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| BH04607 |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| BH01591 |
Suriy-i-Dhabih 4 |
550 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Suriy-i-Dhabih (Tablets to Dhabih) |
قلم الامر یقول الملک یومئذ لله لسان القدره یقول السلطنه یومئذ لله ورقاء العماء علی |
The Pen of Revelation exclaimeth: “On this Day the Kingdom is God’s!” The Tongue of Power is calling: “On this Day all sovereignty is, in very deed, with God!” |
INBA83:270, BLIB_Or15725.561, , NLAI_BH1.445 |
BRL_DA#543, GWBP#015 p.031x, OOL.B112.4x |
GWB#015x, GPB.155x |
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Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment |
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LL#385 |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| BH01034 |
Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi |
810 |
Tablet to Jamal-i-Burujirdi (Lawh-i-Jamál-i-Burujirdí); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi (Tablets to Jamal-i-Burujirdi) |
قوله تعالی بحر وحی که در قلم اعلی مستور است بصورت اینکلمات ترشح فرموده ای |
The Ocean of Divine Revelation which is hidden within the Supreme Pen hath sprinkled forth in the form of these Words: O Jamal! Thou didst arrive in the Most Holy Presence and attain the Most Great Vision |
INBA35:039, BLIB_Or15698.218, , BLIB_Or15720.214, , BLIB_Or15740.166, , Majlis210461.017-020 |
BRL_DA#713, GWBP#005 p.013x, AVK2.031.11x, AVK3.141.08x, AVK3.181.08x, AVK3.243.06x, AVK3.465.14x, IQT.218, GHA.445.10x, MAS8.048ax, AKHA_118BE #08-09 p.ax, AKHA_122BE #07-08 p.bx, ANDA#49 p.04x, OOL.B049a |
GWB#005x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.077x, BLO_PT#181, HURQ.BH60 |
D. E. Walker, L. Slott |
Advises the recipient to practice love, humility, and detachment when engaging people with different views since souls are created in different states of understanding; gives an example of two valid yet opposing positions regarding the relationship of the Manifestations to God; and states that ‘the whole duty of man in this Day is to attain that share of the flood of grace which God poureth forth for him’, advising that the ‘largeness or smallness of the receptacle’ should not be considered. |
Contention and conflict; Differences in human capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity in diversity |
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GSH.183, LL#130 |
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| 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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| BH00387 |
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1750 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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یا قلمی الاعلی اذکر من اقبل الی الله فی یوم فیه اعرض اکثر الناس و شرب الرحیق |
O My Most Exalted Pen! Make mention of him who hath turned unto God on a day wherein most men have turned away, and hath quaffed the choice wine [3.5s]... ...It is evident that every age in which a Manifestation of God hath lived is divinely ordained, and may, in a sense, be characterized as God’s appointed Day |
BLIB_Or15690.214, , BLIB_Or15699.123, |
BRL_DA#677, GWBP#025 p.047ax, AYI2.319x, AYI2.320x, AYI2.322x, AYI2.324x, AYI2.338x |
GWB#025x, WOB.167x2x |
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Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Seal of the Prophets; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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LL#386 |
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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 |
* |
* |
ROB4.205, GSH.190, LL#329 |
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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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| 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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| 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 |
- |
- |
LL#444 |
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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 |
- |
- |
LL#187 |
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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 |
* |
* |
ROB3.270, GSH.174, LL#160, LL#176 |
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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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| 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 |
- |
- |
LL#392 |
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| BH01333 |
|
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 |
- |
- |
LL#163 |
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| BH03564 |
Lawh-i-Ard-i-Ta |
260 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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یا ارض الطاء یاد آر هنگامی را که مقر عرش بودی و انوارش از در و دیوارت ظاهر |
Call thou to remembrance, O Land of Ṭa (Ṭihrán), the former days in which thy Lord had made thee the seat of His throne, and had enveloped thee with the effulgence of His glory |
INBA66:106b, BLIB_Or15730.090a, , NLAI_BH1.081 |
GWBP#055 p.077bx, RHQM1.072-073x (092) (053-054), ASAT1.071-072x, TSHA3.011, PYM.110ax, LDR.322, OOL.B167 |
GWB#055x, LTDT.270x |
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Eulogies; reminiscences; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places |
- |
- |
MUH1.0034, LL#062 |
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| BH03421 |
|
270 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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یا ثمرتی و یا ورقتی علیک بهائی و رحمتی محزون مباش از آنچه وارد شده اگر در |
O thou who art the fruit of My Tree and the leaf thereof! On thee be My glory and My mercy. |
BLIB_Or15716.086d, , MKI4523.284, |
GWBP#068 p.091, AVK1.085x, ISH.284, ADH1.125 |
GWB#068 |
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Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Free will and predestination; fate; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times |
- |
- |
LL#021 |
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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 |
- |
- |
ROB2.259-260, LL#141, LL#384, LL#433 |
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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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| BH01640 |
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530 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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ان یا عبد قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و عرفنا بما فیه و کان الله علی ما فی قلبک علیما |
O servant! Your letter hath come before Our presence, and We have understood that which was therein, and verily God is the All-Knowing of what lieth within thy heart [3.5s]... ...And now concerning thy reference to the existence of two Gods. Beware, beware, lest thou be led to join partners with the Lord, thy God |
BLIB_Or15694.307, , ALIB.folder18p340 |
BRL_DA#672, GWBP#094 p.126x |
GWB#094x |
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Absolute freedom; independence of God; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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- |
LL#456 |
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| BH04631 |
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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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| 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 |
* |
- |
GSH.171, LL#265, LL#395 |
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| BH00006 |
Lawh-i-Sarraj |
26800 |
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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| BH00245 |
Commentary on a verse from Sa'di |
2530 |
Commentary on a Verse of Sa'di (Tafsir-i Bayti az Sa'di); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Unrestrained as the Wind; Tafsir-i Bayti az Sadi (Commentary on a Verse of Sadi) |
آنچه از معنی بیت در آیات الهی نازل و از افق سماء حقیقت مشرق همان تمام است و |
The intent of the poet in these verses, "The Friend is closer to me that I am to myself |
BLIB_Or11096#006, , BLIB_Or15722.022, , NLAI_BH3.097, BN_suppl.1754.042-047 |
BRL_DA#034, GWBP#093 p.122bx, GWBP#161 p.218x, AVK3.105.13x, AVK3.465.02x, KHSH01.054, MAS1.057x, ASAT1.035x, ASAT2.085x, ASAT2.114x, ASAT3.091x, ASAT5.094x, ASAT5.235x, UVM.101.07x |
GWB#093x, GWB#161x, ADJ.050-051x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.077x2x, ADJ.060x5x, COF.120x, GPB.389x, WOB.103x, WOB.167x, WIND#133 |
B. Grover, MANA |
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Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Word of God and human limitations |
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- |
ROB3.404, LL#335, LL#448, LL#457 |
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| BH00972 |
Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 3 |
850 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر آنچه مسطور مذکور آمد و شنیده شد انشاء الله همیشه ایام |
Thy letter hath been presented before Our countenance, and that which was inscribed therein hath been mentioned and heard. God willing, may all thy days [3.5s]... ...And now concerning thy question whether human souls continue to be conscious one of another after their separation from the body |
INBA66:115, BLIB_Or11096#021, , BLIB_Or15698.226, , BLIB_Or15720.222, , BLIB_Or15740.172, |
BRL_DA#539, GWBP#086 p.113x, AVK1.278.02x, IQT.226, YARP1.055a, MAS1.071x, OOL.B085c |
GWB#086x, PNAK.86 |
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Christ; Christianity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Soul; spirit after death; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
* |
- |
LL#438 |
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| BH00271 |
Tafsir-i-Va'sh-Shams (Commentary on the Surih of the Sun) |
2340 |
Commentary on the Surah of the Sun; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Tafsír-i-Suriy-i-Vash-Shams (Commentary on the Surih of the Sun) |
الحمد لله الذی انطق ورقاء البیان علی افنان دوحه التبیان بفنون الالحان علی انه لا اله الا هو |
Praise be to God, Who hath set the dove of eloquence, perched among the twigs of the tree of explanation, to weaving her divers melodies |
INBA90:076, BLIB_Or15714.065, , NLAI_BH3.227, Berlin1237#01, MKI4524.278, |
BRL_DA#710, GWBP#089 p.116bx, MJMM.001, DLS.107x, ASAT1.253x, ASAT2.171x, ASAT3.116x, ASAT4.205x, ASAT4.208x, ASAT4.366x, ASAT4.375x, ADH1.108x, OOL.B146 |
GWB#089x, BLO_PT#025, HURQ.BH78, ADMS#199n02x |
W. Heath |
Gives a detailed interpretation of a short surah of the Qur’an, relates several symbolic meanings of the word ‘sun’, and tells of the inexhaustible meanings of the Word of God, which are disclosed according to the capacity of the hearers and which must be understood according to both their outward and inward meanings. |
Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Limits of language; Names and attributes of God; Outward and inward meanings; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
* |
- |
ROB1.032, MMAH.102, GSH.209, LL#338 |
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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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| BH00958 |
|
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 |
- |
- |
LL#430 |
|
| BH04596 |
|
210 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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یا معشر العلماء اتقوا الله ثم انصفوا فی امر هذا الامی الذی شهدت له کتب الله |
Lay not aside the fear of God, O ye the learned of the world, and judge fairly the Cause of this unlettered One |
INBA51:186b, KB_620:179-180 |
GWBP#044 p.070, LHKM3.339, YFY.264-265 |
GWB#044 |
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Call to action; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
- |
- |
LL#410 |
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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 |
* |
- |
GSH.177, LL#240 |
|
| 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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| 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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| 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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| BH00821 |
Tablet of the Divine Springtime |
990 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance |
Lawh-i-Ridvan (Tablets of Ridvan) |
ان یا قلم الاعلی قد اتی ربیع البیان بما تقرب عید الرحمن قم بین ملا الانشاء |
The Divine Springtime is come, O Most Exalted Pen, for the Festival of the All-Merciful is fast approaching. |
BLIB_Or15692.037, , BLIB_Or15706.061, , BLIB_Or15714.027, |
GWBP#014 p.027, AYT.254, OOL.B203, AMB#06 |
GWB#014, DOR#06, ADJ.078x, GPB.154x3x, GPB.154-155x, WOB.206x |
R. Yazhari (1), R. Yazhari (2), E. Mahony, TaliaSafa (1), TaliaSafa (2), B. Butler, Joel in Real Life, Joel in Real Life |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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ROB1.274, ROB2.397, BKOG.169, LL#221 |
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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. |
| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| BH05241 |
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190 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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یا ورقتی بگوش جان ندای رحمن را بشنو از سجن اعظم بتو توجه نموده و ترا بذکر |
O My Leaf! With the ear of thy soul hearken thou unto the Call of the All-Merciful, Who hath turned towards thee from the Most Great Prison and maketh mention of thee [3.5s]... ...Know thou that every hearing ear, if kept pure and undefiled, must, at all times and from every direction, hearken to the voice that uttereth these holy words |
INBA51:312, BLIB_Or15715.338b, |
BRL_DA#743, GWBP#165 p.222ax, LHKM3.296 |
GWB#165x |
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Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities |
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LL#387 |
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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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| 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. |
| 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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