all items by Bahá'u'lláh, details

INBA43:069, BLIB_Or02820.001, , BLIB_Or15691.001, , BLIB_Or15729.002, , BLIB_Or15737a.001, , CMB_F29, CMB_F30, CMB_F31, IOM.095-096, NLAI_22848:006, LEID.Or4969x, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p001v, CUL.X893.7.B11, MKI4522.002, , BN_6397

BRL_AqdasA, GWBP#037 p.062bx, GWBP#056 p.078x, GWBP#070 p.093x, GWBP#071 p.094x, GWBP#072 p.095x, GWBP#098 p.130bx, GWBP#105 p.137x, GWBP#155 p.213x, GWBP#159 p.216x, GWBP#166 p.222bx, ROB3.000x, OOL.B015

AQDS, GWB#037x, GWB#056x, GWB#070x, GWB#071x, GWB#072x, GWB#098x, GWB#105x, GWB#155x, GWB#159x, GWB#166x, BADM.016x, BADM.021ax, COF.018-019x, TDH#082x, TDH#158.3x, GPB.102x2x, GPB.112x, GPB.154x, GPB.170x2x, GPB.176x, GPB.195x, GPB.206x6x, GPB.207x3x, GPB.208x5x, GPB.209x5x, GPB.211x, GPB.214x7x, GPB.215x15x, GPB.215-216x, GPB.216x, GPB.225x, GPB.226x4x, GPB.230-231x, GPB.231x, GPB.242x, GPB.254x, GPB.325x, GPB.331-332x, GPB.376x, GPB.390x, GPB.395-396x, GPB.396x, MBW.166x, MBW.168x, PDC.040x, PDC.040-042x, PDC.042x, PDC.058-059x, PDC.059x, PDC.059-060x, PDC.064-065x, PDC.092x, PDC.092-093x, PDC.095x, PDC.100x, PDC.118-119x, PDC.121x, PDC.133-134x, PDC.134-135x, PDC.161x, PDC.187x, WOB.105x, WOB.109x, WOB.146x, WOB.132x, WOB.134x, WOB.162x, WOB.171-172x, WOB.172x, WOB.176x, SW_v01#05 p.009x, SW_v14#04 p.112 (et al)x, DWN_v1#02 p.002-003x, DWN_v2#09 p.069-070x, BLO_PT#045, BLO_PT#056, BSC.110 #043-044+046x, BSC.156 #138-139x, BSC.262 #547x

unknown (¶1-190), Soulrise Melodies (¶4), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (¶11), E. Mahony (¶11), Soulrise Melodies (¶16), W. Heath (¶31), Soulrise Melodies (¶33), unknown (¶38), S. Jaberi (¶38), T. Nosrat (¶51), J. Mohajer (¶51), Soulrise Melodies (¶74), G.H. Miller (¶91), E. Mahony (¶182), Sophie, Siria and Ashkan (¶182), Bahareh & Scott (¶182), J. Crone (¶182), B. Khademi (¶182), MANA (¶182), Leona and Larry (¶182)

The ‘mother book’ of the Bahá’í Dispensation, announcing to the kings of the earth the promu …

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Call to action; Cleanliness and refinement; Confession of sins; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Law of burial and cremation; Law of fasting; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of inheritance; Law of obligatory prayer; Law of pilgrimage; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Laws of marriage and dowry; Love of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Monasticism; asceticism; Murder; causing physical harm; Nineteen-Day Feast; Parents and children; youth; families; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for women; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Theft; seizing the properties of others; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Twin duties of recognition and obedience; Unchastity and adultery; Words vs deeds; Work as worship

LAC.213-257, ROB3.275 et al, BKOG.351 et al, GPB.206 et al, EBTB.155, EBTB.189, MMAH.199, GSH.133, LL#027

BH00002

Kitab-i-Iqan (The Book of Certitude)

36200

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Kitáb-i-Íqán; Tablet of the True Seeker" from the Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), The; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Tablet of the True Seeker

الباب المذکور فی بیان ان العباد لن یصلن الی شاطی بحر العرفان الا بالانقطاع

No man shall attain the shores of the ocean of true understanding except he be detached from all that is in heaven and on earth.... Verily He Who is the Daystar of Truth and Revealer of the Supreme Being holdeth, for all time, undisputed sovereignty…. But, O my brother, when a true seeker determineth to take the step of search…

BLIB_Or03116.078-127, , BLIB_Or15696.076cx, , CMB_F58, CMB_F59, IOL.440, IOM.092-093, SOAS ms.46696, CUL.X893.7.B111, BN_suppl.1400

BRL_IqanP, GWBP#013 p.020x, GWBP#019 p.038x, GWBP#022 p.041x, GWBP#090 p.117x, GWBP#091 p.119x, GWBP#125 p.170x, TZH4.214-223x, OOL.B017

IQAN, GWB#013x, GWB#019x, GWB#022x, GWB#090x, GWB#091x, GWB#125x, GPB.006x, GPB.007x, GPB.022x, GPB.023x, GPB.050x2x, GPB.057x2x, GPB.058x2x, GPB.079x, GPB.079-080x, GPB.098-099x, GPB.118-119x, GPB.119-120x, GPB.120x, GPB.126x, GPB.141x, GPB.175x, GPB.176x2x, PDC.020x, PDC.129x, PDC.129-130x, PDC.130x, PDC.130-131x, PDC.133x2x, PDC.138x, PDC.151x, PDC.162x2x, PDC.163x, PDC.176x, PDC.179x4x, WOB.024-025x, WOB.058x, WOB.062ax, WOB.113x, WOB.113-114x, WOB.114-115x, WOB.115x, WOB.115-116x, WOB.124x, WOB.124-125x, WOB.125x4x, WOB.125-126x, WOB.166x, SW_v03#01 p.003x, SW_v07#16 p.163-164x, BLO_PT#020, BSC.003 #001-035x

R. Dupras (¶1), L. Manifold (¶1), Savva, Danika, Lauren, Adeeb & Jeremy (¶1), Ahdieh (¶64), Mathilde (¶65), R. Peterson (¶107) [track 3], E. Mahony (¶151), Eswatini Baha'i Choir (¶213), Soulrise Melodies (¶214), K. Key (¶214), S. Toloui-Wallace (¶216)

Bahá’u’lláh’s preeminent doctrinal work as well as His second longest, answering four questi …

Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Belief and denial; Christ; Christianity; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Law of obligatory prayer; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Literal interpretation; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Moses; Noah; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the Manifestation of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Return of the Manifestations of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Seal of the Prophets; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LAC.113-174, ROB1.153 et al, BKOG.165, GPB.138, GPB.172, EBTB.121, EBTB.221, EBTB.227, MMAH.071, GSH.013, LL#029, LL#278

BH00003

Kitab-i-'Ahd (Book of the Covenant)

920

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Will and Testament of Bahá'u'lláh; Kitáb-i-Ahd (Book of the Covenant)

اگر افق اعلی از زخرف دنیا خالیست ولکن در خزائن توکل و تفویض از برای وراث

Although the Realm of Glory hath none of the vanities of the world, yet within the treasury of trust and resignation

INBA65:101, BLIB_Or15261, , CMB_F25.8,

AVK3.066.10x, AVK3.210.02x, AVK3.424.03x, AHM.410, MJMM.399, AYT.355, DWNP_v4#04 p.021, DWNP_v2#03-4 p.025-027x, UAB.036ax, DRD.176, AYI2.076x, AYI2.275x, RHQM2.0918-921 (350) (214-216), TBP#15, OOL.B014, AMB#32

TB#15, DOR#32, PUP.382x, GPB.028x, GPB.238x, GPB.239x8x, GPB.240x7x, GPB.242x, GPB.314x, WOB.134x, SW_v03#14 p.006-007+010, SW_v04#14 p.238, SW_v05#15 p.229, SW_v07#16 p.153, SW_v07#18 p.188, SW_v09#12 p.138x, SW_v09#13 p.150, BSC.259 #532-546

A. Youssefi

Bahá’u’lláh’s last will and testament, appointing ‘Abdu’l-Bahá as His successor by summ …

Contention and conflict; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Unity; oneness of humanity

ROB4.419 et al, BKOG.420, MMAH.213, GSH.150, BSR_v19p03, LL#026

BH00004

Kitab-i-Badi'

84700

Persian

Translation List; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Kitáb-i-Badi (Wondrous Book)

مکتوبت که مشعر بر بعض روایات غیرمحققه و اخبارات غیرصادقه بود باین عبد فانی

Thy letter, containing certain unsubstantiated accounts and false reports, was received by this servant. On the one hand, it opened the portals of joy… By God! The relationship between the Revelation of the Primal Point (the Bab) and this most wondrous, this most glorious Revelation is identical to that of the Revelation of John, son of Zechariah (John the Baptist), and the Spirit of God (Jesus)

BLIB_Or15709.001,

BADI, BADIZ, AVK3.009.10x, AVK3.147.12x, AVK3.254.12x, AVK3.457.03x, KHSH08.005x, TZH4.238-239x, MAS4.121x, MAS8.039b.15x, TSQA4.052x, ASAT2.102x, AKHA_137BE #06 p.081x, ANDA#10 p.66x, ANDA#72 p.29x, ANDA#73 p.49x, ANDA#55 p.03x, ANDA#58 p.65x, HYK.267x, HYK.283x, HYK.343x, MSHR3.274x, OOL.B016

BRL_ATBH#54x, BRL_ATBH#56x, BRL_ATBH#57x, LTDT.024-025x, LTDT.055x, COC#1016x, LOG#1004x, COF.101x3x, TDH#158.18x, GPB.028x, GPB.092x, GPB.147x, WOB.124x, BLO_sazedj#13x, ADMS#057x, ADMS#182x, BTO#10x, ADMS#298x, ADMS#300x

Bahá’u’lláh’s trenchant apologia of His claims, by far His longest single work, written in t …

Alteration of the divine will [bada]; Belief and denial; Blind imitation [taqlid]; Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Chastisement and requital; Contention and conflict; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Empty learning; false spirituality; Exhortations and counsels; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Literal interpretation; Manifestation of God as mirror; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Presence of; reunion with God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Seal of the Prophets; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations; Word of God is its own standard; Words vs deeds

LAC.175-210, ROB2.370 et al, BKOG.124, BKOG.245, BKOG.257, GSH.097, LL#028

BH00005

Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhi'b (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf)

28200

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Epistle to the Son of the Wolf; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf)

الحمد لله الباقی بلا فناء و الدائم بلا زوال و القائم بلا انتقال المهیمن

Praise be to God, the Eternal that perisheth not, the Everlasting that declineth not, the Self-Subsisting that altereth not.... O God, my God! Attire mine head with the crown of justice... Thou seest me, O my Lord, with my face turned towards the heaven

BLIB_Or15708.001, , BLIB_Or15721.001, , BLIB_Or15726.082x,

BRL_ESWP, AQA6#237 p.136x, TZH4.114-115x, YMM.306x, OOL.B047

ESW, BPRY.075x, ADJ.028ax2x, ADJ.077x, COF.101ax, TDH#158.20, GPB.071x, GPB.071-072x, GPB.097x3x, GPB.101x2x, GPB.102x2x, GPB.114x2x, GPB.124x, GPB.125x, GPB.133x, GPB.137x, GPB.184x9x, GPB.194x2x, GPB.217x2x, GPB.218x3x, PDC.015-016x, PDC.017x, PDC.082x, PDC.117-118x, PDC.118x2x, PDC.125-126x, PDC.141-142x, PDC.142x, PDC.142-143x, PDC.148x, PDC.162x, PDC.181x, PDC.184-185x, PDC.187x, WOB.186x, SW_v01#18 p.004-005x, SW_v05#15 p.226x, BSC.118 #048x, HURQ.BH74x

L. Thoresen [track 2], Charisse et al, Smith & Dragoman, E. Mahony, Baha'i Youth of Japan, Y. Mbazo & the Durban Baha'i Choir, A. Rae, Taraz, Nthabiseng & Page, MANA, S. Toloui-Wallace, S. Jaberi, Arman & Gloria, Steve & Atosa

His last major work and His third longest, calling on its recipient, a leading mujtahid, to repent o …

Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Being a source of light; guidance; Chastity and purity; Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Contention and conflict; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; East and West; communication between East and West; Empty learning; false spirituality; Fanaticism and hatred; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; High station of learning; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Knowledge; recognition of God; Knowledge of self; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; Martyrs and martyrdom; Oneness; unity of religion; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rebellion and sedition; disobedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual warfare; struggle; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Teachings as spirit of the age; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Theft; seizing the properties of others; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; War and peace; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ROB4.368 et al, BKOG.382, GPB.219, GPB.238, EBTB.147, MMAH.122, MMAH.129, GSH.148, LL#124

BH00006

Lawh-i-Sarraj

26800

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Sarraj (Tablet to Sarraj)

نامه آنجناب بین یدی العرش حاضر و بر مقر انه لایعرف بما سواه واصل و ما فیه

Thy letter hath been made present before the Throne and hath reached the Seat of Him Who is known through naught else but Himself, and that which it contained [3.5s]... ...Shake off, O heedless ones, the slumber of negligence, that ye may behold the radiance which His glory hath spread through the world.

INBA35:190, INBA73:198, INBA33:081bx, INBA76:001, PR19.072b-110b, BN_suppl.1754.075-124

BRL_DA#029, GWBP#050 p.073cx, GWBP#097 p.130ax, MAS4.046ax, MAS4.090bx, MAS4.100ax, MAS4.364ax, MAS4.350bx, MAS4.174bx, MAS7.004, ASAT4.271x, ASAT4.272x, ASAT4.487x, AKHA_122BE #04 p.?x, AKHA_137BE #08 p.ax, ANDA#05 p.06x, ANDA#69 p.05x, MSHR4.286x, YMM.468x, OOL.B201

BRL_ATBH#67x, BRL_ATBH#72x, BRL_ATBH#76x, BRL_ATBH#77x, GWB#050x, GWB#097x, LOG#0327x, ADJ.080x, GPB.098x, GPB.102x, GPB.171x, PDC.019-020x, WOB.063x2x, WOB.104x2x, WOB.107x, WOB.108x2x, BLO_PT#075x, HURQ.BH51

One of the longest works of Bahá’u’lláh, written in answer to questions regarding the enigma o …

Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.262 et al, MMAH.140, LL#242

BH00007

Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple)

20670

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Original Text of the Súriy-i-Haykal, The; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple)

سبحان الذی نزل الایات لقوم یفقهون سبحان الذی ینزل الایات لقوم یشعرون سبحان

Glorified is He Who hath revealed His verses to those who understand. Glorified is He Who sendeth down His verses to those who perceive.

INBA34:001, BLIB_Or15705.001, , BLIB_Or15735.002, , IOM.099

NRJ#1, AQA1#001, AQA4#090 p.268, HYK.002, YMM.153x, OOL.B121

SLH#01, COC#0301x, COC#1648x, ADJ.080-081x, ADJ.085ax, ADJ.085x, COF.101bx, GPB.099x2x, GPB.101x3x, GPB.101-102x, GPB.102x, GPB.106x, GPB.143x, GPB.173x2x, GPB.174x, GPB.186x, GPB.206x4x, GPB.207x11x, GPB.207-208x, GPB.208x2x, GPB.209x6x, GPB.210x2x, GPB.211x, GPB.226x, GPB.227x3x, GPB.245x, GPB.331x, PDC.007x, PDC.020x, PDC.042-043x, PDC.046x, PDC.046-047x, PDC.047x2x, PDC.047-048x, PDC.048x, PDC.048-049x, PDC.049x2x, PDC.049-050x, PDC.050x4x, PDC.050-051x, PDC.051x3x, PDC.051-052x, PDC.052x2x, PDC.052-053x, PDC.053x, PDC.054x, PDC.055x2x, PDC.055-057x, PDC.057x, PDC.057-058x, PDC.065-067x, PDC.067x2x, PDC.067-068x, PDC.068x3x, PDC.073x, PDC.075x, PDC.078x, PDC.081x3x, PDC.085x6x, PDC.090x3x, PDC.106-107x, PDC.107x, PDC.119x, PDC.136-137x, PDC.138x, PDC.144-145x, PDC.161-162x, PDC.166x, PDC.168-169x, PDC.169x, PDC.173-174x, PDC.181-182x, PDC.196x, WOB.104x, WOB.107x, WOB.108x, WOB.109x3x, WOB.109-110x, WOB.110x, WOB.117x, WOB.138x, WOB.163x, WOB.169x, WOB.192x, WOB.192x, BLO_PT#140, BSC.209 #392-434

G. Major and T. Sutton, L. Manifold and P. Weber

The centrepiece of His proclamatory works, originally written in Edirne and recast in ‘Akká, in w …

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; High station of the true believer; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Imam Husayn; Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; Justice and wrath of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; The concourse on high; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The ephemeral and the eternal; The power of example; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ROB3.133, JRAS.292-309, MMAH.179, GSH.131, LL#306

Epistles to the kings and rulers included in the composite Suriy-i-Haykal have their own catalog entries.

BH00008

Commentary ln the Lawh-i-Ra'is, the martyrdom of Badi', and other subjects

18700

mixed

الحمد لله الذی وفی بالوعد و انزل الموعود من سماء مشیته و اظهر ما کان مسطورا... اول نور ظهر و اشرق و لاح و ابرق

Praise be unto God Who hath fulfilled His promise and sent down the Promised One from the heaven of His Will, making manifest that which was inscribed... The first Light hath appeared, shone forth, gleamed and flashed [3.5s]

BLIB_Or07852.004, , BLIB_Or15714.089x, , BLIB_Or15733.117x, , Majlis210461.093-095x

AVK2.244.08x, AYI1.259x, MAS7.174-255, BALM.006x, ASAT4.082x, AKHA_130BE #11 p.ax, TSHA3.375x, TSHA3.399x, MSBH4.534-535x

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment

ROB3.179, ROB3.251, LL#357, LL#367

BH00009

no title

13240

mixed

Translation List

امروز حفیف سدره منتهی مرتفع و آفتاب بیان از افق سماء معانی مشرق و لائح صراط

In this day the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree hath been raised up, and the Sun of Utterance hath dawned and shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of inner meanings, and the Path hath been made manifest [3.5s]... ...The days of the Manifestations of God have, in one sense, been referred to as the Day of God. Yet these days, as they are mentioned in all the Holy Books… How can I choose to sleep, O God, my God, when the eyes of them that long for Thee are wakeful... I have risen this morning by Thy grace, O my God, and left my home trusting wholly in Thee... This, Thy servant, seeketh to sleep in the shelter of Thy mercy... I have wakened in Thy shelter, O my God

INBA61:061x, INBA30:115x, INBA41:018x, BLIB_Or15717.018,

BRL_DA#686, ADM3#088 p.102x, ADM3#089 p.103x, AVK3.343.10x, UAB.030cx, MAS4.154x, BSHA.055x

ADMS#040x

MJ Cyr, J. Lenz [track 2], A. Wensbo, Nabilinho, Nabilinho, D. Gundry, M. Sparrow, The Descendants, M. Saraswati, Honiara Baha'i Youth, The Bird & The Butterfly, O. Devine, Soulrise Melodies, S. Sunderland, Gyenyame, G.H. Miller (1), G.H. Miller (2), T. Ellis, almunajat.com [items 3, 4, 10, 13], C. Signori, T. Ellis, K. Porray, K. Porray, Refuge, Nabil and Karim, E. Mahony

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#262, LL#509

BH00010

no title

13180

mixed

Bahá'í Sacred Writings

الحمد للّه الذی تفرد بالمحبة و توحد بالوداد انه لمولی العباد و مالک الایجاد

Praise be unto Him Who is unique in His love and singular in His affection; verily, He is the Lord of all beings and the Sovereign of creation [3.5s]... ...The companions of God are, in this day, the lump that must leaven the peoples of the world. They must show forth such trustworthiness, such truthfulness and perseverance, such deeds and character that all mankind may profit by their example

INBA28:049, INBA22:307, INBA45:049, BLIB_Or15713.144x, , Majlis210461.120x

BRL_DA#084, AVK3.148.06x, ASAT5.263x, AKHA_129BE #18 p.ax

COC#0768x, COC#2040x, ADJ.023x, ADJ.079x2x

Goodly deeds; actions; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB4.023?, LL#112

BH00011

no title

11650

mixed

Selections from the Writings of the Báb

حمد مقدس از السن ممکنات و منزه از ذکر موجودات ساحت قدس سلطان قدمی را سزا است

Sanctified praise, transcendent above the tongues of all created things and hallowed beyond the mention of all beings, befitteth the sacred court of the Ancient King [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O Lord, my Best Beloved! Make me steadfast in Thy Cause and grant that I may be reckoned among those

INBA38:192, INBA66:131x, INBA77:013, PR23.051b-052ax, BN_suppl.1754.001-021

AQMJ2.146x, UVM.072.15x, UVM.082.15x

SWB#72 (p.215-216x)

Chastisement and requital; Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00012

Javahiru'l-Asrar (Gems of Divine Mysteries)

10360

Arabic

Gems of Divine Mysteries; Bahá'í Sacred Writings; Pen of Glory, The

Javáhiru'l-Asrár (Gems of Divine Mysteries)

یا ایها السالک فی سبل العدل و الناظر الی طلعه الفضل قد بلغ کتابک و عرفت سوالک

O thou who treadest the path of justice and beholdest the countenance of mercy! Thine epistle was received, thy question was noted

INBA46:001, INBA66:036, INBA99:001, PR07.015b-029b, LEID.Or4970.1-26, UMich968.041-052x

BRL_Jawahir, AQA3#067 p.004, TZH4.189-190x, TZH4.190-191x, TZH4.191x, ANDA#21 p.04x, OOL.B157

GDM

D. Stevenson (¶110)

A lengthy commentary in answer to a question on the fulfilment of prophetic expectations in unexpect …

Jabulqa and Jabarsa; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mystical themes; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LOC.062-066, ROB1.151, MMAH.195, GSH.027, LL#023

BH00013

no title

10050

mixed

Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl); Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl)

Lawh-i-Ta'wíl (Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture)

البهاء لمن خرق الاحجاب فی یوم الماب و کسر اصنام الاوهام باسم مالک الایام ... قَد جِئت بِاَمرِ الله وظَهَرت لِذکره وخُلِقْت لِخدمتهِ العزیز المحبوب

Glory be unto Him Who hath rent asunder the veils on the Day of Return, and shattered the idols of vain imaginings through the Name of the Lord of all Days [3.5s]... ...The purpose of interpretation is this: that none become deprived of that which is evident, and be veiled from that which is intended

INBA23:062, INBA41:132x, INBA41:329x, BLIB_Or15698.279, , BLIB_Or15720.274x, , BLIB_Or15733.001, , BLIB_Or15740.213x, , Majlis934.255-266

AVK4.028.05x, AVK4.073-074x, AVK2.143.09x, AVK3.300.03x, AVK3.450.13x, AVK3.426.12x, AVK3.472.01x, IQT.279-286x, AYI1.336x, GHA.341ax, UAB.029bx, UAB.042ax, MAS1.018.1x, MAS4.354bx, TSAY.472x, TSAY.472-473x, ASAT2.119x, ASAT3.120x, ASAT3.242x, ASAT4.286x, PYB#115 p.03x, VUJUD.095-096x, VUJUD.105x

BLO_PT#154, BLO_PT#155, WIND#115, VUJUDE.139-141x, VUJUDE.212-213x

almunajat.com [item 41]

Chastisement and requital; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#251, LL#282

Includes verses for newborn child

BH00014

no title

9890

mixed

لله الحمد حمدا یمطر به السحاب و یجد المقربون عرف قمیص ربنا الوهاب حمدا

All praise be unto God - praise wherewith the clouds pour forth their rain, and through which they who are nigh unto Him perceive the fragrance of the garment of their Lord, the All-Bountiful - praise [3.5s]

INBA15:067, INBA18:302x, INBA26:067

MAS8.108dx, AYI2.072x, AYI2.358x, AKHA_131BE #05 p.ax, AKHA_131BE #04 p.ax, MSHR2.065x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00015

Lawh-i-Istintaq

9560

mixed

سبحانک یا من بک حقق الذات فی الذات و تردی کینونة القدم برداء الاسماء... این عبد تا ان یوم از لسان عظمت ایات قهریه باین شان استماع ننموده

Glorified art Thou, O Thou through Whom the Essence is realized within the Essence, and the Ancient Being is adorned with the mantle of Names [3.5s]... ...My name is Bahá’u’lláh (Light of God), and My country is Núr (Light). Be ye apprized of it.

BRL_DA#587, MAS4.220-260, MUH3.384-385x, RHQM2.0746x (141-154) (090x), QT108.128-130x, OOL.B168

GPB.190x, BTO#15

Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#128

BH00016

no title

8470

mixed

الحمد لربنا الذی اظهر من القطره امواج البحر و من الذره انوار الشمس و فصل من

Praised be our Lord, Who hath revealed from the droplet the waves of the sea and from the atom the rays of the sun [3.5s]

INBA18:146, CMB_F31.038bx,

MUH3.153-173, NSS.201-202x, AMIN.196x, AMIN.216x

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

JRAS.288

BH00017

no title

8350

Arabic

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

یا عندلیب اسمع الندآء انه یظهر مره باسم الحبیب و اخری باسمی المحبوب و تاره

O 'Andalib! Hearken unto the Call, for verily it appeareth at one time in the name of the Beloved, and at another time in Mine Own name, the Well-Beloved, and again at times [3.5s]... ...The Hand of Omnipotence hath established His Revelation upon an unassailable, an enduring foundation. Storms of human strife are powerless to undermine its basis

BLIB_Or15691.040, , BLIB_Or15715.066c, , BLIB_Or15729.028, , NLAI_22848:066, Berlin1237#12, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p037v, , UMich962.156-158x, MKI4522.066,

BRL_DA#222, AQA2#001 p.002, AVK3.190.14x, AVK3.203.08x, AVK3.212.02x, AVK3.283.08x, MAS4.158x, MAS8.007ax, KHSK.015x, QT105.2.163, QT105.2.217, ASAT1.166x, ADH1.068x, ADH1.106x, QUM.028x

BRL_ATBH#36x, GPB.217x, WOB.104x, WOB.109x, RKS.005-006x

S. Jaberi

Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LL#051

BH00018

Commentary on the Fire Tablet

8330

mixed

الحمد لله الذی اظهر بسلطانه ما اراد و زین الیوم بنسبته الیه و سمیه فی کتب السماء

Praise be unto Him Who hath, through His sovereignty, manifested whatsoever He hath willed, and Who hath adorned this Day through its connection with His Name, as recorded in the Books of Heaven [3.5s]... ...One day during My childhood, I set out intending to visit the grandmother of the Most Great Branch at a time when she was the wife of Mirza Isma'il-i-Vazir

INBA39:090, MKI4523.002,

BRL_DA#221, AVK2.061.04x, AVK4.436x, ISH.002, UAB.034ax, ASAT1.134x, ASAT5.109x, ASAT5.252x, ADH1.051x, LDR.077x, MSHR2.087x, YIA.119-120x

LTDT.088x, GPB.209x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard

ROB3.230, LL#382

BH00019

no title

8320

mixed

انسان بصیر لازال منفعل و خجل چه که وصف مینماید مقصودیرا که جمیع ارکان

The perspicacious soul hath ever been moved to shame and contrition, inasmuch as he describeth Him Who is the Purpose of all existence [3.5s]... ...Say: O concourse of Persian divines In My name ye have seized the reins of men, and occupy the seats of honor, by reason of your relation to Me

INBA27:098

BRL_DA#479, ADM3#066 p.081x, ADM3#067 p.084x, ADM3#068 p.084x, ADM3#069 p.086x, ADM3#147 p.166x, MAS8.074ax, AYI2.057x, AYI2.234x, AYI2.255x, PYK.148-168, RAHA.204-205x

GPB.211x, GPB.231x, PDC.145-146x

Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00020

Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Commentary on the Disconnected Letters) = Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur (Tablet of the Verse of Light)

8280

Arabic

Tablet of the 'Light Verse', also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters; Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters; Lawh-i-Hikmat

Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur or Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Tablet of the Verse of Light or Commentary on the Disconnected Letters)

الحمد لله الذی خلق الحروفات فی عوالم العما خلف سرادقات القدس فی رفارف الاسنی

Praise be to God who created the letters in the worlds of the divine Cloud beyond the pavilions of holiness… Know that the first tokens brought into existence by the pre-existent Cause in the worlds of creation are the four elements… Strive therefore to recognize amongst the primary substances those things which are in equilibrium

INBA08:587, INBA36:212, NLAI_BH2.141x, NLAI_BH3.003x, Berlin1237#19, PR19.002b-017b

MAS4.049, ASAT3.090x, ASAT4.068x, ANDA#19 p.32x, OOL.B029, OOL.B145

BLO_failayn, HURQ.BH08x, BTO#04x, ADMS#199n84x

An extensive commentary on the famous ‘verse of light’ in the Qur’an (24:35) and on the origin …

Alchemy; the elixir; Four elements; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria)

ROB1.125, MMAH.099, GSH.021, GSH.045, LL#337, LL#391, LL#405?

BH00021

Suriy-i-Muluk

8150

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Suriy-i-Muluk (Surih to the Kings)

هذا کتاب من هذا العبد الذی سمی بالحسین فی ملکوت الاسما الی ملوک الارض کله

This is a Tablet from this Servant, who is called Ḥusayn in the kingdom of names, to the concourse of the kings of the earth.

INBA71:123, BLIB_Or15723.001, , IOM.098-099, PR11.043b-064a, PR19.048a-061b, PR23.016a-029b

NRJ#5, GWBP#065 p.086x, GWBP#066 p.087x, GWBP#113 p.143x, GWBP#114 p.150x, GWBP#116 p.158x, GWBP#118 p.160x, RSBB.040, TZH4.328-353, BCH.008x, PYB#129 p.03x, OOL.B131, AMB#36x

SLH#05, GWB#065x, GWB#066x, GWB#113x, GWB#114x, GWB#116x, GWB#118x, DOR#36x, LOG#1615x, COF.138-139x, GPB.161x4x, GPB.171x, GPB.172x7x, GPB.175x4x, GPB.210x, GPB.230x2x, PDC.007x, PDC.020x, PDC.027-028x, PDC.033-034x, PDC.034x, PDC.034-035x, PDC.035x2x, PDC.035-038x, PDC.038-039x, PDC.043-044x, PDC.060x, PDC.060-062x, PDC.062x, PDC.062-063x, PDC.063-064x, PDC.098x4x, PDC.098-099x, PDC.114-115x, PDC.143x, PDC.146-147x, PDC.182x, WOB.108x, WOB.174x, WOB.177x3x, WOB.177-178x, WOB.178x

E. Mahony

His most momentous proclamatory work, though not yet divulging the totality of His messianic claim, …

Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB2.301 et al, BKOG.207, BKOG.213, BKOG.330, GPB.171, MMAH.158, GSH.090, LL#319

BH00022

no title

8120

mixed

Translation List

حمد و ثنا مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزاست که بحروف ابواب بیان را گشود و بکلمه

Praise and glory beseem that Desired One of all the worlds, Who hath unlocked the gates of exposition through the letters and through the Word [3.5s]... ...Ponder and reflect upon that which hath come to pass: The sister of this Wronged One hath been miles distant from the truth while the aforementioned handmaid hath attained nearness... We have consented to bear the afflictions of the earth for the sake of exalting the blessed and Most Sublime Word

INBA19:273, INBA32:244, INBA41:171x, BLIB_Or15724.149ax,

ADM3#149 p.169x, HDQI.041x, MUH3.205-206x, IQN.188-189x, TSAY.471x

LTDT.288-289x, ADMS#150x

Knowledge; recognition of God; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00023

Tablet to Varqa I

8000

mixed

حمد مقدس از ذکر تقدیس و تنزیه و فوق آن بساط حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که

Sanctified praise, transcendent above all mention of glorification and exaltation, beseemeth the court of that Divine Object of all desire, Who [3.5s]... ...This heedless and prattling have understood this Revelation to be like unto the events of the past. Up to this moment they have not comprehended

INBA41:158x, INBA41:379bx

MAS4.032x, MAS4.141bx, MAS4.348x, AYI2.003x, ABDA.093-094x, TSAY.472x, MSHR2.027.01x, MSHR5.381bx

KFPT#03.1x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Goodly deeds; actions; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]; Words vs deeds

LL#259

BH00024

no title

7950

mixed

سبحانک یا من باسمک سرع الموحدون الی مطلع انوار وجهک و المقربون الی مشرق آیات

Glorified art Thou, O Thou through Whose Name the sincere have hastened to the Dayspring of the lights of Thy countenance, and they who are nigh have rushed unto the Orient of Thy signs [3.5s]

INBA28:008, INBA22:057, BLIB_Or15704.025,

BRL_DA#087, AVK3.464.01x, SFI04.008cx, PYK.041x

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Word of God is its own standard

BH00025

no title

7910

mixed

الحمد لله الذی سر خادمه بنفحات بیان اولیائه الذین کرم وجوههم عن التوجه الی غیره

Praise be unto God Who hath gladdened His servant through the sweet-scented breezes of the utterance of His chosen ones, they whose faces He hath graciously preserved from turning unto aught else but Him [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Thou by the sweetness of Whose utterance they that uphold Thy oneness have hastened unto the threshold of Thy door

BRL_DA#654, ADM3#063 p.078x, ADM3#092 p.105x, SFI14.015-033, MUH3.251x, MSHR3.167x

JHT_S#153x

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00026

no title

7800

Arabic

Bahá'í Sacred Writings

قد تحرک القلم الأعلی و اراد ان یذکر اولیائه الذین اقبلوا الی مشرق وحی

The Most Exalted Pen hath stirred, and desireth to make mention of His loved ones who have turned themselves unto the Dawning-Place of Revelation [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! Separation from Thee hath destroyed me, and the sorrow of Thine exile and the hardship Thou hast sustained in Thy path hath consumed me… My God, my God! If Thou prevent me from drawing nigh unto Thee, being present before Thy throne... My God, my God! Thou dost behold the impoverished one who hath stood at the gate of Thy wealth, the ailing one

BLIB_Or15729.051, , NLAI_22848:121, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p066r, , MKI4522.120,

BRL_DA#681, GWBP#002 p.011x, AQA2#002 p.041, ADM2#034 p.056x, ADM2#035 p.058x, ADM2#105 p.189x, AVK3.204.19x, ASAT3.258x, ADH1.063x, ADH1.065x, ADH1.066x, QUM.096.16x

GWB#002x, JHT_S#034x, JHT_S#057x, JHT_S#174x

Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#374

BH00027

no title

7660

mixed

Huqúqu'lláh

حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که غوغای معرضین و ضوضای معتدین و سطوت ظالمین

Praise be unto Him Who is the All-Desired One, unto Whom belongeth all glory and majesty, Whose power hath prevailed over the clamor of the opposers, the tumult of the transgressors, and the might of the oppressors [3.5s]... ...The question of the Huquq dependeth on the willingness of the individuals themselves. From every true believer who is willing to tender the Right of God spontaneously

INBA42:163, BLIB_Or15724.206x,

BRL_HUQUQP#018x, AVK3.111.09x, KHSH08.007, AYI2.316x, AYI2.317x, AYI2.318x

BRL_HUQUQ#018x, COC#1148x, ADJ.078x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Belief and denial; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00028

no title

7480

mixed

Research Department, Functions of; Etymologies of three terms; Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation

سبوح قدوس ربنا و رب الملائکه و الروح آیات منزله عالم را فراگرفته و بینات

Glorified and sanctified is our Lord, the Lord of the angels and the Spirit! The revealed verses have encompassed the world and the clear evidences [3.5s]... ...O thou who gazest towards the Supreme Horizon, upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of men. The intention of "the Kingdom" (Malakut) in its primary sense and degree is the scene of the transcendent glory

INBA19:292, INBA32:258, INBA41:299x

ADM3#150 p.170x, AVK2.169.09x, AVK2.318.02x, NNY.152x, MAS1.018.2x, MAS4.114-115x, MAS4.137x, MSHR5.422x

BLO_PT#076x, BLO_PT#079.2.2x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity in diversity

BH00029

no title

7420

mixed

حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که بقدرت کامله بحته خود خلق فرمود سموات بیان را

Praise befitteth the Best-Beloved Who, through His pure and consummate power, created the heavens of utterance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15722.278,

ASAT2.053x, ASAT3.094x, ASAT5.312-344

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00030

no title

7400

mixed

Tablet of Ridván (Lawh-i-Ridván); Days of Remembrance

Lawh-i-Ridvan (Tablets of Ridvan)

حمد مقدس از حقیقت و مجاز حضرت بینیازیرا لایق و سزاست که از نقطه چهار رکن

Sanctified praise, transcending reality and metaphor, beseemeth and befitteth the Most Exalted Lord, Who from the Point hath fashioned the four pillars [3.5s]... ...On the first day that the Ancient Beauty ascended His Most Great Throne in the garden named Riḍván, the Tongue of Glory gave utterance to three blessed words.

INBA44:205

AVK3.456.09x, MAS8.064x, ASAT4.022x, BCH.041x, AMB#09x

DOR#09x

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB1.278, LL#333

BH00031

Suriy-i-Nush

7310

Arabic

Surih of Admonition (Suratu'l-Nus'h); Days of Remembrance

Suriy-i-Nush (Surih of Counsel)

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق علی النبیین و المرسلین و ینزل حینئذ علی ما کان

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth unto the Prophets and Messengers, and Who doth now send down what hath ever been [3.5s]... ...Announce unto My servants the advent of the One Who came unto them with the power of truth bearing the name of ‘Alí

INBA47:171, INBA36:242, INBA73:181.09x, INBA83:001, PR19.034b-048b

BRL_DA#727, AVK2.228.08x, TZH4.200-202x, LMA1.350 (209), MAS4.135x, ASAT3.024x, YMM.152x, OOL.B133, AMB#35x

DOR#35x, GPB.141x6x, BLO_PT#097, NYR#145x

A lengthy work recounting the stories of the prophets of God and their rejection by the people and c …

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Noah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB1.137, MMAH.207, LL#321

BH00032

Lawh-i-Ruh

7220

Arabic

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 stati …

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

BH00033

no title

7090

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

الحمد لله الذی توحه بالکلام و تفرد بالبیان الذی خضعت بحور المعانی عندما

Praise be unto Him Who hath adorned Himself with utterance and Who alone possesseth expression, He before Whom the oceans of inner meanings have bowed down whensoever [3.5s]... ...He it is Who in the Old Testament hath been named Jehovah, Who in the Gospel hath been designated as the Spirit of Truth… the task of executing the laws, the ordinances and statutes that have been sent down in the Book hath been delegated unto the men of the divine Houses of Justice [rijal-i-buyut-i-'adliyyih-yi-ilahiyyih]... It is beloved of God that all should speak in Arabic, which is the richest and vastest of all languages

INBA31:022

BRL_DA#225, AQA7#393 p.114, AVK3.219.08x, AVK3.228.05x, AVK4.272x.01, AVK4.278x.07, DWNP_v1#05 p.001-003x, UAB.041bx, UAB.054bx, NFQ.005-008x, MAS4.175ax, GSH.210-213x, ASAT5.108x, AKHA_106BE #09 p.002x, AKHA_111BE #10-12 p.002x, AKHA_135BE #07 p.141x, NJB_v14#07 p.224x, YMM.305x, OOL.B177x, LFLN.012x

BRL_ATBH#37x, LTDT.052-053x, WOB.104x, SW_v14#07 p.224x, HURQ.BH70x, STYLE.032-033x, ADMS#331ax

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Universal language; Word of God and human limitations

ROB4.159, LL#273, LL#418

BH00034

Suriy-i-Sabr (=Lawh-i-Ayyub)

7050

Arabic

Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb); Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb)

Suriy-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyub (Tablet of Patience or Tablet of Job)

ذکر الله فی مدینه الصبر عبده ایوبا اذ آویناه فی ظل شجره القدس فی فواده و اشهدناه

This is the remembrance of God in the City of Patience regarding Job, Our servant, Whom We sheltered under the shade of that Holy Tree planted in His heart

INBA36:173, INBA73:082, Berlin1237#08

BRL_DA#726, AYT.262, LMA1.379 (228), MAS4.282, ASAT5.246x, ASAT5.309x, ASAT5.247x, FBAH.160x, OOL.B138

WOB.116x, BLO_PT#116, HURQ.BH23, NYR#144

Major work, written on the first day of Riḍván as He was departing Baghdad, praising the Bábís …

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB1.263, BKOG.131, BKOG.195, MMAH.203, GSH.055, LL#327

BH00035

no title

7030

mixed

حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که باصبع قدرت حجبات مجلله عظیمه را خرق فرمود و

No soul has or will ever comprehend the essence of divine wisdom. In reality, the rational mind is a most great sign in humans and blessed are those who realize (its potential)

INBA07:251, INBA28:114, INBA97:144x

AVK4.172.02, AVK4.207.02x, GHA.114x, GHA.172bx, MAS8.099-101x, MAS8.101x, MAS8.115bx, AKHA_124BE #11-12 p.jx, PYK.039x, VUJUD.120.18x

LTDT.022x, VUJUDE.157x, KSHK#07

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Laws of marriage and dowry; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00036

no title

7030

mixed

حمد مقدس از لفظ و بیان سلطان بیزوالی را لایق و سزاست که جمیع کتب و صحف و زبر

Sanctified praise, transcending word and utterance, befitteth and beseemeth the Sovereign of unfading majesty, Who hath revealed all sacred books and scriptures [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.161,

BRL_DA#383, AQA6#243 p.155, ABDA.015-017x, PYB#052 p.01x, MSHR2.202x

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00037

no title

6990

mixed

حمد و شکر در مقامی حزب الله را لایق و سزاست آنانکه در باطن بمثل بحر مواجند و

Praise and thanksgiving befit the people of God in such wise - they who in their inmost beings surge like an ocean [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15701.291,

AVK3.118.14x, GHA.360bx, MAS4.138ax

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00038

Lawh-i-Sultan

6890

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Lawh-i-Sultan (Tablet to Nasirid-Din Shah)

یا ملک الارض اسمع ندآء هذا المملوک انی عبد آمنت بالله و آیاته و فدیت نفسی فی

O King of the Earth! Hearken unto the call of this Vassal: Verily, I am a Servant Who hath believed in God

INBA34:047, BLIB_Or03115.001, , BLIB_Or15705.032, , CMB_F31.022, , NLAI_BH2.367, NLI.32p100r, PR11.001b-020b, LEID.Or4970 item 7, LEID.Or8685

NRJ#1e, AQA1#001e, UAB.022ax, FBAH.215x, DLH2.154x, OOL.B018

SLH#01e, BLO_PT#186, BLO_PT#187, BSC.068 #037, BP1929.036x

almunajat.com [item 22], S. Jaberi

Bahá’u’lláh’s lengthiest tablet to any monarch, delivered in person to the Shah at the cost …

Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB2.337 et al, BKOG.309 et al, MMAH.113, GSH.102, LL#248

BH00039

no title

6840

mixed

یا ابراهیم قد حضر اسمک فی هذا المقام الاعلی امام حضور مولی الوری ذکرک

O Ibrahim! Indeed thy name hath been mentioned in this most exalted station before the presence of the Lord of all mankind [3.5s]... ...O Lord my God! Thy knowledge of me doth verily surpass my understanding of my own self. I implore Thee to enable me to so rise to serve Thee

INBA81:181.11x, BLIB_Or15715.207x,

AQA6#299 p.292, ADM2#023 p.041x

JHT_S#046x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00040

no title

6820

mixed

حمد مقدس از شائبه فنا و زوال ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت لایزالی را لایق و سزاست که

Sanctified praise, free from the taint of extinction and decay, befitteth the most holy and exalted court of the Eternal One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15733.190,

MAS8.170bx, TABN.242x

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00041

Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi II

7070

mixed

Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

الحمد لله الذی توحد بالجلال و تفرد بالاجلال و تقدس عن الملال و تنزه عن الامال

All praise be unto Him Who hath become one through His majesty, Who standeth alone in His grandeur, Who is sanctified above all weariness, and Who is exalted beyond all earthly hopes and desires [3.5s]... ...We verily mention Our friends collectively, greet them from the direction of My Prison, send them salutations and remember them every morn and eve

INBA07:066, INBA97:031x, INBA81:059x, NLAI_BH4.169-199

BRL_DA#115, AVK1.010.02x, AVK3.398.03x, AVK4.137.12x, NNY.152-153x, GHA.105a.02x, SFI03.003bx, MAS4.027x, MAS4.151bx, MAS8.017ax, MAS8.017bx, MAS8.072x, MAS8.073ax, ASAT1.072x, ASAT1.168x, ASAT1.242x, ASAT5.226x, PYB#221 p.03x, YMM.197x

BRL_ATBH#58x, LTDT.263x, LTDT.270-271x, ADMS#254x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00042

no title

6590

mixed

Translation List

الحمد لله الذی انزل ما کان مکنونا فی سماء مشیته و اظهر ما کان مخزونا فی علمه

Praise be to Him Who hath sent down that which lay concealed in the heaven of His will, and revealed that which was treasured within His knowledge [3.5s]... ...The Afnans arrived in Beirut. After some time they received permission to come in small groups. Finally, they entered the shelter of grace

INBA31:049x, INBA51:150x, BLIB_Or15701.116, , KB_620:143-144x

AQA6#221 p.086, ADM1#020 p.052x, LHKM2.176x, AYI1.265x, AYT.327x, LMA2.016x, ASAT2.098x

LTDT.051-052x, GEN.314.04x, ADMS#077

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for protection; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00043

no title

6520

mixed

Prayer and Devotional Life; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

سبحان الله مالک الملک و الملکوت سبحان الله صاحب العز و الجبروت سبحان الله

Glorified is God, the Lord of the earthly realm and the Kingdom above, glorified is God, the Possessor of majesty and omnipotence, glorified is God! [3.5s]... ...As for thy mention of the Obligatory Prayer: in truth, anyone who readeth this with absolute sincerity will attract all created things

INBA15:325x, INBA26:328bx, BLIB_Or15717.077,

AQA7#401 p.171x, ADM2#016 p.033x

BRL_ATBH#34x, BRL_PDL#56x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for service; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00044

no title

6470

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

حمد مولی العالم را سزاست که جمیع امم را وحده باسم اعظم دعوت نمود بشانی که

Praise be to the Lord of the Worlds, Who hath summoned all peoples, as one, through His Most Great Name, in such wise that [3.5s]... ...As to the question thou has asked concerning the minimum amount of property on which Huquq is payable, this was mentioned in His exalted and glorious presence and the following is what the Tongue of Grandeur uttered

INBA18:511, INBA22:001, INBA81:171x, BLIB_Or15704.366x, , BLIB_Or15733.076,

BRL_DA#080, AVK4.227.14x, ANDA#27 p.03x, MSHR5.440x

BRL_ATBH#71x, BRL_ATBH#73x, COC#1117x, COC#2232x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00045

no title

6410

mixed

Meetings, Bahá'í; Trustworthiness; Days of Remembrance; Family Life; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

یوم یوم ماب است و مالک رقاب بر عرش بیان مستوی و احزاب عالم را ندا میفرماید

This is the Day of Return and the Lord of all necks is established upon the Throne of Utterance and doth summon all the peoples of the world [3.5s]... ...Another letter of thine, which made mention of the hallowed and blessed days of Riḍván, was received.... Blessed is the house that hath attained unto My tender mercy... We have enjoined upon all to become engaged in some trade or profession, and have accounted such occupation to be an act of worship

BLIB_Or15717.117, , BLIB_Or15724.159bx,

COMP_FAMP#82x, COMP_TRUSTP#34x, ADM3#072 p.088x, ADM3#073 p.089x, ADM3#074 p.090x, ADM3#075 p.090x, HDQI.149x, GHA.073ax, TSBT.274x, MAS7.128ax, MAS7.140ax, AYI2.036x, AYI2.075x, AYI2.078x, AYI2.295x, AYI2.296x, AYI2.297x, AYI2.298x, AYI2.299x, AYI2.300x, PYB#178 p.03x, ANDA#37 p.03x, YMM.160x, AMB#25x

BRL_MEET.BH#04x, BRL_FAM#82x, BRL_TRUST#33x, DOR#25x, COC#0822x, COC#2045x, JHT_S#026x, JHT_S#027x, JHT_S#050x, JHT_S#072x

almunajat.com [item 8-9]

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00046

no title

6370

mixed

یا محبوب فوادی این السمیع و این البصیر آیات ناطق بینات متکلم شمس شاهد ماه و

O Beloved of My heart! Where is the All-Hearing, and where is the All-Seeing? The Verses do speak, the clear Signs proclaim, the Sun beareth witness, and the Moon testifieth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15717.044,

AVK4.261.15x, TSBT.272x, TSBT.273x, MAS4.037x, MAS7.129ax, MAS7.137bx, AYI2.302x, AYI2.303x, ASAT1.102x, ASAT4.385x, ASAT5.002x, MSBH5.481x, YMM.178x, YMM.474x

Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00047

Haft Vadi (The Seven Valleys)

6100

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Call of the Divine Beloved; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys)

الحمد لله الذی اظهر الوجود من العدم و رقم علی لوح الانسان من اسرار القدم و

Praise be to God Who hath made being to come forth from nothingness; graven upon the tablet of man a measure of the mysteries of His eternity

INBA35:293, INBA33:101, BLIB_Or03116.067, , NLI.32p061r, PR19.024b-032b

BRL_Haft, AQA3#068 p.092, AVK1.320x, TZH4.151-153x, YMM.310x, OOL.B006

CDB#2, BSC.159 #164-174, HURQ.BH12

MJ Cyr (1), MJ Cyr (2), TaliaSafa & Friends, Rachel, Ethan & Ilia, E. Sabariego, G. Burriston & P. Kay, Ine, Ine, MANA, N. Hamilton, A.E. Rahbin, Gyenyame, E. Kelly, T. Ellis, M. Levine, P. Marin, J. Luckey [track 1], L. Dely & M. Congo, T. Francis

His most important mystical composition, patterned in part after Faríd’u’d-Dín ‘Aṭṭár� …

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love as fire; Love of God; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB1.096, BKOG.139, BKOG.159-161, GPB.140, MMAH.096, GSH.017, LL#016

BH00048

no title

12400

mixed

Tabernacle of Unity, The; Tablet to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Concerning the Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria; Bahá'í Sacred Writings; Pen of Glory, The

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

الحمد لله الذی اظهر من الالف الاستقامه الکبری و بالباء شان الامتیاز بین الاشیاء... استدعای دیگر آنکه خدمت جناب صاحب یگانه سلام برسانید انشآءالله در این دار فانی بامری فائز شوند

Praise be to God Who hath manifested through the Alif the Most Great Steadfastness, and through the Bá the station of distinction between all things [3.5s]... ...In regard to what thou hast written concerning his honour the learned Sahib, upon him be the grace of God... And that which you have mentioned about Shalmaghani and what Shalmaghani has uttered in relation to this Supreme Manifestation of God

BRL_TBUP#2x, AVK2.067.06x, LHKM1.156x, AYI1.333x, YARP1.023x, UAB.022cx, MAS7.148x, AYI2.396x, SAAF.085x, SAAF.091x, SAAF.365x, ASAT1.277x, ASAT4.179x, ASAT5.251x, NSS.129-130x, DVB5.007-033

TBU#2x, BLO_PT#184x, KFPT#03.2x

Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

ROB3.433, LL#161, LL#174, LL#175

BH00049

Lawh-i-Nasir

5960

mixed

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; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

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 i …

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

BH00050

no title

5800

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

هذا کتاب یجد منه الاشجار عرف الربیع و الابناء رآئحه الاب المشفق الکریم

This is a Book from which the trees inhale the fragrance of springtime, and from which the sons perceive the sweet perfume of their tender, bountiful Father [3.5s]... ...The beginning of all things is the knowledge of God, and the end of all things is strict observance of whatsoever hath been sent down

BLIB_Or15729.072, , BLIB_Or15737a.039, , BLIB_Or15738.016, , NLAI_22848:173, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p091r, , Majlis210461.117-119x, MKI4522.173,

BRL_DA#533, GWBP#063 p.084bx, GWBP#064 p.085x, AQA2#003 p.076, NNY.123-126x, QT105.1.165, ASAT4.085x, ASAT4.274x, TABN.028x, PYM.110bx, QUM.073.17x

GWB#063x, GWB#064x, GPB.102x, MHMD2.500x

G.H. Miller

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB1.048, LL#238, LL#451

BH00051

no title

5760

mixed

Translation List

شهد الخادم بما شهد الله و اعترف بما اعترف به القلم الاعلی قبل خلق الاشیاء انه

The servant beareth witness unto that which God Himself hath witnessed, and acknowledgeth that which the Most Exalted Pen hath acknowledged ere the creation of all things, that verily He [3.5s]... ...And now concerning thy question about the Manifestations of God. Know thou that, even in the wombs of their mothers, the Manifestations possessed stations

INBA19:318, INBA32:277

BRL_DA#174, AVK2.036.10x, AVK2.059.14x, AVK2.250.15x, MAS1.019x, MAS4.150ax, MAS4.166bx, ASAT4.315x, ASAT5.296x, NSS.087-088x

ADMS#043x, ADMS#199n79x

Chastisement and requital; Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

LL#259, LL#391

BH00052

Suriy-i-Qamis

5750

Arabic

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Súriy-i-Qamís (Surah of the Robe)

ان یا اهل البقا فی الملا الاعلی اسمعوا ندآء الله عن هذا النسیم المتحرک فی هذا الهواء

O ye dwellers in the immortal realm on high! Hearken unto the Call of God from this stirring Breeze that moveth in this atmosphere [3.5s]... ...By the righteousness of God! These are the days in which God hath proved the hearts of the entire company of His Messengers and Prophets

BLIB_Or15723.059, , NLAI_BH1.356

BRL_DA#724, GWBP#008 p.015bx, AQA4#074 p.034, AQA4a.320, ASAT3.281x, OOL.B137

GWB#008x, ADJ.057x, ADJ.079x, GPB.003x, GPB.099x, GPB.377x, PDC.015x, HURQ.BH34

Proclamatory tablet taking in part the form of a conversation between the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh …

Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.397, BKOG.246?, MMAH.150, GSH.049, LL#325

BH00053

Ishraqat (Splendours)

5740

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Ishraqat (Splendors)

الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالعظمه و القدره و الجمال و توحد بالعزه و القوه و الجلال و

Praise be unto God, incomparable in majesty, power and beauty, peerless in glory, might and grandeur… I magnify Thy Name, O my God, and offer thanksgiving

BLIB_Or07851.016b, , KB_262:002-032, CMB_F32.002, , PR05.030b-037a, OSAI_TC 8r-20v, MKI4523.050, , BN_suppl.1753.001-023

AVK2.273.14x, AVK3.157.10x, AVK3.203.11x, ZYN.092, ISH.050, GHA.202x, UAB.024ax, UAB.025x, UAB.037bx, UAB.042bx, UAB.043bx, UAB.057dx, ASAT4.057x, ASAT4.250x, TBP#08, TUM.076-080x, OOL.B011

TB#08, BPRY.183x, LOG#0578x, ADJ.028ax, COF.095ax, GPB.057x, GPB.208x, GPB.217x, GPB.218x3x, GPB.219x, PDC.185x, WOB.041x, WOB.186-187x, SW_v08#10 p.123x, SW_v09#07 p.081x, SW_v11#17 p.286x, DWN_v2#07 p.051-054x, DWN_v5#01 p.005x, DWN_v6#10 p.001ax, BSC.236 #497-523

almunajat.com [item 36]

Explains the meaning of the ‘most great infallibility’ and the nature of the authority of the Ma …

Business; financial; property matters; Education of children; moral education; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; House of Justice; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Justice and mercy; Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

ROB4.146 et al, BKOG.382, EBTB.062, MMAH.215, GSH.154, LL#022, LL#334, LL#397

BH00054

no title

5690

mixed

الحمد لله الذی اظهر الوجه بعد فناء الاشیاء و هز ملکوت الاسماء باهتزاز قلمه

Praise be to God Who hath manifested His Countenance after the extinction of all things, and hath stirred up the Kingdom of Names through the movement of His Pen [3.5s]

INBA07:137, INBA22:210, BLIB_Or15717.137, , NLAI_BH4.326-364

ASAT3.193x

Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00055

no title

5690

mixed

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of

یا جوان روحانی علیک بهاء الله الابدی نامه شما در ساحت عز احدیه بشرف اصغاء

O spiritual youth! Upon thee be the eternal Glory of God! Thy letter hath attained unto the presence of His Sacred and Most Exalted Court and hath been graciously heard [3.5s]... ...My God, my God! Do Thou adorn Thy servants with the vesture of understanding,and ordain for them such as shall bring them ever nearer to Thy horizon

INBA44:018, NLAI_BH1.144x

ADM3#137 p.155x, AVK3.204.09x, AVK3.498.07x, MAS4.048x, ASAT2.116x, ASAT3.011x, ASAT3.239x, ASAT4.143x, ASAT4.144x, ASAT4.187x, ASAT4.431x, ASAT4.445x, ASAT4.505x, ASAT5.050x, ASAT5.083x, TISH.024x, FRH.069-071x, FRH.352-353x

BRL_IOPF#1.08x, JHT_S#066x

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00056

no title

5660

mixed

الله لا اله الا هو الذی ینطق فیکل شیء انه لا اله الا هو له العزه و الجلال

God, no God is there but Him, Who speaketh in all things. Verily, there is none other God but Him. His is the glory and the majesty [3.5s]... ...Soon will the cry, 'Yea, yea, here am I, here am I' be heard from every land. For there hath never been, nor can there ever be, any other refuge to fly to for anyone

INBA27:147

BRL_DA#085, TZH4.212-213x, MAS4.359bx, RHQM1.214-214 (271x) (162-162x), KHAF.035x, PYK.186

ADJ.081-082x

Consolation and comfort; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

BH00057

no title

5560

mixed

Tablet to Sháh-Muhammad-Amín (Amínu'l-Bayán) (Lawh-i-Amínu'l-Bayán); Social Action; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Lawh-i-Aminul-Bayan (Tablet to Shah-Muhammad-i-Manshadi (Aminul-Bayan))

حمد مقدس از ذکر و اصغا مالک اسما را لایق و سزاست که از آفتاب آسمان علم عالم

Sanctified praise, transcending all mention and hearing, befitteth the Lord of Names, Who, from the Sun in the heaven of knowledge, illumineth the world [3.5s]... ...Thou hast written that one of the friends hath composed a treatise. This was mentioned in the Holy Presence, and this is what was revealed in response… Whatever is written should not transgress the bounds of tact and wisdom

INBA08:512, NLAI_BH4.373-415

BRL_DA#224, COMP_DEFENCEP#10x, AVK2.219.04x, MAS1.017x, MAS4.103x, PZHN v4#1 p.142x, KHAF.010x, AADA.035-036x, ASAT1.158x, ASAT1.199x, ASAT1.199x, ASAT2.013x, ASAT5.296x, ASAT5.297x, YIK.022-037, YFY.293-294x

BRL_SOCIAL#239x, COMP_DEFENCE#10x, COC#2212x, LOG#0346x, BLO_PT#190x

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Law of fasting; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00058

Suriy-i-Hajj I (Shiraz)

5550

Arabic

Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb (Suriy-i-Hajj)

Suriy-i-Hajj (Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb)

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت حینئذ عن قطب البقاء مقام الذی یطوفن فی حوله اهل سرادق

These are the verses of God which have been sent down in this hour from the Focal Point of eternity, that Station round which circle the dwellers of the pavilion [3.5s]... ...O Muhammad, when the fragrances of holiness have drawn thee unto them and turned thee unto the land of the All-Merciful that thou mayest discover the breezes of divine praise

INBA73:005, INBA83:049, BLIB_Or15723.168, , BLIB_Or15737.006,

AQA4#078 p.075, AVK4.120, GHA.039x, GHA.069ax, TSBT.093x, RHQM2.0809-834 (222) (137-151), ASAT2.113x, ASAT4.426x, ASAT5.029x, OOL.B119

RBB.154-162x, BLO_PT#118x, HURQ.BH53, GEN.371-380

Prescribes the rite of pilgrimage to the House of the Báb in Shiraz, codified later in the Kitáb-i …

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.240, BKOG.250, MMAH.152, GSH.082, LL#304

BH00059

no title

5400

mixed

حمد مقدس از ذکر خادم و ذکر ممکنات بساط امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودیرا لایق که

Sanctified praise, transcending the mention of servants and the remembrance of contingent beings, befitteth the most holy and most exalted Court of the Desired One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.189,

AVK3.410.09x, MSHR5.236x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH00060

Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzaq

5390

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq

مکتوب آنجناب بمنظر اکبر وارد و از قمیص کلماتش نفحات حب مالک اسما و صفات

Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon, and from the garment of its words wafted the sweet-scented fragrance of love for the Lord of Names and Attributes [3.5s]... ...As to thy question concerning the origin of creation. Know assuredly that God’s creation hath existed from eternity, and will continue to exist forever… Thou hast asked Me whether man, as apart from the Prophets of God…

INBA38:144, BLIB_Or15698.044, , BLIB_Or15720.046, , BLIB_Or15740.038, , NLAI_BH3.047, BN_suppl.1754.021-030

BRL_DA#030, GWBP#078 p.101bx, GWBP#080 p.103x, GWBP#087 p.114x, AVK1.113ax, AVK1.213.04x, AVK1.222.10x, AVK1.272x, AVK2.042.10x, AVK2.073.12x, IQT.044, RSBB.104, MAS4.174ax, ASAT1.013x, ASAT2.019x, ASAT2.103x, ASAT4.317x, ASAT4.296x, ASAT4.530x, ASAT5.270x, ASAT5.355x, OOL.B021

BRL_ATBH#75x, GWB#078x, GWB#080x, GWB#087x, ROL.016-021x, BSC.228 #453-459x, HURQ.BH57x, HURQ.BH58x

Addresses some misconceptions of the Bábís and answers questions concerning the origin of creation …

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Creation of the world; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Soul; spirit after death; Universal language; Word of God and human limitations

LL#036, LL#411

BH00061

Suriy-i-Sultan

5370

Arabic

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق من جبروت البقاء و جعلها الله حجه من عنده و

These are the verses of God, sent down in truth from the dominion of eternity, and God hath made them a testimony from His presence [3.5s]

INBA37:040, BLIB_Or15723.126,

BRL_DA#211, AQA4#082 p.154, AQA4a.261, OOL.B139

Addresses individually words of praise and encouragement to a number of followers in the town of Sul …

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

MMAH.170, GSH.193, LL#328

BH00062

no title

5330

mixed

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

حمد محبوب امکان و مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزا است که اولیای خود را موید فرمود

Praise be unto Him Who is the Best-Beloved of all possibility and the Goal of the peoples of the world, Who hath graciously confirmed His chosen ones [3.5s]... ...Say: O men! This is a matchless Day. Matchless must, likewise, be the tongue that celebrateth the praise of the Desire of all nations

BLIB_Or15733.050,

BRL_DA#640, GWBP#016 p.033x, MSHR3.155x

GWB#016x, ADJ.080x, WOB.194x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

ROB2.417, LL#413

BH00063

no title

5310

mixed

لعمرک یا محبوب ذاتی و المذکور فی قلبی اگر کینونت شکر بصد هزار لسان ظاهر شود

By Thy life, O Beloved of my inmost being and Thou Who art enshrined within my heart, were the very essence of thanksgiving to manifest itself through a hundred thousand tongues [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.393, , BLIB_Or15736.129, , BLIB_Or15738.190-194.18x and 196.03-201x,

Exhortations and counsels; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00064

Hurufat-i-'Alin (=Kalimat-i-'Uliya; the Exalted Letters)

5270

mixed

Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam; Suffering of the Exalted Letters; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List

Musíbat-i-Hurúf-i-‘Állín (Suffering of the Exalted Letters)

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف یتحرک القلم و یجری المداد بعد ما انقطعت نسائم

Pure and sanctified art Thou, O my God! How can the pen move and the ink flow after the breezes of loving-kindness have ceased

INBA36:281, BLIB_Or15714.157,

BRL_DA#035, AHM.217, BSHN.054, MHT1a.002, MHT2b.007x, TSBT.242, ASAT3.087x, OOL.B010a, OOL.B010b

BRL_APBH#01x, BLO_PT#015x, BLO_PT#090, HURQ.BH18x, ADMS#163x, JHT_B#005

A meditation on mortality, death, suffering, and theodicy, in remembrance of a cousin who had recent …

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB1.122, MMAH.216, GSH.025, LL#019, LL#272

BH00065

no title

5250

mixed

شهد اهل الملکوت قد اتی مالک الجبروت بسلطان لایقوم معه ما یشهد و یری انه لهو

The denizens of the Kingdom bear witness: The Sovereign of Might hath appeared with such authority that all things seen and unseen bow before Him. Verily, He is He [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15701.181,

ANDA#66 p.05x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Goodly deeds; actions; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00066

Lawh-i-Salman I

5230

mixed

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

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; consider …

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

BH00067

no title

5230

mixed

حمد و ثنا مقصود عالمیان را سزاست که بسیف بیان امکان را تصرف فرمود

Praise and thanksgiving befit the Desired One of all worlds, Who hath through the sword of utterance taken possession of all existence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15717.056,

BRL_DA#098x, ADM3#061 p.077x, YIA.130-145

Chastisement and requital; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00068

no title

5200

mixed

له الفضل و الجود و له العنایه و العطاء یعطی و یمنع انه هو المقتدر ما یشاء لا

His is the grace and munificence, His the loving-kindness and bestowal. He giveth and withholdeth, for verily He is the All-Powerful, doing whatsoever He willeth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.174,

AVK1.270x, HQUQ.013x

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for healing; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00069

Su'al va Javab (Questions and Answers)

5150

Persian

Consultation; Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

Su'al va Javab (Questions and Answers, Kitáb-i-Aqdas)

سوال از عید اعظم جواب اول عید عصر ۱۳ ماه دوم از اشهر بیان است یوم اول و تاسع

Question: Concerning the Most Great Festival. Answer: Most Great Festival commenceth late in the afternoon of the thirteenth day

INBA63:001, INBA66:213

BRL_Su'al, AVK3.056.16x, AVK4.091x, AVK4.152.13x, AVK4.478ax, OOL.B178

BRL_CONSULT#07x, COC#0029x, COC#0172x, COC#0527x, COC#0821x, COC#1109-1115x, COC#1119x, LOG#0505x, LOG#0516x, LOG#0637x, LOG#0762x, LOG#0764x, LOG#1260x, LOG#1499x, NYR#137x

Compilation of answers and clarifications by Bahá’u’lláh to over one hundred questions regardi …

Business; financial; property matters; Grammar and orthography; Law of divorce; Law of fasting; Law of inheritance; Law of obligatory prayer; Laws of marriage and dowry; Parents and children; youth; families

ROB3.278, GPB.219, GSH.145, LL#279

BH00070

no title

5110

mixed

الحمد لله الشکر لاولیائه و الثناء لاصفیائه الذین مابدلوا نعمته و قاموا علی خدمته و انفقوا

Praise be unto God! Thanks be unto His loved ones, and glory unto His chosen ones who have not altered His bounty, who have arisen to serve Him, and who have given freely [3.5s]

INBA15:110, INBA26:111, UMich962.156x

BRL_DA#573, AVK1.277x, AVK1.283x, AVK1.297.07x, AVK1.123.02x, GHA.321.10x, MAS4.018bx, MAS4.020x, MAS4.100bx, MAS8.189ax, AKHA_125BE #05 p.ax, AKHA_131BE #06 p.ax, MSBH3.151x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00071

Suriy-i-Hajj II (Baghdad)

5070

Arabic

Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh (Suriy-i-Hajj)

Suriy-i-Hajj (Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh)

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و ینزل بامره کیف یشاء لا اله الا هو العزیز

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and doth send down through His command whatsoever He willeth. There is no God but Him, the Mighty [3.5s]... ...I beg Thy forgiveness, O Lord, with the entirety of my being—my tongue, my heart, my breath, my soul, my spirit, my body... It is incumbent on whomsoever desireth to turn to the most holy direction, to come into the presence of God, the Mighty, the Knowing, to hearken unto the call of God

INBA37:066, INBA66:012, BLIB_Or15723.194, , BLIB_Or15737.033,

BRL_DA#166, AQA4#084 p.192, ADM2#107 p.193x, AVK4.109, GHA.070x, DRD.009x, TSBT.077x, ASAT1.094x, ASAT2.109x, ASAT4.022x, ADH1.082x, OOL.B120

RBB.163-168x, BLO_PT#117x, HURQ.BH54, JHT_S#193x

Prescribes the rite of pilgrimage to the House of Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdad, codified later in th …

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Inability of the Manifestation; Prophet to comprehend God; Law of pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ROB2.240, MMAH.152, GSH.083, LL#305

BH00072

no title

5020

mixed

Huqúqu'lláh; Translation List

الحمد لله الذی نطق بکلمه فی العالم و اختلفت الاحزاب فی معناها منهم من عرف

Praise be to God Who hath uttered a word in the world, and the peoples differed as to its meaning. Among them were those who recognized [3.5s]... ...O Zayn! Such souls as comply with the injunction of God prescribed in the Book are regarded as most excellent in the same estimation of God… O Thou Who art the Lord of all names! I beseech Thee by Thy Name which overshadoweth all things

INBA45:182, BLIB_Or15717.001,

BRL_HUQUQP#007x, ADM2#115 p.204x, AYI2.160x, MSBH5.454ax, YIA.191x

BRL_HUQUQ#007x, COC#1103x, ADMS#116

E. Tarani

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Rejection by the people of the Bayan

BH00073

Tafsir-i-Hu

6500

Arabic

Creation

Tafsir-i-Hú (Commentary on the phrase He Is (God))

الحمد لله الذی قد اشرق الشمس بقدرته و الاح النور بقوته… ان یا ذلک الهیکل قد خلقناک علی تلک الأسمآء الحسنی و جعلناک کل شیء فی اسمآء الذی یشیر الینا

Praise be to God who has caused the sun to shine through His power and light to gleam through His might [3.5s]... ...O this Temple! We created thee according to these Most Beautiful Names. And We made thee the Pleroma (kulli shay', "All Things") amongst the [Divine] Names which alluded unto Us by means of the mention of "Huwa" … In another station, the names are garments for the attributes... If thou art able to separate anything in heaven or on earth and marry all of it together again

Berlin1237#21-22, UMich962.159-182x, UMich968.001-040x, UMich968.053-084x

YMM.174x, OOL.B144x

BLO_createx, HURQ.BH14x, REVS.173x

An intricate commentary on the names and attributes of God, taking as point of departure a statement …

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God

REVS.060-062, LL#336

BH00074

no title

4990

mixed

Huqúqu'lláh; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The Institution of the; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Blessed is the Spot (text)

الحمد لله الذی تجلی باثر قلمه الاعلی علی من فی ملکوت الانشاء اذا نطق کل کلیل

Praised be God Who hath manifested through the influence of His Most Exalted Pen unto all who dwell in the kingdom of creation, whereupon every weary one hath spoken [3.5s]... ...Let not the happenings of the world sadden you. I swear by God! The sea of joy yearneth… Blessed is the spot, and the house… Regarding what ye had written as to the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár’s having been established… It is the binding command of God that in every locality whatever hath been or will be made available for the Ḥuqúqu’lláh should be submitted to His Holy Presence

INBA07:220, INBA27:340, INBA22:114, BLIB_Or15717.148, , NLAI_BH4.289-326

BRL_DA#175, BRL_HUQUQP#104x, COMP_MASHRIQP#04x, AVK3.017.06x, AVK4.147.14x, AVK4.239.11x, AVK4.430x, AVK4.432ax, AVK4.432bx, MAS4.213bx, RSR.103-104x, RSR.135-136x, PYK.060, MYD.468x, YMM.185x

BRL_ATBH#44x, BRL_HUQUQ#104x, BRL_MASHRIQ#04x, COC#0818x, COC#1152x, ADJ.082x, ADJ.083-084x

D. Deardorff [track 9], J. Heath [track 1], S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, The Humming Birds, L. Slott, K. Kuolga, Fred & Munirih, R. Orona, M. Tokuma, Honiara Baha'i Youth, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, TaliaSafa, Friends in Vancouver, Shirin & Daniel, Jamesley & Leon, Bass Adjustment, S. Sunderland, S. Sunderland, G.H. Miller, L. Robinson, Rowshan [track 9], D. Crofts, Brina, S. Sharma, S. Peyman, M. Weigert, unknown, Arrayanes [track 9], E. Mahony

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Power of the Manifestation of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00075

no title

4960

mixed

اصبح الخادم فی جوار رحمه ربه و کان غسل وجهه و یدیه مقبلا الی الذروه العلیا

The servant in attendance hath attained unto the precincts of his Lord's mercy, and, having washed his face and hands, hath turned toward the Most Exalted Summit [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15717.067,

Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00076

Suriy-i-Ashab (=Lawh-i-Habib)

4960

Arabic

Surah of the Companions

Suriy-i-Ashab or Lawh-i Habib (Surah of the Companions or Tablet for the Beloved One)

ح ب اسمع ندآء الله عن جهه العرش بایات مهیمن مقدم عظیم لعل تقلب بکلک الی

H.B. Give ear unto the divine summons from the precincts of the Throne, as We recite to thee the verses of God

INBA83:027b, BLIB_Or15723.031b,

AQA4#072b p.001, AQA4a.205, TZH4.354-360, MAS4.355ax, ASAT3.071x, OOL.B039, OOL.B107

WOB.108-109x, BLO_PT#094, HURQ.BH32

Proclamatory work playing a major role in the conversion of the followers of the Báb to the cause o …

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB2.065, MMAH.151, GSH.075, LL#095, LL#293

BH00077

no title

4960

mixed

یا حبیب فوادی و المذکور فی قلبی یک آب از سحاب رحمت رب الارباب نازل و جاری و

O Beloved of My heart and Thou Who art mentioned in My soul! A single stream from the cloud of mercy of the Lord of Lords hath descended and floweth forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#067,

BRL_DA#563, AYBY.191x, AYBY.203x, GHA.095x, UAB.030bx, MAS8.153x, MAS8.154ax, MAS8.154bx, AYI2.019x, AYI2.161x, AYI2.208x, AYI2.209x, AYI2.210x, AYI2.211x, AYI2.212x, AYI2.213x, AYI2.214x, YQAZ.329-330x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00078

no title

4940

mixed

حمد و ثنای اهل بقا مالک اسماء را لایق و سزاست که ذیل اطهرش از مفتریات اهل

Praise and glorification befit the denizens of eternity unto the Lord of Names, Whose most holy garment remaineth unsullied by the calumnies [3.5s]

INBA44:182

BRL_DA#001, NSS.204ax

Call to action; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00079

no title

4890

mixed

لله درک یا من سمعت ندآء الحق و اقبلت الی الحق و اجبت الحق و شربت الرحیق ... ذکر استاد شهباز

Blessed art thou, O thou who hast hearkened unto the Call of Truth, turned unto Truth, answered Truth's call, and quaffed the choice Wine... mention of Master Shahbaz [3.5s]

INBA65:055bx, INBA30:098bx, BLIB_Or11097#075, , BLIB_Or15722.194x,

AHM.347x, AQMJ1.161bx, TAH.184x, MSBH5.459x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00080

no title

4850

mixed

حمد حضرت مقتدری را لایق و سزاست که بنقاط قلم اعلی صفوف اقتدار را بیاراست... یا علی ما کان گذشت و ما یکون از بعد میآید باید این حین

Praise be unto Him Who is worthy and befitting of all glorification, Who hath adorned the ranks of power through the points of the Most Exalted Pen [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O God, O Revealer of incontrovertible proofs, and Lord of all names and attributes! I beseech Thee by the light which hath shone forth

INBA41:381ax, BLIB_Or15717.098, , NLAI_BH1.136x

BRL_DA#562, ADM3#082 p.098x, ADM3#083 p.098x, ADM3#084 p.099x, ADM3#151 p.171x, HDQI.008bx, MAS4.141ax, PYB#042 p.01x, ANDA#04 p.02x

JHT_S#152x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00081

no title

4820

Arabic

الحمد لله منطق السن البلغاء ببدایع جوامع منابع اذکار الحمد و الثناء و مظهر

Praise be to God, Who hath caused the tongues of the eloquent to speak forth wondrous fountainheads and wellsprings of praise and thanksgiving, and Who is the Manifestor [3.5s]

INBA56:043

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00082

Lawh-i-'Andalib

4810

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

الحمد لله الذی سخر شمس البیان بقدرته و قمر البرهان بسلطانه الذی بامره طوی ما

Praise be to God Who, through His might, hath caused the Sun of Utterance to shine forth and, through His sovereignty, hath made manifest the Moon of Proof, He Who by His command hath rolled up that which [3.5s]

INBA39:001, BLIB_Or15698.002, , BLIB_Or15720.001, , BLIB_Or15740.001, , Majlis934.153-198

BRL_DA#078, AVK3.070.06x, AVK4.139.10x, AVK4.248.09x, IQT.002, GHA.191x, GHA.270x, ASAT1.073x, ASAT1.128x, ASAT4.288x, ASAT4.340x, NSS.204-205x

BRL_ATBH#22x

Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ROB4.083, LL#050

BH00083

no title

4800

mixed

Consultation; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

حمد مقدس از لم یزل و لایزال ساحت قرب قدس حضرت محبوب بیزوالی را لایق و سزاست

Sanctified praise beseemeth the most holy court of the nearness of the Eternal, the Beloved One, Who was and is and ever shall be [3.5s]... ...Say: no man can attain his true station except through his justice. No power can exist except through unity. No welfare and no well-being can be attained except through consultation… In all things it is necessary to consult

INBA27:293

BRL_DA#086, UAB.051ax, MAS4.213ax, MAS8.059bx, PYK.093, YMM.310x

BRL_ATBH#28x, BRL_CONSULT#02x, BRL_CONSULT#05x, COC#0167x, COC#0170x, LOG#0577x

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Consultation; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00084

Suriy-i-Amr

4760

Arabic

Suriy-i-Amr (Surih of Command)

سبحان الذی خلق الخلق بأمره و ابدع خلق کلشیء اقرب من ان یحصی ان انتم تعلمون

Glorified be He Who hath created all beings through His command and brought forth the creation of all things in ways beyond reckoning, were ye to comprehend [3.5s]

INBA36:001, INBA71:155, INBA81:108, BLIB_Or07852.093, , BLIB_Or15723.109, , PR19.069b-072bx, PR23.060b-063bx, ROB2.000x

BRL_DA#725, NANU_BH#17x, RSBB.026, RSBB.030, RSBB.033, SFI13.019, ASAT4.303x, ASAT4.326x, YIA.549-553x, OOL.B105

Major proclamatory work formalizing Bahá’u’lláh’s claim to divine messengership, read aloud …

Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB2.161, BKOG.230, MMAH.141, GSH.073, LL#291

BH00085

no title

4750

mixed

یک تجلی از تجلیات اسم کریم بر ارض پرتو افکند نعمت ظاهر مائده نازل بحر جود

A beam from among the effulgent beams of the Most Generous Name cast its radiance upon the earth; manifest became the bounty and the heavenly feast descended from the ocean of munificence [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! Unto Thee do I repent; Thou art, in truth, the Pardoning, the Munificent… One of the relatives, named Muhammad Hasan, came to this land, and on his return he bore seventy Tablets for the servants of God

INBA39:059, INBA61:026x, BLIB_Or07852.078, , BLIB_Or15724.069b, , MKI4523.085,

BRL_DA#210, ISH.085, ISH.107, IQN.186-188x, ASAT1.277-278x, ASAT5.276x, ADH1.112x, NSS.209ax

LTDT.288x, JHT_S#192

Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Petitions to authorities; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard

BH00086

no title

4740

mixed

Family Life; To Set the World in Order; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ظهر بین الامم انه هو مولینا و مولی العالم

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath appeared amongst the peoples - He, verily, is our Lord and the Lord of all the worlds [3.5s]... ...All should know, and in this regard attain the splendours of the sun of certitude, and be illumined thereby: Women and men have been and will always be equal in the sight of God

BLIB_Or15701.161, , BLIB_Or15736.144, BLIB_Or15736.160x

BRL_DA#379, COMP_FAMP#03x, COMP_WOMENP#054x, BRL_SWOP#031x, UAB.038bx, YIA.196x

BRL_ATBH#09x, BRL_FAM#03x, BRL_WOMEN#054x, BRL_SWO#031x, COC#2145x

Chastisement and requital; Equality of men and women; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Praise and encouragement; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00087

no title

4720

mixed

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Bahá'í Sacred Writings

حمد و ثنا و شکر و بها مخصوص ذات امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی است که ظلم ظالمین و

Praise, glory, thanksgiving and splendor be unto that Most Exalted, Most Holy Being, the Lord of Supreme Purpose, Who [3.5s]... ...Of the new Obligatory Prayers that were later revealed, the long Obligatory Prayer should be said at those times when one feeleth himself in a prayerful mood

INBA44:072

AVK3.035.05x, AVK4.091.03x, GHA.021.09x, GHA.031.10x, GHA.260x, MSHR5.381ax

BRL_IOPF#1.11x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Word of God and human limitations

BH00088

Lawh-i-Kimiya 2 (Lawh-i-Mariyyih)

4710

mixed

Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A

Lawh-i-Kímíya II or Lawh-i-Máríyyih (Tablet on Alchemy II or Tablet of Mary)

کتاب مرسله در ساحت احدیه وارد و ما فیه مشاهده شد لله الحمد که در این فجر... و اینکه سئوال از قول ماریه نمودید

The missive was received at the Court of Oneness and its contents perused. Unto God be praise that you were illumined… the treatment is specially designed so that this precious, life-giving substance, which has appeared from the divine mine, may be purified... The appearance of this hidden treasure amongst these people [arbab-i-ulum] is the sign of the coming of age of the world

INBA66:187, NLAI_BH2.164

MAS1.026-045x, MAS4.024-025x, OOL.B197.2

BLO_alchemy, HURQ.BH06

A detailed explanation in symbolic language of an enigmatic statement on alchemy attributed to the l …

Alchemy; the elixir; Composition and decomposition; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Law of cause and effect; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#391

BH00089

no title

4700

mixed

حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که حین استوای بر عرش در بستانی که به رضوان نامیده شده

Praise befitteth the Beloved One Who, at the time of His ascendancy upon the throne, dwelt in the garden named Ridván [3.5s]

INBA07:179, INBA15:363bx, INBA18:348ax, INBA26:367bx, INBA22:266, INBA45:001

BRL_DA#081, AVK3.466.07x, AKHA_111BE #10-12 p.002x, YIA.122-128

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

BH00090

no title

4690

mixed

حمدا لمن نور العالم بانوار اسمه الاعظم لیعرف الامم ما یقربهم الیه فضلا من

Praise be unto Him Who hath illumined the world through the splendors of His Most Great Name, that all peoples might recognize that which draweth them nigh unto Him through His grace [3.5s]... ...As to what thou hast written concerning the Right of God: The binding injunction of God is set forth in the Book, but this matter is conditional upon the willingness of the individual

INBA28:404, BLIB_Or15727b.326, , BLIB_Or15732.002,

ADM3#078 p.093x, GHA.106ax, GHA.107bx, UAB.022bx, AYI2.164x, AYI2.165x, AYI2.166x, AYI2.167x, AYI2.168x, ABDA.080-081x

COC#1151x, JHT_S#073x

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Exhortations and counsels; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Law of Huququ'llah; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00091

Lawh-i-Haji Mirza Kamalu'd-Din

4680

mixed

Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Kamálu'd-Dín (Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Kamalu'd-Dín); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Kamalud-Din (Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Kamalud-Din)

الحمد لله الذی توحد بالعزه و تفرد بالعظمه و نطق بالکلمه بین البریه اذا مرت ... ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الله و سمع ندآئه الاحلی اذ ارتفع بین الارض و السماء

Praise be to God Who hath distinguished Himself through glory and become singular in grandeur, and hath uttered the Word amongst all created things when [3.5s]... ...The question is that whereas in past Scriptures Isaac is said to have been the sacrifice; in the Qur’án this station is given to Ishmael. This is, undoubtedly, true

INBA07:296, BLIB_Or11097#052, , NLAI_BH4.124-146

AVK2.100.14x, AVK2.110.13x, AVK2.197.04x, MAS8.151ax, MUH1.0365x, TAH.190x

BRL_ATBH#21x, BLO_PT#173, KSHK#29x

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Oneness; unity of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations

BH00092

no title

4660

mixed

یا حبذا نصره الله علم انه هو المقتدر علی ما یشاء بر اعلی مقام عالم نصب فرمود

O how glorious that God hath raised aloft His ensign, for verily He is the Omnipotent over whatsoever He willeth, and hath planted it upon the most exalted station in all the world [3.5s]... ...The Right of God is an obligation upon everyone. This commandment hath been revealed and set down in the Book by the Pen of Glory. However, it is not permissible to solicit or demand it

INBA15:292ax, INBA26:294x, INBA27:179

HDQI.142x, GHA.106bx, PYK.130

COC#1136x

Call to action; Law of Huququ'llah; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Word of God the cause of creation

BH00093

no title

mixed

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

یا محبوب فوادی و المذکور فی قلبی قد سرتنی نسمات الحب التی سرت من حدائق... اصلّی و اسلّم و اکبّر علی انجم سمآء عرفانک

O Beloved of my heart and Thou Who art remembered in my soul! The breezes of love that wafted from the gardens [3.5s]... ...Thou hast asked about affection and reconciliation, in the case of Mirza .... This matter was mentioned in the Holy Presence. This is what the tongue of our All-Merciful Lord uttered in response… My blessings, my salutations, and my greetings to the Stars of the heaven of Thy proof and the Hands of Thy Cause

INBA08:461, INBA27:364, INBA22:175

BRL_DA#176, AVK3.010.08x, AYI2.235x, PYK.073, ANDA#74 p.04x, MYD.011-012x

BRL_ATBH#25x, COC#0528x, LOG#1080x, ADMS#137x

Growth of the Cause; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

Several letters were sent to the Khurasan community.

BH00094

no title

4580

mixed

الحمد لله الذی سخر من فی الانشاء بنغمات قلمه الاعلی و به نفخ فی الصور و

Praise be unto God, Who hath subdued all within creation through the melodies of His Most Exalted Pen, and through it hath caused the Trumpet to be sounded [3.5s]

INBA19:361, INBA32:310, INBA41:156x, BLIB_Or15717.158,

AVK4.429bx, AVK4.429cx

Goodly deeds; actions; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00095

no title

4510

mixed

Prayers and Meditations

یومی از ایام نشسته بودم در امر الهی متحیر و در آنچه در ارض کاف و را ظاهر شده

One day, as I sat in contemplation, bewildered by the divine Cause and by that which had been made manifest in the land of Káf and Rá [3.5s]... ...My God, Thou Whom I adore and worship, Who art Most Powerful! I testify that no description by any created thing

INBA65:021bx, INBA30:079x, INBA81:015x, BLIB_Or15704.439, , NLAI_BH4.417-449

BRL_DA#692, PMP#153x, AHM.320x, DWNP_v5#09 p.002x, AQMJ1.142x, ASAT3.017x, ADH1.014x, AKHA_133BE #15 p.469x, AKHA_136BE #08 p.125x

PM#153x

Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations

ROB3.044, LL#255

BH00096

no title

4440

mixed

الحمد لله الذی جعل البلاء ماء لسدرته العلیا و شجرته القصوی و نورا لعباده

Praise be unto Him Who hath made tribulation as water for His exalted and furthermost Lote-Tree, and as a light for His servants [3.5s]

INBA97:095.07x, BLIB_Or11097#064, , BLIB_Or15717.188,

ASAT1.164x, PYK.202x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00097

Lawh-i-Mulla Abdur-Rahim

4350

mixed

معروض میدارد این عبد فانی که مکتوب آنجناب واصل شد و از بدایع کلمات و جواهر

This evanescent servant submitteth that thy letter was received, and from the wondrous words and gems [3.5s]

SFI03.011

Belief and denial; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Regarding the receptivity of the hearer in teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Stories; anecdotes; Wisdom [hikmat]

MMAH.186

BH00098

no title

4290

Arabic

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی بالحق انه لمطلع الایات و مظهر البینات

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come with the truth is verily the Dawning-Place of His signs and the Manifestation of His clear proofs [3.5s]

INBA19:233, INBA32:211

ADM3#128 p.146x, AVK3.311.07x

Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00099

no title

4270

mixed

حبذا ید اراده حق جل جلاله مساعد و نجوم از ظلمت سماء سجن فارغ و بازغ و منیر و

How glorious that the Hand of Divine Will, glorified be His majesty, is gracious, and that the stars, freed from the darkness of the prison-sky, shine forth resplendent and luminous [3.5s]

INBA15:379, INBA26:382

BRL_DA#212, AVK4.230.14x, MYD.393x

Chastisement and requital; Law of Huququ'llah; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH00100

no title

4220

mixed

تعالی الرحمن الذی انزل التوریه و الانجیل و الفرقان ثم البیان و اظهر ام الکتاب اذ استوی الله

Exalted be the All-Merciful Who revealed the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur'án, then the Bayán, and hath manifested the Mother Book when God was established upon the throne [3.5s]

INBA42:020, BLIB_Or15718.309,

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

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