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Ecstatic poem announcing the appearance and unveiling of the Maid of Heaven, her announcement to the people of the world, their rejection of her summons, and her return in sorrow to her abode.

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ROB1.218, ROB1.211, MMAH.134, MMAH.232, LL#018, LL#042

BH00003

Kitab-i-'Ahd (Book of the Covenant)

920

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Days of Remembrance

Will and Testament of Bahá'u'lláh; Kitáb-i-Ahd (Book of the Covenant)

اگر افق اعلی از زخرف دنیا خالیست ولکن در خزائن توکل و تفویض از برای وراث

Although the Realm of Glory hath none of the vanities of the world, yet within the treasury of trust and resignation

INBA65:101, BLIB_Or15261, , CMB_F25.8,

AVK3.066.10x, AVK3.210.02x, AVK3.424.03x, AHM.410, MJMM.399, AYT.355, DWNP_v4#04 p.021, DWNP_v2#03-4 p.025-027x, UAB.036ax, DRD.176, AYI2.076x, AYI2.275x, RHQM2.0918-921 (350) (214-216), TBP#15, OOL.B014, AMB#32

TB#15, DOR#32, PUP.382x, GPB.028x, GPB.238x, GPB.239x8x, GPB.240x7x, GPB.242x, GPB.314x, WOB.134x, SW_v03#14 p.006-007+010, SW_v04#14 p.238, SW_v05#15 p.229, SW_v07#16 p.153, SW_v07#18 p.188, SW_v09#12 p.138x, SW_v09#13 p.150, BSC.259 #532-546

A. Youssefi

Bahá’u’lláh’s last will and testament, appointing ‘Abdu’l-Bahá as His successor by summoning ‘the Aghṣán, the Afnán and My Kindred to turn, one and all, their faces towards the Most Mighty Branch’; categorically forbidding contention and conflict; and cautioning lest the means of order and unity that He brought into the world should become the cause of confusion and discord.

Contention and conflict; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Unity; oneness of humanity

ROB4.419 et al, BKOG.420, MMAH.213, GSH.150, BSR_v19p03, LL#026

BH02198

Lawh-i-'Ashiq va Ma'shuq

400

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance

Lawh-i-Ashiq va Mashuq (Tablet of the Lover and the Beloved)

ای بلبلان الهی از خارستان ذلت بگلستان معنوی بشتابید و ای یاران ترابی قصد

Release yourselves, O nightingales of God, from the thorns and brambles of wretchedness and misery

INBA35:041, Majlis210461.046-048

GWBP#151 p.205c, MJMM.334, AYT.319, DWNP_v4#11-12 p.059-060, UAB.059c.11x, DRD.029x, PYB#019 p.01, AHB_104BE #06 p.003, AHB_118BE #02 p.031, AKHA_120BE #02-03 p.b, AKHA_130BE #03 p.a, AKHA_133BE #11 p.252, AKHA_134BE #03 p.105, AKHA_135BE #02 p.25, ANDA#02 p.02, MSBH6.406x, OOL.B028, AMB#21

GWB#151, DOR#21

R. Lea, KC Porter, TaliaSafa, Mona, Sasha & Sam, Eduke

Addresses the ‘nightingales of God’, announcing the blooming of a ‘new flower’ in the ‘rose-garden of changeless splendour’, calling them to detach themselves from the world and to taste ‘the abandonment of enraptured love’, and warning them of the fleeting nature of their opportunity.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB2.241, MMAH.136, GSH.176, LL#064

BH00238

Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World)

2590

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World)

حمد و ثنا سلطان مبین را لایق و سزاست که سجن متین را بحضور حضرت علی قبل اکبر

Praise and thanksgiving beseem the Lord of manifest dominion Who hath adorned the mighty prison… The betterment of the world can be accomplished

INBA89:190x, BLIB_Or07851.066a, , BLIB_Or15696.107bx, , BLIB_Or15716.198x, , PR05.009a-020a, Majlis934.001-026, BN_suppl.1753.078-089

GWBP#043 p.066bx, AVK1.021.02x, AVK3.063.14x, AVK3.161.09x, AVK3.203.15x, AVk3.459.04x, AVK4.239.06x, AVK4.255.05x, AVK4.280x, ZYN.212, MJMM.285, AQMJ2.151x, AQMJ2.152x, UAB.051cx, DRD.084, MAS4.120ax, ASAT3.039x, ASAT4.387x, ASAT5.067x, AHB_107BE #03 p.046x, ADH1.080x, SAM.235x, TBP#07, OOL.B036

TB#07, GWB#043x, ADJ.024x, ADJ.024-025x, ADJ.028x, ADJ.077x, GPB.232x, PDC.196x, PDC.199x, WOB.107x2x, WOB.198x, SW_v09#07 p.082x, SW_v14#06 p.179x, DWN_v3#01 p.009x, DWN_v5#01 p.003-004x, DWN_v6#06-7 p.001-002x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.138 #055-069x

T. Price, T. Ellis, A. Tahirih R. Weiss, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, S. Jaberi

Reiterates many of Bahá’u’lláh’s central social teachings, such as renunciation of self and promoting the good of the entire human race; achieving the betterment of the world ‘through pure and goodly deeds, through commendable and seemly conduct’; consorting with all religions in friendliness and fellowship; avoiding contention and conflict; observing courtesy; promoting the ‘Lesser Peace’; adopting a universal language; championing the universal education of children; and recognizing the importance of agriculture.

Call to action; House of Justice; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB4.329 et al, BKOG.382, BKOG.399, BKOG.410, BKOG.454, MMAH.131, GSH.168, LL#083

BH00729

Lawh-i-Ghulamu'l-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth)

1070

Days of Remembrance

Lawh-i-Ghulamul-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth)

قد فتحت ابواب الفردوس و طلع غلام القدس بسلطان مبین فیا بشری هذا غلام الخلد

Lo, the gates of Paradise were unlocked, and the hallowed Youth came forth bearing a serpent plain. Rejoice! This is the immortal Youth

INBA36:464, BLIB_Or15706.093, BLIB_Or15706.139, BLIB_Or15714.014,

AQA7#414 p.203, AYT.092, ASAT4.401x, AKHA_124BE #04-05 p.hx, OOL.B038, AMB#27

DOR#27, BLO_PT#127

Narrates in mystical language the appearance of the Immortal Youth (Bahá’u’lláh), whose beauty is compared to that of Joseph, who is unveiled by the Maid of Heaven and who summons His lovers unto Him.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Mystical themes; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

ROB1.213, MMAH.125, GSH.032, LL#090

BH00005

Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhi'b (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf)

28200

Bahá'í Scriptures; Epistle to the Son of the Wolf; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf)

الحمد لله الباقی بلا فناء و الدائم بلا زوال و القائم بلا انتقال المهیمن

Praise be to God, the Eternal that perisheth not, the Everlasting that declineth not, the Self-Subsisting that altereth not.... O God, my God! Attire mine head with the crown of justice... Thou seest me, O my Lord, with my face turned towards the heaven

BLIB_Or15708.001, , BLIB_Or15721.001, , BLIB_Or15726.082x,

BRL_ESWP, AQA6#237 p.136x, TZH4.114-115x, YMM.306x, OOL.B047

ESW, BPRY.075x, ADJ.028ax2x, ADJ.077x, COF.101ax, TDH#158.20, GPB.071x, GPB.071-072x, GPB.097x3x, GPB.101x2x, GPB.102x2x, GPB.114x2x, GPB.124x, GPB.125x, GPB.133x, GPB.137x, GPB.184x9x, GPB.194x2x, GPB.217x2x, GPB.218x3x, PDC.015-016x, PDC.017x, PDC.082x, PDC.117-118x, PDC.118x2x, PDC.125-126x, PDC.141-142x, PDC.142x, PDC.142-143x, PDC.148x, PDC.162x, PDC.181x, PDC.184-185x, PDC.187x, WOB.186x, SW_v01#18 p.004-005x, SW_v05#15 p.226x, BSC.118 #048x, HURQ.BH74x

L. Thoresen [track 2], Charisse et al, Smith & Dragoman, E. Mahony, Baha'i Youth of Japan, Y. Mbazo & the Durban Baha'i Choir, A. Rae, Taraz, Nthabiseng & Page, MANA, S. Toloui-Wallace, S. Jaberi, Arman & Gloria, Steve & Atosa

His last major work and His third longest, calling on its recipient, a leading mujtahid, to repent of his role in the oppression and massacre of the Bahá’ís, quoting some of the most celebrated passages from His own writings, and adducing proofs establishing the validity of His cause.

Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Being a source of light; guidance; Chastity and purity; Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Contention and conflict; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; East and West; communication between East and West; Empty learning; false spirituality; Fanaticism and hatred; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; High station of learning; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Knowledge; recognition of God; Knowledge of self; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; Martyrs and martyrdom; Oneness; unity of religion; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rebellion and sedition; disobedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual warfare; struggle; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Teachings as spirit of the age; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Theft; seizing the properties of others; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; War and peace; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ROB4.368 et al, BKOG.382, GPB.219, GPB.238, EBTB.147, MMAH.122, MMAH.129, GSH.148, LL#124

BH01042

Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus (Tablet to Czar Alexander II)

800

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus (Tablet to Alexander II)

ان یا ملک الروس ان استمع ندآء الله الملک القدوس ثم اقبل الی الفردوس مقر الذی

O Czar of Russia! Incline thine ear unto the voice of God, the King, the Holy, and turn thou unto Paradise

INBA34:041, BLIB_Or15705.028, , CMB_F31.037, , PR11.038b-040b

NRJ#1c, AQA1#001c, OOL.B054

SLH#01c, WOB.105x, BSC.094 #040

States cryptically that Bahá’u’lláh has answered a secret wish of the Czar; praises him for offering, through one of his ministers, aid to Bahá’u’lláh while in the dungeon of Tehran; calls on him to arise to become a champion of the Cause of God; declares that Bahá’u’lláh is the one ‘Whom the tongue of Isaiah hath extolled, the One with Whose name both the Torah and the Evangel were adorned’; and warns of the ephemerality of earthly possessions.

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB3.118, MMAH.176, GSH.120, LL#154

BH00140

Lawh-i-Maqsud

3650

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Lawh-i-Maqsud (Tablet of Maqsud)

حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان حضرت معبود و مالک غیب و شهودی را لایق و سزاست که از

A praise which is exalted above every mention or description beseemeth the Adored One, the Possessor of all things… Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value… The Word is the master key for the whole world

BLIB_Or15696.091dx, , IOM.099, MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p06,

GWBP#110 p.140x, GWBP#112 p.142x, GWBP#117 p.159x, GWBP#122 p.167x, ADM2#007 p.020x, AVK3.171.04x, AVK3.210.04x, AVK3.213.14x, AVK3.217.04x, AVK4.281.01x, AYI1.335x, DWNP_v5#01 p.002bx, UAB.010bx, UAB.011ax, UAB.013bx, UAB.024bx, UAB.026ax, UAB.028bx, UAB.030ax, UAB.033bx, UAB.037ax, UAB.039dx, UAB.040bx, UAB.041ax, UAB.045bx, UAB.050ax, UAB.050bx, UAB.051bx, UAB.052ax, UAB.053bx, DRD.011x, ASAT5.236x, ANDA#79 p.13x, TBP#11, MMUH#05x, OOL.B057

TB#11, GWB#110x, GWB#112x, GWB#117x, GWB#122x, ADJ.028ax, ADJ.088x, GPB.217x3x, GPB.218x5x, GPB.219x, PDC.186x, PDC.187x2x, PDC.190x, WOB.032x, WOB.041xx, WOB.198x, WOB.041x, WOB.162x, WOB.187x2x, WOB.198x2x, WOB.202-203x, DWN_v1#10-11 p.001-004, KSHK#20x

Morgane & Samy, E. Kelly, L. Harley

Relates various teachings as prerequisites to world peace: universal education; regarding one another as ‘the fruits of one tree and the leaves of one branch’; reward and punishment as pillars of world stability; rulers acting with justice and wisdom; the gathering of the nations to lay the foundations of the ‘Lesser Peace’; the adoption of a universal language and script; affirming that ‘the earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens’; not allowing religion to become the source of disunity; taking counsel together in all matters; promoting useful branches of knowledge; exercising moderation in all things; inculcating tolerance and righteousness; and having due regard for the power of human utterance, in particular the Word of God, which is the ‘master key for the whole world’.

Consultation; Education of children; moral education; Reward and punishment; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language; Work as worship

ROB4.235 et al, MMAH.138, GSH.213, LL#162, LL#461

BH01010

Lawh-i-Mawlud

820

Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The

Lawh-i-Mawlud (Tablet of the Birth)

ان یا ملا الغیب و الشهود ان افرحوا فی انفسکم ثم استبشروا فی ذواتکم بما ظهر

O concourse of the seen and the unseen! Rejoice with exceeding gladness in your hearts and souls, for the night hath come for the harvesting of the ages

INBA08:622

AYT.048, MAS4.343, RHQM1.578-578 (706) (433x), OOL.B059, OOL.B206, AMB#42

DOR#42

R. Yazhari

Tablet in honour of the birthday of Bahá’u’lláh, celebrating ‘the harvesting of the ages and the gathering up of past cycles’ and announcing the dawning of the morn of divine revelation.

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

GSH.174

BH00759

Lawh-i-Naqus (=Subhanaka Ya Hu)

1040

Days of Remembrance

Lawh-i-Naqus (Tablet of the Bell)

یا راهب الاحدیه اضرب علی الناقوس بما ظهر یوم الله و استوی جمال العز علی عرش

This is the garden of Paradise, wherein arise the anthems of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting; wherein ascend the soul-entrancing melodies

INBA36:466, BLIB_Or15706.083, , BLIB_Or15714.020,

AHM.141, AYT.100, NSR_1993.099, TSQA4.293, ABMK.040, OOL.B101, AMB#26, RMT.023

DOR#26, RBB.169-172, BLO_PT#122, BLO_PT#123, BLO_PT#124

Proclamatory tablet, with repeated refrain celebrating the name ‘He’, commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the declaration of the Báb.

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Monasticism; asceticism; Nearness and remoteness; Prayer for detachment; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB2.018, EBTB.130, BKOG.206, MMAH.103, GSH.071, LL#288

BH00347

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

1900

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

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

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

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

INBA34:026, BLIB_Or15705.018, , CMB_F31.032, , PR11.026a-031a

NRJ#1a, AQA1#001a, RHQM1.141-142 (180) (106-106x), OOL.B065

SLH#01a, BSC.098 #041

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

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Monasticism; asceticism; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Universal peace; world unity

ROB3.116, MMAH.166, MMAH.229, GSH.124, LL#208

Included in the Suriyi-Haykal.

BH00939

Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch)

870

Bahá'í Scriptures; Days of Remembrance

Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch)

اتی امر الله علی ظلل من البیان و المشرکون یومئذ فی عذاب عظیم قد نزلت جنود الوحی

The Cause of God hath come down upon the clouds of utterance, while they that have joined partners with Him are afflicted with a sore torment

INBA83:144ax, BLIB_Or03114.089r, , BLIB_Or15702.108, , ALIB.folder18p221

AQA4#098 p.331, AQA4a.424, AYT.360, HDQI.002, SFI08.012, MAS4.115, HHA.058x, RHQM1.596-600 (728) (447-449), AHDW.005, AHB_128BE #06-11 p.194x, ANDA#03 p.08-09, OOL.B118, AMB#29

DOR#29, GPB.177x, GPB.242x, WOB.135x, SW_v03#14 p.015, BLO_PT#125, BSC.255 #528-531

Announces the high station of Bahá’u’lláh’s son ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, titled Ghuṣn-i-A‘ẓam (‘the Greatest Branch’), foreshadowing His later appointment in the Kitáb-i-‘Ahd as successor to Bahá’u’lláh.

Condition of search; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.388, BKOG.250, EBTB.052, GSH.107, LL#303

BH00334

Suriy-i-Qalam

1970

Days of Remembrance

Suriy-i-Qalam (Surih of the Pen)

ان یا قلم الاعلی ان اشهد فی نفسک بانه هو الله لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم

O Pen of the Most High! Bear thou witness, in thine own self, that verily He is God and that there is none other God but Me

INBA37:115, BLIB_Or15692.012, , BLIB_Or15706.001, , BLIB_Or15714.049, , BLIB_Or15725.239, , NLAI_BH1.083, NLAI_BH2.204

AQA4#089 p.258, SFI14.036-045n, TZH4.268-270, TSBT.124, ASAT1.111x, ASAT3.015x, ASAT3.136x, ASAT4.508x, OOL.B136, AMB#23

DOR#23, BLO_PT#095, HURQ.BH47

A celebration of the festival of Riḍván, taking the form of a series of apostrophes to His Pen, the denizens of earth and heaven, the concourse of monks, and the Maid of Heaven.

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Monasticism; asceticism; Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God the cause of creation

ROB2.397, SFI14.036-045, MMAH.159, GSH.192, LL#324

AB00050

1460

Light of the World

ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء جناب فاروقی بعد از زیارت بعتبه مقدسه و طواف مطاف ملا

O ye dear friends of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! After his visit to the Sacred Threshold, and the Centre round which circle in adoration the Concourse on high, Jinab-i-Farúqí came to stay with ‘Abdu’l-Baha

INBA87:394, INBA52:405

NURA#28, MMK4#177 p.214x, ANDA#73 p.46, MSHR2.023x, MSHR3.051x

LOTW#28, LTDT.070x

Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB00089

1150

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما اشرقت انوار الفلاح و النجاح و تبلج صباح

Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for causing the lights of success and prosperity to shine, and the dawn to break forth in splendor [3.5s]

MMK6#396, YMM.402x

Chastisement and requital; Literal interpretation; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00102

1100

ایها النحریر الجلیل انی اشکر الله علی ما قدر و هدی و اشرق و تجلی و تلئلا نیر

O distinguished sage! I render thanks unto God for whatsoever He hath ordained and sent forth as guidance, and for all that hath shone forth, manifested and gleamed with radiant splendor [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0566, MMK6#510, YMM.193, YMM.345

Human reality created in the image of God; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Man's distinction from the animal; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of the mind over nature

AB00146

930

خداوندیرا ستاایم و پرستش نماایم که جهان هستی را بپرتو بخشایش زینت و آرایش

All praise and worship be unto God, Who hath adorned the world of being with the resplendent rays of His grace [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0572, MMK3#152 p.104, PYB#112-113 p.05

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Human reality created in the image of God; Man's distinction from the animal; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Unity of governments; political unity

AB00171

870

Trustworthiness

ای جنود حیات شرق و غرب پرستش نجوم آفله نمایند و عبادت آفاق مظلمه از اس اساس

O Army of Life! East and West have joined to worship stars of faded splendor and have turned in prayer unto darkened horizons.... The essential purpose of Faith and Belief is to ennoble the inner being of man with the outpourings of grace from on high.... He is a true Baha'i who strives by day and by night

BRL_DAK#0788, COMP_TRUSTP#65x, MKT4.050, AVK3.005, MMG2#013 p.011x, YMM.067

BRL_TRUST#64x, COC#0784x, COC#2076x, LOG#0245x, SW_v16#06 p.053x, DWN_v4#08-9 p.113-114x, DWN_v5#06 p.002-003x, BW_v01p012

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Creation of the world; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00203

810

Universal House of Justice, The

ای منادی پیمان ایامی میگذرد که در مخابره و مکاتبه فتور حاصل سبب اینست که آتش

O Herald of the Covenant! Days have passed wherein there occurred a pause in correspondence and communication. The cause of this is that the fire [3.5s]... ...At whatever time all the beloved of God in each country appoint their delegates, and these in turn elect their representatives, and these representatives elect a body, that body shall be regarded as the Supreme Baytu'l-'Adl… The Bab, the Exalted One, is the Morn of Truth, the splendor of Whose light shineth throughout all regions

BRL_CUHJP#17x, BRL_CUHJP#57x, MKT3.498, AKHA_119BE #08 p.jx, AKHA_116BE #10 p.336x, AVK4.296x, YHA1.100 (1.203)

BRL_CUHJ#17x, BRL_CUHJ#57x, BADM.084x, GPB.057x2x, WOB.127x, COC#0763x, LOG#1058x

Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; House of Justice; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab

AB00308

680

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received and its contents became evident... O thou daughter of the Kingdom! The Lord of the Kingdom and the sun of Truth hath sent forth a splendor

SW_v08#10 p.123x, BSTW#479

Importance of prayer; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00385

610

الهی الهی انی اتوسل بذیل کبریائک و اتعلق باهداب ردآء بهائک و اتضرع الیک

O my God, my God! I beseech Thee by the hem of Thy grandeur and cling to the fringes of the garment of Thy splendor, and I supplicate Thee [3.5s]

INBA89:222

MMK3#129 p.090x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; High station of the true believer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB00390

610

ای طبیب ادیب اریب روات حدیث روایت کنند که نیر حجازی و آفتاب یثربی جمال محمد

O erudite and discerning physician! The narrators of sacred traditions recount that the splendor of the sun of Hijaz and the luminary of Yathrib are none other than the beauty of Muhammad [3.5s]

AVK3.478.14-481.12

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Methods of teaching the Cause; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

AB00391

610

ای عین الاحباء و زین الاودآء حمد کن خدا را که نهایت سیاحت یعنی خاتمه الالطاف فاتحه

O thou who art the essence of the beloved ones and the adornment of the pure-hearted! Render thanks unto God that the ultimate journey signifieth the culmination of bounties and the beginning [3.5s]

MKT4.084, MILAN.113

AB00398

610

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Life of Thomas Breakwell, The

Tablet of Visitation for Thomas Breakwell

ایها المستبشر ببشارات الله قد وصلنی تحریرک الجدید و حمدت الله علی وصولک

O thou who art gladdened by the tidings of God! Thy latest letter hath reached me, and I have offered praise unto God for thy safe arrival [3.5s]... ...Grieve thou not over the ascension of my beloved Breakwell, for he hath risen unto a rose garden of splendors within the Abha Paradise

BRL_DAK#0187, MNMK#040 p.126x, MNMK#054 p.137x, MMK1#158 p.182x, MMK1#159 p.184x, DSDS.110x

SWAB#158x, SWAB#159x, TAB.450-453, BWF.387-388x, SW_v05#19 p.296-297, SW_v03#13 p.016, BSTW#043ax, BSTW#052kx

L. Slott

Consolation and comfort; Differences in human capacity; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Unity in diversity

AB00594

510

علیک التحیه و الثناء و علیک البهاء و علیک السناء یا من خلق من جوهر الوفاء

Upon thee be greetings and praise, and upon thee be glory and splendor, O thou who art created from the essence of fidelity [3.5s]

INBA89:249

TISH.115-116, MSBH3.603-605, MSBH3.587x

Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00659

480

Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The

ای روشندلان از پرتو عهد و پیمان شصت سال است که محفل الست آراسته گشته

O ye illumined ones! For sixty years hath the assemblage of "Am I not your Lord?" been adorned through the effulgence of the Covenant [3.5s]... ...O God, my God! Lowly, humble, and tearful, I turn my face unto the Kingdom of Thy mercy and the realm of Thy singleness

BRL_DAK#0543, COMP_MASHRIQP#83x, DUR1.236

BRL_MASHRIQ#83x

Call to action; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement

AB00714

470

حمدا لمن انزل من السماء ماء ثجاجا فاهتزت و ربت کل ارض هامده و انبتت من کل

Praise be unto Him Who hath sent down from the heavens abundant rain, whereupon every dormant land did quiver and swell, bringing forth from all [3.5s]

MMK3#206 p.148x, NANU_AB#30x, ABDA.324-325

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB00719

470

یا اماء الرحمن از قرار مسموع محفلی آراستید و بخدمت آستان مقدس برخواستید طوبی

O handmaidens of the Most Merciful! I have heard how you have adorned a gathering and have arisen to serve the Sacred Threshold. Blessed are ye [3.5s]... ...The effulgence of the rays of the Sun of Truth is abundant and the favours of the Blessed Beauty surround the women believers and the handmaidens who have attained unto certitude

INBA87:106, INBA52:104

BRL_DAK#0833, COMP_WOMENP#095x, MKT7.218, AKHA_135BE #04 p.71, RRT.043x, QIRT.08bx

BRL_WOMEN#095x, COC#2186x

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Role and station of women; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00767

450

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ای عزیز پارسی هر چند الان بهیچوجه تحریر نتوانم و فرصت ندارم مع ذلک مختصر جواب

Praised be God ye have adorned yourselves with devotion and love... As to the question of evil spirits, demons and monsters, any references made to them in the Holy Books have symbolic meaning

INBA75:150

BRL_DAK#0427, ALPA.089, YARP2.106 p.127

BRL_ATE#138x, LOG#1731x

Astrology and numerology; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Demons and evil spirits; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster

AB00817

430

Trustworthiness

اللهم یا من اختص برحمته الساجدین و اختار لفضله و کرمه زین العابدین

O God! O Thou Who hast singled out, through Thy mercy, those who bow down before Thee, and Who hast chosen, through Thy grace and generosity, the adornment of the worshippers [3.5s]... ...If any of the friends should enter into the service of the government, they should make their occupation a means of drawing nearer to the divine Threshold

BRL_DAK#0425, COMP_TRUSTP#57x, MILAN.231, MSHR4.066x

BRL_TRUST#56x, COC#2068x, LOG#1475x

Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00826

430

ای دوستان حقیقی عبدالبهاء نامه مس دورینگ قرائت گردید الحمد لله بشارت ثبوت

O ye real friends of Abdu'l-Baha! The letter of Miss Doring was perused. Praise be to God, it had the glad-tidings of your firmness

BBBD.508-509

BBBD.509-511, SW_v11#13 p.230-231

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Growth of the Cause; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB00841

430

ربنا انا نتوجه الیک و نتضرع بین یدیک نذکرک بالتهلیل و التکبیر و نثنی علیک

O our Lord! Unto Thee do we turn, and before Thy presence do we humbly supplicate. We remember Thee with glorification and praise, and offer unto Thee our adoration [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0986, MKT1.220, MJMJ2.010b, MMG2#118 p.131

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB00866

420

Bahá'í Scriptures

O thou wooer of Reality! His Highness the Merciful One hath cause the appearance of the splendors of love and affinity in the world of humanity

DAS.1914-07-07, BSC.303 #616, SW_v07#04 p.025-026, SW_v09#12 p.135-136

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Oneness; unity of religion; Unity in diversity

AB00933

400

الهی الهی ان عبدک هذا سمی جده الجلیل الذی فاز بانوار الطافک فی یوم عسیر و سمع

O my God, O my God! This servant of Thine beareth the name of his illustrious grandfather who attained unto the splendorous rays of Thy bounties on a day of tribulation, and who hearkened [3.5s]

MILAN.217

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Relationship between government and people; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB01003

390

ای زائر مشکین نفس ستایش نما خداوند را که رخت بپرتو هدایت آرایش یافت و دل و

O perfumed pilgrim, render praise unto the Lord that thy countenance hath been adorned with the light of guidance, and thy heart [3.5s]

YARP2.463 p.345

Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB01358

340

ایها الفرع المنجذب بنفحات القدس المنتسب الی السدره المبارکه آنچه مرقوم نموده

O branch attracted by the holy fragrances, who art related to the Blessed Tree! That which thou didst write [3.5s]... ...You wrote about the Eminent House and the Point of Adoration of the world, may my life be a sacrifice unto its dust. This issue is most important; nay, it stands as the most momentous of all matters

INBA87:313, INBA52:318

AFNAN.173-174x

Courtesy; culture [adab]; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Law of pilgrimage; Martyrdom of the Bab; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Shrines and Holy places

AB01405

330

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ای طائف حول ضریح مطهر حمد کن خدا را که بچنین موهبت الهیه فائز شدی و بچنین

O thou who circlest in adoration round His hallowed Shrine! Render thou thanks unto God for having received so heavenly a bestowal

INBA13:083, INBA59:341b, INBA88:097

BRL_DAK#0380, MMK6#439, JNM1.452, QT108.051, NFQ.012

BRL_ATE#129

Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Shrines and Holy places

AB01463

320

ای امین درگاه الهی شکر کن حضرت مقصود و جمال معبود و سلطان غیب و شهود را که

O trusted one of the divine Threshold! Give thanks unto the intended Lord, the Beauty of the Adored One, and the Sovereign of the seen and unseen, that [3.5s]

INBA88:089b

MMK6#354

Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others

AB01473

320

Translation List

ای بنده جمال ابهی سوال از ایه مبارکه نموده بودی که میفرماید عنقریب صرافان

O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thou hadst asked about this blessed verse: “Ere long the assayers of mankind shall, in the holy presence of the Adored

MKT2.305, AVK3.004.12x, AVK3.026.07x, AVK3.359.03x, AVK4.068.12x, YARP2.437 p.329

ADMS#070x

Astrology and numerology; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Goodly deeds; actions; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB01596

310

ای مشتعل بنار محبت الله در این وقت که سماء وجود بشئون انوار محمود مزین و بحر

O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! At this time when the heaven of existence is adorned with the effulgent rays of the All-Glorious and the sea [3.5s]

DUR4.664

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB01617

310

ای خداوند ياران هوشمند را بنواز عيش روحانی مهيا ساز بزم ربانی بيارا ... ای پروردگار ابرار را بزرگوار کن و فيض ابدی آشکار کن

O Lord! Bestow Thy favor upon these sagacious friends, prepare spiritual joy and adorn the divine feast... O Lord! Make the righteous ones noble and make manifest everlasting bounty [3.5s]

MJMJ1.117x, MJMJ2.049x, MJMJ3.061x, MMG2#326 p.364x, MMG2#365 p.407x

Being a source of light; guidance; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment

AB01719

300

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ای عاکفان کوی دوست ای عاشقان روی دوست قفقازیا جمیعا تابع رود ارس است که در

O intimates of the court of the Beloved! O adorers of the countenance of the Beloved!

BRL_DAK#0013, MKT3.202, AVK2.068.18x

BRL_ATE#014, MAAN#34

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Unity; oneness of humanity; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster

AB01890

280

ای احبای الهی و اماء حضرت رحمانی لسانرا بشکرانه الطاف رب مجید بیارااید و قلب

O beloved ones of God and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! Adorn your tongues with thanksgiving for the favours of the Glorious Lord, and your hearts [3.5s]

MMK2#048 p.038, MMK6#369, AKHA_117BE #01-04 p.h

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB01968

280

ای یادگار آن جواهر وجود و سروران اهل سجود فی الحقیقه شدائد و مصائب و رزایاء

O thou remnant of that jewel of being and joy of them that bow down in adoration, in truth adversities, trials and calamities [3.5s]

MSBH6.425-426

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB02077

270

ای حمامه حدیقه توحید و عندلیب ریاض تجرید جمال قدیم اوراق بدیعه که باحسن معانی

O Dove of the Garden of Oneness and Nightingale of the Meadows of Detachment! The Ancient Beauty hath adorned wondrous pages with beauteous meanings [3.5s]

INBA87:615, INBA52:657

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB02154

270

دوست مهربانا حضرت سفیر جلیل جناب میرزا فتح الله خان دام اقباله بکاشانه این

O kind friend! His Excellency, the illustrious ambassador, Mirza Fathullah Khan—may his prosperity continue—to this dwelling [3.5s]

MMK6#377

Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Newspapers and the media; publications; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB02204

260

ای بیدار هوشیار ستایش و پرستش یزدان را نما که ترا از گرداب پیمان شکن اهریمنان

O vigilant and discerning one, render praise and adoration unto God, Who hath delivered thee from the whirlpool of the Covenant-breaking demons [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0349, MKT1.446, MKT2.084, MILAN.052, AVK2.215.10x, YARP2.258 p.224

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Four pillars; Soul; spirit after death

AB02249

260

ای شمعهای شبستان محبت الله الحمد لله ابواب فضل مفتوح و صدور اهل فتوح بایات

O ye candles in the nighttime sanctuary of God's love! Praise be unto God, the gates of bounty stand open, and the breasts of those with insight are adorned with signs [3.5s]

INBA85:142

MKT8.229, MKT6.151b, TSS.177

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02398

250

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O thou dear maidservant of God! Thank thou the kind Father for that the world of creation was adorned with the light of His Manifestation

TAB.426-428

Interpretation of dreams and visions; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Review of publications; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB02463

250

یا امه الله نامه تو رسید مرا مقصد چنانست که تو سبب ثبوت و استقامت نفوسی بر

O thou maid servant of God! Thy letter was received. My desire is that thou mayst become the cause of the firmness and steadfastness of the souls... ...Firmness in the covenant contains an odor like unto the fragrance of the musk

YHA1.107 (1.219), NJB_v05#14 p.002

SW_v08#16 p.219x, BSTW#052r, BSTW#073e, BSTW#192x

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

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