# |
Name of Tablet or Opening words: |
Addressed
to: |
Published
in: |
1 |
(To
Aqa Muhammad Hasan) |
Aqa
Muhammad Hasan |
xx |
2 |
Huwa
'l-shahid al-sami' al-'alim al-hakim |
a
group of Bahá'ís |
Athar-i
qalam-i a'la (AQA) v2, 60 |
3 |
(To
Ustad Muhammad Salmani) |
Ustad
Muhammad Salmani |
xx |
4 |
(To
Ghulam Husayn) |
Ghulam-Husayn |
xx |
5 |
Qawluhu
ta'ala bi-ruhi ki dar qalam-i a'la mastur ast |
Jamal |
Iqtidarat,
220-22 |
6 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
7 |
Surat
al-qamis |
Mirza
Sadiq |
AQA
v4, 50-51 |
8 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
9 |
Bi-nam-i
khudavand-i binanda-yi dana) |
Husayn |
Majmu'a-yi
athar-i mubaraka (MAM) 268-69 |
10 |
xx |
Bahá'ís
of Khurasan |
xx |
11 |
Lawh-i
Karmil |
xx |
Tablets
of Bahá'u'lláh |
12 |
Ridvan
al-'adl (Paradise of Justice) |
Muhammad
Rida Shahmirzadi |
xx |
13 |
Kitab-i
iqan |
Siyyid
Muhammad, Khal-i-Akbar |
Kitab-i-Iqan |
14 |
Lawh-i
Ridvan |
xx |
Ayyam-i
tis'a, 254-61 (Passage on p. 29, 'Canst thou discover ... All-Glorious') quoted
in another tablet, MA, 7, 186 |
15 |
xx |
Mirza
Dhabih |
xx |
16 |
xx |
Mirza
Asadu'llah |
xx |
17 |
Bismi
'llah al-ra'uf al-rahim |
xx |
Kitab
al-haykal 252-54 |
18 |
Bismi
'llah al-baqi bi-la zawal |
xx |
Kitab
al-haykal 249-51 |
19 |
Kitab-i
iqan |
Siyyid
Muhammad |
Kitab-i-Iqan |
20 |
xx |
Muhammad
Ibrahim Khalil, Qazvini Muballigh |
xx |
21 |
Lawh-i
Salman #1 |
Shaykh
Salman Hindijani |
MAM,
144-45 |
22 |
Kitab-i
iqan |
Siyyid
Muhammad |
Kitab-i-Iqan |
23 |
xx |
Abbas,
Faruq |
xx |
24 |
Madinat
al-tawhid (The City of the Oneness of God) |
Salman
Hindijani |
Ma'ida-yi
asmani (MA), 4, 313-29 |
25 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
26 |
Lawh
al-tawhid (Tablet of the Oneness of God) |
Salman
Hindijani |
MAM,
307-11 |
27 |
Huwa
'llah al-bahi al-abha) |
xx |
MAM
338-42 |
28 |
Bismi
'lladhi irtafa'a 'alam al-hidaya bayna'l-biriyya |
a
group of Bahá'ís |
MAM
221-22 |
29 |
Huwa
'l-'aziz |
xx |
MAM
368-71 |
30 |
xx |
'Ali
Nur Isfahani |
xx |
31 |
Surat
al-'ibad (Tablet of the People) |
Siyyid
Mihdi Dahaji |
AQA
4, 24-25 |
32 |
Lawh-i
Rida' |
Rida |
MA
v1, 77-78/MAM, 333-34 |
33 |
Lawh-i
Ibrahim |
Muhammad
Ibrahim Muballigh |
MA,
v8, 172-73 |
34 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
35 |
Bismi
'llah al-muqtadir 'ala ma yusha' |
xx |
MAM,
236-38 |
36 |
Bi-ism-i
mahbub-i yakta (Note 5) |
Fath-i-A'zam |
MA,
v.7,130-31/Iqtidarat p.93 |
37 |
al-Kitab
al-aqdas |
xx |
Kitab-i-Aqdas |
38 |
Lawh-i
Ibrahim (Note 6) |
Muhammad
Ibrahim Muballigh |
MA,
v.8, 173 |
39 |
Surat
al-damm (Tablet of the Blood) |
Muhammad
Zarandi (Nabil-i-A'zam) |
AQA,
4, 64-65. Prov. trans. Juan Cole, posted to Internet |
40 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
41 |
xx |
Abu'l-Hasan
in Shin (possibly Shiraz) |
xx |
42 |
Hidden
Words |
xx |
Hidden
Words |
43 |
Lawh-i
dunya (Note 7) (Tablet of the World) |
Ali
Akbar Ayadi, Abu'l-Hasan Amin |
MAM,
286-98/Darya-yi danish 84-100. Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh |
44 |
xx |
Mashhadi
Isma'il (Zarqan) |
xx |
45 |
Bismi
'llah al-aqdas al-abha |
Muhammad
Rida |
Kitab
al-haykal, 307 |
46 |
xx |
Mirza
'Ali Naqi |
xx |
47 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
48 |
xx |
Dhabih |
xx |
49 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
50 |
Lawh-i
siraj |
'Ali
Muhammad Suraj |
MA,
v.7, 57-58 |
51 |
Bismi
'llah al-abda' al-amna' al-aqdas al-abha |
Aqa
Siyyid Muhammad (Yazd) |
MA,
v.4, 87 |
52 |
Lawh-i
Ashraf |
Ashraf |
MAM,
212-14 |
53 |
Lawh-i
Nasir |
Nasir |
MAM,
170 |
54 |
xx |
Jinab-i-Muhammad |
xx |
55 |
Lawh-i
ard-i Ta' (Tihran) |
xx |
xx |
56 |
al-Kitab
al-aqdas |
xx |
Kitab-i-Aqdas |
57 |
Lawh-i
hajj (Baghdad House) |
Muhammad
Zarandi (Nabil-i-A'zam) |
Adi'a-yi
Hadrat-i Mahbub 99-104 |
58 |
xx |
Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin |
xx |
59 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
60 |
Lawh
al-sahab (Tablet of the Cloud) |
xx |
MA,
4, 168 |
61 |
(Title/1st
lines not known) |
Muhammad
Ibrahim Muballigh |
Amr
va khalq, 4, 472-73 |
62 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
63 |
Bismi
'l-mazlum al-zahir fi 'l-sijn al-a'zam |
a
group of Bahá'ís |
AQA,
2, pp. 87-88 |
64 |
xx |
a
group of Bahá'ís |
xx |
65 |
Surat
al-muluk (Tablet to the Kings) |
xx |
AQA
- Alwah-i nazila khitab bi-muluk wa ru'usha-yi ard 17-23 |
66 |
Surat
al-muluk |
xx |
AQA
- Alwah-i nazila 23-34 |
67 |
Lawh
al-amr (Tablet of the Commandment) |
Mulla
'Ali Bajistani |
Kitab
al-haykal 243-44 |
68 |
Huwa'l-sami'
al-basir |
xx |
Ishraqat
284-45 |
69 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
70 |
al-Kitab
al-aqdas |
xx |
Kitab-i-Aqdas |
71 |
al-Kitab
al-aqdas |
xx |
Kitab-i-Aqdas |
72 |
al-Kitab
al-aqdas |
xx |
Kitab-i-Aqdas |
73 |
Lawh-i
Hadi |
Hadi |
MAM
355-56 |
74 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
75 |
Lawh-i
Nasir |
Nasir |
MAM
186-88 |
76 |
xx |
Ahmad
Quli Khan |
xx |
77 |
xx |
Muhammad
Ibrahim Muballigh |
xx |
78 |
Lawh-i
'Abd al-Razzaq |
'Abdu'r-Razzaq |
Iqtidarat
72-73 |
79 |
Lawh-i
Wafa' |
Muhammad
Husayn in Shin (Shiraz) [titled Vafa, "Fidelity"] |
MA,
v1, 63-64 |
80 |
Lawh-i
'Abd al-Razzaq |
Abdu'r-Razzaq |
Iqtidarat
68-71 |
81 |
Lawh-
'Abd al-Vahhab |
'Abdu'l-Vahhab |
Ishraqat
215-17/MAM 163-65 |
82 |
xx |
Muhammad
'Ali |
xx |
83 |
Lawh-i
Hadi |
Hadi |
MAM
351-53 |
84 |
Bi-ism-i
mahbub-i 'alamiyan |
xx |
Iqtidarat
158-59 |
85 |
Bi-nam-i
khudavand-i bi manand |
xx |
Darya-yi
danish 101-3 |
86 |
Bi-nam-i
dust-i bi nam |
Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin |
MA,
v1, 73-75/Iqtidarat 228-31 |
87 |
Lawh-i
'Abd al-Razzaq |
Abdu'r-Razzaq |
Iqtidarat
74-77 |
88 |
Ridvan
al-'adl (Paradise of Justice) |
Siyyid
Muhammad Rida Shahmirzadi |
MA,
4, 160 |
89 |
Tafsir-i
Sura-yi wa'l-shams (Commentary on the Surih of Va'sh-Shams) |
Shaykh
Mahmud, Mufti of 'Akka |
MAM,
8-9 |
90 |
Kitab-i
iqan |
Siyyid
Muhammad |
Kitab-i-Iqan |
91 |
Kitab-i
iqan |
Siyyid
Muhammad |
Kitab-i-Iqan |
92 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
93 |
Commentary
on verse from Sa'di |
Shaykh
Salman |
Prov.
trans. Juan Cole, posted to Internet |
94 |
xx |
Jinab-i-Hashim |
xx |
95 |
xx |
Ni'matu'llah |
xx |
96 |
Huwa
'l-shahid al-sami' al-'alim (See Note 1) |
xx |
xx |
97 |
Lawh-i
siraj |
'Ali
Muhammad Suraj |
MA,
v7, 18 |
98 |
al-Kitab
al-aqdas |
xx |
Kitab-i-Aqdas |
99 |
xx |
Mulla
'Ali-Akbar Ayadi |
xx |
100 |
Lawh-i
'Ali |
'Ali |
Ishraqat
291-96 |
101 |
Bismi
'llah al-abha |
Ustad
Shir-Muhammad |
Darya-yi
danish 1/Amr wa khalq v.3, 1 (where it is headed Bismi'llah al-rahman al-rahim) |
102 |
Lawh
man sa'ada ila'llah |
Abu'l-Fada'il |
MAM
365-67 |
103 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
104 |
Hidden
Words |
xx |
Hidden
Words |
105 |
al-Kitab
al-aqdas |
xx |
Kitab-i-Aqdas |
106 |
Lawh-i
Manakji |
Manakji
Sahib |
Darya-yi
danish 3-4 |
107 |
Lawh-i
Malik-i Paris |
Napoleon
III |
Kitab
al-haykal 74. Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh |
108 |
Siyyid
Yusuf-i-Isfahani (Sidihi) |
xx |
xx |
109 |
xx |
Kamal
(Kamali'd-Din-i-Na raqi) |
xx |
110 |
Lawh-i
Maqsud |
Mirza
Maqsud |
Darya-yi
danish, 20-26 |
111 |
Lawh-i
ittihad (Tablet of Unity) |
Siyyid
Asadu'llah (Port Said) |
Adi'a-yi
Hadrat-i Mahbub 407-9 |
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 |
113 |
Surat
al-muluk |
xx |
AQA
Alwah-i nazila 49-65 |
114 |
Surat
al-muluk |
xx |
AQA
Alwah-i nazila 35-49 |
115 |
Lawh-i
Dhabih |
Dhabih |
Iqtidarat
323-8 |
116 |
Surat
al-muluk |
xx |
AQA
Alwah-i nazila 11-17 |
117 |
Lawh-i
Maqsud |
Mirza
Maqsud |
Darya-yi
danish 16-20/Egyptian text 8-12. Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh |
118 |
Surat
al-muluk |
xx |
AQA
Alwah-i nazila 7-11 |
119 |
Lawh-i
malika (Tablet to the Queen) |
Queen
Victoria |
Kitab
al-haykal 84-85. Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh |
120 |
Lawh-i
malika [Note 8] (Tablet to the Queen) |
Queen
Victoria |
Kitab
al-haykal 82-83. Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh |
121 |
xx |
Javad |
xx |
122 |
Lawh-i
Maqsud |
Mirza
Maqsud |
Darya-yi
danish 12-13/Egyptian text 3-4. Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh |
123 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
124 |
Lawh-i
Hadi |
Hadi |
MAM,
346-9 |
125 |
Kitab-i
iqan |
Siyyid
Muhammad |
Kitab-i-Iqan |
126 |
Huwa
'l-mubayyin al-hakim |
Mirza
Haydar 'Ali |
Ishraqat
137-40/ESW 13-15 |
127 |
xx |
Ibrahim
Muballigh |
xx |
128 |
Surat
al-bayan (Tablet of Utterance) |
Muhammad
Ibrahim Muballigh |
AQA,
4, 112-14 |
129 |
Surat
al-bayan |
xx |
AQA,
4, 108-11 |
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) |
131 |
Huwa
'l-shahid al-sami' al-khabir |
'Ali-Akbar |
Ishraqat
278-80 |
132 |
Epistle
to the Son of the Wolf |
Shaykh
Muhammad-Taqi Mujtahid-i-Isfahani |
Epistle
to the Son of the Wolf |
133 |
xx |
Shakh
Salman |
xx |
134 |
Bi-ism-i
mahbub-i 'alamiyan |
xx |
Iqtidarat
162-63 |
135 |
xx |
Muhammad
Baqir, Letter of the Living |
xx |
136 |
xx |
Ismu'llahu'l-Asdaq |
xx |
137 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
138 |
Lawh-i
siyam (Tablet of the Fast) |
xx |
Tasbih
wa tahlil 50-53 |
139 |
xx |
Nabil-i-A'zam |
xx |
140 |
xx |
Muhammad-'Ali |
xx |
141 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
142 |
Letter
to Muhammad 'Ali |
Muhammad-'Ali |
MA,
4, 111-13 |
143 |
Haji
Faraj |
xx |
xx |
144 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
145 |
Surat
al-bayan |
Muhammad
Ibrahim Muballigh |
AQA,
4, 114-15 |
146 |
xx |
Muhammad
Mustafa Baghdadi |
xx |
147 |
Bismi
'lladhi bi-dhikrihi tuhyi qulub ahl al-mala' al-a'la |
xx |
MAM
230-31/Iqtidarat 216-18 |
148 |
Lawh-i
Salman 1 |
Salman |
MAM
143-44 |
149 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
150 |
xx |
Isma'il-i-Sabbagh |
xx |
151 |
Lawh-i
'ashiq wa ma'shuq |
xx |
Darya-yi
danish 29-31 |
152 |
Lawh-i
Ahmad (Farsi) |
Ahmad-i-Kashani |
MAM
317-19/Darya-yi danish 116-18 (note 3) |
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) |
154 |
Lawh-i
Salman 1 |
Salman |
MAM
153-4 |
155 |
al-Kitab
al-aqdas |
xx |
Kitab-i-Aqdas |
156 |
Huwa
'l-muqtadir 'ala ma arada |
xx |
Kashf
al-ghita' 146-7 |
157 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
158 |
Lawh-i
Malik-i Paris |
Napoleon
III |
Kitab
al-haykal. Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh |
159 |
al-Kitab
al-aqdas |
xx |
Kitab-i-Aqdas |
160 |
Lawh-i
Shaykh Fani |
Shaykh
Fani |
Ganj-i
shayigan 177-79 |
161 |
Commentary
on verse from Sa'di |
Shaykh
Salman |
Prov.
trans. Juan Cole, posted to internet |
162 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
163 |
xx |
Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin |
xx |
164 |
xx |
xx |
xx |
165 |
xx |
Sister
of the Wife of the Bab |
xx |
166 |
al-Kitab
al-aqdas |
xx |
Kitab-i-Aqdas |
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.