search results for 'LI'

Prayer for forgiveness; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

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

BH05071

190

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

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

BH00576

1300

Consultation; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat]

الحمد لله الذی تجلی بنقطه من الکتاب الاعظم علی اوراق العالم اذا ظهرت الکتب و

Praise be unto Him Who hath revealed through a single Point from the Most Great Book upon the pages of the world when the Books appeared and [3.5s]... ...Members of the human race! Hold ye fast by the Cord which no man can sever. This will, indeed, profit you all the days of your life

BLIB_Or15715.097c,

BRL_DA#745, GWBP#164 p.220x, AVK4.460bx, MAS4.349ax

GWB#164x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.081x, GPB.183x, GPB.185x, GPB.218x3x, PDC.004x, PDC.136x, WOB.194x

LL#414

BH00095

4510

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

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

ROB3.044, LL#255

BH02699

330

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

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]

LL#422

BH01352

630

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

انشاء الله بعنایت حق جل جلاله از رحیق عرفان بیاشامی و بافق اعلی ناظر باشی

God willing, through the bounty of the True One, exalted be His glory, thou shalt quaff from the choice wine of divine knowledge and fix thy gaze upon the Most Exalted Horizon [3.5s]... ...Verily I say, this is the Day in which mankind can behold the Face, and hear the Voice, of the Promised One.... God grant that the light of unity may envelop the whole earth

BLIB_Or15715.249,

BRL_DA#676, GWBP#007 p.015ax

GWB#007x, ADJ.078x, GPB.099x, PDC.015x

L. Slott, Nadia & Roshan, M. Hadji, B. Montgomery, T. Ellis, R. Johnston-Garvin [track 10-11]

BH02218

400

Justice and wrath of God; Mosaic imagery; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

شهد الله بلسانه الحق فیکل الألواح بأننی انا حی فی الأفق الأبهی و اذا تالله فی هذا الأفق

God hath, through His tongue that uttereth the truth, testified in all His Tablets to these words: “I am He that liveth in the Abhá Realm of Glory.”

BLIB_Or15694.334, , BLIB_Or15725.152, , ALIB.folder18p346

BRL_DA#647, GWBP#103 p.136a, PYB#337 p.12

GWB#103

LL#313

BH01234

680

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

قد ماج بحر السرور و ابتسم ثغر الله المهیمن القیوم بما بلغ الندآء من ارض

The ocean of joy hath surged, and the countenance of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting, hath smiled, inasmuch as the Call hath been raised from the land [3.5s]... ...The vitality of men’s belief in God is dying out in every land; nothing short of His wholesome medicine can ever restore it. The corrosion of ungodliness is eating into the vitals of human society

BLIB_Or15716.066.07x, , BN_suppl.1753.116-118

BRL_DA#648, GWBP#099 p.131x, LHKM3.375, PYB#156 p.03x

GWB#099x, GPB.217x, PDC.184x, WOB.181x

LL#459

BH00228

2630

Family Life; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

الحمد لله الذی سخر القلم و اظهر منه من البیان ما لایعلم الا من ایده الله

Praise be unto God Who hath made the Pen to be subservient and hath caused to flow therefrom such utterances as none can comprehend save those whom God hath aided [3.5s]... ...Man is even as steel, the essence of which is hidden: through admonition and explanation, good counsel and education, that essence will be brought to light… It is the bounden duty of parents to rear their children to be staunch in faith

BLIB_Or15704.068,

BRL_DA#763, COMP_FAMP#39x, COMP_WOMENP#036x, UAB.010cx, MSHR2.199x

BRL_ATBH#29x, BRL_ATBH#85x, BRL_FAM#39x, BRL_WOMEN#036x, COC#0561x, COC#0563x, COC#1135x, COC#2127x, LOG#0706x

Consultation; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Education of children; moral education; Parents and children; youth; families; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00272

2340

Unnamed Tablet (Purpose of the one true God)

حق جل جلاله از برای ظهور جواهر معانی از معدن انسانی آمده الیوم دین الله و مذهب

The purpose of the one true God, exalted be His glory, in revealing Himself unto men is to lay bare those gems that lie hidden within the mine of their true and inmost selves… So powerful is the light of unity

BLIB_Or15692.040, , BLIB_Or15738.044ax, , MKI4523.133, , BN_suppl.1753.037-043

BRL_DA#661, GWBP#126 p.174x, GWBP#132 p.184x, AVK3.111.03x, AVK3.212.05x, ISH.133, UAB.023bx, UAB.036bx, ASAT3.118x, NSS.119-120x

GWB#126x, GWB#132x, TN.042-048x, STOB#085n, STOB#108n, ADJ.065bx, PDC.181x, WOB.203x2x, SW_v03#02 p.006x, DWN_v3#01 p.010x

L. Dely & M. Congo [track 4], R. Yazhari, T. Nosrat, MANA, N. Zabihi, Naim, Ridvan, Reza & Bahia, Pedram, Aram, Onni & Nader, A Family Affair, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2), Leona and Larry, G.H. Miller, R. Peterson [track 13], E. Mahony, P. Weber

Call to action; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity

LL#020

Part of this quoted in ESW.

BH02224

400

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List

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

BH02777

320

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بعظمتک التی منها استعظم کل شیء و بانوار وجهک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy grandeur, through which all things have derived their greatness, and by the effulgent lights of Thy countenance [3.5s]... ...O my God and my Master! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant. I have risen from my couch

INBA49:001, INBA92:190, BLIB_Or15739.230,

BRL_DA#690, AQMJ2.062, TSBT.230x, TSBT.226b, NFF5.048x, ABMK.060, OOL.B090.01x

almunajat.com [item 34]

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#271, LL#470

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

Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi (Tablets to Jamal-i-Burujirdi)

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 views since souls are created in different states of understanding; gives an example of two valid yet opposing positions regarding the relationship of the Manifestations to God; and states that ‘the whole duty of man in this Day is to attain that share of the flood of grace which God poureth forth for him’, advising that the ‘largeness or smallness of the receptacle’ should not be considered.

Contention and conflict; Differences in human capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity in diversity

GSH.183, LL#130

BH00625

1220

الحمد لله الذی خلق الکل بکلمه واحده و جمعهم فی صقع واحد ثم ظهر الندآء من

Praise be to God, Who hath created all things through one Word and gathered them together in a single realm; then was the Call raised from [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15717.231,

BRL_DA#791

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH07180

140

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

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

BH10238

ح س علیک بهائی ید ظلم اراده نموده انوار آفتاب عدل را ستر کند و نور امر را از

Upon thee be My Glory! The hand of tyranny hath sought to conceal the radiant rays of the Sun of Justice and to veil the light of the Cause [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.089a,

BRL_DA#697

Justice and wrath of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00009

13240

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

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

LL#262, LL#509

BH00297

Suriy-i-Dhikr

2160

Days of Remembrance

Suriy-i-Dhikr (Surih 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 (one of whose titles was ‘the Remembrance of God’) and the fulfilment of the Báb’s revelation in Him and laments the state of the Bábís in the extremity of their rejection of Bahá’u’lláh.

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

BH00627

Lawh-i-Ibrahim

1220

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

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

LL#125, LL#142, LL#404

BH01194

Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 2

700

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prophecy and fulfillment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

GSH.180, LL#373

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

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

Tafsír-i-Suriy-i-Vash-Shams (Commentary on the Surih of the Sun)

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 of the word ‘sun’, and tells of the inexhaustible meanings of the Word of God, which are disclosed according to the capacity of the hearers and which must be understood according to both their outward and inward 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; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB1.032, MMAH.102, GSH.209, LL#338

BH01822

Lawh-i-Amr

490

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

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

ROB2.161, LL#047

BH02158

410

کتاب انزله الرحمن انه هو الروح للابدان و الاثمار للاشجار و کوثر البقاء لاهل

The Book which the All-Merciful hath revealed is verily the spirit unto all bodies, the fruits unto the trees, and the heavenly fountain of eternity unto the people [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.002b,

BRL_DA#696

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00597

Lawh-i-Ashraf

1270

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet to Ashraf

Lawh-i Ashraf (Tablet to Ahsraf)

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, His revelation, and His words, and admonishing the Bábís who had not yet embraced it.

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.

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

Lawh-i-Ridvanul-Adl (Tablet of the Paradise of Justice)

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 kings and rulers, the people of the world, and the Bábís to be its exponents; asserts that its essence is embodied in the laws of God; and prophesies the day when the ‘standard of oppression’ will be rolled up and the ‘banner of justice’ will be unfurled throughout the earth.

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

BH00926

890

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Return of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment

هذا کتاب من الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذی آمن به و استهدی بانوار الروح فی تلک الایام

This is a Book from God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who hath believed in Him and sought guidance from the splendours of the Spirit in these days [3.5s]... ...O Jews! If ye be intent on crucifying once again Jesus, the Spirit of God, put Me to death, for He hath once more, in My person, been made manifest unto you

BLIB_Or15725.104, , NLAI_BH2.102

BRL_DA#669, GWBP#047 p.072x

GWB#047x

LL#406

BH01828

480

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Twin Manifestations

اذا نطق لسان الله فی کل شیء بانی حی فی هذا الافق الذی ظهر بالحق و سمی فی

When the Tongue of God spoke within all things, proclaiming: "Verily, I am alive in this horizon which hath appeared in truth and hath been named..." [3.5s]... ...O people! I swear by the one true God! This is the Ocean out of which all seas have proceeded, and with which every one of them will ultimately be united

BLIB_Or15694.451, , ALIB.folder18p357

BRL_DA#670, GWBP#051 p.074x, LMA1.413 (249b), MAS4.086, RHQM2.0712-714 (104) (065-066)

GWB#051x, ADJ.080x

LL#424

BH05267

180

الحمد لله بکلمه علیا فائز شدی و بشطر مقصود یکتا توجه نمودی و از بحر وصال و لقا

Praise be unto God that thou hast attained unto the Most Exalted Word and turned thy face toward the Sanctuary of the One True Goal, and from the ocean of reunion and attainment [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.004b,

BRL_DA#701

Goodly deeds; actions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

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

BH04403

210

انشاء الله از باده اراده الهیه بنوشید بشانیکه جمیع ارادهای عالم را در ظل اراده حق

God willing, drink ye of the wine of divine purpose in such wise that all the wills of the world shall rest beneath the shadow of His Will [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.050a,

BRL_DA#758, AKHA_year44 #04 p.1344, MSHR4.269

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of the true believer; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

BH08604

120

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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

LL#489

BH00235

2590

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

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

BH00382

1770

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

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

LL#464

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; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#381

BH00180

3100

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]

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

BH02949

300

Bahá'í Scriptures; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

ای مادر نوشته تو را بزبان پارسی مینویسم تا شیرین زبانی طیر الهی را از لسان

O Mother! I write unto thee in the Persian tongue, that thou mayest hear the sweet melody of the Divine Bird from this utterance [3.5s]... ...Say: O friend! Sleep with your face turned to the Friend... Know thou, therefore, that in every age and dispensation all Divine Ordinances are changed and transformed according to the requirements of the time, except the law of love

BLIB_Or15710.108,

BRL_DA#641, LHKM2.299, HDQI.136, AYI2.384, AHB_124BE #10 p.386, KNJ.022c, ANDA#33 p.03, YQAZ.471

BRL_ATBH#83x, DWN_v5#12 p.001, BSC.248 #524x, BNE.174x

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH01911

Huwa Munfikhu'r-Ruh (Lawh-i-Nuqtih?)

460

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

حمد خدا را که عیون حیوان غیبی که در حجبات ستر الهی مستور بود بتاییدات روح

Praise be to God that the invisible springs of life that were concealed behind the divine veil are now abundantly flowing from the reality of the Word

INBA36:463b, BLIB_Or15706.133, , BLIB_Or15714.047,

BRL_DA#642, MJMM.272, AKHA_121BE #08 p.a, OOL.B064

WIND#125, BLO_sazedj#09

Continual renewal of creation; Living waters; water of life; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#120

BH00151

Lawh-i-Qina'

3480

Translation List; Tablet of the Veil (Lawh-i-Qina')

Lawh-i-Qina (Tablet of the Veil)

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 in the writings of the Báb, asserting that divine revelation is not constrained by man-made rules, citing in support several examples from the Qur’an and challenging him with Bahá’u’lláh’s own prophetic claim.

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

BH00144

Suriy-i-Bayan

3580

Suriy-i-Bayan (Tablet of Utterance)

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 enkindlement with the love of God, summons the Maid of Heaven to come to the aid of whoever does so, and instructs him to carry the message to specific people and regions in Iran.

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

BH00128

3800

Call to action; Contention and conflict; Martyrs and martyrdom; Nationalism; love of country; The power of words; of speech; Wisdom [hikmat]

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

BH01052

800

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

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

LL#379

BH01640

530

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ان یا عبد قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و عرفنا بما فیه و کان الله علی ما فی قلبک علیما

O servant! Your letter hath come before Our presence, and We have understood that which was therein, and verily God is the All-Knowing of what lieth within thy heart [3.5s]... ...And now concerning thy reference to the existence of two Gods. Beware, beware, lest thou be led to join partners with the Lord, thy God

BLIB_Or15694.307, , ALIB.folder18p340

BRL_DA#672, GWBP#094 p.126x

GWB#094x

LL#456

BH00438

1620

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

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

LL#504

BH01624

Lawh-i-Rida

2400

Lawh-i-Rida (Tablet to Rida)

بروحی و کینونتی لک الفدآء یا حبّذا بما فزت بکتابک الّذی کان رأسه مزیّناً باکلیل ذکر ربّنا

By My spirit and essence, may I be a sacrifice unto Thee! How excellent it is that thou hast attained unto thy letter, whose apex was adorned with the crown of the remembrance of our Lord! [3.5s]... ...That which thou hast heard concerning Abraham, the Friend of the All-Merciful, is the truth, and no doubt is there about it.

BLIB_Or11096#234x, , BLIB_Or15722.034x, , BN_suppl.1754.143-144x

BRL_DA#682a, GWBP#032 p.056x, AVK2.160.20x, AVK2.196.11x, AVK3.117.05x, MJMM.330x, MAS1.075x, ASAT1.037x, ASAT1.142x, ASAT2.036x, ASAT3.008x, ASAT3.082x, ASAT3.268x, BCH.032x, TABN.215bx

GWB#032x

Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

LL#220

BH01309

650

سبیل الهی اظهر از شمس و برهان احکم عما فی الامکان هو المحمود فی فعله و

The path of God is more manifest than the sun, and His proof more conclusive than all that existeth in the realm of possibility. He is praised in His deeds and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15717.017,

BRL_DA#682

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Hands of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01507

570

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

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

LL#412

BH00652

1170

Call to action; Imam Husayn; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

LL#056

BH00822

990

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

تلک آیات الله الملک الحق العدل المبین نزلت بالحق من جبروت فضل عظیم و انها

These are the verses of God, the King, the Truth, the Manifest Justice, which have verily descended from the heaven of a mighty favor; and they are [3.5s]... ...Should any man, in this Day, arise and, with absolute detachment from all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth, set his affections on Him Who is the Dayspring of God’s holy Revelation

BLIB_Or15725.130,

BRL_DA#674, GWBP#149 p.205ax

GWB#149x

LL#361

BH00657

1160

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

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

BH05453

180

قد اوقدنا النبراس و الناس فی ظلمه عجاب هل بعدوا بما منعوا بل بما اکتسبوا یا اولی الالباب

We have, verily, lit the Lamp, while mankind remaineth in wondrous darkness. Have they become distant through that which was forbidden them? Nay, rather through that which they have wrought, O ye who are endued with understanding [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#219,

BRL_DA#749

Chastisement and requital; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH07297

140

Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause

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

BH03373

270

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

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

BH02524

350

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Call to action; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ح س علیک بهاء الله رب العالمین لازال نامه های آنجناب که بعبد حاضر ارسال نمودند... سبحانک یا الهی لو لا البلایا فی سبیلک

Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of all worlds! The letters which thou didst dispatch to this servant have never ceased to arrive [3.5s]... ...Glory to Thee, O my God! But for the tribulations which are sustained in Thy path, how could Thy true lovers be recognized

BLIB_Or15716.062.03,

BRL_DA#693, PMP#092x, ADH1.007x

PM#092x, BPRY.220-222x

Niaz & Adrian

ROB3.390, LL#181

BH01438

600

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

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

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 in the world, from the Messengers of God, to individuals such as couriers who may be unaware of their role in propagating the divine message, to the Bábí and Bahá’í kings of the future, to the newly designated ‘people of Bahá’—His own followers, upon whom lies the responsibility of delivering the message to others.

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

BH01325

Lawh-i-Ru'ya (Tablet of the Vision)

640

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Vision; Tablet of Vision

Lawh-i-Ruya (Tablet of the 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 Heaven as personification of the Holy Spirit, who embraces Him and addresses Him ecstatically and who bids Him leave ‘Akká and hasten to His ‘other dominions’.

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; Symbolism of color and light

ROB3.223, BKOG.246, GSH.149, LL#226

BH00512

Lawh-i-Tawhid

1450

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List

Lawh-i-Tawhid (Tablet of Divine Unity)

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 known only through His Manifestations, Who appear from age to age and call the people to recognize His cause as one would recognize a friend: that is, by his own self and not by the garments he may be wearing on any given day.

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; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

GSH.184, LL#250

BH00155

Suriy-i-Ahzan

3410

Surah of Sorrows (Suriy-i-Ahzán); Days of Remembrance

Suriy-i-Ahzan (Surih of Sorrows)

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 a mystical conversation between the two.

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.397, MMAH.155, GSH.114, LL#289

BH04778

200

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; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

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

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 Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00565

1330

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

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

LL#377, LL#423

BH01460

590

انا اخبرنا الناس بایام الشداد و ما یحدث فیها فی لوح عز مسطور الذی سطر فیه ما

Verily We forewarned mankind of the days of tribulation and that which would come to pass therein, in a glorious and preserved Tablet wherein was inscribed that which [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.488,

BRL_DA#667

Chastisement and requital; Contention and conflict; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00394

Sahifiy-i-Shattiyih (the Book of the Tigris)

1730

Tablet of the River [Tigris]; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

Shahifiy-i-Shattiyyih (Book of the River)

قد اکثرت القول فی ذلک ولکن الناس اکثرهم لایفقهون آنچه از ظهورات معجزات که

The people talk constantly about this subject, but most of them comprehend not. Of the miracles mentioned, those which are ascribed to this humble one are fabrications contrived by impostors

INBA36:316, INBA57:010, BLIB_Or15722.267, , BN_suppl.1754.139-143

BRL_DA#734, MAS4.142, RHQM1.285-291 (349) (209-213), OOL.B096

BLO_PT#137, BLO_sazedj#10x, JBS#9.3

Challenges the validity of miracles as proof and takes the coursing of the Tigris River as a central metaphor in a discussion of the irresistible power of the Cause of God, fate and predestination, and the root cause of dissension in the world.

Differences in human capacity; Miracles and their interpretation; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard

ROB1.105, MMAH.228, GSH.024, LL#280

AB04183

180

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

یا امه الله نامه شما که بتاریخ ۹ دیسمبر ۱۹۱۸ بود رسید و از مضمون اطلاع حاصل

O maidservant of God! Thy letter dated 9 December 1918 was received. Its contents were noted. Never lose thy trust in God.

MMK1#178 p.200

SWAB#178

T. Ellis, S. Kouchekzadeh

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00328

2000

Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Degrees of faith; certitude; Literal interpretation; Soul; spirit after death; Suffering and imprisonment; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

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

LL#427

BH07535

130

Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Living waters; water of life; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

انشاء ??لله در کل احیان از رحیق حیوان بیاشامید و بذکر محبوب عالمیان مشغول

God willing, may ye at all times drink from the life-giving waters and be engaged in remembrance of the Best-Beloved of the worlds [3.5s]... ...The ordinances of God have been sent down from the heaven of His most august Revelation. All must diligently observe them

BLIB_Or15710.163, , BLIB_Or15722.131,

BRL_DA#664, GWBP#133 p.185x, UAB.021cx, AYI2.049x, AYI2.195, PYB#187 p.03

GWB#133x

LL#455

BH02484

360

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

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

LL#443

BH00387

1750

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Seal of the Prophets; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

یا قلمی الاعلی اذکر من اقبل الی الله فی یوم فیه اعرض اکثر الناس و شرب الرحیق

O My Most Exalted Pen! Make mention of him who hath turned unto God on a day wherein most men have turned away, and hath quaffed the choice wine [3.5s]... ...It is evident that every age in which a Manifestation of God hath lived is divinely ordained, and may, in a sense, be characterized as God’s appointed Day

BLIB_Or15690.214, , BLIB_Or15699.123,

BRL_DA#677, GWBP#025 p.047ax, AYI2.319x, AYI2.320x, AYI2.322x, AYI2.324x, AYI2.338x

GWB#025x, WOB.167x2x

LL#386

BH00545

1360

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

انه هو حینئذ حی فی هذا الافق العزیز المنیر یشهد و یری و یقول مخاطبا لملا

Verily He is, in this hour, alive in this glorious and resplendent horizon. He doth witness and behold and speaketh, addressing the concourse [3.5s]... ...Every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God is endowed with such potency as can instill new life into every human frame, if ye be of them that comprehend this truth

BLIB_Or15725.455, , NLAI_BH2.072

BRL_DA#675, GWBP#074 p.096bx, YMM.380x

GWB#074x

LL#394

BH05544

180

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Suffering and imprisonment

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

LL#434

BH01231

680

Lawh-i-Muhammad-`Alí I and II

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

BH00554

1350

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

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

LL#497

BH10239

ح س قد حضرت کلمه من خطک لدی العرش و ذکر ذکرک فی هذا المقام المنیع و ذکرناک

O thou who art denoted by the letters Ha and Sin! Thy word hath attained unto the presence of the Throne, and thy mention hath been recorded in this exalted station, and We make mention of thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.015b,

BRL_DA#698

Praise and encouragement

BH01371

620

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

الحمد لله از دریای عنایت الهی آشامیدی و بافق اعلی توجه نمودی جمیع احزاب

Praise be to God! Thou hast drunk from the ocean of divine bounty and turned thy face toward the Most Exalted Horizon, while all the peoples [3.5s]... ...Behold, how the divers peoples and kindreds of the earth have been waiting for the coming of the Promised One. No sooner had He, Who is the Sun of Truth, been made manifest

BLIB_Or15730.080,

BRL_DA#652, GWBP#006 p.014x

GWB#006x

LL#439

BH11258

ذکر غلامرضا خان طوبی له انه عمل فی سبیل الله ما نطق به الملاءالاعلی یا غلام رضا

The mention of Ghulamrida Khan - blessed be he! Verily, he performed in the path of God that which caused the Concourse on High to speak forth: "O Ghulamrida!" [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.177c,

BRL_DA#800

BH00610

Suriy-i-A'rab

1250

Surah of the Arabs

Surat Al-Arab (Surah of the Arabs)

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق من سماء عز بدیع و جعلها الله حجه من عنده و برهانا

These are the verses of God which have been sent down from the heaven of wondrous glory, and which God has made to be a proof and testament from Him unto the worlds

INBA37:081, BLIB_Or15723.224, , BLIB_Or15725.045, , BLIB_Or15737.064,

BRL_DA#705, AQA4#085 p.215, AQA4a.061, MUH3.267-268x, OOL.B106

BLO_PT#093, JHT_B#004

Addresses words of praise and encouragement to the Arabs among His followers, inviting them to remember with gladness the years He spent amongst them in ‘Iraq.

Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

MMAH.224, MMAH.237, GSH.204, LL#292

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

Suriy-i-Ism

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; states that between God and the creatures there is a ladder with three steps: this world, the hereafter, and ‘the Kingdom of Names’; calls the people to deliver their souls from ‘the bondage of self ’; invites the recipient to ‘intone the verses of God’, promising that the sweetness of their melody will cause ‘the heart of every righteous man to throb’; and counsels the people to truthfulness, generosity, and purity of heart.

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

BH00052

Suriy-i-Qamis

5750

Súriy-i-Qamís (Surah of the Robe)

ان یا اهل البقا فی الملا الاعلی اسمعوا ندآء الله عن هذا النسیم المتحرک فی هذا الهواء

O ye dwellers in the immortal realm on high! Hearken unto the Call of God from this stirring Breeze that moveth in this atmosphere [3.5s]... ...By the righteousness of God! These are the days in which God hath proved the hearts of the entire company of His Messengers and Prophets

BLIB_Or15723.059, , NLAI_BH1.356

BRL_DA#724, GWBP#008 p.015bx, AQA4#074 p.034, AQA4a.320, ASAT3.281x, OOL.B137

GWB#008x, ADJ.057x, ADJ.079x, GPB.003x, GPB.099x, GPB.377x, PDC.015x, HURQ.BH34

Proclamatory tablet taking in part the form of a conversation between the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh; announcing the return of the Báb in the person of Bahá’u’lláh; reproaching the Bábís for their denial; and directing one of the many named recipients to place the tablet, like the shirt of the biblical Joseph, upon his face.

Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.397, BKOG.246?, MMAH.150, GSH.049, LL#325

BH00084

Suriy-i-Amr

4760

Suriy-i-Amr (Surih of Command)

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 at His instruction to Mírzá Yaḥyá and written partly in the voice of God and partly in the voice of Bahá’u’lláh, describing the rivers of paradise and apostrophizing earth and heaven, the trees and clouds, the lands of ‘Iraq and Rumelia, and the followers of the Báb.

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

BH09970

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

قل یا قوم لاتخافوا من سطوه الذینهم ظلموا و اشرکوا ان استقیموا علی الامر ثم ... قل اذا جآء النصر کل یدعون الایمان و یدخلون فی امر الله

Say: O people, fear not the dominion of them that have oppressed and associated partners with God. Be ye steadfast in His Cause, then [3.5s]... ...When the victory arriveth, every man shall profess himself as believer and shall hasten to the shelter of God’s Faith

BLIB_Or15725.388a,

BRL_DA#798, GWBP#150 p.205bx

GWB#150x

LL#458

BH05241

190

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

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

LL#387

BH02035

430

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

ان یا مصطفی قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و قرأناه و انا کنا قارئین و سمعنا حنین قلبک

O Mustafa! Thy letter hath reached Our presence, and We have read it, for verily We have ever been the Reader thereof, and We have hearkened unto the yearning of thy heart [3.5s]... ...Recall thou to mind My sorrows, My cares and anxieties, My woes and trials, the state of My captivity, the tears that I have shed, the bitterness of Mine anguish

BLIB_Or15694.336, , ALIB.folder18p347

BRL_DA#646, GWBP#062 p.084ax, PYB#337 p.09

GWB#062x, PDC.014x

LL#416

BH01924

460

Apocalyptic imagery; Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Suffering and imprisonment

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

ROB3.032, LL#453

BH02598

340

ح س علیک بهاء الله و عنایته قد کنت مذکورا لدی المظلوم و یذکرک فیهذا الحین ان

Upon thee be the glory of God and His loving-kindness! Thou hast been remembered in the presence of the Wronged One, and He maketh mention of thee at this moment [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.127c,

BRL_DA#699

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

BH03355

270

سبحان من ظهر و اظهر ما اراد انه لهو المقتدر الذی مامنعته شئونات الخلق و القیوم

Glorified be He Who hath manifested and revealed whatsoever He hath desired. Verily, He is the All-Powerful One Whom the conditions of creation have not hindered, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.259,

BRL_DA#752

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00407

1700

Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

الحمد لله الذی نور القلوب بذکر احبائه و اصفیائه و اولیائه و اظهر ما اراد بامره و قدرته... ان یا قلم الأعلی نحبّ ان نذکر

Praise be to God Who hath illumined the hearts through the remembrance of His loved ones, His chosen ones and His friends, and Who hath manifested whatsoever He willeth through His command and His power [3.5s]... ...O Kamal! The heights which, through the most gracious favor of God, mortal man can attain, in this Day, are as yet unrevealed to his sight

BLIB_Or15704.160, , BLIB_Or15713.290bx,

BRL_DA#650x, GWBP#109 p.139cx

GWB#109x, WOB.168x

R. Yazhari, E. Mahony

BH01850

Lawh-i-Shaykh Fani

480

Lawh-i-Shaykh Fání (Tablet to Shaykh Fání)

قلم اعلی من فی الانشا را ندا میفرماید و بحق واحد هدایت مینماید ای شیخ فانی حمد کن

The Most Exalted Pen calleth unto all who dwell in creation and guideth them unto the One True God. O mortal elder! Render thou praise [3.5s]... ...He is indeed a true believer in the unity of God who, in this Day, will regard Him as One immeasurably exalted above all the comparisons and likenesses with which men have compared Him

BLIB_Or03116.111r, , BLIB_Or11096#041, , NLI.32p132r, Majlis934.031-036

BRL_DA#704, GWBP#160 p.217x, AVK1.175ax, OOL.B080

GWB#160x

Stresses the importance of distinguishing the transcendent reality of God from the signs of God in the world, taking as an example the subject of mystical self-surrender (faná’) and eternal union (baqá’) with God, which should be understood as the act of complete renunciation of worldly desire and not the elevation of the individual will to that of God.

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Empty learning; false spirituality; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Law of fasting; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

GSH.177, LL#240

BH00337

1950

ایام ایام فرح جدید است چه که در مدینه عشاق عاشقی بکام دل رسید و بما هو

These are days, days of newfound joy, for in the City of Lovers a lover hath attained unto the desire of his heart [3.5s]

INBA19:254, INBA32:228, BLIB_Or15717.095,

BRL_DA#784, NANU_BH#02x, AYI2.056x, HNU.369x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00026

7800

قد تحرک القلم الأعلی و اراد ان یذکر اولیائه الذین اقبلوا الی مشرق وحی

The Most Exalted Pen hath stirred, and desireth to make mention of His loved ones who have turned themselves unto the Dawning-Place of Revelation [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! Separation from Thee hath destroyed me, and the sorrow of Thine exile and the hardship Thou hast sustained in Thy path hath consumed me… My God, my God! If Thou prevent me from drawing nigh unto Thee, being present before Thy throne... My God, my God! Thou dost behold the impoverished one who hath stood at the gate of Thy wealth, the ailing one

BLIB_Or15729.051, , NLAI_22848:121, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p066r, , MKI4522.120,

BRL_DA#681, GWBP#002 p.011x, AQA2#002 p.041, ADM2#034 p.056x, ADM2#035 p.058x, ADM2#105 p.189x, AVK3.204.19x, ASAT3.258x, ADH1.063x, ADH1.065x, ADH1.066x, QUM.096.16x

GWB#002x, JHT_S#034x, JHT_S#057x, JHT_S#174x

Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#374

BH07594

130

Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

حضرت رحمن انسانرا بینا و شنوا خلق فرموده اگرچه بعضی او را عالم اصغر

The All-Merciful hath conferred upon man the faculty of vision, and endowed him with the power of hearing

BLIB_Or15715.254b,

BRL_DA#797, GWBP#162 p.219ax

GWB#162x

LL#440

BH02294

390

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Justice and wrath of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment

هر منصفی شهادت داده و میدهد که اینمظلوم از اول ظهور کل را بافق اعلی دعوت

Every unbiased observer will readily admit that, ever since the dawn of His Revelation, this wronged One hath invited all mankind to turn their faces towards the Dayspring of Glory

BLIB_Or15715.328b,

BRL_DA#795, GWBP#059 p.081bx, SFI16.045-046x

GWB#059x, ADJ.032x, GPB.194x4x, GPB.196x

LL#375

BH05543

180

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Living waters; water of life; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul

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

BH00501

Lawh-i-Karim

1470

Trustworthiness; Translation List

Lawh-i-Karim (Tablets to Karim)

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 need of a teacher; explains that some can be taught with words, others by deeds and actions, and still others by the example of a saintly character; emphasizes the importance of the latter; asserts that the purpose of His revelation is not to enforce outward ordinances but to enable people to manifest divine perfections and to achieve that which their minds can readily embrace; and condemns some of the fanciful theories about the Promised One held by certain Muslims.

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

BH00409

Lawh-i-Basitatu'l-Haqiqah

1700

Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality; Tablet on the Simple Reality, The (Lawḥ-i-Basíṭu'l-Ḥaqíqih)

Lawh-i-Basítatu'l-Haqíqah (Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality)

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 things’, offers a middle position between the doctrines of ‘the oneness of being’ and ‘the oneness of appearances’, observes that both positions can be upheld with reference to different sacred scriptures, and suggests that nothing is to be gained from disputation in such matters.

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

BH00970

Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night - Adrianople)

850

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh Laylat al-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night, Edirne)

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 joyous and beaming with light’.

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.

BH09162

110

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment

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

LL#495

BH01355

Lawh-i-Mallahu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Persian)

630

Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Tablet of the Holy Mariner

Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Persian)

چون اهل فلک الهی باذن ملاح قدسی در سفینه قدمی باسمی از اسما تشبث نموده بر بحر

Whilst the dwellers in the divine Ark, by the permission of the Holy Mariner, held fast unto one name amongst all names in the ancient Ark and sailed upon the ocean of names, they passed the grades of worldly limitation

INBA36:437, BLIB_Or15696.107c, , BLIB_Or15706.126, , BLIB_Or15714.043, , BLIB_Or15722.315,

BRL_DA#729, AQA5#137 p.181, MAS4.339, YADG.049-050, AHB_107BE #19 p.002x, YMM.291x, OOL.B055b

BLO_PT#131, BLO_PT#132, HURQ.BH22

Relates two different versions of a mystical narrative of the launching of the ‘Crimson Ark’ of Bahá’u’lláh’s Covenant upon the ocean of glory and foreshadows that some within that Ark will stray and be cast out for desiring ‘to ascend unto that state which the Lord hath ordained to be above their stations’. (Persian portion)

Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00062

5330

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

حمد محبوب امکان و مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزا است که اولیای خود را موید فرمود

Praise be unto Him Who is the Best-Beloved of all possibility and the Goal of the peoples of the world, Who hath graciously confirmed His chosen ones [3.5s]... ...Say: O men! This is a matchless Day. Matchless must, likewise, be the tongue that celebrateth the praise of the Desire of all nations

BLIB_Or15733.050,

BRL_DA#640, GWBP#016 p.033x, MSHR3.155x

GWB#016x, ADJ.080x, WOB.194x

ROB2.417, LL#413

BH03383

270

کتاب انزله فاطر السماء لمن فاز بالافق الاعلی و سمع صریر قلمی الاحلی لتجذبه

The Book hath been sent down by the Fashioner of the heavens unto him who hath attained the Most Exalted Horizon and hath hearkened unto the sweet melody of My Most Exalted Pen, that it may draw him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.174c,

BRL_DA#794, KNJ.023a

Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00147

3520

Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

تعالی الرحمن الذی اجتذب بکلمته العلیا من فی الارض و السماء و هدی الکل بها فی

Glorified be the All-Merciful Who hath, through His Most Exalted Word, drawn unto Him all that are in earth and heaven, and guided all therewith unto His path [3.5s]... ...The majesty and glory of the Cause are as great as its trials and afflictions are intense. However, trials and afflictions are scarce noticed in this day

BLIB_Or15732.070,

BRL_DA#777, NANU_BH#13x, AYI2.010x, AYI2.015x, AYI2.114x, AYI2.115x, AYI2.116x, AYI2.117x, MSHR5.151x

BRL_FIRE_BH#07x

BH04631

200

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude

امریکه لم یزل و لایزال مقصود نبیین و غایه رجای مرسلین بوده باراده مطلقه و

The Revelation which, from time immemorial, hath been acclaimed as the Purpose and Promise of all the Prophets of God

BLIB_Or15715.254a,

BRL_DA#790, GWBP#003 p.012ax, OOL.B175

GWB#003x, ADJ.078x

LL#258

BH00934

Lawh-i-Tuqa

880

Lawhut-Tuqa (Tablet of Piety or the Fear of God)

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق من جبروت عز علیا و ینطق بالحق فی ملکوته الاعلی بلسانه

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth from the heaven of transcendent might, and Who speaketh with truth in His most exalted Kingdom through His tongue [3.5s]... ...Among the people is he who opposes God publicly. If the verses of God are recited to him, his face grows dark and he returns to his people as one despised.

INBA83:100, BLIB_Or15702.001, , BLIB_Or15723.258, , BLIB_Or15737.102, , ALIB.folder18p204

BRL_DA#723, AQA7#509 p.347, OOL.B083

HURQ.BH50, KSHK#06x

Bids the people enter the ‘crimson Ark’, adorned with divine virtue; addresses the objections of those who reject the divine verses; and warns those who, like Mírzá Yaḥyá, denied the ‘Most Great Announcement’.

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.397, GPB.171, LL#254

BH00846

970

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; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Words vs deeds

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

ROB3.026, LL#198

BH00690

1120

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of the Gems of Unity, The (Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd)

Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd (Tablet of the Gems of Unity)

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

BH00472

Lawh-i-Ittihad

1530

Tablet of Unity; Tablet of Unity; Creative Word and the Meaning of Unity, The

Lawh-i-Ittihad (Tablet of Unity)

قد حضر لدی المظلوم کتاب احد من السادات الذین اقبلوا الی الله و سمعوا و اجابوا

The letter of one of the Sádát, they who have set themselves towards God and having heard the Call have answered their Lord, the All-Loving

BLIB_Or15738.055,

BRL_DA#707, AVK3.095.10x, AVK3.113.10x, AVK3.258.12x, AVK3.474.02x, AHM.388, UAB.048dx, KHSK.089-093, OOL.B048a

LOIR02.093, BLO_PT#027, BLO_PT#146, BLO_PT#147

Elucidates the subject of unity in different aspects: unity of religion, unity in speech, unity of deeds, unity in rank and station, unity of souls, and unity in material possessions.

Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; The power of words; of speech; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Wisdom [hikmat]

ROB4.191, MMAH.090, LL#129

BH05684

Lawh-i-Ittihad(?)

170

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Exhortations and counsels; Oneness; unity of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity

ای احزاب مختلفه باتحاد توجه نمائید و بنور اتفاق منور گردید لوجه الله در مقری

O contending peoples and kindreds of the earth! Set your faces towards unity, and let the radiance

BLIB_Or15690.160b, , BLIB_Or15716.138c, , BLIB_Or15728.048b, , BN_suppl.1753.123-124

BRL_DA#708, GWBP#111 p.141, AVK4.276x.08, LHKM3.379a, AHM.407, MJMM.284, HDQI.042, DWNP_v5#01 p.002a, UAB.035b, DRD.063, MAS4.367c, AKHA_121BE #02-03 p.a, ANDA#16 p.05, OOL.B048b

GWB#111

MMAH.090, GSH.187, LL#190

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); Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Healing prayer, Short; Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet to a Physician)

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 al-Yázijí’s Majma‘u’l-Baḥrayn, a popular literary work of the time—and concludes with a prayer for healing.

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).

BH00674

1130

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Purpose; goal of creation; Suffering and imprisonment

حمد و ثنا نفوس مطمئنه و افئده قویه را لایق و سزا که سیوف اشرار ایشانرا از

Praise and glory beseem such steadfast souls and mighty hearts whom the swords of the wicked have not [3.5s]... ...Say: O people of God! That which can insure the victory of Him Who is the Eternal Truth, His hosts and helpers on earth, have been set down in the sacred Books and Scriptures… The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable

BLIB_Or15731.145,

BRL_DA#639

COC#1905x

Soulrise Melodies

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

Lawh-i-Salman I (Tablet to Salman I)

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; considers and rejects various theories of the mystics concerning the relationship between God and creation; asserts that, the Godhead itself being unknowable, the means of access to the knowledge of God is through the channel of His prophets; and interprets a line of Rumi’s Mathnaví to the effect that the light of truth is one but that, cast through the glass of different souls, it takes on different tints and colours, which is both the cause of the denial of the religion of God and the source of conflict upon earth.

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

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

Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book)

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 promulgation of the ‘Most Great Law’; formally ordaining the institution of the House of Justice; prescribing the obligatory prayers; designating the time and period of fasting; formulating laws surrounding marriage and inheritance; ordaining the institution of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár (houses of worship); establishing the Nineteen Day Feasts; abolishing the institution of priesthood; and specifying punishments for murder, arson, adultery, and theft. Apart from these laws, He reminds his followers of the twin duties of recognition and obedience; exhorts them to fellowship with the adherents of all religions; warns them to guard against fanaticism, sedition, pride, dispute, and contention; enjoins on them cleanliness, truthfulness, chastity, hospitality, fidelity, courtesy, forbearance, justice, and fairness; and counsels them to be ‘even as the fingers of one hand and the limbs of one body’.

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

BH00376

Suriy-i-Fath

1790

ان یا فتح الاعظم قد اخذت القلم لننزل علیک ما یسرک و یحدث فی قلبک ما یجذبک الی

O Fatḥ al-A`zam! I took firm hold of the Pen that there might be revealed for thee what will gladden thee and generate within thy heart

INBA18:249, BLIB_Or15694.355, , ALIB.folder18p075-081

ANDA#79 p.45x, OOL.B116a

HURQ.BH35x

Addresses an intimate early follower, expressing His weariness at the inane questions and vain objections of the uninformed, the defection of former believers, and the opposition of Mírzá Yaḥyá and declaring that He would rather die a thousand deaths than endure the calumny that the latter was spreading.

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#301

BH01214

690

ذکر مقدس از اذکار عالم و امم مالک قدم را لایق و سزاست که باسم اعظمش عالم را

Holy remembrance, sanctified above all mention of the world and its peoples, befitteth the Ancient Lord, Who through His Most Great Name [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.328,

ANDA#73 p.44x, MSHR5.435x

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Purpose; goal of creation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH02144

410

حمد مقدس از افئده و عقول مالک الملوکی را لایق و سزاست که از امواج بحر بیان

Praise, sanctified above hearts and minds, befitteth the Sovereign of sovereigns, from Whose ocean of utterance the waves surge forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.230, , BLIB_Or15711.098,

ANDA#67-68 p.34

Education of children; moral education; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07449

130

از فضل نامتناهی الهی بهار دانش پدیدار مبارک نفسیکه بقمیص دانائی آراسته شد و

From the infinite bounty of God hath appeared the springtime of knowledge. Blessed is the soul that hath adorned itself with the raiment of wisdom and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.116,

ANDA#67-68 p.03

Knowledge; recognition of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00065

5250

شهد اهل الملکوت قد اتی مالک الجبروت بسلطان لایقوم معه ما یشهد و یری انه لهو

The denizens of the Kingdom bear witness: The Sovereign of Might hath appeared with such authority that all things seen and unseen bow before Him. Verily, He is He [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15701.181,

ANDA#66 p.05x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Goodly deeds; actions; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02374

370

امروز جمیع اشیاء باینکلمه علیا ناطق قد اتی من کان موعودا فی کتب الله و مذکورا

In this day all things proclaim this most exalted Word: "He Who was promised in the Books of God and mentioned therein hath indeed come!" [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.118b,

ANDA#66 p.03

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Parents and children; youth; families; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Service to others; to the Cause of God

BH05689

170

ای اهل ارض رایحه دفرآء تضوعات عرف معانی را منع نموده و ضوضاء جهلا ندای الهی

O peoples of the earth! The foul odour hath prevented the sweet fragrances of inner meanings from wafting, and the clamour of the ignorant hath drowned out the divine call [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.126b,

ANDA#65 p.03

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH10464

یا عاشور قد اهتز الطور فی نفسه بما سمع ندآء الله المهیمن القیوم اخذ جذب

O 'Āshūr! The Mount hath quaked within itself when it heard the Call of God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, seized with rapture [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.023b,

ANDA#61 p.58

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02726

330

یا مهدی انشاء الله بعنایت دارای امم و مالک عالم در ظل اسم اعظم ساکن و مستریح

O Mihdi! God willing, through the grace of Him Who is the Lord of nations and the Sovereign of the world, mayest thou dwell, serene and at rest, beneath the shadow of the Most Great Name [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.249,

ANDA#59 p.45

Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01689

520

حمد موجد امکان را لایق و سزا که بیان را مطلع حکمت و اراده و علم فرمود اوست

Praise befitteth and beseemeth the Creator of all possibilities, Who hath made utterance the Dawning-Place of wisdom, will and knowledge [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.195,

ANDA#58 p.66, MSHR2.165x

Love of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02058

430

مکتوب شما رسید و ندای شما شنیده شد انشاء الله لازال بعنایت حق فائز باشید و

Your letter hath reached Us, and thy call hath been heard. God willing, mayest thou ever remain the recipient of divine favors [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.103,

ANDA#58 p.41

Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH06814

150

یا امه الله نامه ات امام وجه مظلوم حاضر و بمشاهده و اصغا فائز آنچه درباره

O handmaiden of God! Thy letter was presented before the countenance of the Wronged One, and was favored with His perusal and attention. That which [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.093a,

ANDA#53 p.32

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for prosperity

BH01233

680

حمد مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که بیک کلمه مبارکه که از مشرق بیان الهیه اشراق

Praise befitteth and is worthy of the Desired One, Who through one blessed word shining forth from the Orient of Divine utterance [3.5s]

INBA22:163, BLIB_Or11097#012,

ANDA#52 p.23

Exhortations and counsels; Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01857

480

یا محمد علیک بهائی در نامه شما که ورقا علیه بهائی ارسال نموده ذکر نبیل اکبر

O Muhammad! Upon thee be My glory! In thy letter which Varqá - upon him be My glory - forwarded, mention was made of Nabíl-i-Akbar [3.5s]

INBA19:086, INBA32:079, BLIB_Or15716.112a,

ANDA#52 p.19x

Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00924

890

قد رجعنا من بیت اخینا و دخلنا البیت اذا حضر کتابک و قرء تلقاء الوجه بتمامه

We have returned from Our brother's house and entered Our dwelling, whereupon Thy letter arrived and was read in its entirety before Our countenance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03116.113r, , BLIB_Or11096#035,

ANDA#50 p.20x, YFY.125-127

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00156

3410

حمد مقصود امکانرا که در بحبوحه احزان رایه بیان برافراخت شرذمه ذئاب اولیائش را

Praise be to the Desired One of all things possible, Who, amidst the tumults of sorrows, raised high the banner of utterance, while a pack of wolves [pursued] His loved ones [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15717.279,

PZHN v2#3 p.089, MUH3.205x, OOL.B171, QUM.086-087x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Past, present and future of Iran; Personal instructions; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01341

640

کتاب ینادی فی العالم و یدع الامم الی الاسم الاعظم الذی به انجذبت افئده الملا

The Book calleth out to the world and summoneth all nations unto the Most Great Name, whereby the hearts of the multitude have been enraptured [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.159b,

PZHN v2#1 p.120, YMM.304x, OOL.B174

Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01391

620

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق لعبد من عباد الله المقربین انه قد نزل بالحق و انه لتنزیل

This is a Book which hath been sent down in truth unto one of God's near-serving servants. Verily, it hath been revealed in truth, and it is indeed a revelation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.446,

NQK.073x (عو)

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

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]

Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (Seven Proofs - Persian)

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

NSS.039-044, JRAS.447, BRHL.63, BRHL.65?, MSBR.204-205, AHDA.447.8, MMAH.066, SRC.085-087, SRC.185, GOH.035

BH09534

100

کتاب انزله المظلوم فی السجن الاعظم لمن آمن بالله مالک القدم انا نذکر من یذکرنا

The Book which the Wronged One hath revealed from the Most Great Prison unto them that have believed in God, the Lord of Ancient Days. Verily, We make mention of those who make mention of Us [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.157b, , NLAI_22848:380, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p196vb, , MKI4522.380,

AQA2#066 p.214b

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Living waters; water of life; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09841

سبحان الذی نطق و انطق کل شیء علی انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم قد انار

Glorified be He Who hath spoken and caused all things to speak, testifying that there is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. He hath verily illumined [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.157a, , BLIB_Or15730.063c, , NLAI_22848:379, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p196va, , MKI4522.379,

AQA2#065 p.214a, AQA7#495 p.330

Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09745

ان استمع ما قاله المشرک بالله بعدما اویناه فی ظل الشجره و حفظناه بسلطانی

Hearken unto that which the infidel declared, after We sheltered him beneath the shade of the Tree and protected him through Our sovereignty [3.5s]

INBA28:270a, BLIB_Or15729.156c, , NLAI_22848:378b, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p196r, , MKI4522.378b,

AQA2#064 p.213b

Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement

BH09250

100

انا اظهرنا الامانه علی هیکل الانسان و انه ینادی بین اهل الامکان و یقول کل

We have made manifest trustworthiness upon the temple of man, and it calleth out amidst the peoples of the realm of contingent being, proclaiming unto all [3.5s]

BLIB_Or07852.111a, , BLIB_Or15729.156b, , BLIB_Or15730.064d, , NLAI_22848:378a, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p195vb, , MKI4522.378a,

AQA2#063 p.213a, AVK3.152.07x

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH09483

100

قد ظهرت الکلمه العلیا و بها هدرت الورقاء علی السدره المنتهی انه هو هو توجهوا

The Most Exalted Word hath been made manifest, and by it the Dove hath warbled upon the Divine Lote-Tree. Verily, He is He. Turn ye unto Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.156a, , NLAI_22848:377, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p195va, , MKI4522.377,

AQA2#062 p.212

Belief and denial; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09256

100

انا فصلنا النقطه و اظهرنا منها علم ما کان و ما یکون و انطقنا الاشیاء بما شهد

We have expounded the Point and made manifest therefrom the knowledge of what hath been and what shall be, and have caused all things to testify unto that which they witness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.155c, , BLIB_Or15730.064b, , NLAI_22848:376b, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p195r, , MKI4522.376b,

AQA2#061 p.211b

Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience

BH08703

110

انا نوصی من توجه الی الافق الاعلی بالامانه الکبری و ما یظهر به انوار العدل فی

We counsel him who hath turned toward the Most Exalted Horizon to observe the Most Great Trustworthiness and that whereby the lights of justice shine forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.155b, , NLAI_22848:376a, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p194v, , MKI4522.376a,

AQA2#060 p.211a

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Suffering and imprisonment

BH09450

100

فی کل حین نذکر الله مقصود العالمین فی کل الایام یتحرک قلم مالک الانام لتنجذب

At all times We make mention of God, the Goal of all worlds. Throughout all days moveth the Pen of the Lord of mankind, that hearts may be drawn [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.155a, , NLAI_22848:375, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p194rb, , MKI4522.375,

AQA2#059 p.210b

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

BH09529

100

کتاب انزله الرحمن و انه لصراط الله لمن فی السموات و الارض طوبی لمن توجه الیه

This is the Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down; verily, it is the Path of God unto all who dwell in the heavens and on earth. Blessed is he who turneth towards it [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.154c, , NLAI_22848:374b, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p194ra, , MKI4522.37b,

AQA2#058 p.210a

Chastisement and requital; Nearness and remoteness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08813

110

سبحان الذی الهم عباده الاصفیاء و عرفهم هذا الیوم الذی کان مسطورا فی لوحه

Glorified be He Who hath inspired His chosen servants and made them to recognize this Day that was inscribed in His Tablet [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.154b, , BLIB_Or15730.063e, , NLAI_22848:374a, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p193v, , MKI4522.374a,

AQA2#057 p.209b

Chastisement and requital; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement

BH08867

110

شهد القیوم لهذا المظلوم انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم قد فتح باب السماء و

The Ever-Living One beareth witness unto this Wronged One that there is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. He hath opened the gate of heaven and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.154a, , NLAI_22848:373, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p193r, , MKI4522.373,

AQA2#056 p.209a

Belief and denial; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08974

110

قیل هل نزلت الالواح قل ای و ربی العزیز الوهاب من الناس من توجه الی نعیب

It was asked: "Have the Tablets been revealed?" Say: "Yea, by my Lord, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful! Among the people are those who have turned to the croaking." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.153c, , NLAI_22848:372, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p192v, , MKI4522.372,

AQA2#055 p.208b

Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH08940

110

قد نزلت الایات و ظهر الکنز المخزون ولکن القوم لایعرفون قد اشتعلت نار البیان

The verses have been sent down and the Hidden Treasure hath been made manifest, yet the people perceive not. Lo, the Fire of Utterance hath been kindled [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.153b, , NLAI_22848:371b, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p192rb, , MKI4522.371b,

AQA2#054 p.208a

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Service to others; to the Cause of God

BH08910

110

قد انزلنا الایات و اظهرنا البینات یشهد بذلک کل الاشیاء و عن ورائها قلمی الاعلی فی هذا

Verily, We have sent down the verses and manifested the clear proofs, whereunto all things bear witness, and beyond them My Most Exalted Pen in this [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.153a, , BLIB_Or15730.063d, , NLAI_22848:371a, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p192ra, , MKI4522.371a,

AQA2#053 p.207

Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH08282

120

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق بالحق انه لام الکتاب فی ملکوت الامر و

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh with truth is verily the Mother Book in the Kingdom of Command [3.5s]

INBA44:139a, BLIB_Or15729.152c, , NLAI_22848:370, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p191v, , MKI4522.370,

AQA2#052 p.206b

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Service to others; to the Cause of God

BH08204

120

ذکر من لدنا لمن وفی بعهد الله اذ اتی الموعود و تم المیقات لیفرح بعنایه ربه و

This is a remembrance from Our presence unto him who remained faithful to God's Covenant when the Promised One appeared and the appointed time was fulfilled, that he may rejoice in the bounty of his Lord [3.5s]

INBA27:469b, BLIB_Or15729.152b, , NLAI_22848:369, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p191r, , MKI4522.369,

AQA2#051 p.206a

Chastisement and requital; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08864

110

سراج الله ینادی بینکم و یقول الی الی یا شعبی و عبادی لعمری قد اظهرت نفسی لکم

The Lamp of God calleth aloud among you, saying: "Unto Me, unto Me, O My people and My servants! By My life, I have manifested Myself unto you." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.152a, , BLIB_Or15730.065a, , NLAI_22848:368, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p190v, , MKI4522.368,

AQA2#050 p.205b

Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08328

120

قد توجه الیک عرف الله بهذا اللوح الذی به اقبل کل نفس و قام کل قاعد و انتبه

The fragrance of God hath turned unto thee through this Tablet, whereby every soul hath advanced, every seated one hath arisen, and every slumberer hath awakened [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.151c, , NLAI_22848:367b, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p190r, , MKI4522.367b,

AQA2#049 p.205a

Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08315

120

قد اتی یوم القیام و قام فیه قیوم الاسماء بسلطان احاط من فی السموات و الارضین

The Day of Resurrection hath indeed come, and therein hath arisen He Who is the Self-Subsisting Lord of Names, with a sovereignty that encompasseth all who are in the heavens and on earth [3.5s]

INBA18:325, BLIB_Or15729.151b, , NLAI_22848:367a, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p189v, , MKI4522.367a,

AQA2#048 p.204

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

BH08355

120

قد لاح افق الکرم ولکن الامم اعرضوا عنه بما اتبعوا کل صنم منحوت قد ارتفع

The horizon of bounty hath verily dawned, yet the peoples have turned away therefrom, having followed every graven idol that hath been raised up [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.151a, , NLAI_22848:366, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p189rb, , MKI4522.366,

AQA2#047 p.203b

Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08341

120

قد سمعنا ندائک و راینا اقبالک الی الافق الاعلی و اجبناک بما تضوع به عرف الله

We have indeed hearkened unto thy call and beheld thy turning unto the Supreme Horizon, and We have answered thee with that which beareth the fragrance of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.150c, , NLAI_22848:365, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p189ra, , MKI4522.365,

AQA2#046 p.203a

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH08457

120

ذکری الأعظم ینادی من فی الامکان الی اللّه مالک الأدیان انّا بعثناه علی هیکل الانسان تعالی الرّحمن

The Most Great Remembrance calleth all who dwell in the realm of creation unto God, the Lord of Religions. Verily, We have raised Him up in human form. Exalted be the All-Merciful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.150b, , NLAI_22848:364, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p188v, , MKI4522.364,

AQA2#045 p.202b

Call to action; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08269

120

نور العرفان من افق یراعه الرحمن قد کان بالحق مشهودا قد قرت عین من

The light of divine knowledge hath, verily, shone forth from the horizon of the All-Merciful's Pen, and hath been manifest in truth. Blessed are the eyes that [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.150a, , NLAI_22848:363b, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p188r, , MKI4522.363b,

AQA2#044 p.202a

Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08280

120

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ظهر انه لمحبوب العالم و یدعو الامم الی

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. He Who hath appeared is verily the Beloved of the world, calling all peoples unto [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.149b, , NLAI_22848:363a, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p187v, , MKI4522.363a,

AQA2#043 p.201

Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH08583

120

یا قلمی تحرک علی ذکر من اقبل الی الله و وجد نفحات القمیص اذ تضوعت بین

O My Pen! Move in remembrance of him who hath turned unto God and hath found the fragrance of the garment as it was diffused [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.149a, , NLAI_22848:362, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p187r, , MKI4522.362,

AQA2#042 p.200b

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08048

120

ان المظلوم ینادی بین العالم و یامر الناس بما امر به من لدی العزیز الحکیم قل قد خلقت

The Wronged One calleth between the worlds and enjoineth upon the people that which hath been ordained by the Mighty, the All-Wise. Say: I have been created [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.148c, , NLAI_22848:361, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p186v, , Ghazi3072.106-108, MKI4522.361,

AQA2#041 p.200a

Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08040

120

ان السدره تنادی باعلی الندآء و تدع الکل الی الله المهیمن القیوم من الناس من

Verily, the Lote Tree calleth aloud with the most exalted call, summoning all unto God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Among the people there are those who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.148b, , BLIB_Or15730.065b, , NLAI_22848:360, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p186r, , MKI4522.360,

AQA2#040 p.199

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH08225

120

سبحان الذی اتی بالحق و اظهر نفسه کیف اراد لیعلمن الکل انه لهو المقتدر علی ما

Glorified be He Who hath come with the truth and manifested Himself as He willeth, that all may know that He, verily, hath power over all things [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.148a, , NLAI_22848:359, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p185v, , MKI4522.359,

AQA2#039 p.198b

Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH08086

120

انا نذکر من اقبل الی الوجه کما ذکرنا الذین نبذوا الاوهام و توجهوا الی افق

Verily, We make mention of him who hath turned to the Divine Countenance, even as We mentioned those who cast aside vain imaginings and set their faces toward the horizon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.147c, , NLAI_22848:358, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p185r, , MKI4522.358,

AQA2#038 p.198a

Belief and denial; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH07954

130

یا طاهر اسمع ندآء المطهر الذی باسمه طهر الله افئده المقربین انه ینطق بالحق

O Tahir! Hearken unto the Call of the Purifier, through Whose Name God hath sanctified the hearts of them that are nigh. Verily, He speaketh the truth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.147b, , NLAI_22848:357, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p184v, , MKI4522.357,

AQA2#037 p.197

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07741

130

قد خسر الذین کفروا بالله و ظهوره و انکروا ما نزل من ملکوته العزیز البدیع قل

They who have disbelieved in God and His Manifestation, and have rejected that which hath descended from His glorious and wondrous Kingdom, are verily among the lost. Say [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.147a, , NLAI_22848:356b, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p184r, , MKI4522.356b,

AQA2#036 p.196b

Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The concourse on high; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08582

120

یا قلم الاعلی اذکر من فی الانشاء لیدعوا ما عندهم و یتوجهوا الی الله رب

O Most Exalted Pen! Make mention of them that are in all creation, that they may cast away whatsoever they possess and turn unto God, the Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.146b, , NLAI_22848:356a, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p183v, , MKI4522.356a,

AQA2#035 p.196a

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH08518

120

یا اهل البهاء اسمعوا الندآء من البقعه النورآء من لدی الله العلیم الحکیم و

O people of Bahá! Hearken unto the Call from the luminous Spot, from God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise [3.5s]

BLIB_Or07852.067, , BLIB_Or15729.146a, , BLIB_Or15730.064a, , NLAI_22848:355, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p183r, , MKI4522.355,

AQA2#034 p.195

High station of the true believer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07492

130

ان المظلوم ینادی من شطر السجن انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم و یذکر الذینهم

The Wronged One calleth out from the precincts of the prison that there is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, and maketh mention of those who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.145c, , NLAI_22848:354, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p182v, , MKI4522.354,

AQA2#033 p.194b

Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement

BH07826

130

کتاب نزل بالحق لمن توجه الی الافق الاعلی و آمن بالله رب العالمین قل قد ظهر

A Book sent down in truth unto him who hath turned towards the Most Exalted Horizon and believed in God, the Lord of all worlds. Say: He hath appeared [3.5s]

INBA44:135b, BLIB_Or15729.145b, , NLAI_22848:353, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p182r, , MKI4522.353,

AQA2#032 p.194a

Adam; Adam and Eve; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Purpose; goal of creation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07211

140

قد ورد علینا فی هذا السجن ما لااطلع به الا الله العلیم الخبیر قد احاطتنا

There hath befallen Us in this Prison that which none knoweth save God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. We have been encompassed [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.145a, , NLAI_22848:352, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p181v, , MKI4522.352,

AQA2#031 p.193

Empty learning; false spirituality; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH07236

140

کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن اراد ان یشرب الرحیق المختوم بایدی عنایه ربه المهیمن

This is a Book sent down by the All-Merciful for those who desire to drink of the sealed wine, poured forth by the hands of His Lord's tender care, the All-Compelling [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.141b, , BLIB_Or15729.144b, , NLAI_22848:351, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p181r, , MKI4522.351,

AQA2#030 p.192b, ADH1.105

Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH06935

140

ان السر ینادی قد اتی من عجز عن عرفانه الوجود الا من شاء الله المقتدر العزیز

The Mystery calleth aloud: "He hath come, before Whom all existence hath failed to recognize, save whom God, the Almighty, the All-Powerful, hath willed." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.144a, , NLAI_22848:350, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p180v, , MKI4522.350,

AQA2#029 p.192a

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH06605

150

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو یحیی من یشاء بما جری من قلمه البدیع قد سبقت رحمته

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He quickeneth whomsoever He willeth through that which floweth from His wondrous Pen. Verily His mercy hath preceded all [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.143c, , NLAI_22848:349, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p180r, , MKI4522.349,

AQA2#028 p.191

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07580

130

تعالی الرحمن الذی انزل البیان و بشر الکل بلقاء الله المقتدر المهیمن العلیم

Exalted is the All-Merciful, Who hath revealed the Bayán and heralded unto all the meeting with God, the Almighty, the All-Compelling, the All-Knowing [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.143b, , NLAI_22848:348, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p179v, , MKI4522.348,

AQA2#027 p.190b

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world

BH07054

140

ذکر ذکره المذکور فی هذا الظهور لینتبه به اهل القبور و یقوموا علی امر الله

The remembrance of His remembrance, the One remembered in this Revelation, that thereby the dwellers in the graves may be awakened and arise in support of God's Cause [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.143a, , NLAI_22848:347, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p179r, , MKI4522.347,

AQA2#026 p.190a

Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Living waters; water of life; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

BH07210

140

قد نزلنا الایات و صرفناها بالحق انه لهو المقتدر علی ما یشاء لا اله الا هو

We have revealed the verses and set them forth in truth. Verily, He is the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth. There is none other God but Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.142b, , NLAI_22848:346b, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p178r, , MKI4522.346b,

AQA2#025 p.189

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07104

140

سبحان من نطق بالحق و انزل الایات کیف اراد لا اله الا هو العلیم الخبیر انا

Glorified be He Who hath spoken the truth and sent down verses as He willeth. There is no God but Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.142a, , NLAI_22848:346a, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p177v, , MKI4522.346a,

AQA2#024 p.188

Knowledge; recognition of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH06708

150

کتاب انزلناه بالحق لمن شرب رحیق البیان اذ اتی الرحمن بسلطان مشهود انا نذکر

This is the Book which We have sent down in truth for them that have quaffed the choice wine of utterance, when the All-Merciful came with manifest sovereignty. Verily, We make mention [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.141b, , NLAI_22848:345, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p177r, , MKI4522.345,

AQA2#023 p.187b

Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH05924

170

هذا یوم فیه ذرفت عین العالم بما ورد علی الله مالک القدم انه لهو المبین العلیم

This is the Day whereon the Eye of the World hath wept by reason of what hath befallen God, the Lord of ancient days. Verily, He is the All-Evident, the All-Knowing [3.5s]

INBA44:120a, BLIB_Or15729.141a, , BLIB_Or15730.062c, , NLAI_22848:344, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p176v, , MKI4522.344,

AQA2#022 p.187a

Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH07199

140

قد ظهر کتاب الفجر من هذا المنظر الاکبر و مالک القدر ینادی انه لا اله الا انا

The Book of Dawn hath appeared from this Most Great Horizon, and the Lord of Destiny proclaimeth: "There is no God but Me!" [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.140b, , NLAI_22848:343, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p176r, , MKI4522.343,

AQA2#021 p.186

Call to action; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06606

150

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو ینزل من سماء الفضل ما شاء و اراد انه لهو المنزل

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He sendeth down from the heaven of grace whatsoever He willeth and desireth. Verily, He is the One Who sendeth down [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.140a, , NLAI_22848:341, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p175v, , MKI4522.341,

AQA2#020 p.185, AVK3.110.13x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH05343

180

تبارک الذی انزل الکلمه و فصل بها بین البریه انه لهو المفصل الحکیم و جعلها

Blessed is He Who hath sent down the Word and through it hath distinguished between all created things, for verily He is the All-Wise Distinguisher [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.139b, , NLAI_22848:340, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p175r, , MKI4522.340,

AQA2#019 p.184

Chastisement and requital; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05792

170

طوبی لمن وجد حلاوه الندآء الذی ارتفع من شطر الکبریاء و عمل ما امر به من

Blessed is he who hath found the sweetness of the call that hath been raised from the realms of grandeur and hath acted in accordance with that which was commanded unto him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.139a, , NLAI_22848:339, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p174v, , MKI4522.339,

AQA2#018 p.183b

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH05381

180

ذکر من لدی المظلوم الی الذین طاروا فی هوآء محبه الرحمن اذ نادی المناد فی

A remembrance from the Wronged One unto them that have soared in the atmosphere of the love of the All-Merciful when the Herald raised His call [3.5s]

INBA41:417, BLIB_Or15697.147, , BLIB_Or15729.138b, , NLAI_22848:338, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p173v, , MKI4522.338,

AQA2#017 p.183a

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04685

200

تبارک الذی ینطق بما ینتفع به العالم ولکن القوم فی حجاب مبین یسمعون ندآء الله

Blessed is He Who speaketh that which profiteth the world, yet the people remain behind a manifest veil, hearing the Call of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.138a, , NLAI_22848:337, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p173r, , MKI4522.337,

AQA2#016 p.182

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH04680

200

تبارک الذی اقامنی علی الامر اذ کنت قاعدا و انطقنی بذکره اذ کنت صامتا و اظهرنی

Blessed is He Who raised me up to the Cause when I was seated, and made me speak His praise when I was silent, and manifested me [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.137b, , NLAI_22848:335, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p172r, , Ghazi3072.102-106, MKI4522.335,

AQA2#015 p.181, BCH.052

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH04783

200

Bahá'í Scriptures

قد ظهرت العلامات و برزت البینات و اتی الموعود باسمه المهیمن القیوم انه لهو

The signs have appeared, the evidences become manifest and the Promised One hath come in His Name, the Protector, the Self-existent.

BLIB_Or15729.137a, , NLAI_22848:334, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p171v, , Ghazi3072.098-102, MKI4522.334,

AQA2#014 p.180

BSC.135 #052

Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

BH03173

290

یا معشر البشر قد فتح باب الکرم فی المنظر الاکبر توجهوا الیه بخضوع و اناب قد

O concourse of humanity! The gate of divine generosity hath been opened in the Most Great Scene. Turn ye unto it with humility and penitence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.136, , NLAI_22848:331, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p170v, , Ghazi3072.093-098, MKI4522.331,

AQA2#013 p.178

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02784

320

Lawh-i-Hikmat

قد دمدم الرعد و ارتفع هزیز الاریاح و فالق الاصباح فی هذا الشتاء یامر قلمه

Verily the thunder hath rumbled and the howling of winds hath risen, and He Who splitteth the dawn, in this winter, doth command His Pen [3.5s]... ...Say: We have set ablaze the Fire of Utterance in the contingent world, and it is not among the elements which were explained to you and which ye know

INBA51:404, BLIB_Or15729.135, , NLAI_22848:329, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p169r, , MKI4522.329,

AQA2#012 p.177, ANDA#19 p.34x

BLO_failayn

Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00700

1110

کتاب انزله المظلوم لمن اقبل الی افق امره و طار فی هوائه و عرف ما اعرض عنه

A Book sent down by the Wronged One unto him who hath turned towards the horizon of His Cause, soared in its atmosphere, and recognized that from which others turned away [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.130, , NLAI_22848:317, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p163r, , MKI4522.317,

AQA2#010 p.169

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00365

1840

شهدت سدره المنتهی لمن ظهر فی ملکوت الانشاء بانه لا اله الا هو لم یزل کان مقدسا

The Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing beareth witness unto Him Who hath appeared in the Kingdom of creation that, verily, there is none other God beside Him, Who hath ever been sanctified [3.5s]

INBA84:232x, BLIB_Or15719.181c, , BLIB_Or15729.125, , NLAI_22848:304, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p156v, , MKI4522.304,

AQA2#009 p.160, ADH1.062x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00336

Lawh-i-Burhan (= Lawh-i-Raqsha?)

1960

Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Lawh-i-Burhan (Tablet of the Proof)

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 prominent Bahá’ís, sets forth the spiritual prerequisites of the truly learned, and summons them to investigate the truth of Bahá’u’lláh’s cause by perusing His writings.

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

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]

Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom)

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 of creation; describes the Word of God as ‘the Cause which hath preceded the contingent world’; identifies nature with the operation of the Divine Will; mentions in positive terms some ancient philosophers, including Empedocles, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Balinus, and Hermes; states that the essence and fundamentals of philosophy have emanated from the Prophets; and asserts that a true philosopher would never deny God and His evidences.

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

BH00138

3670

Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

هذا یوم فیه ینطق الکتاب امام وجه العالم انه لا اله الا هو العزیز الوهاب... یا قاسم ضع ما عند القوم آخذا کتابی

This is the Day whereon the Book speaketh before the face of all the world declaring: There is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Bestower. O Qasim! Cast aside that which the people possess and take hold of My Book [3.5s]... ...We call to mind at this juncture Muḥammad-‘Alí, [Anis] whose flesh was mingled with that of his Master, his blood with His blood

BLIB_Or15729.088, , BLIB_Or15737a.060, , NLAI_22848:211, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p111r, , MKI4522.211,

AQA2#004 p.102, AVK3.110.10x, TISH.394x

BRL_ATBH#84x

Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00468

1540

هذا کتاب کریم قد نزل من لدن عزیز حکیم و فیه ما یفرح به المخلصون

This is a glorious Book which hath been sent down from the presence of One Who is Mighty, All-Wise, wherein is that which causeth the sincere ones to rejoice [3.5s]... ...Say: Beware lest ye become veiled by evil suggestions from Him who is the Possessor of all Names and Attributes. This is he [Baha’u’llah] whose Manifestation the Bab hath covenanted (‘ahd) in every particle (dharr) of the Bayan

INBA34:089, BLIB_Or15735.143,

AQA1#004, AVK4.420bx, AVK4.257.03x, MAS8.047bx, AKHA_124BE #09 p.ax, HYK.143

BLO_PT#216.030x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Living waters; water of life; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00130

Lawh-i-Ahbab

3770

Lawh-i-Ahbab (Tablet of the Friends)

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 detached from the things of the world, and to promote the cause of God, and lamenting the Bábís and others who have rejected His message.

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; Twofold; threefold 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

BH02391

370

تلک آیات الله المهیمن القیوم نزلت بالحق ولکن الناس اکثرهم لایوقنون الله الذی

These are the verses of God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting, sent down in truth; yet most among mankind remain unconvinced. God, Who [3.5s]

INBA34:178, BLIB_Or15707.149, , BLIB_Or15735.302,

AQA1#045, ASAT2.105x, HYK.302

Chastisement and requital; Idolatry; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02228

400

Bahá'í Scriptures

کتاب کریم من لدن رب العالمین الی الذین آمنوا بهذا النبا العظیم انه تذکره لمن

This is the Noble Book from before the Lord of the worlds to those who have believed in this great announcement

INBA34:175, BLIB_Or15707.143, , BLIB_Or15735.296,

AQA1#043, HYK.296

DWN_v1#02 p.001x, BSC.067 #036

Call to action; Development of capacity and readiness; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02263

390

Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ان یا ایها المذکور لدی العرش فاعلم بان المشرکین جعلوا اهلی و احبتی اساری من

O thou who art remembered before the Throne! Know that the infidels made captives of My kindred and My loved ones in ʻIráq, and caused them to enter another land

INBA34:174, BLIB_Or15707.140, , BLIB_Or15735.294,

AQA1#042, QT108.059x, ASAT1.023x, HYK.294

ADMS#093

BH02060

430

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی اقبل الی الله مولی العالمین نذکر له ما ورد علینا

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath turned towards God, the Lord of all worlds, wherein We recount that which hath befallen Us [3.5s]

INBA34:172, BLIB_Or15707.137, , BLIB_Or15735.291,

AQA1#041, ASAT5.216x, HYK.291

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02116

420

هل الایات نزلت قل ای ورب السموات هل اتت الساعه بل قضت ومظهر البینات قد

Hath the verses been sent down? Say: Yea, by the Lord of the heavens! Hath the Hour come? Nay, it hath passed, and He Who is the Manifestation of clear signs hath appeared [3.5s]

INBA72:021, INBA34:171, BLIB_Or15707.134, , BLIB_Or15735.288, , CMB_F31.038a-038b,

AQA1#040, AVK2.228.13x

Apocalyptic imagery; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Power of prayer

JRAS.288

BH02317

380

ان استمع ما یوحی من شطر البلا علی بقعه المحنه و الابتلا من سدره القضا انه لا

Hearken unto that which is revealed from the court of tribulation, upon the spot of affliction and adversity, from the Lote-Tree of destiny: He is [3.5s]

INBA34:169, BLIB_Or15707.131, , BLIB_Or15735.286,

AQA1#039, ASAT3.226x, HYK.286

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02361

380

یا من اردت اثری فاعلم اثری احاط السموات و الارض و فی مقام کل شیء اثری لو

O thou who seekest My trace! Know thou that My trace encompasseth the heavens and the earth, and in every station is My trace, were thou to perceive [3.5s]

INBA34:168, BLIB_Or15707.128, , BLIB_Or15735.283, , Berlin1237#09

AQA1#038, ASAT1.057x

Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02280

390

سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق فی هذا السجن الذی جعله الله المنظر الاکبر تنزل

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses with truth in this Prison, which God hath made the Most Great Scene [3.5s]

INBA34:166, BLIB_Or15707.125, , BLIB_Or15735.281,

AQA1#037, HYK.281

Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02289

390

قد نزلنا الایات فی العشی و الاشراق و جعلناها هدی و ذکری لاولی الالباب ان

Verily, We have sent down the verses at eventide and at dawn, and made them a guidance and a reminder for those endued with understanding [3.5s]

INBA34:165, BLIB_Or15707.121, , BLIB_Or15735.278,

AQA1#036

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02154

410

قد ارتفع الندآء عن یمین البقعه المبارکه النوراء من سدره الابهی بندآء تسمعه

The Call hath been raised from the right side of the luminous and blessed Spot, from the Divine Lote-Tree, with a call that thou hearest [3.5s]

INBA34:163, BLIB_Or15707.118, , BLIB_Or15735.275,

AQA1#035, ASAT4.136x, HYK.275

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

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

BH02169

Lawh-i-Baqa

410

هذا لوح البقا من لدی البهاء الی الذی فاز بعرفان الله و شرب کوثر الحیوان من

This is the Tablet of Eternity which cometh from the All-Glorious unto he who hath attained the deep knowledge of God and did drink of the Kawthar of Life

INBA34:160, BLIB_Or15707.112, , BLIB_Or15735.270, , NLAI_BH1.005

AQA1#033, AVK4.437ax, HYK.270, OOL.B031

HURQ.BH68

Brief tablet assuring the recipient of a lofty station in the world to come and counselling him to detachment and service to the Cause of God.

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

GSH.185, LL#076

BH01962

450

طوبی لک بما حضر کتابک تلقاء الوجه فی هذا السجن العظیم من یدعو الله بعد ورود

Blessed art thou, inasmuch as thy letter hath attained unto Our presence in this Most Great Prison, from whence We call upon God [3.5s]

INBA34:159, BLIB_Or15707.109, , BLIB_Or15735.267,

AQA1#032

Call to action; Living waters; water of life; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01847

480

شمس ذکر اسم ربک الرحمن قد اشرقت من افق التبیان باسمی العزیز المنیع و نادی فی

The Sun of the remembrance of the name of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, hath risen from the horizon of utterance through My Name, the Mighty, the Inaccessible, and hath called out [3.5s]

INBA34:157, BLIB_Or15707.105, , BLIB_Or15735.264,

AQA1#031, AKHA_124BE #04-05 p.z, HYK.264

Call to action; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Predictions and prophecies; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH01938

460

هذا کتاب کریم نزل بالحق من لدن عزیز علیم انه لروح الامر یحیی به افئده

This is a glorious Book sent down in truth from the presence of the Mighty, the All-Knowing. Verily, it is the Spirit of the Cause whereby the hearts are quickened [3.5s]

INBA34:155, BLIB_Or15707.101, , BLIB_Or15735.261,

AQA1#030

Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH01744

500

ا هذا کتاب کریم ام هیکل الانسان الذی فیه رقم من قلم الرحمن علم ما یکون و ما

Is this in truth a noble Book, or the temple of man wherein hath been inscribed by the Pen of the All-Merciful the knowledge of what shall be and what is [3.5s]

INBA34:154, BLIB_Or15707.098, , BLIB_Or15735.258,

AQA1#029, AVK1.031.13x, HYK.258

Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01389

620

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی استقام علی امر ربه و به زین ثوب الایقان و اخذه جذب

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath stood firm in the Cause of his Lord, who hath adorned himself with the robe of certitude, and whom divine attraction hath seized [3.5s]

INBA34:152, BLIB_Or15707.094, , BLIB_Or15735.255,

AQA1#028, ASAT4.153x, ASAT5.121x, HYK.255

Methods of teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ROB3.199, LL#370

BH01700

520

قد ارتفع ندآء الله عن یمین العرش انی انا الله الواحد الفرد الاحد لاتمنعوا

The Call of God has assuredly been raised up from the right-hand side of the Divine Throne [uttering the words]: “I, verily, am God, the Unique, the Peerless, the One

INBA34:147, BLIB_Or15707.083, , BLIB_Or15735.245,

AQA1#025, HYK.245, YMM.214x, YMM.219x, YMM.250x, YMM.404x

HURQ.BH79x

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01784

500

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی اقبل الی الله و انقطع عما سواه الا انه ممن فاز

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath turned unto God and hath severed himself from all else. Verily, he is of them that have attained [3.5s]

INBA23:008b, INBA34:143, BLIB_Or15707.075, , BLIB_Or15735.239,

AQA1#023, HYK.239

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01568

550

ان استمع ندآء ربک عن جهه العرش علی انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم قل یا

Hearken unto the Call of thy Lord from the direction of the Throne, that verily there is none other God but Him, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting. Say: O [3.5s]

INBA34:141, BLIB_Or15707.071, , BLIB_Or15735.236,

AQA1#022, AVK4.476bx, HYK.236

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01530

570

هذا لوح نزل بالحق من لدن عزیز حکیم و یذکر فیه ما تنجذب عنه عقول الموحدین

This is a Tablet sent down in truth from the presence of One Who is Mighty, Wise, wherein mention is made of that which draweth unto itself the minds of them that believe in His unity [3.5s]

INBA34:139, INBA27:442, BLIB_Or15707.066, , BLIB_Or15735.232, , NLAI_BH1.002

AQA1#021, HYK.232

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

BH09338

100

ذکر الروح عبده فی اللوح قد کان بالروح مذکورا لیجعله مشتعلا بنار الامر علی شان

The Spirit maketh mention of His servant in this Tablet, who hath verily been mentioned by the Spirit, that He may cause him to be enkindled with the fire of the Cause in such wise [3.5s]

INBA15:258a, INBA19:185a, INBA26:258a, INBA34:340b, BLIB_Or15707.219, , BLIB_Or15735.359, , Majlis934.111-112.07

AQA1#231, HYK.359

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09595

100

هذا لوح من لدنا الی من اقر بالله فی یوم فیه کلت اللسان لیوقن انه یحب من اراده

This is a Tablet from Us unto him who acknowledged God on a Day when tongues were rendered weary, that he may be assured that He loveth whomsoever hath sought Him [3.5s]

INBA15:256a, INBA26:256a, INBA34:340a, BLIB_Or15707.218, , BLIB_Or15735.358b,

AQA1#230, HYK.358

Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH09480

100

قد ظهر النور من افق الطور و السیناء ینادی لک الحمد یا محبوب العالمین بما وجدت

The Light hath appeared from the horizon of the Mount, and Sinai calleth out: "Praise be unto Thee, O Beloved of the worlds!" [3.5s]

INBA34:339b, BLIB_Or15707.217, , BLIB_Or15735.358a,

AQA1#229

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH09146

110

یا قلم القدم ذکر الامم بهذا الاسم الاعظم لعل یقبلن الی قبله من فی السموات

O Pen of Eternity! Make mention of the peoples through this Most Great Name, that haply they who dwell in the heavens may turn unto His Qiblih [3.5s]

INBA34:339a, BLIB_Or15707.216, , BLIB_Or15735.357,

AQA1#228, HYK.357

Belief and denial; Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH09023

110

کم من عباد انتظروا ایامی فلما اتی المیقات کفروا بمالک الاسماء و الصفات قل یا

How many were the servants who awaited My days, yet when the appointed time was come, denied the Lord of Names and Attributes! Say: O [3.5s]

INBA34:338b, BLIB_Or15707.215, , BLIB_Or15735.356,

AQA1#227, AVK2.003.09x, HYK.356

Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

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; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH09592

100

هذا کتاب نزل من لدی القیوم الی الذین فازوا بانوار الیوم اذ اتی الغلام فی ظلل

This is a Book sent down from the presence of the All-Sustaining unto those who have attained unto the lights of the Day when the Youth appeared in the shadows [3.5s]

INBA34:337b, BLIB_Or15707.214a, , BLIB_Or15735.355a,

AQA1#225, HYK.355

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH01527

570

کتاب نزل بالحق و به خرقنا الاحجاب و انا العزیز الوهاب به اشرقت شمس الوحی و

This is a Book sent down in truth, whereby We have rent asunder the veils. Verily, We are the Mighty, the Bestower. Through it hath shone forth the Sun of Revelation [3.5s]... ...I beseech Thee, O Lord of all creation, to transmute the copper of all created beings with the elixir of Thine utterance and wisdom

INBA34:134, BLIB_Or15707.054, , BLIB_Or15735.221,

AQA1#018, ADM2#038 p.064x, AKHA_124BE #10 p.a, HYK.221

JHT_S#037x

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09062

110

هذا کتاب من لدی الله الی من اقبل الی الوجه لیفرح و یکون من الشاکرین سبحان

This is a Book from God unto him who hath turned towards His countenance, that he may rejoice and be numbered among the thankful ones [3.5s]

INBA15:256c, INBA26:257a, INBA34:336b, BLIB_Or15707.212, , BLIB_Or15735.353,

AQA1#223, HYK.353

Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment

BH08187

120

ذکر من لدنا الی من نبذ الاوهام و اخذ من لاح به نور الیقین لتمر علیه نسمه الله

The remembrance from Us is unto him who hath cast away vain imaginings and taken fast hold of that which hath been illumined by the light of certitude, that the breeze of God may pass over him [3.5s]

INBA34:336a, BLIB_Or15707.211, , BLIB_Or15735.352,

AQA1#222, HYK.352

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

BH07863

130

هذا کتاب معلوم من لدی القیوم الی الذی آمن بالله العزیز الودود یا قوم اجیبوا

This is the Book made known from the presence of the Self-Subsisting unto him who hath believed in God, the Mighty, the All-Loving. O people, answer ye [3.5s]

INBA34:335b, BLIB_Or15707.210, , BLIB_Or15735.351b,

AQA1#221, HYK.351

Call to action; Knowledge; recognition of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH08909

110

Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

قد اشرق کتاب الفجر من افق الامر و اضائت به الدیار هذا یوم فیه تنطق الاشیاء

Verily, the Book of Dawn hath risen from the horizon of My Revelation, and through It the land hath been illumined

INBA34:335a, INBA73:117, BLIB_Or15707.209, , BLIB_Or15735.351a,

AQA1#220, AQA7#325 p.004a

ADMS#008

BH08336

120

قد خلق قمیص الجسم من السجن و الروح جدد بطراز الذکر ان اعتبروا یا اولی الابصار

The garment of the body hath been created from the prison, and the spirit hath been renewed with the ornament of remembrance. Take heed, O ye who possess insight [3.5s]

INBA34:334b, BLIB_Or15707.208, , BLIB_Or15735.350,

AQA1#219, HYK.350

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH08465

120

هذا کتاب من لدنا الیک لتجذبک نفحات الوحی الی الله المهیمن القیوم اقبل الی

This is a Book from Our presence unto thee, that the fragrances of Revelation may draw thee unto God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Turn thou unto Him [3.5s]

INBA34:334a, BLIB_Or15707.207, , BLIB_Or15735.349,

AQA1#218, HYK.349

Call to action; Living waters; water of life; Praise and encouragement

BH09222

100

ان استمع ندآء ربک الرحمن من افق البلاء انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المستعان انه

Hearken thou unto the call of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, from the horizon of tribulation. Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Help in Peril. Verily, He is [3.5s]

INBA23:232b, INBA34:333b, BLIB_Or15707.206, , BLIB_Or15735.348,

AQA1#217, HYK.348

BH08581

120

یا قلم اذکر من اقبل الی مطلع القدم لتجذبه نفحات مالک الامم فی هذا الیوم الذی

O Pen! Make mention of him who hath turned towards the Dawning-Place of Eternity, that the sweet fragrances of the Lord of Nations may draw him unto Him on this Day [3.5s]

INBA34:333a, BLIB_Or15707.205, , BLIB_Or15735.347b,

AQA1#216, HYK.347

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH01545

560

ان استمع لما یوحی الیک من شطر الهویه علی بقعه الاحدیه من لسان الالهیه انه لا

Hearken thou unto that which is revealed unto thee from the Realm of the Divine Essence, upon the Sacred Spot of Oneness, from the Tongue of Divinity, that verily [3.5s]

INBA34:132, BLIB_Or15707.049, , BLIB_Or15735.218,

AQA1#017, ASAT5.293x, HYK.218

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07480

130

ان استمع ندآء الله الابهی من بئر ظلماء ان انصرونی یا اهل البهاء بسیف الحکمه

Hearken unto the Call of the Most Glorious from this dark well: "Aid Me, O people of Bahá, with the sword of wisdom!" [3.5s]

INBA34:332a, INBA51:507, INBA49:364, BLIB_Or15707.204, , BLIB_Or15735.347a,

AQA1#214, LHKM3.184b, HYK.347

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH08866

110

شمس العز عن خلف حجاب الذل من افق البلاء قد کان مرئیا دخلنا السجن و بلغنا

The Sun of Glory, once visible from behind the veil of abasement upon the horizon of tribulation, was manifest when We entered the prison and attained [3.5s]

INBA34:331b, BLIB_Or15707.203, , BLIB_Or15735.346,

AQA1#213, HYK.346

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

BH07859

130

هذا ذکر من لدنا لمن سمع الندآء و قال بلی یا مالک العباد طوبی لمن اجاب ربه اذ

This is a remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath hearkened unto the Call and hath said: "Yea, O Lord of all beings!" Blessed is he who hath answered his Lord when [3.5s]

INBA34:331a, BLIB_Or15707.202, , BLIB_Or15735.345,

AQA1#212, HYK.345

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH07282

140

هذا ذکر من لدنا الی الذی اقبل الی قبله الافاق لتجذبه آیات ربه و تقربه الی

This is a remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath turned toward the Qiblih of all horizons, that the verses of his Lord may draw him and bring him nigh [3.5s]

INBA23:202b, INBA34:330, BLIB_Or15707.201, , BLIB_Or15735.344,

AQA1#211, AQA6#175 p.001, HYK.344

Belief and denial; High station of the true believer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH07884

130

هل تری ما عبر و هل تجد ما غبر لم ادر لم یحزن البشر فاعتبروا یا اولی الالباب

Dost thou perceive that which hath passed, and find that which hath faded away? I know not why mankind grieveth not. Take ye heed, O ye who are endued with understanding [3.5s]

INBA19:007a, INBA32:008a, INBA34:329b, BLIB_Or11095#350, , BLIB_Or15707.199, , BLIB_Or15735.343,

AQA1#210

Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH06236

160

قد راحت راحه الامکان الا لمن اخذ راح المعانی و البیان من راحه رحمه ربه الرحمن

The repose of all contingent beings hath vanished, save for him who hath quaffed the wine of meanings and utterance from the hand of mercy of his Lord, the All-Merciful [3.5s]

INBA34:328b, BLIB_Or15707.197, , BLIB_Or15735.341, , NLAI_BH1.026a

AQA1#208, HYK.341

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07178

140

قد تجلی الله من افق السجن علیک یا ایها المقبل الی الله فالق الاصباح طوبی لنفس

God hath shone forth from the horizon of the Prison upon thee, O thou who hast turned towards God, the Cleaver of Dawn. Blessed be the soul [3.5s]

INBA23:205, INBA34:328a, BLIB_Or15707.196, , BLIB_Or15735.340,

AQA1#207, AQA6#180 p.006a, HYK.340

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Word of God and human limitations

BH07051

140

ذکر الله من سدره الانسان قد ارتفع بالحق طوبی لمن اقبل الیه و سمع ما نطق به

The mention of God from the Lote-Tree of man hath, in truth, been raised up. Blessed is he who hath turned unto Him and hearkened unto that which He uttered [3.5s]

INBA34:327, BLIB_Or15707.195, , BLIB_Or15735.339,

AQA1#206, HYK.339

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH06770

150

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی اقبل الی الوجه و اتخذ الی الرحمن سبیلا لیاخذه جذب

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath turned towards the Countenance and chosen for himself a path unto the All-Merciful, that divine attraction might seize him [3.5s]

INBA34:326b, BLIB_Or15707.193, , BLIB_Or15735.338,

AQA1#205, HYK.338

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH01580

550

رسولی لاتحزن عما ورد علیک لعمری انک تحت جناح فضل ربک العزیز الحمید اشهد انک

O My Messenger! Grieve not for that which hath befallen thee. By My life! Thou art beneath the wing of thy Lord's grace, the Mighty, the All-Praised. I bear witness that thou [3.5s]... ...I beseech Thee, O Thou the best Beloved of the worlds and God of all in the heavens and on earth, to grant that I be confirmed in Thy love and steadfast under Thy command

INBA34:130, BLIB_Or11095#004, , BLIB_Or15707.045, , BLIB_Or15735.214,

AQA1#016, ADM2#039 p.066x, HYK.214, OOL.B072

JHT_S#039x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

MMAH.108, GSH.180, LL#219

BH06494

150

تبارک الذی اظهر البهاء و جعله مشرق سلطانه لمن فی الاکوان من الناس من عرف و

Blessed is He Who hath manifested the Glory and made it the Dawning-Place of His sovereignty for all who dwell in the realms of creation among those who have recognized [3.5s]

INBA34:326a, BLIB_Or15707.192, , BLIB_Or15735.337,

AQA1#204, HYK.337

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH06141

160

ذکر الله علی هیکل النار و هیئه النور من افق الظهور قد کان بالحق مشهودا قد ظهر

The remembrance of God upon the Temple of Fire and the Form of Light from the horizon of Manifestation hath, in truth, been witnessed [3.5s]

INBA34:325, BLIB_Or15707.191, , BLIB_Or15735.336,

AQA1#203, HYK.336

Literal interpretation; Suffering and imprisonment

BH06181

160

سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و خلق بها ما اراد انه لهو المقتدر المختار قد خضع

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and through them created whatsoever He willeth. He, verily, is the All-Powerful, the All-Choosing, before Whom all have bowed in submission [3.5s]

INBA34:324b, BLIB_Or15707.189, , BLIB_Or15735.335,

AQA1#202, HYK.335

Belief and denial; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

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

BH06954

Lawh-i-Karim 3

140

Lawh-i-Karim (Tablets to Karim)

ان یا کریم ان استمع ندآء ربک الابهی من السدره المنتهی ینطق انه لا اله الا هو

O Karím! Hear thou the voice of thy Lord, the Most Glorious, coming from the Divine Lote-Tree; it proclaimeth

INBA34:323, BLIB_Or15707.187, , BLIB_Or15735.333, , NLAI_BH3.185

AQA1#200, ASAT5.030x, HYK.333, NSS.200, OOL.B050c

ADMS#233

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH06317

160

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق لقوم یعرفون انه ما من اله الا هو و کل الیه راجعون قد قدرنا

This is a Book sent down in truth unto a people who recognize that verily there is no God but Him, and that all shall return unto Him. We have ordained [3.5s]

INBA34:322b, BLIB_Or15707.185, , BLIB_Or15735.332,

AQA1#199, HYK.332

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH06742

150

کتابی الی عبدی لیفرح بذکری و تهزه نفحاتی و تسره آیاتی و یطلع من افق استقامتی

O My servant! This is My Book sent unto thee, that thou mayest rejoice in My remembrance, be stirred by My fragrances, be gladdened by My verses, and arise from the horizon of My steadfastness [3.5s]

INBA34:322a, BLIB_Or15707.184, , BLIB_Or15735.331,

AQA1#198, HYK.331

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH05297

180

ان یا خادمی ان استمع ندائی من شطر سجنی باننی انا المظلوم الفرید ان اذکر ایام

O My servant! Hearken unto My call from the precincts of My prison, for verily I am the Wronged One, the Lone One. Remember thou the days [3.5s]

INBA34:321, INBA51:062, BLIB_Or15707.183, , BLIB_Or15735.330, , KB_620:055-056

AQA1#197, HYK.330

Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH06318

160

هذا کتاب نزل من لدی العرش الی الذی آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم و وجد عرف الرحمن

This is a Book sent down from before the Throne unto him who hath believed in God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, and who hath perceived the fragrance of the All-Merciful [3.5s]

INBA34:320b, BLIB_Or15707.181, , BLIB_Or15735.329,

AQA1#196, HYK.329

Apocalyptic imagery; Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05971

170

یا ذاکری اسمع ندائی عن شطر سجنی و تفکر فی امری و ما ورد علی نفسی ثم انظر

O thou who makest mention of Me! Hearken unto My call from the precincts of My prison, and ponder My Cause and that which hath befallen My Person, then behold [3.5s]

INBA34:320a, BLIB_Or15707.180, , BLIB_Or15735.328,

AQA1#195, HYK.328

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH06291

160

لیس الیوم یوم السوال اذا سمعت ندآء ربک قل لبیک یا محبوب العالمین فانظر فی

This is not the day for questions. When thou hearest the call of thy Lord, say: "Here am I, O Beloved of the worlds!" Therefore consider [3.5s]

INBA34:318b, BLIB_Or15707.177, , BLIB_Or15735.325,

AQA1#193, HYK.325

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Empty learning; false spirituality; Living waters; water of life; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Saint Peter and Saint Paul

BH06171

160

ذکری عبدا من العباد لیجذبه الی الله مالک یوم التناد لعمری من سمع ذکری باذن

This is a remembrance of a servant among the servants, that it may draw him unto God, the Lord of the Day of Mutual Summoning. By My life! Whoso heareth My remembrance with an ear [3.5s]

INBA34:318a, BLIB_Or15707.176, , BLIB_Or15735.324,

AQA1#192, HYK.324

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of the true believer; Idolatry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment

BH05545

180

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق من لدن عزیز حکیم ینطق بانی انا المسجون فی هذا السجن العظیم

This is the Book which hath been sent down in truth from the presence of One Who is Mighty, All-Wise. It proclaimeth: "Verily, I am the Prisoner in this mighty prison." [3.5s]

INBA34:317, BLIB_Or15707.174, , BLIB_Or15735.323,

AQA1#191, ASAT4.416x, HYK.232

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BH05384

180

ذکری لمن خرق الاحجاب اذ اتی الوهاب فی ظلل السحاب ما احلی ذکری عبادی الذین

A remembrance unto him who rent asunder the veils when the All-Bountiful appeared in the shadows of clouds. How sweet is My remembrance of My servants who [3.5s]

INBA34:316b, BLIB_Or15707.173, , BLIB_Or15735.322,

AQA1#190, HYK.322

Chastisement and requital; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05752

170

ذکری امتی لیجذبها ندائی الی ملکوتی لتنظر ما قدر لها من لدن علیم حکیم لعمری من

O My handmaiden! Remember thou Me, that My call may draw thee to My Kingdom, that thou mayest behold what hath been ordained for thee by One All-Knowing, All-Wise. By My life [3.5s]

INBA34:316a, BLIB_Or15707.171, , BLIB_Or15735.321,

AQA1#189, HYK.321

Chastity and purity; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH05535

180

هذا کتاب الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذی اقبل الی مشرق الامر فی یوم اسودت فیه

This is the Book of God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who hath turned toward the Dayspring of the Cause on a day when darkness prevailed [3.5s]

INBA34:314b, BLIB_Or15707.169, , BLIB_Or15735.318,

AQA1#187, HYK.318

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH05914

170

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی من اتخذ الی ذی العرش سبیلا لیقربه کتاب ربه الی الذکر

This is a Book from Us unto him who hath taken unto the Lord of the Throne a path, that the Book of his Lord may draw him nigh unto the Remembrance [3.5s]

INBA34:314a, BLIB_Or15707.167, , BLIB_Or15735.317, , NLAI_BH1.073

AQA1#186, HYK.317

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH05284

180

ان استمع ما یوحی الیک من شطر العظمه و الاقتدار مقر ربک العزیز المختار انه لا

Hearken unto that which is revealed unto thee from the precincts of grandeur and power, the seat of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Chosen One. Verily, He [3.5s]

INBA34:313, BLIB_Or15707.166, , BLIB_Or15735.316,

AQA1#185, HYK.316

Justice and wrath of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH05158

190

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی انبته الله من ارض طیبه مبارکه ان هذا لفضل عظیم

This is a Book from Our presence unto him whom God hath caused to spring forth from blessed and goodly soil; verily, this is a mighty bounty [3.5s]

INBA34:312b, BLIB_Or15707.164, , BLIB_Or15735.315,

AQA1#184, AQA7#344 p.023, HYK.315

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment

BH04943

190

اعلم بانا وردنا فی السجن الاکبر لیخرجوا العباد عن سجن النفس و الهوی و یتوجهوا

Know thou that We have entered into the Most Great Prison, that the servants might be delivered from the prison of self and desire, and turn [3.5s]

INBA34:311, BLIB_Or15707.161, , BLIB_Or15735.312,

AQA1#182, HYK.312

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to the people of the world; Suffering and imprisonment

BH05932

170

یا ابن ینبغی لک بان تنصر ربک فی تلک الایام و تنطق باسمنا الاعظم العظیم

O Son! It behooveth thee to aid thy Lord in these days and to speak forth in Our Most Great and Glorious Name [3.5s]

INBA34:310, BLIB_Or15707.160, , BLIB_Or15735.311,

AQA1#181, HYK.311

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH05430

180

طوبی لمن استمع الالحان من شطر الرحمن فی المقام الذی طاب هوآئه بما فاحت فیه

Blessed is he who hath hearkened unto the melodies from the precincts of the All-Merciful, in that station whose very air hath been perfumed [3.5s]

INBA34:309b, BLIB_Or15707.159, , BLIB_Or15735.310,

AQA1#180, HYK.310

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH05431

180

طوبی لمن نبذ ما عند الناس و اخذ ما اوتی به من لدن عزیز حکیم لاتحزن عن شیء و

Blessed is he who hath cast away that which the people possess and taken that which hath been vouchsafed unto him from the presence of the Mighty, the All-Wise. Grieve not over aught [3.5s]

INBA34:309a, BLIB_Or15707.157, , BLIB_Or15735.309,

AQA1#179, HYK.309

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH01343

Suriy-i-Amin

640

Súriy-i-Amín (Tablet to Amín)

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 voice of the Crier, Who cried out between heaven and earth’; relates the fallen state of Fu’ád Páshá upon his death; and extols the ultimate sacrifice of the youthful Badí‘, who delivered Bahá’u’lláh’s epistle to Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh.

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

BH01172

710

تعالی الذی نزل الایات من ملکوت کان بانوار العرش مضیئا و ینطق فی سدره الوحی

Exalted is He Who hath sent down the verses from the Kingdom that was illumined by the lights of the Throne, and Who speaketh from the Lote-Tree of Revelation [3.5s]

INBA34:121, BLIB_Or15707.025, , BLIB_Or15735.198,

AQA1#012, AVK4.475cx, ASAT3.022x, HYK.198

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB3.179, LL#369

BH05157

190

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی استشرق من بوارق انوار ربه و استغرب عن الاوطان

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath been illumined by the splendors of his Lord's light and hath become a stranger to his homeland [3.5s]

INBA34:297b, BLIB_Or15736.045c, , NLAI_BH1.069b

AQA1#164, ASAT3.206x

Consolation and comfort; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH04863

200

یا ابا علی طوبی لک بما اظهر الله من صلبک من تحرک بذکره الاموات قد اخذه جذب

O Aba 'Alí! Blessed art thou, for God hath manifested from thy loins one through whose remembrance the dead are quickened, drawn by divine attraction [3.5s]

INBA34:292, BLIB_Or11095#348,

AQA1#157, MYD.381x

Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00875

940

هذا کتاب من لدی القیوم لقوم یعلمون هل الذین اعرضوا علی شیء لا وربک المهیمن القیوم

This is a Book from before the Self-Subsisting unto those who possess understanding. Are they who have turned away possessed of aught? Nay, by thy Lord, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s]

INBA34:118, BLIB_Or11096#265x, , BLIB_Or15707.018, , BLIB_Or15735.192,

AQA1#011, AYBY.025b, HYK.192

Call to action; Personal instructions; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God is its own standard

ROB3.179, LL#368

BH00813

1000

هذا کتاب من لدی البهاء الی الذین عصمهم الله من خزی النفس و الهوی و ادخلهم فی

This is the Book from before Bahá unto those whom God hath preserved from the shame of self and desire and caused to enter into [incomplete source text] [3.5s]... ...Peruse My verses with joy and radiance. Verily they will attract you unto God and will enable you to detach yourselves from aught else save Him

INBA34:116, BLIB_Or15707.008, , BLIB_Or15735.186, , Majlis934.114.04-115.08x

AQA1#010, AKHA_124BE #04-05 p.ax, HYK.186

COC#0365x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH04732

200

ذکری لمن خرق الاحجاب و اقبل الی الله ربه العزیز الوهاب لیجد نفحه الرحمن من هذا

A remembrance unto him who hath rent asunder the veils and turned unto God, his Lord, the All-Glorious, the All-Bountiful, that he may inhale the fragrances of the All-Merciful from this [3.5s]

INBA34:277, BLIB_Or11095#347,

AQA1#140, MAS4.365ax

Contention and conflict; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech

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

BH02513

350

ان یا ایها العبد الناظر الی الله ان استمع ندائی من حول العرش انه لا اله الا

O thou servant who gazeth upon God! Hearken unto My call from around the Throne: Verily, there is no God but [3.5s]

INBA34:269, BLIB_Or03116.081r.07x,

AQA1#132

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Pioneering; travel teaching; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

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

BH00505

Lawh-i-Aqdas (Tablet to the Christians)

1470

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Lawh-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Tablet)

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 prophetic expectations, reproaches the Christians in general and the clergy in particular for failing to recognize it, asks them to consider how Christ was similarly rejected by the people of His day, and concludes with a series of beatitudes reminiscent of the Sermon on the Mount.

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Monasticism; asceticism; Mosaic imagery; Proclamation to Christians; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of 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

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

AB04793

160

ای طالب وحدت عالم انسانی نامه ات رسید و از قرائت نهایت مسرت حاصل گردید که

O seeker of the unity of the human world, thy letter was received, and its perusal brought the utmost joy [3.5s]

BLIB_Or.08117.043,

MKT3.470

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

AB08089

100

ای دوست محترم تبریک اول سال که ارسال نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید فی الحقیقه اشعار

O esteemed friend! Thy greetings for the New Year which thou hadst sent were noted. Indeed, the verses [3.5s]

BLIB_Or.08117.049,

MKT3.464a

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB01576

310

ای دوست عزیز خود را غریب نامیدی و این بسیار عجیب بینوا گفتی و این بسیار بعید

O dear friend! Thou hast called thyself a stranger, and this is most strange indeed; thou hast named thyself destitute, and this is far from truth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or.08117.072,

MKT3.460, PYB#042 p.02, HDQI.176, ANDA#03 p.10, DAUD.10

Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

AB01258

350

River of Life, The

ای غریب دیار الهی نامه ات رسید و کتاب فارسی بحروف عبرانی ملاحظه گردید

O stranger of the Country of God! Thy letter arrived and the book edited in Persian with Hebrew characters was considered.

BLIB_Or.08117.017,

MKT3.458, DAUD.03

ROL.058-059

Education of children; moral education; Knowledge; recognition of God; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Unity; oneness of humanity

AB03648

190

ای بهائیان نورانیان تهنئت روز نوروز فیروز سبب سرور و شادمانی شب و روز گردید

O luminous Bahá'ís! The felicitation of auspicious Naw-Rúz hath become the cause of joy and gladness both night and day [3.5s]

BLIB_Or.08117.051,

MKT3.452, PYB#172 p.04, DAUD.23

East and West; communication between East and West; Growth of the Cause; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB04846

160

ای منادی بملکوت چنین معلوم است که در جنوب افریکی ایامی بسر میبری و بخدمت عالم

O herald of the Kingdom! It is evident that thou art spending thy days in South Africa, engaged in service to mankind [3.5s]

BLIB_Or.08117.028,

MKT3.443

Attaining the life of the spirit; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB01165

360

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

ای ابناء و بنات ملکوت نامه شما که بالهام آسمانی مرقوم وصول یافت مضامین دلنشین

O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Your letter, which was surely inspired of heaven, hath been received.

BLIB_Or.08117.032,

MKT3.438, MMK1#219 p.263, ASAT5.071x

SWAB#219, SW_v02#05 p.006, CHH.147-148, BLO_PN#022

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB02358

250

Meetings, Bahá'í

ای ثابت بر پیمان ایمان و ایقان مانند شجر بوستانست و اعمال و افعال ممدوحه در

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Faith and certitude are as trees in a garden, and praiseworthy deeds and actions are [3.5s]... ...At these meetings, there should be no extraneous conversation whatever. Rather, the assemblage should confine itself to reading and reciting the Holy Words

BLIB_Or.08117.075,

MKT2.271, AVK3.092.17x, AVK3.144.08x, AVK3.491.08x

BRL_MEET.AB#20x

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Degrees of faith; certitude; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB00414

600

ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء مدتی بود که از اختلاف و عدم ایتلاف احباء در مدینه

O spiritual friends of Abdu'l-Baha! For some time, the disunity and lack of harmony among the friends in the city [3.5s]... ...In every Dispensation the light of Divine Guidance has been focused upon one central theme

BLIB_Or.08117.024,

MKT2.264, YHA1.378x, NJB_v05#07 p.002

PDC.195x, WOB.036x

Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB00262

720

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ای سلاله حضرت ابراهیم جلیل نامه شما رسید رویای شما بسیار مبارک بود زیرا آب

O descendant of His Holiness Abraham! Your letter was received. Your dream was most blessed, for water [3.5s]... ...As for the story of Adam, the Father of Mankind, which is recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, this requireth explanation

BLIB_Or.08687.007,

MKT2.157, AVK2.146.01x, AVK2.152.09x, MAS2.041x

BRL_ATE#054x

Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; God's attributes require the existence of objects; God's knowledge; Intelligible vs. perceptible realities; Interpretation of dreams and visions

BH03572

260

یا حسن اسمتع ندآء الحسین الذی سجن فی حصن عکا بما اکتسبت ایدی الغافلین

O Hasan! Hearken unto the call of Husayn Who hath been incarcerated in the prison fortress of 'Akka by reason of that which the hands of the heedless have wrought

BLIB_Or15715.035a,

SFI21.005-006, MUH3.250, ANDA#54 p.03

BLO_PT#178

Apocalyptic imagery; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Seal of the Prophets; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God the cause of creation

BH07006

140

آیات نازل بشانیکه هر نفسی خود را از احصای آن عاجز مشاهده نماید و بینات ظاهر

Verses have been sent down in such measure that every soul beholdeth itself powerless to reckon them, and manifest are the evidences [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.178b,

SFI21.016

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH07584

130

جمیع امم منتظر ایام ظهور بوده و هستند و بکمال عجز و ابتهال لقای موعود را آمل

All peoples have awaited and continue to await the days of the Manifestation, yearning with the utmost lowliness and supplication for the meeting with the Promised One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.266c,

SFI21.015-016

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH06922

140

امروز روزیست که حقیقت کتاب الهی بر هیکل ظهور ظاهر و ناطق جمیع من علی الارض را در کل

This is the day wherein the Reality of the Divine Book hath been made manifest upon the Temple of Revelation, and calleth unto all who dwell upon the earth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15706.165, , BLIB_Or15715.064a,

SFI21.014a

Development of capacity and readiness; Praise and encouragement; Scarcity of receptive souls; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04894

200

یا حسین ندای مظلوم را بگوش جان اصغا نما لسان قدم بپارسی تکلم میفرماید تا

O Husayn! Hearken with thy soul's ear unto the Voice of the Wronged One. The Tongue of Eternity speaketh now in Persian, that [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.293a,

SFI21.014-015

Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH03266

280

ملاحظه نما و تفکر کن در آنچه در عالم واقع شده علمای ارض و عرفای آن شب و روز

Consider and reflect upon what hath come to pass in the world, how the divines and mystics of the earth, by night and by day [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.142b,

SFI21.013

High station of the true believer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH05257

180

الحمد لله از اشراقات انوار شمس عنایت الهی موفق شدی بر آنچه اکثر عباد از آن ممنوع

Praise be to God that, through the effulgent rays of the Sun of divine bounty, thou hast been enabled to attain that which most of His servants are debarred from [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.112b,

SFI21.012

Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH04939

190

ا ح م د انا اسمعناک ندائی و اریناک افق عرفانی و ذکرناک بما یبقی به ذکرک بدوام

O Ahmad! We have hearkened unto thy call, and revealed unto thee the horizon of Our knowledge, and made mention of thee with that which shall cause thy remembrance to endure [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.294a,

SFI21.012-013

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01190

700

حمد و ثنا مالک اسما را لایق و سزاست که از بحر حقیقت لولو معانی بخشید و از

Praise and thanksgiving befit the King of Names, Who hath bestowed mystic pearls from the ocean of truth

BLIB_Or15701.261,

SFI18.285cx

LOIR20.183-184x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Manifestation of God as educator; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

BH00593

1280

حمد مقدس از السن کائنات بساط اقدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که کلمه اولی

A praise which is exalted above the tongues of all creation beseemeth the most holy court of the Desired One, Who hath made the Primal Word

BLIB_Or15727a.123, , BLIB_Or15732.244,

SFI18.285bx

LOIR20.183x

Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

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

BH00106

4070

حمد مقدس از ذکر و عرفان عالم بشریه ساحت قرب قدس حضرت مالک احدیه را لایق و

Praise, sanctified above the mention and understanding of the world of humanity, befitteth the threshold of holy nearness unto the Lord, the One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.078,

SFI16.050-052x, MAS8.019bx, MAS8.020ax, RAHA.049-050x, RAHA.247-248x

Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02654

Lawh-i-Kimiya 3

340

یا علی قبل اکبر مکتوبت را عبد حاضر حاضر نمود و در منظر اکبر معروض داشت معلوم

O 'Ali-Qabli-Akbar! This servant in attendance presented thy letter and laid it before the Most Great Horizon. Know thou [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.113b, , BLIB_Or15722.168c,

SFI07.016b, MAS1.045x, OOL.B197.3x

Alchemy; the elixir; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#391

BH03137

290

کوثر حیوان از قلم رحمن در کل احیان جاری و ساری است و او است سبب بقای ابدی و

The living waters flow forth and stream at all times from the Pen of the All-Merciful, and these are the cause of everlasting life [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.148b, , BLIB_Or15719.027,

SFI07.016a

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH03807

240

این مظلوم در این شب مبارک رمضان احبای رحمن را ببدایع ذکر و ثنا ذکر مینماید

This Wronged One, on this blessed night of Ramadan, maketh mention of the loved ones of the All-Merciful with wondrous praise and glorification [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.090c,

SFI07.015b

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH06085

160

ای اولیای حق صریر قلم اعلی را بشنوید و بانچه امر نموده عمل نمائید دنیا فانی

O friends of Truth! Hearken unto the rustling of the Supreme Pen and act in accordance with that which hath been commanded. The world is evanescent [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.241a,

SFI07.014b

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Goodly deeds; actions; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH08765

110

جمیع اشیا الیوم بتسبیح و تهلیل مشغولند چه که غیب مکنون بر عرش ظهور مستوی

All things today are engaged in glorification and praise, for the Hidden Mystery hath mounted the Throne of Manifestation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.058a,

SFI07.014a

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; The power of words; of speech

BH03705

250

Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]; Word of God and human limitations

لله عمل الذین قاموا علی خدمه الامر علی شان مااقعدهم ضوضاء العباد و ماخوفهم

For the sake of God are performed the deeds of those who have so arisen to serve the Cause… It is good that thou didst send a copy of Madaníyyih

BLIB_Or15713.131x,

SFI06.010bx, AYI2.083x, HHA.042x, PYB#185 p.03x

ADMS#087x

BH04496

Commentary on Basitatu'l-Haqiqah

210

قل ان العلم فی رتبه الامکان هو نفس المعلوم و فی الذات لایعلمه الا هو کذلک

Say: Knowledge, in the realm of contingent being, is identical with that which is known, and in the Divine Essence none knoweth it save He. Thus hath it been decreed [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#321,

SFI05.012, YMM.207

Knowledge; recognition of God; Procession; appearance of the Word from God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01479

580

ان یا علی اسمع ندآء ربک العلی الاعلی عن جهه العرش لیجذبک الی مقر القدس و

O Ali! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord, the Most Exalted, the Most High, from the direction of the Throne, that it may draw thee unto the sanctified abode [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.014,

SFI04.015

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

BH05723

170

جمیع رجال و نساء عالم منتظر مظهر ظهور الهی و مترصد اشراق نور صمدانی بودند و چون

All the men and women of the world were awaiting the Manifestation of the Divine Revelation and were watchful for the dawning of the Light of the All-Glorious, and when [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.163c,

SFI04.012

Love of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00311

2080

حمد مالک وجود و سلطان غیب و شهودیرا لایق و سزاست که ضوضای علما و اعراض فقها

Praise be to the Sovereign of existence and the Lord of the seen and unseen, Whom the clamor of the divines and the opposition of the doctors of law [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.132,

SFI04.011ax

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08506

120

یا امتی حوریه علیا که در فردوس اعلی در قصر یاقوت مقر دارد باینکلمه ناطق یا

O My handmaiden! The Most Exalted Houri, who dwelleth in the ruby palace in the Supreme Paradise, speaketh this word: O [3.5s]

INBA23:138b, BLIB_Or15724.204a,

SFI03.003ax

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH00410

1690

ان یا رق المنشور اسمع ندآء ربک عن شطر بیته المعمور لتجذبک نفحاته المحبور الی مقر

O unfurled scroll! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord from the direction of His inhabited House, that His gladdening fragrances may draw thee unto the abode [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.310, , Berlin1237#25, ALIB.folder18p126-132

SFI03.026.10x, SFI03.027.15x, SFI03.035.16x, YMM.467x

Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07554

130

ای شریف انشاالله بشرافت کبری فائز شوی و آن شرافت که لم یزل و لایزال عندالله

O noble one! God willing, mayest thou attain unto the supreme nobility - that nobility which hath been from time immemorial and shall ever remain with God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.093b,

SFI02.135

Living waters; water of life; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00498

1480

حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که بیک اشراق آفاق نفاق را بنور توحید و اتفاق

Praise be unto the Desired One, worthy and befitting, Who hath with a single radiance illumined the horizons of discord with the light of unity and concord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.257,

SFI01.154x, MSHR2.052x, MSHR3.119x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH06878

150

یا مهدی امروز سدره بقد اتی الحق ناطق و ندای طور مرتفع حضرت کلیم با یک عصا بر

O Mihdi! On this Day the divine Tree proclaimeth "The Truth hath come!", and the Call from Sinai is raised high. The Interlocutor appeareth with but a single staff [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.047.20,

SFI01.149, MSBH4.456

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00922

Suriy-i-Ma'ani

890

سبحان الذی یسبح له کل من فی السموات و الارض و انه کان علی کل شیء محیطا

Praised be He who offereth glory before Him; all, that is, whether they be in the heavens or upon the earth. He indeed hath ever been All-Encompassing of everything

INBA83:136, BLIB_Or03114.044r, , BLIB_Or15702.082, , BLIB_Or15737.126, , NLAI_BH2.118, ALIB.folder18p219

OOL.B129

HURQ.BH33

Praises God and His Messengers, who receive divine inspiration in various ways; declares as a matter of principle that the transcendent Godhead is not the immediate cause of this inspiration; and extols the transformative power of the word of God at the time of its revelation.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#317

BH01725

Suriy-i-Javad

510

ذکر اسم ربک عبده جواد الذی آمن و هدی و استقر علی الامر فی یوم الذی زلت فیه اقدام

Make mention of the Name of thy Lord, His servant Jawad, who came to faith and was one guided aright. And he was one established in His Cause on the Day

INBA83:123, BLIB_Or03114.033, , BLIB_Or15702.047, , BLIB_Or15737.114, , ALIB.folder18p318

OOL.B127

HURQ.BH40

Recalls the idol worshippers of ages past and condemns their blind imitation, equates their words and deeds with those of the Bábís, and affirms that most of the people today are similarly worshipping false idols and that when they are gone it will be as if they had never existed, but that none of this will hinder the divine Sun from shining.

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Idolatry; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

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 have Bahá’u’lláh killed, which was averted through divine protection, and Bahá’u’lláh’s open offer of forgiveness should His half-brother turn to Him in repentance.

Call to action; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

LL#307

BH00343

Suriy-i-Fadl

1920

Suriy-i-Fadl

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 Báb and to sharply challenge those who have repudiated the former’s claim, asking them to consider the infinite grace of God in revealing again the divine verses.

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

BH00440

1610

لله الحمد صراط واضح و سبیل لائح و دلیل مشهود و علم ظهور بر اعلی الاعلام

Praise be unto God! Clear is the path, manifest is the way, evident is the proof, and the banner of Divine Revelation is raised upon the highest heights [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15701.331,

NJB_v12#08 p.152x

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Oneness; unity of religion; Outward and inward meanings; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01996

440

ای حیدر ندایت مره بعد مره و کره بعد کره و طورا بعد طور اصغا شد اگر قلم اعلی

O Haydar! Time and time again, repeatedly and in cycle after cycle, We have hearkened unto thy call. If the Most Exalted Pen [3.5s]

INBA42:261, INBA97:084, BLIB_Or15697.002, , Majlis210461.048-050

KHSH08.006, ASAT5.347x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH06480

150

ای ورقه انشاء الله از اریاح اراده سدره متحرک باشی و بذکرش ناطق اگر آفتاب

O Leaf! God willing, mayest thou be stirred by the breezes of the Divine Will, even as the Lote-Tree, and be moved to utter His praise [3.5s]

INBA19:111, INBA32:102b, BLIB_Or15710.280,

KHSH05.008, AYI2.065

Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH10609

شهد قلمی الاعلی باقبالک و توجهک و قیامک علی خدمه الامر اذ اعرض عنه الذین کانوا

The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness to thy recognition, thy turning unto God, and thy rising to serve His Cause when they that once were turned away [3.5s]

INBA19:118a, INBA32:108, BLIB_Or15696.087b,

KHSH05.007

Praise and encouragement

BH10686

یا ایها الغریب المظلوم یشهد لسان العظمه و قلمی الاعلی بانک سمعت حفیف سدره

O thou wronged and forlorn stranger! The Tongue of Grandeur and My Most Exalted Pen bear witness that thou hast hearkened unto the rustling of the divine Lote-Tree [3.5s]

INBA19:118b, INBA32:109a, BLIB_Or15696.187d,

KHSH05.005

Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment

BH03872

240

قد حضر کتابک لدی الوجه و توجه الیه لحاظ ربک المقتدر العزیز المنان و وجدنا منه

Thy letter hath reached Our presence, and thy Lord, the Omnipotent, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful, hath turned His gaze upon it, and We found therein [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03116.122r, , BLIB_Or11096#058,

KHSH13.008

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH04261

220

قلم اعلی شهادت میدهد بغربت و کربت و بلایای تو فی سبیل الله رب العالمین و این

The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness to thine estrangement and grief and the afflictions thou hast suffered in the path of God, the Lord of all worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.072a, , ALIB.folder18p501c

KHSH13.007

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH06029

160

الواح منیعه از ساحت اقدس مخصوص آنجناب نازل و ارسال شد در جمیع احوال مراقب امر

Mighty Tablets have been revealed and sent down from the Most Holy Court, specifically destined for your honor. Under all conditions remain vigilant in the Cause [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#132, , BLIB_Or15710.096,

KHSH13.007

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01960

450

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق فی السجن الاعظم انه لمرجع الباساء

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh in the Most Great Prison is verily the Source of affliction [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.230,

KHSH13.005

Exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00831

980

الحمد لله الذی علمنا بانه هو الفاعل المختار یفعل ما یشاء و ینطق کیف یشاء و

Praise be to God Who hath taught us that He is the sovereign Doer, Who doeth whatsoever He willeth and speaketh as He pleaseth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15732.309,

KHSH11.046, AYI2.267x

Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Quddus; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH07371

140

یا حسین انشاء الله بانوار آفتاب حقیقت روشن و منیر باشی و بذکر الهی که از اعظم

O Ḥusayn! God grant thou shalt ever be bright and radiant, beaming with the light of the Sun of Truth

BLIB_Or15715.051d,

AADA.039-040, TBP#17c

TB#17c

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Living waters; water of life; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00785

1020

یا اسمی علیک بهائی و عنایتی قد حضر العبد الحاضر و قرء الکتاب الذی ارسلته

O My Name! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness! The servant in attendance hath read the Book which thou didst send [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.245, , BLIB_Or15699.023,

AADA.037-038x

Christ; Christianity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05140

190

لحظات الطاف الهیه از مشرق آیات ربانیه بانجناب متوجه بوده و انشاء الله خواهد

The glances of Divine favors have been directed towards thee from the Dawning-Place of heavenly verses, and, God willing, shall continue thus [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.049b,

AADA.035

Call to action; Oneness; unity of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00316

Lawh-i-Jawhar-i-Hamd I

2040

جوهر حمد و ساذج ثنا بساط قدس حضرت محبوبیرا لایق و سزاست که لمیزل مقدس از

The essence of praise and the pure essence of glorification beseemeth the holy court of the Beloved One, Who hath ever been sanctified from [3.5s]

INBA35:161b, BLIB_Or15730.007c,

AADA.033-034x, YMM.283x

HURQ.BH75x

Manifestation of God as mediator; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

SHHB.152, LL#132

BH01181

700

الحمد لله الذی کان و یکون بمثل ما قد کان و الصلوه و السلام علی سید الامکان

Praise be to God, Who was and ever shall be even as He hath been, and blessings and peace be upon the Lord of all existence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.166, , BLIB_Or15711.081, , BLIB_Or15736.006,

AADA.140ax

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BB00010

Tafsir-i-Surah wa'l-'Asr (Commentary on the Surah of the Afternoon)

22000

Gate of the Heart

Tafsir-i-Suriy-i-Va'l-'Asr (Commentary on the Surih of the Afternoon)

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; Twofold; threefold 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

BH05931

170

یا ابن هارون یذکرک المظلوم من شطر السجن و یدعوک الی الله المهیمن القیوم ان

O Son of Aaron! The Wronged One remembereth thee from the prison-precinct, and calleth thee unto God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.296b,

TAH.290

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Suffering and imprisonment

BH09812

جمیع عالم در این یوم موعود بانوار وجه مالک وجود منور ولکن بعضی باعمال و

All the world, on this promised Day, is illumined by the lights of the Countenance of the Lord of existence, yet some through their deeds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.095b,

TAH.238

Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH05376

180

ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز بایام الله رب العالمین لیقربه الی مقام لایری فیه الا انوار

This remembrance from Our presence is unto him who hath attained unto the Days of God, the Lord of all worlds, that it may draw him nigh unto a station wherein naught is beheld save the lights [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.354a,

TAH.202

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; The power of words; of speech

BH02380

370

انشاء الله لم یزل و لایزال از امطار سحاب رحمت رحمانی تازه و خرم باشی و از نار

God willing, thou hast been and wilt ever remain fresh and verdant through the rain-showers of the clouds of the grace of the All-Merciful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.353a,

TAH.194

Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH07137

140

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له العظمه و الاقتدار یفعل ما یشاء و یحکم ما یرید و هو العلیم الخبیر

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the majesty and the power. He doeth whatsoever He willeth and ordaineth whatsoever He pleaseth. He is, in truth, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.1.074a,

TAH.189

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02775

320

ساذج حمد و جوهر آن محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که بقدرت کامله خود بکلمه نطق

The pure essence of praise and its quintessence befitteth that Beloved One Who, through His complete sovereignty, spoke forth the Word [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.071c,

TAH.188

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The power of words; of speech

BH00344

1920

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق و انها لروح الحیوان لاهل ملا الاعلی و مائده

These are the verses of God, revealed in truth, and verily they are the spirit of life unto the denizens of the celestial concourse and a heavenly feast [3.5s]

INBA42:236x, BLIB_Or15725.001,

BNEP.114x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10391

ندای الهی در جمیع احیان مرتفع است و قلم اعلی در کل اوان ناطق و این قلم در

The divine Call is raised at every moment, and the Most Exalted Pen speaketh at all times, and this Pen [3.5s]

INBA23:171b, BLIB_Or15710.260d, , BLIB_Or15730.027c,

KHMI.027

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10563

جمیع از برای لقای الهی خلق شده اند و کل را از این مقام اعلی قسمت بوده و هست ولکن احتجابات خلق مابین فیض

All have been created for the divine meeting, and unto each hath been and will ever be allotted a portion of this most exalted station; yet the veils of creation stand between them and the divine bounty [3.5s]

INBA23:173b, BLIB_Or15710.257b, BLIB_Or15710.288ax, BLIB_Or15730.020a,

KHMI.026, YMM.390

Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Outward and inward meanings; Purpose; goal of creation; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

BH10076

Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

یا ربی و الهی هذا صبی قد اظهرته من صلب احد من عبادک الذی قدرت له شانا من

O Lord, my God! This is a child that hath sprung from the loins of one of Thy servants to whom Thou hast granted a distinguished station

BLIB_Or15725.230c,

MMTF.006

BRL_CHILD#02, BPRY.027

Naming of children; of individuals; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for children and youth; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00458

1570

در این ایام که نار ظلم مشتعل و نور عدل مستور قلم اعلی تو را ذکر مینماید و

In these days when the fire of tyranny blazeth fiercely and the light of justice remaineth concealed, the Most Exalted Pen maketh mention of thee and [3.5s]

INBA84:221b.14, BLIB_Or15730.073,

RHQM1.519-520 (637) (390-391x), NSS.122-123x

Chastisement and requital; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH05442

180

قاصد امین نامه مشکین را بیک پر از سموات وجود صعود نموده و بارض شهود ورود

The trusty messenger of the fragrant missive hath, with a single wing, ascended through the heavens of existence and descended unto the realm of manifestation [3.5s]

INBA36:333, BLIB_Or15722.249,

RHQM1.340-340 (414) (251x), MSHR2.175x

Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03436

270

یا محمد یا من اقبلت الی افقی و انفقت ما عندک طلبا لرضائی یذکرک المظلوم بما

O Muhammad! O thou who hast turned thy face towards My horizon and hast expended that which thou didst possess in search of My good-pleasure! The Wronged One maketh mention of thee with that which [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.092, , BLIB_Or15730.033a,

KHAF.058

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH03065

290

امروز مکلم طور در ملکوت بیان ناطق و کل را بصراط مستقیم و نباء عظیم دعوت میفرماید

In this day doth He Who conversed upon Sinai speak forth within the Kingdom of utterance, summoning all humanity unto the straight path and the Most Great Announcement [3.5s]... ...Your letter was sent to the Supreme Threshold by Afnan on whom be My glory. The youth mentioned therein attained Our presence. Although this Wronged One had not consorted for many years past with people from foreign lands, We received him on several occasions. Portents of sincerity could be discerned on his visage.

BLIB_Or15695.114,

KHAF.263

EGBBF.052x, HURQ.BH61x

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH07472

130

الهی الهی یشهد لسان المظلوم بوحدانیتک و فردانیتک و بما انزلته من قلمک الاعلی

My God, my God! The tongue of the Wronged One beareth witness to Thy oneness and Thy singleness, and to that which Thou hast revealed through Thy Most Exalted Pen [3.5s]

INBA51:356a, BLIB_Or15716.092c,

KHAF.241b

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for women

BH03475

260

جناب افنان علیه سلام الرحمن مکرر بحضور فائز لله الحمد نزد مظلوم مذکورند و

The honored Afnán—upon him be the peace of the Merciful—hath repeatedly attained Our presence. Praised be God that he is mentioned by this Wronged One

INBA51:348b, BLIB_Or15716.099c,

KHAF.221, MYD.810, MYD.817

GEN.338-339

Call to action; Hands of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH09302

100

ای ورقه انشاء الله بعنایت مالک بریه در کل عوالم بسدره الهیه متمسک باشی فضل

O leaf ! God willing, through the bounties of the Lord of Creation, thou wilt be attached to the divine Lote-Tree in all the worlds

INBA51:315, BLIB_Or11096#212, , BLIB_Or15696.068d, , BLIB_Or15710.069b,

KHAF.198a, MATA.167-168

GEN.310x

Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01419

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Zahra Bagum

610

یا اوراق سدرتی علیکن بهاء الله رب العالمین یا اثمار شجر عنایتی علیکن نور الله

O ye Leaves of My Divine Lote-Tree! Upon ye be the Glory of God, the Lord of both worlds. O ye fruits of My Tree of Bounty! Upon ye rest the Light of God, the Luminous, the Radiant, the Effulgent!

INBA51:343, BLIB_Or15716.034.12,

KHAF.188

GEN.121-122

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Prayer for forgiveness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#166

BH08618

120

یا ورقه العلیا قد شهد لک القلم الاعلی فی ملکوت الانشاء بانک انت سمعت الندآء

O Most Exalted Leaf! The Supreme Pen hath borne witness unto thee in the Kingdom of creation that thou didst hearken unto the Call [3.5s]

INBA51:309, BLIB_Or15715.100a,

KHAF.187

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH06828

150

یا حسین ان الحسین یذکرک من شطر السجن فی هذا الحین الذی احاطته الاحزان من کل

O Ḥusayn! Verily, Ḥusayn maketh mention of thee from the precincts of the prison at this hour when sorrows have encompassed him from every side [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.313b,

DBR.033

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH01858

480

یا نعمت نعمت الهی در مقام اول و رتبه اولی عرفانش بوده و هست و همچنین آیات او

O Ni'mat! The bounty of God, in the first station and highest rank, hath ever been and shall ever remain His recognition, and likewise His verses [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.051.06,

TABN.340

Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH00239

2560

ان الذین سافروا و هاجروا الی الله اولئک لهم اجر عظیم طوبی لاهل النون الذین

Verily they who have journeyed and migrated unto God, theirs shall be a mighty reward. Blessed be the people of Nún who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#245, , BLIB_Or15710.034,

TABN.327

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH01273

670

ینوح الحمد و یقول انی لست اهلا لمن لایوصف بالمقال و لایذکر بالامثال و الثناء

Praise lamenteth, saying: "Verily, I am unworthy of Him Who cannot be described in speech nor portrayed through parables and praise." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.319, , BLIB_Or15732.314,

TABN.029x, TABN.195x

Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04111

230

یا رمضان علیک بهاء الرحمن در این ماه مبارک اولیای این ارض بشرف صوم حقیقی

O Ramadan! Upon thee be the glory of the All-Merciful! In this blessed month the chosen ones of this earth are honored with the true fast [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.146a, , BLIB_Or15728.005b,

TABN.258

Law of fasting; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for strength; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH04816

200

کتاب من لدنا لمن اقبل و فاز بعرفان الله علی قدر معلوم یا باقر لو تعرف مقام

A Book from Our presence unto them that have turned unto and attained the knowledge of God according to a prescribed measure. O Báqir! Wert thou to apprehend [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.288d,

TABN.248a

Chastisement and requital; High station of learning; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00441

1610

یا اشرف عالمرا دخان غفلت و غبار اوهام از مشاهده اشراقات انوار وجه مالک انام

O Most Noble One! The smoke of heedlessness and the dust of vain imaginings have prevented the world from beholding the effulgent rays of the Countenance of the Lord of all mankind [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.289,

TABN.217

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH03339

270

ذکر الله عبده حینئذ فی ملکوت الاسماء و الصفات لیستبشر فی نفسه علی اعلی المقام

He hath made mention of His servant at this moment in the Kingdom of Names and Attributes, that he may rejoice within himself at the most exalted station [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.436, , ALIB.folder18p392

TABN.214

Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment

BH03026

300

هذا کتاب الله قد نزل بالحق و فیه یذکر عبد الذی استشهد فی سبیله و اخذته نفحات

This is the Book of God, which hath been sent down in truth, wherein mention is made of the servant who was martyred in His path and whom the divine fragrances overtook [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.430, , ALIB.folder18p388

TABN.213

Eulogies; reminiscences; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment

BH03334

270

تلک آیات نزلت حینئذ بالحق من جبروت عز بهیا و ینطق فی کل شیء بان افتح عیناک

These are the verses which have been sent down in truth from the dominion of glorious might, speaking forth in all things: "Open thou thine eyes!" [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.428, , ALIB.folder18p387

TABN.212

High station of the true believer; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH03150

290

هذه ورقه الخلد قد تحرک فی فردوس اللوح علی هیئه الکلمات و یظهر من اطوارها و

This is the immortal Leaf which hath stirred in the paradise of the Tablet, assuming the form of words, and from its movements doth manifest [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.435, , ALIB.folder18p391

TABN.211

Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH03645

250

ذکر الله عبده الذی مسته الباساء فی سبیل ربه و ارتقی الی الله حین الذی کان بایدی

God maketh mention of His servant who was touched by tribulation in the path of his Lord and ascended unto God at a time foreordained [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.432, , ALIB.folder18p390

TABN.210b, YMM.370x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH03117

290

فطوبی لک بما سماک الله برکن الاول من الاسمین من هذا الاسم الذی منه فزع کل من

Blessed art thou, inasmuch as God hath named thee the First Pillar of the twin Names derived from this Name, whereat all have been struck with terror [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.426, , ALIB.folder18p386

TABN.210a

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH05551

180

هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و فیه یذکر امه من اماء الله التی آمنت بربها و انقطعت عن

This Book speaketh the truth, and therein mention is made of a handmaiden among the handmaidens of God who believed in her Lord and detached herself from all else [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.612b, , ALIB.folder18p485a

TABN.203

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH02260

390

النور المشرق من افق سماء العطاء و التجلی الظاهر الساطع من اراده الله فاطر السماء

The Light that dawneth from the horizon of the heaven of bounty, and the manifest effulgence shining forth from the Will of God, Creator of the heavens [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15714.107, , Majlis210461.088-090

QMSI2.815, ANB.317

Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Visitation Tablets

BH03966

230

اذا ینادی قلم الاعلی بان ابشروا یا ملا الوفا بما جرت فلک الحمرا علی لجه الاسما

Thus doth the Most Exalted Pen proclaim: Rejoice, O concourse of the faithful, for the Crimson Ark hath sailed upon the sea of names [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.580, , ALIB.folder18p437

AQA7#520 p.366

Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH03430

270

یا غلامحسین نور مبین از افق اراده رب العالمین مشرق و لائح و ندای جان فزای

O Ghulam-Husayn! The manifest Light hath dawned forth from the horizon of the Will of the Lord of the worlds, and the soul-stirring Call [3.5s]

INBA15:362x, INBA26:366bx, BLIB_Or15724.004x,

AQA7#518 p.364x, AHM.369x, AQMJ1.176bx, ADH1.027x

Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH09042

110

نامه ات قرائت شد و ما فیه مشهود و معلوم گشت آنچه بر شما وارد لاجل الله بوده

Your letter was perused, and its contents became manifest and evident. That which hath befallen you hath been for God's sake [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#195,

AQA7#517 p.363

Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH04473

210

عبد حاضر با نامه ات حاضر و تلقاء وجه عرض نمود لله الحمد نفحه استقامت از آن

the servant in attendance hath appeared with thy letter and presented it before Our countenance. Praise be unto God, for the fragrance of steadfastness emanateth therefrom [3.5s]

INBA23:157, BLIB_Or15712.013,

AQA7#514 p.358

Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH08702

110

انا نذکر من ذکرنا و نبشر الذین آمنوا بالله رب العالمین قد ظهر ما کان مستورا

We make mention of him who hath made mention of Us, and give glad-tidings unto them who have believed in God, the Lord of all worlds. That which was hidden hath been made manifest [3.5s]

INBA15:322b, INBA26:326a, BLIB_Or15712.234a, , BLIB_Or15734.1.096b,

AQA7#505 p.340a

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10106

یا محمد قبل صادق ذکرت لدی المظلوم مذکور و قلم اعلی از شطر عکا بتو توجه نموده و

O Muhammad-Sadiq! Thy remembrance hath come before the Wronged One, and the Most Exalted Pen hath turned toward thee from the precincts of 'Akká [3.5s]

INBA19:176b, INBA32:160b, BLIB_Or15715.331d,

AQA7#503 p.337, LHKM1.119

Excellence; distinction; Praise and encouragement; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship

BH07094

140

سبحان الذی اظهر نفسه بین الامم و به انار افق العالم ولکن الناس اکثرهم من

Glorified be He Who hath manifested Himself amidst the nations and through Whom the horizon of the world hath been illumined, yet most among men [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.030c,

AQA7#501 p.336a

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

BH10064

یا جلال یذکرک الغنی المتعال من شطر سجنه الاعظم لتشکر ربک العزیز الوهاب انه

O Jalál! The All-Sufficient, the Most Exalted, maketh mention of thee from the precincts of His Most Great Prison, that thou mayest render thanks unto thy Lord, the Almighty, the All-Bountiful. Verily He [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.108a,

AQA7#499 p.334a

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08933

110

قد ظهر الامر فی المنظر الاکبر بهذا الاسم الذی به انار افق البیان و نطقت

The Cause hath appeared from the Most Great Horizon through this Name, whereby the horizon of utterance was illumined and gave voice [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.107b,

AQA7#498 p.333

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03745

250

یا ایها الناظر الی الافق الاعلی ان استمع ندآء مالک الوری انه یجذبک الی مقام

O thou who gazest towards the Most Exalted Horizon! Hearken unto the Call of the Lord of Creation, for verily He draweth thee unto a station [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.370d,

AQA7#497 p.332

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH10079

یا رحیم فاعلم بان قلمی لم یر الراحه و السکون فی کل الاحیان ارتفع صریره و دعا

O Rahim! Know thou that My Pen hath found no rest or tranquility at any time; its cry hath been raised aloft [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.108b,

AQA7#493 p.329a

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06393

160

یشهد المظلوم بوحدانیه الله و فردانیته و باسمائه الحسنی و صفاته العلیا هو الذی

The Wronged One beareth witness unto the oneness of God and His singleness, unto His most excellent names and His most exalted attributes. He is the One Who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.287b,

AQA7#488 p.307a

Consolation and comfort; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11189

یا مهدی ان استمع ندائی من شطر سجنی انه لا اله الا انا العلیم الحکیم قد ذکرناک

O Mihdi! Hearken thou unto My call from the precincts of My prison. Verily, there is none other God but Me, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. We have remembered thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15706.222, , BLIB_Or15715.088h,

AQA7#487 p.306

Call to action; Praise and encouragement

BH08727

110

ای دوستان ربیع رحمانیست و نسایم عنایت الهی جاری و ساری جهد نمائید تا اشجار

O friends! The divine springtime is here, and the breezes of God's loving-kindness are wafting and diffusing. Strive ye that the trees [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.154b,

AQA7#481 p.303a, PYB#233 p.03

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH06249

160

قد نزلت آیات الله المقتدر العلیم الحکیم و ظهر ما کان مکنونا فی العلم و مخزونا

The verses of God, the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, have been sent down, and that which lay hidden in knowledge and treasured therein hath been made manifest [3.5s]

INBA15:365b, INBA26:369b, BLIB_Or15695.001a,

AQA7#477 p.299

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan

BH10367

قل یا معشر البیان قد اتی الرحمن بسلطان مبین هذا یوم فیه نادت الاشیاء الملک

Say: O Concourse of the Bayán! The All-Merciful hath come with manifest sovereignty. This is the Day whereon all things have proclaimed the Kingdom [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.181b,

AQA7#476 p.298b

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH08975

110

کتاب الرحمن نزل بالحق من لدی الله رب العالمین و یامر الناس بالعدل و بما انزل

The Book of the All-Merciful hath been sent down in truth from the presence of God, the Lord of all worlds, and doth enjoin upon mankind justice and that which hath been revealed [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.082d,

AQA7#471 p.293b

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH08611

120

یا ورقتی ان استمعی حفیف سدره عنایتی انها تعزیک فیما ورد علیک من قضاء الله ربک

O My leaf! Hearken thou unto the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree of My loving-kindness. Verily, it consoleth thee in what hath befallen thee through the decree of God, thy Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.1.073b,

AQA7#468 p.292a, KHAF.056

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH05913

170

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی العزیز لیفرح و یکون من الشاکرین یا عزیز نشهد انک اقبلت

This is a Book from Our presence unto the cherished one, that he may rejoice and be among them that render thanks. O cherished one! We bear witness that thou hast turned [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.087a,

AQA7#467 p.291

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH03158

290

یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه جناب امین از قبل و بعد ذکر شما را نموده و از فضل و

O thou who gazest upon the Countenance! His honor the Trusted One hath made mention of thee, both before and after, through grace and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15699.036,

AQA7#465 p.287

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement

BH07418

140

یا محمد قبل قلی اشهد بما شهد المظلوم انه لا اله الا هو الفرد الخبیر ثم اشهد

O Muhammad-Quli! Bear thou witness unto that which the Wronged One hath testified - that there is none other God but Him, the Single One, the All-Informed [3.5s]

INBA18:547, BLIB_Or15724.003a,

AQA7#464 p.286

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH06204

160

شهد الله انه اتی بمظهر نفسه و مشرق آیاته و مطلع بیانه الذی ینطق بالحق و یدع

God testifieth that He hath come through the Manifestation of His Self, the Dawning-Place of His signs and the Source of His utterance, Who speaketh with truth and calleth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.181a,

AQA7#459 p.280

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH10499

یا ورقتی و ام افنانی علیک بهائی و رحمتی التی سبقت من فی السموات و الارضین حمد

O My Leaf and Mother of Afnán! Upon thee be My glory and My mercy that hath preceded all who are in the heavens and on earth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.220,

AQA7#457 p.278

Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies

BH06042

160

ان التوراه ینادی و یقول قد اتی منزلی بایاته الکبری ان اقبلوا الیه یا

Lo, the Torah doth cry aloud and proclaim: He Who revealed Me hath come with His most mighty signs. Turn ye unto Him, O people [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.284,

AQA7#456 p.277

Exhortations and counsels; Knowledge; recognition of God; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to Muslims; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01019

820

یا اسمی مهدی مکتوب افنان الف و حا علیه بهائی که باسم شما بود عبد حاضر لدی

O My Name Mihdi! The letter of the Afnán, A. and H. - upon him be My glory - which bore thy name hath been laid before Me [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.267, , BLIB_Or15715.053x,

AQA7#455 p.274

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Eulogies; reminiscences; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH04581

210

یا حسین قصد مقصد اقصی نمودی و بذروه علیا و افق اعلی اقبال کردی و از عنایات

O Husayn! Thou hast purposed to attain the Ultimate Goal, and turned thy face toward the Most Exalted Summit and the Supreme Horizon, and through the bounties [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.221c,

AQA7#454 p.273

Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH03852

240

سمع المظلوم ندائک اقبل الیک من شطر السجن و اجابک بلوح اذ اشرق من افق سماء

The Wronged One hath heard thy call, and hath turned toward thee from the precincts of the Prison, answering thee with a Tablet that hath shone forth from the horizon of heaven [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.157,

AQA7#452 p.271

Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04504

210

کتاب الله ینطق بالحق بین الخلق و یهدی الکل الی صراطه المستقیم قد اتی النبا

The Book of God proclaimeth the truth amidst all created things and guideth all unto His straight path. Verily, the Announcement hath come [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15726.105,

AQA7#446 p.264

Apocalyptic imagery; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power of prayer; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08287

120

شهد الله انی آمنت بالذی بذکره شرب المقربون رحیق الحیوان و المخلصون ما عجز عن

God beareth witness that I have believed in Him through Whose mention the near ones have quaffed the wine of life, and the sincere ones that which transcendeth description [3.5s]

INBA51:445b, BLIB_Or15696.198e,

AQA7#442 p.258b

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH08201

120

ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز بانوار البیان اذ اتی الرحمن و آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who attained unto the lights of the Bayán when the All-Merciful appeared and believed in God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.291a, , BLIB_Or15734.1.071b,

AQA7#441 p.258a

Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH10440

یا حبیب یذکرک المحبوب و انه لهو المظلوم الذی سجن فی سبیل الله المهیمن القیوم

O Friend! The Best-Beloved maketh mention of thee, and verily He is the Wronged One Who hath been imprisoned in the path of God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.107d,

AQA7#440 p.257

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH07144

140

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق بالحق انه لهو السر المستور و الکتاب المکنون

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh Truth is verily the Hidden Mystery and the Treasured Book [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.310a, , BLIB_Or15730.083d,

AQA7#439 p.256, QUM.096-097

Call to action; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Praise and encouragement; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01508

570

ان یا هیکل ان افرح فی نفسک بما بنیناک من زبر البیان و عمرناک باسم ربک الرحمن

O Temple! Rejoice thou within thyself, inasmuch as We have raised thee up through the tablets of utterance and sustained thee through the name of thy Lord, the All-Merciful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#091,

AQA7#438 p.253

Attainment to faith in the twinkling of an eye; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Idolatry; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04643

200

ان یا حسین اسمع ندآء هذا الحسین حین الذی احاطه کلاب البغضا فی هذالبئر

O Ḥusayn! Hearken unto the call of this Ḥusayn, at a time when the hounds of hatred have encompassed him in this pit [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.613, , ALIB.folder18p474b

AQA7#436 p.251

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH06286

160

لحاظ عنایت الهی لم یزل و لایزال متوجه منتسبین بوده و خواهد بود و این عنایت

The glance of Divine favor hath ever been, and will continue to be, directed towards them that are related unto Him, and this bounty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.074b,

AQA7#434 p.250a

Exhortations and counsels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH03446

260

الحمد لله نار ظهور از شجره مبارکه مشتعل و ظاهر و نور احدیه از افق سماء اراده

Praise be to God, the Fire of Manifestation hath blazed forth and been made manifest from the blessed Tree, and the Light of Oneness shineth from the horizon of the heaven of Will [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.259a,

AQA7#432 p.247, ADM2#015 p.032x

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01226

680

الحمد لله الذی باسمه تحرک خیط القضاء اذا سرع العاشقون الی مقر الفدآء و

Praise be unto Him through Whose Name the thread of destiny was set in motion when the lovers hastened unto the place of sacrifice [3.5s]

INBA07:193, INBA31:016, BLIB_Or11097#061, , NLAI_BH4.199-202

AQA7#431 p.243

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Work as worship

BH01409

610

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق انه لمکلم موسی فی الطور و الناطق فی

God testifieth that there is no God but Him, and He Who speaketh is verily He Who conversed with Moses upon the Mount and Who uttereth speech in [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.180, , BLIB_Or15711.036,

AQA7#430 p.240

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; 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

BH07824

130

کتاب نزل بالحق فی ملکوت الله رب العالمین و یبشر الکل بظهور الله و سلطانه ولکن

A Book sent down in truth from the Kingdom of God, the Lord of the worlds, and beareth glad-tidings unto all of the Manifestation of God and His sovereignty, yet [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.058c,

AQA7#426 p.217b

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Exhortations and counsels; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10608

شهد المظلوم فی السجن الاعظم انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ظهر لهو الموعود فی کتب

The Wronged One beareth witness in the Most Great Prison that there is none other God but Him, and that He Who hath appeared is indeed the Promised One in the Books [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.188a,

AQA7#425 p.217a

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04779

200

Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God

قد حضر کتابک لدی المظلوم فی هذا السجن الاعظم و قرئه العبد الحاضر و اجبناک

Thy letter hath been presented before this Wronged One in this Most Great Prison. The servant-in-attendance read it aloud, and We respond to thee with this lucid Tablet

BLIB_Or15697.040,

AQA7#423 p.215, TAH.199a

ADMS#249

BH11195

یا ورقتی ان استمعی ندائی انه یذکرک کما ذکرک من قبل جزآء ما عملته فی سبیله

O My Leaf! Hearken thou unto My voice. Verily, He maketh mention of thee even as He mentioned thee aforetime, in recompense for what thou didst achieve in His path [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.091b,

AQA7#421 p.214a

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement

BH09479

100

قد ظهر الفزع الاکبر بما اکتسبت ایدی الظالمین قد ناحت الاشیاء بما ناح الرسول

The Most Great Terror hath appeared through that which the hands of the oppressors have wrought. All things lament by reason of that which caused the Messenger to lament [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.2.012a,

AQA7#419 p.212b

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00729

Lawh-i-Ghulamu'l-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth)

1070

Days of Remembrance

Lawh-i-Ghulamul-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth)

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 is compared to that of Joseph, who is unveiled by the Maid of Heaven and who summons His lovers unto Him.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Mystical themes; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

ROB1.213, MMAH.125, GSH.032, LL#090

BH04406

210

ای امه الله طرف الله بتو ناظر و از رحمت محیطه و عنایت سابقه در این سجن مبین

O handmaid of God! The glance of God is fixed upon thee, and from His all-encompassing mercy and His pre-existent grace, in this Most Manifest Prison [3.5s]

INBA35:082a, BLIB_Or15710.153b, , BLIB_Or15719.022b,

AQA7#409 p.192

Knowledge; recognition of God; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement

BH04411

210

ای کمال غنی متعال در سجن اعظم تو را ذکر مینماید هیچ فضلی اعظم از این نبوده و

O Kamal! The All-Possessing, the Most Exalted, maketh mention of thee from within the Most Great Prison. No bounty hath been greater than this [3.5s]

INBA35:081, BLIB_Or15710.153a, , BLIB_Or15719.021b,

AQA7#408 p.191

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH09337

100

دوست یکتا میفرماید ای دوستان از آلایش امکان خود را طاهر نمائید تا باسایش

The Peerless Friend proclaimeth: O friends! Purify yourselves from the defilements of the contingent world, that ye may attain unto repose [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.156e,

AQA7#406 p.190a, AKHA_119BE #03-04 p.a, AKHA_135BE #05 p.94

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love as fire; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH05357

180

حق جل جلاله ندای دوستان خود را شنیده و میشنود و جواب از مطلع عنایت نازل شده

The True One, glorified be His majesty, hath heard and heareth the call of His friends, and the response hath been revealed from the Dayspring of grace [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.223b, , BLIB_Or15719.129b,

AQA7#405 p.189

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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

BH07432

140

یا ورقتی اشهد انک فزت باللقاء و اقبلت اذ سمعت الندآء و توجهت اذ اشرقت شمس

O My Leaf! I bear witness that thou hast attained unto the presence, that thou didst hasten when thou heardst the Call, and that thou didst turn thyself when the Sun shone forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.197a,

AQA7#399 p.169

Mindfulness; concentration; focus; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Word of God is its own standard

BH08721

110

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ای جوان انشاء الله از عنایت رحمن بفیوضات نامتناهیه ایام الهیه فائز باشی و از

O youth! God willing, through the bounty of the All-Merciful, thou hast attained the limitless outpourings of these divine days

BLIB_Or15715.156d,

AQA7#398 p.168b

ADMS#284

BH09537

100

کتاب انزله منزل قدیم الذی بایاته تزعزع کل بنیان مرصوص انه اتی بالحق و ینطق

The Book hath been sent down by the Ancient Revealer, by Whose verses every mighty edifice hath been shaken. Verily, He hath come with the truth and speaketh [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.011c,

AQA7#396 p.167

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00673

1130

حبذا نسیم وصال وزید و عرف لقا در این حین که پنج ساعت بغروب مانده متضوع گشت

How wondrous the breeze of reunion that hath wafted, and the fragrance of meeting that hath been diffused, in this hour when five hours remain until sunset [3.5s]

INBA31:124, BLIB_Or15731.344,

AQA7#388 p.096, PYB#115 p.04x

Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech

BH00745

1050

سبحان الذی یذکر من یشاء بامر من عنده و یلقی من یشاء ما یرید من علمه لا اله الا

Glorified be He Who remembereth whom He willeth through a command from His presence, and bestoweth upon whom He pleaseth whatsoever He desireth of His knowledge. There is no God but Him [3.5s]

INBA18:204c, INBA71:109, BLIB_Or15696.159, , BLIB_Or15738.079,

AQA7#387 p.091, SFI04.018, TZH4.293-295, KHAF.082

Development of capacity and readiness; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Methods of teaching the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment

BH07264

140

لسان قدم اولیای خود را ذکر مینماید و وصیت میفرماید بانچه سبب ارتفاع امرالله

The Tongue of Ancient Days maketh mention of His loved ones and counseleth that which leadeth to the exaltation of the Cause of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.284b,

AQA7#385 p.089a

Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Scarcity of receptive souls; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH09984

کتاب انزله المظلوم لمن شرب الرحیق المختوم من ید عطاء اسمه القیوم لیجذبه

The Book sent down by the Wronged One unto him who hath quaffed the sealed Wine from the hand of the bounty of His Name, the Self-Subsisting, that he may be drawn unto Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15728.220a,

AQA7#384 p.088

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH00653

1170

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی بملکوت الایات انه هو السر المکنون و

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come with the Kingdom of verses is verily the Hidden Mystery [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15724.207,

AQA7#383 p.082, AYI2.045x, RAHA.248-249x

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00960

860

یا اسمی علیک بهائی انشاء الله بعنایت الهی فائز باشی نامه افنان علیه بهائی و

O My Name! Upon thee be My glory! God willing, mayest thou be blessed through divine favor. The letter of the Afnán, upon him be My glory [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.193b, , BLIB_Or15738.150,

AQA7#382 p.077

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The power of words; of speech

BH05952

170

یا امتی یا ورقتی ان استمعی ندائی من شطر سجنی انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم

O My handmaiden! O My leaf! Hearken thou unto My call from the precincts of My prison. There is none other God but He, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.311a,

AQA7#380 p.070, ANDA#64 p.23

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH08293

120

طلعت حجازی بلسان پارسی اماء خود را ذکر میفرماید تا از کوثر ذکر الهی سرمست

The Daystar of Hijaz, in the Persian tongue, maketh mention of His handmaidens, that they may become intoxicated with the divine nectar of remembrance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.157e,

AQA7#379 p.069

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09791

ای شمسیه انشاء الله بعنایت طلعت احدیه چون شمس از افق سماء ایقان مشرق و لائح

O Shamsiyyih! God willing, by the loving-kindness of the Countenance of Divine Unity, thou shalt, even as the sun, shine forth from the horizon of the heaven of certitude [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.159b,

AQA7#377 p.068a

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH06120

160

جمیع اشیا الیوم بتسبیح و تحمید مالک اسما ناطق و ذاکرند و مع ذلک عباد غافل

All things on this Day are engaged in glorification and praise of the Lord of Names, uttering His remembrance, yet the servants remain heedless [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.160a,

AQA7#372 p.062b

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Living waters; water of life; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH10376

کتاب مبین بامر رب العالمین ظاهر و هویداست هر نفسی بان فائز شد و بقوت الهیه

The Most Manifest Book, by the command of the Lord of all worlds, is made evident and clear. Every soul that hath attained thereunto and through divine power [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.158a,

AQA7#369 p.058

Praise and encouragement; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH04300

220

هذا کتاب ینوح بما ورد علی اهل الله من الذین انکروا حق الله و امره و اتبعوا

This is the Book that lamenteth over what hath befallen the people of God at the hands of those who denied the truth of God and His Cause, and followed [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.145, , BLIB_Or15715.327c,

AQA7#365 p.054b

Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection of Muhammad; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment

BH09066

110

هذا یوم فیه الکتاب یمشی و ینطق طوبی للسامعین به ارتفعت اعلام الهدایه و انار

This is the Day whereon the Book walketh and speaketh. Blessed be they that hearken unto it! The banners of guidance have been raised aloft and shine forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.095a, , BLIB_Or15734.1.095a,

AQA7#363 p.053

Power of prayer; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03902

240

کتاب من لدنا لمن شرب الرحیق المختوم اذ اتی القیوم بسلطان العظمه و الاقتدار

A Book from Our presence unto him who hath quaffed the Sealed Wine, when the Self-Subsisting One came with the sovereignty of grandeur and power [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.138b,

AQA7#358 p.048

Exhortations and counsels; Predictions and prophecies; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04275

220

کتاب نزلناه بالحق لمن اقبل الی البحر الاعظم الذی ظهر علی هیکل الانسان تبارک

This is the Book We have revealed in truth unto them that turn towards the Most Great Ocean, Who hath manifested Himself in human form. Blessed be He [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#119,

AQA7#356 p.046

Exhortations and counsels; Knowledge; recognition of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05049

190

ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز کتابه بلحاظ ام الکتاب الذی یدع الامم فی السجن الاعظم الی

A remembrance from Our presence unto him whose book hath attained unto the presence of the Mother Book, Who calleth the peoples in the Most Great Prison unto [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.123c,

AQA7#352 p.042

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God

BH00515

1430

حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که لم یزل بوده و لایزال خواهد بود هر ذی اسمی باسم

Praise befitteth and is worthy of the Beloved, Who hath ever been and unto everlasting shall be, every bearer of a name through His name [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15717.172,

AQA7#351 p.034

Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH04960

190

ان ارض برضی الله و ان رضائه فی تلک الایام لاتحقق الا برضاء مظهر نفسه الذی

Know thou that divine good-pleasure consisteth in this: that His good-pleasure in these days can be attained through naught else save through the pleasure of Him Who is the Manifestation of His Self [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.328a,

AQA7#347 p.027

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH02125

420

یا کمال قد سمعت ندآء ربک اذ ارتفع بالحق و شربت من بحر الوصال اذ کان النیر

O Kamál! Thou hast hearkened unto the call of thy Lord when it was raised in truth, and thou hast drunk from the ocean of reunion when the Luminary shone forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.058b,

AQA7#338 p.017

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH09301

100

ای مرضیه مطلع نور احدیه ترا بعوالم باقیه الهیه دعوت مینماید بگوش جان ندای

O Marzieh! The Dayspring of the Light of Divine Unity summoneth thee unto the eternal realms of God. With the ear of thy soul hearken unto the Call [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.158c,

AQA7#337 p.016b, AKHA_119BE #01-02 p.a

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH09293

100

ای فاطمه مطلع نور احدیه از سجن اعظم ترا ندا میفرماید و بمالک قدم میخواند و

O Fatimih! The Dayspring of the Light of Divine Unity doth call thee from the Most Great Prison, and summoneth thee unto the Ancient Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.154d,

AQA7#336 p.016a

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Personal instructions

BH09019

110

کتابت لدی العرش حاضر و ندایت استماع شد الحمد لله باین فیض اعظم فائز شدی و

Thy letter hath reached the Divine Throne, and thy cry hath been heard. Praised be God that thou hast attained unto this most great bounty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.171b,

AQA7#335 p.015

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Meditation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH01738

510

یا ابا نور ان استمع ندآء الظهور الذی ارتفع من شجر الطور الله لا اله الا هو

O Aba Nur! Hearken unto the Call of the Manifestation that hath been raised from the Tree of Sinai. God, there is none other God but Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#078,

AQA7#332 p.009

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Word of God is its own standard

BH05214

190

یا خلیل لیس الیوم السکون و الصمت ان اطلع من افق البیان بذکر ربک الرحمن ثم ادع

O Khalil! This is not the day of silence and stillness. Arise from the horizon of utterance with the mention of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, and call [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#232,

AQA7#329 p.006b

Call to action; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH09266

100

انشاء الله بعنایت دوست از آنچه غیر اوست فارغ و آزاد باشی و در کل احیان رحیق

God willing, by the grace of the Friend, mayest thou be detached and free from all save Him, and at all times partake of the celestial wine [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.156c,

AQA7#328 p.006a

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH06079

160

ای امه الله اگر از منزل پرسی سجن و اگر از غذا پرسی بلایا و محن و اگر از جسد

O maidservant of God! Shouldst thou inquire about My dwelling-place, it is imprisonment; and if thou asketh about My sustenance, it is trials and tribulations; and as for My body [3.5s]

INBA74:014, BLIB_Or11096#185,

AQA7#327 p.005, IQN.217x, PYB#050 p.12x, AKHA_118BE #10 p.a, AKHA_127BE #14 p.b

Justice and wrath of God; Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH02911

310

هو العزیز البدیع فی ظلمه الارض بعد اعراض النفوس کان بمثل الشمس عن افق الروح

He is the Mighty, the Wondrous! In the darkness of the earth, after the souls had turned away, He was even as the sun from the horizon of spirit [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.115,

AQA7.289, AKHA_124BE #07 p.a, AKHA_124BE #07 p.01

Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11334

یا سید قبل هاشم قد احاطتنا البلایا من کل الجهات بما اکتسبت ایادی الذین کفروا

O Siyyid-i-Qablí-Háshim! Calamities have encompassed Us from all sides by reason of that which the hands of the infidels have wrought [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.254a,

AQA6#321 p.328

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03184

280

امروز لئالی بحر بیان مقصود عالمیان بر هیئت کلمات در الواح از قلم اعلی ظاهر

In this day the pearls of the Ocean of Utterance, the Purpose of all the worlds, have appeared in the form of words upon Tablets from the Most Exalted Pen [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.174,

AQA6#319 p.325

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for nearness to God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05135

190

کتاب من لدی المظلوم لمن فاز بذکر الله و ثنائه و الاقبال الی افقه اذ اعرض عنه

The Book from Him Who was wronged unto one who hath attained unto the remembrance of God and His praise, and hath turned unto His horizon when others turned away from Him [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! I entreat Thee by the fragrance of Thy raiment, and Thy footsteps in the lands Thou hast traversed

BLIB_Or15713.197,

AQA6#318 p.324, ADM2#018 p.036x, YBN.010a

JHT_S#089x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH07139

140

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی من مشرق الاقتدار انه هو المکنون فی

The Almighty testifieth that there is none other God besides Him, and that it is He Who hath emerged from the dayspring of power… Unto Thee be praise, O my God! Unto Thee be thanksgiving, O Thou Who art my Desire

BLIB_Or15728.047a, , BLIB_Or15734.1.062a,

AQA6#317 p.323, ADM2#019 p.037x

ADMS#015, JHT_S#175x

BH08278

120

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی بالحق انه هو الموعود المذکور فی کتب القبل

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come with the truth is verily the Promised One mentioned in the books of old [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.283a,

AQA6#315 p.321

Chastisement and requital; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH00282

2230

الحمد لله الذی اظهر ما هو المستور بقدرته المهیمنه علی الاسماء و ابرز ما هو

All praise be unto God Who, through His power that transcendeth all names, hath revealed that which was hidden and made manifest that which was concealed [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#032,

AQA6#309 p.304, AVK4.231.09x, AVK4.417cx, AVK4.418ax, AVK4.462.10x, KHSH09.089, MAS8.141bx, ASAT4.279x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Law of Huququ'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02500

360

یا علی قبل اکبر جمیع عالم منتظر ظهور مالک قدم بوده اند بکمال نوحه و ندبه و عجز

O 'Alí-Qablí-Akbar! The entire world hath awaited, with utmost lamentation, mourning and helplessness, the manifestation of the Ancient Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.333,

AQA6#304 p.297b

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; High station of the true believer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH08918

110

قد بدئت بامر من الله و رجعت الیه و انه هو فی الحین ینادیک و یذکرک فی هذا السجن

It hath commenced by the command of God and returned unto Him, and verily He doth, at this moment, call thee and make mention of thee in this prison [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.019g,

AQA6#301 p.294b

Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH00039

6840

یا ابراهیم قد حضر اسمک فی هذا المقام الاعلی امام حضور مولی الوری ذکرک

O Ibrahim! Indeed thy name hath been mentioned in this most exalted station before the presence of the Lord of all mankind [3.5s]... ...O Lord my God! Thy knowledge of me doth verily surpass my understanding of my own self. I implore Thee to enable me to so rise to serve Thee

INBA81:181.11x, BLIB_Or15715.207x,

AQA6#299 p.292, ADM2#023 p.041x

JHT_S#046x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04579

210

یا حبیب الله علیک بهائی ایام حضور مذکور حضرت باری جل جلاله را بر تو حق عظیم است

O thou beloved of God! Upon thee rest My glory! The days of attainment unto the presence of the Lord, exalted be His majesty, hold over thee a mighty claim [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.144b, , BLIB_Or15728.101,

AQA6#298 p.291b

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH10201

ای امه الله نامه ات لدی المظلوم حاضر انشاء الله بعنایت الهی و فضل رحمانی لم یزل و

O handmaiden of God! Thy letter hath reached Him Who is wronged. God willing, through divine favor and the grace of the All-Merciful, from time immemorial [3.5s]

INBA23:173a, BLIB_Or15730.028c,

AQA6#297 p.291a, KHMI.036

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement

BH10790

ای کنیز خدا انشاء الله در کل احیان بما امرت به من لدی الرحمن عامل باشی و

O handmaid of God! God willing, mayest thou at all times act in accordance with that which hath been enjoined upon thee by the All-Merciful [3.5s]

INBA23:174b, BLIB_Or15710.263a, , BLIB_Or15730.026f,

AQA6#296 p.290b, KHMI.035

Personal instructions; Prayer for protection; Satan; the Evil One; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH11131

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

BH09817

حق منیع خلق را مخصوص این یوم از نیستی بهستی آورد و بعد آفتاب فضل بر کل بیک نحو

The exalted Truth hath, specially for this Day, brought creation from nothingness into being, and thereafter hath caused the Sun of grace to shine upon all alike [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.188b,

AQA6#288 p.281

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Creation of the world; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01947

450

ام البیان ینطق و یقول قد اتی المالک الملک لله المهیمن القیوم ام الفرقان ینادی

The Mother of Utterance proclaimeth and saith: "The Sovereign hath come - dominion belongeth unto God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting!" The Mother of the Qur'an calleth aloud [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.268,

AQA6#287 p.279

Consolation and comfort; High station of the true believer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Soul; spirit after death

BH03152

290

وقایع شما سفرا و حضرا لدی العرش معلوم و مذکور انه لهو الحق علام الغیوب انا

The events of your travels and gatherings are known and recorded in the presence of the Throne. Verily, He is the Truth, the Knower of things unseen [3.5s]

INBA35:175, BLIB_Or15719.061a,

AQA6#286 p.277b

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH10860

قلم اعلی متتابعا مترادفا علی مرفوع را ذکر نموده طوبی له بما سمع و اقبل و بلغ

The Most Exalted Pen hath made mention, time and again, of him that is elevated. Blessed is he who hath hearkened, turned, and attained [3.5s]

INBA23:175a, BLIB_Or15710.262b, , BLIB_Or15730.027e,

AQA6#285 p.277a

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH10011

ندایت در سجن اعظم اصغا شد و نامه ات بلحاظ مظلوم عالم فائز گشت انشاء الله بر

Thy call was heard in the Most Great Prison, and thy letter attained unto the presence of the Wronged One of the world. God willing [3.5s]

INBA23:168, BLIB_Or15710.197a, , BLIB_Or15715.119b,

AQA6#284 p.276

Chastisement and requital; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH10233

جمیع را از قبل باین یوم مبارک بشارت دادیم و چون از افق اراده حق ظاهر شد

From times past, We gave unto all the glad-tidings of this blessed Day, and when it dawned from the horizon of the Divine Will [3.5s]

INBA23:171c, BLIB_Or15710.261b, , BLIB_Or15730.025d,

AQA6#282 p.275a, KHMI.078

Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH06741

150

کتابت در منظر اکبر بلحاظ مالک قدر فائز و نفحات حب از آن استشمام شد بلی الیوم

Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon and hath been favored with the gaze of the Lord of Power, and from it the sweet fragrances of love were inhaled. Yea, today [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.025e,

AQA6#281 p.274, VAA.205-205b, AKHA_106BE #04 p.002

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH10390

نامه ات تلقاء عرش حاضر و ملاحظه شد انشاء الله در کل احوال باوامر الهیه که در

Thy letter was presented before the Throne and was perused. God willing, thou shalt in all conditions abide by the divine commandments which [3.5s]

INBA23:178a, BLIB_Or15710.198b, , BLIB_Or15719.156a,

AQA6#278 p.271a

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH06871

150

یا محمود ان المظولم یذکرک بفضله و یذکرک بایات الله رب العالمین و یبشرک بما قدر لک من

O Mahmud! The Wronged One maketh mention of thee through His grace and remembereth thee through the verses of God, the Lord of the worlds, and giveth thee glad tidings of that which hath been ordained for thee [3.5s]

INBA44:168, BLIB_Or15712.011, , BLIB_Or15713.307b,

AQA6#274 p.268

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02565

350

یا سمی المقصود اسمع ندآء الله العزیز الودود من مقامه المحمود انه لا اله الا

O Namesake of the Desired One! Hearken unto the Call of God, the Mighty, the Loving, from His praised station - verily, there is no God but [3.5s]

INBA23:182, BLIB_Or15724.202,

AQA6#273 p.266

Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH05584

180

یا بزرگ علیک بهآء الله و عنایته امروز ندا بدرجه علیا رسیده ولکن سمع عالم کون از

O Mighty One! Upon thee be the Glory of God and His grace. Today hath the Call reached its most exalted pitch, yet the hearing of the world of being is [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! I testify that Thou hast created me that I may know Thee, and hast called me into being that I may serve Thee

BLIB_Or15695.085,

AQA6#271 p.264, ADM2#024 p.043x

JHT_S#002x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05450

180

قد اصبحت الیوم یا الهی فی جوار رحمتک الکبری و اخذت القلم لاذکرک بحولک بذکر

Today, O my God, I have awakened within the precincts of Thy most great mercy, and have taken up the Pen to make mention of Thee, through Thy power, in remembrance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.2.025b,

AQA6#266 p.260

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Love as fire; Pain of love; love as veil; Prayer for fasting; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

LL#271

BH05759

170

سبحان الذی انزل الایات و امر الکل بما نطق به الکتاب یا افنانی یذکرک مولی

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses and commanded all to observe that which the Book hath uttered. O Afnán, thy Lord maketh mention of thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.206b,

AQA6#265 p.259

Chastisement and requital; Idolatry; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH05211

190

یا حسن قبل علی انا نجد منک عرف ارض فیها کنزت امانه الله المهیمن القیوم انک

O Hasan-i-'Alí! Verily, We perceive from thee the fragrance of a land wherein hath been treasured the Trust of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s]

INBA23:178b, BLIB_Or15713.195,

AQA6#264 p.258, KHMI.038

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH09011

110

کتاب نزل بالحق و یشهد بما شهد الرحمن فی ازل الازال انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم

A Book revealed in truth, bearing witness unto that whereunto the All-Merciful hath testified from time immemorial: that there is none other God but Him, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.013a, , BLIB_Or15734.2.062,

AQA6#263 p.257

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH03609

250

ان یا امین ان استمع ندآء الله الملک الحق المبین انه لا اله الا انا العزیز

O thou who art trustworthy! Hearken unto the Call of God, the True Sovereign, the Manifest One. Verily, there is no God but Me, the Mighty One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.133, , BLIB_Or15715.161a,

AQA6#259 p.253

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH04748

200

سبحانک یا مالک الاسماء و فاطر السماء ترانی بین مخالب اعدائک الذین نقضوا

Glorified art Thou, O Lord of Names and Creator of Heaven! Thou seest me within the talons of Thine enemies who have violated the Covenant [3.5s]... ...O Lord, Thou seest the tears of mine eyes and Thou hearest the sorrow in my heart's lamentation. I beseech Thee, O Thou Lord Eternal

BLIB_Or15696.148e,

AQA6#257 p.250b, ADM2#027 p.047x

JHT_S#090x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH00968

850

ذکر من لدنا لمن کان بالذکر مذکورا و اقبل الی الوجه اذ ظهر بالحق و کان من المقبلین... انشآءالله باید بعنایت رحمن ساقی خمر عرفان

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who was remembered through the Remembrance and turned unto the Countenance when it appeared in truth and was among them that turned... God willing, through the grace of the All-Merciful, thou shalt become the cupbearer of the wine of mystic knowledge [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15722.083x,

AQA6#255 p.245, NSS.205bx

Call to action; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02097

420

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی بالحق انه لهو الذی به ظهر ما کان مکنونا

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come with the truth is, verily, He through Whom that which lay hidden hath been made manifest [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.376a,

AQA6#254 p.243b, VAA.208-209

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH00966

850

حمد مقدس از قرین و مثال لم یزل و لایزال محبوب بیزوالی را سزاست که بسلطان

Praise, sanctified beyond peer or likeness, beseemeth that Eternal and Ever-Abiding Beloved Who through His sovereignty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.130, , BLIB_Or15711.310,

AQA6#250 p.236

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH03785

240

الحمد لله بفضل و رحمت الهی بشاطی بحر اعظم وارد شدی و تلقاء عرش حاضر این فضل

Praise be unto God! Through divine grace and mercy thou hast attained the shore of the Most Great Ocean and art present before the Throne. This bounty [3.5s]... ...O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy name whereby Thou hast subdued the hearts of men, O Thou Well-Beloved, to grant that I be ever content

INBA23:203, BLIB_Or11096#111,

AQA6#235 p.134, ADM1#031 p.072x, KHMI.089

JHT_S#120x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH04105

230

یا ایها السائر فی الدیار باسمی و المهاجر لحبی ان استمع ندائی من شطر عظمتی و

O thou who wanderest through the realms in My Name and migratest for love of Me! Hearken unto My call from the precincts of My grandeur and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#198,

AQA6#230 p.128

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH10785

ای امه الله ندایت را شنیدیم و وجه قدم از سجن اعظم باحبای خود متوجه بوده و

O handmaid of God! We have heard thy call, and the Ancient Beauty hath turned His countenance from the Most Great Prison towards His loved ones [3.5s]

INBA23:171a, BLIB_Or15710.260c, , BLIB_Or15730.027b,

AQA6#228 p.126

Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH08053

120

ان یا امتی ان انقطعی عمن سوائی ثم طیری فی هواء قربی لتشهدی جبروت جلالی و

O My handmaiden! Detach thyself from all else save Me, then soar in the atmosphere of My nearness, that thou mayest witness the dominion of My majesty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.302a,

AQA6#225 p.123

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02860

310

ذکر الله من شجره الامر قد کان حینئذ منادیا بان یا قوم اتبعوا ما یامرکم جمال

The remembrance of God from the Tree of Command hath in this hour called aloud, saying: O people! Follow ye that which the Beauty commandeth you [3.5s]

ALIB.folder18p425

AQA6#224 p.122

Power of prayer; Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00042

6590

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]

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

BH11285

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

قد سمعنا ندائک و راینا اقبالک اقبلنا الیک من هذا الافق الاعلی لتشکر ربک بهذا

We, verily, have heard thy voice and seen that thou hast turned thy face unto us. We, in turn, have turned Our gaze unto thee from this Sublime Horizon

BLIB_Or15696.084h,

AQA6#205 p.036b

ADMS#004

BH09367

100

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

سبحان الذی نطق و انطق به من فی السموات و الارضین قد اتی بمظهر به خرقت الاحجاب

Praise be to the One Who spoke, and hath caused all that is in the heavens and on the earth to speak

BLIB_Or15696.064e,

AQA6#204 p.036a, ABDA.058

ADMS#005

BH03719

250

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی من فاز بایام الله العزیز الحمید ان یا محمد قد ظهر الفرد

This is a Book from Us unto him who hath attained unto the days of God, the Mighty, the All-Praised. O Muhammad! Verily the Peerless One hath appeared [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#190,

AQA6#202 p.034

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH08799

110

ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز بعرفان ربه اذ کشف الغطاء و ظهر الموعود بسلطان مبین قل

A remembrance from Us unto him who hath attained to the recognition of his Lord, when the veil was rent asunder and the Promised One appeared with manifest sovereignty. Say [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.137b,

AQA6#198 p.027a

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment

BH10551

Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ای بنده دوست ندای دوست را از گوش جان بشنو مادامیکه باو ناظری او بتمام چشم بتو

O servant of the Friend! Hearken thou to the voice of the Friend with the ear of thy soul. So long as thy gaze is fixed on Him, He shall look at thee with all His sight

BLIB_Or11096#215, , BLIB_Or15710.083b,

AQA6#196 p.026a, VAA.210-210, MSHR3.010

ADMS#204

BH03523

260

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God is its own standard

قد نطقت السن الکائنات بذکر منزل الایات و لاحت الوجوه من انوار وجهه العزیز

Verily, the tongues of all beings have spoken forth to make mention of the Revealer of Verses, and every face hath been illumined

BLIB_Or11095#308,

AQA6#193 p.022, VAA.209-210

ADMS#104

BH05697

170

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ای غلام طرف الله از افق سجن بتو ناظر جهد نما که در جوانی باخلاق رحمانی و انوار

O Ghulám! The gaze of God is directed toward thee from the horizon of this Prison. Strive that, in thy youth, thou mayest achieve and be illumined with a heavenly character

BLIB_Or11096#141,

AQA6#188 p.018

ADMS#287

BH04534

210

ما احلی ذکری من اقبل الی کعبه جمالی و شرب خمر وصالی من ایادی عطائی و فاز

How sweet is the remembrance of him who hath turned unto the Kaaba of My beauty and hath quaffed the wine of reunion from the hands of My bounty and hath attained [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#300,

AQA6#187 p.017, VAA.206-206

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH03323

270

ان یا عطاء الله قد اشرقت عطیه ربک من افق عطائه ان اقبل الیها بخضوع و اناب

O 'Aṭá'u'lláh! The gift of thy Lord hath verily shone forth from the horizon of His bounty. Turn thou unto it with humility and contrition [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#220,

AQA6#185 p.014, VAA.201-201

Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH04063

230

کتاب کریم نزل من لدن علیم حکیم انه لسراج الهدی لمن فی ملکوت الانشاء

A glorious Book sent down from the presence of One All-Knowing, All-Wise. Verily, it is the Lamp of Guidance unto them that dwell in the Kingdom of Creation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#266,

AQA6#183 p.012, FRH.059-060

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03898

240

کتاب کریم نزل من لدن عزیز حکیم انه لنور الله بین عباده و ذکره للعالمین ان

A glorious Book sent down from the presence of the Mighty, the All-Wise. Verily, it is the Light of God amongst His servants and His remembrance unto all the worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#181,

AQA6#179 p.004

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07493

130

ان انظروا فی صنع الله و آیاته انها ملئت شرق الارض و غربها ان اعتبروا یا اولی

Consider ye the handiwork of God and His signs, for verily they have filled the East and the West of the earth. Reflect, O people of insight [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.063b,

AQA5#174 p.233

Contemplation; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment

BH08661

110

امروز زینت اعلی از برای نساء ارض اکلیل کلمه مبارکه یا امتی بوده و هست هر یک

In this day the supreme adornment for the women of the earth hath been and will continue to be the crown of the blessed word "O My handmaiden!" [3.5s]

INBA33:137, BLIB_Or15716.086b,

AQA5#173 p.232

Prayer for women; Role and station of women

BH06844

150

یا عبد الباقی جوهر عدل تحت مخالب ظلم مشاهده میشود از حق بطلب عالم را بانوار نیر

O servant of the Everlasting One! The essence of justice is beheld beneath the talons of oppression. Beseech thou the True One that He may illumine the world with the light of the Luminary [3.5s]... ...During this great affliction, the friends must be the cause of joy, patience, and consolation. God hath made death a portal for His grace, but most people know it not.

BLIB_Or15726.084,

AQA5#172 p.231

KSHK#33x

Justice and wrath of God; Life and death; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment

BH04986

190

انا اردنا ان نذکر عبدی الحسین الذی فاز بذکری فی اول الایام اذ کنا مستویا علی

We have desired to make mention of Our servant Husayn, who attained unto Our remembrance in the early days when We were seated upon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.021,

AQA5#170 p.228

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

BH04274

220

کتاب من لدی المحزون الی الذی اراد ان یشرب کوثر البیان من ید عطاء ربه الرحمن

The Book from the One Who is Sorrowed unto him who desireth to drink of the Kawthar of utterance from the hand of the bounty of his Lord, the All-Merciful [3.5s]

INBA33:070, BLIB_Or15716.021.11,

AQA5#169 p.227, AQMJ2.145x

Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06926

140

امروز مشرق مطلع ظهور و مطلع مشرق وحی از افق سماء عنایت الهی ظاهر و باهر ولکن اهل ارض

In this day the Orient, Dawning-Place of the Manifestation and Rising-Point of Divine Revelation, hath appeared resplendent from the horizon of the heaven of God's bounty, yet the people of the earth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.237b, , BLIB_Or15715.096b,

AQA5#166 p.224

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Word of God and human limitations

BH07233

140

کتاب الله ینطق انه لا اله الا انا العلیم الخبیر و یهدی الناس الی صراطه العزیز

The Book of God proclaimeth: "There is none other God but Me, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed, and He guideth mankind unto His mighty path." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.132b,

AQA5#164 p.222

Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01907

460

تبارک الیوم الذی فیه ظهر ما کان موعودا فی التوراه و الانجیل و فی الزبور و

Blessed be this Day whereon that which was promised in the Torah and the Gospel and in the Psalms hath been made manifest [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.110, , BLIB_Or15716.202c, , BLIB_Or15728.060b,

AQA5#157 p.214

Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment

BH05231

190

یا محمود یذکرک المظلوم من مقامه المحمود و یبشرک برحمه الله و عنایته لتفرح

O Mahmud! The Wronged One remembereth thee from His Praiseworthy Station and announceth unto thee the glad-tidings of God's mercy and His loving-kindness, that thou mayest rejoice [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.244c,

AQA5#153 p.210

Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07360

140

یا ایها الناظر الی الافق الاعلی معرضین بیان گفته اند اینمظلوم از آیات نقطه

O thou who gazest toward the Most Exalted Horizon! The opposers have claimed that this Wronged One hath spoken concerning the verses of the Point [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.132b,

AQA5#150 p.207

Prayer for nearness to God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan

BH01809

490

حمد مقدس از ظهورات ممکنات و شئونات کائنات فناء باب حضرت مقصودیرا لایق و سزاست

Praise, sanctified above all created things and the conditions of contingent beings, befitteth the threshold of Him Who is the Object of all desire [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.379,

AQA5#147 p.201

Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Praise and encouragement; Seal of the Prophets; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH04374

210

امروز افق سماء ظهور از اراده حق جل جلاله روشن و منیر است و در جمیع احیان حق

In this day the horizon of the heaven of Manifestation shineth bright and resplendent through the Will of God, glorified be His majesty, and at all times doth Truth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.238, , BLIB_Or15715.097a,

AQA5#146 p.200

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH07582

130

تلک آیات الکتاب المبین قد نزلت بالحق من جبروت اسمی العزیز المقتدر المهیمن

These are the verses of the Manifest Book, sent down in truth from the dominion of My Name, the Mighty, the All-Powerful, the All-Compelling [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.574, , ALIB.folder18p481a

AQA5#138 p.186

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02110

420

کتاب نزل بالحق انه لهو الایه الکبری لاهل الوری و الرحیق المختوم لمن تمسک

A Book sent down in truth - verily it is the Most Great Sign unto the peoples of the world and the Sealed Wine for whoso holdeth fast [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.056d, , BLIB_Or15722.161,

AQA5#132 p.168, GHA.343x, AHB_121BE #11-12 p.358, YQAZ.439-440

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech

BH09609

100

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fire; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

یا اسمعیل انشاء الله بعنایت حق فائز باشی و در جوانی بنار محبت الهی مشتعل

O Ismá‘íl! God willing, thou hast attained His bounty and art ablaze, in thy youth, with the fire of divine love. This is the day of supreme profit

BLIB_Or15715.244a,

AQA5#131 p.167

ADMS#288

BH07248

140

کتاب ظهر بین الوری اذ تحرک قلمی الاعلی الذی به نفخ فی الصور و ظهر یوم النشور و

The Book hath appeared amidst humanity when moved My Most Exalted Pen, whereby the Trump was sounded and the Day of Resurrection was made manifest [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.271a,

AQA5#130 p.166

Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement

BH10502

یذکرک مولی العالم فی السجن الاعظم ان احمد الله بهذا الفضل العظیم طوبی لمن شرب

The Lord of the World remembereth thee from the Most Great Prison. Render thanksgiving unto God for this mighty bounty. Blessed is he who hath drunk [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.1.117c,

AQA5#127 p.164b

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH09130

110

یا عبد الحسین اول امر ایمان بحق جل جلاله بوده و آخر آن استقامت بر امرش در

O 'Abdu'l-Ḥusayn! The beginning of faith is to recognize the True One—exalted be His glory—and its end is steadfastness in His Cause [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.239c,

AQA5#126 p.164a

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH08183

120

ذکر المظلوم احد احبائه فی السجن لیطمئن بعنایه الله رب العالمین قد حضر کتابک و

The Wronged One maketh mention of one of His loved ones from within the prison, that he may be assured through the providence of God, the Lord of all worlds. Thy letter hath indeed arrived [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.062, , BLIB_Or15713.318b,

AQA5#123 p.160

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Suffering and imprisonment

BH01269

670

یا اولیاء الله فی لاهیجان قد حضر المظلوم لدی المظلوم و ذکرکم خالصا لوجهی

O loved ones of God in Lahijan! The Wronged One hath presented Himself before the Wronged One and hath made mention of you in pure sincerity for My sake [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.063.22,

AQA5#121 p.155, SAM.195

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH04093

230

یا ابراهیم علیک بهاء الله الملک الحق العدل العلیم قد حضر العبد الحاضر بکتابک و

O Ibrahim! Upon thee be the glory of God, the True Sovereign, the Just, the All-Knowing. The servant who standeth present hath appeared with thy letter [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15724.003b,

AQA5#120 p.153

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH02166

410

هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم نزل بالحق لیقرب الناس الی الله المهیمن القیوم یا ملا

This is a Book sent down from the Wronged One in truth, that it may draw mankind nigh unto God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting. O people [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.224,

AQA5#119 p.151

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01808

490

حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان و ما فی الامکان بساط محبوب عالمیان را لایق و سزاست که

Sanctified praise, transcending all mention and utterance and whatsoever existeth in creation, beseemeth the court of the Best-Beloved of all worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.103,

AQA5#115 p.142, PYB#115 p.03x, SAM.270

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for the departed; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH10757

ام الکتاب یمشی و یقول سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و سبحانک اللهم یا معبودی و محبوبی

The Mother Book moveth and saith: "Glorified art Thou, O my God, and glorified art Thou, O my Lord, my Object of Worship and my Beloved!" [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.088f,

AQA5#111 p.138a

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Suffering and imprisonment

BH02676

330

انا نشهد بانک اقبلت الی الله و خرجت عن مقرک بامر من عنده و قطعت البر و البحر

We bear witness that thou hast turned unto God and departed from thy dwelling place at His command, and traversed both land and sea [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.286, , BLIB_Or15710.217,

AQA5#110 p.136

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Goodly deeds; actions; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH05890

170

لسان الله مالک القدر ینطق فی منظره الاکبر فی هذا القصر الذی بنی لایام الله رب

The Tongue of God, the Master of Destiny, speaketh forth from His Most Great Horizon in this Palace which hath been raised up for the Days of God, the Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.251b,

AQA5#109 p.135, QT108.141-142

Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment

BH01123

740

الحمد لله الذی نطق بسلطان مشیته فی ملکوت البیان اذا انصعق من فی الامکان و

Praise be to God, Who hath spoken through the sovereign power of His Will in the Kingdom of Utterance, whereupon all within the realm of contingent being were thunderstruck [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.133, , BLIB_Or15711.020,

AQA5#108 p.130

Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH08296

120

طوبی لامه سمعت ندآء الله و اقبلت الیه انها من اهل الفردوس فی کتاب مبین قد

Blessed is the maidservant who hath hearkened unto the Call of God and turned unto Him. Verily, she is numbered among the denizens of Paradise in the perspicuous Book [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.069b,

AQA5#107 p.129

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH03340

270

ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الملکوت و سمع ندآء مالک الجبروت فی هذا المقام الذی

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath turned towards the Kingdom and hath hearkened unto the call of the Lord of Might from this station which [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.021d, , BLIB_Or15734.2.083b,

AQA5#105 p.120

Praise and encouragement; Purpose; goal of creation; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH04174

220

ای علی قبل اکبر بشنو ندای مالک قدر را او از منظر ابهی بتو توجه نموده و بذکر

O 'Ali-Qabli-Akbar! Hearken unto the Voice of the Lord of Power, Who hath from His Most Glorious Horizon turned towards thee and maketh mention [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.222b, , BLIB_Or15719.132b,

AQA5#104 p.119

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH09569

100

مکتوب آنجناب بمقر عرش وارد شد و آنچه از عربی و فارسی معروض داشتید اصغا گشت

The missive of your esteemed self hath reached the Court of the Divine Throne, and whatsoever thou didst set forth in Arabic and Persian hath been heard [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.146b,

AQA5#103 p.118

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement

BH07033

140

حق جل جلاله لازال لحاظ عنایتش متوجه عباد و اماء بوده و خواهد بود قسم بانوار

God, exalted be His majesty, hath ever directed His gaze of loving-kindness toward His servants, both men and women, and will continue so to do. I swear by the lights [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.246, , BLIB_Or15730.093b,

AQA5#102 p.117b

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for protection; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH09191

100

از قبل از قلم اعلی نازل که سماء مقام انسانی از دو نیر روشن و منیر و آن امانت و استقامت بوده

From aforetime it hath been revealed by the Most Exalted Pen that the heaven of human station is illumined by two resplendent luminaries: trustworthiness and steadfastness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.233b,

AQA5#101 p.117a

Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH08114

120

ای امه الله طرف عنایت مالک اسماء بعباد و اماء خود متوجه بوده و خواهد بود قلم

O handmaid of God! The glance of loving-kindness of the Lord of Names hath ever been, and shall continue to be, directed towards His servants and handmaidens [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15706.227, , BLIB_Or15710.224, , BLIB_Or15715.089b,

AQA5#099 p.115

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Word of God and human limitations

BH06455

150

انشاء الله بعنایت رحمانی بفیوضات فیاض حقیقی فائز باشی و بعد کتابت بمنظر اکبر

God willing, through the grace of the All-Merciful and the outpourings of the True Bestower of bounties, mayest thou attain His favors. And now, thy letter hath appeared before the Most Great Horizon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.002b,

AQA5#098 p.114

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH08448

120

نامه ات بمحضر اقدس فائز و عرایضت استماع شد الحمد لله از نسیم قمیص رحمانی در

Your letter hath been received in the Most Holy Presence, and thy supplications have been heard. Praised be God that from the fragrant breeze of the Raiment of the All-Merciful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.133e,

AQA5#096 p.112a, AKHA_137BE #05 p.065

Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH10217

ای محمدیار حق یارت بوده که بعرفان یار حقیقی فائز شدی و از اغیار آزاد گشتی

O Muhammad-Yár! God hath been thy friend, inasmuch as thou hast attained unto the recognition of the True Friend and hast been freed from all else [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.007c,

AQA5#095 p.111, AKHA_137BE #04 p.048

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God

BH02510

350

الیوم باید کل لله ناطق باشند و الی الله ناظر چشم را از افق اعلی محروم ننمایند

In this day must all souls speak for God and fix their gaze upon Him, nor deprive their eyes of the Most Exalted Horizon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.004a,

AQA5#093 p.108

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Knowledge; recognition of God; Nearness and remoteness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH07335

140

یا امتی ضجیج و صریخت را در محبت الهی شنیدیم حق جمیع بلایا را قبول فرموده

O My handmaiden! We have heard thy clamorous cry and fervent lamentation in the love of God. Verily, He hath accepted all tribulations [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.230a, , BLIB_Or15715.058d,

AQA5#092 p.107

Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH09049

110

نیکوست حال نفوسیکه برات آزادی از مطلع امر الهی اخذ نموده اند و از نار جهل و

Blessed is the state of those souls who have received their warrant of freedom from the Dayspring of the Divine Command and have been delivered from the fire of ignorance and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.153c,

AQA5#091 p.106b, AHB_122BE #07 p.260, AKHA_132BE #01 p.a

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH09992

کتابت لدی العرش حاضر و بانوار وجه مزین گشت ندای کل استماع شد و غفران رحمن

Thy letter hath come into the presence of the Throne and been adorned with the lights of His countenance. The cry of all was heard, and the forgiveness of the All-Merciful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.068d,

AQA5#090 p.106a

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH08804

110

ذکرت نزد مظهر ظهور مذکور و قلم اعلی متوجها الیک میفرماید ای عبد قدر این ایام را بدان و در

Thy mention hath been made in the presence of the Manifestation of Revelation, and the Supreme Pen, turning unto thee, proclaimeth: O servant! Know thou the value of these days and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.007a,

AQA5#089 p.105

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH05281

180

امروز منسوبست بحق در جمیع کتب و بشهادت نبیین و مرسلین نفسیکه باعلی الندآء

This day belongeth unto the True One, as attested in all the Sacred Books and borne witness by the Prophets and Messengers - a soul that calleth with the most exalted call [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15706.198, , BLIB_Or15710.232b, , BLIB_Or15715.084b,

AQA5#088 p.104

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH09627

100

یا امتی انی اذکرک فیهذا المقام لیاخذک الفرح و السرور علی شان تذکرین من ابتلی

O My handmaiden! I make mention of thee in this station, that joy and gladness may take possession of thee, in such wise that thou mayest call to mind the One Who hath been afflicted [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.234a,

AQA5#087 p.103

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH06981

140

ای امه الله حمد کن محبوب عالم را که در سجن اعظم عباد و اماء خود را بخود میخواند این

O handmaiden of God! Glorify thou the Best-Beloved of the world, Who, from within the Most Great Prison, calleth His servants and handmaidens unto Himself [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.008a,

AQA5#086 p.102

Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH06980

140

ای امه الله حمد کن محبوب عالم را که از آنچه جمیع علما و عرفای ارض محروم

O handmaid of God! Praise thou the Beloved of the worlds, for that from which all the learned ones and mystics of the earth are deprived [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.285, , BLIB_Or15710.228a,

AQA5#085 p.101

Call to action; Differences in human capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

BH07527

130

انشاء الله احبای الهی از ما سوایش منقطع باشند و باو ناظر امروز روز بزرگیست طوبی

God willing, may the beloved of God be detached from all else save Him and turn their gaze unto Him. Great indeed is this Day! Blessed are they [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.008b,

AQA5#084 p.100, AHB_122BE #11-12 p.390, AHB_123BE #09-10 p.234, AKHA_132BE #15 p.a

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Love of God; Manifestation of God as educator; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10158

الیوم کل من علی الارض مکلفند بمتابعت اوامر الهی چه که اوست سبب نظم عالم و علت

In this day all who dwell upon the earth are bound to follow the divine commandments, for these are the cause of order in the world and its foundation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.153a,

AQA5#083 p.099, AKHA_132BE #05 pa

Goodly deeds; actions; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH04999

190

ای عبدالله الحمد لله ببحر عنایت ربانی توجه نمودی و باسم اعظم الهی فائز گشتی

O 'Abdu'llah! Praise be to God that thou hast turned unto the ocean of divine bounty and hast attained unto the Most Great Name of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.016b,

AQA5#082 p.098

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH06758

150

نامه ات در سجن اعظم وارد و بلحاظ مظلوم آفاق فائز گشت و تموجات بحر بیان از قلم رحمن

Thy letter reached the Most Great Prison and attained unto the gaze of the Wronged One of all horizons, and the waves of the ocean of utterance surged forth from the Pen of the All-Merciful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.065e,

AQA5#081 p.097

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement

BH07266

140

لسان متحیر که چه ذکر نماید و قلم متحیر که چه نگارد نفسیکه مدارس نرفته مباحث

The tongue is bewildered what to utter, and the pen is perplexed what to inscribe - one who, though unschooled in the seminaries [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15699.068a,

AQA5#080 p.096

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10245

حمد کن محبوب عالم را که ترا بعرفان خود فائز فرمود چه مقدار از علما که خود را

Praise be unto the Beloved of the world Who hath graciously enabled thee to attain unto His recognition. How numerous are the divines who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.153b,

AQA5#079 p.095, PYB#222 p.03

Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH05725

170

جمیع عالم و طوائف امم منتظر ایام ظهور بوده اند و جمیع را حق جل جلاله باین

All the peoples and kindreds of the earth have awaited the days of the Manifestation, and unto all hath the True One, exalted be His glory, [bestowed this] [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.281, , BLIB_Or15710.228b,

AQA5#078 p.094

Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06113

160

بعنایت مالک اسما بمقام اعلی الاعلی که لقای حضرت دوست است فائز گشتی و نفحات

Through the loving-kindness of the Lord of Names thou hast attained unto the most exalted Summit, which is the presence of the Best-Beloved, and the sweet fragrances [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.156d,

AQA5#077 p.093

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Presence of; reunion with God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH09813

جمیع ناس را باستقامت امر نمودیم مع ذلک بعضی از اصحاب بمجرد مشاهده اعمال

We have commanded all people to steadfastness; yet some among the companions, upon merely witnessing certain deeds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.152a,

AQA5#075 p.092a, ANDA#73 p.04

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH08441

120

محبوب عالمیان میفرماید ای بندگان اول امریکه سبب ایمان و ایقان و تقدیس و تنزیهست

The Beloved of the worlds proclaimeth: O ye servants! The first matter that leadeth unto faith and certitude, unto sanctification and detachment [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.007b,

AQA5#074 p.091, ANDA#69 p.06

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Outward and inward meanings; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05854

170

قلم اعلی بلسان پارسی میفرماید گوینده همانست که در شجره طور نطق فرمود اگر لذت

The Most Exalted Pen proclaimeth in the Persian tongue: The Speaker is He Who uttered forth His call from the Burning Bush [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.080b,

AQA5#072 p.088

Attaining good pleasure of God; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10226

بعد از عرفان مطلع وحی الهی و مشرق اوامر صمدانی استقامت از اعظم اعمال بوده باید

After recognition of the Dawning-Place of Divine Revelation and the Dayspring of the commandments of the Lord of Unity, steadfastness must be accounted among the greatest of deeds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.152c,

AQA5#070 p.087a, AYI2.073, AHB_123BE #06 p.154, AKHA_131BE #18 p.a, AKHA_132BE #18 p.a, ANDA#73 p.04

Call to action; Nearness and remoteness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH09133

110

یا عبد العلی اسمت نیکوست انشاء الله بما ینبغی لهذا الاسم فائز باشی عنایت حق

O 'Abdu'l-'Alí! Goodly is thy name. God willing, thou shalt attain unto that which befitteth this name through divine grace [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15706.226, , BLIB_Or15710.223a, , BLIB_Or15715.089a,

AQA5#069 p.086

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Universal human capacity for spiritual recognition

BH03889

240

قلم رحمن قاصدان یمن عرفان را ببدایع اذکار خود متذکر میدارد که شاید کل از

The Pen of the All-Merciful doth remind the seekers of the paradise of divine knowledge with Its wondrous remembrances, that haply all may [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.009b,

AQA5#068 p.084, AHB_122BE #09-10 p.342, AHB_131BE #11-12 p.004, ANDA#73 p.03

BH04126

230

یا یحیی اشهد انک سمعت الندآء و شربت رحیق البقاء من ایادی العطاء و زرت کعبه

O Yahya! Bear thou witness that thou hast hearkened unto the Call, and quaffed the Wine of Immortality from the hands of bounty, and visited the Ka'bah [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.084b,

AQA5#067 p.083, ASAM.254-255, SAM.314

Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for detachment; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for teaching; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH07406

140

یا فرج الله قد اتی الفرج و الناس عنه معرضون قد ظهر الفرح الاکبر فی هذا المنظر

O Solace of God! Relief hath indeed come, yet the people have turned away therefrom. The Most Great Joy hath been made manifest in this horizon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.131b,

AQA5#063 p.079

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

BH03896

240

کتاب انزله مالک القدم فی السجن الاعظم لمن اقبل الی الله رب العالمین لیجذبه

This is a Book which the Lord of Eternity hath sent down from the Most Great Prison unto him who hath turned towards God, the Lord of the worlds, that it may draw him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.122,

AQA5#061 p.075

Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02976

300

ذکر من لدنا لمن توجه الی الله و فاز بانوار الوجه اذ ظهر بالحق بسلطان عظیم خرج من

A mention from Our presence unto him who hath turned unto God and attained unto the lights of the Countenance when He appeared with the truth through mighty sovereignty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.016c,

AQA5#053 p.067b, AKHA_121BE #01 p.a

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH04879

200

یا امتی و یا ورقتی الحمد لله بانوار یوم الله فائز شدی ندای مقصود عالمیان را

O My handmaiden, O My leaf! All praise be unto God that thou hast attained unto the lights of the Day of God and hast hearkened unto the call of Him Who is the Desire of all worlds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.247a, , BLIB_Or15730.093a,

AQA5#045 p.060b

Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09903

طوبی لک یا امتی بما تشرف کتابک اذ فاز بمنظر المسجون فیهذا السجن المبین و نزل

Blessed art thou, O My handmaiden, inasmuch as thy letter hath been honored in attaining the presence of this Prisoner in this Most Manifest Prison, and hath descended [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.148c,

AQA5#044 p.060a

Praise and encouragement; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH04251

220

قد بعثنا نفحه من نفحات الرضوان علی هیئه اللوح و ارسلناه الیک لتقر به عینک و

We have sent forth a breath from the breezes of the Ridván in the form of a Tablet and dispatched it unto thee, that thine eyes may be gladdened thereby and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#140,

AQA5#043 p.058

Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Proclamation to people of the Bayan

BH03973

230

امروز روزیست که کل احباب باید بشطر وهاب ناظر باشند و بخدمت امر الله قیام نمایند

This is the day whereon all the loved ones must fix their gaze upon the All-Bountiful and arise to serve the Cause of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.133c,

AQA5#042 p.057

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH05763

170

سبحان الذی نزل الایات فی کل صباح و مسا و ماآمنوا بها الا الذین اخذتهم اریاح

Glorified be He Who hath revealed the verses every morn and eve, yet none believed in them save those who were seized by the winds [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.327,

AQA5#041 p.055

Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan

BH05392

180

سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و جعلها رحمه للعالمین انه لا یمنعه شیء عما اراد

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and made them a mercy unto all the worlds. Verily, naught can withhold Him from that which He willeth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#141,

AQA5#040 p.054b

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10601

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ظهر انه لمطلع امری بین عبادی و مشرق وحی لمن

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath appeared is verily the Dayspring of My Cause amidst My servants and the Dawning-Place of My Revelation unto those who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.146b,

AQA5#039 p.054a

Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00869

940

ای عبدالغنی بشنو ندای غنی متعال را بلسان ابدع احلی الیوم یومی است که باید هر

O 'Abdu'l-Ghani! Hearken unto the call of the All-Glorious, the Most Exalted, in the most wondrous and sweetest tongue. This is the Day wherein every [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#003, , BLIB_Or15722.141,

AQA5#036 p.045, MAS8.044ax, ASAT3.091x, ASAT4.049x, ASAT5.075x, AKHA_120BE #12 p.ax, AKHA_121BE #04 p.ax

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05909

170

هذا کتاب من المسجون الغریب الی الذی آمن بالله العزیز الواحد الفرید الا تعبد

This is an epistle from the Stranger, the Prisoner, unto him who hath believed in God, the Almighty, the One, the Peerless [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.333b,

AQA5#035 p.044, YMM.279x

Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Twin Manifestations

BH05169

190

هذا کتاب نزل من لدی الله العزیز الوهاب لمن اراد الله و انقطع عن کل مشرک مرتاب

This is a Book sent down from the presence of God, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful, unto him who hath desired God and severed himself from every doubting idolater [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.322a,

AQA5#034 p.042

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH04970

190

ان یا امتی فاسمعی ما یدعوک به قلمی فی سجنی و انه یدعوک الا الی الله ربک

O My handmaiden! Hearken unto that which My Pen summoneth thee to from within My prison, for verily it summoneth thee unto none other than God, thy Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.283b,

AQA5#031 p.036

Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH05294

180

ان یا امام قد حض?? کتابک لدی وجه ربک مالک الانام و تشرف بلحاظ الله فی هذا

O Imam! Verily thy letter hath come into the presence of thy Lord, the Lord of all mankind, and hath been honored by the gaze of God in this [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#002,

AQA5#029 p.034

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Word of God and human limitations

BH03145

290

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی اقبل الی الوجه فی یوم فیه اضطربت الارکان لینقطع عما

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath turned towards the Face on a day wherein the foundations were shaken, that he might detach himself from whatsoever [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#134,

AQA5#027 p.031

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH06446

150

ان یا مختار اسمع ندآء ربک الجبار من سدره النار انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن

O Chosen One! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord, the All-Compelling, from the Divine Lote-Tree of Fire. Verily, there is none other God but Him, the All-Protecting [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#138,

AQA5#024 p.028

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition

BH10556

ایادی عطای الهی کل را تربیت نموده و بلسان مظاهر نفس خود جمیع من فی العالم را

The Hands of Divine Bounty have nurtured all, and through the tongue of His own Manifestations hath He educated all who dwell in the world [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.152b,

AQA5#021 p.025b, AYI2.074

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as educator; Power of the Manifestation of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH10209

ای دوستان هر چیز مرغوب قیمتی را سارقان از عقب بوده باید لئالی محبت الهی را که

O friends! Even as thieves lie in wait for all things precious and costly, ye must needs guard well the pearls of divine love [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.152e,

AQA5#020 p.025a, HDQI.008a, ANDA#01 p.000b

Love of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH06303

160

هذا ذکر من لدنا الی الذی اراد ان یتبع مولاه القدیم لیویده ما نزل عن جهه

This is a remembrance from Our presence unto him who desireth to follow his Ancient Lord, that it may strengthen him in that which hath been sent down [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#139,

AQA5#018 p.022

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH04210

220

ذکر من لدنا لمن ذکر مولاه لیجذبه ندآء ربه الی مقام قدر فی الالواح قد انار الوجه من افق

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath remembered his Lord, that He may draw him, through His call, unto a station ordained in the Tablets, when the Face shone forth from the horizon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#088,

AQA5#017 p.021

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH06895

150

ینبغی الیوم لکل نفس ان یتفکر فی امر الله و سلطانه و یکون من المنصفین کم من

It behooveth every soul on this Day to ponder the Cause of God and His sovereignty, and to be numbered among the fair-minded. How many [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#113,

AQA5#016 p.020

Chastisement and requital; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH10598

شهد البهاء لمالک الاسماء بین الارض و السماء کما شهد مالک البقاء لنفس البهاء

The Glory beareth witness unto the Lord of Names between earth and heaven, even as the Lord of Eternity beareth witness unto the Glory Itself [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.147c,

AQA5#014 p.019a

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02861

310

ذکر من لدنا الی الذینهم فازوا بانوار البیان اذ اتی الرحمن بسلطان مبین لتحدث

The remembrance from Our presence unto those who have attained unto the lights of the Bayán, when the All-Merciful came with manifest sovereignty, that thou mayest recount [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#076,

AQA5#012 p.016

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03513

260

قد اتی المیعاد و ظهر مظهر ربکم مالک الایجاد و کل ذره تنادی الملک لله المقتدر

The appointed time hath come, and the Manifestation of your Lord, the Lord of creation, hath appeared, and every atom proclaimeth: "The Kingdom is God's, the All-Powerful!" [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#055,

AQA5#011 p.014

Chastisement and requital; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH09888

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ظهر بالحق انه لمخزن قدرتی و مکمن اقتداری و

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath appeared in truth is indeed the Treasury of My power and the Repository of My sovereignty [3.5s]

INBA27:464b, BLIB_Or03114.023, , BLIB_Or15730.147a,

AQA5#010 p.013

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05717

170

تعالی الذی اظهر جماله المکنون بانوار احاطت السموات و الارضین و انطق کل شیء

Exalted is He Who hath manifested His hidden Beauty through lights that have encompassed the heavens and the earth, and hath caused all things to speak forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.139c,

AQA5#009 p.012

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH02376

370

ان الکتاب المکنون فی هذا الهیکل المشهود ینطق انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن

The Hidden Book enshrined within this manifest Temple proclaims: "There is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.142a,

AQA5#008 p.009b

Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03618

250

ان یا هیکل انک بنیت بامر ربک ولکن الناس لاینظرون و منهم من ینتظر ان ینظرک طلبا

O Temple! Thou hast been raised up by the command of Thy Lord, yet the people perceive it not. And among them are those who wait to behold Thee, seeking [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#263,

AQA5#006 p.007

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proclamation to Christians

BH03603

250

ان استمع الندآء من بریه الهدی من شاطی الوادی الایمن علی البقعه الحمرآء من سدره

Hearken unto the Call from the Wilderness of Guidance, from the shore of the right-hand Valley, upon the crimson spot beneath the Lote-Tree [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#135,

AQA5#005 p.005

Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Suffering and imprisonment

BH06312

160

هذا کتاب من لدی الله الی الذی آمن بالله فی یوم الماب ان یا سلیمان ان وجدت

This is a Book from God unto him who hath believed in God on the Day of Return. O Solomon! If thou hast found [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#142,

AQA5#004 p.004

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH04983

190

ان یا محمود اسمع ندآء ربک من هذا المقام المحمود طوبی لمن سمع الندا من شطر

O Mahmud! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord from this praiseworthy station. Blessed is he who hath heard the call from this direction [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#136,

AQA5#003 p.003

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH03255

Lawh-i-Siyyid Muhammad ibn Vahid

280

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

قد فتح باب البیان و ظهر غلام المعانی و کان فی یده الیمنی کاس من سلسبیل رحمه

Lo! The portal of utterance is flung open, and the Youth of inner meaning is come. In His right hand, He beareth a chalice

BLIB_Or11095#187,

AQA4#104 p.358, AQA4a.132, LMA1.348 (208)

ADMS#028

LL#247

BH00454

Lawh-i-Huriyyih (Tablet of the Maiden)

1580

Tablet of the Maiden

Lawh-i-Huriyyih (Tablet of the Maiden)

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اذکرک حینئذ حین الذی استشرقت شمس الوهیتک عن افق سماء

Praise be unto Thee, O Lord, My God! I mention Thee at this moment when the Sun of Thy divinity is shining from the horizon of the Heaven

INBA48:036, INBA66:004, INBA92:001, BLIB_Or15714.058, , BLIB_Or15739.080,

AQA4#102 p.342, AQA4a.379, SFI16.008-012, ASAT3.134x, ASAT4.049x, OOL.B045

BLO_PT#133, HURQ.BH20

Describes a visionary encounter with the Maid of Heaven, who looks deeply within His soul and expires in sorrow upon perceiving the extent of His suffering.

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Mystical themes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB1.125, ROB3.223, BKOG.167, MMAH.211, GSH.020, LL#118

BH03529

Lawh-i-Jinab-i-Haji Siyyid Ibrahim (Kitab al-Fajr)

260

کتاب الفجر من افق الامر قد کان بالجهر مشهودا من قرء حرفا منه توجه الی شطر

The Book of Dawn hath appeared from the horizon of the Command, manifest unto all. Whosoever readeth a single letter thereof turneth toward its direction [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#168,

AQA4#101 p.341, AQA4a.129

Consolation and comfort; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

LL#113

BH01361

Gul va Bulbul (The nightingale and the owl)

630

Tablet of the Nightingale and the Owl

Gul va Bulbul (Tablet of the Nightingale and the Owl)

گل معنوی در رضوان الهی بقدوم ربیع معانی مشهود ولکن بلبلان صوری محروم مانده اند گل

The spiritual rose in the divine garden blossoms into mystical meanings at the approach of spring, but the artificial nightingales remain deprived.

INBA65:234, BLIB_Or07852.108, , NLI.32p002v

AQA4#099 p.336, AQA4a.368, HDQI.011, AHB_126BE #01-02 p.002x, AKHA_123BE #11-12 p.a, ANDA#06 p.03, OOL.B200

BLO_PT#136

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

LL#064, LL#094

BH00939

Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch)

870

Bahá'í Scriptures; Days of Remembrance

Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch)

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‘ẓam (‘the Greatest Branch’), foreshadowing His later appointment in the Kitáb-i-‘Ahd as successor to Bahá’u’lláh.

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

BH00948

Lawh-i-Aqa Siyyid Hasan

870

قد ارتفع ندآء الله عن یمین الرضوان بندآء الذی یسمعه حقایق کل الاشیاء بین الارض

The call of God hath been raised from the right hand of the Ridván with such a call as is heard by the realities of all things upon the earth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15702.100, , NLAI_BH2.122, ALIB.folder18p269

AQA4#097 p.328, AQA4a.123, MAS4.139bx, ASAT4.023x

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LL#057

BH01132

Suriy-i-Qadir

740

Surah of the Almighty (Surat al-Qadir)

Surat al-Qadir (Surah of the Almighty)

سبحان الذی قدر مقادیر کل شیء فی الواح عز محفوظا و خلق کل شیء علی شان لو یصفن

Praise be unto him, who foreordained for each thing its portion in mighty, preserved Tablets. He created all things in such a manner that, were they to purify themselves

INBA37:138, INBA83:115, BLIB_Or15702.032, , BLIB_Or15723.250, , BLIB_Or15737.094, , ALIB.folder18p211

AQA4#093 p.317, AQA4a.373, GSH.051, OOL.B134

WIND#157, HURQ.BH44

A meditation on the name of God ‘the Omnipotent’ and its pervasive influence in the world according to the capacities of things and, referring to the opposition of Mírzá Yaḥyá, calling the Bábís and the manifestations of worldly power to recognize Bahá’u’lláh.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ROB1.119, MMAH.083, LL#322

BH00280

Suriy-i-Ziyarih

2280

Wronged One, The; Surih of Visitation

Surat az-Ziyarah (Surih of Visitation for Mulla Husayn)

هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الذی سمی فی ملکوت البقاء بالبهاء و فی جبروت العلاء

This is a letter from a wronged One, who is known in the kingdom of eternity as Bahá, in the dominion of exaltation… Our God and Beloved! Forgive us, our parents, and such of our relations as have believed in Thee and Thy signs

INBA37:122, INBA83:195, INBA49:289, BLIB_Or15702.239, , NLAI_BH2.297, ALIB.folder18p057-066

AQA4#091 p.301, ADM2#005 p.017x, MAS8.082, ASAT4.078x, OOL.B141

LOIR03.083, BLO_PT#098, JHT_S#087x

Visitation tablet for Mullá Ḥusayn, who was the first to embrace the cause of the Báb and was one of its early martyrs and who is implicitly related in the tablet to Bahá’u’lláh (whose given name was also Ḥusayn) and through Him to the persecution and suffering of Abel, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, Imam Ḥusayn, and the Báb.

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Visitation Tablets

MMAH.204, GSH.196, LL#330

BH00334

Suriy-i-Qalam

1970

Days of Remembrance

Suriy-i-Qalam (Surih of the Pen)

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, the denizens of earth and heaven, the concourse of monks, and the Maid of Heaven.

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Monasticism; asceticism; Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; 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

BH00227

Ridvanu'l-Iqrar

2630

Ridvanu'l-Iqrar (Ridván of the Enthronement)

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 who have recognized and believed.

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.

BH00032

Lawh-i-Ruh

7220

Lawḥ-i-Rúh (Tablet of the Spirit)

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 station, whose full transformative power remains, out of wisdom, as yet undivulged; and foretells the ultimate triumph of His cause.

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

BH00434

Suriy-i-Dhibh

1620

Surah of the Sacrifice (Súratu'dh-Dhibh)

Suratudh-Dhibh (Surah of the Sacrifice)

اقر لله علی عرش العظمه و الجلال بانی انا الله لا اله الا انا المهیمن

God hath proclaimed from the throne of grandeur and splendor, "I, verily, am the Lord God, and there is no other god beside Me

INBA18:001, INBA37:003, BLIB_Or15723.188, , BLIB_Or15737.027,

AQA4#079 p.100, AQA4a.029, AVK3.467.01x, MAS4.139ax, ASAT3.267x, OOL.B113

BLO_PT#096

Exhorts the recipient to look into the truth of the Cause of God with his own eyes and declares that Bahá’u’lláh has been offered up as a sacrifice at the hands of the wicked at every moment for the past twenty years.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

MMAH.222, GSH.113, LL#298

BH00058

Suriy-i-Hajj I (Shiraz)

5550

Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb (Suriy-i-Hajj)

Suriy-i-Hajj (Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb)

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت حینئذ عن قطب البقاء مقام الذی یطوفن فی حوله اهل سرادق

These are the verses of God which have been sent down in this hour from the Focal Point of eternity, that Station round which circle the dwellers of the pavilion [3.5s]... ...O Muhammad, when the fragrances of holiness have drawn thee unto them and turned thee unto the land of the All-Merciful that thou mayest discover the breezes of divine praise

INBA73:005, INBA83:049, BLIB_Or15723.168, , BLIB_Or15737.006,

AQA4#078 p.075, AVK4.120, GHA.039x, GHA.069ax, TSBT.093x, RHQM2.0809-834 (222) (137-151), ASAT2.113x, ASAT4.426x, ASAT5.029x, OOL.B119

RBB.154-162x, BLO_PT#118x, HURQ.BH53, GEN.371-380

Prescribes the rite of pilgrimage to the House of the Báb in Shiraz, codified later in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas as a sacred duty.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.240, BKOG.250, MMAH.152, GSH.082, LL#304

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 action necessary.

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

BH00845

Suratu'llah

970

Surah of God

Súratu'lláh (Surah of God)

ان یا علی بعد نبیل اسمع ندآء ربک حین الذی یرید ان یخرج عن بینکم بما اکتسبت

O Muhammad-`Ali, hearken to this proclamation from thy Lord, at a time when He desireth to depart out from among ye by reason of what the hands of the oppressors have wrought

BLIB_Or15723.162, , BLIB_Or15737.001,

AQA4#076 p.068, AQA4a.016, ASAT2.111x, OOL.B102

BLO_PT#091, HURQ.BH25

Declares the divinity of His station, rebukes the followers of the Báb for plotting against Him, and announces His temporary retirement from the community.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB1.245, MMAH.153, GSH.060, LL#316

BH00076

Suriy-i-Ashab (=Lawh-i-Habib)

4960

Surah of the Companions

Suriy-i-Ashab or Lawh-i Habib (Surah of the Companions or Tablet for the Beloved One)

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 of Bahá’u’lláh, declaring His prophetic station to a number of receptive individuals while attesting that if it were revealed to humanity to an extent smaller than a needle’s eye, it would cause every mountain to crumble into dust.

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

BH00701

1100

الحمد لله الذی اظهر السبیل و انزل الدلیل و دعا الکل الیه بحجه لاتعادلها

Praise be to God Who hath made manifest the Path, sent down the Proof, and summoned all unto Him with an argument that none can equal [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.046x,

ADM3#081 p.097x

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00443

1600

Meetings, Bahá'í

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

BH00090

4690

حمدا لمن نور العالم بانوار اسمه الاعظم لیعرف الامم ما یقربهم الیه فضلا من

Praise be unto Him Who hath illumined the world through the splendors of His Most Great Name, that all peoples might recognize that which draweth them nigh unto Him through His grace [3.5s]... ...As to what thou hast written concerning the Right of God: The binding injunction of God is set forth in the Book, but this matter is conditional upon the willingness of the individual

INBA28:404, BLIB_Or15727b.326, , BLIB_Or15732.002,

ADM3#078 p.093x, GHA.106ax, GHA.107bx, UAB.022bx, AYI2.164x, AYI2.165x, AYI2.166x, AYI2.167x, AYI2.168x, ABDA.080-081x

COC#1151x, JHT_S#073x

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Exhortations and counsels; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Law of Huququ'llah; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH08843

110

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و محبوبی اسئلک باسمک الذی دعوته الی السماء اشرقت عن

Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Beloved! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which, when summoned to the heavens, illumination shone forth [3.5s]

INBA49:007a, BLIB_Or15725.383b,

ADM3#076 p.091

Prayers (general or uncategorized); The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH01096

760

حمد مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که قلوب قاصدین از اول لا اول الی آخر لا آخر باو

Praise be unto Him Who is worthy and befitting, unto Whom the hearts of all seekers have turned from the beginning that hath no beginning unto the end that hath no end [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee to give us renewed hope in the face of our sorrow, and to pardon us such things as we have neglected in Thy day

BLIB_Or15731.002, , BLIB_Or15736.001,

ADM3#065 p.081x

JHT_S#049x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Goodly deeds; actions; Power of prayer; Realms of being; three realms; five realms

BH04489

210

قد حضر لدی المظلوم کتابک و ذکره العبد الحاضر لدی الوجه و فاز باصغاء من عنده

The book thou didst send hath reached the presence of the Wronged One, and the servant standing before His Face hath made mention thereof, attaining thereby the grace of His hearing [3.5s]

INBA19:095, INBA32:087b, BLIB_Or15712.283,

ADM3#057 p.071x

Prayer for praise and gratitude; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02527

350

در این حین سدره مبارکه که در فردوس اعلی بید عنایت الهی غرس شده باینکلمه

At this hour, the blessed Tree, which by the hand of divine favor hath been planted in the Most Exalted Paradise, hath uttered these words [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! Praise be unto Thee for having revealed Thy path amidst Thy servants,and for having called the people to the Orient of Thy Revelation

INBA19:079, INBA32:073, BLIB_Or15690.303, , BLIB_Or15699.139b,

ADM3#054 p.067x

JHT_S#008x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for prosperity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02351

380

هذا یوم فیه ینادی المقصود و یبشر الناس بامره المحتوم و رحیقه المختوم طوبی

This is the Day wherein the Desired One proclaimeth and announceth unto humanity His irrevocable Decree and His sealed Wine. Blessed are they [3.5s]

INBA19:077, INBA32:071, BLIB_Or15713.080,

ADM3#053 p.066x

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Presence of; reunion with God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02264

390

ان یا جواد اردنا ان نجری لک کوثر الحیوان فی اللوح الذی به علق حیوه من فی

O Javad! Verily, We have desired to cause the Kawthar of Life to flow forth for thee in this Tablet, whereby life was bestowed upon all who dwell therein [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all creation and King of things visible and invisible! I entreat Thee by Him Who is the Desire of the heavens and earth

BLIB_Or11095#026,

ADM3#050 p.063x, ASAT2.047x

JHT_S#146x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Living waters; water of life; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01196

700

یا علی علیک بهائی و عنایتی ندایت را شنیدیم و از سجن اعظم بتو توجه نمودیم

O Ali! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. We have hearkened unto thy call and have turned toward thee from the Most Great Prison [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! Thou art witness unto my poverty and to Thy wealth, unto my powerlessness and to Thine omnipotence

BLIB_Or15712.169,

ADM3#046 p.059x

JHT_S#085x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH09447

100

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی و محبوبی و سلطانی تری فقری و افتقاری ثم ضری و اضطراری

All glory be Thine, O Thou Who art my God, my Beloved,and my Lord! Thou seest my poverty and my destitution, and my suffering and the hardships and trials that I have sustained

INBA19:192b, INBA32:175b, BLIB_Or15696.192e, , NLAI_BH1.458

ADM3#045 p.058

JHT_S#126

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Presence of; reunion with God

BH02020

440

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق و فیه هدی و ذکری للعالمین ان استمع یا عبد ما یوحی الیک

This is a Book sent down in truth, wherein lieth guidance and remembrance for all the worlds. Hearken, O servant, unto that which is revealed unto thee! [3.5s]... ...O Lord! I beseech Thee by Thy name through which Thou hast shed the light of Thine effulgence upon the entire creation

BLIB_Or15694.327, , NLAI_BH1.443, ALIB.folder18p342

ADM3#044 p.057x

JHT_S#052x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to 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

BH08240

120

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به اشتعلت قلوب المخلصین و ذابت افئده... ربّ اسألک بذکرک الّذی به بعثت الممکنات

Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy name whereby the souls of such as are wholly devoted unto Thee are set ablaze

INBA48:185, INBA49:212, BLIB_Or15739.322,

ADM3#042 p.054

JHT_S#048

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07034

140

حمد کن مقصود عالمیان را که تو را موید فرمود بر اقبال در ایامیکه اهل ضلال در

Praise be unto the Desired One of all worlds, Who hath aided thee to turn towards Him in the days when the people of error were [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.344c,

ADM3#041 p.053x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH07096

140

سبحان الذی انزل الایات و اظهر ما کان مستورا عن العیون و الابصار انه اتی

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses and made manifest that which was hidden from eyes and sight. Verily, He is come [3.5s]

INBA18:011, BLIB_Or15728.099a, , BLIB_Or15734.1.058b,

ADM3#040 p.052x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God

BH00022

8120

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

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

BH11106

قل اللهم یا الهی ترانی حاضرا عند عرش عظمتک و سامعا ندائک و ناظرا وجهک و

Say: O God, my God! Thou beholdest me present before the Throne of Thy grandeur, hearkening unto Thy call, and gazing upon Thy countenance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03114.011ra,

ADM3#141 p.160

Prayer for service; Prayer for teaching

BH06072

160

انشاء الله بعنایت مخصوصه الهی فائز باشید و بطراز حبش که فی الحقیقه سبب و علت

God willing, may ye be blessed with His special divine favors and be adorned with the vesture of His love, which is in truth the cause and the source [3.5s]

INBA19:190a, INBA32:173a, BLIB_Or15719.075b,

ADM3#125 p.143x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Prayer for children and youth; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH05941

170

یا اکبر نامه ات رسید و امام وجه مظلوم قرائت شد لله الحمد فائز شدی بانچه که

O Akbar! Thy letter was received and was read before the face of the Wronged One. Praise be unto God that thou hast attained unto that which [3.5s]

INBA19:179b, INBA32:163b, BLIB_Or15712.131a,

ADM3#123 p.141x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering; rejection of Christ

BH09501

100

قل الهی الهی فضلک اخذنی و رحمتک احاطتنی و جودک اعاننی و جنودک نصرتنی و عشقک

Say: O my God, my God! Thy grace hath seized me, and Thy mercy hath encompassed me, and Thy generosity hath sustained me, and Thy hosts have rendered me victorious, and Thy love [3.5s]

INBA19:113b, INBA32:104b, BLIB_Or15716.217b,

ADM3#118 p.137

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for nearness to God

BH01780

500

لک الحمد یا الهی و اله العرش و الثری و سلطانی و سلطان الاخره و الاولی بما

Unto Thee be praise, O my God, God of the throne above and of the dust below, my Lord,and the Lord of this world and the world to come, for having awakened me whilst I was slumbering

BLIB_Or15719.086,

ADM3#096 p.110

JHT_S#200

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH02128

420

یشهد الخادم انه لا اله الا هو لم یزل کان واحدا احدا فردا صمدا قائما قیوما و

The servant beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, that He hath ever been One, Single, Alone, Self-Subsisting, Ever-Abiding, Self-Sufficient [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech by Thy Most Glorious Name, Thy Great Announcement, the Dawning-Places of Thy Revelation, the Manifestations of Thy Self

BLIB_Or15731.225,

ADM3#095 p.109x

JHT_S#199x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Law of fasting; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00534

1400

الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالامر و توحد بالحکم و انزل من سماء الاحدیه حکم الحکمه و

All praise be unto God Who is single in His command and unique in His decree, and Who hath sent down from the heaven of oneness the precepts of wisdom [3.5s]... ...I beseech Thee, Who art the Lord of the entire creation and the Edifier of all that is come into being, by Him Who is the Revelator of the divine verses

BLIB_Or15727b.108,

ADM3#093 p.106x, AVK3.020.09x, AVK3.116.03x, NNY.150-152x, MAS8.106ax, AYI2.305x, RHQM1.430-430 (521x) (320x), ASAT3.210x, ASAT5.250x, YMM.425x

JHT_S#167x

Knowledge; recognition of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

ROB4.089b, LL#006

BH02370

370

الحمد لله بالطاف و مواهب بیمنتهای حق فائز شدی چه که قصد مقصود حقیقی نمودی و

Praise be unto God that thou hast attained unto His boundless favors and bounties, inasmuch as thou hast set thy heart upon the true and ultimate Goal [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.192a,

ADM3#091 p.104x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH09089

110

یا الهی و محبوبی کیف اذکرک بالکلمات بعد ایقانی بانها خلقت بامرک و ارادتک

O my God and my Beloved! How am I to make mention of Thee with words, certain as I am that they themselves are created at Thy behest?

BLIB_Or15725.385a, , NLAI_BH2.071a

ADM2#056 p.099

JHT_S#059

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07241

140

کتاب انزله المظلوم لیهدی من علی الارض الی صراط الله المستقیم و یطهرهم من

The Book which the Wronged One hath revealed, that He may guide all who dwell on earth unto the Straight Path of God and purify them [3.5s]

INBA51:086b, BLIB_Or15716.052.06, , KB_620:079-080

ADM2#051 p.088

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Proclamation to the people of the world; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00111

Kalimat-i-Firdawsiyyih (Words of Paradise)

4020

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih (Words of Paradise)

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 rule, that rulers should possess good character and act in justice (in contrast to Muḥammad Sháh, whose deeds in particular are denounced), reward and punishment as the basis of order in the world, justice, the unity of mankind, the education of children, moderation, renouncing asceticism and monasticism, and forbidding religious strife and dissension.

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

BH05070

190

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به نجیت المغرقین و هدیت المشتاقین و به

Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy name whereby Thou hast delivered those who were drowning and guided those who were longing

INBA48:163, INBA49:058b, BLIB_Or15725.362b, , BLIB_Or15739.290,

ADM2#116 p.205, AQMJ1.124

JHT_S#091

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09855

Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا رضیع فاشربه من ثدی رحمتک و عنایتک ثم ارزقه من فواکه

Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Graciously grant that this infant be fed from the breast of Thy tender mercy

INBA92:144b, BLIB_Or15725.369c,

ADM2#114 p.203, MMTF.005

BRL_CHILD#01, BPRY.032

E. Mahony, almunajat.com [item 39]

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for children and youth

BH00483

1500

Bahá'í Scriptures; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

الحمد لمن نطق بعد تقدیسه عن اللسان و علم بعد تنزیهه عن البیان انه لهو الذی

Praise be unto Him Who, after His sanctification beyond all tongues, hath spoken, and Who, after His transcendence above all utterance, hath taught. He, verily, is the One Who [3.5s]... ...It hath been decreed that, if anyone should have a troubled dream and should thereby be grieved and saddened, he may recite this blessed verse… O Thou by Whose name the sea of joy moveth and the fragrance of happiness is wafted!

INBA07:128, INBA18:421, BLIB_Or15717.233, , Majlis210461.126x

ADM2#113 p.202x, MAS4.366bx, ASAT1.072x, PYK.033x

BRL_APBH#23x, RBB.123x, BSC.186 #270x, BP1929.012x

Sixth Choral Music Festival Concert, C. Wolcott

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#189

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

BH00568

Bisharat (Glad-Tidings; =Lawh-i-Nida)

1320

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Bisharat (Glad Tidings)

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 followers of all religions, the adoption of a universal auxiliary language, the obligation to faithfully serve just monarchs, obedience to government, the establishment of the ‘Lesser Peace’, freedom in choice of clothing and cut of beard, abandonment of monasticism, forbidding the confession of sins, abrogating a law of the Báb regarding the destruction of books, exalting useful work to the status of worship and forbidding mendicancy, entrusting the affairs of the people to the House of Justice, abrogating the requirement of making special journeys to visit the graves of the dead, and commending a combination of republicanism and monarchy in the governance of human affairs.

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

BH00117

3920

سبحانک یا اله الاسماء و فاطر السماء تری کیف احاط البلاء عبادک الذین نبذوا

Glorified art Thou, O God of Names and Creator of Heaven! Thou beholdest how tribulation hath encompassed Thy servants who have cast aside [3.5s]

INBA97:030x, BLIB_Or11097#035, , BLIB_Or15719.094ax, , BLIB_Or15722.170x,

ADM2#097 p.179x, NNY.181-182x, MAS8.144ax, ASAT4.311x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH00415

Lawh-i-Sirr al-Tankis

1690

مطالب مذکوره در ساحت اقدس معروض افتاد هذا ما نزل من سمآء الأمر قد سمعنا ما نادیت به الله بما علمک من قبل... و اما در فقرهٴ عباراتی که منسوب بجناب شیخ احمد احسائی

The matters mentioned were presented to the Most Holy Court, and this is what hath been sent down from the heaven of Command: We have heard that which thou didst call upon God concerning what He taught thee aforetime... And as for the phrases attributed to Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá'í [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#253x, , BLIB_Or15722.035, , NLI.32p144rx

ADM2#095 p.176x, MAS1.012x, MAS4.276x, ASAT4.088x, ASAT5.065x, NSS.098x

ADMS#199n77x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Personal instructions; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

LL#243

BH00146

3540

الحمد لله مالک الملک و الملکوت و سلطان العز و الجبروت الذی جعل کرسیه الناسوت

Praise be unto God, the Lord of sovereignty and dominion, the King of glory and might, Who hath made His throne the world of man [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.001, , BLIB_Or15711.210,

ADM2#093 p.174x, YMM.310x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00719

1080

ان یا زین المقربین قد حضر کتابک لدی الوجه و سمعنا ما فیه بذلک تموج بحر عنایه

O Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin! Thy letter hath come before Our presence and We have hearkened unto that which it containeth. Thus did the ocean of bounty surge forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#007,

ADM2#091 p.171x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH09875

سبحانک یا سلطان الملک و الملکوت و المهیمن علی الملوک و المملوک اسئلک بالاسم

Glorified art Thou, O Sovereign of the kingdom of earth and heaven, and Overseer of kings and subjects! I beseech Thee by the Name [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.088a,

ADM2#079 p.146

Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection

BH04742

200

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد حینئذ بانک لم تزل کنت مقدسا عن عرفان العرفا و

Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I testify in this moment that from eternity Thou hast been sanctified above the realizations of the most sainted mystics

BLIB_Or15725.343b,

ADM2#071 p.131

JHT_S#070

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH06687

150

قل سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به اشتعلت افئده المقربین و به

Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the hearts of them that are near unto Thee were set aflame [3.5s]

INBA49:309, INBA92:209, BLIB_Or15725.356a,

ADM2#070 p.129

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for purity; chastity; Prayer for spiritual recognition

BH10276

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به قبضت ارواح کل الاشیا و احییت مره

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst seize the souls of all things and didst quicken them anew [3.5s]

INBA49:008, BLIB_Or15725.372b,

ADM2#068 p.124, AHM.216

almunajat.com [item 30]

Prayer for detachment; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

BH09652

100

یا ربی و الهی و محبوبی اسئلک بهبوب اریاح فضلک التی بها احییت الممکنات و

O Thou Lord, my God, my best Beloved! I beseech Thee by the murmuring breezes of Thy grace, whereby Thou dost breathe life into all created things

INBA49:066a, BLIB_Or15725.372c,

ADM2#067 p.123

JHT_S#013

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayers (general or uncategorized); The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

BH03262

280

Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The

لک الحمد یا الهی بما زینت العالم بانوار فجر لیل فیه ولد من بشر بمطلع

All praise be to Thee, O my God, inasmuch as Thou hast adorned the world with the splendour of the dawn

BLIB_Or15726.028b,

ADM2#002 p.012x, NFR.039, TBP#17b, AMB#41

TB#17b, DOR#41, DAS.1915-03-22

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00446

1600

سبحانک یا من ارتفعت الیک ایادی الرجاء من کل الاصفیاء و صعدت الی ساحة عزک

Glorified art Thou, O Thou unto Whom the hands of hope are upraised by all the chosen ones, and have ascended unto the court of Thy glory [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.127,

ADM2#066 p.118x

BH07655

130

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بسراج الذی اوقدته بدهن حکمتک و استقمته علی مشکاه

Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by the lamp which Thou hast kindled with the oil of Thy wisdom and ensconced in the niche of Thy grace

BLIB_Or15725.381b,

ADM2#065 p.116

JHT_S#012

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for detachment

BH09380

100

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بکلمتک التی بها اظهرت الممکنات و احییت الموجودات

Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Word through which Thou hast made all things manifest and hast given life unto all creation

BLIB_Or15725.382a,

ADM2#064 p.115

JHT_S#060

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Word of God the cause of creation

BH07666

130

سبحانک اللهم یا محبوبی و رجائی انادیک حین الذی انقطعت عما خلق بین الارض و

Glory be unto Thee, O Thou my Well-Beloved, my cherished Desire! I call out unto Thee at this moment after having severed myself from whatsoever dwelleth between heaven and earth

INBA49:003, BLIB_Or15725.382b,

ADM2#063 p.113

JHT_S#011

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for nearness to God; Presence of; reunion with God

BH04648

200

ان یا عطار الاحدیه عطر الممکنات بعطر الذی کان عن جهه القمیص مرسولا ثم استقم

O Perfumer of Divine Unity! Perfume all contingent beings with the fragrance that was wafted from the Garment, then stand thou firm [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.563b, , ALIB.folder18p460

ADM2#001 p.011x, AVK4.058.12x

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH07121

140

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و سیدی اسئلک بان تزین هذا العبد بطراز الوفاء بین ملا

Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Lord! I beseech Thee to adorn this servant with the ornament of fidelity amidst the concourse [3.5s]

INBA49:007b, BLIB_Or15725.383a,

ADM2#061 p.107

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for sacrifice

BH08833

110

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اقسمک باسمک الذی به انقلبت الاسما عن ملکوتها و نزلت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which all names were transformed from their kingdoms and descended [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.383c,

ADM2#060 p.106

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for purity; chastity

BH03932

240

یا الهی و سیدی و سندی و رجای یشهد لسان ظاهری و باطنی بانک انت الله

O my God, my Lord, my Support, my Hope! The tongue of mine inner and outer being doth testify that verily Thou art God; none other god is there beside Thee

BLIB_Or15730.032b,

ADM2#059 p.103

JHT_S#040

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for nearness to God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH06580

150

سبحانک یا الهی لم ادر ای نار اشتعلت فی قطب الاکوان تالله بها احترقت کل ما

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I know not what the fire is which hath been ignited in the midmost heart of creation

INBA49:065, BLIB_Or15725.384a,

ADM2#058 p.101

JHT_S#097

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH09845

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بانوار شمس وحدانیتک و طلوع فجر فردانیتک ثم بکلمتک

Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by the resplendent rays of the Sun of Thy oneness, the first Light of the dawn of Thy transcendence

BLIB_Or15725.384b, , NLAI_BH2.057a

ADM2#057 p.100

JHT_S#007

Chastisement and requital; Prayer for nearness to God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04714

200

ذکر من لدنا عبادی الذین نبذوا ما عند القوم متمسکین بما عند الله المهیمن

Call to remembrance from Our presence My servants who have cast aside whatsoever the people possess, holding fast unto that which is with God, the All-Protecting [3.5s]

INBA51:201b, BLIB_Or15695.271, , KB_620:194-195

ADM1#051 p.097x, LHKM3.123

almunajat.com [item 35]

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for prosperity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH07181

140

قد حضر کتابک لدی المظلوم و عرضه العبد الحاضر اجبناک بلوح لاح من افقه نیر

Thy letter hath reached the Wronged One, and the servant in attendance hath laid it before Him. We answer thee through a Tablet from whose horizon a luminary hath shone forth [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! At Thy mention am I enraptured,at the sound of Thy voiceam I made to tremble, by the sweet-scented breezes of Thy Revelation am I given life

INBA51:456a, BLIB_Or15716.070.07,

ADM1#050 p.096x

JHT_S#115x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Word of God the cause of creation

BH07672

130

سبحانک یا الهی تری العباد اعرضوا عنک و اعترضوا علیک بعد الذی اظهرت نفسک

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! Thou seest humanity turning away from Thee and opposing Thee, despite that Thou hast made Thyself manifest in the revelations of Thy divinity

INBA51:342, BLIB_Or15696.084c,

ADM1#048 p.093, NFR.148, AQMJ2.078

JHT_S#116

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition

BH05417

180

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له العظمه و الاقتدار و العزه و الاختیار یحیی و یمیت و هو المقتدر

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the majesty and the power, the glory and the dominion. He giveth life and causeth death, and He is the All-Powerful [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O God my God, Who art the Lord of loving-kindness and tender mercy! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name, by which Thou didst judge between the nations

INBA51:245a, BLIB_Or15703.143, , KB_620:238-238

ADM1#046 p.091x

JHT_S#114x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for prosperity; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BH01488

580

خرجنا الیوم فی مقام قاصدا مقاما آخر و نطقنا بما انجذبت به افئده القوم و نطقت

Today We have departed from one place, proceeding unto another, and have given utterance to that which hath enraptured the hearts of the people and caused them to speak [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God, my Master, my Beloved, my cherished Desire! I beseech Thee by the light of the Cause whereby heaven and earth are illuminated

INBA51:422, BLIB_Or15724.041,

ADM1#002 p.009x, LHKM3.092

JHT_S#017x

Chastisement and requital; Contention and conflict; Prayer for purity; chastity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH01179

700

اسمع الندآء من شطر السجن الاعظم الذی ینطق فیه مالک القدم انه لا اله الا هو

Hearken unto the call raised from the direction of the Most Great Prison, wherein speaketh the Ancient King: "Verily there is none other God but Him!" [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! Praise be unto Thee inasmuch as Thou hast guided me unto the ocean of Thy loving providence, and hast aided me to turn unto the horizon of Thy Revelation

INBA51:220, BLIB_Or15718.073b, , KB_620:213-215

ADM1#044 p.088x

JHT_S#113x

Prayer for forgiveness; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08968

110

قل یا مالک الوجود و سلطان الموجود ترانی ناظرا الی افق فضلک نظره من یسئل بحر

O Thou Who art the Possessor of all being and Lord of the entire creation! Thou seest how I have set my gaze on the horizon of Thy grace as one entreating the ocean of Thy pardon

INBA51:215a, BLIB_Or15696.050d, , KB_620:208-208

ADM1#043 p.086

JHT_S#117

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10632

قل سبحانک اللهم یا اله الکائنات و سبحانک اللهم یا مقصود الممکنات اسئلک باسمک

Say: Glory be unto Thee, O God, Thou Lord of all created things, and glory be unto Thee, O God, Thou Goal of all contingent beings! I beseech Thee by Thy Name [3.5s]

INBA51:173a, BLIB_Or15716.090b, , KB_620:166-166

ADM1#038 p.080

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for service; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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

BH06154

160

ذکر من لدنا لمن حضر کتابه لدی المظلوم اذ کان بین ایدی الغافلین یا خیرالله قد

A remembrance from Our presence unto him whose letter came before the Wronged One when He was in the hands of the heedless. O Khayrullah [3.5s]

INBA51:087, BLIB_Or15713.291b, , BLIB_Or15730.038d, , KB_620:080-081

ADM1#034 p.075x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH04729

200

ذکرت لدی العرش مذکور و ندایت مسموع انشاء الله از عنایت رحمانیه و فیوضات الهیه

Thy remembrance is mentioned before the Throne and thy call is heard. God willing, through the tender mercies of the All-Merciful and the divine outpourings [3.5s]

INBA84:135b, INBA84:071.01, INBA84:013, BLIB_Or11096#079, , BLIB_Or15710.077b,

ADM1#030 p.071x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH03425

270

یا سلمان علیک عنایه الرحمن لازال بعنایت قلم اعلی فائز بوده ئی این حین مکتوبی

O Salman! Upon thee be the grace of the All-Merciful. Time and again hast thou been favored by the Most Exalted Pen. At this moment, a letter [3.5s]

INBA51:278, BLIB_Or15718.241, , KB_620:271-272

ADM1#028 p.067x

almunajat.com [item 32]

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH03514

260

قد اتی الوعد و ظهر ما کان مذکورا فی کتب الله مالک یوم الدین (...) انه فاز بکل

The Promise hath come to pass, and that which was recorded in the Books of God, the Lord of the Day of Judgment, hath been made manifest [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! Thou seest me turning unto Thee, holding fast the lights of Thy countenance, and cleaving unto the ocean of Thy munificence

INBA51:573c, BLIB_Or15716.164b,

ADM1#027 p.065x

JHT_S#111x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prophecy and fulfillment; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH00459

1570

کلمه الله از افق ملکوت بیان ظاهر و نور ظهور از افق طور ساطع آنکلمه کلمه

The Word of God hath appeared from the horizon of the Kingdom of utterance, and the Light of Manifestation hath shone forth from the horizon of Sinai. That Word is the Word [3.5s]

INBA51:448, BLIB_Or15690.028, , BLIB_Or15728.080b,

ADM1#025 p.061x, LHKM3.220

Praise and encouragement; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH05409

180

سبحانک یا الهی و اله الامم و مالکی و مالک العالم فانظر الی زفراتی و تذرفات

Glory be unto Thee, O my God and the God of the Nations, my Lord and the Lord of the world! Give ear unto my sighs and look upon the tears of mine eyes

INBA51:308c, INBA57:095b, BLIB_Or15697.043,

ADM1#023 p.057, NFR.105, AQMJ2.077

JHT_S#185

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

BH06659

150

قد سمع المظلوم شهادتک و یراک فیما انت علیه انه لهو السمیع البصیر طوبی لک بما

The Wronged One hath heard thy testimony and beholdeth thee in thy state. He, verily, is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. Blessed art thou inasmuch as [3.5s]

INBA51:272, BLIB_Or15730.016a, , KB_620:265-266

ADM1#022 p.056x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH05497

180

کتاب انزله مولی الاسماء و فاطر السماء لمن اقبل الی الله رب الارباب ایاک ان تحزنک

This is the Book which the Lord of Names and Creator of Heaven hath sent down unto him who hath turned unto God, the Lord of lords. Let not sorrow overtake thee [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy name which overshadoweth all names,and by the stroke of Thy Most Exalted Pen

INBA51:238b, INBA61:052, INBA66:102x, BLIB_Or15703.148, , KB_620:231-232

ADM1#021 p.054x, ADM2#047 p.080x, AQMM.057x

JHT_S#058x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection

BH03069

290

ان المظلوم اراد ان یرسل الیک کلمه من ام الکتاب و موجا من امواج بحر رحمه ربک

Verily the Wronged One desireth to send unto thee a word from the Mother Book and a wave from the waves of thy Lord's mercy [3.5s]

INBA51:054, BLIB_Or15695.020, , KB_620:047-048

ADM1#018 p.048x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH07781

130

قل سبحانک اللهم یا کنز الفقرآء و معین الضعفاء و مالک الارض و السماء و المستوی علی

Glory be unto Thee, O my God, Who art the Treasure of the impoverished, the Champion of the powerless, Lord of the earth and of heaven

INBA51:031, BLIB_Or15703.145, , KB_620:024-025

ADM1#016 p.045, ADM2#053 p.094

JHT_S#096

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH02469

360

قد حضر کتابک لدی العرش و کان مطرزا بذکر ربک و مقدسا عما سویه لعمری انه خیر لک

Thy letter hath reached the Throne, adorned with the remembrance of thy Lord and sanctified from all else. By My life, this is better for thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#055, , BLIB_Or15710.085,

ADM1#014 p.041x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Personal instructions; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience

BH02273

390

ای احمد آواز جانفزای دوست بینیاز را بگوش جان بشنو کلمه او در قلوب مستعده و افئده

O Ahmad! With the ear of thy spirit hearken thou unto the soul-stirring call of the Self-Sufficing One. His Word entereth into prepared hearts and breasts [3.5s]... ...O my God! I entreat Thee by Thy name whereby the hearts of those brought nigh are attracted unto the horizon of Thy Revelation

BLIB_Or11096#051,

ADM1#013 p.039x

JHT_S#106x

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH01836

480

ای حسین بشنو ندای حسین را که در سجن اعظم ترا ندا میفرماید این ندا جسم را جان

O Husayn! Hearken unto the call of Husayn, Who summoneth thee from the Most Great Prison. This call verily quickeneth the body [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#050,

ADM1#012 p.036x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Prayer for service; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH01837

480

ای علی قبل اکبر انشاء الله از عنایت مالک قدر در کل احیان و جمیع احوال بمنظر اکبر ناظر

O 'Alí-Qablí-Akbar! God willing, through the bounties of the Lord of Destiny, thou shalt at all times and in all conditions remain turned towards the Most Great Horizon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03116.110, , BLIB_Or11096.187,

ADM1#011 p.034x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Presence of; reunion with God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00874

940

هذا کتاب من المظلوم الذی سمی بحسین قبل علی الیک لیقربک الی الله المهیمن القیوم لاتکن

This is an epistle from the Wronged One, who was named Ḥusayn before 'Alí, unto thee, that it may draw thee nigh unto God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s]... ...O Lord! I beseech Thee by the blood of them that love Thee which hath been shed in Thy path,and by such lamentations and cries as have been voiced by those who yearn for Thee

BLIB_Or03116.087, , BLIB_Or07852.060, , BLIB_Or11096#030,

ADM1#009 p.029x, UAB.004a.04x

JHT_S#020x

Chastisement and requital; Knowledge; recognition of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH10292

سبحانک یا الهی و محبوبی و سیدی و سندی و حافظی و ناصری و معینی اسئلک بالنور

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Beloved, my Master, my Support, my Protector, my Helper and my Succorer! I beseech Thee by the Light [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.078b,

ADM1#083 p.144

S. Jaberi

Power of prayer; Prayer for healing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH08652

110

الهی الهی و سیدی و سندی تری امه من امائک اقبلت الی افق ظهورک بعد اعراض اکثر

My God, my God, my Lord and my Refuge! Thou seest one of Thy handmaidens who hath turned unto the dawning-place of Thy Manifestation after most men on the earth had turned away

INBA15:341a, INBA18:108, INBA23:238a, INBA26:345a, INBA51:557, BLIB_Or15716.091d, , NLAI_BH1.228

ADM1#075 p.131, ADM3#145 p.164, AQMJ2.023

JHT_S#107

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for women; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05240

190

یا ورقتی ??ن السدره تنادیک و یا امتی ان المحبوب یذکرک لک ان تفتخری بالفضلین

Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God, and praise be unto Thee, inasmuch as Thou hast illumined my heart with the light of Thy knowledge, hast honored me with Thy presence

INBA51:110a, BLIB_Or15695.060, , KB_620:103-103

ADM1#069 p.124x, KHAF.280

JHT_S#130x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prayer for women

BH05626

180

یا ورقتی یا امتی قولی لک الحمد بما سقیتنی من ید عطائک رحیق عرفانک و هدیتنی

O My Handmaiden! O My Maidservant! Say: All praise be unto Thee, inasmuch as Thou hast caused me to drink, from the hand of Thy bounty, the choice wine of Thy knowledge, and hast guided me [3.5s]... ...Praise be unto Thee inasmuch as Thou hast given me to drink by the hand of Thy bounty of the wine of Thy knowledge, hast led me unto Thy path

INBA51:418, BLIB_Or15716.105a, , BLIB_Or15728.104b, , BLIB_Or15734.1.047b,

ADM1#066 p.118x

JHT_S#006x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for women; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01000

830

ذکر من لدنا لقوم یسمعون و حکمه من عندنا لقوم یفقهون

A remembrance from Our presence unto the people who hear, and wisdom from Our companionship unto those who comprehend [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O God, O Thou in Whose hand are the reins of all created things and in Whose grasp is dominion of the heavens and earth! I beseech Thee by the light of Thy visage

BLIB_Or11095#018,

ADM1#065 p.117x

JHT_S#135x

Call to action; Manifestation of God as mediator; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00791

1010

ذکر من لدنا للذاکرین انه لطراز الفضل لمن فی العالمین به ینبت من القلوب ریحان

A remembrance from Our presence unto them that remember. Verily, it is the ornament of grace unto all who dwell in the worlds. Through it there springeth forth from hearts sweet basil [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name which Thou hast made to be the crown of all names and by which heaven and earth have been illumined

BLIB_Or11095#011,

ADM1#064 p.115x

JHT_S#136x

Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04381

210

ان استمع الندآء من افق الکبریا انه لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم قد ذکر اسمک

Hearken unto the Call from the horizon of grandeur - verily there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Wise. Thy name hath been mentioned [3.5s]... ...To Thee be praise, O my God, in that Thou hast set upon me Thy gaze! I entreat Thee by Thy Most Great Name, to make me so steadfast in Thy love

BLIB_Or11095#174,

ADM1#063 p.113x

JHT_S#102x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for teaching

BH03939

240

یا اولیائی اسمعوا ندائی ثم انصرونی بالحکمه و البیان هذا ما امرتم به فی الواح

O My loved ones! Hearken unto My call and then aid Me through wisdom and utterance. Thus have ye been commanded in the Tablets [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! I testify that Thine evidence hath encompassed all things, Thy guidance and testimony have been revealed

INBA51:569, BLIB_Or15713.159,

ADM1#057 p.105x, ADM2#003 p.013, LHKM3.153

JHT_S#061x

Call to action; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09959

قل سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الاعظم الاقدس الابهی و بنور امرک المشرق

Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great, Thy Most Holy, Thine All-Glorious Name, and by the light of Thy Cause

INBA51:555, BLIB_Or15716.090a,

ADM1#055 p.103

JHT_S#133

Prayer for nearness to God

BH03321

270

ان یا ابوطالب اسمع ندآء ربک عن شطر البقاء ثم استمع لما یوحی الیک من هذه السدره

O Abu-Talib! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord from the precincts of eternity, then listen thou unto that which is revealed unto thee from this Tree [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15737.205, , NLAI_BH1.352

ASAT5.179x, QUM.019x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; High station of the true believer; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH02744

320

ان یا مهدی قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و اطلعنا بما فیه و اجبناک بهذا اللوح لیفرح

O Mihdi! Thy letter hath indeed come before Us, and We have taken cognizance of that which it containeth, and have answered thee through this Tablet, that thou mayest rejoice [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.019, , BLIB_Or15738.065,

ASAT5.177x, ASAT5.255x

Contention and conflict; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH07075

140

ذکر من لدی المذکور لکل ذاکر قام علی نصره امر الله لیجد عرف الرحمن من هذا

The remembrance from the One who is Remembered be unto every mindful one who hath arisen to aid the Cause of God, that he may inhale the fragrance of the All-Merciful from this [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.141a,

ASAT5.143x

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

BH05298

180

ان یا رحیم فاخرج عن تلک الارض من قبل ان یخرج الغلام عن بینکم و کذلک نامرک ان

O Rahim! Depart thou from that land ere the Youth goeth forth from your midst. Thus do We bid thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.120f,

ASAT5.078x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Personal instructions; Priestcraft; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02077

420

الحمد لله که فلک همت بر قطب بحر انقطاع رانده اید و بفیوضات ربانیه و عنایات

Praise be to God that ye have steered the firmament of high endeavor upon the pole of the ocean of detachment through divine bounties and heavenly grace [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03116.093, , BLIB_Or11096#031, , NLI.32p134r

ASAT5.037x

Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00873

940

مکتوب آنجناب که بعبد حاضر لدی العرش نوشته بودید تلقاء وجه حاضر از قبل لوح

Your missive, which you had addressed to this servant present before the Throne, was laid before His countenance, ere the Tablet [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#020, , BLIB_Or15710.059, , BLIB_Or15738.120,

ASAT5.350x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03684

250

قد اشرقت شمس البهی عن افق البقا بطراز الله المقتدر العلی الاعلی قل موتوا یا

The Sun of Glory hath dawned from the horizon of eternity, adorned with the ornament of God, the Almighty, the Most Exalted of the Most Exalted. Say: Perish, O ye [3.5s]

INBA42:259, BLIB_Or15725.258, , OSAI I.MMS,

ASAT5.350x

Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement

BH03191

280

ان یا ریحانه الذکر و روحانی اللقب ان استمعی ندآء الذی ارتفع عن جهه عرش ربک

O thou essence of remembrance and bearer of a spiritual title, hearken unto the Call that hath been raised from the direction of thy Lord's Throne [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.489, , NLAI_BH2.214

ASAT5.281x

Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH07320

140

یا احبائی فی الهاء و المیم ان استمعوا ندآء ربکم الرحمن الرحیم انه ما غفل عنکم قد ذکرکم

O My loved ones in Há and Mím! Hearken unto the voice of your Lord, the All-Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Verily, He hath not been unmindful of you, and hath remembered you [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.037c,

ASAT5.271x

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Praise and encouragement

BH06423

150

ان اشکر الله بما وفقک علی الطواف حول البیت الاعظم و فزت بالحج الاکبر ان احمد و

Give thanks unto God for having enabled thee to circle round the Most Great House and for having granted thee the bounty of attaining unto the Most Great Pilgrimage. Render praise and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#279,

ASAT5.202x

Law of pilgrimage; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH06619

150

علیک سلام الله و رحمته قد راینا کتابک و قرئناه لا تحزن عما ذکر فی الکوز ان ربک لهو البحار

Upon thee be the peace of God and His mercy! We have beheld thy letter and read its contents. Grieve thou not over that which was mentioned concerning the cup, for verily thy Lord is the Ocean [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#284,

ASAT5.200x

Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies

BH02059

430

نبیلی اکثری از خلق از حق سم طلب نموده و مینمایند و بخیال خود شهد خواسته اند حنظل

O Nabil! Most among the people have sought, and continue to seek, poison from the Truth, while in their own imagination, though desiring honey, they have asked for bitter colocynth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03116.100r, , BLIB_Or11096#057,

ASAT5.200-202

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Nearness and remoteness; 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

BH08741

110

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Role and station of women; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

ای کنیز خدا جمال قدم در سجن اعظم مستقر و عشرین نفس از اماء الهی حبا لله با

O handmaid of God! The Ancient Beauty dwelleth in the Most Great Prison, and twenty handmaids of the Divine… Arise ye in the Cause like unto men. Many are the women regarded today as men in the sight of God, while some of the men have been accounted as women

BLIB_Or11096#187, , BLIB_Or15710.021b,

ASAT4.128x, PYM.232bx

ADMS#266

BH01989

440

اذا وردنا السجن اردنا ان نبلغ الکل رسالات ربهم ... و دیگر در فقرهٴ علم مکنون حسب الحکم آنکه آنچه در آن فارسی نازل شده باید عمل شود

When We arrived at the Prison, We desired to convey unto all the messages of their Lord... and further, regarding the hidden knowledge, according to wisdom: whatsoever hath been revealed in Persian must be carried out [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#240, , BLIB_Or15722.069.03,

ASAT4.128.16x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Personal instructions; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment

BH01306

650

در بارهٴ جناب آقا رجبعلی مرقوم فرموده بودند که وفات کرده‌اند و همچنین از ترکهٴ او سؤال نموده بودند

As regards his honor Áqá Rajab-'Alí, thou didst write that he hath ascended unto the realms above, and likewise thou didst inquire concerning his inheritance [3.5s]... ...As for the scribes and the differences between the manuscripts they prepared, this is what has shown forth from the horizon of elucidation

BLIB_Or15722.125bx,

ASAT4.092-093x

KSHK#15x

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of inheritance; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings

BH00447

1600

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و ان علیا قبل نبیل عبده و بهائه و قد قضی ایام العبد و ظهر البها

God beareth witness that there is no God but Him and that Ali-before-Nabil is His servant and His Glory. The days of servitude have passed and the Glory hath appeared [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.365, , ALIB.folder18p194

ASAT4.088x

Consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03076

290

انا نذکر العباد بالذکر الاعظم الذی جعله الله مبدء ذکر العالمین انه لهو الذی

We make mention of the servants through the Most Great Remembrance, which God hath made to be the source of the remembrance of all the worlds. Verily, He is the One Who [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.158,

ASAT4.087x

Call to action; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

BH02386

370

اینکه در الواح نصایح مشفقه در اتحاد و غیره نازل میشود مقصود جمیع بریه بوده و

Know that whatever loving counsels have been revealed in the Tablets concerning unity and other matters were intended for all created beings [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#255, , BLIB_Or15710.047b,

ASAT4.073x

Consolation and comfort; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Unity in diversity

BH07725

130

قال القائم ان القیوم یاتی بالحق و انه اذا قام یقوم الناس لرب العالمین انه

The Forerunner hath proclaimed: "Verily, the Self-Subsisting shall come with truth, and when He ariseth, the people shall arise for the Lord of all the worlds." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.2.029a,

ASAT4.531x

Knowledge; recognition of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment

BH01335

640

روحی و نفسی لک الفداء علی قول من قال دل پیش تو صورت احوال از بپرس حضرت علیم

My spirit and my soul be a sacrifice unto Thee, according to the words of him who declared: "Ask Thou the All-Knowing One concerning the state of the heart that lieth before Thee." [3.5s]

INBA33:073bx, BLIB_Or03116.112, , BLIB_Or11096#042x, , BLIB_Or15710.024,

ASAT4.489x, MSHR3.258x

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Nearness and remoteness; Parents and children; youth; families; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH10837

طوبی لک انت الذی فی صغرک اعترفت بکبریاء الله و عظمته طوبی لام رضعتک و قامت

Blessed art thou who in thy tender youth hast recognized the greatness and majesty of God. Blessed be the mother who nursed thee and arose [3.5s]

INBA19:107a, INBA32:098b, BLIB_Or15696.090e,

ASAT4.043x

Education of children; moral education; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH03066

290

ان استمع الندآء من مالک السفینه الحمرآء من شطر العکاء التی سمیت بالبقعه

Hearken unto the Call from the Master of the Crimson Ark from the shores of 'Akká, which hath been designated as the Spot [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#028,

ASAT4.466x

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Suffering and imprisonment

BH09882

شهد القلم الاعلی بانک توجهت الی الملکوت و سمعت ندآء الله رب العالمین و شربت

The Supreme Pen beareth witness that thou hast turned unto the Kingdom and hearkened unto the call of God, the Lord of the worlds, and hast drunk [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.089f,

ASAT4.448x

Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02413

370

لعمری یا فتح قبل اعظم قد ستر فیک نغمه لو نظهرها بتمامها لتنجذب منها العالمین

By My life, O Fath-i-A'zam! There lieth concealed within thee a melody which, were it to be revealed in its fullness, would draw unto itself all the worlds [3.5s]

INBA23:032b, BLIB_Or03116.099, , BLIB_Or11096.183, , NLI.32p141r

ASAT4.436x

Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

BH01159

720

ان یا اسمی مهدی علیک بهائی و ذکری و ثنائی طوبی لک بما وفیت میثاقی و نشرت ذکری

O My Name Mahdi! Upon thee be My glory and My remembrance and My praise. Blessed art thou for having kept faith with My Covenant and spread abroad My remembrance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#251, , BLIB_Or15710.121, , BLIB_Or15738.134,

ASAT4.415x

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02518

350

انشاء الله در جمیع احیان از انوار وجه رحمن مستنیر باشی و بافق امر ناظر علی

God willing, mayest thou be illumined at all times by the radiant lights of the Countenance of the All-Merciful, and remain steadfast in thy gaze upon the horizon of the Cause [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03116.084, , BLIB_Or11096.179,

ASAT4.412x

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH01923

460

شهد لسان العظمه بظهوره و استوآئه علی العرش و اشراقه من افق العالم ولکن الامم

The Tongue of Grandeur beareth witness to His Manifestation, to His establishment upon the throne, and to His dawning from the horizon of the world, yet the peoples [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.059, , BLIB_Or15715.001a,

ASAT4.388x, TISH.058-060

Call to action; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04533

210

لیس حزنی فیما ورد علی نفسی تالله ان البهاء لایجزع عن البلایا انه انس بها فی

My sorrow is not for what hath befallen My soul. By God! Bahá doth not shrink from tribulations; nay, He hath found solace in them [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.063,

ASAT4.348x

Justice and wrath of God; Murder; causing physical harm; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH06963

140

انا دخلنا البستان و استوینا علی العرش الواقع علی الماء و کانت الشمس تلعب فی

We entered the garden and established Ourselves upon the throne that rested above the waters, whilst the sun played therein [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.041a,

ASAT4.330x

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH02594

340

این کتابی است از عبد خدا بسوی بنده از بندگان او الذی اتخذ الی الله سبیلا و بعد

This is a Book from the servant of God unto a servant from among His servants who hath taken unto God a path [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096.178, , BLIB_Or15710.020,

ASAT4.309x

Law of pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01405

610

باید احبای الهی بسجیه حق مابین بریه مشی نمایند چنانچه مشاهده میشود که هرچه

The beloved of God must walk among the people with divine virtues, even as it is observed that whatsoever [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#258, , BLIB_Or15710.049,

ASAT4.265x

False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Methods of teaching the Cause; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH02446

360

ای علی کتابت حاضر و آنچه در او مسطور بود عبد حاضر لدی العرش معروض داشت

O Ali! Thy letter was laid before Us, and that which was inscribed therein hath been presented by this servant in attendance to the Divine Throne [3.5s]

INBA97:089, BLIB_Or15722.185, , BLIB_Or15730.077c,

ASAT4.229x

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00054

5690

الحمد لله الذی اظهر الوجه بعد فناء الاشیاء و هز ملکوت الاسماء باهتزاز قلمه

Praise be to God Who hath manifested His Countenance after the extinction of all things, and hath stirred up the Kingdom of Names through the movement of His Pen [3.5s]

INBA07:137, INBA22:210, BLIB_Or15717.137, , NLAI_BH4.326-364

ASAT3.193x

Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00193

2920

الحمد لله الذی ظهر و اظهر ما اراد انه هو المقتدر علی ما یشاء لایعجزه شئونات

All praise be unto God, Who hath manifested Himself and revealed whatsoever He willeth. Verily, He is the Omnipotent, Who doeth as He pleaseth; no circumstances can frustrate Him [3.5s]

INBA07:109, BLIB_Or15717.205, , NLAI_BH4.240-263

ASAT3.161x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH04125

230

یا ورقتی قد ناح قلمی الاعلی بما ورد علیکم من اعدائی الذین نبذوا کتاب الله

O My leaf! The Most Exalted Pen hath lamented over that which hath befallen thee at the hands of Mine enemies, who have cast aside the Book of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.023a,

ASAT3.108x

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH04537

210

مکتوب تلقاء عرش حاضر و فائز شد و آنچه باخوین شهیدین نوشته بودید بلحظات عنایت

The missive hath attained unto the Divine Throne and been accepted, and that which thou didst write concerning the two martyrs hath been considered with glances of favor [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03116.096, , BLIB_Or11096#122, , BLIB_Or15710.007a, , BLIB_Or15722.018,

ASAT3.108x

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Soul; spirit after death

BH09036

110

مظلوم عالم از افق سجن اعظم دوستان الهی را ندا میفرماید و ببیانات مقدسه متذکر

The Wronged One of the world calleth, from the horizon of the Most Great Prison, unto the friends of God and remindeth them through sacred utterances [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.106b,

ASAT3.059x

Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH03045

300

یا جواد علیک سلامی و سلام الله رب الارباب نشهد فی اول الکتاب بوحدانیه

O Javád! Upon thee be My salutation and the salutation of God, the Lord of Lords. We bear witness at the outset of this Book to His oneness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.308, , BLIB_Or15699.076b,

ASAT3.057x

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes

BH00786

1020

یا جواد علیک بهائی لازال ذکرت در ساحت اقدس بوده و از قلم اعلی در صحیفه حمرا

O Javád! Upon thee be My glory! Ever hath thy mention been before the Most Holy Court, and by the Most Exalted Pen upon the crimson scroll [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.242, , BLIB_Or15699.134,

ASAT3.049x, ASAT4.336x

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for teaching; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH03077

290

انشاء الله بعنایات رحمانیه و فیوضات ربانیه فائز باشی و از مائده انقطاع که

God willing, through the loving-kindness of the All-Merciful and the divine outpourings, mayest thou be enabled to attain, and partake of the heavenly table of detachment that [3.5s]

INBA35:147, INBA33:039, BLIB_Or15719.157a,

ASAT3.026x

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH04545

210

هذا کتاب کریم نزل من لدن علیم حکیم انه لذکر الله بین العالمین و کلمه العلیا

This is a glorious Book sent down from the presence of One Who is All-Knowing, All-Wise. Verily, it is the Remembrance of God amidst the worlds and His Most Exalted Word [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#290,

ASAT3.272x

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Prayer for protection; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06927

140

امین اگر تفصیل این ارض را خواسته باشید ان الذباب فیها استنسر لذا اوقعه الله

O Trustworthy One! If thou desirest a detailed account of this land, verily therein the fly hath deemed itself an eagle, wherefore God did cast it down [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#137,

ASAT3.267x

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Justice and wrath of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH02012

440

کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم لتجذبه نفحات الوحی الی مطلع

The Book which the All-Merciful hath revealed unto them that have believed in God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, that the breezes of Revelation may draw them unto the Dawning-Place [3.5s]

INBA28:248, BLIB_Or15716.208c,

ASAT3.235x, ASAT4.207x, ASAT4.260x, ASAT4.284x, ASAT4.493x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Martyrs and martyrdom; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00352

1880

یا محمد قبل علی نامهای متتابعه احبای ارض خا علیهم بهائی که بشما فرستادند عبد

O Muhammad-Qablí-'Alí! The successive letters sent unto thee by the beloved ones of the land of Khá - upon them be My Glory - have been received [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.108,

ASAT3.218x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH09214

100

امروز آیات عظمت از سماء مشیت الهی بمثابه غیث هاطل نازل و عرفش عالم معانی و

In this day the verses of grandeur are descending from the heaven of divine Will like unto a copious rain, and their fragrance perfumeth the realm of inner meaning [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.021,

ASAT3.218x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03195

280

انا نذکر اهل الخضرآء الذین اقبلوا الی الافق الاعلی اذ کسروا اصنام الهوی باسم ربهم

Verily, We make mention of the people of the verdant realm who turned towards the Most Exalted Horizon when they shattered the idols of desire in the name of their Lord [3.5s]

INBA45:210, BLIB_Or15715.050a,

ASAT3.207x

Idolatry; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Satan; the Evil One; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH01593

550

م ه دی اسمی انشاء الله همیشه بذکر حق و خدمتش مشغول باشید قلت اسئله و ارجو

O Mahdi, My Name! May thou, God willing, be ever engaged in the remembrance of the True One and in His service. I ask and beseech [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.057,

ASAT3.200x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH05473

180

قلم قدم احبای خود را که در تربت ساکنند ذکر می فرماید تا کل از نار ذکر الهی

The Ancient Pen maketh mention of His loved ones who dwell in Turbat, that all may be enkindled by the fire of divine remembrance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.037a,

ASAT2.153x

Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH03104

290

رس انشاء الله در جمیع احیان و اوان در ظل رحمت رحمن مستریح باشی و از عالم و عالمیان

Mayest thou, by the grace of God, in all times and seasons abide beneath the shade of the All-Merciful's mercy, and find rest from the world and its peoples [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#085,

ASAT2.133x

Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH09544

100

کتاب نزل من سماء مشیه الله و زین دیباجه بهذا الاسم الذی به حدث الاضطراب فی کل

The Book hath descended from the heaven of God's Will, adorned with this Name whereby all things were thrown into consternation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.149a,

ASAT2.116x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Thankfulness; gratitude; Word of God and human limitations

BH00553

1350

هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و یلقی فی القلوب من اسرار الله المهیمن العزیز القدیر و

This is a Book that proclaimeth the truth and casteth into hearts the mysteries of God, the All-Possessing, the Mighty, the All-Powerful [3.5s]

INBA36:117, INBA71:283b, BLIB_Or15696.164b, , BLIB_Or15738.091,

ASAT2.112x, ASAT4.438x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH07485

130

ان البیان ینادی بهذا الاسم و یطوف حول اراده ربه ولکن القوم فی وهم مبین انا

Verily, the Bayan calleth out unto this Name and circleth round the will of its Lord, yet the people remain in manifest error [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.004b, , BLIB_Or15734.2.039b,

ASAT2.105x

Belief and denial; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BB00007

Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Kawthar (Commentary on the Surah of Kawthar)

49500

Gate of the Heart

Commentary on the Surih of Kawthar

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; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

NSS.025-029, DB.174x, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.455.03, MMAH.013, SRC.071, SRC.201, GOH.033

BB00008

Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqarah = Kitab al-Ahmadiyya (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow I)

43700

Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad, the Báb, The; Gate of the Heart

Tafsir surat al-baqara (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow)

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

BH00730

1070

هذا کتاب من العبد الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله و آیاته و کانوا من الذینهم بایات الله لمهتدین

This is an epistle from the servant unto them that have believed in God and His signs, and were among those who are guided by His verses [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03114.001rx, , NLAI_BH2.316, PR03.256a21-257a28

ASAT2.055x

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00029

7420

حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که بقدرت کامله بحته خود خلق فرمود سموات بیان را

Praise befitteth the Best-Beloved Who, through His pure and consummate power, created the heavens of utterance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15722.278,

ASAT2.053x, ASAT3.094x, ASAT5.312-344

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06102

160

این انت یا ایها السائر فی البلاد این انت یا ایها الذاکر باسمی بین العباد

Where art thou, O thou who journeyest through the land? Where art thou, O thou who maketh mention of My Name amongst the servants [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15738.099, , NLAI_BH1.010

ASAT2.041x

Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH00096

4440

الحمد لله الذی جعل البلاء ماء لسدرته العلیا و شجرته القصوی و نورا لعباده

Praise be unto Him Who hath made tribulation as water for His exalted and furthermost Lote-Tree, and as a light for His servants [3.5s]

INBA97:095.07x, BLIB_Or11097#064, , BLIB_Or15717.188,

ASAT1.164x, PYK.202x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH04455

210

سبحان الذی یذکر امته حین الذی احاطته الاحزان من طرف قریب و بعید علی شان

Glorified be He Who remembereth His people at a time when sorrows have encompassed Him from near and far [3.5s]

INBA83:190, BLIB_Or15702.229, , ALIB.folder18p457

ASAT1.141x, TISH.508-509

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Presence of; reunion with God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00205

2790

ان یا رحیم مر علی البلاد کنسایم الروح لیجدد بک هیاکل العباد بطراز الله المهیمن العزیز

O Rahim! Pass over the land like the breezes of the Spirit, that through Thee the temples of the servants may be renewed with the adornment of God, the All-Subduing, the Mighty [3.5s]

INBA83:257x, BLIB_Or15725.547, , ALIB.folder18p047-057

ASAT1.132x, ASAT4.010x, ASAT4.386x, ASAT4.435x, HYK.129

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH03121

290

قد انزلنا کتاب الاسماء من سماء مشیه الله فاطر السماء و فیه بشرنا العالم بهذا

We have sent down the Book of Names from the heaven of God's Will, the Creator of the heavens, and therein have We given unto the world these glad-tidings [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.067c,

ASAT1.127x

Development of capacity and readiness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

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 hidden His reality behind the veils, and calls the recipient to proclaim and defend Bahá’u’lláh’s cause both in person and in his writings, assuring him that divine confirmations will attend his efforts.

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

BH02945

300

انشاء الله بعنایت رحمن از رحیق حیوان که بید قدرت الهی مفتوح گشته بیاشامید

God willing, through the tender care of the All-Merciful, drink ye of the Wine of Life which hath been unsealed by the Hand of Divine Power [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.048b,

ASAT1.113x, ANDA#70 p.21

Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Living waters; water of life; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01084

770

حمد و ثنا حضرت قوی قادریرا لایق و سزا که در بحبوحه بلایاء مابین ایادی اعدا

Praise and glorification befit the Mighty, the Omnipotent Lord, Who amidst the intensity of tribulations and in the grasp of enemies [3.5s]

INBA39:054, BLIB_Or07852.076, , BLIB_Or15690.077, , BLIB_Or15728.215,

ASAT1.110x, ASAT5.271x

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as source of love and unity; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02393

370

حمد خدا را که درهای بسته را گشود و اولیا و اصفیایش را راه نمود و بصراط مستقیم

Praise be to God Who hath opened the closed doors and guided His chosen ones and loved ones unto the straight path [3.5s]

INBA15:341b, INBA26:345b, BLIB_Or15726.151,

ASAT1.095x

Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00456

1580

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق من سماء مشیه الله رب العالمین فلما ظهر ظهرت اسرار الکتب

This Book hath been sent down in truth from the heaven of God's Will, the Lord of the worlds, and when it appeared, the mysteries of the Sacred Books were made manifest [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.190b,

ASAT1.069x, ASAT3.240x, ASAT4.133x, YBN.165x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08736

110

ای کنیز الهی انشاء الله لم یزل و لایزال بذکر محبوب متعال مشغول باشی ذکر حق

O handmaid of God! God willing, mayest thou be ever and eternally occupied with the remembrance of the Most Exalted Beloved [3.5s]

INBA65:230, INBA35:050b, BLIB_Or03116.081.01, , BLIB_Or11096#176, , BLIB_Or15710.019b,

ASAT1.049x, AHB_121BE #09 p.292

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH02511

350

ان یا ابا بصیر قم و انذر الذینهم کفروا بایات الرحمن و جعلوا انفسهم عن هذا الرضوان

O Abu-Basir! Arise and warn them that have denied the signs of the All-Merciful and have kept themselves from this Paradise [3.5s]

INBA83:194, BLIB_Or15702.237, , NLAI_BH2.313, ALIB.folder18p371

ASAT1.037x, TISH.511-512

Chastisement and requital; Purpose; goal of creation; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech

BH01663

530

هذا ذکر من لدی المسجون الی الذی آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم ان لاتعبد الا ایاه

This is a remembrance from the Prisoner unto him who hath believed in God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, that none should be worshipped save Him [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.482, , NLAI_BH2.034, NLAI_BH2.106

ASAT1.024x, ASAT4.127x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05761

170

سبحان الذی جعلنی مسجونا فی هذه الارض التی سمیت بالبقعه الحمراء فی کتاب

Glorified be He Who hath made Me a prisoner in this land which hath been named the Crimson Spot in the Book [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.2.001,

ASAT1.255x, ASAT2.066x, ASAT4.164x

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Suffering and imprisonment

BH02383

370

ای علی انشاء الله بنفحات ایام الهی فائز باشی و باسمش از دریای دانائی بیاشامی

O Ali! God willing, mayest thou be blessed by the sweet fragrances of the Days of God and, through His Name, drink from the ocean of wisdom [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.122b,

ASAT1.207x

Alchemy; the elixir; Knowledge; recognition of God; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH03662

250

سبحان الله اینمظلوم را بظلم ظاهر مبین از ارض سر بسجن عکا آوردند و بعضی از

Glory be to God! This Wronged One hath been brought, through manifest oppression, from the Land of Mystery to the Prison of 'Akká, and certain ones [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15726.146,

LDR.112

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH02223

400

قد کنا ماشیا فی البیت و سامعا حدیث الارض اذا ارتفع الندآء من الفردوس الاعلی

We were walking within Our house, hearkening unto the discourse of the earth, when the Call was raised from the Most Exalted Paradise [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.110bx,

MYD.391

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BB00019

Sahifa Baynu'l-Haramayn (Epistle Revealed between the Twin Shrines)

13100

Gate of the Heart

Sahifiy-i-Bayna'l-Haramayn (Epistle between Twin Shrines)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد نزلت علی الارض المقدسة بین الحرمین من لدن علی حمید

This Book was indeed sent down within the sacred land between the Two Shrines on the part of one Elevated, Praiseworthy.

INBA50:073-106x, INBA_4011C:179-252, , INBA_6007C.348-413, PR03.058r22-068v23, PR04.115v04-164r03, CMB_F07, CMB_Or943 ff.489-545, BLIB_Or0943, BLIB_Or5325, BN_5804, BN_6248, LEID.Or4371, LEID.UL2414, MKI4499.069-118x, MKI4488.001r-028v, MKI4511.029v-037v, KB_bayn, BYC_bayn, BYC_baynal, AEWB.061-071x, AEWB.116-135x

HBAB.727x, HNMJ.006-008x, HNMJ.009-011x, HNMJ.011-016x, HNMJ.016-018x, HNMJ.019-020x, OOL.A004

RBB.093-096x, GOH.056x, HURQ.BB14x, KSHK#01x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Impossibility of true worship of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Law of fasting; Law of pilgrimage; Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs; Seven stages of creation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations

FHR#07, DB.137x, BRHL.59, MSBR.200-201, AHDA.450.6, MMAH.049, SRC.060, SRC.198, GOH.031

BH08443

120

مظلوم آفاق مع بلایای وارده و رزایای نازله جمیع اهل عالم را بحق جل جلاله دعوت

The Wronged One of the horizons, despite the tribulations that have befallen and the calamities that have descended, summoneth all the peoples of the world unto God, glorified be His majesty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.273a,

LMA2.471

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH02559

350

یا امتی و یا ورقتی جناب جلال که از کاس وصال مره بعد مره نوشیده و از قدح لقا

O My handmaiden and My leaf! His honour Jalál hath quaffed time and again from the chalice of reunion, and from the cup of meeting [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.203b,

LMA1.425 (257)

Consolation and comfort; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Prophecy and fulfillment; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH02473

360

کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن اقبل الیه و فاز بایام الله مالک یوم الحساب انه فاز

This is the Tablet which God, the Merciful, hath revealed for the one who has turned toward Him and the one who has attained

BLIB_Or15710.243, , BLIB_Or15715.318a,

LMA1.415 (ii + 251)

NYR#107

Call to action; Goodly deeds; actions; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH04854

200

هذا لوح من لدنا الی الذی نسبه الله الی احد من عباده المقربین انا نشهد بان

This is a Tablet from Us unto him whom God hath linked by ties of kinship unto one of His near servants. Verily, We bear witness that [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.203,

LMA1.412 (249a)

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Eulogies; reminiscences; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Soul; spirit after death; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH03134

290

کتاب کریم نزل من لدن علیم خبیر و یبشر ملا الانشاء من افق البلاء قد لاح الوجه

A noble Book been sent down from the All-Knowing, the All-Informed, and beareth glad-tidings unto the concourse of creation: from the horizon of tribulation the Countenance hath appeared [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#241,

LMA1.410b (248)

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02591

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Awliya (Vahid)

340

Tablet of Visitation for Vahid-i Darabi (Lawh-i-Ziyarát-i-Vahíd-i-Darabí)

Lawh-i-Ziyarat-i-Vahid-i-Darabi (Tablet of Visitation for Vahid-i Darabi)

اول موج علا من بحر رحمه ربک الرحمن علیک یا سر الفرقان و مستسر البیان اشهد

The first wave of exaltation from the ocean of grace of thy Lord, the Compassionate, be upon thee, who art the essence of the Qur'án

BLIB_Or15714.092, , Majlis210461.091-092

LMA1.347 (207), ASAT4.079x, OOL.B150

BLO_PT#152, NYR#126

Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets

MMAH.230, GSH.065, LL#343, LL#351

Tablet of Visitation for Vahid-i Darabi.

BH02717

330

یا جواد عالم تبدیل شده چه که ملکوت بیان تجدید گشت آنچه موجود و مقبل بطراز

O Javád! The world hath been transformed, inasmuch as the Kingdom of Utterance hath been renewed. All that existeth and cometh forth hath been adorned with glory [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.106e,

QT108.063x

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00243

2540

الحمد لنیر انار به افق العالم و قلوب الامم الذی به ظهر البحر الاعظم و تغرد

Praise be to the luminous Day-Star through Whom the horizon of the world and the hearts of the nations were illumined, through Whom the Most Great Ocean appeared and warbled forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.070bx, , BLIB_Or15717.167,

QT108.212-213x, TAH.218

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00004

Kitab-i-Badi'

84700

Translation List; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Kitáb-i-Badi (Wondrous Book)

مکتوبت که مشعر بر بعض روایات غیرمحققه و اخبارات غیرصادقه بود باین عبد فانی

Thy letter, containing certain unsubstantiated accounts and false reports, was received by this servant. On the one hand, it opened the portals of joy… By God! The relationship between the Revelation of the Primal Point (the Bab) and this most wondrous, this most glorious Revelation is identical to that of the Revelation of John, son of Zechariah (John the Baptist), and the Spirit of God (Jesus)

BLIB_Or15709.001,

BADI, BADIZ, AVK3.009.10x, AVK3.147.12x, AVK3.254.12x, AVK3.457.03x, KHSH08.005x, TZH4.238-239x, MAS4.121x, MAS8.039b.15x, TSQA4.052x, ASAT2.102x, AKHA_137BE #06 p.081x, ANDA#10 p.66x, ANDA#72 p.29x, ANDA#73 p.49x, ANDA#55 p.03x, ANDA#58 p.65x, HYK.267x, HYK.283x, HYK.343x, MSHR3.274x, OOL.B016

BRL_ATBH#54x, BRL_ATBH#56x, BRL_ATBH#57x, LTDT.024-025x, LTDT.055x, COC#1016x, LOG#1004x, COF.101x3x, TDH#158.18x, GPB.028x, GPB.092x, GPB.147x, WOB.124x, BLO_sazedj#13x, ADMS#057x, ADMS#182x, BTO#10x, ADMS#298x, ADMS#300x

Bahá’u’lláh’s trenchant apologia of His claims, by far His longest single work, written in the voice of one of His supporters, emphasizing the importance of recognizing the truth through the eye of the heart and refuting seven specific accusations levelled by a certain follower of Mírzá Yaḥyá. The answers emphasize the importance of ‘He Whom God shall make manifest’ in the writings of the Báb, declare Bahá’u’lláh’s claim to be the fulfilment of that promise, assert that the relationship between the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh is the same as that between John the Baptist and Jesus Christ, and warn the questioner of the wrath of God.

Alteration of the divine will [bada]; Belief and denial; Blind imitation [taqlid]; Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Chastisement and requital; Contention and conflict; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Empty learning; false spirituality; Exhortations and counsels; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Literal interpretation; Manifestation of God as mirror; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Presence of; reunion with God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Seal of the Prophets; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations; Word of God is its own standard; Words vs deeds

LAC.175-210, ROB2.370 et al, BKOG.124, BKOG.245, BKOG.257, GSH.097, LL#028

BH02288

390

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

قد فتح باب الفردوس الاعلی و خرجت منه طلعه من الطلعات و سارت الی ان قامت فوق

Verily the gate of the highest paradise was flung open, whereby emerged the incomparable Beauty... All things rejoice and clap their hands

BLIB_Or15726.094,

KNSA.033x, KNSA.288x

MNYA.028-029, MNYA.398x, ADMS#159

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; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00190

2960

حمد مقدس از ادراک عالم و عرفان امم ساحت عز حضرت کبریائی را لایق و سزا که بقلم

Praise, sanctified beyond the comprehension of the world and the recognition of nations, befitteth the court of glory of His all-compelling Presence, Who through the Pen [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15701.242,

YMM.440x

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01755

500

ان اقصد فی قلبک مقصد الأقصی انه لسدرة المنتهی التی تنطق فی ملکوت الانشآء

Fix thy heart's aim upon the Ultimate Goal, for verily it is the Divine Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing, that speaketh in the kingdom of creation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.095x,

YMM.432x

Exhortations and counsels; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH03769

250

یا ورقتی این مظلوم در این حین بتو توجه نموده و ترا ذکر مینماید لازال مذکور

O My Leaf! This Wronged One hath at this moment turned toward thee and maketh mention of thee, thou who hast ever been remembered [3.5s]

INBA27:075, BLIB_Or15724.173,

YMM.035

Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH10977

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; Prayer for nearness to God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH03032

1040

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق و فیه یذکر ما یقرب الناس الی الله فی تلک الایام... و سمی بلسان الحکماء صنعة المکتوم و سر المکنون

This is a Book sent down in truth, wherein is mentioned that which draweth men nigh unto God in these days [3.5s]... ...This is that which has been called the hidden craft and the concealed secret by the tongues of the philosophers

Berlin1237#24, ALIB.folder18p242

YMM.387x

REVS.173x

Knowledge; recognition of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis

BH00303

2130

حمد مقدس از عرفان من فی الامکان ساحت اقدس حضرت قیومی را لایق و سزاست که بکلمه

Praise, sanctified above the recognition of all contingent beings, befitteth the most sacred court of His Holiness, the Self-Subsisting Lord, Who by a word [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.184, , BLIB_Or15732.135,

YMM.380x, YMM.475x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01320

640

الحمد لله الذی تکلم بکلمه و انها ظهرت فی مقام علی هیئه الانسان تبارک الرحمن

Praise be unto God Who hath spoken forth a Word, and lo, it appeared in exalted station in the form of man. Blessed be the All-Merciful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#019,

YMM.380x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Naming of children; of individuals; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Procession; appearance of the Word from God

BH10833

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی انه لسلطان الوجود من الغیب و الشهود و

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come is verily the Sovereign of existence in both the unseen and the visible realms [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.285b,

YMM.027

Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00564

1330

کم من حبیب وجدناه حباباً و کم من صدیق صار زندیقاً بما اتبع هواه غافلاً عن مولاه

How many a beloved one have We found to be but a bubble, and how many a friend hath turned into a heretic by following his idle fancies, heedless of his Lord! [3.5s]... ...O concourse of the Son! Verily the kingdom of God has been adorned in My name and His dominion with My sovereignty and Jesus Christ [the Spirit] laments that which has befallen Me

BLIB_Or11095#014,

YMM.296x

KFPT#02x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05908

170

هذا کتاب من الله الی الذی آمن بالروح فی ایامه و سافر الیه الی ان دخل مقر

This is a Book from God unto him who believed in the Spirit in His days and journeyed unto Him until he entered the abode [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.337b, , NLAI_BH2.057b

YMM.284x

BH08070

1380

ان یا مرآت الجود ان اشهد بما شهد الله فی قطب البقاء باننی انا حی فی الافق الابهی

O Mirror of Bounty! Bear thou witness unto that which God hath testified in the Pivot of Eternity: verily, I am alive in the Most Glorious Horizon [3.5s]

ALIB.folder18p121-126

YMM.253x

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH10399

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق و یذکر فیه عبد الذی نسبه الله الی خادمه لیشکر ربه و ینقطع

This is a Book which hath been sent down in truth and wherein mention is made of the servant whom God hath attributed to His bondsman, that he may render thanks unto his Lord and be detached [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.627b, , ALIB.folder18p497c

YMM.253

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

BH00246

2530

قد حضر بین یدینا ما وجدنا منه اقبالک الی الله العلی العظیم و عرفانک مظهر

There hath appeared before Our presence that from which We perceived thy turning unto God, the Most Exalted, the Most Great, and thy recognition [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.419, , Berlin1237#03

YMM.237x, YMM.308x, YMM.347x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01218

690

هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و یدعوا الناس الی محبوب العارفین ولو یظهر علی العباد ما کنز

This is a Book that speaketh with truth and calleth the people unto the Best-Beloved of them that know, were there to be revealed unto the servants that which was treasured [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.495, , NLAI_BH2.092

YMM.192x

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab

BH02709

330

هذا کتاب من لدن نقطه الاولی الی احد من عباد الله لیستجذب من نغمات الله

This is a Book from the Primal Point unto one of the servants of God, that he may be drawn unto the melodies of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.055,

YMM.192x

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06469

150

ای دوستان امروز روزی است که هر یک از محبان بنصرت رحمن برخیزند چه که اکثر من

O friends! This is the Day whereon each one of the loved ones must arise to aid the All-Merciful, for most [3.5s]

INBA65:228, BLIB_Or03116.080r, , BLIB_Or11096#175, , BLIB_Or15710.019a,

YMM.170

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00329

1990

الحمد لله الذی رفع سماء البیان و زینها بانجم دریات و نور افقها بشمس ذکر

Praise be to God, Who hath raised up the heaven of utterance and adorned it with luminous stars and illumined its horizon with the sun of remembrance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#051,

MUH3.033-035, RAHA.204x, OOL.B193

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00893

910

ای یوسف از عرف قمیص رحمانی محروم مشاهده میشوی عجب در آنست که چشم یعقوب

O Joseph! I behold thee deprived of the fragrance of the divine Raiment. Strange indeed it is that the eye of Jacob [3.5s]

INBA35:027b, BLIB_Or03116.105, , BLIB_Or11096#032,

MUH3.381-382x, ASAT5.350x, OOL.B189x

Belief and denial; Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04549

210

هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی سمی بعبدالله فی الالواح و کان اسمه بین یدی

This is an epistle from Him Who is imprisoned unto him who was named 'Abdu'llah in the Tablets and who was thus designated before Me [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.617a, , ALIB.folder18p475

MUH3.379

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00292

2180

الحمد لله الذی توحد بالوحدانیه و تفرد بالفردانیه قد اظهر الکلمه من افق سماء

Praise be to God, Who is one in His oneness and single in His singleness. Verily He hath caused the Word to appear from the horizon of heaven [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.049, , BLIB_Or15711.300,

MUH3.301-306, ASAT5.042x

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08526

120

یا ایها السائر فی البلاد لخدمه ربک مالک الایجاد لله الحمد موفق و فائزی عمر گرانمایه را

O thou who journeyest through the lands to serve thy Lord, the Creator of all things! Praise be to God, thou art confirmed and victorious, having spent thy precious life [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.109a,

MUH3.300-301

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02799

320

هذا لوح اشرقناه من افق الفضل لقوم یفقهون به نسقی الموحدین کوثر البقاء و

This is a Tablet We have caused to shine forth from the horizon of grace unto a people who comprehend, whereby We give to drink unto them that are single-minded the Kawthar of immortality [3.5s]

INBA51:496, BLIB_Or11095#086,

MUH3.253-254

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH02485

360

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی من فاز بانوار الوجه فی هذا الفجر الذی کان من افق الامر

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath been illumined by the light of the Countenance in this Dawn which hath risen from the horizon of the Cause [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#036,

MUH3.231, ASAT3.016x, ASAT5.252x, OOL.B194

Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BH01441

600

لله درک یا مهدی قد حضر کتابک لدی المظلوم و اعترف بعنایه الله و فضله واحدا

O Mahdi! God bless thee! Thy letter hath reached the Wronged One, and He hath acknowledged the bounty and grace of God, the One [3.5s]

INBA84:229, BLIB_Or15715.016,

NNY.235x, MAS4.346x, ASAT4.230x, ASAT4.374x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Justice and wrath of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00921

Lawh-i-Raqsha

890

ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل و سمع ندآء الله المهیمن القیوم و اجاب مولیه فی یوم فیه

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath turned and hearkened unto the Call of God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, and who hath answered his Lord on this Day wherein [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.014,

NNY.235-236x, MAS4.107x, OOL.B071

Details the divine justice and wrath that was visited upon the two individuals mentioned in the Lawḥ-i-Burhán and offers remembrance and praise for several of His followers.

Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#218

BH05559

180

یا ابراهیم ان استمع ندآء ربک الابهی الذی ارتفع من مقامه الاسمی الاسنی انه

O Ibrahim! Hearken thou unto the Call of thy Lord, the Most Glorious, which hath been raised from His Most Exalted, Most Sublime Station. Verily He [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.036b,

NNY.197

Call to action; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Shrines and Holy places

BH02296

390

یا ابراهیم ان استمع ندآء الخلیل انه ینادیک من هذا الواد الذی سمی بالنبیل فی

O Ibrahim! Hearken unto the Call of the Friend, for verily He summoneth thee from this Vale which hath been named the Noble One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.030b,

NNY.197-199

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Words vs deeds

BH02765

320

در باره جناب امین و توجه او بارض تا و از آنجا مع جمعی بانگلیس و یا تفلیس

Concerning the honoured Amín and his journey unto the Land of Ṭá, and from thence with a company unto England or Tiflis [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15722.188,

NNY.192-193x, ASAT1.201x, MSHR2.102x

Martyrs and martyrdom; Petitions to authorities; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

BH04720

200

ذکر من لدنا لمن سمع ندائی و سمعنا ما اجاب به مولی الانام لیاخذه فرح بیانی بعد

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath hearkened unto Our call, and We have heard that wherewith he hath responded unto the Lord of all mankind, that the joy of My utterance may thereafter seize him [3.5s]

INBA97:025.02, BLIB_Or15715.306b,

NNY.188-189

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

BH03912

240

مکتوب شما رسید و تمام ملاحظه شد قد اتی القوم بظلم تکدر به الملک و الملکوت و ظهر

Thy letter was received and studied. Verily, that people hath been guilty of such oppression as hath cast gloom over the dominions of earth and heaven

INBA97:029, BLIB_Or15719.099a,

NNY.182-183

EBTB.049x

Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH01705

520

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذین نبذوا العالم و اخذوا ما اتی به الاسم الاعظم فیهذا

This is a Book from Our presence unto those who have cast aside the world and taken what the Most Great Name hath brought forth herein [3.5s]

INBA19:021b, INBA32:021b, INBA97:068, BLIB_Or15710.286b, , BLIB_Or15719.096,

NNY.179-181

Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01367

630

یا ایها الخلیل لعمر الله قد رجع حدیث الذبح و ما هو المستور فی علم الله رب

O Friend! By the life of God, the tale of sacrifice hath returned, and that which lay hidden in the knowledge of God, the Lord [3.5s]

INBA97:001x, BLIB_Or15697.186,

NNY.154-157x, NNY.164-166, MAS8.106bx

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00391

1740

ساذج ذکر و ثنا سلطان قدم و دارای عالم را سزاست که بیک تجلی از تجلیات انوار

The pure essence of praise and glorification befitteth the Sovereign of eternity and the Lord of all worlds, Who through but a single effulgence from among the effulgences of His light [3.5s]

INBA07:197, INBA19:124x, INBA32:114x, INBA57:079x, BLIB_Or11097#059, , BLIB_Or15710.282, , NLAI_BH4.202-209

NNY.005x, NNY.087-088x, NNY.144-150, MAS8.176x

Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment

ROB4.073, ROB4.088a, LL#006, LL#263

BH02595

340

بحر معانی از مطلع فم مشیت رحمانی بصورت این کلمات تجلی فرموده و غیوم اوهام

The ocean of meanings hath shone forth from the Dawning-Place of the Mouth of the All-Merciful Will in the form of these words, and the clouds of vain imaginings [3.5s]

INBA35:152, INBA57:075, BLIB_Or15719.058b,

NNY.138-140, RHQM1.503-504 (617) (378x), PYB#024 p.01

Knowledge; recognition of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat]

ROB4.087, LL#006

BH03211

280

ح س الحمد لله عرف قمیص را یافتی و ترا بمطلع غیب مکنون و مشرق کنز مخزون هدایت

Praise be to God, for thou hast discovered the fragrance of His garment and been guided unto the Hidden Mystery and the Dawning-Place of the treasured Secret [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.198a,

NNY.137-138

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH03510

260

طبیبی در این ایام که هواهای نفسانیه بعضی را از عدل و انصاف و ما نزل فی

O Physician! In these days when carnal desires have caused some to stray from justice and equity and from that which hath been revealed [3.5s]

INBA35:154, BLIB_Or15710.207, , BLIB_Or15719.158b, , BLIB_Or15722.150,

NNY.136-137

Contention and conflict; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God

ROB4.082b, LL#006

BH03994

230

اول سلام نطق به لسان العظمه قبل خلق الارض و السماء علیک یا اسم الحاء و المشرق من

Upon thee be the first salutation uttered by the Tongue of Grandeur before the creation of earth and heaven, O thou Name of Há and Dawning-Place from [3.5s]

INBA97:028, BLIB_Or15714.127ax, , BLIB_Or15722.183b,

NNY.122x

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH03168

290

یا قلم الاعلی ان اذکر اسمی الحسن الذی فدی فی سبیلی و انفق ما عنده حبا لجمالی

O Most Exalted Pen! Make mention of My Name, the Most Beauteous, who sacrificed in My path and expended whatsoever he possessed out of love for My Beauty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15714.126x, , BLIB_Or15722.184,

NNY.122-123x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH02946

300

اول عرف تضوع من قمیص رحمه ربک مالک الاسماء علیک یا ایها النجم المشرق من

The first fragrance wafted from the garment of thy Lord's mercy, the Lord of Names, be upon thee, O thou Star risen from [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15714.125bx, , BLIB_Or15719.100a, , BLIB_Or15722.181,

NNY.121-122x

Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH01681

520

ای محمد انشاء الله بمثابه نار در محبت رحمن مشتعل باشی و مانند ماء در ظل سدره اش

O Muhammad! God willing, mayest thou be enkindled even as a fire in the love of the All-Merciful, and be as water beneath the shade of His Lote-Tree [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.253,

NNY.003x, VAA.201-202x

Contention and conflict; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH01987

450

یا خلیل علیک بهائی و بهاء الذین اقبلوا الی الله رب العالمین قد کنا مستویا علی

O Khalil! Upon thee be My glory and the glory of those who have turned towards God, the Lord of all worlds. Verily, We were seated upon [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.185,

YIK.060-061

Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH01195

700

یا خلیل حضرت جلیل میفرماید در ظلم ظالمین و بغی معتدین تفکر نما هر هنگام که

O Khalil! The All-Glorious Lord commandeth: Ponder thou upon the tyranny of the oppressors and the transgression of the aggressors. Whensoever [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.273,

YIK.055-057

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00220

2680

حمد محبوب بیزوالی را لایق و سزاست که لم یزل و لایزال از نفحات قلم اعلی اهل

Praise be unto the incomparable Beloved, Who is worthy and befitting of all glory, for from time immemorial and unto everlasting ages, through the fragrances of the Most Exalted Pen, the people [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.261,

YIK.041-048

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02494

360

یا اسدالله قلب در احتراق و نیر آفاق از ظلم اهل شقاق و نفاق محزون لعمر الله

O Asadu'llah! The heart is aflame, and the Luminary of the horizons is saddened by the tyranny of the people of discord and hypocrisy. By My life [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.316,

YIK.337-338

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

BH02505

350

اشهد قلمی الاعلی و منظری الابهی و بیانی الاحلی و کل ما ینسب الی الله مالک

My Most Exalted Pen doth verily testify, and My All-Glorious Countenance, and My Sweetest Utterance, and all that is attributed unto God, the Sovereign [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15738.098,

YIK.335-336

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH06855

150

یا عندلیب علیک بهائی و عنایتی قد انشد العبد الحاضر نظمک و نثرک فی ثناء الله

O 'Andalib! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness! The servant in attendance hath indeed recited thy verses and thy prose in praise of God [3.5s]

INBA51:412b, BLIB_Or15713.273b,

MSBH7.182-183

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH08929

110

قد سمعنا ندائک و عرفنا توجهک نسئل الله بان یویدک علی ما یحب و یرضی انه لهو

We have heard thy call and recognized thy turning unto Us. We beseech God to aid thee in that which He loveth and is well-pleased with. He is [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.067b,

MSBH7.460-461

Knowledge; recognition of God; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH04380

210

امروز کتاب باعلی الندآء بقد اتی ام الکتاب ناطق و اشیاء بظهور مولی الوری مبشر

In this day the Book crieth out with the most exalted call: "The Mother Book hath indeed appeared!" and all things herald the advent of the Lord of all beings [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.142b, , BLIB_Or15728.063b,

MSHR5.066ax

Knowledge; recognition of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience

BH05959

170

یا ایها الشارب رحیق حبی و القائم علی خدمه امری و الناطق بثنائی الجمیل

O thou who drinkest the choice wine of My love, who standest to serve My Cause, and who uttereth My beauteous praise [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.080d,

MSHR5.065

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00645

1170

الحمد لله الذی عزز افنانه بعز لایبدله نعاق العلماء و لا ضوضاء الامراء و

Praise be to God Who hath fortified His branches with a might that neither the clamor of the divines nor the uproar of princes can alter [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15700.080, , BLIB_Or15711.003, , NLAI_BH4.113-117

MSHR5.056-057x

Business; financial; property matters; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Oneness; unity of religion; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00161

3290

حمد حامدین و شکر شاکرین مقربین را لایق و سزاست که بذکرشان نارالله بین عباد

The praise of all who praise and the gratitude of those who give thanks befitteth them who are nigh unto God, through whose mention the Fire of God blazeth amidst His servants [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15701.267,

MSHR5.382x, MYD.394x

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00521

1420

حمد مقدس از اسرار قلم و فصاحت لسان حضرت مقصودیرا لایق و سزاست که رحمتش و

Sanctified praise, transcending the mysteries of the Pen and the eloquence of the tongue, befitteth that Most Desired One, Whose mercy [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15701.345,

MSHR5.197x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00864

950

یا محبوب فوادی شب است اما آفتاب روشن و پیدا و نور ظاهر و هویدا سبحان الله هر

O Beloved of My heart! Though it be night, yet the Sun shineth bright and manifest, and the Light is visible and evident. Glory be unto God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.011,

MSHR5.162x, YMM.432x, YMM.473x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others

BH02986

300

ضر بی منتهی وارد بما اکتسبت ایدی الظالمین سرور لایحصی موجود لان النظر الی

Immeasurable harm hath befallen Us through that which the hands of the oppressors have wrought, yet boundless joy resideth therein, inasmuch as the gaze [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03116.094, , BLIB_Or11096.177, , BLIB_Or15710.010,

MSHR5.151-152

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH03466

260

انشاء الله در کل اوان بذکر محبوب یکتا مشغول باشید و رحیق عرفان را باعانت اسم

God willing, may ye at all times be engaged in remembrance of the Peerless Beloved, and through the aid of His Name partake of the wine of divine knowledge [3.5s]

INBA15:308, INBA26:311, BLIB_Or15719.030a,

PYK.049

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02089

420

جمیع عباد لعرفان الله خلق شده اند و نفوسیکه الیوم بشطر اقدس و اسم اعظم توجه

All souls have been created for the knowledge of God, and those who today have turned toward the Most Holy Court and the Most Great Name [3.5s]

INBA35:151, BLIB_Or15710.275, , BLIB_Or15719.060a,

PYK.048, YIA.064-065

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH02266

390

ان یا علی قبل محمد بشر فی نفسک بما کبر الله حینئذ علی وجهک و ارسل الیک نفحات

O 'Alí-Qablí-Muhammad! Rejoice within thy soul, for God hath at this hour caused His glory to shine upon thy countenance and hath wafted unto thee His fragrances [3.5s]

INBA15:282b, INBA26:284, INBA83:226, BLIB_Or15702.297, , NLAI_BH2.314, ALIB.folder18p373

PYK.046

Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab

BH07698

130

شهد القیوم انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب و شهد المحبوب انه لا اله الا هو

The Self-Subsisting hath borne witness that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved, and the Best-Beloved hath testified that there is none other God but Him [3.5s]

INBA15:269a, INBA26:269a, BLIB_Or15730.066e,

PYK.042

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

BH09538

100

کتاب قد تشرف بنفحات الوحی و اراد محبوب العالم ان یرسله الی امه من امائه التی

The Book hath been perfumed with the fragrances of Revelation, and the Beloved of the world desireth to send it unto one among His handmaidens who [3.5s]

INBA15:286b, INBA26:288a, BLIB_Or15697.169b,

PYK.042

Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH04405

210

انشاء الله بعنایت محبوب آفاق از ما سوی الله فارغ باشی و باو مشغول و در جمیع

God willing, by the grace of the Beloved of the horizons, mayest thou be free from all else save God, be wholly absorbed in Him, and in all [3.5s]

INBA18:382, BLIB_Or15719.154a,

PYK.041

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH06081

160

ای امه الله انشاء الله بحق متمسک باشی و از ماسویه فارغ و آزاد ایام ایام

O handmaiden of God! God willing, mayest thou hold fast unto the truth and remain detached and free from all else save Him. These are momentous days [3.5s]

INBA18:365, BLIB_Or11096#158,

PYK.037

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH09197

100

الحمد لله از بحر عرفان آشامیدی و بعنایت حق جل جلاله بانچه اکثر رجال ارض از آن

Praise be to God that thou hast drunk from the ocean of divine knowledge and, through the grace of God - exalted be His glory - attained unto that which most of the people of earth [3.5s]

INBA15:290a, INBA26:292a, BLIB_Or15715.294c,

PYK.036

Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH10660

هذا کتاب من عبد الله الی التی آمنت بربها و کانت من القانتات بین یدی الله

This is an epistle from the servant of God unto her who hath believed in her Lord and was among them that stand devoutly obedient before God [3.5s]

INBA15:284a, INBA26:286a, BLIB_Or15725.376c,

PYK.036

Consolation and comfort; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH04301

220

هذا یوم فیه اطمئنت قلوب الذین اقبلوا الی الافق الاعلی و شربوا کوثر البقاء من

This is the Day whereon the hearts of them that have turned towards the Most Sublime Horizon have found tranquility and have drunk from the Kawthar of immortality [3.5s]

INBA15:292b, INBA26:295a, BLIB_Or15697.170,

PYK.035

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH02230

400

مراسلات آنجناب پی در پی رسید و اکثر آن بفیوضات فیاض حقیقی فائز یعنی بلحاظ

Your successive letters have been received, and most of them have attained unto the outpourings of the True Bestower, that is to say, through His glances [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.288, , BLIB_Or15699.066b,

PYK.033x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; High station of teachers of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01531

570

هذا لوح یلقی الذکر علی العالمین و یهدی الغافلین الی رضوان الله العلی العظیم

This is a Tablet that casteth remembrance upon all the worlds and guideth the heedless unto the Ridván of God, the Most Exalted, the Most Great [3.5s]

INBA36:157, INBA71:328, BLIB_Or15696.162d, , BLIB_Or15738.077,

PYK.022

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH03014

300

کتابت لدی العرش حاضر و بلحاظ عنایت فائز و آنچه مسطور مقبول افتاد نعیما لک بما

Thy letter hath reached the Divine Throne and hath been graced with the glances of loving-kindness, and that which was inscribed therein hath found acceptance. Blessed art thou [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#063, , BLIB_Or15710.083c,

PYK.018

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Service to others; to the Cause of God

BH00980

840

ان یا بقیه اسمائنا الحسنی اسمع ما یوحی الیک عن شطر القدم مقر ربک العلی العظیم

O remnant of Our most beauteous names! Hearken unto that which is revealed unto thee from the direction of eternity, the seat of thy Lord, the Most Exalted, the Most Great [3.5s]

INBA83:165, BLIB_Or15702.174, , BLIB_Or15737.146, , ALIB.folder18p228

PYK.015

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH01207

690

ان یا اسمی اسمع ندائی و ان بندائی تحیی الارواح و العقول قل یا قوم ان هذا لهو

O My Name! Hearken unto My Call, for by My Call are spirits and minds quickened. Say: O people, verily this is He [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.468, , NLAI_BH2.012

PYK.009

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech

BH04124

230

یا ورقتی علیک بهاء ملکوت عنایتی اسمعی ندائی الذی به هدینا الکلیم فی طور

O My Leaf! Upon thee be the glory of the Kingdom of My bounty. Hearken unto My Call, wherewith We guided Moses upon the Mount [3.5s]

INBA15:296, INBA26:298, BLIB_Or15724.026,

PYK.221

Mosaic imagery; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

BH06344

160

یا امتی و یا ورقتی حمد کن مقصود عالم را که ترا تایید فرمود بر اقبال و عرفان

O My handmaiden and My leaf! Render praise unto the Purpose of the world, Who hath aided thee to turn towards Him and to attain recognition [3.5s]

INBA15:295, INBA26:297b, BLIB_Or15699.070c,

PYK.220

Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH10118

یا ورقتی حمد کن مقصود عالمیان را که ترا در ایامش از عدم بوجود آورد و بطراز

O My Leaf! Render praise unto the Desired One of all worlds, Who hath brought thee from nothingness into being in His days and hath adorned thee [3.5s]

INBA15:285b, INBA26:287b, BLIB_Or15699.042c,

PYK.220

Manifestation of God as sun; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others

BH01793

500

یا ملا الارض ام الکتاب ینادی فی الماب کیف انتم لاتسمعون قد بعثنا الفرقان علی

O peoples of the earth! The Mother Book crieth out in the final abode: How is it that ye hear not? Verily, We have sent down the Qur'an [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.047,

PYK.216

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH04752

200

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی من افق الاقتدار انه هو السر المکنون و الرمز المخزون به ماج بحر العلم

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath appeared from the horizon of might is verily the Hidden Mystery and the Treasured Symbol through Whom the ocean of knowledge hath surged [3.5s]

INBA15:249a, INBA26:249c, BLIB_Or15728.051, , BLIB_Or15734.1.045,

PYK.216

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as mediator; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02989

300

ع ب قد حضر لدی المظلوم ما ظهر من قلم توجهک و اقبالک الی المظلوم وجدنا منه

O servant! There hath appeared before the Wronged One that which flowed from the pen of thy devotion and turning towards Him, and We found therefrom [3.5s]

INBA15:247b, INBA26:249b, BLIB_Or15713.107,

PYK.214

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH05416

180

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر و له الملک و الملکوت و العظمه و

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the creation and the command, His the sovereignty and dominion, and His the grandeur and majesty [3.5s]

INBA15:245, INBA26:247, BLIB_Or15715.304b,

PYK.214

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH04776

200

قد اشرقت من افق البلا شمس رقم علیها من قلم الابهی السجن لله الواحد الفرد

From the horizon of tribulation hath shone forth the Sun, whereon hath been inscribed by the Most Glorious Pen: "The Prison belongeth unto God, the One, the Single." [3.5s]

INBA15:244b, INBA26:246b, BLIB_Or11095#159,

PYK.212

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11169

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

BH06031

160

الیوم سلطان ایام است و جمیع امم در کتب الهیه باین یوم مبارک وعده داده

This day is the King of Days, and all peoples have been promised this blessed Day in the divine Books [3.5s]

INBA15:241b, INBA26:243b, BLIB_Or15710.200b, , BLIB_Or15719.168e,

PYK.210

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Presence of; reunion with God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH09297

100

ای کنیز من انشاء الله از خلق و شئونات او منقطع شوی و لازال بحق و آیات او ناظر

O My handmaiden! God willing, mayest thou become detached from creation and its conditions, and remain forever fixed upon His truth and His signs [3.5s]

INBA15:240, INBA26:242, BLIB_Or15719.065c,

PYK.210

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH01763

500

حمد مالک قدم را که بمفتاح اسم اعظم ابواب مستعده افئده امم را گشود و تصرف نمود

Praise be unto the Lord of Eternity Who, with the Key of His Most Great Name, hath opened and taken possession of the prepared hearts of all peoples [3.5s]

INBA15:233, INBA26:235, BLIB_Or15724.214,

PYK.207

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Word of God and human limitations

BH05242

190

یا ورقتی علیک بهائی لله الحمد در ایام الهی بامطار رحمت نامتناهی فائز شدی از

O My Leaf! Upon thee be My glory! Praise be to God that in these divine days thou hast been made the recipient of the boundless showers of His mercy [3.5s]

INBA15:237, INBA26:238, BLIB_Or15716.168c,

PYK.206

Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00694

1110

الحمد لله الباقی الدائم الاحد الصمد الفرد المهیمن المتعالی الذی کان و یکون

All praise be unto God, the Ever-Abiding, the Eternal, the Single, the All-Sufficing, the Peerless, the All-Compelling, the Most Exalted, Who was and ever shall be [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#080,

PYK.202x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement

BH09028

110

لک الحمد یا الهی بما جعلتنی متغمسا فی بحر عرفانک و متوجها الی افق اشرقت منه

Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having immersed me in the ocean of Thy knowledge and turned my face toward the horizon whence Thy radiance shone forth [3.5s]

INBA15:272b, INBA26:272c, BLIB_Or15696.017d, , BLIB_Or15734.2.073b,

PYK.118

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment

BH01761

Suriy-i-Zuhur

500

Súriy-i-Zuhúr (Surah of Revelation)

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 separates truth from error; asserts that what the people recognize of His cause is but the robe and cloak wherewith He attires Himself; and admonishes the people for failing to recognize Him upon His return, after changing His garb and departing for but a little while from their midst.

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).

BH06525

150

ذکر الله عبده لیکون بذکره مسرورا و لایعادل مع ذکره ما خلق بین السموات و الارض

God maketh mention of His servant, that through His remembrance he may find joy, and naught that hath been created between the heavens and the earth can compare with His remembrance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.314,

PYK.115

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00191

2960

لله الحمد آذان طلب متتابعا بهدیر حمامه محبت و وداد فائز و ابصار بملاحظه آثار

Praise be to God! The ears of longing have successively attained unto the cooing of the dove of love and fellowship, and eyes have been blessed with beholding His signs [3.5s]

INBA27:277, BLIB_Or15704.105,

PYK.086, AMIN.208x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00844

970

الحمد لله الذی سر الخادم بنفحات بیان اولیائه الذین نبذوا العالم و قاموا علی

Praise be unto God Who hath gladdened the servant through the fragrant breaths of the utterances of His chosen ones, who have cast aside the world and arisen [3.5s]

INBA08:490, INBA27:384, INBA22:168, BLIB_Or15732.272,

PYK.083

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00213

2760

لحمد لله الذی تفرد بالفضل و توحد بالاحسان و منزه عما ینطق به اهل الامکان و تقدس

Praise be unto God, Who is singular in His bounty and unique in His beneficence, Who is sanctified above whatsoever the peoples of contingent being may utter, and is holy [3.5s]

INBA08:326ax, INBA22:283x, INBA45:021.07x, BLIB_Or15732.126,

AFG.046-058

Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH05590

180

یا خلیل عریضه ات تلقاء عرش قدس جلیل حاضر و باصغای مالک اسماء مشرف

O Khalil! Thy petition hath been presented before the Most Holy and Glorious Throne and hath been honored with the hearing of the Lord of Names [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.178c,

AHB_134BE #09-10 p.034, FRH.184-185, FRH.589

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement

BH09406

100

سبحانک یا مالک العالم و الظاهر بالاسم الاعظم کیف اذکرک بعد ایقانی بان الذاکر

Glorified art Thou, O Lord of the world and He Who is manifest through the Most Great Name! How can I make mention of Thee when I have become certain that the one who maketh mention [3.5s]

INBA19:011, INBA32:012a, BLIB_Or15696.006a, , BLIB_Or15734.2.044a,

AHB_133BE #09-10 p.004

Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH08490

120

یا ابناء الخلیل و وراث الکلیم لکم ان تدعوا ما فی الدنیا آخذین ما اتیکم من

O children of the Friend and heirs of Him Who conversed with God! Ye must forsake all that is in this world, taking hold of that which hath come unto you from [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.037b,

AHB_122BE #08 p.304

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Proclamation to Jews; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH04674

200

آنچه از قبل از سماء مشیت رحمانیه نازل اینست و من یخرج من بیته مهاجرا الی

That which hath been sent down aforetime from the heaven of the All-Merciful Will is this: And whoso leaveth his home as a migrant unto [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.241, , BLIB_Or15726.038,

AHB_119BE #03 p.076, YFY.071

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom

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

Qayyumul-Asma (book)

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

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

AB00309

670

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith

ای اهل عالم طلوع شمس حقیقت محض نورانیت عالم است و ظهور رحمانیت در انجمن بنی‌آدم

O people of the world! The dawn of the Sun of Reality is assuredly for the illumination of the world

BLIB_Or.08117.006,

DWNP_v5#02-3 p.003-004x

BWF.215-217x, BSC.422 #766x, SW_v11#09 p.133-134x

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love of God; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; War and peace

BH02385

370