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| BH03550 |
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260 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی اخذته نفحات آیات ربه الرحمن و فاز بانوار الهدی فی |
This is a Book from Our presence unto him whom the sweet-scented breezes of the verses of his Lord, the All-Merciful, have stirred, and who hath attained unto the lights of guidance in [3.5s]... ...The Pen of the Most High hath decreed and imposed upon every one the obligation to teach this Cause. |
INBA34:252, NLAI_BH2.195 |
BRL_DA#657, GWBP#144 p.201x, AQA1#113, ASAT4.126x |
GWB#144x, TDH#037.1x |
Gus, Emma & Edelo, D. Mantas, A.E. Rahbin |
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Disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world |
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LL#450 |
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| BH03941 |
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240 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه اسمع ندائی و لاتضطرب عما ورد علی احباء الله و امنائه |
O thou who gazest upon the Countenance! Hear thou My call, and be thou not perturbed by that which hath befallen the loved ones of God and His trusted servants [3.5s]... ...The generations that have gone on before you—whither are they fled? And those round whom in life circled the fairest and the loveliest of the land, where now are they? |
INBA34:272 |
BRL_DA#658, GWBP#123 p.168ax, AQA1#135 |
GWB#123x |
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Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world |
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- |
LL#398 |
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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 |
- |
- |
ROB3.032, LL#453 |
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| BH00407 |
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1700 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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الحمد لله الذی نور القلوب بذکر احبائه و اصفیائه و اولیائه و اظهر ما اراد بامره و قدرته... ان یا قلم الأعلی نحبّ ان نذکر |
Praise be to God Who hath illumined the hearts through the remembrance of His loved ones, His chosen ones and His friends, and Who hath manifested whatsoever He willeth through His command and His power [3.5s]... ...O Kamal! The heights which, through the most gracious favor of God, mortal man can attain, in this Day, are as yet unrevealed to his sight |
BLIB_Or15704.160, , BLIB_Or15713.290bx, |
BRL_DA#650x, GWBP#109 p.139cx |
GWB#109x, WOB.168x |
R. Yazhari, E. Mahony |
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Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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- |
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| BH06328 |
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160 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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 |
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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 |
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- |
LL#403 |
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| BH10163 |
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170 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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 |
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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 |
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Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Unity of thought and belief |
- |
- |
LL#089 |
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| BH01850 |
Lawh-i-Shaykh Fani |
480 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Lawh-i-Shaykh Fání (Tablet to Shaykh Fání) |
قلم اعلی من فی الانشا را ندا میفرماید و بحق واحد هدایت مینماید ای شیخ فانی حمد کن |
The Most Exalted Pen calleth unto all who dwell in creation and guideth them unto the One True God. O mortal elder! Render thou praise [3.5s]... ...He is indeed a true believer in the unity of God who, in this Day, will regard Him as One immeasurably exalted above all the comparisons and likenesses with which men have compared Him |
BLIB_Or03116.111r, , BLIB_Or11096#041, , NLI.32p132r, Majlis934.031-036 |
BRL_DA#704, GWBP#160 p.217x, AVK1.175ax, OOL.B080 |
GWB#160x |
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Stresses the importance of distinguishing the transcendent reality of God from the signs of God in the world, taking as an example the subject of mystical self-surrender (faná’) and eternal union (baqá’) with God, which should be understood as the act of complete renunciation of worldly desire and not the elevation of the individual will to that of God. |
Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Empty learning; false spirituality; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Law of fasting; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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- |
GSH.177, LL#240 |
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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 |
- |
- |
LL#374 |
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| BH06706 |
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150 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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کتاب الهی ظاهر و کلمه ناطق ولکن نفوسیکه باو متمسک و سبب و علت انتشار گردند |
The Book of God is wide open, and His Word is summoning mankind unto Him. No more than a mere handful, however, hath been found willing to cleave to His Cause |
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BRL_DA#796, GWBP#092 p.122ax |
GWB#092x |
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Call to action; Consultation; Exhortations and counsels; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
- |
- |
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| 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 |
- |
- |
LL#440 |
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| BH02294 |
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390 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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 |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Justice and wrath of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment |
- |
- |
LL#375 |
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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 |
* |
- |
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. |
| BH00062 |
|
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] |
- |
- |
ROB2.417, LL#413 |
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| BH04631 |
|
200 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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امریکه لم یزل و لایزال مقصود نبیین و غایه رجای مرسلین بوده باراده مطلقه و |
The Revelation which, from time immemorial, hath been acclaimed as the Purpose and Promise of all the Prophets of God |
BLIB_Or15715.254a, |
BRL_DA#790, GWBP#003 p.012ax, OOL.B175 |
GWB#003x, ADJ.078x |
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Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude |
- |
- |
LL#258 |
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| BH00846 |
|
970 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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 |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
- |
- |
LL#383 |
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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 |
* |
- |
MMAH.090, GSH.187, LL#190 |
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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 |
* |
- |
ROB2.283, ROB3.089, BLO_PT#023, MMAH.187, GSH.179, LL#232, LL#234 |
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| BH04607 |
|
1180 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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. |
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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 |
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| BH00001 |
Kitab-i-Aqdas (The Most Holy Book) |
10520 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Synopsis and Codification of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Kitáb-i-Aqdas Research Tools |
Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book) |
ان اول ما کتب الله علی العباد عرفان مشرق وحیه و مطلع امره الذی کان مقام |
The first duty prescribed by God for His servants is the recognition of Him Who is the Dayspring of His Revelation and the Fountain of His laws |
INBA43:069, BLIB_Or02820.001, , BLIB_Or15691.001, , BLIB_Or15729.002, , BLIB_Or15737a.001, , CMB_F29, CMB_F30, CMB_F31, IOM.095-096, NLAI_22848:006, LEID.Or4969x, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p001v, CUL.X893.7.B11, MKI4522.002, , BN_6397 |
BRL_AqdasA, GWBP#037 p.062bx, GWBP#056 p.078x, GWBP#070 p.093x, GWBP#071 p.094x, GWBP#072 p.095x, GWBP#098 p.130bx, GWBP#105 p.137x, GWBP#155 p.213x, GWBP#159 p.216x, GWBP#166 p.222bx, ROB3.000x, OOL.B015 |
AQDS, GWB#037x, GWB#056x, GWB#070x, GWB#071x, GWB#072x, GWB#098x, GWB#105x, GWB#155x, GWB#159x, GWB#166x, BADM.016x, BADM.021ax, COF.018-019x, TDH#082x, TDH#158.3x, GPB.102x2x, GPB.112x, GPB.154x, GPB.170x2x, GPB.176x, GPB.195x, GPB.206x6x, GPB.207x3x, GPB.208x5x, GPB.209x5x, GPB.211x, GPB.214x7x, GPB.215x15x, GPB.215-216x, GPB.216x, GPB.225x, GPB.226x4x, GPB.230-231x, GPB.231x, GPB.242x, GPB.254x, GPB.325x, GPB.331-332x, GPB.376x, GPB.390x, GPB.395-396x, GPB.396x, MBW.166x, MBW.168x, PDC.040x, PDC.040-042x, PDC.042x, PDC.058-059x, PDC.059x, PDC.059-060x, PDC.064-065x, PDC.092x, PDC.092-093x, PDC.095x, PDC.100x, PDC.118-119x, PDC.121x, PDC.133-134x, PDC.134-135x, PDC.161x, PDC.187x, WOB.105x, WOB.109x, WOB.146x, WOB.132x, WOB.134x, WOB.162x, WOB.171-172x, WOB.172x, WOB.176x, SW_v01#05 p.009x, SW_v14#04 p.112 (et al)x, DWN_v1#02 p.002-003x, DWN_v2#09 p.069-070x, BLO_PT#045, BLO_PT#056, BSC.110 #043-044+046x, BSC.156 #138-139x, BSC.262 #547x |
unknown (¶1-190), Soulrise Melodies (¶4), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (¶11), E. Mahony (¶11), Soulrise Melodies (¶16), W. Heath (¶31), Soulrise Melodies (¶33), unknown (¶38), S. Jaberi (¶38), T. Nosrat (¶51), J. Mohajer (¶51), Soulrise Melodies (¶74), G.H. Miller (¶91), E. Mahony (¶182), Sophie, Siria and Ashkan (¶182), Bahareh & Scott (¶182), J. Crone (¶182), B. Khademi (¶182), MANA (¶182), Leona and Larry (¶182) |
The ‘mother book’ of the Bahá’í Dispensation, announcing to the kings of the earth the promulgation of the ‘Most Great Law’; formally ordaining the institution of the House of Justice; prescribing the obligatory prayers; designating the time and period of fasting; formulating laws surrounding marriage and inheritance; ordaining the institution of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár (houses of worship); establishing the Nineteen Day Feasts; abolishing the institution of priesthood; and specifying punishments for murder, arson, adultery, and theft. Apart from these laws, He reminds his followers of the twin duties of recognition and obedience; exhorts them to fellowship with the adherents of all religions; warns them to guard against fanaticism, sedition, pride, dispute, and contention; enjoins on them cleanliness, truthfulness, chastity, hospitality, fidelity, courtesy, forbearance, justice, and fairness; and counsels them to be ‘even as the fingers of one hand and the limbs of one body’. |
Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Call to action; Cleanliness and refinement; Confession of sins; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Law of burial and cremation; Law of fasting; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of inheritance; Law of obligatory prayer; Law of pilgrimage; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Laws of marriage and dowry; Love of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Monasticism; asceticism; Murder; causing physical harm; Nineteen-Day Feast; Parents and children; youth; families; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for women; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Theft; seizing the properties of others; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Twin duties of recognition and obedience; Unchastity and adultery; Words vs deeds; Work as worship |
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* |
LAC.213-257, ROB3.275 et al, BKOG.351 et al, GPB.206 et al, EBTB.155, EBTB.189, MMAH.199, GSH.133, LL#027 |
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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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| BH02628 |
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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 |
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Consolation and comfort; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] |
- |
- |
LL#363 |
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| BH00060 |
Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzaq |
5390 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq |
Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq |
مکتوب آنجناب بمنظر اکبر وارد و از قمیص کلماتش نفحات حب مالک اسما و صفات |
Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon, and from the garment of its words wafted the sweet-scented fragrance of love for the Lord of Names and Attributes [3.5s]... ...As to thy question concerning the origin of creation. Know assuredly that God’s creation hath existed from eternity, and will continue to exist forever… Thou hast asked Me whether man, as apart from the Prophets of God… |
INBA38:144, BLIB_Or15698.044, , BLIB_Or15720.046, , BLIB_Or15740.038, , NLAI_BH3.047, BN_suppl.1754.021-030 |
BRL_DA#030, GWBP#078 p.101bx, GWBP#080 p.103x, GWBP#087 p.114x, AVK1.113ax, AVK1.213.04x, AVK1.222.10x, AVK1.272x, AVK2.042.10x, AVK2.073.12x, IQT.044, RSBB.104, MAS4.174ax, ASAT1.013x, ASAT2.019x, ASAT2.103x, ASAT4.317x, ASAT4.296x, ASAT4.530x, ASAT5.270x, ASAT5.355x, OOL.B021 |
BRL_ATBH#75x, GWB#078x, GWB#080x, GWB#087x, ROL.016-021x, BSC.228 #453-459x, HURQ.BH57x, HURQ.BH58x |
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Addresses some misconceptions of the Bábís and answers questions concerning the origin of creation, the soul after death, and the absence of historical records prior to Adam. |
Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Creation of the world; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Soul; spirit after death; Universal language; Word of God and human limitations |
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LL#036, LL#411 |
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| BH00425 |
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1650 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی آمن بالله ربه العلی العظیم و فاز بلقاء الغلام |
This is an Epistle from the Prisoner unto him who hath believed in God, his Lord, the Most High, the Most Great, and hath attained to the presence of the Youth [3.5s]... ...By the righteousness of God, my Well-Beloved! I have never aspired after worldly leadership |
INBA27:398, BLIB_Or15725.459, , NLAI_BH2.108 |
BRL_DA#245, GWBP#054 p.077ax |
GWB#054x |
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Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Baha'u'llah; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to Jews; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment |
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- |
LL#460 |
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| BH01880 |
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470 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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قل انا انزلنا من جهه العرش ماء البیان لینبت به من قلوبکم نبات الحکمه و |
Say: We have caused the rivers of Divine utterance to proceed out of Our throne, that the tender herbs of wisdom and understanding may spring forth |
INBA34:148, BLIB_Or15707.087, , BLIB_Or15735.249, |
GWBP#018 p.036, AQA1#026, HYK.249 |
GWB#018 |
Turning Point |
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Apocalyptic imagery; Chastisement and requital; Imagery in the Qur'an; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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- |
LL#402 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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- |
LL#045 |
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| 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 |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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 |
- |
- |
LL#421 |
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| BH04818 |
|
200 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Lawh-i-Muhammad-`Alí I and II |
کتاب نزل بالحق لقوم یفقهون و یامر الناس بالعدل و التقی و یمنعهم عن البغی و |
A Book sent down in truth unto men of insight! It biddeth the people to observe justice and to work righteousness |
INBA34:290 |
GWBP#141 p.197, AQA1#155 |
GWB#141, ADJ.032x |
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Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering |
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- |
LL#187 |
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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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| BH03960 |
|
240 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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 |
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Knowledge; recognition of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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- |
LL#399 |
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| BH03835 |
|
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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| 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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| 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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| BH04829 |
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200 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The |
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مقصود از کتابهای آسمانی و آیات الهی آنکه مردمان بادابی تربیت شوند که سبب |
The purpose underlaying the revelation of every heavenly Book, nay, of every divinely-revealed verse |
INBA57:087a, INBA41:155bx, BLIB_Or07852.111b, , BLIB_Or15710.296a, |
GWBP#101 p.134x, AVK3.001.06, MJMM.304x, DWNP_v5#01 p.001-002, UAB.023ax, DRD.001x, RRT.005x, DAUD.01x, AHB_109BE #05 p.020, AHB_134BE #03-04 p.068, AKHA_133BE #09 p.199, AKHA_136BE #07 p.110 |
GWB#101x, ROL.009 |
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Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures |
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LL#431 |
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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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| BH07865 |
Suriy-i-Dhabih 3 |
130 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Suriy-i-Dhabih (Tablets to Dhabih) |
هذا کتاب من الله الی التی آمنت بربها و کانت من القانتات ان لاتعبدی الا الله… تالله لو لم یکن مخالفًا بما نزل فی الألواح لقبّلتُ ید الّذی یسفک دمی |
This is a Book from God unto her who hath believed in her Lord and was numbered among the devoutly obedient women, that she worship none save God [3.5s]... ...God is my witness! Had it not been in conflict with that which the Tablets of God have decreed, I would have gladly kissed the hands of whosoever attempted to shed my blood |
BLIB_Or15725.329a, |
BRL_DA#566, GWBP#048 p.073ax, OOL.B112.3x |
GWB#048x |
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Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation |
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LL#408 |
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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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| BH00662 |
Lawh-i-Malikah Victoria (Tablet to Queen Victoria) |
1150 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts |
Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria) |
یا ایتها الملکه فی اللوندره ان استمعی ندآء ربک مالک البریه من السدره الالهیه |
O Queen in London! Incline thine ear unto the voice of thy Lord, the Lord of all mankind, calling from the Divine Lote-Tree |
INBA34:044, BLIB_Or15705.029, , PR11.040b-043b |
NRJ#1d, GWBP#119 p.162x, GWBP#120 p.164x, AQA1#001d, DLH2.176x, OOL.B053 |
SLH#01d, GWB#119x, GWB#120x, WOB.039-040x, WOB.040x, WOB.162x2x, SW_v14#10 p.296, DWN_v5#01 p.004x, BLO_PT#188, BSC.111 #045 |
B. Parmar |
Announces the fulfilment of ‘all that hath been mentioned in the Gospel’; praises the Queen for forbidding the trading in slaves and for entrusting ‘the reins of counsel into the hands of the representatives of the people’; calls the elected representatives of the people in every land to take counsel together for the sake of mankind; ordains that ‘the mightiest instrument for the healing of all the world is the union of all its peoples in one universal Cause, one common Faith’; and instructs the kings of the earth to cease burdening their subjects with their own wanton expenditures, to be reconciled among themselves, and to enforce a common peace by joining forces against any who would take up arms against another. |
Prayer for governments and rulers; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Unity of thought and belief; Universal peace; world unity |
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ROB3.123, MMAH.177, GSH.130, LL#153 |
Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal. |
| BH00050 |
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5800 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 |
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هذا کتاب یجد منه الاشجار عرف الربیع و الابناء رآئحه الاب المشفق الکریم |
This is a Book from which the trees inhale the fragrance of springtime, and from which the sons perceive the sweet perfume of their tender, bountiful Father [3.5s]... ...The beginning of all things is the knowledge of God, and the end of all things is strict observance of whatsoever hath been sent down |
BLIB_Or15729.072, , BLIB_Or15737a.039, , BLIB_Or15738.016, , NLAI_22848:173, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p091r, , Majlis210461.117-119x, MKI4522.173, |
BRL_DA#533, GWBP#063 p.084bx, GWBP#064 p.085x, AQA2#003 p.076, NNY.123-126x, QT105.1.165, ASAT4.085x, ASAT4.274x, TABN.028x, PYM.110bx, QUM.073.17x |
GWB#063x, GWB#064x, GPB.102x, MHMD2.500x |
G.H. Miller |
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Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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ROB1.048, LL#238, LL#451 |
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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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| 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 |
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LL#294, LL#380 |
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| BH00739 |
Lawh-i-Sahab (Tablet of the Cloud) |
1060 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of the Clouds (Lawḥ-i-Saḥáb), The |
Lawh-i-Sahab (Tablet of the Clouds) |
هذا کتاب من لدی الرحمن الی الذین اقبلوا الی قبله من فی السموات و الارضین |
This is a Book from before the Most Merciful unto those who have turned their faces towards Him Who is the Qiblih of all who dwell in the heavens and on earth [3.5s]... ...My captivity can bring on Me no shame. Nay, by My life, it conferreth on Me glory. That which can make Me ashamed is the conduct of such of My followers as profess to love Me |
INBA34:109, LEID.Or4970 item 10, , Majlis934.125.02-126.09x |
BRL_DA#073, GWBP#060 p.083ax, AQA1#008, MAS4.168ax, MAS4.364bx, MAS8.107bx, ASAT4.051x, ASAT4.132x, ANDA#72 p.03x, OOL.B075 |
GWB#060x, TN.042x, ADJ.032x, GPB.190x, PDC.135-136x, PDC.139x, WOB.105x, JHT_B#002 |
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Proclamatory tablet mentioning Bahá’u’lláh’s recent summons to Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh and Napoleon III, extolling the prophetic significance of the Holy Land and His banishment there, and exhorting His followers to proclaim His message with wisdom, deeds, and upright conduct, describing them as those who would pass through a valley of pure gold ‘aloof as a cloud’. |
Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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MMAH.167, GSH.179, LL#228 |
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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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| 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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| BH00958 |
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860 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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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 |
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Growth of the Cause; Knowledge; recognition of God; Nearness and remoteness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Suffering and imprisonment |
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LL#430 |
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| BH00049 |
Lawh-i-Nasir |
5960 |
Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh |
Lawh-i-Nasir or Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasir-i-Qazvini) |
قلم اعلی لازال بر اسم احبای خود متحرک و جاری و آنی از فیوضات لابدایات خود |
The Pen of the Most High hath never ceased to make mention of the names of His loved ones…. All praise be unto Thee, O Lord, in that Thou hast sent down from the heaven of Thy bounty that whereby the worlds are purified |
INBA73:144, CMB_F22, , PR19.061b-069b, PR23.052b-060b, BN_suppl.1754.064-075 |
BRL_DA#032, GWBP#053 p.076x, GWBP#075 p.097x, ADM2#106 p.191x, AVK1.019.01x, AVK1.150x, AVK2.016.15x, AVK2.075.20x, AVK2.116.03x, AVK3.313.15x, AVK3.407.08x, AVK4.141.02x, MJMM.166, RSBB.152, TZH4.121x, MAS4.160bx, DLS.506x, ASAT1.032x, ASAT1.123x, ASAT1.154x, ASAT2.058x, ASAT2.101x, ASAT2.191x, ASAT3.009x, ASAT3.093x, ASAT3.203x, ASAT3.217x, ASAT4.006x, ASAT4.008x, ASAT4.372x, ASAT5.224x, ADH1.083x, YMM.340x, OOL.B063 |
BRL_ATBH#74x, GWB#053x, GWB#075x, COC#1651x, COC#1652x, ADJ.057x, GPB.171x, GPB.377x, WOB.106x, BLO_PT#176, HURQ.BH52, JHT_S#092x |
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Affirms the ceaselessness of divine grace and guidance, which brings forth fruit provided the seed is cast upon fertile soil; asserts the continuity of His mission with those of Jesus, Muhammad, and the Báb; clarifies the position of Mírzá Yaḥyá as nominal figurehead; exposes the latter’s attempt to take Bahá’u’lláh’s life; and affirms that ‘every man hath been, and will continue to be, able of himself to appreciate the Beauty of God’. |
Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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ROB2.245 et al, MMAH.193, GSH.173, LL#201 |
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Lawh-i-Sarraj |
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Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh |
Lawh-i-Sarraj (Tablet to Sarraj) |
نامه آنجناب بین یدی العرش حاضر و بر مقر انه لایعرف بما سواه واصل و ما فیه |
Thy letter hath been made present before the Throne and hath reached the Seat of Him Who is known through naught else but Himself, and that which it contained [3.5s]... ...Shake off, O heedless ones, the slumber of negligence, that ye may behold the radiance which His glory hath spread through the world. |
INBA35:190, INBA73:198, INBA33:081bx, INBA76:001, PR19.072b-110b, BN_suppl.1754.075-124 |
BRL_DA#029, GWBP#050 p.073cx, GWBP#097 p.130ax, MAS4.046ax, MAS4.090bx, MAS4.100ax, MAS4.364ax, MAS4.350bx, MAS4.174bx, MAS7.004, ASAT4.271x, ASAT4.272x, ASAT4.487x, AKHA_122BE #04 p.?x, AKHA_137BE #08 p.ax, ANDA#05 p.06x, ANDA#69 p.05x, MSHR4.286x, YMM.468x, OOL.B201 |
BRL_ATBH#67x, BRL_ATBH#72x, BRL_ATBH#76x, BRL_ATBH#77x, GWB#050x, GWB#097x, LOG#0327x, ADJ.080x, GPB.098x, GPB.102x, GPB.171x, PDC.019-020x, WOB.063x2x, WOB.104x2x, WOB.107x, WOB.108x2x, BLO_PT#075x, HURQ.BH51 |
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One of the longest works of Bahá’u’lláh, written in answer to questions regarding the enigma of the outwardly exalted station of Mírzá Yaḥyá and arguing, citing various statements of the Báb, that virtues become transmuted into vices when one turns away from the light of truth. |
Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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ROB2.262 et al, MMAH.140, LL#242 |
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