The following is from a few sources: First, Vahid Ra'fati compiled it under the title "The Sources of Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh," published in Andalib magazine, vol. 4 no.13, (Winter 1984-1985), pp. 59-71 [Institute for Bahá'í Studies in Persian, in Dundas, Ontario, Canada]. Elham Afnan then translated this portion from English into Persian.
Second, Denis MacEoin posted an expanded version to the Internet in April, 1997. The notes listed in the text and included at the end are his. They are not to be considered authoritative, since they may constitute personal opinions of one independent scholar.
Finally, I compiled the two and added obvious data where missing, such as some translations of some titles and publication information. The information here is not complete and I may have introduced errors.
An "xx" indicates entry not applicable (e.g. that the Kitab-i-Aqdas had no
single recipient) or that the information is not known.
See also another table of Sources [RTF], provided by Faruq Izadinia, dated 1971. I have not correlated the two tables, because some information conflicts between the two, and I don't have the knowledge to determine which one is correct in each case.
More information about each of the Tablets listed here can be
found in the Leiden
List of the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh. [-J.W., 2001]
A more accurate table (PDF scan) can be found as an appendix to the original-language volume of selections corresponding to Gleanings (2nd edition, Bahá’í-Verlag, 2006).
Division into five parts (as described in the introduction):
Part 1, pp. 1-46 (sections 1-18) - This age as the "Day of God"
Part 2, pp. 46-136 (sections 19-69) - The Manifestation of God and the significance of the Manifestation in representing the attributes of God
Part 3, pp. 136-200 (sections 70-99) - The soul and its immortality
Part 4, pp. 200-259 (sections 100-121) - Spiritual aspects of World Order and the Most Great Peace
Part 5, pp. 259-346 (sections 122-166) - Duties of the individual and the spiritual meaning of life
# |
Name of Tablet or Opening words: |
Addressed to: |
Published in: |
Partial Inventory ID: |
Leiden List (2007 edition): |
1 |
(To Aqa Muhammad Hasan) |
Aqa Muhammad Hasan |
MJMM.053 |
BH00652 |
LL#056 |
2 |
Huwa'l-shahid al-sami' al-'alim al-hakim |
a group of Bahá'ís |
AQA2#003 p.60 |
BH00050 |
LL#374 |
3 |
(To Ustad Muhammad Salmani) |
Ustad Muhammad Salmani |
OOL.B175 |
BH04631 |
LL#258 |
4 |
(To Ghulam Husayn) |
Ghulam-Husayn |
xx |
BH10163 |
LL#089 |
5 |
Qawluhu ta'ala bi-ruhi ki dar qalam-i a'la mastur ast |
Jamal-i-Burujirdi |
IQT.220-22 |
BH01034 |
LL#130 |
6 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
BH01371 |
LL#439 |
7 |
|
Mirza Sadiq |
|
BH01352 |
|
8 |
Suriy-i-Qamis |
Rada'r-Ruh and a number of other Bahá’ís |
AQA4, 50-51 |
BH00052 |
LL#325 |
9 |
Lawh-i-Husayn 2 |
Husayn |
|
BH09648 |
LL#119 |
10 |
Bi-nam-i Khodavand-i binanda-yi dana |
Bahá'ís of Khurasan |
MJMM.268-69, DLS.065 |
BH01881 |
LL#376, LL#426 |
11 |
Lawh-i-Karmil (Tablet of Carmel) |
xx |
TBP#01 (translation: TB#01) |
BH02324 |
LL#137 |
12 |
Ridvanu'l-'Adl (Paradise/Garden of Justice) |
Muhammad Rida Shahmirzadi |
AQA4#088 p.245, AQA4a.299 (provisional translations by Cole (1996), Lambden (2013) and Masumian (2014)) |
BH00195 |
LL#276 |
13 |
Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude) |
Siyyid Muhammad, Khal-i-Akbar |
Kitáb-i-Íqán (paragraphs 3, 14, 12, 17, 19, 20, 147-8, 114, 115, 117, 81, 82) |
BH00002 |
LL#029, LL#278 |
14 |
Lawh-i Ridván (Tablet of the Divine Springtime) |
xx |
Ayyam-i tis'a, 254-61 (passage on p. 29, 'Canst thou discover ... All-Glorious') quoted in another tablet, MA, 7, 186 (translation: DOR#06) |
BH00821 |
LL#221 |
15 |
xx |
Mirza Dhabih |
xx |
BH01591 |
LL#385 |
16 |
xx |
Mirza Asadu'llah |
xx |
BH00062 |
LL#413 |
17 |
Bismi'llah al-ra'uf al-rahim |
xx |
AQA1#027, PYK.017, DLH1.048, HYK.252-54 |
BH01924 |
LL#453 |
18 |
Bismi'llah al-baqi bi-la zawal |
xx |
AQA1#026, HYK.249-51 |
BH01880 |
LL#402 |
19 |
Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude) |
Siyyid Muhammad, Khal-i-Akbar |
Kitáb-i-Íqán (paragraphs 104, 106, 109, 110) |
BH00002 |
LL#029, LL#278 |
20 |
xx |
Muhammad Ibrahim Khalil, Qazvini Muballigh |
xx |
BH03835 |
LL#359 |
21 |
Lawh-i-Salman I |
Shaykh Salman Hindijani |
MJMM.144-45 |
BH00066 |
LL#232, LL#234 |
22 |
Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude) |
Siyyid Muhammad, Khal-i-Akbar |
Kitáb-i-Íqán (paragraphs 161, 162, 191, 192, 193, 194, 196, 198) |
BH00002 |
LL#029, LL#278 |
23 |
xx |
Abbas, Faruq |
xx |
BH02046 |
LL#354 |
24 |
Madinat al-tawhid (The City of Unity / the Oneness of God) |
Salman Hindijani |
MAS4.313 |
BH00134 |
LL#151 |
25 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
BH00387 |
LL#386 |
26 |
Lawh al-tawhid (Tablet of Unity / the Oneness of God) |
|
MJMM.307-11 |
BH00512 |
LL#250 |
27 |
Huwa'llah al-bahi al-abha) |
xx |
MJMM.338-42 |
BH00690 |
LL#383 |
28 |
Bismi'lladhi irtafa'a 'alam al-hidaya bayna'l-biriyya |
a group of Bahá'ís |
MJMM.221-22 |
BH01652 |
LL#435 |
29 |
Huwa'l-'aziz |
xx |
MJMM.368-71 |
BH00958 |
LL#430 |
30 |
xx |
'Ali Nur Isfahani |
xx |
BH02874 |
LL#417 |
31 |
Surat al-'ibad (Tablet of the People) |
Siyyid Mihdi Dahaji |
AQA4a.244, 24-25 |
BH00248 |
LL#309 |
32 |
Lawh-i Rida' |
Rida |
MJMM.330, MAS1.075 |
BH01624 |
LL#220 |
33 |
Lawh-i Ibrahim |
Muhammad Ibrahim Muballigh |
MAS8.172-73 |
BH00627 |
LL#125 |
34 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
BH00779 |
LL#393 |
35 |
Bismi'llah al-muqtadir 'ala ma yusha' |
xx |
MJMM.236-38 |
BH00565 |
LL#377, LL#423 |
36 |
Bi-ism-i mahbub-i yakta (Note 5) |
|
MAS7.130-31, IQT.078 |
BH00112 |
LL#380 |
37 |
al-Kitab al-aqdas |
xx |
Kitab-i-Aqdas (paragraphs 161-163) |
BH00001 |
LL#027 |
38 |
Lawh-i Ibrahim (Note 6) |
Muhammad Ibrahim Muballigh |
MAS8.172-3 |
BH00627 |
LL#125 |
39 |
Surat al-damm (Tablet of the Blood) |
Muhammad Zarandi (Nabil-i-A'zam) |
AQA4#075 p.064-5 (provisional translation by Cole (1996)) |
BH00358 |
LL#296 |
40 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
BH09299 |
LL#392 |
41 |
xx |
Abu'l-Hasan in Shin (possibly Shiraz) |
xx |
BH01052 |
LL#379 |
42 |
Kalimat-i-Maknunih |
xx |
Hidden Words (Persian, 77) |
BH00113, BH00386 |
LL#025 |
43 |
Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World) (Note 7) |
Ali Akbar Ayadi, Abu'l-Hasan Amin
[note: As pointed out by B. Seioshansian, this tablet was actually addressed to Agha Mirza Afnan Nur Eddin. See Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh Vol 4, p. 329. (-J.W., 2023)] |
MJMM.286-98, DRD.84-100 (translation: Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh) |
BH00238 |
LL#083 |
44 |
xx |
Mashhadi Isma'il (Zarqan) |
LHKM3.339 |
BH04596 |
LL#410 |
45 |
Bismi'llah al-aqdas al-abha |
Muhammad Rida |
AQA1#047, HYK.036 |
BH02484 |
LL#443 |
46 |
xx |
Mirza 'Ali Naqi |
AQA1#066 |
BH03249 |
LL#444 |
47 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
BH00926 |
LL#406 |
48 |
Suriy-i-Dhabih 3 |
Dhabih |
xx |
BH07865 |
LL#408 |
49 |
Suriy-i-Dhabih 5 |
Dhabih |
xx |
BH11250 |
LL#454 |
50 |
Lawh-i-Siraj |
'Ali Muhammad Suraj |
MAS7.57-58 |
BH00006 |
LL#242 |
51 |
Bismi'llah al-abda' al-amna' al-aqdas al-abha |
Aqa Siyyid Muhammad (Yazd) |
MAS4.87 |
BH01828 |
LL#424 |
52 |
Lawh-i-Ashraf |
Ashraf |
MJMM.212-14 |
BH00597 |
LL#063 |
53 |
Lawh-i-Nasir Qazvini |
Haji Muhammad-Nasir of Qazvin |
MJMM.170 |
BH00049 |
LL#201 |
54 |
xx |
Jinab-i-Muhammad |
xx |
BH00425 |
LL#460 |
55 |
Lawh-i-Ard-i-Ta (Tihran) |
xx |
|
BH03564 |
LL#062 |
56 |
al-Kitab al-aqdas |
xx |
Kitab-i-Aqdas (paragraphs 91-93) |
BH00001 |
LL#027 |
57 |
Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Bayt (Lawh-i-Hajj Baghdad) |
Muhammad Zarandi (Nabil-i-A'zam) |
AHM.99-104 |
BH01536 |
LL#114 |
58 |
Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 2./td>
| Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin |
AQA1#014 |
BH01194 |
LL#373 |
59 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
BH02294 |
LL#375 |
60 |
Lawh-i-Sahab (Tablet of the Cloud) |
xx |
MAS4.168a |
BH00739 |
LL#228 |
61 |
xx |
Muhammad Ibrahim Muballigh |
AVK4.472-73 |
BH04607 |
LL#401 |
62 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
BH02035 |
LL#416 |
63 |
Bismi'l-mazlum al-zahir fi 'l-sijn al-a'zam |
a group of Bahá'ís |
AQA2#003 p.87-88 |
BH00050 |
LL#238 |
64 |
xx |
a group of Bahá'ís |
xx |
BH00050 |
LL#451 |
65 |
Surat al-muluk (Tablet to the Kings) |
xx |
Alvah-i Nazila 17-23 |
BH00021 |
LL#319 |
66 |
Surat al-muluk (Tablet to the Kings) |
xx |
Alvah-i Nazila 23-34 |
BH00021 |
LL#319 |
67 |
Lawh al-amr (Tablet of the Commandment) |
Mulla 'Ali Bajistani |
AQA1#024, HYK.243-44 |
BH01822 |
LL#047 |
68 |
Huwa'l-sami'al-basir |
xx |
ISH.284-85 |
BH03421 |
LL#021 |
69 |
xx |
Ashraf's Mother |
AQA1#048 |
BH02628 |
LL#363 |
70 |
al-Kitab al-aqdas |
xx |
Kitab-i-Aqdas (paragraphs 181-183) |
BH00001 |
LL#027 |
71 |
al-Kitab al-aqdas |
xx |
Kitab-i-Aqdas (paragraphs 38-40) |
BH00001 |
LL#027 |
72 |
al-Kitab al-aqdas |
xx |
Kitab-i-Aqdas (paragraphs 53-55, 58-59) |
BH00001 |
LL#027 |
73 |
Lawh-i-Hadi |
Hadi |
MJMM.355-56 (provisional translation by Cole (1995) |
BH00210 |
LL#097 |
74 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
BH00545 |
LL#394 |
75 |
Lawh-i-Nasir Qazvini |
Haji Muhammad-Nasir of Qazvin |
MAM 186-88 |
BH00049 |
LL#201 |
76 |
xx |
Ahmad Quli Khan |
Translation: DOR#34 (Martyrdom of the Báb)) |
BH01079 |
LL#381 |
77 |
xx |
Muhammad Ibrahim Muballigh |
xx |
BH00431 |
LL#141, LL#142, LL#384 |
78 |
Lawh-i 'Abd al-Razzaq |
'Abdu'r-Razzaq |
IQT.072-073) |
BH00060 |
LL#36 |
79 |
Lawh-i Wafa' (Súriy-i-Vafá) |
Muhammad Husayn in Shin (Shiraz) [titled Vafa, "Fidelity"] |
MAS1.063-064 (translation: Tablet to Vafá TB#12) | )
BH00354 |
LL#329 |
80 |
Lawh-i 'Abd al-Razzaq |
Abdu'r-Razzaq |
IQT.068-071) |
BH00060 |
LL#036 |
81 |
Lawh-'Abd al-Vahhab |
'Abdu'l-Vahhab |
ISH.215-17/MJMM.163-65 |
BH00433 |
LL#034 |
82 |
xx |
Muhammad 'Ali |
MAS8.189b |
BH00328 |
LL#437 |
83 |
Lawh-i Hadi |
Hadi |
MJMM.351-353 |
BH00210 |
LL#097 |
84 |
Bi-ism-i mahbub-i 'alamiyan |
xx |
IQT.158-159 |
BH00413 |
LL#421 |
85 |
Bi-nam-i khudavand-i bi manand |
xx |
DRD.101-103 |
BH02747 |
LL#72 |
86 |
Bi-nam-i dust-i bi nam |
Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin |
MAS1.073-075/IQT.228-231 |
BH00972 |
LL#438 |
87 |
Lawh-i 'Abd al-Razzaq |
Abdu'r-Razzaq |
IQT.074-077 |
BH00060 |
LL#036 |
88 |
Ridvan al-'adl (Paradise of Justice) |
Siyyid Muhammad Rida Shahmirzadi |
MAS4.160a |
BH00195 |
LL#276 |
89 |
Tafsir-i Sura-yi wa'l-shams (Commentary on the Surih of Va'sh-Shams) |
Shaykh Mahmud, Mufti of 'Akka |
MJMM.008-009 |
BH00271 |
LL#338 |
90 |
Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude) |
Siyyid Muhammad, Khal-i-Akbar |
Kitáb-i-Íqán (paragraphs 107, 109) |
BH00002 |
LL#029, LL#278 |
91 |
Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude) |
Siyyid Muhammad, Khal-i-Akbar |
Kitáb-i-Íqán (paragraphs 246, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252) |
BH00002 |
LL#029, LL#278 |
92 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
BH06706 |
LL# |
93 |
Commentary on verse from Sa'di (note 10) |
Shaykh Salman |
Provisional translation by Cole (1996) |
BH00245 |
LL#448 |
94 |
xx |
Jinab-i-Hashim |
xx |
BH01640 |
LL#456 |
95 |
xx |
Ni'matu'llah |
AQA5#037 p.051 |
BH03960 |
LL#399 |
96 |
Huwa'l-shahid al-sami' al-'alim (See Note 1) |
xx |
xx |
BH02699 |
LL#422 |
97 |
Lawh-i siraj |
'Ali Muhammad Suraj |
MAS7.018 |
BH00006 |
LL#242 |
98 |
al-Kitab al-aqdas |
xx |
Kitab-i-Aqdas (paragraphs 99-104) |
BH00001 |
LL#027 |
99 |
xx |
Mulla 'Ali-Akbar Ayadi |
xx |
BH01234 |
LL#459 |
100 |
Lawh-i 'Ali |
'Ali |
IQT.291-296 |
BH00718 |
LL#45 |
101 |
Bismi'llah al-abha |
Ustad Shir-Muhammad |
DRD.001/AVK3.001.06 (where it is headed Bismi'llah al-rahman al-rahim) |
BH04829 |
LL#431 |
102 |
Lawh man sa'ada ila'llah |
Abu'l-Fada'il |
MJMM.365-367 |
BH01333 |
LL#163 |
103 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
BH02218 |
LL#313 |
104 |
Kalimat-i-Maknunih |
xx |
Hidden Words (Persian, 63) |
BH00113, BH00386 |
LL#025 |
105 |
al-Kitab al-aqdas |
xx |
Kitab-i-Aqdas (paragraphs 78-84) |
BH00001 |
LL#027 |
106 |
Lawh-i Manakji |
Manakji Sahib |
MJMM.261-262, DRD.003-004 |
BH00698 |
LL#160 |
107 |
Lawh-i Malik-i Paris |
Napoleon III |
AQA1#001b. Translation: SLH#01b |
BH00259 |
LL#200 |
108 |
Siyyid Yusuf-i-Isfahani (Sidihi) |
xx |
xx |
BH00258 |
LL#265, LL#395 |
109 |
xx |
Kamal (Kamali'd-Din-i-Na raqi) |
xx |
BH00407 |
LL#135 |
110 |
Lawh-i Maqsud |
Mirza Maqsud |
DRD.020-026 |
BH00140 |
LL#162 |
111 |
Lawh-i ittihad (Tablet of Unity) |
Siyyid Asadu'llah (Port Said) |
AHM.407-409, MJMM.284 |
BH05684 |
LL#190 |
112 |
Lawh-i Maqsud |
Mirza Maqsud |
Darya-yi danish, 14-16 [the passage 'The great Being saith ... reward and punishment' is from a tablet published in MA, v.4, p. 109]. Also in separately published text (Egypt), 5-7 |
BH00140 |
LL# |
113 |
Surat al-muluk (Tablet to the Kings) |
xx |
Alvah-i Nazila 49-65 |
BH00021 |
LL#319 |
114 |
Surat al-muluk (Tablet to the Kings) |
xx |
Alvah-i Nazila 35-49 |
BH00021 |
LL#319 |
115 |
Lawh-i Dhabih [Note 9] |
Dhabih |
Iqtidarat 323-8 |
BH00513 |
LL# |
116 |
Surat al-muluk (Tablet to the Kings) |
xx |
Alvah-i Nazila 11-17 |
BH00021 |
LL#319 |
117 |
Lawh-i Maqsud |
Mirza Maqsud |
Darya-yi danish 16-20/Egyptian text 8-12. Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh |
BH00140 |
LL# |
118 |
Surat al-muluk (Tablet to the Kings) |
xx |
Alvah-i Nazila 7-11 |
BH00021 |
LL#319 |
119 |
Lawh-i malika (Tablet to the Queen) |
Queen Victoria |
Kitab al-haykal 84-85. Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh |
BH00662 |
LL# |
120 |
Lawh-i malika [Note 8] (Tablet to the Queen) |
Queen Victoria |
Kitab al-haykal 82-83. Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh |
BH00662 |
LL# |
121 |
xx |
Javad |
xx |
BH00657 |
LL# |
122 |
Lawh-i Maqsud |
Mirza Maqsud |
Darya-yi danish 12-13/Egyptian text 3-4. Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh |
BH00140 |
LL# |
123 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
BH03941 |
LL# |
124 |
Lawh-i Hadi |
Hadi |
MAM, 346-9 |
BH00210 |
LL# |
125 |
Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude) |
Siyyid Muhammad, Khal-i-Akbar |
Kitáb-i-Íqán ("Tablet of the True Seeker"; paragraphs 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219) |
BH00002 |
LL#029, LL#278 |
126 |
Huwa'l-mubayyin al-hakim |
Mirza Haydar 'Ali |
Ishraqat 137-40/ESW 13-15 |
BH00272 |
LL# |
127 |
xx |
Ibrahim Muballigh |
xx |
BH00627 |
LL# |
128 |
Surat al-bayan (Tablet of Utterance) |
Muhammad Ibrahim Muballigh |
AQA, 4, 112-14 |
BH00144 |
LL# |
129 |
Surat al-bayan |
xx |
AQA, 4, 108-11 |
BH00144 |
LL# |
130 |
Tablet to Mirza Badi' Allah |
'Andalib and some of the Bahá'ís |
Epistle to the Son of the Wolf/also cited in letter to 'Andalib in AQA, 2, 17-18 (see note 2) |
BH03420 |
LL# |
131 |
Huwa'l-shahid al-sami' al-khabir |
'Ali-Akbar |
Ishraqat 278-80 |
BH00674 |
LL# |
132 |
Epistle to the Son of the Wolf |
Shaykh Muhammad-Taqi Mujtahid-i-Isfahani |
Epistle to the Son of the Wolf |
BH00272 |
LL# |
133 |
xx |
Shakh Salman |
xx |
BH07535 |
LL# |
134 |
Bi-ism-i mahbub-i 'alamiyan |
xx |
Iqtidarat 162-63 |
BH00195 |
LL# |
135 |
xx |
Muhammad Baqir, Letter of the Living |
xx |
BH01507 |
LL# |
136 |
xx |
Ismu'llahu'l-Asdaq |
xx |
BH00994 |
LL# |
137 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
BH02224 |
LL# |
138 |
Lawh-i siyam (Tablet of the Fast) |
xx |
Tasbih wa tahlil 50-53 |
BH02806 |
LL# |
139 |
xx |
Nabil-i-A'zam |
xx |
BH00846 |
LL# |
140 |
xx |
Muhammad-'Ali |
xx |
BH05002 |
LL# |
141 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
BH04818 |
LL# |
142 |
Letter to Muhammad 'Ali |
Muhammad-'Ali |
MA, 4, 111-13 |
BH01231 |
LL# |
143 |
Haji Faraj |
xx |
xx |
BH05544 |
LL# |
144 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
BH03550 |
LL# |
145 |
Surat al-bayan |
Muhammad Ibrahim Muballigh |
AQA, 4, 114-15 |
BH00144 |
LL# |
146 |
xx |
Muhammad Mustafa Baghdadi |
xx |
BH01184 |
LL# |
147 |
Bismi'lladhi bi-dhikrihi tuhyi qulub ahl al-mala' al-a'la |
xx |
MAM 230-31/Iqtidarat 216-18 |
BH00970 |
LL# |
148 |
Lawh-i Salman 1 |
Salman |
MAM 143-44 |
BH00066 |
LL# |
149 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
BH00822 |
LL# |
150 |
xx |
Isma'il-i-Sabbagh |
xx |
BH11424 |
LL# |
151 |
Lawh-i'ashiq wa ma'shuq |
xx |
Darya-yi danish 29-31 |
BH02198 |
LL# |
152 |
Lawh-i Ahmad (Farsi) |
Ahmad-i-Kashani |
MAM 317-19/Darya-yi danish 116-18 (note 3) |
BH00249 |
LL# |
153 |
Lawh-i Ahmad (Farsi) |
Ahmad-i-Kashani |
MAM 315-16, 320-22, 324-27, 328-29/Darya-yi danish 114-15, 119-21, 123-26, 128-29 (note 4) |
BH00249 |
LL# |
154 |
Lawh-i Salman 1 |
Salman |
MAM 153-4 |
BH00066 |
LL# |
155 |
al-Kitab al-aqdas |
xx |
Kitab-i-Aqdas |
BH00001 |
LL#027 |
156 |
Huwa'l-muqtadir 'ala ma arada |
xx |
Kashf al-ghita' 146-7 |
BH06328 |
LL# |
157 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
BH05162 |
LL# |
158 |
Lawh-i Malik-i Paris |
Napoleon III |
Kitab al-haykal. Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh |
BH00259 |
LL# |
159 |
al-Kitab al-aqdas |
xx |
Kitab-i-Aqdas |
BH00001 |
LL#027 |
160 |
Lawh-i Shaykh Fani |
Shaykh Fani |
Ganj-i shayigan 177-79 |
BH01850 |
LL# |
161 |
Commentary on verse from Sa'di |
Shaykh Salman |
Provisional translation by Cole (1996) |
BH00245 |
LL#457 |
162 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
BH07594 |
LL# |
163 |
xx |
Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin |
xx |
BH06839 |
LL# |
164 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
BH00576 |
LL# |
165 |
xx |
Sister of the Wife of the Bab |
xx |
BH05241 |
LL# |
166 |
al-Kitab al-aqdas |
xx |
Kitab-i-Aqdas |
BH00001 |
LL#027 |
MacEoin's notes:
1. Part of this tablet ['Centre your energies... dumbfounded] is quoted in
Risala-yi rahnama-yi tabligh, p. 6, where the opening line is cited. It is
stated there that the passage is taken from a collection of tablets
transcribed in Shiraz, p. 349.
2. This item is not, as Raf'ati states, addressed to 'Andalib, but to
Mirza Badi' Allah ('One of our sons').
3. The order in which the Gleanings text has been arranged does not follow
the original.
4. There are long lacunae between the translated sections making up the
Gleanings passage.
5. (To section 36): This passage comes from a reply to questions from a
Christian priest. The Iqtidarat text quotes it as from a previous tablet.
6. There should be no lacunae between 'created things' and 'In like
manner'.
7. (Section 43) There should be lacunae marks on p. 95, between 'holy
Book' and 'O people of Justice!'
8. For a Persian trans. of part of this section ('Regard the world' to
end], apparently by 'Abbas Effendi, see Amr wa khalq v. 3, pp. 219-221.
9. The passage 'We pray God... with him' has an analogue on p.243 and also
in Iqtidarat p. 142.
Further remarks:
There are some variant translations by Shoghi Effendi (and, I'm sure, more
than I have noted): p. 95 'It is not his to boast', cf. p. 249 and World
Order of Bahá'u'lláh p. 41; p. 138 'Verily... angels', cf. Bahá'í
Administration p. 16; pp. 215-16 cf. WOB p. 32; p. 217, cf. WOB p. 41; p.
249, cf. WOB p. 41; p. 243, cf. p.339 and p.345
I have Qur'anic sources for all but three of the analogues from sections
XVII and XVIII, if anyone needs them.
Not all the above information may be correct: I'm using material I haven't
really looked at closely in many years, so there's room for error. But I
hope this brings us closer to a properly edited text. It is certainly of
major importance to be able to compare Shoghi Effendi's often very free
translations with the originals.
Additional notes:
Note 10. Verse from the Gulistán of Sa'dí, chapter 2, story 11, with reference to Qur'án 50:16. [with thanks to Adib Masumian; -A.B.]
Sources (extracted from the Partial Inventory)
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https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/daysremembrance
GWB. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1935. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritativetexts/bahaullah/gleanings-writings-bahaullah
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bahaullah and http://bahailib.com/pdf/15.pdf
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AVK. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Amr va Khalq (4 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1985. Thematic compilation of extracts. http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1
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HYK. Lawḥ-i Haykal. Bombay, 1890. Collection of Tablets including the Súriyi-Haykal. Corresponds in part to AQA1.
IQT. Iqtidárát va Chand Lawḥ-i Dígar. BPT Iran, 1970. Collection of Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh. http://bahailib.com/pdf/24.pdf
LHKM. La'álíy-i ḥikmat (3 vols.). Editora Baha’i-Brasil, 1991. Collection of Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh. Vol. 1: http://bahailib.com/pdf/561.pdf, Vol. 2: http://bahailib.com/pdf/562.pdf, Vol. 3: http://bahailib.com/pdf/563.pdf
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