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Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Exhortations and counsels; Oneness; unity of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity

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

MMAH.090, GSH.187, LL#190

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

BH00501

Lawh-i-Karim

1470

Trustworthiness; Translation List

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Methods of teaching the Cause; Outward and inward meanings; Power of prayer; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ای کریم انشاء الله بعنایت کریم در ظل سدره رب العالمین مستریح باشی و بفیوضات

O Karím! God grant that, through the bounty of the Most Generous [Karím], thou art reposing beneath the shade of the Tree of the Lord of all worlds...It behoveth ye all so to adorn your inner and outer beings that, robed in trustworthiness… O my loved ones! Ye are the world's spiritual physicians

INBA35:030, INBA51:389, BLIB_Or11096#016, , BLIB_Or15698.164, , BLIB_Or15720.161, , BLIB_Or15740.125, , NLI.32p126r, Majlis210461.011-017

BRL_DA#738, COMP_TRUSTP#28x, ADM1#007 p.025x, AVK3.002.01x, AVK3.385.15x, IQT.164, MAS4.157bx

BRL_TRUST#27x, BW_v02p062x, COC#2039x, ADMS#207, JHT_S#018x

States that, while some are able to recognize the truth the moment they encounter it, most stand in need of a teacher; explains that some can be taught with words, others by deeds and actions, and still others by the example of a saintly character; emphasizes the importance of the latter; asserts that the purpose of His revelation is not to enforce outward ordinances but to enable people to manifest divine perfections and to achieve that which their minds can readily embrace; and condemns some of the fanciful theories about the Promised One held by certain Muslims.

GSH.175

BH04650

Lawh-i-Karim 1

200

Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

ان یا کریم اسمع ندآء الکریم انه لهو الغفور الرحیم الا تضطرب من الفراق قد

O Karím! Hearken to the Voice of the Most Bountiful [al-Karím]; He is, in truth, the Forgiver, the Merciful

INBA34:306

AQA1#175, OOL.B050a

ADMS#231

BH04981

Lawh-i-Karim 2

190

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ان یا کریم اسمع ندآء ربک العلی العظیم انه ینطق عن شطر السجن و یدعو الناس الی

O Karím! Hear thou the Voice of thy Lord, the Exalted, the Mighty. He proclaimeth from the direction of this Prison

INBA34:283, INBA51:306, INBA49:355

AQA1#147, OOL.B050b

ADMS#232

LL#136

BH06954

Lawh-i-Karim 3

140

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ان یا کریم ان استمع ندآء ربک الابهی من السدره المنتهی ینطق انه لا اله الا هو

O Karím! Hear thou the voice of thy Lord, the Most Glorious, coming from the Divine Lote-Tree; it proclaimeth

INBA34:323, BLIB_Or15707.187, , BLIB_Or15735.333, , NLAI_BH3.185

AQA1#200, ASAT5.030x, HYK.333, NSS.200, OOL.B050c

ADMS#233

AB00265

Lawh-i-Khurasan

720

Lawh-i-Khurasan

ایا نفحات الله هبی معطره و ایا نسمه الله مری مطیبه و اقصدی وادی الرحمن نادی

O zephyr of God blow forth with fragrance! O breeze of God waft by sweetly scented! Hasten to the valley of the Merciful

INBA59:088, INBA88:029

MKT1.141, MNMK#016 p.088, MILAN.156, HDQI.201, ANDA#07 p.04, OOL.C013

SW_v09#12 p.130-131+133

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

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

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

ROB1.050, BKOG.112, MMAH.127, GSH.008, LL#146

Revealed "in the year nine", see BRL_TTT#11

AB00016

Lawh-i-Lahih (Tablet to the Hague)

4540

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablet to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace, The Hague (Lawh-i-Hague); Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

Lawh-i-Hague (Tablet to The Hague)

ای اول اشخاص خیرخواه محترم عالم انسانی نامه های شما که درین مدت حرب ارسال

O ye esteemed ones who are pioneers among the well-wishers of the world

BRL_HAGP1, MKT3.101, MNMK#112 p.210, MMK1#227 p.285x, AKHA_134BE #13 p.495x, AVK3.401.05x, AVK3.409.08x, AVK4.324ax, AVK4.324bx, AVK4.326x, AVK4.331ax, AVK4.334bx, DWNP_v2#12 p.095-99x, HDQI.211, ANDA#16 p.06x, KHAB.034 (043), OOL.C014

BRL_HAG1, SWAB#227x, BWF.284-296, LOG#1075x, BSC.410 #745, FWU.028x, SW_v11#08 p.123-127+129-134, DWN_v2#05 p.005x, ABCC.438-439x, BLO_PT#192, BLO_PT#193

Call to action; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as source of love and unity; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

MMAH.271

BH00970

Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night - Adrianople)

850

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh Laylat al-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night, Edirne)

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تشهد و تری کیف ابتلیت بین عبادک بعد الذی مااردت الا الخضوع

The Most Great Name beareth Me witness! How sad if any man were, in this Day, to rest his heart on the transitory things of this world!

INBA81:021x, BLIB_Or15698.213, , BLIB_Or15720.209, , BLIB_Or15740.162, , Majlis934.127-133x

BRL_DA#715, GWBP#147 p.203x, AVK2.027.04x, AVK3.240x, IQT.213, MJMM.227, HDQI.027ax, ASAT3.212x, ASAT4.015x, ASAT5.248x, ASAT5.284x, AHB_107BE #09 p.180x, AKHA_105BE #06 p.001x, AKHA_108BE #08 p.002x, OOL.B001bx

GWB#147x, ADJ.083x, SW_v07#19 p.191, SW_v10#01 p.001, BSC.133 #051x

Calls on His followers to be closely united and to associate with their neighbours ‘with faces joyous and beaming with light’.

Being a source of light; guidance; Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ROB2.164, ROB2.188, GSH.209, LL#147

Sometimes referred to in the plural, Alváḥ-i-Laylatu’l-Quds. Not to be confused with Inventory #BH00915.

AB00394

Lawh-i-Mahfil-i-Shawr?

610

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

ای یاران رحمانی من در این ایام خبری پر روح و ریحان از آنسامان رسید که الحمد لله

O ye spiritual friends! In these days, most soul-uplifting tidings have reached from that region, for which praise be to God [3.5s]... ...the first condition is absolute love and harmony amongst the members of the assembly.

MKT3.505, MMK1#045 p.084x, MILAN.153, AKHA_134BE #14 p.548, AVK3.409.04x, AVK4.311x, MMG2#373 p.416x, HYB.094, YARD.054x

SWAB#045x, BADM.022-023x, COC#0176x, COC#1372x, COC#1373x

Consultation; Non-participation in politics; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB01545

Lawh-i-Mahfil-i-Shawr?

310

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Huqúqu'lláh

اول فریضه اصحاب شور خلوص نیت و نورانیت حقیقت و انقطاع از ما سوی الله و انجذاب

The prime requisites for them that take counsel together are purity of motive, radiance of spirit, detachment from all else save God… A third requisite is the promulgation of the divine commandments among the friends

INBA16:216, INBA88:287, INBA89:018

BRL_HUQUQP#091x, MKT3.504, MMK1#043 p.083, MILAN.083, AKHA_134BE #15 p.586, AKHA_133BE #12 p.314, AMK.048-050, AVK4.314cx, OOL.C015

SWAB#043, BRL_HUQUQ#091x, BADM.021bx, COC#0174x, COC#0175x, COC#1171x, COC#1370x, COC#1392x, DAS.1913-10-21x

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Consultation; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Education of children; moral education; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Twin Manifestations

BH01042

Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus (Tablet to Czar Alexander II)

800

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus (Tablet to Alexander II)

ان یا ملک الروس ان استمع ندآء الله الملک القدوس ثم اقبل الی الفردوس مقر الذی

O Czar of Russia! Incline thine ear unto the voice of God, the King, the Holy, and turn thou unto Paradise

INBA34:041, BLIB_Or15705.028, , CMB_F31.037, , PR11.038b-040b

NRJ#1c, AQA1#001c, OOL.B054

SLH#01c, WOB.105x, BSC.094 #040

States cryptically that Bahá’u’lláh has answered a secret wish of the Czar; praises him for offering, through one of his ministers, aid to Bahá’u’lláh while in the dungeon of Tehran; calls on him to arise to become a champion of the Cause of God; declares that Bahá’u’lláh is the one ‘Whom the tongue of Isaiah hath extolled, the One with Whose name both the Torah and the Evangel were adorned’; and warns of the ephemerality of earthly possessions.

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB3.118, MMAH.176, GSH.120, LL#154

BH00662

Lawh-i-Malikah Victoria (Tablet to Queen Victoria)

1150

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria)

یا ایتها الملکه فی اللوندره ان استمعی ندآء ربک مالک البریه من السدره الالهیه

O Queen in London! Incline thine ear unto the voice of thy Lord, the Lord of all mankind, calling from the Divine Lote-Tree

INBA34:044, BLIB_Or15705.029, , PR11.040b-043b

NRJ#1d, GWBP#119 p.162x, GWBP#120 p.164x, AQA1#001d, DLH2.176x, OOL.B053

SLH#01d, GWB#119x, GWB#120x, WOB.039-040x, WOB.040x, WOB.162x2x, SW_v14#10 p.296, DWN_v5#01 p.004x, BLO_PT#188, BSC.111 #045

B. Parmar

Announces the fulfilment of ‘all that hath been mentioned in the Gospel’; praises the Queen for forbidding the trading in slaves and for entrusting ‘the reins of counsel into the hands of the representatives of the people’; calls the elected representatives of the people in every land to take counsel together for the sake of mankind; ordains that ‘the mightiest instrument for the healing of all the world is the union of all its peoples in one universal Cause, one common Faith’; and instructs the kings of the earth to cease burdening their subjects with their own wanton expenditures, to be reconciled among themselves, and to enforce a common peace by joining forces against any who would take up arms against another.

Prayer for governments and rulers; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Unity of thought and belief; Universal peace; world unity

ROB3.123, MMAH.177, GSH.130, LL#153

Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal.

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

ROB1.228, BKOG.154, GPB.147, MMAH.109, GSH.019, LL#155

BH01355

Lawh-i-Mallahu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Persian)

630

Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Tablet of the Holy Mariner

Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Persian)

چون اهل فلک الهی باذن ملاح قدسی در سفینه قدمی باسمی از اسما تشبث نموده بر بحر

Whilst the dwellers in the divine Ark, by the permission of the Holy Mariner, held fast unto one name amongst all names in the ancient Ark and sailed upon the ocean of names, they passed the grades of worldly limitation

INBA36:437, BLIB_Or15696.107c, , BLIB_Or15706.126, , BLIB_Or15714.043, , BLIB_Or15722.315,

BRL_DA#729, AQA5#137 p.181, MAS4.339, YADG.049-050, AHB_107BE #19 p.002x, YMM.291x, OOL.B055b

BLO_PT#131, BLO_PT#132, HURQ.BH22

Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00698

Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib

1110

Bahá'í Scriptures; Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Mánikchí Sáhib; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tabernacle of Unity, The

Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib)

ستایش بیننده پاینده را سزا است که بشبنمی از دریای بخشش خود آسمان هستی را بلند

Praise be to the all-perceiving, the ever-abiding Lord Who, from a dewdrop out of the ocean of His grace, hath reared the firmament of existence

INBA35:116, BLIB_Or15715.120b, , BLIB_Or15722.092, , BN_suppl.1753.118-123

BRL_TBUP#1, GWBP#106 p.138x, AVK3.095.19x, AVK3.104.08x, AVK3.169.06x, AVK3.205.03x, ZYN.236, MJMM.259, RSBB.175, YARP1.019, DWNP_v5#02-3 p.001-002x, UAB.021ax, UAB.027ax, UAB.032ax, UAB.035ax, UAB.046cx, DRD.002, DLS.301x, NVJ.030, ASAT1.009x, ASAT4.014x, ASAT4.131x, ASAT5.041x, PYB#066 p.03x, ADH1.009x, AKHA_109BE #01 p.002x, AKHA_119BE #08 p.ax, PYM.111ax, ANDA#79 p.12x, ANDA#79 p.16x, OOL.B056

TBU#1, GWB#106x, SW_v01#01 p.005, SW_v03#02 p.003, SW_v07#18 p.186, BLO_PT#019, BSC.130 #050

Parrish & Toppano, S. Toloui-Wallace, M. Sparrow, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, Sahar & Hoda

Addresses a number of theological questions by implying that the answers lie in the realm of action, in the process elucidating several central Bahá’í teachings: that the Manifestations should be regarded as ‘divine physicians’ prescribing the remedy from age to age in accordance with the disease, that the unity of mankind is the remedy for the ills of today, that one should be ‘anxiously concerned with the needs of the age’ in which one lives and centre one’s deliberations ‘on its exigencies and requirements’, and that words should be matched with deeds and that both should be motivated by purity of intention.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Procession; appearance of the Word from God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds

ROB3.270, GSH.174, LL#160, LL#176

BH00140

Lawh-i-Maqsud

3650

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Lawh-i-Maqsud (Tablet of Maqsud)

حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان حضرت معبود و مالک غیب و شهودی را لایق و سزاست که از

A praise which is exalted above every mention or description beseemeth the Adored One, the Possessor of all things… Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value… The Word is the master key for the whole world

BLIB_Or15696.091dx, , IOM.099, MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p06,

GWBP#110 p.140x, GWBP#112 p.142x, GWBP#117 p.159x, GWBP#122 p.167x, ADM2#007 p.020x, AVK3.171.04x, AVK3.210.04x, AVK3.213.14x, AVK3.217.04x, AVK4.281.01x, AYI1.335x, DWNP_v5#01 p.002bx, UAB.010bx, UAB.011ax, UAB.013bx, UAB.024bx, UAB.026ax, UAB.028bx, UAB.030ax, UAB.033bx, UAB.037ax, UAB.039dx, UAB.040bx, UAB.041ax, UAB.045bx, UAB.050ax, UAB.050bx, UAB.051bx, UAB.052ax, UAB.053bx, DRD.011x, ASAT5.236x, ANDA#79 p.13x, TBP#11, MMUH#05x, OOL.B057

TB#11, GWB#110x, GWB#112x, GWB#117x, GWB#122x, ADJ.028ax, ADJ.088x, GPB.217x3x, GPB.218x5x, GPB.219x, PDC.186x, PDC.187x2x, PDC.190x, WOB.032x, WOB.041xx, WOB.198x, WOB.041x, WOB.162x, WOB.187x2x, WOB.198x2x, WOB.202-203x, DWN_v1#10-11 p.001-004, KSHK#20x

Morgane & Samy, E. Kelly, L. Harley

Relates various teachings as prerequisites to world peace: universal education; regarding one another as ‘the fruits of one tree and the leaves of one branch’; reward and punishment as pillars of world stability; rulers acting with justice and wisdom; the gathering of the nations to lay the foundations of the ‘Lesser Peace’; the adoption of a universal language and script; affirming that ‘the earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens’; not allowing religion to become the source of disunity; taking counsel together in all matters; promoting useful branches of knowledge; exercising moderation in all things; inculcating tolerance and righteousness; and having due regard for the power of human utterance, in particular the Word of God, which is the ‘master key for the whole world’.

Consultation; Education of children; moral education; Reward and punishment; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language; Work as worship

ROB4.235 et al, MMAH.138, GSH.213, LL#162, LL#461

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

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

ROB1.013, BKOG.117, MMAH.132, GSH.174, LL#164

BH03019

Lawh-i-Maryam 2

300

Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam

Maryama Isiy-i-Jan (Tablet for Maryam on Sorrow and Love)

مریما عیسی جان بلامکان عروج نمود قفس وجود از طیر محمود خالی ماند بلبل قدم

O Maryam! Exchange thy sorrow for happiness and drink thy sadness from the cup of joy. Shouldst thou desire to enter the path of search, thou must needs be patient

INBA38:031

BRL_DA#584, NANU_BH#12x, BSHN.037, MHT2b.061, AHB_122BE #03 p.092, AKHT1.092x, MSHR4.308, OOL.B058b

LTDT.304x, BLO_PT#015

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH01010

Lawh-i-Mawlud

820

Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The

Lawh-i-Mawlud (Tablet of the Birth)

ان یا ملا الغیب و الشهود ان افرحوا فی انفسکم ثم استبشروا فی ذواتکم بما ظهر

O concourse of the seen and the unseen! Rejoice with exceeding gladness in your hearts and souls, for the night hath come for the harvesting of the ages

INBA08:622

AYT.048, MAS4.343, RHQM1.578-578 (706) (433x), OOL.B059, OOL.B206, AMB#42

DOR#42

R. Yazhari

Tablet in honour of the birthday of Bahá’u’lláh, celebrating ‘the harvesting of the ages and the gathering up of past cycles’ and announcing the dawning of the morn of divine revelation.

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

GSH.174

BH00259

Lawh-i-Napoleon II

2460

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III)

قل یا ملک الباریس نبأ القسیس بأن لا یدق النواقیس تالله الحق قد ظهر الناقوس

O King of Paris! Tell the priests to ring the bells no longer. By God, the True One! The Most Mighty Bell hath appeared

INBA34:033, BLIB_Or15705.022, , CMB_F31.034, , PR11.031a-038b

NRJ#1b, GWBP#107 p.139ax, GWBP#158 p.215bx, AQA1#001b, AVK3.203.19x, AKHA_123BE #01-02 p.ax, OOL.B062

SLH#01b, GWB#107x, GWB#158x, WOB.203x, SW_v03#05 p.007x, DWN_v5#02-3 p.002-004x, DWN_v6#10 p.001bx, BSC.105 #042

W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2)

Summons the Emperor to ‘tell the priests to ring the bells no longer’, announcing that He is the one promised by Christ; bids the monks to come forth from their seclusion; prophesies that his ‘kingdom shall be thrown into confusion’ and his empire ‘shall pass from [his] hands’ for ‘casting behind [his] back’ the first epistle from Bahá’u’lláh; recounts the sufferings of Bahá’u’lláh in His successive exiles; counsels the Emperor to watch over his subjects with justice; and instructs him, and the people of the world in general, to teach the Cause of God through the power of utterance, to be trustworthy, and to conceal the sins of others.

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ROB3.110, BKOG.320, BKOG.392, MMAH.124, LL#200

Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal.

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

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

ROB2.245 et al, MMAH.193, GSH.173, LL#201

BH00347

Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX)

1900

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX)

ان یا پاپا ان اخرق الاحجاب قد اتی رب الارباب فی ظلل السحاب و قضی الامر من

O Pope! Rend the veils asunder. He Who is the Lord of Lords is come overshadowed with clouds, and the decree hath been fulfilled by God

INBA34:026, BLIB_Or15705.018, , CMB_F31.032, , PR11.026a-031a

NRJ#1a, AQA1#001a, RHQM1.141-142 (180) (106-106x), OOL.B065

SLH#01a, BSC.098 #041

Announces the return of Christ, ‘come down from Heaven even as He came down from it the first time’; warns of the ‘veils of human learning’ that threaten to obscure this truth; calls on the monks to come forth from their seclusion; summons the people of all religions to hasten unto the most great Ocean; asserts the power of His revelation to overcome all opposition; bids the Pope to abandon his worldly riches and adornments; and proclaims to the Christians that John the Baptist has reappeared in the person of the Báb while the promised Father foretold by Isaiah and the Comforter promised by Christ has appeared in the person of Bahá’u’lláh.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Monasticism; asceticism; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Universal peace; world unity

ROB3.116, MMAH.166, MMAH.229, GSH.124, LL#208

Included in the Suriyi-Haykal.

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

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

ROB1.334, MMAH.137, GSH.176, LL#212

BH00203

Lawh-i-Quds 1

2800

Lawh-i-Quds (Tablets of Holiness)

هذا لوح القدس یذکر فیه ما یشتعل به فی قلوب العباد نارا لعل یحترق بها کل الحجبات

This is the Tablet of Holiness; in it is mentioned what will kindle a flame in the hearts of the servants, that haply it may burn away every veil and allusion

INBA51:224b, INBA57:031, BLIB_Or15694.420, , KB_620:217-228, ALIB.folder18p255x

BRL_DA#099, SFI08.019b, MAS1.060x, AADA.061-073, ASAT1.130x, ASAT5.350x

ADMS#224

A call to the recognition of Bahá’u’lláh, affirming the continuity of His mission with the Báb’s, investigating the cause of the rejection of prophets past, and refuting the counter-claim of Mírzá Yaḥyá.

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01394

Lawh-i-Quds 1 (Lawh-i-A'rabi)

620

Tablet of Holiness

Lawh-i-Quds (Tablets of Holiness); Lawh-i-Quds or Lawh-i-A'rabi (Tablet of Holiness)

یا اعرابی ثم یا احبائی ثم یا اصفیائی ثم یا جنودی ثم یا ظهوری اسمعوا ندائی ان

My Arabs, My Loved ones, My friends, My legions, My manifestation! Hearken unto My call, if ye be among them with ears to hear

INBA36:149, INBA71:320, BLIB_Or15696.169,

BRL_DA#362, AQA4#096 p.325, AQA4a.070, OOL.B068a

BLO_PT#112, JHT_B#008

Contention and conflict; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God

MMAH.171, LL#213

BH00269

Lawh-i-Ra'is

2370

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Lawh-i-Rais (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha)

قلم اعلی میفرماید ای نفسیکه خود را اعلی الناس دیده و غلام الهی که چشم اهل ملا

The Pen of the Most High proclaimeth: O thou who hast imagined thyself to be the most exalted of men

INBA35:043, BLIB_Or11096#015, , BLIB_Or15698.302, , BLIB_Or15720.296, , BLIB_Or15740.230, , CMB_F31.030, , NLI.32p039v, PR11.066a-072a

NRJ#3, AVK1.333.04x, AVK2.287.11x, AVK3.052.07x, AVK4.455x, IQT.302, MJMM.102, UAB.058cx, DRD.043, ASAT3.015x, ASAT4.168x, ASAT4.419x, OOL.B070b

SLH#03, GPB.173x2x, GPB.187x3x, GPB.208x3x, PDC.073-074x, PDC.099x, PDC.099-100x, SW_v02#02 p.003-007x, BLO_PT#198, BSC.081 #038

Bahá’u’lláh’s second tablet to the Ottoman Prime Minister ‘Álí Páshá, denouncing him for his further act of cruelty in imprisoning Bahá’u’lláh and His followers in the citadel of ‘Akká, warning him of the ephemerality of his worldly power, relating the episode of a puppet show from Bahá’u’lláh’s own childhood which convinced Him of the fleeting nature of the trappings of the world, asking ‘Álí Páshá to comport himself with reason and justice, and reiterating a request for a brief audience with the Sultan.

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB3.033 et al, BKOG.013, MMAH.148, GSH.121, LL#217

BH01865

Lawh-i-Rasul

470

Days of Remembrance

Lawh-i-Rasul (Tablet to Rasul)

ان یا رسول اگر از شمس سماء معنی پرسی در کسوف حسد مکسوف و مغطوء و اگر از قمر

O Rasúl! Shouldst thou ask concerning the Sun of the heaven of inner meaning, know that it hath been eclipsed by the clouds of envy

INBA38:257

NANU_BH#10x, ASAT4.013x, AMB#30, QUM.029

DOR#30

Identifies Himself, through His sufferings, with the prophets of the past and announces His intention to take leave of both friend and foe.

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

MMAH.107, GSH.181, LL#219

BH01325

Lawh-i-Ru'ya (Tablet of the Vision)

640

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Vision; Tablet of Vision

Lawh-i-Ruya (Tablet of the Vision)

یا اسمی استمع ندائی من حول عرشی لیبلغک الی بحر ما له ساحل و ما بلغ قعره

O My Name! Give thou ear unto My Voice ringing from around the precincts of My Throne

INBA23:084b, BLIB_Or15729.133, , BLIB_Or15737a.073, , BLIB_Or15738.061, , NLAI_22848:324, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p166v, , MKI4522.324,

BRL_DA#730, AQA2#011 p.174, AYT.016, RHQM2.0973-975 (409) (252-253), ASAT3.135x, ASAT4.049x, ASAT4.403x, AKHA_123BE #04 p.ax, OOL.B074

GPB.221x2x, BLO_PT#143, BLO_PT#148, BSC.249 #525, HURQ.BH66

unknown

Recounts, in celebration of the anniversary of the birth of the Báb, a joyful vision of the Maid of Heaven as personification of the Holy Spirit, who embraces Him and addresses Him ecstatically and who bids Him leave ‘Akká and hasten to His ‘other dominions’.

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Mystical themes; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ROB3.223, BKOG.246, GSH.149, LL#226

BH00032

Lawh-i-Ruh

7220

Lawḥ-i-Rúh (Tablet of the Spirit)

فسبحان الذی فی قبضته ملکوت ملک الآیات یصرفها کیف یشآء بأمر

Glorified be He in Whose grasp lieth the dominion of the realm of verses, Who directeth them as He pleaseth through His command [3.5s]

INBA37:018, INBA83:073, BLIB_Or15723.082, , PR23.001b-015b

AQA4#081 p.123, AQA4a.150, ASAT1.276x, OOL.B073

Refutes certain claims of Mírzá Yaḥyá; asserts the magnitude of Bahá’u’lláh’s own station, whose full transformative power remains, out of wisdom, as yet undivulged; and foretells the ultimate triumph of His cause.

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Oneness; unity of religion; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.181, ROB2.260, MMAH.185, GSH.085, LL#224

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

BH00066

Lawh-i-Salman I

5230

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance; Commentary on a Verse of Rumi; Commentary on a Verse of Rumi

Lawh-i-Salman I (Tablet to Salman I)

ای سلمان از شهر جان بنسایم قدس رحمن بر اهل اکوان و امکان مرور نما

O Salman! Pass through the realm of being and existence with holy breezes from the City of the Spirit, wafting with the fragrances of the All-Merciful [3.5s]... ...O Salmán! Say: O people! Tread ye in the path of the one true God and ponder the ways and words of Him Who is the Manifestation

INBA35:276, INBA73:118, BLIB_Or15722.001, , NLAI_BH3.110, BN_suppl.1754.047-059

BRL_DA#735, GWBP#021 p.040x, GWBP#148 p.204x, GWBP#154 p.212x, AVK1.026.05x, AVK2.078.12x, AVK3.303.06x, AVK3.418.16x, MJMM.128, ASAT4.100x, ASAT5.346x, YMM.322x, OOL.B076, AMB#37x

GWB#021x, GWB#148x, GWB#154x, DOR#37x, MNP.036-037x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.076-77x, ADJ.083x, ADJ.084x, GPB.169x, WOB.108x, WIND#128, HURQ.BH55

Laments the opposition of Mírzá Yaḥyá; contrasts the stations of belief and disbelief; considers and rejects various theories of the mystics concerning the relationship between God and creation; asserts that, the Godhead itself being unknowable, the means of access to the knowledge of God is through the channel of His prophets; and interprets a line of Rumi’s Mathnaví to the effect that the light of truth is one but that, cast through the glass of different souls, it takes on different tints and colours, which is both the cause of the denial of the religion of God and the source of conflict upon earth.

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB2.283, ROB3.089, BLO_PT#023, MMAH.187, GSH.179, LL#232, LL#234

BH00395

Lawh-i-Sayyah (=Suratu'l-Widad)

1720

Lawh-i-Sayyah (Tablet of the Traveller)

ان یا علی فاشهد بانی ظهور الله فی جبروت البقاء و بطونه فی غیب العماء و جمال

O Ali! Bear thou witness that verily I am the Manifestation of God in the Kingdom of eternity, His concealment in the mystic realm of the divine cloud, and the Beauty [3.5s]... ...Upon Our arrival We were welcomed with banners of light, whereupon the Voice of the Spirit cried out saying

INBA36:052, INBA71:211

BRL_DA#396, RSBB.075, MUH3.258-262, OOL.B079

GPB.184x2x, HURQ.BH49

Declares Bahá’u’lláh’s messianic claim; urges the Bábís to embrace it; relates a mystical journey to different groups of people who, though outwardly pious, were veiled in various ways from recognizing the truth; and foretells His further exile to the ‘vale of Nabíl’, later interpreted as a reference to the city of ‘Akká.

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Self-concealment of the Manifestation 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 Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.210, ROB3.013, BKOG.220, BKOG.245, MMAH.220, GSH.079, LL#236

BH01850

Lawh-i-Shaykh Fani

480

Lawh-i-Shaykh Fání (Tablet to Shaykh Fání)

قلم اعلی من فی الانشا را ندا میفرماید و بحق واحد هدایت مینماید ای شیخ فانی حمد کن

The Most Exalted Pen calleth unto all who dwell in creation and guideth them unto the One True God. O mortal elder! Render thou praise [3.5s]... ...He is indeed a true believer in the unity of God who, in this Day, will regard Him as One immeasurably exalted above all the comparisons and likenesses with which men have compared Him

BLIB_Or03116.111r, , BLIB_Or11096#041, , NLI.32p132r, Majlis934.031-036

BRL_DA#704, GWBP#160 p.217x, AVK1.175ax, OOL.B080

GWB#160x

Stresses the importance of distinguishing the transcendent reality of God from the signs of God in the world, taking as an example the subject of mystical self-surrender (faná’) and eternal union (baqá’) with God, which should be understood as the act of complete renunciation of worldly desire and not the elevation of the individual will to that of God.

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Empty learning; false spirituality; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Law of fasting; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

GSH.177, LL#240

AB00010

Lawh-i-Shuhaday-i-Yazd va Isfahan (Tablet on the Martyrs of Yazd and Isfahan)

5290

Treatise on Persecution of Bahá'ís in 1903

Lawh-i-Shuhaday-i-Yazd va Isfahan (Tablet on the Martyrs of Yazd and Isfahan)

در این عصر انوار که قرن عظیم حضرت پروردگار است و از پرتو شمس حقیقت انوار

In this enlightened age, which is the century of the Almighty God, by the effulgence of the Sun of Reality, the lights of civilization are diffused

MKT3.122, OOL.C024

BLO_PT#208

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Past, present and future of Iran; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB00109

Lawh-i-Tanzih va Taqdis (=Lawh-i-Dukhan)

1040

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Tablet of Purity

Lawh-i-Tanzih va Taqdis (Tablet of Chastity and Purity)

ای یاران پاک یزدان تنزیه و تقدیس در جمیع شئون از خصائص پاکانست و از لوازم آزادگان

O Friends of the Pure and Omnipotent God! To be pure and holy in all things is an attribute of the consecrated soul

MKT1.324, MNMK#107 p.200, MMK1#129 p.142, AKHA_104BE #07 p.01, AHB.123BE #05 p.136x, AVK3.039.03x, AVK3.296.10x, DWNP_v6#10 p.001-004, PYB#139 p.03, ADH2_1#34 p.051x, MJMJ2.020bx, MMG2#377 p.421x, YHA1.340x, KHAZ.111-114, HYB.168, OOL.C017

SWAB#129, BRL_Aqdas.n170ax, TAB.581-585, BWF.333-336x, COC#1414x, LOG#1186x, LOG#1188x, LOG#1192x, LOG#1839x

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Cleanliness and refinement; Excellence; distinction; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity

AB00142

Lawh-i-Tarbiyyat (Tablet of Education)

930

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

Lawh-i-Tarbiyyat (Tablet of Education)

ای احبای الهی و اماء رحمن جمهور عقلاء بر آنند که تفاوت عقول و آراء از تفاوت

O ye beloved of God and maidservants of the Merciful! The republic of wise men believes that the difference in minds and opinions is due to the difference of education

INBA16:026

MKT1.330, MNMK#110 p.207, MMK1#098 p.123x, MMK1#104 p.127x, MILAN.084, AKHA_104BE #06 p.15, AKHB.210x, AVK1.250x, AVK3.326.17x, DWNP_v6#05 p.004-006, PYM.218, MJTB.035, DUR1.574x, YHA1.329-330x, YHA1.382x#7, YHA1.382x#8, NJB_v05#02 p.005, OOL.C018

SWAB#098x, SWAB#104x, TAB.576-580, BWF.396-399x, LOG#0482x, LOG#0484x, LOG#0486x, BSC.486 #935x, TEW.003-006

MANA (1), MANA (2)

Differences in human capacity; Education and the development of capacity; Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Work as worship

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

BH01313

Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet of Medicine)

650

Tablet to the Physician, or Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i-Tibb); Tablet to a Physician (Lawh-i-Tibb); Prayers and Meditations; Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i-Tibb); Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Healing prayer, Short; Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet to a Physician)

لسان القدم تنطق بما یکون غنیه الالبا عند غیبه الاطبا قل یا قوم لاتاکلوا... جمیع احبا را من قبل الله تکبیر

The Ancient Tongue speaks what which will satisfy the wise in the absence of doctors. O People, do not eat except when you are hungry… Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance of Thee is my remedy

INBA35:004c, BLIB_Or07852.105, , BLIB_Or11096#233, , NLAI_BH1.138x, NLAI_BH2.365

BRL_DA#718, PMP#170x, AVK3.112.02x, AVK3.114.07x, MJMM.222, AQMJ1.006ax, MMJA.013x, OOL.B082

PM#170x, BPRY.096x, COC#1019x, COC#1020x, LOG#1003x, SW_v13#09 p.252, BLO_PT#114, BLO_PT#168, BP1929.031-032x, HURQ.BH64

S. Toloui-Wallace, A. Wensbo, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown, A. Youssefi, The Badasht Project, L. Slott, A. Bryan, P. Escobar, D. Gundry, Nabilinho, A. McDonald, M. Sparrow, Baha'i Youth of Japan, Ann-Sofie & Rasmus, O. Gollmer, K. Bartlett, C. Bolton, M. Matouf, Yoshie & Aleksandar, M. Hadji & D. Czimek, J. Heath, M.C. Santillana, Honiara Baha'i Youth, N. Ma'ani, N Chiang, W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, C. Signori, L. Robinson, G.H. Miller, Rowshan, K. Porray, Arrayanes, J. Heath [track 3], A. & M. Zemke [track 3], M. Levine [track 3], T. Ellis, Zannetta [track 5], Ladjamaya [track 12], almunajat.com [item 5], Ellie, Rose & Steve

Relates various items of medical and dietary advice—paraphrasing in part a chapter from Náṣíf al-Yázijí’s Majma‘u’l-Baḥrayn, a popular literary work of the time—and concludes with a prayer for healing.

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Prayer for healing; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

ROB3.358, MMAH.174, GSH.177, LL#252, LL#476

Advice follows closely (in different order) the content and wording of Nasif al-Yajizi, "Majma'ul-Bahrayn", ch. 30, p. 182, from line 10: Yaziji, Shaykh Nasif al - Majma' al-Bahrayn (also at archive.org).

BH00934

Lawh-i-Tuqa

880

Lawhut-Tuqa (Tablet of Piety or the Fear of God)

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق من جبروت عز علیا و ینطق بالحق فی ملکوته الاعلی بلسانه

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth from the heaven of transcendent might, and Who speaketh with truth in His most exalted Kingdom through His tongue [3.5s]... ...Among the people is he who opposes God publicly. If the verses of God are recited to him, his face grows dark and he returns to his people as one despised.

INBA83:100, BLIB_Or15702.001, , BLIB_Or15723.258, , BLIB_Or15737.102, , ALIB.folder18p204

BRL_DA#723, AQA7#509 p.347, OOL.B083

HURQ.BH50, KSHK#06x

Bids the people enter the ‘crimson Ark’, adorned with divine virtue; addresses the objections of those who reject the divine verses; and warns those who, like Mírzá Yaḥyá, denied the ‘Most Great Announcement’.

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.397, GPB.171, LL#254

BH00258

Lawh-i-Yusuf

2460

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of Joseph (Lawh-i Yusuf); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Resurrection and the World to Come

Lawh-i-Yusuf (Tablet of Joseph)

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق عن جهه ایمن العرش و جعلها الله هدی و ذکری للعالمین... ای یوسف حجّتم بر کلّ من فی السّموات و الارض... انّا قد جعلنا میقاتاً لکم فاذا تمّت المیقات

These are the verses of God which have verily been sent down in truth from the right hand of the Throne, and which God hath made a guidance and a remembrance unto all the worlds [3.5s]... ...We have a fixed time for you, O people. If ye fail, at the appointed hour, to turn towards God, He, verily, will lay violent hold on you

INBA38:139, BLIB_Or15694.465, , ALIB.folder18p199, NLI.32p030vx

BRL_DA#532, GWBP#108 p.139bx, AVK1.279.19x, RSBB.181, GHA.255x, UAB.031cx, MAS4.019bx, MAS8.013x, AYI2.248x, AYI2.250x, ASAT4.378x, OOL.B084b

GWB#108x, LOG#1982x, PDC.007x, WOB.201x, SW_v02#03 p.003x, BLO_PT#113, BSC.199 #339-372, KSHK#28x

Emphasizes the importance of detachment as prerequisite to the recognition of spiritual truth and explains the meaning of ‘paradise’, ‘hellfire’, ‘resurrection’, and similar terms.

Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations

GSH.171, LL#265, LL#395

BH01194

Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 2

700

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prophecy and fulfillment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

یا ایها الناظر الی وجهی و الشارب کاس عنایتی و کوب رحمتی و افضالی و الساکن فی

O thou who gazest upon My countenance and hast quaffed the chalice of My loving-kindness and the cup of My mercy and bounty, and who dwellest in [3.5s]... ...Call thou to mind that which hath been revealed unto Mihdí, Our servant, in the first year of Our banishment to the Land of Mystery (Adrianople)

INBA34:125, BLIB_Or15707.035, , BLIB_Or15735.206,

BRL_DA#711, GWBP#058 p.081ax, AQA1#014, ASAT4.048x, ASAT5.354x, HYK.206, MSBH5.453ax, OOL.B085b

GWB#058x, BADM.099-100x, BADM.165x, GPB.110x2x, GPB.357x, GPB.360x

GSH.180, LL#373

BH00972

Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 3

850

Christ; Christianity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Soul; spirit after death; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر آنچه مسطور مذکور آمد و شنیده شد انشاء الله همیشه ایام

Thy letter hath been presented before Our countenance, and that which was inscribed therein hath been mentioned and heard. God willing, may all thy days [3.5s]... ...And now concerning thy question whether human souls continue to be conscious one of another after their separation from the body

INBA66:115, BLIB_Or11096#021, , BLIB_Or15698.226, , BLIB_Or15720.222, , BLIB_Or15740.172,

BRL_DA#539, GWBP#086 p.113x, AVK1.278.02x, IQT.226, YARP1.055a, MAS1.071x, OOL.B085c

GWB#086x, PNAK.86

LL#438

BH01328

Lawh-i-Ziyarih

640

اول بهاء ظهر و اشرق عن مشرق البقا و اول ضیاء لاح عن مطلع السنا و اول رحمه

The first splendor that dawned and shone forth from the Dayspring of eternity, and the first light that gleamed from the Horizon of glory, and the first mercy [3.5s]

INBA37:131, INBA83:233, INBA49:305, BLIB_Or15725.524, , Majlis210461.102-104

ASAT4.081x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets

LL#268

BH00295

Madinatu'r-Rida (the City of Radiant Acquiescence)

2180

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; City of Radiant Acquiescence (Lawh-i-Madinatu'r-Rida); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Madinatur-Rida (City of Radiant Acquiescence)

ذکر رحمه الله عبده بالحق لیفتخر بذلک فی ملا العالین و یشکر ربه فی کل حین

Remind his servant of God's clemency in truth, that he might be honored thereby among the concourse of the worlds, and might give thanks to his lord at all times, insofar as God's bounties to him

INBA73:186

BRL_DA#282, AQA4a.135, AVK3.403.02x, ASAT4.015x, AKHA_124BE #11-12 p.bx, OOL.B087

BRL_ATBH#41x, WIND#138, BLO_sazedj#07x, HURQ.BH16x

Expounds various stages and degrees of contentment: contentment with God and His decree; with one’s own self, which requires detachment from the world; with one’s fellow believers, which implies humility in their presence; and with the vicissitudes of the world.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for protection; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Symbolism of color and light; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB1.108, MMAH.191, GSH.036, LL#150

BH00134

Madinatu't-Tawhid (the City of Unity)

3720