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| BH01069 | Lawh-i-Hawdaj (=Lawh-i-Samsun) | 780 | Arabic | Lawh-i-Hawdaj (Tablet of the Howdah) | تلک آیات ظهرت فی خدر البقا و هودج القدس حین ورود اسم الاعظم عن شطر السبحان | These verses were revealed behind the Veil of Immortality, in the Howdah of Holiness, when the Most Great Name arrived | BRL_DA#728, LHKM1.012, SFI08.015, ASAT4.241x, AKHA_122BE #10 p.ax, AKHA_122BE #10 p.bx, OOL.B042, OOL.B078 | GPB.157x2x, HURQ.BH29 | Written upon Bahá’u’lláh’s arrival on the shores of the Black Sea en route to Istanbul, announcing the fulfilment of what was foretold in the ‘Tablet of the Holy Mariner’ a short time before, and warning of an impending ‘grievous and tormenting mischief ’ that would serve as the ‘divine touchstone’ separating truth from error. | @power of the Manifestation of God, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @banishment to; life in Constantinople | 2a | * | - | ROB2.006, BKOG.195, GPB.157, MMAH.111, GSH.067, LL#115, LL#235 | See howdah at wikipedia.org/wiki/Howdah. | |||
| BH00687 | Qad Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisun (The Fire Tablet) | 1120 | Arabic | Fire Tablet; Bahá'í Prayers | 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. | @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity | 3a | * | * | ROB3.226, BKOG.321, MMAH.115, GSH.188, LL#211 | |
| BH00280 | Suriy-i-Ziyarih | 2280 | Arabic | 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. | @suffering and imprisonment, @power of the Manifestation of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @visitation Tablets | 2c | * | - | MMAH.204, GSH.196, LL#330 | ||
| AB00023 | Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of the Celestial Spheres) | 3020 | Arabic | Tablet of the Universe (Lawh-i-Aflákiyyih); Abdu'l-Bahá — de l'Univers | Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of the Universe) | الحمد لله الذی جعل اسمائه و صفاته لم یزل نافذه احکامها فی مراتب الوجود | Praise be to God Who hath ever caused His Names and Attributes to penetrate the degrees of existence | INBA55:048, INBA59:027b, UMich962.036-050, UMich991.150-170 | MKT1.013, MNMK#006 p.047, MILAN.001, AVK2.150.10x, MAS5.147x, ADH2.093x, ADH2_2#16 p.121x, MMG2#122 p.140x, YHA1.375x, DLS.319, OOL.C005 | BLO_PT#142 | Treatise highlighting the intimate connection between physical and spiritual realities and laws. Opens with an exordium on the names and attributes of God, which move "in the firmament of perfection in descending and ascending arcs", and "in the orbits of sanctity and circles of glorification", occupying "spiritual spheres" which are "subtle", "fluid", and "vibrating". Explains that since motion is intrinsic to existence, and this motion must be governed that order and perfection may be maintained, a universal attractive force was brought into being between the "holy and resplendent suns" and their planets and satellites. Emphasizes that the creation of God has no limits. Clarifies that the preceding are "spiritual truths pertaining to the spiritual world" and that material truths can also be inferred from this, for "physical things are signs and imprints of spiritual things". Describes the interconnected and relative nature of "earthly" and "heavenly", "material" and "spiritual", "accidental" and "essential", "particular" and "universal", "foundation" and "structure". States, quoting a Hadith, that particular and universal realities in both the physical and spiritual realms are infinite. Explains that the divine grace is manifested according to capacity, both individually in the human reality and collectively in this new cycle: thus "in this most great manifestation ... the gates of revelation and discovery have been thrown wide open". Clarifies that it is not possible that God's grace should have appeared all at once, but that a gradual and progressive revelation is necessary. Warns that the knowledge and sciences of past ages are "superstitious fancies" compared to those realities which have become unveiled in this Revelation, and so all matters must be weighed in the balance of this Cause. Directs that all things be investigated "in a methodical and scientific way", and that conventional wisdom be rejected, in order "to discover the undisclosed verities and the hidden mysteries, which are concealed in the inmost heart of the universal realities". Reiterates that the discoveries and opinions of earlier philosophers, including those regarding the celestial spheres, were unsound, since it is only in this age that the mathematical sciences have been systematized. Defends the statements of the Prophets about the celestial spheres, that they merely referred to the orbits of the planets. Affirms that the planets move within a subtle, fluid and vibrating substrate, and that "the heavens are a restrained wave because a void is impossible and inconceivable". Rejects the notion that the celestial spheres are solid and glassy. Returns to the topic of the errors of the ancient philosophers, in relation to the orbit of the Earth around the sun: while Pythagoras, Plato and Aristarchus affirmed the correct theory, their opinions were based on presentiment and not on evidence; while most of the sages, including al-Farabi, followed the erroneous theory of Ptolemy (in contradiction to the explicit text of Qur'an 36:38). Reiterates that sound scientific theories are supported by logical proofs and careful observation, as well as being "in conformity with the principles of the universal themes expounded in the divine sciences". Praises the careful observations of Copernicus. Closes with a prayer in praise of God and this Day and asking for steadfastness. | @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @infinity and eternity, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar], @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | 1 | * | - | |||
| AB00004 | Madaniyyih (The Secret of Divine Civilization) | 20800 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Secret of Divine Civilization | Secret of Divine Civilization (book) | بدایع حمد و ثنا و جوامع شکر و سپاس درگاه احدیت پروردگاریرا سزاست که از بین کافه | Praise and thanksgiving be unto Providence that out of all the realities in existence He has chosen the reality of man | BLIB_Or.08686, IOM.100, BLIB_Or.08117, | SDCP, AVK3.336.14x, AVK3.222.07x, AVK3.290.13x, AVK3.292.05x, AVK3.324.05x, AVK4.317bx, AVK4.328x, AVK4.339x, MSHR3.097x, OOL.C019 | SDC, WOB.037-038x, WOB.192x, LOG#1061 ¶1x, LOG#1417x, LOG#1682x, LOG#1882x, LOG#1883x, BSC.424 #767.1x, SW_v07#18 p.181-182x, BLO_PT#057, STAB#044, STAB#064 | Treatise addressed anonymously to the entire Persian nation, outlining both the secular and the religious bases of true civilization. Identified by Shoghi Effendi as Abdu'l-Baha's "outstanding contribution to the future reorganization of the world." Presents a defense of Western-style modernization in the face of opposition to the Shah's reforms. Explores the qualities of the spiritually learned through the lens of an Islamic tradition that the learned "must guard himself, defend his faith, oppose his passions and obey the commandments of his Lord". Presents the essential outlines of the Lesser Peace. Argues that religion is the greatest instrument for achieving true civilization, but warns that it can be diverted to the wrong ends. Rejects the possibility of a secular morality based on an "innate sense of human dignity", since "self-love is kneaded into the very clay of man". Issues a call for education reform, borrowing from other cultures as necessary, to restore the ancient glory of Persia. | @past, present and future of Iran, @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @praise of Eastern values; culture, @Muhammad; Islam, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @universal peace; world unity, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @war and peace, @Christ; Christianity, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @bribery and corruption, @education of children; moral education, @parliaments; constitutional government, @promotion of commerce and industry, @call to action, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power of the mind over nature, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @universal education, @excellence; distinction, @justice and wrath of God, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @symbolism | 1 | * | * | MMAH.234 | ||
| BH00113 | Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Persian) | 3970 | Persian | 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. | @primordial Covenant; the day of alast, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @goodly deeds; actions, @words vs deeds, @justice and wrath of God, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @love of God, @begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge | 1b | * | * | ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025 | |
| BB00001 | Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan) | 106000 | Persian | 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; 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 | 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. | @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @superiority; incomparability of the Word of God, @return of the Manifestations of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @the Imamate; the Caliphate, @names and attributes of God, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @inmost heart [fu'ád], @modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation, @station of the Manifestation of God, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God, @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @rejection, opposition and persecution, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @Word of God the cause of creation, @Word of God is its own standard, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @Letters of the Living, @Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation, @The Holy Spirit, @purpose; goal of creation, @Manifestation of God as sun, @God's knowledge, @attaining good pleasure of God, @the Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im, @predictions and prophecies, @identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God, @chastisement and requital, @knowledge; recognition of God, @unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | 3 | * | - | NSS.045-049, BRHL.59, MSBR.204-205, AHDA.442.1, MMAH.007, SRC.083-084, SRC.181-184, SRC.280, GOH.035, GOH.281-298, GOH.308-338, GPB.025x | see also BB00020, Arabic Bayan |
| BH00007 | Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple) | 20670 | Arabic | 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. | @the ephemeral and the eternal, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @station of the Manifestation of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @chastisement and requital, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God, @the power of words; of speech, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @call to action, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @names and attributes of God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @the concourse on high, @high station of the true believer, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @growth of the Cause, @the power of example, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @primordial Covenant; the day of alast, @justice and wrath of God, @Imam Husayn, @thankfulness; gratitude | 3a | * | * | 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. |
| BH00386 | Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Arabic) | 1750 | Arabic | 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. | @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf], @humility; meekness; lowliness, @human reality created in the image of God, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @God's love for His own Essence, @bringing oneself to account each day, @soul; spirit after death, @knowledge of self | 1b | * | * | ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025 | |
| BH00001 | Kitab-i-Aqdas (The Most Holy Book) | 10520 | Arabic | 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’. | @law of inheritance, @law of fasting, @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @law of obligatory prayer, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @cleanliness and refinement, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @theft; seizing the properties of others, @House of Justice, @monasticism; asceticism, @proclamation to divines; to religious leaders, @twin duties of recognition and obedience, @words vs deeds, @infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat], @laws of marriage and dowry, @false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @law of Huququ'llah, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @law of burial and cremation, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @call to action, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @work as worship, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium, @the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation, @law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love of God, @prayer for women, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @law of pilgrimage, @confession of sins, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @Nineteen-Day Feast, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @parents and children; youth; families, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others, @murder; causing physical harm, @unchastity and adultery, @begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth, @duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations, @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @praise and encouragement | 3a | * | * | 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 | |
| BH01010 | Lawh-i-Mawlud | 820 | Arabic | Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The | Lawh-i-Mawlud (Tablet of the Birth) | ان یا ملا الغیب و الشهود ان افرحوا فی انفسکم ثم استبشروا فی ذواتکم بما ظهر | O concourse of the seen and the unseen! Rejoice with exceeding gladness in your hearts and souls, for the night hath come for the harvesting of the ages | INBA08:622 | AYT.048, MAS4.343, RHQM1.578-578 (706) (433x), OOL.B059, OOL.B206, AMB#42 | DOR#42 | R. Yazhari | Tablet in honour of the birthday of Bahá’u’lláh, celebrating ‘the harvesting of the ages and the gathering up of past cycles’ and announcing the dawning of the morn of divine revelation. | @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity | 2c | * | * | GSH.174 | |
| BH00259 | Lawh-i-Napoleon II | 2460 | Arabic | 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. | @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @chastisement and requital, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @call to action | 3a | * | * | ROB3.110, BKOG.320, BKOG.392, MMAH.124, LL#200 | Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal. |
| BH00513 | Suriy-i-Dhabih (= Lawh-i-Dhabih) | 1450 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Suriy-i-Dhabih (Tablets to Dhabih) | روحی و نفسی لک الفداء کتاب مبارک که بطراز حب محبوب عالمیان مزین بود این خادم | My spirit and soul be a sacrifice unto Thee! The blessed Book, which was adorned with the ornament of love for the Best-Beloved of all worlds, reached this servant [3.5s]... ...The Pen of Revelation, O Dhabih, hath, in most of the divinely-revealed Tablets, recorded these words | BLIB_Or11096#242x, , BLIB_Or15698.323, , BLIB_Or15720.315, , BLIB_Or15740.246x, | BRL_DA#141, GWBP#115 p.155, AVK3.269.13x, AVK3.270.08x, IQT.323, GHA.333x, ASAT1.131x, OOL.B112.1 | GWB#115x, ADJ.024x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.077x, GPB.099x, PDC.119-120x | Summons the Bahá’ís to upright conduct, obedience to worldly authority, and high moral character and warns that the greatest harm that can be inflicted upon Bahá’u’lláh’s Cause is not His imprisonment and persecution but the misdeeds of those who claim to be His followers. | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @bribery and corruption, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @praise and encouragement, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @servitude; submission to God; repentance | 3b | * | - | ROB2.412, LL#082, LL#297 | ||
| BH01850 | Lawh-i-Shaykh Fani | 480 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Shaykh Fání (Tablet to Shaykh Fání) | قلم اعلی من فی الانشا را ندا میفرماید و بحق واحد هدایت مینماید ای شیخ فانی حمد کن | The Most Exalted Pen calleth unto all who dwell in creation and guideth them unto the One True God. O mortal elder! Render thou praise [3.5s]... ...He is indeed a true believer in the unity of God who, in this Day, will regard Him as One immeasurably exalted above all the comparisons and likenesses with which men have compared Him | BLIB_Or03116.111r, , BLIB_Or11096#041, , NLI.32p132r, Majlis934.031-036 | BRL_DA#704, GWBP#160 p.217x, AVK1.175ax, OOL.B080 | GWB#160x | Stresses the importance of distinguishing the transcendent reality of God from the signs of God in the world, taking as an example the subject of mystical self-surrender (faná’) and eternal union (baqá’) with God, which should be understood as the act of complete renunciation of worldly desire and not the elevation of the individual will to that of God. | @law of fasting, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @empty learning; false spirituality | 3a | * | - | GSH.177, LL#240 | ||
| BH00501 | Lawh-i-Karim | 1470 | mixed | Trustworthiness | Lawh-i-Karim (Tablets to Karim) | ای کریم انشاء الله بعنایت کریم در ظل سدره رب العالمین مستریح باشی و بفیوضات | O Karím! God grant that, through the bounty of the Most Generous [Karím], thou art reposing beneath the shade of the Tree of the Lord of all worlds...It behoveth ye all so to adorn your inner and outer beings that, robed in trustworthiness… O my loved ones! Ye are the world's spiritual physicians | INBA35:030, INBA51:389, BLIB_Or11096#016, , BLIB_Or15698.164, , BLIB_Or15720.161, , BLIB_Or15740.125, , NLI.32p126r, Majlis210461.011-017 | BRL_DA#738, COMP_TRUSTP#28x, ADM1#007 p.025x, AVK3.002.01x, AVK3.385.15x, IQT.164, MAS4.157bx | BRL_TRUST#27x, BW_v02p062x, COC#2039x, ADMS#207, JHT_S#018x | States that, while some are able to recognize the truth the moment they encounter it, most stand in need of a teacher; explains that some can be taught with words, others by deeds and actions, and still others by the example of a saintly character; emphasizes the importance of the latter; asserts that the purpose of His revelation is not to enforce outward ordinances but to enable people to manifest divine perfections and to achieve that which their minds can readily embrace; and condemns some of the fanciful theories about the Promised One held by certain Muslims. | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @outward and inward meanings, @methods of teaching the Cause, @power of prayer, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God | 3b | * | - | GSH.175 | ||
| BH01042 | Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus (Tablet to Czar Alexander II) | 800 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts | Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus (Tablet to Alexander II) | ان یا ملک الروس ان استمع ندآء الله الملک القدوس ثم اقبل الی الفردوس مقر الذی | O Czar of Russia! Incline thine ear unto the voice of God, the King, the Holy, and turn thou unto Paradise | INBA34:041, BLIB_Or15705.028, , CMB_F31.037, , PR11.038b-040b | NRJ#1c, AQA1#001c, OOL.B054 | SLH#01c, WOB.105x, BSC.094 #040 | States cryptically that Bahá’u’lláh has answered a secret wish of the Czar; praises him for offering, through one of his ministers, aid to Bahá’u’lláh while in the dungeon of Tehran; calls on him to arise to become a champion of the Cause of God; declares that Bahá’u’lláh is the one ‘Whom the tongue of Isaiah hath extolled, the One with Whose name both the Torah and the Evangel were adorned’; and warns of the ephemerality of earthly possessions. | @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @suffering and imprisonment, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | 3a | * | * | ROB3.118, MMAH.176, GSH.120, LL#154 | ||
| BH00297 | Suriy-i-Dhikr | 2160 | Arabic | Days of Remembrance | Suriy-i-Dhikr (Surih of Remembrance) | هذا کتاب نقطه الاولی الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله الواحد الفرد العزیز العلیم و فیه یخاطب | This is the Súrih of Remembrance, sent down as a token of grace, that perchance the people of the Bayán might renounce that which they possess | INBA47:001, INBA37:097, BLIB_Or15725.176, , NLAI_BH2.343 | BRL_DA#732, AQA4#087 p.236, AQA4a.108, ASAT3.279x, OOL.B114, AMB#38x | DOR#38x, GPB.137x, HURQ.BH24 | Speaking in the voice of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh declares His mystical identity with the Báb (one of whose titles was ‘the Remembrance of God’) and the fulfilment of the Báb’s revelation in Him and laments the state of the Bábís in the extremity of their rejection of Bahá’u’lláh. | @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @exhortations and counsels, @personal instructions, @chastisement and requital, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | 2c | * | - | MMAH.160, GSH.059, LL#299 | ||
| BH00151 | Lawh-i-Qina' | 3480 | mixed | Tablet of the Veil (Lawh-i-Qina') | Lawh-i-Qina (Tablet of the Veil) | یکی از احبای الهی مکتوبی بیکی از علمای معروف نوشته و در آن مکتوب سوالات چندی | One of the loved ones of God wrote a letter to Ḥájí Muḥammad Karím Khán, in which he posed a number of questions...For twelve years We tarried in Baghdád. Much as We desired that a large gathering of divines and fair-minded men be convened | INBA38:165, INBA35:007, INBA90:044, BLIB_Or15698.190, , BLIB_Or15720.188, , BLIB_Or15740.144, , NLAI_BH2.320, NLAI_BH3.167, Majlis934.199-229, BN_suppl.1754.124-131 | BRL_DA#719, AVK1.307.08x, AVK2.101.18x, AVK2.108.15x, AVK2.273.08x, AVK3.103.10x, AVK3.396.06x, IQT.190, MJMM.067, ASAT2.012x, ASAT3.279x, ASAT4.519x, ASAT4.520x, ASAT4.204x, ASAT5.174x, ASAT5.239x, TUM.050-051x, NSS.089-090x, NSS.190-199, OOL.B067 | BKOG.148x, PDC.139x, HURQ.BH63x, ADMS#199 | Sharply rebuts accusations, made by the leader of the Shaykhí school, of grammatical discrepancies in the writings of the Báb, asserting that divine revelation is not constrained by man-made rules, citing in support several examples from the Qur’an and challenging him with Bahá’u’lláh’s own prophetic claim. | @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @Word of God is its own standard | 2a | * | - | ROB1.334, MMAH.137, GSH.176, LL#212 | ||
| BH00249 | Lawh-i-Ahmad (Persian) | 2510 | Persian | 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’. | @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @knowledge of self, @spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God | 2a | * | - | ROB2.137, BKOG.157, BKOG.223, BKOG.245, MMAH.184, LL#041 | |
| BH00112 | Suriy-i-Asma' (=Lawh-i-Ibn?) | 3990 | mixed | 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. | @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @exhortations and counsels, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | 2c | * | - | LL#294, LL#380 | ||
| BH00140 | Lawh-i-Maqsud | 3650 | mixed | 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’. | @the power of words; of speech, @universal language, @education of children; moral education, @reward and punishment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @unity; oneness of humanity, @consultation, @work as worship | 3b | * | * | ROB4.235 et al, MMAH.138, GSH.213, LL#162, LL#461 | |
| BH01313 | Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet of Medicine) | 650 | mixed | 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 | 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, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @wisdom [hikmat], @service to others; to the Cause of God, @prayer for healing | 2c | * | - | 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). |
| BH01355 | Lawh-i-Mallahu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Persian) | 630 | Persian | Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Tablet of the Holy Mariner | Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Persian) | چون اهل فلک الهی باذن ملاح قدسی در سفینه قدمی باسمی از اسما تشبث نموده بر بحر | Whilst the dwellers in the divine Ark, by the permission of the Holy Mariner, held fast unto one name amongst all names in the ancient Ark and sailed upon the ocean of names, they passed the grades of worldly limitation | INBA36:437, BLIB_Or15696.107c, , BLIB_Or15706.126, , BLIB_Or15714.043, , BLIB_Or15722.315, | BRL_DA#729, AQA5#137 p.181, MAS4.339, YADG.049-050, AHB_107BE #19 p.002x, YMM.291x, OOL.B055b | BLO_PT#131, BLO_PT#132, HURQ.BH22 | Relates two different versions of a mystical narrative of the launching of the ‘Crimson Ark’ of Bahá’u’lláh’s Covenant upon the ocean of glory and foreshadows that some within that Ark will stray and be cast out for desiring ‘to ascend unto that state which the Lord hath ordained to be above their stations’. (Persian portion) | @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @symbolism, @love of God | 1b | * | - | |||
| BH01026 | Lawh-i-Mallahu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Arabic) | 810 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Bahá'í Prayers | 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) | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @Crimson Ark; the Ark of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | 1b | * | * | ROB1.228, BKOG.154, GPB.147, MMAH.109, GSH.019, LL#155 | |
| BH00238 | Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World) | 2590 | mixed | 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. | @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @love and unity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @House of Justice, @unity in diversity, @call to action | 3b | * | * | ROB4.329 et al, BKOG.382, BKOG.399, BKOG.410, BKOG.454, MMAH.131, GSH.168, LL#083 | |
| BH00032 | Lawh-i-Ruh | 7220 | Arabic | Lawḥ-i-Rúh (Tablet of the Spirit) | فسبحان الذی فی قبضته ملکوت ملک الآیات یصرفها کیف یشآء بأمر | Glorified be He in Whose grasp lieth the dominion of the realm of verses, Who directeth them as He pleaseth through His command [3.5s] | INBA37:018, INBA83:073, BLIB_Or15723.082, , PR23.001b-015b | AQA4#081 p.123, AQA4a.150, ASAT1.276x, OOL.B073 | Refutes certain claims of Mírzá Yaḥyá; asserts the magnitude of Bahá’u’lláh’s own station, whose full transformative power remains, out of wisdom, as yet undivulged; and foretells the ultimate triumph of His cause. | @suffering and imprisonment, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @oneness; unity of religion | 2b | * | - | ROB2.181, ROB2.260, MMAH.185, GSH.085, LL#224 | ||||
| BH01325 | Lawh-i-Ru'ya (Tablet of the Vision) | 640 | Arabic | 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’. | @mystical themes, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @symbolism, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | 3a | * | - | ROB3.223, BKOG.246, GSH.149, LL#226 | |
| BH00579 | Lawh-i-Maryam | 1300 | mixed | 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, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @suffering and imprisonment | 1b | * | - | ROB1.013, BKOG.117, MMAH.132, GSH.174, LL#164 | ||
| BH01120 | Lawh-i-Napoleon I | 750 | mixed | 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. | @suffering and imprisonment, @martyrs and martyrdom, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @petitions to authorities | 2c | * | - | ROB2.368, ROB2.337, ROB3.110, GSH.097, LL#199 | |||
| BH01725 | Suriy-i-Javad | 510 | Arabic | ذکر اسم ربک عبده جواد الذی آمن و هدی و استقر علی الامر فی یوم الذی زلت فیه اقدام | Make mention of the Name of thy Lord, His servant Jawad, who came to faith and was one guided aright. And he was one established in His Cause on the Day | INBA83:123, BLIB_Or03114.033, , BLIB_Or15702.047, , BLIB_Or15737.114, , ALIB.folder18p318 | OOL.B127 | HURQ.BH40 | Recalls the idol worshippers of ages past and condemns their blind imitation, equates their words and deeds with those of the Bábís, and affirms that most of the people today are similarly worshipping false idols and that when they are gone it will be as if they had never existed, but that none of this will hinder the divine Sun from shining. | @blind imitation [taqlid], @idolatry, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2c | * | - | |||||
| BH00076 | Suriy-i-Ashab (=Lawh-i-Habib) | 4960 | Arabic | 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. | @transcendence; unknowability of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @power of faith; power of the spirit, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | 2a | * | - | ROB2.065, MMAH.151, GSH.075, LL#095, LL#293 | ||
| BH00358 | Suriy-i-Dam | 1850 | Arabic | 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. | @suffering and imprisonment, @call to action, @prophecy and fulfillment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @return of the Manifestations of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the power of words; of speech | 1b | * | - | ROB2.236, MMAH.223, GSH.081, LL#296 | Sometimes spelled as Súriy-i-Damm. | |
| BH00759 | Lawh-i-Naqus (=Subhanaka Ya Hu) | 1040 | Arabic | Days of Remembrance | 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. | @heaven and paradise; heaven and hell, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @monasticism; asceticism, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @nearness and remoteness, @prayer for detachment, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha | 2a | - | * | ROB2.018, EBTB.130, BKOG.206, MMAH.103, GSH.071, LL#288 | ||
| BH00052 | Suriy-i-Qamis | 5750 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Súriy-i-Qamís (Surah of the Robe) | ان یا اهل البقا فی الملا الاعلی اسمعوا ندآء الله عن هذا النسیم المتحرک فی هذا الهواء | O ye dwellers in the immortal realm on high! Hearken unto the Call of God from this stirring Breeze that moveth in this atmosphere [3.5s]... ...By the righteousness of God! These are the days in which God hath proved the hearts of the entire company of His Messengers and Prophets | BLIB_Or15723.059, , NLAI_BH1.356 | BRL_DA#724, GWBP#008 p.015bx, AQA4#074 p.034, AQA4a.320, ASAT3.281x, OOL.B137 | GWB#008x, ADJ.057x, ADJ.079x, GPB.003x, GPB.099x, GPB.377x, PDC.015x, HURQ.BH34 | Proclamatory tablet taking in part the form of a conversation between the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh; announcing the return of the Báb in the person of Bahá’u’lláh; reproaching the Bábís for their denial; and directing one of the many named recipients to place the tablet, like the shirt of the biblical Joseph, upon his face. | @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Manifestation of God as sun, @suffering and imprisonment, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | 2c | * | - | ROB2.397, BKOG.246?, MMAH.150, GSH.049, LL#325 | ||
| BH00739 | Lawh-i-Sahab (Tablet of the Cloud) | 1060 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of the Clouds (Lawḥ-i-Saḥáb), The | Lawh-i-Sahab (Tablet of the Clouds) | هذا کتاب من لدی الرحمن الی الذین اقبلوا الی قبله من فی السموات و الارضین | This is a Book from before the Most Merciful unto those who have turned their faces towards Him Who is the Qiblih of all who dwell in the heavens and on earth [3.5s]... ...My captivity can bring on Me no shame. Nay, by My life, it conferreth on Me glory. That which can make Me ashamed is the conduct of such of My followers as profess to love Me | INBA34:109, LEID.Or4970 item 10, , Majlis934.125.02-126.09x | BRL_DA#073, GWBP#060 p.083ax, AQA1#008, MAS4.168ax, MAS4.364bx, MAS8.107bx, ASAT4.051x, ASAT4.132x, ANDA#72 p.03x, OOL.B075 | GWB#060x, TN.042x, ADJ.032x, GPB.190x, PDC.135-136x, PDC.139x, WOB.105x, JHT_B#002 | Proclamatory tablet mentioning Bahá’u’lláh’s recent summons to Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh and Napoleon III, extolling the prophetic significance of the Holy Land and His banishment there, and exhorting His followers to proclaim His message with wisdom, deeds, and upright conduct, describing them as those who would pass through a valley of pure gold ‘aloof as a cloud’. | @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @chastisement and requital, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @the power of words; of speech, @predictions and prophecies, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | 3a | * | - | MMAH.167, GSH.179, LL#228 | ||
| BH00308 | Tarazat (Ornaments) | 2100 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Prayers | 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. | @limits of the intellect, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @praise and encouragement, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | 3b | * | * | ROB4.168 et al, BKOG.382, EBTB.062, GSH.158, LL#340 | |
| BH02170 | Lawh-i-Nuqtih | 410 | Arabic | Lawh-i-Nuqtih (Tablet of the Point) | هذا لوح القدس قد جعل الله مقامه مقام النقطه کما ان من النقطه فصلت کل الحروفات | This is the Tablet of holiness; upon it hath God conferred the station of the point, just as it is through the point that every letter and word is made distinct | BRL_DA#737, LHKM1.020 | ADMS#228 | Proclaims itself as occupying the station of the point, differentiating all that has been revealed from all eternity to all eternity, in the same way that the point differentiates letters and words. | @Word of God the cause of creation, @superiority; incomparability of the Word of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2a | * | - | ROB2.397, BKOG.220, BKOG.245, LL#206 | ||||
| BH00568 | Bisharat (Glad-Tidings; =Lawh-i-Nida) | 1320 | mixed | 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. | @House of Justice, @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @monasticism; asceticism, @law of pilgrimage, @work as worship, @destruction of books | 3b | * | * | JRAS.676-679, ROB4.161-168, GSH.156, GSH.191, BSR_v16p03, LL#013, LL#320 | ||
| BH00111 | Kalimat-i-Firdawsiyyih (Words of Paradise) | 4020 | mixed | 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. | @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @education of children; moral education, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @contention and conflict, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @unity; oneness of humanity, @monasticism; asceticism, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | 3b | * | * | ROB4.214 et al, BKOG.382, MMAH.161, GSH.161, LL#024 | |
| BH00058 | Suriy-i-Hajj I (Shiraz) | 5550 | Arabic | 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. | @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | 2b | * | - | ROB2.240, BKOG.250, MMAH.152, GSH.082, LL#304 | ||
| BH00071 | Suriy-i-Hajj II (Baghdad) | 5070 | Arabic | 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. | @prayer for forgiveness, @law of pilgrimage, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @spiritual transformation, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @inability of the Manifestation; Prophet to comprehend God | 2b | * | - | ROB2.240, MMAH.152, GSH.083, LL#305 | ||
| BH09085 | Salat-i-Mayyit (Prayer for the Dead) | 110 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers | Salat-i-Mayyit (Prayer for the Dead) | یا الهی هذا عبدک و ابن عبدک الذی آمن بک و بایاتک و توجه الیک منقطعا عن سواک | O my God! This is Thy servant and the son of Thy servant who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs | BRL_Mayyit, PMP#167, AVK4.203, AHM.214, BSHN.005, GHA.138x, TSBT.239, BSHA.077, OOL.B097a, OOL.B097b | PM#167, BPRY.035 | Prayer with six verses to be repeated nineteen times each, recited at graveside, and stated in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas to constitute the only exception to the general prohibition on congregational prayer. | @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc. | 3a | * | * | LL#231 | |||
| BH02307 | Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation) | 380 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Prayers | Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation for the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh) | الثناء الذی ظهر من نفسک الاعلی و البهاء الذی طلع من جمالک الابها علیک یا مظهر الکبریاء و | The praise which hath dawned from Thy most august Self, and the glory which hath shone forth from Thy most effulgent Beauty | INBA47:245ax, INBA65:065, INBA33:157, Majlis210461.119-120 | PMP#180, AHM.092b, AYT.227, TSBT.277, NSR_1993.118, NFF2.003, ABMK.045, OOL.B149, AMB#33 | PM#180, DOR#33, BPRY.328, DAS.1914-08-30, SW_v09#19 p.222, SW_v12#15 p.246, BSC.184 #266x, BP1929.013x | A. Nakhjavani, Ahdieh, S. Toloui-Wallace, almunajat.com [item 11], K. Towfigh [track 9], unknown | Prayer of visitation compiled by Nabíl Zarandí after the passing of Bahá’u’lláh and often recited in His Shrine. | @station of the Manifestation of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for the departed, @suffering and imprisonment, @praise and encouragement, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @presence of; reunion with God | 3b | * | - | BKOG.427, MMAH.205, GSH.206, LL#341 | Consists of four passages selected by Nabil-i-Zarandi at the instruction of Abdu'l-Baha; the source Tablets are BH01728, BH06772, BH04427, and BH09728. Regarding the chant by A. Nakhjavani, he related to the compiler (sp) in 1995 that, to his best recollection from childhood, this is how Shoghi Effendi would chant the Tablet in the Shrines. blog.loomofreality.org |
| BH00870 | Lawh-i-Anta'l-Kafi (Long Healing Prayer) | 940 | Arabic | Long Healing Prayer, The; Bahá'í Prayers | 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. | @prayer for healing, @power of prayer, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for protection | 2a | * | * | GSH.186, LL#052 | |
| BH00457 | Lawh-i-Mubahilih | 1580 | Arabic | 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. | @proclamation to divines; to religious leaders, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @martyrs and martyrdom | 2b | * | - | ROB2.293, GPB.169, MMAH.168, LL#184 | See also BH03710. | |
| BH00647 | Lawh-i-Pisar-'Amm (Tablet to the Cousin) | 1170 | mixed | Tablet to the Cousin (Lawh-i-Pisar-'Amm); River of Life, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Pisar-Amm (Tablet to the Cousin) | ای پسر عم حمد کن خدا را که این نسبت کبری قطع نشد و سبقت گرفتی از جمیع | O son of My paternal uncle! Render praise unto God that the ties of this most great kinship have not been severed. | BLIB_Or03116.082, , BLIB_Or11096#019, , BLIB_Or15698.174, , BLIB_Or15720.171, , BLIB_Or15740.132, , Majlis934.308-318 | BRL_DA#156, AVK3.110.02x, AVK3.189.12x, AVK3.368.06x, IQT.174, AYI1.339x, UAB.044ax, IQN.128x, ASAT4.503x, OOL.B066 | BRL_ATBH#53x, ROL.050-051x | Praises the recipient, a paternal cousin, for his faithfulness; remonstrates with another relative for remaining distant, asking him whether it is better to die in his bed or in the path of God; and calls the people of a certain village not to grieve over their suffering and not to engage in rebellion and revolt but to eschew dissension and strife and to be characterized with divine attributes. | @martyrs and martyrdom, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf] | 3a | * | - | ROB3.216, MMAH.139, GSH.184, LL#209, LL#427 | ||
| BH00503 | Suriy-i-Khitab | 1470 | Arabic | ذکر الله علی هیئه النار فی هیکل النور من سدره الانسان باذن الرحمن قد کان فی قطب | The Remembrance of God in the form of Fire, in the Temple of Light, from the Lote-Tree of Man, hath, in very truth, been made manifest with the permission of the All-Merciful | INBA83:154, BLIB_Or15702.144, , BLIB_Or15737.137, | BRL_DA#108, OOL.B128 | HURQ.BH36 | Praises the recipient for recognizing Bahá’u’lláh after failing to do so in an earlier meeting prior to His declaration, calls the Bábís to recognize Bahá’u’lláh as the return of the Báb and their verses as the same in essence, and summons the recipient to teach the Cause of God through his utterance and through his pen, promising that through the power of this tablet, his words will have a penetrating influence. | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @proclamation to people of the Bayan | 2c | * | - | LL#314 | ||||
| BH01343 | Suriy-i-Amin | 640 | Arabic | Súriy-i-Amín (Tablet to Amín) | هذا کتاب من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذی منه ظهرت الاستقامه الکبری فی | This is a Book from God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, unto him through whom was manifested the Most Great Steadfastness [3.5s] | INBA34:123, BLIB_Or15707.030, , BLIB_Or15735.202, , LEID.Or4970 item 11, | AQA1#013, AQA4#094 p.320, ASAT1.201x, ASAT2.035x, ASAT4.459x, DLH2.187x, HYK.202, OOL.B104 | Praises the recipient for his steadfastness; calls the followers of the Qur’an to hear ‘the voice of the Crier, Who cried out between heaven and earth’; relates the fallen state of Fu’ád Páshá upon his death; and extols the ultimate sacrifice of the youthful Badí‘, who delivered Bahá’u’lláh’s epistle to Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh. | @rejection, opposition and persecution, @justice and wrath of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @power of faith; power of the spirit | 3a | * | - | MMAH.157, GSH.200, LL#290 | ||||
| BH01730 | Tablet of the Hair 5 | 510 | Arabic | Alvah-i-Sha'arat (Tablets of the Hair) | فلک الحمد یا الهی مما قدرت کنز الحیوان فی جنه الرضوان و فیه جمعت النار و | Praise be to Thee, O my God, for Thou didst ordain that the treasure of life lie within the garden of Paradise, wherein Thou didst gather fire and water | BLIB_Or11098.029c | LHKM3.070, MUH3.273-274, ASAT4.060x, OOL.B191.05 | ADMS#169 | Praises God for creating the "treasure of creation" in Paradise and manifesting fire and water together through His power. Marvels at the serpent He made as the guardian of this treasure, endowed with His divine breath. Requests that through this serpent, God unites the hearts of His loved ones and brings them together, just as He brought together fire and water. Reflects on the wonders of God's creation and His mysterious works, including creating this serpent to test the strength of His devoted followers. Recognizes that despite the hardships caused by this serpent, the believers look to God for solace and continue to seek His divine grace. Acknowledges that God has promised heavenly rewards for the righteous and the punishment of hellfire for the disobedient. Expresses bewilderment at the workings of God and submits oneself to His will, seeking refuge in Him alone. | @symbolism, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @pain of love; love as veil, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @fire and light; fire and water | - | - | |||||
| BH00922 | Suriy-i-Ma'ani | 890 | Arabic | سبحان الذی یسبح له کل من فی السموات و الارض و انه کان علی کل شیء محیطا | Praised be He who offereth glory before Him; all, that is, whether they be in the heavens or upon the earth. He indeed hath ever been All-Encompassing of everything | INBA83:136, BLIB_Or03114.044r, , BLIB_Or15702.082, , BLIB_Or15737.126, , NLAI_BH2.118, ALIB.folder18p219 | OOL.B129 | HURQ.BH33 | Praises God and His Messengers, who receive divine inspiration in various ways; declares as a matter of principle that the transcendent Godhead is not the immediate cause of this inspiration; and extols the transformative power of the word of God at the time of its revelation. | @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @love of God | 2c | * | - | LL#317 |
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