x, PN_1906 p097 | interpretation of words and passages in scripture; power of the mind over nature; soul; spirit after death; symbolism; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||
| BH09210 | 100 | الیوم سدره مبارکه ذکر در ملکوت بیان باینکلمه ناطق طوبی لعبد اقبل و آمن | In this Day the Blessed Tree of Remembrance speaketh forth in the Kingdom of Utterance saying: Well is it with the servant | INBA19:110a, INBA32:101b | BRL_DA#230, COMP_WOMENP#093 | BRL_WOMEN#093, COC#2184 | heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||
| BH06883 | 150 | یا نواب یا ایتها الورقه المنبته من سدرتی و الموانسه معی علیک بهائی و عنایتی | O Navváb! O Leaf that hath sprung from My Tree, and been My companion! My glory be upon thee, and My loving-kindness | INBA65:082 | SFI20.014b, ATB.128, FBAH.237 | TDH#064.14x, GPB.108x, GPB.348x, MBW.074x | chastisement and requital; consolation and comfort; high station of the true believer; praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||
| AB01214 | Lawh-i-Mahabbat (Tablet of Love) | 360 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Memories of Nine Years in Akka; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ایها المنجذب بنفحات الله قد وصلنی تحریرک الاخیر الدال علی فرط محبتک لعبدالبهاء | O thou who art attracted by the fragrant breezes of God... Know thou of a certainty that Love is the secret of God's holy Dispensation | INBA89:262 | MKT1.159, MNMK#036 p.121, MMK1#012 p.024x, MMK1#147 p.171x, MMK1#179 p.200x, MMK1#180 p.201x, AVK3.207.19, NSR_1978.137, NSR_1993.150, KNSA.219 (412), OOL.C016 | SWAB#012x, TAB.524-526, MNYA.306-307, BSC.435 #790, AELT.209-210x, BSTW#025, BSTW#250, BSTW#502a | A. Youssefi, Choir of the Baha'i Temple of South America, K. Porray, SKY, Ladjamaya [track 13], E. Mahony | love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; one universal law; attractive power of love; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||
| AB01526 | 320 | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | رب و موید کل جمع انعقد لاعلاء کلمه رحمانیتک و موفق کل عصبه اتفقت علی خدمه | O Lord! Support every gathering formed for the exaltation of Thy Word of grace, and assist every company united in service to Thee [3.5s]... ...The members thereof must take counsel together in such wise that no occasion for ill-feeling or discord may arise | INBA16:215, INBA59:291, INBA88:285, INBA89:016b | MKT4.152, MMK1#044 p.084x, MILAN.081, AMK.047-048, ADH2.035, ADH2_1#18 p.030, MJMJ1.024a, MMG2#186 p.212, MJH.068b, NSR_1978.116, NSR_1993.129 | SWAB#044x, BWF.406-407x, BADM.021-022cx, GPB.332x, DAS.1913-10-21x | consultation; non-participation in politics; prayer for governments and rulers; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | |||||
| BH00438 | 1620 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | قد انزلنا الکتاب و هو ینطق امام وجوه العباد الملک لله رب الارباب و یبشر... الها معبودا ملکا مقصودا | Lo, We have sent down the Book, and it proclaimeth before the faces of the servants: "Dominion belongeth unto God, the Lord of Lords," and announceth [3.5s]... ...My God, my Adored One, my King, my Desire! What tongue can voice my thanks to Thee? I was heedless | INBA65:026x, INBA30:082bx, INBA81:001ax, BLIB_Or15690.221, , BLIB_Or15699.006, , NLAI_BH_AB.016x | BRL_DA#687, PMP#173x, AHM.323x, AQMJ1.144x, AYI2.050x, MMJA.011x | PM#173x, BPRY.019-020 | L. Thoresen, R. Price, L. Slott, Soulrise Melodies, K. Porray | characteristics and conduct of true believers; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#504 | |||
| BB00002 | Qayyumu'l-Asma' (Commentary on the Surah of Joseph) | 112000 | Qayyum al-Asma' Sura 93: Chapter of the Bees (Qayyum al-Asma 93: Surat al-nahl); Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad, the Báb, The; Terms Remembrance (dhikr) and Gate (bab) in the Bab's Commentary on the Sura of Joseph, The; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب علی عبده بالحق لیکون للعالمین سراجا وهاجا ان هذا صراط علی | All praise be to God Who hath, through the power of Truth, sent down this Book unto His servant [the Bāb], that it may serve as a shining light for all mankind | INBA03, INBA_6020C, INBA_6016C, PR41.002-192, CMB_F23.150r14-153r11 (53)x, , CMB_F11, , BLIB_Or3539, BLIB_Or6681, BN_6435, BN_5780, MKI4496, , IOM.089-090, KB_qayyum, BYC_qayyum | ASH.055-370, RHQM1.019-021x, MBA.309-314x, SWBP#08 (p.026-050x), OOL.A003 | SWB#08 (p.041-074x), GPB.005-006x, GPB.023x, GPB.376x, WOB.101x, WOB.126x, GOH.passim (see index), MNP.001-027n, MNP.088x, MNP.110-114x, MNP.127-134x, HURQ.BB02x, LOIR06.047x, BLO_PT#074x | T. Ellis, unknown, friends in Jordan | Adam; Adam and Eve; angels; apocalyptic imagery; belief and denial; birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; call to action; celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; chastisement and requital; creation of the world; Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; day of Resurrection; Judgement; development of capacity and readiness; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; empty learning; false spirituality; exhortations and counsels; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; fire and light; fire and water; firmness in the Covenant; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; goodly deeds; actions; Greatest Name; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; high station of the true believer; hypocrisy; idolatry; imagery in the Qur'an; Imam Husayn; infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; John the Baptist; justice and wrath of God; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; knowledge; recognition of God; lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; language and the structure of reality; life and death; living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; martyrs and martyrdom; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mosaic imagery; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; mystical themes; Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr); obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; outward and inward meanings; piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of the Manifestation of God; praise and encouragement; predictions and prophecies; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; proofs for the existence of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; prophecy and fulfillment; quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; realms of being; three realms; five realms; recompense; reward for belief; right action; rejection, opposition and persecution; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Satan; the Evil One; scarcity of receptive souls; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; service to others; to the Cause of God; seven stages of creation; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God; status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; stories; anecdotes; suffering and imprisonment; superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; symbolism; teaching the Cause; call to teach; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; the Imamate; the Caliphate; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; the Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God; twin duties of recognition and obedience; unity; oneness of humanity; visitation Tablets; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | - | FHR#01, NSS.023-024, DB.061x, DB.179x, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.445.4, MMAH.009, SRC.055-057, SRC.195, GOH.030, GOH.111-159, KKD1.228.08x | ||
| BH07355 | 140 | Prayers and Meditations | یا ایها العادل علی من فی السموات و الارض و یا ایها الحاکم علی من فی ملکوت | O Thou Who dealest equitably with all who are in heaven and on earth, and rulest over the kingdom of Thy creation and of Thy Revelation! | INBA19:119b, INBA32:110a, BLIB_Or15696.024a, , BLIB_Or15734.2.090a, | PMP#039, NFR.133 | PM#039 | justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for specific individuals; groups; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH08433 | 120 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | لک الحمد یا الهی بما اظهرت سلطان الایام الذی بشرت به اصفیائک و انبیائک فی | Magnified be Thy name, O my God, for that Thou hast manifested the Day which is the King of Days | INBA92:376a | PMP#071, AQMJ2.048, DWNP_v4#08-9 p.044-045, PYB#125 p.05 | PM#071, BPRY.194 | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; living waters; water of life; presence of; reunion with God; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual transformation; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| BH05407 | 180 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا الهی اشهد بان العباد لو یتوجهون الیک ببصر الذی خلقت فیهم و سمع | Magnified be Thy name, O my God! I testify that if Thy servants were to turn towards Thee with the eyes Thou didst create in them | INBA92:339 | PMP#113 | PM#113 | call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; development of capacity and readiness; nearness and remoteness; spiritual transformation; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| BH02848 | 310 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ثم اذکر محمدا الذی اتصل الرکن الاول من اسمه باسم ربه العزیز العظیم... یا الهی لک الحمد بما اخذنی عرف عنایتک و قلّبتنی نفحات رحمتک | Then call thou to mind Muhammad, whose first syllable of his name is joined with the name of his Lord, the Almighty, the All-Glorious [3.5s]... ...I give praise to Thee, O my God, that the fragrance of Thy loving-kindness hath enraptured me… If it be Thy pleasure, make me to grow as a tender herb | INBA51:042b, KB_620:035-036 | BRL_DA#764, PMP#150x, ADM1#004 p.014x, NFR.042, AQMJ2.127 | PM#150x, BPRY.159x | B. Lisbeth, S. Toloui-Wallace, Refuge, Strong Steep, Mea and Mitra, Alicia, C. Serrano, Soulrise Melodies, Zannetta [track 13], V. Leith | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||
| BH00083 | 4800 | Consultation; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | حمد مقدس از لم یزل و لایزال ساحت قرب قدس حضرت محبوب بیزوالی را لایق و سزاست | Sanctified praise beseemeth the most holy court of the nearness of the Eternal, the Beloved One, Who was and is and ever shall be [3.5s]... ...Say: no man can attain his true station except through his justice. No power can exist except through unity. No welfare and no well-being can be attained except through consultation… In all things it is necessary to consult | INBA27:293 | BRL_DA#086, UAB.051ax, MAS4.213ax, MAS8.059bx, PYK.093, YMM.310x | BRL_ATBH#28x, BRL_CONSULT#02x, BRL_CONSULT#05x, COC#0167x, COC#0170x, LOG#0577x | call to action; chastisement and requital; consultation; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00431 | Lawh-i-Ibna' | 1630 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | تلک لآیات الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله و آیاته و هم من فزع | These are the verses of God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto them that have believed in God and His signs, and who are among those that are in terror [3.5s]... ...And now, concerning thy question regarding the creation of man. Know thou that all men have been created in the nature made by God | INBA35:063 | BRL_DA#109, GWBP#077 p.101ax, RSBB.069, TZH5.148x, MAS1.065x, AHDW.010, YIK.050-054, OOL.B161 | BRL_ATBH#38x, GWB#077x, GPB.242x, SW_v08#14 p.185x | Admonishes the believers not to deny Him, not to forget the Covenant established in the Bayán and i … | free will and predestination; fate; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; power of the Manifestation of God; rejection by the people of the Bayan; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ROB2.259-260, LL#141, LL#384, LL#433 | ||
| BH02224 | 400 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | قلم اعلی این ایام بلسان پارسی تکلم میفرماید تا طایران هوای عرفان بیان رحمن را | The Most Exalted Pen in these days speaketh in the Persian tongue, that the birds soaring in the atmosphere of divine knowledge may comprehend the utterance of the All-Merciful [3.5s]... ...Some have regarded it as lawful to infringe on the integrity of the substance of their neighbor, and have made light of the injunction of God | INBA15:312, INBA35:170b, INBA26:316, BLIB_Or07852.092, , BLIB_Or15719.149c, , BN_suppl.1753.100-102 | BRL_DA#662, GWBP#137 p.190x, LHKM3.372, UAB.047ex, MAS8.007bx, HYB.020 | GWB#137x, COC#2041x, ADJ.023-024x, TRBP.003-004, ADMS#066x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; suffering and imprisonment; theft; seizing the properties of others | - | - | LL#358 | ||||
| BH00591 | 1290 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تشهد السن الممکنات علی سلطنتک و اقتدارک و علی فقری و | Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! The tongues of all created things testify to Thy sovereignty and Thine omnipotence | INBA44:152, INBA48:060, INBA49:098, BLIB_Or07852.054, , BLIB_Or15725.477, , BLIB_Or15739.121, | PMP#179 | PM#179 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; servitude; submission to God; repentance; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH02536 | 350 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا الهی ما اعظم قدرتک و سلطانک و ما اکبر قوتک و اقتدارک اظهرت من ینطق | Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! How great is Thy might and Thy sovereignty; how vast Thy strength and Thy dominion! | INBA51:495, INBA92:335 | PMP#091 | PM#091 | banishment to; life in 'Akka; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayers (general or uncategorized); sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| BH00297 | Suriy-i-Dhikr | 2160 | Days of Remembrance | هذا کتاب نقطه الاولی الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله الواحد الفرد العزیز العلیم و فیه یخاطب | This is the Súrih of Remembrance, sent down as a token of grace, that perchance the people of the Bayán might renounce that which they possess | INBA47:001, INBA37:097, BLIB_Or15725.176, , NLAI_BH2.343 | BRL_DA#732, AQA4#087 p.236, AQA4a.108, ASAT3.279x, OOL.B114, AMB#38x | DOR#38x, GPB.137x, HURQ.BH24 | Speaking in the voice of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh declares His mystical identity with the Báb (o … | chastisement and requital; exhortations and counsels; personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment | * | - | MMAH.160, GSH.059, LL#299 | ||
| AB03806 | 190 | Light of the World | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH08842 | 110 | Days of Remembrance | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH07116 | 140 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی فامطر من سحاب فیض فضلک ما تطهر به افئده عبادک عما | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Rain down, I beseech Thee, from the clouds of Thine overflowing grace | INBA48:173, INBA49:202, BLIB_Or15739.304, | PMP#095 | PM#095 | development of capacity and readiness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for protection; prayers (general or uncategorized); servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||
| BB00020 | Bayan-i-Arabi (Arabic Bayan) | 12400 | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Báb's Bayan, The; Arabic Bayan, The; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا و ان ما دونی خلقی قل ان یا خلقی ایای فاعبدون قد خلقتک و رزقتک و امتک و احببتک و بعثتک و جعلتک مظهر نفسی لتتلون من عندی ایاتی و لتدعون کل من خلقته الی دینی هذا صراط عز منیع و خلقت کل شیء | Verily I am God, no God is there but Me, and aught except Me is but My creation. Say, worship Me then, O ye, My creatures. | INBA43:001-068, INBA86:001-064, INBA_4002C, , BN_4669, MKI44872x, MKI4511.079v-147v, KB_bayan-ara, HBH_bayana, BYC_bayan-ara, BYC_three.097-107x | ASH.373-406, AHDA.465x, SWBP#20 (p.111-112x), OOL.A002 | SWB#20 (p.158-159x), BAPT.040-101, GOH.261x, GOH.284x, GOH.353x, HURQ.BB56x, BLO_PT#009, KSHK#12x | C. Serrano (8:10) | A condensed form of the Persian Bayán, written in the language of divine verses. While much shorter … | alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; contention and conflict; law of burial and cremation; law of Huququ'llah; law of inheritance; law of obligatory prayer; law of pilgrimage; laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; laws of marriage and dowry; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; station of the Manifestation of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | AHDA.443.2, MMAH.006, SRC.085, SRC.181, GOH.035, GOH.285, GOH.368 | see also BB00001 Persian Bayan |
| BH03249 | 280 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | قد اخذ المیثاق حین الاشراق من الذین آمنوا ان لا یعبدوا الا الله و لایفسدوا | He verily hath taken the Covenant at the hour of dawning from them that have believed, that they should worship none but God and should not corrupt [3.5s]... ...I sorrow not for the burden of My imprisonment. Neither do I grieve over My abasement, or the tribulation I suffer at the hands of Mine enemies | INBA34:204 | BRL_DA#072, GWBP#046 p.071bx, AQA1#066 | GWB#046x, ADJ.028ax, ADJ.032x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; idle fancies; lust and passion; power of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | LL#444 | ||||
| AB02019 | 270 | Light of the World | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH00382 | 1770 | Prayers and Meditations | حمد و ثنا و شکر و بها مقصودیرا لایق و سزا که بحرکت اصبع اقتدار سبحات و حجبات | Praise and glory and thanksgiving and splendor befit and are worthy of that Most Desired One Who, through the motion of the Finger of Power, hath rent asunder the veils and shrouds [3.5s]... ...My God, the Object of my adoration, the Goal of my desire, the All-Bountiful, the Most Compassionate! All life is of Thee | INBA65:030x, INBA30:084bx, INBA81:013bx, BLIB_Or15690.210, , BLIB_Or15699.099b, , NLAI_BH_AB.025x | BRL_DA#691, PMP#160x, AHM.326, AQMJ1.146x, AYI2.310x, AYI2.311x, ADH1.017x | PM#160x | Ahdieh | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#464 | |||
| BH00136 | 3680 | الحمد لله الذی فتح باب العرفان بمفتاح البیان و انزل من سماء البرهان امطار | Praise be to God Who hath opened wide the portals of divine knowledge through the key of utterance, and hath caused to rain down from the heaven of proof the showers [3.5s]... ...upset the equilibrium of the world and revolutionized its ordered life | INBA19:148, INBA32:136, INBA41:386x | ADM3#121 p.140x, ADM3#122 p.140x, TSAY.467x | ADJ.004x2x, ADJ.047x | call to action; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; personal instructions; praise and encouragement; proclamation to people of the Bayan; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||
| BH07297 | 140 | Prayers and Meditations | هذا کتاب من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذی سمع ندآء ربه و اتخذ... ربّ اسئلک بذکرک الّذی به بعثت الممکنات | This is the Book from the presence of God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who hath hearkened unto the call of his Lord and turned [3.5s]... ...I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by that Remembrance of Thee through which all things have been raised to life | INBA48:184b, BLIB_Or15739.320, | BRL_DA#775, PMP#107x | PM#107x | knowledge; recognition of God; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause | - | - | |||||
| BH00354 | Suriy-i-Vafa (=Lawh-i-Vafa) | 1870 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ان یا وفاء ان اشکر ربک بما ایدک علی امره و عرفک مظهر نفسه و اقامک علی ثناء ذکره | O Vafa! Render thanks unto thy Lord for having aided thee to embrace His Cause, enabled thee to recognize the Manifestation | INBA28:215, BLIB_Or15694.386, , Berlin1237#26, ALIB.folder18p103-109 | GWBP#079 p.102x, AQA4#103 p.350, AQA4a.418, AVK1.119.07x, AVK1.276bx, AVK1.321.01x, LMA1.418 (253), MAS1.006x, MAS1.063x, ASAT5.300x, TBP#12, OOL.B140 | TB#12, GWB#079x, WOB.138-139x, NYR#143 | Exhorts the recipient to be the essence of faithfulness; asserts Bahá’u’lláh’s mystical iden … | chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; meaning; importance of dreams and visions; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; realms of being; three realms; five realms; rejection, opposition and persecution; return of the Manifestations of God | * | * | ROB4.205, GSH.190, LL#329 | ||
| BH06328 | 160 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | وجه حق از افق اعلی باهل بها توجه نموده میفرماید در جمیع احوال بانچه سبب | He Who is the Eternal Truth hath, from the Dayspring of Glory, directed His eyes towards the people of Bahá | INBA35:292, INBA81:164, BN_suppl.1753.126-126 | BRL_DA#651, GWBP#156 p.214, LHKM3.382, KSHG.146-147, PYB#112-113 p.49, AHB_125BE #05-06 p.118, AKHA_133BE #06 p.a | GWB#156, PDC.187x | Francesco & Lorenzo, B. Weber | consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; education of children; moral education; love and unity; obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity in diversity | - | - | LL#403 | |||
| AB00187 | 830 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای بندگان جمال ابهی بکرات و مرات بجمیع اطراف حتی بافراد احباء مرقوم گردید که ما | O ye servants of the Most Glorious Beauty! Time and again missives have been dispatched to every region, even to individual believers, that We [3.5s]... ...The teaching work should under all conditions be actively pursued by the believers because divine confirmations are dependent upon it. | INBA16:212 | MMK1#213 p.258x, MMK2#283 p.204 | SWAB#213x | importance of authoritative interpretation; non-participation in politics; obedience to and respect for government authority; rejection, opposition and persecution; relationship between government and people; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| BH01507 | 570 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | ان یا حرف الحی لقد سمعت اذن الله ندآئک و لاحظت عین الله کتابک و ینادیک حینئذ عن | O Letter of the Living! The ear of God hath heard thy cry, and His eyes have beheld thy written supplication. He is calling thee from His seat of glory | INBA19:183, INBA32:166, INBA83:255, BLIB_Or03114.063r, , BLIB_Or15725.545, , BLIB_Or15737.180, , ALIB.folder18p284 | BRL_DA#770, GWBP#135 p.187x | GWB#135x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Letters of the Living; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | LL#412 | ||||
| BH08849 | 110 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا الهی تری عبادک الاخیار تحت ایادی الاشرار الذین کفروا باسمک المختار | Praised be Thou, O my God! Thou seest how Thy righteous servants have fallen into the hands of the wicked doers | INBA92:374b | PMP#129 | PM#129 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for protection; prayer for teaching; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||
| BH08308 | 120 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاتخذل من عززته بسلطان ازلیتک و لاتبعد من ادخلته فی | Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! Abase not him whom Thou hast exalted through the power of Thine everlasting sovereignty | INBA92:040a | PMP#169, AQMJ1.019 | PM#169, BPRY.037 | almunajat.com [item 12] | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for protection; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||
| BH00568 | Bisharat (Glad-Tidings; =Lawh-i-Nida) | 1320 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | حق شاهد و مظاهر اسماء و صفاتش گواه که مقصود از ارتفاع ندآء و کلمه علیا آنکه | God, the True One, testifieth and the Revealers of His names and attributes bear witness that Our sole purpose in raising the Call | INBA30:042, BLIB_Or07851.043b, , KB_262:033-041, PR05.002b-007a, BN_suppl.1753.069-075 | ADM2#108 p.195x, AVK3.431.02x, AVK4.248.04x, AVK4.282ax, MJMM.116, UAB.057cx, BSHA.066x, PYB#188 p.04x, ADH1.086x, TBP#03, OOL.B005, OOL.B132 | TB#03, LOG#0410x, LOG#2105x, LOG#2116x, GPB.218x, PDC.026x, PDC.118x, SW_v08#06 p.067, SW_v08#09 p.113, SW_v11#18 p.297, DWN_v5#04 p.001x, DWN_v5#09 p.001x, DWN_v6#01 p.001-002x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.141 #070-091 | Proclaims fifteen ‘glad-tidings’: the abolition of holy war, consorting in fellowship with the f … | destruction of books; House of Justice; law of pilgrimage; monasticism; asceticism; status of kings; future of monarchy; useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; work as worship | * | * | JRAS.676-679, ROB4.161-168, GSH.156, GSH.191, BSR_v16p03, LL#013, LL#320 | ||
| BH00480 | 1510 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | حمد سلطان وجود و ملیک غیب و شهود را لایق و سزا است که بنور کلمه مبارکه افئده | Praise be unto the Sovereign of existence and the King of the seen and unseen, Who through the light of His blessed Word hath illumined the hearts [3.5s]... ...I swear by the Daystar that shineth above the Horizon of Utterance A paring from the nail of one of the believing handmaidens | INBA28:001, INBA22:046, BLIB_Or15732.232, , BLIB_Or15733.109, | BRL_ATBH#43x, PDC.144x | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; role and station of women; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||
| BH00779 | 1020 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | سپاس و ستایش خداوندی را سزاوار که آفرینش را بتوانائی خود از برهنگی نابودی | All praise and glory be to God Who, through the power of His might, hath delivered His creation from the nakedness of nonexistence, and clothed it with the mantle of life | INBA72:080, Ghazi3072.167-177 | GWBP#034 p.057bx, AYI1.332x, YARP1.045, UAB.010ax, UAB.018x, UAB.019x, MAS4.044x | GWB#034x, WOB.187x | changing and unchanging parts of religion; consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; freedom of thought and action; knowledge of self; Manifestation of God as divine physician; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; relativity of religious truth; universal human capacity for spiritual recognition | - | - | LL#393 | ||||
| BH07663 | 130 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا طرفی قد کان منتظرا بدایع رحمتک و هذه اذنی قد ارادت | Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God! Behold Thou mine eye expectant to gaze on the wonders of Thy mercy | INBA48:191a, INBA41:276, BLIB_Or15739.328, | PMP#087, AKHA_122BE #11-12 p.a | PM#087, BPRY.244 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | |||||
| BH09024 | 110 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | کم من مخمود یا الهی اشتعل من نار امرک و کم من راقد انتبه من حلاوه ندائک کم | Many a chilled heart, O my God, hath been set ablaze with the fire of Thy Cause, and many a slumberer hath been wakened | INBA15:298a, INBA26:300a, INBA61:072 | PMP#029, NFR.196, ADH1.033 | PM#029, BPRY.050 | B. Lisbeth, S. Akhavan | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; praise and encouragement; spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||
| BH09289 | 100 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای رب فی جوار قربک فاسکنی لان البعد اهلکنی و فی ظل جناح فضلک فاسترحنی لان | Suffer me, O my God, to draw nigh unto Thee, and to abide within the precincts of Thy court, for remoteness from Thee hath well-nigh consumed me | INBA48:210b, INBA49:061, INBA92:164b, BLIB_Or15739.354, | PMP#026, AQMJ1.044 | PM#026, BPRY.047 | Nabil and Karim, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, almunajat.com [item 16] | knowledge; recognition of God; living waters; water of life; nearness and remoteness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||
| BH00031 | Suriy-i-Nush | 7310 | Surih of Admonition (Suratu'l-Nus'h); Days of Remembrance | فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق علی النبیین و المرسلین و ینزل حینئذ علی ما کان | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth unto the Prophets and Messengers, and Who doth now send down what hath ever been [3.5s]... ...Announce unto My servants the advent of the One Who came unto them with the power of truth bearing the name of ‘Alí | INBA47:171, INBA36:242, INBA73:181.09x, INBA83:001, PR19.034b-048b | BRL_DA#727, AVK2.228.08x, TZH4.200-202x, LMA1.350 (209), MAS4.135x, ASAT3.024x, YMM.152x, OOL.B133, AMB#35x | DOR#35x, GPB.141x6x, BLO_PT#097, NYR#145x | A lengthy work recounting the stories of the prophets of God and their rejection by the people and c … | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Noah; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; stories; anecdotes; suffering and imprisonment | * | - | ROB1.137, MMAH.207, LL#321 | ||
| AB05221 | 150 | Light of the World | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH00531 | 1410 | Trustworthiness; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | شکر و حمد ذکر و ثنا نعت و بها مقصود یکتا را سزا که عالم وجود را بنور عدل منور فرمود | Praise, thanksgiving, glorification and eulogy befit the one peerless Object of all desire, Who hath illumined the world of existence with the light of justice [3.5s]... ...I beseech Thee, O my God, by all the transcendent glory of Thy Name, to clothe Thy loved ones in the robe of justice and to illumine their beings with the light of trustworthiness… In most of Our Tablets We have counselled the servants of God to be trustworthy and righteous | INBA15:149, INBA26:149 | COMP_TRUSTP#08x, COMP_TRUSTP#37x | BRL_TRUST#08x, BRL_TRUST#36x, BPRY.173x, COC#2020x, COC#2048x | jeph.ilosopher | business; financial; property matters; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||
| BH07658 | 130 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت الذی خلقت الممکنات بکلمه امرک و ذرئت الموجودات | Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He Who hath created all things through a word uttered by Thy behest… Rain down upon me that which will illuminate my face | INBA23:075a, INBA48:174, INBA49:057, INBA92:173a, BLIB_Or15739.307, | PMP#082, AQMJ1.052 | PM#082 | T. Ellis, P. Villierezz | absolute freedom; independence of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for purity; chastity; prayer for spiritual recognition; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||
| AB03195 | 210 | Light of the World | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH00201 | 2810 | ذکر حقیقی و ثناء معنوی اهل بها را لایق و سزاست که بهدایت کلمه علیا بافق اعلی | True remembrance and spiritual praise beseemeth the people of Bahá, who through the guidance of the Most Exalted Word have turned unto the Supreme Horizon [3.5s]... ...The children of Him Who is the Friend of God, and heirs of the One Who discoursed with God, who were accounted the most abject of men | INBA28:366 | AYI2.153x, AYI2.154x, AYI2.155x, AYI2.156x, YMM.007 | PDC.143x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||
| AB03082 | Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation) | 210 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | الهی الهی انی ابسط الیک اکف التضرع و التبتل و الابتهال و اعفر وجهی بتراب | O God, my God! Lowly and tearful, I raise my suppliant hands to Thee and cover my face in the dust of that Threshold of Thine | INBA21:164 (205), INBA55:453, INBA88:246, Ghazi3072.149-151 | MKT1.485, MMK1#237 p.308, AKHA_133BE #14 p.435, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.199, AYT.529, HHA.376, KHSH14.000, DUR2.088, ADH2.134, ADH2_5#10 p.169, MJMJ1.119, MMG2#444 p.488, MJH.072, NSR_1978.110, NSR_1993.123, ABMK.065, OOL.C029 | SWAB#237, BPRY.332-333, SW_v13#04 p.093, DWN_v2#02 p.011-012, PAB.027-028 | A. Nakhjavani, S. Toloui-Wallace, S. Hansen, Sara, Samira & Shayda, almunajat.com [item 1], unknown (1), unknown (2), unknown (3), L. Slott | evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; humility; meekness; lowliness; power of prayer; service to others; to the Cause of God | * | * | Chanted by A. Nakhjavani [http://blog.loomofreality.org/?attachment_id=106], who related to the compiler in 1995 that, to the best of his recollection from childhood, this is how Shoghi Effendi would chant the Tablet in the Shrines. | ||
| AB01660 | 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] | - | - | |||||
| BH00769 | 1030 | Prayers and Meditations; Days of Remembrance | شهد الله لنفسه بوحدانیه نفسه و لذاته بفردانیه ذاته و نطق بلسانه فی عرش بقائه | God testifieth to the unity of His Godhood and to the singleness of His own Being.... Praise be to Thee, to Whom the tongues of all created things have, from eternity, called | INBA49:271, INBA92:253, BLIB_Or15739.141, | PMP#057x, PMP#058x, TSBT.182, NFF5.082, ABMK.031, AMB#04 | PM#057x, PM#058x, DOR#04 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; humility; meekness; lowliness; limits of the intellect; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | MMAH.105 | ||||
| BH00076 | Suriy-i-Ashab (=Lawh-i-Habib) | 4960 | Surah of the Companions | ح ب اسمع ندآء الله عن جهه العرش بایات مهیمن مقدم عظیم لعل تقلب بکلک الی | H.B. Give ear unto the divine summons from the precincts of the Throne, as We recite to thee the verses of God | INBA83:027b, BLIB_Or15723.031b, | AQA4#072b p.001, AQA4a.205, TZH4.354-360, MAS4.355ax, ASAT3.071x, OOL.B039, OOL.B107 | WOB.108-109x, BLO_PT#094, HURQ.BH32 | Proclamatory work playing a major role in the conversion of the followers of the Báb to the cause o … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of faith; power of the spirit; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | ROB2.065, MMAH.151, GSH.075, LL#095, LL#293 | ||
| BH03585 | 260 | Prayers and Meditations | یا من ذکرک انیس قلوب المشتاقین و اسمک حبیب افئده المخلصین و ثنائک محبوب | O Thou Whose remembrance is the delight of the souls of all them that yearn after Thee, Whose name is the exultation | INBA48:135, INBA49:038, BLIB_Or15739.248, , NLAI_BH2.068 | PMP#080, AQMJ1.065 | PM#080 | humility; meekness; lowliness; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; servitude; submission to God; repentance; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00044 | 6470 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | حمد مولی العالم را سزاست که جمیع امم را وحده باسم اعظم دعوت نمود بشانی که | Praise be to the Lord of the Worlds, Who hath summoned all peoples, as one, through His Most Great Name, in such wise that [3.5s]... ...As to the question thou has asked concerning the minimum amount of property on which Huquq is payable, this was mentioned in His exalted and glorious presence and the following is what the Tongue of Grandeur uttered | INBA18:511, INBA22:001, INBA81:171x, BLIB_Or15704.366x, , BLIB_Or15733.076, | BRL_DA#080, AVK4.227.14x, ANDA#27 p.03x, MSHR5.440x | BRL_ATBH#71x, BRL_ATBH#73x, COC#1117x, COC#2232x | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| BH00902 | 910 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | هذا کتاب من لدی الله مالک الاسماء لاهل البهاء الذین لایتکلمون الا بما نطق | This is a Book from God, the Possessor of Names, unto the people of Bahá who speak not except that which hath been uttered [3.5s] | INBA51:149, BLIB_Or15738.068, , KB_620:142-143 | BRL_DA#404, LHKM1.065, MAS8.022bx, MUH3.270x, ASAT4.302x | BRL_ATBH#13x | authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; chastisement and requital; duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; humility; meekness; lowliness; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; prayer for forgiveness | - | - | |||||
| BH01865 | Lawh-i-Rasul | 470 | Days of Remembrance | ان یا رسول اگر از شمس سماء معنی پرسی در کسوف حسد مکسوف و مغطوء و اگر از قمر | O Rasúl! Shouldst thou ask concerning the Sun of the heaven of inner meaning, know that it hath been eclipsed by the clouds of envy | INBA38:257 | NANU_BH#10x, ASAT4.013x, AMB#30, QUM.029 | DOR#30 | Identifies Himself, through His sufferings, with the prophets of the past and announces His intentio … | heedlessness and ignorance of the people; love of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | * | - | MMAH.107, GSH.181, LL#219 | ||
| BH09809 | 90 | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH08853 | 110 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا الهی قد قدرت لعبادک المقربین فی رضوانک الاعلی مقامات لو یظهر مقام | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou hast, in Thine all highest Paradise, assigned unto Thy servants such stations | INBA48:197a, INBA33:084a, INBA49:088a, INBA92:320b, BLIB_Or15739.336, | PMP#123 | PM#123 | knowledge; recognition of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual transformation; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH05823 | 170 | Prayers and Meditations | قد حضر کتابک بین یدینا و اطلعنا بما فیه نسئل الله بان یکشف لک ما اردته... سبحانک اللّهمّ یا الهی اسئلک بآیاتک الّتی احاطت الممکنات | Thy letter hath reached Our presence, and We have taken cognizance of its contents. We beseech God that He may unveil unto thee that which thou didst seek [3.5s]... ...Unto Thee be praise, O Lord my God! I entreat Thee, by Thy signs that have encompassed the entire creation | INBA27:473, INBA48:155, BLIB_Or15739.279, | PMP#002x | PM#002x | living waters; water of life; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God | - | - | |||||
| AB00527 | 540 | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | اللهم یا الهی و محبوبی هولاء عبادک الذین سمعوا ندائک و لبو الخطابک و اجابوا | O Lord, my God, my Well-Beloved! These are servants of Thine that have heard Thy Voice | INBA21:090b | BRL_DAK#1183, MKT1.223, AHB.118BE #03 p.62, BCH.042x, MJMJ2.069, MMG2#081 p.088 | BPRY.236-237, DAS.1915-04-07, SW_v14#01 p.033, DWN_v3#06 p.044, BP1926.015-016, BSTW#106 | Samira & Sara | call to action; growth of the Cause; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||
| BH00306 | Chihar Vadi (The Four Valleys) | 2100 | Call of the Divine Beloved | ای ضیاء الحق حسام الدین راد که فلک و ارکان چه تو شاهی نزاد نمیدانم چرا | O light of truth and sword of faith And soul of generosity! No prince hath sky or earth begot | INBA36:334x, BLIB_Or15722.307, , NLI.32p092v | BRL_Chihar, AQA3#069 p.140, TZH4.153x, ASAT4.314x, MSHR2.109x, MSHR3.131x, OOL.B007 | CDB#7, HURQ.BH13 | M. Milne [track 7] | A mystical work elaborating four different but complementary paths of approach to the Divine: the wa … | belief and denial; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; knowledge; recognition of God; love of God; mystical themes; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | * | ROB1.104, BKOG.159, BKOG.163, MMAH.197, GSH.018, LL#014 | |
| BH03167 | 290 | یا قاسم یذکرک قاصم شوکه المعتدین بذکر اذ اشرق من افق القلم خضعت له اذکار | O Qasim! He Who breaketh the might of the aggressors maketh mention of thee, with a remembrance when it dawned forth from the horizon of the Pen, before which all remembrances bow down [3.5s]... ...decked their heads with green and white, and committed what made the Faithful Spirit to groan | INBA51:099, BLIB_Or15713.103, , KB_620:092-093 | ADM1#036 p.078x | PDC.150x | Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; prayer for praise and gratitude; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||
| BH06035 | 160 | Bahá'í Sacred Writings | امروز باید شاربان رحیق معانی در کل احیان بافق رحمن ناظر باشند و بکمال استقامت | In this day must they who drink from the wine of inner meanings be, at all times, turned towards the horizon of the All-Merciful, and with utmost steadfastness [3.5s]... ...I swear by Him Who is the Most Great Ocean! Within the very breath of such souls as are pure and sanctified far-reaching potentialities are hidden | INBA51:074b, BLIB_Or15715.324c, , KB_620:067-068 | BRL_DA#545, LHKM2.135b, DBR.032, ANDA#10 p.04 | ADJ.023x | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause; high station of the true believer; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; the power of words; of speech; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||
| AB01546 | 310 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | دوستان را محفلی باید و مجمعی شاید که در آن مجامع و محافل | ...It befitteth the friends to hold a gathering, a meeting, where they shall glorify God and fix their hearts upon Him | INBA13:338, INBA59:298b, INBA88:254b, INBA89:187 | MMK1#055 p.091x, AVK4.148.03x, AVK3.142.10x | SWAB#055x | acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||
| BH00657 | 1160 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | ان یا حامل امانه حب ربک العلی المقتدر العظیم فی یوم الذی فزع کل شیء عن حملها | Say: O ye that envy Me and seek My hurt! The fury of your wrath against Me confound you! | INBA83:238, BLIB_Or03114.059r, , BLIB_Or15725.147, , BLIB_Or15737.164, , ALIB.folder18p172 | BRL_DA#673, GWBP#121 p.165 | GWB#121 | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; names and attributes of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of the Manifestation of God; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| AB00822 | 430 | ای ثابت بر پیمان الان که یوم یکشنبه شانزدهم ربیع الثانی سنه هزار و سیصد و | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! On this Sunday, the sixteenth of Rabi'u'th-Thani in the year thirteen hundred and [3.5s]... ...The dark blue and white domes inverted | INBA85:205 | ANDA#57 p.22, MSHR3.034 | PDC.151x | growth of the Cause; justice and mercy; rejection, opposition and persecution; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||
| BH04977 | 190 | ان یا قلم الاعلی ان اذکر الذین اقبلوا الی الوجه بعد فناء الاشیاء و اجابوا | O Most Exalted Pen! Make mention of them that have turned unto the Countenance after the perishing of all things, and have answered [3.5s]... ...O concourse of divines! Fling away idle fancies and imaginings, and turn, then, towards the Horizon of Certitude | INBA28:224, BLIB_Or15715.110a, | PDC.136x | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| AB03051 | 220 | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | یا احباء الله و ابناء ملکوت الله ان السماء الجدیده قد اتت و ان الارض الجدیده | O ye beloved of God! O ye children of His Kingdom! Verily, verily, the new heaven and the new earth are come. | INBA21:071, INBA55:333, INBA59:085, INBA59:202b, UMich962.115-116, UMich991.053-055 | MKT2.103, MNMK#048 p.133, MMK1#003 p.012, MILAN.055, QT105.1.240, AVK2.188.01x, TZH8.1188, RHQM1.590-591 (720) (442), MJZ.012 | SWAB#003, BWF.350-351, SW_v14#12 p.358 | angels; continual renewal of creation; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; health and healing; material and spiritual healing; presence of; reunion with God; prophecy and fulfillment; return of Christ; second coming of Christ; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||
| BH00074 | 4990 | Huqúqu'lláh; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The Institution of the; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | الحمد لله الذی تجلی باثر قلمه الاعلی علی من فی ملکوت الانشاء اذا نطق کل کلیل | Praised be God Who hath manifested through the influence of His Most Exalted Pen unto all who dwell in the kingdom of creation, whereupon every weary one hath spoken [3.5s]... ...Let not the happenings of the world sadden you. I swear by God! The sea of joy yearneth… Blessed is the spot, and the house… Regarding what ye had written as to the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár’s having been established… It is the binding command of God that in every locality whatever hath been or will be made available for the Ḥuqúqu’lláh should be submitted to His Holy Presence | INBA07:220, INBA27:340, INBA22:114, BLIB_Or15717.148, , NLAI_BH4.289-326 | BRL_DA#175, BRL_HUQUQP#104x, COMP_MASHRIQP#04x, AVK3.017.06x, AVK4.147.14x, AVK4.239.11x, AVK4.430x, AVK4.432ax, AVK4.432bx, MAS4.213bx, RSR.103-104x, RSR.135-136x, PYK.060, MYD.468x, YMM.185x | BRL_ATBH#44x, BRL_HUQUQ#104x, BRL_MASHRIQ#04x, COC#0818x, COC#1152x, ADJ.082x, ADJ.083-084x | D. Deardorff [track 9], J. Heath [track 1], S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, The Humming Birds, L. Slott, K. Kuolga, Fred & Munirih, R. Orona, M. Tokuma, Honiara Baha'i Youth, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, TaliaSafa, Friends in Vancouver, Shirin & Daniel, Jamesley & Leon, Bass Adjustment, S. Sunderland, S. Sunderland, G.H. Miller, L. Robinson, Rowshan [track 9], D. Crofts, Brina, S. Sharma, S. Peyman, M. Weigert, unknown, Arrayanes [track 9], E. Mahony | firmness in the Covenant; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; power of the Manifestation of God; service to others; to the Cause of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||
| BH08834 | 110 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی ترانی بین ایدی الاعدا و الابن محمرا بدمه امام وجهک یا من | Glorified art Thou, O Lord, my God! Thou seest me in the hands of Thine enemies | INBA92:405a | BRL_DA#265, NFR.171, ASAT4.416x, FBAH.227 | TDH#064.11x, GPB.188x, JHT_S#194 | sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; suffering and imprisonment; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ROB3.213, LL#485 | |||||
| BH06429 | 150 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ان یا امه الله ان اذکری ربک بهذالدعاء سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت الذی من | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He the fire of Whose love hath set ablaze the hearts of them who have recognized Thy unity | INBA48:171, BLIB_Or15739.301, | PMP#126, AQA7#342 p.021 | PM#126, BPRY.242 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for protection; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| BH01888 | 470 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | یا الهی هذه ایام فیها فرضت الصیام علی عبادک و به طرزت دیباج کتاب اوامرک بین | These are, O my God, the days whereon Thou didst enjoin Thy servants to observe the fast. With it Thou didst adorn the preamble of the Book | INBA92:370 | PMP#085, AHM.115, TSBT.053, NFF5.051, OOL.B090.03 | PM#085, BPRY.270 | K. Porray, E. Mahony, B. Weber, unknown | collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; law of fasting; prayer for fasting; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | LL#271, LL#472 | |||
| BH05405 | 180 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا اله العالمین و محبوب العارفین ترانی جالسا تحت سیف علق بخیط و تعلم | Glory to Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all worlds, and the Beloved of all such as have recognized Thee! Thou seest me sitting under a sword | INBA92:355 | PMP#102 | PM#102 | call to action; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| BH00295 | Madinatu'r-Rida (the City of Radiant Acquiescence) | 2180 | Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; City of Radiant Acquiescence (Lawh-i-Madinatu'r-Rida); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | ذکر رحمه الله عبده بالحق لیفتخر بذلک فی ملا العالین و یشکر ربه فی کل حین | Remind his servant of God's clemency in truth, that he might be honored thereby among the concourse of the worlds, and might give thanks to his lord at all times, insofar as God's bounties to him | INBA73:186 | BRL_DA#282, AQA4a.135, AVK3.403.02x, ASAT4.015x, AKHA_124BE #11-12 p.bx, OOL.B087 | BRL_ATBH#41x, WIND#138, BLO_sazedj#07x, HURQ.BH16x | Expounds various stages and degrees of contentment: contentment with God and His decree; with one’ … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; prayer for forgiveness; prayer for protection; presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; symbolism of color and light; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | * | - | ROB1.108, MMAH.191, GSH.036, LL#150 | ||
| BH00972 | Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 3 | 850 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر آنچه مسطور مذکور آمد و شنیده شد انشاء الله همیشه ایام | Thy letter hath been presented before Our countenance, and that which was inscribed therein hath been mentioned and heard. God willing, may all thy days [3.5s]... ...And now concerning thy question whether human souls continue to be conscious one of another after their separation from the body | INBA66:115, BLIB_Or11096#021, , BLIB_Or15698.226, , BLIB_Or15720.222, , BLIB_Or15740.172, | BRL_DA#539, GWBP#086 p.113x, AVK1.278.02x, IQT.226, YARP1.055a, MAS1.071x, OOL.B085c | GWB#086x, PNAK.86 | Christ; Christianity; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; recompense; reward for belief; right action; soul; spirit after death; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | LL#438 | |||
| BH00041 | Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi II | 7070 | Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | الحمد لله الذی توحد بالجلال و تفرد بالاجلال و تقدس عن الملال و تنزه عن الامال | All praise be unto Him Who hath become one through His majesty, Who standeth alone in His grandeur, Who is sanctified above all weariness, and Who is exalted beyond all earthly hopes and desires [3.5s]... ...We verily mention Our friends collectively, greet them from the direction of My Prison, send them salutations and remember them every morn and eve | INBA07:066, INBA97:031x, INBA81:059x, NLAI_BH4.169-199 | BRL_DA#115, AVK1.010.02x, AVK3.398.03x, AVK4.137.12x, NNY.152-153x, GHA.105a.02x, SFI03.003bx, MAS4.027x, MAS4.151bx, MAS8.017ax, MAS8.017bx, MAS8.072x, MAS8.073ax, ASAT1.072x, ASAT1.168x, ASAT1.242x, ASAT5.226x, PYB#221 p.03x, YMM.197x | BRL_ATBH#58x, LTDT.263x, LTDT.270-271x, ADMS#254x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||
| BH02699 | 330 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | قلم اعلی در کل حین ندا میفرماید ولکن اهل سمع کمیاب الوان مختلفه دنیا اهل | The Pen of the Most High is unceasingly calling; and yet, how few are those that have inclined their ear to its voice! The dwellers of the kingdom of names have busied themselves with the gay livery of the world | INBA51:453, BLIB_Or15715.253a, | BRL_DA#683, GWBP#096 p.128x, LHKM3.311 | GWB#096x, ADJ.066-67x, ADJ.075x, ADJ.079x, ADJ.083x, ADJ.084x, GPB.377x, WOB.202x | G. Munro, M. Sparrow, L. Dely & M. Congo [track 11] | critique of Western values; culture; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; high station of teachers of the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | LL#422 | |||
| AB01674 | 300 | Light of the World | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH02153 | 410 | Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List | قد اتی یوم فیه اتت السماء بدخان مبین و اتی یوم فیه مرت الجبال کمر السحاب | The Day hath come wherein the heavens have brought forth a manifest smoke, and the Day hath come wherein the mountains move as move the clouds [3.5s]... ...O my Lord, my Master, and the Goal of my Desire! I have heard that Thou hast declared this to be a Day whereon if anyone, with complete sincerity | INBA30:107x, INBA45:202, BLIB_Or15715.031a, | BRL_DA#236, AHM.365x, AQMJ1.174x, ADH1.091, AKHA_133BE #11 p.250 | BRL_APBH#17x, ADMS#035x | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; knowledge; recognition of God; power of prayer; prayer for spiritual recognition; servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||
| BH00003 | Kitab-i-'Ahd (Book of the Covenant) | 920 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | اگر افق اعلی از زخرف دنیا خالیست ولکن در خزائن توکل و تفویض از برای وراث | Although the Realm of Glory hath none of the vanities of the world, yet within the treasury of trust and resignation | INBA65:101, BLIB_Or15261, , CMB_F25.8, | AVK3.066.10x, AVK3.210.02x, AVK3.424.03x, AHM.410, MJMM.399, AYT.355, DWNP_v4#04 p.021, DWNP_v2#03-4 p.025-027x, UAB.036ax, DRD.176, AYI2.076x, AYI2.275x, RHQM2.0918-921 (350) (214-216), TBP#15, OOL.B014, AMB#32 | TB#15, DOR#32, PUP.382x, GPB.028x, GPB.238x, GPB.239x8x, GPB.240x7x, GPB.242x, GPB.314x, WOB.134x, SW_v03#14 p.006-007+010, SW_v04#14 p.238, SW_v05#15 p.229, SW_v07#16 p.153, SW_v07#18 p.188, SW_v09#12 p.138x, SW_v09#13 p.150, BSC.259 #532-546 | A. Youssefi | Bahá’u’lláh’s last will and testament, appointing ‘Abdu’l-Bahá as His successor by summ … | contention and conflict; piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; religion as source of love and unity; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; status of kings; future of monarchy; unity; oneness of humanity | * | * | ROB4.419 et al, BKOG.420, MMAH.213, GSH.150, BSR_v19p03, LL#026 | |
| AB00128 | 970 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء و اماء رحمن صبح است و نسیم جانپرور جنت ابهی بجمیع | O ye beloved of Abdu'l-Baha and ye handmaids of the Merciful! It is early morning, and the reviving winds of the Abha Paradise... O God, my God! These are Thy feeble servants | INBA85:270 | MKT8.239b, MNMK#095 p.175, MMK1#008 p.020, AKHA_133BE #14 p.396 | SWAB#008, BPRY.178-179x, TAB.387-390, BSC.492 #949x, DWN_v5#05 p.003-005, TEW.025-027 | E. Mahony, The Bird & The Butterfly, Sophie, Siria & Ashkan | disregarding individual capacity; weakness; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||
| BH06877 | 150 | Prayers and Meditations | یا من کل شیء مضطرب من خشیتک و کل الوجوه ساجده عند ظهورات انوار وجهک و کل | O Thou the dread of Whom hath fallen upon all things, before the splendors of Whose face the countenances of all men are downcast | INBA48:164, INBA61:065, INBA92:179, BLIB_Or15739.292, | PMP#125, AQMJ1.125, RAHA.026-027 | PM#125 | call to action; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for forgiveness; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||
| BH04855 | 200 | هذا لوح یحکی عن جبروت البقا و هذا لفضل من الله علی الخلایق جمیعا قل ان فی اخراج | This is a Tablet that telleth of the Kingdom of Eternity and this is a bounty from God unto all created things. Say: Verily, in the sending forth [3.5s]... ...That the Spirit should depart out of the body of Iraq is indeed a wondrous sign unto all who are in heaven and all who are on earth | INBA71:050a | MUH3.268cx | GPB.145x | chastisement and requital; consolation and comfort; justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH03471 | 260 | تلک آیات الروح نزلت علی قلم البقا من لدی الله العلی الحکیم و فیها ما تطیر به افئده | These are the verses of the Spirit that have descended upon the Pen of Eternity from the presence of God, the Most High, the All-Wise, wherein lieth that which causeth hearts to soar [3.5s]... ...It will shine resplendently within another globe, as predestined by Him who is the Omnipotent, the Ancient of Days | INBA71:049a | MUH3.268bx | GPB.145x2x | consolation and comfort; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||
| AB03565 | 200 | یا من انجذب بنفحات الله ان الرب المجلی علی الطور بقوه الظهور مرج البحرین بحر | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! Verily the Lord Who revealed Himself upon the Mount through the power of Manifestation hath caused the two seas to surge forth [3.5s]... ...Concerning the Manifestations that will come down in the future 'in the shadows of the clouds,' know verily that in so far as their relation to the source of their inspiration | INBA59:112a | MMK6#514, YMM.204x | GPB.099x, WOB.111x, WOB.167x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; permission for visit; pilgrimage; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||
| BH00108 | Mathnavi-yi-Mubarak | 4040 | Mathnaviyí-i Mubárak; Mathnaví Mubárak; Mathnaví of the Blessed One | ای حیات العرش خورشید وداد که جهان و امکان چه تو نوری نزاد گر نبودی خلق محجوب | You! Life-force of God's throne, compassion's sun, Time's universe has birthed no light like Yours! From seeing God, creation's eyes are barred | INBA30:131, OSAI I.MMSx, , MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p14, | BRL_DA#272, MSNV, AQA3#070 p.160, DWNP_v4#07 p.038-039x, DWNP_v5#04 p.003x, TZH4.139-141x, HHA.058x, ASAT1.119x, ASAT4.015x, AHB_124BE #01 p.002x, AHB_130BE #03-04 p.130x, OOL.B089 | GPB.099x, BLO_PT#055, BLO_PT#218, HURQ.BH28 | Ahdieh (1), Ahdieh (2), unknown | Ecstatic poem in rhyming couplets, written during the journey to Istanbul and announcing the Day of … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment; symbolism; transcendence; unknowability of God; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | - | ROB2.029, MMAH.233, GSH.071, LL#270 | |
| BH07117 | 140 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی فو عزتک من تتابع البلایا منع قلم الاعلی من اظهار ما هو | Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I swear by Thy might! Successive afflictions have withheld the pen of the Most High from laying bare | INBA48:177, INBA92:159, BLIB_Or15739.310, | PMP#006, AQMJ1.134 | PM#006 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; prayer for protection; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00069 | Su'al va Javab (Questions and Answers) | 5150 | Consultation; Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | سوال از عید اعظم جواب اول عید عصر ۱۳ ماه دوم از اشهر بیان است یوم اول و تاسع | Question: Concerning the Most Great Festival. Answer: Most Great Festival commenceth late in the afternoon of the thirteenth day | INBA63:001, INBA66:213 | BRL_Su'al, AVK3.056.16x, AVK4.091x, AVK4.152.13x, AVK4.478ax, OOL.B178 | BRL_CONSULT#07x, COC#0029x, COC#0172x, COC#0527x, COC#0821x, COC#1109-1115x, COC#1119x, LOG#0505x, LOG#0516x, LOG#0637x, LOG#0762x, LOG#0764x, LOG#1260x, LOG#1499x, NYR#137x | Compilation of answers and clarifications by Bahá’u’lláh to over one hundred questions regardi … | business; financial; property matters; grammar and orthography; law of divorce; law of fasting; law of inheritance; law of obligatory prayer; laws of marriage and dowry; parents and children; youth; families | - | - | ROB3.278, GPB.219, GSH.145, LL#279 | ||
| BH02443 | 360 | Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas | انا اردنا ان نذکر من اقبل الینا و نسقیه کوثر العنایه مره بعد مره لیقربه الی | We desire to mention him who hath set his face towards Us and to let him once again drink deep from the life-giving waters | INBA15:303, INBA26:306 | PYK.047, TBP#17l | TB#17l | consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; praise and encouragement; predictions and prophecies; presence of; reunion with God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#043 | ||||
| BH08828 | 110 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی جعلته قیوما علی الاسماء و به انشق حجاب | Magnified art Thou, O Lord my God! I ask Thee by Thy Name which Thou hast set up above all other names | INBA19:143b, INBA32:132a, INBA48:194a, INBA49:054, BLIB_Or15739.332, | PMP#084 | PM#084 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; prayer for protection; prayer for spiritual recognition; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00984 | 830 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | سؤالاتیکه در احکام الهیه نموده بودید عرض شد از مطلع عنایت این جواب مشرق و | The questions which thou didst ask concerning the divine ordinances were submitted, and from the Dayspring of loving-kindness this answer hath shone forth [3.5s]... ...A number of people in various regions are at present illumined with the light of faith, but with the exception of a few, they have not been privileged as yet to observe the injunctions | INBA73:061, BLIB_Or15722.127b, , NLAI_BH4.100-105 | BRL_DA#757, AVK3.116.12x, GHA.133.10x, ASAT4.170x, ASAT4.170x, MSBH5.413bx | BRL_ATBH#02x, COC#1120x, LOG#1039x | House of Justice; law of Huququ'llah; law of inheritance; laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas | - | - | |||||
| BH00532 | Suriy-i-Ismuna'l-Mursil | 1410 | هذا کتاب من لدی البهاء الی من اقر بالله و اعترف بسلطانه ثم استقر علی مقر قدس رفیع | This is the Book from the presence of Bahá unto him who hath acknowledged God and recognized His sovereignty, and hath moreover attained unto a seat of celestial sanctity [3.5s]... ...Among them is the King of Persia, who suspended Him Who is the Temple of the Cause in the air, and put Him to death with such cruelty | INBA37:133, INBA83:118, BLIB_Or15702.037, , BLIB_Or15723.253, , BLIB_Or15737.097, , ALIB.folder18p142-147 | BRL_DA#731, AQA4#092 p.311, OOL.B126 | PDC.111-112x | A meditation on the name of God, ‘the Sender’, and its various present and future manifestations … | categories of Prophets (major; minor; village); proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | GSH.201, LL#311 | |||
| BH09397 | 100 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا الهی انت تعلم بانی مااردت لنفسی راحه فی حبک و لا سکونا فی امرک و | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou knowest that in my love for Thee I have not sought any rest, that in proclaiming Thy Cause | INBA49:090, INBA92:322b | PMP#090 | PM#090 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||
| AB01155 | 370 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | یا من تمسک بالعروه التی لا انفصام لها حمد کن خدا را که از کاس ثبوت و رسوخ | O thou who hast held fast unto the unbreakable Handle! Render thanks unto God that thou hast quaffed | INBA13:293b | BRL_DAK#0001, MKT5.200, KHSK.102 | BRL_ATE#001, CRADLE.044-045 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; firmness in the Covenant; petitions to authorities; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||
| BH00021 | Suriy-i-Muluk | 8150 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | هذا کتاب من هذا العبد الذی سمی بالحسین فی ملکوت الاسما الی ملوک الارض کله | This is a Tablet from this Servant, who is called Ḥusayn in the kingdom of names, to the concourse of the kings of the earth. | INBA71:123, BLIB_Or15723.001, , IOM.098-099, PR11.043b-064a, PR19.048a-061b, PR23.016a-029b | NRJ#5, GWBP#065 p.086x, GWBP#066 p.087x, GWBP#113 p.143x, GWBP#114 p.150x, GWBP#116 p.158x, GWBP#118 p.160x, RSBB.040, TZH4.328-353, BCH.008x, PYB#129 p.03x, OOL.B131, AMB#36x | SLH#05, GWB#065x, GWB#066x, GWB#113x, GWB#114x, GWB#116x, GWB#118x, DOR#36x, LOG#1615x, COF.138-139x, GPB.161x4x, GPB.171x, GPB.172x7x, GPB.175x4x, GPB.210x, GPB.230x2x, PDC.007x, PDC.020x, PDC.027-028x, PDC.033-034x, PDC.034x, PDC.034-035x, PDC.035x2x, PDC.035-038x, PDC.038-039x, PDC.043-044x, PDC.060x, PDC.060-062x, PDC.062x, PDC.062-063x, PDC.063-064x, PDC.098x4x, PDC.098-099x, PDC.114-115x, PDC.143x, PDC.146-147x, PDC.182x, WOB.108x, WOB.174x, WOB.177x3x, WOB.177-178x, WOB.178x | E. Mahony | His most momentous proclamatory work, though not yet divulging the totality of His messianic claim, … | chastisement and requital; justice and wrath of God; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment | * | - | ROB2.301 et al, BKOG.207, BKOG.213, BKOG.330, GPB.171, MMAH.158, GSH.090, LL#319 | |
| BH00398 | 1720 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | حمدا لمن لایوصف بالمقال الذی لایقوم معه الرجال و الابطال و هو الظاهر فی یوم | Praise be unto Him Who cannot be described by utterance, before Whom no men or heroes can stand, Who is manifest in the Day [3.5s]... ...O Samandar! How many are the souls who with the utmost endeavour and effort, collect a handful of worldly goods and greatly rejoice in this act | INBA66:107x, BLIB_Or15727b.092, , BLIB_Or15732.208, | BRL_DA#255, AYBY.204, AQMJ2.106x, GHA.103bx, HQUQ.011x, AKHA_131BE #15 p.443x | BRL_ATBH#30x, COC#1145x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; charitable associations; humanitarian activities; law of Huququ'llah; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||
| BH02307 | Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation) | 380 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | الثناء الذی ظهر من نفسک الاعلی و البهاء الذی طلع من جمالک الابها علیک یا مظهر الکبریاء و | The praise which hath dawned from Thy most august Self, and the glory which hath shone forth from Thy most effulgent Beauty | INBA47:245ax, INBA65:065, INBA33:157, Majlis210461.119-120 | PMP#180, AHM.092b, AYT.227, TSBT.277, NSR_1993.118, NFF2.003, ABMK.045, OOL.B149, AMB#33 | PM#180, DOR#33, BPRY.328, DAS.1914-08-30, SW_v09#19 p.222, SW_v12#15 p.246, BSC.184 #266x, BP1929.013x | A. Nakhjavani, Ahdieh, S. Toloui-Wallace, almunajat.com [item 11], K. Towfigh [track 9], unknown | Prayer of visitation compiled by Nabíl Zarandí after the passing of Bahá’u’lláh and often re … | praise and encouragement; prayer for the departed; presence of; reunion with God; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | BKOG.427, MMAH.205, GSH.206, LL#341 | Consists of four passages selected by Nabil-i-Zarandi at the instruction of Abdu'l-Baha; the source Tablets are BH01728, BH06772, BH04427, and BH09728. Regarding the chant by A. Nakhjavani, he related to the compiler (sp) in 1995 that, to his best recollection from childhood, this is how Shoghi Effendi would chant the Tablet in the Shrines. blog.loomofreality.org |
| BH01728 | 510 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و یجذب بها قلوب من یشاء و انه کان علی ما یشاء قدیرا... الثّنآء الّذی ظهر من نفسک الأعلی و البهآء الّذی طلع | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and through them doth draw unto Himself such hearts as He willeth, and verily He is powerful over whatsoever He desireth [3.5s]... ...The praise which hath dawned from Thy most august Self, and the glory which hath shone forth from Thy most effulgent Beauty | INBA83:223, INBA49:286, BLIB_Or15702.289, , NLAI_BH1.177, ALIB.folder18p325 | PMP#180x, ASAT4.077x | PM#180x | chastisement and requital; law of pilgrimage; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; presence of; reunion with God; suffering and imprisonment; visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||
| BH06772 | 150 | Prayers and Meditations | هذا کتاب من لدنا الیک انه لبشاره من لدی الرحمن علیک و علی اهل الاکوان خذه بید | This is a Book from Us unto thee. Verily, it is a glad-tiding from the All-Merciful unto thee and unto the peoples of all the worlds. Take it with the hand [3.5s]... ...The remembrance of God and His praise, and the glory of God and His splendor, rest upon Thee, O Thou Who art His Beauty! | INBA34:319, BLIB_Or15707.179, , BLIB_Or15735.327, | PMP#180x, AQA1#194, HYK.327 | PM#180x | Manifestation of God as sun; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | Part 2 of the Tablet of Visitation (BH02307). | ||||
| BH09728 | 90 | Prayers and Meditations | اسئلک یا الهی بالکلمه التی فیها کنزت لئالی علمک و بالبحر الذی ماج باسمک... صلّ اللّهمّ یا الهی علی عبادک الفائزین و امائک الفائزات | I beseech Thee, O my God, by the Word through which Thou hast treasured the pearls of Thy knowledge, and by the Ocean which surgeth through Thy Name [3.5s]... ...Bless Thou, also, O Lord my God, Thy servants and Thy handmaidens who have attained unto Thee | INBA18:381a | PMP#180x, AQMJ2.027b | PM#180x | prayer for protection; prayer for women; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#341 | Part 4 of the Tablet of Visitation (BH02307). | |||
| AB05237 | 150 | Light of the World | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH01814 | 490 | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و ان هذا لعلی قد ظهر عن افق الابهی یسمع و یری و ینطق | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him and that this is He, the Most Exalted, Who hath appeared from the horizon of the All-Glorious, Who heareth and seeth and speaketh [3.5s]... ...By the righteousness of the Almighty! Were I to recount to thee the tale of the things that have befallen Me, the souls and minds of men | INBA18:049, INBA73:177, BLIB_Or15694.330, , ALIB.folder18p344 | WOB.174x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BH00552 | 1350 | هذا کتاب نزل بالحق من سماء التی کانت علی العالمین محیطا و ینزل منها فیکل حین | This is the Book sent down in truth from the heaven that hath encompassed all the worlds, and from which there descendeth at every moment that which hath been ordained [3.5s]... ...Wert thou to hear with Mine ear, thou wouldst hear how Ali [the Bab] bewaileth Me in the presence of the Glorious Companion | INBA92:218x, BLIB_Or15694.537, , ALIB.folder18p137-142 | ASAT4.157x | PDC.013-014x | call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; exhortations and counsels; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection by the people of the Bayan; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||
| BH01542 | 560 | اللهم یا الهی و سیدی تری ما تری و تشهد ما تشهد و تنظر یا محبوبی کیف ابتلیت | O my God and my Lord! Thou seest what Thou seest, and Thou witnessest what Thou dost witness, and Thou beholdest, O my Beloved, how I have been afflicted [3.5s]... ...Before Me, riseth up the Serpent of wrath with jaws stretched to engulf Me, and behind Me stalketh the lion of anger intent on tearing Me in pieces | INBA36:128, INBA71:295, INBA92:137 | PDC.014x | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; personal instructions; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB08250 | 100 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای موقن بایات الله جناب شیخ سلمان در سجن اعظم وارد و بزیارت رمس مطهر فائز از | O thou who art assured by the signs of God! The honorable Shaykh Salman hath arrived at the Most Great Prison and attained the blessing of visiting the sacred and hallowed shrine [3.5s]... ...In this day, no greater manifestation of love and kindness can be conceived in the world of existence than this | INBA55:140, INBA84:268a | BRL_DAK#0032x | BRL_ATE#033x | firmness in the Covenant; power of prayer; spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||
| BH01716 | 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 | - | - | ||||
| BH00846 | 970 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ان یا نبیل الاعظم اسمع ما ینادیک به لسان القدم عن جبروت اسمه الاکرم و انه ینطق | Let thine ear be attentive, O Nabíl-i-A‘ẓam, to the Voice of the Ancient of Days, crying to thee from the Kingdom of His all-glorious Name. | INBA83:108, BLIB_Or15702.018, , ALIB.folder18p207 | BRL_DA#772, GWBP#139 p.194, KHSH07.011 | GWB#139, ADJ.025x, ADJ.060x | T. Ellis | courtesy; culture [adab]; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual transformation; status of kings; future of monarchy; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; words vs deeds | - | - | ROB3.026, LL#198 | |||
| BH00296 | 2170 | Prayers and Meditations; Days of Remembrance | انک انت یا الهی لما استویت علی کرسی عز فردانیتک و تعلیت علی عرش رحمت | Since Thou hast, O my God, established Thyself upon the throne of Thy transcendent unity | INBA49:187, INBA92:241, BLIB_Or15739.032, | PMP#184, TSBT.157, AMB#22 | PM#184, DOR#22 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00302 | 2130 | Huqúqu'lláh | تبارک الیوم الذی فیه انار افق البیان و استوی الرحمن علی عرش العظمه و الاحسان | Blessed be this Day wherein the horizon of utterance hath been illumined and the All-Merciful hath been established upon the throne of grandeur and benevolence [3.5s]... ...To discharge one's obligations is highly praiseworthy in the sight of God. However, it is not permitted to solicit Huquq from anyone | INBA07:052, BLIB_Or11097#030, | BRL_DA#269, BRL_HUQUQP#088x | BRL_HUQUQ#088x, COC#1144x | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; martyrs and martyrdom; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||
| BH00177 | 3140 | Huqúqu'lláh; Translation List | حمد بساط حضرت موجودی را که وجود را موجود فرمود و عالم را بانوار اسم اعظم منور | Praise be unto the Court of that Being Who brought existence into being and illumined the world with the lights of His Most Great Name [3.5s]... ...It is incumbent upon everyone to discharge the obligation of Huquq. The advantages gained from this deed revert to the persons themselves | INBA15:001, INBA26:001b, BLIB_Or15701.360, | BRL_DA#399, BRL_HUQUQP#011x | BRL_HUQUQ#011x, COC#1102x, ADMS#351x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; praise and encouragement; review of publications; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| BH09872 | 90 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک یا الهی هذا عبدک الذی شرب خمر رحمتک من ایادی فضلک و ذاق طعم حبک فی | Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! This is Thy servant who hath quaffed from the hands of Thy grace the wine of Thy tender mercy | INBA92:332a | PMP#012, AQMJ2.083 | PM#012, BPRY.145 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||
| BH00030 | 7400 | Tablet of Ridván (Lawh-i-Ridván); Days of Remembrance | حمد مقدس از حقیقت و مجاز حضرت بینیازیرا لایق و سزاست که از نقطه چهار رکن | Sanctified praise, transcending reality and metaphor, beseemeth and befitteth the Most Exalted Lord, Who from the Point hath fashioned the four pillars [3.5s]... ...On the first day that the Ancient Beauty ascended His Most Great Throne in the garden named Riḍván, the Tongue of Glory gave utterance to three blessed words. | INBA44:205 | AVK3.456.09x, MAS8.064x, ASAT4.022x, BCH.041x, AMB#09x | DOR#09x | corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power of the Manifestation of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ROB1.278, LL#333 | ||||
| BH02198 | Lawh-i-'Ashiq va Ma'shuq | 400 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای بلبلان الهی از خارستان ذلت بگلستان معنوی بشتابید و ای یاران ترابی قصد | Release yourselves, O nightingales of God, from the thorns and brambles of wretchedness and misery | INBA35:041, Majlis210461.046-048 | GWBP#151 p.205c, MJMM.334, AYT.319, DWNP_v4#11-12 p.059-060, UAB.059c.11x, DRD.029x, PYB#019 p.01, AHB_104BE #06 p.003, AHB_118BE #02 p.031, AKHA_120BE #02-03 p.b, AKHA_130BE #03 p.a, AKHA_133BE #11 p.252, AKHA_134BE #03 p.105, AKHA_135BE #02 p.25, ANDA#02 p.02, MSBH6.406x, OOL.B028, AMB#21 | GWB#151, DOR#21 | R. Lea, KC Porter, TaliaSafa, Mona, Sasha & Sam, Eduke | Addresses the ‘nightingales of God’, announcing the blooming of a ‘new flower’ in the ‘ros … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; love of God; Manifestation of God as sun; sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; spiritual transformation; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | * | * | ROB2.241, MMAH.136, GSH.176, LL#064 | |
| BH01106 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Asiyyih Khanum | 760 | یا قلم قد جاء کره بعد اخری ما اخذت به الاحزان اهل البهاء الذین آمنوا بالله | O Pen! Time and again have sorrows overtaken the people of Bahá who have believed in God [3.5s]... ...Verily, once again hath occurred that which hath saddened the people of Bahá, who have believed in God | INBA65:072 | BRL_DA#434, SFI20.015-016, AKHT1.372, FBAH.239x, OOL.B198 | TDH#064.4x, TDH#064.13x, TDH#064.16x | consolation and comfort; eulogies; reminiscences; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||
| BH00006 | Lawh-i-Sarraj | 26800 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | نامه آنجناب بین یدی العرش حاضر و بر مقر انه لایعرف بما سواه واصل و ما فیه | Thy letter hath been made present before the Throne and hath reached the Seat of Him Who is known through naught else but Himself, and that which it contained [3.5s]... ...Shake off, O heedless ones, the slumber of negligence, that ye may behold the radiance which His glory hath spread through the world. | INBA35:190, INBA73:198, INBA33:081bx, INBA76:001, PR19.072b-110b, BN_suppl.1754.075-124 | BRL_DA#029, GWBP#050 p.073cx, GWBP#097 p.130ax, MAS4.046ax, MAS4.090bx, MAS4.100ax, MAS4.364ax, MAS4.350bx, MAS4.174bx, MAS7.004, ASAT4.271x, ASAT4.272x, ASAT4.487x, AKHA_122BE #04 p.?x, AKHA_137BE #08 p.ax, ANDA#05 p.06x, ANDA#69 p.05x, MSHR4.286x, YMM.468x, OOL.B201 | BRL_ATBH#67x, BRL_ATBH#72x, BRL_ATBH#76x, BRL_ATBH#77x, GWB#050x, GWB#097x, LOG#0327x, ADJ.080x, GPB.098x, GPB.102x, GPB.171x, PDC.019-020x, WOB.063x2x, WOB.104x2x, WOB.107x, WOB.108x2x, BLO_PT#075x, HURQ.BH51 | One of the longest works of Bahá’u’lláh, written in answer to questions regarding the enigma o … | collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of the Manifestation of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; spiritual transformation; station of the Manifestation of God; the power of words; of speech; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ROB2.262 et al, MMAH.140, LL#242 | ||
| BH02680 | 330 | Trustworthiness | 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 | ||||
| AB02326 | 250 | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | الهی الهی هولاء عباد انجذبوا بنفحات قدسک فی ایامک و اشتعلوا بالنار الموقده | O God, my God! These are servants attracted in Thy days by the fragrances of Thy holiness, enkindled with the flame | INBA55:090, INBA87:503b, INBA52:527b | BRL_DAK#1188, MKT1.484, ADH2.025, ADH2_1#12 p.022, AHDW.097 | BPRY.179-181, BP1926.011-012 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; firmness in the Covenant; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||
| BH00586 | 1300 | یوم یوم الله است و کل ما سواه بر هستی و عظمت و اقتدار او گواه بعضی شناخته و | This is the Day of God, and all else besides Him beareth witness to His Being, His Grandeur and His Power. Some have recognized [3.5s]... ...Regard thou the one true God as One Who is apart from, and immeasurably exalted above, all created things. | INBA39:045, BLIB_Or11096#014, , BLIB_Or15698.155, , BLIB_Or15720.152, , BLIB_Or15740.119, | BRL_DA#665, AVK1.015.13x, AVK2.021.02x, AVK3.386.15x, IQT.155, RSBB.100, MAS8.108cx, ASAT5.285x | PDC.133x | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; knowledge; recognition of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| AB00413 | 600 | Light of the World; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH10231 | 80 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | تری یا الهی کیف حال بین عبادک و مظهر نفسک ظلم المعرضین من خلقک ای رب فانزل | Thou seest, O my God, how the wrongs committed by such of Thy creatures as have turned their backs to Thee | INBA92:353a | PMP#115 | PM#115, BPRY.247 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; prayer for women; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||
| AB00324 | 660 | Huqúqu'lláh | ای وحید فرید نامه ۵ محرم ۱۳۲۹ رسید هر چند چند روز پیش نامه مفصلی بشما مرقوم | O peerless and unique one! Your letter of 5 Muharram 1329 arrived, and although a few days ago a detailed letter was written to you [3.5s]... ...As to the Huquq, it is payable on whatever is left over after deducting one's yearly expenses. However, any money or possession which is necessary in producing income for one's subsistence | INBA17:145 | BRL_DAK#0671, BRL_HUQUQP#046x, MMK6#411x, AVK2.239.17x, AVK2.257.16x, AVK4.146.12x, AVK4.451.07x, MAS2.075-078, MSBH6.027-030 | BRL_HUQUQ#046x, COC#1165x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; law of Huququ'llah; predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||
| BH00210 | Lawh-i-Hadi - Re "He who knoweth himself..." | 2770 | He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord (Man 'arafa nafsahú faqad 'arafa Rabbahú); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | توحید بدیع مقدس از تحدید و عرفان موجودات ساحت عز حضرت لایزالی را لایق و سزا | How wondrous is the unity of the Living, the Ever-Abiding God—a unity which is exalted above all limitations, that transcendeth the comprehension of all created things! He hath, from everlasting, dwelt | INBA38:238, INBA36:409, INBA57:018b, BN_suppl.1754.059-064 | BRL_DA#125, GWBP#073 p.096ax, GWBP#083 p.109x, GWBP#124 p.168bx, AVK1.061x, AVK1.180ax, AVK1.180bx, AVK1.187.06x, AVK1.242.05x, AVK1.307.02x, AVK2.077.13x, AVK3.398.09x, MJMM.346, DWNP_v6#05 p.003-004x, DRD.155, MAS4.026bx, MAS4.028x, ASAT1.185x, ASAT2.102x, ASAT4.292x, ASAT5.062x, ASAT5.251x, PYB#026 p.01x, PYB#221 p.03x, OOL.B160 | GWB#073x, GWB#083x, GWB#124x, BLO_PT#040, WIND#112 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine attributes are within all things; every atom; knowledge of self; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; rejection by the people of the Bayan; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ROB3.063, LL#097 | |||
| BH00159 | 3380 | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو قد اظهر امره بین العباد بسلطان مامنعه الاعراض... این یوم را شبه و مثل نبوده و نیست چه که جمال قدم بر عرش اعظم مستوی جذب ظهور | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He hath manifested His Cause amidst His servants with a sovereignty that no opposition can withhold. Peerless and incomparable is this Day, for the Ancient Beauty is established upon the Most Great Throne, drawing forth through His Revelation [3.5s]... ...Gracious God! The people of God suffered themselves to be killed rather than kill. During the events that came to pass, they were the embodiments of utter meekness | INBA27:234 | BRL_DA#762, HDQI.138x, MAS8.074bx, PYK.174 | BRL_ATBH#63x | call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; humility; meekness; lowliness; martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||
| AB00204 | 810 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای یاران باوفا ای بندگان صادق حضرت بهاء الله نیمه شب است و جمیع چشمها آسوده | O ye faithful friends, O ye sincere servants of Baha'u'llah! Now, in the midwatches of the night... O Thou kind and loving Providence! The east is astir and the west surgeth... Study the Tablet of the Holy Mariner that ye may know the truth… Pitiful are we, grant us Thy succour; homeless and wanderers... | INBA16:064 | MKT3.423, MNMK#099 p.182, MMK1#233 p.302, AYT.522x, HDQI.207, ANDA#02 p.54x, ANDA#14 p.04x, ADH2.086x, ADH2_1#31 p.049x, ADH2_2#13 p.114x, MJMJ1.109x, MMG2#277 p.310x, MMG2#347 p.386x, MUH1.0532, YHA1.101-102x (1.207) | SWAB#233, BPRY.155-157x, BPRY.319x, BSC.548 #993, SW_v12#14 p.229-231, BSTW#103 | M.C. Kennedy | avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; characteristics and conduct of true believers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; prayer for firmness in the Covenant; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||
| BH06563 | 150 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH00698 | Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib | 1110 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Mánikchí Sáhib; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tabernacle of Unity, The; Bahá'í Sacred Writings; Pen of Glory, The | ستایش بیننده پاینده را سزا است که بشبنمی از دریای بخشش خود آسمان هستی را بلند | Praise be to the all-perceiving, the ever-abiding Lord Who, from a dewdrop out of the ocean of His grace, hath reared the firmament of existence | INBA35:116, BLIB_Or15715.120b, , BLIB_Or15722.092, , BN_suppl.1753.118-123 | BRL_TBUP#1, GWBP#106 p.138x, AVK3.095.19x, AVK3.104.08x, AVK3.169.06x, AVK3.205.03x, ZYN.236, MJMM.259, RSBB.175, YARP1.019, DWNP_v5#02-3 p.001-002x, UAB.021ax, UAB.027ax, UAB.032ax, UAB.035ax, UAB.046cx, DRD.002, DLS.301x, NVJ.030, ASAT1.009x, ASAT4.014x, ASAT4.131x, ASAT5.041x, PYB#066 p.03x, ADH1.009x, AKHA_109BE #01 p.002x, AKHA_119BE #08 p.ax, PYM.111ax, ANDA#79 p.12x, ANDA#79 p.16x, OOL.B056 | TBU#1, GWB#106x, SW_v01#01 p.005, SW_v03#02 p.003, SW_v07#18 p.186, BLO_PT#019, BSC.130 #050 | Parrish & Toppano, S. Toloui-Wallace, M. Sparrow, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, Sahar & Hoda | Addresses a number of theological questions by implying that the answers lie in the realm of action, … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; procession; appearance of the Word from God; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; spiritual transformation; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity; words vs deeds | * | * | ROB3.270, GSH.174, LL#160, LL#176 | |
| BH08600 | 120 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | یا من بلائک دوآء المقربین و سیفک رجاء العاشقین و سهمک محبوب المشتاقین و | O Thou Whose tests are a healing medicine to such as are nigh unto Thee... I am he, O my Lord, that hath set his face towards Thee, and fixed his hope on the wonders of Thy grace | INBA48:192, INBA30:123bx, BLIB_Or15739.330, | PMP#133, PMP#134, AHM.066, AQMJ1.010, NSR_1993.030, ADH1.032 | PM#133, PM#134, BPRY.074x, BPRY.220x | Ahdieh | prayer for nearness to God; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; prayer for tests and difficulties; servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | LL#502 | |||
| BH02628 | 340 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | لا تجزعی من غربتک تالله لو تنظرین بعینی لتفدین نفسک فی سبیلی بما جعلک الله | Grieve thou not in thine exile. By God! Wert thou to behold through Mine eyes, thou wouldst sacrifice thyself in My path, through that which God hath made thee to be [3.5s]... ...Call thou to mind the behavior of Ashraf’s mother, whose son laid down his life in the Land of Zá (Zanján). He, most certainly, is in the seat of truth | INBA34:182 | BRL_DA#074, GWBP#069 p.092x, AQA1#048, TISH.509-510 | GWB#069x | consolation and comfort; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | LL#363 | ||||
| BH03535 | 260 | کتاب من لدنا الی من فاز بانوار الوجه و نطق بثناء ربه بین العباد لیجذبه ندآء الرحمن | A Book from Our presence unto him who hath attained unto the lights of the Countenance and hath voiced the praise of his Lord amidst the servants, that the call of the All-Merciful may draw him near [3.5s]... ...O concourse of divines! Ye shall not henceforward behold yourselves possessed of any power, inasmuch as We have seized it from you | INBA28:363, BLIB_Or15715.130b, | GPB.231x, PDC.133x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| BH09704 | 100 | Prayers and Meditations | یا من بلائک دوآء صدور المخلصین و ذکرک شفاء افئده المقربین و قربک حیوه | O God! The trials Thou sendest are a salve to the sores of all them who are devoted to Thy will | INBA48:208a, INBA30:121x, INBA41:281b, BLIB_Or15739.351a, | PMP#055, AHM.061, AQMJ1.006b | PM#055 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; knowledge; recognition of God; prayer for nearness to God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | LL#506 | ||||
| BH00425 | 1650 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی آمن بالله ربه العلی العظیم و فاز بلقاء الغلام | This is an Epistle from the Prisoner unto him who hath believed in God, his Lord, the Most High, the Most Great, and hath attained to the presence of the Youth [3.5s]... ...By the righteousness of God, my Well-Beloved! I have never aspired after worldly leadership | INBA27:398, BLIB_Or15725.459, , NLAI_BH2.108 | BRL_DA#245, GWBP#054 p.077ax | GWB#054x | Baha'u'llah; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; proclamation to Christians; proclamation to Jews; proclamation to people of the Bayan; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#460 | ||||
| BH00027 | 7660 | Huqúqu'lláh | حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که غوغای معرضین و ضوضای معتدین و سطوت ظالمین | Praise be unto Him Who is the All-Desired One, unto Whom belongeth all glory and majesty, Whose power hath prevailed over the clamor of the opposers, the tumult of the transgressors, and the might of the oppressors [3.5s]... ...The question of the Huquq dependeth on the willingness of the individuals themselves. From every true believer who is willing to tender the Right of God spontaneously | INBA42:163, BLIB_Or15724.206x, | BRL_HUQUQP#018x, AVK3.111.09x, KHSH08.007, AYI2.316x, AYI2.317x, AYI2.318x | BRL_HUQUQ#018x, COC#1148x, ADJ.078x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; belief and denial; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; praise and encouragement; prayer for forgiveness; servitude; submission to God; repentance; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| BH00034 | Suriy-i-Sabr (=Lawh-i-Ayyub) | 7050 | Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb); Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb) | ذکر الله فی مدینه الصبر عبده ایوبا اذ آویناه فی ظل شجره القدس فی فواده و اشهدناه | This is the remembrance of God in the City of Patience regarding Job, Our servant, Whom We sheltered under the shade of that Holy Tree planted in His heart | INBA36:173, INBA73:082, Berlin1237#08 | BRL_DA#726, AYT.262, LMA1.379 (228), MAS4.282, ASAT5.246x, ASAT5.309x, ASAT5.247x, FBAH.160x, OOL.B138 | WOB.116x, BLO_PT#116, HURQ.BH23, NYR#144 | Major work, written on the first day of Riḍván as He was departing Baghdad, praising the Bábís … | consolation and comfort; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; stories; anecdotes; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | - | ROB1.263, BKOG.131, BKOG.195, MMAH.203, GSH.055, LL#327 | ||
| BH01591 | Suriy-i-Dhabih 4 | 550 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | قلم الامر یقول الملک یومئذ لله لسان القدره یقول السلطنه یومئذ لله ورقاء العماء علی | The Pen of Revelation exclaimeth: “On this Day the Kingdom is God’s!” The Tongue of Power is calling: “On this Day all sovereignty is, in very deed, with God!” | INBA83:270, BLIB_Or15725.561, , NLAI_BH1.445 | BRL_DA#543, GWBP#015 p.031x, OOL.B112.4x | GWB#015x, GPB.155x | call to action; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; station of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment | * | - | LL#385 | |||
| BH04743 | 200 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت الذی بعزتک استعزت اولو العزه و الاعزاز و بقدرتک | Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He the excellence of Whose glory hath exalted them who are the sources of authority | INBA48:148, INBA49:056, INBA92:168, BLIB_Or15739.268, | PMP#105, AQMJ1.050 | PM#105 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for nearness to God; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| BH04171 | 220 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | ای خورشید نامه ات بین یدی الله وارد و بر مقر استوای عرش رحمانی فائز له الحمد | O Khurshid! Thy letter hath attained unto the presence of God and hath been elevated to the seat of glory upon the throne of the All-Merciful. Unto Him be praise [3.5s] | INBA38:124, INBA23:213, INBA57:053 | BRL_ATBH#33 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| BH08257 | 120 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و سیدی تسمع ضجیج المشتاقین فی البعد و الفراق و تشهد | Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God, my Master! Thou hearest the sighing of those who, though they long to behold Thy face | INBA48:187, INBA49:222, BLIB_Or15739.323, | PMP#064 | PM#064 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; prayer for nearness to God | - | - | |||||
| AB06076 | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH08848 | 110 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا الهی تری بهائک فی حصن العکا مسجونا مظلوما بما اکتسبت ایدی الاشقیا | Praise be unto Thee, O my God! Thou seest how He Who is Thy Light hath been shut up in the fortress-town of Akka | INBA49:097b, INBA92:385a | PMP#131, AQA6#226 p.124, AQMJ1.027, KHMI.013 | PM#131 | praise and encouragement; prayer for nearness to God; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| BB00522 | Du'a Hajat | 180 | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Translation List; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انزل علی رحمتک فان لک الرحمة کلها اللهم صل على محمد حبیبک و الانبیآء | O Lord! Send down Thy mercy upon me, for verily all mercy is Thine.... O Lord! Unto Thee I repair for refuge and toward all Thy signs I set my heart. O Lord! Whether traveling or at home | INBA64:017.13-024.03 | SWBP#50 (p.137-137(a)x) | SWB#51 (p.193-193(a)x), BPRY.055, ADMS#143 | L. Slott, Kiya & Parya, Nabilinho, Refuge, E. Mahony, B. Khademi, S. Gould, Strong Steep, E. Kuitunen, Ladjamaya, D. Khavari, D. Sylvester, Rosalynd & Pascal, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, C. Signori, M. Stamper, K. Porray, S. Jaberi (?), Bea & Arthur Joy, Juliet & Amelia | prayer for forgiveness; prayer for protection; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||
| BH00133 | 3730 | Prayer for Illumination | اگر نفس ثابت راسخ مطمئن مستقیمی یافت شود و لوجه الله و حبه و رضائه بمثابه علم | If there be found a soul steadfast, firm, assured and upright, which, for the love of God and His good-pleasure, standeth even as a banner [3.5s]... ...Praise be unto Thee, O my God! I render Thee thanks for having rescued me from the abyss of self and passion, led me unto Thy straight path and Thy most great announcement | INBA15:219, INBA26:220, INBA30:112ax | AHM.065x, NSR_1993.021x, ABDA.331-343, ADH1.100x, AKHA_131BE #07 p.ax | GPB.190x, BLO_PT#067x, JHT_S#105x | chastisement and requital; consolation and comfort; exhortations and counsels; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; firmness in the Covenant; praise and encouragement; suffering and imprisonment; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| BH04569 | 210 | Days of Remembrance | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH00872 | 940 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | لوح من لدنا و کتاب من عندنا الی من اقبل الی قبله الوجود و قطع البر و البحر | A Tablet from Our presence and a Book from Our realm unto him who hath turned his face unto the Qiblih of existence and hath traversed land and sea [3.5s]... ...O Friends! You must all be so ablaze in this day with the fire of the love of God that the heat thereof may be manifest in all your veins, your limbs and members of your body | INBA27:392, BLIB_Or15697.174b, , BLIB_Or15710.266, | AYI2.256x, AYI2.257x, QT108.118x, PYK.058 | BRL_ATBH#24x, BRL_ATBH#27x, COC#1898x | divine attributes are within all things; every atom; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for spiritual recognition; presence of; reunion with God; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| BH01194 | Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 2 | 700 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | یا ایها الناظر الی وجهی و الشارب کاس عنایتی و کوب رحمتی و افضالی و الساکن فی | O thou who gazest upon My countenance and hast quaffed the chalice of My loving-kindness and the cup of My mercy and bounty, and who dwellest in [3.5s]... ...Call thou to mind that which hath been revealed unto Mihdí, Our servant, in the first year of Our banishment to the Land of Mystery (Adrianople) | INBA34:125, BLIB_Or15707.035, , BLIB_Or15735.206, | BRL_DA#711, GWBP#058 p.081ax, AQA1#014, ASAT4.048x, ASAT5.354x, HYK.206, MSBH5.453ax, OOL.B085b | GWB#058x, BADM.099-100x, BADM.165x, GPB.110x2x, GPB.357x, GPB.360x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; prophecy and fulfillment; teaching the Cause; call to teach | * | - | GSH.180, LL#373 | |||
| BH04746 | 200 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تری مقری و محبسی و ابتلائی فو عزتک قد عجز القلم عن | Glorified be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou beholdest my dwelling-place, and the prison into which I am cast | INBA51:596, INBA49:085, INBA92:318 | PMP#008 | PM#008 | acquiescence and resignation; contentment; martyrs and martyrdom; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||
| BH05241 | 190 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | یا ورقتی بگوش جان ندای رحمن را بشنو از سجن اعظم بتو توجه نموده و ترا بذکر | O My Leaf! With the ear of thy soul hearken thou unto the Call of the All-Merciful, Who hath turned towards thee from the Most Great Prison and maketh mention of thee [3.5s]... ...Know thou that every hearing ear, if kept pure and undefiled, must, at all times and from every direction, hearken to the voice that uttereth these holy words | INBA51:312, BLIB_Or15715.338b, | BRL_DA#743, GWBP#165 p.222ax, LHKM3.296 | GWB#165x | mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | LL#387 | ||||
| BH00195 | Ridvanu'l-'Adl (the Garden of Justice) | 2910 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Baha'u'llah's Paradise of Justice; Translation List; Garden of Justice (Ridvan al-'adl); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | هذا لوح فیه بعث الله اسمه العادل و نفخ منه روح العدل فی هیاکل الخلایق اجمعین | This is the Paradise of Justice, which hath appeared as a token of God’s grace and been adorned by Him with glorious and wondrous fruits | INBA47:022, INBA37:104, INBA92:207bx, BLIB_Or15723.241, , BLIB_Or15725.085, , BLIB_Or15737.083, | BRL_DA#717, GWBP#012 p.019x, GWBP#088 p.116ax, GWBP#134 p.186x, AQA4#088 p.245, AQA4a.299, AVK2.054.13x, SFI10.010, MAS4.160ax, RHQM2.0000 (138) (087-088x), AKHA_122BE #07-08 p.ax, OOL.B094 | BRL_ATBH#55x, GWB#012x, GWB#088x, GWB#134x, ADJ.028ax, PDC.006x, PDC.120x, BLO_PT#018, HURQ.BH26, ADMS#016 | M. Magagula, Sanele & Xolani | Extols the virtue of justice, assigning it a sacred origin and purpose in the world; calls upon the … | corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; humility; meekness; lowliness; justice and wrath of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; prophecy and fulfillment; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | MMAH.104, GSH.207, LL#276 | |
| BH04175 | 220 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | ای کنیز خدا حمد کن محبوب حقیقی را که بعرفان نفسش تو را هدایت فرمود بسی از | O handmaiden of God! Render praise unto the true Beloved, Who hath guided thee to the knowledge of His Self. Many souls have [3.5s] | INBA57:046 | PYB#245 p.03 | BRL_ATBH#52 | high station of the true believer; love of God; praise and encouragement; status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||
| BH03796 | 240 | Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH00111 | Kalimat-i-Firdawsiyyih (Words of Paradise) | 4020 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | یا مشارق العدل و الانصاف و مطالع الصدق و الالطاف ان المظلوم یبکی و یقول ینوح | O ye the embodiments of justice and equity and the manifestations of uprightness and of heavenly bounties! | INBA33:044x, BLIB_Or07851.049b, , BLIB_Or15692.025, , BLIB_Or15716.042.14x, , KB_262:042-062, CMB_F32.048, , OSAI_TC 2v-8r, , MKI4523.112, , BN_suppl.1753.023-037 | ADM2#008 p.022x, AVK1.212.13x, AVK2.075.04x, AVK3.003.16x, AVK3.164.02x, AVK3.225.12x, AVK3.326.11x, AVK4.282bx, ZYN.147, ISH.112, UAB.007x, UAB.032bx, UAB.036cx, UAB.039cx, UAB.042cx, UAB.043ax, UAB.046ax, UAB.046dx, UAB.050cx, UAB.053ax, UAB.054ax, ADH1.056x, TBP#06, TUM.109-115x, OOL.B012 | TB#06, LOG#0479x, LOG#0785x, ADJ.027-028x, GPB.217x2x, GPB.218x, GPB.219x, PDC.136x, PDC.151x, WOB.023x, WOB.149x, WOB.153x, SW_v01#04 p.021x, SW_v03#01 p.005x, SW_v03#02 p.007x, SW_v09#07 p.081x, SW_v11#18 p.297x, DWN_v3#01 p.009-010x, DWN_v5#04 p.002-003x, DWN_v5#05 p.002-003x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.146 #100-124x, BSC#144-146x, BSC#151-154x | D. E. Walker, Chicago Baha'i Community, C. Oja | Proclaims eleven ‘leaves of paradise’: the fear of God, the importance of religion, the golden r … | contention and conflict; education of children; moral education; monasticism; asceticism; rejection, opposition and persecution; teaching the Cause; call to teach; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; unity; oneness of humanity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | * | ROB4.214 et al, BKOG.382, MMAH.161, GSH.161, LL#024 | |
| BH04961 | 190 | ان استمع لما یوحی الیک عن شطر القدس بریه العرفان مقر الذی فیه یوقد و یضیء | Hearken unto that which is revealed unto thee from the holy sanctuary in the wilderness of divine knowledge, the spot wherein shineth forth and is kindled the Sacred Fire [3.5s]... ...By the righteousness of God! The world, its vanities and its glory, and whatever delights it can offer, are all, in the sight of God, as worthless | INBA44:118, INBA36:167, NLAI_BH1.237, NLAI_BH1.350 | ADJ.030-031x | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; knowledge; recognition of God; love of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| BH01185 | 700 | Bahá'í Sacred Writings | این نامه از این عبد حزین غمین بشطر حضرت مشفق امین ارسال میشود که ای یار | This missive is sent forth from this sorrowful and grief-stricken servant unto that All-Merciful and Trusted One: O Friend! [3.5s]... ...A race of men, incomparable in character, shall be raised up which, with the feet of detachment, will tread under all who are in heaven and on earth | INBA38:081bx, INBA66:120x | BRL_DA#436, KHSH07.009, PYB#210 p.04x | ADJ.031x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power of prayer; return of the Manifestations of God; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| BH02573 | 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 | - | - | ||||||
| BH03218 | 280 | حمد مقدس از شبه و مثال محبوب بیزوالی را لایق و سزا که بیک کلمه علیا اهل ملکوت | Sanctified praise, transcendent above all likeness and comparison, befitteth that Eternal Beloved Who, through a single exalted Word, called into being the denizens of the Kingdom [3.5s]... ...God hath verily made chastity to be a crown for the heads of His handmaidens. Great is the blessedness of that handmaiden that hath attained unto this great station | INBA27:053, BLIB_Or15715.264d, | ADJ.032x | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; chastity and purity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; praise and encouragement; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| BH06247 | 160 | قد نزل الکتاب و اتی الوهاب اذا راینا اهل الحجاب فی ولج و اضطراب قد هرعوا الی | The Book hath been sent down and the All-Bountiful hath come. Thus did We behold the people of the veil in tumult and agitation, hastening unto [3.5s]... ...They that follow their lusts and corrupt inclinations have erred and dissipated their efforts. They indeed are of the lost | INBA34:324a, BLIB_Or11095#346, , BLIB_Or15707.188, , BLIB_Or15735.334, | AQA1#201 | ADJ.032x | call to action; chastisement and requital; justice and wrath of God; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||
| BH00056 | 5660 | الله لا اله الا هو الذی ینطق فیکل شیء انه لا اله الا هو له العزه و الجلال | God, no God is there but Him, Who speaketh in all things. Verily, there is none other God but Him. His is the glory and the majesty [3.5s]... ...Soon will the cry, 'Yea, yea, here am I, here am I' be heard from every land. For there hath never been, nor can there ever be, any other refuge to fly to for anyone | INBA27:147 | BRL_DA#085, TZH4.212-213x, MAS4.359bx, RHQM1.214-214 (271x) (162-162x), KHAF.035x, PYK.186 | ADJ.081-082x | consolation and comfort; corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; power of prayer; praise and encouragement; rejection, opposition and persecution; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||
| BH02504 | 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 | - | - | ||||||
| AB00904 | 410 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای شخص موید نامه ایکه باقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودید از بدایت تا نهایت | O thou confirmed personage! The letter that thou hast written to Aga Seyad Assadollah was read from first to last… Ye should consider the question of goodly character as of the first importance | INBA85:309 | MMK1#108 p.130x, MJTB.076x | SWAB#108x, LOG#0500x, DAS.1913-10-18 | education of children; moral education; power of prayer; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| AB07484 | 110 | ای طائف حول مطاف ملا اعلی دو دست شکر را بدرگاه احدیت بلند نما و بگو ای منتها | O thou who circlest in adoration about the Spot round which circle the Concourse on high! Raise thou thy hands in gratitude | INBA87:028b, INBA52:028b | BRL_DAK#0100, BRL_MON#001, MJMJ3.081x, MMG2#136 p.152x | BRL_POAB#01 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; humility; meekness; lowliness; prayer for praise and gratitude; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||
| AB04900 | 160 | ای یاران روحانی من شب و روز در یاد روی شما هستیم و روز و شب بذکر رخهای دلجوی | O My spiritual friends! Night and day we are mindful of your countenances, and day and night we remember your radiant faces [3.5s]... ...O Thou unseen Friend! O Desire of all in this world and the world to come! O Thou compassionate Beloved! These helpless souls | INBA13:152 | BRL_DAK#0108, BRL_MON#02x, MJMJ2.105x, MMG2#000a p.000a, MMG2#229 p.257 | BRL_POAB#02x | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||
| AB03660 | 190 | ای ثابت بر پیمان خوشا بحال تو که بخدمت امرالله قائمی خوشا بحال تو که ثابت بر | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Happy art thou for thou hast arisen to serve the Cause and art steadfast in the Covenant. | INBA89:082 | BRL_DAK#0101, BRL_MON#07x, MMK2#001 p.001, AHB.109BE #02 p.02, DUR3.197x, ANDA#17 p.40x, MJMJ3.079bx, MMG2#150 p.168x | BRL_POAB#07x | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; humility; meekness; lowliness; servitude; submission to God; repentance; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| AB02984 | 220 | ای منجذبان جمال ابهی در هویه قلب بحور محبت یاران پر موج و هیجان … ای قوی قدیر کل در قبضه قدرت اسیریم تو مجیر تو دستگیر عنایتی کن | O ye who are attracted to the Beauty of the All-Glorious! In the depths of the heart, the seas of love for the friends surge with waves and fervor [3.5s]... ...O Thou Omnipotent Lord! We are all held within the mighty grasp of Thy power | INBA13:208, INBA21:194 (244), INBA88:111 , INBA75:045 | BRL_DAK#0090, BRL_MON#016x, MILAN.212, AKHA_128BE #05 p.a, ADH2_1#45 p.067, MJMJ1.051x, MMG2#205 p.233x, MMG2#239 p.268, MJH.012b, NJB_v12#08 p.151x | BRL_POAB#16x | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation; the Kingdom of God [Malakut]; the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | ||||||
| AB03308 | 200 | اللهم یا الهی و ملجای و ملاذی انی کیف اذکرک بابدع الاذکار و افصح المحامد و | O Lord my God, my Haven and my Refuge! How can I befittingly make mention of Thee | INBA59:207, INBA79.014, INBA88:206 | BRL_DAK#0103, BRL_MON#17, MILAN.207, ADH2.060, ADH2_2#04 p.091, MJMJ1.005, MMG2#123 p.141, MJH.058, NSR_1978.114, NSR_1993.127 | BRL_POAB#17 | praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| AB00006 | Tafsir-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyyan (Commentary on the Hadith of the Hidden Treasure) | 8270 | Commentary on the Islamic Tradition "I Was a Hidden Treasure..." (Tafsír-i-Hadith-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfíyyan) | الحمد لله الذی قد حرک افلاک الذوات بحرکه جذب صمدانیه و قد موج ابحر الکینونات | Praise be to God Who hath stirred up the celestial spheres of being through the movement of divine attraction, and hath caused the oceans of existence to surge [3.5s]... ...And to continue: To him who looks at these lines and understands these indications, it is well known with respect to the request of that traveller… O Lord so rich in bounty, so replete with grace | INBA13:411x | BRL_MON#26x, MKT2.002, BMT.174, ADH2.070x, ADH2_2#09 p.101x, MMG2#120 p.135x, MJH.051x, HUV1.004x, OOL.C028, VUJUD.139.18x | BRL_POAB#26x, BRL_Aqdas.n023x, SW_v08#06 p.062-063x, BLO_PT#024, VUJUDE.146x, JHT_A#005x | S. Rezaei and M. Vahman, Ahdieh, S. Tirandaz, S. Taefi [track 13], unknown, L. Slott | essential vs. actional attributes of God; eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah]; knowledge of attributes same as knowledge of God; mystical themes; names and attributes of God; oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | Makatib v.2 p.55 mentions that this was written in Edirne; see also BMT.178. For brief commentary by Baha'u'llah see BH04769. | ||
| BH03111 | 290 | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی قد اقر کل عارف بالعجز عن عرفانک و کل عالم بالجهل تلقاء | Lauded and glorified art Thou, Lord, God Omnipotent! Thou before Whose wisdom the wise falleth short and faileth | INBA48:130, INBA61:039x, INBA49:022, BLIB_Or15716.136a, , BLIB_Or15739.241, | BRL_DA#435, ADM2#004 p.014x, AQMM.060, AQMJ1.086 | BPRY.136, SW_v13#12 p.322, DWN_v5#05 p.001-002 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH03564 | Lawh-i-Ard-i-Ta | 260 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | یا ارض الطاء یاد آر هنگامی را که مقر عرش بودی و انوارش از در و دیوارت ظاهر | Call thou to remembrance, O Land of Ṭa (Ṭihrán), the former days in which thy Lord had made thee the seat of His throne, and had enveloped thee with the effulgence of His glory | INBA66:106b, BLIB_Or15730.090a, , NLAI_BH1.081 | GWBP#055 p.077bx, RHQM1.072-073x (092) (053-054), ASAT1.071-072x, TSHA3.011, PYM.110ax, LDR.322, OOL.B167 | GWB#055x, LTDT.270x | eulogies; reminiscences; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; prophecy and fulfillment; service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | MUH1.0034, LL#062 | |||
| BH00258 | Lawh-i-Yusuf | 2460 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of Joseph (Lawh-i Yusuf); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Resurrection and the World to Come | تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق عن جهه ایمن العرش و جعلها الله هدی و ذکری للعالمین... ای یوسف حجّتم بر کلّ من فی السّموات و الارض... انّا قد جعلنا میقاتاً لکم فاذا تمّت المیقات | These are the verses of God which have verily been sent down in truth from the right hand of the Throne, and which God hath made a guidance and a remembrance unto all the worlds [3.5s]... ...We have a fixed time for you, O people. If ye fail, at the appointed hour, to turn towards God, He, verily, will lay violent hold on you | INBA38:139, BLIB_Or15694.465, , ALIB.folder18p199, NLI.32p030vx | BRL_DA#532, GWBP#108 p.139bx, AVK1.279.19x, RSBB.181, GHA.255x, UAB.031cx, MAS4.019bx, MAS8.013x, AYI2.248x, AYI2.250x, ASAT4.378x, OOL.B084b | GWB#108x, LOG#1982x, PDC.007x, WOB.201x, SW_v02#03 p.003x, BLO_PT#113, BSC.199 #339-372, KSHK#28x | Emphasizes the importance of detachment as prerequisite to the recognition of spiritual truth and ex … | heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | * | - | GSH.171, LL#265, LL#395 | ||
| BH02535 | 350 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی یشهد لسان سری و جهری و اعضائی و جوارحی و عروقی و اشعاری | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! My tongue, both the tongue of my body and the tongue of my heart | INBA92:368 | PMP#069 | PM#069 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for spiritual recognition; station of the Manifestation of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00994 | Suriy-i-Ism | 830 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ان یا اسمی اسمع ندآء الله عن مطلع کل اللسان بانی انا الله ربک و رب کل شیء و | O My Name! Hearken unto the Call of God from the Dawning-Place of every tongue: "Verily, I am God, thy Lord and the Lord of all things." [3.5s]... ...Say: Deliver your souls, O people, from the bondage of self, and purify them from all attachment to anything besides Me… Intone, O My servant, the verses of God | INBA83:124, BLIB_Or15702.051, , ALIB.folder18p214 | BRL_DA#721, GWBP#136 p.189x, AVK2.168.20x, MAS4.026ax, MAS4.045x, MAS8.120bx, ASAT1.242x, ASAT4.156x, PYK.018, OOL.B125 | GWB#136x, ADJ.025x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.032x, BLO_sazedj#12x, HURQ.BH37 | MJ Cyr, L. Slott, Seals & Crofts, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, Soulrise Melodies, L. Dely & M. Congo, K. Key, Sheyda Peyman, Ina Nes | Calls the recipient to cast all names and designations behind him and announce the joyful tidings; s … | call to action; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; praise and encouragement; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; suffering and imprisonment | * | - | LL#143, LL#310 | BLO note: See also loom.loomofreality.org (provisional translation of a passage) |
| BH01125 | Prayer for the Fast (Dawn) | 740 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | اللهم انی اسئلک بالایه الکبری و ظهور فضلک بین الوری بان لاتطردنی عن باب | I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy mighty Sign, and by the revelation of Thy grace amongst men | INBA97:153, Majlis210461.121-124 | PMP#177, AHM.121, TSBT.057, NFF5.041, OOL.B090.04 | PM#177, BPRY.261, SW_v04#18 p.306, BP1929.004-011 | The Badasht Project, E. Mahony, L. Harley | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; prayer for fasting; presence of; reunion with God; service to others; to the Cause of God; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#271, LL#467 | ||
| AB03755 | 190 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای مظاهر الطاف الهی درین دور بدیع اساس متین تمهید تعلیم فنون و معارفست و بنص | O ye recipients of the favors of God! In this new and wondrous Age, the unshakable foundation is the teaching of sciences and arts | INBA85.315 | MKT3.217, MMK1#109 p.131, AKHA_125BE #11 p.512, AVK3.332.09x, DWNP_v6#02 p.002bx, TRBB.052, MJTB.112b, ADH2.013x, ADH2_1#05 p.012x, MMG2#182 p.209x | SWAB#109 | acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; education of children; moral education; prayer for specific individuals; groups; universal education | - | - | |||||
| BH11176 | 50 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | یا غصن اعظم لعمر الله نوازلک کدرتنی ولکن الله یشفیک و یحفظک و هو خیر کریم | O Most Great Branch! By My life! Thy tribulations have grieved Me, but God shall heal thee and preserve thee, for He is the Best, the All-Bountiful [3.5s]... ...The glory of God rest upon Thee and upon whosoever serveth Thee and circleth around Thee | INBA81:087a | BRL_DA#244, AHM.106, HDQI.006b, AHDW.009, ASAT4.413x, AHB_128BE #06-11 p.196, ANDA#03 p.46 | BRL_ATBH#42, WOB.135x | almunajat.com [item 20] | chastisement and requital; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; praise and encouragement | - | - | LL#092 | |||
| BH00113 | Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Persian) | 3970 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Hidden Words; Bahá'í Sacred Writings; Hidden Words | ای صاحبان هوش و گوش اول سروش دوست این است ای بلبل معنوی جز در گلبن معانی جای | O ye people that have minds to know and ears to hear! The first call of the Beloved is this | INBA65:115, INBA36:383, INBA30:014, BLIB_Or15714.131c, , CMB_F33.001, , NLI.32p048v, BLIB_Or.08117, BLIB_Or.08685, CUL.X893.7.B111, Majlis210461.030-045, BN_suppl.1974.001 | BRL_HWP, GWBP#042 p066ax, GWBP#104 p.136bx, ZYN.001, AHM.421, MJMM.373, BSHN.017x, MHT2b.036x, UAB.047dx, UAB.048ax, UAB.048bx, UAB.069ax, UAB.069bx, TZH4.223-224, NFF4.017, OOL.B013b | HWPE, GWB#042x, GWB#104x, LOG#0835x, ADJ.081x, BADM.155-156x, PDC.007x, PDC.148x, PDC.149x, WOB.059-060x, WOB.116x, WOB.201x, SW_v03#02 p.005x, SW_v05#10 p.150-151x, SW_v14#11 p.321x, BLO_PT#061 | S. Toloui-Wallace (#1), S. Taefi (#1) [track 1], R. Johnston-Garvin (#1) [track 7], Baha'i Youth of Japan (#2), S. Taefi (#2) [track 2], L. Dely & M. Congo (#2), S. Toloui-Wallace (#3), K. Key (#3), A. Bridges (#3), L. Slott (#3), Rowshan (#3), SKY (#3), E. Mahony (#3), L. Dely (#3), S. Engle and J. White (#3), Delia Olam (#3), B. Vahdat (#3), Sanale & Xolani (#3), Nora, Sasha & Ann-Sofie (#3), NKAK (#3), Zannetta (#3) [track 10], A.E. Rahbin (#3), B. Silvestre (#3), R. Bennett (#3), S. Kouchekzadeh (#3), L. Dube (#3) [track 6], D. Hunt (#4), A. Youssefi (#4), Bass Adjustment (#4), S. Taefi (#4) [track 4], G.H. Miller (#4), Rowshan (#4) [track 6], Nabil and Karim (#4), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#4), N. Ma'ani (#4), A. Stephen (#4), A. Wood (#4), G. Besungu (#4), Ahdieh (#4), S. Parak (#4), A. Youssefi (#7), G.H. Miller (#7), S. Zahrai (#7), A.E. Rahbin (#7), B. Khademi (#7), G. and M. Smith (#7), S. Zein (#7), The Badasht Project (#8), A. Wensbo (#8), A. Bryan (#8), G.H. Miller (#9), A. Toufighian & A. Youssefi (#9), A. Wensbo (#10), L. Dube (#10) [track 18], S. Taefi (#10) [track 5], G.H. Miller (#11), S. Taefi (#11) [track 7], Naim, Miad & Justus (#11), Z. Rolle (#11), A. Bryan (#12), E. Mahony (#12), J. Sweeting & M. Weigert (#12), Chicago Baha'i Community (#12), MANA (#12), Meredith & Arman (#12), J. Cooper (#12), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#13), G.H. Miller (#13), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#14), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#14), MANA (#14), S. Esmaeili (#14), S. Peyman (#14), J. Cooper (#14), Rowshan (#16), A.E. Rahbin (#16), G.H. Miller (#16), L. Dely & M. Congo (#16), G.H. Miller (#18), O. Master (#19), S. Taefi (#20) [track 10], G.H. Miller (#21), Anis & Friends (#21), T. Ellis (#21), S. Taefi (#21) [track 8], R. Johnston-Garvin (#21) [track 6], E. Mahony (#21), N. Ma'ani (#22), D. Stevenson (#26), M. Kerr (#26), A.E. Rahbin (#26), J. Marks and S. Engle (#26), Chicago Baha'i Community (#26), Ashwin & Arhwin (#26), Temple of Light (#29), L. Dube (#30) [track 11], G.H. Miller (#31), TaliaSafa (#31), E. Mahony (#31), Turning Point (#31), S. Taefi (#31) [track 3], A. & M. Zemke (#31) [track 5], N. Ma'ani (#31), G.H. Miller (#32), TaliaSafa (#32), A. Wensbo (#32), MANA (#32), S. Trick (#32), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#33), A. Youssefi (#33), L. Dube (#34) [track 4], Carmel, Roya & Maryam (#35), A.E. Rahbin (#36), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#38), S. Toloui-Wallace (#38), F. Lionheart (#38), J. Cooper (#38), Seaon, Sasha & Sam (#38), S. Taefi (#38) [track 6], S. Bayan & S. Suggs (#38), L. Dely (#38), N. Hamilton (#38), B. Khademi (#39), A.E. Rahbin (#39), S. Toloui-Wallace (#40), Rasmus & Ann-Sofie (#40), Voices of Baha 2010 (#40), T. Ellis (#40), A Family Affair (#40), A. Youssefi (#40), The Badasht Project (#40), Refuge (#40), R. Peterson (#40) [track 8], Nabil and Karim (#40), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#40), J. Cooper (#40), S. Parak (#40), A. Youssefi (#40), N. Hamilton (#40), Kiskadee (#40), L. Dely (#40), Rasmus & Ann-Sofie (#40), L. Dely & M. Congo (#42), J. Cooper (#42), L. Dely & M. Congo (#44) [track 9], D. E. Walker (#44), S. Cleasby (#44), MANA (#44), M. Sparrow (#45), L. Dube (#63) [track 13], G.H. Miller (#64), G.H. Miller (#70), Bosch Bluegrass Band (#72), Arrayanes (#72) [track 8], A. Youssefi (#73), Friends from Mongolia (#73), N. D. Huening (#76), C. & L. Heggie (#80), K. Key (#80) | The Persian portion of His foremost ethical work, consisting of 82 aphorisms spoken in the voice of … | begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; goodly deeds; actions; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; justice and wrath of God; love of God; pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; primordial Covenant; the day of alast; status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; transcendence; unknowability of God; useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; words vs deeds | * | * | ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025 | |
| BH00598 | 1270 | Days of Remembrance | ای رب یا الهی کلما ارید ان افتح لسانی ببدایع اذکار عز وحدانیتک او احرک شفتی | O Lord my God! Whensoever I attempt to unloose my tongue to extol the wondrous expressions of Thy transcendent oneness | INBA48:067, BLIB_Or15739.131, | TSBT.114, ABMK.021, AMB#11 | DOR#11 | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; material world a reflection of the spiritual; prayer for forgiveness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00848 | 970 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالذی اظهرته و جعلت ظهوره نفس ظهورک ... فی هذا الظهور الذی فیه اسودت وجوه مظاهر النفی | Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I supplicate Thee by Him Whom Thou hast called into being | INBA48:085, INBA49:174, INBA92:293, BLIB_Or15739.160, | PMP#178, TSBT.022, NFF5.068, ABMK.014, RAHA.110x, OOL.B090.05 | PM#178 | forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; prayer for fasting; prayer for martyrs; suffering and imprisonment; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#271, LL#473 | ||||
| AB00052 | 1450 | Light of the World | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH07689 | 130 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا من تری و لاتری تسمع ضجیج احبتک عن کل الاقطار و صریخ اهل ولایتک من | Lauded be Thy name, O Thou Who beholdest all things and art hidden from all things! From every land Thou hearest the lamentations | INBA49:088b, INBA92:321 | PMP#020 | PM#020 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||
| BH04818 | 200 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | کتاب نزل بالحق لقوم یفقهون و یامر الناس بالعدل و التقی و یمنعهم عن البغی و | A Book sent down in truth unto men of insight! It biddeth the people to observe justice and to work righteousness | INBA34:290 | GWBP#141 p.197, AQA1#155 | GWB#141, ADJ.032x | call to action; exhortations and counsels; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | LL#187 | ||||
| AB02734 | 230 | Light of the World | 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 | - | - | |||||
| AB08846 | 90 | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH07678 | 130 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا الهی قد ظهرت طلایع ربیع فضلک و اخضرت بها اراضی مملکتک و امطرت سحاب | Glory to Thee, O my God! The first stirrings of the spring of Thy grace have appeared and clothed Thine earth with verdure. | INBA92:351 | PMP#117, AQA6#222 p.120, AQMJ1.003 | PM#117 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; spiritual transformation; suffering and imprisonment; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||
| AB00498 | 560 | ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره الالهیه الحمد لله که فیوضات ملکوت ابهی از جمیع | O noble branch of the divine Lote-Tree! Praise be to God that the outpourings of the Most Glorious Kingdom from all [3.5s]... ...In cycles gone by, though harmony was established, yet, owing to the absence of means, the unity of all mankind could not have been achieved | INBA87:452b, INBA52:468 | MSHR4.220-221x | PDC.024x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; growth of the Cause; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||
| BH08846 | 110 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الرحمن بان تحفظ عبادک و امائک عند هبوب اریاح | Glory be to Thee, O my God! I beg of Thee by Thy name, the Most Merciful, to protect Thy servants and Thy handmaidens | INBA23:051b, INBA81:094 | PMP#143, ADM2#006 p.018, NFR.182, AQMJ2.090 | PM#143 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for protection; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||
| BH00870 | Lawh-i-Anta'l-Kafi (Long Healing Prayer) | 940 | Long Healing Prayer, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | بک یا علی بک یا وفی بک یا بهی انت الکافی و انت الشافی و انت الباقی یا باقی بک | I call on Thee O Exalted One, O Faithful One, O Glorious One! Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, Thou the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One! | INBA36:448, NLAI_BH_AB.103 | BRL_DA#075, AHM.183, TSBT.207, NFF2.017x, ABMK.048, OOL.B025 | BPRY.102, BLO_PT#053 | Ahdieh, L. Thoresen [track 5], The Badasht Project, A. Youssefi (1), A. Youssefi (2), A.Youssefi (3), E. Mahony, Gyenyame, K. Rushdy, N. Ward, unknown, C. Frith | Prayer for healing, rhyming and with repeated refrain, invoking various names of God for the curing … | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power of prayer; prayer for healing; prayer for protection | * | * | GSH.186, LL#052 | |
| AB06211 | 130 | Memories of Nine Years in Akka; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای رب ثبت اقدامنا علی صراطک و قو قلوبنا علی طاعتک و وجه وجوهنا لجمال رحمانیتک | Make firm our steps, O Lord! In thy path and strengthen Thou our hearts in Thine obedience… Reveal then Thyself, O Lord, by Thy merciful utterance | INBA59:027a | MILAN.208, BSHN.140.323, BSHN.144.321, BCH.183, MAS5.143, ADH2.044, ADH2_1#22 p.038, MJMJ1.008, MMG2#105 p.118, MJH.059, MHT1a.046, MHT1b.004, NSR_1978.117, NSR_1993.130, KNSA.246-247 (459) | BPRY.069-070, MNYA.340, SW_v13#12 p.331, BP1926.022 | L. Slott, J. Crone | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; prayer for spiritual recognition; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | ||||
| BH03287 | 280 | Prayers and Meditations | یا الهی قد کاد ان یصفر ما نبت فی رضوان عز فردانیتک فاین امطار سحاب رحمتک و | Faded now is all that erstwhile flourished in the Paradise of Thy transcendent oneness, O my God! | INBA92:345 | PMP#070, AQMJ2.130 | PM#070 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; knowledge; recognition of God; prayer for protection; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||
| AB00531 | 540 | Prayer and Devotional Life | ای بندگان آستان مقدس الهی شمس حقیقت از افق عالم اشراق فرمود و در قطب آفاق در | O ye servants of the Sacred Divine Threshold! The Sun of Truth hath shone forth from the horizon of the world and ascended to the zenith of the heavens [3.5s]... ...A Baha'í is known by the attributes manifested by him, not by his name: he is recognized by his character, not by his person... We should memorize the Hidden Words, follow the exhortations of the Incomparable Lord, and conduct ourselves in a manner | INBA16:035 | BRL_DAK#0696, COMP_PDLP#83x, MKT2.113, MILAN.149, AMK.009-010, AVK4.240.09x, BSHN.140.360, BSHN.144.358, MHT1b.153, YHA1.382x#2 | BRL_PDL#83x, COC#0155x, COC#0396x | characteristics and conduct of true believers; charitable associations; humanitarian activities; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; exhortations and counsels; praise and encouragement; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| BH09386 | 100 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تری کیف احاطت البلایا عبادک فی کل الاطراف و کل قاموا | Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou seest how Thy servants have everywhere been compassed with tribulations | INBA51:487a, INBA92:328b | PMP#130, ADM1#052 p.098 | PM#130 | steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| BH09404 | 100 | Huqúqu'lláh; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک یا رب الکائنات و مرجع الممکنات اشهد بلسان ظاهری و باطنی بظهورک و بروزک | Glory be to Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all beings and the Ultimate Aim of all creation! I testify with the tongue of both mine inner | INBA15:343b, INBA18:009, INBA26:347b, INBA51:362, INBA27:479b | BRL_DA#002, BRL_HUQUQP#001, ADM1#049 p.095, AQMJ2.095b | BRL_HUQUQ#001, BPRY.287-288, COC#1158 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of prayer; praise and encouragement; prayer for spiritual recognition; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH01976 | 450 | Bahá'í Sacred Writings | هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی آمن بالروح فی ایامه و حی بکلمه الاعظم التی | This is the Book from Him Who is imprisoned, unto him who believed in the Spirit in His days and was quickened through His Most Great Word that [3.5s]... ...God hath prescribed unto everyone the duty of teaching His Cause | INBA15:192, INBA26:192, BLIB_Or15725.417, | ADJ.045x | power of prayer; rejection by the people of the Bayan; teaching the Cause; call to teach; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||
| BH08836 | 110 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تری عبراتی و زفراتی و تسمع حنینی و عویلی و ضجیجی ای رب | Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou seest my tears and lamentations, and hearest my sighing | INBA48:204a, INBA49:060b, INBA92:162b, BLIB_Or15739.345, | PMP#016, AQMJ1.043 | PM#016 | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for protection; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| AB00165 | 880 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای منادی میثاق نامه های محرر چون جامهای مکرر نشئه صهباء داشت و نفحه حدیقه | O herald of the Covenant! Thy letters, like chalices filled repeatedly, carried the exhilaration of heavenly wine and the fragrance of the garden [3.5s]... ...This is my firm, my unshakable conviction, the essence of my unconcealed and explicit belief -- a conviction and belief which the denizens of the Abha Kingdom fully share… Therefore, in this day the doors of contention must be barred and the causes of strife prevented | INBA21:160b, INBA72:059, INBA88:076 | BRL_DAK#0060, MKT2.247, AVK4.291bx, YHA1.014x | BRL_ATE#094x, WOB.133x | firmness in the Covenant; importance of authoritative interpretation; role of the Covenant in preserving unity; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||
| BH08822 | 110 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الاعظم الذی ابتلی بین ایدی المشرکین من | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Him Who is Thy Most Great Name, Who hath been sorely afflicted | INBA48:200b, INBA49:050, INBA92:170b, BLIB_Or15739.340, | PMP#003 | PM#003, BPRY.188 | Manifestation of God as sun; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| BH00066 | Lawh-i-Salman I | 5230 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance; Commentary on a Verse of Rumi; Commentary on a Verse of Rumi; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای سلمان از شهر جان بنسایم قدس رحمن بر اهل اکوان و امکان مرور نما | O Salman! Pass through the realm of being and existence with holy breezes from the City of the Spirit, wafting with the fragrances of the All-Merciful [3.5s]... ...O Salmán! Say: O people! Tread ye in the path of the one true God and ponder the ways and words of Him Who is the Manifestation | INBA35:276, INBA73:118, BLIB_Or15722.001, , NLAI_BH3.110, BN_suppl.1754.047-059 | BRL_DA#735, GWBP#021 p.040x, GWBP#148 p.204x, GWBP#154 p.212x, AVK1.026.05x, AVK2.078.12x, AVK3.303.06x, AVK3.418.16x, MJMM.128, ASAT4.100x, ASAT5.346x, YMM.322x, OOL.B076, AMB#37x | GWB#021x, GWB#148x, GWB#154x, DOR#37x, MNP.036-037x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.076-77x, ADJ.083x, ADJ.084x, GPB.169x, WOB.108x, WIND#128, HURQ.BH55 | Laments the opposition of Mírzá Yaḥyá; contrasts the stations of belief and disbelief; consider … | call to action; chastisement and requital; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; development of capacity and readiness; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | ROB2.283, ROB3.089, BLO_PT#023, MMAH.187, GSH.179, LL#232, LL#234 | ||
| AB00055 | 1420 | Trustworthiness; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH00597 | Lawh-i-Ashraf | 1270 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet to Ashraf | ان یا اشرف اسمع ما یلقیک لسان القدم و لاتکن من الغافلین و ان استماع نغمه من نغمات | O Ashraf, listen carefully to what the Tongue of the Eternal has to say. Any one of the melodies of your Lord would be sufficient to attract the hearts | INBA83:216, BLIB_Or15702.276, , NLAI_BH2.308, ALIB.folder18p167 | BRL_DA#722, GWBP#052 p.075x, AVK3.088.11x, MJMM.211, ASAT1.123x, ASAT1.140x, ASAT2.065x, ASAT5.347x, OOL.B027 | GWB#052x, BLO_PT#171 | A summons to the recognition of Bahá’u’lláh, naming the proofs of His cause as His own self, H … | divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; personal instructions; praise and encouragement; proclamation to people of the Bayan; proofs of the Manifestations of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | ROB2.230, ROB2.120, GSH.186, LL#063 | Quoted in the Lawh-i-Istintaq, BH00015. | |
| AB00446 | 590 | Huqúqu'lláh; Tablet addressed to the Bahá'ís of Mosul; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | هیکل عالم از مصدر ایجاد چون صورت و هیئت آدم موجود شده و فی الحقیقه مرآت | As preordained by the Fountain-head of Creation, the temple of the world hath been fashioned after the image and likeness of the human body. | INBA57:100, Ghazi3072.143-149 | BRL_DAK#0378, BRL_HUQUQP#023, MKT5.129 | BRL_HUQUQ#023, COC.p.071x, COC#1159 | competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; law of Huququ'llah; microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; unity in diversity | - | - | |||||
| BH04254 | 220 | Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas | 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 | ||||
| BH03716 | 250 | هذا کتاب من الذی یذکر الله بلسانه من العشی الی الاشراق و من الاشراق یجری | This is the Book of Him Who maketh mention of God with His tongue from eventide unto dawn, and from the break of day doth cause to flow forth [3.5s]... ...Soon, will the present-day order be rolled up, and a new one spread out in its stead | INBA34:234 | BRL_DA#071, AQA1#094 | GPB.217x, PDC.027x | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| BH00778 | 1020 | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه ایام فیها فرضت الصیام لکل الانام لیزکی بها انفسهم و | Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! These are the days whereon Thou hast bidden all men to observe the fast | INBA48:080, INBA49:180, INBA92:278, BLIB_Or15739.151, | PMP#056, TSBT.029x, NFF5.034, AKHA_123BE #10 p.ax, ABMK.009, OOL.B090.07 | PM#056, BPRY.275 | N. Chiang | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; law of fasting; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for fasting; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; twin Manifestations | - | - | LL#271, LL#474 | |||
| BH01880 | 470 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | قل انا انزلنا من جهه العرش ماء البیان لینبت به من قلوبکم نبات الحکمه و | Say: We have caused the rivers of Divine utterance to proceed out of Our throne, that the tender herbs of wisdom and understanding may spring forth | INBA34:148, BLIB_Or15707.087, , BLIB_Or15735.249, | GWBP#018 p.036, AQA1#026, HYK.249 | GWB#018 | Turning Point | apocalyptic imagery; chastisement and requital; imagery in the Qur'an; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#402 | |||
| AB00452 | 580 | Light of the World | 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 | - | - | |||||
| AB10596 | 160 | Social Action | ای منادی پیمان روزنامه ملاحظه گردید فی الحقیقه عبارت سلیس و روان و در نهایت | O herald of the Covenant! The newspaper was perused. In truth, the expressions were fluent and eloquent, and in the utmost [3.5s]... ...Guide and counsel at all times the friends of God, one and all, to be occupied day and night with that which is conducive to Iran’s abiding glory | INBA85:422b | BRL_DAK#0189, AVK3.291.03x, YIA.256 | BRL_SOCIAL#015x | call to action; newspapers and the media; publications; unity; oneness of humanity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| BH01525 | Lawh-i-Baytu'l-'Adl | 570 | Local Spiritual Assembly, The; Social Action; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | قد کتب علی کل مدینه بان یجعلوا فیها بیت العدل و یجتمع فیه النفوس علی عدد البهاء | Addressing the nations, the Ancient Beauty ordaineth that in every city in the world a house be established in the name of justice wherein shall gather pure and steadfast souls to the number of the Most Great Name | INBA35:037, BLIB_Or15722.053, , PR05.007a-009a, Majlis934.026-031, BN_suppl.1753.076-078 | BRL_DA#228, LHKM2.068, GHA.214x, UAB.011dx, PYB#203 p.03x, AHB_120BE #03-06 p.001, AKHA_087BE #05 p.001, PYM.130x | BRL_SOCIAL#012x, BRL_LSA#02x, BRL_LSA#15x, BW_v25p021-022x, COC#0562x, COC#1356x, COC#1368x, COC#1369x, LOG#0007x, LOG#0156x | consultation; education of children; moral education; excellence; distinction; high station of learning; House of Justice; status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||
| BH00154 | 3430 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Translation List; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الباقی الذی به استبقت مظاهر امرک و باسمک | Praised be to Thee, O God, my God! I beg of Thee, by Thy name the Enduring One by which the Manifestations of Thy Cause… This is, O my God, the first of the days on which Thou hast bidden Thy loved ones observe the Fast | INBA38:287, INBA48:001, INBA33:091x, INBA49:151, INBA92:263, BLIB_Or15739.001, | AVK1.105.16x, TSBT.037x, NFF5.010, ASAT3.262x, ASAT4.162x, ASAT4.297x, ASAT5.169x, ASAT5.349x, ASAT5.364x, OOL.B090.06x, OOL.B090.09x | BRL_IOPF#3.01x, BPRY.259x, ADMS#047 | unknown | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love of God; prayer for fasting; prayers (general or uncategorized); steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#271, LL#466, LL#471 | |||
| AB01069 | 380 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای زائر مشکین نفس باید چون مانند نفحات بان دیار مرور نماای پیامی از عتبه | O thou musk-scented pilgrim! It is incumbent upon thee to pass through those lands like unto a fragrant breeze | INBA84:242 | BRL_DAK#0463, MKT3.180 | BRL_ATE#121 | spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||
| AB01023 | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH10274 | 80 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا اله السماء زین راس البهاء بتاج الشهاده فی سبیلک کما زینت هیکله | Magnified be Thy name, O God, the Lord of heaven! Attire my head with the crown of martyrdom | INBA92:383a | PMP#017, AQMJ2.047b | PM#017 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as sun; martyrs and martyrdom; nearness and remoteness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| BH01972 | 450 | Trustworthiness; Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر و بلحاظ عنایات مالک اسماء مشرف طوبی لنفس حضر لدی العرش | Thy letter hath attained the Divine Presence and hath been honored with the gaze of loving-kindness of the Lord of all Names. Blessed is the soul that hath attained unto the Throne [3.5s]... ...I counsel you, O friends of God, to comport yourselves with the utmost trustworthiness in your dealings with my servants and people. | INBA51:217, BLIB_Or11096#053, , BLIB_Or15698.223, , BLIB_Or15710.065a, , BLIB_Or15720.220, , BLIB_Or15740.170, , KB_620:210-211 | BRL_DA#278, COMP_TRUSTP#32x, AVK3.058.03x, IQT.223, MAS4.172bx | BRL_ATBH#17x, BRL_TRUST#31x, COC#2043x, PNAK.85, ADMS#001x | divine attributes are within all things; every atom; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; soul; spirit after death; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH00064 | Hurufat-i-'Alin (=Kalimat-i-'Uliya; the Exalted Letters) | 5270 | Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam; Suffering of the Exalted Letters; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف یتحرک القلم و یجری المداد بعد ما انقطعت نسائم | Pure and sanctified art Thou, O my God! How can the pen move and the ink flow after the breezes of loving-kindness have ceased | INBA36:281, BLIB_Or15714.157, | BRL_DA#035, AHM.217, BSHN.054, MHT1a.002, MHT2b.007x, TSBT.242, ASAT3.087x, OOL.B010a, OOL.B010b | BRL_APBH#01x, BLO_PT#015x, BLO_PT#090, HURQ.BH18x, ADMS#163x, JHT_B#005 | A meditation on mortality, death, suffering, and theodicy, in remembrance of a cousin who had recent … | consolation and comfort; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | ROB1.122, MMAH.216, GSH.025, LL#019, LL#272 | ||
| AB02473 | 250 | یا من توجه بکلیته الی ملکوت الله انی بملا السرور قرئت الرق المنشور الذی بعثته | O thou who hast turned with thy whole being to the Kingdom of God! With utmost joy did I read the epistle thou didst send [3.5s]... ...The East hath, verily, been illumined with the light of the Kingdom. Erelong will this same light shed a still greater illumination | INBA59:195 | COF.030bx, GPB.254x, GPB.396x | growth of the Cause; love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; predictions and prophecies; return of Christ; second coming of Christ; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Holy Spirit; wisdom [hikmat]; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||
| BH03075 | 290 | ان یا ورقاء ان استمع الندآء من مطلع الکبریاء المرتفع فی سجن عکا انه لا اله الا انا | O Dove! Hearken unto the Voice raised from the Dayspring of Grandeur in the Prison of 'Akká: Verily, there is none other God but Me [3.5s]... ...Abandon that which ye possess, and seize that which God, Who layeth low the necks of men, hath brought | INBA19:013, INBA32:013b, Majlis934.108-111 | TZH6.0779-0780 | PDC.006-007x | chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God as divine physician; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; praise and encouragement; proclamation to the people of the world | - | - | ||||||
| BH01822 | Lawh-i-Amr | 490 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | هذا لوح الامر قد نزل من لدن مالک القدر لیقرب الناس الی المنظر الاکبر هذا المقام | This is the Tablet of Command which hath been sent down from the presence of the Lord of Destiny, that it may draw mankind nigh unto the Most Great Vision, this exalted station [3.5s]... ...There hath appeared in this Revelation what hath never appeared before. As to the infidels that have witnessed what hath been manifested | INBA34:145, BLIB_Or15707.079, , BLIB_Or15735.242, , NLAI_BH3.157 | BRL_DA#660, GWBP#067 p.090x, AQA1#024, AVK2.274.04x, SFI13.017, ASAT1.207x, TISH.276-278, FBAH.143, DLH2.218, HYK.242, LDR.430x | GWB#067x | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of the Manifestation of God; proofs of the Manifestations of God; service to others; to the Cause of God; suffering and imprisonment; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ROB2.161, LL#047 | |||
| AB10467 | 190 | Trustworthiness | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید مضمون معلوم گردید آن انجمن با رایس فی الحقیقه | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents became known. That gathering with its president truly [3.5s]... ...As for those who are engaged in government service, they should perform their duties with the utmost fidelity, trustworthiness, rectitude, uprightness, integrity and high-mindedness | INBA79.064 | BRL_DAK#0369, COMP_TRUSTP#55x | BRL_TRUST#54x, COC#2066x, LOG#1472x | justice and wrath of God; non-participation in politics; obedience to and respect for government authority | - | - | |||||
| BH08838 | 110 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی قد اخذت الظلمه کل الاقطار و احاطت الفتنه کل الاشطار | Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Darkness hath fallen upon every land, and the forces of mischief | INBA92:329 | PMP#011 | PM#011 | forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; unity of thought and belief; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||
| BH00413 | 1690 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | سبحان الذی اظهر نفسه کیف شاء و اراد فی حین ماادرکته افئده اولی الحجی و اعترض | Glorified be He Who hath manifested His Self as He hath willed and desired, at a time when the hearts of them that are endowed with understanding could not comprehend Him and raised objection [3.5s]... ...Regard thou the one true God as One Who is apart from, and immeasurably exalted above, all created things. The whole universe reflecteth His glory | INBA35:094, BLIB_Or11096#009, , BLIB_Or15698.143, , BLIB_Or15720.141, , BLIB_Or15740.110, , NLI.32p083v | BRL_DA#597, GWBP#084 p.111ax, ADM1#006 p.021x, IQT.143, AYI1.337x, UAB.031ax, AQMJ1.181x, ASAT4.270x | GWB#084x, SW_v02#05 p.015x, JHT_S#030x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for steadfastness; obedience; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#421 | ||||
| BH05517 | 180 | Prayers and Meditations | لک الحمد یا الهی علی ما قلبت وجوه عبادک الی یمین عرش الطافک و انقطعتهم عما | Praise be to Thee, O my God, inasmuch as Thou hast turned the faces of Thy servants towards the right-hand of the throne of Thy gifts | INBA48:150, INBA49:208, INBA92:148, BLIB_Or15739.271, | PMP#161, AQMJ1.110b | PM#161 | almunajat.com [item 15], K. Porray | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||
| BH05716 | 170 | Prayers and Meditations | تری یا الهی بان البهاء یذکرک بعد الذی ورد علیه من البلا ما لایقدر ان یحصیه | Thou dost witness, O my God, how He Who is Thy splendor calleth Thee to remembrance | INBA92:399a | PMP#051, AKHA_124BE #06 p.j | PM#051 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| BH00579 | Lawh-i-Maryam | 1300 | Lawh-i-Maryam (Tablet to Maryam) Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam; Days of Remembrance | ای مریم مظلومیتم مظلومیت اسم اولم را از لوح امکان محو نموده و از سحاب قضا | O Maryam! The wrongs which I suffer have blotted out the wrongs suffered by My First Name from the Tablet of creation. | INBA38:087, INBA28:386 | BRL_DA#739, AYT.366, BSHN.046, MHT2b.044x, TZH4.138-139x, TZH4.159-161x, TZH4.261-262x, MAS4.329, RHQM2.0991-996 (430) (264-267), ANDA#05 p.02, OOL.B058c, AMB#31 | DOR#31, BKOG.117x, LTDT.300x, GPB.118x, GPB.119x, GPB.120x, GPB.124x, GPB.125x, BLO_PT#015, BLO_PT#048 | Recounts to one of His cousins Bahá’u’lláh’s banishment to Baghdad, His departure for Sulaym … | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | * | - | ROB1.013, BKOG.117, MMAH.132, GSH.174, LL#164 | ||
| BH05077 | 190 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا الهی ترانی محبوسا فی هذا السجن و تعلم بانی ماوردت فیه الا فی سبیلک | Praised be Thou, O my God! Thou seest me shut up in this Prison, and art well aware that I have entered it solely for Thy sake | INBA92:356 | PMP#068, AQMJ2.086 | PM#068 | martyrs and martyrdom; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| BH05154 | 190 | Days of Remembrance; Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The | 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 | |||
| BH06026 | 160 | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | الهی الهی ندآئک اجتذبنی و صریر قلمک الاعلی ایقظنی و کوثر بیانک اسکرنی و رحیق | O God, my God! Thy call hath attracted me, and the voice of Thy Pen of Glory awakened me. | INBA61:048 | ADM2#087 p.162, AQMM.038 | BPRY.165, SW_v14#02 p.047, DWN_v3#06 p.043, DWN_v4#04 p.090-091 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for prosperity; prayer for spiritual recognition; servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||
| 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 | |
| BH04820 | 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 | - | - | ||||||
| BH00743 | 1050 | جذب و ولهی در مدینه عشاق ظاهر چه که جوهری از جواهر ثمینه قصد کان خود نموده و | Rapture and ecstasy have appeared in the City of the Lovers, inasmuch as a precious gem from amongst the priceless jewels hath set forth towards its Mine [3.5s]... ...Know thou, of a truth, these great oppressions that have befallen the world are preparing it for the advent of the Most Great Justice | INBA51:158b, KB_620:151-155 | BRL_DA#553 | ADJ.027x, PDC.007x | The Badasht Project | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; martyrs and martyrdom; rejection, opposition and persecution; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||
| BH00007 | Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple) | 20670 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Original Text of the Súriy-i-Haykal, The; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | سبحان الذی نزل الایات لقوم یفقهون سبحان الذی ینزل الایات لقوم یشعرون سبحان | Glorified is He Who hath revealed His verses to those who understand. Glorified is He Who sendeth down His verses to those who perceive. | INBA34:001, BLIB_Or15705.001, , BLIB_Or15735.002, , IOM.099 | NRJ#1, AQA1#001, AQA4#090 p.268, HYK.002, YMM.153x, OOL.B121 | SLH#01, COC#0301x, COC#1648x, ADJ.080-081x, ADJ.085ax, ADJ.085x, COF.101bx, GPB.099x2x, GPB.101x3x, GPB.101-102x, GPB.102x, GPB.106x, GPB.143x, GPB.173x2x, GPB.174x, GPB.186x, GPB.206x4x, GPB.207x11x, GPB.207-208x, GPB.208x2x, GPB.209x6x, GPB.210x2x, GPB.211x, GPB.226x, GPB.227x3x, GPB.245x, GPB.331x, PDC.007x, PDC.020x, PDC.042-043x, PDC.046x, PDC.046-047x, PDC.047x2x, PDC.047-048x, PDC.048x, PDC.048-049x, PDC.049x2x, PDC.049-050x, PDC.050x4x, PDC.050-051x, PDC.051x3x, PDC.051-052x, PDC.052x2x, PDC.052-053x, PDC.053x, PDC.054x, PDC.055x2x, PDC.055-057x, PDC.057x, PDC.057-058x, PDC.065-067x, PDC.067x2x, PDC.067-068x, PDC.068x3x, PDC.073x, PDC.075x, PDC.078x, PDC.081x3x, PDC.085x6x, PDC.090x3x, PDC.106-107x, PDC.107x, PDC.119x, PDC.136-137x, PDC.138x, PDC.144-145x, PDC.161-162x, PDC.166x, PDC.168-169x, PDC.169x, PDC.173-174x, PDC.181-182x, PDC.196x, WOB.104x, WOB.107x, WOB.108x, WOB.109x3x, WOB.109-110x, WOB.110x, WOB.117x, WOB.138x, WOB.163x, WOB.169x, WOB.192x, WOB.192x, BLO_PT#140, BSC.209 #392-434 | G. Major and T. Sutton, L. Manifold and P. Weber | The centrepiece of His proclamatory works, originally written in Edirne and recast in ‘Akká, in w … | banishment to; life in 'Akka; call to action; chastisement and requital; defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; growth of the Cause; high station of the true believer; holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Imam Husayn; innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; justice and wrath of God; lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; names and attributes of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; primordial Covenant; the day of alast; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; proclamation to people of the Bayan; rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; rejection, opposition and persecution; rejection by the people of the Bayan; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; station of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; thankfulness; gratitude; the concourse on high; the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; the ephemeral and the eternal; the power of example; the power of words; of speech; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | * | * | ROB3.133, JRAS.292-309, MMAH.179, GSH.131, LL#306 | Epistles to the kings and rulers included in the composite Suriy-i-Haykal have their own catalog entries. |
| BH00347 | Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX) | 1900 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ان یا پاپا ان اخرق الاحجاب قد اتی رب الارباب فی ظلل السحاب و قضی الامر من | O Pope! Rend the veils asunder. He Who is the Lord of Lords is come overshadowed with clouds, and the decree hath been fulfilled by God | INBA34:026, BLIB_Or15705.018, , CMB_F31.032, , PR11.026a-031a | NRJ#1a, AQA1#001a, RHQM1.141-142 (180) (106-106x), OOL.B065 | SLH#01a, BSC.098 #041 | Announces the return of Christ, ‘come down from Heaven even as He came down from it the first time … | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; monasticism; asceticism; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to Christians; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering; rejection of Christ; suffering and imprisonment; universal peace; world unity | * | * | ROB3.116, MMAH.166, MMAH.229, GSH.124, LL#208 | Included in the Suriyi-Haykal. | |
| BH00259 | Lawh-i-Napoleon II | 2460 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | قل یا ملک الباریس نبأ القسیس بأن لا یدق النواقیس تالله الحق قد ظهر الناقوس | O King of Paris! Tell the priests to ring the bells no longer. By God, the True One! The Most Mighty Bell hath appeared | INBA34:033, BLIB_Or15705.022, , CMB_F31.034, , PR11.031a-038b | NRJ#1b, GWBP#107 p.139ax, GWBP#158 p.215bx, AQA1#001b, AVK3.203.19x, AKHA_123BE #01-02 p.ax, OOL.B062 | SLH#01b, GWB#107x, GWB#158x, WOB.203x, SW_v03#05 p.007x, DWN_v5#02-3 p.002-004x, DWN_v6#10 p.001bx, BSC.105 #042 | W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2) | Summons the Emperor to ‘tell the priests to ring the bells no longer’, announcing that He is the … | call to action; chastisement and requital; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; worldliness vs. other-worldliness | * | * | ROB3.110, BKOG.320, BKOG.392, MMAH.124, LL#200 | Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal. |
| BH01042 | Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus (Tablet to Czar Alexander II) | 800 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts | ان یا ملک الروس ان استمع ندآء الله الملک القدوس ثم اقبل الی الفردوس مقر الذی | O Czar of Russia! Incline thine ear unto the voice of God, the King, the Holy, and turn thou unto Paradise | INBA34:041, BLIB_Or15705.028, , CMB_F31.037, , PR11.038b-040b | NRJ#1c, AQA1#001c, OOL.B054 | SLH#01c, WOB.105x, BSC.094 #040 | States cryptically that Bahá’u’lláh has answered a secret wish of the Czar; praises him for of … | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; status of kings; future of monarchy; suffering and imprisonment; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | * | * | ROB3.118, MMAH.176, GSH.120, LL#154 | ||
| BH00662 | Lawh-i-Malikah Victoria (Tablet to Queen Victoria) | 1150 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | یا ایتها الملکه فی اللوندره ان استمعی ندآء ربک مالک البریه من السدره الالهیه | O Queen in London! Incline thine ear unto the voice of thy Lord, the Lord of all mankind, calling from the Divine Lote-Tree | INBA34:044, BLIB_Or15705.029, , PR11.040b-043b | NRJ#1d, GWBP#119 p.162x, GWBP#120 p.164x, AQA1#001d, DLH2.176x, OOL.B053 | SLH#01d, GWB#119x, GWB#120x, WOB.039-040x, WOB.040x, WOB.162x2x, SW_v14#10 p.296, DWN_v5#01 p.004x, BLO_PT#188, BSC.111 #045 | B. Parmar | Announces the fulfilment of ‘all that hath been mentioned in the Gospel’; praises the Queen for … | prayer for governments and rulers; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; rejection, opposition and persecution; status of kings; future of monarchy; suffering and imprisonment; the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; unity of thought and belief; universal peace; world unity | * | * | ROB3.123, MMAH.177, GSH.130, LL#153 | Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal. |
| BH00038 | Lawh-i-Sultan | 6890 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | یا ملک الارض اسمع ندآء هذا المملوک انی عبد آمنت بالله و آیاته و فدیت نفسی فی | O King of the Earth! Hearken unto the call of this Vassal: Verily, I am a Servant Who hath believed in God | INBA34:047, BLIB_Or03115.001, , BLIB_Or15705.032, , CMB_F31.022, , NLAI_BH2.367, NLI.32p100r, PR11.001b-020b, LEID.Or4970 item 7, LEID.Or8685 | NRJ#1e, AQA1#001e, UAB.022ax, FBAH.215x, DLH2.154x, OOL.B018 | SLH#01e, BLO_PT#186, BLO_PT#187, BSC.068 #037, BP1929.036x | almunajat.com [item 22], S. Jaberi | Bahá’u’lláh’s lengthiest tablet to any monarch, delivered in person to the Shah at the cost … | call to action; justice and wrath of God; lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of the Manifestation of God; proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; proofs of the Manifestations of God; rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; suffering and imprisonment; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ROB2.337 et al, BKOG.309 et al, MMAH.113, GSH.102, LL#248 | |
| AB01131 | 370 | ای یاران الهی بشارت کبری اینکه هیکل مطهر منور مقدس حضرت اعلی روحی له الفداء | The most joyful tidings is this, that the holy, the luminous body of the Bab ... after having for sixty years been transferred from place to place | INBA16:229 | BRL_DAK#1075, AKHA_107BE #02-03 p.40, ASAT5.028x, AHB.130BE #03-04 p.11, AHB.110BE #17-18 p.346, AYT.225, HHA.105, DUR3.117, RHQM1.085-086 (114) (066-067), YHA1.126x (1.256), MLK.065, QT108.044-045 | GPB.276x, ABCC.126 | growth of the Cause; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||
| BH02484 | 360 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی سلک سبیل الله الواضح المستقیم و تمسک بالعروه | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath walked the path of God, manifest and straight, and held fast unto the cord [3.5s]... ...The Ancient Beauty hath consented to be bound with chains that mankind may be released from its bondage, and hath accepted to be made a prisoner | INBA34:181, INBA84:170, INBA84:098b, INBA84:039, BLIB_Or15707.155, , BLIB_Or15735.306, | BRL_DA#656, GWBP#045 p.071ax, AQA1#047, ASAT4.333x, HYK.036 | GWB#045x | expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; power of prayer; praise and encouragement; sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | LL#443 | ||||
| BH08263 | 120 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا الهی تری کل ذی استقامه حرکته اریاح الامتحان و کل ذی استقرار انقلبته | Lauded be Thy name, O my God! Thou beholdest how the tempestuous winds of tests have caused the steadfast in faith to tremble | INBA92:340a | PMP#013 | PM#013 | power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; spiritual transformation; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| BH01438 | 600 | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا الهی تعلم بانی ما اردت فی امرک نفسی بل نفسک و لا اظهار شانی بل اظهار | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou knowest that my sole aim in revealing Thy Cause hath been to reveal Thee and not my self | INBA73:347, INBA49:080x, BLIB_Or15739.193, , NLAI_BH1.493, NLAI_BH2.236b | BRL_DA#694, PMP#065 | PM#065 | laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; love of God; mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| BH01208 | 690 | ان یا محمد فاکف بربک و کن مستغنیا عما خلق فی التراب لان التراب و ما یحدث منه | O Muhammad! Be content with thy Lord and detach thyself from whatsoever hath been created in the dust, for verily the dust and all that proceedeth therefrom shall pass away [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beg of Thee, by the Lights of Thy Beauty, the Exalted, the Supreme | INBA33:020bx, INBA92:219, NLAI_BH1.242 | ADM3#139 p.157x | BSTW#035x, JHT_S#067x | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for spiritual recognition; self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| AB06292 | 130 | Tablet about Jonah and the Whale | ای ماهی دریای بی پایان حضرت یونس علیه السلام چون مونس درون حوت طبایع و عناصر | O thou fish of the fathomless ocean! As his highness Jonah (upon him be peace!) became familiar with the interior | INBA13:361a | MMK6#314, YMM.446 | BSTW#116 | servitude; submission to God; repentance; spiritual transformation; stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||
| BH04200 | 220 | حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که لم یزل بوده و لایزال خواهد بود رحمتش جمیع من | Praise beloveth and befitteth that Beloved One who has ever been and Who will remain unto all eternity. | INBA35:128, BLIB_Or07852.109, , BLIB_Or15710.162b, , BLIB_Or15722.130, | BRL_DA#163, AVK3.256.05x, GHA.320bx, UAB.048cx, DRD.145, MAS4.355b, AKHA_116BE #10 p.321, AKHA_119BE #11 p.a, YIK.316-317 | PNAK.84 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; humility; meekness; lowliness; knowledge; recognition of God; love and unity; service to others; to the Cause of God; wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||
| AB00068 | 1250 | Translation List | ای سرور هوشمندان آنچه بقلم مشکین نگاشتی خواندیم و باستان یزدان زبان ستایش | O thou who art the joy of the wise! That which thou didst write with thy fragrant pen hath been perused, and in praise of God the tongue hath been loosened [3.5s]... ...Thy second question was as follows: Is it necessary for every Messenger to have had knowledge of the Books and Scriptures of the Messengers Who preceded them? | INBA72:001, INBA59:280, INBA75:109 | BRL_DAK#0646, MKT1.452, MKT2.064, MILAN.038, DUR3.140x, DUR1.559x, DUR1.531x, ADH2_2#25 p.135x, MJMJ1.112x, MMG2#396 p.443x, YARP2.312 p.260, NVJ.024 | ADMS#122x, ADMS#255x | changing and unchanging parts of religion; differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; relationship of the soul to the body; the human soul | - | - | |||||
| AB00239 | 760 | Translation List | ای یادگار سه بزرگوار عموی بزرگوارت حضرت حاجی حسن با رخی چون ماه روشن در انجمن | O remnant of three great souls! Thy distinguished uncle, the honorable Ḥají Ḥasan, burned fervently day and night | INBA88:231 | AKHA_117BE #11-12 p.b | ADMS#272 | eulogies; reminiscences; love of God; martyrs and martyrdom; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||
| AB00545 | 530 | Translation List | ای سلاله شخصی خطیر راضی و مرضی درگاه حضرت رب قدیر وقت ضحی و هنگام حرکت و | O scion of that illustrious personage who attained the good-pleasure of the All-Powerful Lord, at the hour of morn and at the time of departure [3.5s]... ...O divine Providence! These friends are Thy companions, and this gathering of ardent lovers is enamored of Thee | INBA75:058x, Ghazi3072.137-141 | MKT8.107b, TABN.196, ADH2.023x, ADH2_1#11 p.021x, MJMJ1.062x, MMG2#194 p.220x, MJH.021cx | ADMS#185x | praise and encouragement; prayer for the spiritual progress of others; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| AB01194 | 360 | Translation List | ای سرگشته کوی الهی ترا که گفت که در زمره آواره گان آای و در انجمن دلداده گان | O thou wanderer enamored of God! Who bade thee join the company of the homeless and enter the assemblage of the heart-surrendered | INBA55:161, INBA88:331 | MSHR4.151-152 | ADMS#344 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; love of God; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||
| AB01945 | 280 | Translation List | ای سینای الهی و ای منتسبین دو شمع نورانی در این کور عظیم که صبح | O godly Sína, and O kindred of two brilliant candles! In this mighty Cycle—wherein the bright morn and the radiant dawn have illumined the whole world | INBA84:445 | ADMS#316 | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; historical episodes and the lessons of the past | - | - | ||||||
| AB02042 | 270 | Translation List | 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 | - | - | |||||
| AB03075 | 210 | Translation List | اللهم یا الهی و سیدی و سندی علیک اعتمادی و اتکالی و بحبل فضلک تشبثی و بباب | O Thou Who art my Lord and my God, my Master and my Support! Upon Thee do I rely and in Thee do I place my trust. To the cord of Thy bounty do I cling | INBA59:043 | MILAN.209, ADH2.062, ADH2_2#05 p.094, MJMJ1.009, MMG2#246 p.276, MJH.060, NSR_1978.112, NSR_1993.125 | ADMS#322 | almunajat.com [item 2] | prayer for forgiveness; prayer for nearness to God; prayer for spiritual recognition; prayer for strength; prayers (general or uncategorized); spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||
| AB04234 | 480 | Translation List | 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 | - | - | |||||
| AB04431 | 170 | Translation List | 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 | - | - | ||||
| AB05092 | 150 | Translation List | ای بنده حضرت بی نیاز شیراز در بدایت طلوع صبح حقیقت خلوتگه راز شد و آهنگ | O servant of the Self-Sufficient! At the earliest dawn of the Morn of Truth, Shíraz became a retreat of mysteries, and the song of the Concourse on High began to play | INBA85:466 | AKHA_134BE #07 p.273, AVK3.417.08x, BSHI.059-060, BSHN.140.464, BSHN.144.458, MJMJ2.041ax, MMG2#355 p.397x, MHT1b.183 | ADMS#297 | composure; tranquillity; serenity; Declaration; advent of the Bab; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; rejection, opposition and persecution; trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||
| AB05206 | 150 | Translation List | 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 | - | - | |||||
| AB06038 | 130 | Translation List | 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 | - | - | |||||
| AB07461 | 110 | Translation List | 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 | - | - | |||||
| AB08241 | 100 | Translation List | ای مهتدی بنور هدی جناب آقا محمد حسن فی الحقیقه حیات معنوی و زندگانی ابدی | O thou who art led aright by the light of guidance! Jinab-i-Áqa Muḥammad-Ḥasan truly conferred spiritual existence and eternal life | INBA87:376a, INBA52:385a | YMM.318 | ADMS#095 | degrees of faith; certitude; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||
| AB09300 | 280 | Translation List | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید جزع و فزع از امتحانات فرموده بودید حق با شماست | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! [3.5s]... ...Thy letter hath arrived. Thou hadst expressed dismay in the face of certain tests. What thou hast said is the truth, but call to mind the verses of the Qur’an | INBA85:184 | MMK6#085x, AVK3.414.03x | ADMS#313x | business; financial; property matters; consolation and comfort; personal instructions; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||
| AB09426 | 80 | Translation List | ای عاشق روی بهاء گویند چون ابراهیم خلیل را در آتش سعیر انداختند جبریل ندا | O thou who lovest the Abha Beauty! It is said that when Abraham was cast into the blazing fire, Gabriel called out | INBA13:221a | KHSH13.156x, ANDA#61 p.38 | ADMS#085 | S. Taefi [track 12], Maya & Deena, unknown, unknown | love of God; prayer for nearness to God; stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||
| AB10527 | 60 | Translation List | ای شاه ولی سلطنت کونین بندگی جمال قدمست و شهریاری دو جهان عبودیت اسم اعظم اگر | O Shah-Valí! Sovereignty over both worlds lieth in thraldom to the Ancient Beauty, and kingship over this realm and the realm beyond | INBA13:253c | ADMS#280 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||
| AB10874 | 50 | Translation List | ای پروردگار خطیئات این نفوس را عفو کن و سیئات این ذلیلانرا ستر نما تو واقفی | O divine Providence! Forgive the sins of these souls and conceal the transgressions of these lowly ones | INBA75:033 | DUR2.067, DUR1.190, MJMJ1.048, MMG2#259 p.289, MJH.010b | ADMS#205 | S. Tirandaz | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||
| AB11890 | 160 | ای جوان میلانی هیچ میدانی که الان در چه حالتی به یاد تو مشغولم با وجود اینکه | O youth of Mílan! Dost thou know at all in what a state I am thinking of thee at this moment? Though time, comfort, and peace are in no wise possible | INBA79.034 | ADMS#209 | autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; humility; meekness; lowliness; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; love of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB11924 | 130 | ای یادگارهای حضرت رضا الروح آن سرور ابرار چون به پناه حضرت پروردگار پیوست | O remnants of the honorable Raḍa’r-Rúḥ! Although that leader of the righteous ones hath returned to the refuge of divine Providence | INBA85:252 | ADMS#165 | call to action; eulogies; reminiscences; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0992 | Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, ca. 1913(1911?) | 310 | Translation List | مبلغ باید مدارا داشته باشد جوهر تقدیس باشد اطلاعات داشته | Teachers of the Cause must have courtesy and forbearance. They must be the essence of sanctity—informed, moved by the divine teachings, knowledgeable and well apprised | INBA06:629-632 | RRT.086-088 | ADMS#158 | methods of teaching the Cause; priority over other activities in teaching the Cause; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||
| BH07261 | 140 | Translation List | 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 | 100 | Translation List | 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 | 50 | Translation List | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH00768 | 130 | Translation List | الها کریما رحیما بتو توجّه نمودهام و بحبل عنایتت متمسّکم و بذیل کرمت متشبّث | My God, the Most Generous, the Most Compassionate! I have turned my face unto Thee, holding fast to the cord of Thy loving-kindness | INBA30:106 | AHM.362, AQMJ1.171, ADH1.093 | ADMS#072 | prayer for forgiveness; purpose; goal of creation; thankfulness; gratitude; transcendence; unknowability of God; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||
| BH02920 | 310 | Translation List | 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 | - | - | |||||
| BH00051 | 5760 | Translation List | شهد الخادم بما شهد الله و اعترف بما اعترف به القلم الاعلی قبل خلق الاشیاء انه | The servant beareth witness unto that which God Himself hath witnessed, and acknowledgeth that which the Most Exalted Pen hath acknowledged ere the creation of all things, that verily He [3.5s]... ...And now concerning thy question about the Manifestations of God. Know thou that, even in the wombs of their mothers, the Manifestations possessed stations | INBA19:318, INBA32:277 | BRL_DA#174, AVK2.036.10x, AVK2.059.14x, AVK2.250.15x, MAS1.019x, MAS4.150ax, MAS4.166bx, ASAT4.315x, ASAT5.296x, NSS.087-088x | ADMS#043x, ADMS#199n79x | chastisement and requital; dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; firmness in the Covenant; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; praise and encouragement; preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; prophecy and fulfillment; rejection, opposition and persecution; teaching the Cause; call to teach; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | LL#259, LL#391 | ||||
| BH00009 | 13240 | Translation List | امروز حفیف سدره منتهی مرتفع و آفتاب بیان از افق سماء معانی مشرق و لائح صراط | In this day the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree hath been raised up, and the Sun of Utterance hath dawned and shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of inner meanings, and the Path hath been made manifest [3.5s]... ...The days of the Manifestations of God have, in one sense, been referred to as the Day of God. Yet these days, as they are mentioned in all the Holy Books… How can I choose to sleep, O God, my God, when the eyes of them that long for Thee are wakeful... I have risen this morning by Thy grace, O my God, and left my home trusting wholly in Thee... This, Thy servant, seeketh to sleep in the shelter of Thy mercy... I have wakened in Thy shelter, O my God | INBA61:061x, INBA30:115x, INBA41:018x, BLIB_Or15717.018, | BRL_DA#686, ADM3#088 p.102x, ADM3#089 p.103x, AVK3.343.10x, UAB.030cx, MAS4.154x, BSHA.055x | ADMS#040x | MJ Cyr, J. Lenz [track 2], A. Wensbo, Nabilinho, Nabilinho, D. Gundry, M. Sparrow, The Descendants, M. Saraswati, Honiara Baha'i Youth, The Bird & The Butterfly, O. Devine, Soulrise Melodies, S. Sunderland, Gyenyame, G.H. Miller (1), G.H. Miller (2), T. Ellis, almunajat.com [items 3, 4, 10, 13], C. Signori, T. Ellis, K. Porray, K. Porray, Refuge, Nabil and Karim, E. Mahony | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; justice and wrath of God; power of prayer; rejection, opposition and persecution; soul; spirit after death; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#262, LL#509 | |||
| BH00130 | Lawh-i-Ahbab | 3770 | Translation List | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی اذا سمع الندا من شطر ربه الابهی قال بلی یا اله من | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who, when he heard the Call from the direction of his Most Glorious Lord, responded "Yea, verily, O my God!" [3.5s]... ...O Pen of Revelation! Call thou to mind the Baptizer. Say: The Day of baptism hath come. Blessed is the one who hath baptized himself with the baptism of God | INBA34:069, BLIB_Or11095#001, | AQA1#002, AVK4.476ax, MAS4.159x, ASAT3.071x, BCH.032x, PYK.031x, OOL.B022 | ADMS#244, BTO#02x | Addresses various followers with words of advice and encouragement, calling them to be united, to be … | call to action; expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; proclamation to people of the Bayan; station of the Manifestation of God; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; teaching the Cause; call to teach; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | - | ROB3.258, GSH.187, LL#038 | ||
| BH01412 | 610 | کتاب آنجناب لدی العرش حاضر و بانوار ملکوت مشاهده و بیان فائز حمد محبوب | The missive of thy eminence reached the Throne, was illumined by the lights of the Kingdom and attained unto the honor of utterance. Praise be unto the Beloved [3.5s] | INBA73:051, BLIB_Or15722.121, | BRL_DA#110, AVK2.258.12x, AVK3.420.01x, MAS1.014.2x, MAS8.124x, RHQM1.560-561 (685) (420-421x), NSS.099-100x | ADMS#199n77x | false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||
| BH00203 | Lawh-i-Quds 1 | 2800 | Translation List | هذا لوح القدس یذکر فیه ما یشتعل به فی قلوب العباد نارا لعل یحترق بها کل الحجبات | This is the Tablet of Holiness; in it is mentioned what will kindle a flame in the hearts of the servants, that haply it may burn away every veil and allusion | INBA51:224b, INBA57:031, BLIB_Or15694.420, , KB_620:217-228, ALIB.folder18p255x | BRL_DA#099, SFI08.019b, MAS1.060x, AADA.061-073, ASAT1.130x, ASAT5.350x | ADMS#224 | A call to the recognition of Bahá’u’lláh, affirming the continuity of His mission with the Bá … | rejection, opposition and persecution; suffering; rejection of Christ; the Word of God; influence and centrality of; transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - |
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