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Praise be to God, Who hath revealed the verses in truth unto His servant, that perchance mankind might believe in the signs of their Lord. Follow that which We have revealed unto thee [3.5s]... ...This Book is a Dhikr (Remembrance) from God according to the Decree of a wondrous servant [the Bāb]. He is assuredly the True One within the heavens and the earth.

INBA78:069-076x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v078/?page=71] INBA_4011C.069-100 INBA_7005C PR04.036r12-038r12x [https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0105] MKI4507.001x IOM.091 [http://www.orientalstudies.ru/eng/images/pdf/p_wmo_2_2015.pdf#page=91]

ASAT4.044-45x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf#page=24] AHDA.198x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=212] OOL.A017 [https://oceanoflights.org/file/Bab-BKW-17.pdf]

HURQ.BB05x [https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/497/] HURQ.BB15x [https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/410/]

FHR#10 [http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=12] AHDA.446.5 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=460] MMAH.064 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=76] SRC.061 [http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=17] SRC.189 [http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=44] GOH.031 [http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=38] GOH.380fn3 [http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=387]

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @justice and wrath of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @Word of God is its own standard, @transcendence; unknowability of God

The "Suratu'l-Ridvan" is a part of this work

BB00540

Lawh-i-Naw-Ruz

160

Arabic

Prayers and Tablets from the Báb, Some

الله اعظم هوالاعز الاجل الامنع الارفع الاقدس من الله تعالی. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا کنت من اول الذی لا اول له نواراً [ ] اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا لاکونن الی اخر الذی لا اخر له نورا

Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me. From the beginning that hath no beginning, I have been a Light, and verily, I am God, no God is there but Me. Unto the end that hath no end shall I remain a Light [3.5s]

AHDA.297 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=311]

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

Tablet revealed by the Bab upon his arrival in Máh-Kú, and named after Mulla Nowruz Ali. [source]

BB00547

150

Arabic

Prayers and Tablets from the Báb, Some

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یفعل ما یشاء بامره سبحانه وتعالی عما یصفون یا الهی انت الله الذی قد شهدت لنفسک قبل کل شیء بانک انت الله لا اله الا انت

Praise be to God, Who doeth whatsoever He willeth by His Command. Glorified and exalted is He above all that they describe. O my God! Thou art God Who hath testified to Thine own Self, before all things, that verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee [3.5s]

KHSH6.005 [https://bahai-library.com/kharman_adab_honar_6.]

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for forgiveness

Tablet published in Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar vol. 6 p. 22.

BH00358

Suriy-i-Dam

1850

Arabic

Tablet of Blood (Súriy-i-Damm); Gleanings from the Writings of 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 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v083/?page=68] BLIB_Or15723.156

BRL_DA#157 [http://www.bahai.org/r/524834620] GWBP#039 p.064x [http://www.bahai.org/r/164547717] AQA4#075 p.059 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/566.pdf] AQA4a.001 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/baha/A-F/A/aqa4/4aqa001.jpg] TZH4.360-366 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/arabic/vol2/tzh4/tzh4.htm] ASAT4.167x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf#page=86] ASAT5.200x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/431.pdf#page=105] ASAT5.226x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/431.pdf#page=118] OOL.B111 [https://oceanoflights.org/bahaullah-st-111-ar]

BRL_ATBH#61x [http://www.bahai.org/r/228892775] GWB#039x [http://www.bahai.org/r/665070165] WOB.118-119x [http://www.bahai.org/r/977506740] WOB.139x [http://www.bahai.org/r/449960539] BLO_PT#109 [https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_surih_damm_cole] HURQ.BH42 [https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/592/]

ROB2.236 [https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V2/Contents.html] MMAH.223 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=235] GSH.081 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-81.html] LL#296 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#296]

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

Sometimes spelled as Súriy-i-Damm.

BH00970

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

850

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

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

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تشهد و تری کیف ابتلیت بین عبادک بعد الذی مااردت الا الخضوع

The Most Great Name beareth Me witness! How sad if any man were, in this Day, to rest his heart on the transitory things of this world!

INBA81:021x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v081/?page=24] BLIB_Or15698.213 BLIB_Or15720.209 BLIB_Or15740.162 Majlis934.127-133x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Tablets_934.pdf]

BRL_DA#715 [https://www.bahai.org/r/198531163] GWBP#147 p.203x [http://www.bahai.org/r/472259255] AVK2.027.04x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK2/ak2-28.html] AVK3.240x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-244.html] IQT.213 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/IQT/iqt-213.html] MJMM.227 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MR/mr-228.html] HDQI.027ax [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/HI/hi-32.html] ASAT3.212x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/429.pdf#page=108] ASAT4.015x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf#page=10] ASAT5.248x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/431.pdf#page=129] ASAT5.284x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/431.pdf#page=147] AHB_107BE #09 p.180x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/990.pdf#page=180] AKHA_105BE #06 p.001x [https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/] AKHA_108BE #08 p.002x [https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/] OOL.B001bx [https://oceanoflights.org/bahaullah-st-001-2-fa]

GWB#147x [http://www.bahai.org/r/068629017] ADJ.083x [http://www.bahai.org/r/082213511] SW_v07#19 p.191 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_19] SW_v10#01 p.001 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_10/Issue_1] BSC.133 #051x [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

ROB2.164 [https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V2/Contents.html] ROB2.188 [https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V2/Contents.html] GSH.209 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-209.html] LL#147 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#147]

Calls on His followers to be closely united and to associate with their neighbours ‘with faces joyous and beaming with light’.

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @being a source of light; guidance, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

Sometimes referred to in the plural, Alváḥ-i-Laylatu’l-Quds. Not to be confused with Inventory #BH00915.

BH00433

Lawh-i-Abdu'l-Vahhab

1630

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Abdu'l-Vahhab

حمد مقدس از ادراک و عقول بساط قدس حضرت قیومی را لایق و سزاست که بنفس خود من

Sanctified praise, transcending minds and understanding, befitteth the holy court of that Self-Subsisting Lord Who, through His own Self [3.5s]... ...O ‘Abdu’l Vaḥḥáb! May the glory of God, the Almighty, the Bountiful, rest upon thee. Incline thine ear

UMich962.156x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/UMICH962.pdf] MKI4523.212 BN_suppl.1753.059-063 [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84470396/f68.image]

BRL_DA#702 [https://www.bahai.org/r/549998805] GWBP#081 p.105x [http://www.bahai.org/r/175291067] AVK1.120.02x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ak1-145.html] AVK3.303.13x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-307.html] AVk3.463.01x AVK4.284.11x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-288.html] ISH.212 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/baha/G-L/I/ishraqat/ishr212.gif] MJMM.160 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MR/mr-161.html] RRT.143x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/310.pdf#page=143] ASAT2.027x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/428.pdf#page=15] ADH1.009x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/i/ishraq-khavari_adhkar_muqarrabin_1.pdf] OOL.B020 [https://oceanoflights.org/bahaullah-st-020-fa]

GWB#081x [http://www.bahai.org/r/428661563] LOG#0686x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n686] SW_v06#19 p.165x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_19] SW_v09#06 p.080x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_6] SW_v14#02 p.038-039x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_2] BSC.226 #446-452x [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] HURQ.BH71 [https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/570/]

ROB4.041 [https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V4/Contents.html] MMAH.145 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=157] GSH.176 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-176.html] LL#034 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#34]

Addresses a question on the soul and its continuance after death, alludes to the state of the souls in the next world while declaring that it cannot be adequately described, and declares that the whole truth of the matter has remained concealed for the sake of the protection of the human race.

@proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @soul; spirit after death, @power of the Manifestation of God, @heaven and paradise; heaven and hell, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment, @transcendence; unknowability of God

Shares with BH00070 a passage on the soul after death, beginning: "Know thou of a truth that the soul, after its separation from the body, will continue to progress until it attaineth the presence of God"

BB00381

420

Arabic

Haykal (pentacle talisman) #3

هو الملک. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی أسئلک باسمک الذی به تجلیت على کل الأشیاء

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou hast manifested Thyself unto all created things [3.5s]

AHDA.471 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=485]

@prayer for protection, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @spiritual transformation

see high quality scan at https://bahai-library.com/bab_haykal_3

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 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NLAI.BH2_.pdf#page=6]

BRL_DA#153 [http://www.bahai.org/r/119537332] TZH5.029n-044n [https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/arabic/vol3/tzh5/5tzh.htm] MAS4.278.18x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MAS4/mas4-278.html] MAS7.243-244x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MAS7/mas7-243.html] ASAT4.487x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf#page=246] SAM.208 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/673.pdf#page=208] PYK.006 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1484.pdf#page=23] YMM.338x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=346] OOL.B060 [https://oceanoflights.org/bahaullah-st-060-fa]

GPB.168-169x [http://www.bahai.org/r/531916726] BLO_PT#199x [https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_cole_divine_test]

ROB2.293 [https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V2/Contents.html] GPB.169 [http://www.bahai.org/r/745796082] MMAH.168 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=180] LL#184 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#184]

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

see also BB00001, Persian Bayan

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 [https://www.bahai.org/r/170507577] LHKM1.012 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/LH1/lh1-11.html] SFI08.015 [https://oceanoflights.org/file/Publications-02_08.pdf#page=15] ASAT4.241x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf#page=122] AKHA_122BE #10 p.ax [https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/] AKHA_122BE #10 p.bx [https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/] OOL.B042 [https://oceanoflights.org/bahaullah-st-042-ar] OOL.B078 [https://oceanoflights.org/bahaullah-st-078-ar]

GPB.157x2x HURQ.BH29 [https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/330/]

ROB2.006 [https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V2/Contents.html] BKOG.195 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23] GPB.157 MMAH.111 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=123] GSH.067 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-67.html] LL#115 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#115] LL#235 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#235]

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

See howdah at wikipedia.org/wiki/Howdah.

BB00011

Kitab-i-Si Du'a (Book of 30 prayers)

22000

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Ethiopian King, The

Kitab-i-Si Du'a (Book of 30 prayers)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله المتفرد المتقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاحبن ان اعرجن الیک بجوهر کافور سری و ما قد قدرت فی علانیتی لاصعدن لدیک بما قد قدرت فی ساذج کینونیتی

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I verily long to ascend unto Thee with the essence of my most hidden being, and with whatsoever Thou hast ordained in my outward self; that I may rise into Thy presence with that which Thou hast decreed in the pure substance of my reality [3.5s]... ...Thou art aware, O My God, that since the day Thou didst call Me into being out of the water of Thy love till I reached fifteen years of age… Send down, then, upon me, O my God, when I was seven years old and upon him who raised me on Thy behalf, whose name is Mubarak

PR03.004r17-038v18x [https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0045]

SWBP#38 (p.128-129x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/307348187]

SWB#39 (p.180-182x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/687090587]

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @prayer for nearness to God, @prayer for praise and gratitude, @impossibility of true worship of God, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam, @knowledge; recognition of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Muhammad; Islam, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @self-description of God; God's self-remembrance, @prayer for protection, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @prayer for the departed, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @events in the life and ministry of the Bab, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @spiritual warfare; struggle, @thankfulness; gratitude, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @martyrs and martyrdom, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @limits of language

see https://clearwaterbahais.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ethiopian-King.pdf

BH00668

Tajalliyat (Effulgences)

1140

mixed

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

Tajalliyat (Effulgences)

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی انه هو السر المکنون و الرمز المخزون و

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him and that He Who hath appeared is the Hidden Mystery

BLIB_Or07851.011b CMB_F32.077 PR05.038b-042a [https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0132] OSAI_TC 29v-32r MKI4523.198 BN_suppl.1753.054-059 [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84470396/f63.image]

ZYN.201 ISH.198 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/baha/G-L/I/ishraqat/ishr198.gif] UAB.040ax [http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/UAB.pdf#page=22] TBP#05 [https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/tablets-bahaullah/tablets-bahaullah.pdf#page=15] TUM.098-102x [http://bahaiarc.org/images/Research/Aqdas-Tumansky.pdf#page=149] OOL.B147 [https://oceanoflights.org/bahaullah-st-147-fa]

TB#05 [http://www.bahai.org/r/940415574] LOG#1881x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=4#n1881] GPB.215x3x [http://www.bahai.org/r/249444485] GPB.218x3x [http://www.bahai.org/r/114849639] BLO_PT#201 [https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_khan_tarazat_etc] BSC.153 #125-137x [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

ROB4.118 [https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V4/Contents.html] EBTB.062 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/ebtb.pdf#page=62] MMAH.101 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=113] GSH.159 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-159.html] LL#339 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#339]

Emphasizes the importance of belief in the Divine Manifestation and proclaims four ‘effulgences’: the knowledge of God and recognition of His Prophet, steadfastness in the Cause of God, acquiring useful knowledge, and refuting accusations that Bahá’u’lláh had claimed the station of the Godhead.

@high station of learning, @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @suffering and imprisonment, @station of the Manifestation of God, @free will and predestination; fate, @knowledge; recognition of God, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ROB4.124 mentions revelation writing having been sent to recipient.

BH00267

Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'am (the Tablet of All Food)

2370

Arabic

Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i Kullu't-Ta'am)

Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food)

الحمد لله مموج ابحر النور بالماء الناریه الالهیه و مهیج احرف الظهور بنقطه

Praise be to God Who hath caused Oceans of Light to surge in the Divine Fiery Water; excited the Letters of the Dispensation

INBA36:268 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v036/?page=269] Berlin1237#20 [https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?PPN=PPN1740194756&PHYSID=PHYS_0007]

BRL_DA#393 [http://www.bahai.org/r/146510487] TZH4.132-135x [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/arabic/vol2/tzh4/tzh4.htm] MAS4.265 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MAS4/mas4-265.html] RHQM2.0979-989 (416) (256-262) [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/653.pdf#page=184] OOL.B052 [https://oceanoflights.org/bahaullah-st-052-ar]

GPB.118x2x [http://www.bahai.org/r/332158304] BLO_PT#108 [https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_lawh_kull_taam] HURQ.BH02 [https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/99]

ROB1.050 [https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V1/Contents.html] BKOG.112 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23] MMAH.127 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=139] GSH.008 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-8.html] LL#146 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#146]

A commentary offering several allegorical interpretations of the Qur’anic verse ‘All food was allowed to the children of Israel’ (Qur’an 3:93).

@divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @realms of being; three realms; five realms, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for protection, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture

Revealed "in the year nine", see BRL_TTT#11

BH00181

Khutbiy-i-Salavat

3080

Arabic

Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká

الحمد لله الذی قد اظهر الطلعه بالجذبات و لقد اغن الورقه بالسر السطر من ورآء

Praise be unto God Who hath manifested the Countenance through rapturous attractions and hath enriched the Leaf with the hidden mystery inscribed beyond [3.5s]

PR22.058a-072a [https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0240]

BRL_TTT#11.8 [http://www.bahai.org/r/259898090]

Extols the Cause of the Báb and encourages His followers to seek out and turn to the ‘countenance of light’.

@symbolism, @praise and encouragement, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prophecy and fulfillment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @chastisement and requital

Revealed 'in the year nine', see BRL_TTT#11; see also Tanbihu'l-Na'imin p.36.

BH00597

Lawh-i-Ashraf

1270

Arabic

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

Lawh-i Ashraf (Tablet to Ahsraf)

ان یا اشرف اسمع ما یلقیک لسان القدم و لاتکن من الغافلین و ان استماع نغمه من نغمات

O Ashraf, listen carefully to what the Tongue of the Eternal has to say. Any one of the melodies of your Lord would be sufficient to attract the hearts

INBA83:216 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v083/?page=218] BLIB_Or15702.276 NLAI_BH2.308 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NLAI.BH2_.pdf#page=308] ALIB.folder18p167 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ALIB.folder18.pdf]

BRL_DA#722 [https://www.bahai.org/r/697777233] GWBP#052 p.075x [http://www.bahai.org/r/157984362] AVK3.088.11x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-92.html] MJMM.211 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MR/mr-212.html] ASAT1.123x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/427.pdf#page=68] ASAT1.140x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/427.pdf#page=76] ASAT2.065x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/428.pdf#page=34] ASAT5.347x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/431.pdf#page=179] OOL.B027 [https://oceanoflights.org/bahaullah-st-027-ar]

GWB#052x [http://www.bahai.org/r/947666081] BLO_PT#171 [https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_brown_tablet_ashraf]

ROB2.230 [https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V2/Contents.html] ROB2.120 [https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V2/Contents.html] GSH.186 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-186.html] LL#063 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#63]

A summons to the recognition of Bahá’u’lláh, naming the proofs of His cause as His own self, His revelation, and His words, and admonishing the Bábís who had not yet embraced it.

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @praise and encouragement, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @personal instructions, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

Quoted in the Lawh-i-Istintaq, BH00015.

BH00227

Ridvanu'l-Iqrar

2630

Arabic

اقر الله بذاته لذاته بانه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر و کل له خاضعون اقر

God taketh His seat [upon His celestial Throne] by virtue of His Essence which is operative through His Essence, for He, no God is there except Him… By God, O people! Mine eye weepeth, and the eye of Ali (the Bab) weepeth amongst the Concourse on high, and Mine heart crieth out

INBA47:050 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v047/?page=52] INBA37:057 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v037/?page=64] INBA83:092 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v083/?page=94] BLIB_Or15723.146

AQA4#083 p.180 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/566.pdf] AQA4a.042 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/baha/A-F/A/aqa4/4aqa042.jpg] MAS4.353x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MAS4/mas4-353.html] OOL.B095 [https://oceanoflights.org/bahaullah-st-095-ar]

GPB.243x [http://www.bahai.org/r/565667412] GPB.250x [http://www.bahai.org/r/236689479] HURQ.BH27x [https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/437/]

ROB2.397 [https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V2/Contents.html] MMAH.175 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=187] GSH.115 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-115.html] LL#277 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#277]

Dwells on the state of those who have rejected the truth and contrasts it with the state of those who have recognized and believed.

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Adam; Adam and Eve, @creation of the world, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @call to action, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis

Quoted by Abdu'l-Baha in MKT3.420 (AB00024). Merged with BH10413.

ABU0018

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

2180

Persian

Abdu'l-Bahá on Christ and Christianity

Interview with Pasteur Monnier (1913)

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

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

AVK2.172.02x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK2/ak2-173.html] AVK4.331x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-335.html] KHF.148 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1700.pdf#page=151] KHAB.418 (421) [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Khutab_Abdul-Baha.pdf] KHTB3.061 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/KA3/ka3-63.html]

DAS.1913-02-16 SW_v04#03 p.051-055 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_3] ADP.147-158 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7sEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA147] BLO_PT#002 [https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_christ_christianity_monnier] STAB#062 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf#page=62]

@Christ; Christianity, @the cross and the trinity, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @oneness; unity of religion

question and answer session.

BH04458

Du'a-yi-Haykal

210

Arabic

Haykal (pentacle talisman) and da'ira (circle)

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به تجلیت علی کل الاشیاء بکل الاسماء و

Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by the Name whereby Thou hast shed the glory of Thine effulgence unto all things in all of Thy names

ADM1#029 p.069 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/557.pdf#page=69] MUH1.0415-0417n [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/284.pdf#page=51]

JHT_S#021 [https://joshuahalltranslations.com/jalal/2017/10/Supplications-by-Bahaullah-1.pdf#page=10]

@spiritual transformation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

Prayer inscribed in the pentacle of the du'a

BB00018

Sahifiy-i-Makhdhumiyyih = Sahifiy-i-Makhzunih (Hidden Treasured Epistle)

13200

Arabic

Bahá'í Prayers; Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Gate of the Heart

Sahifiy-i-Makhzunih (Hidden Treasured Epistle)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی هو کائن قبل کل شیء و لا یکون شیء معه و کان موجوداً حین لا وجود لشیء لدیه الذی قد قصدت افئده العارفین عن معرفة ادنی وصفه

Praise be to God Who existed ere all things were brought into being, and with Whom nothing can be compared. He was manifest when there was none other to contemplate His reality. He is the One Whose essence the hearts of the knowing have longed to fathom, yet fail utterly to apprehend even the most infinitesimal glimpse of His attributes [4o]... …The glory of glories and the most resplendent light rest upon Thee, O my God. Thy majesty is so transcendent… O my God, my Lord and my Master! I have detached myself… I adjure Thee by Thy might, O my God!... O My God, O my Lord, O my Master! I beg Thee to forgive me

INBA_5006C:284-314 INBA_6009C:001-171 PR03.043r-043rx [https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0045] PR04.058r06-100r11 [https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0105] PR25.001-043 [https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0266] CMB_Add.3704 MKI4499.043x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MKI-34-Ae-Arabi-4499.pdf]

SWBP#53 (p.138-139x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/484918296] SWBP#54 (p.139-141x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/722536151] SWBP#57 (p.142-144x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/321186294] SWBP#58 (p.144-145x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/184909770] SWBP#59 (p.145-146x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/089092625] SWBP#60 (p.146-147x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/985173714] SWBP#62 (p.149-149(a)x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/458064045] SWBP#63 (p.149-149(b)x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/619372712] SWBP#64 (p.149-150x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/464633053] SWBP#73 (p.155-155x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/636199084] OOL.A009 [https://oceanoflights.org/file/Bab-BKW-09.pdf]

SWB#54 (p.194-195x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/548261021] SWB#55 (p.196-198x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/386020222] SWB#58 (p.200-202x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/904862694] SWB#59 (p.202-204x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/623439817] SWB#60 (p.204-205x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/112978648] SWB#61 (p.205-206x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/439880217] SWB#63 (p.209-209x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/723446130] SWB#64 (p.210(a)x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/971936216] SWB#65 (p.210(b)x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/065828247] SWB#73 (p.216x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/983195002] BPRY.022x [http://www.bahai.org/r/843703591] BPRY.063x [http://www.bahai.org/r/162024226] BPRY.130x [http://www.bahai.org/r/779933053] BPRY.141x [http://www.bahai.org/r/388924533] BPRY.227x [http://www.bahai.org/r/678180399] HURQ.BB29x [https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/1311/]

The Humming Birds [https://thehummingbirdsmusic.bandcamp.com/track/i-adjure-thee] S. Toloui-Wallace [https://youtu.be/br1CtlgyLVk] Kiya & Parya [https://kiyaparya.bandcamp.com/track/verily] TaliaSafa [https://bahaimusic.taliasafa.com/track/i-adjure-thee] E. Mahony [https://music.elikamahony.com/track/boundless-favours] E. Mahony [https://music.elikamahony.com/track/thou-art-nearer] E. Mahony [https://music.elikamahony.com/track/i-adjure-thee-chant] E. Mahony [https://music.elikamahony.com/track/guide-my-steps-aright] A. Wensbo [https://wensbomusic.com/track/prayer-for-forgiveness] Louis & Eleonore [https://youtu.be/owAP-v2ax-Y] Z. Johnson [https://youtu.be/nKrBEu2fVbk] Nahal & Bakang [https://youtu.be/lL7-99hdID0] D. Khavari [https://youtu.be/omv4LGPHKio] Shadi, Hoda & Leif [https://youtu.be/fTmJImVPdi4] C. Kinglit [https://youtu.be/UqgAPRCjykk] O. Devine [https://oisindevine.bandcamp.com/track/guide-my-steps] N. Chiang [https://natashachiangmusic.bandcamp.com/track/of-thy-love-english-and-chinese] Soulrise Melodies [https://soulrisemelodies.bandcamp.com/track/i-beg-thee-to-forgive-me] Soulrise Melodies [https://soulrisemelodies.bandcamp.com/track/i-have-detached-myself] N. Hamilton [https://noahethamilton.bandcamp.com/track/i-adjure-thee-by-thy-might] L. & L. Hosack [https://leonaandlarry.bandcamp.com/track/o-my-god-my-lord-and-my-master] S. Ihsan [https://youtu.be/UWuXlMMeUiI] P. Held & C. Bahia [track 10] [https://9starmedia.com/peter-held-corinne-bahia-creation] almunajat.com [item 4] [https://almunajat.com/chanting_collection_1.htm] E. Tarani [https://youtu.be/NINv0KygoUA] unknown [https://youtu.be/2mdw93I13Zo]

FHR#02 [http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=12] AHDA.451.1 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=465] MMAH.059 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=71] SRC.059 [http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=16] SRC.198 [http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=48] GOH.030-031 [http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=37]

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @impossibility of true worship of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

Prayer 1 is Du'a-yi sahifa.

BH00272

2340

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Unnamed Tablet (Purpose of the one true God)

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

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

BLIB_Or15692.040 BLIB_Or15738.044ax MKI4523.133 BN_suppl.1753.037-043 [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84470396/f46.image]

BRL_DA#661 [https://www.bahai.org/r/878684678] GWBP#126 p.174x [http://www.bahai.org/r/741454370] GWBP#132 p.184x [http://www.bahai.org/r/041162018] AVK3.111.03x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-115.html] AVK3.212.05x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-216.html] ISH.133 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/baha/G-L/I/ishraqat/ishr133.gif] UAB.023bx [http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/UAB.pdf#page=14] UAB.036bx [http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/UAB.pdf#page=20] ASAT3.118x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/429.pdf#page=61] NSS.119-120x [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/nss.pdf#page=117]

GWB#126x [http://www.bahai.org/r/191119335] GWB#132x [http://www.bahai.org/r/949103928] TN.042-048x [http://www.bahai.org/r/987076840] STOB#085n [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/STOB.pdf#page=97] STOB#108n [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/STOB.pdf#page=120] ADJ.065bx [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/] PDC.181x [http://www.bahai.org/r/388105851] WOB.203x2x [http://www.bahai.org/r/807659157] SW_v03#02 p.006x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_2] DWN_v3#01 p.010x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-3-burma-1925]

L. Dely & M. Congo [track 4] [https://9starmedia.com/leonor-dely-millero-congo-talisman] R. Yazhari [https://ryazhari.bandcamp.com/track/lodestone] T. Nosrat [https://taraznosrat.bandcamp.com/track/so-powerful] MANA [https://manapacifica.bandcamp.com/track/a-kindly-tongue] N. Zabihi [https://youtu.be/ez5jzGmhdnQ] Naim [https://youtu.be/q1VfQ9czSUA] Ridvan, Reza & Bahia [https://youtu.be/nLJ_6i8py3Y] Pedram, Aram, Onni & Nader [https://youtu.be/pkUgxnmqbXI] A Family Affair [https://walterheath.bandcamp.com/track/all-things-are-of-god] Soulrise Melodies (1) [https://soulrisemelodies.bandcamp.com/track/deal-ye-one-with-another] Soulrise Melodies (2) [https://soulrisemelodies.bandcamp.com/track/kindly-tongue] Leona and Larry [https://leonaandlarry.bandcamp.com/track/so-powerful] G.H. Miller [https://youtu.be/p93sbA-Etow] R. Peterson [track 13] [https://9starmedia.com/rose-marie-peterson-wave] E. Mahony [https://music.elikamahony.com/track/advancing-civilization-2] P. Weber [https://youtu.be/gJFwpn-5ba4]

LL#020 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#20]

@oneness; unity of religion, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @call to action, @unity; oneness of humanity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love and unity, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

Part of this quoted in ESW.

BH09728

Arabic

Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation for the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh)

اسئلک یا الهی بالکلمه التی فیها کنزت لئالی علمک و بالبحر الذی ماج باسمک... صلّ اللّهمّ یا الهی علی عبادک الفائزین و امائک الفائزات

I beseech Thee, O my God, by the Word through which Thou hast treasured the pearls of Thy knowledge, and by the Ocean which surgeth through Thy Name [3.5s]... ...Bless Thou, also, O Lord my God, Thy servants and Thy handmaidens who have attained unto Thee

INBA18:381a [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v018/?page=191]

PMP#180x [http://www.bahai.org/r/505645969] AQMJ2.027b [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MMQ2/mmq2-28.html]

PM#180x [http://www.bahai.org/r/772789242]

LL#341 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#341]

@prayer for women, @prayer for protection, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

Part 4 of the Tablet of Visitation (BH02307).

BH04427

210

Arabic

Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation for the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh)

تری یا الهی بان ورقه من الاوراق التی تورقت من سدره وحدانیتک و دوحه فردانیتک

Thou seest, O My Lord, one of the Leaves grown out of the Tree of Thy Oneness and the mighty stock of Thy Singleness, surrounded by unbelievers, men and women alike... Bless Thou, O Lord my God, the Divine Lote-Tree and its leaves, and its boughs, and its branches

Majlis210461.117ax [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/majlis_210461.pdf]

PMP#180x [http://www.bahai.org/r/505645969] NFR.065 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/NR/nr-67.html]

PM#180x [http://www.bahai.org/r/772789242] LTDT.263-264 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=280] JHT_S#064 [https://joshuahalltranslations.com/jalal/2017/10/Supplications-by-Bahaullah-1.pdf#page=31]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for protection, @prayer for women

Part 3 of the Tablet of Visitation (BH02307).

BH06772

150

Arabic

Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation for the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh)

هذا کتاب من لدنا الیک انه لبشاره من لدی الرحمن ??لیک و علی اهل الاکوان خذه بید

This is a Book from Us unto thee. Verily, it is a glad-tiding from the All-Merciful unto thee and unto the peoples of all the worlds. Take it with the hand [3.5s]... ...The remembrance of God and His praise, and the glory of God and His splendor, rest upon Thee, O Thou Who art His Beauty!

INBA34:319 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v034/?page=321] BLIB_Or15707.179 BLIB_Or15735.327

PMP#180x [http://www.bahai.org/r/505645969] AQA1#194 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/Q1/q1-199.html] HYK.327

PM#180x [http://www.bahai.org/r/772789242]

@suffering and imprisonment, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @Manifestation of God as sun

Part 2 of the Tablet of Visitation (BH02307).

ABU0078

Address at Theosophical Society of Edinburgh, 1913-01-09

1380

Persian

Some Prayers by 'Abdu'l-Bahá

??مشب چون در مجلس شما هستم بسیار مسرورم زیرا شما الحمد لله تحری حقیقت می نمااید

It gives me great pleasure to be with you this evening and to take part in your delightful gathering, for you Theosophists, Praise be to God, are always independent investigators

AMK.266-270 DWNP_v5#05 p.006x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-5-burma-1927] MAS5.048x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS5/mas5-48.html] MJMJ1.094x MMG2#302 p.336x [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA/mma-339.html] MJH.038bx [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMAI/mmai-39.html] KHF.135 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1700.pdf#page=138] KHAB.405 (409) [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Khutab_Abdul-Baha.pdf] KHTB3.053 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/KA3/ka3-55.html] NJB_v12#04 p.096 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_4]

BSTW#463 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_451-485.pdf#page=29]

S. Tirandaz [https://tirandaz.bandcamp.com/track/gatherings-3] Ahdieh [https://ahdieh.bandcamp.com/track/prayer-of-abdul-bah-2] unknown [https://youtu.be/LzRhvNIPkYM]

@relationship of the soul to the body, @proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence, @elementary matter cannot be annihilated, @progress only takes place within its own degree, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being

Opening lines of the closing prayer, revealed by Abdu’l-Baha in this Address: "O Thou kind Lord. Illumine the inner eyes and grant attentive ears, revive the lifeless hearts and awaken the heedless from their slumber."

BH00775

Lawh-i-Hamd-i-Musha‘sha‘

1020

mixed

Lawh-i-Hamd-i-Mushasha (Tablet of the Effulgent Praise)

حمد مشعشع مطرز متلامع مترافع متصاعد هواء قرب قدس حضرت محبوبی است که بیک رنه

May a praise effulgent and adorned, brilliant and exalted, ascend to the hallowed realm of nearness unto Him Who is the Beloved

BLIB_Or15722.262 NLAI_BH1.300 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NLAI.BH1_.pdf#page=322]

BRL_DA#065 [http://www.bahai.org/r/900469050] SFI02.077x [https://oceanoflights.org/file/Publications-02_02.pdf#page=77] TZH4.014-17x [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/arabic/vol2/tzh4/tzh4.htm]

ADMS#245 [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/bh00775/]

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @praise and encouragement, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for forgiveness, @chastisement and requital, @proclamation to people of the Bayan

One of the earliest known Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh?

BB00003

Kitab-i-Asma' (Book of Names)

>500000

Arabic

Bahá'í Prayers; Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Gate of the Heart

Kitáb-i-Asma (Book of Names); Tablet of the Báb to the Sherif of Mecca

الباب الاول من الواحد الاول ... بسم الله الاسمم الاسمم. لا اله الا هو الأرشد الأرشد قل الله ارشد فوق کل ذا ارشاد لن يقدر ان يمتنع عن مليک سلطان ارشاده

God, no God is there save Him., the Supremely Guided (al-arshad), the Supremely Guided (al-arshad). Say: God proffers a Guidance (arshad) beyond every possessor of Guidance (irshad)…. O Lord! Enable all the peoples of the earth to gain admittance

INBA60:156-166x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v060/?page=158] INBA64:025.10-030.01x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v064/?page=27] INBA82:060-066x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v082/?page=62] INBA_6002C INBA29 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v029/?page=3] PR02.069v01-069v20x [https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0002] PR03.150v08-151v11x [https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0045] PR24.069r-072vx [https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0258] PR30.001-344 [https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0271] CMB_F16x CMB_F18x CMB_F23.171v04-174r04 (58)x CMB_F17x CMB_F19x BLIB_Or5278 BLIB_Or5481 BLIB_Or5869 BLIB_Or6255 BN_5806 [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b100320868/f4.image] BN_5807 [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10032087q/f5.image] BN_6141 [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10031479c/f5.image] BN_6142 [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10031480r/f6.image] BLIB_Or5487-5490 MKI4491 MKI4492 MKI4493 IOL (12:1-18)x IOM.091-092x [http://www.orientalstudies.ru/eng/images/pdf/p_wmo_2_2015.pdf#page=91] HBH_asma [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/bab/G-L/K/asma/asma.htm] BYC_asma [http://bayanic.com/lib/scan/sacred/Point/Asma]

MANU.039-045x [https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/bab/M-R/majmuih1/athar.htm] TZH2.006x [https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/arabic/vol4/2tzh/2tzh.htm] SWBP#07 (p.018-024x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/683791444] SWBP#11 (p.092-106x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/209180313] SWBP#15 (p.109-110x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/905433338] SWBP#28 (p.121-122x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/574873945] SWBP#31 (p.124-125x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/979992519] SWBP#32 (p.125-125(a)x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/402919759] SWBP#33 (p.125-125(b)x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/087684267] SWBP#47 (p.136-136x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/551232896] OOL.A008 [https://oceanoflights.org/file/Bab-BKW-08-02.pdf]

SWB#07 (p.029-037x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/346778469] SWB#11 (p.129-149x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/255655335] SWB#15 (p.155-155x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/809622135] SWB#29 (p.172-172x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/899330689] SWB#32 (p.176(a)x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/234809405] SWB#33 (p.176(b)x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/764414569] SWB#34 (p.177(a)x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/893346334] SWB#48 (p.191-191x) [http://www.bahai.org/r/146123526] BPRY.081x [http://www.bahai.org/r/153939478] BPRY.234x [http://www.bahai.org/r/203253999] GOH.passim (see index) [http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf] HURQ.BB58x [https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/3701/]

E. Mahony [https://music.elikamahony.com/track/enable-all-the-peoples] A. Bryan [https://angelabryanmusic.bandcamp.com/track/paradise-of-faith] G.H. Miller [https://youtu.be/TF4QA7fpWv0] K. Key [https://youtu.be/cz_LN56bYpY]

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @chastisement and requital, @prophecy and fulfillment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @justice and wrath of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will, @Word of God and human limitations, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @divine attributes are within all things; every atom, @modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation, @proclamation to Muslims, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for martyrs, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @God's attributes require the existence of objects, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @suffering and imprisonment, @call to action, @return of the Manifestations of God, @excellence; distinction, @heaven and paradise; heaven and hell, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir], @oneness; unity of religion, @power of the Manifestation of God, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings, @identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God, @courtesy; culture [adab], @recompense; reward for belief; right action, @The Holy Spirit, @power of prayer, @business; financial; property matters, @literature; drama; humanities; the arts, @relativity of religious truth, @preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings, @essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others, @thankfulness; gratitude, @martyrs and martyrdom, @exhortations and counsels, @light and darkness, @Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God, @God as immanent vs. transcendent reality, @words vs deeds, @unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @proofs for the existence of God, @predictions and prophecies, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

Note that the Partial Inventory states that the word count is more than 500,000 words.

BH00686

Lawh-i-Zuhur (Tablet of the Manifestation)

1120

Arabic

Tablet of the Manifestation (Lawh-i-Zuhur); Tablet of the Manifestation, The (Lawh-i-Zuhur)

Lawh-i-Zuhur (Tablet of the Manifestation)

ان یا ایها الناظر الی شطر الله و المتغمس فی بحر قربه و رضاه فاعلم بان الظهور

O thou who art gazing toward the direction of God and submerged in His Nearness and Good-pleasure! Know thou that, verily, the

BLIB_Or15725.136 NLAI_BH3.136 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NLAI.BH3_.pdf#page=136] Berlin1237#29 [https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?PPN=PPN1740194756&PHYSID=PHYS_0007]

LHKM1.056 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/LH1/lh1-55.html] MAS4.161x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MAS4/mas4-161.html] VUJUD.117x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Malakut-i-Vujud.pdf]

BLO_PT#134 [https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_lawh_zuhur] BSC.204 #373-391 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] BSTW#124 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_101-150.pdf#page=46] VUJUDE.167-168x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/the_kingdom_of_existence.pdf] HURQ.BH67 [https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/450/] JHT_B#017 [https://joshuahalltranslations.com/the-tablet-of-the-manifestation/]

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

Not to be confused with Súriy-i-Ẓuhúr (BH01761).

BH01761

Suriy-i-Zuhur

500

Arabic

Súriy-i-Zuhúr (Surah of Revelation)

تلک آیات الکتاب قد نزلت علی احسن النغمات و انها بنفسها لیکون حجه علی من فی

These are the verses of the Book, revealed in the most melodious of tones, and they shall, of themselves, stand as testimony against all who dwell therein [3.5s]

INBA83:113 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v083/?page=115] BLIB_Or15702.028 ALIB.folder18p316 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ALIB.folder18.pdf]

PYK.115 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1484.pdf#page=132] OOL.B143 [https://oceanoflights.org/bahaullah-st-143-ar]

LL#332 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#332]

Declares, at a time when He is beset on all sides, that His revelation is the testimony of God that separates truth from error; asserts that what the people recognize of His cause is but the robe and cloak wherewith He attires Himself; and admonishes the people for failing to recognize Him upon His return, after changing His garb and departing for but a little while from their midst.

@self-concealment of the Manifestation of God, @Word of God and human limitations, @power of faith; power of the spirit, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @call to action, @rejection, opposition and persecution

Not to be confused with Lawh-i-Zuhur (BH00686).

BH00915

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

900

Arabic

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

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

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی نجیت به الادم عن الشیطان و حفظت النوح

Praise be to Thee, O my God. I call upon Thee by Thy Name, whereby Thou didst save Adam from Satan, and didst deliver Noah from the deluge, Abraham from the flames

INBA92:298 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v092-dark/?page=151]

TSBT.174-181 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/RTT/rtt-173.html] RHQM2.0996x (435) (267x) [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/653.pdf#page=193] OOL.B001a [https://oceanoflights.org/bahaullah-st-001-1-ar/]

BLO_PT#138 [https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_layla_quds_cole] HURQ.BH43 [https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/509/]

MMAH.172 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=184] LL#148 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#148]

@prayer for evening; night, @prayer for unity, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @power of prayer, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

Not to be confused with Inventory #BH00970.

AB00006

Tafsir-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyyan (Commentary on the Hadith of the Hidden Treasure)

8270

mixed

Commentary on the Islamic Tradition "I Was a Hidden Treasure..." (Tafsír-i-Hadith-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfíyyan)

Sharh-i Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyan (Commentary on the tradition of the Hidden Treasure)

الحمد لله الذی قد حرک افلاک الذوات بحرکه جذب صمدانیه و قد موج ابحر الکینونات

Praise be to God Who hath stirred up the celestial spheres of being through the movement of divine attraction, and hath caused the oceans of existence to surge [3.5s]... ...And to continue: To him who looks at these lines and understands these indications, it is well known with respect to the request of that traveller… O Lord so rich in bounty, so replete with grace

INBA13:411x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v013/?page=206]

BRL_MON#26x [http://www.bahai.org/r/640088455] MKT2.002 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA2/ma2-2.html] BMT.174 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/258.pdf#page=177] ADH2.070x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/i/ishraq-khavari_adhkar_muqarrabin_2.pdf] ADH2_2#09 p.101x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/i/ishraq-khavari_adhkar_muqarrabin_2.pdf] MMG2#120 p.135x [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA/mma-138.html] MJH.051x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMAI/mmai-52.html] HUV1.004x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/621.pdf#page=4] OOL.C028 [https://oceanoflights.org/abdul-baha-bkw28-fa] VUJUD.139.18x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Malakut-i-Vujud.pdf]

BRL_POAB#26x [http://www.bahai.org/r/874596075] BRL_Aqdas.n023x [https://www.bahai.org/r/561689094] SW_v08#06 p.062-063x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_6] BLO_PT#024 [https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_kuntu_kanzan_makhfiyyan] VUJUDE.146x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/the_kingdom_of_existence.pdf] JHT_A#005x

S. Rezaei and M. Vahman [https://youtu.be/rrXXnCo47YQ] Ahdieh [https://ahdieh.bandcamp.com/track/--12] S. Tirandaz [https://tirandaz.bandcamp.com/track/praise-and-gratitude-5] S. Taefi [track 13] [https://9starmedia.com/sonbol-taefi-along-the-tigris] unknown [https://youtu.be/IUEFUkWX7nk] L. Slott [https://youtu.be/OQIFMHgy9is]

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @knowledge of attributes same as knowledge of God, @names and attributes of God, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah], @essential vs. actional attributes of God, @mystical themes

Makatib v.2 p.55 mentions that this was written in Edirne; see also BMT.178. For brief commentary by Baha'u'llah see BH04769.

BH11579

Lawh-i-Abdu'l-'Aziz va Vukala

unknown

Lawh-i-`Abdu'l-Aziz-Va-Vukala (Tablet to the Sultan)

BKOG.206 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23] BKOG.216 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23] GPB.160 [http://www.bahai.org/r/339497954] BW_v14p631 [http://dl.bahai.org/bahai-world/the-bahai-world-vol14-1963-1968.pdf#page=631] GSH.069 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-69.html] LL#031 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#31]

Lost but incorporated in the Suriy-i-Muluk (?)

BB00005

Panj Sha'n (Book of the Five Modes)

98000

mixed

Kitáb-i-Panj Sha'n, Book of Five Qualification; Kitab-i-Panj Sha'n; Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A; Gate of the Heart

Kitáb-i-Panj Shan (Book of Five Modes); Lawh-i-Hurufat (Tablet of the Letters)

بسم الله الائله الائله. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الائله الائله بسم الله الاله الاله بالله الله الاله الاله بسم الله الموله الموله

Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Most High, the Most High. In the Name of God, the Divine One, the Divine One. By God, the Divine One, the Divine One. In the Name of God, the Lord Supreme [3.5s]... ...God has not created anything without creating a trace of the elixir within it

INBA01:001-088x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v001/?page=3] INBA64:085.02-094.05x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v064/?page=87] INBA82:002-016x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v082/?page=4] INBA82:066-078x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v082/?page=68] INBA_6007C.494-541x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/INBA.6007C.pdf] PR02.053v07-060r04x [https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0002] PR02.069r01-075r17x [https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0002] PR02.154r01-159v28x [https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0002] PR03.040v05-042v06x [https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0045] PR03.089v26-136r16x [https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0045] PR03.241v07-245r27 [https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0045] CMB_F23.002v04-076r03x CMB_F15 CMB_F25.3 BLIB_Or5612 BLIB_Or6680 BN_6143 [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b100314816/f3.image] BN_6518 p.002v [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b100304611/f6.image] MKI4488.134r-315rx KB_panj [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/525.pdf] HBH_panjshan [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/bab/M-R/panj/panjshan.htm] HBH_panjshan2 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/bab/M-R/panj/panjshan2.htm] BYC_collect3.045-062x [http://bayanic.com/lib/scan/sacred/Point/Collection3/Collection_3.pdf#page=25] BYC_panj [http://bayanic.com/lib/scan/sacred/Point/PanjModes]

PANJx [https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/bab/M-R/panj/panjshan.htm] MAS7.114-18x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MAS7/mas7-114.html] RBB.098-100x [https://bahai-library.org/maceoin_rituals_babism_bahaism] RBB.109x [https://bahai-library.org/maceoin_rituals_babism_bahaism] MBA.203-209x [https://tinyurl.com/u44wb8t] MBA.276-293x [https://tinyurl.com/u44wb8t] MBA.301x [https://tinyurl.com/u44wb8t] MBA.314-326x [https://tinyurl.com/u44wb8t] AHDA.467x? [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=481] OOL.A012 [https://oceanoflights.org/file/Bab-BKW-12.pdf] OOL.A019x [https://oceanoflights.org/file/Bab-BKW-19.pdf]

RBB.015-016x [https://bahai-library.org/maceoin_rituals_babism_bahaism] GOH.174-178x [http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=181] GOH.184-185x [http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=191] GOH.393fn17x [http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=400] GOH.191x [http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=198] GOH.245x [http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=252] GOH.292x [http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=299] GOH.348-349x [http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=355] GOH.368x [http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=375] MNP.220-222x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MNP.pdf#page=235] HURQ.BB59x [https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/97] BLO_PT#046x [https://bahai-library.com/walbridge_kitab_panj-shan_commentary] BLO_alchemy [https://bahai-library.com/brown_reflection_theory_alchemy]

BRHL.60 [https://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/LO/AA/00/56/59/00001/PDF.pdf#page=82] MSBR.206-207 [https://bahai-library.com/browne_materials_study_babi] AHDA.446.6 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=460] AHDA.459.01x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=473] MMAH.038 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=50] MMAH.062 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=74] SRC.088-090 [http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=31] SRC.093-095 [http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=33] SRC.189 [http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=44] SRC.190 [http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=44] SRC.281 [http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=90] GOH.036 [http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=43]

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @station of the Manifestation of God, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @names and attributes of God, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @essential vs. actional attributes of God, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God, @return of the Manifestations of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat], @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @Adam; Adam and Eve, @prophecy and fulfillment, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @alchemy; the elixir, @oneness; unity of religion, @divine attributes are within all things; every atom, @light and darkness, @call to action, @unity in diversity, @predictions and prophecies, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @Perfect Man [insan-i-kamil], @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @blind imitation [taqlid], @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @Word of God and human limitations, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @symbolism of color and light, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @chastisement and requital, @exhortations and counsels, @creation of the world, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @belief and denial, @symbolism, @da'iras and haykals

Last part is known as the Lawh-i-Hurufat

ABU0089

Interview with a prominent Rabbi, New York, ca. Apr. 1912

1300

Interview Between a Prominent Rabbi and 'Abdu'l-Bahá

You are most welcome Rabbi. [Rabbi:] "I have long desired to meet you."

SW_v03#06 p.006-008 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_6]

@degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @unity in diversity, @literal interpretation, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures, @idolatry, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @human reality created in the image of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @Christ; Christianity

Interview with a prominent rabbi. Trans: SW_v03#06 p.006-008.

ABU0360

Lesson given to I. D. Brittingham, Apr. 1909

660

The events mentioned in the first part of chapter 16 of Revelation happened before the coming of the Manifestation. The seven angels signify seven Powers

PN_1909F p051 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909F.pdf#page=51] BSTW#136 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_101-150.pdf#page=69]

@symbolism, @predictions and prophecies, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @prophecy and fulfillment, @war and peace, @rejection, opposition and persecution

interpretation of Rev ch16.

BH00013

10050

mixed

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

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

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

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

INBA23:062 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v023/?page=49] INBA41:132x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v041/?page=134] INBA41:329x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v041/?page=331] BLIB_Or15698.279 BLIB_Or15720.274x BLIB_Or15733.001 BLIB_Or15740.213x Majlis934.255-266 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Tablets_934.pdf]

AVK4.028.05x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-32.html] AVK4.073-074x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-77.html] AVK2.143.09x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK2/ak2-144.html] AVK3.300.03x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-304.html] AVK3.450.13x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-454.html] AVK3.426.12x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-430.html] AVK3.472.01x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-476.html] IQT.279-286x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/IQT/iqt-279.html] AYI1.336x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/AI1/ai1-330.html] GHA.341ax [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/GHA/gha-350.html] UAB.029bx [http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/UAB.pdf#page=16] UAB.042ax [http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/UAB.pdf#page=23] MAS1.018.1x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MAS1/mas1-18.html] MAS4.354bx [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MAS4/mas4-354.html] TSAY.472x TSAY.472-473x ASAT2.119x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/428.pdf#page=61] ASAT3.120x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/429.pdf#page=62] ASAT3.242x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/429.pdf#page=123] ASAT4.286x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf#page=145] PYB#115 p.03x [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/Periodicals/Payam_i_Bahai/115.PDF#page=3] VUJUD.095-096x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Malakut-i-Vujud.pdf] VUJUD.105x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Malakut-i-Vujud.pdf]

BLO_PT#154 [https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_lawh_tawil_ghasempour] BLO_PT#155 [https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_lawh_tawil_cole] WIND#115 [https://alisonelizabethmarshall.com/figurative-interpretation-of-scripture/] VUJUDE.139-141x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/the_kingdom_of_existence.pdf] VUJUDE.212-213x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/the_kingdom_of_existence.pdf]

almunajat.com [item 41] [https://almunajat.com/chanting_collection_2.htm]

LL#251 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#251] LL#282 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#282]

@proclamation to divines; to religious leaders, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @chastisement and requital, @praise and encouragement, @outward and inward meanings, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @exhortations and counsels, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @self-concealment of the Manifestation of God

Includes verses for newborn child

ABU0463

Words spoken on 1916-04-16 in Bahji

560

Persian

`Abdu'l-Bahá, Shrine of

بعد از من معرکه می شود. خدا اسباب فراهم آورده که من باشم و نباشم تا احباب در اطراف بر ایشان فتوری حاصل نشود

After my departure there will be a short time of quiet in the Baha'i Cause. Then the flame of love and activity

ZSM.1916-04-16 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/zsm.pdf]

SW_v14#06 p.181x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_6]

@predictions and prophecies, @law of burial and cremation, @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @firmness in the Covenant, @growth of the Cause, @Ascension of Baha'u'llah, @Christ; Christianity

Includes the passage "bury me between Haifa and Akka in the sands there, for it is the pathway of the loved ones and pilgrims. Build nothing over it... (3.5s)"

BB00137

Sahifiy-i-Radaviyyih (Epistle of Rida')

1300

Arabic

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

Risaliy-i-Dhahabiyyih

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

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

CMB_F28.6.1-2 BYC_radawiya [http://bayanic.com/lib/scan/sacred/Point/Razavieh]

MHA.141-142x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/663.pdf#page=144] TZH3.290x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/497.pdf#page=296] AHDA.473-474x fn2 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=487] OOL.A013 [https://oceanoflights.org/file/Bab-BKW-13.pdf]

BAPT.003-005x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/b/bab_bayan_arabic_terry.pdf#page=3] MNP.057-058x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MNP.pdf#page=72] MNP.097-100 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MNP.pdf#page=112] HURQ.BB21x [https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/901/] LOIR06.059ff BLO_PT#012x [https://bahai-library.com/brown_kkhutba_dhikriyya] BLO_PT#034x [https://bahai-library.com/bab_brown_risaliy_dhahabiyyih]

BRHL.68 [https://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/LO/AA/00/56/59/00001/PDF.pdf#page=90] MSBR.208-209 [https://bahai-library.com/browne_materials_study_babi] AHDA.449.2 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=463] AHDA.452.3 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=466] MMAH.046 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=58] MMAH.048 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=60] SRC.053-055 [http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=13] SRC.207 [http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=53] GOH.023 [http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=30] GOH.032 [http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=39] GOH.131 [http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=138] GOH.379fn35 [http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=386]

@authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @essential vs. actional attributes of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @the Imamate; the Caliphate

Includes the Khutbiy-i-Dhikriyyih as chapter 1.

BH00279

Remembrance of the seven martyrs of Yazd

2280

mixed

Tablet to The Times of London

Lawh-i-Times (Tablet to the Times)

کنا ماشیا فی البیت و سامعا حدیث الارض اذا ارتفع الندآء من الفردوس الاعلی

We were walking in the House and hearing the discourse of the earth when the Call was raised from the Most Exalted Paradise [3.5s]... ...O 'Times', O thou endowed with the power of utterance! O dawning place of news! Spend an hour with the oppressed of Iran

INBA39:154 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v039/?page=157]

BRL_DA#375 [http://www.bahai.org/r/802045764] MAS4.124cx [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MAS4/mas4-124.html] RHQM1.382-382 (461) (283-289) [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/652.pdf#page=203] ASAT4.387x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf#page=196] MSBH2.171x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/248.pdf#page=84] OOL.B169 [https://oceanoflights.org/bahaullah-st-169-fa] OOL.B199 [https://oceanoflights.org/bahaullah-st-199-fa]

BRL_ATBH#08x [http://www.bahai.org/r/310642713] BLO_PT#195 [https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_lawh_times_london]

ROB4.348 [https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V4/Contents.html] MMAH.144 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=156] LL#253 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#253]

@martyrs and martyrdom, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @call to action

Includes the "Lawh-i-Times"

BH00347

Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX)

1900

Arabic

Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX)

ان یا پاپا ان اخرق الاحجاب قد اتی رب الارباب فی ظلل السحاب و قضی الامر من

O Pope! Rend the veils asunder. He Who is the Lord of Lords is come overshadowed with clouds, and the decree hath been fulfilled by God

INBA34:026 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v034/?page=28] BLIB_Or15705.018 CMB_F31.032 PR11.026a-031a [https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0181]

NRJ#1a [http://www.bahai.org/r/605295696] AQA1#001a [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/Q1/q1-6.html] RHQM1.141-142 (180) (106-106x) [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/652.pdf#page=82] OOL.B065 [https://oceanoflights.org/bahaullah-st-065-ar]

SLH#01a [http://www.bahai.org/r/991628547] BSC.098 #041 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

ROB3.116 [https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V3/Contents.html] MMAH.166 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=178] MMAH.229 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=241] GSH.124 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-124.html] LL#208 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#208]

Announces the return of Christ, ‘come down from Heaven even as He came down from it the first time’; warns of the ‘veils of human learning’ that threaten to obscure this truth; calls on the monks to come forth from their seclusion; summons the people of all religions to hasten unto the most great Ocean; asserts the power of His revelation to overcome all opposition; bids the Pope to abandon his worldly riches and adornments; and proclaims to the Christians that John the Baptist has reappeared in the person of the Báb while the promised Father foretold by Isaiah and the Comforter promised by Christ has appeared in the person of Bahá’u’lláh.

@proclamation to Christians, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @monasticism; asceticism, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @universal peace; world unity

Included in the Suriyi-Haykal.

BH00662

Lawh-i-Malikah Victoria (Tablet to Queen Victoria)

1150

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria)

یا ایتها الملکه فی اللوندره ان استمعی ندآء ربک مالک البریه من السدره الالهیه

O Queen in London! Incline thine ear unto the voice of thy Lord, the Lord of all mankind, calling from the Divine Lote-Tree

INBA34:044 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v034/?page=46] BLIB_Or15705.029 PR11.040b-043b [https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0181]

NRJ#1d [http://www.bahai.org/r/633793237] GWBP#119 p.162x [http://www.bahai.org/r/768559354] GWBP#120 p.164x [http://www.bahai.org/r/428566058] AQA1#001d [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/Q1/q1-6.html] DLH2.176x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/729.pdf#page=90] OOL.B053 [https://oceanoflights.org/bahaullah-st-053-ar]

SLH#01d [http://www.bahai.org/r/991628547] GWB#119x [http://www.bahai.org/r/183642297] GWB#120x [http://www.bahai.org/r/037199087] WOB.039-040x [http://www.bahai.org/r/207097793] WOB.040x [http://www.bahai.org/r/721467223] WOB.162x2x [http://www.bahai.org/r/378129855] SW_v14#10 p.296 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_10] DWN_v5#01 p.004x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-5-burma-1927] BLO_PT#188 [https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_lawh_malikih] BSC.111 #045 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

B. Parmar [https://youtu.be/xkN34cNUyEc]

ROB3.123 [https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V3/Contents.html] MMAH.177 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=189] GSH.130 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-130.html] LL#153 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#153]

Announces the fulfilment of ‘all that hath been mentioned in the Gospel’; praises the Queen for forbidding the trading in slaves and for entrusting ‘the reins of counsel into the hands of the representatives of the people’; calls the elected representatives of the people in every land to take counsel together for the sake of mankind; ordains that ‘the mightiest instrument for the healing of all the world is the union of all its peoples in one universal Cause, one common Faith’; and instructs the kings of the earth to cease burdening their subjects with their own wanton expenditures, to be reconciled among themselves, and to enforce a common peace by joining forces against any who would take up arms against another.

@status of kings; future of monarchy, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @prayer for governments and rulers, @the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @universal peace; world unity, @unity of thought and belief

Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal.

BH00259

Lawh-i-Napoleon II

2460

Arabic

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 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v034/?page=35] BLIB_Or15705.022 CMB_F31.034 PR11.031a-038b [https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0181]

NRJ#1b [http://www.bahai.org/r/157209735] GWBP#107 p.139ax [http://www.bahai.org/r/914428747] GWBP#158 p.215bx [http://www.bahai.org/r/589180436] AQA1#001b [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/Q1/q1-6.html] AVK3.203.19x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-207.html] AKHA_123BE #01-02 p.ax [https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/] OOL.B062 [https://oceanoflights.org/bahaullah-st-062-ar]

SLH#01b [http://www.bahai.org/r/991628547] GWB#107x [http://www.bahai.org/r/832191630] GWB#158x [http://www.bahai.org/r/948049342] WOB.203x [http://www.bahai.org/r/807659157] SW_v03#05 p.007x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_5] DWN_v5#02-3 p.002-004x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-5-burma-1927] DWN_v6#10 p.001bx [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-6-burma-1928] BSC.105 #042 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

W. Heath [https://walterheath.bandcamp.com/track/he-who-is-your-lord] Soulrise Melodies (1) [https://soulrisemelodies.bandcamp.com/track/benefit-mankind] Soulrise Melodies (2) [https://soulrisemelodies.bandcamp.com/track/arise-thou-to-serve]

ROB3.110 [https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V3/Contents.html] BKOG.320 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23] BKOG.392 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23] MMAH.124 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=136] LL#200 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#200]

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

Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal.

BH00478

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Maryam

1510

Arabic

Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam

Ziyarat-Namih-i-Maryam (Tablet of Visitation for Maryam)

ان یا قلم الاعلی مااخذک السرور فی ایام ربک العلی الاعلی لتغن به علی افنان

O Pen of Glory! Thou hast never been seized with transports of joy during the days of Thy Lord, the Exalted, the Most High

INBA38:311 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v038/?page=313] INBA48:052 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v048/?page=54] INBA49:260 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v049/?page=262] BLIB_Or15714.119 BLIB_Or15739.108 NLAI_BH2.336 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NLAI.BH2_.pdf#page=336] Majlis210461.104-111 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/majlis_210461.pdf]

BRL_DA#568 [http://www.bahai.org/r/160777022] TAHR.336-339 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/415.pdf#page=340] ASAT4.080x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf#page=42] AKHT1.093-094x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/ATA1/ata1-93.html] AKHT1.366 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/ATA1/ata1-366.html] HYK.334x OOL.B153 [https://oceanoflights.org/bahaullah-st-153-ar]

LTDT.298-299x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=315] BLO_PT#015 [https://bahai-library.com/shahzadeh_four_tablets_maryam] HURQ.BH85 [https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/468/]

ROB1.013 [https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V1/Contents.html] GSH.205 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-205.html] LL#348 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#348]

@eulogies; reminiscences, @martyrs and martyrdom, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @prayer for protection, @love of God, @visitation Tablets

For Tahirih?

BB00166

Ziyarat for Hadrat-i-Quddus

1200

Arabic

Ziyarat-Namih-i-Mulla Muhammad `Ali-i-Barfurushi (Tablets of Visitation for Mulla Muhammad `Ali-i-Barfurushi (Quddus))

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. جوهر مجرد طرز کافور اطهر اطهر انور الذی طلع و اشرق ثم لمع و ابرق ... علیک یا نورالبهاء و ذکر الانشاء و سر القضاء

O pure Essence, ornament of most holy and radiant camphor, that hath risen and shone forth, then gleamed and flashed in brilliance... upon thee, O Light of Bahá, Remembrance of Creation, Mystery of Decree [3.5s]

CMB_F23.146r07-149r08 (51) MKI4500.124r-126v [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MKI-34-Ae-Arabi-4500.pdf]

HURQ.BB35x [https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/385/]

@mystical themes, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity

For Shaykh Ahmad?

ABU1863

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

160

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

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

BPRY.174-175x DAS.1914-05-09 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=107] SW_v07#18 p.179x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_18] SW_v09#09 p.104x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_9] SW_v13#09 p.251-252x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_9] DWN_v3#05 p.031x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-3-burma-1925] PN_1914 p002 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1914.pdf#page=2] BSTW#318 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_301-350.pdf#page=26]

The Badasht Project [https://badasht.bandcamp.com/track/refresh-gladden] D. Gundry [https://music.devongundry.com/track/refrenergy] A. Youssefi [https://music.aliyoussefi.com/track/tamba] P. Escobar [https://lakan.bandcamp.com/track/refresh-gladden-cover-of-jb-eckl] L. Slott [https://lukeslott.bandcamp.com/track/refresh-and-gladden-my-spirit] M. Sparrow [https://munirihsparrow.bandcamp.com/track/refresh-gladden] A. Bryan [https://angelabryanmusic.bandcamp.com/track/refresh-and-gladden] N. Chiang [https://youtu.be/MH-y9Dn6Rdc] K. Bartlett [https://youtu.be/jKrqsRW4ltE] L. Ghiami [https://youtu.be/1fimezA0jTQ] Dechen & Michael [https://youtu.be/23AW1hzzvqM] M. Benedetti [https://youtu.be/d9fZZwv1_PY] E. Lilian [https://esralilian.bandcamp.com/track/i-lay-all-my-affairs-in-thy-hand] MANA [https://manapacifica.bandcamp.com/track/refresh-and-gladden] W. Heath [https://walterheath.bandcamp.com/track/refresh-and-gladden-my-spirit] Soulrise Melodies [https://soulrisemelodies.bandcamp.com/track/refresh-and-gladden] M. Levine [track 4] [https://9starmedia.com/matthew-levine-a-sacrifice-to-thee] J. Marks and S. Engle [https://youtu.be/fpLSwhI9tv4] L. Dely & M. Congo [https://youtu.be/FNytE2_7b4w] A. & M. Zemke [track 6] [https://9starmedia.com/anthony-and-michael-zemke-strive] Do'a [track 4] [https://9starmedia.com/doa-companions-of-the-crimson-coloured-ark] T. Ellis [https://dawnbreakercollective.bandcamp.com/track/refresh] G. and M. Smith [https://youtu.be/3aftyaGGsiw] Ladjamaya [track 5] [https://9starmedia.com/ladjamaya-intone-o-my-servant]

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

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

BH00007

Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple)

20670

Arabic

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 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v034/?page=3] BLIB_Or15705.001 BLIB_Or15735.002 IOM.099 [http://www.orientalstudies.ru/eng/images/pdf/p_wmo_2_2015.pdf#page=99]

NRJ#1 [http://www.bahai.org/r/454147411] AQA1#001 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/Q1/q1-6.html] AQA4#090 p.268 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/566.pdf] HYK.002 YMM.153x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=161] OOL.B121 [https://oceanoflights.org/bahaullah-st-121-ar]

SLH#01 [http://www.bahai.org/r/991628547] COC#0301x COC#1648x ADJ.080-081x [http://www.bahai.org/r/153777598] ADJ.085ax [http://www.bahai.org/r/203848402] ADJ.085x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/] COF.101bx [http://www.bahai.org/r/146217191] GPB.099x2x [http://www.bahai.org/r/756163672] GPB.101x3x [http://www.bahai.org/r/537615561] GPB.101-102x [http://www.bahai.org/r/537615561] GPB.102x [http://www.bahai.org/r/268300110] GPB.106x [http://www.bahai.org/r/653814373] GPB.143x [http://www.bahai.org/r/005665955] GPB.173x2x [http://www.bahai.org/r/727675615] GPB.174x [http://www.bahai.org/r/756893340] GPB.186x [http://www.bahai.org/r/823751656] GPB.206x4x [http://www.bahai.org/r/539873127] GPB.207x11x [http://www.bahai.org/r/429879984] GPB.207-208x [http://www.bahai.org/r/429879984] GPB.208x2x [http://www.bahai.org/r/383317169] GPB.209x6x [http://www.bahai.org/r/688688198] GPB.210x2x [http://www.bahai.org/r/060619143] GPB.211x [http://www.bahai.org/r/245900823] GPB.226x [http://www.bahai.org/r/523077538] GPB.227x3x [http://www.bahai.org/r/234543951] GPB.245x [http://www.bahai.org/r/820516802] GPB.331x [http://www.bahai.org/r/172515055] PDC.007x [http://www.bahai.org/r/429771115] PDC.020x [http://www.bahai.org/r/347401552] PDC.042-043x [http://www.bahai.org/r/204431938] PDC.046x [http://www.bahai.org/r/088195124] PDC.046-047x [http://www.bahai.org/r/088195124] PDC.047x2x [http://www.bahai.org/r/840425169] PDC.047-048x [http://www.bahai.org/r/840425169] PDC.048x [http://www.bahai.org/r/840425169] PDC.048-049x [http://www.bahai.org/r/840425169] PDC.049x2x [http://www.bahai.org/r/106714445] PDC.049-050x [http://www.bahai.org/r/106714445] PDC.050x4x [http://www.bahai.org/r/144746211] PDC.050-051x [http://www.bahai.org/r/144746211] PDC.051x3x [http://www.bahai.org/r/389387382] PDC.051-052x [http://www.bahai.org/r/389387382] PDC.052x2x [http://www.bahai.org/r/996038255] PDC.052-053x [http://www.bahai.org/r/996038255] PDC.053x [http://www.bahai.org/r/876395066] PDC.054x [http://www.bahai.org/r/901605073] PDC.055x2x [http://www.bahai.org/r/257332660] PDC.055-057x [http://www.bahai.org/r/257332660] PDC.057x [http://www.bahai.org/r/744382029] PDC.057-058x [http://www.bahai.org/r/744382029] PDC.065-067x [http://www.bahai.org/r/232880252] PDC.067x2x [http://www.bahai.org/r/422850437] PDC.067-068x [http://www.bahai.org/r/422850437] PDC.068x3x [http://www.bahai.org/r/949830139] PDC.073x [http://www.bahai.org/r/081520638] PDC.075x [http://www.bahai.org/r/611556049] PDC.078x [http://www.bahai.org/r/317204472] PDC.081x3x [http://www.bahai.org/r/193594659] PDC.085x6x [http://www.bahai.org/r/421525411] PDC.090x3x [http://www.bahai.org/r/958457268] PDC.106-107x [http://www.bahai.org/r/865029395] PDC.107x [http://www.bahai.org/r/865029395] PDC.119x [http://www.bahai.org/r/139372601] PDC.136-137x [http://www.bahai.org/r/727548667] PDC.138x [http://www.bahai.org/r/929729464] PDC.144-145x [http://www.bahai.org/r/407717945] PDC.161-162x [http://www.bahai.org/r/603951647] PDC.166x [http://www.bahai.org/r/478838951] PDC.168-169x [http://www.bahai.org/r/183440750] PDC.169x [http://www.bahai.org/r/639707429] PDC.173-174x [http://www.bahai.org/r/492601762] PDC.181-182x [http://www.bahai.org/r/388105851] PDC.196x [http://www.bahai.org/r/774554129] WOB.104x [http://www.bahai.org/r/265848210] WOB.107x [http://www.bahai.org/r/752862317] WOB.108x [http://www.bahai.org/r/699306799] WOB.109x3x [http://www.bahai.org/r/499303803] WOB.109-110x [http://www.bahai.org/r/499303803] WOB.110x [http://www.bahai.org/r/411401253] WOB.117x [http://www.bahai.org/r/622219253] WOB.138x [http://www.bahai.org/r/497677543] WOB.163x [http://www.bahai.org/r/784120322] WOB.169x [http://www.bahai.org/r/764973220] WOB.192x [http://www.bahai.org/r/501100125] WOB.192x [http://www.bahai.org/r/501100125] BLO_PT#140 [https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_surih_haykal_haddad] BSC.209 #392-434 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

G. Major and T. Sutton [https://youtu.be/LNCje8AoXxE] L. Manifold and P. Weber [https://youtu.be/GjKk7_prwQg]

ROB3.133 [https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V3/Contents.html] JRAS.292-309 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/b/browne_catalogue_manuscripts_one.pdf#page=-139] MMAH.179 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=191] GSH.131 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-131.html] LL#306 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#306]

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

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

AB00013

Tafsir-i-Bismillah

4760

Arabic

Creation

Tafsír-i-Bismilláh ar-Raḥmán ar-Raḥím (Commentary on the opening verse of the Quran)

الحمد لله الذی بفیض ظهوره الاعلی کشف الغطاء عن وجه الهدی و اشرقت الارض

...The names of God derive from those attributes which are the perfections belonging to the reality of the Essence

INBA55:001 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v055/?page=3] INBA59:044 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v059/?page=46] INBA90:097 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v090/?page=99] UMich962.072-092 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/UMICH962.pdf] UMich991.174-203 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/UMICH991.pdf]

MKT1.033 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA1/ma1-32.html] MNMK#005 p.032 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMAB/mmab-30.html] ASAT4.475-476x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf#page=240] QT105.1.122x BMT.012 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/258.pdf#page=15] RHQM1.252-255x (312x) (187-189x) [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/652.pdf#page=138] YMM.179x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=187] JNM1.453x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/646.pdf] DLS.284x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/675.pdf#page=294] DLS.418x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/675.pdf#page=428] NSS.168x [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/nss.pdf#page=166] OOL.C027 [https://oceanoflights.org/abdul-baha-bkw27-ar]

BLO_createx [https://bahai-library.com/brown_creation_encyclopedia] BLO_PT#216.031nx [https://bahai-library.com/kazemi_mysteries_alast]

MMAH.279 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=291]

@names and attributes of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @existence and nonexistence; preexistence, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity

Date of publication mentioned in TZH6.282 and BMT.012-013.

BH02307

Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation)

380

Arabic

Bahá'í Prayers; Days of Remembrance

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 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v047/?page=247] INBA65:065 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v065/?page=67] INBA33:157 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v033/?page=159] Majlis210461.119-120 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/majlis_210461.pdf]

PMP#180 [http://www.bahai.org/r/505645969] AHM.092b [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/AHM/ahm-92.html] AYT.227 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AT/at-227.html] TSBT.277 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/RTT/rtt-276.html] NSR_1993.118 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NR1/nr1-116.html] NFF2.003 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NF2/] ABMK.045 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/365.pdf#page=48] OOL.B149 [https://oceanoflights.org/bahaullah-st-149-ar] AMB#33 [https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/days-remembrance/6#722277585]

PM#180 [http://www.bahai.org/r/772789242] DOR#33 [http://www.bahai.org/r/089911730] BPRY.328 [http://www.bahai.org/r/755376958] DAS.1914-08-30 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_12.pdf#page=23] SW_v09#19 p.222 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_19] SW_v12#15 p.246 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_15] BSC.184 #266x [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] BP1929.013x

A. Nakhjavani [http://blog.loomofreality.org/?attachment_id=106] Ahdieh [https://ahdieh.bandcamp.com/track/tablet-of-visitation] S. Toloui-Wallace [https://youtu.be/a3E5RHPATDY] almunajat.com [item 11] [https://almunajat.com/chanting_collection_2.htm] K. Towfigh [track 9] [https://9starmedia.com/keivan-towfigh-the-martyrdom-of-the-bab] unknown [https://youtu.be/GRDIqBFtEmY]

BKOG.427 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23] MMAH.205 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=217] GSH.206 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-206.html] LL#341 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#341]

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

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

AB03082

Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation)

210

mixed

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

Tablet of Visitation for 'Abdu'l-Bahá

الهی الهی انی ابسط الیک اکف التضرع و التبتل و الابتهال و اعفر وجهی بتراب

O God, my God! Lowly and tearful, I raise my suppliant hands to Thee and cover my face in the dust of that Threshold of Thine

INBA21:164 (205) [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v021/?page=83] INBA55:453 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v055/?page=455] INBA88:246 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v088/?page=280] Ghazi3072.149-151 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Tablets_3072.pdf]

MKT1.485 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA1/ma1-484.html] MMK1#237 p.308 [https://www.bahai.org/r/541704370] AKHA_133BE #14 p.435 [https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/] AHB.128BE #06-11 p.199 AYT.529 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AT/at-529.html] HHA.376 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/634.pdf#page=385] KHSH14.000 [https://bahai-library.com/kharman_adab_honar_14] DUR2.088 ADH2.134 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/i/ishraq-khavari_adhkar_muqarrabin_2.pdf] ADH2_5#10 p.169 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/i/ishraq-khavari_adhkar_muqarrabin_2.pdf] MJMJ1.119 MMG2#444 p.488 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA/mma-491.html] MJH.072 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMAI/mmai-73.html] NSR_1978.110 NSR_1993.123 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NR1/nr1-121.html] ABMK.065 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/365.pdf#page=68] OOL.C029 [https://oceanoflights.org/abdul-baha-bkw29-ar]

SWAB#237 [http://www.bahai.org/r/696279814] BPRY.332-333 [http://www.bahai.org/r/827932523] SW_v13#04 p.093 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_4] DWN_v2#02 p.011-012 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-2-burma-1924] PAB.027-028 [https://bahai-library.com/shoghieffendi_blomfield_passing_abdulbaha]

A. Nakhjavani [http://blog.loomofreality.org/?attachment_id=107] S. Toloui-Wallace [https://youtu.be/-SUt5ZeIEL8] S. Hansen [https://youtu.be/ReXHqb3oJRo] Sara, Samira & Shayda [https://youtu.be/DLQAKIioh54] almunajat.com [item 1] [https://almunajat.com/chanting_collection_3.htm] unknown (1) [https://youtu.be/rzXM4ObzV58] unknown (2) [https://youtu.be/nj8EIFajdpQ] unknown (3) [https://youtu.be/-_7AmMR3v0w] L. Slott [https://youtu.be/rfceJOy7RQE]

@evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa, @power of prayer, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @service to others; to the Cause of God

Chanted by A. Nakhjavani [http://blog.loomofreality.org/?attachment_id=106], who related to the compiler in 1995 that, to the best of his recollection from childhood, this is how Shoghi Effendi would chant the Tablet in the Shrines.

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