all items by The Báb, details

Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BB00648

Epistle to Haji Mirza Aqasi 4 (lost)

MMAH.028, SRC.083

BB00647

Epistle to Muhammad Shah 6 (?)

490

Arabic

Tablets of the Báb to Muhammad Shah

فدا فؤآدک من فی ملکوت ملیک یا ذا لسلطان المقتدر الرؤف حمد و سپاس بی قیاس ذات اقدس مالک الملکی را سزاست

May the hearts of those in the celestial Kingdom be sacrificed unto Thee, O Thou Sovereign Lord of Power and Mercy! Boundless praise and thanksgiving beseem the Most Holy Essence of the King of Kings [3.5s]

AHDA.280-281

Creation of the world; Petitions to authorities; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

MMAH.026

BB00646

Instructions for delivery of Tablet to Muhammad Shah

180

Persian

هو العلی الاعلی. حمد خداوندی را سزاوار است که از علو ظهور رحمت خود مخصوص گردانید اولیاء خود را بمصائب

Praise be unto that Lord Who, through the transcendent manifestation of His mercy, hath singled out His loved ones through tribulations [3.5s]

AHDA.279-280

Petitions to authorities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BB00645

In reply to a question from an unknown correspondent

INBA_5019C:279-284,

BB00644

To Mulla Ahmad Mu'allim Hisari

INBA_5019C:275-279,

BB00643

To Mulla Hasan Bajastani

INBA_5019C:271-275,

BAPT.006x

BB00642

To Mulla Mahdi Khu'i

INBA_5019C:270-271,

BB00641

To Aqa Sayyid Jawad [Karbala'i?]

INBA_5019C:269-270,

BB00640

On istifah (asking the explanation of texts)

INBA_5019C:264-269,

BB00639

Prayer for Sayyid Ja'far Shubbar

INBA_5019C:216-218,

BB00638

In reply to four questions, to an unknown recipient

INBA_5019C:170-171,

BB00637

On the imams, to an unknown recipient

INBA_5019C:163-166,

BB00636

Reply to six questions from Mirza Sulayman

INBA_5019C:159-163,

BB00635

Seal of the Báb

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the Best-Beloved

CMB_F23.162v03-169v01 (56), , CMB_F25.4,

TZH3.068c, QISM.001

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

BB00634

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم اغفر لنا وارحمنا وارجعنا الیک ولا تکلنا الى شیء سواک وهب لنا ما انت تحبه وترضاه

Praise be unto Thee, O Lord. Forgive us our sins, have mercy upon us and enable us to return unto Thee

SWBP#34 (p.125-126)

SWB#35 (p.177(b)), BPRY.080a

BB00633

Arabic

Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

بسم الله البر العطوف. اللهم یا سبوح یا قدوس یا حنان یا منان فرج لنا بالفضل و الاحسان انک انت الرحمن المنان

O Lord, my God! O Thou the Most Lauded, the Most Holy, the Most Tender, the Most Bountiful! Remove our difficulties by Thy grace and bounty. Thou art, verily, the All-Merciful, the All-Bountiful

NSR_1993.005

BRL_APBH#24, ADMS#056, KSHK#21, KSHK.BWB

Bass Adjustment, L. Robinson, Zannetta [track 9], unknown (1), unknown (2)

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for tests and difficulties

BB00632

Arabic

الله لا اله الا هو الحی القیوم لا تاخذه سنه و لا نوم له ما فی السموات و الارض و ما بینهما

God, no god is there but Him, the Living, the Self-Subsisting. Slumber seizes Him not

HARV.4?

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00631

Kitab al-Hayakil

Arabic

الله اعظم بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحان الذی فی قبضته ملکوت [ملک] السموات و الارض و ما بینهما فلتقدس الله یومئذ فی دین الحق نصرا عظیما

God is Most Great! In the name of God, the Inaccessible, the Most Holy. Praise be Him in Whose grasp is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatever lieth between them

BLIB_Or6679,

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

BB00630

Arabic

اللهم انک انت مفرج کل هم و منفس کل کرب و مذهب کل غم و مخلص کل عبد و منقذ

O Lord! Thou art the Remover of every anguish and the Dispeller of every affliction

SWBP#51 (p.137-137(b)x)

SWB#52 (p.193-193(b)), BPRY.227-228

S. Toloui-Wallace, unknown, E. Mahony, Omid & Ariella, K. Porray

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for tests and difficulties

BB00629

Li’l-Anis

Persian

الله خیر مونس و انیس تکبیر بثمره ازلیه رسانیده و آنچه در هر حال سزاوار است بعون الله و قوته بوده باشید بقعه شاه عبدالعظیم ارض نیکو است بواسطه قرب وحید و حفیظ والله خیرالحافظین

God, the Best Friend and Companion, is Great. He has come with an eternal fruit

PR03.085v22-085v24, CMB_F23.177r01-177r03 (61),

Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

JRAS.481?, MSBR.206-207

BB00627

Letter to an uncle of the Báb

Persian

بطلاب بگوئید که هنوز امر بالغ نشده و موقع نرسیده لهذا اگر کسی غیر از تبعیت از فروعات و معتقدات اسلامیه را بمن نسبت دهد من

Tell the students that the amr [matter/cause] is not yet mature nor has it reached its appointed time

KKD1.036.04-06x

Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation

BB00626

Arabic

ان یا اسم النبیل ثم العلی فلتسلمن على من فی بیت الحق و لتراقبن أموراهن أن لا تشهد من حزن و لا لأحد

O name of Nabil Ali! Give greetings to those who are in the house of truth and keep watch over their affairs

PR03.086r10-086r11

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

BB00625

Letter to Mulla 'Abd al-Karim Qazvini

Arabic

الله اکبر تکبیرا کبیرا. ان یا کریم قد وهبناک واحداْ من حق واحد الاول لتحفظن کل ما نزل من عند الله و لتبلغن الى اسم الوحيد ولتسئلن عمن يکتب آيات الله ما انتم مراد الله لا تعلمون

God is the Most Great, Great is He! O Karim! We have endowed you with a wahid from God

PR03.086r04-086r09, CMB_F23.141r08-141r10 (46r), , CMB_F20.020v10-020v12, , BYC_tablets.082.16-083.01

Arabic

هو الاکبر بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. الله لا اله الا هو الاعظم الاعظم فاستقرن الامر ینفی النفی و اثبات الاثبات

God, no God is there but Him, the Most Great, the Most Great! The decree hath become established through the negation of negation and the affirmation of affirmation [3.5s]

CMB_F20.012v05-012v08, , BYC_tablets.066.08-066.12

BB00623

Arabic

هل من مفرج غیر الله قل سبحان الله هو الله کل عباد له و کل بامره قائمون

Is there any remover of difficulties save God? Say: Praised be God! He is God! All are His servants and all abide by His bidding!

Majlis210461.117b

NSR.005, AVK4.061, SWBP#75 (p.156-156)

SWB#75 (p.217(b)), BPRY.226, GPB.119

S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, Baha'i Youth in Jordan, S. Toloui-Wallace, L. Slott, The Humming Birds, P. Escobar, A. Youssefi, D. Gundry, The Descendants, E. Mahony, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown, Refuge, T. Nosrat, S. Trick, Charisse et al, Isis, Sheida & Sama, B. Butler, Ladjamaya, B. Parmar, Mathieu, J. Corrie, Alda, Elina & Annika, The Licata Brothers, E. Sabariego & S. Dely, MANA, M. Stamper, M. Levine [track 5], S. Engle and J. White, J. Heath [track 6], J. Heath [track 10], L. Dely & M. Congo [track 5], KC Porter, C. Frith, Zannetta [track 6], Ladjamaya [track 14], almunajat.com [item 2], S. Peyman, A. Haynes & Z. Rolle, Charisse & Laetitia, Nakhjavani & Gaone, E. Amaya

Prayer for protection; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

SFI09.263

BB00622

Arabic

Creation of the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم هو الله الاکبر الارفع الله اکبر هو الامنع الاقدس الاعلی. قل الله رب و کل له عابدون قل الله حق و کل له قانتون ذلکم الله ربکم و الیه انتم تنقلبون ا فی الله شک حلقکم و کل شیء و انک رب العالمین

Say, God is the Lord and all are worshippers unto Him. Say, God is the True One and all pay homage unto Him.

SWBP#12 (p.108)

SWB#12 (p.153-153)

BB00621

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

فسبحانک اللهم قرب ایام لقائک وابرد صدورنا لحبک ورضائک وافرغ علینا الصبر فی مرضاتک

Praised and glorified art Thou, O God! Grant that the day of attaining Thy holy presence may be fast approaching

SWBP#70 (p.153-153(b))

SWB#70 (p.214-214), BPRY.190

P. Held & C. Bahia [track 8], unknown

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00620

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم انک انت سلطان السلاطین لتوتین السلطتة من تشاء

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art in truth the King of kings. Thou dost confer sovereignty upon whomsoever Thou willest

SWBP#69 (p.153-153(a))

SWB#69 (p.213-214)

BB00619

Arabic

ان هذا کتاب نزلت آیاته الى التی آمنت بآیات ربها وکانت من القانتین ان اشهدی

O thou who art the chosen one among women! He is God; glorified is the splendor of His light. The verses in this Tablet are revealed for the one who hath believed in the signs of her Lord and is reckoned among such as are wholly devoted unto Him

SWBP#22 (p.115a)

SWB#23 (p.163)

BB00618

Arabic

بسم الله الاحفظ الاحفظ. الحمد لله لا إله إلا هو الأحفظ الأحفظ قل الله أحفظ فوق کل ذی إحفاظ

In the name of God, the Greatest Protector, the Greatest Protector. Praise be to God! There is no god but Him, the Greatest Protector

INBA36:171

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

BB00617

Arabic

استغفرک اللهم من کل ذکر بغیر ذکرک ومن کل ثناء بغیر ثنائک ومن کل لذة بغیر لذة قربک ومن کل راحة بغیر راحة انسک

I beg Thee to forgive me, O my Lord, for every mention but the mention of Thee, and for every praise but the praise of Thee

SWBP#40 (p.130-130)

SWB#41 (p.182-183), BPRY.080b

L. Slott, A. Youssefi, E. Mahony, E. Kelly, S. Peyman, S. Jaberi

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00616

In the Name of God, the victor of the most victorious, proclaim: God will assist all those who arise to serve Him. No one is able to deprive Him of His majesty, His dominion, His sovereignty, for in the heaven and the earth and in all the realms of God He is the victorious and the conqueror!

SW_v10#01 p.6

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

BB00615

Persian

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم هو العلی العظیم بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا واحد یا احد یا فرد یا صمد یا من لم یتخذ لنفسه

O God! O Single One! O Unique One! O Peerless One! O Eternal One! O He who takes for Himself neither lord nor offspring! You are the One among many, the Hope

Li’th-Thamara

Arabic

الله اکبر تکبیرا کبیرا. هذا کتاب من عند الله المهیمن القیوم الی الله المهیمن القیوم قل کل من الله مبدئون ... هذا کتاب من علی قبل ملل ذکرالله للعالمین الی من یقول اسمه اسم الوحید ذکرالله للعالمین

God is the Most Great, Great is He! This is a book from God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting to God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Say: All are originated by God

PR03.086r01-086r03, PR03.088r25-088r28, CMB_F23.141r03-141r07 (46), , CMB_F20.020v05-020v08, , BYC_tablets.082.12-082.15

NQK.ld, MANU.038-038, QISM.001

Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

SRC.096

BB00613

Arabic

Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation

مراتب سبعة کلیة‌الاولی رتبة‌الجماد فاذا استعرج رتبة الحدودیة عن مقام المعدنیة هنالک یتصل الی مقام النبات

There are seven general stages. The first is the stage of the inorganic being. From the mineral kingdom, it ascendeth to the stage of the plant

ASAT4.121

BLO_PT#079.1.5, KSHK.BWB

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Evolution; human evolution; Presence of; reunion with God; Seven stages of creation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BB00612

Letter to Shaykh 'Ali 'Azim

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب هو الاکبر بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم الله لا اله الا هو الاعظم الاعظم. فاستقرن الامر بنفی النفی و اثبات الف الاثبات بنصر ربک الطی هو

God bore witness that there is no god but Him, the Almighty, the Best-Beloved. He is the Most Great. In the name of God, the Supreme, the Supreme. Assist the Cause by negating the negative and confirming a thousand confirmations

CMB_F20.013r05-013r15,

Arabic

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

هو الابصر. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب فلتنظرن من یظهره الله یوم القیمة بالحق

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the Best-Beloved. Fix your gaze

SWBP#23 (p.115b)

SWB#24 (p.163-164)

BB00610

Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. تحصنت بذی الملک و الملکوت و اعتصمت بذی العزة و الجبروت

I have sought refuge with the Possessor of the Dominion and the Kingdom. I have sought shelter with the Posessor of Power and Sovereignty. I have trusted in the Living who neither sleeps nor dies

TZH2.379

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BB00609

Li-Siyyid Husayn-i-Turshizi

Arabic

هو. بسم الله الظهر ذی الظهرین بسم الله البطن ذی البطانین بسم الله القدر ذی القدارین بسم الله العلم ذی العلامین بسم الله السلط ذی السلطاء بسم الله الحکم ذی الحکماء ...

In the name of God the manifest, master of all who are manifest. In the name of God the mighty, master of all who are mighty. In the name of God the hidden, master of all who are hidden

PR03.081r16-081r20, PR13.070v-071r

BB00608

Arabic

الله اکبر. قل اللهم انک انت صحاب السموات و الارض و ما بینهما لتؤتین الصحبة من تشآء

Say: O my God! Verily, you are Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lies between them. You give lordship to whom you will and take lordship from whom you will

INBA58:162.06-163.02

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God

BB00607

mixed

بسم الله الاصبر الاصبر ذوالعز والبقا. حضور معظمه جده و والده و خاله سید ١٤ و منتظرین ذکر میشود که الحمد لله علی ظهور انه کلها والله ولی و ولیکن افوض امری الی الله و هو خیر الناصرین و ان البها من کتاب الله علی کل المؤمنین و کل

The fourteen holy personages of his grandfather, his father, and his paternal uncle the sayyid and those who await the Remembrance say: Praised be God for all of His manifestations

PR03.086r12-086r15

BB00606

Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. بسم الله و بالله و الحمد لله و الجات امری الى الله و ما توفیقی الا بالله و ما النصر الا من عند الله

In the name of God, by God, praise be to God! I commit my affairs to God. I have no success except through God, and no help save from God. Whatsoever blessing we have comes from God

INBA78:090-091, INBA86:194-194

Angels; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BB00605

Tablet revealed in the year '60

The spirit of prayer which animates My soul is the direct consequence of a dream

DB.253

Accounts of dreams and visions; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Imam Husayn; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision

BB00604

Arabic

قل اللهم انک انت نصار السموات و الارض و ما بینهما لتؤتین النصر من تشاء و لینزعن النصر عمن یشاء

Say: O my God, verily you are the Helper of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lies between them. You give aid to whom you will and take aid from whom you will

PR03.085v25-085v28

BB00603

Letter to Qahir

Arabic

الله اکبر. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الملک و الملکوت ثم العز و الجبروت ثم القدرة و اللاهوت ثم القوة و الیاقوت ثم السلطنة و الناسوت یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی و انه هو حی لا یموت و ملک لا یزول و عدل لا یجور و سلطان لا تحول و فرد لا یفوت عن قبضته من شیء لا فی السموات و لا فی الارض و لا ما بینهما یخلق ما یشاء بامره انه کان علی کلشیء قدیرا

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the Kingdom and the Dominion, and then the Glory and the Power, and then the Might and the Empyrean, and then the Strength and the Brilliance, and then the Sovereignty and the human realm. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life, and verily He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not, and the King Who passeth not away, and the Just One Who wrongeth not, and the Sovereign Who changeth not, and the Single One from Whose grasp nothing escapeth, whether in the heavens or on the earth or whatever lieth between them. He createth whatsoever He willeth by His command. Verily, He hath power over all things. [3.5s]

PR03.081v09-081v13, PR13.072r-072v

BB00602

Arabic

سبحان الله الاله ذی الالاهین له الاسماء الحسنی یسبح له ما فی السموات و الارض و ما بینهما انا کل له عابدون ان یا حسین قد طلع مطلع الالوهیة باسم الاول الحسین

Praise be God, the god possessing two gods. To Him belongs the beautiful names. That which is in the heavens, and the earth, and whatsoever lies between them praises Him

PR03.080v15-080v20, PR13.069r