search results for 'bsc'

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

O God! O God! Thou dost behold me, how my forehead is laid upon the dust of humility and submission and how my face is covered

DAS.1914-01-09, BSC.375 #709, SW_v07#14 p.127+130-132

AB00092

1140

Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی مکتوب آنجناب واصل و مضمون واضح گشت از فضل حق امید جدید

O faithful servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was received and its contents became evident. Through the grace of God, fresh hope has been awakened [3.5s]... ...Thou didst write as to the question of spiritual discoveries. The spirit of man is a circumambient power

INBA89:273

MKT3.402, MNMK#149 p.277x, MMK1#145 p.166x, AVK2.248.11x

SWAB#145x, BSC.492 #946x, PN_1906 p097

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power of the mind over nature; Soul; spirit after death; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00094

Tablet of the Divine Plan (U.S. and Canada IV)

1140

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای نفوس آسمانی و ابناء و بنات ملکوت خداوند در قرآن میفرماید و اعتصموا بحبل

O ye heavenly souls, sons and daughters of the Kingdom! God says in the Qur'an... O God! O God! Thou seest my weakness, lowliness and humility before Thy creatures

MKT3.058, RRT.148x?, RRT.155x?, ANDA#03 p.73, ADH2.113x, ADH2_3#06 p.147x, MMG2#209 p.237x, FRTB.091

TDP#14, BPRY.207-209x, BWF.419-423, ADJ.070-071x, COF.017x, BSC.530 #983, SW_v10#15 p.283-285, SW_v11#12 p.215x

Seals and Crofts, Chicago Baha'i Community, Heroes Teaching Conference

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Prayer for teaching; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity

UDP.066

AB00112

1020

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

ای متوجهین بمنظر اعلی در لیل و نهار و صباح و مساء و عشی و ضحی در عوالم قلب

O ye who have turned your faces toward the Exalted Beauty! By night, by day, at morningtide and sunset

INBA88:098

MKT1.368, MNMK#098 p.179, MMK1#207 p.250, YHA1.373-374x, DLS.319

SWAB#207, BWF.401-402x, DAS.1915-04-01, BSC.359 #686, SW_v07#05 p.036-038x, SW_v08#13 p.179x

M. Sparrow (1), M. Sparrow (2), Heroes Teaching Conference, K. Porray

Call to action; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

AB00128

970

Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء و اماء رحمن صبح است و نسیم جانپرور جنت ابهی بجمیع

O ye beloved of Abdu'l-Baha and ye handmaids of the Merciful! It is early morning, and the reviving winds of the Abha Paradise... O God, my God! These are Thy feeble servants

INBA85:270

MKT8.239b, MNMK#095 p.175, MMK1#008 p.020, AKHA_133BE #14 p.396

SWAB#008, BPRY.178-179x, TAB.387-390, BSC.492 #949x, DWN_v5#05 p.003-005, TEW.025-027

E. Mahony, The Bird & The Butterfly, Sophie, Siria & Ashkan

Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others

AB00131

960

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

ای عزیز دانا نامه ای که بتاریخ ۲۷ ماه می ۱۹۰۶ مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید

O thou who art dear, and wise! Thy letter dated 27 May 1906 hath been received and its contents are most pleasing and have brought great joy. Thou didst ask whether this Cause

MNMK#147 p.272, MMK1#031 p.059

SWAB#031, TAB.540-545, LOG#0690x, BSC.485 #930-931x, DWN_v5#01 p.002-003x

Manifestation of God as mediator; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the Manifestation of God; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world

AB00142

Lawh-i-Tarbiyyat (Tablet of Education)

930

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

Lawh-i-Tarbiyyat (Tablet of Education)

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

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

INBA16:026

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

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

MANA (1), MANA (2)

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

AB00143

Lawh-i-Haft Sham' (Seven Candles)

930

Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

Lawh-i-Haft Sham' (Tablet of the Seven Candles of Unity)

ای منجذبه محبت الله مکتوبی که هنگام رفتن مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید از

O captive of the love of God! The letter which thou didst write at the time of thy departure hath been received. It brought me joy

MKT1.354, MNMK#121 p.231, MMK1#015 p.027, AKHA_119BE #11 p.j, AVK3.098.10x, AVK3.491.12x, OOL.C011

SWAB#015, PDC.197x2x, WOB.038-039x, COC#1584x, BSC.444 #810, PN_1903 p002, ABCC.360-362x, BSTW#185, BSTW#359, BSTW#407

Composition and decomposition; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Oneness; unity of religion; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Race unity; racial issues; Unity in diversity; Unity of governments; political unity; Unity of thought and belief; Universal language

AB00145

930

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for peace and unity; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; War and peace

ترانی یا الهی فی هذا الجبل الرفیع و المقام الباذخ المنیع ماوی کل رجل عظیم و

Thou seest me, O my God, on this lofty mountain; the sublime and supreme threshold

INBA16:069

MNMK#003 p.009, MJAI.002

BSC.406 #744, SW_v08#14 p.194-196, CHH.188x, CHU.194-196, BLO_PN#022, BSTW#215

AB00169

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Canada and Greenland II)

880

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

یاران مهربانا و اماء رحمانا لن تری فی خلق الرحمن من تفاوت در قرآن عظیم

O ye kind friends and the maidservants of the Merciful: In the great Qur'an God says... ...Be not concerned with the smallness of your numbers, neither be oppressed by the multitude... Praise be to Thee, O my God! These are Thy servants who are attracted by the fragrances... O God, my God! Thou beholdest this weak one begging for celestial strength

MKT3.054, RRT.148x, ANDA#03 p.71, ADH2.108x, ADH2_3#03 p.143x, MJMJ1.015x, MJH.064ax, NSR_1978.115x, NSR_1993.128x, FRTB.087

TDP#13, BPRY.217-218x, BPRY.218-219x, ADJ.055x, ADJ.058x2x, ADJ.062x, COF.012bx, GPB.397x, TDH#158.17x, WOB.077-078x, LOG#1985x, BSC.524 #981, SW_v10#12 p.227-229

R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 9], almunajat.com [item 3, 14]

Prayer for teaching; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

UDP.038

AB00184

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Central states II)

840

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای احبای قدیم و یاران ندیم در قرآن عظیم میفرماید یختص برحمه من یشاء این

O ye old believers and intimate friends! God says in the great Qur'an... These twelve Central states of the United States... O Lord, my God! Praise and thanksgiving be unto Thee for Thou hast guided me to the highway

MKT3.045, AHB.110BE #06-07 p.102, RRT.146x, ADH2.110x, ADH2_3#04 p.144x, MMG2#208 p.236x, MJH.063x, FRTB.078

TDP#11, BPRY.215-216x, TDH#158.5x, COF.031x2x, COF.069x, COF.121x, GPB.254-255x, GPB.351x, GPB.397x, BSC.515 #977, SW_v10#07 p.124-126

R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 6]

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

UDP.023

AB00204

810

Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای یاران باوفا ای بندگان صادق حضرت بهاء الله نیمه شب است و جمیع چشمها آسوده

O ye faithful friends, O ye sincere servants of Baha'u'llah! Now, in the midwatches of the night... O Thou kind and loving Providence! The east is astir and the west surgeth... Study the Tablet of the Holy Mariner that ye may know the truth… Pitiful are we, grant us Thy succour; homeless and wanderers...

INBA16:064

MKT3.423, MNMK#099 p.182, MMK1#233 p.302, AYT.522x, HDQI.207, ANDA#02 p.54x, ANDA#14 p.04x, ADH2.086x, ADH2_1#31 p.049x, ADH2_2#13 p.114x, MJMJ1.109x, MMG2#277 p.310x, MMG2#347 p.386x, MUH1.0532, YHA1.101-102x (1.207)

SWAB#233, BPRY.155-157x, BPRY.319x, BSC.548 #993, SW_v12#14 p.229-231, BSTW#103

M.C. Kennedy

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB00209

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Southern states II)

800

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای نفوس مبارکه محترمه فلاسفه قرون اولی و علماء قرون وسطی و فلاسفه قرون اخیره

O ye blessed, respected souls! The philosophers of the ancients, the thinkers... O my God! O my God! Thou seest me in my lowliness and weakness

MKT3.041, DUR1.577x, RRT.146x, ADH2.112x, ADH2_3#05 p.145x, MJMJ1.017x, MMG2#062 p.066x, MJH.064bx, FRTB.074

TDP#10, BPRY.214-215x, BSC.511 #975, SW_v10#06 p.100-102

K. Key, T. Nosrat, Heroes Teaching Conference, Y. Mesbah, Sasha, Saeon and Sam

Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Prayer for teaching; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

UDP.013

AB00210

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Western states II)

800

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای یاران و اماء رحمن مختارین ملکوت خطه مبارکه کالیفورنیا نهایت مشابهت بارض

O ye friends and the maidservants of the Merciful, the chosen ones of the Kingdom! The blessed state of California... O God! O God! This is a broken-winged bird and his flight is very slow

MKT3.049, RRT.147, ADH2.105x, ADH2_3#01 p.140x, MJMJ1.014x, MMG2#060 p.064x, MJH.062x, FRTB.082

TDP#12, BPRY.216-217x, BSC.520 #979, SW_v10#10 p.198-200, BSTW#012x

W. Heath, G. Sky, Nabil and Karim, D. Stollar, D. E. Walker, Strong Steep, C. Zein, R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 7], A. & M. Zemke [track 2]

Call to action; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for teaching; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

UDP.031

AB00218

Tablet of the Divine Plan (U.S. and Canada I)

790

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای نفوس مبارکه من از برای شماها فوز و فلاح ابدی میخواهم و موفقیت تامه در جهان

O ye blessed souls! I desire for you eternal success and prosperity... O Thou incomparable God! O Thou Lord of the Kingdom! These souls are Thy heavenly army.

MKT3.015, AKHA_122BE #05 p.383x, AHB.121BE #02 p.000x, PYB#176 p.25x, DUR3.075x, DUR1.301x, ANDA#58 p.19x, ANDA#64 p.12x, MJMJ1.095x, MMG2#071 p.078x, MJH.039ax, FRTB.048, MMJA.027x

TDP#06, BPRY.205-206x, ADJ.049-050x, ADJ.055x, ADJ.070x, COF.010x, COF.016x2x, COF.017x, COF.029x, BSC.527 #982, SW_v10#15 p.280-282

R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 1]

Call to action; Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

UDP.046

AB00219

790

Call to action; Methods of teaching the Cause; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; Wisdom [hikmat]

یا من انجذب الی الملکوت و شرب الکاس التی مزاجها کافور در این ایام که فیوضات

O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom and hast quaffed from the cup whose essence is of camphor! In these days when the outpourings [3.5s]... ...Indifference breeds deterioration. Silence is the cause of retrogression. Thoughtlessness leads to forgetfulness. Passivity, inaction, produce oblivion.... Consider the story of Simon the Rock [Peter]: Two of the Apostles of His Holiness, the Spirit [Jesus], went to the city of Antioch to teach the Cause of God

INBA72:041, INBA88:116

BRL_DAK#0570, MKT1.471

BSC.439 #798x, SW_v13#07 p.180-181x, BSTW#271d, BTO#05x

AB00240

760

Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Mahmúd's Diary

ای یاران جانی عبدالبهاء شرق معطر نما غرب منور نما نور ببلغار ده روح بسقلاب

O ye close and dear friends of Abdu'l-Baha! In the Orient scatter perfumes, And shed splendours on the West. Carry light unto the Bulgar… Make haste to love!

MKT2.273, MNMK#101 p.185, MMK1#218 p.260, MILAN.146, AKHA_110BE #12 p.02, AKHA_120BE #11 p.b, AMK.045-046, AVK3.167.13x, AVK3.477.17x, BCH.065, ABB.180x, MAS5.144, ADH2.094x, ADH2_2#17 p.122x, MSHR4.053x, MMG2#286 p.317x, MSBH4.036x, YHA1.379x, BDA1.357.06x, KHH2.081 (2.151)x

SWAB#218, TAB.566-570, BSC.305 #623-628, SW_v04#01 p.020-021, MHMD1.376x, TEW.007-010, BSTW#125

B. Weber, N. Hamilton, Nickole & Alexander

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for peace and unity; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB00241

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Northeastern states II)

750

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای دوستان حقیقی جمیع اقالیم در نزد حق اقلیم واحد است و جمیع مدائن و قری یکسان

O ye real friends! All countries, in the estimation of the True One are but one country and all the cities and villages... O Thou kind Lord! Praise be unto Thee that Thou hast shown us the highway of guidance

MKT3.037, DWNP_v5#09 p.001-002x, DUR1.027x, ANDA#79 p.05x, MJMJ1.102x, MMG2#075 p.082x, MJH.044x, FRTB.070, NJB_v10#10 p.204x

TDP#09, BPRY.212-214x, ADJ.006x, COF.027-028x, COF.035x2x, GPB.254x, GPB.396x, TDH#158.5x, WOB.053x, WOB.077x, BSC.507 #973, SW_v10#04 p.069-071

R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 4], Ladjamaya [track 8]

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prayer for teaching; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

UDP.007

AB00274

710

Bahá'í Scriptures; Mahmúd's Diary; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Social Action

ای دختر ملکوتی من در راه آهن رو بسانفرانسیسکو میرویم بیاد خوی تو افتادم

O My heavenly daughter! While journeying by rail to San Francisco, thoughts of you came to my mind [3.5s]... ...The question of economics must commence with the farmer and then be extended to the other classes

BRL_DAK#0217, AVK4.347x, AVK4.348x, MAS2.061-064x, KHF.219, KHAB.041 (049), KHTB3.084, BDA1.189.15

BRL_ATE#048x, BRL_SOCIAL#211, LOG#1858x, LOG#1859x, BSC.453 #831x, SW_v07#15 p.146-147x, SW_v19#11 p.346-347x, MHMD1.206-208

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Maintainance of degrees in society; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Wealth inequality and its moderation

AB00276

710

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

ای مفتون حقیقت و منجذب ملکوت الله نامه مفصل رسید و از تلاوتش نهایت سرور حاصل

O thou who art captivated by the truth and magnetized by the Heavenly Kingdom! Thy long letter hath come and it brought great joy

MKT3.249, MNMK#151 p.281, MMK1#029 p.055, YMM.384x, YMM.419x

SWAB#029, TAB.536-540, BWF.380-381x, BSC.435 #791

Language and the structure of reality; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB00279

710

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Oneness; unity of religion; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

دوست عزیز محترما نامه شما رسید و مضمون سبب سرور وجدان گردید زیرا دلالت میکرد

My honorable and dear friend: Your kind letter was received and its contents became the means of happiness

MNMK#116 p.224, PYM.164x, MJDF.063, NJB_v04#16 p.001

DAS.1913-07-08x, BSC.439 #797x, BSC.448 #817x, ABIE.019, ABIE.037, ADP.159-164, CHU.111-112x, BLO_PN#007

AB00309

670

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith

ای اهل عالم طلوع شمس حقیقت محض نورانیت عالم است و ظهور رحمانیت در انجمن بنی‌آدم

O people of the world! The dawn of the Sun of Reality is assuredly for the illumination of the world

BLIB_Or.08117.006,

DWNP_v5#02-3 p.003-004x

BWF.215-217x, BSC.422 #766x, SW_v11#09 p.133-134x

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love of God; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; War and peace

AB00328

Sharh-i-Fass-i-Nigin (on the Ringstone Symbol)

660

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet on the Greatest Name (Lawh-i Ism-i A'zám)

Sharh-i-Fass-i-Nigin (on the Ringstone Symbol)

مدتی شد که آنجناب در پاریس بخدمت مشغولید هر چند زحمت و مشقت بسیار است ولی خدمت

For some time you have been engaged in service in Paris and although there is much hardship and difficulty, it is service [3.5s]... ...As regards the explanation of Monsieur Angelmann(?) concerning the writing of the Greatest Name on the ringstone

BRL_DAK#0571, MMK6#166x, AKHA_103BE #12 p.05, AKHA_117BE #01-04 p.v, AVK3.079.05x, MAS2.100-103, OOL.C023

LOG#0910x, BSC.478 #914x, PN_various p010x, RESP.072x, RBB.143-144, BLO_PT#160

Adam; Adam and Eve; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Ringstone symbol

AB00342

640

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

ای کنیز عزیز الهی حمد کن خدا را که در آستان مقدسش مقربی و در ملکوت عزتش معزز

O thou dear handmaid of God! Praise thou God, because thou art favoured at His Holy Threshold, and cherished in the Kingdom of His might.

MNMK#153 p.285, MMK1#142 p.161, YMM.364x

SWAB#142, TAB.091-094, BSC.489 #940x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

AB00418

600

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

ایها المنجذب بتجلیات رحمانیه من الملکوت الاعلی انی بکل فرح فتحت کتابک

O thou who art attracted by the brilliant lights of the Merciful One, shining from the Supreme Kingdom!... As for the symbol of the cross

BRL_DAK#0708

TAB.596-599, LOG#1718x, BSC.470 #881-882x, BLO_PT#214

AB00430

590

East and West; communication between East and West; Evolution; human evolution; Love of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Soul; spirit after death; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Universality of the Cause

از حقيقت سؤال نموده بوديد . حقيقت کلمة اللّه است که محيی عالم انسانی است کوران را بينا کند

O seeker of the Kingdom! Your letter has arrived and its contents became known. You asked: What is Truth? ...As to progress after death: know that after death it is the divine world. Progress is possible, but it depends upon the generosity of God...

MMK3#111 p.074x, YMM.256x, YMM.384x, VUJUD.103.20x

BSC.494 #954x, BSTW#139, VUJUDE.189x

AB00431

590

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای منجذب بنفحات ریاض ملکوت نامه روحانی قرایت شد و مضامین محبت... ای پروردگار مستمندانیم مرحمتی کن و فقیرانیم از بحر غنا نصیبی بخش

O maidservant of God! There are two kinds of disease, spiritual and physical....Lord! Pitiful are we, grant us Thy favour; poor, bestow upon us a share... As to thy question regarding palmistry

INBA75:052x, NLAI_BH_AB.005b

BRL_DAK#0953, MKT1.487ax, MKT2.093, MILAN.063, AVK3.025.16x, AVK3.365.13x, DUR2.129x, MJMJ1.056x, MMG2#307 p.344x, MJH.015x

BPRY.022-023x, BSC.429 #777, SW_v13#12 p.332x, SW_v08#18 p.229x, BP1926.020-021x, BSTW#002x, BSTW#183x, BSTW#369ax

The Dutch Youth, Reza & Anthony, E. Mensah

Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Prayer for prosperity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB00448

590

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O thou who art esteemed in the Threshold of the Almighty! Praise thou God... Thou hast written concerning the impersonality of the Divinity. Personality is in the Manifestation of the Divinity... As to the question whether the souls will recognize each other

TAB.203-206, BWF.367-367x, BSC.482 #921-922x, SDW v01#03 p.046-047, NRMM.170-173, BSTW#043a-043b

Manifestation of God as mirror; Nearness and remoteness; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Soul; spirit after death; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB00460

580

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ایها الزائر لمطاف الارواح المخلص فی دین الله طوبی لام ولدتک و طوبی لثدی رضعت لبنه

O visitant to the Resort of spirits (who are) sincere in the Religion of God! Blessed is the mother who bore thee

UMich962.120-122, UMich991.061-065

MKT1.127, MNMK#020 p.097, ASAT3.233, AVK2.175.05x

TAB.114-118, BWF.370-371x, BSC.447 #815-816x, BSTW#273a, BSTW#276f

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; John the Baptist; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The cross and the trinity

AB00513

550

Contention and conflict; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Obedience to and respect for government authority

ای یاران جمال ابهی ای ثابتان بر میثاق طلعت اعلی ای بندگان آستان مقدس حضرت

O ye friends of the Beauty of Abha! O ye firm ones in the Testament of the Covenant of Baha! O ye servants of the Holy Threshold

MKT9.234, AVK3.092.11x, YBN.034-035

BSC.493 #952x

AB00567

520

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ای فائز بحقیقت آن نور الهی که در اصحاح دوازدهم یوحنا مذکور امیدوارم که

O thou who hast attained to the truth of that divine Light which is mentioned in the twelfth chapter of the Gospel according to John!

BRL_DAK#0952, VUJUD.121.01x

TAB.206-209, BWF.376-376x, COC#1042x, LOG#0377x, BSC.483 #923-924x, BNE.114-115x, VUJUDE.158x

Alchemy; the elixir; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Law of pilgrimage; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB00590

510

Importance of community building; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for unity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

ایها المخلصون ایها المقربون ایها المبتهلون ایها المتضرعون انی اضع جبهتی علی

O ye sincere ones! O ye favored ones! O ye beseeching ones! O ye supplicating ones!... O friends! It is the wish of ‘Abdu'l-Baha that the friends may establish general unity and not a particular meeting of unity

BRL_DAK#0894, MKT3.233, HDQI.297

TAB.392-395, BSC.458 #843, TCI#1

AB00620

500

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Power of the mind over nature; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

O thou who art rejoiced at the explanation of the maidservant of God...! Thank thou God... It behooveth him to seek only the divine bounties... ...As to the critical period (1901): Know though, that verily, Abdu'l-Baha dominates every critical period

TAB.610-612, BSC.464 #863x, SW_v08#15 p.211x, TOR.203-204x, VTRM.025-026, BSTW#043b, BSTW#043c, BSTW#501

AB00649

490

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

...Every one of the friends of God has two stations; one the station of mankind and the other the station of spirituality…. As long as one has not taken a portion of the mystery of sacrifice, it is impossible for him to attain to the Kingdom of God.

BSC.496 #958, SW_v07#12 p.116x

AB00661

480

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thou hast written regarding the death of thy mother. Praise be to God, she hath attained to the desire

TAB.591-593x, BWF.370-370x, BWF.396-396x, BSC.463 #859x, BSC.491 #944x, BSTW#075

Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB00666

480

Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

فيوضات ملکوت ابهی مشروط به استعداد و قابليّت نيست نفس فيض عين قابليّت گردد چنانکه نفس فعل چون از فاعل

O herald of the Kingdom! Thy long letter has been carefully read and the contents understood. It proved that thou art not reposing in heart... ...Know that the blessings of the Kingdom of Abha are not dependent upon the capacity and the worthiness of any one; the blessings themselves are the worthiness.

MMK3#137 p.095x

BSC.496 #957x, BSTW#444

AB00715

470

رب رب قد اشتد الظلام و خرب الخیام علی روس الانام و حجبت الابصار غشاوه

O Lord, O my Lord! The darkness hath indeed grown intense, and the pavilions covering the heads of men have been laid waste, and a veil hath obscured their sight [3.5s]

MMK6#486

Empty learning; false spirituality; Literal interpretation; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others

AB00740

460

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

ای کنیز صادق الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید فی الحقیقه تعلق بملکوت

O thou sincere and loyal handmaid of the Lord! I have read thy letter. Thou art truly attached to the Kingdom

MNMK#159 p.294, MMK1#160 p.185

SWAB#160, TAB.321-323, BWF.389-390x, BSC.457 #839x

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Knowledge; recognition of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Study; deepening; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00802

440

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

مشرق الأذکار از اعظم تأسيسات عالم انسانيست و تفرّعاتش بسيار است مشرق الأذکار اگر چه محلّ عبادتست

O thou favored maidservant of the Kingdom of God! The letter, which thou hast written, was received. Its contents evinced high aspiration…. The Temple is the most great foundation of the world of humanity and it has many branches

MMK1#064 p.097x, MMK1#065 p.098x, AVK4.151.04x

SWAB#064x, TAB.626-627, BWF.416-416x, LOG#2056x, BSC.465 #866-867x, SW_v06#17 p.142-143x, SW_v09#01 p.005x, PN_unsorted p073x

High station of teachers of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00837

430

Mary Magdalene; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

O thou who art calling in the Name of God and heralding unto the Kingdom of God! Verily I considered the contents of thy recent letter

TAB.267-269, BSC.455 #835, SW_v08#14 p.186x

AB00851

420

Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

الهی الهی استغفرک عن کل الشئون الا العبودیه لعتبتک السامیه و اتبرء عن کل ذکر

My God, my God! I ask thee to forgive everything save my servitude to Thy Supreme Threshold...O thou who art calling by the Testament, in the Pivot of the horizons!... I affirm that the true meaning, the real significance, the innermost secret of these verses

INBA13:327

MNMK#001 p.007, HHA.060, MSHR2.152x, PTFP.281

WOB.138x, BSC.265 #550, SW_v11#14 p.238-239, CUPAB.006-008

AB00866

420

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Oneness; unity of religion; Unity in diversity

O thou wooer of Reality! His Highness the Merciful One hath cause the appearance of the splendors of love and affinity in the world of humanity

DAS.1914-07-07, BSC.303 #616, SW_v07#04 p.025-026, SW_v09#12 p.135-136

AB00875

420

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

يا احبّاء اللّه اذا اشتدّت الارياح و هطلت الامطار و دمدمت الرّعود و لمع البرق و نزلت الصّواعق و اشتدّت

O ye who are attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily I read your letters which uttered your steadfastness in the Cause of God

MMK3#197 p.140x

TAB.012-014, BWF.395-396x, BSC.473 #892x, SW_v08#01 p.002x

Christ; Christianity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00936

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Western states I)

400

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ای ابناء و بنات ملکوت شب و روز جز یاد یاران و دعای خیر در حق ایشان و طلب تایید

O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Day and night I have no other occupation

MKT3.010, FRTB.043

TDP#04, BSC.518 #978, SW_v07#10 p.088-089, SW_v07#10 p.085, SW_v09#14 p.160

UDP.029

AB00945

880

Bahá'í Scriptures; Peace; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مفصل شما با نامه های مختصر جمیع رسید و بنظر دقت... در خصوص احبّای پیتسبرگ مرقوم نموده بودی

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy detailed letter and the brief ones have all been received and attentively perused.

BRL_DAK#0589, COMP_COVP#43x, COMP_PEACEP#25x, MMK4#151 p.162x

BRL_ATE#168, BRL_COV#43x, BRL_PEACE#25x, COC#0254x, COC#1586x, BSC.547 #988, SW_v10#12 p.234-236, BSTW#177, BSTW#268

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight; Universal peace; world unity

AB00949

400

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای دختر ملکوت نامه شما رسید ولی از عدم فرصت مختصر مرقوم میگردد جسد انسانی

O thou who art the daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter has been received... The body of man, which has been formed gradually... The city of San Diego was like a lifeless body.... O Thou kind Lord! Graciously bestow a pair of heavenly wings

BRL_DAK#0214, MKT3.386, AVK4.204.05x, HUV2.009x

BRL_CHILD#22x, BPRY.252-253x, LOG#0669x, BSC.446 #814x, SW_v11#19 p.317-318, MAB.012-013x, BLO_PT#052.36

Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Law of burial and cremation; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB00955

400

Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ای متشبث بذیل اطهر فرع سدره مبارکه در جهان و جهانیان بدیده بینا نظر نما که

O Thou who art holding fast to the Pure Hem; thou who art the twig of the Blessed Tree! Look thou with seeing eyes at the world about thee, and at the inhabitants thereof. Upon the stage of this immense theatre most spectacular plays are being enacted.

BRL_DAK#0376, MMK3#055 p.035, HDQI.196x, ANDA#07 p.07x

DAS.1913-09-08, BSC.344 #671x, SW_v04#16 p.273x, ABIE.295, BLO_PN#007, BSTW#123d

AB00956

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Northeastern states I)

400

Tablets of the Divine Plan

ای منادیان آسمانی ایام نوروز است همیشه بیاد آن یاران مهربان هستم و از درگاه

O ye heavenly heralds! These are the days of Naurooz. I am always thinking of those kind

MKT3.003, AHB.120BE #01 p.01, FRTB.036, NJB_v10#10 p.204

TDP#01, ADJ.057x, BSC.505 #972, SW_v07#10 p.087-088, SW_v09#14 p.159-160

Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

UDP.005

AB00964

400

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O thou that virtuous soul and individual who art ready for the confirmation of the Holy Spirit! I, with the utmost clemency

TAB.706-708, BWF.369-369x, BSC.468 #876x, SW_v07#10 p.098-099

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Many are called but few are chosen; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00973

400

Love of God; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

O thou who art advancing toward the Kingdom of God! I read thy letter of graceful composition...As to thy question, "Why pray? What is the wisdom thereof..." Know thou, verily, it is becoming of a weak one to supplicate to the strong One

COC#1753x, BSC.491 #945x, SW_v08#04 p.044-045x, BNE.092-093x, VLAB.129-130, BSTW#060a, BSTW#111

AB00998

390

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

ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوبی که بمستر دیلی مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید بسیار رای

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant, and staunch! The letter which thou didst write ... hath been shown to me, and the opinions expressed therein

MMK1#041 p.080

SWAB#041, TAB.124-125, BWF.413-414x, BSC.479 #915x, BSTW#349

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB01117

370

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

ای جوان رحمانی شکر کن خدا را که بملکوت نورانی راه یافتی و پرده اوهام دریدی و

O spiritual youth! Praise thou God that thou hast found thy way into the Kingdom of Splendours, and hast rent asunder the veil of vain imaginings

MMK1#024 p.051, MMK1#085 p.115, BNEP.198, GTB.012

SWAB#024, TAB.561-563, BWF.372-372x, BWF.381-382x, LOG#1255x, JWTA.022-023, BSC.470 #880x

God as personal vs. impersonal reality; Laws of marriage and dowry; Limits of the intellect; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB01130

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Central states I)

370

Savva, Danika, Lauren & Jeremy

ای نفوس آسمانی ای محافل روحانی ای مجامع ربانی هر چند مدتیست که در تحریر

O he heavenly souls, O ye spiritual assemblies, O ye lordly meetings! For some time past correspondence has been delayed

MKT3.008, FRTB.041

TDP#03, BSC.514 #976, SW_v07#10 p.091, SW_v09#14 p.167-168

Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

UDP.022

AB01133

370

Translation List

ای یاران الهی هر چند شمس حقیقت در خلف سحاب جلال متواری گشت و سحاب نقاب شد و

O friends of God! Though the Sun of Truth hath been obscured behind the clouds of glory; though these clouds have interposed themselves as veils

MMK3#294 p.216

ADMS#045

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB01174

360

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

ی بندگان جمال مبارک ... اين معلوم و واضحست که اليوم تأييدات غيبيّهء الهيّه شامل مبلّغين است

O servants of the Blessed Beauty! It is a well known fact that, owing to the frequency of disturbances, the work of delivering the Message

MMK1#209 p.255x, AKHA_107BE #05 p.06x, AKHA_103BE #08 p.04x, AVK3.495.13x, AVK4.241.06x, MAS5.082x

SWAB#209x, TAB.390-392, BWF.385-386x, BSC.493 #950x

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Pioneering; travel teaching; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB01214

Lawh-i-Mahabbat (Tablet of Love)

360

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

ایها المنجذب بنفحات الله قد وصلنی تحریرک الاخیر الدال علی فرط محبتک لعبدالبهاء

O thou who art attracted by the fragrant breezes of God... Know thou of a certainty that Love is the secret of God's holy Dispensation

INBA89:262

MKT1.159, MNMK#036 p.121, MMK1#012 p.024x, MMK1#147 p.171x, MMK1#179 p.200x, MMK1#180 p.201x, AVK3.207.19, NSR_1978.137, NSR_1993.150, KNSA.219 (412), OOL.C016

SWAB#012x, TAB.524-526, MNYA.306-307, BSC.435 #790, AELT.209-210x, BSTW#025, BSTW#250, BSTW#502a

A. Youssefi, Choir of the Baha'i Temple of South America, K. Porray, SKY, Ladjamaya [track 13], E. Mahony

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB01223

360

Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Evolution; human evolution; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Oneness; unity of religion; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

O thou who art seeking for Truth! Your letter has been forwarded. I have no opportunity to write a detailed answer... As to life, however, it has had no beginning

BSC.434 #787-789, SW_v12#12 p.194, BSTW#104

AB01355

340

Growth of the Cause; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی قد قرات نمیقتک البدیعه المعانی

O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! I have indeed read thy letter with its wondrous meanings [3.5s]... O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! I have read thy beautiful letter containing beautiful significances

YMM.460-461x

TAB.658-660, BSC.472 #890-891x, CUPAB.011x, BSTW#110b, BSTW#207b

AB01366

340

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering; rejection of Christ

یا من یخاطبه فوادی اعلم ان المیثاق کوکب یلوح و یضای علی الافاق و ان انواره

O thou whom my heart addresses! Know thou, verily, the Covenant is an Orb

BRL_DAK#0793

BSC.320 #641, SW_v04#10 p.170, SW_v06#14 p.107, SW_v08#16 p.218, BSTW#052a

AB01367

340

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O thou who art confident in the appearance of the Kingdom of God! Verily I read thy letter... Consider the past, so that thou mayest become informed

TAB.175-176, BWF.394-394x, BSC.481 #919x

Material and spiritual existence; two books; Praise and encouragement; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment

AB01389

330

Naming of children; of individuals; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written regarding thy trip to the Holy Land.... Say on my behalf to the maidservant of God, Mrs. Claudi Coles: 'The end of every material work is without result

TAB.218-219, BSC.484 #927x, BSTW#449x

AB01398

330

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ای دوست عزیز هر چند شخص نیکوکار در درگاه پروردگار مقبول است ولی اول دانستن است

My dear Friend: Pleasing and acceptable as is a person of righteous actions before God’s Holy Threshold, yet deeds should proceed from knowledge

BRL_DAK#1055, MMK3#144 p.099

BRL_ATE#205x, TAB.549-550, BWF.382-383x, BSC.460 #851-852x

Christ; Christianity; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Goodly deeds; actions; Reincarnation

AB01404

330

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

ای شعله محبت الله آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی سبب سرور گردید زیرا آنمکتوب مانند

O thou flame of God's love! What thou hast written hath brought great joy, for thy letter was as a garden from which roses of inner meanings

MKT2.269, MMK1#155 p.177, AVK1.093x

SWAB#155, TAB.722-723, BWF.371-372x, BSC.469 #877x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB01410

330

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Family Life

ای کنیز مقرب درگاه کبریا مکتوب مرقوم ملاحظه گردید و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل شد در

O thou favored maidservant in the Threshold of the Almighty! The letter which thou hast written was perused and its contents were noted…. Treat all thy friends and relatives, even strangers, with a spirit of utmost love and kindliness

BRL_DAK#0681, COMP_FAMP#88x, MMK2#009 p.005x

BRL_FAM#88x, TAB.195-196, COC#0845x, BSC.430 #779x, LABC.015x

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Prayer for children and youth; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

AB01439

330

Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Stories; anecdotes; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Verily, thy coming, at this time, unto this shining, blessed Holy Land

TAB.681-683, BSC.466 #868x, SW_v09#14 p.162-163x

AB01454

330

Free will and predestination; fate; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

Everything is from God, both good and evil... Everything in existence is good, and only the lack of goodness make a thing evil. The being is created good

BSC.500 #963x, PN_1900 p061, PN_unsorted p148, PN_1900 p003x

AB01505

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Southern states I)

320

R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 5]

ای منادیان بملکوت الله چند روز پیش بان یاران الهی نامه نگاشته گشت ولی چون این

O ye heralds of the Kingdom of God! A few days ago an epistle was written

MKT3.006, AKHA_121BE #01 p.j, AKHA_134BE #01 p.8, AHB.119BE #01 p.000, FRTB.038

TDP#02, ADJ.062x, BSC.510 #974, SW_v07#10 p.090, SW_v09#14 p.166-167

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

UDP.012

AB01507

320

Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

امروز هر عاقل هوشیاری و عاقبت‌بینی بیدار شود و واقف اسرار مستقبل گردد که جز قوّهٴ میثاق قلب آفاقرا بحرکت نیارد

O thou old friend! A month ago a letter was written to the favored maidservant... The Covenant of God is like unto a vast and fathomless ocean.

MNMK#128 p.243x, MMK1#189 p.216x, MMK5#095 p.080x

SWAB#189x, BSC.547 #988x, SW_v10#08 p.153

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Review of publications; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB01536

320

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

O thou who hast sought illumination from the Light of the Guidance of God! Verily I read thy words... Know thou, verily, man before reaching (spiritual) maturity

TAB.165-167, BSC.480 #917x

AB01552

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Canada and Greenland I)

310

R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 8]

ای بنات و ابناء ملکوت هر چند در اکثر ایالات و مدائن متحده الحمد لله نفحات الله

O ye daughters and sons of the Kingdom! Although in most of the states and cities

MKT3.013, ANDA#71 p.06, FRTB.046

TDP#05, ADJ.055x, ADJ.057-058x, COF.012ax, BSC.523 #980, SW_v07#10 p.089-090, SW_v09#14 p.168

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity

UDP.037

AB01624

310

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

ایتها الناطقه بالثناء علی الله انی قرئت نمیقتک الناطقه بتحیرک فی بعض الاحکام

O thou who art voicing the praises of thy Lord! I have read thy letter, wherein thou didst express astonishment

MNMK#039 p.125, MMK1#137 p.153

SWAB#137, TAB.055-056, BSC.474 #896x

Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of transformation and change; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Progress only takes place within its own degree

AB01661

300

Bahá'í Scriptures; Crisis and Victory; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O thou child of the Kingdom and firm in the Covenant! Thy letter, through his honor Mirza ..., was received and thy former letters also became acceptable.. In this day the most vital and momentous matter

BRL_CRISIS#13x, TAB.360-362, COC#0270x, BSC.443 #808x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB01722

300

Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

O thou favored maidservant of God! Thy letter was received . Thou has expressed joy on account of thy visit to the friends in Chicago.

TAB.214-215, BSC.484 #925x

AB01859

290

Intuition; inspiration; Outward and inward meanings; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Know thou that some of the souls... Know thou, verily insight seeth that which sight seeth not... Then know that the power of the Word of God is effective

TAB.607-608, BSC.463 #861-862x, TOR.202x, VTRM.021-022

AB01870

290

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

Your three reports, together with the public announcement, were received. Praise be to God! all the contents indicated firmness, spirituality and goodness.... Souls are like unto mirrors

TAB.019-020, BWF.367-367x, BSC.473 #893x, CUPAB.011-012x, BSTW#305x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB01895

280

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

ای امه الله شکرانه فیض رحمان در این اوان عبارت از نورانیت قلب و احساسات

O thou handmaid of God! In this day, to thank God for His bounties consisteth in possessing a radiant heart

MMK1#153 p.175

SWAB#153, TAB.243-244, BWF.360-361x, BSC.455 #834

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB01907

280

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones

ای بنده صادق بهاء الله نامه شما رسید و از مضمون نهایت سرور حاصل گردید زیرا

O thou truthful servant of Baha'u'llah! Thy letter was received and its contents brought the utmost joy…. O thou spiritual friend! Thou hast asked about the wisdom of obligatory prayer… I supplicate God that day by day thou mayest become more steadfast, so that like unto an impregnable stronghold

BRL_CONF2018P#22x, MMK2#130 p.099

BRL_IOPF#2.07x, BRL_CONF2018#22x, TAB.683-684, BWF.368-368x, BSC.466 #869x

Importance of prayer; Law of obligatory prayer; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

AB02144

270

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, I noted thy letter and utterance. God hath accepted thy devotion

TAB.064-066, LOG#0401x, BSC.475 #900-901x

AB02172

270

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ

O thou who art acknowledging the Oneness of God! Verily, I read thy letter... Observe the pages of the universe

TAB.170-171, BSC.481 #918x

AB02184

260

Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual springtime; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

ای ابناء ملکوت سال نو عبارت از گردش و حرکت دوره سنوی است

O ye children of the Kingdom! It is New Year; that is to say, the rounding of the cycle of the year. A year is the

DWNP_v4#07 p.040

TAB.038-040, BSC.475 #899x, SW_v02#01 p.010-011, SW_v04#16 p.266, SW_v08#01 p.009, CHH.217-218, BLO_PN#022

AB02292

260

Christ; Christianity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Importance of prayer

O thou who art attracted to the Call of the Kingdom! Thy letter was presented and I was informed of thy expression. And it was glorious proof

TAB.227-229, BSC.471#883x, VTRM.015-017

AB02310

260

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

یا امه الله المهتزه کقضیب رطیب بنسیم محبه الله انی قرئت تحریرک الدال علی فرط

O handmaid of God, who tremblest even as a fresh and tender branch in the winds of the love of God! I have read thy letter... These spiritual assemblies are aided

MNMK#044 p.129, MMK1#038 p.076

SWAB#038, TAB.089-091, GPB.332x2x, COC#1358x, LOG#0010x, LOG#2072x, BSC.476 #903-904x

Honiara Baha'i Youth

Equality of men and women; House of Justice; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB02315

260

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

O thou who art awakened to the Cause of God! Verily, I read thy letter and my heart... As to the manifestation of the Greatest Name

TAB.612-614, BSC.464 #864x, VTRM.027-028

AB02317

260

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Prayer for unity

O my God, my beloved, my assistant and my chosen! ...Bring them together again, O Lord, by the Power of Thy Covenant, and gather their dispersion by the Might of Thy Promise

BSC.263 #549x, SW_v05#15 p.225x, SW_v04#14 p.240x, SW_v09#19 p.221x, SW_v10#07 p.119x, BSTW#062

AB02342

250

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای خداوند مهربان شکر ترا که بيدار نمودی و هشيار کردی چشم بينا دادی و گوش شنوا احسان نمودی

O thou advancing maidservant of God! Thy letter was received... O compassionate God! Thanks be unto Thee for Thou hast awakened me and made me conscious…. Bestow upon me a heart which, like unto glass

BRL_DAK#1193, MMK3#011 p.006x, MMG2#102 p.116x

BPRY.071x, TAB.640-641, BSC.431 #782x, SW_v02#04 p.012, BSTW#293ex

MJ Cyr, T. Nosrat, A. Youssefi

Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02383

250

Consolation and comfort; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment

ای خواهر عزیز نامه ات در وقتی وارد که الحمد لله بلایا و محن در سبیل الهی از هر

O thou dear sister! The letter arrived at a time when—praise be to God!—calamities and sufferings in the path of God have surrounded us

MMK3#200 p.143

TAB.723-724, BSC.469 #878x

AB02400

250

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

ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه ات رسید و مضمون معلوم گردید در میان خلق ازدواج عبارت از

O thou dear handmaid of God! Thy letter hath been received, and its contents were noted. Marriage, among the mass of the people

MMK1#084 p.114, AKHB.199-200, GHA.159, HYB.046, NJB_v12#09 p.160

SWAB#084, BWF.372-373x, LOG#1266x, BSC.457 #840x, BLO_PT#052.11

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Marriage as means of spiritual progress

AB02406

250

ای مشتاق موهبت پایدار تا چند در زاویه خمول از اوج قبول دور مانی و در این ظلمت

O thou who yearnest for enduring grace! How long wilt thou remain in the corner of obscurity, far from the heights of acceptance, in this darkness [3.5s]

AMK.093-094a, AHB.109BE #18-19 p.316

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB02446

250

Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

O ye who are attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, this mundane world is as the mirage of the desert

TAB.660-661, BSC.426 #769

AB02481

250

Call to action; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

Thy letter was received and its contents noted. In truth, thou hast been thrown amid dire ordeals... The wisdom of all these tribulations that poured successively

TAB.654-656, BSC.486 #934x

AB02490

240

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

O my God! O my God! Praise be unto Thee! for Thou hast created me of the most excellent fabric, in the most honored form

TAB.614-615, BSC.430 #780, VTRM.028-029

AB02590

240

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Review of publications; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

In whatsoever matter man wisheth to engage, he must first acquire some capability, and make provisions and preparations therefor

TAB.358-359, BSC.454 #833

AB02591

240

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Unity; oneness of humanity

O thou attracted one of the Kingdom! The epistle was received; likewise the enclosed epistle was read. The personage (Mr. . . . .) is in reality

TAB.702-703, BSC.468 #874x

AB02627

240

Demons and evil spirits; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

O thou who art advancing to the Kingdom of God! I have considered thy writing... You have asked me two questions

TAB.102-103, BSC.476 #906x

AB02701

230

Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

O thou spiritual youth! Japan hath made wonderful progress in material civilization, but she will become perfect when she also becometh spiritually developed

TAB.564-565, JWTA.027, BSC.462 #856x, TEW.013-014

E. Mahony

AB02755

230

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love of God; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual springtime; Unity; oneness of humanity

ای منجذب بملکوت الهی آنچه نوشتید ملاحظه گردید وجد و سرور بود و بشارت و حبور و

O thou who art turning unto the Kingdom of God! Thy letter is received and perused. It afforded us joy and pleasure, gave us good news and is the token of the wealth of thy love. This period of time is the Promised Age,

PYB#172 p.03, PYB#233 p.04

TAB.318-319, BSC.456 #838, SW_v07#01 p.001-002x

AB02799

230

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O thou who are supplicating to God and turning to the Spirit of His Kingdom! I have read the texts of thy praise to God

TAB.705-706, BWF.368-369x, BSC.468 #875x

Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB02844

230

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Mary Magdalene; Role and station of women; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

O thou who art gazing toward Abdul-Baha! Now I address thee with a heart filled... Arise to serve the Cause of God in the vineyard of God

TAB.600-601, BSC.463 #860x, VTRM.013-014

AB02846

230

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

O ye crying voices in the region of America! Make level the path of the Covenant of God!... I know, verily, that the universal, never ending, eternal

TAB.032-033, BSC.473 #894x, BSTW#276l

AB03002

220

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Importance of community building; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ای یاران ای اماء رحمان چه خوش محفلی آراستید حسن خدمت خواستید و بر نشر نفحات

O ye beloved! O ye maidservants of the Merciful! What a wonderful meeting ye have arranged and longed for the beauty of service

MKT7.249

TAB.441-442, BSC.490 #942x

AB03017

220

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله قد اطلعت بمضمون تحریرک البدیع الانشاء و اطلعت

O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, I noted the contents of thy letter, which was beautifully composed, was informed of thy sorrow... O God, my God! This Thy handmaid is calling upon Thee, trusting in Thee

MNMK#069 p.145, MMK1#090 p.118x, MMK1#234 p.305x

SWAB#090x, BPRY.065-066x, TAB.094-095, BWF.394-395x, BSC.434 #786x, CUPAB.010-011x

K .Key, E. Mahony

Consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Suffering and imprisonment

AB03092

210

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ای امه الله آنچه نگاشتی مفهوم شد بنهایت تضرع حاجاتی خواستی و جمیع حاجاتت

O handmaiden of God! That which thou didst write was understood. With utmost supplication thou didst make certain requests, and all thy requests [3.5s]... ...Thou desirest forgiveness of sins; thou seekest utmost peace and tranquillity; thou beseechest nearness to the Threshold of Grandeur; thou desirest renunciation of thine own will

BRL_DAK#0803

BRL_ATE#171x, TAB.135-136, BSC.477 #912x, VLAB.010x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB03123

210

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

ای پسر ملکوت نامه های شیرین و عبارات دلنشین تو همواره سبب فرح قلوبست و نغمه

O thou son of the Kingdom! Thy most agreeable letters, with their pleasing style, ever gladden our hearts. When the song is of the Kingdom

MMK1#154 p.176

SWAB#154, TAB.687-688, BWF.366-366x, COC#1418x, BBBD.171-172, BSC.467 #871

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; High station of the arts and sciences; Music and singing; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Praise and encouragement

AB03181

210

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received and it produced joy and fragrance. Its contents were of the utmost sweetness.

TAB.725, BSC.469 #879x

AB03461

200

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

عقد بهائی ارتباط بين طرفين است و تعلّق خاطر بين جهتين ولی بايد نهايت دقّت بنمايند

O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter ... was received and its contents became known. In this most Merciful Age the ignorant prejudices are entirely removed... Baha'í marriage is union and cordial affection between the two parties.

MMK1#086 p.115x

SWAB#086x, BPRY.117x, TAB.325-326, BWF.372-372x, BSC.457 #840x, BSTW#150

Laws of marriage and dowry; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Personal instructions

AB03488

200

ای منیر نیرات بر چند قسم منقسم یکی جرمش مظلم و تاریک ولی اقتباس نور از غیر

O Luminous One! The luminaries are divided into several kinds: one hath a body dark and obscure, yet deriveth its light from another [3.5s]

INBA13:104

AYBY.439 #169, YMM.454x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03525

200

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

O thou that mirror in which the Light of Guidance is printed! I was informed of thy prayer, thy supplication and thy beseeching.

TAB.515-516, BSC.460 #848

AB03550

200

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Translation List

عاشقان خلعت هستی از بر افکنند و قبای سرخی از خون شهادت در بر کنند عارفان ردای

The lovers cast off the garment of existence and don the crimson robe dyed in the blood of martyrdom... O my friend! The undying Fire which the Lord of the Kingdom hath kindled in the midst of the holy Tree is burning fiercely in the midmost heart of the world.

SFI11.024-025, MUH1.0175x, YQAZ.227-228x

TAB.405-406x, BWF.354-354x, WOB.111-112x, BSC.491 #943x, BSTW#070x, ADMS#323

Call to action; Effort; striving; Growth of the Cause; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB03587

200

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

O thou who art anticipating the appearance of the Gift of God! Verily, I read thy letter... Know thou, verily, there are many veils in which the Truth is enveloped

TAB.071-072, BSC.475 #902x

AB03591

200

Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ

…Nine is the last number and it is the greater number. Ten is simply the continuation of the number 1 because 10 is 1 and 100 is 1.

BSC.441 #804

AB03718

190

Being a source of light; guidance; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ای يزدان مهربان آن جمع پريشان تو اند و آن انجمن ياران تو ديده ها باز است

O thou son of the associate and companion of Abdul-Baha! You brought many letters with you from those regions

MMG2#164 p.187x

TAB.033-034, BSC.474 #895x

AB03722

190

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

ای طالب حقیقت اسباب شفای امراض دو نوع است سبب جسمانی و سبب روحانی اما سبب

There are two ways of healing sickness, material means and spiritual means. The first is by the treatment of physicians

MMK1#133 p.148

SWAB#133, TAB.587 654, BWF.375-376x, LOG#0926x, BSC.462 #857x

Exhortations and counsels; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing

AB03738

190

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O thou maidservant of God! What thou hast written was perused and its contents became manifest. Thou hast questioned how thou canst accept this Divine Cause, for you are a member of the church.

TAB.327-328, BWF.390-390x, BSC.457 #841-842x, PN_various 009

Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Outward and inward meanings; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Spiritual baptism; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB03826

190

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ایتها المقبله الی ملکوت الله انی اطلعت بمضمون خطابک الی امة الله لوا

O thou whose heart is turned to the Kingdom of God! I was informed of the contents of thy letter to the maidservant of God, Lua… Of those who arise in the service of this edifice there shall be no soul but shall be imbued by God

BRL_DAK#0404, COMP_MASHRIQP#11x

BRL_ATE#140, BRL_MASHRIQ#11x, TAB.096-097, BWF.416-416x, LOG#2054x, BSC.476 #905x

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Predictions and prophecies

AB03880

190

Christ; Christianity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Universality of the Cause

...As to the significance of the Cause of Baha'u'llah, know that everything which belongs to the universal is divine

BSC.495 #955, SW_v13#12 p.342

AB03888

190

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! I have read thy recent letter and noted... This day is not a day of seclusion and solitude

TAB.520-521, BSC.460 #849x, BSTW#301

AB04182

180

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Pain of love; love as veil; Prayer for nearness to God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

O thou attracted maidservant of God! Verily, I bow my face to the dust of the Threshold of El-Baha

TAB.314-315, BSC.456 #837

AB04224

180

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

O ye Beloved Friends of Abdul-Baha! The news of your spiritual assembly reached this Illumined Spot and the heart of this yearning one

TAB.666-667, BSC.472 #889x

AB04411

170

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O thou seeker of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received and I became acquainted with its contents. The Cause of Bahá'u'lláh is the same as the Cause of Christ... In the coming of Christ the Divine teachings were given in accordance with the infancy of the human race.

TAB.535-536, BWF.400-400x, BSC.461 #853x, SW_v08#13 p.168, SW_v11#01 p.005, SW_v13#09 p.218

Coming-of-age; maturity of mankind; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB04443

170

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O ye heavenly ones! Organize ye spiritual assemblies. Lay ye the foundation of union

TAB.553-554, BWF.409-409x, BSC.461 #855x, SW_v05#09 p.129, SW_v13#12 p.324

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; War and peace

AB04541

170

Material and spiritual existence; two books; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Service to others; to the Cause of God

O thou who art advancing unto the Kingdom of God! Verily I noted thy writing and was made glad by thy letter. I pray God to cause thee to attain

TAB.137-138, BSC.478 #913x, BSTW#207ax

AB04571

170

Growth of the Cause; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

O thou servant of God! I was assuredly informed of thy confessing the unity of God and that thou hast drawn from the ocean

TAB.638-639, BSC.486 #933x

AB04607

170

Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

O thou wonderful leaf of the Tree of the Love of God! All that thou hast written... Engage thou in commemorating God... Take some honey, recite Ya Baha-ul-Baha, and eat a little thereof for several days

TAB.185-186, BSC.483 #923x

AB04609

Words to Miss Buckton

170

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena

...To tamper with the psychic forces while in this world interferes with the condition of the soul in the world to come.

BSC.442 #806, SW_v10#19 p.344x, PN_1912 p110, BSTW#148, BSTW#356

AB04610

170

Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Transmutation of the soul by the divine elixir; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

...The highest expression of the life of man on this planet in this age and many ages to come is Celestial

BSC.441 #805

AB04657

160

Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

ای بنت ملکوت نامه تو رسید مانند آهنگ عندلیب الهی بود که شهنازش سبب فرح قلوب

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. It was like the melody of the divine nightingale

MNMK#131 p.245, MMK1#183 p.203

SWAB#183, BSC.546 #987, SW_v10#14 p.272

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB04716

450

Bahá'í Scriptures; Meetings, Bahá'í; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ای ثابت بر پیمان در خصوص میهمانی بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودی این میهمانی

O thou steadfast in the Covenant! Thou hast written to Jinab-i-Manshadí concerning the Feast... Thou hast written regarding Buddha and Confucius… Let the beloved of God gather together and associate most lovingly

BRL_DAK#0880, AKHA_133BE #18 p.612, AVK3.139x

BRL_ATE#179x, BRL_MEET.AB#26x, TAB.468-470, COC#0918x, LOG#0808x, BSC.459 #845x, SW_v02#06 p.006

Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB04937

160

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for protection; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

O thou who art assuredly believing in God! Verily, I read thy letter which showed how thou art believing in God, assured of the signs of God

TAB.649-650, BSC.432 #783x

AB04980

160

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

یا من امتلا قلبه حبا بجمال الله انی تلوت رقیمک الکریم و رتلت کلماتک الناطقه

O thou whose heart hath been filled with love for the beauty of God!… O God, my God! Thou art my Hope and my Beloved, my highest Aim and Desire!

INBA59:194c

BRL_DAK#0229, ADH2.115x, ADH2_3#07 p.148x, MJMJ1.023x, MMG2#218 p.245x, MJH.068ax

BRL_ATE#110x, BPRY.056-057x, TAB.329-330, BSC.428 #775

T. Ellis

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB05227

150

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

ای طالب ملکوت الهی اینجهان مانند جسم انسانست و ملکوت الله مانند روح حیات

O thou who seekest the Kingdom of heaven! This world is even as the body of man, and the Kingdom of God is as the spirit of life.

MMK1#161 p.186

SWAB#161, TAB.482, BSC.459 #846

Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transcending the material condition

AB05388

150

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

O thou who art longing to witness the lights from the Beauty of El-Abha! Thy letter reached me at this moment and I was rejoiced at thine excellent words

TAB.234, BSC.484 #929x, SW_v14#07 p.210

AB05402

150

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Translation List

ربّی و رجائی لک الحمد علی ما انزلت علینا هذه المائدة الرّوحانیّة ... ربّ و رجائی لک الشّکر علی هذه النّعمآء

...Praise be unto Thee, O my Lord and my Hope, for what Thou hast sent down upon us—this spiritual sustenance

AVK4.069.08x, AVK4.070x, MAS9.074x, MJMJ2.106x, MJMJ2.107ax, MMG2#442 p.486x, MMG2#443 p.487x, NSR_1978.136x, NSR_1978.135ax, NSR_1993.149x, NSR_1993.147bx

TAB.167-168x, BSC.427 #772x, RBB.120ax, RBB.120bx, ADMS#011x, ADMS#012x

Growth of the Cause; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer to be recited at table; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB05471

150

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Living waters; water of life; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

O Thou Benevolent God! Grant us a shelter in Thy threshold and inform us of Thy mysteries! Make our eyes seeing and our ears hearing!

BSC.428 #774

AB05724

140

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O thou seeker of the True One! In the day of Christ all nations were expecting... If thou wishest to find the truth, then compare the days of the Manifestation

TAB.409-410, BWF.387-387x, BSC.459 #844x

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ

AB05753

140

Bahá'í Scriptures; Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O thou maidservant of God! Thy writing was considered. I ask God that thy mind may be illumined with the light of knowledge and faith… Fasting is the cause of the elevation of one’s spiritual station

BRL_IOPF#2.27x, TAB.056-057, BSC.474 #897x, BSTW#289

Law of fasting; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB05900

140

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment; Shrines and Holy places; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

O thou leaf who art moved by the Breeze of God! Verily, I address thee with all spiritual love and gladness from this my residence

TAB.685, BSC.466 #870x

AB05980

140

Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

O thou who art attracted to the Beauty of the Deity! Verily, I have thy clear letter... O thou maidservant of God! Be tranquil and know

TAB.133-134, BSC.477 #911x

AB05982

140

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

...After my return from America and Europe, owing to the difficulties of the long voyage and the innumerable inconveniences... When the teacher delivers an address

DAS.1913-07-28, BSC.452 #827x, SW_v07#10 p.097x, ABIE.121, BLO_PN#007

AB05986

140

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

...The days of human existence are like vanishing shadows. Compared to the world of Reality, they are brought to a close with extreme speed.

DAS.1913-09-01x, BSC.449 #819x, SW_v16#07 p.583x, ABIE.264x, BLO_PN#007

AB06274

130

Being a source of light; guidance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

O thou spiritual maidservant of God! Thy letter was received and its contents became known. God willing, the vision will become actualized.

TAB.215, BSC.484 #926x

AB06279

130

Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thank thou God that thou hast stepped into the arena of existence in such a blessed Age

TAB.530-531, BSC.460 #850x

AB07050

120

Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

O thou who art uttering the mention of God! Know that the pure hearts upon which the mysteries

TAB.669, BSC.472 #888x

AB07053

120

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Service to others; to the Cause of God

O thou pure soul who art turning toward the Lord of the creatures! Verily, I received thy letter ... and was informed of its meanings

TAB.636, BSC.471 #884x

AB07142

120

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Nearness and remoteness

O thou bird of the Garden of God! Why art thou sad and sorrowful, disappointed

TAB.672-673, BSC.471 #886x, RBB.125bx

AB07148

Words to George Latimer

120

Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Limits of the intellect; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

...The Word of God is the storehouse of all good, all power and all wisdom. The illiterate fishermen and savage Arabs

BSC.439 #799, SW_v06#16 p.122, SW_v16#04 p.487

AB07155

110

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Prayers Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

استبشری یا امه الله بما عرفت الحق و سمعت ندائه و انجذبت الی نفحاته فارکعی و

Rejoice, O maidservant of God!—for that thou hast known God and heard His call and art attracted to His breaths! Then prostrate thyself... My Lord! My Lord! I praise Thee and I thank Thee for that whereby Thou hast favored Thine humble maidservant

BRL_DAK#0086

BRL_APAB#22x, BPRY.249-250x, TAB.139, BSC.427 #771x, SW_v09#09 p.101x

E. Mahony

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for children and youth; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB07304

110

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای پروردگار آمرزگار هر چند نفوسی ایام زندگانی بنادانی بسر برده اند بیگانه

O Thou forgiving Lord! Although some souls have spent the days of their lives in ignorance, and became estranged and contumacious

BRL_DAK#1196, BSHN.140.203, BSHN.144.203, MHT2.185a

BPRY.042-043, TAB.178-179, BSC.427 #773, BSTW#055

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Prayer for the departed; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB07321

110

Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ای ثابت بر پیمان در خصوص عنوان هوالله بر مکاتیب مرقوم نموده بودید از این کلمه

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thou has asked regarding the phrase "He is God!" written above the Tablets. By this Word is intended that no one hath any access

MAS9.140

TAB.485, BSC.459 #847, SW_v04#18 p.304, REVS.062, BSTW#210

AB07703

110

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

O thou who art turning unto the Kingdom of God! Thy letter came and I was informed of its wonderful contents. Know thou, verily, all the doors are closed

TAB.229, BSC.484 #928x

AB07759

110

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

رب انت تعلم بان النفوس محفوفه بالنواب و الافات و محاطه بالمصائب و الرزیات کل بلاء

Thou knowest that the people are encircled with pain and calamities and are environed with hardships and trouble. Every trial doth attack man

BRL_DAK#1186, ADH2.065, ADH2_2#06 p.097, MJMJ1.020, MMG2#348 p.389, MJH.066a, NSR_1978.135b, NSR_1993.148

BPRY.154, TAB.619, BSC.431 #781, RBB.139-140x

J. Cavanagh

Prayer for protection; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB07768

110

Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The concourse on high; Transcendence; unknowability of God

قد اشرق الافاق من انوار نیر الاشراق طوبی للفائزین قد ارتفع الندآء من الشجره

The rays of the Day-star of the world have illumined every land—blessed are they that have beheld!

INBA55:459, INBA59:135, UMich962.151-152, UMich991.101

MKT2.218, DWNP_v3#03-4 p.023a, BCH.023, DUR1.189, MJH.070

BSC.432 #785

AB07782

110

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

یا صغیره السن و کبیره العقل کم من طفل صغیر و هو بالغ رشید و کم من کهل جاهل و

O thou whose years are few, yet whose mental gifts are many! How many a child, though young in years, is yet mature

MNMK#075 p.147, MMK1#121 p.138, DRM.005b

SWAB#121, TAB.181, BSC.481 #920x, LABC.007

Differences in human capacity

AB07817

110

Growth of the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

O thou who hath advanced to the Kingdom of his Lord, the Glorious! Know thou that the Kingdom of God hath pitched its tents

TAB.637-638, BSC.486 #932x

AB07837

110

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

O maidservant of God! Thank God, thy faith increased and thou didst become attached... Hypnotism hath a weak influence over bodies

TAB.168-169, LOG#0976x, BSC.488 #938x

AB08143

100

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ای طالب حق اگر عرفان الهی خواهی و شناساای جوای قلب را از غیر خدا فارغ نما و

O thou seeker of the True One! If thou wishest the divine knowledge and recognition

MKT8.119b

TAB.168, BWF.383-384x, BSC.487 #937x

Knowledge; recognition of God; Rational arguments

AB08374

100

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O thou advancer to the Kingdom of God! Shouldst thou come with the whole of thy being

TAB.622-623, BWF.391-391x, BSC.465 #865x

Literal interpretation; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Christian clergy

AB08452

100

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O thou heavenly, brilliant and precious pearl! I greet thee from this Holy Land... Verily, I say unto thee that the gifts of thy Lord are encircling thee

TAB.156-157, BWF.367-367x, BSC.480 #916x, BSTW#276d

Origin of the soul; the soul as emanation; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB08490

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

O my God, my God! I am a servant attracted to Thee, humbly coming to the door of Thy Oneness and addressing the kingdom of Thy mercy.

TAB.181, BSC.429 #778, DWN_v5#06 p.002

AB09100

Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

O thou who art conscious! At last thou didst learn of the path of salvation... The powers of the sympathetic nerve

TAB.309, BSC.455 #836

AB09110

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

...Perchance, God willing, ye may be helped and confirmed to arise and serve in a befitting and worthy manner, and be assisted to do that which is required

BSC.495 #956

AB09118

Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

...The beloved of God must be the cause of spreading the Heavenly Love. They must impart spiritual concord

BSC.438 #795

AB09119

Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

O thou whose heart is soaring in the sky of the love of God! Praise be unto Him

TAB.078, BSC.427 #770

AB09441

ای فریدون همنامت گمنام شد نامش لفظی است در السن و افواه زیرا سلطنتش جهانبانی

O Firaydun, thy namesake hath been rendered obscure, his name but a mere utterance upon the tongues and lips of men, for his sovereignty did encompass the world [3.5s]

ALPA.074a, YARP2.086 p.117

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Praise of Eastern values; culture

AB09647

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

O thou who art awakened from the sleep of negligence and forgetfulness! Thank God for that He hath awakened thee from thy sleep

TAB.120-121, BSC.477 #909x

AB09697

Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

O thou at whose mention I am rejoiced! By God, the True One, verily pure hearts are as clear and brilliant mirrors

TAB.121, BSC.477 #910x

AB10040

Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Love of God

ای کنیز خدا سرور بر دو قسمست جسمانی و روحانی سرور جسمانی محدود است نهایت

O thou maidservant of God! Happiness consists of two kinds; physical and spiritual

MMK2#040 p.031

TAB.673-674, BSC.472 #887x

AB10048

Permission for visit; pilgrimage

O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received and from the rose-garden of its significances sweet fragrances were inhaled.

TAB.671-672, BSC.471 #885x

AB10279

Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions

O thou who art cheered through the Fragrances of God! When thou desirest and yearnest for meeting in the world of vision

TAB.104, BSC.477 #907x, RBB.125ax

AB10282

Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture

...As to your question regarding the stars: Know that these brilliant stars are numberless and their existence is not devoid of wisdom both useful and important.

BSC.445 #811, PN_unsorted p088x, PN_unsorted p091, BSTW#017, BSTW#042b

AB10286

Evolution; human evolution; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

...When the body of man is perfected, physical evolution comes to an end, since nature does not seek to build a higher form than that of man

BSC.434 #789

AB10667

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thank and praise God that He hath caused thee to drink from the cup of the gifts and caused thee to suckle

TAB.060, BSC.475 #898x

Love of God

AB10703

470

پروردگارا واشنگتونرا سعادت و شگون بخش آن خطه و دیار را بپرتو روی یاران

O Lord! Bestow prosperity and blessedness upon Washington; illumine that region and realm with the radiant light of Thy loved ones [3.5s]... ...As regards the seven qualities which thou hadst requested be enumerated, they are as follows.... truthfulness is the foundation of all the virtues of the human world... O Lord! Make this youth radiant, and confer Thy bounty

BRL_DAK#0186, HUV2.008x, BNEP.101bx, MMJA.030x

BRL_ATE#111x, BRL_CHILD#14x, BPRY.254x, TAB.459-460, BWF.384-384x, ADJ.026x, COC#2052x, COC#2235x, BSC.452 #828x, PN_various p012x, BSTW#402x

Dawnbreaker Collective, Moonshoes, P. Escobar, Choir of the Baha'i Temple of South America, MANA, P. Giomo, S. Zaat, C. Bolton, Soulrise Melodies, QuiqueSaba, R. Johnston-Garvin [track 3], E. Mahony

Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Importance of community building; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB10780

Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

...The Supreme One hath said "He loveth them and they will love Him." If God had not filled His Servant with His love, love would never have been realized in the creation

BSC.492 #947x

AB10788

Material and spiritual existence; two books; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

O thou revered sincere one! Know thou, verily, the brilliant realities and sanctified spirits are likened to a shining crescent

TAB.108-109, BSC.477 #908x

AB10953

390

Bahá'í Scriptures; Peace; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ای محب نوع انسانی نامه رسید و از مضامین معانی دلنشین مفهوم گردید حمد کن خدا را

O thou lover of humanity! Thy letter was received and its contents imparted spiritual significances… every great Cause in this world of existence findeth visible expression through three means

BRL_DAK#0087, COMP_PEACEP#24x, NJB_v01#12 p.005x

BRL_ATE#096x, BRL_PEACE#24x, TAB.690-692, COC#1585x, LOG#1142x, BSC.467 #872-873x, BSTW#302

Teachings as spirit of the age; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language

AB11082

Monasticism; asceticism; Need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity

...People must live for one another, and not live in seclusion as do the monks and nuns. People should not live solitary lives.

BSC.440 #802

AB11084

Nearness and remoteness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

...In this prohibition (from visiting Haifa) there is a providence which will become manifest before long. But know ye with the utmost certainty

BSC.492 #948x

AB11113

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

...When the foundation of the Mashrekol-Azkar is laid... a most wonderful and thrilling motion will appear in the world of existence... From that point of light the spirit of teaching ... will permeate to all parts of the world

COF.069x2x, BSC.547 #989

AB11281

O my Lord! O my Lord! This is a lamp lighted by the fire of Thy love and ablaze with the flame

BPRY.176, TAB.618, BSC.429 #776, PN_1909F p002, VTRM.032

MJ Cyr, M. Sparrow, Yasmin, TaliaSafa, A. Wensbo, Sarah, Nava & Sahar, Sofia, Avinash, Goleta & Pradheep, E. Lilian, N. Chiang

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love as fire; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB11283

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

...There are before you so many temptations, trials, afflictions, calamities and difficulties because you have to be purified through fire and sifted through the sieve in order to separate the wheat from the tares. Verily, I say unto you: none will be saved but the believers, and from the believers only the sincere, and even those are in great danger, especially in such a time.

BSC.443 #808

AB11425

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Love of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

O thou faithful one! One of the requirements of faithfulness is that thou mayest sacrifice

TAB.552, BBBD.031a, BSC.461 #854

AB11449

Excellence; distinction; High station of the arts and sciences; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Work as worship

...Man must work, and in that work show the qualities of God and thus do good. His work, both material and spiritual

BSC.440 #803

ABU0001

Words to Mr Pinchot and others, spoken on 1912-06-04

3400

Bahá'í Scriptures; Mahmúd's Diary

امیدواریم در مجلس شما مائده آسمانی بخوریم آن بالتمامه مطابق مذاق ماست زیرا

We hope that in this gathering we shall partake of the heavenly table… The solution of this problem is one of the fundamental principles of his holiness BAHA’O’LLAH

BRL_DAK#0644, AVK4.335x, AVK4.340bx, AVK4.466x, KHF.265, KHAB.290 (300), KHTB2.110

BSC.340 #666-670x, FWU.038x, SW_v07#09 p.077-079+081-084, SW_v08#01 p.007x, SW_v09#07 p.086-087x, SW_v13#09 p.231x, SW_v13#12 p.324x, SW_v14#02 p.036x, SW_v16#03 p.456-457x, SW_v16#11 p.706x, STAB#128, STAB#140

Consultation; Elections; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Stories; anecdotes; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

MHMD1.120

ABU0004

Public address given on 1912-08-16

2530

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

Every subject presented to a thoughtful audience must be supported by rational proofs.... We declare that love is the cause of the existence of all phenomena

PUP#089 (p.253-261), BSC.353 #683, FWU.086, SW_v03#16 p.005-009, SW_v08#10 p.124-125, PN_1916 p003x

Development of capacity and readiness; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Love of God; Power of the mind over nature; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ABU0015

Public address given on 1912-10-12

2220

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Christians, Muhammadans, and Jews

اول موهبت الهیه در عالم انسانی دین است زیرا دین تعالیم الهی است البته تعالیم

The first bestowal of God in the world of humanity is Religion, because religion consists of divine teachings.

KHF.098, KHTB2.307, BDA1.299.02

BWF.270-280, PUP#112 (p.361-370), BSC.388 #718, SW_v03#13 p.003-007+010-011, SW_v06#16 p.121, DWN_v4#05-6 p.102-112, MHMD1.316-324, BLO_PT#022, ECN.329+846

Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Christ; Christianity; Moses; Muhammad; Islam; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Religion as reality; definitions of religion

ABU0016

Public address to International Peace Forum, spoken on 1912-05-12

2200

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

چون نظر بتاریخ میکنیم ملاحظه مینماایم که از اول عالم الی زماننا هذا بین بشر

When we glance at history, we find that from the beginning up to the present

BRL_DAK#0637, KHF.073, KHAB.264 (274), KHTB2.060, BDA1.083.09

LOG#1418x, PUP#047 (p.116-122), BSC.311 #630, FWU.022, SW_v03#09 p.012-016, SW_v05#09 p.131-135, SW_v15#01 p.023, SW_v19#05 p.143, MHMD1.092-098

Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; War and peace

ABU0023

Public address given on 1912-07-14

2030

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Today I wish to speak to you upon the subject of the oneness of humanity, for in this great century... O my God! O my God! Verily, I invoke Thee… O Lord! Unite and bind together the hearts

BPRY.238-239x, COC#0858x, LOG#0732x, PUP#082 (p.228-235), BSC.345 #672, SW_v03#11 p.013-016

A. Youssefi, N. Zabihi, P. Weber

Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Satan; the Evil One; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language; War and peace

ABU0026

Interview with Rev. J. T. Bixby at Hotel Ansonia in New York, 1912-04-13

1930

Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

The origin of man is one; the consummate intention of all human existence must likewise be one.... The solution of economic questions... Consider the kingdom of the animals; there is no strife among them on account

BSC.446 #813x, SW_v03#08 p.005-008, SW_v07#15 p.147, SW_v12#05 p.107-108

ABU0027

Public address given on 1912-06-16

1900

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

This is a goodly temple and congregation, for -- praise be to God! -- this is a house of worship

PUP#071 (p.197-203), BSC.330 #651, SW_v03#10 p.019-023

Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Literal interpretation; Muhammad; Islam; Oneness; unity of religion; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU0033

Public address given on 1912-12-04

1850

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

نفوسی که خبر از عالم حقیقت و تتبع در کائنات ندارند اکتشاف حقایق

Those who are uninformed of the world of reality, who do not comprehend the

ANDA#43-44 p.161, KHTB2.333, BDA1.405.02

PUP#139 (p.462-468), BSC.292 #598, FWU.107, SW_v07#08 p.069-071+074-076, MHMD1.423-429

Creation of the world; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Literal interpretation; Manifestation of God as educator; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ABU0037

Public address given on 1912-07-05

1790

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

بسیار بسیار خوش آمدید در جمیع کتب مقدسه الهیه بشاراتی است که بشارت میدهد روزی

You are very welcome! In the divine Holy Books there are unmistakable prophecies

AVK2.071.13x, KHF.182, KHAB.322 (330), KHTB2.161, NJB_v04#01 p.001

PUP#080 (p.220-225), BSC.268 #552, SW_v03#11 p.006-007+009-010, SW_v13#06 p.146, PN_1912 p029

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Chastisement and requital; Growth of the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU0055

Words spoken at The White Lodge in Wimbledon, 1913-01-03

1510

Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the mind over nature

هر جزئی از اجزاء فردیه در صور نامتناهی جمادی نباتی حیوانی انسانی سیر دارد

How beautiful it is to organize such lovely gatherings... When we ponder over the reality of the microcosm, we discover that in the microcosm there are deposited three realities.

AVK1.151.04x

BSC.399 #736x, FWU.051, SW_v07#13 p.117-119+124, BSTW#090, BSTW#365

ABU0070

Public address given on 1912-05-04

1410

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

I am very happy in being present at this meeting. Praise be to God! I see before me the faces... O Thou kind Lord! These are Thy servants who have gathered in this meeting

BDA1.067n

BPRY.088-089x, BWF.263-267, LOG#0788x, PUP#038 (p.087-091), BSC.383 #717, SW_v03#04 p.019-022

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

MHMD1.076

ABU0079

Public address given on 1912-08-25

1360

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

O Thou kind God! In the utmost state of humility and submission do we entreat and supplicate

PUP#094 (p.276-280), BSC.367 #696, SW_v04#07 p.117-119+122, SW_v08#08 p.099-100, BSTW#485kx

Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Continual renewal of creation; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Need for an educator; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Status of kings; future of monarchy; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

ABU0083

Words spoken at Clifton Guest House in Bristol, 1913-01-15

1330

Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

Every age requires a central impetus or movement. In this age, the boundaries of terrestrial things have extended

BSC.274 #562, SW_v04#01 p.004-006, SW_v11#17 p.287

ABU0093

Address to the Baha'is at True home in Chicago, 1912-09-16

1260

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

Allah-u-Abha! Praise be to God! I have spent a number of days among you, associating with you in love

LOG#0629x, PUP#104 (p.320-324), BSC.279 #577x, SW_v03#15 p.007+008-010, BSTW#052ox

Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

ABU0096

Public address given on 1912-07-24

1250

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

In the world of existence there is nothing so important as spirit, nothing so essential as the spirit of man

PUP#085 (p.239-243), BSC.362 #690, SW_v04#07 p.115-117, SW_v08#08 p.085-088

Man's distinction from the animal; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Power of the mind over nature; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Relationship of the soul to the body

ABU0112

Public address given on 1912-07-06

1170

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

انسان در عالم وجود طی مراتب کرده است تا بعالم انسانی رسیده است در هر رتبه

In the world of existence man has traversed successive degrees until he has attained the human kingdom. In each degree of his progression

BRL_DAK#0550, KHF.132, KHAB.329 (337), KHTB2.170, NJB_v03#17 p.001

BRL_ATE#158x, PUP#081 (p.225-228), BSC.324 #645, FWU.063, SW_v03#11 p.010-012, SW_v07#16 p.153-154, SW_v14#02 p.041, BSTW#391x

Evolution; human evolution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0128

Words spoken on 1914-01-15

1090

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Oneness; unity of religion; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

امروز من خیلی میل داشتم که بیایم بالا ولی احوالم طوری بود که مساعدت نکرد هوا

You are all welcome. How are you? It was my intense desire to come up today and see you... Tonight, I desire to speak to you on a most important subject, which you must engrave on the tablets of your hearts... The Holy, Divine Manifestations are unique and peerless. They are the archetypes of celestial and spiritual virtues in their own age and cycle.

AVK4.287cx, MSBH3.476-479x, NJB_v05#09 p.003x

DAS.1914-01-17, BSC.283 #581x, SW_v05#06 p.081-082x, SW_v09#06 p.082-083x

ABU0146

Address to Federation of Women's Clubs at Hotel La Salle in Chicago, 1912-05-02

1050

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

One of the functions of the sun is to quicken and reveal the hidden realities

BDA1.065n

LOG#0488x, LOG#2077x, LOG#2086x, PUP#032 (p.074-077), BSC.308 #629, SW_v03#04 p.012-014, DWN_v5#05 p.005-008x, PN_1912 p081

Equality of men and women; Manifestation of God as sun; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; Unity in diversity; Universal education

MHMD1.073

ABU0152

Public address given on 1912-05-19

1040

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

Because this is called the Church of Brotherhood, I wish to speak upon the brotherhood of mankind... The real brotherhood is spiritual

PUP#050 (p.129-132), BSC.319 #639x, BSC.463 #858x, SW_v03#09 p.006-007+009

Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Predictions and prophecies; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wealth inequality and its moderation

ABU0156

Words spoken at Esperantist society in Edinburgh, 1913-01-07

1020

Harmony of science and religion; Stories; anecdotes; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity

از احساسات وجدانیه مستر ها خیلی ممنونم فی الحقیقه آنچه فرمودند ستایش خود

Every movement which promotes unity and harmony in the world is good, and everything which creates discord and discontent is bad.... I recall an incident which occurred in Baghdad. There were two friends who did not know each other's language... His Holiness Baha'o'llah, many years ago, wrote a book called "The most Holy Book"

AMK.271-274, PYM.039-041x, KHF.225, KHTB3.090, NJB_v04#02 p.002

BSC.337 #664, SW_v04#02 p.034-036, SW_v11#18 p.299-303+306, SW_v17#07 p.201, SW_v11#17 p.286-287, VLAB.156x, STAB#138x

ABU0160

Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens, 1911-09-23

1010

Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in London

At nine years of age, I accompanied my father, Baha'u'llah, in his journey of exile to Baghdad, seventy of his disciples going with us.... The confirmations of the spirit are all those power... Freedom is not a matter of place

BSC.438 #797x, AIL.115-121, ADP.018-023, CHH.166-167x, VLAB.009-010x, VLAB.149x, BLO_PN#022

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU0185

Words to Laura Dreyfus-Barney, Feb. 1914

940

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Relationship of the soul to the body; Second birth; Soul; spirit after death; Soul is the essential reality of man; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

Thou hast asked concerning the spirit and its immortality after its departure.... As to the question concerning the soul... Be it known that to know the reality or essence of the soul of man is impossible

DAS.1914-02-??, BSC.403 #740, SW_v14#01 p.011-012x, SW_v07#19 p.189-191, BSTW#381

ABU0191

Words to MacNutts et al around Jan. 1905

930

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love of God; Nineteen-Day Feast; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity

Now have we, the beloved of God, gathered together to partake of material and spiritual food... Strive, Strive always that ye may be united... There are two kinds of love... There is something that I especially wish to make you sure of... If you should receive news in America that I have been thrown into the sea

BSC.450 #821x, SW_v12#16 p.254x, SW_v08#10 p.134x, PN_1905 p010, PN_1904 p088x, PN_1905 p011x, BSTW#320

ABU0213

890

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Newspapers and the media; publications; Review of publications; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Universality of the Cause

In reality the geographical position of the Central States has great importance.... Likewise, great importance must be given to the development of the Star of the West

BSC.546 #986, SW_v10#07 p.126-127+138, SW_v10#04 p.081, SW_v11#01 p.016

ABU0223

Public address given on 1912-04-18

870

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

در این محفل میخواهم از حیات حضرت بهاءالله قدری صحبت نمایم از بدایت

Tonight I wish to tell you something of the history of the Bahai Revelation. The Blessed Perfection, Baha'u'llah, belonged to the nobility of Persia

BRL_DAK#0641, SFI07.026-027, BDA1.037n

BWF.220-224, GPB.124x, PUP#011 (p.025-029), BSC.285 #586, SW_v03#09 p.003-005, SW_v08#13 p.159-160, SW_v08#13 p.171

MANA

Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Human reality created in the image of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace

MHMD1.046-047

ABU0236

Words spoken at Assembly Rooms in San Francisco, 1912-10-05

850

Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

I have the utmost joy to find in the distant West such an established Baha'i center

BSC.372 #701, SW_v10#13 p.243-245, ECN.096+955

ABU0253

The Ninth Principle—The Noninterference of Religion with Politics: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-17

810

Justice and mercy; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Non-participation in politics; Relationship between government and people; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Reward and punishment

انسان باید در عالم وجود امید بمکافات و خوف از مجازات داشته باشد علی الخصوص

In the conduct of life, man is actuated by two main motives: 'The Hope for Reward' and 'The Fear of Punishment'.... Oh, friends of God, be living examples of justice! ... Justice is not limited, it is a universal quality.

BRL_DAK#0957, KHF.286, KHAB.175 (186), KHTB1.174

ADJ.028bx, PT#49 p.163, BSC.425 #768.3x, SW_v03#02 p.007, SW_v07#15 p.139, ABS#02

ABU0268

Address to the Baha'is at Bahá'í Temple Unity in Chicago, 1912-04-30

790

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Among the institutes of the Holy Books is that of the foundation of places of worship... O thou kind Lord! This gathering is turning to Thee.

BDA1.063n

BPRY.026x, PUP#027 (p.065-067), BSC.327 #650, SW_v03#04 p.007-008, SW_v05#16 p.248-250, SW_v06#17 p.144-145, SW_v12#06 p.123, PN_1912 p075, BW_v01p060x

A. Rae

Education of children; moral education; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Relationship between government and people; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

MHMD1.071

ABU0316

Public address given on 1912-08-05

710

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

The people of Christianity have clung to literal interpretation of the statement in the Gospel.... You have asked concerning approval of Christian Science treatment and healing. Spirit has influence

PUP#087 (p.245-247), BSC.379 #710, SW_v03#18 p.004-006, SW_v08#04 p.045-046

Literal interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Power of prayer; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Wisdom [hikmat]

ABU0323

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

710

There is reincarnation of matter, and there is reincarnation of spirit. Reincarnation of matter is the process whereby matter is developed or evolved... When the body of man is perfected, physical evolution comes to an end

BSC.434 #789x, AELT.178-183

ABU0343

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

690

Evolution; human evolution; Human reality created in the image of God; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Knowledge; recognition of God; Reincarnation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

God is Love and Peace. God is Truth. God is Omniscience. God is without beginning and without end.

BSC.300 #609, AELT.153-157

ABU0395

Words spoken at The Friends' Meeting House in London, 1913-01-12

630

Contemplation; Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Intuition; inspiration; Meditation; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

About one thousand years ago a Society was formed in Persia called the Society of the Friends, who gathered together for silent communion

PT#54 p.185, BSC.322 #642, BSTW#091

ABU0416

The Eleventh Principle—The Power of the Holy Spirit: Words spoken on 1911-11-18 in Paris

600

Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

از جمله تعالیم حضرت بهاء الله این است بشر هر قدر ترقی بکند باز محتاج بنفثات

In the teaching of Baha'u'llah, it is written: 'By the Power of the Holy Spirit alone is man able to progress, for the power of man is limited and the Divine Power is boundless.'... Turn your faces away from the contemplation

KHAB.179 (190), KHTB1.179, KHTP.126

ADJ.046x, PT#51 p.172, BSC.452 #825x, SW_v03#02 p.006-007, SW_v16#06 p.0541, SW_v08#08 p.102

ABU0468

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

560

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Literal interpretation; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment

Bahá‘u'lláh is the same Light in a new Lamp. To see, we must look at the Light and not at the Lamp.... Will is the center or focus of human understanding. We must will to know God

BSC.503 #968x, SW_v07#19 p.195x, TDLA.029-031, BLO_PN#104

ABU0591

Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-02-09

470

Composition and decomposition; Creation of the world; Elementary matter cannot be annihilated; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Law of cause and effect; Proofs for the existence of God

امروز شخصی از وجود الوهیت سوال کرد که چه برهان بر وجود الوهیت دارید چه که ناس

Today some one asked a question regarding the existence of God

AMK.274-276, KHF.029, KHAB.410 (414), KHTB3.026, NJB_v04#16 p.002

DAS.1913-02-09, BSC.290 #594-597, SW_v06#08 p.062-064, ADP.103-106, PN_1913 p009

ABU0641

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-03-08

450

Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

و وقتی بمناسبت سئوالات حاضرین فرق مابین مطالب و اقوال انبیا و متصوفین بیان می‌نمودند ... شخصی پرسید فرق این امر و صوفیه چیست فرمودند من آنرا بیان کردم حضرات صوفیه به دو مقام مومنند مقام حق و مقام خلق

I have explained the philosophical aspect of this subject. It is this: In Sufism there are only two stations... Do you know in what Day you are living? Do you realize in what Dispensation you are alive?

BDA2.174x

DAS.1913-03-08, BSC.266 #551x, SW_v04#06 p.098x, SW_v06#15 p.118-119x, SW_v13#01 p.006x, SW_v08#14 p.191x, DWN_v3#01 p.002x, MHMD2.219, ADP.038-039x

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0644

Words spoken in Feb. 1918

450

BSC.505 #971x, SW_v10#06 p.111-112+098

Praise be to God, that the dark ages have passed away and the century of light has come.... The past age was an age of wondrous achievements... Glad Tidings! Glad Tidings! That the Sun of Reality hath shone forth! Glad Tidings! Glad Tidings!

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Promotion of commerce and industry; Supreme tribunal; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0735

The Clouds That Obscure the Sun of Truth: Words spoken on 1911-10-27 in Paris

400

Paris Talks

در انجیل میفرماید هر وقت حضرت مسیح میاید سوار بر ابر است جمال مبارک در تفسیر

The day is fine, the air is pure, the sun shines, no mist nor cloud obscures its radiance. These brilliant rays penetrate into all parts of the city

DWNP_v5#10 p.002-003, KHF.206, KHAB.098 (107), KHTB1.076

PT#12 p.034, PN_1911 p021

Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

ABU0902

340

Fulfillment of true potential; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul

God in his wisdom has created all things. Nothing has been created without a special destiny... The greatest gift of man is universal love

BSC.501 #965x, ADP.110-112

ABU0904

Words spoken ca. Oct. 1911

340

Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transmutation of the soul by the divine elixir; Word of God and human limitations

The Divine Reality is far removed from man. It is absolutely remote and independent in Its essence; abstract, limitless, impersonal beyond human comprehension

BSC.451 #825, SW_v02#14 p.007, SW_v16#06 p.0541

ABU1015

310

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

When we read ancient history, the history of the middle ages and the history of contemporaneous times, we realize how little... Search untiringly for truth

BSC.449 #818, ADP.067-068

ABU1120

Words spoken at City Temple in London, 1911-09-10

280

Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in London

ای جمع محترم و ای طالبان خدا الحمد لله نور حقیقت درخشید و نسیم گلشن عنایت وزید

O noble friends, seekers after God, praise be to God! Today the light of truth.... This is a new cycle of human power

BRL_DAK#1056, AMK.174-174a, KHAB.053 (062), KHTB1.019

BSC.273 #561, AIL.019, SW_v02#11 p.008, SW_v08#01 p.009, ABS#06

Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Oneness; unity of religion; Race unity; racial issues; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU1198

Words to Dr. Getsinger, spoken on 1914-08-24

270

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Conduct in finance and business; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Wealth inequality and its moderation; Work as worship

Economy is the foundation of human prosperity. The spendthrift is always in trouble

DAS.1914-08-24, BSC.453 #829x, SW_v08#02 p.018, BSTW#303

ABU1225

Words spoken ca. 1900

260

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Second birth; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

The more you love, the nearer you will be to God. Love is one of the bounties of God. Therefore to love one another is good.

BSC.501 #964x, DWN_v6#05 p.001-002, PN_1900 p061

ABU1238

Words spoken ca. 1900

260

Angels; Law of transformation and change; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

By the term "angels" spiritual powers is sometimes meant, and other times you will find that the term means pure and holy souls.

BSC.498 #960, PN_1900 p058, PN_unsorted p145

ABU1317

Words to Mary Hanford Ford around Oct. 1911

240

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds

The utterances of Bahá'u'lláh are to be translated into deeds... It is possible to so adjust oneself to the practice of nobility that its atmosphere surrounds us and colors all our acts

BSC.450 #822x, SW_v07#18 p.188x, PN_1911 p023, BSTW#084x

ABU1324

Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken around 1898-02-25

330

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

Pray that your hearts may be cut from yourselves and from the world, that you may be confirmed by the Holy Spirit and filled with the fire of the love of God.... I say unto you that anyone who will arise in the cause of God... And now I give you a commandment which shall be for a covenant... This is the balance

BSC.503 #970x, SW_v08#05 p.057-058x, SW_v12#16 p.250x, AEP.039-040, NRMM.164-165x, MAX.080x, BLO_PN#031

T. Price, The Badasht Project, T. Nosrat, Juliet & Amelia, K. Porray, M. Levine [track 4]

ABU1402

Words to a delegation of Theosophists, spoken on 1913-04-11

230

Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

الحمدللّٰه که اسباب ملاقات فراهم آمد دیشب خوب مجلسی بود احساسات روحانی قلوب را احاطه نموده بود

Praise be to God that means were brought about that I may come to Budapest and associate with you... As to the coming of the Great Master. His appearance is dependent upon the realization of certain conditions. Investigate the reality

BDA2.230x

DAS.1913-04-11, BSC.300 #608x, MHMD2.298x, BSTW#146, BSTW#327

Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU1450

Public address given on 1912-06-08

220

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

The body politic today is greatly in need of a physician. It is similar to a human body... The disease which afflicts the body politic is lack of love

PUP#061 (p.171), BSC.445 #812, SW_v03#10 p.014, SW_v08#10 p.122, SW_v13#09 p.231-232, SW_v07#15 p.148, DWN_v6#05 p.001

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Harmony of science and religion; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Power of prayer

ABU1492

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1915-07-19

210

خیر، هیچ مشتبه نمی شود، غرض بمیان میآید. همه حضرات که راجع شده اند می دانستند که میرزا محمد علی مخالفت

Nay, there remaineth no obscurity, for the intention hath been made manifest. All those who were involved were well aware that Mirza Muhammad Ali opposed [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-07-10

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes

ABU1656

Words spoken ca. 1900

190

Man's distinction from the animal; Outward and inward meanings; Physical limitations of the Manifestation of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

Those who looked at the material body of Christ and saw Him enduring all the hardships and trials, marveled that He was the Messiah

BSC.498 #959, PN_1900 p058, PN_unsorted p144

ABU1702

Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken around 1898-02-25

180

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity

Now the time has come when we must part, but the separation is only of our bodies... Another commandment give I unto you! That ye love one another as I love you....Behold a candle and how it gives its light. It weeps its life away, drop by drop, in order to give forth its flame of light.

BSC.503 #969x, SW_v08#06 p.065x, SW_v08#12 p.144x, SW_v12#16 p.251+254x, PN_1899 p014x, AEP.041-042, VLAB.012, BLO_PN#031

Baha'i World Congress, B. Weber, S. Sunderland

ABU1716

Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-16

180

Methods of teaching the Cause; Priority over other activities in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

All the meetings must be for teaching the Cause and spreading the Message, and suffering the souls

LOG#0157x, DAS.1913-01-16, BSC.502 #967, SW_v04#15 p.256, SW_v09#14 p.161, CHH.177-178, BLO_PN#022

ABU1777

Words to a group of American students, spoken on 1913-03-25

170

I am likewise most pleased to meet you. This cause has become world-wide. In a short space of time it has permeated throughout all the regions, for it has a magnetic power

DAS.1913-03-25, BSC.443 #809x, DWN_v5#01 p.006x

Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Harmony of science and religion; Purpose; goal of creation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU1800

Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1912-12-26

170

Evolution; human evolution; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Work as worship

Yes: In the Baha'i Cause arts, sciences and all crafts are (counted as) worship.... all effort and exertion put forth

LOG#0967x, LOG#2110x, PT#55 p.189, BSC.452 #826x, VLAB.134x

Leona and Larry

ABU1801

170

Human reality created in the image of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

As there is no one who has not his designated place in the world, for there is nothing useless on this earth

BSC.450 #823-824x, ADP.058-059

ABU1804

Words to Isobel Chamberlain spoken around Sept. 1913

170

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Literal interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

I have great hopes for the American people, but alas! as yet they do not understand the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh

BSC.443 #807x, ADP.030-031

ABU1898

160

Freedom of thought and action; Personal instructions; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

Tell them they should do as they think best in these matters. Should they marry, divorce, leave their homes, move to other places

BSC.487 #936

ABU1900

Words spoken on 1914-06-18

160

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Importance of prayer; Meditation; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

Prayer and supplication are two wings whereby man soars toward the heavenly mansion of the True One.

DAS.1914-06-18, BSC.438 #796x, SW_v09#10 p.113, SW_v08#04 p.041-042, SW_v14#06 p.166

ABU1955

150

Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spirit and form in the administration; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

The sun of truth rises in each season from a different point of the horizon... People think religion is confined to an edifice, to be worshipped at an altar... This movement eludes organization... There are many people who have never heard of this Revelation that teach its laws and spiritual truths

BSC.438 #797x, ADP.015-016, BSTW#096

ABU1961

Words spoken ca. 1900

150

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

He who knows nothing of the wind, when he sees trees shaken does not know it is the wind which causes them to shake.

BSC.499 #961, PN_1900 p059, PN_unsorted p146

ABU1999

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

140

Everything save man has one condition, but man has two.... One will lift him up, but the other will send him to the lowest depths.

BSC.440 #801, PN_1901 p022

Education and the development of capacity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transcending the material condition; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

ABU2031

140

Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

The darkness of this gloomy night shall pass away. Again the sun of Reality will dawn

BSC.548 #990, SW_v09#13 p.141

Mea & Mitra

ABU2100

Words spoken ca. 1900

130

Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

The station of the Prophets is as a lighted lamp; all the Prophets offered themselves as lamps.

BSC.500 #962, PN_1900 p060, PN_unsorted p147

ABU2109

Words to a young believer, spoken on 1914-03-10

130

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

Were it not for the favors of the Blessed Perfection, no one would have given us any importance. There are some who become proud and haughty... Meekness and humility are the hallmarks of faith.... There are no officers in this Cause... The foundation of this Cause is pure, spiritual democracy and not a theocracy.

DAS.1914-03-10, BSC.449 #820, SW_v08#09 p.116x, PN_various p009, BSTW#096

ABU2187

Words spoken ca. 1900

120

The material men of this world are like poison to the spiritual. They are the calamities and inconveniences which a man meets in the worldly life…. The people of God have no dependence upon the conditions of this world; they neither become embittered with the bitterness of the cup

BSC.501 #964x, PN_unsorted p146, PN_1900 p062x

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU2295

110

Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Love of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

Truth is the word of God, which gives life to humanity. It restores sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf

BSC.494 #953, SW_v14#06 p.164

ABU2326

Words to a Christian minister, spoken on 1914-06-09

100

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible

His holiness Christ came for the promulgation of the law of love; all the prophets were sent… Hast thou love?...

DAS.1914-06-09, BSC.454 #832x, SW_v07#17 p.171, SW_v08#11 p.139-140, SW_v09#10 p.110

ABU2521

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

Being a source of light; guidance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty

Evil does not exist. Death is only the lack of life; therefore death does not exist. Darkness is only the lack of light.

BSC.440 #800, PN_1901 p021

ABU2535

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

Advance always in the Kingdom of Bahá'u'lláh; occupy thy heart always by the mentioning of Bahá'u'lláh

BSC.502 #966, PN_1901 p026, PN_1901 p085

ABU2677

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; House of Justice; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas

All the civic affairs and the legislation of material laws for the increasing needs of the enlightened humanity

LOG#1061x, BSC.425 #768.1x, SW_v07#15 p.139

ABU2678

As regards the places for the convening of such a general body, it will be decided by the members. The Universal House of Justice

BSC.425 #768.2x, SW_v07#15 p.139

House of Justice

ABU2696

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

Praise be to God that thou hast found guidance... This turning the face toward God is the healing of the body, the mind and the soul.... Therefore sacrifice all thy talents at the feet

BSC.490 #941, SW_v08#18 p.233x

ABU2703

Words spoken on 1913-04-06 in Stuttgart

Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

ابرهای تقالید شمس حقیقت را مستور نموده و انوار تعالیم الهیه را از سطوع باز داشته

The clouds of blind imitation have obscured the Sun of Truth, and the lights of the divine teachings have been prevented from shining forth

BDA2.222

MHMD2.286

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Oneness; unity of religion

ABU2867

Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others

I desire that every one of the believers may become an ignited candle... Today the confirmations of the kingdom of Abha are with those who renounce themselves... The master-key to self-mastery is self-forgetfulness

LOG#0390x, BSC.548 #992, SW_v11#01 p.018x

ABU2949

Words spoken on 1913-07-08 in Port Said

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

There is a power in this Cause, a mysterious power, far, far, far away from the ken of men and angels

DAS.1913-07-08, BSC.304 #622, SW_v07#05 p.034, SW_v11#14 p.243, ABIE.039, BLO_PN#007

ABU3097

Parliaments; constitutional government; Relationship between government and people

The election of temporary members of the assemblies of the kingdom should depend upon the choice and satisfaction of the public

BSC.424 #767.3x, SW_v07#15 p.139

ABU3100

Elections; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

Firstly: The elected members must be religious persons, God-fearing, high-minded and followers of the law.

BSC.424 #767.2x, SW_v07#15 p.138-139

ABU3228

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Miracles have frequently obscured the Teachings which the Divine Messenger has brought. The Message is the real miracle.

CHH.170, BLO_PN#022

Miracles and their interpretation; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU3261

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology

Fruit and grains. The time will come when meat will no longer be eaten.

COC#1052x, LOG#1009x, BSC.453 #830x, PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.008-009, BLO_PN#104

ABU3268

Growth of the Cause; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

All the believers, both men and women, in the West and in the East, must consider themselves the spreaders

BSC.548 #991

ABU3362

Elections; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

But where thousands are considering these questions, we have more essential questions. The secrets of the whole economic question are divine in nature, and are concerned with the world of the heart and spirit. In the Bahá'í teaching this is most completely explained

BSC.446.12 #812x, SW_v13#09 p.231

ABU3731

Words spoken on 1913-05-22 in Paris

Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

از هر قبیل هستند نفوسی بهآئی خالصند که مؤمن بجمیع ادیان و موقن بحقیقت اسلامند کسانی هستند

They [the American Baha'is] are people of every stripe. There are those pure Baha'is who believe in all the divine religions and subscribe to the truth of Islam

BDA2.312

MHMD2.413

Diversity of thought and belief; Muhammad; Islam

BH00001

Kitab-i-Aqdas (The Most Holy Book)

10520

Bahá'í Scriptures; Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Synopsis and Codification of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Kitáb-i-Aqdas Research Tools

Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book)

ان اول ما کتب الله علی العباد عرفان مشرق وحیه و مطلع امره الذی کان مقام

The first duty prescribed by God for His servants is the recognition of Him Who is the Dayspring of His Revelation and the Fountain of His laws

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 promulgation of the ‘Most Great Law’; formally ordaining the institution of the House of Justice; prescribing the obligatory prayers; designating the time and period of fasting; formulating laws surrounding marriage and inheritance; ordaining the institution of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár (houses of worship); establishing the Nineteen Day Feasts; abolishing the institution of priesthood; and specifying punishments for murder, arson, adultery, and theft. Apart from these laws, He reminds his followers of the twin duties of recognition and obedience; exhorts them to fellowship with the adherents of all religions; warns them to guard against fanaticism, sedition, pride, dispute, and contention; enjoins on them cleanliness, truthfulness, chastity, hospitality, fidelity, courtesy, forbearance, justice, and fairness; and counsels them to be ‘even as the fingers of one hand and the limbs of one body’.

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

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

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 questions from an uncle of the Báb regarding prophetic expectation and fulfilment, affirming the essential unity of the prophets of God while simultaneously acknowledging the distinctiveness of their persons and missions, expounding the concept of progressive revelations from God that are renewed about every thousand years, summarizing the spiritual prerequisites of the seekers on the spiritual path, clarifying the central role in that path of the independent investigation of reality, condemning the clergy for their role in the rejection of the prophets from age to age, and emphasizing, through a commentary on certain verses of the gospels, the need for a symbolic as opposed to a literal understanding of sacred scriptures.

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

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

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 summoning ‘the Aghṣán, the Afnán and My Kindred to turn, one and all, their faces towards the Most Mighty Branch’; categorically forbidding contention and conflict; and cautioning lest the means of order and unity that He brought into the world should become the cause of confusion and discord.

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

BH00005

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

28200

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

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 of his role in the oppression and massacre of the Bahá’ís, quoting some of the most celebrated passages from His own writings, and adducing proofs establishing the validity of His cause.

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

BH00007

Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple)

20670

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

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 which Bahá’u’lláh as the embodiment of the promised new Temple is called forth by the Holy Spirit and symbolically raised up limb by limb, with the mission of each part being assigned and sent forth into the world in fulfilment of the prophecy of the Old Testament (Zechariah 6:12). In its final form, it includes His epistles to Pope Pius IX, Emperor Napoleon III, Czar Alexander II, Queen Victoria, and Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh.

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.

BH00038

Lawh-i-Sultan

6890

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 of the messenger’s life, urging the Shah to judge His cause fairly; disavowing any designs on worldly power; detailing the injustices He and His followers had suffered over the course of successive banishments; calling the clergy to account for their role in His rejection; and, citing the rejection of Jesus and Muhammad by the people of their day, urging the Shah to consider the possibility of the appearance of a new Manifestation of God in this day.

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

BH00047

Haft Vadi (The Seven Valleys)

6100

Bahá'í Scriptures; Call of the Divine Beloved

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’s Manṭiqu’l-Ṭayr (‘The Conference of the Birds’), describing seven stages in the path of the spiritual wayfarers—‘search’, ‘love’, ‘knowledge’, ‘unity’, ‘contentment’, ‘wonderment’, and ‘true poverty and absolute nothingness’—and revealing that the source of conflict upon earth can be traced to the wayfarers’ lack of awareness of the relative truths to be found within each of these stages.

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

BH00053

Ishraqat (Splendours)

5740

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

Lawh-i-Ishraqat (Tablet of 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 Manifestations of God, proclaims the fulfilment of prophetic expectations derived from various passages in the Qur’an, recalls a vision of the personified virtue of trustworthiness, and proclaims nine ‘splendours’: religion as source of order in the world; the promotion of the ‘Lesser Peace’ by the rulers of the world; the commandments of God as source of life to the world; the importance of praiseworthy deeds and upright character; the conferral of government positions based on merit; union and concord among all people, which can be achieved by establishing a universal language; the importance of parenthood and the education of children; entrusting administrative affairs to the trustees of the House of Justice; and religion as the most potent instrument for establishing unity in the world.

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

BH00060

Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzaq

5390

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

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, the soul after death, and the absence of historical records prior to Adam.

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

BH00111

Kalimat-i-Firdawsiyyih (Words of Paradise)

4020

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

Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih (Words of Paradise)

یا مشارق العدل و الانصاف و مطالع الصدق و الالطاف ان المظلوم یبکی و یقول ینوح

O ye the embodiments of justice and equity and the manifestations of uprightness and of heavenly bounties!

INBA33:044x, BLIB_Or07851.049b, , BLIB_Or15692.025, , BLIB_Or15716.042.14x, , KB_262:042-062, CMB_F32.048, , OSAI_TC 2v-8r, , MKI4523.112, , BN_suppl.1753.023-037

ADM2#008 p.022x, AVK1.212.13x, AVK2.075.04x, AVK3.003.16x, AVK3.164.02x, AVK3.225.12x, AVK3.326.11x, AVK4.282bx, ZYN.147, ISH.112, UAB.007x, UAB.032bx, UAB.036cx, UAB.039cx, UAB.042cx, UAB.043ax, UAB.046ax, UAB.046dx, UAB.050cx, UAB.053ax, UAB.054ax, ADH1.056x, TBP#06, TUM.109-115x, OOL.B012

TB#06, LOG#0479x, LOG#0785x, ADJ.027-028x, GPB.217x2x, GPB.218x, GPB.219x, PDC.136x, PDC.151x, WOB.023x, WOB.149x, WOB.153x, SW_v01#04 p.021x, SW_v03#01 p.005x, SW_v03#02 p.007x, SW_v09#07 p.081x, SW_v11#18 p.297x, DWN_v3#01 p.009-010x, DWN_v5#04 p.002-003x, DWN_v5#05 p.002-003x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.146 #100-124x, BSC#144-146x, BSC#151-154x

D. E. Walker, Chicago Baha'i Community, C. Oja

Proclaims eleven ‘leaves of paradise’: the fear of God, the importance of religion, the golden rule, that rulers should possess good character and act in justice (in contrast to Muḥammad Sháh, whose deeds in particular are denounced), reward and punishment as the basis of order in the world, justice, the unity of mankind, the education of children, moderation, renouncing asceticism and monasticism, and forbidding religious strife and dissension.

Contention and conflict; Education of children; moral education; Monasticism; asceticism; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB4.214 et al, BKOG.382, MMAH.161, GSH.161, LL#024

BH00223

Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom)

2680

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

Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom)

کتاب انزله الرحمن من ملکوت البیان و انه لروح الحیوان لاهل الامکان تعالی الله

This is an Epistle which the All-Merciful hath sent down from the Kingdom of Utterance. It is truly a breath of life… Say: Magnified be Thy Name, O Lord my God!

INBA47:098, INBA90:001, INBA30:052, INBA81:024, BLIB_Or15729.106, , NLAI_22848:255, NLAI_BH3.142, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p133v, , Ghazi3072.045-093, UMich962.095-105, MKI4522.255, MKI4524.290, BN_suppl.1753.089-100

AQA2#006 p.130, ADM2#011 p.026x, AVK4.437bx, MJMM.037, RSBB.092, NSR_1993.047x, ASAT1.042-043x, ASAT1.190x, ASAT1.156x, ASAT5.213x, ASAT5.372x, ADH1.103x, TBP#09, OOL.B043

TB#09, BPRY.199x, PN_1900_heh p013, ADJ.025x, GPB.197x, PDC.186-187x, SW_v14#09 p.257x, BSC.189 #277-338

Arrayanes, Rafael, Efe, Sabria & Maarten, L. Dely & M. Congo [track 8], P. Held & C. Bahia [track 9], almunajat.com [item 23]

Calls on the people to observe a number of spiritual maxims; answers a question regarding the origin of creation; describes the Word of God as ‘the Cause which hath preceded the contingent world’; identifies nature with the operation of the Divine Will; mentions in positive terms some ancient philosophers, including Empedocles, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Balinus, and Hermes; states that the essence and fundamentals of philosophy have emanated from the Prophets; and asserts that a true philosopher would never deny God and His evidences.

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Heat and motion; Purpose; goal of creation; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God sanctified from time and place

ROB4.033 et al, BKOG.382, GPB.219, EBTB.115, MMAH.085, GSH.139, LL#116

BH00238

Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World)

2590

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

Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World)

حمد و ثنا سلطان مبین را لایق و سزاست که سجن متین را بحضور حضرت علی قبل اکبر

Praise and thanksgiving beseem the Lord of manifest dominion Who hath adorned the mighty prison… The betterment of the world can be accomplished

INBA89:190x, BLIB_Or07851.066a, , BLIB_Or15696.107bx, , BLIB_Or15716.198x, , PR05.009a-020a, Majlis934.001-026, BN_suppl.1753.078-089

GWBP#043 p.066bx, AVK1.021.02x, AVK3.063.14x, AVK3.161.09x, AVK3.203.15x, AVk3.459.04x, AVK4.239.06x, AVK4.255.05x, AVK4.280x, ZYN.212, MJMM.285, AQMJ2.151x, AQMJ2.152x, UAB.051cx, DRD.084, MAS4.120ax, ASAT3.039x, ASAT4.387x, ASAT5.067x, AHB_107BE #03 p.046x, ADH1.080x, SAM.235x, TBP#07, OOL.B036

TB#07, GWB#043x, ADJ.024x, ADJ.024-025x, ADJ.028x, ADJ.077x, GPB.232x, PDC.196x, PDC.199x, WOB.107x2x, WOB.198x, SW_v09#07 p.082x, SW_v14#06 p.179x, DWN_v3#01 p.009x, DWN_v5#01 p.003-004x, DWN_v6#06-7 p.001-002x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.138 #055-069x

T. Price, T. Ellis, A. Tahirih R. Weiss, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, S. Jaberi

Reiterates many of Bahá’u’lláh’s central social teachings, such as renunciation of self and promoting the good of the entire human race; achieving the betterment of the world ‘through pure and goodly deeds, through commendable and seemly conduct’; consorting with all religions in friendliness and fellowship; avoiding contention and conflict; observing courtesy; promoting the ‘Lesser Peace’; adopting a universal language; championing the universal education of children; and recognizing the importance of agriculture.

Call to action; House of Justice; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB4.329 et al, BKOG.382, BKOG.399, BKOG.410, BKOG.454, MMAH.131, GSH.168, LL#083

BH00249

Lawh-i-Ahmad (Persian)

2510

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Provisional Translation of the Persian Tablet of Ahmad

Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Persian))

اینست بدایع نصایح الهی که بلسان قدرت در مکمن عظمت و مقعد قدس رفعت خود میفرماید پس بگوش

O banished and faithful friend! Quench the thirst of heedlessness with the sanctified waters of My grace

INBA38:018, INBA65:185, INBA35:073, INBA36:401, NLI.32p145r, PR23.041b-045b, Majlis210461.020-030, BN_suppl.1753.106-115

BRL_DA#126, GWBP#152 p.207x, GWBP#153 p.208x, AVK1.021.09x, ZYN.070, MJMM.315, DRD.114, MAS8.038bx, ASAT5.106x, PYM.012x, OOL.B023b

GWB#152x, GWB#153x, ADJ.081x, ADJ.082x, PDC.024-025x, SW_v07#06 p.044x, SW_v07#16 p.152x, SW_v14#02 p.040x, BLO_PT#073, BSC.223 #435-443

L. Slott, A. Youssefi (1), A. Youssefi (2), E. Mahony (1), E. Mahony (2), E. Mahony (3), A. Bryan, Samira & Sara, MANA, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2), A.E. Rahbin, E. Kelly, K. Porray, M. Levine [track 7]

Sets forth the conditions of spiritual search, with purity of heart being foremost; compares His revelation to that of an ocean which yields up its pearls in proportion to the eagerness of the search; and proclaims that ‘this fathomless and surging ocean is near, astonishingly near, unto you’.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge of self; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.137, BKOG.157, BKOG.223, BKOG.245, MMAH.184, LL#041

BH00258

Lawh-i-Yusuf

2460

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

Lawh-i-Yusuf (Tablet of Joseph)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GSH.171, LL#265, LL#395

BH00259

Lawh-i-Napoleon II

2460

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

Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal.

BH00260

Suriy-i-Ra'is

2450

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

ان یا رئیس اسمع ندآء الله الملک المهیمن القیوم انه ینادی بین الارض و السماء

Hearken, O Chief, to the voice of God, the Sovereign, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. He, verily, calleth aloud between heaven and earth

INBA47:147, INBA34:081, BLIB_Or15735.129, , NLAI_BH2.354, Berlin1237#28, PR11.020b-026a, UMich962.130-132x

NRJ#2, AQA1#003, AVK4.453x, MJMM.087, ASAT3.048x, ASAT4.254x, ASAT5.230x, BCH.104x, YMM.269x, OOL.B070a

SLH#02, GPB.174x, GPB.179-180x, GPB.180x, GPB.181x2x, PDC.099x, PDC.120x, WOB.105-106x, WOB.178x, BLO_PT#194, BSC.088 #039x, BSC.224 #444-445x

Addresses ‘Álí Páshá, the Ottoman Prime Minister, as Bahá’u’lláh and His companions were being transferred from Adrianople to Gallipoli en route to ‘Akká; takes the minister to task for his abuse of power; predicts the downfall of Sulṭán ‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz; announces that He has come to ‘quicken the world and unite all its peoples’; relates the circumstances of His expulsion from Edirne; and parenthetically answers a question from a follower about the origin and nature of the soul.

Chastisement and requital; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.411 et al, BKOG.259, MMAH.146, GSH.109, LL#326

BH00269

Lawh-i-Ra'is

2370

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BH00308

Tarazat (Ornaments)

2100

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

Tarazat (Ornaments)

حمد و ثنا مالک اسما و فاطر سما را لایق و سزاست که امواج بحر ظهورش امام وجوه

Praise and glory beseem the Lord of Names and the Creator of the heavens, He, the waves of Whose ocean of Revelation surge… Glory be unto Thee, O Lord of the world

BLIB_Or07851.002a, , KB_262:063-074, CMB_F32.064, , PR05.020a-030b, OSAI_TC 20v-25r, MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p01, , MKI4523.147, , BN_suppl.1753.046-054

ZYN.182, ISH.147, UAB.045cx, UAB.045dx, UAB.047ax, TBP#04, TUM.087-091x, OOL.B148

TB#04, BPRY.197x, ADJ.024x, GPB.218-219x, SW_v03#03 p.003x, SW_v08#02 p.027x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.137 #053-054x, BSC#092-099x, BNE.155x

J. Michel

Proclaims six ‘ornaments’: knowledge of self and acquiring a useful profession, fellowship with all religions, possessing a good character, truthfulness and trustworthiness, preserving the station of craftsmanship, and the importance of acquiring knowledge and of fairness in newspaper reporting.

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Limits of the intellect; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB4.168 et al, BKOG.382, EBTB.062, GSH.158, LL#340

BH00347

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

1900

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

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

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

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

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

SLH#01a, BSC.098 #041

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

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

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

Included in the Suriyi-Haykal.

BH00359

2200

Bahá'í Scriptures; River of Life, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

قلم اعلی اولیای الهی را بلغت فصحی ذکر فرمود حال بلسان پارسی احلی میفرماید... بگو ای دوستان کذب قبل محبوب بعد را آویخت و برصاص ظلم شهید نمود تفکر در نفوس کاذبه

The Supreme Pen hath made mention of the loved ones of God in the most eloquent language, and now, in sweeter Persian, doth proclaim [3.5s]... ...Say, O friends! The former lying caused the succeeding Beloved to be hanged and martyred by the bullet of opposition.

NLAI_BH1.128

BRL_DA#173x, AVK3.213.02x, AVK3.219.04x, ASAT3.003x

BRL_ATBH#01x, SW_v06#01 p.002x, SW_v10#05 p.091x, DWN_v5#06 p.007-008x, DWN_v6#06-7 p.001x, BSC.229 #460-496x, ROL.011-016x

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Human reality created in the image of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00386

Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Arabic)

1750

Bahá'í Scriptures; Hidden Words

Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words)

هذا ما نزل من جبروت العزه بلسان القدره و القوه علی النبیین من قبل و انا

This is that which hath descended from the realm of glory, uttered by the tongue of power and might, and revealed unto the Prophets of old.

INBA36:440, INBA30:002, BLIB_Or8901, BLIB_Or15714.147, , CMB_F33.033, , PR22.049b-056b, PR23.029a-033a, BLIB_Or.08685, CUL.X893.7.B111, UMich962.143-151

BRL_HWA, AVK3.161.16x, ZYN.040, MJMM.017, BSHN.013x, MHT2b.030x, MAS4.367bx, NSR_1993.053, NFF4.001, OOL.B013a

HWAE, LOG#0304x, GPB.140x, SW_v03#01 p.004+007x, SW_v03#02 p.004x, SW_v04#18 p.300x2x, SW_v14#10 p.289-290x, BSC.171 #175-262

L. Slott (#1), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#1), almunajat.com (#1) [item 2], D. Gundry (#1), E. Mahony (#1), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#1), Baha'i Youth of Japan (#1), Joel in Real Life (#1), The Daguerreotypes (#1), E. Kelly (#1), L. Dely (#1), Y. Mbazo & Friends (#1), Fleur & Tessa (#1), G.H. Miller (#1), S. Peyman (#1), S. Eblaghi and M. Weigert (#1), K. Porray (#1), R. Johnston-Garvin (#1) [track 6], D. Sylvester (#1), M. Levine (#2), Nicolas & Louis (#2), L. Dely (#2), A.E. Rahbin (#2), R. Peterson (#2) [track 6], A. Wensbo (#3), E. Mahony (#3), S. Sunderland (#3), S. Sunderland (#3), M. Levine (#3) [track 2], L. Dely (#3), Rowshan (#3) [track 8], P. Held & C. Bahia (#3) [track 2], A. Youssefi (#4), E. Lilian (#4), MANA (#4), S. Peyman (#4), J. Cooper (#4), L. Dely (#4), R. Peterson (#4) [track 4], Corinne & Riaz (#4), L. Dube (#4) [track 3], Ladjamaya (#4) [track 7], D. Gundry (#5), W. Heath (#5), E. Mahony and A. Youssefi (#5), Bass Adjustment (#5), Ine (#5), M. Weigert (#5), S. Engle and J. White (#5), S. Gomes (#5), T. Ellis (#5), K. Kuolga (#5), A. Mirra (#5), Rowshan (#5) [track 11], SKY (#5), KC Porter (#5), E. Kelly (#5), M. Levine (#5) [track 7], L. Dely (#5), K. Key (#5), A. Sperandeo (#5), A. Wood (#6), L. Slott (#6), Y. Mesbah (#6), L. Dely (#6), The Descendants (#6), The Joburg Baha'i Choir (#6), Honiara Baha'i Youth (#6), The Badasht Project (1) (#7), The Badasht Project (2) (#7), Nabil and Karim (#7), Matt McGrath (#7), T. Nosrat (#7), L. Dube (#7) [track 12], Ladjamaya (#8) [track 4], almunajat.com (#9) [item 1], E. Mahony (#9), D. Hunt (#9), N. Ma'ani (#9), S. Toloui-Wallace (#9), J. Raj (#9), MJ Cyr (#11), O. Devine (#11), Refuge (#11), L. Dely & M. Congo (#11), Oisin & Bahiyyih Devine (#11), A. Azad (#11), Ahdieh (#11), S. Taborn (#11), S. Sunderland (#11), The Descendants (#12), O. Devine (#12), B. Nakedi (#12), P. Held & C. Bahia (#12) [track 3], M.C. Santillana (#12), M. Levine (#12) [track 2], R. Lea (#13), P. Held & C. Bahia (#13) [track 4], Joel in Real Life (#13), A.E. Rahbin (#13), L. Dube (#13) [track 2], MJ Cyr (#14), S. Taefi (#14) [track 9], L. Slott (#14), SKY (#14), A.E. Rahbin (#14), L. Slott (#15), A. Youssefi (#15), L. Dely (#15), E. Mahony (#15), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#15), L. Dube (#15) [track 14], Chicago Baha'i Community (#15), M. Sparrow (#16), Honiara Baha'i Youth (#16), MANA (#16), S. Jaberi (#16), L. Dely & M. Congo (#16) [track 7], L. Slott (#17), E. Mahony (#17), E. Mahony, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#17), E. Henrikson (#17), Mona, Dibo & Nachidah (#17), L. Dely & M. Congo (#17) [track 7], E. Lilian (#18), Rowshan (#19) [track 5], J. Heath (#19) [track 9], J. Heath (#19), D. Olam (#19) [track 11], T. Ellis (#19), Sabin & Leticia (#19), A. Youssefi (#20), TaliaSafa & Friends (#20), Ine (#21), M. Saraswati (#21), A. Youssefi (#22), G.H. Miller (#22), NKAK (#22), K. Porray (#22), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#22), Ann-Sofie & Shahram (#22), T. Ellis (#22), The Descendants (#22), Naseem, Michele & Yasmin (#22), Meredth & Arman (#22), E. Tarani (#22), R. Yazhari (#23), L. Dely (#23), L. Dely (#25) [track 5], L. Dube (#26) [track 17], L. Dely (#27), P. Held & C. Bahia (#29) [track 5], L. Slott (#31), jeph.ilosopher (#31), L. Dely (#31), K. Key (#31), A. Youssefi (#32), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#32), Roz, Amelia & Andre (#32), Ahdi (#32), P. Escobar (#33), N. Ma'ani (#33), Laura & Michael (#33), R. Peterson (#33) [track 5], L. Herrmann (#34), Gyenyame (#34), C. Zurek (#34), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#35), L. Dely (#35), S. & H. Fikri (#35), L. Dube (#35) [track 21], A. Tahirih R. Weiss (#36), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#36), J. Marks and S. Engle (#36), K. Porray (#36), Hayden, Alessia & Anis (#36), A. Youssefi (#38), T. Ellis (#38), E. Mahony (#39), Rowshan (#40), A.E. Rahbin (#40), M. Tokuma (#41), L. Dely & M. Congo (#41) [track 1], Calling Waiting Searching (#42), G.H. Miller (#42), L. Dube (#42) [track 19], S. Gomes (#42), E. Mahony (#43), Dawnbreaker Collective (#43), Heroes Teaching Conference (#43), M. Perez (#43), J. Duhart (#43), G.H. Miller (#44), L. Dely (#44), A.E. Rahbin (#44), L. Dube (#44) [track 8], Nabil and Karim (#46), R. Lea (#48), L.Slott (#48), Katie & Faizi (#48), L. Dely (#48), SKY (#48), L. Dube (#48) [track 15], HeartBeat Collective (#48), L. & L. Hosack (#48), S. Acevedo (#48), A. Youssefi (#50), E. Mahony (#50), K. and D. Eckert and A. Youssefi (#50), Leona and Larry (#51), The Baha'i Trio (#51), E. Lilian (#52), L. Dely & M. Congo (#52) [track 6], E. Mahony (#52), N.D. Huening (#52), C. Oja (#52), S. Skiti (#52), J. Heath (#53) [track 7], S. Toloui-Wallace (#55), M. Levine (#55) [track 3], W. Eng & N. Rajan (#55), Qurratul, Ruhiyyih & Verona (#55), O. Devine (#55), R. Orona (#55), T. Bradley (#55), J. Cooper (#55), Seaon & Saman (#55), D. Stevenson (#56), L. Dube (#57) [track 7], K. Porray (#58), K. Porray (#59), O. Devine (#59), Baha'i Youth of Japan (#59), QuiqueSaba (#59), Strong Steep (#59), Ladjamaya (#59) [track 2], Z. Affolter (#60), L. Dely (#60), L. Dube (#61) [track 10], unknown (#62), L. Dube (#62) [track 1], M. Cuvillier (#63), L. Dube (#63) [track 9], P. Held & C. Bahia (#64) [track 6], L. Dube (#66) [track 20], Ine (#66), W. Heath (#68), Chicago Baha'i Community (#68), P. Held & C. Bahia (#68) [track 7], D. E. Walker (#68), S. Jaberi (#68), C. Oja (#68), L. Harley (#68), D. Stevenson (#71), L. Dely (#71), L. Dube (#71) [track 16]

The Arabic portion of His foremost ethical work, consisting of 71 aphorisms spoken in the voice of the Divine and declaring themselves to be the ‘inner essence’ of what was revealed to ‘the Prophets of old’, affirming the essential nobility and divinity of the human soul, prescribing its intimate communion with its Creator, proclaiming the oneness of the human race, and declaring our consequent responsibility to fellowship, love, fair-mindedness, and mutual aid for one another, especially the poor and downtrodden.

Bringing oneself to account each day; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; God's love for His own Essence; Human reality created in the image of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge of self; Love of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Soul; spirit after death

ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025

BH00433

Lawh-i-Abdu'l-Vahhab

1630

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

Lawh-i-Abdu'l-Vahhab

حمد مقدس از ادراک و عقول بساط قدس حضرت قیومی را لایق و سزاست که بنفس خود من

Sanctified praise, transcending minds and understanding, befitteth the holy court of that Self-Subsisting Lord Who, through His own Self [3.5s]... ...O ‘Abdu’l Vaḥḥáb! May the glory of God, the Almighty, the Bountiful, rest upon thee. Incline thine ear

UMich962.156x, MKI4523.212, , BN_suppl.1753.059-063

BRL_DA#702, GWBP#081 p.105x, AVK1.120.02x, AVK3.303.13x, AVk3.463.01x, AVK4.284.11x, ISH.212, MJMM.160, RRT.143x, ASAT2.027x, ADH1.009x, OOL.B020

GWB#081x, LOG#0686x, SW_v06#19 p.165x, SW_v09#06 p.080x, SW_v14#02 p.038-039x, BSC.226 #446-452x, HURQ.BH71

Addresses a question on the soul and its continuance after death, alludes to the state of the souls in the next world while declaring that it cannot be adequately described, and declares that the whole truth of the matter has remained concealed for the sake of the protection of the human race.

Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB4.041, MMAH.145, GSH.176, LL#034

Shares with BH00070 a passage on the soul after death, beginning: "Know thou of a truth that the soul, after its separation from the body, will continue to progress until it attaineth the presence of God"

BH00483

1500

Bahá'í Scriptures; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

الحمد لمن نطق بعد تقدیسه عن اللسان و علم بعد تنزیهه عن البیان انه لهو الذی

Praise be unto Him Who, after His sanctification beyond all tongues, hath spoken, and Who, after His transcendence above all utterance, hath taught. He, verily, is the One Who [3.5s]... ...It hath been decreed that, if anyone should have a troubled dream and should thereby be grieved and saddened, he may recite this blessed verse… O Thou by Whose name the sea of joy moveth and the fragrance of happiness is wafted!

INBA07:128, INBA18:421, BLIB_Or15717.233, , Majlis210461.126x

ADM2#113 p.202x, MAS4.366bx, ASAT1.072x, PYK.033x

BRL_APBH#23x, RBB.123x, BSC.186 #270x, BP1929.012x

Sixth Choral Music Festival Concert, C. Wolcott

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#189

BH00505

Lawh-i-Aqdas (Tablet to the Christians)

1470

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

Lawh-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Tablet)

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی مامنعته سبحات الاسماء عن الله فاطر الارض و السما

This is an Epistle from Our presence unto him whom the veils of names have failed to keep back from God

INBA34:100, BLIB_Or15735.163, , CMB_F32.085,

AQA1#006, SFI16.025, NSR_1993.024ax, ASAT1.168x, ASAT4.185x, HYK.163, TBP#02, OOL.B026

TB#02, COF.030ax, TDH#158.3x, GPB.210x8x, GPB.253x, GPB.396x, PDC.166x, PDC.166-167x, PDC.167-168x, PDC.168x, PDC.174x, WOB.078x, SW_v04#01 p.013, SW_v04#01 p.014-020, BSC.124 #049

Ahdieh

Announces to an unnamed Christian Bahá’u’lláh’s revelation as the fulfilment of Christian prophetic expectations, reproaches the Christians in general and the clergy in particular for failing to recognize it, asks them to consider how Christ was similarly rejected by the people of His day, and concludes with a series of beatitudes reminiscent of the Sermon on the Mount.

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Monasticism; asceticism; Mosaic imagery; Proclamation to Christians; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ROB4.227 et al, BKOG.382, GPB.209, WOB.104, MMAH.165, GSH.164-168, LL#060

BH00568

Bisharat (Glad-Tidings; =Lawh-i-Nida)

1320

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

Bisharat (Glad Tidings)

حق شاهد و مظاهر اسماء و صفاتش گواه که مقصود از ارتفاع ندآء و کلمه علیا آنکه

God, the True One, testifieth and the Revealers of His names and attributes bear witness that Our sole purpose in raising the Call

INBA30:042, BLIB_Or07851.043b, , KB_262:033-041, PR05.002b-007a, BN_suppl.1753.069-075

ADM2#108 p.195x, AVK3.431.02x, AVK4.248.04x, AVK4.282ax, MJMM.116, UAB.057cx, BSHA.066x, PYB#188 p.04x, ADH1.086x, TBP#03, OOL.B005, OOL.B132

TB#03, LOG#0410x, LOG#2105x, LOG#2116x, GPB.218x, PDC.026x, PDC.118x, SW_v08#06 p.067, SW_v08#09 p.113, SW_v11#18 p.297, DWN_v5#04 p.001x, DWN_v5#09 p.001x, DWN_v6#01 p.001-002x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.141 #070-091

Proclaims fifteen ‘glad-tidings’: the abolition of holy war, consorting in fellowship with the followers of all religions, the adoption of a universal auxiliary language, the obligation to faithfully serve just monarchs, obedience to government, the establishment of the ‘Lesser Peace’, freedom in choice of clothing and cut of beard, abandonment of monasticism, forbidding the confession of sins, abrogating a law of the Báb regarding the destruction of books, exalting useful work to the status of worship and forbidding mendicancy, entrusting the affairs of the people to the House of Justice, abrogating the requirement of making special journeys to visit the graves of the dead, and commending a combination of republicanism and monarchy in the governance of human affairs.

Destruction of books; House of Justice; Law of pilgrimage; Monasticism; asceticism; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship

JRAS.676-679, ROB4.161-168, GSH.156, GSH.191, BSR_v16p03, LL#013, LL#320

BH00662

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

1150

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

Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria)

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

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

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

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

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

B. Parmar

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

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

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

Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal.

BH00668

Tajalliyat (Effulgences)

1140

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

Tajalliyat (Effulgences)

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی انه هو السر المکنون و الرمز المخزون و

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him and that He Who hath appeared is the Hidden Mystery

BLIB_Or07851.011b, , CMB_F32.077, , PR05.038b-042a, OSAI_TC 29v-32r, MKI4523.198, , BN_suppl.1753.054-059

ZYN.201, ISH.198, UAB.040ax, TBP#05, TUM.098-102x, OOL.B147

TB#05, LOG#1881x, GPB.215x3x, GPB.218x3x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.153 #125-137x

Emphasizes the importance of belief in the Divine Manifestation and proclaims four ‘effulgences’: the knowledge of God and recognition of His Prophet, steadfastness in the Cause of God, acquiring useful knowledge, and refuting accusations that Bahá’u’lláh had claimed the station of the Godhead.

Free will and predestination; fate; High station of learning; Knowledge; recognition of God; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Manifestation of God as mediator; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB4.118, EBTB.062, MMAH.101, GSH.159, LL#339

ROB4.124 mentions revelation writing having been sent to recipient.

BH00686

Lawh-i-Zuhur (Tablet of the Manifestation)

1120

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Manifestation (Lawh-i-Zuhur); Tablet of the Manifestation, The (Lawh-i-Zuhur)

Lawh-i-Zuhur (Tablet of the Manifestation)

ان یا ایها الناظر الی شطر الله و المتغمس فی بحر قربه و رضاه فاعلم بان الظهور

O thou who art gazing toward the direction of God and submerged in His Nearness and Good-pleasure! Know thou that, verily, the "Manifestation" is not composed of the four elements

BLIB_Or15725.136, , NLAI_BH3.136, Berlin1237#29

LHKM1.056, MAS4.161x, VUJUD.117x

BLO_PT#134, BSC.204 #373-391, BSTW#124, VUJUDE.167-168x, HURQ.BH67, JHT_B#017

Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Not to be confused with Súriy-i-Ẓuhúr (BH01761).

BH00698

Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib

1110

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

Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib); - Tabernacle of Unity (book)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BH00939

Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch)

870

Bahá'í Scriptures; Days of Remembrance

Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch)

اتی امر الله علی ظلل من البیان و المشرکون یومئذ فی عذاب عظیم قد نزلت جنود الوحی

The Cause of God hath come down upon the clouds of utterance, while they that have joined partners with Him are afflicted with a sore torment

INBA83:144ax, BLIB_Or03114.089r, , BLIB_Or15702.108, , ALIB.folder18p221

AQA4#098 p.331, AQA4a.424, AYT.360, HDQI.002, SFI08.012, MAS4.115, HHA.058x, RHQM1.596-600 (728) (447-449), AHDW.005, AHB_128BE #06-11 p.194x, ANDA#03 p.08-09, OOL.B118, AMB#29

DOR#29, GPB.177x, GPB.242x, WOB.135x, SW_v03#14 p.015, BLO_PT#125, BSC.255 #528-531

Announces the high station of Bahá’u’lláh’s son ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, titled Ghuṣn-i-A‘ẓam (‘the Greatest Branch’), foreshadowing His later appointment in the Kitáb-i-‘Ahd as successor to Bahá’u’lláh.

Condition of search; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.388, BKOG.250, EBTB.052, GSH.107, LL#303

BH00970

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

850

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BH01003

830

عالم از نور معرفت روشن و از غبار افئده معتدین تاریک و مظلم اثر یوم یاتی

The world is illumined by the light of knowledge, yet darkened and obscured by the dust from the hearts of the transgressors - the effect of the Day that cometh [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.413,

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power of prayer; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH01026

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

810

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

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

یا ملاح القدس احضر سفینه البقاء فی الملا الاعلی فسبحان ربی الابهی ثم امسکها

O Holy Mariner! Bid thine ark of eternity appear before the Celestial Concourse, Glorified be my Lord, the All-Glorious!

BLIB_Or15692.001, , BLIB_Or15706.073, , BLIB_Or15714.039, , IOM.094, ROB1.000x

BRL_DA#079, AQA5#136 p.176, HDQI.043, MAS4.335, AKHA_117BE #09-10 p.ax, YMM.291x, OOL.B055a

BPRY.319, SW_v13#04 p.075, DWN_v3#05 p.031-034, BLO_PT#131, BLO_PT#132, BSC.251 #526, HURQ.BH21

L. Thoresen [track 4]

Relates two different versions of a mystical narrative of the launching of the ‘Crimson Ark’ of Bahá’u’lláh’s Covenant upon the ocean of glory and foreshadows that some within that Ark will stray and be cast out for desiring ‘to ascend unto that state which the Lord hath ordained to be above their stations’. (Arabic portion)

Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment

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

BH01042

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

800

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BH01325

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

640

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

Lawh-i-Ruya (Tablet of the Vision)

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

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

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

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

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

unknown

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

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

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

BH01446

600

یا اولیاء الله و حزبه امروز نور عدل از ظلم ظالم عالم مستور بل محو شده چه که

O friends of God and His party! In this day the light of justice hath been obscured, nay, utterly effaced, by the tyranny of the oppressor of the world [3.5s]

LHKM2.310

Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01999

440

بلسان پارسی ذکر میشود تا مقصود من غیر ستر و حجاب بر قاصدان کعبه مقصود واضح

The following words are rendered in the Persian tongue, that the purpose may be unveiled and unobscured for them that seek the Sacred Kaaba of their desire [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.159, , BLIB_Or15719.038,

Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02080

420

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Proclamation to Jews; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

امروز روزیست که کرسی رب مابین شعب ندا میکند جمیع ساکنین ارض را و امر مینماید

This is the day whereon the Throne of God, established amidst the people, proclaimeth unto all the denizens of the world

BLIB_Or15719.101b, , BLIB_Or15722.189,

AVK2.242.15x, MAS4.097bx, KHAZ.026, ASAT1.250x, KASH.289-290

DAS.1913-10-04, BSC.116 #047, BSTW#141

BH02183

Asl-i-Kullu'l-Khayr (Words of Wisdom)

400

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

Asl-i-Kullul-Khayr (Words of Wisdom)

اصل کل الخیر هو الاعتماد علی الله و الانقیاد لامره و الرضاء لمرضاته اصل الحب

The source of all good is trust in God, submission unto His command, and contentment with His holy will and pleasure.

INBA36:170, INBA30:039, BLIB_Or15714.155, , NLI.32p026r, OSAI I.MMS

AVK1.014.09x, AVK3.003.04x, AVK3.161.13x, ZYN.036, AHM.044, MJMM.033, TZH4.224, NSR_1993.083, TBP#10, OOL.B002

TB#10, SW_v04#10 p.171, SW_v06#16 p.121, SW_v07#18 p.185-186, SW_v14#04 p.099-100, BSC.158 #155-163

Y. Mesbah, E. Mahony, Pradheep, Shayna, Shafireh & Prasad, Soulrise Melodies

A brief collection of moral maxims, summarizing the essence of faith, love, wisdom, religion, wealth, and others and centring around belief in God and submission to His will.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Love of God; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds

MMAH.194, GSH.210, LL#008

BH02228

400

Call to action; Development of capacity and readiness; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

کتاب کریم من لدن رب العالمین الی الذین آمنوا بهذا النبا العظیم انه تذکره لمن

This is the Noble Book from before the Lord of the worlds to those who have believed in this great announcement

INBA34:175, BLIB_Or15707.143, , BLIB_Or15735.296,

AQA1#043, HYK.296

DWN_v1#02 p.001x, BSC.067 #036

BH02307

Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation)

380

Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation for the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh)

الثناء الذی ظهر من نفسک الاعلی و البهاء الذی طلع من جمالک الابها علیک یا مظهر الکبریاء و

The praise which hath dawned from Thy most august Self, and the glory which hath shone forth from Thy most effulgent Beauty

INBA47:245ax, INBA65:065, INBA33:157, Majlis210461.119-120

PMP#180, AHM.092b, AYT.227, TSBT.277, NSR_1993.118, NFF2.003, ABMK.045, OOL.B149, AMB#33

PM#180, DOR#33, BPRY.328, DAS.1914-08-30, SW_v09#19 p.222, SW_v12#15 p.246, BSC.184 #266x, BP1929.013x

A. Nakhjavani, Ahdieh, S. Toloui-Wallace, almunajat.com [item 11], K. Towfigh [track 9], unknown

Prayer of visitation compiled by Nabíl Zarandí after the passing of Bahá’u’lláh and often recited in His Shrine.

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the departed; Presence of; reunion with God; 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

BKOG.427, MMAH.205, GSH.206, LL#341

Consists of four passages selected by Nabil-i-Zarandi at the instruction of Abdu'l-Baha; the source Tablets are BH01728, BH06772, BH04427, and BH09728. Regarding the chant by A. Nakhjavani, he related to the compiler (sp) in 1995 that, to his best recollection from childhood, this is how Shoghi Effendi would chant the Tablet in the Shrines. blog.loomofreality.org

BH02949

300

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

ای مادر نوشته تو را بزبان پارسی مینویسم تا شیرین زبانی طیر الهی را از لسان

O Mother! I write unto thee in the Persian tongue, that thou mayest hear the sweet melody of the Divine Bird from this utterance [3.5s]... ...Say: O friend! Sleep with your face turned to the Friend... Know thou, therefore, that in every age and dispensation all Divine Ordinances are changed and transformed according to the requirements of the time, except the law of love

BLIB_Or15710.108,

BRL_DA#641, LHKM2.299, HDQI.136, AYI2.384, AHB_124BE #10 p.386, KNJ.022c, ANDA#33 p.03, YQAZ.471

BRL_ATBH#83x, DWN_v5#12 p.001, BSC.248 #524x, BNE.174x

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH02995

300

قد اتی الیوم و القوم فی حجاب مبین قد ظهر

The Day is come, and the people remain veiled in manifest obscurity [3.5s]

LHKM2.304

Prayer for spiritual recognition; Proclamation to the people of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH03089

290

حجاب کذب و جفا نور صدق و وفا را ستر نموده و تقوی تحت براثن طغی معذب گشته شعله

The veil of falsehood and cruelty hath obscured the light of truth and fidelity, and piety lieth tormented beneath the claws of transgression [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.132, , BLIB_Or15728.204b,

Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH04076

Lawh-i-Liqa'

230

Bahá'í Scriptures; In the Presence of the Beloved: Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i-Liqá'

Lawh-i-Liqa

هذا کتاب جعلناه لقائنا للذین اقبلوا الی الله فی تلک الایام التی فیها تغیرت

Lo, We made this epistle to be the attainment of Our presence for such as have turned unto God in these days

INBA34:274, CMB_F31.039b-040a,

BRL_DA#369, AQA1#137, MAS8.167x, ASAT5.068x

LOIR18.471, BLO_PT#043, BSC.187 #276, HURQ.BH84

Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

JRAS.289

BH04359

220

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement

Praise be to Thee, O God of Names and Creator of Heaven! Praise be to Thee

BP1929.vii, SW_v05#03 p.033, SW_v12#01 p.006-007, SW_v15#01 p.009, BSC.183 #263

BH04421

210

Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

باز بلند مکنت پرواز نمود و غراب غیرت از مغرب جان متصاعد و باوج عماء قدرت... قلباً طاهراً فاخلق فیّ یا الهی سرّاً ساکناً جدّد فیّ یا منائی

Once again hath the Phoenix of divine grandeur taken flight, and the Raven of glory hath soared from the western horizon of the soul unto the zenith of hallowed eternity [3.5s]... ...Create in me a pure heart, O my God, and renew a tranquil conscience within me, O my Hope!

INBA38:040, INBA33:020ax, INBA30:120ax

BRL_DA#689, PMP#155x, AHM.057x, BSHA.085, ADH1.047x, MMJA.025x, OOL.B159.2x

PM#155x, BPRY.164x, SW_v14#09 p.257x, BSC.186 #273x

Ahdieh, Nabilinho, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown, L. Slott, M. Sparrow, Refuge, Chandra & Eric, C. McGrail, Elina, Mea, Nader, Pedram & Annika, The Bird & The Butterfly, N. Hamilton, Gyenyame, QuiqueSaba, G. and M. Smith, P. Held & C. Bahia [track 1], Ladjamaya [track 11], almunajat.com [item 6], S. Peyman, Nava, Michele, Roya & Marie

Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for purity; chastity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#494

BH04673

200

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

آفتاب حقیقی کلمه الهی است که تربیت اهل دیار معانی و بیان منوط باوست و اوست

The Sun of Truth is the Word of God, upon which dependeth the education of those who are endowed with the power of understanding and of utterance

Majlis210461.045-046

BRL_DA#168, DRD.106, MAS4.023b, PYB#231 p.03, AKHA_134BE #14 p.547

BRL_ATBH#47x, BSC.156 #141-143, HURQ.BH83

Fire and light; fire and water; Living waters; water of life; Love as fire; Manifestation of God as sun; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

BH04783

200

Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

قد ظهرت العلامات و برزت البینات و اتی الموعود باسمه المهیمن القیوم انه لهو

The signs have appeared, the evidences become manifest and the Promised One hath come in His Name, the Protector, the Self-existent.

BLIB_Or15729.137a, , NLAI_22848:334, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p171v, , Ghazi3072.098-102, MKI4522.334,

AQA2#014 p.180

BSC.135 #052

BH05768

170

Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کلما ارید ان اذکرک تمنعنی خطیاتی الکبری و جریراتی

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Every time I venture to make mention of Thee, I am held back by my mighty sins

INBA48:160, INBA92:180, BLIB_Or15739.285,

PMP#124, AQMM.041, AQMJ1.119

PM#124, BPRY.076, BSC.185 #269

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH06012

170

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Superstition; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

Consort with all the people in love and fragrance. Fellowship is the cause of unity... Oneness, in its true significance…

BSC.157 #147-150x

BH06825

150

یا جواد قد اتی مالک الایجاد بامر مامنعته الامور و بسلطان لم تحجبه سبحات

O Javád! The Lord of creation hath come with a Command that no affairs can withstand, and with a sovereignty that no veils of glory can obscure [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.280b, , BLIB_Or15715.206c,

BRL_DA#319, SFI22.014b

Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH07426

140

Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

یا من کل شیء اضطرب من سطوتک و کل الامور مقبوضه فی قبضتک و کل الوجوه متوجهه

O Thou, at Whose dreadful majesty all things have trembled, in Whose grasp... O my Lord! Make Thy beauty to be my food, and Thy presence my drink

INBA35:023a, INBA48:179b, BLIB_Or15739.314,

PMP#077, PMP#168x, AQMJ1.137, AQMJ1.004, BNEP.113

PM#077, PM#168x, BPRY.167x, BPRY.245x, BSC.187 #274x, BP1929.021-022x

L. Slott, Nabil and Karim, C. Zurek, Soulrise Melodies, C. Signori, QuiqueSaba, T. Ellis

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection

BH07996

130

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Glory be unto Thee, O God, for Thy Manifestation of Love to mankind!

BP1929.003, DWN_v5#06 p.001-002, BSC.184 #264

The Bird & The Butterfly, R. Dupras, Nica

BH07997

130

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Prayer for healing

I ask of Thee by Thine Ancient Beauty, and I supplicate Thee by the manifestation of Thy Greatest Majesty

BSC.186 #271, BP1929.029-030

BH08358

120

قد نزل الکتاب و اتی الوهاب و الناس فی حجاب مبین قد نقر فی الناقور اذ ظهر مطلع

The Book hath been revealed and the All-Bountiful hath come, yet the people remain veiled in manifest obscurity. The Trump hath been sounded when the Dawning-Place appeared [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03114.026b,

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Service to others; to the Cause of God

BH08855

110

Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

سبحانک یا الهی و اله کلشیء و بهائی و بهاء کل شیء و رجائی و رجاء کلشیء و

Lauded be Thy name, O my God and the God of all things, my Glory and the Glory of all things

PMP#042, NFR.213, ABDA.114

PM#042, BPRY.077, BSC.432 #784

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Nearness and remoteness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH08919

110

Belief and denial; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

قد بشر لسان القدم من فی العالم بظهور الاسم الاعظم و یشهد له بین الامم انه هو

Verily the Tongue of the Ancient gives glad tidings to those who are in the world concerning the appearance

BNEP.078, NJB_v12#08 p.152

SW_v08#14 p.184, SW_v11#14 p.234, BSC.255 #527, BSTW#127

BH10029

و از عالم ظاهر و اسرار کتاب من غیر ستر و حجاب لائح سبیل الهی مع الدلیل واضح و نازل

From the visible world and the mysteries of the Book, unveiled and unobscured, the Path of God with its evidence standeth manifest [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.188a,

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Knowledge; recognition of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10134