search results for 'MA'

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

اول وظیفه اعضا الفت و اتحاد آنهاست که سبب حصول نتائج حسنه گردد

The first duty of the members is to effect their own unity and harmony, in order to

MAS5.276, BDA1.349.05

COC#0187x, SW_v08#09 p.114, MHMD1.367-368, BSTW#248b

ABU1863

Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09

160

Authenticity of prayer "O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit"; Historical Context for the Prayer 'O God! Refresh and Gladden My Spirit...'; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

There are two kinds of understanding; objective and subjective... O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit.... Beg everything thou desirest from Baha'o'llah. If thou art asking faith, ask of Him.

BPRY.174-175x, DAS.1914-05-09, SW_v07#18 p.179x, SW_v09#09 p.104x, SW_v13#09 p.251-252x, DWN_v3#05 p.031x, PN_1914 p002, BSTW#318

The Badasht Project, D. Gundry, A. Youssefi, P. Escobar, L. Slott, M. Sparrow, A. Bryan, N. Chiang, K. Bartlett, L. Ghiami, Dechen & Michael, M. Benedetti, E. Lilian, MANA, W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies, M. Levine [track 4], J. Marks and S. Engle, L. Dely & M. Congo, A. & M. Zemke [track 6], Do'a [track 4], T. Ellis, G. and M. Smith, Ladjamaya [track 5]

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

For comments on authenticity see https://bahailibrary.com/uhj_authenticity_refresh_spirit.

BH00548

no title

1360

Lawh-i-Hikmat

یا محمد علیک بهائی نامه جناب ح علیه بهائی که بشما ارسال نموده غصن اکبر تلقاء

O Muhammad, upon thee be My glory! The letter of his honor H, upon him be My glory, which he had sent unto thee, hath been received in the presence of the Greater Branch [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! Praise be to Thee, inasmuch as Thou hast aided me to gaze upon the traces of Thy Most Exalted Pen.... In regard to what thou hast asked, the intent of the 'active force' [fa'il] is the lord of the species [rabb al-naw'], and it hath other meanings

BLIB_Or15718.337,

BRL_DA#695, AQA7#392 p.107, ADM2#017 p.035x, AVK2.261.09x, MAS1.014.1x, ANDA#19 p.34x, NSS.103-104x

BLO_failyan, ADMS#199n94x, JHT_S#122x

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB00041

no title

1600

لک الحمد یا الهی بما فتحت ابواب ملکوت العظمه و الجلال علی وجوه احبائک و ظللت

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! For Thou hast opened the Doors of the Kingdom of Grandeur

INBA16:076

MKT4.162b, MMK5#094 p.075, AMK.187-194, BBBD.332-334, MAS5.287x, MJMJ2.026x, MMG2#076 p.083x, YHA1.280-281x, NJB_v05#12 p.001

BBBD.334-339, DAS.1914-10-04, SW_v05#14 p.211-215+218, BSTW#348

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1529

Words to May Maxwell, spoken on 1898-02-17

210

You are like the rain which is poured upon the earth making it bud and blossom and become fruitful

AEP.012-013, MAX.076-077, BLO_PN#031

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Exhortations and counsels; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0129

Public address given on 1912-06-16

1090

Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

This is a Unitarian church, and in the Arabic tongue this day may well be called... What is real unity?... O God! Educate these children

BRL_CHILD#18x, BPRY.028x, BWF.257-260, PUP#069 (p.190-194), FWU.066x, SW_v03#10 p.030-032

William Sears & the Ayyam-i-Ha Kids [track 1], Ine, Nabil and Karim, TaliaSafa, E. Peterson, MANA, J. Crone, C. McGrail, E. Mahony

Education of children; moral education; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Manifestation of God as sun; Martyrs and martyrdom; Oneness; unity of religion; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU0028

Address at Turanian Society of Budapest, Budapest, 1913-04-14

1890

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Translation List

در عالم انسانی این چه قدر مدار افتخار است که در بوداپست مملکت غرب انجمنی تشکیل شود

What a source of pride this is for humanity—that in Budapest, which is in the West, a society should be formed for the advancement and improvement of the condition of the Easterners...Qurratu'l-'Ayn (Tahirih) was eloquent. Her writings and poems are available today. Every one of the learned of the region praised her... In the Christian Dispensation it was Mary Magdalene who was the cause of the steadfastness of the disciples

BRL_DAK#0824, MAS5.247x, KHF.255, KHAB.428 (430), KHTB3.095

BRL_ATE#206x, STAB#131x, ADMS#109

Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Role and station of women; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB00659

no title

480

Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The Institution of the

ای روشندلان از پرتو عهد و پیمان شصت سال است که محفل الست آراسته گشته

O ye illumined ones! For sixty years hath the assemblage of "Am I not your Lord?" been adorned through the effulgence of the Covenant [3.5s]... ...O God, my God! Lowly, humble, and tearful, I turn my face unto the Kingdom of Thy mercy and the realm of Thy singleness

BRL_DAK#0543, COMP_MASHRIQP#83x, DUR1.236

BRL_MASHRIQ#83x

Call to action; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement

BH00483

no title

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

AB00695

no title

470

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که اثر خامه تضرع و ابتهال بود مضمونش مفهوم گشت دلالت

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter, which was a reflection of thy pen's supplication and entreaty, was understood in its true meaning [3.5s]... ...the user, the buyer and the seller [of opium] are all deprived of the bounty and grace of God

AVK3.038.10x, MAS2.058-059x, MSBH8.122-124, GHA.433bx, VUJUD.127x

BRL_Aqdas.n170bx, VUJUDE.186x

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Chastisement and requital; Law of Huququ'llah; Names and attributes of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB00335

no title

650

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Justice and wrath of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ای یاران الهی نامه مفصلی از جناب اسفندیار مهربان رسید حکایت از شرح کشاف

O divine friends! A detailed letter has been received from his honor, the kind Isfandiyar, giving a comprehensive account [3.5s]... ...Concerning “wings” and “the comb” mentioned in the Hidden Words: this means the Covenant of God

BRL_DAK#1051, AVK4.013.04x, MAS2.035-037x, YARP2.110 p.133

BRL_ATE#204x

AB00059

no title

470

Table Talks and Notes Taken at Acca; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká

حکمت الهیه در صیام بسیار است از جمله چون در آن ایام مطلع شمس حقیقت

There is many a divine wisdom in fasting. Among them is this: that, in the days… O Divine Providence! As I am abstaining from bodily desires

BRL_TTTP#05, AKHA_123BE #10 p.bx, PYB#147 p.03x, MAS9.021x

BRL_ATE#200x, BRL_TTT#05, LOG#0779x, LOG#0784x, SW_v04#18 p.305, TTCT.09-11

E. Mahony

Law of fasting; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB06329

no title

130

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Review of publications

ای منادی پیمان نامه شما رسید و از مضمون نهایت مسرت حاصل گردید که الحمد لله

O herald of the Covenant! Your letter was received and its contents brought the utmost joy, for which praise be to God [3.5s]... ...Thou hast written concerning the refutation of the fallacies contained in the writings of Edward Browne. This matter is important and action needs to be taken

BRL_DAK#0893, ASAT1.080-081, MAS2.058x

BRL_ATE#182x

AB04427

no title

170

Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای کنیز محترمه الهی نامه ایکه بتاریخ ۲۲ اکتوبر ... مسئله ترقّی انسان از عالم جماد به رتبه نبات ... خدایا هدایت نما حفظ فرما سراج روشن کن ستارهٴ درخشنده

O honoured handmaiden of God! The letter dated October 22 [3.5s]... ...O God! Guide me, protect me, make of me a shining lamp and a brilliant star.

BRL_DAK#1195, MMK3#157 p.110x, HUV1.011x, YMM.182x, YMM.192x, YMM.377x

BRL_CHILD#04x, BPRY.029x, JWTA.025x, SW_v09#10 p.114x

J. Lenz [track 12], D. Gundry, M. Sparrow, Nabil and Karim, Charisse et al, K. Kuolga, A. Southall, Ann-Sofie, Rasmus, Sasha & Nora, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, The Bird & The Butterfly, TaliaSafa, T. Nosrat, Martha & Mahdis, M. Weigert, Hayze & Family, Honiara Baha'i Youth, S. Peyman, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, J. Cooper, M. Levine [track 8], E. Mahony, Satchit, Sharlene & Prasad, Duga

Evolution; human evolution; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Man's distinction from the animal; Prayer for children and youth; Suffering and imprisonment

AB00949

no title

400

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای دختر ملکوت نامه شما رسید ولی از عدم فرصت مختصر مرقوم میگردد جسد انسانی

O thou who art the daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter has been received... The body of man, which has been formed gradually... The city of San Diego was like a lifeless body.... O Thou kind Lord! Graciously bestow a pair of heavenly wings

BRL_DAK#0214, MKT3.386, AVK4.204.05x, HUV2.009x

BRL_CHILD#22x, BPRY.252-253x, LOG#0669x, BSC.446 #814x, SW_v11#19 p.317-318, MAB.012-013x, BLO_PT#052.36

Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Law of burial and cremation; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB04004

no title

180

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای دو مومن صادق نامه شما رسید مضمونش ایمان و ایقان و خلوص بود دلیل بر بیناای

O ye two truthful believers! Your letter was received. Its contents were faith, certainty and sincerity… O God! Rear this little babe in the bosom of Thy love

BRL_DAK#1192, DRM.018ax, ADH2.131x, ADH2_5#07 p.163x, MMG2#431 p.476x, HUV1.016x, ABMH.054

BRL_CHILD#06x, BPRY.033-034x, TAB.049-050, LABC.015x

MANA, G. and M. Smith, R. Johnston-Garvin [track 2], E. Mahony

Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

AB11329

no title

Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria)

ان اسم عظیم است اعظم است مراد جمال مبارک است و آنچه الیوم در دست است معانی دو حرف از اسم اعظم است و آن ب و ه

The Great Name is indeed the Most Great; it referreth to the Blessed Beauty. What we possess today are the meanings of two letters from the Greatest Name, and these are 'B' and 'H' [3.5s]... This great name is the Greatest Name. The Blessed Beauty is intended. What we have today are the meanings of two of the letters of the Greatest Name. They are: B and H

MAS2.057ax

BRL_ATE#213x

AB03862

no title

190

یا امه الله نامه شما رسید مضمون معلوم گردید جواب مختصر مرقوم میشود عالم ذر که گفته

O handmaiden of God! Your letter was received and its contents noted. A brief reply is being written [3.5s]... ...The realm of subtle entities that is alluded to referreth to the realities, specifications, individuations, capacities and potentialities of man in the mirror of the divine knowledge.

BRL_TBUP#2n19, MMK6#168, ASAT3.271, AVK1.293.11, AVK2.167.06x, MAS2.030x, DVB5.047-048

BRL_TBU#2n19

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Soul; spirit after death

AB01109

no title

370

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement

ای بنده آستان ایزد دانا آنچه مرقوم نمودی ملحوظ گردید هر چه نگاشتی مفهوم شد

O servant of the Threshold of the All-Knowing God! That which thou didst write was perused, and all that thou didst inscribe was understood [3.5s]... ...By the term “that true and radiant morn” mentioned in the Hidden Words is meant the Dawn of divine Revelation when the Exalted One manifested Himself

BRL_DAK#0701, ASAT5.039-040x, AVK2.262.15x, PYB#027 p.04, MAS2.019-020x, YMM.369x, YARP2.130 p.148, NSS.155bx

BRL_ATE#187x

BH09439

no title

100

علت آفرینش ممکنات حب بوده چنانچه در حدیث مشهور مذکور است که میفرماید کنت کنز

The Cause of the creation of all contingent beings has been love, as it is mentioned in the famous tradition

BRL_DA#169, AVK3.239.09x, AHM.409, DRD.154, NFQ.004, MAS4.368, AKHA_134BE #17 p.659

BNE.075, SW_v07#10 p.100, SW_v08#10 p.126, JHT_B#013

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Purpose; goal of creation; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00339

no title

1940

تبارک الذی بیده ملکوت کل شیء یخلق ما یشاء بامر من عنده و انه کان علی کل شیء

Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Kingdom of all things. He createth whatsoever He willeth through a command from His presence, and verily He hath power over all things [3.5s]... ...That so brief a span should have separated this most mighty and wondrous Revelation from Mine own previous Manifestation, is a secret that no man can unravel

BLIB_Or15694.552, , ALIB.folder18p261x

MAS8.037cx, MUH3.269-270x

BNE.020x, GPB.092x, WOB.124x

Absolute freedom; independence of God; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Literal interpretation; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00563

Letter to the second pillar (tahmid)

140

بسم الله المتمجد المتقدس. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامره کن فیکون و انما العزة لله الذی خلق کل شیء

Praise be to God who created the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lies between them by His command "Be" and it is. Might belongs to God alone, who created everything by His command

BYC_hand01

MANU.069-070, QISM.021

KSHK.BWB

Creation of the world; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BB00559

Letter to the third pillar (tawhid)

150

بسم الله الفرد المعتمد. قل الله ربی کل له لمسبحون قل الله ربی کل له یحمدون قل الله ربی

In the name of God, the Peerless, the Ever-Faithful. Say: God, my Lord! All give praise unto Him. Say: God, my Lord! All prostrate to Him

BYC_hand01

MANU.070-070, QISM.021

KSHK.BWB

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BB00614

Li’th-Thamara

الله اکبر تکبیرا کبیرا. هذا کتاب من عند الله المهیمن القیوم الی الله المهیمن القیوم قل کل من الله مبدئون ... هذا کتاب من علی قبل ملل ذکرالله للعالمین الی من یقول اسمه اسم الوحید ذکرالله للعالمین

God is the Most Great, Great is He! This is a book from God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting to God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Say: All are originated by God

PR03.086r01-086r03, PR03.088r25-088r28, CMB_F23.141r03-141r07 (46), , CMB_F20.020v05-020v08, , BYC_tablets.082.12-082.15

NQK.ld, MANU.038-038, QISM.001

KSHK.BWB

Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

SRC.096

ABU3650

Words spoken at the Shrine of the Bab

120

گل بسیار است ولی این گل سرخ حتایت دیگریست واقعا سلطتان گلها است

There are many flowers but this rose is another story. Truly, it is the sultan of flowers

MAS5.200x

KSHK#32

Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Baha'u'llah; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal

AB00353

no title

630

Translation List

ای بنده الهی سوال از عصمت انبیای سلف نموده بودی مظاهر مقدسه ما ینطق عن الهوی

Thou hast asked about the infallibility of the ancient prophets. The Holy Manifestations uttered that which was revealed unto them… Thy second question concerneth the impregnation of Mary through the Holy Spirit. This is an established and certain fact

MMK6#504x, AVK1.324x, AVK2.049, AVK2.186.18x, MAS2.081x, MAS9.004, MSHR5.075-077

KSHK#25x, ADMS#222x

Adam; Adam and Eve; Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Outward and inward meanings; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion

BH02236

no title

400

و الذی اراد ان یعرف سر ما ظهر من ظهور قبلی فی الشمس و قیامه تلقائها طوبی لمن سئل

Someone wants to know the secret of what was revealed to him that came before me regarding the sun and his standing while facing it.

INBA66:106ax

MAS8.104-106x

KSHK#12x

Consolation and comfort; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation

BH00244

no title

2540

Changing Pronouns and Dropping 'Say' in Prayers

بجناب ذبیح علیه بهاء الله تکبیر مالانهایه برسانید عجبست که خبر ایشان نرسید

Convey unto his honor Dhabih, upon whom be the Glory of God, boundless greetings. Strange it is that no word hath been received from him [3.5s]... ...In some of the revealed prayers and supplications it is written, “and make him.” Is it considered interpolation if one recites, in a passsage of entreaty, "and make me"

INBA28:171, NLAI_BH4.053-062.03x

AVK2.318.17x, AVK4.028.13x, AVK4.267.10x, AVK4.439ax, MAS4.030x, MAS4.036x, ASAT4.030x, ASAT4.462x, ASAT5.054x, YIK.071-078

KSHK#08x

Empty learning; false spirituality; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

ROB4.321, ROB3.200-201, LL#193, LL#372

BH00164

no title

3280

حمد مقدس از بیان برهان حضرت رحمن را لایق و سزاست که از انوارش عالم امکان

Sanctified praise beseemeth and is meet for the Lord of Divine Proof, the All-Merciful, through Whose lights the world of being hath been illumined [3.5s]... ...His holiness the exalted Bab because of the weakness of the people at the inception of his manifestation showed extreme forbearance

BLIB_Or15704.171,

MAS7.126x, PZHN v4#1 p.139x, QMSI1.191-192x, RAHA.127-128x, YIK.009-018

KFPT#03.5x

Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation

BH00023

Tablet to Varqa I

8000

حمد مقدس از ذکر تقدیس و تنزیه و فوق آن بساط حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که

Sanctified praise, transcendent above all mention of glorification and exaltation, beseemeth the court of that Divine Object of all desire, Who [3.5s]... ...This heedless and prattling have understood this Revelation to be like unto the events of the past. Up to this moment they have not comprehended

INBA41:158x, INBA41:379bx

MAS4.032x, MAS4.141bx, MAS4.348x, AYI2.003x, ABDA.093-094x, TSAY.472x, MSHR2.027.01x, MSHR5.381bx

KFPT#03.1x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Goodly deeds; actions; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]; Words vs deeds

LL#259

BBU0014

Words spoken at the Báb's martyrdom

Had you believed in Me, O wayward generation, every one of you would have followed

DB.514

E. Crofts, MANA

BH03843

Saqi az Ghayb-i-Baqa

240

Short Poem by "Darvísh" Muhammad, Bahá'u'lláh: Sáqí az ghayb-i baqá burqa' bar afkan az 'idhár, A

Saqi az Ghayb-i-Baqa (The Cup-bearer from the Eternal Unseen)

ساقی از غیب بقا برقع برافکن از عذار تا بنوشم خمر باقی از جمال کردگار آنچه در

Lift up the veil from Thy face, O Cup-Bearer of the hidden Realm of Immortality, That I may taste the wine of eternal life

INBA36:455a, INBA30:137, OSAI I.MMS,

BRL_DA#155, TZH4.141-142x, MAS4.209, RHQM1.350-351 (425) (258-259), OOL.B098

DB.137x, BLO_PT#087, HURQ.BH11

A brief ode alluding to His messianic secret and calling for purification of heart and commitment to …

Christ; Christianity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mosaic imagery; Mystical themes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ROB1.064, MMAH.164, GSH.065, LL#283

BBU0007

Words upon the death of His son

160

O God, my God! Would that a thousand Ishmaels were given Me, this Abraham of Thine

MATA.157-158

DB.077

Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of prayer; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00534

no title

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

BH00080

no title

4850

حمد حضرت مقتدری را لایق و سزاست که بنقاط قلم اعلی صفوف اقتدار را بیاراست... یا علی ما کان گذشت و ما یکون از بعد میآید باید این حین

Praise be unto Him Who is worthy and befitting of all glorification, Who hath adorned the ranks of power through the points of the Most Exalted Pen [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O God, O Revealer of incontrovertible proofs, and Lord of all names and attributes! I beseech Thee by the light which hath shone forth

INBA41:381ax, BLIB_Or15717.098, , NLAI_BH1.136x

BRL_DA#562, ADM3#082 p.098x, ADM3#083 p.098x, ADM3#084 p.099x, ADM3#151 p.171x, HDQI.008bx, MAS4.141ax, PYB#042 p.01x, ANDA#04 p.02x

JHT_S#152x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02009

no title

440

فاعلم بان الغافلین خرجونا عن مدینه الله بظلم مبین و بذلک ارتفع عویل البکاء

Know thou that the heedless ones have expelled Us from the City of God with manifest tyranny, whereupon the wailing of lamentation was raised [3.5s]... ...Praise be unto Thee, O Lord my God, for having chosen us to sustain Thy trials and bear hardships for love of Thee and in acquiescence unto Thy good-pleasure

AQA6#215 p.046, ADM2#031 p.053x, MAS4.356x, ASAT1.105x

JHT_S#124x

Angels; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Martyrs and martyrdom; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00335

Lawh-i-Khalil

1970

Lawh-i-Khalíl (Tablet to Khalil)

ملکوت جلال و جمال و جبروت عظمت و اجلال سلطان لاهوت و ملیک حی لایموت را

The Sovereign of the Divine Realm and King of Life Who dieth not hath so established and ornamented the Kingdom of Majesty and Beauty and the Spiritual Realm of Might

BLIB_Or15717.213,

BRL_DA#483, MAS4.038x, MSHR5.386x, OOL.B161

HURQ.BH72

Moses; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

MMAH.190, LL#420

BH00976

no title

840

الحمد لله الذی اظهر ما کان مکنونا فی ازل الازال و مستورا عن العیون و الابصار

Praised be unto God Who hath caused to be made manifest that which was hidden for an eternity of eternities and concealed from both outer and inner eyes

BLIB_Or15690.068, , BLIB_Or15724.116,

AVK1.268.07x, AYBY.123, BSHN.041, MHT2b.057bx, MAS8.095ax, TRZ1.089bx, LDR.245x

HURQ.BH86

Praise and encouragement; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BH08416

no title

120

کتابت در سجن حاضر و توجه الیه طرف المظلوم الذی دعا الکل الی الله

Thy letter arrived in the Prison and the gaze of the Wronged One who summoneth all unto God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting was directed unto it

MAS4.023ax

HURQ.BH81

Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH01597

Lawh-i-Kimiya 1

550

Lawḥ-i-Kímíya III (Tablet on Alchemy III)

و اما ما سئلت من الحجر فاعلم بأنه مطروح فی کل مکان و فیه قدرنا کنوزاً ما اطلع بها الا من علمناه

And now as regards that which you hast asked about the Stone: Know that it exists in every locality. In it We decreed treasures which none hath fathomed

MAS1.024x, MAS8.107ax, OOL.B197.1

HURQ.BH07x

Alludes to the identity of the Stone of the Philosophers, declaring that it is "cast down in every p …

Alchemy; the elixir; Free will and predestination; fate; Prayer for forgiveness; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Soul; spirit after death

AB03829

no title

190

Daily Lessons Received at Akka

ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی قرئت نمیقتک الجدیده المورخ ۳۰ اکتوبر سنه ۱۹۰۲

O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily I read thy recent letter, dated October 30, 1902, and noted its contents... As to thy question regarding the 'Minor Resurrection' and the first creation

YMM.357x

DLA.091x, MAB.007, BLO_PN#026x

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB01051

no title

380

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه مفصل شما با نامه امة الله روحانیه خانم واصل گردید دلیل

O thou servant of the Beauty of ABHA! Your long letter and the letter written by the maidservant of God came to hand... O thou Janabi Khan! Exhort thou all the believers

BRL_DAK#1024

TAB.662-663, PN_1906 p091x, MAB.092x

AB00764

no title

450

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

ای دوستان عبدالبهاء جناب مستر وودکاک نامه نگاشت و نامهای شما را در آن نامه ذکر

O ye friends of Abdul-Baha! His honor Mr. Woodcock wrote a letter and in that letter he mentioned your names, asking divine favor on your behalf.

BRL_DAK#0797

TAB.531-533, MAX.237-239

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB00952

no title

400

Christ; Christianity; Manifestation of God as mirror; The cross and the trinity; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

ای طالب حقیقت مسئله تثلیث از بعد از حضرت مسیح الی الان معتقد مسیحیان و تا

O thou seeker after Truth! The question of the Trinity, since the time of His Holiness Christ until now, is the belief of the Christians

AKHA_123BE #11-12 p.b, MAS9.041-043

TAB.512-514

AB00354

no title

630

Newspapers and the media; publications; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ای ثابت بر پیمان انجمن ادیان در پای تخت ژاپون امسال تاسیس گردید جمعی از اطراف

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The International Congress of Religions was organized this year in the capital of Japan.

MMK3#127 p.088, MAS9.141x

TAB.496-498, JWTA.049

AB00490

no title

560

Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Non-participation in politics; Past, present and future of Iran; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Universal peace; world unity

ای بندهٴ پویندهٴ جمال ابهی در زمانیکه علما و فضلا و سروران و تجّار و کسبهٴ طهران بلکه عموم از مهتر

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Now I have found the opportunity to answer the petitions recently received and forward them to you in this mail.

MAS5.205x

TAB.489-492

AB10248

no title

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Memories of Nine Years in Akka

یا امه الله ان ذلک الطفل مولود و موجود و سیکون له من امره عجبا تسمعین به

Verily, that child is born and is alive and from him will appear wondrous things that thou wilt hear of in the future.

AKHA_105BE #04 p.05, AKHA_103BE #13 p.41, QT105.1.288, AYT.454, DUR3.239, YHA2.577, BHQ.220, BYM.009, ANB.060, PPRP.002, NFQ.020a, KNSA.187, MATA.260, KHH1.341 (1.475)

TAB.484, MNYA.260, PPRL.002

Predictions and prophecies

AB05402

no title

150

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Translation List

ربّی و رجائی لک الحمد علی ما انزلت علینا هذه المائدة الرّوحانیّة ... ربّ و رجائی لک الشّکر علی هذه النّعمآء

...Praise be unto Thee, O my Lord and my Hope, for what Thou hast sent down upon us—this spiritual sustenance

AVK4.069.08x, AVK4.070x, MAS9.074x, MJMJ2.106x, MJMJ2.107ax, MMG2#442 p.486x, MMG2#443 p.487x, NSR_1978.136x, NSR_1978.135ax, NSR_1993.149x, NSR_1993.147bx

TAB.167-168x, BSC.427 #772x, RBB.120ax, RBB.120bx, ADMS#011x, ADMS#012x

Growth of the Cause; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer to be recited at table; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB00587

no title

500

Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ای متوجه بملکوت الهی نامه مفصل ملاحظه گردید با وجود عدم فرصت و مهلت نظر بشدت

O thou who art turning to the divine Kingdom! The lengthy epistle was considered…. ... make of the Feasts occasions of joy and fellowship reminiscent of the feasts that our forebears used to hold in connection with their commemoration of the Lord's Supper... Thou hast asked regarding the naming of children

BRL_DAK#0828, AVK3.062.13x, DRM.011bx, MAS2.078-079x

TAB.148-150, BWF.411-412x, COC#0928x, LOG#0462x, LOG#0946x

Education of children; moral education; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Naming of children; of individuals; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH02631

no title

340

نفحات محبت محبوب نزد محبین محبوب لذا ارسلناها بهذه الکلمات العالیات و فوحات

The fragrances of the Beloved's love are cherished by His loved ones; thus have We sent them forth through these exalted words and sweet perfumes [3.5s]... ...The recent news is that, in these days, it was mentioned that the Chief of the Great City (Istanbul) has heard that a person from among the grandees of Diyarbakir is in the possession of a shoe of the Apostle (Muhammad)

BLIB_Or11096#054, , BLIB_Or15710.212b, , BLIB_Or15722.156,

BRL_DA#591, MAS4.215x, ASAT4.053x

BTO#01x

Religious rituals minimized or eliminated; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment

AB01993

no title

280

ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی قرئت نمیقتک البدیعه المعانی و الانشاء و حمدت الله

O thou who art attracted to the fragrances of God! Verily I read thy well-composed letter containing wondrous meanings

BRL_DAK#0847

SW_v07#12 p.015-016, MAX.215-216

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU1229

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-09

260

This is a meeting, the members of which are strung together like pearls, and all the pearls are brilliant, for all are Bahá'ís.

SW_v05#06 p.090, MAB.064-065

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment

AB11269

no title

...The believers of God from now on must think about going to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition

SW_v05#17 p.265, MAX.312bx

Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07350

no title

110

O ye who are firm in the Covenant! Your letter was received. Praise be to God, that

SW_v05#17 p.264, MAB.091-092

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Personal instructions; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03930

no title

180

ای بنت ملکوت نامه فصیح تو رسید مضمون توجه بملکوت ابهی و انجذاب بنفحات الله و

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thine eloquent letter was received

ANDA#74 p.06

SW_v04#12 p.208, MAX.275x, MAX.293-294x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0228

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-16

860

Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight; Unity; oneness of humanity

الحمد لله در خانهٴ مسس گودال و مسس کوپر در نهایت محبت مجتمعیم هر مائده ئی موجود و مهیا قلوب در نهایت مودت و صفا

Praise be to God! You are the guests of Mrs. Goodall. With the utmost love has she prepared this feast, and every kind of food is before you. The effulgence of the mercy of Baha’u’llah is resplendent.

BDA1.315.15x

SW_v04#12 p.203-204+209, MHMD1.333x, MAB.054-057x, ECN.150+582+991

ABU0105

Words spoken at Goodall home in Oakland, 1912-10-03

1200

I am going to say "welcome," to you, instead of your welcoming me. I am most happy to be here with you.

SW_v04#11 p.190-191+194, MAB.038-039, ECN.081+929

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1614

Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles

190

Mr. Chase was of the blessed souls. The best time of his life was spent in the path of God

SW_v03#13 p.015, SW_v04#11 p.190, MAB.022-023, ECN.160

Eulogies; reminiscences; Shrines and Holy places; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1818

Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles

160

O my God! O my God! Verily, this is a servant of Thine, who did believe on Thee and in Thy signs

SW_v03#13 p.015, SW_v04#11 p.189-190, MAB.022, ECN.159

Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2240

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-10

110

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Stories; anecdotes; Thankfulness; gratitude; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving

فقیر صابر بهتر از غنی شاکر است اما فقیر شاکر بهتر از فقیر صابر است و بهتر از همه غنی نتفق است

The patient poor are better than the thankful rich. But the thankful poor are better than the patient poor. And the best of all is the rich-giver who is free from temptations or tests, who becomes the cause of the happiness of mankind.... At the time of his death a king longed for the station of a poor man

KHMT.194x, MAS5.227, BDA1.185.10

SW_v19#12 p.379-380, MHMD1.201, ROB2.281, STAB#042

ABU2042

Words to Mrs. Tatum, spoken on 1912-08-21

130

Progress only takes place within its own degree; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Transcendence; unknowability of God

این علامت ترقی است ان کس که خود راضی است شیطانست و انکه راضی نیست مظهر رحمن

This is a sign of progress. The person who is satisfied with himself is the manifestation of Satan and the one who is not satisfied is the manifestation of the Merciful One.

AVK3.097.17x, MAS5.138, YHA2.856-857, GTB.142-143x, BDA1.200.17

SW_v19#11 p.349, MHMD1.216-217

ABU0184

Address to the Baha'is and others at Parsons home in Dublin, 1912-08-07

940

Intelligible vs. perceptible realities; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Relationship of the soul to the body

اول باید ثابت کنیم که از برای وجود فنائی نیست زیرا فنا عبارت از تفریق اجزاء مرکبه است

We must first prove that there is no annihilation in creation.

BSHN.140.336, BSHN.144.334, MAS5.058, MHT1b.044, KHTB2.207, BDA1.179.10

SW_v19#10 p.306-308, MHMD1.195-198, PN_1912_heh p039

ABU2466

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-11