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| BB00003 |
Kitab-i-Asma' (Book of Names) |
>500000 |
Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] |
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, INBA64:025.10-030.01x, INBA82:060-066x, INBA_6002C, INBA29, PR02.069v01-069v20x, PR03.150v08-151v11x, PR24.069r-072vx, PR30.001-344, CMB_F16x, CMB_F18x, CMB_F23.171v04-174r04 (58)x, , CMB_F17x, CMB_F19x, BLIB_Or5278, BLIB_Or5481, BLIB_Or5869, BLIB_Or6255, BN_5806, BN_5807, BN_6141, BN_6142, BLIB_Or5487-5490, , MKI4491, MKI4492, MKI4493, IOL (12:1-18)x, IOM.091-092x, HBH_asma, BYC_asma |
MANU.039-045x, TZH2.006x, SWBP#07 (p.018-024x), SWBP#11 (p.092-106x), SWBP#15 (p.109-110x), SWBP#28 (p.121-122x), SWBP#31 (p.124-125x), SWBP#32 (p.125-125(a)x), SWBP#33 (p.125-125(b)x), SWBP#47 (p.136-136x), OOL.A008 |
SWB#07 (p.029-037x), SWB#11 (p.129-149x), SWB#15 (p.155-155x), SWB#29 (p.172-172x), SWB#32 (p.176(a)x), SWB#33 (p.176(b)x), SWB#34 (p.177(a)x), SWB#48 (p.191-191x), BPRY.081x, BPRY.234x, GOH.passim (see index), HURQ.BB58x |
E. Mahony, A. Bryan, G.H. Miller, K. Key |
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Absolute freedom; independence of God; Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Courtesy; culture [adab]; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; Excellence; distinction; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's attributes require the existence of objects; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Justice and wrath of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as mirror; Martyrs and martyrdom; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Oneness; unity of religion; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for martyrs; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Predictions and prophecies; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Proclamation to Muslims; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs for the existence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Relativity of religious truth; Return of the Manifestations of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations; Words vs deeds |
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BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, AHDA.447.7, MMAH.065, SRC.091-092, SRC.188, GOH.036 and passim |
Note that the Partial Inventory states that the word count is more than 500,000 words. |
| BB00002 |
Qayyumu'l-Asma' (Commentary on the Surah of Joseph) |
112000 |
Qayyum al-Asma' Sura 93: Chapter of the Bees (Qayyum al-Asma 93: Surat al-nahl); Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad, the Báb, The; Terms Remembrance (dhikr) and Gate (bab) in the Bab's Commentary on the Sura of Joseph, The; Gate of the Heart |
Qayyumul-Asma (book) |
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب علی عبده بالحق لیکون للعالمین سراجا وهاجا ان هذا صراط علی |
All praise be to God Who hath, through the power of Truth, sent down this Book unto His servant [the Bāb], that it may serve as a shining light for all mankind |
INBA03, INBA_6020C, INBA_6016C, PR41.002-192, CMB_F23.150r14-153r11 (53)x, , CMB_F11, , BLIB_Or3539, BLIB_Or6681, BN_6435, BN_5780, MKI4496, , IOM.089-090, KB_qayyum, BYC_qayyum |
ASH.055-370, RHQM1.019-021x, MBA.309-314x, SWBP#08 (p.026-050x), OOL.A003 |
SWB#08 (p.041-074x), GPB.005-006x, GPB.023x, GPB.376x, WOB.101x, WOB.126x, GOH.passim (see index), MNP.001-027n, MNP.088x, MNP.110-114x, MNP.127-134x, HURQ.BB02x, LOIR06.047x, BLO_PT#074x |
T. Ellis, unknown, friends in Jordan |
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Adam; Adam and Eve; Angels; Apocalyptic imagery; Belief and denial; Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Call to action; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Chastisement and requital; Creation of the world; Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Development of capacity and readiness; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Empty learning; false spirituality; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Fire and light; fire and water; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Goodly deeds; actions; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; High station of the true believer; Hypocrisy; Idolatry; Imagery in the Qur'an; Imam Husayn; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; John the Baptist; Justice and wrath of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Knowledge; recognition of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Language and the structure of reality; Life and death; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mosaic imagery; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Mystical themes; Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr); Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Outward and inward meanings; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs for the existence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Satan; the Evil One; Scarcity of receptive souls; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Seven stages of creation; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twin duties of recognition and obedience; Unity; oneness of humanity; Visitation Tablets; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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FHR#01, NSS.023-024, DB.061x, DB.179x, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.445.4, MMAH.009, SRC.055-057, SRC.195, GOH.030, GOH.111-159, KKD1.228.08x |
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| BB00001 |
Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan) |
106000 |
Persian Bayan, The; Persian Bayan, The; Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Persian Bayán; Persian Bayan, A Summary; Báb's Bayan, The; Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Translation List; Le Béyan Persan; Persian Bayan ("Exposition"); Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] |
Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan) |
تسبیح و تقدیس بساط قدس عز مجد سلطانی را لایق که لم یزل و لا یزال بوجود کینونیت ذات خود بوده |
All praise and glory befitteth the sacred and glorious court of the sovereign Lord, Who from everlasting hath dwelt, and unto everlasting will continue to dwell within the mystery of His Own divine Essence… Thou knowest full well, O my God, that tribulations have showered... There is no paradise more wondrous for any soul |
INBA62, INBA24, INBA96, INBA_1006C, INBA_4008C, INBA_6015C, INBA_6018C, INBA_6019C, INBA_6021C, CMB_F12, CMB_F13, CMB_Or.34(8), BLIB_Or2819, BLIB_Or5760, BLIB_Or1330, BN_suppl.1070, MKI4518, MKI4519, MKI4524.070, SOAS ms.24255, IOM.088-089, KB_bayan-per, HBH_bayanf, BYC_bayan-per, BYC_bayan-per2 |
BAYN, SWBP#09 (p.052-081x), SWBP#71 (p.153-154x), OOL.A001 |
SWB#09 (p.077-113x), SWB#71 (p.214-215x), BPRY.226-227x, GPB.029-030x, GPB.097-098x, WOB.062bx, WOB.100-101x, EGB.316-406, GOH.passim (see index), MNP.045-046x, MNP.226-228x, MESSIAH.659-704x, HURQ.BB55x, LOG#0668, LOG#0770, LOG#1480, LOG#1481, LOG#2161, LOG#2162, BLO_PT#049, BLO_PT#062x, BLO_PT#063x, BLO_PT#079.1.4x, BLO_sazedj#01, ADMS#041 |
Smith & Dragoman, L. Slott (2:16), J. Heath [track 8], J. Heath |
The Mother Book of the Bábí Dispensation. Comprising nine vahids (unities) of nineteen chapters or babs (gates)—with the exception of the last unity, which has only ten gates—the greater part of the work was written in the prison of Mákú, but, contrary to some prevalent assumptions, the last parts may have been written in Chihriq, after the Báb was interrogated by the clerics in Tabriz. The Persian Bayán abrogates Islamic laws and traditions and sets down new laws and teachings. However, the various laws are discussed as symbols referring to deep spiritual meanings and vehicles to prepare the people for the advent of Him Whom God shall make manifest. Both the form and content of the book affirm the underlying metaphysics of unity in which all things are manifestations of an inner reality which is the revelation of God within them. |
Attaining good pleasure of God; Chastisement and requital; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's knowledge; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Inmost heart [fu'ad]; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Knowledge; recognition of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Letters of the Living; Manifestation of God as mirror; Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Names and attributes of God; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Predictions and prophecies; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Return of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; Word of God is its own standard; Word of God the cause of creation |
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NSS.045-049, BRHL.59, MSBR.204-205, AHDA.442.1, MMAH.007, SRC.083-084, SRC.181-184, SRC.280, GOH.035, GOH.281-298, GOH.308-338, GPB.025x |
see also BB00020, Arabic Bayan |
| BB00005 |
Panj Sha'n (Book of the Five Modes) |
98000 |
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, INBA64:085.02-094.05x, INBA82:002-016x, INBA82:066-078x, INBA_6007C.494-541x, PR02.053v07-060r04x, PR02.069r01-075r17x, PR02.154r01-159v28x, PR03.040v05-042v06x, PR03.089v26-136r16x, PR03.241v07-245r27, CMB_F23.002v04-076r03x, , CMB_F15, CMB_F25.3, BLIB_Or5612, BLIB_Or6680, BN_6143, BN_6518 p.002v, MKI4488.134r-315rx, , KB_panj, HBH_panjshan, HBH_panjshan2, BYC_collect3.045-062x, BYC_panj |
PANJx, MAS7.114-18x, RBB.098-100x, RBB.109x, MBA.203-209x, MBA.276-293x, MBA.301x, MBA.314-326x, AHDA.467x?, OOL.A012, OOL.A019x |
RBB.015-016x, GOH.174-178x, GOH.184-185x, GOH.393fn17x, GOH.191x, GOH.245x, GOH.292x, GOH.348-349x, GOH.368x, MNP.220-222x, HURQ.BB59x, BLO_PT#046x, BLO_alchemy |
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Absolute freedom; independence of God; Adam; Adam and Eve; Alchemy; the elixir; Belief and denial; Blind imitation [taqlid]; Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Creation of the world; Da'iras and haykals; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Exhortations and counsels; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as mirror; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Names and attributes of God; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Perfect Man [insan-i-kamil]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Predictions and prophecies; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Return of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations |
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BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, AHDA.446.6, AHDA.459.01x, MMAH.038, MMAH.062, SRC.088-090, SRC.093-095, SRC.189, SRC.190, SRC.281, GOH.036 |
Last part is known as the Lawh-i-Hurufat |
| BB00007 |
Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Kawthar (Commentary on the Surah of Kawthar) |
49500 |
Gate of the Heart |
Commentary on the Surih of Kawthar |
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم و به نستعین. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح کتاب الفلق فی کل ما فتق و استفرق و استنطق طراز الازل |
Praised be to God, who hath made the Ornament of the scriptural Tablets to be the Book of the Daybreak which is operative within everything such that it is cleft asunder and split apart |
INBA53:181-383, INBA_5019C:001-083x, , CMB_F10, , BLIB_Or5080, , HBH_tafkawthar, BYC_kowthar |
ASAT2.007-008x, AHDA.466x, OOL.A006 |
GOH.069-075x, GOH.111-115x, GOH.177x, MNP.178x, HURQ.BB08x, KSHK#03x |
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Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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NSS.025-029, DB.174x, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.455.03, MMAH.013, SRC.071, SRC.201, GOH.033 |
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| 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 |
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FHR#09, NSS.021-022, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.455.05, MMAH.011, SRC.046-047, SRC.201, GOH.030, GOH.118 |
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| BB00009 |
Kitab al-Ruh (Book of the Spirit) |
36000 |
Gate of the Heart |
Kitáb al-Ruh (Book of the Spirit) |
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد نزل الايات بالحق الي عبده لعل الناس بايات ربک يومنون ان اتبع ما اوحينا اليک |
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, INBA_4011C.069-100, INBA_7005C, PR04.036r12-038r12x, MKI4507.001x, , IOM.091 |
ASAT4.044-45x, AHDA.198x, OOL.A017 |
HURQ.BB05x, HURQ.BB15x |
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Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard |
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FHR#10, AHDA.446.5, MMAH.064, SRC.061, SRC.189, GOH.031, GOH.380fn3 |
The "Suratu'l-Ridvan" is a part of this work |
| BB00010 |
Tafsir-i-Surah wa'l-'Asr (Commentary on the Surah of the Afternoon) |
22000 |
Gate of the Heart |
Tafsir-i-Suriy-i-Va'l-'Asr (Commentary on the Surih of the Afternoon) |
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلی للممکنات بظهور آثار ابداعه فی ملکوت الامر والخلق لیتلالئن جوهریات حقائق الموجودات بتلئلأ آیات اللاهوت و یتلجلجن کینونیات مجردات آیات الجبروت بتلجلج ظهورات آیات الملکوت |
Praised be to God Who divuged Himself before all realms of Existence through the tokens of His wondrous directives in the Kingdoms of Command and Creation. This to the end that He might illuminate the Essences |
INBA14:105-208, INBA40:006-080, INBA69:021-119, INBA_6010C:095-198, , INBA_7009C:005-130, , CMB_F09.001=4005C, , BLIB_Or5112, , BN_6531, HBH_asr, BYC_asr |
AADA.138-139x, AVK2.012.04x, MHA.142x, OOL.A007 |
GOH.060-061x, MNP.049x, HURQ.BB10x |
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Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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DB.201x, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.455.04, MMAH.066, SRC.076, SRC.202, GOH.034, GOH.115 |
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| BB00012 |
Sahifiy-i-Ja'fariyya (Epistle of Ja'far) |
19300 |
Analysis of the Salient Features of Risáliy-i-Ja'faríyyih, An; Gate of the Heart |
Risaliy-i-Jafariyyih (Treatise of Jafar) or Shar-i Du‘á’-i-Ghaybat (Commentary on the Occultation Prayer) |
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی شهد بذاته لذاته ان لا اله الا هو الذی قد علا بعلو نفسه علی کل شیء و استتر من علو ظهوره عن کل شیء الذی کان لم یزل کان بلا ذکر شیئ |
All praise be to God Who hath testified through His Own Self unto His Self that there is none other God but Him, Who hath ascended through the sovereignty of His Being above all things, and Who, through the loftiness of His Revelation, hath concealed Himself from all things - He Who hath everlastingly been, and existed ere the mention of aught else [3.5s]... ...The fifth station testifieth unto God in the mirror of the Letter Há’, and it is the Word that consisteth of the Twin Alifs |
INBA60:057-154, INBA98:048.15-110.05x, PR14.001-060, Berlin3655.008r-051v |
TZH3.280.06-282.21x, NSS.184ax, OOL.A010 |
GOH.224x, MNP.199-212x (infra), LOIR20.248 |
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Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Impossibility of true worship of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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NSS.030-035, AHDA.453.4, SRC.066-067, SRC.198, GOH.021-022, GOH.032, GOH.235 |
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| BB00014 |
Tafsir-i-Nubuvvat-i-Khassih (Treatise on Specific Prophethood) |
15400 |
Gate of the Heart |
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح کتاب الاذن طراز النقطة التی عینت بعد ما شیئت |
Praise be to God who made the ornament of the Tablets the Book of Authorization which is the ornament of the Point singled out after such was willed and decreed [by God] |
INBA14:321-384, INBA40:081-132, INBA_6010C:311-382, , INBA_4011C.001-060, INBA_4012C.013-076, PR02.115v05-130v22, CMB_F23.169v02-171v02 (57)x, , HBH_nubuwwah (=INBA14), BYC_nubuva, BYC_nubuva2, BYC_three.016-092 |
ESCH.357, OOL.A020 |
GOH.091x, HURQ.BB50x, GPB.014-015x |
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Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Impossibility of true worship of God; Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Muhammad; Islam; Power of the Manifestation of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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DB.202x, AHDA.448.9, MMAH.042, SRC.076, SRC.196, GOH.034, GOH.199 |
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| BB00015 |
Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (The Seven Proofs - Persian) |
13900 |
Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Seven Proofs, The; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] |
Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (Seven Proofs - Persian) |
بسم الله الافرد الافرد. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو الافرد الافرد و انما البهاء من الله علی من یظهره الله ثم ادلائه لم یزل و لا یزال و بعد |
Praise be to God, for there is none other God but He, the Only Unique, the Only Unique. All splendor comes from God, upon the 'Man Yuzhiruhu'llah' and upon His Apostles… Say: God sufficeth all things above all things |
INBA_2007C:13b-64b, , PR02.104r21-115v02, CMB_F22.092b, CMB_F25.7, BLIB_Or5109, BLIB_Or5110, BN_6154, NLI.50, KB_seven, HBH_dalail=DLLS, BYC_saba-p |
DLLS, AYT.043x, SWBP#10 (p.083-090x), OOL.A005b |
SWB#10 (p.117-126x), BPRY.056x, GOH.078x, GOH.169x, GOH.171x, GOH.244-245x, GOH.267x, GOH.359x, GOH.361x, HURQ.BB53x, BLO_PT#085 |
The Badasht Project, K. Key, B. Vahdat, C. Shoemaker, B. Groetzinger, Edelo & Emma, T. Francis, M. Leong-Granfar, Honiara Baha'i Youth, W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, J. Cooper, Baha'i Youth in Jordan, Kiskadee, L. Dely & M. Congo [track 10], A. & M. Zemke [track 4], Zannetta [track 7], almunajat.com [item 1], S. Jaberi |
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Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Proofs for the existence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God |
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NSS.039-044, JRAS.447, BRHL.63, BRHL.65?, MSBR.204-205, AHDA.447.8, MMAH.066, SRC.085-087, SRC.185, GOH.035 |
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| BB00017 |
Sahifiy-i-'Adliyya = Risaliy-i-'Adliyyih (Epistle of Justice: Root Principles) |
13500 |
Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Gate of the Heart |
Sahifiy-i-Adliyyih (Epistle of Justice: Root Principles) |
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. حمد و سپاس وصف جمال ذاتی است که لم یزل بوده یگانه فرد بدون وجود شیئ با او و لایزال بکینونیة خود |
Praise and thanksgiving befit that Essential Beauty Who hath been from time immemorial single and alone, with naught existing alongside Him, and Who everlastingly endureth in His own Being [3.5s]... ...The supporters of the “oneness of existence” have joined partners with God through their testimony of existence… Since the Ancient of Days created mankind for the purpose of apprehending the power shining within themselves |
INBA82:134-205, INBA_3006C:097-, , INBA_5010C:012-082, , INBA_6011C:001-077, , INBA_6012C.265-299x, , PR03.214v27-228r05, PR17.000v-044v, IOM.091, KB_adliyya, HBH_sahifadl, BYC_adliyya, AEWB.136-141x, |
AYT.039x, AVK1.030.09x, AVK1.075.10x, AVK1.099-100x, AVK1.103-104x, AVK1.322.07x, AVK2.102.15x, AVK2.167.14x, AVK2.334.11x, HNMJ.093-096x, OOL.A014 |
BAPT.017-018x, BAPT.026-039x, TAME, BLO_PT#216.021x, GOH.191-192x, GOH.196-197x, GOH.207x, GOH.218-219x, GOH.222x, GOH.225-232x, GOH.235x, GOH.252x, MNP.047x, MNP.057x, HURQ.BB52x, BLO_PT#079.1.1x, BLO_PT#079.1.3x, BLO_sazedj#02 |
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Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's love for His own Essence; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Impossibility of true worship of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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NSS.036-038, AHDA.453.5, MMAH.045?, MMAH.058, SRC.042, SRC.068-070, SRC.197, GOH.032-033, GOH.217-236 |
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| BB00018 |
Sahifiy-i-Makhdhumiyyih = Sahifiy-i-Makhzunih (Hidden Treasured Epistle) |
13200 |
Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] |
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, PR04.058r06-100r11, PR25.001-043, CMB_Add.3704, , MKI4499.043x |
SWBP#53 (p.138-139x), SWBP#54 (p.139-141x), SWBP#57 (p.142-144x), SWBP#58 (p.144-145x), SWBP#59 (p.145-146x), SWBP#60 (p.146-147x), SWBP#62 (p.149-149(a)x), SWBP#63 (p.149-149(b)x), SWBP#64 (p.149-150x), SWBP#73 (p.155-155x), OOL.A009 |
SWB#54 (p.194-195x), SWB#55 (p.196-198x), SWB#58 (p.200-202x), SWB#59 (p.202-204x), SWB#60 (p.204-205x), SWB#61 (p.205-206x), SWB#63 (p.209-209x), SWB#64 (p.210(a)x), SWB#65 (p.210(b)x), SWB#73 (p.216x), BPRY.022x, BPRY.063x, BPRY.130x, BPRY.141x, BPRY.227x, HURQ.BB29x |
The Humming Birds, S. Toloui-Wallace, Kiya & Parya, TaliaSafa, E. Mahony, E. Mahony, E. Mahony, E. Mahony, A. Wensbo, Louis & Eleonore, Z. Johnson, Nahal & Bakang, D. Khavari, Shadi, Hoda & Leif, C. Kinglit, O. Devine, N. Chiang, Soulrise Melodies, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, L. & L. Hosack, S. Ihsan, P. Held & C. Bahia [track 10], almunajat.com [item 4], E. Tarani, unknown |
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Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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FHR#02, AHDA.451.1, MMAH.059, SRC.059, SRC.198, GOH.030-031 |
Prayer 1 is Du'a-yi sahifa. |
| BB00019 |
Sahifa Baynu'l-Haramayn (Epistle Revealed between the Twin Shrines) |
13100 |
Gate of the Heart |
Sahifiy-i-Bayna'l-Haramayn (Epistle between Twin Shrines) |
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد نزلت علی الارض المقدسة بین الحرمین من لدن علی حمید |
This Book was indeed sent down within the sacred land between the Two Shrines on the part of one Elevated, Praiseworthy. |
INBA50:073-106x, INBA_4011C:179-252, , INBA_6007C.348-413, PR03.058r22-068v23, PR04.115v04-164r03, CMB_F07, CMB_Or943 ff.489-545, BLIB_Or0943, BLIB_Or5325, BN_5804, BN_6248, LEID.Or4371, LEID.UL2414, MKI4499.069-118x, MKI4488.001r-028v, MKI4511.029v-037v, KB_bayn, BYC_bayn, BYC_baynal, AEWB.061-071x, AEWB.116-135x |
HBAB.727x, HNMJ.006-008x, HNMJ.009-011x, HNMJ.011-016x, HNMJ.016-018x, HNMJ.019-020x, OOL.A004 |
RBB.093-096x, GOH.056x, HURQ.BB14x, KSHK#01x |
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Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Impossibility of true worship of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Law of fasting; Law of pilgrimage; Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs; Seven stages of creation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations |
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FHR#07, DB.137x, BRHL.59, MSBR.200-201, AHDA.450.6, MMAH.049, SRC.060, SRC.198, GOH.031 |
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| BB00020 |
Bayan-i-Arabi (Arabic Bayan) |
12400 |
Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Báb's Bayan, The; Arabic Bayan, The; Gate of the Heart |
Bayan-i-Arabi (Arabic Bayan) |
بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا و ان ما دونی خلقی قل ان یا خلقی ایای فاعبدون قد خلقتک و رزقتک و امتک و احببتک و بعثتک و جعلتک مظهر نفسی لتتلون من عندی ایاتی و لتدعون کل من خلقته الی دینی هذا صراط عز منیع و خلقت کل شیء |
Verily I am God, no God is there but Me, and aught except Me is but My creation. Say, worship Me then, O ye, My creatures. |
INBA43:001-068, INBA86:001-064, INBA_4002C, , BN_4669, MKI44872x, MKI4511.079v-147v, KB_bayan-ara, HBH_bayana, BYC_bayan-ara, BYC_three.097-107x |
ASH.373-406, AHDA.465x, SWBP#20 (p.111-112x), OOL.A002 |
SWB#20 (p.158-159x), BAPT.040-101, GOH.261x, GOH.284x, GOH.353x, HURQ.BB56x, BLO_PT#009, KSHK#12x |
C. Serrano (8:10) |
A condensed form of the Persian Bayán, written in the language of divine verses. While much shorter in length than the Persian Bayán, the Arabic Bayán contains eleven full unities, whereas the Persian Bayán ends with gate 10 of the ninth unity. The parts of the Arabic Bayán that are not matched by the Persian Bayán (from gate 11 of the ninth unity to the end of the eleventh unity) were written after the Persian Bayán was completed. This work is sometimes assumed to have been written before the Persian Bayán for the simple reason that it seems as if the latter is an elaboration of the former. In reality, however, like the Persian Bayán, most of the Arabic Bayán was written in Mákú, although the last sections may have been written in Chihriq. |
Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Contention and conflict; Law of burial and cremation; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of inheritance; Law of obligatory prayer; Law of pilgrimage; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Laws of marriage and dowry; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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AHDA.443.2, MMAH.006, SRC.085, SRC.181, GOH.035, GOH.285, GOH.368 |
see also BB00001 Persian Bayan |
| BB00021 |
Tafsir al-Ha I (Tafsir alfayn) (Commentary on the Letter Ha’) |
11000 |
Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart |
Tafsir-i-Ha' (Commentary on the Letter Ha') |
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الالواح الابداع طراز الالف القائم بین الحرفین الذی لاح و اشرق بما استشقق و استنطق فسبحان رب العرش عما یصف القائلون و انه هو فوق ما یعرف العارفون ... |
Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of creation to be the ornament of the Alif standing between two letters, which hath shone forth and gleamed resplendent through that which was cleft asunder and made to speak. Glorified be the Lord of the Throne above whatsoever they who speak may describe, and verily He transcendeth all that they who know can comprehend [3.5s]... ...God, verily, created the Will from nothing through itself… That which I set forth in explanation of the letter Há was to extol the Tree of Bahá, for the supporters of fate recognize the decree of spontaneity |
INBA14:231-283, INBA53:081-125, INBA67:004-052, INBA86:099-154, INBA_3006C:002-058, , INBA_6010C:221-274, , INBA_4002C, , PR02.181r22-193v13, PR07.078r-092v |
AADA.138x, ASAT1.189x, ASAT3.214x, AVK1.100-102x, HNMJ.080-081x |
GOH.211-214x, GOH.222-223x, MNP.209x, LOIR06.052x, BLO_PT#079.1.3x, BLO_PT#079.1.6x |
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Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah]; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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AHDA.454.01, SRC.072, SRC.199, GOH.033 |
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| BB00022 |
Tafsir (huruf) al-basmala |
10700 |
Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart |
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بسم الله البدیع الذی لا اله الا هو. ان الله سبحانه قد جعل لظهوره لخلقه بخلقه اربع مقامات المشار الیها والرموز عنها |
Verily God, glorified be He, hath ordained for His Manifestation unto His creation, through His creation, four stations which have been indicated and symbolized [3.5s]... ...The "E" (nún) in the stage of utterance is the same as the "B" (káf). It is the totality of the possible |
INBA14:041.04-104, INBA53:001-045, INBA60:001-056, INBA64:033.16-081.14, INBA_6010C:041-094, , INBA_6013C:002-109, , INBA_6012C.300-393, |
TZH3.139.10-139.15x |
GOH.132x, GOH.135-136x, GOH.204x, GOH.215x, MNP.048x, HURQ.BB03x, BLO_PT#079.1.8x |
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Alchemy; the elixir; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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FHR#08, AHDA.459.16, MMAH.012, SRC.063, SRC.200, GOH.031, GOH.079 |
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| BB00506 |
Answer to Mirza Ahmad Azghandi |
9200 |
Gate of the Heart |
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بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحان الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و من فی الارض قل کل له ساجدون و الحمد لله الذی یسبح له من فی السموات و من فی الارض قل کل له قانتون شهد الله |
Glorified be He before Whom bow down in adoration all who dwell in the heavens and all who dwell upon the earth. Say: all are prostrate before Him. And praise be unto God, Whom all who dwell in the heavens and all who dwell upon the earth do glorify; say: all are humbly obedient unto Him [3.5s]... ...As the Persian children say, the root principles of religion are five and its derivatives six. This indeed is thy Temple |
Berlin3655.136r-155r |
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GOH.357x, GOH.371x |
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Angels; Apocalyptic imagery; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mystical themes; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Purpose; goal of creation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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| BB00025 |
Kitab-i-A'mal al-sana (sahifa) = Sahifa Fatimiyya (Epistle on the Devotional Deeds of the Year) |
7600 |
Gate of the Heart |
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب بالحق هدی و ذکری للخاشعین و انه لکتاب قد فصل فی حکم شهرالله فی القران هدی و رحمة من عندالله لقوم ساجدین |
Praised be to God Who hath, in very truth sent down the Book, a guidance and a remembrance for such as fear God. It is indeed a Book which sets forth regulations pertaining to the month(s) of God in the Qur'an |
INBA50:106-158x, INBA_5006C:262-278, , INBA_6007C.413-452, PR04.168v01-194v07, MKI4499.118-147, AEWB.001-060, |
HNMJ.021-027x, HNMJ.027-030x, HNMJ.031-036x |
HURQ.BB30x |
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Law of obligatory prayer; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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FHR#05, AHDA.452.2, AHDA.461.02?, SRC.048, SRC.064-065, SRC.197, GOH.031 |
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| BB00029 |
Tafsir al-Ha II (Tafsir sirr al-ha) (Commentary on the Mystery of Ha’) |
7200 |
Gate of the Heart |
Tafsir-i-Sirr-i-Ha' (Commentary on the Mystery of Ha') |
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تقدس بقدس کینونیته عن عرفان اعلی مجردات اللاهوت و من یشا... الحمد لله الذی یمن فی الکتاب علی الذین آمنوا |
Praise be to God Who, through the sanctity of His Essence, transcendeth the comprehension of the most sublime abstractions of divinity and whatsoever... Praise be to God Who bestoweth grace in the Book upon them that have believed [3.5s]... ...For verily each name hath infinite degrees, and the meaning of each thing that is named pertaineth to its own degree |
INBA14:283-320, INBA53:125-156, INBA67:052-085, INBA86:154-193, INBA_3006C:058-096, , INBA_6010C:274-310, , INBA_4002C, , PR02.193v14-200v02, PR03.065r28-067r27x, PR07.092v-102r, BYC_collect3.116-126x |
ASAT1.190x, ASAT5.158-159x, ASAT5.163-164x, HNMJ.081-086x, HNMJ.086-093x, HNMJ.086-093x |
GOH.064x |
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Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations |
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AHDA.454.02, SRC.072, SRC.199, GOH.034 |
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| BB00030 |
Answer to 25 questions of Mulla Ahmad |
6700 |
Gate of the Heart |
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بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. 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 تحیی و تمیت ثم تمیت و تحیی و انک انت حی لا تموت و ملک لا تزول و سلطان لا تحول و فرد لا تفوت ... علی کلشیء قدیرا لاشهدنک و کلشیء |
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. Thou givest life and causest death, then bringest death and givest life, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not, the King Who passeth not away, the Sovereign Who changeth not, the Single One Who vanisheth not... powerful over all things. I testify, and all things testify [3.5s]... ...Should a man be endued with knowledge, and behold Thy [God’s] divine verses revealed during earlier times |
CMB_F21.196.06-223.18#31, , MKI4494.065 |
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BAPT.005x, GOH.093-094x |
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Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 |
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| BB00006 |
Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqarah (2nd Juz') (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow II) |
6300 |
Gate of the Heart |
Tafsir surat al-baqara (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow) |
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی بامره تلجلجت اللاهوتیات بکینونیاتها لها بها الیها فاجتمعت المجتمعات و افترقت المتفرقات |
Praise be to God, through Whose bidding the divine essences did surge in their inmost realities, by Him, unto Him, and through Him, whereupon the gathered were joined together and the dispersed were scattered [3.5s]... ...Elevate the alphabetical letters of that divine verse unto the sublime station of the manifestation of their heart |
INBA69:377-410x, PR04.051v06-052r06x |
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GOH.050x, GOH.108x |
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Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; The Imamate; the Caliphate |
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GOH.127 |
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| BB00032 |
Tafsir al-Hamd |
5900 |
Gate of the Heart |
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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 |
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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 |
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BRHL.64, AHDA.458.11?, MMAH.015, SRC.064, SRC.199, GOH.330 |
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| BB00035 |
Lawh-i-Haykalu'd-Din |
5800 |
Gate of the Heart |
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هو. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو الملک ذو الملاکین قد قدر فی الباب الاول ذکر نفسه نفسه انه لا اله الی هو له الاسماء الملکی ... الابد مثل الابد قد قدر فی الباب الثانی |
God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the King, Possessor of the Kingdoms. In the First Gate He hath ordained mention of His Own Self, His Very Self - verily there is none other God but Him. His are the sovereign Names unto all eternity, like unto eternity. In the Second Gate He hath ordained [3.5s]... ...Ye shall assuredly find All Good in the numerical difference between Qá’im and Qayyúm, in nine years |
BYC_haykal |
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GOH.353x, HURQ.BB60x |
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Cleanliness and refinement; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Grammar and orthography; Word of God and human limitations |
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SRC.186 |
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| BB00247 |
Tafsir-i-Kullu't-Ta'am (Commentary on "All Food") |
5800 |
Gate of the Heart |
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ما شاء الله لا حول و لا قوة الا بالله سبحان الله و الحمد لله و لا اله الا الله و الله اکبر الحمد لله الذی لم یزل کان قبل کل شیء بلا ذکر شیء |
Whatsoever God willeth - there is no power nor strength save in God. Glory be unto God! Praise be unto God! There is none other God but Him, and God is the Most Great! Praise be unto Him Who hath ever existed, Who was before all things without mention of aught else [3.5s]... ...Know thou that verily every ‘food’ is a reminder of something delightful. But when it is joined with the true meaning of ‘all’ |
Berlin3655.155v-167r |
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GOH.043x, GOH.058-059x, GOH.061-062x, GOH.076-077x, GOH.079x, GOH.081x, GOH.098x, GOH.296-297x |
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Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Love of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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| BB00037 |
Risala fi Tashkhis al-Ghina (on singing) |
5600 |
Gate of the Heart |
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تقدس تقدیس قیومته عن نعت الجوهریات و ما یشاء بهها و الحمد لله الذی تفرد بتفرد ازلیته عن وصف الذاتیات و ما یعادلها |
Praise be to God Who, through the sanctity of His Essence, hath sanctified Himself above the attributes of essences and all that pertaineth thereunto; and praise be to God Who, in His primal Eternity, hath singled out His oneness above the description of intrinsic qualities and their like [3.5s]... ...The reality of all beings, save God, dependeth on two aspects. The first is the existential aspect (jihat-i-vujúdí) which indicateth the divine effulgence |
INBA14:432-452, INBA40:202-220, INBA67:233-259, INBA82:096-133, INBA_6010C:430-450, , PR02.146v16-152r04, PR07.110r-117v, UMich962.152-156, BYC_collect4.022x |
SFI01.085-095, ASAT4.424-425x |
GOH.177x |
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Martyrs and martyrdom; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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AHDA.450.5, MMAH.047, SRC.080, SRC.194, GOH.034-035 |
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| BB00039 |
Risala Furu' al-'Adliyya (Epistle of Justice: Branches) |
5500 |
Gate of the Heart |
Sahifiy-i-Furu-i-Adliyyih (Epistle of Justice: Branches) |
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و لقد فرض الله علی الناس قبل الصلوة بعضاً من الاحکام و هی ان الله لا یکلف لاحد الا دون قوته و ما یجبر علی احد لشیء |
God hath enjoined upon mankind certain ordinances prior to the act of prayer, and among them is His decree that He imposeth no burden upon any soul beyond its capacity, nor is anyone to be compelled in any matter [4o] |
INBA_3006C:148-182, , INBA_5010C:082-166, , INBA_6011C:081-120, , PR02.077v01-077v28, MKI4499.020, AEWB.141-145, |
HBAB.798, OOL.A021a, OOL.A021b |
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Business; financial; property matters; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Justice and wrath of God; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of obligatory prayer; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas |
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DB.208x, AHDA.448.1, MMAH.044, SRC.068-071, SRC.196, SRC.203, GOH.033 |
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| BB00045 |
Tafsir-i-Hadithi Abu Lubaydi Makhzumi or Tafsir-i-Hurufat al-Muqatta'ih |
4200 |
Gate of the Heart |
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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 |
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GOH.109x |
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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 |
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BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, MMAH.021 |
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| BB00047 |
Tafsir-i-Vav-i-Va’s-Safat I |
3900 |
Gate of the Heart |
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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, |
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GOH.106-107x, GOH.356x, HURQ.BB06x |
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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 |
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BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.458.1, GOH.387fn63 |
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| AB00023 |
Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of the Celestial Spheres) |
3020 |
Tablet of the Universe (Lawh-i-Aflákiyyih); Abdu'l-Bahá — de l'Univers |
Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of the Universe) |
الحمد لله الذی جعل اسمائه و صفاته لم یزل نافذه احکامها فی مراتب الوجود |
Praise be to God Who hath ever caused His Names and Attributes to penetrate the degrees of existence |
INBA55:048, INBA59:027b, UMich962.036-050, UMich991.150-170 |
MKT1.013, MNMK#006 p.047, MILAN.001, AVK2.150.10x, MAS5.147x, ADH2.093x, ADH2_2#16 p.121x, MMG2#122 p.140x, YHA1.375x, DLS.319, OOL.C005 |
BLO_PT#142 |
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Treatise highlighting the intimate connection between physical and spiritual realities and laws. Opens with an exordium on the names and attributes of God, which move "in the firmament of perfection in descending and ascending arcs", and "in the orbits of sanctity and circles of glorification", occupying "spiritual spheres" which are "subtle", "fluid", and "vibrating". Explains that since motion is intrinsic to existence, and this motion must be governed that order and perfection may be maintained, a universal attractive force was brought into being between the "holy and resplendent suns" and their planets and satellites. Emphasizes that the creation of God has no limits. Clarifies that the preceding are "spiritual truths pertaining to the spiritual world" and that material truths can also be inferred from this, for "physical things are signs and imprints of spiritual things". Describes the interconnected and relative nature of "earthly" and "heavenly", "material" and "spiritual", "accidental" and "essential", "particular" and "universal", "foundation" and "structure". States, quoting a Hadith, that particular and universal realities in both the physical and spiritual realms are infinite. Explains that the divine grace is manifested according to capacity, both individually in the human reality and collectively in this new cycle: thus "in this most great manifestation ... the gates of revelation and discovery have been thrown wide open". Clarifies that it is not possible that God's grace should have appeared all at once, but that a gradual and progressive revelation is necessary. Warns that the knowledge and sciences of past ages are "superstitious fancies" compared to those realities which have become unveiled in this Revelation, and so all matters must be weighed in the balance of this Cause. Directs that all things be investigated "in a methodical and scientific way", and that conventional wisdom be rejected, in order "to discover the undisclosed verities and the hidden mysteries, which are concealed in the inmost heart of the universal realities". Reiterates that the discoveries and opinions of earlier philosophers, including those regarding the celestial spheres, were unsound, since it is only in this age that the mathematical sciences have been systematized. Defends the statements of the Prophets about the celestial spheres, that they merely referred to the orbits of the planets. Affirms that the planets move within a subtle, fluid and vibrating substrate, and that "the heavens are a restrained wave because a void is impossible and inconceivable". Rejects the notion that the celestial spheres are solid and glassy. Returns to the topic of the errors of the ancient philosophers, in relation to the orbit of the Earth around the sun: while Pythagoras, Plato and Aristarchus affirmed the correct theory, their opinions were based on presentiment and not on evidence; while most of the sages, including al-Farabi, followed the erroneous theory of Ptolemy (in contradiction to the explicit text of Qur'an 36:38). Reiterates that sound scientific theories are supported by logical proofs and careful observation, as well as being "in conformity with the principles of the universal themes expounded in the divine sciences". Praises the careful observations of Copernicus. Closes with a prayer in praise of God and this Day and asking for steadfastness. |
All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Infinity and eternity; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God |
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| BB00061 |
Sharh-i-Du’a'-i-Sabah II |
2800 |
Gate of the Heart |
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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 |
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GOH.117x |
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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 |
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BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.458.13, MMAH.020, SRC.098, SRC.199 |
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| BB00066 |
Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (The Seven Proofs - Arabic) |
2700 |
Gate of the Heart |
Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (Seven Proofs - Arabic) |
بسم الله الافرد الافرد. بسم الله الفرد الفرد بسم الله الفرد الفرد بسم الله الفرد الفراد بسم الله الفرد الفراد بسم الله الفارود الفارد بسم الله الفرد الفراد بسم الله الفرد الفرود |
In the name of God, the One, the Peerless. In the Name of God, the One, the Peerless. In the Name of God, the Singular, the Matchless. In the Name of God, the Singular, the Matchless. In the Name of God, the Unique, the Supreme. In the Name of God, the Singular, the Matchless [4o] |
INBA_2007C:01a-13b, , PR02.101v10-104r18x, CMB_F22.092b?, , HBH_dalail=DLLS, BYC_saba-a |
DLLS, OOL.A005a |
HURQ.BB54x |
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Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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JRAS.447, BRHL.63, BRHL.65, MSBR.204-205?, AHDA.447.8, MMAH.066, SRC.087-088, SRC.185, GOH.035 |
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| BB00065 |
Letter on the apostasy of Mulla Jawad Vilyani = suluk II |
2700 |
Gate of the Heart |
Risala fis-Suluk I and II (Journey towards God) |
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تعالی بذاتیة ذاتیة ذاتیته عن وصف المجردات و کنهها والحمد لله الذی تقدس بکینونیة کینونیة کینونیته عن نعت المادیات و حقائقها |
Praise be to God Who hath exalted Himself, in the very Essence of His Essence, above the description and inmost being of all abstract realities, and praise be to God Who hath sanctified Himself, in the very Being of His Being, above the attributes and verities of all material realities [3.5s] |
INBA98:111.13-122.08 |
AVK3.055.07x |
GOH.043x, GOH.059x, GOH.209x, GOH.248-249x, GOH.302-308x |
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Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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FHR, AHDA.450.4, MMAH.040, SRC.190, GOH.030 |
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| 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 |
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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] |
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BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.078, SRC.193, GOH.034 |
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| BB00075 |
Suriy-i-Tawhid (Commentary on the Surah of Unity) |
2600 |
Gate of the Heart |
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ینزل الامر فی الکتاب علی قدر غیر معدود فاشهد ان لا اله الا الله کما هو اهله و یستحقه من دون ان یقدر احد ان یعرف کیف هو الا هو سبحانه و تعالی عما یصفون |
Praise be to God Who sendeth down the Command in His Book in measures beyond count! I testify that there is none other God but Him, as befitteth His glory and as He deserveth, in such wise that none can know His true nature save His own Self - glorified and exalted be He above whatsoever they describe [3.5s]... ...Verily, God hath intended by this exalted word to sanctify His Essence utterly from any attribute of causation |
INBA14:209-221, INBA69:002-013, INBA98:165.11-174.01, INBA_6010C:199-211, , Berlin3655.076r-081v, HBH_tawh002 (=INBA69), BYC_towhid |
OOL.A018 |
GOH.192x |
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God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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AHDA.456.06, MMAH.016, SRC.072, SRC.202, GOH.106 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095, GOH.036 |
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| ABU0006 |
Public address given on 1912-06-02 |
2430 |
Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary |
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کلیسا را بیعه نامیده اند یعنی محل بیعت این اصطلاح کتاب مقدس است |
In the terminology of the Holy Books, the church has been called the "House of the Covenant".... Temples are symbols... There is no doubt that if the world of the Occident should abandon dogmas.... The law of God is a collective center |
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BRL_DAK#0643, BDA1.112.x |
LOG#0739x, LOG#2078x, LOG#2096x, PUP#060 (p.163-171), SW_v03#10 p.025-029, SW_v05#16 p.246-247+248, SW_v06#17 p.146-148, SW_v08#10 p.125, SW_v14#05 p.145, SW_v14#05 p.147, MHMD1.120, BW_v01p060x |
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Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Equality of men and women; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of thought and belief |
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| ABU0010 |
Words spoken at Unitarian church in Dublin, 1912-08-11 |
2300 |
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در نزد عموم عقلا مسلم است که عالم طبیعت ناقص است و محتاج تربیت ملاحظه میکنید |
That the world of nature is imperfect and needs education is to the wise beyond question. Consider, man uneducated is in utmost barbarism |
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BRL_DAK#0639, AMK.248-258, MJMJ1.090x, MMG2#163 p.185x, MJH.036x, KHF.042, KHAB.355 (362), KHTB2.212, NJB_v03#16 p.001, YFY.141x |
SW_v14#02 p.042-045 |
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Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Need for an educator; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation |
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| BB00084 |
Khutbata’r-Raj’a (Khutba written in Jidda) |
2200 |
Gate of the Heart |
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد اقام العرش علی الماء والهواء علی وجه الماء و فرق بینهما علی کلمة اللاء ثم قد فتق الاجواء من عالم العماء |
Praised be to God! Who raised up the Celestial Throne upon the watery expanse and the atmosphere above the surface of the watery expanse. |
INBA91:060.12-073.08, INBA_5006C:330-335, |
HNU.143-145x, AHDA.086x |
MNP.090-091x, MNP.146-158, HURQ.BB19x, LOIR06.050ff |
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Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mystical themes; Pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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FHR#06.05, SRC.063, SRC.187, GOH.032 |
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| BB00088 |
Answer to Navvab-i-Hindi |
2000 |
Gate of the Heart |
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الاسماء فی مبدء الاشتقاق طراز الف الاستنطاق الذی تکعب بالحرفین و استقام فی ظرفی الامرین الذی لاح عن لوح الابداع |
Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of Names at the source of derivation to be the ornament of the Alif of utterance, which was formed through two letters and stood firm in the vessel of the two commands, shining forth from the tablet of creation [3.5s]... ...Verily, that which We sprinkled upon thee out of the ocean of Names and Attributes is due to the sweet melodies of This Bird |
INBA98:011.05-020.06, PR02.163v24-165v28, Berlin3655.110v-114v |
NSS.050-055 |
GOH.080x |
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Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Impossibility of true worship of God; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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| BB00098 |
Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-Ma’rifati Nafs |
1900 |
Gate of the Heart |
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هو بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قال السائل سلمه الله تعالی ما معنی الحدیث المروی عن علی علیه السلام من عرف نفسه فقد عرف ربه اقول اعلم یا اخی رحمک الله انی اوصیک |
The questioner—may God, the Most High, preserve him—asked: "What is the meaning of the tradition related from 'Alí—peace be upon him—'Whoso knoweth his own self hath verily known his Lord'?" I say: Know thou, O my brother—may God's mercy be upon thee—that I counsel thee [3.5s]... ...He (God) hath not begotten anything; rather He hath created all beings by His Will, and created the Will by Itself |
INBA14:468-479, INBA53:046-053, INBA64:082.05-084.09x, INBA67:181-190, INBA_4011C:101-110, , INBA_6004C:180-187, , INBA_6006C:063-067, , INBA_6010C:464-473, , PR02.152r08-153v27, PR07.057r-059v, BYC_collect4.012-017 |
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GOH.062-063x, GOH.096x |
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Adam; Adam and Eve; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Empty learning; false spirituality; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as mediator; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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AHDA.458.12, MMAH.060, SRC.072, SRC.200 |
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| ABU0038 |
Address to the Baha'is at Thompson home in New York, 1912-11-15 |
1760 |
Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Universal peace — in which book is this?' |
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I have spoken in the various Christian churches and in the synagogues, and in no assemblage |
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PUP#128 (p.431-437), SW_v08#03 p.029-031+039-040, DJT.368-369x, BLO_PN#027x |
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Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Power of the Manifestation of God; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education; Universal language; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession |
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| BH00386 |
Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Arabic) |
1750 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Hidden Words |
Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words) |
هذا ما نزل من جبروت العزه بلسان القدره و القوه علی النبیین من قبل و انا |
This is that which hath descended from the realm of glory, uttered by the tongue of power and might, and revealed unto the Prophets of old. |
INBA36:440, INBA30:002, BLIB_Or8901, BLIB_Or15714.147, , CMB_F33.033, , PR22.049b-056b, PR23.029a-033a, BLIB_Or.08685, CUL.X893.7.B111, UMich962.143-151 |
BRL_HWA, AVK3.161.16x, ZYN.040, MJMM.017, BSHN.013x, MHT2b.030x, MAS4.367bx, NSR_1993.053, NFF4.001, OOL.B013a |
HWAE, LOG#0304x, GPB.140x, SW_v03#01 p.004+007x, SW_v03#02 p.004x, SW_v04#18 p.300x2x, SW_v14#10 p.289-290x, BSC.171 #175-262 |
L. Slott (#1), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#1), almunajat.com (#1) [item 2], D. Gundry (#1), E. Mahony (#1), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#1), Baha'i Youth of Japan (#1), Joel in Real Life (#1), The Daguerreotypes (#1), E. Kelly (#1), L. Dely (#1), Y. Mbazo & Friends (#1), Fleur & Tessa (#1), G.H. Miller (#1), S. Peyman (#1), S. Eblaghi and M. Weigert (#1), K. Porray (#1), R. Johnston-Garvin (#1) [track 6], D. Sylvester (#1), M. Levine (#2), Nicolas & Louis (#2), L. Dely (#2), A.E. Rahbin (#2), R. Peterson (#2) [track 6], A. Wensbo (#3), E. Mahony (#3), S. Sunderland (#3), S. Sunderland (#3), M. Levine (#3) [track 2], L. Dely (#3), Rowshan (#3) [track 8], P. Held & C. Bahia (#3) [track 2], A. Youssefi (#4), E. Lilian (#4), MANA (#4), S. Peyman (#4), J. Cooper (#4), L. Dely (#4), R. Peterson (#4) [track 4], Corinne & Riaz (#4), L. Dube (#4) [track 3], Ladjamaya (#4) [track 7], D. Gundry (#5), W. Heath (#5), E. Mahony and A. Youssefi (#5), Bass Adjustment (#5), Ine (#5), M. Weigert (#5), S. Engle and J. White (#5), S. Gomes (#5), T. Ellis (#5), K. Kuolga (#5), A. Mirra (#5), Rowshan (#5) [track 11], SKY (#5), KC Porter (#5), E. Kelly (#5), M. Levine (#5) [track 7], L. Dely (#5), K. Key (#5), A. Sperandeo (#5), A. Wood (#6), L. Slott (#6), Y. Mesbah (#6), L. Dely (#6), The Descendants (#6), The Joburg Baha'i Choir (#6), Honiara Baha'i Youth (#6), The Badasht Project (1) (#7), The Badasht Project (2) (#7), Nabil and Karim (#7), Matt McGrath (#7), T. Nosrat (#7), L. Dube (#7) [track 12], Ladjamaya (#8) [track 4], almunajat.com (#9) [item 1], E. Mahony (#9), D. Hunt (#9), N. Ma'ani (#9), S. Toloui-Wallace (#9), J. Raj (#9), MJ Cyr (#11), O. Devine (#11), Refuge (#11), L. Dely & M. Congo (#11), Oisin & Bahiyyih Devine (#11), A. Azad (#11), Ahdieh (#11), S. Taborn (#11), S. Sunderland (#11), The Descendants (#12), O. Devine (#12), B. Nakedi (#12), P. Held & C. Bahia (#12) [track 3], M.C. Santillana (#12), M. Levine (#12) [track 2], R. Lea (#13), P. Held & C. Bahia (#13) [track 4], Joel in Real Life (#13), A.E. Rahbin (#13), L. Dube (#13) [track 2], MJ Cyr (#14), S. Taefi (#14) [track 9], L. Slott (#14), SKY (#14), A.E. Rahbin (#14), L. Slott (#15), A. Youssefi (#15), L. Dely (#15), E. Mahony (#15), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#15), L. Dube (#15) [track 14], Chicago Baha'i Community (#15), M. Sparrow (#16), Honiara Baha'i Youth (#16), MANA (#16), S. Jaberi (#16), L. Dely & M. Congo (#16) [track 7], L. Slott (#17), E. Mahony (#17), E. Mahony, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#17), E. Henrikson (#17), Mona, Dibo & Nachidah (#17), L. Dely & M. Congo (#17) [track 7], E. Lilian (#18), Rowshan (#19) [track 5], J. Heath (#19) [track 9], J. Heath (#19), D. Olam (#19) [track 11], T. Ellis (#19), Sabin & Leticia (#19), A. Youssefi (#20), TaliaSafa & Friends (#20), Ine (#21), M. Saraswati (#21), A. Youssefi (#22), G.H. Miller (#22), NKAK (#22), K. Porray (#22), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#22), Ann-Sofie & Shahram (#22), T. Ellis (#22), The Descendants (#22), Naseem, Michele & Yasmin (#22), Meredth & Arman (#22), E. Tarani (#22), R. Yazhari (#23), L. Dely (#23), L. Dely (#25) [track 5], L. Dube (#26) [track 17], L. Dely (#27), P. Held & C. Bahia (#29) [track 5], L. Slott (#31), jeph.ilosopher (#31), L. Dely (#31), K. Key (#31), A. Youssefi (#32), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#32), Roz, Amelia & Andre (#32), Ahdi (#32), P. Escobar (#33), N. Ma'ani (#33), Laura & Michael (#33), R. Peterson (#33) [track 5], L. Herrmann (#34), Gyenyame (#34), C. Zurek (#34), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#35), L. Dely (#35), S. & H. Fikri (#35), L. Dube (#35) [track 21], A. Tahirih R. Weiss (#36), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#36), J. Marks and S. Engle (#36), K. Porray (#36), Hayden, Alessia & Anis (#36), A. Youssefi (#38), T. Ellis (#38), E. Mahony (#39), Rowshan (#40), A.E. Rahbin (#40), M. Tokuma (#41), L. Dely & M. Congo (#41) [track 1], Calling Waiting Searching (#42), G.H. Miller (#42), L. Dube (#42) [track 19], S. Gomes (#42), E. Mahony (#43), Dawnbreaker Collective (#43), Heroes Teaching Conference (#43), M. Perez (#43), J. Duhart (#43), G.H. Miller (#44), L. Dely (#44), A.E. Rahbin (#44), L. Dube (#44) [track 8], Nabil and Karim (#46), R. Lea (#48), L.Slott (#48), Katie & Faizi (#48), L. Dely (#48), SKY (#48), L. Dube (#48) [track 15], HeartBeat Collective (#48), L. & L. Hosack (#48), S. Acevedo (#48), A. Youssefi (#50), E. Mahony (#50), K. and D. Eckert and A. Youssefi (#50), Leona and Larry (#51), The Baha'i Trio (#51), E. Lilian (#52), L. Dely & M. Congo (#52) [track 6], E. Mahony (#52), N.D. Huening (#52), C. Oja (#52), S. Skiti (#52), J. Heath (#53) [track 7], S. Toloui-Wallace (#55), M. Levine (#55) [track 3], W. Eng & N. Rajan (#55), Qurratul, Ruhiyyih & Verona (#55), O. Devine (#55), R. Orona (#55), T. Bradley (#55), J. Cooper (#55), Seaon & Saman (#55), D. Stevenson (#56), L. Dube (#57) [track 7], K. Porray (#58), K. Porray (#59), O. Devine (#59), Baha'i Youth of Japan (#59), QuiqueSaba (#59), Strong Steep (#59), Ladjamaya (#59) [track 2], Z. Affolter (#60), L. Dely (#60), L. Dube (#61) [track 10], unknown (#62), L. Dube (#62) [track 1], M. Cuvillier (#63), L. Dube (#63) [track 9], P. Held & C. Bahia (#64) [track 6], L. Dube (#66) [track 20], Ine (#66), W. Heath (#68), Chicago Baha'i Community (#68), P. Held & C. Bahia (#68) [track 7], D. E. Walker (#68), S. Jaberi (#68), C. Oja (#68), L. Harley (#68), D. Stevenson (#71), L. Dely (#71), L. Dube (#71) [track 16] |
The Arabic portion of His foremost ethical work, consisting of 71 aphorisms spoken in the voice of the Divine and declaring themselves to be the ‘inner essence’ of what was revealed to ‘the Prophets of old’, affirming the essential nobility and divinity of the human soul, prescribing its intimate communion with its Creator, proclaiming the oneness of the human race, and declaring our consequent responsibility to fellowship, love, fair-mindedness, and mutual aid for one another, especially the poor and downtrodden. |
Bringing oneself to account each day; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; God's love for His own Essence; Human reality created in the image of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge of self; Love of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Soul; spirit after death |
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ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025 |
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| BB00119 |
Letter to Mirza Hasan-‘Ali, uncle of the Bab |
1600 |
Gate of the Heart |
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قبله محترم دام عزکم تلاوت آیات کریمه را نموده ولی چه بسیار عجب است که اهل بصیرت ... والسلام خیرالکلام والحمد |
O revered uncle, may thy glory endure! I have perused thy kind letter; yet how passing strange it is that the people of insight... Peace be upon the best of utterances, and praise be to [3.5s]... ...This lowly One hath completed the Commentary on the Súrih of Joseph in forty days, during which I wrote parts thereof each day |
INBA91:170.11-180.06, PR04.200r05-204r11 |
TZH3.283.09-286.11x |
GOH.124x, MNP.002x |
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Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Literal interpretation; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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| BB00114 |
Tafsiri-i-Hadith-i-‘Allamani Akhi Rasulu’llah |
1600 |
Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart |
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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 |
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Knowledge; recognition of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.078, SRC.193, GOH.247 |
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| BB00128 |
Kitab al-Fihrist (Book of the index) |
1400 |
Autobibliography in the Writings of the Báb; Gate of the Heart |
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. المر ذلک الکتاب ذکر من الله فی حکم عبد بدیع و انه للکتاب قد نزلت من لدن بقیة الله امام حق قدیم |
Alif. Lám. Mím. Rá. This is the Book, a Remembrance from God concerning a wondrous servant, and verily it is the Book sent down from the presence of the Remnant of God, the True Imam [3.5s]... ...And this is a Book which was sent down from God containing a directive from a wondrous servant. It is indeed a Book which hath come down from the Remnant of God |
INBA_5019C:285-293, , INBA_6007C.339-348, INBA_4011C.062-069, , PR04.001r03-006v11, Berlin3655.001v-007r |
ASAT4.527x |
MNP.091-095x, HURQ.BB46x, LOIR06.051ff |
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Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih] |
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FHR#04, AHDA.444.3, SRC.043, SRC.050-052, SRC.065, SRC.188, GOH.022, GOH.032 |
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| ABU0081 |
Words spoken at King's Weigh House Church in London, 1912-12-29 |
1350 |
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خدا را شکر میکنم که در این محل جمعی از محترمین حاضرند که قلوبشان با یکدیگر |
I praise God that a number of revered souls are gathered in this congregation to serve the Almighty, whose hearts are cemented together, whose faces are joyous |
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KHF.221, KHAB.399 (404), KHTB3.086, NJB_v05#09 p.001 |
DAS.1912-12-29, ABS#11 |
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Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity |
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| BB00137 |
Sahifiy-i-Radaviyyih (Epistle of Rida') |
1300 |
Autobibliography in the Writings of the Báb; Excerpts from the Risáliy-i-Dhahabiyyih; Gate of the Heart |
Risaliy-i-Dhahabiyyih |
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق الماء بسر الانشا و اقام العرش علی الماء بشان الامضا و انزل الایات من عالم العما |
Praise be to God Who hath created the water by the mystery of construction, hath established the throne upon the water by the modality of execution |
CMB_F28.6.1-2, , BYC_radawiya |
MHA.141-142x, TZH3.290x, AHDA.473-474x fn2, OOL.A013 |
BAPT.003-005x, MNP.057-058x, MNP.097-100, HURQ.BB21x, LOIR06.059ff, BLO_PT#012x, BLO_PT#034x |
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Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.449.2, AHDA.452.3, MMAH.046, MMAH.048, SRC.053-055, SRC.207, GOH.023, GOH.032, GOH.131, GOH.379fn35 |
Includes the Khutbiy-i-Dhikriyyih as chapter 1. |
| BB00151 |
Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-Haqiqat (Commentary on the Tradition of Truth) |
1300 |
Gate of the Heart |
Tafsír-i-Hadith-i-Haqíqat (Commentary on the Tradition of Truth) |
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و هو ان کمیل بن زیاد النخعی اردنه علی علیه السلام یوماً علی ناقته فقال کمیل یا مولای ما الحقیقة قال مالک |
And it came to pass that Kumayl ibn Ziyad an-Nakha'i approached 'Alí - peace be upon him - one day as he rode upon his she-camel, and Kumayl asked: "O my master, what is Truth?" He said [3.5s]... ...thou must know that Kumayl’s response reflecteth his condition; for he was not attired with the vesture of utter servitude |
INBA14:462-468, INBA53:063-068, INBA67:148-155, INBA_4011C:127-134, , INBA_6006C:074-077, , INBA_6010C:458-464, , PR07.064r-065v |
AADA.014 |
GOH.134x, GOH.165-168x, GOH.194x, GOH.251x, HURQ.BB44x |
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Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Knowledge; recognition of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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AHDA.459.18, MMAH.055, SRC.072, SRC.199, GOH.077, GOH.164 |
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| ABU0095 |
Public address given on 1912-05-26 |
1250 |
Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] |
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امشب در این سرود ذکری از قرُبیت الهی بود اعظم موهبت |
As I neared this church this evening I heard the hymn, "Nearer, My God..." ... O thou forgiving God! These servants are turning to Thy kingdom |
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DWNP_v6#11 p.001x, KHF.059, KHAB.285 (295), KHTB2.091, NJB_v04#06 p.001 |
BPRY.090-092x, PUP#055 (p.147-150), SW_v03#08 p.020-022, DWN_v6#10 p.002x |
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Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Martyrs and martyrdom; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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