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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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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. |
BH00259 |
Lawh-i-Napoleon II |
2460 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts |
Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III) |
قل یا ملک الباریس نبأ القسیس بأن لا یدق النواقیس تالله الحق قد ظهر الناقوس |
O King of Paris! Tell the priests to ring the bells no longer. By God, the True One! The Most Mighty Bell hath appeared |
INBA34:033, BLIB_Or15705.022, , CMB_F31.034, , PR11.031a-038b |
NRJ#1b, GWBP#107 p.139ax, GWBP#158 p.215bx, AQA1#001b, AVK3.203.19x, AKHA_123BE #01-02 p.ax, OOL.B062 |
SLH#01b, GWB#107x, GWB#158x, WOB.203x, SW_v03#05 p.007x, DWN_v5#02-3 p.002-004x, DWN_v6#10 p.001bx, BSC.105 #042 |
W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2) |
Summons the Emperor to ‘tell the priests to ring the bells no longer’, announcing that He is the one promised by Christ; bids the monks to come forth from their seclusion; prophesies that his ‘kingdom shall be thrown into confusion’ and his empire ‘shall pass from [his] hands’ for ‘casting behind [his] back’ the first epistle from Bahá’u’lláh; recounts the sufferings of Bahá’u’lláh in His successive exiles; counsels the Emperor to watch over his subjects with justice; and instructs him, and the people of the world in general, to teach the Cause of God through the power of utterance, to be trustworthy, and to conceal the sins of others. |
Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness |
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ROB3.110, BKOG.320, BKOG.392, MMAH.124, LL#200 |
Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal. |
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 |
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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 |
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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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BH00413 |
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1690 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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سبحان الذی اظهر نفسه کیف شاء و اراد فی حین ماادرکته افئده اولی الحجی و اعترض |
Glorified be He Who hath manifested His Self as He hath willed and desired, at a time when the hearts of them that are endowed with understanding could not comprehend Him and raised objection [3.5s]... ...Regard thou the one true God as One Who is apart from, and immeasurably exalted above, all created things. The whole universe reflecteth His glory |
INBA35:094, BLIB_Or11096#009, , BLIB_Or15698.143, , BLIB_Or15720.141, , BLIB_Or15740.110, , NLI.32p083v |
BRL_DA#597, GWBP#084 p.111ax, ADM1#006 p.021x, IQT.143, AYI1.337x, UAB.031ax, AQMJ1.181x, ASAT4.270x |
GWB#084x, SW_v02#05 p.015x, JHT_S#030x |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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LL#421 |
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BH02035 |
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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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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 |
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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 |
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ROB2.161, LL#047 |
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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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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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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 |
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ROB2.230, ROB2.120, GSH.186, LL#063 |
Quoted in the Lawh-i-Istintaq, BH00015. |
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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BH10163 |
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170 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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یا غلام قبل حسین مخصوص جمیع اسامی مذکوره در نامه آیات بدیعه منیعه نازل |
O Ghulam Qabl-Ḥusayn! For all the names mentioned in the letter, have We caused to be sent down verses wondrous and sublime [3.5s]... ...This is the Day in which God’s most excellent favors have been poured out upon men, the Day in which His most mighty grace |
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BRL_DA#649, GWBP#004 p.012bx |
GWB#004x, WOB.161x |
Gus & Emma, C. Zein, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, S. Sunderland (1), S. Sunderland (2), S. Scriven |
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Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Unity of thought and belief |
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LL#089 |
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BH06706 |
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150 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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کتاب الهی ظاهر و کلمه ناطق ولکن نفوسیکه باو متمسک و سبب و علت انتشار گردند |
The Book of God is wide open, and His Word is summoning mankind unto Him. No more than a mere handful, however, hath been found willing to cleave to His Cause |
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BRL_DA#796, GWBP#092 p.122ax |
GWB#092x |
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Call to action; Consultation; Exhortations and counsels; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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- |
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BH00576 |
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1300 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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الحمد لله الذی تجلی بنقطه من الکتاب الاعظم علی اوراق العالم اذا ظهرت الکتب و |
Praise be unto Him Who hath revealed through a single Point from the Most Great Book upon the pages of the world when the Books appeared and [3.5s]... ...Members of the human race! Hold ye fast by the Cord which no man can sever. This will, indeed, profit you all the days of your life |
BLIB_Or15715.097c, |
BRL_DA#745, GWBP#164 p.220x, AVK4.460bx, MAS4.349ax |
GWB#164x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.081x, GPB.183x, GPB.185x, GPB.218x3x, PDC.004x, PDC.136x, WOB.194x |
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Consultation; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat] |
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LL#414 |
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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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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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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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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 |
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- |
LL#375 |
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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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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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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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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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BH00258 |
Lawh-i-Yusuf |
2460 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of Joseph (Lawh-i Yusuf); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Resurrection and the World to Come |
Lawh-i-Yusuf (Tablet of Joseph) |
تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق عن جهه ایمن العرش و جعلها الله هدی و ذکری للعالمین... ای یوسف حجّتم بر کلّ من فی السّموات و الارض... انّا قد جعلنا میقاتاً لکم فاذا تمّت المیقات |
These are the verses of God which have verily been sent down in truth from the right hand of the Throne, and which God hath made a guidance and a remembrance unto all the worlds [3.5s]... ...We have a fixed time for you, O people. If ye fail, at the appointed hour, to turn towards God, He, verily, will lay violent hold on you |
INBA38:139, BLIB_Or15694.465, , ALIB.folder18p199, NLI.32p030vx |
BRL_DA#532, GWBP#108 p.139bx, AVK1.279.19x, RSBB.181, GHA.255x, UAB.031cx, MAS4.019bx, MAS8.013x, AYI2.248x, AYI2.250x, ASAT4.378x, OOL.B084b |
GWB#108x, LOG#1982x, PDC.007x, WOB.201x, SW_v02#03 p.003x, BLO_PT#113, BSC.199 #339-372, KSHK#28x |
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Emphasizes the importance of detachment as prerequisite to the recognition of spiritual truth and explains the meaning of ‘paradise’, ‘hellfire’, ‘resurrection’, and similar terms. |
Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations |
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GSH.171, LL#265, LL#395 |
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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 |
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- |
MUH1.0034, LL#062 |
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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 |
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LL#258 |
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BH00545 |
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1360 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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انه هو حینئذ حی فی هذا الافق العزیز المنیر یشهد و یری و یقول مخاطبا لملا |
Verily He is, in this hour, alive in this glorious and resplendent horizon. He doth witness and behold and speaketh, addressing the concourse [3.5s]... ...Every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God is endowed with such potency as can instill new life into every human frame, if ye be of them that comprehend this truth |
BLIB_Or15725.455, , NLAI_BH2.072 |
BRL_DA#675, GWBP#074 p.096bx, YMM.380x |
GWB#074x |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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- |
LL#394 |
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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 |
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MMAH.104, GSH.207, LL#276 |
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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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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 |
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- |
GSH.180, LL#373 |
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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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BH01850 |
Lawh-i-Shaykh Fani |
480 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Lawh-i-Shaykh Fání (Tablet to Shaykh Fání) |
قلم اعلی من فی الانشا را ندا میفرماید و بحق واحد هدایت مینماید ای شیخ فانی حمد کن |
The Most Exalted Pen calleth unto all who dwell in creation and guideth them unto the One True God. O mortal elder! Render thou praise [3.5s]... ...He is indeed a true believer in the unity of God who, in this Day, will regard Him as One immeasurably exalted above all the comparisons and likenesses with which men have compared Him |
BLIB_Or03116.111r, , BLIB_Or11096#041, , NLI.32p132r, Majlis934.031-036 |
BRL_DA#704, GWBP#160 p.217x, AVK1.175ax, OOL.B080 |
GWB#160x |
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Stresses the importance of distinguishing the transcendent reality of God from the signs of God in the world, taking as an example the subject of mystical self-surrender (faná’) and eternal union (baqá’) with God, which should be understood as the act of complete renunciation of worldly desire and not the elevation of the individual will to that of God. |
Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Empty learning; false spirituality; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Law of fasting; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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GSH.177, LL#240 |
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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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BH00425 |
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1650 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی آمن بالله ربه العلی العظیم و فاز بلقاء الغلام |
This is an Epistle from the Prisoner unto him who hath believed in God, his Lord, the Most High, the Most Great, and hath attained to the presence of the Youth [3.5s]... ...By the righteousness of God, my Well-Beloved! I have never aspired after worldly leadership |
INBA27:398, BLIB_Or15725.459, , NLAI_BH2.108 |
BRL_DA#245, GWBP#054 p.077ax |
GWB#054x |
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Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Baha'u'llah; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to Jews; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment |
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LL#460 |
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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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BH00698 |
Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib |
1110 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Mánikchí Sáhib; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tabernacle of Unity, The |
Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib) |
ستایش بیننده پاینده را سزا است که بشبنمی از دریای بخشش خود آسمان هستی را بلند |
Praise be to the all-perceiving, the ever-abiding Lord Who, from a dewdrop out of the ocean of His grace, hath reared the firmament of existence |
INBA35:116, BLIB_Or15715.120b, , BLIB_Or15722.092, , BN_suppl.1753.118-123 |
BRL_TBUP#1, GWBP#106 p.138x, AVK3.095.19x, AVK3.104.08x, AVK3.169.06x, AVK3.205.03x, ZYN.236, MJMM.259, RSBB.175, YARP1.019, DWNP_v5#02-3 p.001-002x, UAB.021ax, UAB.027ax, UAB.032ax, UAB.035ax, UAB.046cx, DRD.002, DLS.301x, NVJ.030, ASAT1.009x, ASAT4.014x, ASAT4.131x, ASAT5.041x, PYB#066 p.03x, ADH1.009x, AKHA_109BE #01 p.002x, AKHA_119BE #08 p.ax, PYM.111ax, ANDA#79 p.12x, ANDA#79 p.16x, OOL.B056 |
TBU#1, GWB#106x, SW_v01#01 p.005, SW_v03#02 p.003, SW_v07#18 p.186, BLO_PT#019, BSC.130 #050 |
Parrish & Toppano, S. Toloui-Wallace, M. Sparrow, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, Sahar & Hoda |
Addresses a number of theological questions by implying that the answers lie in the realm of action, in the process elucidating several central Bahá’í teachings: that the Manifestations should be regarded as ‘divine physicians’ prescribing the remedy from age to age in accordance with the disease, that the unity of mankind is the remedy for the ills of today, that one should be ‘anxiously concerned with the needs of the age’ in which one lives and centre one’s deliberations ‘on its exigencies and requirements’, and that words should be matched with deeds and that both should be motivated by purity of intention. |
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Procession; appearance of the Word from God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds |
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ROB3.270, GSH.174, LL#160, LL#176 |
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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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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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BH02198 |
Lawh-i-'Ashiq va Ma'shuq |
400 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance |
Lawh-i-Ashiq va Mashuq (Tablet of the Lover and the Beloved) |
ای بلبلان الهی از خارستان ذلت بگلستان معنوی بشتابید و ای یاران ترابی قصد |
Release yourselves, O nightingales of God, from the thorns and brambles of wretchedness and misery |
INBA35:041, Majlis210461.046-048 |
GWBP#151 p.205c, MJMM.334, AYT.319, DWNP_v4#11-12 p.059-060, UAB.059c.11x, DRD.029x, PYB#019 p.01, AHB_104BE #06 p.003, AHB_118BE #02 p.031, AKHA_120BE #02-03 p.b, AKHA_130BE #03 p.a, AKHA_133BE #11 p.252, AKHA_134BE #03 p.105, AKHA_135BE #02 p.25, ANDA#02 p.02, MSBH6.406x, OOL.B028, AMB#21 |
GWB#151, DOR#21 |
R. Lea, KC Porter, TaliaSafa, Mona, Sasha & Sam, Eduke |
Addresses the ‘nightingales of God’, announcing the blooming of a ‘new flower’ in the ‘rose-garden of changeless splendour’, calling them to detach themselves from the world and to taste ‘the abandonment of enraptured love’, and warning them of the fleeting nature of their opportunity. |
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world |
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ROB2.241, MMAH.136, GSH.176, LL#064 |
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BH00846 |
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970 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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ان یا نبیل الاعظم اسمع ما ینادیک به لسان القدم عن جبروت اسمه الاکرم و انه ینطق |
Let thine ear be attentive, O Nabíl-i-A‘ẓam, to the Voice of the Ancient of Days, crying to thee from the Kingdom of His all-glorious Name. |
INBA83:108, BLIB_Or15702.018, , ALIB.folder18p207 |
BRL_DA#772, GWBP#139 p.194, KHSH07.011 |
GWB#139, ADJ.025x, ADJ.060x |
T. Ellis |
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Courtesy; culture [adab]; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Words vs deeds |
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ROB3.026, LL#198 |
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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 |
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ROB2.301 et al, BKOG.207, BKOG.213, BKOG.330, GPB.171, MMAH.158, GSH.090, LL#319 |
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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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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 |
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LL#438 |
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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 |
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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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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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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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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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BH00354 |
Suriy-i-Vafa (=Lawh-i-Vafa) |
1870 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas |
Suriy-i-Vafa (Tablet to Vafa) |
ان یا وفاء ان اشکر ربک بما ایدک علی امره و عرفک مظهر نفسه و اقامک علی ثناء ذکره |
O Vafa! Render thanks unto thy Lord for having aided thee to embrace His Cause, enabled thee to recognize the Manifestation |
INBA28:215, BLIB_Or15694.386, , Berlin1237#26, ALIB.folder18p103-109 |
GWBP#079 p.102x, AQA4#103 p.350, AQA4a.418, AVK1.119.07x, AVK1.276bx, AVK1.321.01x, LMA1.418 (253), MAS1.006x, MAS1.063x, ASAT5.300x, TBP#12, OOL.B140 |
TB#12, GWB#079x, WOB.138-139x, NYR#143 |
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Exhorts the recipient to be the essence of faithfulness; asserts Bahá’u’lláh’s mystical identity with the Báb; answers questions about ‘the return’, the worlds of God, the ordinances of God, and paradise; and confirms that, as predicted during the time of His departure from ‘Iraq, the ‘birds of darkness’ have begun to stir. |
Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Return of the Manifestations of God |
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ROB4.205, GSH.190, LL#329 |
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