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| BH00008 |
Commentary ln the Lawh-i-Ra'is, the martyrdom of Badi', and other subjects |
18700 |
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الحمد لله الذی وفی بالوعد و انزل الموعود من سماء مشیته و اظهر ما کان مسطورا... اول نور ظهر و اشرق و لاح و ابرق |
Praise be unto God Who hath fulfilled His promise and sent down the Promised One from the heaven of His Will, making manifest that which was inscribed... The first Light hath appeared, shone forth, gleamed and flashed [3.5s] |
BLIB_Or07852.004, , BLIB_Or15714.089x, , BLIB_Or15733.117x, , Majlis210461.093-095x |
AVK2.244.08x, AYI1.259x, MAS7.174-255, BALM.006x, ASAT4.082x, AKHA_130BE #11 p.ax, TSHA3.375x, TSHA3.399x, MSBH4.534-535x |
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Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment |
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ROB3.179, ROB3.251, LL#357, LL#367 |
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| BH01786 |
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500 |
Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá |
Tablet of visitation for Badi |
هذا کتاب نزل بالحق و فیه یذکر ما یلوح به وجه الامر بین الارضین و السموات قل |
This is a Book sent down in truth in remembrance of that which hath caused the face of the Cause of God to unveil its splendor betwixt earth and heaven |
INBA34:138, BLIB_Or11095#003, , BLIB_Or15707.062, , BLIB_Or15735.228, , LEID.Or4970.64v-66r, |
BRL_DA#082, AQA1#020, ASAT4.081x, AKHA_124BE #02-03 p.jx, TSHA3.380, HYK.229, LDR.412 |
BLO_sazedj#06 |
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Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness |
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ROB3.179, ROB3.202, LL#032 |
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| BH01117 |
Lawh-i-Ism-i-Jud |
750 |
Excellence in all Things |
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یا اسم جود علیک بهائی نامهای جناب سمندر که ارسال نموده عبد حاضر لدی المظلوم |
O Ism-i-Júd! Upon thee be My Glory! The letters sent by his honor Samandar were presented before the Wronged One [3.5s]... ...It is incumbent upon the children to exert themselves to the utmost in acquiring the art of reading and writing.... Writing skills that will provide for urgent needs will be enough for some |
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MJAN.026, AYBY.067, GHA.089x, MAS7.129cx, MAS8.193x, SAM.204, PYM.214bx, TRZ1.081x |
BRL_EXCEL#06x, COC#0006x, COC#0569x, COC#0771x |
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Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering |
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ROB3.091, LL#415 |
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| BH01494 |
Suriy-i-Fu'ad (=Lawh-i-Fu'ad) |
580 |
Summons of the Lord of Hosts |
Lawh-i-Fuad (Tablet to Fuad Pasha) |
ک ظ نادیناک عن وراء قلزم الکبریا علی الارض الحمرا من افق البلا انه لا اله |
Káf. Ẓá’. We call unto thee from beyond the sea of grandeur, upon the crimson land, above the horizon of tribulation. |
INBA34:128, BLIB_Or15707.040, , BLIB_Or15735.210, |
NRJ#4, AQA1#015, AYBY.023b, MAS4.246x, RHQM1.592-594 (723) (444-445), ASAM.261-262, SAM.292, DLH2.186x, HYK.210, OOL.B117 |
SLH#04, GPB.208-209x, PDC.100x, BLO_PT#172 |
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Details the divine justice that was meted out to the recently deceased Ottoman Prime Minister in consequence of his abuses of power and foretells the imminent downfall of his colleague, ‘Álí Páshá, as well as the overthrow of the Sultan himself. |
Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness |
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ROB3.087 et al, MMAH.225, GSH.192, LL#088, LL#302 |
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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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| BH01403 |
Lawh-i-Salman II |
610 |
Second Tablet of Salmán (Lawh-i-Salmán) |
Lawh-i-Salman II (Tablet to Salman II) |
ای سلمان در هر امور اقتدا بحق کن و بقضایای الهی راضی باش ملاحظه کن که این |
O Salmán! Follow thou in all things the example of the One true God, and be content with whatsoever He ordaineth. |
BLIB_Or11096#022, , BLIB_Or15710.001, , NLAI_BH2.208 |
BRL_DA#128, AVK1.135.12x, MJMM.124, BSHN.032x, MHT2b.060x, DRD.036, MAS4.167x, ASAT1.209x, ASAT4.315x, OOL.B077 |
PDC.115-116x, WIND#180, HURQ.BH56 |
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Emphasizes the fleeting nature of this world, that those who remain occupied with it are heedless of this truth, and that one of the signs of the maturity of the world is that none will be found to bear the burden of kingship and its earthly cares. |
Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world |
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ROB3.025, ROB3.157, MMAH.188, GSH.179, LL#233 |
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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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| BH00260 |
Suriy-i-Ra'is |
2450 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Extract from the Súriy-i-Ra'ís about the Nature of the Soul |
Suriy-i-Ra'ís (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha) |
ان یا رئیس اسمع ندآء الله الملک المهیمن القیوم انه ینادی بین الارض و السماء |
Hearken, O Chief, to the voice of God, the Sovereign, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. He, verily, calleth aloud between heaven and earth |
INBA47:147, INBA34:081, BLIB_Or15735.129, , NLAI_BH2.354, Berlin1237#28, PR11.020b-026a, UMich962.130-132x |
NRJ#2, AQA1#003, AVK4.453x, MJMM.087, ASAT3.048x, ASAT4.254x, ASAT5.230x, BCH.104x, YMM.269x, OOL.B070a |
SLH#02, GPB.174x, GPB.179-180x, GPB.180x, GPB.181x2x, PDC.099x, PDC.120x, WOB.105-106x, WOB.178x, BLO_PT#194, BSC.088 #039x, BSC.224 #444-445x |
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Addresses ‘Álí Páshá, the Ottoman Prime Minister, as Bahá’u’lláh and His companions were being transferred from Adrianople to Gallipoli en route to ‘Akká; takes the minister to task for his abuse of power; predicts the downfall of Sulṭán ‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz; announces that He has come to ‘quicken the world and unite all its peoples’; relates the circumstances of His expulsion from Edirne; and parenthetically answers a question from a follower about the origin and nature of the soul. |
Chastisement and requital; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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ROB2.411 et al, BKOG.259, MMAH.146, GSH.109, LL#326 |
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| BH00144 |
Suriy-i-Bayan |
3580 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Suriy-i-Bayan (Tablet of Utterance) |
ذکر اسم ربک عبده اذ دخل بقعه الفردوس مقر الذی استشرقت علیه انوار الوجه عن مشرق |
The remembrance of the name of thy Lord by His servant, when he entered the Garden of Paradise, the seat whereupon shone forth the lights of the Face from the Dayspring [3.5s]... ...Say: Doth it beseem a man while claiming to be a follower of his Lord, the All-Merciful, he should yet in his heart do the very deeds of the Evil One? |
INBA37:007, INBA83:203, BLIB_Or15702.254, , BLIB_Or15723.228, , BLIB_Or15737.069, , NLAI_BH2.280, Berlin1237#10, ALIB.folder18p001-018, Majlis934.115.09-125.01x |
BRL_DA#736, GWBP#128 p.176x, GWBP#129 p.179x, GWBP#145 p.202ax, AQA4#080 p.108, AQA4a.392, AVK3.095.13x, AVK3.147.08x, AVK3.260.06x, GHA.428x, ASAT2.106x, PYK.032x, YFY.060x, OOL.B109 |
GWB#128x, GWB#129x, GWB#145x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.034x, TDH#037.1x, GPB.170x, GPB.376-377x, GPB.404x, MBW.038x, BSTW#037x, HURQ.BH39 |
D. E. Walker, MANA (1), MANA (2), C. Signori |
Charges the recipient to teach the Cause of God in a state of detachment from the world and enkindlement with the love of God, summons the Maid of Heaven to come to the aid of whoever does so, and instructs him to carry the message to specific people and regions in Iran. |
Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Exhortations and counsels; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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ROB2.397, GSH.198, LL#295 |
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| BH00227 |
Ridvanu'l-Iqrar |
2630 |
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Ridvanu'l-Iqrar (Ridván of the Enthronement) |
اقر الله بذاته لذاته بانه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر و کل له خاضعون اقر |
God taketh His seat [upon His celestial Throne] by virtue of His Essence which is operative through His Essence, for He, no God is there except Him… By God, O people! Mine eye weepeth, and the eye of Ali (the Bab) weepeth amongst the Concourse on high, and Mine heart crieth out |
INBA47:050, INBA37:057, INBA83:092, BLIB_Or15723.146, |
AQA4#083 p.180, AQA4a.042, MAS4.353x, OOL.B095 |
GPB.243x, GPB.250x, HURQ.BH27x |
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Dwells on the state of those who have rejected the truth and contrasts it with the state of those who have recognized and believed. |
Adam; Adam and Eve; Call to action; Creation of the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution |
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ROB2.397, MMAH.175, GSH.115, LL#277 |
Quoted by Abdu'l-Baha in MKT3.420 (AB00024). Merged with BH10413. |
| BH02170 |
Lawh-i-Nuqtih |
410 |
Translation List |
Lawh-i-Nuqtih (Tablet of the Point) |
هذا لوح القدس قد جعل الله مقامه مقام النقطه کما ان من النقطه فصلت کل الحروفات |
This is the Tablet of holiness; upon it hath God conferred the station of the point, just as it is through the point that every letter and word is made distinct |
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BRL_DA#737, LHKM1.020 |
ADMS#228 |
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Proclaims itself as occupying the station of the point, differentiating all that has been revealed from all eternity to all eternity, in the same way that the point differentiates letters and words. |
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God the cause of creation |
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ROB2.397, BKOG.220, BKOG.245, LL#206 |
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| BH00939 |
Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch) |
870 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Days of Remembrance |
Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch) |
اتی امر الله علی ظلل من البیان و المشرکون یومئذ فی عذاب عظیم قد نزلت جنود الوحی |
The Cause of God hath come down upon the clouds of utterance, while they that have joined partners with Him are afflicted with a sore torment |
INBA83:144ax, BLIB_Or03114.089r, , BLIB_Or15702.108, , ALIB.folder18p221 |
AQA4#098 p.331, AQA4a.424, AYT.360, HDQI.002, SFI08.012, MAS4.115, HHA.058x, RHQM1.596-600 (728) (447-449), AHDW.005, AHB_128BE #06-11 p.194x, ANDA#03 p.08-09, OOL.B118, AMB#29 |
DOR#29, GPB.177x, GPB.242x, WOB.135x, SW_v03#14 p.015, BLO_PT#125, BSC.255 #528-531 |
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Announces the high station of Bahá’u’lláh’s son ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, titled Ghuṣn-i-A‘ẓam (‘the Greatest Branch’), foreshadowing His later appointment in the Kitáb-i-‘Ahd as successor to Bahá’u’lláh. |
Condition of search; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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ROB2.388, BKOG.250, EBTB.052, GSH.107, LL#303 |
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| BH02329 |
Lawh-i-Babu'l-Ata [Lawh-i-Banu-Qurayzih] |
380 |
Translation List |
Lawh-i-Bábu’l-ʻAtá (or Lawh-i-Banú-Qurayzih) |
ذرات کائنات شاهد و حقائق ممکنات گواه که این عبد از ظهور و اظهار امر مقصودی جز |
The atoms of every contingent being and the realities of all created things bear witness that this Servant.... When I was but a child, this Wronged One read an account of the invasion of the Banú-Qurayẓih recorded in a book attributed to the late Mullá Báqir Majlisí. |
INBA81:158, BLIB_Or15695.037, , BLIB_Or15724.101, |
MAS7.135, ASAT2.017x |
ADMS#042 |
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Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Unity; oneness of humanity |
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ROB2.348, LL#075 |
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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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| BH00457 |
Lawh-i-Mubahilih |
1580 |
Tablets concerning the Divine Test |
Surat al-Mubahalah (Surah of the Divine Test) |
هذا لوح قد فصل من لوح المحفوظ لیکون بنفسه هدایه و رحمه علی کل من فی السموات |
This is a Tablet that hath been separated from the Preserved Tablet, that it might serve, of itself, as a guidance and mercy unto all who dwell in the heavens [3.5s]... ...O Muhammad! He Who is the Spirit hath, verily, issued from His habitation, and with Him have come forth the souls of God's chosen ones |
BLIB_Or07852.089, , BLIB_Or15725.463, , NLAI_BH2.006 |
BRL_DA#153, TZH5.029n-044n, MAS4.278.18x, MAS7.243-244x, ASAT4.487x, SAM.208, PYK.006, YMM.338x, OOL.B060 |
GPB.168-169x, BLO_PT#199x |
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Praises the station of Quddús, one of the Báb’s first disciples and an early martyr, and relates the circumstances of the public challenge issued by Bahá’u’lláh to Mírzá Yaḥyá to take place in the mosque of Sultan Salim, at which the latter failed to present himself, which sealed the irreparable breach that had arisen between them. |
Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness |
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ROB2.293, GPB.169, MMAH.168, LL#184 |
See also BH03710. |
| 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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| BH00431 |
Lawh-i-Ibna' |
1630 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh |
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تلک لآیات الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله و آیاته و هم من فزع |
These are the verses of God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto them that have believed in God and His signs, and who are among those that are in terror [3.5s]... ...And now, concerning thy question regarding the creation of man. Know thou that all men have been created in the nature made by God |
INBA35:063 |
BRL_DA#109, GWBP#077 p.101ax, RSBB.069, TZH5.148x, MAS1.065x, AHDW.010, YIK.050-054, OOL.B161 |
BRL_ATBH#38x, GWB#077x, GPB.242x, SW_v08#14 p.185x |
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Admonishes the believers not to deny Him, not to forget the Covenant established in the Bayán and in all the sacred Books, and not to contend with His verses. Answers three questions out of more than twenty that were asked: regarding the station of man -- that all were created in God's nature and have been assigned predetermined measures of capacities and capabilities, which manifest according to their individual efforts; regarding His own station, which is greater than the creation of the heavens and the earth; and regarding the station of His sons, one of whom which will be manifested "through the power of the true Faith". |
Free will and predestination; fate; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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ROB2.259-260, LL#141, LL#384, LL#433 |
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| BH00049 |
Lawh-i-Nasir |
5960 |
Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh |
Lawh-i-Nasir or Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasir-i-Qazvini) |
قلم اعلی لازال بر اسم احبای خود متحرک و جاری و آنی از فیوضات لابدایات خود |
The Pen of the Most High hath never ceased to make mention of the names of His loved ones…. All praise be unto Thee, O Lord, in that Thou hast sent down from the heaven of Thy bounty that whereby the worlds are purified |
INBA73:144, CMB_F22, , PR19.061b-069b, PR23.052b-060b, BN_suppl.1754.064-075 |
BRL_DA#032, GWBP#053 p.076x, GWBP#075 p.097x, ADM2#106 p.191x, AVK1.019.01x, AVK1.150x, AVK2.016.15x, AVK2.075.20x, AVK2.116.03x, AVK3.313.15x, AVK3.407.08x, AVK4.141.02x, MJMM.166, RSBB.152, TZH4.121x, MAS4.160bx, DLS.506x, ASAT1.032x, ASAT1.123x, ASAT1.154x, ASAT2.058x, ASAT2.101x, ASAT2.191x, ASAT3.009x, ASAT3.093x, ASAT3.203x, ASAT3.217x, ASAT4.006x, ASAT4.008x, ASAT4.372x, ASAT5.224x, ADH1.083x, YMM.340x, OOL.B063 |
BRL_ATBH#74x, GWB#053x, GWB#075x, COC#1651x, COC#1652x, ADJ.057x, GPB.171x, GPB.377x, WOB.106x, BLO_PT#176, HURQ.BH52, JHT_S#092x |
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Affirms the ceaselessness of divine grace and guidance, which brings forth fruit provided the seed is cast upon fertile soil; asserts the continuity of His mission with those of Jesus, Muhammad, and the Báb; clarifies the position of Mírzá Yaḥyá as nominal figurehead; exposes the latter’s attempt to take Bahá’u’lláh’s life; and affirms that ‘every man hath been, and will continue to be, able of himself to appreciate the Beauty of God’. |
Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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ROB2.245 et al, MMAH.193, GSH.173, LL#201 |
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| 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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| BH00071 |
Suriy-i-Hajj II (Baghdad) |
5070 |
Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh (Suriy-i-Hajj) |
Suriy-i-Hajj (Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh) |
فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و ینزل بامره کیف یشاء لا اله الا هو العزیز |
Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and doth send down through His command whatsoever He willeth. There is no God but Him, the Mighty [3.5s]... ...I beg Thy forgiveness, O Lord, with the entirety of my being—my tongue, my heart, my breath, my soul, my spirit, my body... It is incumbent on whomsoever desireth to turn to the most holy direction, to come into the presence of God, the Mighty, the Knowing, to hearken unto the call of God |
INBA37:066, INBA66:012, BLIB_Or15723.194, , BLIB_Or15737.033, |
BRL_DA#166, AQA4#084 p.192, ADM2#107 p.193x, AVK4.109, GHA.070x, DRD.009x, TSBT.077x, ASAT1.094x, ASAT2.109x, ASAT4.022x, ADH1.082x, OOL.B120 |
RBB.163-168x, BLO_PT#117x, HURQ.BH54, JHT_S#193x |
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Prescribes the rite of pilgrimage to the House of Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdad, codified later in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas as a sacred duty. |
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Inability of the Manifestation; Prophet to comprehend God; Law of pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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ROB2.240, MMAH.152, GSH.083, LL#305 |
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| BH00084 |
Suriy-i-Amr |
4760 |
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Suriy-i-Amr (Surih of Command) |
سبحان الذی خلق الخلق بأمره و ابدع خلق کلشیء اقرب من ان یحصی ان انتم تعلمون |
Glorified be He Who hath created all beings through His command and brought forth the creation of all things in ways beyond reckoning, were ye to comprehend [3.5s] |
INBA36:001, INBA71:155, INBA81:108, BLIB_Or07852.093, , BLIB_Or15723.109, , PR19.069b-072bx, PR23.060b-063bx, ROB2.000x |
BRL_DA#725, NANU_BH#17x, RSBB.026, RSBB.030, RSBB.033, SFI13.019, ASAT4.303x, ASAT4.326x, YIA.549-553x, OOL.B105 |
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Major proclamatory work formalizing Bahá’u’lláh’s claim to divine messengership, read aloud at His instruction to Mírzá Yaḥyá and written partly in the voice of God and partly in the voice of Bahá’u’lláh, describing the rivers of paradise and apostrophizing earth and heaven, the trees and clouds, the lands of ‘Iraq and Rumelia, and the followers of the Báb. |
Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment |
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- |
ROB2.161, BKOG.230, MMAH.141, GSH.073, LL#291 |
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| BHU0001 |
Panj Kanz (The Five Treasures) |
1400 |
Translation List |
Panj Kanz (Five Treasures) |
کنز اول قومی در بیرونی بیت قدَم میزدند وبرخی از شاهزادگان ایران حضور داشتند |
Dost thou know what sort of person is worthy of hearing My words and is fit to enter My presence? |
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TZH4.255-259x, PKNZ, DHU.049x, ANDA#40 p.10, OOL.B156 |
SW_v16#02 p.431x, ADMS#017 |
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Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause |
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- |
ROB2.140-143x, MMAH.162, LL#207 |
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| BH00249 |
Lawh-i-Ahmad (Persian) |
2510 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Provisional Translation of the Persian Tablet of Ahmad |
Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Persian)) |
اینست بدایع نصایح الهی که بلسان قدرت در مکمن عظمت و مقعد قدس رفعت خود میفرماید پس بگوش |
O banished and faithful friend! Quench the thirst of heedlessness with the sanctified waters of My grace |
INBA38:018, INBA65:185, INBA35:073, INBA36:401, NLI.32p145r, PR23.041b-045b, Majlis210461.020-030, BN_suppl.1753.106-115 |
BRL_DA#126, GWBP#152 p.207x, GWBP#153 p.208x, AVK1.021.09x, ZYN.070, MJMM.315, DRD.114, MAS8.038bx, ASAT5.106x, PYM.012x, OOL.B023b |
GWB#152x, GWB#153x, ADJ.081x, ADJ.082x, PDC.024-025x, SW_v07#06 p.044x, SW_v07#16 p.152x, SW_v14#02 p.040x, BLO_PT#073, BSC.223 #435-443 |
L. Slott, A. Youssefi (1), A. Youssefi (2), E. Mahony (1), E. Mahony (2), E. Mahony (3), A. Bryan, Samira & Sara, MANA, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2), A.E. Rahbin, E. Kelly, K. Porray, M. Levine [track 7] |
Sets forth the conditions of spiritual search, with purity of heart being foremost; compares His revelation to that of an ocean which yields up its pearls in proportion to the eagerness of the search; and proclaims that ‘this fathomless and surging ocean is near, astonishingly near, unto you’. |
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge of self; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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ROB2.137, BKOG.157, BKOG.223, BKOG.245, MMAH.184, LL#041 |
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| BH05741 |
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170 |
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ذکر من لدنا للتی آمنت بربها و کانت من القانتات فی لوح عظیم اذا اشرقت شمس |
A remembrance from Our presence unto her who hath believed in her Lord and was among the devoted ones, in a mighty Tablet, when the sun shone forth [3.5s] |
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MAS4.365bx, MUH3.031, OOL.B185 |
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Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness |
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ROB2.127, LL#256 |
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| BH01231 |
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680 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Lawh-i-Muhammad-`Alí I and II |
ای محمد قبل علی بشنو ندای محبوب باوفا را که از شطر ابهی ندا میفرماید و |
O Muhammad-'Ali! Hearken unto the call of thy faithful Beloved, Who from the Most Glorious Horizon doth proclaim and [3.5s]... ...I swear by the beauty of the Well-Beloved! This is the Mercy that hath encompassed the entire creation, the Day whereon the grace of God hath permeated and pervaded all things |
INBA35:035, INBA74:097, BLIB_Or03116.106r, , BLIB_Or11096#033, , BLIB_Or15710.208, , BLIB_Or15722.151, |
BRL_DA#767, GWBP#142 p.198x, ADM1#010 p.031x, AVK3.178.13x, RSBB.090, MAS4.110, ASAT5.167x, ADH1.029x |
GWB#142x |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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- |
ROB2.117, LL#186 |
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| BH00076 |
Suriy-i-Ashab (=Lawh-i-Habib) |
4960 |
Surah of the Companions |
Suriy-i-Ashab or Lawh-i Habib (Surah of the Companions or Tablet for the Beloved One) |
ح ب اسمع ندآء الله عن جهه العرش بایات مهیمن مقدم عظیم لعل تقلب بکلک الی |
H.B. Give ear unto the divine summons from the precincts of the Throne, as We recite to thee the verses of God |
INBA83:027b, BLIB_Or15723.031b, |
AQA4#072b p.001, AQA4a.205, TZH4.354-360, MAS4.355ax, ASAT3.071x, OOL.B039, OOL.B107 |
WOB.108-109x, BLO_PT#094, HURQ.BH32 |
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Proclamatory work playing a major role in the conversion of the followers of the Báb to the cause of Bahá’u’lláh, declaring His prophetic station to a number of receptive individuals while attesting that if it were revealed to humanity to an extent smaller than a needle’s eye, it would cause every mountain to crumble into dust. |
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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ROB2.065, MMAH.151, GSH.075, LL#095, LL#293 |
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| BH00759 |
Lawh-i-Naqus (=Subhanaka Ya Hu) |
1040 |
Days of Remembrance |
Lawh-i-Naqus (Tablet of the Bell) |
یا راهب الاحدیه اضرب علی الناقوس بما ظهر یوم الله و استوی جمال العز علی عرش |
This is the garden of Paradise, wherein arise the anthems of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting; wherein ascend the soul-entrancing melodies |
INBA36:466, BLIB_Or15706.083, , BLIB_Or15714.020, |
AHM.141, AYT.100, NSR_1993.099, TSQA4.293, ABMK.040, OOL.B101, AMB#26, RMT.023 |
DOR#26, RBB.169-172, BLO_PT#122, BLO_PT#123, BLO_PT#124 |
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Proclamatory tablet, with repeated refrain celebrating the name ‘He’, commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the declaration of the Báb. |
God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Monasticism; asceticism; Nearness and remoteness; Prayer for detachment; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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ROB2.018, EBTB.130, BKOG.206, MMAH.103, GSH.071, LL#288 |
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| BH00151 |
Lawh-i-Qina' |
3480 |
Translation List; Tablet of the Veil (Lawh-i-Qina') |
Lawh-i-Qina (Tablet of the Veil) |
یکی از احبای الهی مکتوبی بیکی از علمای معروف نوشته و در آن مکتوب سوالات چندی |
One of the loved ones of God wrote a letter to Ḥájí Muḥammad Karím Khán, in which he posed a number of questions...For twelve years We tarried in Baghdád. Much as We desired that a large gathering of divines and fair-minded men be convened |
INBA38:165, INBA35:007, INBA90:044, BLIB_Or15698.190, , BLIB_Or15720.188, , BLIB_Or15740.144, , NLAI_BH2.320, NLAI_BH3.167, Majlis934.199-229, BN_suppl.1754.124-131 |
BRL_DA#719, AVK1.307.08x, AVK2.101.18x, AVK2.108.15x, AVK2.273.08x, AVK3.103.10x, AVK3.396.06x, IQT.190, MJMM.067, ASAT2.012x, ASAT3.279x, ASAT4.519x, ASAT4.520x, ASAT4.204x, ASAT5.174x, ASAT5.239x, TUM.050-051x, NSS.089-090x, NSS.190-199, OOL.B067 |
BKOG.148x, PDC.139x, HURQ.BH63x, ADMS#199 |
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Sharply rebuts accusations, made by the leader of the Shaykhí school, of grammatical discrepancies in the writings of the Báb, asserting that divine revelation is not constrained by man-made rules, citing in support several examples from the Qur’an and challenging him with Bahá’u’lláh’s own prophetic claim. |
Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Word of God is its own standard |
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ROB1.334, MMAH.137, GSH.176, LL#212 |
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| BH00030 |
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7400 |
Tablet of Ridván (Lawh-i-Ridván); Days of Remembrance |
Lawh-i-Ridvan (Tablets of Ridvan) |
حمد مقدس از حقیقت و مجاز حضرت بینیازیرا لایق و سزاست که از نقطه چهار رکن |
Sanctified praise, transcending reality and metaphor, beseemeth and befitteth the Most Exalted Lord, Who from the Point hath fashioned the four pillars [3.5s]... ...On the first day that the Ancient Beauty ascended His Most Great Throne in the garden named Riḍván, the Tongue of Glory gave utterance to three blessed words. |
INBA44:205 |
AVK3.456.09x, MAS8.064x, ASAT4.022x, BCH.041x, AMB#09x |
DOR#09x |
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Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment |
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ROB1.278, LL#333 |
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| BH00034 |
Suriy-i-Sabr (=Lawh-i-Ayyub) |
7050 |
Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb); Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb) |
Surih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyub (Tablet of Patience or Tablet of Job) |
ذکر الله فی مدینه الصبر عبده ایوبا اذ آویناه فی ظل شجره القدس فی فواده و اشهدناه |
This is the remembrance of God in the City of Patience regarding Job, Our servant, Whom We sheltered under the shade of that Holy Tree planted in His heart |
INBA36:173, INBA73:082, Berlin1237#08 |
BRL_DA#726, AYT.262, LMA1.379 (228), MAS4.282, ASAT5.246x, ASAT5.309x, ASAT5.247x, FBAH.160x, OOL.B138 |
WOB.116x, BLO_PT#116, HURQ.BH23, NYR#144 |
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Major work, written on the first day of Riḍván as He was departing Baghdad, praising the Bábís of the Nayriz upheaval of 1850 and in particular their leader, Siyyid Yaḥyáy-i-Dárábí (Vaḥíd), recounting their sufferings and condemning their persecutors; describes the sufferings of the biblical Job, comparing them to those of the recipient of the tablet, who played a key role in supporting the defenders at Nayríz; commends fortitude and patience in the face of suffering; foretells the coming of ‘the birds of darkness’; and proclaims the continuity of divine revelation. |
Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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ROB1.263, BKOG.131, BKOG.195, MMAH.203, GSH.055, LL#327 |
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| BH01026 |
Lawh-i-Mallahu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Arabic) |
810 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] |
Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic) |
یا ملاح القدس احضر سفینه البقاء فی الملا الاعلی فسبحان ربی الابهی ثم امسکها |
O Holy Mariner! Bid thine ark of eternity appear before the Celestial Concourse, Glorified be my Lord, the All-Glorious! |
BLIB_Or15692.001, , BLIB_Or15706.073, , BLIB_Or15714.039, , IOM.094, ROB1.000x |
BRL_DA#079, AQA5#136 p.176, HDQI.043, MAS4.335, AKHA_117BE #09-10 p.ax, YMM.291x, OOL.B055a |
BPRY.319, SW_v13#04 p.075, DWN_v3#05 p.031-034, BLO_PT#131, BLO_PT#132, BSC.251 #526, HURQ.BH21 |
L. Thoresen [track 4] |
Relates two different versions of a mystical narrative of the launching of the ‘Crimson Ark’ of Bahá’u’lláh’s Covenant upon the ocean of glory and foreshadows that some within that Ark will stray and be cast out for desiring ‘to ascend unto that state which the Lord hath ordained to be above their stations’. (Arabic portion) |
Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment |
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ROB1.228, BKOG.154, GPB.147, MMAH.109, GSH.019, LL#155 |
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| BH01007 |
Az Bagh-i-Ilahi |
820 |
Translation List |
Az-Bágh-i-Iláhí (From the Divine Garden) |
از باغ الهی با سدره ناری آن تازه غلام آمد های های هذا جذب اللهی هذا خلع |
Hailing from the godly garden, Invested with the Burning Bush, That fresh and novel Youth is come! |
INBA19:037, INBA32:036, INBA36:457, NLI.32p158r |
BRL_DA#281, MAS8.023x, OOL.B003 |
ADMS#115 |
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Poem hailing the revelation of the Báb and the advent of the approaching Day of God, coming with the trumpet blast of the words ‘I am God!’, and shattering the idols of the past. |
Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight |
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ROB1.218, MMAH.118, GSH.066, LL#010 |
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| BH00031 |
Suriy-i-Nush |
7310 |
Surih of Admonition (Suratu'l-Nus'h); Days of Remembrance |
Suriy-i-Nush (Surih of Counsel) |
فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق علی النبیین و المرسلین و ینزل حینئذ علی ما کان |
Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth unto the Prophets and Messengers, and Who doth now send down what hath ever been [3.5s]... ...Announce unto My servants the advent of the One Who came unto them with the power of truth bearing the name of ‘Alí |
INBA47:171, INBA36:242, INBA73:181.09x, INBA83:001, PR19.034b-048b |
BRL_DA#727, AVK2.228.08x, TZH4.200-202x, LMA1.350 (209), MAS4.135x, ASAT3.024x, YMM.152x, OOL.B133, AMB#35x |
DOR#35x, GPB.141x6x, BLO_PT#097, NYR#145x |
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A lengthy work recounting the stories of the prophets of God and their rejection by the people and clergy of their day, and exhorting the people of this day not to reject ‘Him Whom God shall make manifest’ upon His appearance. |
Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Noah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment |
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ROB1.137, MMAH.207, LL#321 |
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| BH00637 |
Lawh-i-Fitnih (Tablet of the Test) |
1500 |
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Lawh-i-Fitnih (Tablet of the Test) |
ان یا فتنه البقا فانتظری فتنه الله المهیمن القیوم بانها سیاتیکم بالحق فها قد |
O Enchantment of eternity! Await thou the Enchantment of God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, for verily it shall come unto you with truth. Lo, it hath [3.5s] |
INBA81:080x |
BRL_DA#574, MAS4.261x, RHQM1.206-209 (262-265) (157-159x), YIA.567-569x, OOL.B037x |
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Foretells a coming period of tests and trials, which will encompass all created things and every atom of existence and lay violent hold on the peoples of the world. |
Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering |
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ROB1.128, MMAH.173, GSH.036, LL#087 |
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| BH00020 |
Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Commentary on the Disconnected Letters) = Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur (Tablet of the Verse of Light) |
8280 |
Tablet of the 'Light Verse', also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters; Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters; Lawh-i-Hikmat |
Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur or Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Tablet of the Verse of Light or Commentary on the Disconnected Letters) |
الحمد لله الذی خلق الحروفات فی عوالم العما خلف سرادقات القدس فی رفارف الاسنی |
Praise be to God who created the letters in the worlds of the divine Cloud beyond the pavilions of holiness… Know that the first tokens brought into existence by the pre-existent Cause in the worlds of creation are the four elements… Strive therefore to recognize amongst the primary substances those things which are in equilibrium |
INBA08:587, INBA36:212, NLAI_BH2.141x, NLAI_BH3.003x, Berlin1237#19, PR19.002b-017b |
MAS4.049, ASAT3.090x, ASAT4.068x, ANDA#19 p.32x, OOL.B029, OOL.B145 |
BLO_failayn, HURQ.BH08x, BTO#04x, ADMS#199n84x |
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An extensive commentary on the famous ‘verse of light’ in the Qur’an (24:35) and on the origin and meaning of the enigmatic letters heading many of its surahs, which Bahá’u’lláh relates to different aspects of the person and revelation of the Báb, to the mystical science of letters and numbers, and to stages in the alchemical craft. |
Alchemy; the elixir; Four elements; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria) |
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ROB1.125, MMAH.099, GSH.021, GSH.045, LL#337, LL#391, LL#405? |
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| BH00064 |
Hurufat-i-'Alin (=Kalimat-i-'Uliya; the Exalted Letters) |
5270 |
Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam; Suffering of the Exalted Letters; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List |
Musíbat-i-Hurúf-i-‘Állín (Suffering of the Exalted Letters) |
سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف یتحرک القلم و یجری المداد بعد ما انقطعت نسائم |
Pure and sanctified art Thou, O my God! How can the pen move and the ink flow after the breezes of loving-kindness have ceased |
INBA36:281, BLIB_Or15714.157, |
BRL_DA#035, AHM.217, BSHN.054, MHT1a.002, MHT2b.007x, TSBT.242, ASAT3.087x, OOL.B010a, OOL.B010b |
BRL_APBH#01x, BLO_PT#015x, BLO_PT#090, HURQ.BH18x, ADMS#163x, JHT_B#005 |
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A meditation on mortality, death, suffering, and theodicy, in remembrance of a cousin who had recently died. |
Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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ROB1.122, MMAH.216, GSH.025, LL#019, LL#272 |
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| BH00134 |
Madinatu't-Tawhid (the City of Unity) |
3720 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Madínatu't-Tawhíd (City of Unity) |
تلک آیات الکتاب فصلت آیاته بدعیا غیر ذی عوج علی آیات الله و هدی و نوری |
These are the verses of the Book, whose signs have been set forth with wondrous originality, free from all crookedness, dwelling upon the signs of God, and serving as guidance and light [3.5s]... ...Beware, O believers in the Unity of God, lest ye be tempted to make any distinction between any of the Manifestations of His Cause |
INBA36:199, BLIB_Or07852.046, , NLAI_BH3.074, PR03.251b13-254a15, PR19.017a-025b |
BRL_DA#283, GWBP#024 p.046x, TZH4.225-227, MAS4.313, ASAT5.286x, MMUH#13x, MSBH5.443-444x, OOL.B088 |
GWB#024x, GPB.003x, PDC.011x, PDC.111x, HURQ.BH15, JHT_B#009 |
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A theological discussion of the concept of divine unity from various perspectives: the unity of the divine Essence, of the divine attributes, of the divine Manifestations, of action, and of worship. |
Absolute freedom; independence of God; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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ROB1.109, MMAH.180, GSH.022, LL#151 |
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| BH00394 |
Sahifiy-i-Shattiyih (the Book of the Tigris) |
1730 |
Tablet of the River [Tigris]; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá |
Shahifiy-i-Shattiyyih (Book of the River) |
قد اکثرت القول فی ذلک ولکن الناس اکثرهم لایفقهون آنچه از ظهورات معجزات که |
The people talk constantly about this subject, but most of them comprehend not. Of the miracles mentioned, those which are ascribed to this humble one are fabrications contrived by impostors |
INBA36:316, INBA57:010, BLIB_Or15722.267, , BN_suppl.1754.139-143 |
BRL_DA#734, MAS4.142, RHQM1.285-291 (349) (209-213), OOL.B096 |
BLO_PT#137, BLO_sazedj#10x, JBS#9.3 |
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Challenges the validity of miracles as proof and takes the coursing of the Tigris River as a central metaphor in a discussion of the irresistible power of the Cause of God, fate and predestination, and the root cause of dissension in the world. |
Differences in human capacity; Miracles and their interpretation; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard |
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ROB1.105, MMAH.228, GSH.024, LL#280 |
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| BH00306 |
Chihar Vadi (The Four Valleys) |
2100 |
Call of the Divine Beloved |
Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys) |
ای ضیاء الحق حسام الدین راد که فلک و ارکان چه تو شاهی نزاد نمیدانم چرا |
O light of truth and sword of faith And soul of generosity! No prince hath sky or earth begot |
INBA36:334x, BLIB_Or15722.307, , NLI.32p092v |
BRL_Chihar, AQA3#069 p.140, TZH4.153x, ASAT4.314x, MSHR2.109x, MSHR3.131x, OOL.B007 |
CDB#7, HURQ.BH13 |
M. Milne [track 7] |
A mystical work elaborating four different but complementary paths of approach to the Divine: the way of ‘the self ’, ‘the intellect’, ‘love’, and ‘the throne of the inmost heart’. |
Belief and denial; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Mystical themes; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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ROB1.104, BKOG.159, BKOG.163, MMAH.197, GSH.018, LL#014 |
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| BH00386 |
Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Arabic) |
1750 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Hidden Words |
Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words) |
هذا ما نزل من جبروت العزه بلسان القدره و القوه علی النبیین من قبل و انا |
This is that which hath descended from the realm of glory, uttered by the tongue of power and might, and revealed unto the Prophets of old. |
INBA36:440, INBA30:002, BLIB_Or8901, BLIB_Or15714.147, , CMB_F33.033, , PR22.049b-056b, PR23.029a-033a, BLIB_Or.08685, CUL.X893.7.B111, UMich962.143-151 |
BRL_HWA, AVK3.161.16x, ZYN.040, MJMM.017, BSHN.013x, MHT2b.030x, MAS4.367bx, NSR_1993.053, NFF4.001, OOL.B013a |
HWAE, LOG#0304x, GPB.140x, SW_v03#01 p.004+007x, SW_v03#02 p.004x, SW_v04#18 p.300x2x, SW_v14#10 p.289-290x, BSC.171 #175-262 |
L. Slott (#1), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#1), almunajat.com (#1) [item 2], D. Gundry (#1), E. Mahony (#1), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#1), Baha'i Youth of Japan (#1), Joel in Real Life (#1), The Daguerreotypes (#1), E. Kelly (#1), L. Dely (#1), Y. Mbazo & Friends (#1), Fleur & Tessa (#1), G.H. Miller (#1), S. Peyman (#1), S. Eblaghi and M. Weigert (#1), K. Porray (#1), R. Johnston-Garvin (#1) [track 6], D. Sylvester (#1), M. Levine (#2), Nicolas & Louis (#2), L. Dely (#2), A.E. Rahbin (#2), R. Peterson (#2) [track 6], A. Wensbo (#3), E. Mahony (#3), S. Sunderland (#3), S. Sunderland (#3), M. Levine (#3) [track 2], L. Dely (#3), Rowshan (#3) [track 8], P. Held & C. Bahia (#3) [track 2], A. Youssefi (#4), E. Lilian (#4), MANA (#4), S. Peyman (#4), J. Cooper (#4), L. Dely (#4), R. Peterson (#4) [track 4], Corinne & Riaz (#4), L. Dube (#4) [track 3], Ladjamaya (#4) [track 7], D. Gundry (#5), W. Heath (#5), E. Mahony and A. Youssefi (#5), Bass Adjustment (#5), Ine (#5), M. Weigert (#5), S. Engle and J. White (#5), S. Gomes (#5), T. Ellis (#5), K. Kuolga (#5), A. Mirra (#5), Rowshan (#5) [track 11], SKY (#5), KC Porter (#5), E. Kelly (#5), M. Levine (#5) [track 7], L. Dely (#5), K. Key (#5), A. Sperandeo (#5), A. Wood (#6), L. Slott (#6), Y. Mesbah (#6), L. Dely (#6), The Descendants (#6), The Joburg Baha'i Choir (#6), Honiara Baha'i Youth (#6), The Badasht Project (1) (#7), The Badasht Project (2) (#7), Nabil and Karim (#7), Matt McGrath (#7), T. Nosrat (#7), L. Dube (#7) [track 12], Ladjamaya (#8) [track 4], almunajat.com (#9) [item 1], E. Mahony (#9), D. Hunt (#9), N. Ma'ani (#9), S. Toloui-Wallace (#9), J. Raj (#9), MJ Cyr (#11), O. Devine (#11), Refuge (#11), L. Dely & M. Congo (#11), Oisin & Bahiyyih Devine (#11), A. Azad (#11), Ahdieh (#11), S. Taborn (#11), S. Sunderland (#11), The Descendants (#12), O. Devine (#12), B. Nakedi (#12), P. Held & C. Bahia (#12) [track 3], M.C. Santillana (#12), M. Levine (#12) [track 2], R. Lea (#13), P. Held & C. Bahia (#13) [track 4], Joel in Real Life (#13), A.E. Rahbin (#13), L. Dube (#13) [track 2], MJ Cyr (#14), S. Taefi (#14) [track 9], L. Slott (#14), SKY (#14), A.E. Rahbin (#14), L. Slott (#15), A. Youssefi (#15), L. Dely (#15), E. Mahony (#15), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#15), L. Dube (#15) [track 14], Chicago Baha'i Community (#15), M. Sparrow (#16), Honiara Baha'i Youth (#16), MANA (#16), S. Jaberi (#16), L. Dely & M. Congo (#16) [track 7], L. Slott (#17), E. Mahony (#17), E. Mahony, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#17), E. Henrikson (#17), Mona, Dibo & Nachidah (#17), L. Dely & M. Congo (#17) [track 7], E. Lilian (#18), Rowshan (#19) [track 5], J. Heath (#19) [track 9], J. Heath (#19), D. Olam (#19) [track 11], T. Ellis (#19), Sabin & Leticia (#19), A. Youssefi (#20), TaliaSafa & Friends (#20), Ine (#21), M. Saraswati (#21), A. Youssefi (#22), G.H. Miller (#22), NKAK (#22), K. Porray (#22), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#22), Ann-Sofie & Shahram (#22), T. Ellis (#22), The Descendants (#22), Naseem, Michele & Yasmin (#22), Meredth & Arman (#22), E. Tarani (#22), R. Yazhari (#23), L. Dely (#23), L. Dely (#25) [track 5], L. Dube (#26) [track 17], L. Dely (#27), P. Held & C. Bahia (#29) [track 5], L. Slott (#31), jeph.ilosopher (#31), L. Dely (#31), K. Key (#31), A. Youssefi (#32), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#32), Roz, Amelia & Andre (#32), Ahdi (#32), P. Escobar (#33), N. Ma'ani (#33), Laura & Michael (#33), R. Peterson (#33) [track 5], L. Herrmann (#34), Gyenyame (#34), C. Zurek (#34), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#35), L. Dely (#35), S. & H. Fikri (#35), L. Dube (#35) [track 21], A. Tahirih R. Weiss (#36), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#36), J. Marks and S. Engle (#36), K. Porray (#36), Hayden, Alessia & Anis (#36), A. Youssefi (#38), T. Ellis (#38), E. Mahony (#39), Rowshan (#40), A.E. Rahbin (#40), M. Tokuma (#41), L. Dely & M. Congo (#41) [track 1], Calling Waiting Searching (#42), G.H. Miller (#42), L. Dube (#42) [track 19], S. Gomes (#42), E. Mahony (#43), Dawnbreaker Collective (#43), Heroes Teaching Conference (#43), M. Perez (#43), J. Duhart (#43), G.H. Miller (#44), L. Dely (#44), A.E. Rahbin (#44), L. Dube (#44) [track 8], Nabil and Karim (#46), R. Lea (#48), L.Slott (#48), Katie & Faizi (#48), L. Dely (#48), SKY (#48), L. Dube (#48) [track 15], HeartBeat Collective (#48), L. & L. Hosack (#48), S. Acevedo (#48), A. Youssefi (#50), E. Mahony (#50), K. and D. Eckert and A. Youssefi (#50), Leona and Larry (#51), The Baha'i Trio (#51), E. Lilian (#52), L. Dely & M. Congo (#52) [track 6], E. Mahony (#52), N.D. Huening (#52), C. Oja (#52), S. Skiti (#52), J. Heath (#53) [track 7], S. Toloui-Wallace (#55), M. Levine (#55) [track 3], W. Eng & N. Rajan (#55), Qurratul, Ruhiyyih & Verona (#55), O. Devine (#55), R. Orona (#55), T. Bradley (#55), J. Cooper (#55), Seaon & Saman (#55), D. Stevenson (#56), L. Dube (#57) [track 7], K. Porray (#58), K. Porray (#59), O. Devine (#59), Baha'i Youth of Japan (#59), QuiqueSaba (#59), Strong Steep (#59), Ladjamaya (#59) [track 2], Z. Affolter (#60), L. Dely (#60), L. Dube (#61) [track 10], unknown (#62), L. Dube (#62) [track 1], M. Cuvillier (#63), L. Dube (#63) [track 9], P. Held & C. Bahia (#64) [track 6], L. Dube (#66) [track 20], Ine (#66), W. Heath (#68), Chicago Baha'i Community (#68), P. Held & C. Bahia (#68) [track 7], D. E. Walker (#68), S. Jaberi (#68), C. Oja (#68), L. Harley (#68), D. Stevenson (#71), L. Dely (#71), L. Dube (#71) [track 16] |
The Arabic portion of His foremost ethical work, consisting of 71 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. |
Bringing oneself to account each day; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; God's love for His own Essence; Human reality created in the image of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge of self; Love of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Soul; spirit after death |
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ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025 |
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| BH00113 |
Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Persian) |
3970 |
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Hidden Words |
Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words) |
ای صاحبان هوش و گوش اول سروش دوست این است ای بلبل معنوی جز در گلبن معانی جای |
O ye people that have minds to know and ears to hear! The first call of the Beloved is this |
INBA65:115, INBA36:383, INBA30:014, BLIB_Or15714.131c, , CMB_F33.001, , NLI.32p048v, BLIB_Or.08117, BLIB_Or.08685, CUL.X893.7.B111, Majlis210461.030-045, BN_suppl.1974.001 |
BRL_HWP, GWBP#042 p066ax, GWBP#104 p.136bx, ZYN.001, AHM.421, MJMM.373, BSHN.017x, MHT2b.036x, UAB.047dx, UAB.048ax, UAB.048bx, UAB.069ax, UAB.069bx, TZH4.223-224, NFF4.017, OOL.B013b |
HWPE, GWB#042x, GWB#104x, LOG#0835x, ADJ.081x, BADM.155-156x, PDC.007x, PDC.148x, PDC.149x, WOB.059-060x, WOB.116x, WOB.201x, SW_v03#02 p.005x, SW_v05#10 p.150-151x, SW_v14#11 p.321x, BLO_PT#061 |
S. Toloui-Wallace (#1), S. Taefi (#1) [track 1], R. Johnston-Garvin (#1) [track 7], Baha'i Youth of Japan (#2), S. Taefi (#2) [track 2], L. Dely & M. Congo (#2), S. Toloui-Wallace (#3), K. Key (#3), A. Bridges (#3), L. Slott (#3), Rowshan (#3), SKY (#3), E. Mahony (#3), L. Dely (#3), S. Engle and J. White (#3), Delia Olam (#3), B. Vahdat (#3), Sanale & Xolani (#3), Nora, Sasha & Ann-Sofie (#3), NKAK (#3), Zannetta (#3) [track 10], A.E. Rahbin (#3), B. Silvestre (#3), R. Bennett (#3), S. Kouchekzadeh (#3), L. Dube (#3) [track 6], D. Hunt (#4), A. Youssefi (#4), Bass Adjustment (#4), S. Taefi (#4) [track 4], G.H. Miller (#4), Rowshan (#4) [track 6], Nabil and Karim (#4), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#4), N. Ma'ani (#4), A. Stephen (#4), A. Wood (#4), G. Besungu (#4), Ahdieh (#4), S. Parak (#4), A. Youssefi (#7), G.H. Miller (#7), S. Zahrai (#7), A.E. Rahbin (#7), B. Khademi (#7), G. and M. Smith (#7), S. Zein (#7), The Badasht Project (#8), A. Wensbo (#8), A. Bryan (#8), G.H. Miller (#9), A. Toufighian & A. Youssefi (#9), A. Wensbo (#10), L. Dube (#10) [track 18], S. Taefi (#10) [track 5], G.H. Miller (#11), S. Taefi (#11) [track 7], Naim, Miad & Justus (#11), Z. Rolle (#11), A. Bryan (#12), E. Mahony (#12), J. Sweeting & M. Weigert (#12), Chicago Baha'i Community (#12), MANA (#12), Meredith & Arman (#12), J. Cooper (#12), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#13), G.H. Miller (#13), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#14), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#14), MANA (#14), S. Esmaeili (#14), S. Peyman (#14), J. Cooper (#14), Rowshan (#16), A.E. Rahbin (#16), G.H. Miller (#16), L. Dely & M. Congo (#16), G.H. Miller (#18), O. Master (#19), S. Taefi (#20) [track 10], G.H. Miller (#21), Anis & Friends (#21), T. Ellis (#21), S. Taefi (#21) [track 8], R. Johnston-Garvin (#21) [track 6], E. Mahony (#21), N. Ma'ani (#22), D. Stevenson (#26), M. Kerr (#26), A.E. Rahbin (#26), J. Marks and S. Engle (#26), Chicago Baha'i Community (#26), Ashwin & Arhwin (#26), Temple of Light (#29), L. Dube (#30) [track 11], G.H. Miller (#31), TaliaSafa (#31), E. Mahony (#31), Turning Point (#31), S. Taefi (#31) [track 3], A. & M. Zemke (#31) [track 5], N. Ma'ani (#31), G.H. Miller (#32), TaliaSafa (#32), A. Wensbo (#32), MANA (#32), S. Trick (#32), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#33), A. Youssefi (#33), L. Dube (#34) [track 4], Carmel, Roya & Maryam (#35), A.E. Rahbin (#36), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#38), S. Toloui-Wallace (#38), F. Lionheart (#38), J. Cooper (#38), Seaon, Sasha & Sam (#38), S. Taefi (#38) [track 6], S. Bayan & S. Suggs (#38), L. Dely (#38), N. Hamilton (#38), B. Khademi (#39), A.E. Rahbin (#39), S. Toloui-Wallace (#40), Rasmus & Ann-Sofie (#40), Voices of Baha 2010 (#40), T. Ellis (#40), A Family Affair (#40), A. Youssefi (#40), The Badasht Project (#40), Refuge (#40), R. Peterson (#40) [track 8], Nabil and Karim (#40), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#40), J. Cooper (#40), S. Parak (#40), A. Youssefi (#40), N. Hamilton (#40), Kiskadee (#40), L. Dely (#40), Rasmus & Ann-Sofie (#40), L. Dely & M. Congo (#42), J. Cooper (#42), L. Dely & M. Congo (#44) [track 9], D. E. Walker (#44), S. Cleasby (#44), MANA (#44), M. Sparrow (#45), L. Dube (#63) [track 13], G.H. Miller (#64), G.H. Miller (#70), Bosch Bluegrass Band (#72), Arrayanes (#72) [track 8], A. Youssefi (#73), Friends from Mongolia (#73), N. D. Huening (#76), C. & L. Heggie (#80), K. Key (#80) |
The Persian portion of His foremost ethical work, consisting of 82 aphorisms spoken in the voice of the Divine and declaring themselves to be the ‘inner essence’ of what was revealed to ‘the Prophets of old’, affirming the essential nobility and divinity of the human soul, prescribing its intimate communion with its Creator, proclaiming the oneness of the human race, and declaring our consequent responsibility to fellowship, love, fair-mindedness, and mutual aid for one another, especially the poor and downtrodden. |
Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Goodly deeds; actions; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Justice and wrath of God; Love of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds |
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ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025 |
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| BH03843 |
Saqi az Ghayb-i-Baqa |
240 |
Short Poem by "Darvísh" Muhammad, Bahá'u'lláh: Sáqí az ghayb-i baqá burqa' bar afkan az 'idhár, A |
Saqi az Ghayb-i-Baqa (The Cup-bearer from the Eternal Unseen) |
ساقی از غیب بقا برقع برافکن از عذار تا بنوشم خمر باقی از جمال کردگار آنچه در |
Lift up the veil from Thy face, O Cup-Bearer of the hidden Realm of Immortality, That I may taste the wine of eternal life |
INBA36:455a, INBA30:137, OSAI I.MMS, |
BRL_DA#155, TZH4.141-142x, MAS4.209, RHQM1.350-351 (425) (258-259), OOL.B098 |
DB.137x, BLO_PT#087, HURQ.BH11 |
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A brief ode alluding to His messianic secret and calling for purification of heart and commitment to love and sacrifice as conditions of the spiritual journey. |
Christ; Christianity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mosaic imagery; Mystical themes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation |
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ROB1.064, MMAH.164, GSH.065, LL#283 |
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| BH00115 |
Qasidiy-i-'Izz-i-Varqa'iyyih (Ode of the Dove) |
3950 |
Ode of the Dove; Baha'u'llah's Notes to His "Ode of the Dove"; Bahá'u'lláh's "Ode of the Dove" |
Qasidiyyih-Varqaiyyih (Ode of the Dove) |
اجذبتنی بوارق انوار طلعه لفروغها کل الشموس تخفت کان بروق الشمس من نور حسنها |
A face flashing with light drew me to her; all the suns dimmed before her radiance |
INBA36:419, INBA66:175x |
BRL_DA#803, AQA3#071 p.196, TZH4.148x, MAS4.197, MAS8.039ax, RHQM2.0878-887 (299) (184-191), OOL.B092 |
GPB.118x, BLO_PT#017x, BLO_PT#059, JBS#29.3.43, HURQ.BH04 |
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A lengthy poem composed in the style of a poem by Ibn-i-Fáriḍ, glorifying the spirit that had visited Him in the form of the Maid of Heaven, expatiating on His sufferings and His loneliness and affirming His determination to face any future calamities that might befall Him in the path of God. |
Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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ROB1.062, ROB1.084, BKOG.118, BKOG.415, EBTB.098, MMAH.087, GSH.010, LL#274 |
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| BH00267 |
Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'am (the Tablet of All Food) |
2370 |
Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i Kullu't-Ta'am) |
Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food) |
الحمد لله مموج ابحر النور بالماء الناریه الالهیه و مهیج احرف الظهور بنقطه |
Praise be to God Who hath caused Oceans of Light to surge in the Divine Fiery Water; excited the Letters of the Dispensation |
INBA36:268, Berlin1237#20 |
BRL_DA#393, TZH4.132-135x, MAS4.265, RHQM2.0979-989 (416) (256-262), OOL.B052 |
GPB.118x2x, BLO_PT#108, HURQ.BH02 |
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A commentary offering several allegorical interpretations of the Qur’anic verse ‘All food was allowed to the children of Israel’ (Qur’an 3:93). |
Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Prayer for protection; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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ROB1.050, BKOG.112, MMAH.127, GSH.008, LL#146 |
Revealed "in the year nine", see BRL_TTT#11 |
| BH03230 |
Rashh-i-'Ama |
280 |
Call of the Divine Beloved |
Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing) |
رشح عما از جذبه ما میریزد سر وفا از نغمه ما میریزد از باد صبا مشک خطا گشته |
Tis from our rapture that the clouds of realms above are raining down; ’Tis from Our anthem that the mysteries of faith are raining down |
INBA36:460, INBA30:165, OSAI I.MMS, , MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p30b, |
BRL_DA#709, SFI02.059, MAS4.184, TWQ.441x, YMM.224x, OOL.B093 |
CDB#1, BLO_PT#089, BLO_PT#135, HURQ.BH01 |
Ahdieh |
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Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light |
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ROB1.045, MMAH.077, LL#275 |
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| BH11086 |
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50 |
Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh |
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فسبحانک اللهم باسمک الاعلی فی سرادق الابهی و بکلمتک العلیا فی جبروت الاسنی |
Praise be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Exalted Name in the Tabernacle of effulgent splendour |
INBA92:144a, ROB1.143x |
BRL_DA#041, AQMJ2.116a, MSBH5.335 |
BRL_APBH#07 |
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Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness |
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ROB1.038, LL#156 |
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| BH00271 |
Tafsir-i-Va'sh-Shams (Commentary on the Surih of the Sun) |
2340 |
Commentary on the Surah of the Sun; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |
Tafsír-i-Suriy-i-Vash-Shams (Commentary on the Surih of the Sun) |
الحمد لله الذی انطق ورقاء البیان علی افنان دوحه التبیان بفنون الالحان علی انه لا اله الا هو |
Praise be to God, Who hath set the dove of eloquence, perched among the twigs of the tree of explanation, to weaving her divers melodies |
INBA90:076, BLIB_Or15714.065, , NLAI_BH3.227, Berlin1237#01, MKI4524.278, |
BRL_DA#710, GWBP#089 p.116bx, MJMM.001, DLS.107x, ASAT1.253x, ASAT2.171x, ASAT3.116x, ASAT4.205x, ASAT4.208x, ASAT4.366x, ASAT4.375x, ADH1.108x, OOL.B146 |
GWB#089x, BLO_PT#025, HURQ.BH78, ADMS#199n02x |
W. Heath |
Gives a detailed interpretation of a short surah of the Qur’an, relates several symbolic meanings of the word ‘sun’, and tells of the inexhaustible meanings of the Word of God, which are disclosed according to the capacity of the hearers and which must be understood according to both their outward and inward meanings. |
Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Limits of language; Names and attributes of God; Outward and inward meanings; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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ROB1.032, MMAH.102, GSH.209, LL#338 |
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| BH00987 |
Salat-i-Kabir (Long Obligatory Prayer) |
840 |
Prayers and Meditations; Long Obligatory Prayer; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] |
Obligatory prayer, Long |
یا اله الاسماء و فاطر السماء اسئلک بمطالع غیبک العلی الابهی بان تجعل صلوتی |
O Thou Who art the Lord of all names and the Maker of the heavens! I beseech Thee by them Who are the Day-Springs of Thine invisible Essence |
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PMP#183, AHM.070, TSBT.012x, NFQ.001, NFF1.003x, ABMK.001, OOL.B176c |
PM#183, BPRY.007-016, BP1929.021x, BP1929.022x, BP1929.030x |
The Friends in Bristol, Nabil and Karim, M. Perez, MANA, MANA, R. Peterson [track 1], S. Agbortoko & M. Weigert |
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Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Law of obligatory prayer; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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ROB1.030, LL#230 |
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| BH00579 |
Lawh-i-Maryam |
1300 |
Lawh-i-Maryam (Tablet to Maryam) Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam; Days of Remembrance |
Lawh-i-Maryam (Tablet to Maryam) |
ای مریم مظلومیتم مظلومیت اسم اولم را از لوح امکان محو نموده و از سحاب قضا |
O Maryam! The wrongs which I suffer have blotted out the wrongs suffered by My First Name from the Tablet of creation. |
INBA38:087, INBA28:386 |
BRL_DA#739, AYT.366, BSHN.046, MHT2b.044x, TZH4.138-139x, TZH4.159-161x, TZH4.261-262x, MAS4.329, RHQM2.0991-996 (430) (264-267), ANDA#05 p.02, OOL.B058c, AMB#31 |
DOR#31, BKOG.117x, LTDT.300x, GPB.118x, GPB.119x, GPB.120x, GPB.124x, GPB.125x, BLO_PT#015, BLO_PT#048 |
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Recounts to one of His cousins Bahá’u’lláh’s banishment to Baghdad, His departure for Sulaymaniyah, the dispirited character of the Bábí community upon His return, and His efforts to instil new life into it; alludes to His still-hidden messianic secret and counsels purity of heart as a precondition to its recognition; and announces His withdrawal from the community. |
Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world |
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ROB1.013, BKOG.117, MMAH.132, GSH.174, LL#164 |
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| AB00003 |
Maqaliy-i-Shakhs Sayyah (A Traveller's Narrative) |
22000 |
Traveller's Narrative Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Báb, A; Traveler's Narrative, A |
Travelers Narrative, A (book) |
در خصوص شخص معروف بباب و حقیقت احوال اینطائفه روایات مختلفه و تفاصیل |
Touching the individual known as the Bab and the true nature of this sect diverse tales are on the tongues |
CMB_F56, IOM.100-101 |
TNP, AVK3.203.01x, AVK3.210.12, AVK3.214.06x, AVK3.223.01x, AVK3.286.11x, AVK3.473.16x, OOL.C021 |
TN, GPB.055x, GPB.066x, GPB.075x, GPB.113x, GPB.133x2x, GPB.143x, GPB.159x5x, GPB.197x, GPB.201x, TDH#158.18x, STAB#116 |
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"The ablest and most valuable presentation of the early history of the Faith and of its tenets." (Shoghi Effendi) Recounts events in the life of the Bab and in the lives of His followers and illustrates the character of the Baha'í revelation with numerous quotations from Baha'u'llah's Writings. |
Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Empty learning; false spirituality; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Grammatical and other discrepancies in the Sacred Writings; Growth of the Cause; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Letters of the Living; Martyrdom of the Bab; Martyrs and martyrdom; Petitions to authorities; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im |
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PN_1919 p023 |
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