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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

BH00328

2000

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الله رب العالمین و حضر کتابه فی السجن الاعظم و فاز

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath turned unto God, the Lord of all worlds, who hath attained unto His Book in the Most Great Prison, and who hath achieved [3.5s]... ...Thou hast asked Me concerning the nature of the soul. Know, verily, that the soul is a sign of God, a heavenly gem whose reality the most learned of men hath failed to grasp

INBA51:165, BLIB_Or15730.039, , KB_620:158-166

BRL_DA#663, GWBP#082 p.107x, ADM1#037 p.079x, AVK1.137bx, AVK1.185ax, AVK1.276ax, MAS8.189bx, RRT.144x, ASAT4.106x, YMM.270x

GWB#082x

Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Degrees of faith; certitude; Literal interpretation; Soul; spirit after death; Suffering and imprisonment; 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

LL#427

BH03835

240

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

ذکر من لدنا لمن طار بذکر هذا الذکر فی هوآء الذی تطیر فیه طیور الفردوس و تمر

A remembrance from Our presence unto one who hath soared, through mention of this Remembrance, in the atmosphere wherein the birds of Paradise do wing their flight and pass [3.5s]... ...Know thou of a certainty that the Unseen can in no wise incarnate His Essence and reveal it unto men. He is, and hath ever been, immensely exalted

BLIB_Or11095#319,

BRL_DA#537, GWBP#020 p.039x

GWB#020x

Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mediator; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#359

BH02324

Lawh-i-Karmil (Tablet of Carmel)

380

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

Lawh-i-Karmil (Tablet of Carmel)

حبذا هذا الیوم المبارک الذی لا تعادله القرون و الاعصار حبذا هذا الیوم اذ

All glory be to this Day, the Day in which the fragrances of mercy have been wafted over all created things

GWBP#011 p.018, RHQM2.0976-977 (412) (254-255), ASAT5.027x, PYB#041 p.04, AHB_110BE #17-18 p.340, ANDA#06 p.01, TBP#01, NJB_v06#05 p.6, OOL.B051

TB#01, DAS.1914-01-02, GWB#011, TDH#064.3x, TDH#064.6x, GPB.219x, GPB.277-278x, GPB.278x, WOB.105x, SW_v14#05 p.149

J. Murday, Ahdieh, NIKNAK, Mea, almunajat.com [items 42-43]

Brief proclamatory tablet, revealed during a visit to Mount Carmel, taking the form of a joyful dialogue between Bahá’u’lláh and the sacred mountain and promising that ‘Ere long will God sail His Ark upon thee, and will manifest the people of Bahá who have been mentioned in the Book of Names’, words that have been taken as the charter for the establishment of the Bahá’í World Centre in Haifa.

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Proclamation to Jews; Shrines and Holy places

ROB4.351, ROB4.423, BKOG.375, GPB.219, GPB.345, MMAH.081, GSH.147, LL#137

BH00779

1020

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

سپاس و ستایش خداوندی را سزاوار که آفرینش را بتوانائی خود از برهنگی نابودی

All praise and glory be to God Who, through the power of His might, hath delivered His creation from the nakedness of nonexistence, and clothed it with the mantle of life

INBA72:080, Ghazi3072.167-177

GWBP#034 p.057bx, AYI1.332x, YARP1.045, UAB.010ax, UAB.018x, UAB.019x, MAS4.044x

GWB#034x, WOB.187x

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Freedom of thought and action; Knowledge of self; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Relativity of religious truth; Universal human capacity for spiritual recognition

LL#393

BH00690

1120

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of the Gems of Unity, The (Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd)

Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd (Tablet of the Gems of Unity)

جواهر توحید و لطایف تحمید متصاعد بساط حضرت سلطان بی مثال و ملیک ذوالجلالی

All praise to the unity of God, and all honor to Him, the sovereign Lord, the incomparable and all-glorious Ruler of the universe, Who, out of utter nothingness, hath created the reality of all things

INBA65:242, INBA57:001, BLIB_Or15722.224, , NLAI_BH1.283, NLAI_BH3.186

BRL_DA#773, GWBP#027 p.050x, AVK1.015.08x, AVK1.212.08x, AVK2.001.03x, AVK3.014.09x, AVK3.422.11x, MJMM.338, DWNP_v3#12 p.028-031, UAB.008bx, UAB.014bx, MAS4.042x, PYB#006-007 p.01x, AKHA_107BE #06 p.002x, YMM.169x

GWB#027x, JHT_B#015

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Human reality created in the image of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

LL#383

BH03420

270

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity

Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity

یا بدیع نوصیک بالصبر و السکون و الامانه التی کانت ودیعه الله بین خلقه طوبی

Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor

BRL_DA#655, GWBP#130 p.182x, AHB_117BE #12 p.371

GWB#130x, ADJ.025x, DWN_v3#01 p.009x, BSTW#401x

Joel in Real Life, Soulrise Melodies, Soulrise Melodies, D. Desimone

Exhortations and counsels; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LL#069

BH01924

460

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

ص و النبا العظیم قد اتی الرحمن بسلطان مبین و وضع المیزان و حشر من علی الارض

By Him Who is the Great Announcement! The All-Merciful is come invested with undoubted sovereignty. The Balance hath been appointed

INBA34:150, BLIB_Or15707.090, , BLIB_Or15735.252,

BRL_DA#659, GWBP#017 p.034x, AQA1#027, PYK.017, DLH1.048, HYK.252

GWB#017x, WOB.194x

Apocalyptic imagery; Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB3.032, LL#453

BH01624

Lawh-i-Rida

2400

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Rida (Tablet to Rida)

بروحی و کینونتی لک الفدآء یا حبّذا بما فزت بکتابک الّذی کان رأسه مزیّناً باکلیل ذکر ربّنا

By My spirit and essence, may I be a sacrifice unto Thee! How excellent it is that thou hast attained unto thy letter, whose apex was adorned with the crown of the remembrance of our Lord! [3.5s]... ...That which thou hast heard concerning Abraham, the Friend of the All-Merciful, is the truth, and no doubt is there about it.

BLIB_Or11096#234x, , BLIB_Or15722.034x, , BN_suppl.1754.143-144x

BRL_DA#682a, GWBP#032 p.056x, AVK2.160.20x, AVK2.196.11x, AVK3.117.05x, MJMM.330x, MAS1.075x, ASAT1.037x, ASAT1.142x, ASAT2.036x, ASAT3.008x, ASAT3.082x, ASAT3.268x, BCH.032x, TABN.215bx

GWB#032x

Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

LL#220

BH03564

Lawh-i-Ard-i-Ta

260

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

یا ارض الطاء یاد آر هنگامی را که مقر عرش بودی و انوارش از در و دیوارت ظاهر

Call thou to remembrance, O Land of Ṭa (Ṭihrán), the former days in which thy Lord had made thee the seat of His throne, and had enveloped thee with the effulgence of His glory

INBA66:106b, BLIB_Or15730.090a, , NLAI_BH1.081

GWBP#055 p.077bx, RHQM1.072-073x (092) (053-054), ASAT1.071-072x, TSHA3.011, PYM.110ax, LDR.322, OOL.B167

GWB#055x, LTDT.270x

Eulogies; reminiscences; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places

MUH1.0034, LL#062

BH02046

430

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

در قرون اولی تفکر نما هر هنگام که آفتاب عنایت الهی از افق ظهور طالع شد ناس

Consider the former generations. Witness how every time the Day Star of Divine bounty hath shed the light of His Revelation upon the world

BLIB_Or15715.361a,

GWBP#023 p.045

GWB#023, GPB.187x, PDC.131-132x

Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#354

BH02294

390

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

هر منصفی شهادت داده و میدهد که اینمظلوم از اول ظهور کل را بافق اعلی دعوت

Every unbiased observer will readily admit that, ever since the dawn of His Revelation, this wronged One hath invited all mankind to turn their faces towards the Dayspring of Glory

BLIB_Or15715.328b,

BRL_DA#795, GWBP#059 p.081bx, SFI16.045-046x

GWB#059x, ADJ.032x, GPB.194x4x, GPB.196x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Justice and wrath of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#375

BH00958

860

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

لم یزل نفحات قدسی از رضوان عنایت الهی در وزیدن بوده و لایزال روایح عز معنوی

From time immemorial have the breezes of holiness wafted from the Paradise of divine favor, and unto eternity shall the fragrances of spiritual glory continue to be diffused [3.5s]... ...The purpose of God in creating man hath been, and will ever be, to enable him to know his Creator and to attain His Presence

INBA36:080, INBA71:241

BRL_DA#130, GWBP#029 p.053x, AVK1.333.010x, MJMM.368, DRD.139, ASAT5.061x, ASAT5.262x, AKHA_134BE #18 p.691

GWB#029x, DWN_v3#12 p.031-032x

Growth of the Cause; Knowledge; recognition of God; Nearness and remoteness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#430

BH01652

530

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

سبحان الله اظهر امره و انطق الاشیاء علی انه لا اله الا هو الحق علام الغیوب

Glorified be God Who hath manifested His Cause and made all things speak forth that there is none other God but Him, the Truth, the Knower of things unseen [3.5s]... ...Happy is the man who will arise to serve My Cause, and glorify My beauteous Name. Take hold of My Book with the power of My might

BRL_DA#679, GWBP#028 p.052x, AVK2.056.06x, MJMM.219, ASAT1.113x

GWB#028x, WOB.172-173x

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#435

BH00413

1690

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

سبحان الذی اظهر نفسه کیف شاء و اراد فی حین ماادرکته افئده اولی الحجی و اعترض

Glorified be He Who hath manifested His Self as He hath willed and desired, at a time when the hearts of them that are endowed with understanding could not comprehend Him and raised objection [3.5s]... ...Regard thou the one true God as One Who is apart from, and immeasurably exalted above, all created things. The whole universe reflecteth His glory

INBA35:094, BLIB_Or11096#009, , BLIB_Or15698.143, , BLIB_Or15720.141, , BLIB_Or15740.110, , NLI.32p083v

BRL_DA#597, GWBP#084 p.111ax, ADM1#006 p.021x, IQT.143, AYI1.337x, UAB.031ax, AQMJ1.181x, ASAT4.270x

GWB#084x, SW_v02#05 p.015x, JHT_S#030x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#421

BH02218

400

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

شهد الله بلسانه الحق فیکل الألواح بأننی انا حی فی الأفق الأبهی و اذا تالله فی هذا الأفق

God hath, through His tongue that uttereth the truth, testified in all His Tablets to these words: “I am He that liveth in the Abhá Realm of Glory.”

BLIB_Or15694.334, , BLIB_Or15725.152, , ALIB.folder18p346

BRL_DA#647, GWBP#103 p.136a, PYB#337 p.12

GWB#103

Justice and wrath of God; Mosaic imagery; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

LL#313

BH00248

Suriy-i-'Ibad

2520

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Suriy-i-Ibad (Tablet of the Servants)

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و انا کل له عابدون شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و انا کل

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and verily all are His worshippers. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and verily all [3.5s]... ...Contemplate with thine inward eye the chain of successive Revelations that hath linked the Manifestation of Adam

INBA47:077x, BLIB_Or15723.050, , BLIB_Or15738.006, , NLAI_BH1.312

BRL_DA#005x, GWBP#031 p.055bx, AQA4#073 p.023, AQA4a.244, ASAT4.307x, OOL.B124

BRL_APBH#12x, GWB#031x, GPB.151x5x, HURQ.BH31

S. Jaberi

Declares the continuity of Bahá’u’lláh’s prophetic claim with the ‘chain of successive Revelations that hath linked the Manifestation of Adam with that of the Báb’, relates the events of His banishment from Baghdad to Edirne, and delivers specific guidance to a number of followers named in the tablet.

Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB2.272, MMAH.154, GSH.112, LL#309

BH07535

130

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

انشاء ??لله در کل احیان از رحیق حیوان بیاشامید و بذکر محبوب عالمیان مشغول

God willing, may ye at all times drink from the life-giving waters and be engaged in remembrance of the Best-Beloved of the worlds [3.5s]... ...The ordinances of God have been sent down from the heaven of His most august Revelation. All must diligently observe them

BLIB_Or15710.163, , BLIB_Or15722.131,

BRL_DA#664, GWBP#133 p.185x, UAB.021cx, AYI2.049x, AYI2.195, PYB#187 p.03

GWB#133x

Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Living waters; water of life; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

LL#455

BH01352

630

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

انشاء الله بعنایت حق جل جلاله از رحیق عرفان بیاشامی و بافق اعلی ناظر باشی

God willing, through the bounty of the True One, exalted be His glory, thou shalt quaff from the choice wine of divine knowledge and fix thy gaze upon the Most Exalted Horizon [3.5s]... ...Verily I say, this is the Day in which mankind can behold the Face, and hear the Voice, of the Promised One.... God grant that the light of unity may envelop the whole earth

BLIB_Or15715.249,

BRL_DA#676, GWBP#007 p.015ax

GWB#007x, ADJ.078x, GPB.099x, PDC.015x

L. Slott, Nadia & Roshan, M. Hadji, B. Montgomery, T. Ellis, R. Johnston-Garvin [track 10-11]

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH02874

310

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب له الجود و الفضل یعطی من یشاء ما

God witnesseth that there is no God but Him, the Gracious, the Best-Beloved. All grace and bounty are His. To whomsoever He will He giveth whatsoever is His wish

INBA23:197b, INBA36:087a, INBA71:249

BRL_DA#782, GWBP#030 p.055ax

GWB#030x

Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Return of the Manifestations of God; Suffering; rejection of Christ

LL#417

BH02628

340

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet about Ashrafs mother

لا تجزعی من غربتک تالله لو تنظرین بعینی لتفدین نفسک فی سبیلی بما جعلک الله

Grieve thou not in thine exile. By God! Wert thou to behold through Mine eyes, thou wouldst sacrifice thyself in My path, through that which God hath made thee to be [3.5s]... ...Call thou to mind the behavior of Ashraf’s mother, whose son laid down his life in the Land of Zá (Zanján). He, most certainly, is in the seat of truth

INBA34:182

BRL_DA#074, GWBP#069 p.092x, AQA1#048, TISH.509-510

GWB#069x

Consolation and comfort; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

LL#363

BH03249

280

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

قد اخذ المیثاق حین الاشراق من الذین آمنوا ان لا یعبدوا الا الله و لایفسدوا

He verily hath taken the Covenant at the hour of dawning from them that have believed, that they should worship none but God and should not corrupt [3.5s]... ...I sorrow not for the burden of My imprisonment. Neither do I grieve over My abasement, or the tribulation I suffer at the hands of Mine enemies

INBA34:204

BRL_DA#072, GWBP#046 p.071bx, AQA1#066

GWB#046x, ADJ.028ax, ADJ.032x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

LL#444

BH06328

160

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

وجه حق از افق اعلی باهل بها توجه نموده میفرماید در جمیع احوال بانچه سبب

He Who is the Eternal Truth hath, from the Dayspring of Glory, directed His eyes towards the people of Bahá

INBA35:292, INBA81:164, BN_suppl.1753.126-126

BRL_DA#651, GWBP#156 p.214, LHKM3.382, KSHG.146-147, PYB#112-113 p.49, AHB_125BE #05-06 p.118, AKHA_133BE #06 p.a

GWB#156, PDC.187x

Francesco & Lorenzo, B. Weber

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Education of children; moral education; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity in diversity

LL#403

BH00210

Lawh-i-Hadi - Re "He who knoweth himself..."

2770

He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord (Man 'arafa nafsahú faqad 'arafa Rabbahú); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Man ‘arafa nafsahú faqad ‘arafa Rabbahú (He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord); Lawh-i-Hadi (Tablet to Mírzá Hadi)

توحید بدیع مقدس از تحدید و عرفان موجودات ساحت عز حضرت لایزالی را لایق و سزا

How wondrous is the unity of the Living, the Ever-Abiding God—a unity which is exalted above all limitations, that transcendeth the comprehension of all created things! He hath, from everlasting, dwelt

INBA38:238, INBA36:409, INBA57:018b, BN_suppl.1754.059-064

BRL_DA#125, GWBP#073 p.096ax, GWBP#083 p.109x, GWBP#124 p.168bx, AVK1.061x, AVK1.180ax, AVK1.180bx, AVK1.187.06x, AVK1.242.05x, AVK1.307.02x, AVK2.077.13x, AVK3.398.09x, MJMM.346, DWNP_v6#05 p.003-004x, DRD.155, MAS4.026bx, MAS4.028x, ASAT1.185x, ASAT2.102x, ASAT4.292x, ASAT5.062x, ASAT5.251x, PYB#026 p.01x, PYB#221 p.03x, OOL.B160

GWB#073x, GWB#083x, GWB#124x, BLO_PT#040, WIND#112

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Knowledge of self; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB3.063, LL#097

BH04607

1180

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

احمد و اشکر من جعلنی فائزا بنفحات بیانکم اسبح و اقدس من جعلنی مهتزا بظهورات

I praise and give thanks unto Him Who hath caused me to be enraptured by the sweet fragrances of Thy utterance. I glorify and sanctify Him Who hath made me to be stirred by the manifestations [3.5s]... ...The world is in travail, and its agitation waxeth day by day. Its face is turned towards waywardness and unbelief.

BRL_DA#744, GWBP#061 p.083bx, AVK4.472x, ASAT1.021x, PYB#264 p.06x, AHB_133BE #01-02 p.003x, PYM.273x

GWB#061x, LOG#0422x, ADJ.082x, GPB.217x2x, PDC.004x, PDC.190x, WOB.033x, WOB.046x, WOB.181x, DWN_v1#07 p.001x

BH03960

240

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

یا نعمه الله از برای نعمت مراتب لانهایه بوده و خواهد بود در کتاب پروردگار تو

Know thou that, according to what thy Lord, the Lord of all men, hath decreed in His Book, the favors vouchsafed by Him unto mankind

BLIB_Or15715.244b,

GWBP#095 p.127, AQA5#037 p.051, UAB.033ax, AKHA_121BE #11-12 p.a, ANDA#58 p.03

GWB#095

Knowledge; recognition of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#399

BH00652

1170

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف اذکرک بعد الذی ایقنت بان السن العارفین کلت عن ذکرک

Lauded and glorified art Thou, O Lord, my God! How can I make mention of Thee, assured as I am that no tongue, however deep its wisdom

INBA48:073, INBA83:144b, INBA49:107, INBA92:304, BLIB_Or15702.116, , BLIB_Or15739.131,

BRL_DA#771, GWBP#001 p.010x

GWB#001x

Call to action; Imam Husayn; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#056

BH04596

210

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

یا معشر العلماء اتقوا الله ثم انصفوا فی امر هذا الامی الذی شهدت له کتب الله

Lay not aside the fear of God, O ye the learned of the world, and judge fairly the Cause of this unlettered One

INBA51:186b, KB_620:179-180

GWBP#044 p.070, LHKM3.339, YFY.264-265

GWB#044

Call to action; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#410

BH00846

970

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

ان یا نبیل الاعظم اسمع ما ینادیک به لسان القدم عن جبروت اسمه الاکرم و انه ینطق

Let thine ear be attentive, O Nabíl-i-A‘ẓam, to the Voice of the Ancient of Days, crying to thee from the Kingdom of His all-glorious Name.

INBA83:108, BLIB_Or15702.018, , ALIB.folder18p207

BRL_DA#772, GWBP#139 p.194, KHSH07.011

GWB#139, ADJ.025x, ADJ.060x

T. Ellis

Courtesy; culture [adab]; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Words vs deeds

ROB3.026, LL#198

BH00513

Suriy-i-Dhabih (= Lawh-i-Dhabih)

1450

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Suriy-i-Dhabih (Tablets to Dhabih)

روحی و نفسی لک الفداء کتاب مبارک که بطراز حب محبوب عالمیان مزین بود این خادم

My spirit and soul be a sacrifice unto Thee! The blessed Book, which was adorned with the ornament of love for the Best-Beloved of all worlds, reached this servant [3.5s]... ...The Pen of Revelation, O Dhabih, hath, in most of the divinely-revealed Tablets, recorded these words

BLIB_Or11096#242x, , BLIB_Or15698.323, , BLIB_Or15720.315, , BLIB_Or15740.246x,

BRL_DA#141, GWBP#115 p.155, AVK3.269.13x, AVK3.270.08x, IQT.323, GHA.333x, ASAT1.131x, OOL.B112.1

GWB#115x, ADJ.024x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.077x, GPB.099x, PDC.119-120x

Summons the Bahá’ís to upright conduct, obedience to worldly authority, and high moral character and warns that the greatest harm that can be inflicted upon Bahá’u’lláh’s Cause is not His imprisonment and persecution but the misdeeds of those who claim to be His followers.

Bribery and corruption; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ROB2.412, LL#082, LL#297

BH00002

Kitab-i-Iqan (The Book of Certitude)

36200

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Kitáb-i-Íqán; Tablet of the True Seeker" from the Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), The

Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Tablet of the True Seeker

الباب المذکور فی بیان ان العباد لن یصلن الی شاطی بحر العرفان الا بالانقطاع

No man shall attain the shores of the ocean of true understanding except he be detached from all that is in heaven and on earth.... Verily He Who is the Daystar of Truth and Revealer of the Supreme Being holdeth, for all time, undisputed sovereignty…. But, O my brother, when a true seeker determineth to take the step of search…

BLIB_Or03116.078-127, , BLIB_Or15696.076cx, , CMB_F58, CMB_F59, IOL.440, IOM.092-093, SOAS ms.46696, CUL.X893.7.B111, BN_suppl.1400

BRL_IqanP, GWBP#013 p.020x, GWBP#019 p.038x, GWBP#022 p.041x, GWBP#090 p.117x, GWBP#091 p.119x, GWBP#125 p.170x, TZH4.214-223x, OOL.B017

IQAN, GWB#013x, GWB#019x, GWB#022x, GWB#090x, GWB#091x, GWB#125x, GPB.006x, GPB.007x, GPB.022x, GPB.023x, GPB.050x2x, GPB.057x2x, GPB.058x2x, GPB.079x, GPB.079-080x, GPB.098-099x, GPB.118-119x, GPB.119-120x, GPB.120x, GPB.126x, GPB.141x, GPB.175x, GPB.176x2x, PDC.020x, PDC.129x, PDC.129-130x, PDC.130x, PDC.130-131x, PDC.133x2x, PDC.138x, PDC.151x, PDC.162x2x, PDC.163x, PDC.176x, PDC.179x4x, WOB.024-025x, WOB.058x, WOB.062ax, WOB.113x, WOB.113-114x, WOB.114-115x, WOB.115x, WOB.115-116x, WOB.124x, WOB.124-125x, WOB.125x4x, WOB.125-126x, WOB.166x, SW_v03#01 p.003x, SW_v07#16 p.163-164x, BLO_PT#020, BSC.003 #001-035x

R. Dupras (¶1), L. Manifold (¶1), Savva, Danika, Lauren, Adeeb & Jeremy (¶1), Ahdieh (¶64), Mathilde (¶65), R. Peterson (¶107) [track 3], E. Mahony (¶151), Eswatini Baha'i Choir (¶213), Soulrise Melodies (¶214), K. Key (¶214), S. Toloui-Wallace (¶216)

Bahá’u’lláh’s preeminent doctrinal work as well as His second longest, answering four questions from an uncle of the Báb regarding prophetic expectation and fulfilment, affirming the essential unity of the prophets of God while simultaneously acknowledging the distinctiveness of their persons and missions, expounding the concept of progressive revelations from God that are renewed about every thousand years, summarizing the spiritual prerequisites of the seekers on the spiritual path, clarifying the central role in that path of the independent investigation of reality, condemning the clergy for their role in the rejection of the prophets from age to age, and emphasizing, through a commentary on certain verses of the gospels, the need for a symbolic as opposed to a literal understanding of sacred scriptures.

Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Belief and denial; Christ; Christianity; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Law of obligatory prayer; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Literal interpretation; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Moses; Noah; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the Manifestation of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Return of the Manifestations of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Seal of the Prophets; Spiritual springtime; 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; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LAC.113-174, ROB1.153 et al, BKOG.165, GPB.138, GPB.172, EBTB.121, EBTB.221, EBTB.227, MMAH.071, GSH.013, LL#029, LL#278

BH00718

Lawh-i-'Ali

1090

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-'Ali (Tablet to 'Ali)

یا علی از یومی که لوح معهود که به صیحه و ساعه و صور نامیده شده ارسال گشت مشرکین

O Ali! From the day when that promised Tablet - which hath been designated as the Cry, the Hour and the Trumpet - was dispatched, the ungodly [3.5s]... ...The voice of the Divine Herald, proceeding out of the throne of God, declareth: O ye My loved ones! Suffer not the hem of My sacred vesture

BLIB_Or11096#260, , BLIB_Or15698.290, , BLIB_Or15710.051, , BLIB_Or15720.286x, , BLIB_Or15740.222x, , Majlis934.273-281

BRL_DA#136, GWBP#100 p.132x, AVK3.473.02x, IQT.290, ASAT4.264x, OOL.B164

GWB#100x, LOG#0419x, ADJ.025x2x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.059x, MBW.117x, WOB.163x

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Work as worship

LL#045

BH00597

Lawh-i-Ashraf

1270

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

Lawh-i Ashraf (Tablet to Ahsraf)

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

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

INBA83:216, BLIB_Or15702.276, , NLAI_BH2.308, ALIB.folder18p167

BRL_DA#722, GWBP#052 p.075x, AVK3.088.11x, MJMM.211, ASAT1.123x, ASAT1.140x, ASAT2.065x, ASAT5.347x, OOL.B027

GWB#052x, BLO_PT#171

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

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.230, ROB2.120, GSH.186, LL#063

Quoted in the Lawh-i-Istintaq, BH00015.

BH00249

Lawh-i-Ahmad (Persian)

2510

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Provisional Translation of the Persian Tablet of Ahmad

Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Persian))

اینست بدایع نصایح الهی که بلسان قدرت در مکمن عظمت و مقعد قدس رفعت خود میفرماید پس بگوش

O banished and faithful friend! Quench the thirst of heedlessness with the sanctified waters of My grace

INBA38:018, INBA65:185, INBA35:073, INBA36:401, NLI.32p145r, PR23.041b-045b, Majlis210461.020-030, BN_suppl.1753.106-115

BRL_DA#126, GWBP#152 p.207x, GWBP#153 p.208x, AVK1.021.09x, ZYN.070, MJMM.315, DRD.114, MAS8.038bx, ASAT5.106x, PYM.012x, OOL.B023b

GWB#152x, GWB#153x, ADJ.081x, ADJ.082x, PDC.024-025x, SW_v07#06 p.044x, SW_v07#16 p.152x, SW_v14#02 p.040x, BLO_PT#073, BSC.223 #435-443

L. Slott, A. Youssefi (1), A. Youssefi (2), E. Mahony (1), E. Mahony (2), E. Mahony (3), A. Bryan, Samira & Sara, MANA, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2), A.E. Rahbin, E. Kelly, K. Porray, M. Levine [track 7]

Sets forth the conditions of spiritual search, with purity of heart being foremost; compares His revelation to that of an ocean which yields up its pearls in proportion to the eagerness of the search; and proclaims that ‘this fathomless and surging ocean is near, astonishingly near, unto you’.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge of self; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.137, BKOG.157, BKOG.223, BKOG.245, MMAH.184, LL#041

BH05684

Lawh-i-Ittihad(?)

170

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

ای احزاب مختلفه باتحاد توجه نمائید و بنور اتفاق منور گردید لوجه الله در مقری

O contending peoples and kindreds of the earth! Set your faces towards unity, and let the radiance

BLIB_Or15690.160b, , BLIB_Or15716.138c, , BLIB_Or15728.048b, , BN_suppl.1753.123-124

BRL_DA#708, GWBP#111 p.141, AVK4.276x.08, LHKM3.379a, AHM.407, MJMM.284, HDQI.042, DWNP_v5#01 p.002a, UAB.035b, DRD.063, MAS4.367c, AKHA_121BE #02-03 p.a, ANDA#16 p.05, OOL.B048b

GWB#111

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Exhortations and counsels; Oneness; unity of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity

MMAH.090, GSH.187, LL#190

BH10163

170

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

یا غلام قبل حسین مخصوص جمیع اسامی مذکوره در نامه آیات بدیعه منیعه نازل

O Ghulam Qabl-Ḥusayn! For all the names mentioned in the letter, have We caused to be sent down verses wondrous and sublime [3.5s]... ...This is the Day in which God’s most excellent favors have been poured out upon men, the Day in which His most mighty grace

BRL_DA#649, GWBP#004 p.012bx

GWB#004x, WOB.161x

Gus & Emma, C. Zein, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, S. Sunderland (1), S. Sunderland (2), S. Scriven

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Unity of thought and belief

LL#089

BH09648

Lawh-i-Husayn 2

120

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Husayn 2 (Tablet to Husayn 2)

یا حسین بعضی از احزاب ارض منتظر ظهور حسینی بودند چه که از قبل اصفیای حق جل جلاله

O Husayn! Certain parties among the peoples of the earth were expectant of the appearance of a Husayn, inasmuch as aforetime the chosen ones of God, exalted be His glory, had spoken thereof [3.5s]... ...O Ḥusayn! Consider the eagerness with which certain peoples and nations have anticipated the return of Imám Ḥusayn, whose coming, after the appearance of the Qá’im

BRL_DA#740, GWBP#009 p.016a, OOL.B046bx

GWB#009, ADJ.077x

Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BH00259

Lawh-i-Napoleon II

2460

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

Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III)

قل یا ملک الباریس نبأ القسیس بأن لا یدق النواقیس تالله الحق قد ظهر الناقوس

O King of Paris! Tell the priests to ring the bells no longer. By God, the True One! The Most Mighty Bell hath appeared

INBA34:033, BLIB_Or15705.022, , CMB_F31.034, , PR11.031a-038b

NRJ#1b, GWBP#107 p.139ax, GWBP#158 p.215bx, AQA1#001b, AVK3.203.19x, AKHA_123BE #01-02 p.ax, OOL.B062

SLH#01b, GWB#107x, GWB#158x, WOB.203x, SW_v03#05 p.007x, DWN_v5#02-3 p.002-004x, DWN_v6#10 p.001bx, BSC.105 #042

W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2)

Summons the Emperor to ‘tell the priests to ring the bells no longer’, announcing that He is the one promised by Christ; bids the monks to come forth from their seclusion; prophesies that his ‘kingdom shall be thrown into confusion’ and his empire ‘shall pass from [his] hands’ for ‘casting behind [his] back’ the first epistle from Bahá’u’lláh; recounts the sufferings of Bahá’u’lláh in His successive exiles; counsels the Emperor to watch over his subjects with justice; and instructs him, and the people of the world in general, to teach the Cause of God through the power of utterance, to be trustworthy, and to conceal the sins of others.

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ROB3.110, BKOG.320, BKOG.392, MMAH.124, LL#200

Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal.

BH01507

570

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

ان یا حرف الحی لقد سمعت اذن الله ندآئک و لاحظت عین الله کتابک و ینادیک حینئذ عن

O Letter of the Living! The ear of God hath heard thy cry, and His eyes have beheld thy written supplication. He is calling thee from His seat of glory

INBA19:183, INBA32:166, INBA83:255, BLIB_Or03114.063r, , BLIB_Or15725.545, , BLIB_Or15737.180, , ALIB.folder18p284

BRL_DA#770, GWBP#135 p.187x

GWB#135x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Letters of the Living; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

LL#412

BH05002

190

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Muhammad-`Alí I and II

ای محمد قبل علی طوبی لک بما زینت قلبک بطراز حب ربک العزیز الحمید هر نفسیکه

O Muhammad-'Ali! Great is the blessedness awaiting thee, inasmuch as thou hast adorned thine heart with the ornament of the love of thy Lord

BLIB_Or03116.086r.12, , BLIB_Or11096#127, , BLIB_Or15710.212a,

GWBP#140 p.196

GWB#140

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

LL#187

BH01231

680

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Muhammad-`Alí I and II

ای محمد قبل علی بشنو ندای محبوب باوفا را که از شطر ابهی ندا میفرماید و

O Muhammad-'Ali! Hearken unto the call of thy faithful Beloved, Who from the Most Glorious Horizon doth proclaim and [3.5s]... ...I swear by the beauty of the Well-Beloved! This is the Mercy that hath encompassed the entire creation, the Day whereon the grace of God hath permeated and pervaded all things

INBA35:035, INBA74:097, BLIB_Or03116.106r, , BLIB_Or11096#033, , BLIB_Or15710.208, , BLIB_Or15722.151,

BRL_DA#767, GWBP#142 p.198x, ADM1#010 p.031x, AVK3.178.13x, RSBB.090, MAS4.110, ASAT5.167x, ADH1.029x

GWB#142x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ROB2.117, LL#186

BH00358

Suriy-i-Dam

1850

Tablet of Blood (Súriy-i-Damm); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Suriy-i-Damm (Tablet of Blood)

ان یا محمد اسمع ندآء ربک عن هذا المقام الذی لن یصل الله ایدی الممکنات و لا

O Muhammad! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord from this Station whereunto the hands of all created things cannot attain [3.5s]... ...Adorn thyself with My virtues, in such wise that should anyone stretch forth the hand of oppression against thee, thou wouldst neither take notice nor contend with him.

INBA83:066, BLIB_Or15723.156,

BRL_DA#157, GWBP#039 p.064x, AQA4#075 p.059, AQA4a.001, TZH4.360-366, ASAT4.167x, ASAT5.200x, ASAT5.226x, OOL.B111

BRL_ATBH#61x, GWB#039x, WOB.118-119x, WOB.139x, BLO_PT#109, HURQ.BH42

Proclamatory work declaring the oneness of the Prophets through a vision of the words of the dying Imám Ḥusayn, who identifies his sufferings with those of Abraham, Moses, Joseph, John the Baptist, Jesus, the Báb, and Bahá’u’lláh.

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Prophecy and fulfillment; Return of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.236, MMAH.223, GSH.081, LL#296

Sometimes spelled as Súriy-i-Damm.

BH02035

430

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

ان یا مصطفی قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و قرأناه و انا کنا قارئین و سمعنا حنین قلبک

O Mustafa! Thy letter hath reached Our presence, and We have read it, for verily We have ever been the Reader thereof, and We have hearkened unto the yearning of thy heart [3.5s]... ...Recall thou to mind My sorrows, My cares and anxieties, My woes and trials, the state of My captivity, the tears that I have shed, the bitterness of Mine anguish

BLIB_Or15694.336, , ALIB.folder18p347

BRL_DA#646, GWBP#062 p.084ax, PYB#337 p.09

GWB#062x, PDC.014x

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#416

BH05241

190

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

یا ورقتی بگوش جان ندای رحمن را بشنو از سجن اعظم بتو توجه نموده و ترا بذکر

O My Leaf! With the ear of thy soul hearken thou unto the Call of the All-Merciful, Who hath turned towards thee from the Most Great Prison and maketh mention of thee [3.5s]... ...Know thou that every hearing ear, if kept pure and undefiled, must, at all times and from every direction, hearken to the voice that uttereth these holy words

INBA51:312, BLIB_Or15715.338b,

BRL_DA#743, GWBP#165 p.222ax, LHKM3.296

GWB#165x

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

LL#387

BH00387

1750

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

یا قلمی الاعلی اذکر من اقبل الی الله فی یوم فیه اعرض اکثر الناس و شرب الرحیق

O My Most Exalted Pen! Make mention of him who hath turned unto God on a day wherein most men have turned away, and hath quaffed the choice wine [3.5s]... ...It is evident that every age in which a Manifestation of God hath lived is divinely ordained, and may, in a sense, be characterized as God’s appointed Day

BLIB_Or15690.214, , BLIB_Or15699.123,

BRL_DA#677, GWBP#025 p.047ax, AYI2.319x, AYI2.320x, AYI2.322x, AYI2.324x, AYI2.338x

GWB#025x, WOB.167x2x

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Seal of the Prophets; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#386

BH00994

Suriy-i-Ism

830

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

Suriy-i-Ism

ان یا اسمی اسمع ندآء الله عن مطلع کل اللسان بانی انا الله ربک و رب کل شیء و

O My Name! Hearken unto the Call of God from the Dawning-Place of every tongue: "Verily, I am God, thy Lord and the Lord of all things." [3.5s]... ...Say: Deliver your souls, O people, from the bondage of self, and purify them from all attachment to anything besides Me… Intone, O My servant, the verses of God

INBA83:124, BLIB_Or15702.051, , ALIB.folder18p214

BRL_DA#721, GWBP#136 p.189x, AVK2.168.20x, MAS4.026ax, MAS4.045x, MAS8.120bx, ASAT1.242x, ASAT4.156x, PYK.018, OOL.B125

GWB#136x, ADJ.025x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.032x, BLO_sazedj#12x, HURQ.BH37

MJ Cyr, L. Slott, Seals & Crofts, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, Soulrise Melodies, L. Dely & M. Congo, K. Key, Sheyda Peyman, Ina Nes

Calls the recipient to cast all names and designations behind him and announce the joyful tidings; states that between God and the creatures there is a ladder with three steps: this world, the hereafter, and ‘the Kingdom of Names’; calls the people to deliver their souls from ‘the bondage of self ’; invites the recipient to ‘intone the verses of God’, promising that the sweetness of their melody will cause ‘the heart of every righteous man to throb’; and counsels the people to truthfulness, generosity, and purity of heart.

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#143, LL#310

BH02747

320

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

ای بندگان سزاوار آنکه در این بهار جان‌فزا از باران نیسان یزدانی تازه و خرم

O My servants! It behoveth you to refresh and revive your souls through the gracious favors which, in this Divine, this soul-stirring Springtime

INBA35:110, BLIB_Or11096#059, , BLIB_Or15722.089, , CMB_F33.039, , NLI.32p009v, Majlis934.046-049

GWBP#085 p.111b, ZYN.283, AHM.308, MJMM.255, YARP1.013, DWNP_v1#02 p.001-002x, UAB.058bx, DRD.040, DRD.101, PYB#019 p.02

GWB#085, ADJ.081x

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Life and death; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Satan; the Evil One; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#072

BH09299

100

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

ای محبوب روحی در دل دمیدی و قرار از من اخذ نمودی و بعد مابین مشرکین و مغلین

O My Well-Beloved! Thou hast breathed Thy Breath into Me, and divorced Me from Mine own Self.

GWBP#040 p.065a

GWB#040

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's love for His own Essence; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

LL#392

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