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| BH00062 |
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5330 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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حمد محبوب امکان و مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزا است که اولیای خود را موید فرمود |
Praise be unto Him Who is the Best-Beloved of all possibility and the Goal of the peoples of the world, Who hath graciously confirmed His chosen ones [3.5s]... ...Say: O men! This is a matchless Day. Matchless must, likewise, be the tongue that celebrateth the praise of the Desire of all nations |
BLIB_Or15733.050, |
BRL_DA#640, GWBP#016 p.033x, MSHR3.155x |
GWB#016x, ADJ.080x, WOB.194x |
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Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat] |
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ROB2.417, LL#413 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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ROB1.122, MMAH.216, GSH.025, LL#019, LL#272 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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ROB2.283, ROB3.089, BLO_PT#023, MMAH.187, GSH.179, LL#232, LL#234 |
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| BH00069 |
Su'al va Javab (Questions and Answers) |
5150 |
Consultation; Kitáb-i-Aqdas |
Su'al va Javab (Questions and Answers, Kitáb-i-Aqdas) |
سوال از عید اعظم جواب اول عید عصر ۱۳ ماه دوم از اشهر بیان است یوم اول و تاسع |
Question: Concerning the Most Great Festival. Answer: Most Great Festival commenceth late in the afternoon of the thirteenth day |
INBA63:001, INBA66:213 |
BRL_Su'al, AVK3.056.16x, AVK4.091x, AVK4.152.13x, AVK4.478ax, OOL.B178 |
BRL_CONSULT#07x, COC#0029x, COC#0172x, COC#0527x, COC#0821x, COC#1109-1115x, COC#1119x, LOG#0505x, LOG#0516x, LOG#0637x, LOG#0762x, LOG#0764x, LOG#1260x, LOG#1499x, NYR#137x |
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Compilation of answers and clarifications by Bahá’u’lláh to over one hundred questions regarding the laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. |
Business; financial; property matters; Grammar and orthography; Law of divorce; Law of fasting; Law of inheritance; Law of obligatory prayer; Laws of marriage and dowry; Parents and children; youth; families |
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ROB3.278, GPB.219, GSH.145, LL#279 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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ROB2.240, MMAH.152, GSH.083, LL#305 |
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| BH00074 |
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4990 |
Huqúqu'lláh; Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh |
Blessed is the Spot (text) |
الحمد لله الذی تجلی باثر قلمه الاعلی علی من فی ملکوت الانشاء اذا نطق کل کلیل |
Praised be God Who hath manifested through the influence of His Most Exalted Pen unto all who dwell in the kingdom of creation, whereupon every weary one hath spoken [3.5s]... ...Let not the happenings of the world sadden you. I swear by God! The sea of joy yearneth… Blessed is the spot, and the house… Regarding what ye had written as to the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár’s having been established… It is the binding command of God that in every locality whatever hath been or will be made available for the Ḥuqúqu’lláh should be submitted to His Holy Presence |
INBA07:220, INBA27:340, INBA22:114, BLIB_Or15717.148, , NLAI_BH4.289-326 |
BRL_DA#175, BRL_HUQUQP#104x, COMP_MASHRIQP#04x, AVK3.017.06x, AVK4.147.14x, AVK4.239.11x, AVK4.430x, AVK4.432ax, AVK4.432bx, MAS4.213bx, RSR.103-104x, RSR.135-136x, PYK.060, MYD.468x, YMM.185x |
BRL_ATBH#44x, BRL_HUQUQ#104x, BRL_MASHRIQ#04x, COC#0818x, COC#1152x, ADJ.082x, ADJ.083-084x |
D. Deardorff [track 9], J. Heath [track 1], S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, The Humming Birds, L. Slott, K. Kuolga, Fred & Munirih, R. Orona, M. Tokuma, Honiara Baha'i Youth, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, TaliaSafa, Friends in Vancouver, Shirin & Daniel, Jamesley & Leon, Bass Adjustment, S. Sunderland, S. Sunderland, G.H. Miller, L. Robinson, Rowshan [track 9], D. Crofts, Brina, S. Sharma, S. Peyman, M. Weigert, unknown, Arrayanes [track 9], E. Mahony |
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Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Power of the Manifestation of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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ROB2.065, MMAH.151, GSH.075, LL#095, LL#293 |
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| BH00082 |
Lawh-i-'Andalib |
4810 |
Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh |
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الحمد لله الذی سخر شمس البیان بقدرته و قمر البرهان بسلطانه الذی بامره طوی ما |
Praise be to God Who, through His might, hath caused the Sun of Utterance to shine forth and, through His sovereignty, hath made manifest the Moon of Proof, He Who by His command hath rolled up that which [3.5s] |
INBA39:001, BLIB_Or15698.002, , BLIB_Or15720.001, , BLIB_Or15740.001, , Majlis934.153-198 |
BRL_DA#078, AVK3.070.06x, AVK4.139.10x, AVK4.248.09x, IQT.002, GHA.191x, GHA.270x, ASAT1.073x, ASAT1.128x, ASAT4.288x, ASAT4.340x, NSS.204-205x |
BRL_ATBH#22x |
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Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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ROB4.083, LL#050 |
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| BH00084 |
Suriy-i-Amr |
4760 |
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Suriy-i-Amr (Surih of Command) |
سبحان الذی خلق الخلق بأمره و ابدع خلق کلشیء اقرب من ان یحصی ان انتم تعلمون |
Glorified be He Who hath created all beings through His command and brought forth the creation of all things in ways beyond reckoning, were ye to comprehend [3.5s] |
INBA36:001, INBA71:155, INBA81:108, BLIB_Or07852.093, , BLIB_Or15723.109, , PR19.069b-072bx, PR23.060b-063bx, ROB2.000x |
BRL_DA#725, NANU_BH#17x, RSBB.026, RSBB.030, RSBB.033, SFI13.019, ASAT4.303x, ASAT4.326x, YIA.549-553x, OOL.B105 |
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Major proclamatory work formalizing Bahá’u’lláh’s claim to divine messengership, read aloud at His instruction to Mírzá Yaḥyá and written partly in the voice of God and partly in the voice of Bahá’u’lláh, describing the rivers of paradise and apostrophizing earth and heaven, the trees and clouds, the lands of ‘Iraq and Rumelia, and the followers of the Báb. |
Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment |
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ROB2.161, BKOG.230, MMAH.141, GSH.073, LL#291 |
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| BH00095 |
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4510 |
Prayers and Meditations |
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یومی از ایام نشسته بودم در امر الهی متحیر و در آنچه در ارض کاف و را ظاهر شده |
One day, as I sat in contemplation, bewildered by the divine Cause and by that which had been made manifest in the land of Káf and Rá [3.5s]... ...My God, Thou Whom I adore and worship, Who art Most Powerful! I testify that no description by any created thing |
INBA65:021bx, INBA30:079x, INBA81:015x, BLIB_Or15704.439, , NLAI_BH4.417-449 |
BRL_DA#692, PMP#153x, AHM.320x, DWNP_v5#09 p.002x, AQMJ1.142x, ASAT3.017x, ADH1.014x, AKHA_133BE #15 p.469x, AKHA_136BE #08 p.125x |
PM#153x |
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Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations |
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ROB3.044, LL#255 |
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| 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 |
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ROB2.029, MMAH.233, GSH.071, LL#270 |
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| 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 |
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ROB4.214 et al, BKOG.382, MMAH.161, GSH.161, LL#024 |
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| BH00113 |
Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Persian) |
3970 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; 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 |
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ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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ROB1.062, ROB1.084, BKOG.118, BKOG.415, EBTB.098, MMAH.087, GSH.010, LL#274 |
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| BH00130 |
Lawh-i-Ahbab |
3770 |
Translation List |
Lawh-i-Ahbab (Tablet of the Friends) |
هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی اذا سمع الندا من شطر ربه الابهی قال بلی یا اله من |
This is a Book from Our presence unto him who, when he heard the Call from the direction of his Most Glorious Lord, responded "Yea, verily, O my God!" [3.5s]... ...O Pen of Revelation! Call thou to mind the Baptizer. Say: The Day of baptism hath come. Blessed is the one who hath baptized himself with the baptism of God |
INBA34:069, BLIB_Or11095#001, |
AQA1#002, AVK4.476ax, MAS4.159x, ASAT3.071x, BCH.032x, PYK.031x, OOL.B022 |
ADMS#244, BTO#02x |
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Addresses various followers with words of advice and encouragement, calling them to be united, to be detached from the things of the world, and to promote the cause of God, and lamenting the Bábís and others who have rejected His message. |
Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering |
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ROB3.258, GSH.187, LL#038 |
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| BH00134 |
Madinatu't-Tawhid (the City of Unity) |
3720 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Madínatu't-Tawhíd (City of Unity) |
تلک آیات الکتاب فصلت آیاته بدعیا غیر ذی عوج علی آیات الله و هدی و نوری |
These are the verses of the Book, whose signs have been set forth with wondrous originality, free from all crookedness, dwelling upon the signs of God, and serving as guidance and light [3.5s]... ...Beware, O believers in the Unity of God, lest ye be tempted to make any distinction between any of the Manifestations of His Cause |
INBA36:199, BLIB_Or07852.046, , NLAI_BH3.074, PR03.251b13-254a15, PR19.017a-025b |
BRL_DA#283, GWBP#024 p.046x, TZH4.225-227, MAS4.313, ASAT5.286x, MMUH#13x, MSBH5.443-444x, OOL.B088 |
GWB#024x, GPB.003x, PDC.011x, PDC.111x, HURQ.BH15, JHT_B#009 |
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A theological discussion of the concept of divine unity from various perspectives: the unity of the divine Essence, of the divine attributes, of the divine Manifestations, of action, and of worship. |
Absolute freedom; independence of God; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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ROB1.109, MMAH.180, GSH.022, LL#151 |
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| BH00140 |
Lawh-i-Maqsud |
3650 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas |
Lawh-i-Maqsud (Tablet of Maqsud) |
حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان حضرت معبود و مالک غیب و شهودی را لایق و سزاست که از |
A praise which is exalted above every mention or description beseemeth the Adored One, the Possessor of all things… Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value… The Word is the master key for the whole world |
BLIB_Or15696.091dx, , IOM.099, MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p06, |
GWBP#110 p.140x, GWBP#112 p.142x, GWBP#117 p.159x, GWBP#122 p.167x, ADM2#007 p.020x, AVK3.171.04x, AVK3.210.04x, AVK3.213.14x, AVK3.217.04x, AVK4.281.01x, AYI1.335x, DWNP_v5#01 p.002bx, UAB.010bx, UAB.011ax, UAB.013bx, UAB.024bx, UAB.026ax, UAB.028bx, UAB.030ax, UAB.033bx, UAB.037ax, UAB.039dx, UAB.040bx, UAB.041ax, UAB.045bx, UAB.050ax, UAB.050bx, UAB.051bx, UAB.052ax, UAB.053bx, DRD.011x, ASAT5.236x, ANDA#79 p.13x, TBP#11, MMUH#05x, OOL.B057 |
TB#11, GWB#110x, GWB#112x, GWB#117x, GWB#122x, ADJ.028ax, ADJ.088x, GPB.217x3x, GPB.218x5x, GPB.219x, PDC.186x, PDC.187x2x, PDC.190x, WOB.032x, WOB.041xx, WOB.198x, WOB.041x, WOB.162x, WOB.187x2x, WOB.198x2x, WOB.202-203x, DWN_v1#10-11 p.001-004, KSHK#20x |
Morgane & Samy, E. Kelly, L. Harley |
Relates various teachings as prerequisites to world peace: universal education; regarding one another as ‘the fruits of one tree and the leaves of one branch’; reward and punishment as pillars of world stability; rulers acting with justice and wisdom; the gathering of the nations to lay the foundations of the ‘Lesser Peace’; the adoption of a universal language and script; affirming that ‘the earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens’; not allowing religion to become the source of disunity; taking counsel together in all matters; promoting useful branches of knowledge; exercising moderation in all things; inculcating tolerance and righteousness; and having due regard for the power of human utterance, in particular the Word of God, which is the ‘master key for the whole world’. |
Consultation; Education of children; moral education; Reward and punishment; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language; Work as worship |
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ROB4.235 et al, MMAH.138, GSH.213, LL#162, LL#461 |
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| BH00144 |
Suriy-i-Bayan |
3580 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Suriy-i-Bayan (Tablet of Utterance) |
ذکر اسم ربک عبده اذ دخل بقعه الفردوس مقر الذی استشرقت علیه انوار الوجه عن مشرق |
The remembrance of the name of thy Lord by His servant, when he entered the Garden of Paradise, the seat whereupon shone forth the lights of the Face from the Dayspring [3.5s]... ...Say: Doth it beseem a man while claiming to be a follower of his Lord, the All-Merciful, he should yet in his heart do the very deeds of the Evil One? |
INBA37:007, INBA83:203, BLIB_Or15702.254, , BLIB_Or15723.228, , BLIB_Or15737.069, , NLAI_BH2.280, Berlin1237#10, ALIB.folder18p001-018, Majlis934.115.09-125.01x |
BRL_DA#736, GWBP#128 p.176x, GWBP#129 p.179x, GWBP#145 p.202ax, AQA4#080 p.108, AQA4a.392, AVK3.095.13x, AVK3.147.08x, AVK3.260.06x, GHA.428x, ASAT2.106x, PYK.032x, YFY.060x, OOL.B109 |
GWB#128x, GWB#129x, GWB#145x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.034x, TDH#037.1x, GPB.170x, GPB.376-377x, GPB.404x, MBW.038x, BSTW#037x, HURQ.BH39 |
D. E. Walker, MANA (1), MANA (2), C. Signori |
Charges the recipient to teach the Cause of God in a state of detachment from the world and enkindlement with the love of God, summons the Maid of Heaven to come to the aid of whoever does so, and instructs him to carry the message to specific people and regions in Iran. |
Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Exhortations and counsels; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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ROB2.397, GSH.198, LL#295 |
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| BH00149 |
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3510 |
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یا حبذا نامه رسید و عرف محبت محبوب عالمیان از او متضوع هر حرفش دفتری بود و هر |
O how excellent! The letter arrived, perfumed with the fragrance of love for the Beloved of all worlds. Each letter thereof was as a volume, and every [3.5s] |
INBA15:409, INBA26:412 |
AYI2.233x, AYI2.350x |
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Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity |
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ROB4.300, LL#192 |
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| BH00151 |
Lawh-i-Qina' |
3480 |
Translation List; Tablet of the Veil (Lawh-i-Qina') |
Lawh-i-Qina (Tablet of the Veil) |
یکی از احبای الهی مکتوبی بیکی از علمای معروف نوشته و در آن مکتوب سوالات چندی |
One of the loved ones of God wrote a letter to Ḥájí Muḥammad Karím Khán, in which he posed a number of questions...For twelve years We tarried in Baghdád. Much as We desired that a large gathering of divines and fair-minded men be convened |
INBA38:165, INBA35:007, INBA90:044, BLIB_Or15698.190, , BLIB_Or15720.188, , BLIB_Or15740.144, , NLAI_BH2.320, NLAI_BH3.167, Majlis934.199-229, BN_suppl.1754.124-131 |
BRL_DA#719, AVK1.307.08x, AVK2.101.18x, AVK2.108.15x, AVK2.273.08x, AVK3.103.10x, AVK3.396.06x, IQT.190, MJMM.067, ASAT2.012x, ASAT3.279x, ASAT4.519x, ASAT4.520x, ASAT4.204x, ASAT5.174x, ASAT5.239x, TUM.050-051x, NSS.089-090x, NSS.190-199, OOL.B067 |
BKOG.148x, PDC.139x, HURQ.BH63x, ADMS#199 |
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Sharply rebuts accusations, made by the leader of the Shaykhí school, of grammatical discrepancies in the writings of the Báb, asserting that divine revelation is not constrained by man-made rules, citing in support several examples from the Qur’an and challenging him with Bahá’u’lláh’s own prophetic claim. |
Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Word of God is its own standard |
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ROB1.334, MMAH.137, GSH.176, LL#212 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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ROB2.397, MMAH.155, GSH.114, LL#289 |
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| BH00192 |
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2940 |
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جوهر حمد و بیان و ساذج شکر و تبیان بساط امنع اقدس مالک امکان را لایق و سزاست |
The essence of praise and utterance, and the quintessence of thanksgiving and exposition, beseemeth and befitteth the most holy and most exalted court of the Lord of all possibility [3.5s]... ...God hath not blinked, nor will He ever blink His eyes at the tyranny of the oppressor |
INBA28:229 |
BRL_DA#787, AVK2.181.09x, AVK3.402.09x, NANU_BH#08x, ASAT2.128x, ASAT3.269x, ASAT4.055x, ASAT4.206x, YMM.425x |
GPB.224x |
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Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness |
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ROB2.413, LL#210 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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ROB3.063, LL#097 |
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| BH00223 |
Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom) |
2680 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] |
Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom) |
کتاب انزله الرحمن من ملکوت البیان و انه لروح الحیوان لاهل الامکان تعالی الله |
This is an Epistle which the All-Merciful hath sent down from the Kingdom of Utterance. It is truly a breath of life… Say: Magnified be Thy Name, O Lord my God! |
INBA47:098, INBA90:001, INBA30:052, INBA81:024, BLIB_Or15729.106, , NLAI_22848:255, NLAI_BH3.142, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p133v, , Ghazi3072.045-093, UMich962.095-105, MKI4522.255, MKI4524.290, BN_suppl.1753.089-100 |
AQA2#006 p.130, ADM2#011 p.026x, AVK4.437bx, MJMM.037, RSBB.092, NSR_1993.047x, ASAT1.042-043x, ASAT1.190x, ASAT1.156x, ASAT5.213x, ASAT5.372x, ADH1.103x, TBP#09, OOL.B043 |
TB#09, BPRY.199x, PN_1900_heh p013, ADJ.025x, GPB.197x, PDC.186-187x, SW_v14#09 p.257x, BSC.189 #277-338 |
Arrayanes, Rafael, Efe, Sabria & Maarten, L. Dely & M. Congo [track 8], P. Held & C. Bahia [track 9], almunajat.com [item 23] |
Calls on the people to observe a number of spiritual maxims; answers a question regarding the origin of creation; describes the Word of God as ‘the Cause which hath preceded the contingent world’; identifies nature with the operation of the Divine Will; mentions in positive terms some ancient philosophers, including Empedocles, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Balinus, and Hermes; states that the essence and fundamentals of philosophy have emanated from the Prophets; and asserts that a true philosopher would never deny God and His evidences. |
Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Heat and motion; Purpose; goal of creation; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God sanctified from time and place |
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ROB4.033 et al, BKOG.382, GPB.219, EBTB.115, MMAH.085, GSH.139, LL#116 |
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| BH00227 |
Ridvanu'l-Iqrar |
2630 |
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Ridvanu'l-Iqrar (Ridván of the Enthronement) |
اقر الله بذاته لذاته بانه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر و کل له خاضعون اقر |
God taketh His seat [upon His celestial Throne] by virtue of His Essence which is operative through His Essence, for He, no God is there except Him… By God, O people! Mine eye weepeth, and the eye of Ali (the Bab) weepeth amongst the Concourse on high, and Mine heart crieth out |
INBA47:050, INBA37:057, INBA83:092, BLIB_Or15723.146, |
AQA4#083 p.180, AQA4a.042, MAS4.353x, OOL.B095 |
GPB.243x, GPB.250x, HURQ.BH27x |
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Dwells on the state of those who have rejected the truth and contrasts it with the state of those who have recognized and believed. |
Adam; Adam and Eve; Call to action; Creation of the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution |
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ROB2.397, MMAH.175, GSH.115, LL#277 |
Quoted by Abdu'l-Baha in MKT3.420 (AB00024). Merged with BH10413. |
| 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 |
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ROB4.329 et al, BKOG.382, BKOG.399, BKOG.410, BKOG.454, MMAH.131, GSH.168, LL#083 |
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| BH00244 |
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2540 |
Changing Pronouns and Dropping 'Say' in Prayers |
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بجناب ذبیح علیه بهاء الله تکبیر مالانهایه برسانید عجبست که خبر ایشان نرسید |
Convey unto his honor Dhabih, upon whom be the Glory of God, boundless greetings. Strange it is that no word hath been received from him [3.5s]... ...In some of the revealed prayers and supplications it is written, “and make him.” Is it considered interpolation if one recites, in a passsage of entreaty, "and make me" |
INBA28:171, NLAI_BH4.053-062.03x |
AVK2.318.17x, AVK4.028.13x, AVK4.267.10x, AVK4.439ax, MAS4.030x, MAS4.036x, ASAT4.030x, ASAT4.462x, ASAT5.054x, YIK.071-078 |
KSHK#08x |
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Empty learning; false spirituality; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity |
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ROB4.321, ROB3.200-201, LL#193, LL#372 |
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| BH00245 |
Commentary on a verse from Sa'di |
2530 |
Commentary on a Verse of Sa'di (Tafsir-i Bayti az Sa'di); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Unrestrained as the Wind; Tafsir-i Bayti az Sadi (Commentary on a Verse of Sadi) |
آنچه از معنی بیت در آیات الهی نازل و از افق سماء حقیقت مشرق همان تمام است و |
The intent of the poet in these verses, "The Friend is closer to me that I am to myself |
BLIB_Or11096#006, , BLIB_Or15722.022, , NLAI_BH3.097, BN_suppl.1754.042-047 |
BRL_DA#034, GWBP#093 p.122bx, GWBP#161 p.218x, AVK3.105.13x, AVK3.465.02x, KHSH01.054, MAS1.057x, ASAT1.035x, ASAT2.085x, ASAT2.114x, ASAT3.091x, ASAT5.094x, ASAT5.235x, UVM.101.07x |
GWB#093x, GWB#161x, ADJ.050-051x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.077x2x, ADJ.060x5x, COF.120x, GPB.389x, WOB.103x, WOB.167x, WIND#133 |
B. Grover, MANA |
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Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Word of God and human limitations |
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ROB3.404, LL#335, LL#448, LL#457 |
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| BH00248 |
Suriy-i-'Ibad |
2520 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh |
Suriy-i-Ibad (Tablet of the Servants) |
شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و انا کل له عابدون شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و انا کل |
God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and verily all are His worshippers. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and verily all [3.5s]... ...Contemplate with thine inward eye the chain of successive Revelations that hath linked the Manifestation of Adam |
INBA47:077x, BLIB_Or15723.050, , BLIB_Or15738.006, , NLAI_BH1.312 |
BRL_DA#005x, GWBP#031 p.055bx, AQA4#073 p.023, AQA4a.244, ASAT4.307x, OOL.B124 |
BRL_APBH#12x, GWB#031x, GPB.151x5x, HURQ.BH31 |
S. Jaberi |
Declares the continuity of Bahá’u’lláh’s prophetic claim with the ‘chain of successive Revelations that hath linked the Manifestation of Adam with that of the Báb’, relates the events of His banishment from Baghdad to Edirne, and delivers specific guidance to a number of followers named in the tablet. |
Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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ROB2.272, MMAH.154, GSH.112, LL#309 |
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| 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 |
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ROB2.137, BKOG.157, BKOG.223, BKOG.245, MMAH.184, LL#041 |
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| BH00251 |
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2510 |
Meetings, Bahá'í; Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The |
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فصبر جمیل و الله المستعان علی ما یصفون یا حیدر قبل علی علیک بهائی و بهاء من |
Patience is befitting, and God is the Help to be sought against that which they say. O Haydar-'Alí, upon thee be My glory and the glory of Him Who [3.5s]... ...By My life and My Cause! Round about whatever dwelling the friends of God may enter, and from which their cry shall rise as they praise and glorify the Lord |
BLIB_Or15690.015, , BLIB_Or15728.140, |
BRL_DA#227, COMP_MASHRIQP#07x, LHKM2.285 |
BRL_MEET.BH#02x, BRL_MASHRIQ#07x |
MANA |
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Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Methods of teaching the Cause; Prayer for protection; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Suffering and imprisonment |
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ROB4.316x |
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| BH00259 |
Lawh-i-Napoleon II |
2460 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts |
Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III) |
قل یا ملک الباریس نبأ القسیس بأن لا یدق النواقیس تالله الحق قد ظهر الناقوس |
O King of Paris! Tell the priests to ring the bells no longer. By God, the True One! The Most Mighty Bell hath appeared |
INBA34:033, BLIB_Or15705.022, , CMB_F31.034, , PR11.031a-038b |
NRJ#1b, GWBP#107 p.139ax, GWBP#158 p.215bx, AQA1#001b, AVK3.203.19x, AKHA_123BE #01-02 p.ax, OOL.B062 |
SLH#01b, GWB#107x, GWB#158x, WOB.203x, SW_v03#05 p.007x, DWN_v5#02-3 p.002-004x, DWN_v6#10 p.001bx, BSC.105 #042 |
W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2) |
Summons the Emperor to ‘tell the priests to ring the bells no longer’, announcing that He is the one promised by Christ; bids the monks to come forth from their seclusion; prophesies that his ‘kingdom shall be thrown into confusion’ and his empire ‘shall pass from [his] hands’ for ‘casting behind [his] back’ the first epistle from Bahá’u’lláh; recounts the sufferings of Bahá’u’lláh in His successive exiles; counsels the Emperor to watch over his subjects with justice; and instructs him, and the people of the world in general, to teach the Cause of God through the power of utterance, to be trustworthy, and to conceal the sins of others. |
Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness |
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ROB3.110, BKOG.320, BKOG.392, MMAH.124, LL#200 |
Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal. |
| BH00260 |
Suriy-i-Ra'is |
2450 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts |
Suriy-i-Rais (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 |
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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 |
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ROB2.411 et al, BKOG.259, MMAH.146, GSH.109, LL#326 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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ROB3.033 et al, BKOG.013, MMAH.148, GSH.121, LL#217 |
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| 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 |
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ROB1.032, MMAH.102, GSH.209, LL#338 |
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| 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 |
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Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness |
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ROB4.348, MMAH.144, LL#253 |
Includes the "Lawh-i-Times" |
| BH00287 |
Lawh-i-Baha |
2190 |
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Lawh-i-Bahá (Tablet of Glory) |
ان یا امه الله ا تصبرین علی مقعدک بعد الذی کان قمیص الغلام محمرا بدم البغضاء |
O Maidservant of God! Be patient under all circumstances and mindful of the fact that the robe of this Youth was dyed crimson with the blood of enmity betwixt earth and heaven |
INBA35:070x, NLAI_BH1.269x |
BRL_DA#703, AQA7#394-395 p.154, ASAT5.348x, OOL.B030a, OOL.B030b |
HURQ.BH38 |
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Identifies Himself and His sufferings with those of prophets past; compares Mírzá Yaḥyá to the biblical Balaam, who rejected Moses after having occupied an exalted station; and bids His own followers, the newly named ‘people of Bahá’, to enter the ‘ark of eternity’ upon the ‘crimson sea’. |
Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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ROB2.179, ROB2.171, MMAH.119, GSH.040, LL#071 |
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| BH00295 |
Madinatu'r-Rida (the City of Radiant Acquiescence) |
2180 |
Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; City of Radiant Acquiescence (Lawh-i-Madinatu'r-Rida); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh |
Lawh-i-Madinatur-Rida (City of Radiant Acquiescence) |
ذکر رحمه الله عبده بالحق لیفتخر بذلک فی ملا العالین و یشکر ربه فی کل حین |
Remind his servant of God's clemency in truth, that he might be honored thereby among the concourse of the worlds, and might give thanks to his lord at all times, insofar as God's bounties to him |
INBA73:186 |
BRL_DA#282, AQA4a.135, AVK3.403.02x, ASAT4.015x, AKHA_124BE #11-12 p.bx, OOL.B087 |
BRL_ATBH#41x, WIND#138, BLO_sazedj#07x, HURQ.BH16x |
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Expounds various stages and degrees of contentment: contentment with God and His decree; with one’s own self, which requires detachment from the world; with one’s fellow believers, which implies humility in their presence; and with the vicissitudes of the world. |
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for protection; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Symbolism of color and light; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world |
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ROB1.108, MMAH.191, GSH.036, LL#150 |
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| BH00306 |
Chihar Vadi (The Four Valleys) |
2100 |
Call of the Divine Beloved |
Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys) |
ای ضیاء الحق حسام الدین راد که فلک و ارکان چه تو شاهی نزاد نمیدانم چرا |
O light of truth and sword of faith And soul of generosity! No prince hath sky or earth begot |
INBA36:334x, BLIB_Or15722.307, , NLI.32p092v |
BRL_Chihar, AQA3#069 p.140, TZH4.153x, ASAT4.314x, MSHR2.109x, MSHR3.131x, OOL.B007 |
CDB#7, HURQ.BH13 |
M. Milne [track 7] |
A mystical work elaborating four different but complementary paths of approach to the Divine: the way of ‘the self ’, ‘the intellect’, ‘love’, and ‘the throne of the inmost heart’. |
Belief and denial; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Mystical themes; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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ROB1.104, BKOG.159, BKOG.163, MMAH.197, GSH.018, LL#014 |
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| 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 |
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ROB4.168 et al, BKOG.382, EBTB.062, GSH.158, LL#340 |
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2030 |
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ذکر من لدنا للذین تمسکوا بحبل الله المتین و تشبثوا باذیال ردآء ربهم الغفور الکریم |
A remembrance from Our presence unto those who have held fast to the mighty Cord of God and have clung to the hem of the robe of their Lord, the All-Forgiving, the Most Bountiful [3.5s] |
BLIB_Or15718.214, |
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Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to Jews; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness |
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| BH00334 |
Suriy-i-Qalam |
1970 |
Days of Remembrance |
Suriy-i-Qalam (Surih of the Pen) |
ان یا قلم الاعلی ان اشهد فی نفسک بانه هو الله لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم |
O Pen of the Most High! Bear thou witness, in thine own self, that verily He is God and that there is none other God but Me |
INBA37:115, BLIB_Or15692.012, , BLIB_Or15706.001, , BLIB_Or15714.049, , BLIB_Or15725.239, , NLAI_BH1.083, NLAI_BH2.204 |
AQA4#089 p.258, SFI14.036-045n, TZH4.268-270, TSBT.124, ASAT1.111x, ASAT3.015x, ASAT3.136x, ASAT4.508x, OOL.B136, AMB#23 |
DOR#23, BLO_PT#095, HURQ.BH47 |
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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 |
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ROB2.397, SFI14.036-045, MMAH.159, GSH.192, LL#324 |
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| BH00336 |
Lawh-i-Burhan (= Lawh-i-Raqsha?) |
1960 |
Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas |
Lawh-i-Burhan (Tablet of the Proof) |
قد احاطت اریاح البغضا سفینه البطحا بما اکتسبت ایدی الظالمین یا باقر قد افتیت |
The winds of hatred have encompassed the Ark of Baṭḥá, by reason of that which the hands of the oppressors have wrought |
INBA47:126, INBA35:119x, INBA90:026, INBA97:072, BLIB_Or15729.119, , NLAI_22848:289, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p150r, , UMich962.105-113, MKI4522.289, |
AQA2#008 p.152, AVK3.110.07x, AVK4.284ax, AVK4.454bx, MJMM.053, NNY.245, RHQM2.0965-973 (399) (247-252), ASAT2.073x, ASAT3.250x, ASAT4.034x, ASAT4.052x, ASAT4.376x, LDR.217x, TBP#14, OOL.B035, OOL.B110 |
TB#14, BADM.173-174x, GPB.211x, GPB.218x, GPB.231x, GPB.232x3x, PDC.159x, WOB.179x |
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Condemns in fiery language two members of the Shiite clergy for their roles in the martyrdom of two prominent Bahá’ís, sets forth the spiritual prerequisites of the truly learned, and summons them to investigate the truth of Bahá’u’lláh’s cause by perusing His writings. |
Chastisement and requital; Empty learning; false spirituality; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment |
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ROB4.091 et al, GPB.219, MMAH.219, GSH.145, LL#081 |
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| BH00347 |
Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX) |
1900 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts |
Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX) |
ان یا پاپا ان اخرق الاحجاب قد اتی رب الارباب فی ظلل السحاب و قضی الامر من |
O Pope! Rend the veils asunder. He Who is the Lord of Lords is come overshadowed with clouds, and the decree hath been fulfilled by God |
INBA34:026, BLIB_Or15705.018, , CMB_F31.032, , PR11.026a-031a |
NRJ#1a, AQA1#001a, RHQM1.141-142 (180) (106-106x), OOL.B065 |
SLH#01a, BSC.098 #041 |
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Announces the return of Christ, ‘come down from Heaven even as He came down from it the first time’; warns of the ‘veils of human learning’ that threaten to obscure this truth; calls on the monks to come forth from their seclusion; summons the people of all religions to hasten unto the most great Ocean; asserts the power of His revelation to overcome all opposition; bids the Pope to abandon his worldly riches and adornments; and proclaims to the Christians that John the Baptist has reappeared in the person of the Báb while the promised Father foretold by Isaiah and the Comforter promised by Christ has appeared in the person of Bahá’u’lláh. |
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Monasticism; asceticism; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Universal peace; world unity |
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ROB3.116, MMAH.166, MMAH.229, GSH.124, LL#208 |
Included in the Suriyi-Haykal. |
| BH00354 |
Suriy-i-Vafa (=Lawh-i-Vafa) |
1870 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas |
Suriy-i-Vafa (Tablet to Vafa) |
ان یا وفاء ان اشکر ربک بما ایدک علی امره و عرفک مظهر نفسه و اقامک علی ثناء ذکره |
O Vafa! Render thanks unto thy Lord for having aided thee to embrace His Cause, enabled thee to recognize the Manifestation |
INBA28:215, BLIB_Or15694.386, , Berlin1237#26, ALIB.folder18p103-109 |
GWBP#079 p.102x, AQA4#103 p.350, AQA4a.418, AVK1.119.07x, AVK1.276bx, AVK1.321.01x, LMA1.418 (253), MAS1.006x, MAS1.063x, ASAT5.300x, TBP#12, OOL.B140 |
TB#12, GWB#079x, WOB.138-139x, NYR#143 |
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Exhorts the recipient to be the essence of faithfulness; asserts Bahá’u’lláh’s mystical identity with the Báb; answers questions about ‘the return’, the worlds of God, the ordinances of God, and paradise; and confirms that, as predicted during the time of His departure from ‘Iraq, the ‘birds of darkness’ have begun to stir. |
Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Return of the Manifestations of God |
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ROB4.205, GSH.190, LL#329 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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ROB2.236, MMAH.223, GSH.081, LL#296 |
Sometimes spelled as Súriy-i-Damm. |
| BH00384 |
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1760 |
Trustworthiness |
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شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق امام وجوه العالم انه هو الکنز المخزون و اللوح |
God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh before the faces of the world, verily He is the Hidden Treasure and the Tablet [3.5s]... ...Say: O bearer of My Name! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. Thou hast ever been adorned with the fair robe of trustworthiness and piety |
INBA15:211, INBA26:211, BLIB_Or15724.011, |
COMP_TRUSTP#18x, YIA.197x |
BRL_TRUST#17x, COC#2029x |
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Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times |
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| BH00386 |
Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Arabic) |
1750 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Hidden Words |
Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words) |
هذا ما نزل من جبروت العزه بلسان القدره و القوه علی النبیین من قبل و انا |
This is that which hath descended from the realm of glory, uttered by the tongue of power and might, and revealed unto the Prophets of old. |
INBA36:440, INBA30:002, BLIB_Or8901, BLIB_Or15714.147, , CMB_F33.033, , PR22.049b-056b, PR23.029a-033a, BLIB_Or.08685, CUL.X893.7.B111, UMich962.143-151 |
BRL_HWA, AVK3.161.16x, ZYN.040, MJMM.017, BSHN.013x, MHT2b.030x, MAS4.367bx, NSR_1993.053, NFF4.001, OOL.B013a |
HWAE, LOG#0304x, GPB.140x, SW_v03#01 p.004+007x, SW_v03#02 p.004x, SW_v04#18 p.300x2x, SW_v14#10 p.289-290x, BSC.171 #175-262 |
L. Slott (#1), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#1), almunajat.com (#1) [item 2], D. Gundry (#1), E. Mahony (#1), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#1), Baha'i Youth of Japan (#1), Joel in Real Life (#1), The Daguerreotypes (#1), E. Kelly (#1), L. Dely (#1), Y. Mbazo & Friends (#1), Fleur & Tessa (#1), G.H. Miller (#1), S. Peyman (#1), S. Eblaghi and M. Weigert (#1), K. Porray (#1), R. Johnston-Garvin (#1) [track 6], D. Sylvester (#1), M. Levine (#2), Nicolas & Louis (#2), L. Dely (#2), A.E. Rahbin (#2), R. Peterson (#2) [track 6], A. Wensbo (#3), E. Mahony (#3), S. Sunderland (#3), S. Sunderland (#3), M. Levine (#3) [track 2], L. Dely (#3), Rowshan (#3) [track 8], P. Held & C. Bahia (#3) [track 2], A. Youssefi (#4), E. Lilian (#4), MANA (#4), S. Peyman (#4), J. Cooper (#4), L. Dely (#4), R. Peterson (#4) [track 4], Corinne & Riaz (#4), L. Dube (#4) [track 3], Ladjamaya (#4) [track 7], D. Gundry (#5), W. Heath (#5), E. Mahony and A. Youssefi (#5), Bass Adjustment (#5), Ine (#5), M. Weigert (#5), S. Engle and J. White (#5), S. Gomes (#5), T. Ellis (#5), K. Kuolga (#5), A. Mirra (#5), Rowshan (#5) [track 11], SKY (#5), KC Porter (#5), E. Kelly (#5), M. Levine (#5) [track 7], L. Dely (#5), K. Key (#5), A. Sperandeo (#5), A. Wood (#6), L. Slott (#6), Y. Mesbah (#6), L. Dely (#6), The Descendants (#6), The Joburg Baha'i Choir (#6), Honiara Baha'i Youth (#6), The Badasht Project (1) (#7), The Badasht Project (2) (#7), Nabil and Karim (#7), Matt McGrath (#7), T. Nosrat (#7), L. Dube (#7) [track 12], Ladjamaya (#8) [track 4], almunajat.com (#9) [item 1], E. Mahony (#9), D. Hunt (#9), N. Ma'ani (#9), S. Toloui-Wallace (#9), J. Raj (#9), MJ Cyr (#11), O. Devine (#11), Refuge (#11), L. Dely & M. Congo (#11), Oisin & Bahiyyih Devine (#11), A. Azad (#11), Ahdieh (#11), S. Taborn (#11), S. Sunderland (#11), The Descendants (#12), O. Devine (#12), B. Nakedi (#12), P. Held & C. Bahia (#12) [track 3], M.C. Santillana (#12), M. Levine (#12) [track 2], R. Lea (#13), P. Held & C. Bahia (#13) [track 4], Joel in Real Life (#13), A.E. Rahbin (#13), L. Dube (#13) [track 2], MJ Cyr (#14), S. Taefi (#14) [track 9], L. Slott (#14), SKY (#14), A.E. Rahbin (#14), L. Slott (#15), A. Youssefi (#15), L. Dely (#15), E. Mahony (#15), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#15), L. Dube (#15) [track 14], Chicago Baha'i Community (#15), M. Sparrow (#16), Honiara Baha'i Youth (#16), MANA (#16), S. Jaberi (#16), L. Dely & M. Congo (#16) [track 7], L. Slott (#17), E. Mahony (#17), E. Mahony, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#17), E. Henrikson (#17), Mona, Dibo & Nachidah (#17), L. Dely & M. Congo (#17) [track 7], E. Lilian (#18), Rowshan (#19) [track 5], J. Heath (#19) [track 9], J. Heath (#19), D. Olam (#19) [track 11], T. Ellis (#19), Sabin & Leticia (#19), A. Youssefi (#20), TaliaSafa & Friends (#20), Ine (#21), M. Saraswati (#21), A. Youssefi (#22), G.H. Miller (#22), NKAK (#22), K. Porray (#22), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#22), Ann-Sofie & Shahram (#22), T. Ellis (#22), The Descendants (#22), Naseem, Michele & Yasmin (#22), Meredth & Arman (#22), E. Tarani (#22), R. Yazhari (#23), L. Dely (#23), L. Dely (#25) [track 5], L. Dube (#26) [track 17], L. Dely (#27), P. Held & C. Bahia (#29) [track 5], L. Slott (#31), jeph.ilosopher (#31), L. Dely (#31), K. Key (#31), A. Youssefi (#32), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#32), Roz, Amelia & Andre (#32), Ahdi (#32), P. Escobar (#33), N. Ma'ani (#33), Laura & Michael (#33), R. Peterson (#33) [track 5], L. Herrmann (#34), Gyenyame (#34), C. Zurek (#34), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#35), L. Dely (#35), S. & H. Fikri (#35), L. Dube (#35) [track 21], A. Tahirih R. Weiss (#36), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#36), J. Marks and S. Engle (#36), K. Porray (#36), Hayden, Alessia & Anis (#36), A. Youssefi (#38), T. Ellis (#38), E. Mahony (#39), Rowshan (#40), A.E. Rahbin (#40), M. Tokuma (#41), L. Dely & M. Congo (#41) [track 1], Calling Waiting Searching (#42), G.H. Miller (#42), L. Dube (#42) [track 19], S. Gomes (#42), E. Mahony (#43), Dawnbreaker Collective (#43), Heroes Teaching Conference (#43), M. Perez (#43), J. Duhart (#43), G.H. Miller (#44), L. Dely (#44), A.E. Rahbin (#44), L. Dube (#44) [track 8], Nabil and Karim (#46), R. Lea (#48), L.Slott (#48), Katie & Faizi (#48), L. Dely (#48), SKY (#48), L. Dube (#48) [track 15], HeartBeat Collective (#48), L. & L. Hosack (#48), S. Acevedo (#48), A. Youssefi (#50), E. Mahony (#50), K. and D. Eckert and A. Youssefi (#50), Leona and Larry (#51), The Baha'i Trio (#51), E. Lilian (#52), L. Dely & M. Congo (#52) [track 6], E. Mahony (#52), N.D. Huening (#52), C. Oja (#52), S. Skiti (#52), J. Heath (#53) [track 7], S. Toloui-Wallace (#55), M. Levine (#55) [track 3], W. Eng & N. Rajan (#55), Qurratul, Ruhiyyih & Verona (#55), O. Devine (#55), R. Orona (#55), T. Bradley (#55), J. Cooper (#55), Seaon & Saman (#55), D. Stevenson (#56), L. Dube (#57) [track 7], K. Porray (#58), K. Porray (#59), O. Devine (#59), Baha'i Youth of Japan (#59), QuiqueSaba (#59), Strong Steep (#59), Ladjamaya (#59) [track 2], Z. Affolter (#60), L. Dely (#60), L. Dube (#61) [track 10], unknown (#62), L. Dube (#62) [track 1], M. Cuvillier (#63), L. Dube (#63) [track 9], P. Held & C. Bahia (#64) [track 6], L. Dube (#66) [track 20], Ine (#66), W. Heath (#68), Chicago Baha'i Community (#68), P. Held & C. Bahia (#68) [track 7], D. E. Walker (#68), S. Jaberi (#68), C. Oja (#68), L. Harley (#68), D. Stevenson (#71), L. Dely (#71), L. Dube (#71) [track 16] |
The Arabic portion of His foremost ethical work, consisting of 71 aphorisms spoken in the voice of 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. |
Bringing oneself to account each day; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; God's love for His own Essence; Human reality created in the image of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge of self; Love of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Soul; spirit after death |
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ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025 |
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1740 |
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ساذج ذکر و ثنا سلطان قدم و دارای عالم را سزاست که بیک تجلی از تجلیات انوار |
The pure essence of praise and glorification befitteth the Sovereign of eternity and the Lord of all worlds, Who through but a single effulgence from among the effulgences of His light [3.5s] |
INBA07:197, INBA19:124x, INBA32:114x, INBA57:079x, BLIB_Or11097#059, , BLIB_Or15710.282, , NLAI_BH4.202-209 |
NNY.005x, NNY.087-088x, NNY.144-150, MAS8.176x |
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Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment |
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ROB4.073, ROB4.088a, LL#006, LL#263 |
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