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BH01234 |
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680 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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قد ماج بحر السرور و ابتسم ثغر الله المهیمن القیوم بما بلغ الندآء من ارض |
The ocean of joy hath surged, and the countenance of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting, hath smiled, inasmuch as the Call hath been raised from the land [3.5s]... ...The vitality of men’s belief in God is dying out in every land; nothing short of His wholesome medicine can ever restore it. The corrosion of ungodliness is eating into the vitals of human society |
BLIB_Or15716.066.07x, , BN_suppl.1753.116-118 |
BRL_DA#648, GWBP#099 p.131x, LHKM3.375, PYB#156 p.03x |
GWB#099x, GPB.217x, PDC.184x, WOB.181x |
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Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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LL#459 |
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BH00026 |
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7800 |
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قد تحرک القلم الأعلی و اراد ان یذکر اولیائه الذین اقبلوا الی مشرق وحی |
The Most Exalted Pen hath stirred, and desireth to make mention of His loved ones who have turned themselves unto the Dawning-Place of Revelation [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! Separation from Thee hath destroyed me, and the sorrow of Thine exile and the hardship Thou hast sustained in Thy path hath consumed me… My God, my God! If Thou prevent me from drawing nigh unto Thee, being present before Thy throne... My God, my God! Thou dost behold the impoverished one who hath stood at the gate of Thy wealth, the ailing one |
BLIB_Or15729.051, , NLAI_22848:121, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p066r, , MKI4522.120, |
BRL_DA#681, GWBP#002 p.011x, AQA2#002 p.041, ADM2#034 p.056x, ADM2#035 p.058x, ADM2#105 p.189x, AVK3.204.19x, ASAT3.258x, ADH1.063x, ADH1.065x, ADH1.066x, QUM.096.16x |
GWB#002x, JHT_S#034x, JHT_S#057x, JHT_S#174x |
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Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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LL#374 |
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BH03249 |
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280 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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 |
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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 |
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- |
LL#444 |
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BH01924 |
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460 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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 |
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Apocalyptic imagery; Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Suffering and imprisonment |
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- |
ROB3.032, LL#453 |
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BH02218 |
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400 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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 |
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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 |
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- |
LL#313 |
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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 |
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ROB2.272, MMAH.154, GSH.112, LL#309 |
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BH02874 |
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310 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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 |
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Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Return of the Manifestations of God; Suffering; rejection of Christ |
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- |
LL#417 |
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BH00698 |
Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib |
1110 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Mánikchí Sáhib; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tabernacle of Unity, The |
Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib) |
ستایش بیننده پاینده را سزا است که بشبنمی از دریای بخشش خود آسمان هستی را بلند |
Praise be to the all-perceiving, the ever-abiding Lord Who, from a dewdrop out of the ocean of His grace, hath reared the firmament of existence |
INBA35:116, BLIB_Or15715.120b, , BLIB_Or15722.092, , BN_suppl.1753.118-123 |
BRL_TBUP#1, GWBP#106 p.138x, AVK3.095.19x, AVK3.104.08x, AVK3.169.06x, AVK3.205.03x, ZYN.236, MJMM.259, RSBB.175, YARP1.019, DWNP_v5#02-3 p.001-002x, UAB.021ax, UAB.027ax, UAB.032ax, UAB.035ax, UAB.046cx, DRD.002, DLS.301x, NVJ.030, ASAT1.009x, ASAT4.014x, ASAT4.131x, ASAT5.041x, PYB#066 p.03x, ADH1.009x, AKHA_109BE #01 p.002x, AKHA_119BE #08 p.ax, PYM.111ax, ANDA#79 p.12x, ANDA#79 p.16x, OOL.B056 |
TBU#1, GWB#106x, SW_v01#01 p.005, SW_v03#02 p.003, SW_v07#18 p.186, BLO_PT#019, BSC.130 #050 |
Parrish & Toppano, S. Toloui-Wallace, M. Sparrow, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, Sahar & Hoda |
Addresses a number of theological questions by implying that the answers lie in the realm of action, in the process elucidating several central Bahá’í teachings: that the Manifestations should be regarded as ‘divine physicians’ prescribing the remedy from age to age in accordance with the disease, that the unity of mankind is the remedy for the ills of today, that one should be ‘anxiously concerned with the needs of the age’ in which one lives and centre one’s deliberations ‘on its exigencies and requirements’, and that words should be matched with deeds and that both should be motivated by purity of intention. |
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Procession; appearance of the Word from God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds |
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ROB3.270, GSH.174, LL#160, LL#176 |
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BH00779 |
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1020 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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 |
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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 |
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LL#393 |
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BH00652 |
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1170 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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 |
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Call to action; Imam Husayn; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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LL#056 |
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BH00970 |
Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night - Adrianople) |
850 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Lawh Laylat al-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night, Edirne) |
سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تشهد و تری کیف ابتلیت بین عبادک بعد الذی مااردت الا الخضوع |
The Most Great Name beareth Me witness! How sad if any man were, in this Day, to rest his heart on the transitory things of this world! |
INBA81:021x, BLIB_Or15698.213, , BLIB_Or15720.209, , BLIB_Or15740.162, , Majlis934.127-133x |
BRL_DA#715, GWBP#147 p.203x, AVK2.027.04x, AVK3.240x, IQT.213, MJMM.227, HDQI.027ax, ASAT3.212x, ASAT4.015x, ASAT5.248x, ASAT5.284x, AHB_107BE #09 p.180x, AKHA_105BE #06 p.001x, AKHA_108BE #08 p.002x, OOL.B001bx |
GWB#147x, ADJ.083x, SW_v07#19 p.191, SW_v10#01 p.001, BSC.133 #051x |
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Calls on His followers to be closely united and to associate with their neighbours ‘with faces joyous and beaming with light’. |
Being a source of light; guidance; Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering |
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ROB2.164, ROB2.188, GSH.209, LL#147 |
Sometimes referred to in the plural, Alváḥ-i-Laylatu’l-Quds. Not to be confused with Inventory #BH00915. |
BH01652 |
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530 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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 |
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BRL_DA#679, GWBP#028 p.052x, AVK2.056.06x, MJMM.219, ASAT1.113x |
GWB#028x, WOB.172-173x |
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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 |
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LL#435 |
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BH00413 |
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1690 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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 |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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LL#421 |
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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 |
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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 |
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ROB2.412, LL#082, LL#297 |
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BH00112 |
Suriy-i-Asma' (=Lawh-i-Ibn?) |
3990 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Tablet of the Son (Jesus) |
Suriy-i-Asma' (Surah of Names) |
رایحه احزان جمال رحمن را احاطه نموده و ابواب فرح و بهجت از ظلم اهل طغیان من |
The fragrance of sorrows hath encompassed the Beauty of the All-Merciful, and the gates of joy and delight have been shut fast through the tyranny of the people of rebellion [3.5s]... ...Know thou that when the Son of Man yielded up His breath to God, the whole creation wept with a great weeping. |
INBA38:177, INBA18:468, INBA35:177b, BLIB_Or15698.078, , BLIB_Or15720.080, , BLIB_Or15740.064, , Majlis934.330-368, BN_suppl.1754.131-139 |
BRL_DA#031, GWBP#036 p.062ax, AVK2.037.04x, AVK2.098.11x, AVK2.176.05x, IQT.078, NFQ.003x, MAS4.165bx, MAS7.130x, ASAT1.051x, ASAT1.127x, ASAT2.088x, ASAT2.129x, ASAT4.531x, ASAT5.293x, AHB_109BE #08 p.002x, OOL.B108 |
GWB#036x, ROL.021-045x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.081x, PDC.004x2x, PDC.179-181x, WOB.185-186x, BLO_PT#139, HURQ.BH45 |
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Responds to objections to His claims raised by some Bábís, implores them not to be shut out from the truth by the veil of names, acknowledges the outward differences between sacred scriptures while asserting that this derives from the varying capacity of humanity, extols at length the revelation and the crucifixion of Jesus as having infused ‘a fresh capacity into all created things’, compares the Báb to John the Baptist and announces Himself to be the return of Christ, and declares that the purpose of His revelation, like Christ’s, is to bestow eternal life. |
Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
* |
- |
LL#294, LL#380 |
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BH03835 |
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240 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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 |
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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 |
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LL#359 |
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BH00328 |
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2000 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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 |
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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 |
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LL#427 |
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BH00144 |
Suriy-i-Bayan |
3580 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Suriy-i-Bayan (Tablet of Utterance) |
ذکر اسم ربک عبده اذ دخل بقعه الفردوس مقر الذی استشرقت علیه انوار الوجه عن مشرق |
The remembrance of the name of thy Lord by His servant, when he entered the Garden of Paradise, the seat whereupon shone forth the lights of the Face from the Dayspring [3.5s]... ...Say: Doth it beseem a man while claiming to be a follower of his Lord, the All-Merciful, he should yet in his heart do the very deeds of the Evil One? |
INBA37:007, INBA83:203, BLIB_Or15702.254, , BLIB_Or15723.228, , BLIB_Or15737.069, , NLAI_BH2.280, Berlin1237#10, ALIB.folder18p001-018, Majlis934.115.09-125.01x |
BRL_DA#736, GWBP#128 p.176x, GWBP#129 p.179x, GWBP#145 p.202ax, AQA4#080 p.108, AQA4a.392, AVK3.095.13x, AVK3.147.08x, AVK3.260.06x, GHA.428x, ASAT2.106x, PYK.032x, YFY.060x, OOL.B109 |
GWB#128x, GWB#129x, GWB#145x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.034x, TDH#037.1x, GPB.170x, GPB.376-377x, GPB.404x, MBW.038x, BSTW#037x, HURQ.BH39 |
D. E. Walker, MANA (1), MANA (2), C. Signori |
Charges the recipient to teach the Cause of God in a state of detachment from the world and enkindlement with the love of God, summons the Maid of Heaven to come to the aid of whoever does so, and instructs him to carry the message to specific people and regions in Iran. |
Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Exhortations and counsels; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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ROB2.397, GSH.198, LL#295 |
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BH02046 |
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430 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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 |
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Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment |
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LL#354 |
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BH01333 |
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640 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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حمد و ثنا متغمسین بحر تجرید را لایق و سزا که در ظلمت ایام و اعتساف انام |
The highest praise is due to them who have immersed themselves in the ocean of detachment—they who in the darkness of these times...Give a hearing ear, O people, to that which I, in truth, say unto you. The one true God, exalted be His glory, hath ever regarded |
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BRL_DA#742, GWBP#102 p.135x, AVK3.268.08x, AVK4.283ax, MJMM.364, MAS8.121bx, SAAF.198-201, ASAT1.039-040x, ASAT4.084x, ASAT4.106x, ASAT4.373x, TISH.247-249 |
GWB#102x, PDC.120x, RIDA.176-179 |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness |
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LL#163 |
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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 |
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ROB4.329 et al, BKOG.382, BKOG.399, BKOG.410, BKOG.454, MMAH.131, GSH.168, LL#083 |
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BH00512 |
Lawh-i-Tawhid |
1450 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List |
Lawh-i-Tawhid (Tablet of Divine Unity) |
حمد مقدس از عرفان ممکنات و منزه از ادراک مدرکات ملیک عز بی مثالی را سزا است |
Praise be to God, the All-Possessing, the King of incomparable glory, a praise which is immeasurably above |
INBA38:012, INBA65:167, INBA35:058b, INBA36:396, NLI.32p020v, PR23.039b-041b |
BRL_DA#716, GWBP#026 p.047bx, AVK1.113b.02x, AVK2.013.17x, AVK2.072.02x, ZYN.056, MJMM.307, DWNP_v1#01 p.003-007, UAB.006bx, UAB.008ax, DLS.070x, ASAT2.104x, AHB_109BE #07 p.002x, PYM.335-341, OOL.B081 |
GWB#026x, WOB.113x2x, ADMS#013 |
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Discourse on the transcendence of God, Whose signs have pervaded the entire creation and Who is known only through His Manifestations, Who appear from age to age and call the people to recognize His cause as one would recognize a friend: that is, by his own self and not by the garments he may be wearing on any given day. |
Creation of the world; Manifestation of God as mirror; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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GSH.184, LL#250 |
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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 |
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ROB4.235 et al, MMAH.138, GSH.213, LL#162, LL#461 |
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BH00433 |
Lawh-i-Abdu'l-Vahhab |
1630 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Lawh-i-Abdu'l-Vahhab |
حمد مقدس از ادراک و عقول بساط قدس حضرت قیومی را لایق و سزاست که بنفس خود من |
Sanctified praise, transcending minds and understanding, befitteth the holy court of that Self-Subsisting Lord Who, through His own Self [3.5s]... ...O ‘Abdu’l Vaḥḥáb! May the glory of God, the Almighty, the Bountiful, rest upon thee. Incline thine ear |
UMich962.156x, MKI4523.212, , BN_suppl.1753.059-063 |
BRL_DA#702, GWBP#081 p.105x, AVK1.120.02x, AVK3.303.13x, AVk3.463.01x, AVK4.284.11x, ISH.212, MJMM.160, RRT.143x, ASAT2.027x, ADH1.009x, OOL.B020 |
GWB#081x, LOG#0686x, SW_v06#19 p.165x, SW_v09#06 p.080x, SW_v14#02 p.038-039x, BSC.226 #446-452x, HURQ.BH71 |
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Addresses a question on the soul and its continuance after death, alludes to the state of the souls in the next world while declaring that it cannot be adequately described, and declares that the whole truth of the matter has remained concealed for the sake of the protection of the human race. |
Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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ROB4.041, MMAH.145, GSH.176, LL#034 |
Shares with BH00070 a passage on the soul after death, beginning: "Know thou of a truth that the soul, after its separation from the body, will continue to progress until it attaineth the presence of God" |
BH00062 |
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5330 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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حمد محبوب امکان و مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزا است که اولیای خود را موید فرمود |
Praise be unto Him Who is the Best-Beloved of all possibility and the Goal of the peoples of the world, Who hath graciously confirmed His chosen ones [3.5s]... ...Say: O men! This is a matchless Day. Matchless must, likewise, be the tongue that celebrateth the praise of the Desire of all nations |
BLIB_Or15733.050, |
BRL_DA#640, GWBP#016 p.033x, MSHR3.155x |
GWB#016x, ADJ.080x, WOB.194x |
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Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat] |
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ROB2.417, LL#413 |
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BH00272 |
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2340 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Unnamed Tablet (Purpose of the one true God) |
حق جل جلاله از برای ظهور جواهر معانی از معدن انسانی آمده الیوم دین الله و مذهب |
The purpose of the one true God, exalted be His glory, in revealing Himself unto men is to lay bare those gems that lie hidden within the mine of their true and inmost selves… So powerful is the light of unity |
BLIB_Or15692.040, , BLIB_Or15738.044ax, , MKI4523.133, , BN_suppl.1753.037-043 |
BRL_DA#661, GWBP#126 p.174x, GWBP#132 p.184x, AVK3.111.03x, AVK3.212.05x, ISH.133, UAB.023bx, UAB.036bx, ASAT3.118x, NSS.119-120x |
GWB#126x, GWB#132x, TN.042-048x, STOB#085n, STOB#108n, ADJ.065bx, PDC.181x, WOB.203x2x, SW_v03#02 p.006x, DWN_v3#01 p.010x |
L. Dely & M. Congo [track 4], R. Yazhari, T. Nosrat, MANA, N. Zabihi, Naim, Ridvan, Reza & Bahia, Pedram, Aram, Onni & Nader, A Family Affair, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2), Leona and Larry, G.H. Miller, R. Peterson [track 13], E. Mahony, P. Weber |
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Call to action; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity |
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LL#020 |
Part of this quoted in ESW. |
BH07594 |
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130 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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حضرت رحمن انسانرا بینا و شنوا خلق فرموده اگرچه بعضی او را عالم اصغر |
The All-Merciful hath conferred upon man the faculty of vision, and endowed him with the power of hearing |
BLIB_Or15715.254b, |
BRL_DA#797, GWBP#162 p.219ax |
GWB#162x |
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Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness |
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LL#440 |
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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 |
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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 |
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ROB4.351, ROB4.423, BKOG.375, GPB.219, GPB.345, MMAH.081, GSH.147, LL#137 |
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BH00690 |
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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 |
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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 |
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LL#383 |
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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 |
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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 |
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ROB3.063, LL#097 |
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BH00431 |
Lawh-i-Ibna' |
1630 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh |
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تلک لآیات الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله و آیاته و هم من فزع |
These are the verses of God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto them that have believed in God and His signs, and who are among those that are in terror [3.5s]... ...And now, concerning thy question regarding the creation of man. Know thou that all men have been created in the nature made by God |
INBA35:063 |
BRL_DA#109, GWBP#077 p.101ax, RSBB.069, TZH5.148x, MAS1.065x, AHDW.010, YIK.050-054, OOL.B161 |
BRL_ATBH#38x, GWB#077x, GPB.242x, SW_v08#14 p.185x |
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Admonishes the believers not to deny Him, not to forget the Covenant established in the Bayán and in all the sacred Books, and not to contend with His verses. Answers three questions out of more than twenty that were asked: regarding the station of man -- that all were created in God's nature and have been assigned predetermined measures of capacities and capabilities, which manifest according to their individual efforts; regarding His own station, which is greater than the creation of the heavens and the earth; and regarding the station of His sons, one of whom which will be manifested "through the power of the true Faith". |
Free will and predestination; fate; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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ROB2.259-260, LL#141, LL#384, LL#433 |
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BH01079 |
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770 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance |
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تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق و انها لکتاب مبین و جعلها برهانا من لدنه ثم ذکری للعالمین |
These are the verses of God which have verily been sent down in truth, and they are indeed a perspicuous Book, which He hath made a testimony from His presence and a remembrance unto all the worlds [3.5s]... ...Give ear, O My servant, unto that which is being sent down unto thee from the Throne of thy Lord, the Inaccessible, the Most Great. |
INBA73:173, INBA83:181, BLIB_Or03114.094, , BLIB_Or15702.213, , ALIB.folder18p280 |
BRL_DA#799, GWBP#076 p.098, AMB#34x |
GWB#076x, DOR#34x |
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Creation of the world; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as mediator; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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LL#381 |
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BH00258 |
Lawh-i-Yusuf |
2460 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of Joseph (Lawh-i Yusuf); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Resurrection and the World to Come |
Lawh-i-Yusuf (Tablet of Joseph) |
تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق عن جهه ایمن العرش و جعلها الله هدی و ذکری للعالمین... ای یوسف حجّتم بر کلّ من فی السّموات و الارض... انّا قد جعلنا میقاتاً لکم فاذا تمّت المیقات |
These are the verses of God which have verily been sent down in truth from the right hand of the Throne, and which God hath made a guidance and a remembrance unto all the worlds [3.5s]... ...We have a fixed time for you, O people. If ye fail, at the appointed hour, to turn towards God, He, verily, will lay violent hold on you |
INBA38:139, BLIB_Or15694.465, , ALIB.folder18p199, NLI.32p030vx |
BRL_DA#532, GWBP#108 p.139bx, AVK1.279.19x, RSBB.181, GHA.255x, UAB.031cx, MAS4.019bx, MAS8.013x, AYI2.248x, AYI2.250x, ASAT4.378x, OOL.B084b |
GWB#108x, LOG#1982x, PDC.007x, WOB.201x, SW_v02#03 p.003x, BLO_PT#113, BSC.199 #339-372, KSHK#28x |
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Emphasizes the importance of detachment as prerequisite to the recognition of spiritual truth and explains the meaning of ‘paradise’, ‘hellfire’, ‘resurrection’, and similar terms. |
Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations |
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GSH.171, LL#265, LL#395 |
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BH00822 |
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990 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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تلک آیات الله الملک الحق العدل المبین نزلت بالحق من جبروت فضل عظیم و انها |
These are the verses of God, the King, the Truth, the Manifest Justice, which have verily descended from the heaven of a mighty favor; and they are [3.5s]... ...Should any man, in this Day, arise and, with absolute detachment from all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth, set his affections on Him Who is the Dayspring of God’s holy Revelation |
BLIB_Or15725.130, |
BRL_DA#674, GWBP#149 p.205ax |
GWB#149x |
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Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation |
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LL#361 |
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BH00134 |
Madinatu't-Tawhid (the City of Unity) |
3720 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Madínatu't-Tawhíd (City of Unity) |
تلک آیات الکتاب فصلت آیاته بدعیا غیر ذی عوج علی آیات الله و هدی و نوری |
These are the verses of the Book, whose signs have been set forth with wondrous originality, free from all crookedness, dwelling upon the signs of God, and serving as guidance and light [3.5s]... ...Beware, O believers in the Unity of God, lest ye be tempted to make any distinction between any of the Manifestations of His Cause |
INBA36:199, BLIB_Or07852.046, , NLAI_BH3.074, PR03.251b13-254a15, PR19.017a-025b |
BRL_DA#283, GWBP#024 p.046x, TZH4.225-227, MAS4.313, ASAT5.286x, MMUH#13x, MSBH5.443-444x, OOL.B088 |
GWB#024x, GPB.003x, PDC.011x, PDC.111x, HURQ.BH15, JHT_B#009 |
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A theological discussion of the concept of divine unity from various perspectives: the unity of the divine Essence, of the divine attributes, of the divine Manifestations, of action, and of worship. |
Absolute freedom; independence of God; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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ROB1.109, MMAH.180, GSH.022, LL#151 |
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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 |
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Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause |
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LL#220 |
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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 |
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ROB2.137, BKOG.157, BKOG.223, BKOG.245, MMAH.184, LL#041 |
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BH05002 |
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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 |
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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 |
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LL#187 |
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BH01231 |
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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 |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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ROB2.117, LL#186 |
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BH09299 |
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100 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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. |
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GWBP#040 p.065a |
GWB#040 |
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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 |
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LL#392 |
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BH00113 |
Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Persian) |
3970 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Hidden Words |
Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words) |
ای صاحبان هوش و گوش اول سروش دوست این است ای بلبل معنوی جز در گلبن معانی جای |
O ye people that have minds to know and ears to hear! The first call of the Beloved is this |
INBA65:115, INBA36:383, INBA30:014, BLIB_Or15714.131c, , CMB_F33.001, , NLI.32p048v, BLIB_Or.08117, BLIB_Or.08685, CUL.X893.7.B111, Majlis210461.030-045, BN_suppl.1974.001 |
BRL_HWP, GWBP#042 p066ax, GWBP#104 p.136bx, ZYN.001, AHM.421, MJMM.373, BSHN.017x, MHT2b.036x, UAB.047dx, UAB.048ax, UAB.048bx, UAB.069ax, UAB.069bx, TZH4.223-224, NFF4.017, OOL.B013b |
HWPE, GWB#042x, GWB#104x, LOG#0835x, ADJ.081x, BADM.155-156x, PDC.007x, PDC.148x, PDC.149x, WOB.059-060x, WOB.116x, WOB.201x, SW_v03#02 p.005x, SW_v05#10 p.150-151x, SW_v14#11 p.321x, BLO_PT#061 |
S. Toloui-Wallace (#1), S. Taefi (#1) [track 1], R. Johnston-Garvin (#1) [track 7], Baha'i Youth of Japan (#2), S. Taefi (#2) [track 2], L. Dely & M. Congo (#2), S. Toloui-Wallace (#3), K. Key (#3), A. Bridges (#3), L. Slott (#3), Rowshan (#3), SKY (#3), E. Mahony (#3), L. Dely (#3), S. Engle and J. White (#3), Delia Olam (#3), B. Vahdat (#3), Sanale & Xolani (#3), Nora, Sasha & Ann-Sofie (#3), NKAK (#3), Zannetta (#3) [track 10], A.E. Rahbin (#3), B. Silvestre (#3), R. Bennett (#3), S. Kouchekzadeh (#3), L. Dube (#3) [track 6], D. Hunt (#4), A. Youssefi (#4), Bass Adjustment (#4), S. Taefi (#4) [track 4], G.H. Miller (#4), Rowshan (#4) [track 6], Nabil and Karim (#4), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#4), N. Ma'ani (#4), A. Stephen (#4), A. Wood (#4), G. Besungu (#4), Ahdieh (#4), S. Parak (#4), A. Youssefi (#7), G.H. Miller (#7), S. Zahrai (#7), A.E. Rahbin (#7), B. Khademi (#7), G. and M. Smith (#7), S. Zein (#7), The Badasht Project (#8), A. Wensbo (#8), A. Bryan (#8), G.H. Miller (#9), A. Toufighian & A. Youssefi (#9), A. Wensbo (#10), L. Dube (#10) [track 18], S. Taefi (#10) [track 5], G.H. Miller (#11), S. Taefi (#11) [track 7], Naim, Miad & Justus (#11), Z. Rolle (#11), A. Bryan (#12), E. Mahony (#12), J. Sweeting & M. Weigert (#12), Chicago Baha'i Community (#12), MANA (#12), Meredith & Arman (#12), J. Cooper (#12), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#13), G.H. Miller (#13), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#14), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#14), MANA (#14), S. Esmaeili (#14), S. Peyman (#14), J. Cooper (#14), Rowshan (#16), A.E. Rahbin (#16), G.H. Miller (#16), L. Dely & M. Congo (#16), G.H. Miller (#18), O. Master (#19), S. Taefi (#20) [track 10], G.H. Miller (#21), Anis & Friends (#21), T. Ellis (#21), S. Taefi (#21) [track 8], R. Johnston-Garvin (#21) [track 6], E. Mahony (#21), N. Ma'ani (#22), D. Stevenson (#26), M. Kerr (#26), A.E. Rahbin (#26), J. Marks and S. Engle (#26), Chicago Baha'i Community (#26), Ashwin & Arhwin (#26), Temple of Light (#29), L. Dube (#30) [track 11], G.H. Miller (#31), TaliaSafa (#31), E. Mahony (#31), Turning Point (#31), S. Taefi (#31) [track 3], A. & M. Zemke (#31) [track 5], N. Ma'ani (#31), G.H. Miller (#32), TaliaSafa (#32), A. Wensbo (#32), MANA (#32), S. Trick (#32), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#33), A. Youssefi (#33), L. Dube (#34) [track 4], Carmel, Roya & Maryam (#35), A.E. Rahbin (#36), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#38), S. Toloui-Wallace (#38), F. Lionheart (#38), J. Cooper (#38), Seaon, Sasha & Sam (#38), S. Taefi (#38) [track 6], S. Bayan & S. Suggs (#38), L. Dely (#38), N. Hamilton (#38), B. Khademi (#39), A.E. Rahbin (#39), S. Toloui-Wallace (#40), Rasmus & Ann-Sofie (#40), Voices of Baha 2010 (#40), T. Ellis (#40), A Family Affair (#40), A. Youssefi (#40), The Badasht Project (#40), Refuge (#40), R. Peterson (#40) [track 8], Nabil and Karim (#40), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#40), J. Cooper (#40), S. Parak (#40), A. Youssefi (#40), N. Hamilton (#40), Kiskadee (#40), L. Dely (#40), Rasmus & Ann-Sofie (#40), L. Dely & M. Congo (#42), J. Cooper (#42), L. Dely & M. Congo (#44) [track 9], D. E. Walker (#44), S. Cleasby (#44), MANA (#44), M. Sparrow (#45), L. Dube (#63) [track 13], G.H. Miller (#64), G.H. Miller (#70), Bosch Bluegrass Band (#72), Arrayanes (#72) [track 8], A. Youssefi (#73), Friends from Mongolia (#73), N. D. Huening (#76), C. & L. Heggie (#80), K. Key (#80) |
The Persian portion of His foremost ethical work, consisting of 82 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. |
Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Goodly deeds; actions; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Justice and wrath of God; Love of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds |
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ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025 |
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BH00066 |
Lawh-i-Salman I |
5230 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance; Commentary on a Verse of Rumi; Commentary on a Verse of Rumi |
Lawh-i-Salman I (Tablet to Salman I) |
ای سلمان از شهر جان بنسایم قدس رحمن بر اهل اکوان و امکان مرور نما |
O Salman! Pass through the realm of being and existence with holy breezes from the City of the Spirit, wafting with the fragrances of the All-Merciful [3.5s]... ...O Salmán! Say: O people! Tread ye in the path of the one true God and ponder the ways and words of Him Who is the Manifestation |
INBA35:276, INBA73:118, BLIB_Or15722.001, , NLAI_BH3.110, BN_suppl.1754.047-059 |
BRL_DA#735, GWBP#021 p.040x, GWBP#148 p.204x, GWBP#154 p.212x, AVK1.026.05x, AVK2.078.12x, AVK3.303.06x, AVK3.418.16x, MJMM.128, ASAT4.100x, ASAT5.346x, YMM.322x, OOL.B076, AMB#37x |
GWB#021x, GWB#148x, GWB#154x, DOR#37x, MNP.036-037x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.076-77x, ADJ.083x, ADJ.084x, GPB.169x, WOB.108x, WIND#128, HURQ.BH55 |
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Laments the opposition of Mírzá Yaḥyá; contrasts the stations of belief and disbelief; considers and rejects various theories of the mystics concerning the relationship between God and creation; asserts that, the Godhead itself being unknowable, the means of access to the knowledge of God is through the channel of His prophets; and interprets a line of Rumi’s Mathnaví to the effect that the light of truth is one but that, cast through the glass of different souls, it takes on different tints and colours, which is both the cause of the denial of the religion of God and the source of conflict upon earth. |
Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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ROB2.283, ROB3.089, BLO_PT#023, MMAH.187, GSH.179, LL#232, LL#234 |
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BH02747 |
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320 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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 |
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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 |
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LL#072 |
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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 |
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ROB2.241, MMAH.136, GSH.176, LL#064 |
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BH05684 |
Lawh-i-Ittihad(?) |
170 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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 |
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Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Exhortations and counsels; Oneness; unity of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity |
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MMAH.090, GSH.187, LL#190 |
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BH00545 |
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1360 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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انه هو حینئذ حی فی هذا الافق العزیز المنیر یشهد و یری و یقول مخاطبا لملا |
Verily He is, in this hour, alive in this glorious and resplendent horizon. He doth witness and behold and speaketh, addressing the concourse [3.5s]... ...Every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God is endowed with such potency as can instill new life into every human frame, if ye be of them that comprehend this truth |
BLIB_Or15725.455, , NLAI_BH2.072 |
BRL_DA#675, GWBP#074 p.096bx, YMM.380x |
GWB#074x |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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LL#394 |
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BH01352 |
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630 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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] |
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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 |
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BH07535 |
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130 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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 |
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Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Living waters; water of life; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness |
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LL#455 |
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BH01184 |
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700 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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انا نحب ان نری کل واحد منکم مبدء کل خیر... ان یا مقصود ان استمع ندآء الله العزیز الودود من هذا المقام |
...It is Our wish and desire that every one of you may become a source of all goodness unto men, and an example of uprightness to mankind |
BLIB_Or15715.152cx, |
GWBP#146 p.202bx, LHKM2.277x |
GWB#146x |
E. Mahony |
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Creation of the world; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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LL#452 |
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BH00354 |
Suriy-i-Vafa (=Lawh-i-Vafa) |
1870 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas |
Suriy-i-Vafa (Tablet to Vafa) |
ان یا وفاء ان اشکر ربک بما ایدک علی امره و عرفک مظهر نفسه و اقامک علی ثناء ذکره |
O Vafa! Render thanks unto thy Lord for having aided thee to embrace His Cause, enabled thee to recognize the Manifestation |
INBA28:215, BLIB_Or15694.386, , Berlin1237#26, ALIB.folder18p103-109 |
GWBP#079 p.102x, AQA4#103 p.350, AQA4a.418, AVK1.119.07x, AVK1.276bx, AVK1.321.01x, LMA1.418 (253), MAS1.006x, MAS1.063x, ASAT5.300x, TBP#12, OOL.B140 |
TB#12, GWB#079x, WOB.138-139x, NYR#143 |
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Exhorts the recipient to be the essence of faithfulness; asserts Bahá’u’lláh’s mystical identity with the Báb; answers questions about ‘the return’, the worlds of God, the ordinances of God, and paradise; and confirms that, as predicted during the time of His departure from ‘Iraq, the ‘birds of darkness’ have begun to stir. |
Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Return of the Manifestations of God |
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ROB4.205, GSH.190, LL#329 |
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