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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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| BH00565 |
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1330 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الی من تمسک بالعلوم لعل یخرق حجاب الاکبر و یتوجه الی |
This is a Book from Him Who is Wronged unto him that hath clung to learning, that perchance he may rend asunder the most great veil and turn towards [3.5s]... ...Ponder awhile. What is it that prompted, in every Dispensation, the peoples of the earth to shun the Manifestation of the All-Merciful? |
INBA35:053, INBA66:110, BLIB_Or11096#007, , BLIB_Or15698.231, , BLIB_Or15720.228, , BLIB_Or15740.176, |
BRL_DA#666, GWBP#035 p.060x, ADM1#005 p.018x, IQT.231, AYI1.329x, MJMM.232, DWNP_v5#06 p.002-003x, UAB.002bx, ASAT3.074x, ASAT3.131x, ASAT4.146x, ASAT4.429x, YMM.404x, NSS.125x |
GWB#035x, JHT_S#100x |
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Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment |
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- |
LL#377, LL#423 |
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| BH01507 |
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570 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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ان یا حرف الحی لقد سمعت اذن الله ندآئک و لاحظت عین الله کتابک و ینادیک حینئذ عن |
O Letter of the Living! The ear of God hath heard thy cry, and His eyes have beheld thy written supplication. He is calling thee from His seat of glory |
INBA19:183, INBA32:166, INBA83:255, BLIB_Or03114.063r, , BLIB_Or15725.545, , BLIB_Or15737.180, , ALIB.folder18p284 |
BRL_DA#770, GWBP#135 p.187x |
GWB#135x |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Letters of the Living; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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- |
LL#412 |
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| BH01234 |
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680 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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قد ماج بحر السرور و ابتسم ثغر الله المهیمن القیوم بما بلغ الندآء من ارض |
The ocean of joy hath surged, and the countenance of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting, hath smiled, inasmuch as the Call hath been raised from the land [3.5s]... ...The vitality of men’s belief in God is dying out in every land; nothing short of His wholesome medicine can ever restore it. The corrosion of ungodliness is eating into the vitals of human society |
BLIB_Or15716.066.07x, , BN_suppl.1753.116-118 |
BRL_DA#648, GWBP#099 p.131x, LHKM3.375, PYB#156 p.03x |
GWB#099x, GPB.217x, PDC.184x, WOB.181x |
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Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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LL#459 |
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| BH00994 |
Suriy-i-Ism |
830 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá |
Suriy-i-Ism |
ان یا اسمی اسمع ندآء الله عن مطلع کل اللسان بانی انا الله ربک و رب کل شیء و |
O My Name! Hearken unto the Call of God from the Dawning-Place of every tongue: "Verily, I am God, thy Lord and the Lord of all things." [3.5s]... ...Say: Deliver your souls, O people, from the bondage of self, and purify them from all attachment to anything besides Me… Intone, O My servant, the verses of God |
INBA83:124, BLIB_Or15702.051, , ALIB.folder18p214 |
BRL_DA#721, GWBP#136 p.189x, AVK2.168.20x, MAS4.026ax, MAS4.045x, MAS8.120bx, ASAT1.242x, ASAT4.156x, PYK.018, OOL.B125 |
GWB#136x, ADJ.025x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.032x, BLO_sazedj#12x, HURQ.BH37 |
MJ Cyr, L. Slott, Seals & Crofts, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, Soulrise Melodies, L. Dely & M. Congo, K. Key, Sheyda Peyman, Ina Nes |
Calls the recipient to cast all names and designations behind him and announce the joyful tidings; states that between God and the creatures there is a ladder with three steps: this world, the hereafter, and ‘the Kingdom of Names’; calls the people to deliver their souls from ‘the bondage of self ’; invites the recipient to ‘intone the verses of God’, promising that the sweetness of their melody will cause ‘the heart of every righteous man to throb’; and counsels the people to truthfulness, generosity, and purity of heart. |
Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment |
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LL#143, LL#310 |
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| BH02806 |
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320 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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یا اله الرحمن و المقتدر علی الامکان تری عبادک و ارقائک الذین یصومون فی |
Thou seest, O God of Mercy, Thou Whose power pervadeth all created things, these servants of Thine, Thy thralls… Thou seest, O Lord, our suppliant hands… |
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GWBP#138 p.192, AHM.110, TSBT.050, NFF5.031, OOL.B090.08 |
GWB#138 |
E. Mahony |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for fasting; Prayer for forgiveness |
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- |
LL#244, LL#271 |
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| BH00627 |
Lawh-i-Ibrahim |
1220 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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ان یا ایها السائل فاعلم بان حضر بین یدینا کتاب من الذی اشتعل بنار الله و وجدنا فیه |
O thou who dost inquire! Know thou that there hath appeared before Us a letter from one who hath been enkindled with the fire of God, and therein We found [3.5s]... ...It hath been decreed by Us that the Word of God and all the potentialities thereof shall be manifested unto men in strict conformity with such conditions |
INBA83:279, Berlin1237#23, ALIB.folder18p181 |
BRL_DA#746, GWBP#033 p.057ax, GWBP#038 p.063x, GWBP#127 p.175x, MAS8.171x |
GWB#033x, GWB#038x, GWB#127x, PDC.194x, WOB.059x, WOB.117x, WOB.164x |
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Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Prayer for forgiveness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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- |
LL#125, LL#142, LL#404 |
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| BH01231 |
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680 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Lawh-i-Muhammad-`Alí I and II |
ای محمد قبل علی بشنو ندای محبوب باوفا را که از شطر ابهی ندا میفرماید و |
O Muhammad-'Ali! Hearken unto the call of thy faithful Beloved, Who from the Most Glorious Horizon doth proclaim and [3.5s]... ...I swear by the beauty of the Well-Beloved! This is the Mercy that hath encompassed the entire creation, the Day whereon the grace of God hath permeated and pervaded all things |
INBA35:035, INBA74:097, BLIB_Or03116.106r, , BLIB_Or11096#033, , BLIB_Or15710.208, , BLIB_Or15722.151, |
BRL_DA#767, GWBP#142 p.198x, ADM1#010 p.031x, AVK3.178.13x, RSBB.090, MAS4.110, ASAT5.167x, ADH1.029x |
GWB#142x |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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- |
ROB2.117, LL#186 |
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| BH05544 |
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180 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الی الذی اتخذ الی الرحمن سبیلا لیاخذه عن نفسه و یجذبه |
This is the Book from the Wronged One unto him who hath chosen for himself a path unto the All-Merciful, that it may seize him from his self and draw him nigh [3.5s]... ...Blessed art thou, O My servant, inasmuch as thou hast recognized the Truth, and withdrawn from him who repudiated the All-Merciful |
INBA34:315, BLIB_Or15707.170, , BLIB_Or15735.319, |
BRL_DA#766, GWBP#143 p.200x, AQA1#188, HYK.319 |
GWB#143x, PDC.027x, WOB.161-162x |
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Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Suffering and imprisonment |
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LL#434 |
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| BH01371 |
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620 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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الحمد لله از دریای عنایت الهی آشامیدی و بافق اعلی توجه نمودی جمیع احزاب |
Praise be to God! Thou hast drunk from the ocean of divine bounty and turned thy face toward the Most Exalted Horizon, while all the peoples [3.5s]... ...Behold, how the divers peoples and kindreds of the earth have been waiting for the coming of the Promised One. No sooner had He, Who is the Sun of Truth, been made manifest |
BLIB_Or15730.080, |
BRL_DA#652, GWBP#006 p.014x |
GWB#006x |
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Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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- |
LL#439 |
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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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| 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 |
* |
* |
ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025 |
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| BH00425 |
|
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 |
- |
- |
LL#460 |
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| BH00021 |
Suriy-i-Muluk |
8150 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Days of Remembrance |
Suriy-i-Muluk (Surih to the Kings) |
هذا کتاب من هذا العبد الذی سمی بالحسین فی ملکوت الاسما الی ملوک الارض کله |
This is a Tablet from this Servant, who is called Ḥusayn in the kingdom of names, to the concourse of the kings of the earth. |
INBA71:123, BLIB_Or15723.001, , IOM.098-099, PR11.043b-064a, PR19.048a-061b, PR23.016a-029b |
NRJ#5, GWBP#065 p.086x, GWBP#066 p.087x, GWBP#113 p.143x, GWBP#114 p.150x, GWBP#116 p.158x, GWBP#118 p.160x, RSBB.040, TZH4.328-353, BCH.008x, PYB#129 p.03x, OOL.B131, AMB#36x |
SLH#05, GWB#065x, GWB#066x, GWB#113x, GWB#114x, GWB#116x, GWB#118x, DOR#36x, LOG#1615x, COF.138-139x, GPB.161x4x, GPB.171x, GPB.172x7x, GPB.175x4x, GPB.210x, GPB.230x2x, PDC.007x, PDC.020x, PDC.027-028x, PDC.033-034x, PDC.034x, PDC.034-035x, PDC.035x2x, PDC.035-038x, PDC.038-039x, PDC.043-044x, PDC.060x, PDC.060-062x, PDC.062x, PDC.062-063x, PDC.063-064x, PDC.098x4x, PDC.098-099x, PDC.114-115x, PDC.143x, PDC.146-147x, PDC.182x, WOB.108x, WOB.174x, WOB.177x3x, WOB.177-178x, WOB.178x |
E. Mahony |
His most momentous proclamatory work, though not yet divulging the totality of His messianic claim, in which He counsels and chastises, in turn, the entire company of the kings of the earth, the kings of Christendom, the French Ambassador in Constantinople, the ministers of the Ottoman Sultan, the inhabitants of Istanbul, the Sultan himself, the Persian Ambassador to the Sultan, the people of Persia, the divines and wise men of Constantinople, and the philosophers of the world. |
Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment |
* |
- |
ROB2.301 et al, BKOG.207, BKOG.213, BKOG.330, GPB.171, MMAH.158, GSH.090, LL#319 |
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| BH00195 |
Ridvanu'l-'Adl (the Garden of Justice) |
2910 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Baha'u'llah's Paradise of Justice; Translation List; Garden of Justice (Ridvan al-'adl); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh |
Lawh-i-Ridvanul-Adl (Tablet of the Paradise of Justice) |
هذا لوح فیه بعث الله اسمه العادل و نفخ منه روح العدل فی هیاکل الخلایق اجمعین |
This is the Paradise of Justice, which hath appeared as a token of God’s grace and been adorned by Him with glorious and wondrous fruits |
INBA47:022, INBA37:104, INBA92:207bx, BLIB_Or15723.241, , BLIB_Or15725.085, , BLIB_Or15737.083, |
BRL_DA#717, GWBP#012 p.019x, GWBP#088 p.116ax, GWBP#134 p.186x, AQA4#088 p.245, AQA4a.299, AVK2.054.13x, SFI10.010, MAS4.160ax, RHQM2.0000 (138) (087-088x), AKHA_122BE #07-08 p.ax, OOL.B094 |
BRL_ATBH#55x, GWB#012x, GWB#088x, GWB#134x, ADJ.028ax, PDC.006x, PDC.120x, BLO_PT#018, HURQ.BH26, ADMS#016 |
M. Magagula, Sanele & Xolani |
Extols the virtue of justice, assigning it a sacred origin and purpose in the world; calls upon the kings and rulers, the people of the world, and the Bábís to be its exponents; asserts that its essence is embodied in the laws of God; and prophesies the day when the ‘standard of oppression’ will be rolled up and the ‘banner of justice’ will be unfurled throughout the earth. |
Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
* |
- |
MMAH.104, GSH.207, LL#276 |
|
| BH00657 |
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1160 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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ان یا حامل امانه حب ربک العلی المقتدر العظیم فی یوم الذی فزع کل شیء عن حملها |
Say: O ye that envy Me and seek My hurt! The fury of your wrath against Me confound you! |
INBA83:238, BLIB_Or03114.059r, , BLIB_Or15725.147, , BLIB_Or15737.164, , ALIB.folder18p172 |
BRL_DA#673, GWBP#121 p.165 |
GWB#121 |
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Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
- |
- |
|
|
| BH01828 |
|
480 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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اذا نطق لسان الله فی کل شیء بانی حی فی هذا الافق الذی ظهر بالحق و سمی فی |
When the Tongue of God spoke within all things, proclaiming: "Verily, I am alive in this horizon which hath appeared in truth and hath been named..." [3.5s]... ...O people! I swear by the one true God! This is the Ocean out of which all seas have proceeded, and with which every one of them will ultimately be united |
BLIB_Or15694.451, , ALIB.folder18p357 |
BRL_DA#670, GWBP#051 p.074x, LMA1.413 (249b), MAS4.086, RHQM2.0712-714 (104) (065-066) |
GWB#051x, ADJ.080x |
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Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Twin Manifestations |
- |
- |
LL#424 |
|
| BH00433 |
Lawh-i-Abdu'l-Vahhab |
1630 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Lawh-i-Abdu'l-Vahhab |
حمد مقدس از ادراک و عقول بساط قدس حضرت قیومی را لایق و سزاست که بنفس خود من |
Sanctified praise, transcending minds and understanding, befitteth the holy court of that Self-Subsisting Lord Who, through His own Self [3.5s]... ...O ‘Abdu’l Vaḥḥáb! May the glory of God, the Almighty, the Bountiful, rest upon thee. Incline thine ear |
UMich962.156x, MKI4523.212, , BN_suppl.1753.059-063 |
BRL_DA#702, GWBP#081 p.105x, AVK1.120.02x, AVK3.303.13x, AVk3.463.01x, AVK4.284.11x, ISH.212, MJMM.160, RRT.143x, ASAT2.027x, ADH1.009x, OOL.B020 |
GWB#081x, LOG#0686x, SW_v06#19 p.165x, SW_v09#06 p.080x, SW_v14#02 p.038-039x, BSC.226 #446-452x, HURQ.BH71 |
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Addresses a question on the soul and its continuance after death, alludes to the state of the souls in the next world while declaring that it cannot be adequately described, and declares that the whole truth of the matter has remained concealed for the sake of the protection of the human race. |
Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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- |
ROB4.041, MMAH.145, GSH.176, LL#034 |
Shares with BH00070 a passage on the soul after death, beginning: "Know thou of a truth that the soul, after its separation from the body, will continue to progress until it attaineth the presence of God" |
| BH00597 |
Lawh-i-Ashraf |
1270 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet to Ashraf |
Lawh-i Ashraf (Tablet to Ahsraf) |
ان یا اشرف اسمع ما یلقیک لسان القدم و لاتکن من الغافلین و ان استماع نغمه من نغمات |
O Ashraf, listen carefully to what the Tongue of the Eternal has to say. Any one of the melodies of your Lord would be sufficient to attract the hearts |
INBA83:216, BLIB_Or15702.276, , NLAI_BH2.308, ALIB.folder18p167 |
BRL_DA#722, GWBP#052 p.075x, AVK3.088.11x, MJMM.211, ASAT1.123x, ASAT1.140x, ASAT2.065x, ASAT5.347x, OOL.B027 |
GWB#052x, BLO_PT#171 |
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A summons to the recognition of Bahá’u’lláh, naming the proofs of His cause as His own self, His revelation, and His words, and admonishing the Bábís who had not yet embraced it. |
Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
* |
- |
ROB2.230, ROB2.120, GSH.186, LL#063 |
Quoted in the Lawh-i-Istintaq, BH00015. |
| BH01194 |
Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 2 |
700 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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یا ایها الناظر الی وجهی و الشارب کاس عنایتی و کوب رحمتی و افضالی و الساکن فی |
O thou who gazest upon My countenance and hast quaffed the chalice of My loving-kindness and the cup of My mercy and bounty, and who dwellest in [3.5s]... ...Call thou to mind that which hath been revealed unto Mihdí, Our servant, in the first year of Our banishment to the Land of Mystery (Adrianople) |
INBA34:125, BLIB_Or15707.035, , BLIB_Or15735.206, |
BRL_DA#711, GWBP#058 p.081ax, AQA1#014, ASAT4.048x, ASAT5.354x, HYK.206, MSBH5.453ax, OOL.B085b |
GWB#058x, BADM.099-100x, BADM.165x, GPB.110x2x, GPB.357x, GPB.360x |
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Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prophecy and fulfillment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
* |
- |
GSH.180, LL#373 |
|
| BH04829 |
|
200 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The |
|
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 |
- |
- |
LL#431 |
|
| BH01052 |
|
800 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
|
هذا کتاب فیه یذکر ما یجری عنه الدموع من اعین المقربین ان یا قلم فاذکر ما ورد علی ذکر |
This is a Book wherein is mentioned that which causeth tears to flow from the eyes of them that are near unto God. O Pen! Make mention of that which hath befallen the Remembrance [3.5s]... ...God is My witness, O people! I was asleep on My couch, when lo, the Breeze of God wafting over Me roused Me from My slumber. |
INBA49:316, BLIB_Or15694.377, , ALIB.folder18p249 |
BRL_DA#671, GWBP#041 p.065bx |
GWB#041x |
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|
Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God |
- |
- |
LL#379 |
|
| BH00112 |
Suriy-i-Asma' (=Lawh-i-Ibn?) |
3990 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Tablet of the Son (Jesus) |
Suriy-i-Asma' (Surah of Names) |
رایحه احزان جمال رحمن را احاطه نموده و ابواب فرح و بهجت از ظلم اهل طغیان من |
The fragrance of sorrows hath encompassed the Beauty of the All-Merciful, and the gates of joy and delight have been shut fast through the tyranny of the people of rebellion [3.5s]... ...Know thou that when the Son of Man yielded up His breath to God, the whole creation wept with a great weeping. |
INBA38:177, INBA18:468, INBA35:177b, BLIB_Or15698.078, , BLIB_Or15720.080, , BLIB_Or15740.064, , Majlis934.330-368, BN_suppl.1754.131-139 |
BRL_DA#031, GWBP#036 p.062ax, AVK2.037.04x, AVK2.098.11x, AVK2.176.05x, IQT.078, NFQ.003x, MAS4.165bx, MAS7.130x, ASAT1.051x, ASAT1.127x, ASAT2.088x, ASAT2.129x, ASAT4.531x, ASAT5.293x, AHB_109BE #08 p.002x, OOL.B108 |
GWB#036x, ROL.021-045x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.081x, PDC.004x2x, PDC.179-181x, WOB.185-186x, BLO_PT#139, HURQ.BH45 |
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Responds to objections to His claims raised by some Bábís, implores them not to be shut out from the truth by the veil of names, acknowledges the outward differences between sacred scriptures while asserting that this derives from the varying capacity of humanity, extols at length the revelation and the crucifixion of Jesus as having infused ‘a fresh capacity into all created things’, compares the Báb to John the Baptist and announces Himself to be the return of Christ, and declares that the purpose of His revelation, like Christ’s, is to bestow eternal life. |
Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
* |
- |
LL#294, LL#380 |
|
| BH06839 |
|
1150 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
|
یا زین علیک بهائی و عنایتی مکتوب شما و اسم کریم علیه بهائی را عبد حاضر لدی العرش |
O Zayn, upon whom rest My glory and loving-kindness! the servant in attendance before the Throne hath received thy letter and the name of the honored one, upon whom rest My glory [3.5s]... ...All praise be to God Who hath adorned the world with an ornament, and arrayed it with a vesture, of which it can be despoiled by no earthly power |
|
BRL_DA#653, GWBP#163 p.219bx, AVK3.409.17x, AVK4.266.07x, MAS8.046x, ASAT4.092ax, ASAT4.388x, ASAT5.257x |
GWB#163x |
|
|
Consultation; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] |
- |
- |
LL#365, LL#449 |
|
| BH00002 |
Kitab-i-Iqan (The Book of Certitude) |
36200 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Kitáb-i-Íqán; Tablet of the True Seeker" from the Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), The |
Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Tablet of the True Seeker |
الباب المذکور فی بیان ان العباد لن یصلن الی شاطی بحر العرفان الا بالانقطاع |
No man shall attain the shores of the ocean of true understanding except he be detached from all that is in heaven and on earth.... Verily He Who is the Daystar of Truth and Revealer of the Supreme Being holdeth, for all time, undisputed sovereignty…. But, O my brother, when a true seeker determineth to take the step of search… |
BLIB_Or03116.078-127, , BLIB_Or15696.076cx, , CMB_F58, CMB_F59, IOL.440, IOM.092-093, SOAS ms.46696, CUL.X893.7.B111, BN_suppl.1400 |
BRL_IqanP, GWBP#013 p.020x, GWBP#019 p.038x, GWBP#022 p.041x, GWBP#090 p.117x, GWBP#091 p.119x, GWBP#125 p.170x, TZH4.214-223x, OOL.B017 |
IQAN, GWB#013x, GWB#019x, GWB#022x, GWB#090x, GWB#091x, GWB#125x, GPB.006x, GPB.007x, GPB.022x, GPB.023x, GPB.050x2x, GPB.057x2x, GPB.058x2x, GPB.079x, GPB.079-080x, GPB.098-099x, GPB.118-119x, GPB.119-120x, GPB.120x, GPB.126x, GPB.141x, GPB.175x, GPB.176x2x, PDC.020x, PDC.129x, PDC.129-130x, PDC.130x, PDC.130-131x, PDC.133x2x, PDC.138x, PDC.151x, PDC.162x2x, PDC.163x, PDC.176x, PDC.179x4x, WOB.024-025x, WOB.058x, WOB.062ax, WOB.113x, WOB.113-114x, WOB.114-115x, WOB.115x, WOB.115-116x, WOB.124x, WOB.124-125x, WOB.125x4x, WOB.125-126x, WOB.166x, SW_v03#01 p.003x, SW_v07#16 p.163-164x, BLO_PT#020, BSC.003 #001-035x |
R. Dupras (¶1), L. Manifold (¶1), Savva, Danika, Lauren, Adeeb & Jeremy (¶1), Ahdieh (¶64), Mathilde (¶65), R. Peterson (¶107) [track 3], E. Mahony (¶151), Eswatini Baha'i Choir (¶213), Soulrise Melodies (¶214), K. Key (¶214), S. Toloui-Wallace (¶216) |
Bahá’u’lláh’s preeminent doctrinal work as well as His second longest, answering four questions from an uncle of the Báb regarding prophetic expectation and fulfilment, affirming the essential unity of the prophets of God while simultaneously acknowledging the distinctiveness of their persons and missions, expounding the concept of progressive revelations from God that are renewed about every thousand years, summarizing the spiritual prerequisites of the seekers on the spiritual path, clarifying the central role in that path of the independent investigation of reality, condemning the clergy for their role in the rejection of the prophets from age to age, and emphasizing, through a commentary on certain verses of the gospels, the need for a symbolic as opposed to a literal understanding of sacred scriptures. |
Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Belief and denial; Christ; Christianity; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Law of obligatory prayer; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Literal interpretation; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Moses; Noah; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the Manifestation of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Return of the Manifestations of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Seal of the Prophets; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
* |
* |
LAC.113-174, ROB1.153 et al, BKOG.165, GPB.138, GPB.172, EBTB.121, EBTB.221, EBTB.227, MMAH.071, GSH.013, LL#029, LL#278 |
|
| BH00545 |
|
1360 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
|
انه هو حینئذ حی فی هذا الافق العزیز المنیر یشهد و یری و یقول مخاطبا لملا |
Verily He is, in this hour, alive in this glorious and resplendent horizon. He doth witness and behold and speaketh, addressing the concourse [3.5s]... ...Every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God is endowed with such potency as can instill new life into every human frame, if ye be of them that comprehend this truth |
BLIB_Or15725.455, , NLAI_BH2.072 |
BRL_DA#675, GWBP#074 p.096bx, YMM.380x |
GWB#074x |
|
|
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
- |
- |
LL#394 |
|
| BH02046 |
|
430 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
|
در قرون اولی تفکر نما هر هنگام که آفتاب عنایت الهی از افق ظهور طالع شد ناس |
Consider the former generations. Witness how every time the Day Star of Divine bounty hath shed the light of His Revelation upon the world |
BLIB_Or15715.361a, |
GWBP#023 p.045 |
GWB#023, GPB.187x, PDC.131-132x |
|
|
Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment |
- |
- |
LL#354 |
|
| BH00926 |
|
890 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
|
هذا کتاب من الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذی آمن به و استهدی بانوار الروح فی تلک الایام |
This is a Book from God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who hath believed in Him and sought guidance from the splendours of the Spirit in these days [3.5s]... ...O Jews! If ye be intent on crucifying once again Jesus, the Spirit of God, put Me to death, for He hath once more, in My person, been made manifest unto you |
BLIB_Or15725.104, , NLAI_BH2.102 |
BRL_DA#669, GWBP#047 p.072x |
GWB#047x |
|
|
Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Return of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment |
- |
- |
LL#406 |
|
| BH01822 |
Lawh-i-Amr |
490 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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هذا لوح الامر قد نزل من لدن مالک القدر لیقرب الناس الی المنظر الاکبر هذا المقام |
This is the Tablet of Command which hath been sent down from the presence of the Lord of Destiny, that it may draw mankind nigh unto the Most Great Vision, this exalted station [3.5s]... ...There hath appeared in this Revelation what hath never appeared before. As to the infidels that have witnessed what hath been manifested |
INBA34:145, BLIB_Or15707.079, , BLIB_Or15735.242, , NLAI_BH3.157 |
BRL_DA#660, GWBP#067 p.090x, AQA1#024, AVK2.274.04x, SFI13.017, ASAT1.207x, TISH.276-278, FBAH.143, DLH2.218, HYK.242, LDR.430x |
GWB#067x |
|
|
Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Word of God and human limitations |
- |
- |
ROB2.161, LL#047 |
|
| BH01536 |
Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Bayt (Lawh-i-Hajj Baghdad) |
570 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List |
|
یا ایها الناظر الی المنظر الاکبر اسمع ندآء جمال القدم من شطر سجنه الاعظم |
O thou who gazest upon the Most Great Scene! Hearken unto the call of the Ancient Beauty from the direction of His Most Great Prison [3.5s]... ...When thou art departed out of the court of My presence, O Muḥammad, direct thy steps towards My House (Baghdád House), and visit it on behalf of thy Lord |
INBA34:136, INBA49:283, BLIB_Or15707.058, , BLIB_Or15735.225, , NLAI_BH1.007x |
BRL_DA#712, GWBP#057 p.079x, AQA1#019, AHM.097, TSBT.090, RHQM2.0805-807 (214) (133-134x), ASAT2.111x, HYK.255, OOL.B152 |
GWB#057x, GPB.110x9x, GPB.149x2x, GPB.360x, MBW.168x, PDC.026x, ADMS#107 |
|
|
Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution; Shrines and Holy places; Suffering and imprisonment |
* |
- |
MMAH.206, GSH.206, LL#114, LL#345 |
Tablet to be recited when making pilgrimage to Bahá'u'lláh's House in Baghdad |
| 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 |
* |
- |
LL#036, LL#411 |
|
| BH02218 |
|
400 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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شهد الله بلسانه الحق فیکل الألواح بأننی انا حی فی الأفق الأبهی و اذا تالله فی هذا الأفق |
God hath, through His tongue that uttereth the truth, testified in all His Tablets to these words: “I am He that liveth in the Abhá Realm of Glory.” |
BLIB_Or15694.334, , BLIB_Or15725.152, , ALIB.folder18p346 |
BRL_DA#647, GWBP#103 p.136a, PYB#337 p.12 |
GWB#103 |
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Justice and wrath of God; Mosaic imagery; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness |
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LL#313 |
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| BH01624 |
Lawh-i-Rida |
2400 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Lawh-i-Rida (Tablet to Rida) |
بروحی و کینونتی لک الفدآء یا حبّذا بما فزت بکتابک الّذی کان رأسه مزیّناً باکلیل ذکر ربّنا |
By My spirit and essence, may I be a sacrifice unto Thee! How excellent it is that thou hast attained unto thy letter, whose apex was adorned with the crown of the remembrance of our Lord! [3.5s]... ...That which thou hast heard concerning Abraham, the Friend of the All-Merciful, is the truth, and no doubt is there about it. |
BLIB_Or11096#234x, , BLIB_Or15722.034x, , BN_suppl.1754.143-144x |
BRL_DA#682a, GWBP#032 p.056x, AVK2.160.20x, AVK2.196.11x, AVK3.117.05x, MJMM.330x, MAS1.075x, ASAT1.037x, ASAT1.142x, ASAT2.036x, ASAT3.008x, ASAT3.082x, ASAT3.268x, BCH.032x, TABN.215bx |
GWB#032x |
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Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause |
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LL#220 |
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| BH00512 |
Lawh-i-Tawhid |
1450 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List |
Lawh-i-Tawhid (Tablet of Divine Unity) |
حمد مقدس از عرفان ممکنات و منزه از ادراک مدرکات ملیک عز بی مثالی را سزا است |
Praise be to God, the All-Possessing, the King of incomparable glory, a praise which is immeasurably above |
INBA38:012, INBA65:167, INBA35:058b, INBA36:396, NLI.32p020v, PR23.039b-041b |
BRL_DA#716, GWBP#026 p.047bx, AVK1.113b.02x, AVK2.013.17x, AVK2.072.02x, ZYN.056, MJMM.307, DWNP_v1#01 p.003-007, UAB.006bx, UAB.008ax, DLS.070x, ASAT2.104x, AHB_109BE #07 p.002x, PYM.335-341, OOL.B081 |
GWB#026x, WOB.113x2x, ADMS#013 |
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Discourse on the transcendence of God, Whose signs have pervaded the entire creation and Who is known only through His Manifestations, Who appear from age to age and call the people to recognize His cause as one would recognize a friend: that is, by his own self and not by the garments he may be wearing on any given day. |
Creation of the world; Manifestation of God as mirror; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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GSH.184, LL#250 |
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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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| BH09648 |
Lawh-i-Husayn 2 |
120 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Lawh-i-Husayn 2 (Tablet to Husayn 2) |
یا حسین بعضی از احزاب ارض منتظر ظهور حسینی بودند چه که از قبل اصفیای حق جل جلاله |
O Husayn! Certain parties among the peoples of the earth were expectant of the appearance of a Husayn, inasmuch as aforetime the chosen ones of God, exalted be His glory, had spoken thereof [3.5s]... ...O Ḥusayn! Consider the eagerness with which certain peoples and nations have anticipated the return of Imám Ḥusayn, whose coming, after the appearance of the Qá’im |
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BRL_DA#740, GWBP#009 p.016a, OOL.B046bx |
GWB#009, ADJ.077x |
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Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God |
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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. |
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90 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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قل یا قوم لاتخافوا من سطوه الذینهم ظلموا و اشرکوا ان استقیموا علی الامر ثم ... قل اذا جآء النصر کل یدعون الایمان و یدخلون فی امر الله |
Say: O people, fear not the dominion of them that have oppressed and associated partners with God. Be ye steadfast in His Cause, then [3.5s]... ...When the victory arriveth, every man shall profess himself as believer and shall hasten to the shelter of God’s Faith |
BLIB_Or15725.388a, |
BRL_DA#798, GWBP#150 p.205bx |
GWB#150x |
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Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times |
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LL#458 |
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| BH04818 |
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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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| 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] |
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LL#363 |
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| BH00358 |
Suriy-i-Dam |
1850 |
Tablet of Blood (Súriy-i-Damm); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh |
Suriy-i-Damm (Tablet of Blood) |
ان یا محمد اسمع ندآء ربک عن هذا المقام الذی لن یصل الله ایدی الممکنات و لا |
O Muhammad! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord from this Station whereunto the hands of all created things cannot attain [3.5s]... ...Adorn thyself with My virtues, in such wise that should anyone stretch forth the hand of oppression against thee, thou wouldst neither take notice nor contend with him. |
INBA83:066, BLIB_Or15723.156, |
BRL_DA#157, GWBP#039 p.064x, AQA4#075 p.059, AQA4a.001, TZH4.360-366, ASAT4.167x, ASAT5.200x, ASAT5.226x, OOL.B111 |
BRL_ATBH#61x, GWB#039x, WOB.118-119x, WOB.139x, BLO_PT#109, HURQ.BH42 |
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Proclamatory work declaring the oneness of the Prophets through a vision of the words of the dying Imám Ḥusayn, who identifies his sufferings with those of Abraham, Moses, Joseph, John the Baptist, Jesus, the Báb, and Bahá’u’lláh. |
Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Prophecy and fulfillment; Return of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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ROB2.236, MMAH.223, GSH.081, LL#296 |
Sometimes spelled as Súriy-i-Damm. |
| 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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| BH00026 |
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7800 |
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قد تحرک القلم الأعلی و اراد ان یذکر اولیائه الذین اقبلوا الی مشرق وحی |
The Most Exalted Pen hath stirred, and desireth to make mention of His loved ones who have turned themselves unto the Dawning-Place of Revelation [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! Separation from Thee hath destroyed me, and the sorrow of Thine exile and the hardship Thou hast sustained in Thy path hath consumed me… My God, my God! If Thou prevent me from drawing nigh unto Thee, being present before Thy throne... My God, my God! Thou dost behold the impoverished one who hath stood at the gate of Thy wealth, the ailing one |
BLIB_Or15729.051, , NLAI_22848:121, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p066r, , MKI4522.120, |
BRL_DA#681, GWBP#002 p.011x, AQA2#002 p.041, ADM2#034 p.056x, ADM2#035 p.058x, ADM2#105 p.189x, AVK3.204.19x, ASAT3.258x, ADH1.063x, ADH1.065x, ADH1.066x, QUM.096.16x |
GWB#002x, JHT_S#034x, JHT_S#057x, JHT_S#174x |
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Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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LL#374 |
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430 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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ان یا مصطفی قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و قرأناه و انا کنا قارئین و سمعنا حنین قلبک |
O Mustafa! Thy letter hath reached Our presence, and We have read it, for verily We have ever been the Reader thereof, and We have hearkened unto the yearning of thy heart [3.5s]... ...Recall thou to mind My sorrows, My cares and anxieties, My woes and trials, the state of My captivity, the tears that I have shed, the bitterness of Mine anguish |
BLIB_Or15694.336, , ALIB.folder18p347 |
BRL_DA#646, GWBP#062 p.084ax, PYB#337 p.09 |
GWB#062x, PDC.014x |
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Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment |
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LL#416 |
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| BH02484 |
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360 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی سلک سبیل الله الواضح المستقیم و تمسک بالعروه |
This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath walked the path of God, manifest and straight, and held fast unto the cord [3.5s]... ...The Ancient Beauty hath consented to be bound with chains that mankind may be released from its bondage, and hath accepted to be made a prisoner |
INBA34:181, INBA84:170, INBA84:098b, INBA84:039, BLIB_Or15707.155, , BLIB_Or15735.306, |
BRL_DA#656, GWBP#045 p.071ax, AQA1#047, ASAT4.333x, HYK.036 |
GWB#045x |
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Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering |
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LL#443 |
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| BH01352 |
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630 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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انشاء الله بعنایت حق جل جلاله از رحیق عرفان بیاشامی و بافق اعلی ناظر باشی |
God willing, through the bounty of the True One, exalted be His glory, thou shalt quaff from the choice wine of divine knowledge and fix thy gaze upon the Most Exalted Horizon [3.5s]... ...Verily I say, this is the Day in which mankind can behold the Face, and hear the Voice, of the Promised One.... God grant that the light of unity may envelop the whole earth |
BLIB_Or15715.249, |
BRL_DA#676, GWBP#007 p.015ax |
GWB#007x, ADJ.078x, GPB.099x, PDC.015x |
L. Slott, Nadia & Roshan, M. Hadji, B. Montgomery, T. Ellis, R. Johnston-Garvin [track 10-11] |
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Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment |
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| BH00144 |
Suriy-i-Bayan |
3580 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Suriy-i-Bayan (Tablet of Utterance) |
ذکر اسم ربک عبده اذ دخل بقعه الفردوس مقر الذی استشرقت علیه انوار الوجه عن مشرق |
The remembrance of the name of thy Lord by His servant, when he entered the Garden of Paradise, the seat whereupon shone forth the lights of the Face from the Dayspring [3.5s]... ...Say: Doth it beseem a man while claiming to be a follower of his Lord, the All-Merciful, he should yet in his heart do the very deeds of the Evil One? |
INBA37:007, INBA83:203, BLIB_Or15702.254, , BLIB_Or15723.228, , BLIB_Or15737.069, , NLAI_BH2.280, Berlin1237#10, ALIB.folder18p001-018, Majlis934.115.09-125.01x |
BRL_DA#736, GWBP#128 p.176x, GWBP#129 p.179x, GWBP#145 p.202ax, AQA4#080 p.108, AQA4a.392, AVK3.095.13x, AVK3.147.08x, AVK3.260.06x, GHA.428x, ASAT2.106x, PYK.032x, YFY.060x, OOL.B109 |
GWB#128x, GWB#129x, GWB#145x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.034x, TDH#037.1x, GPB.170x, GPB.376-377x, GPB.404x, MBW.038x, BSTW#037x, HURQ.BH39 |
D. E. Walker, MANA (1), MANA (2), C. Signori |
Charges the recipient to teach the Cause of God in a state of detachment from the world and enkindlement with the love of God, summons the Maid of Heaven to come to the aid of whoever does so, and instructs him to carry the message to specific people and regions in Iran. |
Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Exhortations and counsels; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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ROB2.397, GSH.198, LL#295 |
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| BH02699 |
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330 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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قلم اعلی در کل حین ندا میفرماید ولکن اهل سمع کمیاب الوان مختلفه دنیا اهل |
The Pen of the Most High is unceasingly calling; and yet, how few are those that have inclined their ear to its voice! The dwellers of the kingdom of names have busied themselves with the gay livery of the world |
INBA51:453, BLIB_Or15715.253a, |
BRL_DA#683, GWBP#096 p.128x, LHKM3.311 |
GWB#096x, ADJ.066-67x, ADJ.075x, ADJ.079x, ADJ.083x, ADJ.084x, GPB.377x, WOB.202x |
G. Munro, M. Sparrow, L. Dely & M. Congo [track 11] |
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Critique of Western values; culture; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; High station of teachers of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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LL#422 |
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| BH05162 |
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190 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی زین بطراز رحمه ربه العزیز الحکیم و انطقه جذب |
This is a Book from Our presence unto him whom We have adorned with the robe of the mercy of his Lord, the Mighty, the All-Wise, and caused him to speak through rapture [3.5s]... ...They that have forsaken their country for the purpose of teaching Our Cause—these shall the Faithful Spirit strengthen through its power |
INBA34:302 |
BRL_DA#678, GWBP#157 p.215ax, AQA1#170, GHA.259ax, AKHA_124BE #04-05 p.j, YFY.077-078 |
GWB#157x, COC#1904x, ADJ.051x, ADJ.060x4x, ADJ.060-61x, ADJ.068x, GPB.377x, GPB.389x, MBW.038x |
Claudia & Jornt |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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LL#428 |
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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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