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| BH01828 | 480 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | 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 | 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 | |||||
| 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 | BRL_DA#740, GWBP#009 p.016a, OOL.B046bx | GWB#009, ADJ.077x | 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 | * | - | |||||
| BH03249 | 280 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | قد اخذ المیثاق حین الاشراق من الذین آمنوا ان لا یعبدوا الا الله و لایفسدوا | He verily hath taken the Covenant at the hour of dawning from them that have believed, that they should worship none but God and should not corrupt [3.5s]... ...I sorrow not for the burden of My imprisonment. Neither do I grieve over My abasement, or the tribulation I suffer at the hands of Mine enemies | INBA34:204 | BRL_DA#072, GWBP#046 p.071bx, AQA1#066 | GWB#046x, ADJ.028ax, ADJ.032x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | LL#444 | |||||
| BH11250 | Suriy-i-Dhabih 5 | 160 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Suriy-i-Dhabih (Tablets to Dhabih) | ان یا غلام اسمع ندآء هذا الغلام عن جهة العرش لیجذبک ندآء الرّحمن الی رضوانه | O servant! Hearken unto the call of this Youth from the precincts of the Throne, that the melody of the All-Merciful may draw thee to His paradise [3.5s]... ...Know verily that whenever this Youth turneth His eyes towards His own self, he findeth it the most insignificant of all creation. | BRL_DA#668, GWBP#049 p.073bx, OOL.B112.5x | GWB#049x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | * | - | LL#454 | ||||
| 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 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | LL#220 | |||
| BH02224 | 400 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List | قلم اعلی این ایام بلسان پارسی تکلم میفرماید تا طایران هوای عرفان بیان رحمن را | The Most Exalted Pen in these days speaketh in the Persian tongue, that the birds soaring in the atmosphere of divine knowledge may comprehend the utterance of the All-Merciful [3.5s]... ...Some have regarded it as lawful to infringe on the integrity of the substance of their neighbor, and have made light of the injunction of God | INBA15:312, INBA35:170b, INBA26:316, BLIB_Or07852.092, , BLIB_Or15719.149c, , BN_suppl.1753.100-102 | BRL_DA#662, GWBP#137 p.190x, LHKM3.372, UAB.047ex, MAS8.007bx, HYB.020 | GWB#137x, COC#2041x, ADJ.023-024x, TRBP.003-004, ADMS#066x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Suffering and imprisonment; Theft; seizing the properties of others | - | - | LL#358 | |||||
| BH00431 | Lawh-i-Ibna' | 1630 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | تلک لآیات الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله و آیاته و هم من فزع | These are the verses of God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto them that have believed in God and His signs, and who are among those that are in terror [3.5s]... ...And now, concerning thy question regarding the creation of man. Know thou that all men have been created in the nature made by God | INBA35:063 | BRL_DA#109, GWBP#077 p.101ax, RSBB.069, TZH5.148x, MAS1.065x, AHDW.010, YIK.050-054, OOL.B161 | BRL_ATBH#38x, GWB#077x, GPB.242x, SW_v08#14 p.185x | Admonishes the believers not to deny Him, not to forget the Covenant established in the Bayán and in all the sacred Books, and not to contend with His verses. Answers three questions out of more than twenty that were asked: regarding the station of man -- that all were created in God's nature and have been assigned predetermined measures of capacities and capabilities, which manifest according to their individual efforts; regarding His own station, which is greater than the creation of the heavens and the earth; and regarding the station of His sons, one of whom which will be manifested "through the power of the true Faith". | Free will and predestination; fate; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ROB2.259-260, LL#141, LL#384, LL#433 | |||
| BH00245 | Commentary on a verse from Sa'di | 2530 | Commentary on a Verse of Sa'di (Tafsir-i Bayti az Sa'di); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Unrestrained as the Wind; Tafsir-i Bayti az Sadi (Commentary on a Verse of Sadi) | آنچه از معنی بیت در آیات الهی نازل و از افق سماء حقیقت مشرق همان تمام است و | The intent of the poet in these verses, "The Friend is closer to me that I am to myself | BLIB_Or11096#006, , BLIB_Or15722.022, , NLAI_BH3.097, BN_suppl.1754.042-047 | BRL_DA#034, GWBP#093 p.122bx, GWBP#161 p.218x, AVK3.105.13x, AVK3.465.02x, KHSH01.054, MAS1.057x, ASAT1.035x, ASAT2.085x, ASAT2.114x, ASAT3.091x, ASAT5.094x, ASAT5.235x, UVM.101.07x | GWB#093x, GWB#161x, ADJ.050-051x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.077x2x, ADJ.060x5x, COF.120x, GPB.389x, WOB.103x, WOB.167x, WIND#133 | B. Grover, MANA | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ROB3.404, LL#335, LL#448, LL#457 | ||
| BH05162 | 190 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | 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 | 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 | - | - | LL#428 | ||||
| BH00249 | Lawh-i-Ahmad (Persian) | 2510 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Provisional Translation of the Persian Tablet of Ahmad | Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Persian)) | اینست بدایع نصایح الهی که بلسان قدرت در مکمن عظمت و مقعد قدس رفعت خود میفرماید پس بگوش | O banished and faithful friend! Quench the thirst of heedlessness with the sanctified waters of My grace | INBA38:018, INBA65:185, INBA35:073, INBA36:401, NLI.32p145r, PR23.041b-045b, Majlis210461.020-030, BN_suppl.1753.106-115 | BRL_DA#126, GWBP#152 p.207x, GWBP#153 p.208x, AVK1.021.09x, ZYN.070, MJMM.315, DRD.114, MAS8.038bx, ASAT5.106x, PYM.012x, OOL.B023b | GWB#152x, GWB#153x, ADJ.081x, ADJ.082x, PDC.024-025x, SW_v07#06 p.044x, SW_v07#16 p.152x, SW_v14#02 p.040x, BLO_PT#073, BSC.223 #435-443 | L. Slott, A. Youssefi (1), A. Youssefi (2), E. Mahony (1), E. Mahony (2), E. Mahony (3), A. Bryan, Samira & Sara, MANA, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2), A.E. Rahbin, E. Kelly, K. Porray, M. Levine [track 7] | Sets forth the conditions of spiritual search, with purity of heart being foremost; compares His revelation to that of an ocean which yields up its pearls in proportion to the eagerness of the search; and proclaims that ‘this fathomless and surging ocean is near, astonishingly near, unto you’. | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge of self; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | - | ROB2.137, BKOG.157, BKOG.223, BKOG.245, MMAH.184, LL#041 | |
| BH00238 | Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World) | 2590 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas | Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World) | حمد و ثنا سلطان مبین را لایق و سزاست که سجن متین را بحضور حضرت علی قبل اکبر | Praise and thanksgiving beseem the Lord of manifest dominion Who hath adorned the mighty prison… The betterment of the world can be accomplished | INBA89:190x, BLIB_Or07851.066a, , BLIB_Or15696.107bx, , BLIB_Or15716.198x, , PR05.009a-020a, Majlis934.001-026, BN_suppl.1753.078-089 | GWBP#043 p.066bx, AVK1.021.02x, AVK3.063.14x, AVK3.161.09x, AVK3.203.15x, AVk3.459.04x, AVK4.239.06x, AVK4.255.05x, AVK4.280x, ZYN.212, MJMM.285, AQMJ2.151x, AQMJ2.152x, UAB.051cx, DRD.084, MAS4.120ax, ASAT3.039x, ASAT4.387x, ASAT5.067x, AHB_107BE #03 p.046x, ADH1.080x, SAM.235x, TBP#07, OOL.B036 | TB#07, GWB#043x, ADJ.024x, ADJ.024-025x, ADJ.028x, ADJ.077x, GPB.232x, PDC.196x, PDC.199x, WOB.107x2x, WOB.198x, SW_v09#07 p.082x, SW_v14#06 p.179x, DWN_v3#01 p.009x, DWN_v5#01 p.003-004x, DWN_v6#06-7 p.001-002x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.138 #055-069x | T. Price, T. Ellis, A. Tahirih R. Weiss, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, S. Jaberi | Reiterates many of Bahá’u’lláh’s central social teachings, such as renunciation of self and promoting the good of the entire human race; achieving the betterment of the world ‘through pure and goodly deeds, through commendable and seemly conduct’; consorting with all religions in friendliness and fellowship; avoiding contention and conflict; observing courtesy; promoting the ‘Lesser Peace’; adopting a universal language; championing the universal education of children; and recognizing the importance of agriculture. | Call to action; House of Justice; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | * | ROB4.329 et al, BKOG.382, BKOG.399, BKOG.410, BKOG.454, MMAH.131, GSH.168, LL#083 | |
| BH00248 | Suriy-i-'Ibad | 2520 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | Suriy-i-Ibad (Tablet of the Servants) | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و انا کل له عابدون شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و انا کل | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and verily all are His worshippers. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and verily all [3.5s]... ...Contemplate with thine inward eye the chain of successive Revelations that hath linked the Manifestation of Adam | INBA47:077x, BLIB_Or15723.050, , BLIB_Or15738.006, , NLAI_BH1.312 | BRL_DA#005x, GWBP#031 p.055bx, AQA4#073 p.023, AQA4a.244, ASAT4.307x, OOL.B124 | BRL_APBH#12x, GWB#031x, GPB.151x5x, HURQ.BH31 | S. Jaberi | Declares the continuity of Bahá’u’lláh’s prophetic claim with the ‘chain of successive Revelations that hath linked the Manifestation of Adam with that of the Báb’, relates the events of His banishment from Baghdad to Edirne, and delivers specific guidance to a number of followers named in the tablet. | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | ROB2.272, MMAH.154, GSH.112, LL#309 | |
| 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 | 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 | - | * | ROB4.351, ROB4.423, BKOG.375, GPB.219, GPB.345, MMAH.081, GSH.147, LL#137 | ||
| BH03835 | 240 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | ذکر من لدنا لمن طار بذکر هذا الذکر فی هوآء الذی تطیر فیه طیور الفردوس و تمر | A remembrance from Our presence unto one who hath soared, through mention of this Remembrance, in the atmosphere wherein the birds of Paradise do wing their flight and pass [3.5s]... ...Know thou of a certainty that the Unseen can in no wise incarnate His Essence and reveal it unto men. He is, and hath ever been, immensely exalted | BLIB_Or11095#319, | BRL_DA#537, GWBP#020 p.039x | GWB#020x | Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mediator; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#359 | |||||
| BH02806 | 320 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | 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… | GWBP#138 p.192, AHM.110, TSBT.050, NFF5.031, OOL.B090.08 | GWB#138 | E. Mahony | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for fasting; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | LL#244, LL#271 | |||||
| BH01231 | 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ROB2.117, LL#186 | ||||
| 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 | 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 | ||
| BH00052 | Suriy-i-Qamis | 5750 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Súriy-i-Qamís (Surah of the Robe) | ان یا اهل البقا فی الملا الاعلی اسمعوا ندآء الله عن هذا النسیم المتحرک فی هذا الهواء | O ye dwellers in the immortal realm on high! Hearken unto the Call of God from this stirring Breeze that moveth in this atmosphere [3.5s]... ...By the righteousness of God! These are the days in which God hath proved the hearts of the entire company of His Messengers and Prophets | BLIB_Or15723.059, , NLAI_BH1.356 | BRL_DA#724, GWBP#008 p.015bx, AQA4#074 p.034, AQA4a.320, ASAT3.281x, OOL.B137 | GWB#008x, ADJ.057x, ADJ.079x, GPB.003x, GPB.099x, GPB.377x, PDC.015x, HURQ.BH34 | Proclamatory tablet taking in part the form of a conversation between the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh; announcing the return of the Báb in the person of Bahá’u’lláh; reproaching the Bábís for their denial; and directing one of the many named recipients to place the tablet, like the shirt of the biblical Joseph, upon his face. | Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | ROB2.397, BKOG.246?, MMAH.150, GSH.049, LL#325 | ||
| BH00958 | 860 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | لم یزل نفحات قدسی از رضوان عنایت الهی در وزیدن بوده و لایزال روایح عز معنوی | From time immemorial have the breezes of holiness wafted from the Paradise of divine favor, and unto eternity shall the fragrances of spiritual glory continue to be diffused [3.5s]... ...The purpose of God in creating man hath been, and will ever be, to enable him to know his Creator and to attain His Presence | INBA36:080, INBA71:241 | BRL_DA#130, GWBP#029 p.053x, AVK1.333.010x, MJMM.368, DRD.139, ASAT5.061x, ASAT5.262x, AKHA_134BE #18 p.691 | GWB#029x, DWN_v3#12 p.031-032x | Growth of the Cause; Knowledge; recognition of God; Nearness and remoteness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#430 | |||||
| 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 | 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 | ||
| BH00652 | 1170 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف اذکرک بعد الذی ایقنت بان السن العارفین کلت عن ذکرک | Lauded and glorified art Thou, O Lord, my God! How can I make mention of Thee, assured as I am that no tongue, however deep its wisdom | INBA48:073, INBA83:144b, INBA49:107, INBA92:304, BLIB_Or15702.116, , BLIB_Or15739.131, | BRL_DA#771, GWBP#001 p.010x | GWB#001x | Call to action; Imam Husayn; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#056 | |||||
| BH03960 | 240 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | یا نعمه الله از برای نعمت مراتب لانهایه بوده و خواهد بود در کتاب پروردگار تو | Know thou that, according to what thy Lord, the Lord of all men, hath decreed in His Book, the favors vouchsafed by Him unto mankind | BLIB_Or15715.244b, | GWBP#095 p.127, AQA5#037 p.051, UAB.033ax, AKHA_121BE #11-12 p.a, ANDA#58 p.03 | GWB#095 | Knowledge; recognition of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#399 | |||||
| BH05002 | 190 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Muhammad-`Alí I and II | ای محمد قبل علی طوبی لک بما زینت قلبک بطراز حب ربک العزیز الحمید هر نفسیکه | O Muhammad-'Ali! Great is the blessedness awaiting thee, inasmuch as thou hast adorned thine heart with the ornament of the love of thy Lord | BLIB_Or03116.086r.12, , BLIB_Or11096#127, , BLIB_Or15710.212a, | GWBP#140 p.196 | GWB#140 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | LL#187 | ||||
| BH00822 | 990 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | تلک آیات الله الملک الحق العدل المبین نزلت بالحق من جبروت فضل عظیم و انها | These are the verses of God, the King, the Truth, the Manifest Justice, which have verily descended from the heaven of a mighty favor; and they are [3.5s]... ...Should any man, in this Day, arise and, with absolute detachment from all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth, set his affections on Him Who is the Dayspring of God’s holy Revelation | BLIB_Or15725.130, | BRL_DA#674, GWBP#149 p.205ax | GWB#149x | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | LL#361 | |||||
| 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 | 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 | * | - | 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" | |
| BH00134 | Madinatu't-Tawhid (the City of Unity) | 3720 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Madínatu't-Tawhíd (City of Unity) | تلک آیات الکتاب فصلت آیاته بدعیا غیر ذی عوج علی آیات الله و هدی و نوری | These are the verses of the Book, whose signs have been set forth with wondrous originality, free from all crookedness, dwelling upon the signs of God, and serving as guidance and light [3.5s]... ...Beware, O believers in the Unity of God, lest ye be tempted to make any distinction between any of the Manifestations of His Cause | INBA36:199, BLIB_Or07852.046, , NLAI_BH3.074, PR03.251b13-254a15, PR19.017a-025b | BRL_DA#283, GWBP#024 p.046x, TZH4.225-227, MAS4.313, ASAT5.286x, MMUH#13x, MSBH5.443-444x, OOL.B088 | GWB#024x, GPB.003x, PDC.011x, PDC.111x, HURQ.BH15, JHT_B#009 | A theological discussion of the concept of divine unity from various perspectives: the unity of the divine Essence, of the divine attributes, of the divine Manifestations, of action, and of worship. | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | ROB1.109, MMAH.180, GSH.022, LL#151 | ||
| BH05684 | Lawh-i-Ittihad(?) | 170 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | ای احزاب مختلفه باتحاد توجه نمائید و بنور اتفاق منور گردید لوجه الله در مقری | O contending peoples and kindreds of the earth! Set your faces towards unity, and let the radiance | BLIB_Or15690.160b, , BLIB_Or15716.138c, , BLIB_Or15728.048b, , BN_suppl.1753.123-124 | BRL_DA#708, GWBP#111 p.141, AVK4.276x.08, LHKM3.379a, AHM.407, MJMM.284, HDQI.042, DWNP_v5#01 p.002a, UAB.035b, DRD.063, MAS4.367c, AKHA_121BE #02-03 p.a, ANDA#16 p.05, OOL.B048b | GWB#111 | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Exhortations and counsels; Oneness; unity of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity | * | - | MMAH.090, GSH.187, LL#190 | ||||
| BH00739 | Lawh-i-Sahab (Tablet of the Cloud) | 1060 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of the Clouds (Lawḥ-i-Saḥáb), The | Lawh-i-Sahab (Tablet of the Clouds) | هذا کتاب من لدی الرحمن الی الذین اقبلوا الی قبله من فی السموات و الارضین | This is a Book from before the Most Merciful unto those who have turned their faces towards Him Who is the Qiblih of all who dwell in the heavens and on earth [3.5s]... ...My captivity can bring on Me no shame. Nay, by My life, it conferreth on Me glory. That which can make Me ashamed is the conduct of such of My followers as profess to love Me | INBA34:109, LEID.Or4970 item 10, , Majlis934.125.02-126.09x | BRL_DA#073, GWBP#060 p.083ax, AQA1#008, MAS4.168ax, MAS4.364bx, MAS8.107bx, ASAT4.051x, ASAT4.132x, ANDA#72 p.03x, OOL.B075 | GWB#060x, TN.042x, ADJ.032x, GPB.190x, PDC.135-136x, PDC.139x, WOB.105x, JHT_B#002 | Proclamatory tablet mentioning Bahá’u’lláh’s recent summons to Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh and Napoleon III, extolling the prophetic significance of the Holy Land and His banishment there, and exhorting His followers to proclaim His message with wisdom, deeds, and upright conduct, describing them as those who would pass through a valley of pure gold ‘aloof as a cloud’. | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | MMAH.167, GSH.179, LL#228 | ||
| 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 | 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 | |||||
| BH00026 | 7800 | 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 | Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#374 | ||||||
| BH01034 | Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi | 810 | Tablet to Jamal-i-Burujirdi (Lawh-i-Jamál-i-Burujirdí); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi (Tablets to Jamal-i-Burujirdi) | قوله تعالی بحر وحی که در قلم اعلی مستور است بصورت اینکلمات ترشح فرموده ای | The Ocean of Divine Revelation which is hidden within the Supreme Pen hath sprinkled forth in the form of these Words: O Jamal! Thou didst arrive in the Most Holy Presence and attain the Most Great Vision | INBA35:039, BLIB_Or15698.218, , BLIB_Or15720.214, , BLIB_Or15740.166, , Majlis210461.017-020 | BRL_DA#713, GWBP#005 p.013x, AVK2.031.11x, AVK3.141.08x, AVK3.181.08x, AVK3.243.06x, AVK3.465.14x, IQT.218, GHA.445.10x, MAS8.048ax, AKHA_118BE #08-09 p.ax, AKHA_122BE #07-08 p.bx, ANDA#49 p.04x, OOL.B049a | GWB#005x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.077x, BLO_PT#181, HURQ.BH60 | D. E. Walker, L. Slott | Advises the recipient to practice love, humility, and detachment when engaging people with different views since souls are created in different states of understanding; gives an example of two valid yet opposing positions regarding the relationship of the Manifestations to God; and states that ‘the whole duty of man in this Day is to attain that share of the flood of grace which God poureth forth for him’, advising that the ‘largeness or smallness of the receptacle’ should not be considered. | Contention and conflict; Differences in human capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity in diversity | * | - | GSH.183, LL#130 | |
| BH03941 | 240 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه اسمع ندائی و لاتضطرب عما ورد علی احباء الله و امنائه | O thou who gazest upon the Countenance! Hear thou My call, and be thou not perturbed by that which hath befallen the loved ones of God and His trusted servants [3.5s]... ...The generations that have gone on before you—whither are they fled? And those round whom in life circled the fairest and the loveliest of the land, where now are they? | INBA34:272 | BRL_DA#658, GWBP#123 p.168ax, AQA1#135 | GWB#123x | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | LL#398 | |||||
| BH02874 | 310 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب له الجود و الفضل یعطی من یشاء ما | God witnesseth that there is no God but Him, the Gracious, the Best-Beloved. All grace and bounty are His. To whomsoever He will He giveth whatsoever is His wish | INBA23:197b, INBA36:087a, INBA71:249 | BRL_DA#782, GWBP#030 p.055ax | GWB#030x | Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Return of the Manifestations of God; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | LL#417 | |||||
| BH04596 | 210 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | یا معشر العلماء اتقوا الله ثم انصفوا فی امر هذا الامی الذی شهدت له کتب الله | Lay not aside the fear of God, O ye the learned of the world, and judge fairly the Cause of this unlettered One | INBA51:186b, KB_620:179-180 | GWBP#044 p.070, LHKM3.339, YFY.264-265 | GWB#044 | Call to action; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#410 | |||||
| BH01333 | 640 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | حمد و ثنا متغمسین بحر تجرید را لایق و سزا که در ظلمت ایام و اعتساف انام | The highest praise is due to them who have immersed themselves in the ocean of detachment—they who in the darkness of these times...Give a hearing ear, O people, to that which I, in truth, say unto you. The one true God, exalted be His glory, hath ever regarded | BRL_DA#742, GWBP#102 p.135x, AVK3.268.08x, AVK4.283ax, MJMM.364, MAS8.121bx, SAAF.198-201, ASAT1.039-040x, ASAT4.084x, ASAT4.106x, ASAT4.373x, TISH.247-249 | GWB#102x, PDC.120x, RIDA.176-179 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | LL#163 | ||||||
| BH00001 | Kitab-i-Aqdas (The Most Holy Book) | 10520 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Synopsis and Codification of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Kitáb-i-Aqdas Research Tools | Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book) | ان اول ما کتب الله علی العباد عرفان مشرق وحیه و مطلع امره الذی کان مقام | The first duty prescribed by God for His servants is the recognition of Him Who is the Dayspring of His Revelation and the Fountain of His laws | INBA43:069, BLIB_Or02820.001, , BLIB_Or15691.001, , BLIB_Or15729.002, , BLIB_Or15737a.001, , CMB_F29, CMB_F30, CMB_F31, IOM.095-096, NLAI_22848:006, LEID.Or4969x, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p001v, CUL.X893.7.B11, MKI4522.002, , BN_6397 | BRL_AqdasA, GWBP#037 p.062bx, GWBP#056 p.078x, GWBP#070 p.093x, GWBP#071 p.094x, GWBP#072 p.095x, GWBP#098 p.130bx, GWBP#105 p.137x, GWBP#155 p.213x, GWBP#159 p.216x, GWBP#166 p.222bx, ROB3.000x, OOL.B015 | AQDS, GWB#037x, GWB#056x, GWB#070x, GWB#071x, GWB#072x, GWB#098x, GWB#105x, GWB#155x, GWB#159x, GWB#166x, BADM.016x, BADM.021ax, COF.018-019x, TDH#082x, TDH#158.3x, GPB.102x2x, GPB.112x, GPB.154x, GPB.170x2x, GPB.176x, GPB.195x, GPB.206x6x, GPB.207x3x, GPB.208x5x, GPB.209x5x, GPB.211x, GPB.214x7x, GPB.215x15x, GPB.215-216x, GPB.216x, GPB.225x, GPB.226x4x, GPB.230-231x, GPB.231x, GPB.242x, GPB.254x, GPB.325x, GPB.331-332x, GPB.376x, GPB.390x, GPB.395-396x, GPB.396x, MBW.166x, MBW.168x, PDC.040x, PDC.040-042x, PDC.042x, PDC.058-059x, PDC.059x, PDC.059-060x, PDC.064-065x, PDC.092x, PDC.092-093x, PDC.095x, PDC.100x, PDC.118-119x, PDC.121x, PDC.133-134x, PDC.134-135x, PDC.161x, PDC.187x, WOB.105x, WOB.109x, WOB.146x, WOB.132x, WOB.134x, WOB.162x, WOB.171-172x, WOB.172x, WOB.176x, SW_v01#05 p.009x, SW_v14#04 p.112 (et al)x, DWN_v1#02 p.002-003x, DWN_v2#09 p.069-070x, BLO_PT#045, BLO_PT#056, BSC.110 #043-044+046x, BSC.156 #138-139x, BSC.262 #547x | unknown (¶1-190), Soulrise Melodies (¶4), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (¶11), E. Mahony (¶11), Soulrise Melodies (¶16), W. Heath (¶31), Soulrise Melodies (¶33), unknown (¶38), S. Jaberi (¶38), T. Nosrat (¶51), J. Mohajer (¶51), Soulrise Melodies (¶74), G.H. Miller (¶91), E. Mahony (¶182), Sophie, Siria and Ashkan (¶182), Bahareh & Scott (¶182), J. Crone (¶182), B. Khademi (¶182), MANA (¶182), Leona and Larry (¶182) | The ‘mother book’ of the Bahá’í Dispensation, announcing to the kings of the earth the promulgation of the ‘Most Great Law’; formally ordaining the institution of the House of Justice; prescribing the obligatory prayers; designating the time and period of fasting; formulating laws surrounding marriage and inheritance; ordaining the institution of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár (houses of worship); establishing the Nineteen Day Feasts; abolishing the institution of priesthood; and specifying punishments for murder, arson, adultery, and theft. Apart from these laws, He reminds his followers of the twin duties of recognition and obedience; exhorts them to fellowship with the adherents of all religions; warns them to guard against fanaticism, sedition, pride, dispute, and contention; enjoins on them cleanliness, truthfulness, chastity, hospitality, fidelity, courtesy, forbearance, justice, and fairness; and counsels them to be ‘even as the fingers of one hand and the limbs of one body’. | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Call to action; Cleanliness and refinement; Confession of sins; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Law of burial and cremation; Law of fasting; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of inheritance; Law of obligatory prayer; Law of pilgrimage; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Laws of marriage and dowry; Love of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Monasticism; asceticism; Murder; causing physical harm; Nineteen-Day Feast; Parents and children; youth; families; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for women; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Theft; seizing the properties of others; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Twin duties of recognition and obedience; Unchastity and adultery; Words vs deeds; Work as worship | * | * | LAC.213-257, ROB3.275 et al, BKOG.351 et al, GPB.206 et al, EBTB.155, EBTB.189, MMAH.199, GSH.133, LL#027 | |
| 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 | 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 | * | - | GSH.184, LL#250 | ||
| BH00271 | Tafsir-i-Va'sh-Shams (Commentary on the Surih of the Sun) | 2340 | Commentary on the Surah of the Sun; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Tafsír-i-Suriy-i-Vash-Shams (Commentary on the Surih of the Sun) | الحمد لله الذی انطق ورقاء البیان علی افنان دوحه التبیان بفنون الالحان علی انه لا اله الا هو | Praise be to God, Who hath set the dove of eloquence, perched among the twigs of the tree of explanation, to weaving her divers melodies | INBA90:076, BLIB_Or15714.065, , NLAI_BH3.227, Berlin1237#01, MKI4524.278, | BRL_DA#710, GWBP#089 p.116bx, MJMM.001, DLS.107x, ASAT1.253x, ASAT2.171x, ASAT3.116x, ASAT4.205x, ASAT4.208x, ASAT4.366x, ASAT4.375x, ADH1.108x, OOL.B146 | GWB#089x, BLO_PT#025, HURQ.BH78, ADMS#199n02x | W. Heath | Gives a detailed interpretation of a short surah of the Qur’an, relates several symbolic meanings of the word ‘sun’, and tells of the inexhaustible meanings of the Word of God, which are disclosed according to the capacity of the hearers and which must be understood according to both their outward and inward meanings. | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Limits of language; Names and attributes of God; Outward and inward meanings; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | ROB1.032, MMAH.102, GSH.209, LL#338 | |
| 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 | 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 | |||||
| BH00050 | 5800 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | هذا کتاب یجد منه الاشجار عرف الربیع و الابناء رآئحه الاب المشفق الکریم | This is a Book from which the trees inhale the fragrance of springtime, and from which the sons perceive the sweet perfume of their tender, bountiful Father [3.5s]... ...The beginning of all things is the knowledge of God, and the end of all things is strict observance of whatsoever hath been sent down | BLIB_Or15729.072, , BLIB_Or15737a.039, , BLIB_Or15738.016, , NLAI_22848:173, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p091r, , Majlis210461.117-119x, MKI4522.173, | BRL_DA#533, GWBP#063 p.084bx, GWBP#064 p.085x, AQA2#003 p.076, NNY.123-126x, QT105.1.165, ASAT4.085x, ASAT4.274x, TABN.028x, PYM.110bx, QUM.073.17x | GWB#063x, GWB#064x, GPB.102x, MHMD2.500x | G.H. Miller | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ROB1.048, LL#238, LL#451 | ||||
| BH00565 | 1330 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | 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 | 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 | - | - | LL#377, LL#423 | |||||
| BH01371 | 620 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | 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 | 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 | - | - | LL#439 | |||||
| BH02218 | 400 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | 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 | 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 | - | - | LL#313 | |||||
| BH00718 | Lawh-i-'Ali | 1090 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-'Ali (Tablet to 'Ali) | یا علی از یومی که لوح معهود که به صیحه و ساعه و صور نامیده شده ارسال گشت مشرکین | O Ali! From the day when that promised Tablet - which hath been designated as the Cry, the Hour and the Trumpet - was dispatched, the ungodly [3.5s]... ...The voice of the Divine Herald, proceeding out of the throne of God, declareth: O ye My loved ones! Suffer not the hem of My sacred vesture | BLIB_Or11096#260, , BLIB_Or15698.290, , BLIB_Or15710.051, , BLIB_Or15720.286x, , BLIB_Or15740.222x, , Majlis934.273-281 | BRL_DA#136, GWBP#100 p.132x, AVK3.473.02x, IQT.290, ASAT4.264x, OOL.B164 | GWB#100x, LOG#0419x, ADJ.025x2x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.059x, MBW.117x, WOB.163x | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Work as worship | - | - | LL#045 | |||
| BH01079 | 770 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance | تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق و انها لکتاب مبین و جعلها برهانا من لدنه ثم ذکری للعالمین | These are the verses of God which have verily been sent down in truth, and they are indeed a perspicuous Book, which He hath made a testimony from His presence and a remembrance unto all the worlds [3.5s]... ...Give ear, O My servant, unto that which is being sent down unto thee from the Throne of thy Lord, the Inaccessible, the Most Great. | INBA73:173, INBA83:181, BLIB_Or03114.094, , BLIB_Or15702.213, , ALIB.folder18p280 | BRL_DA#799, GWBP#076 p.098, AMB#34x | GWB#076x, DOR#34x | Creation of the world; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as mediator; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#381 | |||||
| BH03421 | 270 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | یا ثمرتی و یا ورقتی علیک بهائی و رحمتی محزون مباش از آنچه وارد شده اگر در | O thou who art the fruit of My Tree and the leaf thereof! On thee be My glory and My mercy. | BLIB_Or15716.086d, , MKI4523.284, | GWBP#068 p.091, AVK1.085x, ISH.284, ADH1.125 | GWB#068 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Free will and predestination; fate; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | LL#021 | |||||
| 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 | * | - | ROB2.397, GSH.198, LL#295 | |
| BH00690 | 1120 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of the Gems of Unity, The (Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd) | Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd (Tablet of the Gems of Unity) | جواهر توحید و لطایف تحمید متصاعد بساط حضرت سلطان بی مثال و ملیک ذوالجلالی | All praise to the unity of God, and all honor to Him, the sovereign Lord, the incomparable and all-glorious Ruler of the universe, Who, out of utter nothingness, hath created the reality of all things | INBA65:242, INBA57:001, BLIB_Or15722.224, , NLAI_BH1.283, NLAI_BH3.186 | BRL_DA#773, GWBP#027 p.050x, AVK1.015.08x, AVK1.212.08x, AVK2.001.03x, AVK3.014.09x, AVK3.422.11x, MJMM.338, DWNP_v3#12 p.028-031, UAB.008bx, UAB.014bx, MAS4.042x, PYB#006-007 p.01x, AKHA_107BE #06 p.002x, YMM.169x | GWB#027x, JHT_B#015 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Human reality created in the image of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | LL#383 | ||||
| BH07865 | Suriy-i-Dhabih 3 | 130 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Suriy-i-Dhabih (Tablets to Dhabih) | هذا کتاب من الله الی التی آمنت بربها و کانت من القانتات ان لاتعبدی الا الله… تالله لو لم یکن مخالفًا بما نزل فی الألواح لقبّلتُ ید الّذی یسفک دمی | This is a Book from God unto her who hath believed in her Lord and was numbered among the devoutly obedient women, that she worship none save God [3.5s]... ...God is my witness! Had it not been in conflict with that which the Tablets of God have decreed, I would have gladly kissed the hands of whosoever attempted to shed my blood | BLIB_Or15725.329a, | BRL_DA#566, GWBP#048 p.073ax, OOL.B112.3x | GWB#048x | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | * | - | LL#408 | |||
| BH01881 | 470 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | قلم اعلی در سجن عکا باحبای ارض خا توجه نموده یعنی نفوسیکه بطراز جدید مزین | The Most Exalted Pen hath, in the Prison of 'Akká, turned toward the loved ones in the land of Khá, namely, those souls who are adorned with the new raiment [3.5s]... ...The time foreordained unto the peoples and kindreds of the earth is now come. The promises of God, as recorded in the holy Scriptures, have all been fulfilled | BLIB_Or15719.171c, , BLIB_Or15722.191, | BRL_DA#538, GWBP#010 p.016bx, MJMM.267, DLS.065, ASAT1.250x, ASAT3.238x, YMM.408x, YMM.430x | GWB#010x, PDC.124x2x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | LL#376, LL#426 |
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