search results for 'PT'

Equality of men and women; House of Justice; Predictions and prophecies; Role and station of women; War and peace

ای دختر عزیز من نامه فصیح و بلیغ در کمال سرور در باغی در زیر سایه درختی

O Thou my beloved daughter! Thine eloquent and fluent letter was perused in a garden, under the cool shade of a tree

BRL_DAK#0737

LOG#2075x, PT#59 p.195, DAS.1913-08-28, ABIE.249, BLO_PN#007, BSTW#099, BSTW#108b

AB00830

no title

430

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

ای عاشقان جمال ابهی اهل مجاز چون تعلق خاطری باب و رنگ در عالم خاک یابند از

O ye lovers of the Abha Beauty! When souls become attracted to the variegated colours and physical beauty of this contingent existence

MMK2#072 p.056

BLO_PT#081.72x

Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB00851

no title

420

Bahá'í Scriptures

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

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

INBA13:327

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

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

Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB00923

no title

410

سئوال از رئیس که در آیه مبارکه مذکور است نموده بودید این رئیس عالی پاشاست که سبب نقل از عراق

You had asked concerning the Chief mentioned in the Blessed Verse - this Chief is Ali Pasha who occasioned the banishment from Iraq [3.5s]... ...By the crimson land and the crimson hill the station of Fate/Decree is intended, for in the terminology of the people of God, white indicates the station of the Will, while green signifies the station of Predestination.

MAS2.048-049x

BLO_PT#216.027x

Martyrs and martyrdom; Symbolism of color and light

AB00943

no title

400

Attitude of Bahá'ís towards Persian Politics

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید فرصت جواب مفصل نیست مختصر جواب مرقوم میشود

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Though time doth not permit a detailed reply, a brief response is herewith written [3.5s]... ...As regards what you wrote touching the intervention in the affairs of Persia of the neighbouring States, time upon time it hath been declared by the Pen of the Covenant that the Government (Dawlat) and the People (Millat) should mix together like honey and milk

TRZ1.507, MSHR4.388-389, DMSB.020

SW_v01#05 p.003x, CHU.067a, EGBBF.095-096x, BLO_PT#011ax

Chastisement and requital; Relationship between government and people; Role and station of women; The power of words; of speech

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

AB00961

no title

400

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

ای یاران عبدالبهاء هر چند مدتیست که بواسطه قلم و مداد با شما گفتگوای ننمودم

O ye friends of ‘Abdu'l-Baha! Though some time has passed since I wrote you letters with pen and ink, yet in the world of spirit

INBA87:432, INBA52:445

BRL_DAK#0870, MMK2#073 p.056

BLO_PT#081.73

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB01072

no title

380

ای قابل مقبول آنچه مرقوم نمودی مشهود گشت مضمون مفهوم شد الحمد لله دلالت بر

O thou who art acceptable and well-favoured! That which thou didst inscribe hath been observed and its contents have been understood. Praise be to God, it indicated [3.5s]... ...The true morn dawneth from the depths of a darksome night, and the world-illuminating light of day poureth forth from the canopy of a night of gloom.

MSHR4.054x, MSHR5.260x, VAA.044-045

BLO_PT#174x, BLO_PT#175x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for forgiveness; Stories; anecdotes

AB01073

no title

380

O thou dear maidservant of Baha'o'llah! The letter thou hadst written

SW_v10#05 p.096, BLO_PT#052.34

Christ; Christianity; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Reincarnation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

AB01151

no title

370

یا احباء الله و اودائه انی بقلب مشتعل بنار محبتکم و صدر منشرح بذکرکم و عین ناظره

O ye beloved of God and his friends! With a heart kindled by the fire of your love...If ye be truly united, if ye agree to promote that which is the essential purpose, and to show forth an all-unifying love, I swear by Him Who causeth the seed to split

BRL_DAK#0982, MKT1.162, MNMK#038 p.123

COF.029-030x, PN_various p020x, BLO_PT#214

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB01184

no title

360

Bahá'í World Faith; Center of the Covenant; Light of the World

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و از مضمون اطلاع حاصل گردید بموجب دستورالعملی

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents noted. Speak in accordance with the instructions written herein

NURA#61, MMK4#156 p.168, MMK5#208 p.158, AMK.259-261

BWF.358-359x, COC#0217x, LOTW#61, SW_v03#07 p.016-017, SW_v06#14 p.106-107, SW_v08#14 p.186-187, BLO_PT#021, BSTW#052ox

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB01265

no title

350

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O thou herald of the Covenant! Thy letters have been received and an answer has been written.... I have been greatly affected by the death of Mr. Sandy Kinney. What

SW_v11#15 p.259-260, SW_v10#19 p.350x, BLO_PT#028jx

Consolation and comfort; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB01312

no title

340

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

ای ثابت بر پیمان دو نامه از شما رسید حال بتحریر جواب مشغولم ولی فرصت جواب

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Two letters from thee have been received. Now I am writing the answer, but I have no opportunity to write

BRL_DAK#1023

BLO_PT#028g

Business; financial; property matters; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB01314

no title

340

Attitude of Bahá'ís towards Persian Politics

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بجناب آقا احمد مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید از

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter thou didst write to his honour Ahmad was perused [3.5s]... ...You wrote that it had been stated in the Hablu'l-Matin published at Rasht that the Bahais were partisans of the Autocracy

AMK.063-064, DBR.012, YIK.402-403

CHU.067-068, EGBBF.091-092x, BLO_PT#011cx

Non-participation in politics; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Unity of governments; political unity

AB01643

no title

310

O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God that Julia and her respected husband entered into the religion of God

BLO_PT#052.17a

Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB01774

no title

300

O thou sweet singing bird! Thy letter was received. From its contents it became

SW_v09#17 p.198, BLO_PT#052.32

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Music and singing; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB01900

no title

280

Bahá'í World Faith

ای بنت ملکوت نامه مرقوم ملاحظه گردید از عدم فرصت جواب مختصر مرقوم میگردد و آن

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was considered. On account of the lack of time.... The spiritual assemblies which are organized

BRL_DAK#0677

BWF.411-411x, SW_v01#05 p.010-012, BLO_PT#052.09

Contention and conflict; House of Justice; Importance of community building; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

AB02000

no title

280

Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of; Prayer for Fathers; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

پروردگارا آمرزگارا بنده درگاهت ویندست توجه بملکوت ابهی مینماید و از برای پدر

O Thou Almighty! O Thou Forgiver! The servant of Thy Threshold, Windust... O Lord! In this Most Great Dispensation Thou dost accept the intercession of children

BRL_DAK#0213

BRL_PMDA#25x, BPRY.064x, COC#0844x, COC#1747x, LOG#0770x, SW_v11#19 p.319, BLO_PT#066, BSTW#011

S. Rowshan, Anke & Armin

Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death

AB02045

no title

270

Education and the development of capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Review of publications; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! The dispatched letter was received. Praise be unto God that in this springtime of God

BLO_PT#003d

AB02076

no title

270

O thou spiritual friend! Thy letter was received. I was made very sad on account of the event of the closing of the Church of Brotherhood. But when I was in those parts

PTF.139-140

Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Humor; jokes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02400

no title

250

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

ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه ات رسید و مضمون معلوم گردید در میان خلق ازدواج عبارت از

O thou dear handmaid of God! Thy letter hath been received, and its contents were noted. Marriage, among the mass of the people

MMK1#084 p.114, AKHB.199-200, GHA.159, HYB.046, NJB_v12#09 p.160

SWAB#084, BWF.372-373x, LOG#1266x, BSC.457 #840x, BLO_PT#052.11

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Marriage as means of spiritual progress

AB02507

no title

240

Letter to Corinne True re Women on the House of Justice

ای بنت ملکوت نامه رسید و اجتماع مبعوثان مشرق الاذکار در روز نوروز در شیکاغو

O daughter of the Kingdom! The epistle was received and the Convention of the delegates of the Mashrek-el-Azkar on the day of Naurooz, at Chicago, proved a cause of joy

BRL_DAK#0624, MSHR4.102-103, QT108.046x

BLO_PT#050, BSTW#196

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Role and station of women; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab

AB02513

no title

240

Research Department, Functions of; Etymologies of three terms

ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید در وقتیکه این عبد در محیط اعظم مشاغل و غوائل

O servant of the sanctified threshold! Your letter was received at a time when the most great ocean of tasks, tribulations and literary communications… the human spirit, in other words, the rational soul, is the intermediary between the immaterial and the corporeal

YMM.274x, NJB_v05#07 p.003, VUJUD.110.19x

BLO_PT#076, VUJUDE.201x

Importance of community building; Power of the mind over nature; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; 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; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

AB02573

no title

240

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written

SW_v10#12 p.233-234, BLO_PT#028n, BSTW#267

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB02798

no title

230

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

ای یاران و اماء رحمن نامه شما فی الحقیقه سرور و شادمانی بخشید و سبب امیدواری

O ye friends and the maidservants of the Merciful!...If a person reads the Hidden Words, the Ishrakat, Tajallayat, the Glad Tidings

MMK3#167 p.117x, HDQI.239, ANDA#28 p.05

DAS.1914-07-17, SW_v08#02 p.025x, SW_v09#10 p.118x, BLO_PT#028o

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Words vs deeds

AB02805

no title

230

Translation List; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ایران بقوای مادیه هزار سال میخواهد که مانند دول و ملل اورپ گردد ولی

A thousand years must elapse before Persia can, by the aid of material power, rise to the height of the peoples and governments of Europe.

PYM.117x, KHSH12.009, KHH1.301 (1.419-420)

BPRY.1923.031, KHHE.433-434, BP1926.031-032, BLO_PT#159x, ADMS#065i07x

Critique of Eastern values; culture; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Past, present and future of Iran; Praise of Western values; culture; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB02957

no title

220

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

ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه ات رسید مرقوم نموده بودی که از شدت غم اسیرم و در زندان

O precious maidservant of God! Thy letter hath arrived. Thou hast written that through unbearable grief thou art a prisoner in a grievous prison.

MMK3#046 p.028

BLO_PT#080.46

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

AB02983

no title

220

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

سؤال نموده بودی که سبب امراض و بلايا چه چيز است ؟ اسباب متنوّع ، از برای بعضی نفوس امراض و بلايا

...Thou didst ask a question: what is the cause of illnesses and afflictions? The causes are many and various. For some souls, illnesses and afflictions are as a punishment for deeds perpetrated

MMK3#048 p.030x

BLO_PT#080.48x

Composition and decomposition; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB02996

no title

220

Attitude of Bahá'ís towards Persian Politics

ای یار مهربان نامه سلخ ربیع الاول سنه ۱۳۲۷ وصول یافت و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل

O loving friend! Thy letter dated the last day of Rabi'u'l-Avval 1327 was received and its contents were noted [3.5s]... ...As to the matter of our ill-wishers amongst the Yahya'ís [i.e. the Azalís], who accuse the Friends [i.e. the Baha'ís] of sympathy with the Court [or Government, Dawlat], it is certain that the truth of the case will become plain and evident

INBA85:412

BRL_DAK#0198, YIA.337

CHU.067b, BLO_PT#011bx

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Non-participation in politics; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB03056

no title

220

Tablet Concerning the Day of the Martyrdom of His Holiness, the Exalted One; Significance of the Day of the Martyrdom of the Bab; Translation List

یا حضرت علی قبل اکبر یوم شهادت حضرت اعلی روحی لدمه المطهر الفداست الیوم

O ‘Alí Akbar! Today is the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of His Holiness the Most Exalted One

INBA13:147b

BRL_DAK#0061, AKHA_107BE #02-03 p.07, AYT.187, PYB#200 p.04, GHA.422

BLO_PT#088, BLO_PT#105, ADMS#024, JHT_A#003

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrdom of the Bab; Martyrs and martyrdom; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03231

no title

210

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ای یاران الهی و اماء رحمانی نام مبارک محبوب بیهمتا جمال ابهی را در منتهای جذب

O ye beloved friends of God and handmaids of the Merciful! Call ye to mind the blessed Name of our peerless Beloved, the Abha Beauty

BRL_DAK#0069, AHB.132BE #09-10 p.11, BSHN.140.462, BSHN.144.456, MHT1b.189

BRL_ATE#049, BLO_PT#130

unknown

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement

AB03425

no title

200

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O thou my friend of the Kingdom! Praise be to God, that the city of Boston is stirred

SW_v07#16 p.160, BLO_PT#028d

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03463

no title

200

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O thou revered maidservant of Bahá'u'lláh! Your detailed letter was received. Praise be to God that it was an indication of thy firmness

BLO_PT#028f

Business; financial; property matters; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03471

no title

200

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

بقرينه محترمه‌ات از قبل عبدالبهآء تحيّت ابدع ابهی ابلاغ دار و بگو که نوازش مسجونين و تربيتشان و تعليمشان

Convey to thy honoured companion, on behalf of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Most Glorious and Most Wondrous greetings, and say that the comfort of prisoners and their education and training [3.5s]... O thou who art turning thy face to the divine Kingdom! Thy respected wife

MMK1#083 p.113x

SWAB#083x, LOG#0711x, SW_v10#17 p.318-319, BLO_PT#052

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline

AB03589

no title

200

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

...Thy letter contained most cheering good news and indicated the oneness of spiritual state that exists

DAS.1914-04-17x, BLO_PT#028p, BSTW#097

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB03694

no title

190

O dear daughter! Thy letter was received. Its content was understood. Thy aim is very high and thy intention superb. The President of the Republic

BLO_PT#052.35

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Prayer for governments and rulers; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Universal peace; world unity

AB03850

no title

190

شخص محترما سرور مهربانا از پاریس بخطه مصر رسیدم ولی مانند آنحضرت مونس و انیس

O illustrious personage, kind friend! From Paris I arrived in the land of Egypt, but found none here like your presence as companion and intimate associate [3.5s]

MSHR2.304-305

BLO_PT#217.001x

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB03912

no title

180

Tablet to Ismael on Annihilation in God (Lawh-i-Ismael)

Lawh-i-Ismael (Tablet to Ismael on Annihilation in God)

ای اسمعیل جلیل جمیع یاران الهی باید ذبیح الهی باشند یعنی جمیع شئون خویش را

O illustrious Ismael! All the friends of God should be as a sacrifice unto the One true God. This means that they should sacrifice and immolate

INBA13:082, INBA55:463

MKT4.014, AKHA_119BE #08 p.b, AKHB.133, AKHB.135, PYB#097 p.12, DUR1.529, MAS5.151, YHA1.397 (2.788), YIK.389-390

BLO_PT#180, BSTW#290

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB03957

no title

180

ای پسر ملکوتی من نامه تو رسید گلستانی بود که روائح طیبه محبت الله از آن منتشر

O thou my heavenly son: Thy letter was received. It was a rose-garden from which the sweet fragrances of the love of God were inhaled.

AHB.127BE #01-02 p.030, PTFP.000

DAS.1914-01-27, PTF.232-233

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB03987

no title

180

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O my spiritual associate! Since the day thou didst leave the Holy Land for America up to the present, I have at every dawn

BLO_PT#028c, BSTW#257

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB04263

no title

170

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Although the dove and the nightingale, both of them, are two sweet singing birds

PN_1909E p118, BLO_PT#052.08

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Music and singing; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB04444

no title

170

Convey the wonderful Abha greetings to.......and Mrs. Waite and tell her that the tune for the Dawning rays of Truth has come

BBBD.119-120, BLO_PT#052.17b

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB04709

no title

160

O thou my respected son: The letter that thou hast written with the utmost love became the cause of perfect happiness.

DAS.1914-03-28, PTF.236-237

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB04788

no title

160

O thou lover of the Beloved of the World! The new song and thy notes were received. Praise thou God that thou art ever engaged

BLO_PT#052.12

East and West; communication between East and West; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

AB04828

no title

160

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

ای مشتاق ملکوت ابهی انوار حق رخشان شده دریای حق جوشان شده وجه هدی تابان شده

The lights of God glisten. The sea of God surges. His guidance shines brightly.

INBA13:410, INBA55:132, INBA88:313a

BLO_PT#064

Love of God; Mystical themes; Pain of love; love as veil; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul

AB04891

Lawh-i-Abu'l-Hasan Mírza

160

Tablet to Abu'l-Hasan Mírzá (Lawh-i-Abu'l-Hasan Mírzá); Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ای یار مهربان آنچه کلک مشکین نگاشت شادمانی بخشید و خرمی آورد

O kind Friend! What thy musk-laden pen hath inscribed bestowed joy and brought delight. It was not a dew-drop

BRL_DAK#0415, SFI10.021

BRL_ATE#144, EBTB.155, BLO_PT#169

Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB04938

no title

160

O ye believers who are attracted to the Center of Lights! Verily there have been various assemblies in America

SW_v02#01 p.008, BLO_PT#052.16

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB04955

no title

160

شخص محترما نامه شما رسید و از قرائتش امیدواری عظیم حاصل شد زیرا از مضمون

O thou respected personage: Thy letter was received. Its perusal imparted to me great hopefulness, for from its contents it became manifest

MMK3#160 p.112, PYB#304 p.03

DAS.1914-06-24, PTF.239-240

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB04958

Lawh-i-'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat

160

Tablet to 'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát (Lawh-i-'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát)

Lawh-i-Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat (Tablet to Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat)

مقام اطمینان اعظم درجه بر ایمانست لیزدادوا ایمانا فوق ایمانهم هر چند حضرت ابراهیم

...The station of assurance is greater in degree than that of mere faith. It is the station denoted by “that they should add faith upon faith.”

MAS9.100-101x, YMM.319bx, VUJUD.142x

BLO_PT#167x, VUJUDE.126x

Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Degrees of faith; certitude; Fire and light; fire and water; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB05310

no title

150

ای ناطق بکلمه بلی در یوم لقاء صد هزار نفوس که در سر الست و یوم ذر وجود و

O thou who hast uttered the word "yea" on the Day of Meeting! A hundred thousand souls who existed in the time of "Am I not?" and the Day of the Covenant [3.5s]

MMK6#169, SFI09.015a

BLO_PT#216.031

Scarcity of receptive souls

AB05558

no title

140

ای بنده پروفای جمال قدم زنده باسم اعظمی رنجور بلا را دیگر چه غمی امواج عطاء

O faithful servant of the Ancient Beauty! Thy life is sustained by the Most Great Name, O sufferer in tribulations. Wherefore dost thou grieve?

MJH.048b

BLO_PT#210

Ahdieh, S. Taefi [track 14], S. Taefi [track 10], H. Aghili, unknown

Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB05778

no title

140

Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

O thou bird of pleasing tones! Thy little book of poems, which were very sweet, was read. It was a source of joy, for it was a spiritual anthem

TAB.059, BLO_PT#052.06

AB05884

no title

140

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O ye friends of Abdul-Baha! Your letter was received and from its meaning the reality of firmness and steadfastness

BLO_PT#028k

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; War and peace

AB05898

no title

140

O thou nightingale of astonishing soaring in the rose-gardens! Verily I have chanted the verses of thy praise and holiness to God.

BLO_PT#052.14

Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB06176

no title

130

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

O thou heavenly daughter! Thy detailed letter written to His Honor Mirza Ahmad was perused. It is very acceptable and seasonable that thou hast taken this voyage.

DAS.1913-10-19, SW_v05#01 p.006x, BLO_PT#003c

AB06236

no title

130

O thou eloquent, expressive poetess! How many poets have come to this world who have written elegies and eulogies in the utmost of eloquence

PN_1909E p001, BLO_PT#052.07

Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Poems and quotation from poetry

AB06240

no title

130

O thou sweet-singing Shahnaz of the Baha'is! The fragrant flower that thou hast sent from the land of Mashriku'l Adhkar is at this very moment

BLO_PT#052.27

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Music and singing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB06286

no title

130

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O thou revered and beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God that thou art turning thy face at all times toward the Kingdom

DAS.1913-03-20x, BLO_PT#028e

High station of the true believer; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB06287

no title

130

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

ای کنیز محترمه الهی نامه تو از لوزآنجلیز رسید شکر کن خدا را که موفق بخدمت شدی

O thou revered maidservant of God! Thy letter from Los Angeles was received... Not till the darkness of difference

MMK1#077 p.110

SWAB#077, SW_v10#01 p.009, SW_v10#09 p.185-186, SW_v10#09 p.178, BLO_PT#052.33

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Music and singing; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB06303

no title

130

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

ای مرغ خوش الحان جمال ابهی این دور بدیع حجبات اوهام را خرق فرموده و تعصبات

O bird that singeth sweetly of the Abha Beauty! In this new and wondrous dispensation the veils of superstition have been torn asunder

BRL_DAK#0215, MMK1#074 p.109, GHA.194, HYB.189, NJB_v03#01 p.005

SWAB#074, BWF.378-378x, COC#1412, BLO_PT#052.20

Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB06341

no title

130

O thou who art attracted with the Fragrances of God! The poems were in the utmost of sweetness, flowing from a nature imbued with the love of God.

BLO_PT#052.40

Attaining the life of the spirit; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; The power of words; of speech

AB06471

no title

130

O thou, my revered friend: Your letter imparted the utmost rejoicing, for its contents evidenced attraction to the Kingdom of God

PTF.130

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB06477

no title

130

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

شمع شبستان حق نور بافاق بخش مقتبس از شمس شو شعله و اشراق بخش شرق منور نما غرب

O torch in the divine chapel, illumine the world. Take light from the sun

INBA13:404, INBA55:237, INBA59:153a, INBA88:055

DWNP_v5#07-8 p.006-007x, MJH.049

BLO_PT#064

Call to action; East and West; communication between East and West; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement

AB06483

no title

130

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

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

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

INBA13:387, INBA59:158, INBA88:312

MMK2#028 p.018

BLO_PT#064

Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB06728

no title

120

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

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

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

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

MMK2#267 p.193

BLO_PT#081.267

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB06851

no title

120

O thou dear maidservant of God! Your letter has been forwarded. An answer is written to Mrs. Marcella Morgan. It is enclosed, forward it!

BLO_PT#052.38

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Naming of children; of individuals; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06945

no title

120

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups

...God, please keep your servants from wine and alcohol and keep alcoholic liquor away from them. O God, please destroy this harmful substance from the earth so no sign of it can be seen, and no one will hear any more about it

BLO_PT#003b

AB07021

no title

120

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, I chanted thy poem. Its significance was beautiful, its composition eloquent

TAB.057-058, BLO_PT#052.03

AB07022

no title

120

Music and singing; Praise and encouragement

O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, I read thy poem, which contained new significances and beautiful words

TAB.058, BLO_PT#052.04

AB07386

no title

110

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O thou my beloved daughter! Thy detailed letter was received. Its contents portrayed the details of the Feast of Nau Roez.

BLO_PT#028i

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech

AB07471

no title

110

ای شهناز خوش آواز نامه و جریده رسید حال جرائد عالم از هر ملتی خطابهای احباء

O thou sweet-singing Shahnaz! Thy letter and the Unity Magazines received. Today the Press of the world belonging to various nations

NJB_v05#04 p.005

BLO_PT#052.30

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Newspapers and the media; publications

AB07480

no title

110

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

مرقوم نموده بودی که از احبّا شنيدی که انسان اگر ترقّی ننمايد محو و نابود گردد مقصد عدم صرف نيست

Thou hast written that some of the friends have informed thee that if man does not progress, he will perish and become nonexistent.

MMK3#047 p.029x

BLO_PT#080.47x

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Differences in human capacity; Soul; spirit after death

AB07514

no title

110

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letter arrived. Thou hast, very highly, praised Mr. and Mrs. Randall and their eloquent speeches.

BLO_PT#028l

Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07565

no title

110

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude

O ye Herald of the Kingdom of God. Happiness be upon thee for thou hast become free from every fetter and bondage of this transitory world

BLO_PT#003e

AB07725

no title

110

Call to action; Unity; oneness of humanity

O thou lamp ignited by the fire of the Love of God! I ask God to make thee a sign of love, standard of agreement, means of union and harmony

TAB.057, BLO_PT#052.01

AB08182

no title

100

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O thou dear maidservant of God! The program of the Naw Ruz festival was received and caused utmost joy. Praise be to God that white and colored

BLO_PT#028b

Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Race unity; racial issues; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB08203

no title

100

O thou Sweet Singing Maidservant of the Rose-Garden of the Love of God! Although you took the trouble and hastened to London

BLO_PT#052.19

Music and singing; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB08820

no title

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O thou maid servant of Bahá'u'lláh! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God that thou art assisted in service and art enkindled with the Fire of the Love of God.

BLO_PT#028h

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09177

no title

Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech

Your short letter was long because it came from the depths of your love. One word expressing the love of God

BLO_PT#003a

AB09415

no title

O thou sweet-voiced Shahnaz, The melody, which thou didst compose for the Mashrak-el-Adhkar has reached the ears of Abdul Baha.

BLO_PT#052.31

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB09452

no title

O thou beloved maidservant of God! The poetry, which thou hast composed has been perused. In it was concealed wonderful meanings

BLO_PT#052.10

Praise and encouragement

AB09479

no title

Prayer for Steadfastness; Additional Prayers Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá

ای محبوب جان و وجدان من جز تو پناهی ندارم و بغیر از ذکر تو فریاد صبحگاهی بر

O Thou beloved of my heart and soul! I have no refuge save Thee. I raise no voice at dawn

MMK2#024 p.016

BRL_APAB#15x, BLO_PT#071

Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB09484

no title

O thou sweet-singing bird! Thy letter was received. Thou hast asked regarding the notes that thou hast written.

BLO_PT#052.26

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Review of publications

AB09485

no title

O thou sweet-songed bird! Sing and play in the meetings of the friends and the maidservants of the Merciful; engage thyself in the praise

BLO_PT#052.15b

Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB10049

no title

O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. From its contents it became evident that thou art intending to come to Boston.

BLO_PT#052.41

Music and singing; Personal instructions

AB10096

no title

O thou who art attracted to God! The eloquent and fluent poems were read. They were in the utmost sweetness. I beg of God that thy poetic nature

BLO_PT#052.39

Praise and encouragement

AB10317

no title

Tablet 27 Feb 1913 to Graham Pole (Secretary General Theosophical Society)

O thou revered Friend! Thy letter was received. Its contents indicated that that illumined lady soared toward the Kingdom of the Merciful.

BLO_PT#103

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teachings as spirit of the age

AB10324

no title

Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

الهی الهی تری هولاء الاطفال فروع شجره الحیات و طیور حدیقه النجات لئالی صدف بحر

O my God! O my God! Thou seest these children who are the twigs of the tree of life, the birds of the meads of salvation

BRL_DAK#0437, DRM.019a, ADH2.129, ADH2_5#05 p.161, MMG2#428 p.475, HUV1.017, NSR_1978.134, NSR_1993.147a, MMTF.013

BRL_CHILD#20, BPRY.031, SW_v01#19 p.003, SW_v09#10 p.114, BLO_PT#052.13

Call to action; Prayer for children and youth

AB10496

no title

ای بهآء آسمانی ما ضعيفيم و تو توانا ما فقيريم و تو کنز غنا تأييدی فرما

O ye daughters of the Kingdom! There is very little time. All the letters which have come from the East and the West have remained without answer

MMG2#133 p.149x

BLO_PT#052.24

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Naming of children; of individuals; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB10725

no title

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

O maid-servant of God! Thy letter reached me and I prayed God to bless thee by His heavenly blessing in thy marriage

TAB.058-059, BLO_PT#052.05

AB10737

no title

O thou revered maidservant of God! Verily thy letter which tells of the gathering of the Woman's Assembly

BLO_PT#052.18

AB10791

no title

...Jesus Christ said only a few words to Peter, telling him that upon that rock he would

SW_v08#17 p.221, PTIM.057

Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB10945

no title

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

O thou beloved Maidservant of God! I hope thou wilt detach thyself day by day from this mound of earth and become nearer and nearer

BLO_PT#028a

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

AB10958

no title

O thou sweet singing bird! The new song has been received. Verily

SW_v11#16 p.276, BLO_PT#052.37

Music and singing; Praise and encouragement

AB11210

no title

O thou who art rejoicing with the glad tidings of God! Verily the Song of the Covenant of most eloquent phrase and of most wonderful melody was received.

BLO_PT#052.25

Music and singing; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement

AB11288

no title

O my Lord! Confirm this revered personage, that he may attain the Essential Purpose; travel in these Seven Valleys; enter the silent chamber of realities and significances, and enter the Kingdom of Mysteries. Verily, Thou art the Confirmer, the Helper, the Kind.

PTF.076

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB11366

no title

ای شهناز نامه تو رسید با امة الله طائره همیشه مکاتبه نما تا سبب انجذاب جان و

Thy letter was received. Correspond always with the maidservant of God, Taereh, so that it may prove to be the cause of the attraction

NJB_v02#02 p.003x

BLO_PT#052.15

Personal instructions

AB11514

no title

O Lord! Grant that this dearly-loved maidservant of Thine may proclaim the servitude of Abdu'l-Bahá.

BLO_PT#052.23

Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB11523

no title

Thank thou God for inspiring thee with these verses in which thou art urging for peace, quietness, unity and affiliation.

BLO_PT#052.21

Call to action; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity

ABU0015

Public address given on 1912-10-12

2220

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Christians, Muhammadans, and Jews

اول موهبت الهیه در عالم انسانی دین است زیرا دین تعالیم الهی است البته تعالیم

The first bestowal of God in the world of humanity is Religion, because religion consists of divine teachings.

KHF.098, KHTB2.307, BDA1.299.02

BWF.270-280, PUP#112 (p.361-370), BSC.388 #718, SW_v03#13 p.003-007+010-011, SW_v06#16 p.121, DWN_v4#05-6 p.102-112, MHMD1.316-324, BLO_PT#022, ECN.329+846

Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Christ; Christianity; Moses; Muhammad; Islam; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Religion as reality; definitions of religion

ABU0018

Interview with Pasteur Monnier at his theological seminary in Paris, 1913-02-17

2180

Abdu'l-Bahá on Christ and Christianity; Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy

Interview with Pasteur Monnier (1913)

احوال حضرات را بپرس اسقوف عرض کرد الحمد لله سلامتیم و مسرور از تشریف

How are you?... I am likewise most happy... One endowed with the gift of hearing gets the mysteries of God from all things

AVK2.172.02x, AVK4.331x, KHF.148, KHAB.418 (421), KHTB3.061

DAS.1913-02-16, SW_v04#03 p.051-055, ADP.147-158, BLO_PT#002, STAB#062

Christ; Christianity; Manifestation of God as mirror; Oneness; unity of religion; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); The cross and the trinity

question and answer session.

ABU0021

Public address given on 1912-09-14

2100

Address to the Theosophical Society, An; Mahmúd's Diary

I have the utmost of happiness this afternoon to be present at this revered meeting

BLO_PT#007

Equality of men and women; Maintainance of degrees in society; Oneness; unity of religion; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

MHMD1.263

ABU0054

The Evolution of the Spirit: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-10

1510

Composition and decomposition; Soul; spirit after death

امشب باید ذکری از ترقی و بقای روح بشود هر نفس موجودى لابد بر این است

Tonight I will speak of the evolution or progress of the spirit. Absolute repose does not exist in nature.

BRL_DAK#0650, AVK1.227x, BSHN.140.537x, BSHN.144.525x, MAS5.051-058, MHT1a.134x, MHT1b.092x, KHF.167, KHAB.150 (161), KHTB1.142, KHTP.090, VUJUD.098x

PT#29 p.086, VUJUDE.150x

ABU0061

God Comprehends All; He Cannot Be Comprehended: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-10-20

1450

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

الحمد لله که مجمع نورانیست در پاریس خیلی جمعیتها تشکیل میگردد و محفلها ترتیب

Numerous meetings are held in Paris every day for different purposes, to discuss politics, commerce, education, art, science and many other subjects.

AMK.236-242, KHF.122, KHAB.082 (092), KHTB1.056, KHTP.033

PT#05 p.010

ABU0065

Baha’u’llah: Words spoken on 1911-11-07 in Paris

1430

Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

امروز میخواهم قدری از مصائب جمال مبارک برای شما بیان کنم

I will speak to you today of Baha'u'llah. In the third year after the Bab had declared his Mission, Baha'u'llah, being accused by fanatical Mullas

AYT.372-378, AADA.046-048x, KHAB.131 (142), KHTB1.116

PT#25 p.071

ABU0072

Religious Prejudices: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-10-27

1400

Christ; Christianity; Muhammad; Islam; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Unity; oneness of humanity

چونکه تعلیم بهاء الله توحید جمیع بشر است و نهایت الفت و اتحاد و بقدر امکان

The basis of the teaching of Baha'u'llah is the Unity of Mankind, and his greatest desire was that love and goodwill should live in the heart of men.

AMK.232-236, DWNP_v1#08 p.001-004, KHF.199, KHAB.100 (109), KHTB1.079, KHTP.057

PT#13 p.036, DWN_v3#02 p.015-017, STAB#103

ABU0091

Words spoken at Theosophical Society in Paris, Nov. 1911

1280

Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Non-participation in politics; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Religion as source of love and unity; Supreme tribunal; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wealth inequality and its moderation

Since my arrival in Paris, I have been told of the Theosophical Society, and I know that it is composed of

LOG#1076x, PT#40 p.129

ABU0114

Discourse at “l’Alliance Spiritualiste”: Words spoken in Paris, 1911-11-09

1160

Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Origin of the soul; the soul as emanation; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul is the essential reality of man; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; 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; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

از فرمایشات رایس و احساسات قلبیه ایشان نهایت ممنونیت دارم و شکر میکنم... خداوند مهربانا کریما رحیما این جمع را بشمع محبتت روشن

I wish to express my gratitude for your hospitality, and my joy that you are spiritually minded.

INBA75:075x, NLAI_BH_AB.015x

BSHN.140.524x, BSHN.144.512x, ADH2.030x, ADH2_1#15 p.026x, MJMJ1.074x, MMG2#162 p.184x, MJH.027x, MHT1a.166x, MHT1b.124x, BQA.031, KHF.163, KHAB.141 (152), KHTB1.130, NJB_v02#14-16 p.011

PT#28 p.081, SW_v02#17 p.003-005, SW_v02#14 p.015, SW_v08#08 p.0098, SW_v14#01 p.011

S. Tirandaz

ABU0121

Public address given on 1912-05-23

1120

Abdu'l-Bahá's Address at Clark University

ای انجمن مبارک بینهایت مسرورم از اینکه در این جمعیت دارالفنون حاضر شده ام

Blessed audience, I am overjoyed to be with you here today. It had been my hope to visit this University, and now that hope has been fulfilled

KHF.062, KHAB.276 (286), KHTB2.077, NJB_v03#03-05 p.009

BLO_PT#004

East and West; communication between East and West; High station of learning; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the mind over nature; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Transcending the material condition

ABU0181

On Calumny: Words spoken on 1911-11-20 in Paris

950

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad; Suffering; rejection of Christ

از بدایت عالم تا امروز هر وقت ندای الهی بلند شد ندای شیطان هم بلند شد زیرا

From the beginning of the world until the present time each 'Manifestation' sent from God has been opposed by an embodiment of the 'Powers of Darkness'.

AMK.200-204, DWNP_v1#06 p.004-006, KHF.203, KHAB.184 (195), KHTB1.186, KHTP.131

PT#33 p.101, ABS#01

ABU0253

The Ninth Principle—The Noninterference of Religion with Politics: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-17

810

Justice and mercy; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Non-participation in politics; Relationship between government and people; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Reward and punishment

انسان باید در عالم وجود امید بمکافات و خوف از مجازات داشته باشد علی الخصوص

In the conduct of life, man is actuated by two main motives: 'The Hope for Reward' and 'The Fear of Punishment'.... Oh, friends of God, be living examples of justice! ... Justice is not limited, it is a universal quality.

BRL_DAK#0957, KHF.286, KHAB.175 (186), KHTB1.174

ADJ.028bx, PT#49 p.163, BSC.425 #768.3x, SW_v03#02 p.007, SW_v07#15 p.139, ABS#02

ABU0276

There Can Be No True Happiness and Progress without Spirituality: Words spoken on 1911-11-21 in Paris

770

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Harmony of science and religion; Justice and wrath of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Transcending the material condition; War and peace

درندگی سزاوار حیوانات وحشیه است و سزاوار انسان الفت و محبتست خدا جمیع انبیا

Ferocity and savagery are natural to animals, but men should show forth the qualities of love and affection. God sent all His Prophets into the world with one aim… Oh, trust in God! For His Bounty is everlasting

BRL_DAK#0956, AMK.204-207, KHF.049, KHAB.188 (199), KHTB1.192, KHTP.139

PT#34 p.106, DWN_v1#12 p.007cx

N. Ma'ani, Friends in Paris

ABU0281

The Universal Love: Words spoken on 1911-10-24 in Paris

770

Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity in diversity; Words vs deeds

The Message of Krishna is the message of love. All God's prophets have brought the message of love.... The power of the Holy Spirit enlightening man's intelligence has enabled him to discover

PT#09 p.025, SW_v08#08 p.097x, SAS.108x, CHH.153x

E. Mahony, E. Mahony, Shay & Camila, S. Peyman

ABU0282

The First Principle—Search after Truth: Words spoken on 1911-11-10 in Paris

760

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Soul; spirit after death

دیروز رفتیم در جمعیت روحانیون چون آنجمع

If a man would succeed in his search after truth, he must, in the first place, shut his eyes to all the traditional superstitions of the past.

DWNP_v5#07-8 p.006x, KHAB.146 (157), KHTB1.137

PT#41 p.138x, SW_v03#01 p.003-004x, DWN_v2#08 p.061-063x

ABU0285

The Fifth Principle—The Abolition of Prejudices: Words spoken on 1911-11-13 in Paris

750

Judas; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Unity; oneness of humanity

از جمله اساس بهاء الله ترک تعصب وطنی و تعصب مذهبی و تعصب جنسی و تعصب سیاسی

Another principle of the teaching of Baha'o'llah is this: That you must renounce all prejudices

AMK.224-228, DWNP_v5#12 p.004-006, KHAB.163 (174), KHTB1.158

PT#45 p.151, SW_v03#02 p.003-004, DWN_v3#01 p.010-011x

ABU0350

Lecture Given at a Studio in Paris: Words to Baha'is of Paris, 1911-11-27

670

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity

این منزل محفلی است بهائی محفل بهائی هر جا تاسیس شد روز بروز اتساع یافت و سبب

This is in truth a Baha'í house. Every time such a house or meeting place is founded it becomes one of the greatest aids to the general development

KHTB1.221

PT#24 p.069

ABU0386

Pain and Sorrow: Words spoken on 1911-11-22 in Paris

630

Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

جمیع بشر همیشه مورد دو احساس هستند یکی احساس سرور دیگری احساس حزن وقت سرور

In this world we are influenced by two sentiments, Joy and Pain. Joy gives us wings! In times of joy our strength is more vital

BRL_DAK#0955, AMK.207-210, DWNP_v6#08 p.002-003, KHF.039, KHAB.192 (202), KHTB1.197, KHTP.146

PT#35 p.110

J. Heath [track 4]

ABU0395

Words spoken at The Friends' Meeting House in London, 1913-01-12

630

Contemplation; Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Intuition; inspiration; Meditation; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

About one thousand years ago a Society was formed in Persia called the Society of the Friends, who gathered together for silent communion

PT#54 p.185, BSC.322 #642, BSTW#091

ABU0416

The Eleventh Principle—The Power of the Holy Spirit: Words spoken on 1911-11-18 in Paris

600

Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; 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; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

از جمله تعالیم حضرت بهاء الله این است بشر هر قدر ترقی بکند باز محتاج بنفثات

In the teaching of Baha'u'llah, it is written: 'By the Power of the Holy Spirit alone is man able to progress, for the power of man is limited and the Divine Power is boundless.'... Turn your faces away from the contemplation

KHAB.179 (190), KHTB1.179, KHTP.126

ADJ.046x, PT#51 p.172, BSC.452 #825x, SW_v03#02 p.006-007, SW_v16#06 p.0541, SW_v08#08 p.102

ABU0419

Material and Spiritual Progress: Words spoken on 1911-11-02 in Paris

600

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

جسم انسان در هوای خوش منتعش میشود حیات انسان تجدد می یابد قلب مسرور میشود

How beautiful the weather is today, the sky is clear, the sun shines, and the heart of man is made glad thereby!

KHAB.110 (120), KHTB1.093, KHTP.069

PT#19 p.057

ABU0439

God’s Greatest Gift to Man: Words spoken on 1911-10-26 in Paris

580

Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; High station of learning; Power of the mind over nature; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Universal peace; world unity

اعظم فضائل عالم انسانی علم است علم سبب ترقی عالم انسانیست علم است که کاشف

The greatest treasure of man is wisdom. Through this he is lifted into great

DWNP_v6#01 p.002-003, KHAB.092 (102), KHTB1.069

PT#11 p.032, SW_v02#14 p.006-007, PN_1911 p020

ABU0457

The Second Principle—The Unity of Mankind: Words spoken on 1911-11-11 in Paris

570

Differences in human capacity; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Unity; oneness of humanity

دیروز ذکر کردیم اول چیزی که برای انسان لازم تحری حقیقت است و در تحری حقیقت

Yesterday I spoke to you of the First Principle of the Teaching of Baha'o'llah, the Search after Truth

BRL_DAK#1226, DWNP_v6#02 p.002-004, KHAB.157 (168), KHTB1.151, KHTP.103

PT#42 p.141, SW_v03#01 p.004-005, DWN_v3#01 p.010x

ABU0462

The Sixth Principle—Means of Existence: Words spoken on 1911-11-14 in Paris

560

Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Maintainance of degrees in society; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Wealth inequality and its moderation

امروز مختصر صحبت میدارم از جمله اساس بهاء الله تعدیل معیشت است طبقات ناس

Among the most important principles of the Teaching of Baha'o'llah is the equalization of the means of living among men.

AMK.212-215, AVK4.336x, KHF.251, KHAB.172 (183), KHTB1.170, KHTP.121

LOG#1866x, PT#46 p.156, SW_v03#02 p.005-006

ABU0473

The True Meaning of the Prophecies Concerning the Coming of Christ: Words spoken on 1911-10-30 in Paris

560

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Literal interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

In the Bible there are prophecies of the coming of Christ. The Jews still await

PT#16 p.047, SW_v13#05 p.115x

ABU0478

The Pitiful Causes of War, and the Duty of Everyone to Strive for Peace: Words spoken on 1911-10-21 in Paris

550

Importance of prayer; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; War and peace

امروز حوادث ایطالیا و ترکیا را خواندم باز محاربه جدیدی شده خون بیچارگان انسان

I hope you are all happy and well. I am not happy, but very sad. The news of the Battle of Benghazi grieves my heart. I wonder at the human savagery that still exists in the world!

KHAB.106 (115), KHTB1.087

PT#06 p.017, SW_v02#14 p.004-005

E. Mahony, jeph.ilosopher, Maryam & Nabil, N. Ma'ani, T. Ellis, A. & M. Zemke [track 1], K. Key, G.H. Miller, Nica, Sahar & Delara

ABU0491

Beauty and Harmony in Diversity: Words spoken on 1911-10-28 in Paris

550

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Unity of thought and belief

The Creator of all is One God. From this same God all creation sprang into existence

PT#15 p.043

ABU0493

The Fourth Principle—The Acceptance of the Relation between Religion and Science: Words spoken on 1911-11-12 in Paris

540

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Differences in human capacity; Empty learning; false spirituality; Harmony of science and religion; Idolatry; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity in diversity

دیروز بیان کردیم اساس ثانی وحدت عالم انسانی است سوم دین و علم توام است اگر

Yesterday I spoke to you of the Second Principle of the Teaching of Baha'o'llah, the Unity of Mankind

BRL_DAK#1227, KHAB.160 (171), KHTB1.155, KHTP.108

PT#44 p.145, SW_v03#01 p.005, DWN_v3#03-4 p.024-027

ABU0502

Words spoken at Paster Wagner's church in Paris, 1911-11-26

530

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Love of God; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the mind over nature; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

جمیع مظاهر مقدسه خدمت بحقیقت فرمودند حضرت موسی ترویج حقیقه فرمود حضرت مسیح

I am deeply touched by the sympathetic words which have been addressed to me... All down the ages the prophets of God have been sent into the world to serve the cause of truth

KHAB.201 (211), KHTB1.210, KHTP.156

PT#39 p.120, DWN_v3#05 p.034-037, DWN_v4#08-9 p.115-119

ABU0503

The Last Meeting: Words spoken on 1911-12-01 in Paris

530

Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

روزیکه بپاریس آمدم دیدم مزرعه ایست

When I arrived in Paris some time ago for the first time, I looked around me with much interest, and in my mind I likened this beautiful city to a large garden.

KHTB1.239

PT#53 p.177, SAS.109x

ABU0555

Spiritual Aspiration in the West: Words spoken on 1911-11-06 in Paris

500

Critique of Eastern values; culture; High station of learning; Man's distinction from the animal; Praise of Western values; culture; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

من از شرق آمدم بغرب در شرق میشنیدم که

You are very welcome! From Eastern lands I have come to the West to sojourn awhile among you. In the East it is often said

KHAB.128 (139), KHTB1.113

PT#23 p.066

ABU0577

Concerning Body, Soul and Spirit: Words spoken on 1911-11-17 in Paris

480

Attaining the life of the spirit; Man's distinction from the animal; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

در عالم انسانی سه مقام است مقام جسم است و آن مقام حیوانی انسانست که با جمیع

There are in the world of humanity three degrees; those of the body, the soul, and spirit. The body is the physical or animal degree of man.

DWNP_v5#11 p.003-004, KHAB.170 (180), KHTB1.167, KHTP.117

PT#31 p.095, BSTW#321

ABU0613

The Baha’ís Must Work with Heart and Soul to Bring About a Better Condition in the World: Words spoken on 1911-11-19 in Paris

460

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

الحمد لله امروز جمعیت خوبی داریم جهت آنکه این جمعیت ما جمعیت آسمانیست و جهت

How joyful it is to see such a meeting as this, for it is in truth a gathering together of 'heavenly men'… Love and obey your heavenly father

KHAB.182 (193), KHTB1.183

PT#32 p.099

S. Peyman

ABU0619

We Must Not Be Discouraged by the Smallness of Our Numbers: Words spoken on 1911-11-25 in Paris

460

Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

وقتیکه حضرت مسیح ظاهر شد در اورشلیم ظهور

When Christ appeared He manifested Himself at Jerusalem. He called men to the Kingdom of God, He invited them to Eternal Life and He told them to acquire human perfections.

KHAB.199 (209), KHTB1.207

PT#38 p.118

ABU0625

The Sun of Truth: Words spoken on 1911-10-22 in Paris

460

Christ; Christianity; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Manifestation of God as sun; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization

It is a lovely day, the sun shines brightly upon the earth, giving light and warmth to all creatures

PT#07 p.020

ABU0626

The Evolution of Matter and Development of the Soul: Words spoken on 1911-11-03 in Paris

460

Evolution; human evolution; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

Paris is becoming very cold, so cold that I shall soon be obliged to go away

PT#20 p.060

ABU0651

The Four Kinds of Love: Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-04

450

Four; five pathways of love; God's love for His own Essence; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

What a power is love! It is the most wonderful, the greatest of all living powers.... There are four kinds of love

PT#58 p.192, DAS.1913-01-04x

Baha'i Youth of Japan, S. & C. Zein

ABU0653

The Duty of Kindness and Sympathy towards Strangers and Foreigners: Words spoken on 1911-10-16 in Paris

450

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Words vs deeds

Paris Talks (book)

When a man turns his face to God he finds sunshine everywhere. All men are his brothers…. Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone...

PT#01 p.001, AIF.1911-10-16, SW_v02#19 p.004x, SW_v08#11 p.137

T. Ellis, Nabil and Karim, R. Lea, Alda, Mea, Onni, Nader & Pedram, MANA, Naim & Friends

First chapter of the book "Paris Talks", a collection of 59 talks given during ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's visit toParis in 1911 and 1912.

ABU0660

Good Ideas Must Be Carried into Action: Words spoken on 1911-11-08 in Paris

440

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds

جمیع ملل عالم از حیثیت اقوال کاملند جمیع ذکر میکنند که محب خیرند جمیع میگویند صدق

All over the world one hears beautiful sayings extolled and noble precepts admired. All men say they love what is good… Strive, that your actions day by day may be beautiful prayers

BRL_DAK#1228, AMK.246-247, DWNP_v6#05 p.002, KHF.284, KHAB.137 (148), KHTB1.127, KHTP.086, NJB_v02#14-16 p.018

PT#26 p.076

Gonçalo & Nabil, J. Crone

ABU0665

The Perfect Human Sentiments and Virtues: Words spoken on 1911-11-23 in Paris

440

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Human reality created in the image of God; Man's distinction from the animal; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

شما باید بسیار مسرور باشید و شکر کنید که در چنین

You should all be very happy and thankful to God for the great privilege that is yours. This is purely a spiritual meeting!

AVK4.478.08x, KHAB.195 (205), KHTB1.201

PT#36 p.113

ABU0679

The Cruel Indifference of People towards the Suffering of Foreign Races: Words spoken on 1911-11-24 in Paris

430

Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

میگویند یک ترن در رود سن افتاده بیست و پنج نفر غرق شده و امروز در پارلمان

I have just been told that there has been a terrible accident in this country. A train has fallen into the river and at least twenty people have been killed.

BRL_DAK#1241, KHAB.197 (207), KHTB1.204, KHTP.152

PT#37 p.115, SW_v07#11 p.106-107, SW_v16#08 p.616, ABS#13

ABU0705

The Eighth Principle—Universal Peace: Words spoken on 1911-11-29 in Paris

410

Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity

از جمله أوامر حضرت بهاء الله اینست که باید جمیع ملت

A Supreme Tribunal shall be established by the peoples and Governments of every nation, composed of members elected from each country and Government.

KHTB1.233, KHTP.175

LOG#1076x, PT#48 p.161

ABU0706

The Two Natures in Man: Words spoken on 1911-11-01 in Paris

410

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

شنیده ام امروز در پاریس عید است عید جمیع قدیسین چرا این ها را شماها قدیس

Today is a day of rejoicing in Paris! They are celebrating the Festival of 'All Saints'. Why do you think that these people were called 'Saints'?

KHAB.113 (123), KHTB1.097

PT#18 p.055

ABU0735

The Clouds That Obscure the Sun of Truth: Words spoken on 1911-10-27 in Paris

400

Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

در انجیل میفرماید هر وقت حضرت مسیح میاید سوار بر ابر است جمال مبارک در تفسیر

The day is fine, the air is pure, the sun shines, no mist nor cloud obscures its radiance. These brilliant rays penetrate into all parts of the city

DWNP_v5#10 p.002-003, KHF.206, KHAB.098 (107), KHTB1.076

PT#12 p.034, PN_1911 p021

ABU0755

The Two Kinds of Light: Words spoken on 1911-11-05 in Paris

390

Knowledge; recognition of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as mirror; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

بسیار بسیار خوش آمدید امروز هوا تاریک است

Today the weather is gloomy and dull! In the East there is continual sunshine, the stars are never veiled

KHAB.125 (137), KHTB1.111

PT#22 p.064, SW_v08#08 p.097-098

ABU0773

The Holy Spirit, the Intermediary Power between God and Man: Words spoken on 1911-10-31 in Paris

380

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Manifestation of God as mediator; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God

حقیقت الوهیت در نهایت تنزیه و تقدیس است از برای حقیقت الوهیت نزول و صعودی

The Divine Reality is Unthinkable, Limitless, Eternal, Immortal and Invisible. The world of creation is bound by natural law, finite and mortal.

KHF.121, KHAB.108 (118), KHTB1.090

PT#17 p.050, SW_v02#14 p.015

ABU0845

The Light of Truth Is Now Shining upon the East and the West: Words spoken on 1911-10-23 in Paris

360

Call to action; East and West; communication between East and West; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

When a man has found the joy of life in one place, he returns to that same spot to find more joy

PT#08 p.023, SW_v02#16 p.005-006, PN_1911 p018

ABU0899

God Is the Great Compassionate Physician Who Alone Gives True Healing: Words spoken on 1911-10-19 in Paris

340

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

All true healing comes from God! There are two causes for sickness, one is material, the other spiritual... If the heavenly benediction be upon us while we are being healed

LOG#0966x, PT#03 p.005, SW_v02#16 p.004, SW_v02#19 p.008, SW_v08#18 p.229, PN_1911 p017

ABU0936

The Benefits of God to Man: Words spoken on 1911-10-27 in Paris

330

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

God alone ordereth all things and is all-powerful. Why then does He send trials to His servants?

LOG#2041x, PT#14 p.041

ABU0937

The Need for Union between the Peoples of the East and West: Words spoken on 1911-10-20 in Paris

330

East and West; communication between East and West; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Universal peace; world unity

In the past, as in the present, the Spiritual Sun of Truth has always shone from the horizon of the East

PT#04 p.008

ABU0974

no title

320

There are two kinds of life. There is that existence which is palpable to our touch but does not grow or possess sensation

SW_v14#01 p.010, PTIM.046

Limits of the intellect; Soul; spirit after death; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher

ABU0984

The True Meaning of Baptism by Water and Fire: Words spoken on 1911-11-08 in Paris

310

Paris Talks; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

انسان حیوان نبات حتی جماد جمیع حیاتشان باب است حتی حیات جماد باب شفافی منجمد

In the Gospel according to St John, Christ has said: 'Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.'… The love of God is spoken of as fire, for it burneth away the veils, and as water, for it is the source of life

BRL_DAK#0881, DWNP_v4#11-12 p.060-061, KHAB.139 (150), KHTB1.125

BRL_ATE#088, PT#27 p.079

Call to action; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love of God; Martyrdom of the Bab; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Spiritual baptism; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU1062

The Imprisonment of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Words spoken on 1911-10-25 in Paris

300

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Suffering and imprisonment

I regret much that I have kept you waiting this morning, but I have so much to do in a short time

PT#10 p.030, SW_v02#16 p.006, PN_1911 p019

ABU1079

The Spiritual Meetings in Paris: Words spoken on 1911-11-04 in Paris

290

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Thankfulness; gratitude

در اروپا مجامع بسیار تشکیل میشود از قبیل مجالس تجارت زراعت معارف سیاست جغرافیا

All over Europe today one hears of meetings and assemblies, and societies of all kinds are formed. There are those interested in commerce

BRL_DAK#1234, KHAB.124 (135), KHTB1.109

PT#21 p.062

Stefan & Marie, K. Porray

ABU1175

This Great and Glorious Cause: Words spoken on 1911-11-28 in Paris

270

Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Study; deepening; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

موسیو در یفوس امروز صدایش گرفته نمیتواند

In these gatherings where we have met and spoken together you have all become acquainted with the principles of this dispensation, and with the reality of facts. Unto you it has been given to know these things

KHTB1.231

PT#52 p.176

ABU1414

The Power and Value of True Thought Depend upon Its Manifestation in Action: Words spoken on 1911-10-18 in Paris

230

Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Goodly deeds; actions; Knowledge of self; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; The mind's power of discovery; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

The reality of man is his thought, not his material body. The thought force and the animal force are partners.

PT#02 p.004, SW_v02#16 p.003-004, SW_v02#19 p.004-005, PN_1911 p016

ABU1437

The Tenth Principle—Equality of Sex: Words spoken on 1911-11-14 in Paris

220

Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

جمیع کائنات موجوده مذکر و مونثند و در مابین ذکور و اناث آنها فرقی نیست نظر در

The Tenth Principle of the teaching of Baha'u'llah is the equality of the sexes. God has created all creatures in couples.

AMK.210-212, KHAB.166 (177), KHTB1.163, KHTP.113, QIRT.20ax

LOG#2081x, LOG#2085x, PT#50 p.169, SW_v03#02 p.004-005, SW_v07#15 p.138

ABU1482

The Progress of the Soul: Words spoken ca. 1912-12-26 in London

220

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge of self; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

The mind and spirit of man advance when he is tried by suffering.

PT#57 p.191

ABU1628

Words spoken in 1900

190

Every material thing we see around us, represents some spiritual idea. As there is an outward, material reality, so there is also an inward, spiritual reality.

PTIM.062, BSTW#201

Manifestation of God as educator; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Manifestation of God as sun; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Need for an educator

ABU1730

Words spoken in 1900

180

Abdu'l-Baha said that he had seen the faces of the American believers and he was very glad

SW_v08#16 p.215, PTIM.034

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

ABU1800

Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1912-12-26

170

Evolution; human evolution; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Work as worship

Yes: In the Baha'i Cause arts, sciences and all crafts are (counted as) worship.... all effort and exertion put forth

LOG#0967x, LOG#2110x, PT#55 p.189, BSC.452 #826x, VLAB.134x

Leona and Larry

ABU1814

The Desires and Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Baha: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-15

160

Being a source of light; guidance; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Study; deepening

از فرط محبت بشما تضرع و زاری من بملکوت الهی این است که شماها را تایید نماید

You are all very welcome, and I love you all most dearly. Day and night I pray to Heaven for you that strength may be yours, and that, one and all, you may participate

KHAB.168 (179), KHTB1.166

PT#30 p.093

E. Mahony (1), E. Mahony (2)

ABU1888

Words to several Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-01

160

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

I desire to make manifest among the friends in America a new light that they may become a new people

PUP#078 (p.218), PN_1912 p068, BLO_PT#028m

M. Weigert

Being a source of light; guidance; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds

ABU1959

The Seventh Principle—Equality of Men: Words spoken on 1911-11-15 in Paris

150

Justice and mercy; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Relationship between government and people; Unity; oneness of humanity

The Laws of God are not imposition of will, or of power, or pleasure, but the resolutions of truth, reason and justice.' All men are equal before the law, which must reign absolutely

PT#47 p.160

ABU2373

no title

100

As we find ourselves eating with each other here, so we hope that we shall partake of the Divine Food with each other in the Kingdom

PTIM.036, BSTW#358

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ABU2403

Evil: Words spoken ca. 1912-12-26 in London

100

Adam; Adam and Eve; Education of children; moral education; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering

Evil is imperfection. Sin is the state of man in the world of the baser nature

PT#56 p.190

ABU2424

no title

100

Once the rats and mice held an important conference the subject of which was how to make peace with the cat

PTF.196, STAB#025

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

ABU2713

Words spoken on 1916-05-19 in Haifa

این اصطلاح شیخ مرحوم است. ابیض مقام مشیت است، به هر لونی بخواهی در می آید. لون احمر مقام قضا است

This is the terminology of the late Shaykh [Shaykh Ahmad]. White is the station of the Will, for it transforms into whatsoever colour thou dost desire. The colour red/crimson is the station of Decree/Fate

MUH2.0980, ZSM.1916-05-19

BLO_PT#216.028

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Seven stages of creation; Symbolism of color and light

ABU2962

no title

When I was a little boy in Teheran I was followed and beaten by the boys and the

SW_v09#18 p.201, PTIM.054

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3521

Interview with five American teachers, Haifa, 1914-07-21

The teachings of His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh are the breaths of the Holy Spirit which create man anew. Personal purity, both in private and public, is emphasized and insisted upon.

DAS.1914-07-21, SW_v08#08 p.103x, SW_v12#01 p.014, SW_v13#10 p.260x, PN_1914 p005, PTF.137x, IHP.062x, BLO_PN#046x

Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU3620

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

Daily Lessons Received at Akka

Whatever is done in love is never any trouble, and---there is always time.

PTF.052, DLA.042, VLAB.090, BLO_PN#026

E. Mahony (1), E. Mahony (2)

Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

ABU3735

no title

اوقات خودت را با خدا تقسیم کن نصف روز را در تلاش معاش و تامین زندگی مادی و شئون ظاهری صرف کن

Share your time with God. Spend half of the day in search of livelihood, guaranteeing your material life and dignified appearance, and dedicate the other half in the acquisition of moral virtues and service at the threshold of God

AHB.133BE #339 p.83

BLO_PT#219

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship

BB00001

Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan)

106000

Persian Bayan, The; Persian Bayan, The; Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Persian Bayán; Persian Bayan, A Summary; Báb's Bayan, The; Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Translation List; Le Béyan Persan; Persian Bayan ("Exposition"); Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; کتاب مستطاب بیان فارسی

Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan)

تسبیح و تقدیس بساط قدس عز مجد سلطانی را لایق که لم یزل و لا یزال بوجود کینونیت ذات خود بوده

All praise and glory befitteth the sacred and glorious court of the sovereign Lord, Who from everlasting hath dwelt, and unto everlasting will continue to dwell within the mystery of His Own divine Essence… Thou knowest full well, O my God, that tribulations have showered... There is no paradise more wondrous for any soul

INBA62, INBA24, INBA96, INBA_1006C, INBA_4008C, INBA_6015C, INBA_6018C, INBA_6019C, INBA_6021C, CMB_F12, CMB_F13, CMB_Or.34(8), BLIB_Or2819, BLIB_Or5760, BLIB_Or1330, BN_suppl.1070, MKI4518, MKI4519, MKI4524.070, SOAS ms.24255, IOM.088-089, KB_bayan-per, HBH_bayanf, BYC_bayan-per, BYC_bayan-per2

BAYN, SWBP#09 (p.052-081x), SWBP#71 (p.153-154x), OOL.A001

SWB#09 (p.077-113x), SWB#71 (p.214-215x), BPRY.226-227x, GPB.029-030x, GPB.097-098x, WOB.062bx, WOB.100-101x, EGB.316-406, GOH.passim (see index), MNP.045-046x, MNP.226-228x, MESSIAH.659-704x, HURQ.BB55x, LOG#0668, LOG#0770, LOG#1480, LOG#1481, LOG#2161, LOG#2162, BLO_PT#049, BLO_PT#062x, BLO_PT#063x, BLO_PT#079.1.4x, BLO_sazedj#01, ADMS#041

Smith & Dragoman, L. Slott (2:16), J. Heath [track 8], J. Heath

The Mother Book of the Bábí Dispensation. Comprising nine vahids (unities) of nineteen chapters or babs (gates)—with the exception of the last unity, which has only ten gates—the greater part of the work was written in the prison of Mákú, but, contrary to some prevalent assumptions, the last parts may have been written in Chihriq, after the Báb was interrogated by the clerics in Tabriz. The Persian Bayán abrogates Islamic laws and traditions and sets down new laws and teachings. However, the various laws are discussed as symbols referring to deep spiritual meanings and vehicles to prepare the people for the advent of Him Whom God shall make manifest. Both the form and content of the book affirm the underlying metaphysics of unity in which all things are manifestations of an inner reality which is the revelation of God within them.

NSS.045-049, BRHL.59, MSBR.204-205, AHDA.442.1, MMAH.007, SRC.083-084, SRC.181-184, SRC.280, GOH.035, GOH.281-298, GOH.308-338, GPB.025x

see also BB00001 Persian Bayan

BB00021

Tafsir al-Ha I (Tafsir alfayn) (Commentary on the Letter Ha’)

11000

Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart

Tafsir-i-Ha' (Commentary on the Letter Ha')

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الالواح الابداع طراز الالف القائم بین الحرفین الذی لاح و اشرق بما استشقق و استنطق فسبحان رب العرش عما یصف القائلون و انه هو فوق ما یعرف العارفون ...

Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of creation to be the ornament of the Alif standing between two letters, which hath shone forth and gleamed resplendent through that which was cleft asunder and made to speak. Glorified be the Lord of the Throne above whatsoever they who speak may describe, and verily He transcendeth all that they who know can comprehend [3.5s]... ...God, verily, created the Will from nothing through itself… That which I set forth in explanation of the letter Há was to extol the Tree of Bahá, for the supporters of fate recognize the decree of spontaneity

INBA14:231-283, INBA53:081-125, INBA67:004-052, INBA86:099-154, INBA_3006C:002-058, , INBA_6010C:221-274, , INBA_4002C, , PR02.181r22-193v13, PR07.078r-092v

AADA.138x, ASAT1.189x, ASAT3.214x, AVK1.100-102x, HNMJ.080-081x

GOH.211-214x, GOH.222-223x, MNP.209x, LOIR06.052x, BLO_PT#079.1.3x, BLO_PT#079.1.6x

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah]; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AHDA.454.01, SRC.072, SRC.199, GOH.033

BB00022

Tafsir (huruf) al-basmala

10700

Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart

بسم الله البدیع الذی لا اله الا هو. ان الله سبحانه قد جعل لظهوره لخلقه بخلقه اربع مقامات المشار الیها والرموز عنها

Verily God, glorified be He, hath ordained for His Manifestation unto His creation, through His creation, four stations which have been indicated and symbolized [3.5s]... ...The "E" (nún) in the stage of utterance is the same as the "B" (káf). It is the totality of the possible

INBA14:041.04-104, INBA53:001-045, INBA60:001-056, INBA64:033.16-081.14, INBA_6010C:041-094, , INBA_6013C:002-109, , INBA_6012C.300-393,

TZH3.139.10-139.15x

GOH.132x, GOH.135-136x, GOH.204x, GOH.215x, MNP.048x, HURQ.BB03x, BLO_PT#079.1.8x

Alchemy; the elixir; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

FHR#08, AHDA.459.16, MMAH.012, SRC.063, SRC.200, GOH.031, GOH.079

BB00048

Du'a-yi Alif

3800

Autobibliography in the Writings of the Báb

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم الی الله یحشرون یا الهی کیف ادعوک و انک لم تزل لن تعرف بسواک و لا تزال ....

Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth by His command, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs - these shall verily be gathered unto Him. O my God! How can I call upon Thee, when Thou hast ever been unknowable except through Thine own Self, and shalt ever thus remain [3.5s]... ...I have not claimed a single word of revelation. They say, “He has laid claim to spiritual authority and its trappings.”

PR02.135v06-139r25

ASAT1.179-182

MNP.088x, LOIR06.047x, BLO_PT#012x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

SRC.067-068, SRC.185

BB00078

Letter to Mulla Baqir Tabrizi (Chihriq) Tafsir hadith "شمس التی تلک الشموس فی ظهوره"

2500

Tablet to Mullá Muhammad Báqir-i Tabrízí; Gate of the Heart

Tablet to Mulla Muhammad Baqir-i Tabrizi

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب و انما البهاء من الله عز ذکره علی من یظهره الله جل امره و من یخلق بامره و لا یری فیه الا ماقد تجلی الله له بقوله علی انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم

Praised be to God, no god is there except Him, the Mighty, the Beloved One. The Splendour which cometh from God — exalted be His Remembrance — be upon Him Whom God shall make manifest

CMB_F21.035.18-044.13#05, , BYC_pray.099.01-105.02

KSHG.439, AYT.169, TZH3.020.04-022.21x

GOH.241x, GOH.249x, GOH.290x, GOH.351-353x, GOH.372-374x, HURQ.BB57x, GPB.030x, BLO_PT#185x

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Names and attributes of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095, GOH.036

BB00094

Kitabu’l-‘Ulama II

1900

إلى علماء تبريز

Kitabu’l-‘Ulama II (Tablet of the Báb Revealed to the Divines of Tabríz)

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحان الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و انا کل له ساجدون سبحان الذی یسبح له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ما بینهما و انا کل له قانتون شهد الله

Glorified be He before Whom bow down in adoration all who dwell in the heavens and all who dwell upon the earth, and verily, we all all bow down in adoration before Him. Exalted is He by Whose praise all who are in the heavens and the earth, and all that lieth between them, extol; and we all, indeed, stand in devout obedience unto Him. God beareth witness.. [4o]

TZH2.476-483, AHDA.332x

BLO_PT#221

Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

AHDA.460.06?, MMAH.034

BB00103

Ziyarat for the martyrs

1800

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من الله الذی لا اله الا هو علی فوادک و فواد من فی فوادک و علی روحک و من فی روحک... قدوس قدوس قدوس انما البهاء من الله

The glory from God, no other God is there but He, rest upon thy heart and the heart of whomsoever is in thy heart, and upon thy spirit and the spirit of whomsoever is in thy spirit

INBA64:001.04-013.08, INBA_6007C.130-137, CMB_F14.104v04-110r01,

TSHA1.412-414, MANU.082-088, TZH3.424.20-426.02x

RBB.105-106x, BLO_PT#150

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BB00114

Tafsiri-i-Hadith-i-‘Allamani Akhi Rasulu’llah

1600

Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی الهم من فی السموات و الارض حکمه لئلا یحتجب احد عن ظهور نور طلعته

Praise be to God, the God of all who are in heaven and on earth, Who hath decreed that no one should be veiled from the effulgence

INBA14:410-417, INBA40:137-143, INBA53:068-075, INBA67:195-203, INBA_6010C:408-415, , CMB_F21.093.03-100.01#12,

ASAT4.367x

GOH.214x, BLO_PT#079.1.3x, BLO_PT#079.1.7

Knowledge; recognition of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.078, SRC.193, GOH.247

BB00137

Sahifiy-i-Radaviyyih (Epistle of Rida')

1300

Autobibliography in the Writings of the Báb; Excerpts from the Risáliy-i-Dhahabiyyih; Gate of the Heart

Risaliy-i-Dhahabiyyih

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق الماء بسر الانشا و اقام العرش علی الماء بشان الامضا و انزل الایات من عالم العما

Praise be to God Who hath created the water by the mystery of construction, hath established the throne upon the water by the modality of execution

CMB_F28.6.1-2, , BYC_radawiya

MHA.141-142x, TZH3.290x, AHDA.473-474x fn2, OOL.A013

BAPT.003-005x, MNP.057-058x, MNP.097-100, HURQ.BB21x, LOIR06.059ff, BLO_PT#012x, BLO_PT#034x

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.449.2, AHDA.452.3, MMAH.046, MMAH.048, SRC.053-055, SRC.207, GOH.023, GOH.032, GOH.131, GOH.379fn35

Includes the Khutbiy-i-Dhikriyyih as chapter 1.

BB00210

Testamentary disposition, addressed to Azal

940

Tablet of the Báb Lawh-i-Vasaya, "Will and Testament"; Titles of Mírzá Yahyá; Will and Testament; Epistle of the Báb to Azal

Lawh-i-Vasaya

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

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

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

LOIR08.387, HURQ.BB61x, BLO_PT#211

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

MSBR.206-207x

BB00229

Tablet to Sultan 'Abdu'l-Majid

900

Epistle of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad 'the Báb' to Sultan Abdulmecid

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو لغنی حمید هو الذی بیده ملکوت کل شیء و لایعزب من علمه شیء لا اله الا هو قل ایاه فاعبدون

Praise be to Him Who hath sent the Book unto whosoever He willeth among His servants

SFI08.026-027, TZH2.065-066x, AHDA.090x

LOIR04.001-015, BLO_PT#032

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

FHR#03.05, AHDA.460.07, SRC.058

BB00239

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

830

Grammar of the Divine, A; Gate of the Heart

Risala fi al-nahw wa al-sarf (A Treatise on Grammar)

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

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

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

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

Grammar and orthography; Language and the structure of reality; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

SRC.073, GOH.205

BB00590

no title

100

Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation

وانی لاعلم یا الهی ان الشیئی لما ینسب الیک یظهر حکم المشیة فی صقعه و اذا ینسب

I recognize, O my God, that whenever something is related to Thee, the decree of the Will is applicable to it, and whenever it is related to itself, the decree of Purpose is established in it

AVK1.100

BLO_PT#079.1.2, KSHK.BWB

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Four elements; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Seven stages of creation

BB00613

no title

Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation

مراتب سبعة کلیة‌الاولی رتبة‌الجماد فاذا استعرج رتبة الحدودیة عن مقام المعدنیة هنالک یتصل الی مقام النبات

There are seven general stages. The first is the stage of the inorganic being. From the mineral kingdom, it ascendeth to the stage of the plant

ASAT4.121

BLO_PT#079.1.5, KSHK.BWB

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Evolution; human evolution; Presence of; reunion with God; Seven stages of creation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

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

BH00002

Kitab-i-Iqan (The Book of Certitude)

36200

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Kitáb-i-Íqán; Tablet of the True Seeker" from the Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), The

Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Tablet of the True Seeker

الباب المذکور فی بیان ان العباد لن یصلن الی شاطی بحر العرفان الا بالانقطاع

No man shall attain the shores of the ocean of true understanding except he be detached from all that is in heaven and on earth.... Verily He Who is the Daystar of Truth and Revealer of the Supreme Being holdeth, for all time, undisputed sovereignty…. But, O my brother, when a true seeker determineth to take the step of search…

BLIB_Or03116.078-127, , BLIB_Or15696.076cx, , CMB_F58, CMB_F59, IOL.440, IOM.092-093, SOAS ms.46696, CUL.X893.7.B111, BN_suppl.1400

BRL_IqanP, GWBP#013 p.020x, GWBP#019 p.038x, GWBP#022 p.041x, GWBP#090 p.117x, GWBP#091 p.119x, GWBP#125 p.170x, TZH4.214-223x, OOL.B017

IQAN, GWB#013x, GWB#019x, GWB#022x, GWB#090x, GWB#091x, GWB#125x, GPB.006x, GPB.007x, GPB.022x, GPB.023x, GPB.050x2x, GPB.057x2x, GPB.058x2x, GPB.079x, GPB.079-080x, GPB.098-099x, GPB.118-119x, GPB.119-120x, GPB.120x, GPB.126x, GPB.141x, GPB.175x, GPB.176x2x, PDC.020x, PDC.129x, PDC.129-130x, PDC.130x, PDC.130-131x, PDC.133x2x, PDC.138x, PDC.151x, PDC.162x2x, PDC.163x, PDC.176x, PDC.179x4x, WOB.024-025x, WOB.058x, WOB.062ax, WOB.113x, WOB.113-114x, WOB.114-115x, WOB.115x, WOB.115-116x, WOB.124x, WOB.124-125x, WOB.125x4x, WOB.125-126x, WOB.166x, SW_v03#01 p.003x, SW_v07#16 p.163-164x, BLO_PT#020, BSC.003 #001-035x

R. Dupras (¶1), L. Manifold (¶1), Savva, Danika, Lauren, Adeeb & Jeremy (¶1), Ahdieh (¶64), Mathilde (¶65), R. Peterson (¶107) [track 3], E. Mahony (¶151), Eswatini Baha'i Choir (¶213), Soulrise Melodies (¶214), K. Key (¶214), S. Toloui-Wallace (¶216)

Bahá’u’lláh’s preeminent doctrinal work as well as His second longest, answering four questions from an uncle of the Báb regarding prophetic expectation and fulfilment, affirming the essential unity of the prophets of God while simultaneously acknowledging the distinctiveness of their persons and missions, expounding the concept of progressive revelations from God that are renewed about every thousand years, summarizing the spiritual prerequisites of the seekers on the spiritual path, clarifying the central role in that path of the independent investigation of reality, condemning the clergy for their role in the rejection of the prophets from age to age, and emphasizing, through a commentary on certain verses of the gospels, the need for a symbolic as opposed to a literal understanding of sacred scriptures.

Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Belief and denial; Christ; Christianity; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Law of obligatory prayer; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Literal interpretation; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Moses; Noah; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the Manifestation of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Return of the Manifestations of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Seal of the Prophets; 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; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LAC.113-174, ROB1.153 et al, BKOG.165, GPB.138, GPB.172, EBTB.121, EBTB.221, EBTB.227, MMAH.071, GSH.013, LL#029, LL#278

BH00006

Lawh-i-Sarraj

26800

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Sarraj (Tablet to Sarraj)

نامه آنجناب بین یدی العرش حاضر و بر مقر انه لایعرف بما سواه واصل و ما فیه

Thy letter hath been made present before the Throne and hath reached the Seat of Him Who is known through naught else but Himself, and that which it contained [3.5s]... ...Shake off, O heedless ones, the slumber of negligence, that ye may behold the radiance which His glory hath spread through the world.

INBA35:190, INBA73:198, INBA33:081bx, INBA76:001, PR19.072b-110b, BN_suppl.1754.075-124

BRL_DA#029, GWBP#050 p.073cx, GWBP#097 p.130ax, MAS4.046ax, MAS4.090bx, MAS4.100ax, MAS4.364ax, MAS4.350bx, MAS4.174bx, MAS7.004, ASAT4.271x, ASAT4.272x, ASAT4.487x, AKHA_122BE #04 p.?x, AKHA_137BE #08 p.ax, ANDA#05 p.06x, ANDA#69 p.05x, MSHR4.286x, YMM.468x, OOL.B201

BRL_ATBH#67x, BRL_ATBH#72x, BRL_ATBH#76x, BRL_ATBH#77x, GWB#050x, GWB#097x, LOG#0327x, ADJ.080x, GPB.098x, GPB.102x, GPB.171x, PDC.019-020x, WOB.063x2x, WOB.104x2x, WOB.107x, WOB.108x2x, BLO_PT#075x, HURQ.BH51

One of the longest works of Bahá’u’lláh, written in answer to questions regarding the enigma of the outwardly exalted station of Mírzá Yaḥyá and arguing, citing various statements of the Báb, that virtues become transmuted into vices when one turns away from the light of truth.

Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.262 et al, MMAH.140, LL#242

BH00007

Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple)

20670

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Original Text of the Súriy-i-Haykal, The

Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple)

سبحان الذی نزل الایات لقوم یفقهون سبحان الذی ینزل الایات لقوم یشعرون سبحان

Glorified is He Who hath revealed His verses to those who understand. Glorified is He Who sendeth down His verses to those who perceive.

INBA34:001, BLIB_Or15705.001, , BLIB_Or15735.002, , IOM.099

NRJ#1, AQA1#001, AQA4#090 p.268, HYK.002, YMM.153x, OOL.B121

SLH#01, COC#0301x, COC#1648x, ADJ.080-081x, ADJ.085ax, ADJ.085x, COF.101bx, GPB.099x2x, GPB.101x3x, GPB.101-102x, GPB.102x, GPB.106x, GPB.143x, GPB.173x2x, GPB.174x, GPB.186x, GPB.206x4x, GPB.207x11x, GPB.207-208x, GPB.208x2x, GPB.209x6x, GPB.210x2x, GPB.211x, GPB.226x, GPB.227x3x, GPB.245x, GPB.331x, PDC.007x, PDC.020x, PDC.042-043x, PDC.046x, PDC.046-047x, PDC.047x2x, PDC.047-048x, PDC.048x, PDC.048-049x, PDC.049x2x, PDC.049-050x, PDC.050x4x, PDC.050-051x, PDC.051x3x, PDC.051-052x, PDC.052x2x, PDC.052-053x, PDC.053x, PDC.054x, PDC.055x2x, PDC.055-057x, PDC.057x, PDC.057-058x, PDC.065-067x, PDC.067x2x, PDC.067-068x, PDC.068x3x, PDC.073x, PDC.075x, PDC.078x, PDC.081x3x, PDC.085x6x, PDC.090x3x, PDC.106-107x, PDC.107x, PDC.119x, PDC.136-137x, PDC.138x, PDC.144-145x, PDC.161-162x, PDC.166x, PDC.168-169x, PDC.169x, PDC.173-174x, PDC.181-182x, PDC.196x, WOB.104x, WOB.107x, WOB.108x, WOB.109x3x, WOB.109-110x, WOB.110x, WOB.117x, WOB.138x, WOB.163x, WOB.169x, WOB.192x, WOB.192x, BLO_PT#140, BSC.209 #392-434

G. Major and T. Sutton, L. Manifold and P. Weber

The centrepiece of His proclamatory works, originally written in Edirne and recast in ‘Akká, in which Bahá’u’lláh as the embodiment of the promised new Temple is called forth by the Holy Spirit and symbolically raised up limb by limb, with the mission of each part being assigned and sent forth into the world in fulfilment of the prophecy of the Old Testament (Zechariah 6:12). In its final form, it includes His epistles to Pope Pius IX, Emperor Napoleon III, Czar Alexander II, Queen Victoria, and Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh.

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; High station of the true believer; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Imam Husayn; Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; Justice and wrath of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; The concourse on high; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The ephemeral and the eternal; The power of example; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ROB3.133, JRAS.292-309, MMAH.179, GSH.131, LL#306

Epistles to the kings and rulers included in the composite Suriy-i-Haykal have their own catalog entries.

BH00013

no title

10050

Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl); Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl)

Lawh-i-Ta'wíl (Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture)

البهاء لمن خرق الاحجاب فی یوم الماب و کسر اصنام الاوهام باسم مالک الایام ... قَد جِئت بِاَمرِ الله وظَهَرت لِذکره وخُلِقْت لِخدمتهِ العزیز المحبوب

Glory be unto Him Who hath rent asunder the veils on the Day of Return, and shattered the idols of vain imaginings through the Name of the Lord of all Days [3.5s]... ...The purpose of interpretation is this: that none become deprived of that which is evident, and be veiled from that which is intended

INBA23:062, INBA41:132x, INBA41:329x, BLIB_Or15698.279, , BLIB_Or15720.274x, , BLIB_Or15733.001, , BLIB_Or15740.213x, , Majlis934.255-266

AVK4.028.05x, AVK4.073-074x, AVK2.143.09x, AVK3.300.03x, AVK3.450.13x, AVK3.426.12x, AVK3.472.01x, IQT.279-286x, AYI1.336x, GHA.341ax, UAB.029bx, UAB.042ax, MAS1.018.1x, MAS4.354bx, TSAY.472x, TSAY.472-473x, ASAT2.119x, ASAT3.120x, ASAT3.242x, ASAT4.286x, PYB#115 p.03x, VUJUD.095-096x, VUJUD.105x

BLO_PT#154, BLO_PT#155, WIND#115, VUJUDE.139-141x, VUJUDE.212-213x

almunajat.com [item 41]

Chastisement and requital; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#251, LL#282

Includes verses for newborn child

BH00028

no title

7480

Research Department, Functions of; Etymologies of three terms; Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation

سبوح قدوس ربنا و رب الملائکه و الروح آیات منزله عالم را فراگرفته و بینات

Glorified and sanctified is our Lord, the Lord of the angels and the Spirit! The revealed verses have encompassed the world and the clear evidences [3.5s]... ...O thou who gazest towards the Supreme Horizon, upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of men. The intention of "the Kingdom" (Malakut) in its primary sense and degree is the scene of the transcendent glory

INBA19:292, INBA32:258, INBA41:299x

ADM3#150 p.170x, AVK2.169.09x, AVK2.318.02x, NNY.152x, MAS1.018.2x, MAS4.114-115x, MAS4.137x, MSHR5.422x

BLO_PT#076x, BLO_PT#079.2.2x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity in diversity

BH00031

Suriy-i-Nush

7310

Surih of Admonition (Suratu'l-Nus'h); Days of Remembrance

Suriy-i-Nush (Surih of Counsel)

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق علی النبیین و المرسلین و ینزل حینئذ علی ما کان

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth unto the Prophets and Messengers, and Who doth now send down what hath ever been [3.5s]... ...Announce unto My servants the advent of the One Who came unto them with the power of truth bearing the name of ‘Alí

INBA47:171, INBA36:242, INBA73:181.09x, INBA83:001, PR19.034b-048b

BRL_DA#727, AVK2.228.08x, TZH4.200-202x, LMA1.350 (209), MAS4.135x, ASAT3.024x, YMM.152x, OOL.B133, AMB#35x

DOR#35x, GPB.141x6x, BLO_PT#097, NYR#145x

A lengthy work recounting the stories of the prophets of God and their rejection by the people and clergy of their day, and exhorting the people of this day not to reject ‘Him Whom God shall make manifest’ upon His appearance.

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Noah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB1.137, MMAH.207, LL#321

BH00034

Suriy-i-Sabr (=Lawh-i-Ayyub)

7050

Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb); Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb)

Suriy-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyub (Tablet of Patience or Tablet of Job)

ذکر الله فی مدینه الصبر عبده ایوبا اذ آویناه فی ظل شجره القدس فی فواده و اشهدناه

This is the remembrance of God in the City of Patience regarding Job, Our servant, Whom We sheltered under the shade of that Holy Tree planted in His heart

INBA36:173, INBA73:082, Berlin1237#08

BRL_DA#726, AYT.262, LMA1.379 (228), MAS4.282, ASAT5.246x, ASAT5.309x, ASAT5.247x, FBAH.160x, OOL.B138

WOB.116x, BLO_PT#116, HURQ.BH23, NYR#144

Major work, written on the first day of Riḍván as He was departing Baghdad, praising the Bábís of the Nayriz upheaval of 1850 and in particular their leader, Siyyid Yaḥyáy-i-Dárábí (Vaḥíd), recounting their sufferings and condemning their persecutors; describes the sufferings of the biblical Job, comparing them to those of the recipient of the tablet, who played a key role in supporting the defenders at Nayríz; commends fortitude and patience in the face of suffering; foretells the coming of ‘the birds of darkness’; and proclaims the continuity of divine revelation.

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB1.263, BKOG.131, BKOG.195, MMAH.203, GSH.055, LL#327

BH00038

Lawh-i-Sultan

6890

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Sultan (Tablet to Nasirid-Din Shah)

یا ملک الارض اسمع ندآء هذا المملوک انی عبد آمنت بالله و آیاته و فدیت نفسی فی

O King of the Earth! Hearken unto the call of this Vassal: Verily, I am a Servant Who hath believed in God

INBA34:047, BLIB_Or03115.001, , BLIB_Or15705.032, , CMB_F31.022, , NLAI_BH2.367, NLI.32p100r, PR11.001b-020b, LEID.Or4970 item 7, LEID.Or8685

NRJ#1e, AQA1#001e, UAB.022ax, FBAH.215x, DLH2.154x, OOL.B018

SLH#01e, BLO_PT#186, BLO_PT#187, BSC.068 #037, BP1929.036x

almunajat.com [item 22], S. Jaberi

Bahá’u’lláh’s lengthiest tablet to any monarch, delivered in person to the Shah at the cost of the messenger’s life, urging the Shah to judge His cause fairly; disavowing any designs on worldly power; detailing the injustices He and His followers had suffered over the course of successive banishments; calling the clergy to account for their role in His rejection; and, citing the rejection of Jesus and Muhammad by the people of their day, urging the Shah to consider the possibility of the appearance of a new Manifestation of God in this day.

Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB2.337 et al, BKOG.309 et al, MMAH.113, GSH.102, LL#248

BH00048

no title

12400

Tabernacle of Unity, The; Tablet to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Concerning the Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria; Pen of Glory, The

Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib)

الحمد لله الذی اظهر من الالف الاستقامه الکبری و بالباء شان الامتیاز بین الاشیاء... استدعای دیگر آنکه خدمت جناب صاحب یگانه سلام برسانید انشآءالله در این دار فانی بامری فائز شوند

Praise be to God Who hath manifested through the Alif the Most Great Steadfastness, and through the Bá the station of distinction between all things [3.5s]... ...In regard to what thou hast written concerning his honour the learned Sahib, upon him be the grace of God... And that which you have mentioned about Shalmaghani and what Shalmaghani has uttered in relation to this Supreme Manifestation of God

BRL_TBUP#2x, AVK2.067.06x, LHKM1.156x, AYI1.333x, YARP1.023x, UAB.022cx, MAS7.148x, AYI2.396x, SAAF.085x, SAAF.091x, SAAF.365x, ASAT1.277x, ASAT4.179x, ASAT5.251x, NSS.129-130x, DVB5.007-033

TBU#2x, BLO_PT#184x, KFPT#03.2x

Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

ROB3.433, LL#161, LL#174, LL#175

BH00049

Lawh-i-Nasir

5960

Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Nasir or Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasir-i-Qazvini)

قلم اعلی لازال بر اسم احبای خود متحرک و جاری و آنی از فیوضات لابدایات خود

The Pen of the Most High hath never ceased to make mention of the names of His loved ones…. All praise be unto Thee, O Lord, in that Thou hast sent down from the heaven of Thy bounty that whereby the worlds are purified

INBA73:144, CMB_F22, , PR19.061b-069b, PR23.052b-060b, BN_suppl.1754.064-075

BRL_DA#032, GWBP#053 p.076x, GWBP#075 p.097x, ADM2#106 p.191x, AVK1.019.01x, AVK1.150x, AVK2.016.15x, AVK2.075.20x, AVK2.116.03x, AVK3.313.15x, AVK3.407.08x, AVK4.141.02x, MJMM.166, RSBB.152, TZH4.121x, MAS4.160bx, DLS.506x, ASAT1.032x, ASAT1.123x, ASAT1.154x, ASAT2.058x, ASAT2.101x, ASAT2.191x, ASAT3.009x, ASAT3.093x, ASAT3.203x, ASAT3.217x, ASAT4.006x, ASAT4.008x, ASAT4.372x, ASAT5.224x, ADH1.083x, YMM.340x, OOL.B063

BRL_ATBH#74x, GWB#053x, GWB#075x, COC#1651x, COC#1652x, ADJ.057x, GPB.171x, GPB.377x, WOB.106x, BLO_PT#176, HURQ.BH52, JHT_S#092x

Affirms the ceaselessness of divine grace and guidance, which brings forth fruit provided the seed is cast upon fertile soil; asserts the continuity of His mission with those of Jesus, Muhammad, and the Báb; clarifies the position of Mírzá Yaḥyá as nominal figurehead; exposes the latter’s attempt to take Bahá’u’lláh’s life; and affirms that ‘every man hath been, and will continue to be, able of himself to appreciate the Beauty of God’.

Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB2.245 et al, MMAH.193, GSH.173, LL#201

BH00057

no title

5560

Tablet to Sháh-Muhammad-Amín (Amínu'l-Bayán) (Lawh-i-Amínu'l-Bayán); Social Action

Lawh-i-Aminul-Bayan (Tablet to Shah-Muhammad-i-Manshadi (Aminul-Bayan))

حمد مقدس از ذکر و اصغا مالک اسما را لایق و سزاست که از آفتاب آسمان علم عالم

Sanctified praise, transcending all mention and hearing, befitteth the Lord of Names, Who, from the Sun in the heaven of knowledge, illumineth the world [3.5s]... ...Thou hast written that one of the friends hath composed a treatise. This was mentioned in the Holy Presence, and this is what was revealed in response… Whatever is written should not transgress the bounds of tact and wisdom

INBA08:512, NLAI_BH4.373-415

BRL_DA#224, COMP_DEFENCEP#10x, AVK2.219.04x, MAS1.017x, MAS4.103x, PZHN v4#1 p.142x, KHAF.010x, AADA.035-036x, ASAT1.158x, ASAT1.199x, ASAT1.199x, ASAT2.013x, ASAT5.296x, ASAT5.297x, YIK.022-037, YFY.293-294x

BRL_SOCIAL#239x, COMP_DEFENCE#10x, COC#2212x, LOG#0346x, BLO_PT#190x

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Law of fasting; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

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

BH00064

Hurufat-i-'Alin (=Kalimat-i-'Uliya; the Exalted Letters)

5270

Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam; Suffering of the Exalted Letters; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List

Musíbat-i-Hurúf-i-‘Állín (Suffering of the Exalted Letters)

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف یتحرک القلم و یجری المداد بعد ما انقطعت نسائم

Pure and sanctified art Thou, O my God! How can the pen move and the ink flow after the breezes of loving-kindness have ceased

INBA36:281, BLIB_Or15714.157,

BRL_DA#035, AHM.217, BSHN.054, MHT1a.002, MHT2b.007x, TSBT.242, ASAT3.087x, OOL.B010a, OOL.B010b

BRL_APBH#01x, BLO_PT#015x, BLO_PT#090, HURQ.BH18x, ADMS#163x, JHT_B#005

A meditation on mortality, death, suffering, and theodicy, in remembrance of a cousin who had recently died.

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB1.122, MMAH.216, GSH.025, LL#019, LL#272

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

BH00071

Suriy-i-Hajj II (Baghdad)

5070

Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh (Suriy-i-Hajj)

Suriy-i-Hajj (Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh)

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و ینزل بامره کیف یشاء لا اله الا هو العزیز

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and doth send down through His command whatsoever He willeth. There is no God but Him, the Mighty [3.5s]... ...I beg Thy forgiveness, O Lord, with the entirety of my being—my tongue, my heart, my breath, my soul, my spirit, my body... It is incumbent on whomsoever desireth to turn to the most holy direction, to come into the presence of God, the Mighty, the Knowing, to hearken unto the call of God

INBA37:066, INBA66:012, BLIB_Or15723.194, , BLIB_Or15737.033,

BRL_DA#166, AQA4#084 p.192, ADM2#107 p.193x, AVK4.109, GHA.070x, DRD.009x, TSBT.077x, ASAT1.094x, ASAT2.109x, ASAT4.022x, ADH1.082x, OOL.B120

RBB.163-168x, BLO_PT#117x, HURQ.BH54, JHT_S#193x

Prescribes the rite of pilgrimage to the House of Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdad, codified later in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas as a sacred duty.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Inability of the Manifestation; Prophet to comprehend God; Law of pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ROB2.240, MMAH.152, GSH.083, LL#305

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

BH00091

Lawh-i-Haji Mirza Kamalu'd-Din

4680

Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Kamálu'd-Dín (Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Kamalu'd-Dín); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Kamalud-Din (Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Kamalud-Din)

الحمد لله الذی توحد بالعزه و تفرد بالعظمه و نطق بالکلمه بین البریه اذا مرت ... ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الله و سمع ندآئه الاحلی اذ ارتفع بین الارض و السماء

Praise be to God Who hath distinguished Himself through glory and become singular in grandeur, and hath uttered the Word amongst all created things when [3.5s]... ...The question is that whereas in past Scriptures Isaac is said to have been the sacrifice; in the Qur’án this station is given to Ishmael. This is, undoubtedly, true

INBA07:296, BLIB_Or11097#052, , NLAI_BH4.124-146

AVK2.100.14x, AVK2.110.13x, AVK2.197.04x, MAS8.151ax, MUH1.0365x, TAH.190x

BRL_ATBH#21x, BLO_PT#173, KSHK#29x

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Oneness; unity of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

BH00108

Mathnavi-yi-Mubarak

4040

Mathnaviyí-i Mubárak; Mathnaví-yi Mubárak; Mathnaví of the Blessed One

Mathnaviyi-i Mubarak

ای حیات العرش خورشید وداد که جهان و امکان چه تو نوری نزاد گر نبودی خلق محجوب

You! Life-force of God's throne, compassion's sun, Time's universe has birthed no light like Yours! From seeing God, creation's eyes are barred

INBA30:131, OSAI I.MMSx, , MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p14,

BRL_DA#272, MSNV, AQA3#070 p.160, DWNP_v4#07 p.038-039x, DWNP_v5#04 p.003x, TZH4.139-141x, HHA.058x, ASAT1.119x, ASAT4.015x, AHB_124BE #01 p.002x, AHB_130BE #03-04 p.130x, OOL.B089

GPB.099x, BLO_PT#055, BLO_PT#218, HURQ.BH28

Ahdieh (1), Ahdieh (2), unknown

Ecstatic poem in rhyming couplets, written during the journey to Istanbul and announcing the Day of God and the divine springtime but warning that it can only be perceived by those possessing a spiritual eye.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.029, MMAH.233, GSH.071, LL#270

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

BH00112

Suriy-i-Asma' (=Lawh-i-Ibn?)

3990

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Tablet of the Son (Jesus)

Suriy-i-Asma' (Surah of Names)

رایحه احزان جمال رحمن را احاطه نموده و ابواب فرح و بهجت از ظلم اهل طغیان من

The fragrance of sorrows hath encompassed the Beauty of the All-Merciful, and the gates of joy and delight have been shut fast through the tyranny of the people of rebellion [3.5s]... ...Know thou that when the Son of Man yielded up His breath to God, the whole creation wept with a great weeping.

INBA38:177, INBA18:468, INBA35:177b, BLIB_Or15698.078, , BLIB_Or15720.080, , BLIB_Or15740.064, , Majlis934.330-368, BN_suppl.1754.131-139

BRL_DA#031, GWBP#036 p.062ax, AVK2.037.04x, AVK2.098.11x, AVK2.176.05x, IQT.078, NFQ.003x, MAS4.165bx, MAS7.130x, ASAT1.051x, ASAT1.127x, ASAT2.088x, ASAT2.129x, ASAT4.531x, ASAT5.293x, AHB_109BE #08 p.002x, OOL.B108

GWB#036x, ROL.021-045x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.081x, PDC.004x2x, PDC.179-181x, WOB.185-186x, BLO_PT#139, HURQ.BH45

Responds to objections to His claims raised by some Bábís, implores them not to be shut out from the truth by the veil of names, acknowledges the outward differences between sacred scriptures while asserting that this derives from the varying capacity of humanity, extols at length the revelation and the crucifixion of Jesus as having infused ‘a fresh capacity into all created things’, compares the Báb to John the Baptist and announces Himself to be the return of Christ, and declares that the purpose of His revelation, like Christ’s, is to bestow eternal life.

Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#294, LL#380

BH00113

Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Persian)

3970

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Hidden Words; Hidden Words

Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words)

ای صاحبان هوش و گوش اول سروش دوست این است ای بلبل معنوی جز در گلبن معانی جای

O ye people that have minds to know and ears to hear! The first call of the Beloved is this

INBA65:115, INBA36:383, INBA30:014, BLIB_Or15714.131c, , CMB_F33.001, , NLI.32p048v, BLIB_Or.08117, BLIB_Or.08685, CUL.X893.7.B111, Majlis210461.030-045, BN_suppl.1974.001

BRL_HWP, GWBP#042 p066ax, GWBP#104 p.136bx, ZYN.001, AHM.421, MJMM.373, BSHN.017x, MHT2b.036x, UAB.047dx, UAB.048ax, UAB.048bx, UAB.069ax, UAB.069bx, TZH4.223-224, NFF4.017, OOL.B013b

HWPE, GWB#042x, GWB#104x, LOG#0835x, ADJ.081x, BADM.155-156x, PDC.007x, PDC.148x, PDC.149x, WOB.059-060x, WOB.116x, WOB.201x, SW_v03#02 p.005x, SW_v05#10 p.150-151x, SW_v14#11 p.321x, BLO_PT#061

S. Toloui-Wallace (#1), S. Taefi (#1) [track 1], R. Johnston-Garvin (#1) [track 7], Baha'i Youth of Japan (#2), S. Taefi (#2) [track 2], L. Dely & M. Congo (#2), S. Toloui-Wallace (#3), K. Key (#3), A. Bridges (#3), L. Slott (#3), Rowshan (#3), SKY (#3), E. Mahony (#3), L. Dely (#3), S. Engle and J. White (#3), Delia Olam (#3), B. Vahdat (#3), Sanale & Xolani (#3), Nora, Sasha & Ann-Sofie (#3), NKAK (#3), Zannetta (#3) [track 10], A.E. Rahbin (#3), B. Silvestre (#3), R. Bennett (#3), S. Kouchekzadeh (#3), L. Dube (#3) [track 6], D. Hunt (#4), A. Youssefi (#4), Bass Adjustment (#4), S. Taefi (#4) [track 4], G.H. Miller (#4), Rowshan (#4) [track 6], Nabil and Karim (#4), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#4), N. Ma'ani (#4), A. Stephen (#4), A. Wood (#4), G. Besungu (#4), Ahdieh (#4), S. Parak (#4), A. Youssefi (#7), G.H. Miller (#7), S. Zahrai (#7), A.E. Rahbin (#7), B. Khademi (#7), G. and M. Smith (#7), S. Zein (#7), The Badasht Project (#8), A. Wensbo (#8), A. Bryan (#8), G.H. Miller (#9), A. Toufighian & A. Youssefi (#9), A. Wensbo (#10), L. Dube (#10) [track 18], S. Taefi (#10) [track 5], G.H. Miller (#11), S. Taefi (#11) [track 7], Naim, Miad & Justus (#11), Z. Rolle (#11), A. Bryan (#12), E. Mahony (#12), J. Sweeting & M. Weigert (#12), Chicago Baha'i Community (#12), MANA (#12), Meredith & Arman (#12), J. Cooper (#12), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#13), G.H. Miller (#13), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#14), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#14), MANA (#14), S. Esmaeili (#14), S. Peyman (#14), J. Cooper (#14), Rowshan (#16), A.E. Rahbin (#16), G.H. Miller (#16), L. Dely & M. Congo (#16), G.H. Miller (#18), O. Master (#19), S. Taefi (#20) [track 10], G.H. Miller (#21), Anis & Friends (#21), T. Ellis (#21), S. Taefi (#21) [track 8], R. Johnston-Garvin (#21) [track 6], E. Mahony (#21), N. Ma'ani (#22), D. Stevenson (#26), M. Kerr (#26), A.E. Rahbin (#26), J. Marks and S. Engle (#26), Chicago Baha'i Community (#26), Ashwin & Arhwin (#26), Temple of Light (#29), L. Dube (#30) [track 11], G.H. Miller (#31), TaliaSafa (#31), E. Mahony (#31), Turning Point (#31), S. Taefi (#31) [track 3], A. & M. Zemke (#31) [track 5], N. Ma'ani (#31), G.H. Miller (#32), TaliaSafa (#32), A. Wensbo (#32), MANA (#32), S. Trick (#32), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#33), A. Youssefi (#33), L. Dube (#34) [track 4], Carmel, Roya & Maryam (#35), A.E. Rahbin (#36), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#38), S. Toloui-Wallace (#38), F. Lionheart (#38), J. Cooper (#38), Seaon, Sasha & Sam (#38), S. Taefi (#38) [track 6], S. Bayan & S. Suggs (#38), L. Dely (#38), N. Hamilton (#38), B. Khademi (#39), A.E. Rahbin (#39), S. Toloui-Wallace (#40), Rasmus & Ann-Sofie (#40), Voices of Baha 2010 (#40), T. Ellis (#40), A Family Affair (#40), A. Youssefi (#40), The Badasht Project (#40), Refuge (#40), R. Peterson (#40) [track 8], Nabil and Karim (#40), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#40), J. Cooper (#40), S. Parak (#40), A. Youssefi (#40), N. Hamilton (#40), Kiskadee (#40), L. Dely (#40), Rasmus & Ann-Sofie (#40), L. Dely & M. Congo (#42), J. Cooper (#42), L. Dely & M. Congo (#44) [track 9], D. E. Walker (#44), S. Cleasby (#44), MANA (#44), M. Sparrow (#45), L. Dube (#63) [track 13], G.H. Miller (#64), G.H. Miller (#70), Bosch Bluegrass Band (#72), Arrayanes (#72) [track 8], A. Youssefi (#73), Friends from Mongolia (#73), N. D. Huening (#76), C. & L. Heggie (#80), K. Key (#80)

The Persian portion of His foremost ethical work, consisting of 82 aphorisms spoken in the voice of the Divine and declaring themselves to be the ‘inner essence’ of what was revealed to ‘the Prophets of old’, affirming the essential nobility and divinity of the human soul, prescribing its intimate communion with its Creator, proclaiming the oneness of the human race, and declaring our consequent responsibility to fellowship, love, fair-mindedness, and mutual aid for one another, especially the poor and downtrodden.

Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Goodly deeds; actions; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Justice and wrath of God; Love of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds

ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025

BH00115

Qasidiy-i-'Izz-i-Varqa'iyyih (Ode of the Dove)

3950

Ode of the Dove; Baha'u'llah's Notes to His "Ode of the Dove"; Bahá'u'lláh's "Ode of the Dove"

Qasidiyyih-Varqaiyyih (Ode of the Dove)

اجذبتنی بوارق انوار طلعه لفروغها کل الشموس تخفت کان بروق الشمس من نور حسنها

A face flashing with light drew me to her; all the suns dimmed before her radiance

INBA36:419, INBA66:175x

BRL_DA#803, AQA3#071 p.196, TZH4.148x, MAS4.197, MAS8.039ax, RHQM2.0878-887 (299) (184-191), OOL.B092

GPB.118x, BLO_PT#017x, BLO_PT#059, JBS#29.3.43, HURQ.BH04

A lengthy poem composed in the style of a poem by Ibn-i-Fáriḍ, glorifying the spirit that had visited Him in the form of the Maid of Heaven, expatiating on His sufferings and His loneliness and affirming His determination to face any future calamities that might befall Him in the path of God.

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; 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; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB1.062, ROB1.084, BKOG.118, BKOG.415, EBTB.098, MMAH.087, GSH.010, LL#274

BH00133

no title

3730

Prayer for Illumination

اگر نفس ثابت راسخ مطمئن مستقیمی یافت شود و لوجه الله و حبه و رضائه بمثابه علم

If there be found a soul steadfast, firm, assured and upright, which, for the love of God and His good-pleasure, standeth even as a banner [3.5s]... ...Praise be unto Thee, O my God! I render Thee thanks for having rescued me from the abyss of self and passion, led me unto Thy straight path and Thy most great announcement

INBA15:219, INBA26:220, INBA30:112ax

AHM.065x, NSR_1993.021x, ABDA.331-343, ADH1.100x, AKHA_131BE #07 p.ax

GPB.190x, BLO_PT#067x, JHT_S#105x

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00150

no title

3480

حمد حضرت مقتدری را لایق و سزاست که از قلم اعلی کوثر بقا جاری نمود و عالم ملک

Praise be unto Him, the Almighty One, Who hath caused to flow from the Most Exalted Pen the Kawthar of everlasting life, and the realm of existence [3.5s]... ...O Pen! Make mention of the one named Mihdí, that he may rejoice and be of the thankful. O Mihdí! Hearken thou to the Voice which is lifted up from the Crimson Tree

INBA41:034

HDQI.159x

BLO_PT#215x

Call to action; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

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

BH00210

Lawh-i-Hadi - Re "He who knoweth himself..."

2770

He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord (Man 'arafa nafsahú faqad 'arafa Rabbahú); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Man ‘arafa nafsahú faqad ‘arafa Rabbahú (He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord); Lawh-i-Hadi (Tablet to Mírzá Hadi)

توحید بدیع مقدس از تحدید و عرفان موجودات ساحت عز حضرت لایزالی را لایق و سزا

How wondrous is the unity of the Living, the Ever-Abiding God—a unity which is exalted above all limitations, that transcendeth the comprehension of all created things! He hath, from everlasting, dwelt

INBA38:238, INBA36:409, INBA57:018b, BN_suppl.1754.059-064

BRL_DA#125, GWBP#073 p.096ax, GWBP#083 p.109x, GWBP#124 p.168bx, AVK1.061x, AVK1.180ax, AVK1.180bx, AVK1.187.06x, AVK1.242.05x, AVK1.307.02x, AVK2.077.13x, AVK3.398.09x, MJMM.346, DWNP_v6#05 p.003-004x, DRD.155, MAS4.026bx, MAS4.028x, ASAT1.185x, ASAT2.102x, ASAT4.292x, ASAT5.062x, ASAT5.251x, PYB#026 p.01x, PYB#221 p.03x, OOL.B160

GWB#073x, GWB#083x, GWB#124x, BLO_PT#040, WIND#112

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Knowledge of self; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB3.063, LL#097

BH00238

Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World)

2590

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World)

حمد و ثنا سلطان مبین را لایق و سزاست که سجن متین را بحضور حضرت علی قبل اکبر

Praise and thanksgiving beseem the Lord of manifest dominion Who hath adorned the mighty prison… The betterment of the world can be accomplished

INBA89:190x, BLIB_Or07851.066a, , BLIB_Or15696.107bx, , BLIB_Or15716.198x, , PR05.009a-020a, Majlis934.001-026, BN_suppl.1753.078-089

GWBP#043 p.066bx, AVK1.021.02x, AVK3.063.14x, AVK3.161.09x, AVK3.203.15x, AVk3.459.04x, AVK4.239.06x, AVK4.255.05x, AVK4.280x, ZYN.212, MJMM.285, AQMJ2.151x, AQMJ2.152x, UAB.051cx, DRD.084, MAS4.120ax, ASAT3.039x, ASAT4.387x, ASAT5.067x, AHB_107BE #03 p.046x, ADH1.080x, SAM.235x, TBP#07, OOL.B036

TB#07, GWB#043x, ADJ.024x, ADJ.024-025x, ADJ.028x, ADJ.077x, GPB.232x, PDC.196x, PDC.199x, WOB.107x2x, WOB.198x, SW_v09#07 p.082x, SW_v14#06 p.179x, DWN_v3#01 p.009x, DWN_v5#01 p.003-004x, DWN_v6#06-7 p.001-002x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.138 #055-069x

T. Price, T. Ellis, A. Tahirih R. Weiss, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, S. Jaberi

Reiterates many of Bahá’u’lláh’s central social teachings, such as renunciation of self and promoting the good of the entire human race; achieving the betterment of the world ‘through pure and goodly deeds, through commendable and seemly conduct’; consorting with all religions in friendliness and fellowship; avoiding contention and conflict; observing courtesy; promoting the ‘Lesser Peace’; adopting a universal language; championing the universal education of children; and recognizing the importance of agriculture.

Call to action; House of Justice; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB4.329 et al, BKOG.382, BKOG.399, BKOG.410, BKOG.454, MMAH.131, GSH.168, LL#083

BH00249

Lawh-i-Ahmad (Persian)

2510

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Provisional Translation of the Persian Tablet of Ahmad

Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Persian))

اینست بدایع نصایح الهی که بلسان قدرت در مکمن عظمت و مقعد قدس رفعت خود میفرماید پس بگوش

O banished and faithful friend! Quench the thirst of heedlessness with the sanctified waters of My grace

INBA38:018, INBA65:185, INBA35:073, INBA36:401, NLI.32p145r, PR23.041b-045b, Majlis210461.020-030, BN_suppl.1753.106-115

BRL_DA#126, GWBP#152 p.207x, GWBP#153 p.208x, AVK1.021.09x, ZYN.070, MJMM.315, DRD.114, MAS8.038bx, ASAT5.106x, PYM.012x, OOL.B023b

GWB#152x, GWB#153x, ADJ.081x, ADJ.082x, PDC.024-025x, SW_v07#06 p.044x, SW_v07#16 p.152x, SW_v14#02 p.040x, BLO_PT#073, BSC.223 #435-443

L. Slott, A. Youssefi (1), A. Youssefi (2), E. Mahony (1), E. Mahony (2), E. Mahony (3), A. Bryan, Samira & Sara, MANA, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2), A.E. Rahbin, E. Kelly, K. Porray, M. Levine [track 7]

Sets forth the conditions of spiritual search, with purity of heart being foremost; compares His revelation to that of an ocean which yields up its pearls in proportion to the eagerness of the search; and proclaims that ‘this fathomless and surging ocean is near, astonishingly near, unto you’.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge of self; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.137, BKOG.157, BKOG.223, BKOG.245, MMAH.184, LL#041

BH00258

Lawh-i-Yusuf

2460

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of Joseph (Lawh-i Yusuf); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Resurrection and the World to Come

Lawh-i-Yusuf (Tablet of Joseph)

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق عن جهه ایمن العرش و جعلها الله هدی و ذکری للعالمین... ای یوسف حجّتم بر کلّ من فی السّموات و الارض... انّا قد جعلنا میقاتاً لکم فاذا تمّت المیقات

These are the verses of God which have verily been sent down in truth from the right hand of the Throne, and which God hath made a guidance and a remembrance unto all the worlds [3.5s]... ...We have a fixed time for you, O people. If ye fail, at the appointed hour, to turn towards God, He, verily, will lay violent hold on you

INBA38:139, BLIB_Or15694.465, , ALIB.folder18p199, NLI.32p030vx

BRL_DA#532, GWBP#108 p.139bx, AVK1.279.19x, RSBB.181, GHA.255x, UAB.031cx, MAS4.019bx, MAS8.013x, AYI2.248x, AYI2.250x, ASAT4.378x, OOL.B084b

GWB#108x, LOG#1982x, PDC.007x, WOB.201x, SW_v02#03 p.003x, BLO_PT#113, BSC.199 #339-372, KSHK#28x

Emphasizes the importance of detachment as prerequisite to the recognition of spiritual truth and explains the meaning of ‘paradise’, ‘hellfire’, ‘resurrection’, and similar terms.

Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations

GSH.171, LL#265, LL#395

BH00260

Suriy-i-Ra'is

2450

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Extract from the Súriy-i-Ra'ís about the Nature of the Soul

Suriy-i-Ra'ís (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha)

ان یا رئیس اسمع ندآء الله الملک المهیمن القیوم انه ینادی بین الارض و السماء

Hearken, O Chief, to the voice of God, the Sovereign, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. He, verily, calleth aloud between heaven and earth

INBA47:147, INBA34:081, BLIB_Or15735.129, , NLAI_BH2.354, Berlin1237#28, PR11.020b-026a, UMich962.130-132x

NRJ#2, AQA1#003, AVK4.453x, MJMM.087, ASAT3.048x, ASAT4.254x, ASAT5.230x, BCH.104x, YMM.269x, OOL.B070a

SLH#02, GPB.174x, GPB.179-180x, GPB.180x, GPB.181x2x, PDC.099x, PDC.120x, WOB.105-106x, WOB.178x, BLO_PT#194, BSC.088 #039x, BSC.224 #444-445x

Addresses ‘Álí Páshá, the Ottoman Prime Minister, as Bahá’u’lláh and His companions were being transferred from Adrianople to Gallipoli en route to ‘Akká; takes the minister to task for his abuse of power; predicts the downfall of Sulṭán ‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz; announces that He has come to ‘quicken the world and unite all its peoples’; relates the circumstances of His expulsion from Edirne; and parenthetically answers a question from a follower about the origin and nature of the soul.

Chastisement and requital; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; 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; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.411 et al, BKOG.259, MMAH.146, GSH.109, LL#326

BH00267

Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'am (the Tablet of All Food)

2370

Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i Kullu't-Ta'am)

Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food)

الحمد لله مموج ابحر النور بالماء الناریه الالهیه و مهیج احرف الظهور بنقطه

Praise be to God Who hath caused Oceans of Light to surge in the Divine Fiery Water; excited the Letters of the Dispensation

INBA36:268, Berlin1237#20

BRL_DA#393, TZH4.132-135x, MAS4.265, RHQM2.0979-989 (416) (256-262), OOL.B052

GPB.118x2x, BLO_PT#108, HURQ.BH02

A commentary offering several allegorical interpretations of the Qur’anic verse ‘All food was allowed to the children of Israel’ (Qur’an 3:93).

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Prayer for protection; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB1.050, BKOG.112, MMAH.127, GSH.008, LL#146

Revealed "in the year nine", see BRL_TTT#11

BH00269

Lawh-i-Ra'is

2370

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Rais (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha)

قلم اعلی میفرماید ای نفسیکه خود را اعلی الناس دیده و غلام الهی که چشم اهل ملا

The Pen of the Most High proclaimeth: O thou who hast imagined thyself to be the most exalted of men

INBA35:043, BLIB_Or11096#015, , BLIB_Or15698.302, , BLIB_Or15720.296, , BLIB_Or15740.230, , CMB_F31.030, , NLI.32p039v, PR11.066a-072a

NRJ#3, AVK1.333.04x, AVK2.287.11x, AVK3.052.07x, AVK4.455x, IQT.302, MJMM.102, UAB.058cx, DRD.043, ASAT3.015x, ASAT4.168x, ASAT4.419x, OOL.B070b

SLH#03, GPB.173x2x, GPB.187x3x, GPB.208x3x, PDC.073-074x, PDC.099x, PDC.099-100x, SW_v02#02 p.003-007x, BLO_PT#198, BSC.081 #038

Bahá’u’lláh’s second tablet to the Ottoman Prime Minister ‘Álí Páshá, denouncing him for his further act of cruelty in imprisoning Bahá’u’lláh and His followers in the citadel of ‘Akká, warning him of the ephemerality of his worldly power, relating the episode of a puppet show from Bahá’u’lláh’s own childhood which convinced Him of the fleeting nature of the trappings of the world, asking ‘Álí Páshá to comport himself with reason and justice, and reiterating a request for a brief audience with the Sultan.

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB3.033 et al, BKOG.013, MMAH.148, GSH.121, LL#217

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

BH00275

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Khadijih Bagum

2300

Tablet of Visitation for the wife of the Bab, Khadijih Begum; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Khadijih Begum (Tablet of Visitation for the wife of the Báb, Khadijih Begum)

ان القلم ینوح و اللوح یبکی بما صعدت زفرات اهل الوفاء و نزلت عبرات الفردوس... ان یا قلم قد اتتک مصیبة کبری

O Pen! Verily a great tribulation and mighty calamity hath come upon Thee, one that hath caused the denizens of the Exalted Paradise and the dwellers of the Concourse on High

INBA31:074, BLIB_Or15704.218, , BLIB_Or15714.095x, , Majlis210461.114-116x

BRL_DA#273x, AQA4#100 p.339, AQA4a.201, AVK3.133.02x, AYT.029x, KHAF.184 (285), ASAT4.080x, AKHT1.364x, OOL.B179a, MATA.154-155x

BRL_ATBH#16x, EBTB.379, LTDT.055x, LTDT.057x, BLO_PT#151, GEN.099-102

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Visitation Tablets

LL#139

BH00279

Remembrance of the seven martyrs of Yazd

2280

Tablet to The Times of London; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Times (Tablet to the Times)

کنا ماشیا فی البیت و سامعا حدیث الارض اذا ارتفع الندآء من الفردوس الاعلی

We were walking in the House and hearing the discourse of the earth when the Call was raised from the Most Exalted Paradise [3.5s]... ...O 'Times', O thou endowed with the power of utterance! O dawning place of news! Spend an hour with the oppressed of Iran

INBA39:154

BRL_DA#375, MAS4.124cx, RHQM1.382-382 (461) (283-289), ASAT4.387x, MSBH2.171x, OOL.B169, OOL.B199

BRL_ATBH#08x, BLO_PT#195

Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ROB4.348, MMAH.144, LL#253

Includes the "Lawh-i-Times"

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

BH00305

Namaz-i-Hajat and instructions re ablutions

2100

Tablet to Jináb-i-Mullá 'Alí-Akbar fí ardi'l-álif

Salat-i-Hajat or Salat-i-Liqá (Prayer of the Needs or Reunion prayer)

ان یا قلم الاعلی ذکر الذی غرق فی ابحر الظن و الهوی لعل یخلصه ما یجری عنک و

O Pen of the Most High! Make mention of him who is immersed in the seas of doubt and passion, that perchance thou mayest purify him

INBA66:122, BLIB_Or15694.342, , Berlin1237#27, ALIB.folder18p066-075

BRL_DA#076, AVK4.074x, MAS7.131x, RSR.106-107x

RBB.115-118x, BLO_PT#183

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Law of obligatory prayer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

LL#281, LL#505

BH00308

Tarazat (Ornaments)

2100

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Tarazat (Ornaments)

حمد و ثنا مالک اسما و فاطر سما را لایق و سزاست که امواج بحر ظهورش امام وجوه

Praise and glory beseem the Lord of Names and the Creator of the heavens, He, the waves of Whose ocean of Revelation surge… Glory be unto Thee, O Lord of the world

BLIB_Or07851.002a, , KB_262:063-074, CMB_F32.064, , PR05.020a-030b, OSAI_TC 20v-25r, MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p01, , MKI4523.147, , BN_suppl.1753.046-054

ZYN.182, ISH.147, UAB.045cx, UAB.045dx, UAB.047ax, TBP#04, TUM.087-091x, OOL.B148

TB#04, BPRY.197x, ADJ.024x, GPB.218-219x, SW_v03#03 p.003x, SW_v08#02 p.027x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.137 #053-054x, BSC#092-099x, BNE.155x

J. Michel

Proclaims six ‘ornaments’: knowledge of self and acquiring a useful profession, fellowship with all religions, possessing a good character, truthfulness and trustworthiness, preserving the station of craftsmanship, and the importance of acquiring knowledge and of fairness in newspaper reporting.

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Limits of the intellect; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB4.168 et al, BKOG.382, EBTB.062, GSH.158, LL#340

BH00334

Suriy-i-Qalam

1970

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

BH00358

Suriy-i-Dam

1850

Tablet of Blood (Súriy-i-Damm); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Suriy-i-Damm (Tablet of Blood)

ان یا محمد اسمع ندآء ربک عن هذا المقام الذی لن یصل الله ایدی الممکنات و لا

O Muhammad! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord from this Station whereunto the hands of all created things cannot attain [3.5s]... ...Adorn thyself with My virtues, in such wise that should anyone stretch forth the hand of oppression against thee, thou wouldst neither take notice nor contend with him.

INBA83:066, BLIB_Or15723.156,

BRL_DA#157, GWBP#039 p.064x, AQA4#075 p.059, AQA4a.001, TZH4.360-366, ASAT4.167x, ASAT5.200x, ASAT5.226x, OOL.B111

BRL_ATBH#61x, GWB#039x, WOB.118-119x, WOB.139x, BLO_PT#109, HURQ.BH42

Proclamatory work declaring the oneness of the Prophets through a vision of the words of the dying Imám Ḥusayn, who identifies his sufferings with those of Abraham, Moses, Joseph, John the Baptist, Jesus, the Báb, and Bahá’u’lláh.

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Prophecy and fulfillment; Return of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.236, MMAH.223, GSH.081, LL#296

Sometimes spelled as Súriy-i-Damm.

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

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

BH00416

no title

1680

Tablet to Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II (Lawh-i-Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II)

Lawh-i-Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II (Tablet to Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II)

یا سمندر ان مالک القدر یعزی نفسه بما ورد علیه من الذین اخذوا الاعتساف و نبذوا

O Samandar! Verily, He, Who is the Supreme Ordainer, consoleth Himself for that which came upon Him from those who took to oppression and turned their backs on justice

INBA97:041, BLIB_Or15715.366,

AYBY.045, NNY.172-179, MAS8.068x, SAM.236, TRZ1.074bx, MSBH10.195-196x, YIA.207-208x

BLO_PT#191x

Justice and wrath of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00421

no title

1670

Revealed on the Day of Ridván (Nuzzila fi al-Yawm ir-Ridván); Days of Remembrance

یا ملا الارض و السماء اسمعوا شهاده الله من لسان ربکم الابهی انه شهد لنفسه

O concourse of earth and heaven! Give ear to the testimony of God that proceedeth from the mouth of your Lord, the All-Glorious. He verily hath testified

BLIB_Or15692.019, , BLIB_Or15706.042, , BLIB_Or15714.031,

AVK2.022.14x, DWNP_v2#09 p.076-078x, TSBT.142, ASAT5.146x, AMB#16

DOR#16, BLO_PT#077x

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Presence of; reunion with God; Proclamation to Christians; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twin Manifestations

BH00423

Lawh-i-Haqqu'n-Nas

1650

Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i Haqqu'n-Nas; Tablet on the Right of the People (Lawh-i haqq al-nas)

Lawh-i Haqqun-Nas (Tablet of the Right of the People)

الحمد لله الذی وفی بما اوحی علی کافة انبیائه و رسله و بشر الکل بایامه و منها یوم

Praise be to God Who fulfilled what He revealed to all His Prophets and Messengers and gave to all the tidings of His days

MAS7.119, VUJUD.102x

BLO_PT#016, BLO_PT#162, VUJUDE.189x

Answers a question about the execution of justice in the next world as a result of actions in this world, explaining that everything in this physical world has a metaphorical counterpart in each of the divine worlds, which guarantees the settling of accounts, and giving three illustrative examples.

Goodly deeds; actions; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Soul; spirit after death; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

ROB3.286, ROB3.296-297, LL#356

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

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

BH00457

Lawh-i-Mubahilih

1580

Tablets concerning the Divine Test

Surat al-Mubahalah (Surah of the Divine Test)

هذا لوح قد فصل من لوح المحفوظ لیکون بنفسه هدایه و رحمه علی کل من فی السموات

This is a Tablet that hath been separated from the Preserved Tablet, that it might serve, of itself, as a guidance and mercy unto all who dwell in the heavens [3.5s]... ...O Muhammad! He Who is the Spirit hath, verily, issued from His habitation, and with Him have come forth the souls of God's chosen ones

BLIB_Or07852.089, , BLIB_Or15725.463, , NLAI_BH2.006

BRL_DA#153, TZH5.029n-044n, MAS4.278.18x, MAS7.243-244x, ASAT4.487x, SAM.208, PYK.006, YMM.338x, OOL.B060

GPB.168-169x, BLO_PT#199x

Praises the station of Quddús, one of the Báb’s first disciples and an early martyr, and relates the circumstances of the public challenge issued by Bahá’u’lláh to Mírzá Yaḥyá to take place in the mosque of Sultan Salim, at which the latter failed to present himself, which sealed the irreparable breach that had arisen between them.

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ROB2.293, GPB.169, MMAH.168, LL#184

See also BH03710.

BH00468

no title

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

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

BH00478

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Maryam

1510

Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam

Ziyarat-Namih-i-Maryam (Tablet of Visitation for Maryam)

ان یا قلم الاعلی مااخذک السرور فی ایام ربک العلی الاعلی لتغن به علی افنان

O Pen of Glory! Thou hast never been seized with transports of joy during the days of Thy Lord, the Exalted, the Most High

INBA38:311, INBA48:052, INBA49:260, BLIB_Or15714.119, , BLIB_Or15739.108, , NLAI_BH2.336, Majlis210461.104-111

BRL_DA#568, TAHR.336-339, ASAT4.080x, AKHT1.093-094x, AKHT1.366, HYK.334x, OOL.B153

LTDT.298-299x, BLO_PT#015, HURQ.BH85

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for protection; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets

ROB1.013, GSH.205, LL#348

Stephen Lambden states that this Tablet of Visitation was "apparently primarily written by Baha'u'llah for Tahirih and utilized also for various other eminent female Bahá'ís, including Maryam".

BH00485

no title

1500

Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation

حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان بساط امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودیرا سزاست که عالم را بکلمه

Sanctified praise, transcending all mention and utterance, befitteth the Most Holy and Most Exalted Court of the Lord of all beings, Who through His Word hath created the world [3.5s]... ...Thou hast inquired about the tradition “Knowledge is twenty and seven letters. All that the Prophets have revealed are two letters thereof

MKI4523.264,

BRL_DA#527, ISH.264, ASAT4.395x, YIK.066-070

BLO_PT#079.2.2x

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Praise and encouragement; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00528

Lawh-i-Bismillih

1410

Tablet on Understanding the Cause of Opposition to the Manifestations of God

Lawh-i-Bismillih or Lawh-i-irfán-i'illat-i-i'rád (Tablet on Understanding the Cause of Opposition to the Manifestations of God)

این مظلوم اراده نموده لوجه الله بر شما القا نماید آنچه را که سبب بقای ابدی… قل الهی الهی اشهد بوحدانیتک و فردانیتک و اعترف بما نطقت به السن

This Wronged One wishes to impart to you, wholly for the sake of God, that which is the cause of eternal life and everlasting remembrance.

BRL_DA#183, AVK3.408.11x, MJMM.276, DRD.072, NSS.126x, OOL.B033

WOB.107x, BLO_PT#165

Emphasizes the importance of the independent investigation of spiritual reality upon attainment of maturity, which entails the understanding of why some choose the path of faith and others that of denial, why each religious sect believes it is in sole possession of the truth, and why the Prophets of the past were all rejected in their day.

Independent investigation of truth; reality; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for nearness to God; Purpose; goal of creation; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#079

BH00537

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Siyyidu'sh-Shuhada

1380

Tablet of Visitation for Imám Husayn (Lawh-i-Zíyárat-Namih-i-Imám Husayn); Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Ziyarat-Namih-i-Imam Husayn (Tablet of Visitation for Imam Husayn)

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی انه هو الموعود فی الکتب و الصحف و

God testifieth that there is no God but Him! And He that hath appeared is the One promised in all the Books and sacred Scrolls…. Glory be unto Thee O my God, O Thou the Lord of Manifestation, Whose shed the glory of His effulgence upon the branch of Sinai!

INBA65:001, BLIB_Or15696.175bx, , BLIB_Or15714.112,

BRL_DA#158, ADM2#010 p.024x, MJMM.202, AYT.235, ASAT3.100x, DLH3.422x, OOL.B154

BRL_ATBH#59x, BLO_PT#149, ADMS#003x, JHT_S#173x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Visitation Tablets

ROB3.303, MMAH.226, GSH.144, LL#347, LL#350

Tablet of Visitation for Imam Husayn.

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

BH00579

Lawh-i-Maryam

1300

Lawh-i-Maryam (Tablet to Maryam) Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam; Days of Remembrance

Lawh-i-Maryam (Tablet to Maryam)

ای مریم مظلومیتم مظلومیت اسم اولم را از لوح امکان محو نموده و از سحاب قضا

O Maryam! The wrongs which I suffer have blotted out the wrongs suffered by My First Name from the Tablet of creation.

INBA38:087, INBA28:386

BRL_DA#739, AYT.366, BSHN.046, MHT2b.044x, TZH4.138-139x, TZH4.159-161x, TZH4.261-262x, MAS4.329, RHQM2.0991-996 (430) (264-267), ANDA#05 p.02, OOL.B058c, AMB#31

DOR#31, BKOG.117x, LTDT.300x, GPB.118x, GPB.119x, GPB.120x, GPB.124x, GPB.125x, BLO_PT#015, BLO_PT#048

Recounts to one of His cousins Bahá’u’lláh’s banishment to Baghdad, His departure for Sulaymaniyah, the dispirited character of the Bábí community upon His return, and His efforts to instil new life into it; alludes to His still-hidden messianic secret and counsels purity of heart as a precondition to its recognition; and announces His withdrawal from the community.

Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB1.013, BKOG.117, MMAH.132, GSH.174, LL#164

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.

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

BH00634

no title

1210

Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation

حمد مقدس از ذکر عالمیان ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودیرا سزاست که تمامیت هر

A praise sanctified from the mention of all mankind befitteth the sublime and most holy court of the Desired One, Who hath ordained that the completion of every existence

SFI01.082, MAS8.191x, YMM.352x

BLO_PT#079.2.1

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Free will and predestination; fate; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Seven stages of creation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00662

Lawh-i-Malikah Victoria (Tablet to Queen Victoria)

1150

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

Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria)

یا ایتها الملکه فی اللوندره ان استمعی ندآء ربک مالک البریه من السدره الالهیه

O Queen in London! Incline thine ear unto the voice of thy Lord, the Lord of all mankind, calling from the Divine Lote-Tree

INBA34:044, BLIB_Or15705.029, , PR11.040b-043b

NRJ#1d, GWBP#119 p.162x, GWBP#120 p.164x, AQA1#001d, DLH2.176x, OOL.B053

SLH#01d, GWB#119x, GWB#120x, WOB.039-040x, WOB.040x, WOB.162x2x, SW_v14#10 p.296, DWN_v5#01 p.004x, BLO_PT#188, BSC.111 #045

B. Parmar

Announces the fulfilment of ‘all that hath been mentioned in the Gospel’; praises the Queen for forbidding the trading in slaves and for entrusting ‘the reins of counsel into the hands of the representatives of the people’; calls the elected representatives of the people in every land to take counsel together for the sake of mankind; ordains that ‘the mightiest instrument for the healing of all the world is the union of all its peoples in one universal Cause, one common Faith’; and instructs the kings of the earth to cease burdening their subjects with their own wanton expenditures, to be reconciled among themselves, and to enforce a common peace by joining forces against any who would take up arms against another.

Prayer for governments and rulers; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Unity of thought and belief; Universal peace; world unity

ROB3.123, MMAH.177, GSH.130, LL#153

Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal.

BH00668

Tajalliyat (Effulgences)

1140

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

Tajalliyat (Effulgences)

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی انه هو السر المکنون و الرمز المخزون و

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him and that He Who hath appeared is the Hidden Mystery

BLIB_Or07851.011b, , CMB_F32.077, , PR05.038b-042a, OSAI_TC 29v-32r, MKI4523.198, , BN_suppl.1753.054-059

ZYN.201, ISH.198, UAB.040ax, TBP#05, TUM.098-102x, OOL.B147

TB#05, LOG#1881x, GPB.215x3x, GPB.218x3x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.153 #125-137x

Emphasizes the importance of belief in the Divine Manifestation and proclaims four ‘effulgences’: the knowledge of God and recognition of His Prophet, steadfastness in the Cause of God, acquiring useful knowledge, and refuting accusations that Bahá’u’lláh had claimed the station of the Godhead.

Free will and predestination; fate; High station of learning; Knowledge; recognition of God; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Manifestation of God as mediator; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB4.118, EBTB.062, MMAH.101, GSH.159, LL#339

ROB4.124 mentions revelation writing having been sent to recipient.

BH00686

Lawh-i-Zuhur (Tablet of the Manifestation)

1120

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Manifestation (Lawh-i-Zuhur); Tablet of the Manifestation, The (Lawh-i-Zuhur)

Lawh-i-Zuhur (Tablet of the Manifestation)

ان یا ایها الناظر الی شطر الله و المتغمس فی بحر قربه و رضاه فاعلم بان الظهور

O thou who art gazing toward the direction of God and submerged in His Nearness and Good-pleasure! Know thou that, verily, the "Manifestation" is not composed of the four elements

BLIB_Or15725.136, , NLAI_BH3.136, Berlin1237#29

LHKM1.056, MAS4.161x, VUJUD.117x

BLO_PT#134, BSC.204 #373-391, BSTW#124, VUJUDE.167-168x, HURQ.BH67, JHT_B#017

Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Not to be confused with Súriy-i-Ẓuhúr (BH01761).

BH00687

Qad Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisun (The Fire Tablet)

1120

Fire Tablet; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqal-Mukhlisun (Fire Tablet)

ان یا مهدی ان انظر من افق البدآء انوار وجه ربک العلی الابهی ثم استمع الندآء

Indeed the hearts of the sincere are consumed in the fire of separation: Where is the gleaming of the light of Thy Countenance, O Beloved of the worlds?

INBA33:147x, INBA30:124, INBA81:192, BLIB_Or11095#009, , BLIB_Or15738.124,

BRL_DA#335, AHM.169, TSBT.219, MAS4.236ax, NFF2.007x, ASAT1.064x, ASAT5.255x, ABMK.055, OOL.B091

BPRY.312, BLO_PT#036, BLO_PT#037, BSTW#411

Ahdieh, S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, B. Lisbeth, A. Yanch, Gyenyame, T. Ellis

Written in rhythmic prose and taking the form of a conversation between Bahá’u’lláh and God in verses reminiscent of the biblical Book of Job, Bahá’u’lláh calls to God in His suffering and in God’s apparent absence and receives God’s answer as to the wisdom of this suffering.

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ROB3.226, BKOG.321, MMAH.115, GSH.188, LL#211

BH00698

Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib

1110

Bahá'í Scriptures; Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Mánikchí Sáhib; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tabernacle of Unity, The; Pen of Glory, The

Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib)

ستایش بیننده پاینده را سزا است که بشبنمی از دریای بخشش خود آسمان هستی را بلند

Praise be to the all-perceiving, the ever-abiding Lord Who, from a dewdrop out of the ocean of His grace, hath reared the firmament of existence

INBA35:116, BLIB_Or15715.120b, , BLIB_Or15722.092, , BN_suppl.1753.118-123

BRL_TBUP#1, GWBP#106 p.138x, AVK3.095.19x, AVK3.104.08x, AVK3.169.06x, AVK3.205.03x, ZYN.236, MJMM.259, RSBB.175, YARP1.019, DWNP_v5#02-3 p.001-002x, UAB.021ax, UAB.027ax, UAB.032ax, UAB.035ax, UAB.046cx, DRD.002, DLS.301x, NVJ.030, ASAT1.009x, ASAT4.014x, ASAT4.131x, ASAT5.041x, PYB#066 p.03x, ADH1.009x, AKHA_109BE #01 p.002x, AKHA_119BE #08 p.ax, PYM.111ax, ANDA#79 p.12x, ANDA#79 p.16x, OOL.B056

TBU#1, GWB#106x, SW_v01#01 p.005, SW_v03#02 p.003, SW_v07#18 p.186, BLO_PT#019, BSC.130 #050

Parrish & Toppano, S. Toloui-Wallace, M. Sparrow, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, Sahar & Hoda

Addresses a number of theological questions by implying that the answers lie in the realm of action, in the process elucidating several central Bahá’í teachings: that the Manifestations should be regarded as ‘divine physicians’ prescribing the remedy from age to age in accordance with the disease, that the unity of mankind is the remedy for the ills of today, that one should be ‘anxiously concerned with the needs of the age’ in which one lives and centre one’s deliberations ‘on its exigencies and requirements’, and that words should be matched with deeds and that both should be motivated by purity of intention.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Procession; appearance of the Word from God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds

ROB3.270, GSH.174, LL#160, LL#176

BH00729

Lawh-i-Ghulamu'l-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth)

1070

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

BH00746

Shikkar-Shikan Shavand

1050

Fire and Light; Tablet of Shikkar Shikan (Shikkar Shikkan Shavand); Tablet of Shikkar Shikan (Shikkar Shikkan Shavand); Tablet of Shikkar Shikan Shavand

Lawh-i-Shikkar Shikan (Tablet of Shikkar Shikan Shavand)

شکرشکن شوند همه طوطیان هند زین قند پارسی که به بنگاله میرود مکتوب آنجناب

Warblers, mellifluous-toned, all the parrots of Ind shall be, Because of this Pársí sugar-cone which to Bengal goes… They that yearn for the abode of the Beloved, they that circle round the sanctuary of the Desired One

INBA38:064, INBA36:351, INBA30:070, BLIB_Or15722.210, , BN_suppl.1753.102-106

BRL_DA#127, NANU_BH#11x, TZH4.242, DRD.147, RHQM1.575-577 (703) (431-433x), ASAT2.105x, ASAT3.105x, AKHA_119BE #09-10 p.ax, FBAH.134x, LDR.432x, NJB_v11#01 p.21-24, OOL.B099

BRL_FIRE_BH#06x, BLO_PT#120, BLO_PT#121, BKOG.149x

Poetically anticipates future opposition and lauds the constancy of the loved ones of God in the face of threats and persecutions.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ROB1.147, BKOG.149, BKOG.446, MMAH.209, GSH.031, LL#286

BH00759

Lawh-i-Naqus (=Subhanaka Ya Hu)

1040

Lawh-i-Naqus (Tablet of the Bell)

یا راهب الاحدیه اضرب علی الناقوس بما ظهر یوم الله و استوی جمال العز علی عرش

This is the garden of Paradise, wherein arise the anthems of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting; wherein ascend the soul-entrancing melodies

INBA36:466, BLIB_Or15706.083, , BLIB_Or15714.020,

AHM.141, AYT.100, NSR_1993.099, TSQA4.293, ABMK.040, OOL.B101, AMB#26, RMT.023

DOR#26, RBB.169-172, BLO_PT#122, BLO_PT#123, BLO_PT#124

Proclamatory tablet, with repeated refrain celebrating the name ‘He’, commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the declaration of the Báb.

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Monasticism; asceticism; Nearness and remoteness; Prayer for detachment; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB2.018, EBTB.130, BKOG.206, MMAH.103, GSH.071, LL#288

BH00827

Lawh-i-Haft Pursish (Tablet of the Seven Questions)

990

Tabernacle of Unity, The; Pen of Glory, The

Lawh-i-Haft Pursish (Tablet of Seven Questions)

ستایش پاک یزدانرا سزاوار که از روشنی آفتاب بخشش جهانرا روشن نمود از با بحر

All praise be to the sanctified Lord Who hath illumined the world through the splendours of the Daystar of His grace.

BLIB_Or15712.229, , IOL, , MKI4523.231, , BN_suppl.1753.063-068

BRL_TBUP#3, AVK1.300x, AVK2.229.03x, ZYN.246, ISH.231, MJMM.240, YARP1.008, DWNP_v6#03 p.003x, UAB.034cx, DRD.065, TSBT.234bx, AQMJ1.110ax, ASAT1.039x, PYB#166 p.03x, ABMK.063, OOL.B040

TBU#3, GPB.211x, GPB.230x, PDC.126x, PDC.126-127x, BLO_PT#119

almunajat.com [item 29]

Briefly addresses a follower of Zoroastrian background, answering seven questions regarding the problem of conflicting religious claims, declaring that His religion is ‘the religion of forbearance’ and that it ‘embraceth all faiths and all religions’, and affirming ‘the reality of Paradise and Hell, for reward and punishment require their existence’.

Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; 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; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB3.272, BKOG.009, MMAH.221, GSH.172, LL#096, LL#257

BH00829

no title

990

Tablet to Varqá Regarding the Prince and King of Martyrs (Lawh-i-Varqá dar barih-yi-Mahbubu wa Sultánu'sh-Shuhada)

Lawh-i-Varqa dar barih-yi-Mahbubu wa Sultanush-Shuhada (Tablet to Varqa regarding the King of Martyrs and Beloved of Martyrs)

یا ورقاء قد حضر العبد الحاضر و عرض ما فی کتابک انا وجدناه مراتا حاکیه عن

O Varqá! The Servant in Attendance attained My presence and mentioned what thou hadst written and We found thy letter a mirror reflecting thy love for the Beloved of the world

INBA97:052

NNY.184-188

EBTB.049-051, BLO_PT#197

Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB4.089, LL#264

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

BH00870

Lawh-i-Anta'l-Kafi (Long Healing Prayer)

940

Long Healing Prayer, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Healing prayer, Long

بک یا علی بک یا وفی بک یا بهی انت الکافی و انت الشافی و انت الباقی یا باقی بک

I call on Thee O Exalted One, O Faithful One, O Glorious One! Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, Thou the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One!

INBA36:448, NLAI_BH_AB.103

BRL_DA#075, AHM.183, TSBT.207, NFF2.017x, ABMK.048, OOL.B025

BPRY.102, BLO_PT#053

Ahdieh, L. Thoresen [track 5], The Badasht Project, A. Youssefi (1), A. Youssefi (2), A.Youssefi (3), E. Mahony, Gyenyame, K. Rushdy, N. Ward, unknown, C. Frith

Prayer for healing, rhyming and with repeated refrain, invoking various names of God for the curing of disease and the alleviation of distress.

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for healing; Prayer for protection

GSH.186, LL#052

BH00915

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

900

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

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

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی نجیت به الادم عن الشیطان و حفظت النوح

Praise be to Thee, O my God. I call upon Thee by Thy Name, whereby Thou didst save Adam from Satan, and didst deliver Noah from the deluge, Abraham from the flames

INBA92:298

TSBT.174-181, RHQM2.0996x (435) (267x), OOL.B001a

BLO_PT#138, HURQ.BH43

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Prayer for evening; night; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for unity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

MMAH.172, LL#148

Not to be confused with Inventory #BH00970.

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

BH00953

no title

860

حمد مقدس از ظنون اهل امکان حضرت قیوم را لایق و سزا که اعراض معرضین و انکار

Hallowed praise, sanctified above the conjectures of all contingent beings, befitteth and beseemeth that Most Exalted One, the Self-Subsisting Lord, Who despite the opposition of the opposers and denial [3.5s]... ...The one who related the existence of the Qá’im was a woman. It was asked of Jaʻfar

INBA31:149

MAS1.007.2x, MAS4.091bx, PZHN v4#1 p.142x, NSS.203ax

BLO_PT#060x, ADMS#002x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad

BH01026

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

810

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

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

یا ملاح القدس احضر سفینه البقاء فی الملا الاعلی فسبحان ربی الابهی ثم امسکها

O Holy Mariner! Bid thine ark of eternity appear before the Celestial Concourse, Glorified be my Lord, the All-Glorious!

BLIB_Or15692.001, , BLIB_Or15706.073, , BLIB_Or15714.039, , IOM.094, ROB1.000x

BRL_DA#079, AQA5#136 p.176, HDQI.043, MAS4.335, AKHA_117BE #09-10 p.ax, YMM.291x, OOL.B055a

BPRY.319, SW_v13#04 p.075, DWN_v3#05 p.031-034, BLO_PT#131, BLO_PT#132, BSC.251 #526, HURQ.BH21

L. Thoresen [track 4]

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’. (Arabic portion)

Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB1.228, BKOG.154, GPB.147, MMAH.109, GSH.019, LL#155

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

BH01120

Lawh-i-Napoleon I

750

First Tablet to Napoleon III (Lawh-i-Napulyun); Baha'u'llah's First Tablet to Napoleon III

Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III)

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت تعلم بانی مااردت فی ذکر الا ذکرک و فی توجهی الی جهه

Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou art aware that nothing have I sought by making any mention, except a fitting mention of Thee

BRL_DA#706, ROBP2.388x

GPB.173x, PDC.082-083x, LOIR4.151, BLO_PT#014, BLO_PT#038x

Recounts the sufferings endured by Bahá’u’lláh and His followers; avows their innocence; reminds the Emperor of two pronouncements he had made on behalf of the oppressed and the helpless; and calls upon him to inquire into the condition of those who have been wronged, including Bahá’u’lláh and His fellow exiles.

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Petitions to authorities; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB2.368, ROB2.337, ROB3.110, GSH.097, LL#199

BH01217

Lawh-i-Hirtik (Tablet to David Hardegg)

690

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Lawh-i-Hirtík (Tablet to Hardegg)

Lawh-i-Hirtik (Tablet to Hardegg)

قد حضر کتابک المختوم لدی المظلوم و وجدنا منه عرف خلوصک لله المهیمن القیوم

Thy sealed letter hath reached the presence of this Wronged One, and from it We have inhaled the sweet savour of thy devotion to God

BRL_DA#546, LHKM3.215b, SFI11.011, ASAT4.232x, OOL.B044

BRL_ATBH#87, BBR.216-217, LOIR04.097, BLO_PT#177, HURQ.BH76

Briefly addresses the head of the German Templers of Haifa, calling him to consider with insight the ascendancy and sweetness of the word of God, the mysterious processes by which the abased become exalted and the exalted abased, and the lessons of the past; employs the science of letters and their numerical equivalents in explaining the significance of certain names; and affirms that He and the recipient are moved by the same divine spirit.

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Mystery of the great reversal; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB3.028, MMAH.116, GSH.172, LL#117

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).

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

BH01353

Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdani

630

Tablet to the Zoroastrians (Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdaní); Tabernacle of Unity, The; Pen of Glory, The

Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdani (Tablet to the Zoroastrians)

ای دوستان یزدان آواز یکتا خداوند بی نیاز را بگوش جان بشنوید تا شما را از بند

O friends of God! Incline your inner ears to the voice of the peerless and self-subsisting Lord, that He may deliver you

INBA35:106, BLIB_Or11096#039, , BLIB_Or15722.085, , NLI.32p005r, Majlis934.036-042

BRL_TBUP#5, AVK2.217.02x, ZYN.271, MJMM.247, YARP1.005, DWNP_v5#06 p.003-004x, DRD.058x, DLS.300x, AKHA_120BE #01 p.ax

TBU#5, COC#1846x, GPB.211x, PDC.127x2x, BLO_PT#196

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love as fire; Power of prayer; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LL#084

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

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

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

BH01393

no title

620

Prayer for Shaykh Kázim Samandar (Múnáját-i-Jináb-i-Samandarí); Prayer for Shaykh Kázim Samandar; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Munajat-i-Jinab-i-Samandari (Prayer for Shaykh Kazim Samandar)

یا اسم جود علیک بهائی عبد حاضر مکتوبیکه بنام آنجناب بود تلقاء وجه عرض نمود و

O Ism-i-Júd! Upon thee be My Glory! A servant present did lay before the Face a letter that bore thy name [3.5s]... ...In regard to his affairs, let him repeat nineteen times: Thou seest me, O my God, detached from all save Thee

BRL_DA#006, MJAN.008b, AYBY.059b, MAS8.094x, NSR_1993.024bx, SAM.054, TRZ1.073

BRL_APBH#10x, BLO_PT#069x, BLO_PT#070x

S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, E. Mahony, J. Lambshead, S. Jaberi, friends in Bahrain

Chastisement and requital; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH01394

Lawh-i-Quds 1 (Lawh-i-A'rabi)

620

Tablet of Holiness

Lawh-i-Quds (Tablets of Holiness); Lawh-i-Quds or Lawh-i-A'rabi (Tablet of Holiness)

یا اعرابی ثم یا احبائی ثم یا اصفیائی ثم یا جنودی ثم یا ظهوری اسمعوا ندائی ان

My Arabs, My Loved ones, My friends, My legions, My manifestation! Hearken unto My call, if ye be among them with ears to hear

INBA36:149, INBA71:320, BLIB_Or15696.169,

BRL_DA#362, AQA4#096 p.325, AQA4a.070, OOL.B068a

BLO_PT#112, JHT_B#008

Contention and conflict; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God

MMAH.171, LL#213

BH01489

no title

580

Ancient Poems as Means of Revelation, in an Early Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh

Unnamed Tablet (Baghdad)

دی شیخ با چراغ همی گشت گرد شهر کز دیو دد ملولم و انسانم آرزو است دوست مهربان

Last night the shaikh went all about the city, lamp in hand crying, "I am weary of beast and devil, a man is my desire"

INBA36:349, BLIB_Or15722.245, , Majlis934.076-082

BRL_DA#609, MSHR2.138x

LOIR19.237, BLO_PT#008

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Love of God; Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

BH01494

Suriy-i-Fu'ad (=Lawh-i-Fu'ad)

580

Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Fuad (Tablet to Fuad Pasha)

ک ظ نادیناک عن وراء قلزم الکبریا علی الارض الحمرا من افق البلا انه لا اله

Káf. Ẓá’. We call unto thee from beyond the sea of grandeur, upon the crimson land, above the horizon of tribulation.

INBA34:128, BLIB_Or15707.040, , BLIB_Or15735.210,

NRJ#4, AQA1#015, AYBY.023b, MAS4.246x, RHQM1.592-594 (723) (444-445), ASAM.261-262, SAM.292, DLH2.186x, HYK.210, OOL.B117

SLH#04, GPB.208-209x, PDC.100x, BLO_PT#172

Details the divine justice that was meted out to the recently deceased Ottoman Prime Minister in consequence of his abuses of power and foretells the imminent downfall of his colleague, ‘Álí Páshá, as well as the overthrow of the Sultan himself.

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ROB3.087 et al, MMAH.225, GSH.192, LL#088, LL#302

BH01585

no title

550

Tablet on the Daystar of Divine Beauty

Lawh-i-Shams-i-Jamal-i-Ilah (Tablet on the Daystar of Divine Beauty)

شمس جمال الهی از مشرق غیب ربانی طالع شده و بر جمیع ممکنات مشرق گشته فیا طوبی

The Daystar of Divine Beauty hath risen from the dawning-place of ancient glory and shineth upon all created things. Happy art thou, who hast been illumined by its splendours.

INBA19:032, INBA32:031

BLO_PT#158, HURQ.BH30

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Mystical themes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

LL#285

BH01644

Lawh-i-Bulbulu'l-Firaq (Tablet of the Nightingale of Bereavement)

530

Tablet of Nightingale of Separation (Lawh-i-Bulbulu'l-Firáq)

Lawh-i-Bulbulul-Firaq (Tablet of Nightingale of Separation)

بلبل الفراق علی غصن الافاق ینادی هذا الفراق یا ملا الاشتیاق و طیر الوفا یتغن

The nightingale of separation, perched upon the branch of the horizon, calls out in grief, you who are filled with yearning

INBA38:063, INBA36:376b, INBA71:074b

AQA4#095 p.324x, AQA4a.363x, GSH.042, OOL.B034a, OOL.B034b

SW_v12#16 p.251, BLO_PT#115

Announces in sorrowful language His departure from Baghdad and reproaches those who had thus far failed to recognize Him.

Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ROB1.244, MMAH.079, LL#080

BH01716

no title

510

Tablet on the Birth of the Greatest Name II (Lawh-i-Imawlud-i-'Ism-i-A'zám); Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The

Lawh-i-Imawlud-i-'Ism-i-A'zám (Tablet on the Birth of the Greatest Name II)

ان یا معشر العشاق تالله هذه للیله ماظهر مثلها فی الامکان و ان هذا لفضل من

O concourse of ardent lovers! By the righteousness of God, this is a night the like of which hath never been witnessed in the world of creation

INBA51:114, INBA73:002, BLIB_Or15696.181f, , KB_620:107-108x

AYT.055, OOL.B205, AMB#44

DOR#44, BLO_PT#157

unknown

Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH01873

no title

470

Prayer Revealed by the Exalted Pen for Mírzá 'Abu'l-Fadl; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان مقصود امکان را لایق و سزاست که بیک کلمه مبارکه علیا

Sanctified praise, transcending all mention and utterance, befitteth Him Who is the Purpose of all creation, Who through one blessed and exalted Word [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God, for guiding me unto the horizon of Thy Revelation and for causing me to be mentioned by Thy Name.

BLIB_Or15690.100, , BLIB_Or15728.147,

BRL_DA#003, ADM3#133x p.150, ADM3#134 p.151x, PYB#122 p.04x

BRL_APBH#05x, BRL_APBH#06x, ADJ.080x, SW_v14#06 p.166x, BLO_PT#072x, JHT_S#004x

Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01966

Hur-i-'Ujab (The Wondrous Maiden)

450

Hur-i-Ujab (Tablet of the Wondrous Maiden)

قد طلع جمال القدس عن خلف الحجاب و ان هذا لشیء عجاب و انصعقت الارواح من نار

The hallowed Beauty shone resplendent from behind the veil. How wondrous a thing, how wondrous indeed!

INBA47:245b, INBA36:463a, BLIB_Or15706.122, , BLIB_Or15714.025,

AHM.153, AYT.251, AHB_120BE #03-06 p.001, OOL.B009, AMB#12

DOR#12, RBB.132-133, BLO_PT#145

L. Slott, R. Yazhari

Ecstatic poem announcing the appearance and unveiling of the Maid of Heaven, her announcement to the people of the world, their rejection of her summons, and her return in sorrow to her abode.

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ROB1.218, ROB1.211, MMAH.134, MMAH.232, LL#018, LL#042

BH02000

Halih Halih ya Bisharat

440

Tablet of Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah O Glad Tidings (Lawh-i Halih, Halih, Halih yá Bisharát)

Lawh-i Halih, Halih, Halih ya Bisharat (Tablet of Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah O Glad Tidings)

حور بقا از فردوس اعلی آمد هله هله هله یا بشارت با چنگ و نوا هم با کاسه حمرا

The maid of eternity came from the Most Exalted Paradise: Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah O glad tidings!

INBA36:456

BRL_DA#253, HDQI.160, GSH.033, ANDA#18 p.03, OOL.B008

BLO_PT#111, HURQ.BH17

Love of God; Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

Ecstatic poem celebrating the descent of the Maid of Heaven, who brings both life and death to her lovers.

ROB1.219, MMAH.143, LL#017

BH02406

no title

370

At Dawn the Friend came to my bed'

سحر آمد به بسترم یار کی شوریده ز عشق وی دل افکار ای برایم فتاده بهر سوئی وی

At dawn the Friend came to my bed: “O fool for love, O broken heart, O thou, who pinest for Me wherever thou art

INBA30:163

MAS4.181

LOIR16.273, BLO_PT#010

Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Nearness and remoteness; Pain of love; love as veil; Poems and quotation from poetry; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH02422

no title

370

Tablet to Áqá Mírzá Áqá (Lawh-i-Áqá Mírzá Áqá)

Lawh-i-Aqa Mírzá Aqa (Tablet to Aqa Mírzá Aqa)

یا افنانی قد قرء لدی العرش ما ارسلته الی اسمنا المهدی مره بعد مره و وجدنا

O My Afnán! That which thou hadst repeatedly sent to Our Name Mihdí was read in Our presence, and from it We sensed the fragrance of sorrow

INBA51:333, BLIB_Or15697.189,

AVK3.133.09x, LHKM3.252

EBTB.234, BLO_PT#170x

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02479

no title

360

Inebriation of His Enrapturing Call (mast-and bulbulán), The

مستند بلبلان ز نغمه یاهوی او هم جان ... هم جان عاشقان ز جرعه یاهوی او جان بجانان

Nightingales are inebriated by the melody of His enrapturing Call, and spirit lovers by one draught of His enrapturing Call

INBA30:169, OSAI I.MMS,

BRL_DA#590, MAS4.194

BLO_PT#044

Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Love of God; Mystical themes; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; 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

LL#269

BH02563

Lawh-i-Rada'r-Ruh

350

Tablet to Rada'r-Rúh

Lawh-i-Radar-Ruh (Tablet to Radar-Ruh)

یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه اسمع ندآء من سجن مره بعد اخری فی سبیل الله ربک و رب

O Thou who hast fixed his gaze upon the (divine) Countenance! Hearken unto the Call of Him Who hath suffered imprisonment, time after time, in the path of God

INBA73:362, NLAI_BH1.510, NLAI_BH2.249

SFI16.036-037, MUH3.026-027, ASAT1.051x, DLH3.472

BLO_PT#189, BTO#11

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB3.007-010, LL#197

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.

BH02783

no title

320

Days of Remembrance; Tablet Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh Commemorating His Birth; Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The

قد جاء عید المولود و استقر علی العرش جمال الله المقتدر العزیز الودود طوبی لمن حضر

The Birthday Festival is come, and He Who is the Beauty of God, the All-Powerful, the All-Compelling, the All-Loving, hath ascended His throne

AYT.045, GHA.391, NSR_1993.096, AKHA_124BE #01 p.a, ABMK.036, NJB_v05#15 p.1, AMB#43

DOR#43, BLO_PT#166

E. Mahony, almunajat.com [item 24]

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; 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

BH02867

Saqi bidih abi

310

Hymn to Love (Sáqí, bi-dih ábí), A

ساقی بده آبی زآن شعله فارانی تا که بشویم جان را از وسوسه نفسانی زآن آب کزو

O Cup-Bearer, give me a drop of the mystic Flame, that it may wash my soul from the whispers of the flesh

INBA30:171, OSAI I.MMS,

BRL_DA#491, MAS4.192

LOIR16.223, BLO_PT#042

Love as fire; Love of God; Mystical themes; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

LL#284

BH02950

Lawh-i-Mihraban

300

Epistle to Mihrabán (Lawh-i-Mihrabán); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Mihraban (Epistle to Mihraban)

ای مهربان دوستی از دوستان یادت نمود یادت نمودیم امروز آنچه دیده می شود گواهی

O Mihrábán! One of the friends hath evoked thy remembrance; thus have We remembered thee.

INBA66:118, BLIB_Or15690.295, , BLIB_Or15699.120, , BLIB_Or15715.199b, , BLIB_Or15722.097, , MKI4523.285, , BN_suppl.1753.068-069

BRL_DA#124, ZYN.257, ISH.285, AHM.303, YARP1.017, UAB.052bx, DRD.173, AHB_120BE #10 p.360, AKHA_119BE #05-06 p.a

BRL_ATBH#64, BW_v01p037x, BW_v02p057x, BW_v18p967, BLO_PT#033x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; True liberty; freedom; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

LL#172

BH03019

Lawh-i-Maryam 2

300

Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam

Maryama Isiy-i-Jan (Tablet for Maryam on Sorrow and Love)

مریما عیسی جان بلامکان عروج نمود قفس وجود از طیر محمود خالی ماند بلبل قدم

O Maryam! Exchange thy sorrow for happiness and drink thy sadness from the cup of joy. Shouldst thou desire to enter the path of search, thou must needs be patient

INBA38:031

BRL_DA#584, NANU_BH#12x, BSHN.037, MHT2b.061, AHB_122BE #03 p.092, AKHT1.092x, MSHR4.308, OOL.B058b

LTDT.304x, BLO_PT#015

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH03062

Lawh-i-Amvaj (Tablet of the Waves)

290

Trustworthiness; Tablet of the Waves (Lawh-i-Amvaj)

Lawh-i-Amvaj (Tablet of the Waves)

امروز ام الکتاب امام وجوه احزاب ذکر مبدا و ماب میفرماید فی الحقیقه ایام

The Mother Book is standing in this Day before the gaze of all the peoples and kindreds of the earth, magnifying the glory of Him

PR05.042a-044b, BN_suppl.1753.075-076

BRL_DA#132, COMP_TRUSTP#01x, MJMM.362, DWNP_v1#10-11 p.001-002x, DRD.184, AKHA_123BE #09 p.a, OOL.B024

BRL_TRUST#01x, COC#2013x, BLO_PT#144, HURQ.BH69

Brief tablet declaring that the ocean of utterance has surged with four ‘waves’: shining the light of unity over the whole earth, being clothed in the garment of trustworthiness, establishing the transcendence of God, and casting away the causes of abasement and embracing that which leads to exaltation.

Prayer for protection; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

GSH.186, LL#049

BH03116

no title

290

Tablet on Marriage (Lawh-i-Nikáh)

عرض جناب حاجی فرج علیه بهآء الله معروض شد هذا ما نزل من جبروت القدرة این ایام بخدمت آنجا مشغول باشند... و دیگر در بارهٴ ارث آقا علی اکبر مرفوع علیه رحمة الله و غفرانه سؤال فرموده بودید

The petition of His honor Haji Faraj, upon him be the Glory of God, hath been received. This is what hath been sent down from the Heaven of Power: In these days let them occupy themselves with service in that place [3.5s]... ...Thou hast asked concerning the laws of marriage and divorce. That which was sent down previously on this matter in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas hath been forwarded

BLIB_Or15722.055x,

AVK4.157.03x, GHA.172ax

RBB.062x, BLO_PT#156

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Law of inheritance; Laws of marriage and dowry; The power of words; of speech

LL#044

BH03230

Rashh-i-'Ama

280

Call of the Divine Beloved

Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing)

رشح عما از جذبه ما میریزد سر وفا از نغمه ما میریزد از باد صبا مشک خطا گشته

Tis from our rapture that the clouds of realms above are raining down; ’Tis from Our anthem that the mysteries of faith are raining down

INBA36:460, INBA30:165, OSAI I.MMS, , MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p30b,

BRL_DA#709, SFI02.059, MAS4.184, TWQ.441x, YMM.224x, OOL.B093

CDB#1, BLO_PT#089, BLO_PT#135, HURQ.BH01