search results for 'brhl'

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00212

Du’a’ li’n-Nuri’l-Asfar

940

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاسئلنک من الوهیتک باعظمها او کل الوهیتک عظیمه عندک ثم فی ام الکتاب

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by that which is most exalted in Thy Divinity, though verily all Thy Divinity is supremely great in Thy sight and in the Mother Book [3.5s]

CMB_F14.225v10-229r10,

Letters of the Living; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00417

Du’a’ li’sh-Shajarati’l-Ula va man i’sta'zalla fi zillih

360

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. لتصلین اللهم رب علی شجرة وحدانیتک و لتنزلن اللهم علیها ما ینبغی لعلو جودک و ملیک عز صمدانیتک

O Lord, my God! Shower Thy blessings upon the Tree of Thy Unity, and rain down upon it that which befitteth the loftiness of Thy bounty and the sovereignty of Thy divine Oneness [3.5s]

CMB_F14.213v04-214v05,

Manifestation of God as mediator; Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr); Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00109

Du’ayi Laylatu aula min Shahri’llah

1700

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه لیلة قد عظمتها و شرفتها و جللتها و جملتها و قدستها بما قد نسبتها الی نفسک و اطلعت فیها آیة

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is a night which Thou hast magnified, honored, exalted, beautified and sanctified through having associated it with Thine own Self, and wherein Thou didst cause a sign to appear [3.5s]

CMB_F14.166r05-171v04,

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00163

Du’ayi Layliy-i-thaniyyih

1200

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک ببهاء ضیاء علاء رضاء ربوبیتک و جلال و جمال کمال فعال سبوحیتک

O God! I beseech Thee by the splendor, the radiance, the sublimity and the good-pleasure of Thy Lordship, and by the majesty, beauty and perfection of Thy sanctified glory [3.5s]

CMB_F14.174v08-178v04,

Selections from the Writings of the Báb

BB00201

Du’ayi Sahar likulli laylin min shahri’llah

990

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. یا من یقبل من یقبله نقطة البیان و یا من یرد من یرده نقطة البیان و یا من ینظر الی ما ینظر الیه نقطة البیان

O thou who acceptest whomsoever the Point of the Bayan doth accept, and O thou who rejectest whomsoever the Point of the Bayan doth reject, and O thou who beholdest whatsoever the Point of the Bayan doth behold [3.5s]... ...Do Thou ordain for me, O Lord, every good thing Thou hast created or wilt create, and shield me from whatever evil Thou abhorrest

CMB_F14.171v05-174v07,

SWBP#44 (p.133-134x)

SWB#45 (p.187-188x)

Attaining good pleasure of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00391

Du’ayi Sahar-i-mukhtasar

400

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بک لا شیء عندک عدلک و لاکفوک و لاشبهک و لاقرینک و لامثالک مستشهدا علی ما اشهدتنی و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت

O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Self -- for naught before Thee can equal Thy justice, none can be Thy peer, none can bear resemblance unto Thee, none can be joined with Thee, and none can be likened unto Thee -- bearing witness unto that which Thou hast caused me to witness, and all things likewise bear witness, that verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee [3.5s]

CMB_F14.178v05-180r01,

Epistle of the Báb to Muḥammad Sháh Revealed at Síyáh-Dihán, The

BB00470

Epistle to Muhammad Shah 2 (to Haji Mirza Aqasi?)

270

Tablets of the Báb to Muhammad Shah

بسمه تبارک و تعالی. الحمد لله الذی یمن علی من یشاء بحکمه سبحانه و تعالی عما یصفون الله یعلم خداوند شاهد است بر حال من و کفی به شهیدا که ذنبی متحمل نشده ام که باعث چنین حکمی شده باشد

Praise be to God Who bestoweth wisdom upon whomsoever He willeth, and glorified be He above all that they ascribe unto Him. God knoweth, and the Lord beareth witness - and sufficient is He as witness - that I have committed no transgression warranting such a decree [3.5s]

ASAT2.189x, HNU.220-221, TZH2.139-140, AHDA.262, OOL.A023.2

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.460.08, SRC.064, SRC.193

BB00214

Fi Bayani’l-I’tiqad

930

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یهدی من یشاء و یضل من یشاء و الیه کل الخلق یرجعون و ان الصلوة علی محمد رسول الله و اوصیائه الذین قد جعلهم الله ائمة الدین و ارکان اهل الیقین ... و بعد لما سمعت ان بعض الناس قد عرضوا بمحضر حضرة العالی

Praise be to God, Who guideth whom He willeth and leadeth astray whom He willeth, and unto Whom all created things shall return. And blessings rest upon Muhammad, the Apostle of God, and His chosen ones, whom God hath made the Imams of the Faith and the pillars of them that are assured... And further, when I heard that certain ones had made representations in the presence of [3.5s]

INBA14:385-390, INBA40:133-136, INBA69:411-416, INBA_6010C:383-388, , PR02.130v24-131v26, CMB_F21.089.01-093.01#11, , BYC_collect4.017-020, BYC_three.092-097

ESCH.393, TZH2.082-084

Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Muhammad; Islam; Names and attributes of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.077, SRC.193

BB00173

Fi Istifhamat al-Qur'an

1100

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع جوهریات ذوات اهل الانشاء لا من شیئ بامره لیعرفه کل من فی ملکوت الارض والسموات

Praise be to God Who hath brought forth, through His Command, the essential realities of created beings out of nothingness, that all within the kingdom of earth and heaven might know Him [3.5s]

INBA14:395-400, INBA40:192-196, INBA53:406-411, INBA67:273-279, INBA_6010C:393-398, , CMB_F21.100.03-104.17#13, , Berlin3655.118r-120v

Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.079, SRC.194

BB00342

Fi’s-Sighari va’l-Kibar

520

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی یبدع ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم الیه یحشرون

Glorified be He Who createth, by His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on earth; then they who have believed in God and His signs shall be gathered unto Him [3.5s]

PR07.030v-031v, CMB_F21.131.07-133.07#22, , BYC_collect3.021-024

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Mystical themes; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00271

Hadith on 'the Land of Paradise'

720

بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک المثل و الامثال و لک المواقع و الاجلال و لک العزة و الامتناع و لک القوة و الارتفاع ... لم تزل کنت الها واحدا

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes, Thine the Stations and the Reverence, Thine the Glory and the Invincibility, Thine the Power and the Transcendence... Ever hast Thou been One God [3.5s]

CMB_F21.192.16-196.04#30,

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BB00091

Kitabu’l-‘Ulama I (Bushihr)

2000

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو الغنی الجمیل و انه کتاب لا ریب فیه فصل فی حکم باطن القران

Praised be to God who sends down the Book upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants. He, verily, no God is there except Him.

INBA67:206-216, INBA91:082.02-094.10, INBA_4011C:318-328, , INBA_6007C.452-463, INBA_4012C.083-092, , PR03.063r10-065r26, PR04.106v02-115v02, PR07.049v-052v, CMB_F21.224.02-232.13#32, , BYC_collect5

HNU.085x, HNU.134x, AHDA.107

DB.148fn1, DB.129fn2, HURQ.BB22x, RR.121x

FHR#03.03, GPB.024, BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, MMAH.034, SRC.074, SRC.098, SRC.189

BB00403

Kitabu’l-Ahmad

380

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یمن علی ما یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو ذو الفضل العظیم و اثنی علی محمد صلی الله علیه و اله بما اثناه الله فی قدم الذات و ذروة الصفات

Praise be to God Who bestoweth His bounty upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants. Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Possessor of infinite grace. And I extol Muhammad—upon Him and His kindred be the blessings of God—with such praise wherewith God hath lauded Him in the eternity of His Essence and the summit of His attributes [3.5s]

PR07.031v-032r, CMB_F21.133.09-134.19#23, , BYC_collect3.024-025

TZH3.460.14-461.16

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Prayer for specific individuals; groups

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095, SRC.204

BB00582

Letter to Hajj Sulayman Khan (from Medina)

110

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد سطرت من ید الذکر هذا علی حکیم و انه لعلی علی صراط مستقیم و ان ربک یعلم غیب السموات

Verily, this book has been written by the hand of this, the Remembrance, Exalted and Wise. Verily, he is exalted upon the straight path. Verily, he knows the invisble world of the heavens and the earth

INBA91:029.10-030.04, INBA_5019C:299-300?, , INBA_6012C.261-262, , CMB_F28.7.03-04,

TZH2.059-060

KSHK.BWB

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

FHR#03.09, FHR#03.22?, BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.461.14?, AHDA.610.12, SRC.191, SRC.192

BB00089

Letter to Jinab-i-Haji Siyyid Javad Karbala'i

2000

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح صبح الازل طراز الالف القائم بین البائین فلاحت و اضائت بعد ما بدعت قبل ما اخترعت

Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of the Morn of Eternity to be as the Alif standing betwixt two Bás, resplendent and illumining after it was originated, ere it was fashioned [3.5s]

INBA98:150.07-158.13, PR02.161r25-163v22, CMB_F21.026.18-035.16#04, , Berlin3655.105v-110v

ASAT3.054-055x, NSS.059-064

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Free will and predestination; fate; Names and attributes of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00054

Letter to Mirza Hasan Vaqay’-Nigar

3300

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره و اقام الکل بحکمه لیعرف کل الموجودات فی مقام عرفان طلعة الذات و آیات ظهورات الصفات

Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and hath established all things through His wisdom, that every created thing might attain unto the station of recognition of the Countenance of His Essence and the signs of the manifestations of His attributes [3.5s]

INBA40:180-192, INBA53:385-398, INBA67:085-100, PR02.175r27-179r06, CMB_F28.7.06,

ASAT4.368x

BAPT.002x, HURQ.BB51x

BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, MMAH.032, SRC.079, SRC.194

BB00078

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

2500

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

Tablet to Mulla Muhammad Baqir-i Tabrizi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BB00333

Letter to Sulayman, Sharif of Mecca (addressing the people of Mecca)

540

Epistle of the Báb to Sharīf Sulaymān, the Sharīf of Mecca, and to the People of Mecca

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد نزلت باذن ربک من لدن علی حکیم و انه لعلی صراط الله فی السموات و الارض ینزل الیک من الآیات بلسان عربی متین

Verily this is a Book sent down by leave of thy Lord from the presence of One who is Exalted and Wise, and lo, it followeth the Path of God in the heavens and on earth, revealing unto thee verses in a mighty Arabic tongue [3.5s]

INBA91:025.06-028.07, INBA_6012C.257-260, , CMB_F28.7.01-02,

AHDA.104

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to Muslims; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

FHR#03.19, BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.461.12?, MMAH.035, SRC.191, SRC.192

BB00291

Letter to Tahirih (Maku)

660

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یبدع ما یشاء بفضله سبحانه و تعالی عما یصفون اللهم انی اشهدک و من لدیک

Praise be to God Who createth whatsoever He willeth through His grace, and glorified and exalted be He above all that they describe. O God! I bear witness before Thee [3.5s]

CMB_F21.135.02-138.01#24,

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BB00208

Li-Validay man yaktub bayna yadi’llah

950

بسم الله الامنع الامنع. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک الرحمة و الفضال و لک السطوة و العدال ... علی کلشیء قدیرا و سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تقدست

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Mercy and the Bounty, Thine the Dominion and the Justice... over all things powerful art Thou. Glorified art Thou, O my God! Holy art Thou [3.5s]

CMB_F14.129r09-132r09,

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death; Transcendence; unknowability of God

JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

BB00130

Munajat li-Hadrat va man ma’ahu

1400

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً صمداً فرداً حیاً قیوماً دائماً ابداً متعمداً مااتخذت لنفسک صاحبة و لا ولداً

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou hast ever been One God, Single, Alone, Self-Subsisting, Living, Self-Sustaining, Everlasting, Eternal, and hast taken unto Thyself neither consort nor son [3.5s]

CMB_F14.214v06-219r09,

Absolute freedom; independence of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Impossibility of true worship of God; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00167

Prayer for Ahmad

1200

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و لک الحمد تحیی و تمیت ثم تمیت و تحیی و انک انت حی لاتموت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and Thine the Praise. Thou givest life and causest death, then causest death and givest life, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not [3.5s]

CMB_F14.057r06-060v08,

JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195

BB00289

Prayer for Friday

670

INBA98:174.06-176.13, Berlin3655.116r-117v

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الملائکة و اولو العلم قائما بالقسط لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم قد وقع علی ذلک الجبل کتابک و اشهد

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and the angels, and they who are possessed of knowledge, standing firm in justice, bear witness that there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Wise. Upon this mountain hath Thy letter descended, and I bear witness [3.5s]... ...Verily, at this time, the Sun of Truth hath reached the Point of midday zenith

GOH.171x

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God

JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195

BB00188

Prayer for Siyyid Husayn

1100

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العزة و الجبروت و لک القوة و اللاهوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm [3.5s]

CMB_F14.219r10-223r02,

Justice and wrath of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00061

Sharh-i-Du’a'-i-Sabah II

2800

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Seven stages of creation; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; Transcendence; unknowability of God

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره و یحکم بین الکل بالقسط فی یوم الذی فیه کل الی الله یحشرون

Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and Who judgeth between all with justice on the Day whereon all shall be gathered unto God [3.5s]... ...Know thou that each letter thereof [the Morning Prayer of Imám ‘Alí] pertaineth to seven stations that were enjoined by the Imám to Jábir in reference to true recognition

INBA_4012C.096-109, , PR07.032r-036r, CMB_F21.143.06-155.14#26, , BYC_collect3.026-041

GOH.117x

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.458.13, MMAH.020, SRC.098, SRC.199

BB00366

Sharh-i-Hadith-i-ma min fi’lin yaf’alahu’l-‘abd

450

Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Free will and predestination; fate; Law of cause and effect; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم الی الله یحشرون اما بعد قد اطلعت بما

Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs - these shall verily be gathered unto Him. To continue: I have perused that which [3.5s]... ...For, verily, when a thing is made mention of, it becometh invested with the station of existence, for it is impossible for the thing to exist except through the station of essence

INBA14:392-394, INBA40:162-164, INBA53:404-406, INBA_6010C:390-392, , CMB_F21.106.13-108.09#15, , Berlin3655.121v-122v

GOH.203x

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.079, SRC.194

BB00064

Tablet to Mirza Sa'id Ardistani on Basitatu'l-Haqiqah, qadim wa hadith

2700

Brief Discussion of the Primal Will in the Bahá'í Writings; Gate of the Heart

Tablet to Mirza Sa'id

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع فی کینونیات الخلق آیات ظهور قدرته لیعرفوه کل الموجودات بما تجلی لهم بهم ... و ان ما ذکرت فی بیان القدم والحدوث و ان الذی اردت حبک بانه

All praise be to God, Who hath created the signs of the manifestations of His might in the inmost reality of the creatures, that all beings may recognize Him… The third question thou didst pose is about the meaning of the saying of the philosophers who say: 'From one naught can be created by one.'

INBA14:418-432, INBA40:144-154, INBA53:419-431, INBA67:259-273, INBA69:419-433, INBA_6010C:416-430, , CMB_F21.077.08-088.18#11, , Berlin3655.086r-092r, BYC_three.001-016, AEWB.189-207,

SFI05.014-019

GOH.044, GOH.065x, GOH.095-096x, GOH.190-191x, GOH.194-198x, GOH.201-202x, BSB4:2 p22-27x

Creation of the world; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Necessary and possible being; Seven stages of creation; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.078, SRC.193, GOH.034

BB00032

Tafsir al-Hamd

5900

Da'iras and haykals; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Names and attributes of God; Prayer for tests and difficulties; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتقدس عن جوهر نعت الموجودات و المتعالی عن مجرد وصف الممکنات و المتکبر عن ذکر کافور اللکینونیات ... قد علمت قد ذکرت ما ذکرت فی ذکر ورقة الطاهرة و ما للناس والاخذ من تلک الثمرة الجنیه قد رکنها ربها لنفسها

Praise be to God, Who is sanctified above the essence of all created things' attributes, exalted beyond mere description by contingent beings, and magnified above mention of the camphor of existences... Indeed thou hast known and made mention of that which thou didst mention concerning the pure Leaf, and what have people to do with partaking of that hidden fruit which her Lord hath reserved for her [3.5s]... ...When it [the Point] appeared there was [also] manifest that which is Unseen, namely, the letter alif

INBA14:005-038, INBA69:120-155, INBA_5019C:084-129, , INBA_6010C:005-041, , Berlin3655.060r-075r, HBH_hamd (=INBA69)

ASAT1.205x, ASAT4.115-120, TZH2.176x

RBB.101-104, HURQ.BB04x

BRHL.64, AHDA.458.11?, MMAH.015, SRC.064, SRC.199, GOH.330

BB00286

Tafsir hadith "یکتمنه عن غیر اهله"

680

بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک المثل و الامثال و لک المواقع و الاجلال و الک العظمة و الاستقلال و الک الکبریاء و الاستجلال و لک العزة و الامتناع و لک القوة و الارتفاع ... لم تزل کنت الها واحدا

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes, Thine the Stations and the Reverence, Thine the Grandeur and the Independence, Thine the Supremacy and the Exaltation, Thine the Glory and the Invincibility, Thine the Power and the Transcendence... Thou hast ever been one God [3.5s]

CMB_F21.189.14-192-12#29, , MKI4494.061

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Creation of the world; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Nearness and remoteness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00174

Tafsir-i-Almavadda fi’l-Qurba

1100

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی افرغنی لمشاهدة قمص طلعة حضرة ظهوره فی وسط الجبال و الهمنی

Praise be to God Who hath granted Me to behold the garments of His Manifestation's countenance amidst the mountains and hath inspired Me [3.5s]

PR07.042v-044r, CMB_F21.138.03-143.04#25,

TZH3.053.12-054.15x

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

BB00046

Tafsir-i-Ayati'n-Nur (Commentary on the Verse of Light)

4200

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله المتعالی المنیع. الحمد لله الذی خلق کل شیء بامره و قدر مقادیر کل شیء بقوله اذ انه هو الحق به یخلق ما خلق و یبدع ما بدع لا راد و لا مره و لا مرد لتقدیره

Praised be to God Who created all things through His Command and decreed the measure of all things through His Utterance, `Wherefore is He, verily, is the Ultimate Reality (al-ḥaqq)'

PR02.063r12-063r19x, PR07.044r-049v, CMB_F21.155.17-171.08#27,

HURQ.BB12x

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.458.15, MMAH.005

BB00045

Tafsir-i-Hadithi Abu Lubaydi Makhzumi or Tafsir-i-Hurufat al-Muqatta'ih

4200

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Personal instructions; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح الاختراع اسرار الابداع التی عینت قبل ما شیئت و اقضت

Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of origination to be the mysteries of creation, which were ordained ere they were brought into being [3.5s]... ...Verily, the appearance of the day of Muhammad, the Apostle of God, the blessings of God rest upon Him and His kin

INBA98:033.06-048.13, PR02.048v02-052v27, CMB_F21.009.02-026.16#03, , Berlin3655.095v-105r

GOH.109x

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, MMAH.021

BB00008

Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqarah = Kitab al-Ahmadiyya (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow I)

43700

Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad, the Báb, The; Gate of the Heart

Tafsir surat al-baqara (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الم ذلک الکتاب لا ریب فیه هدی للمتقین هذه الایة لاهل الحقیقة معرفة الله سبحانه

"Alif. Lám. Mím. This is the Book wherein there is no doubt, a guidance unto them that fear God." For the people of truth, this verse signifieth the knowledge of God, glory be unto Him [3.5s]... ...The Primal Adam is the Will, Who is the Primal Utterance, manifested in the primal realm of contingency

INBA69:157-377, INBA_6004C:002-178, , INBA_6014C:001-296, , INBA_6012C.060-257, , PR02.001v21-044v14, PR03.043r-043rx, PR40.003v-095v, CMB_F08, , BLIB_Or5277, , BN_5780, BN_5805, BN_6610, LEID.Or4371-8, , OXF.MS.Arab.e.59-60, IOM.090-091x, HBH_baqarah (=INBA 69)

ASAT2.064x

TAME, BLO_PT#216.019-020, GOH.119-121x, GOH.204x, GOH.251-252x, HURQ.BB01x

FHR#09, NSS.021-022, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.455.05, MMAH.011, SRC.046-047, SRC.201, GOH.030, GOH.118

BB00047

Tafsir-i-Vav-i-Va’s-Safat I

3900

Angels; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mystical themes; Names and attributes of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

بسم الله العلی الاعلی الاعظم. سبحان الذی بیده ملکوت کل شیء لا اله الا هو الواحد المتکبر القائم القدوس الرفیع العزیز المنیع شهد الله لنفسه بالله لا اله الا هو الفرد الحی

Glorified be He in Whose Hands lie the kingdoms of all things. There is none other God but Him, the One, the Most Great, the Self-Subsisting, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Almighty, the Impregnable. God hath testified unto His Own Self, by God, that there is none other God but Him, the Single, the Ever-Living [3.5s]... ...For verily God hath created, in the furthermost oceans of plurality, beyond the Alif, countless numerical letters according to His will

CMB_F21.044.16-060.17#06,

GOH.106-107x, GOH.356x, HURQ.BB06x

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.458.1, GOH.387fn63

BB00288

Tafsir-i-Vav-i-Va’s-Safat II

670

بسم الله العلی الاعلی العظیم. سبحان الذی بیده ملکوت کل شیء و انه لا اله الا هو الواحد المتکبرالمنان و ان لله ملک السموات و الارض

Glorified be He in Whose Hands lie the dominion of all things. There is no God but Him, the One, the All-Compelling, the All-Bountiful. Verily unto God belongeth the sovereignty of the heavens and of the earth [3.5s]

CMB_F21.060.19-063.15#07,

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BB00114

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

1600

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

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

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

ASAT4.367x

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

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

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

BB00076

Tasbih-i-Fatimih

2500

بسم الله العلی العظیم. اسبح سبحان الذی لا یعلم جوهو وجود کیف هو و لا مجرد موجود این

Glorified be He whose essential Reality none knoweth, and whose pure Being none can fathom [3.5s]

INBA98:176.16-186.10, CMB_F09.088=4005C, , BLIB_Or5112, , HBH_tasbih

HURQ.BB32x

Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr); Transcendence; unknowability of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203

BB00083

Ziyarat for Friday and Thursday nights

2300

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. و اذا کنت لیلة الجمعه او یومها بین یدی نقطة البیان او احد من مظاهر الحی

And when thou findest thyself, on the eve of Friday or during its day, in the presence of the Point of the Bayán or any one of the Manifestations of the Living One [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.030-040, CMB_F14.114r05-121v01,

Cleanliness and refinement; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BB00311

Ziyarat for the fifth to be martyred among the Letters of the Living

600

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک یا الهی و ربی و محبوبی و مقصودی کیف ابتدئن بذکرک و ثنائک

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Lord, my Beloved, and my Heart's Desire! How can I begin to make mention of Thee and offer Thy praise [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.124-126, CMB_F14.097r06-099r01,

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BB00179

Ziyarat for the first to be martyred among the Letters of the Living

1100

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی اسئلک باسمک یا الله یا رحمن یا رحیم یا رب یا مالک یا محیط یا قدیر یا علیم

O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, O God, O Compassionate One, O Merciful One, O Lord, O Sovereign, O All-Encompassing, O Almighty, O All-Knowing! [4o]

INBA_6007C.112-116, CMB_F14.088v05-091v09,

Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BB00250

Ziyarat for the first to believe, on the night of 'Id al-Fitr

800

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم ربنا الرحمن اللهم صل علی ذات حروف السبع ثم حروف الحی من عندک و انزل اللهم حینئذ لیلة الجمعه علی شجرة وحدانیتک

Glorified art Thou, O our Lord, the All-Merciful! O God, bestow Thy blessings upon the Essence of the Seven Letters, then upon the Letters of the Living from Thy presence, and cause to descend, O God, at this hour of Friday night, upon the Tree of Thy Oneness [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.143-147, CMB_F14.201v01-203v10,

JRAS.460, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210

BB00133

Ziyarat for the first to believe, on Thursday night

1400

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء فی هذه اللیلة لیلة الجمعة التی تنظر فیها الی داعیک فی البیان

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee in this night - the night of Friday - wherein Thou gazest upon him who calleth unto Thee [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.046-052, CMB_F14.110r03-114r03,

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations

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

BB00338

Ziyarat for the fourth to be martyred among the Letters of the Living

530

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض عالم الغیب و الشهادة لن یغرب من علمک من شیء لا فی السموات و لا فی الارض و لا ما بینهما و لا یعجک من شیء لا فی ملکوت الامر و لا الخلق و لا ما دونهما لم تزل کنت الها واحدا احدا فردا

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth, the Knower of the seen and the unseen. Nothing escapeth Thy knowledge, whether in the heavens or on earth or betwixt them, nor can aught confound Thee in the kingdoms of command and creation or in whatsoever lieth beyond them. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, single and alone [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.121-124, CMB_F14.095v03-097r04,

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00125

Ziyarat for the letter mim

1500

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء فی هذه اللیلة التی قد عظمتها و جللتها و فضلتها و عززتها و کرمتها علی مادونها بجودک ثم لطفک و کرمک ثم فضلک و وهابیتک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee in this night which Thou hast magnified and exalted, which Thou hast preferred and honored and made noble above all else through Thy bounty, then through Thy grace and generosity, then through Thy favor and beneficence [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.137-143, CMB_F14.180r03-185r06,

JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210

BB00103

Ziyarat for the martyrs

1800

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

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

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

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

RBB.105-106x, BLO_PT#150

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

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

BB00071

Ziyarat for the Point and his Letters of the Living

2700

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. فاذا اردت زیارة النقطة او احد من حروف الحی فلتلطفن نفسک حق التلطف بحیث لو یحیط علمک بان فى جسدك شعر ازيد الّا ينبغى لك حينئذٍ و لتلبسن اطهر لباسك

If thou desirest to visit the Point or any of the Letters of the Living, thou must needs purify thyself with utmost refinement, such that shouldst thou become aware of but a single wayward hair upon thy body, it beseemeth thee not at that moment; and thou must don thy purest attire [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.201-211, CMB_F14.194r03-201r05,

Cleanliness and refinement; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

JRAS.460, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210

BB00293

Ziyarat for the second to be martyred among the Letters of the Living

660

INBA_6007C.116-119, CMB_F14.091v10-093v09,

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Absolute freedom; independence of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00258

Ziyarat for the sixth to be martyred among the Letters of the Living

780

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض عالم الغیب و الشهادة لم تزل قد تعززت

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art, verily, the Creator of the heavens and earth, the Knower of the seen and the unseen. Ever hast Thou been exalted [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.126-129, CMB_F14.099r03-101r08,