search results for 'byc'

Tafsir-i-Sirr-i-Ha' (Commentary on the Mystery of Ha')

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تقدس بقدس کینونیته عن عرفان اعلی مجردات اللاهوت و من یشا... الحمد لله الذی یمن فی الکتاب علی الذین آمنوا

Praise be to God Who, through the sanctity of His Essence, transcendeth the comprehension of the most sublime abstractions of divinity and whatsoever... Praise be to God Who bestoweth grace in the Book upon them that have believed [3.5s]... ...For verily each name hath infinite degrees, and the meaning of each thing that is named pertaineth to its own degree

INBA14:283-320, INBA53:125-156, INBA67:052-085, INBA86:154-193, INBA_3006C:058-096, , INBA_6010C:274-310, , INBA_4002C, , PR02.193v14-200v02, PR03.065r28-067r27x, PR07.092v-102r, BYC_collect3.116-126x

ASAT1.190x, ASAT5.158-159x, ASAT5.163-164x, HNMJ.081-086x, HNMJ.086-093x, HNMJ.086-093x

GOH.064x

Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations

AHDA.454.02, SRC.072, SRC.199, GOH.034

BB00033

Kitabu’l-Qiyama

5900

هو الاقدس. شهد الله أن لا اله الا هو و إن ما دونه خلق له و کل له عابدون و إنی لأشهدن الله ربی رب السموات و رب الأرض رب کل شیء

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and that whatsoever is other than Him is His creation, and all are His worshippers. And verily I bear witness unto God, my Lord, the Lord of the heavens and the Lord of the earth, Lord of all things [3.5s]

BYC_jabar.209.17-212.07x

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00034

Kitabu’l-Mulk

5800

بسم الله الاملک الاملک. بسم الله الملک الملک بسم الله الملک الملک بسم الله الملک الملاک بسم الله المالک المالک

In the name of God, the Sovereign, the Sovereign! In the Name of God, the Sovereign, the Sovereign! In the Name of God, the King of Kings! In the Name of God, the All-Possessing, the All-Possessing [3.5s]

BYC_pray.001.01-018.22

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for governments and rulers; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BB00035

Lawh-i-Haykalu'd-Din

5800

Cleanliness and refinement; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Grammar and orthography; Word of God and human limitations

هو. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو الملک ذو الملاکین قد قدر فی الباب الاول ذکر نفسه نفسه انه لا اله الی هو له الاسماء الملکی ... الابد مثل الابد قد قدر فی الباب الثانی

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the King, Possessor of the Kingdoms. In the First Gate He hath ordained mention of His Own Self, His Very Self - verily there is none other God but Him. His are the sovereign Names unto all eternity, like unto eternity. In the Second Gate He hath ordained [3.5s]... ...Ye shall assuredly find All Good in the numerical difference between Qá’im and Qayyúm, in nine years

BYC_haykal

GOH.353x, HURQ.BB60x

SRC.186

BB00036

Tawqi’i-i-Dhahabiyyih (Risaliy-i-Dhahabiyya II)

5700

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الواحد الاحد الفرد القهار الصمد الوتر الدائم الجبار الحی القیوم المتعال المختار المقتدرالعادل الغفار الذی خلق بامره جوهریات الاسرار

Praise be to God, the One, the Single, the Peerless, the All-Compelling, the Eternally Besought, the Unique, the Ever-Abiding, the Almighty, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, the Most Exalted, the All-Choosing, the All-Powerful, the Just, the All-Forgiving, Who through His command hath created the essences of mysteries [3.5s]

INBA53:157-180, INBA86:070-098, PR07.102v-110r, HBH_RisalahDhahabiyyihll, BYC_zahab

HNMJ.071-079x, OOL.A016

Impossibility of true worship of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Limits of language; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard

SRC.080-081, SRC.207, SRC.195

BB00037

Risala fi Tashkhis al-Ghina (on singing)

5600

Martyrs and martyrdom; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; Transcendence; unknowability of God

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تقدس تقدیس قیومته عن نعت الجوهریات و ما یشاء بهها و الحمد لله الذی تفرد بتفرد ازلیته عن وصف الذاتیات و ما یعادلها

Praise be to God Who, through the sanctity of His Essence, hath sanctified Himself above the attributes of essences and all that pertaineth thereunto; and praise be to God Who, in His primal Eternity, hath singled out His oneness above the description of intrinsic qualities and their like [3.5s]... ...The reality of all beings, save God, dependeth on two aspects. The first is the existential aspect (jihat-i-vujúdí) which indicateth the divine effulgence

INBA14:432-452, INBA40:202-220, INBA67:233-259, INBA82:096-133, INBA_6010C:430-450, , PR02.146v16-152r04, PR07.110r-117v, UMich962.152-156, BYC_collect4.022x

SFI01.085-095, ASAT4.424-425x

GOH.177x

AHDA.450.5, MMAH.047, SRC.080, SRC.194, GOH.034-035

BB00041

Du’a’ li-Hadrat-i-Ni’ma

5000

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم و بحمدک اشهدک حینئذ بتوحیدی ایاک و اقراری بازلیتک و ایقانی بوحدانیتک بجوهر کافور ذاتیتی و مجرد ظهور کینونیتی و منتهی غایات خفیات انیتی ... قل هو الله احد الله الصمد لم یلد و لم یولد و لم یکن له کفوا احد بلی انک انت الله

Glorified art Thou, O my God, and praise be unto Thee! I testify unto Thee at this moment, through my unity with Thee and my confession of Thine eternity and my certitude of Thy oneness, by the essence of the camphor of my reality, the pure manifestation of my being, and the uttermost boundaries of the hidden signs of my identity... Say: He is God, the One! God, the Self-Subsisting! He begetteth not, nor is He begotten, and there is none like unto Him. Yea, verily, Thou art God [3.5s]

CMB_F14.005v03-021v02, , BN_6518 p.307v, BYC_tablets.018.11-036.06

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

JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195

BB00044

Kitabu’l-Ba’th

4400

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الأمر یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی و انه هو حی لا یموت فی قبضته ملکوت کلشیء یخلق ما یشآء بأمره انه کان علی کل شیء قدیرا شهد الله انه لا اله الا انا العزیز المحبوب شهد الله انه لا اله الا الله قل کل باللیل و النهار له عابدون

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the creation and the command. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life, and verily He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not. In His grasp is the dominion of all things; He createth whatsoever He willeth by His command, and verily, He hath power over all things. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved. God beareth witness that there is none other God but God. Say: All, by night and by day, worship Him [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.289-337, BYC_pray.106.01-117.22

Alchemy; the elixir; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BB00051

Du’a’a’i-Avval li’l-Avval

3400

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی ما قد شهدت علی نفسک و استشهدت کل شیء علی ذلک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee, even as Thou hast borne witness concerning Thine own Self and called all things to witness [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.211-251, MKI4494.021, BYC_pray.126.11-137.05

MANU.089-100

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00053

Ziyarat

3400

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم یکن لی قلب اقدر ان اذکرک و لا فؤاد ان اسبحک و لا روح ان اقدسک و لا نفس ان اوحدک و قد ذاب کلی بما قد قضیت و ان لک الامر و الخلق

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I have no heart wherewith to remember Thee, nor soul wherewith to praise Thee, nor spirit wherewith to sanctify Thee, nor being wherewith to proclaim Thy unity. All that I am hath melted away through what Thou hast ordained, and unto Thee belongeth both command and creation [3.5s]

PR02.082v19-085v28, CMB_F23.098v06-107r06 (23), , BYC_tablets.003.11-017.08

MANU.054-064

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets

JRAS.474, MSBR.206-207

BB00057

Du’a’a’r-Rabi’ li’l-Avval

3000

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء الابهی من الله رب الآخرة و الاولی علیک یا نقطة البیان بالغدو و الآصال

Verily, the Most Glorious Splendor from God, Lord of the First and Last, be upon thee, O Point of the Bayan, both in the morning and at eventide [3.5s]

MKI4494.036, BYC_pray.148.19-162.11

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00060

Du’a’a’th-Thalith li’l-Avval

2900

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم و بحمدک و لا اله الا انت تحیی وتمیت ثم تمیت و تحیی و انک انت حی لا تموت

Glorified art Thou, O my God, and praise be unto Thee! There is none other God but Thee. Thou givest life and causest death, then bringest death and givest life, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not [3.5s]

MKI4494.029, BYC_pray.137.08-148.17

Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00061

Sharh-i-Du’a'-i-Sabah II

2800

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Seven stages of creation; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; Transcendence; unknowability of God

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره و یحکم بین الکل بالقسط فی یوم الذی فیه کل الی الله یحشرون

Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and Who judgeth between all with justice on the Day whereon all shall be gathered unto God [3.5s]... ...Know thou that each letter thereof [the Morning Prayer of Imám ‘Alí] pertaineth to seven stations that were enjoined by the Imám to Jábir in reference to true recognition

INBA_4012C.096-109, , PR07.032r-036r, CMB_F21.143.06-155.14#26, , BYC_collect3.026-041

GOH.117x

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.458.13, MMAH.020, SRC.098, SRC.199

BB00063

Kitab al-Hujja II

2800

بسم الله المقتدر المقتدر. هذا کتاب من عند نقطة البیان عند الله و حجته للعالمین جمیعاً الی من قد جعل الله ذکر اسمه و ذکر اسم حجته و جعله من عند حجته حجة علی العالمین جمیعاً

This is a Book from the Point of the Bayan, Who standeth in the presence of God and is His Proof unto all the worlds, addressed unto him whom God hath made the mention of His Name and the mention of His Proof, and hath made him, through His Proof, a proof unto all the worlds [3.5s]

CMB_F23.082r19-089v05 (18), , BYC_hujjat

Muhammad; Islam; Power of the Manifestation of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection of Muhammad; Return of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

JRAS.477, MSBR.206-207

BB00064

Tablet to Mirza Sa'id Ardistani on Basitatu'l-Haqiqah, qadim wa hadith

2700

Brief Discussion of the Primal Will in the Bahá'í Writings; Gate of the Heart

Tablet to Mirza Sa'id

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع فی کینونیات الخلق آیات ظهور قدرته لیعرفوه کل الموجودات بما تجلی لهم بهم ... و ان ما ذکرت فی بیان القدم والحدوث و ان الذی اردت حبک بانه

All praise be to God, Who hath created the signs of the manifestations of His might in the inmost reality of the creatures, that all beings may recognize Him… The third question thou didst pose is about the meaning of the saying of the philosophers who say: 'From one naught can be created by one.'

INBA14:418-432, INBA40:144-154, INBA53:419-431, INBA67:259-273, INBA69:419-433, INBA_6010C:416-430, , CMB_F21.077.08-088.18#11, , Berlin3655.086r-092r, BYC_three.001-016, AEWB.189-207,

SFI05.014-019

GOH.044, GOH.065x, GOH.095-096x, GOH.190-191x, GOH.194-198x, GOH.201-202x, BSB4:2 p22-27x

Creation of the world; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Necessary and possible being; Seven stages of creation; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.078, SRC.193, GOH.034

BB00066

Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (The Seven Proofs - Arabic)

2700

Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (Seven Proofs - Arabic)

بسم الله الافرد الافرد. بسم الله الفرد الفرد بسم الله الفرد الفرد بسم الله الفرد الفراد بسم الله الفرد الفراد بسم الله الفارود الفارد بسم الله الفرد الفراد بسم الله الفرد الفرود

In the name of God, the One, the Peerless. In the Name of God, the One, the Peerless. In the Name of God, the Singular, the Matchless. In the Name of God, the Singular, the Matchless. In the Name of God, the Unique, the Supreme. In the Name of God, the Singular, the Matchless [4o]

INBA_2007C:01a-13b, , PR02.101v10-104r18x, CMB_F22.092b?, , HBH_dalail=DLLS, BYC_saba-a

DLLS, OOL.A005a

HURQ.BB54x

Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

JRAS.447, BRHL.63, BRHL.65, MSBR.204-205?, AHDA.447.8, MMAH.066, SRC.087-088, SRC.185, GOH.035

BB00068

Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Qadar II

2700

بسم الله المتقدس المنیع. سبحان الذی لم یزل و لا یزال کان وجوده قبل القبل بلا ذکر شیء عنده و لایزال انه هو کائن بمثل ماقد کان

Glorified be He Who hath ever been and shall ever be, Whose existence preceded all that was before, with naught beside Him to be mentioned, Who endureth even as He hath always been [3.5s]

BYC_qadar

ASAT4.472x

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr); The Imamate; the Caliphate; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im

BB00069

Du’a’ li’s-Sab’a

2700

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی یبدع ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض بامره و انه لعزیز حکیم یا الهی ان وجودک اعلی وجود لایشابهه شیء و ان وجودی ادنی وجود لایساویه شیء

Glorified be He Who createth, by His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on earth, and verily He is the Mighty, the All-Wise. O my God! Verily Thy Being is the most exalted of all being, naught can be likened unto it, and my being is the lowliest of all being, naught can equal it [3.5s]

INBA67:109-121, INBA78:105-138, INBA82:035-053, INBA98:001.03-011.02, PR03.043v-043vx, BN_6518 p.320v, MKI4511.014b-017x, BYC_tablets.042.10-052.04

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00074

Epistle to Haji Mirza Aqasi 3 (Khutbiy-i-Qahriyyih)

2600

Fourth Epistle Revealed by the Báb to Mírzá Áqásí, The

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تقهر بتقهیر تقهر اقتهار قهر قهاریته علی کینونیات المشرکات من الممکنات... اما بعد فاعلم یا ایها الکافر بالله والمشرک بآیاته والمعرض عن جنابه والمستکبر عن بابه

Praise be to God Who, through His transcendent dominion, His sovereign power and His all-subduing might, hath prevailed over the essences of those beings who have joined partners with Him from among all contingent things... And now know thou, O thou who hast disbelieved in God, associated partners with His signs, turned away from His presence and shown pride before His gate [3.5s]

INBA64:127.04-150.07, INBA_4012C.001-013, PR02.045v07-048r26, BYC_collect4.004-012

RHQM1.438-440 (326-328x), KKD1.104.19, HNU.204-206x, TZH2.241-250, AHDA.359, OOL.A023.8

Chastisement and requital; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Personal instructions; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

MMAH.031, SRC.092-093, SRC.186

BB00075

Suriy-i-Tawhid (Commentary on the Surah of Unity)

2600

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ینزل الامر فی الکتاب علی قدر غیر معدود فاشهد ان لا اله الا الله کما هو اهله و یستحقه من دون ان یقدر احد ان یعرف کیف هو الا هو سبحانه و تعالی عما یصفون

Praise be to God Who sendeth down the Command in His Book in measures beyond count! I testify that there is none other God but Him, as befitteth His glory and as He deserveth, in such wise that none can know His true nature save His own Self - glorified and exalted be He above whatsoever they describe [3.5s]... ...Verily, God hath intended by this exalted word to sanctify His Essence utterly from any attribute of causation

INBA14:209-221, INBA69:002-013, INBA98:165.11-174.01, INBA_6010C:199-211, , Berlin3655.076r-081v, HBH_tawh002 (=INBA69), BYC_towhid

OOL.A018

GOH.192x

AHDA.456.06, MMAH.016, SRC.072, SRC.202, GOH.106

BB00078

Letter to Mulla Baqir Tabrizi (Chihriq) Tafsir hadith "شمس التی تلک الشموس فی ظهوره"

2500

Tablet to Mullá Muhammad Báqir-i Tabrízí; Gate of the Heart

Tablet to Mulla Muhammad Baqir-i Tabrizi

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب و انما البهاء من الله عز ذکره علی من یظهره الله جل امره و من یخلق بامره و لا یری فیه الا ماقد تجلی الله له بقوله علی انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم

Praised be to God, no god is there except Him, the Mighty, the Beloved One. The Splendour which cometh from God — exalted be His Remembrance — be upon Him Whom God shall make manifest

CMB_F21.035.18-044.13#05, , BYC_pray.099.01-105.02

KSHG.439, AYT.169, TZH3.020.04-022.21x

GOH.241x, GOH.249x, GOH.290x, GOH.351-353x, GOH.372-374x, HURQ.BB57x, GPB.030x, BLO_PT#185x

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Names and attributes of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095, GOH.036

BB00080

Ziyarat for the first to believe, on the Day of 'Arafa

2500

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الاسماء الحسنی یسبح له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ما بینهما لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم و انما البهاء

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His are the most beauteous names. All who dwell in the heavens and on earth and whatsoever lieth between them sing His praise. There is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. And verily the Glory is His [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.164-175, BYC_misc-b.113a04-125a01

Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Visitation Tablets

God's love for His own Essence; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00082

2400

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم تزل تسبح کینونیتک بکینونیتک و تقدس ذاتیتک بذاتیتک و توحد نفسانیتک بنفسانیتک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Ever hath Thy very Being extolled Thy Being, and Thine Essence sanctified Thine Essence, and Thy Self proclaimed the oneness of Thy Self [3.5s]

MKI4494.050, BYC_pray.176.05-188.12

BB00086

Li-avvali man sa’ida ilayh (Mulla Husayn)

2200

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العزة و الجبروت و لک القوة و اللاهوت و لک القدرة و الیاقوت تحیی و تمیت ثم تمیت و تحی و انک انت حی لا تموت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance. Thou givest life and causest death, then causest death and givest life, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not [3.5s]

CMB_F23.182v04-188r07 (63), , BYC_misc-b.022a11-031b06

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs; Prayer for the departed; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets

BB00091

Kitabu’l-‘Ulama I (Bushihr)

2000

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو الغنی الجمیل و انه کتاب لا ریب فیه فصل فی حکم باطن القران

Praised be to God who sends down the Book upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants. He, verily, no God is there except Him.

INBA67:206-216, INBA91:082.02-094.10, INBA_4011C:318-328, , INBA_6007C.452-463, INBA_4012C.083-092, , PR03.063r10-065r26, PR04.106v02-115v02, PR07.049v-052v, CMB_F21.224.02-232.13#32, , BYC_collect5

HNU.085x, HNU.134x, AHDA.107

DB.148fn1, DB.129fn2, HURQ.BB22x, RR.121x

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

FHR#03.03, GPB.024, BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, MMAH.034, SRC.074, SRC.098, SRC.189

BB00095

Du’a’ li-Man Yuzhiruhu’llah

1900

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت الله لا اله الا انت رب السموات و رب الارض رب کل شیء لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً فرداً صمداً حیاً قیوماً دائماً ابداً

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth, Lord of all things. From time immemorial Thou hast been One God, Single, Unique, Self-Subsisting, Ever-Living, Self-Sustaining, eternal [3.5s]

MKI4494.045, BYC_pray.166.15-176.02

Absolute freedom; independence of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00096

Du’a’-i-Muttasil bi-Salat

1900

بسم الله المتعالی المنیع. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک خالق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما لم تزل کنت کائناً قبل کل شیء و لا تزال انک کائن بعد فناء کل شیء

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Verily, Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and all that lieth between. Thou hast ever existed before all things, and Thou shalt continue to exist after the extinction of all things [4o]

INBA58:121.05-130.07, PR03.071v19-073v19, MKI4511.053v-064v, BYC_collect3.094-102

Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00098

Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-Ma’rifati Nafs

1900

Adam; Adam and Eve; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Empty learning; false spirituality; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as mediator; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

هو بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قال السائل سلمه الله تعالی ما معنی الحدیث المروی عن علی علیه السلام من عرف نفسه فقد عرف ربه اقول اعلم یا اخی رحمک الله انی اوصیک

The questioner—may God, the Most High, preserve him—asked: "What is the meaning of the tradition related from 'Alí—peace be upon him—'Whoso knoweth his own self hath verily known his Lord'?" I say: Know thou, O my brother—may God's mercy be upon thee—that I counsel thee [3.5s]... ...He (God) hath not begotten anything; rather He hath created all beings by His Will, and created the Will by Itself

INBA14:468-479, INBA53:046-053, INBA64:082.05-084.09x, INBA67:181-190, INBA_4011C:101-110, , INBA_6004C:180-187, , INBA_6006C:063-067, , INBA_6010C:464-473, , PR02.152r08-153v27, PR07.057r-059v, BYC_collect4.012-017

GOH.062-063x, GOH.096x

AHDA.458.12, MMAH.060, SRC.072, SRC.200

BB00110

1700

الله اقدس بسم الله الاله ذی الالهین. قل اللهم انک انت سبحان السموات و الارض وما بینهما والهان من فی جبروت الامر والخلق و مادونهما تخلق ما تشاء بامرک انک کنت علی

Say: O God! Verily Thou art the Glory of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and the God of all who dwell within the dominions of command and creation and whatsoever is other than them. Thou createst whatsoever Thou willest by Thy command. Verily Thou art [3.5s]

PR03.081v24-083v23, PR13.073r-079r, CMB_F23.141r11-143v12x (47), , CMB_F20.020v13-024r17x, , BYC_tablets.083.03-090.10x

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00121

Prayer for Hajj Isma'il

1500

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلقنی بامره ثم رزقنی بفضله ثم اطعمنی من جوع لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم یا الهی کیف ادعوک و ان منتهی دعائی یرجع الی نفسی شاکیاً من قبیح ما عملت

Praise be to God Who created me by His command, then sustained me through His bounty, and nourished me in my hunger. There is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Wise. O my God! How can I call upon Thee when the uttermost end of my prayer returneth unto mine own self, bewailing the unseemly deeds I have wrought [3.5s]

PR03.068v25-070v08, MKI4511.038r-047r, BYC_jabar.169.14-173.19, BYC_collect3.102-111

HNMJ.136-150

Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Justice and wrath of God; Love of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Presence of; reunion with God

BB00131

1400

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم کیف اذکرنک ایای و لاسبحنک بتسبیحی ایاک و ان اعلی ما یتعارج به المخلصون

Glorified art Thou, O my God! How can I make mention of Thee through my praise of Thee, or extol Thee through my glorification of Thee? For even the most exalted heights to which the sincere can ascend [3.5s]

PR03.089r01-090r25, CMB_F14.021v04-026r02, , MKI4511.064v-072v, BYC_collect3.130-137

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195

BB00132

1400

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم کیف اذکرنک بذکری ایاک او لاسبحنک بتسبیحی ایاک وان اعلی ما یتعارج به المخلصون من عبادک و ارفع ما یتصاعد به الموحدین من اصفیائک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! How can I make mention of Thee by my remembrance of Thee, or extol Thy praise through my glorification of Thee? For the most exalted expressions that ascend from Thy sincere servants, and the loftiest utterances that rise up from Thy devoted ones among the steadfast [3.5s]

BN_6518 p.317v, MKI4500.120v-124r, BYC_tablets.037.04-042.08

Impossibility of true worship of God; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00137

Sahifiy-i-Radaviyyih (Epistle of Rida')

1300

Autobibliography in the Writings of the Báb; Excerpts from the Risáliy-i-Dhahabiyyih; Gate of the Heart

Risaliy-i-Dhahabiyyih

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق الماء بسر الانشا و اقام العرش علی الماء بشان الامضا و انزل الایات من عالم العما

Praise be to God Who hath created the water by the mystery of construction, hath established the throne upon the water by the modality of execution

CMB_F28.6.1-2, , BYC_radawiya

MHA.141-142x, TZH3.290x, AHDA.473-474x fn2, OOL.A013

BAPT.003-005x, MNP.057-058x, MNP.097-100, HURQ.BB21x, LOIR06.059ff, BLO_PT#012x, BLO_PT#034x

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.449.2, AHDA.452.3, MMAH.046, MMAH.048, SRC.053-055, SRC.207, GOH.023, GOH.032, GOH.131, GOH.379fn35

Includes the Khutbiy-i-Dhikriyyih as chapter 1.

BB00142

Du’a’ li’l-Ithbat

1300

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بالوهیتک التی انها هی مستضیئة فوق کل شیء ان ترحمن و تکرمن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة الاثبات بقیومیتک التی انها هی متقومة فوق کل شیء

O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Divinity, which illumineth all things from on high, that Thou mayest vouchsafe Thy mercy and confer Thy bounties upon every soul that is associated with the Tree of Affirmation, by Thy Self-Subsistence, which standeth supreme above all things [4o]

INBA82:025-035, BYC_misc-b.040b09-046b03

Petitions to authorities; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00143

Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy

1300

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تهلکن کل ذات الف ینسب الی الشجرة النفی

O God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which is exalted above all things, to bring to naught every being possessing the letter Alif that claimeth association with the Tree of Negation [3.5s]

BYC_misc-b.006a02-012a01

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00147

Du’a’i yawmi nisfi sha’ban

1300

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

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الخلق و الامر یحی و یمیت و انک انت الحی لا یموت فی قبضبتک ملکوت کل شیء یبدع ما یشاء

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the creation and the command; Thou givest life and causeth death, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not. Within Thy grasp is the dominion of all things; Thou createst what Thou willest [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Lord! Although Thou mayest cause a person to be destitute of all earthly possessions… O Lord! Provide for the speedy growth of the Tree of Thy divine Unity… Ordain for me, O my Lord, and for those who believe in Thee

MKI4494.017, BYC_pray.121.17-126.07

SWBP#46 (p.135-136x)

SWB#47 (p.189-191x), BPRY.149x, BPRY.232x

B. Lisbeth, Bonnie & Noor

Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs

BB00155

Alfayn: Al-Khutbata’l-Makhtum bi-Ta’bir’n-num

1200

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الاستنطاق فی الواح کتاب الافتراق طراز الاشتقاق التی عینت

Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of utterance in the Tablets of the Book of Separation to be the ornament of derivation that was ordained [3.5s]

INBA98:027.11-033.03, PR02.160r01-161r23, CMB_F21.003.13-008.19#02, , CMB_F23.160r01-162v01 (55), , Berlin3655.092r-095r, BYC_jabar.163.02-165.07

Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mystical themes; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00159

Prayer for Shaykh Muhammad Rida

1200

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انت الله فاطر السموات و الارض و جاعل اللیل والنهار لا اله الا انت رب العالمین یا الهی کیف تحرک شفتای بذکرک کان مملوة قلبی بالعجز والقصاری من ثنائک

O Lord, Thou art God, Fashioner of the heavens and the earth, and Maker of night and day. There is no God but Thee, Lord of all worlds. O my God! How can my lips move in remembrance of Thee when my heart is filled with utter powerlessness to praise Thee [3.5s]

PR03.071r10-072r18, MKI4511.047v-053v, BYC_jabar.165.08-168.06, BYC_collect3.088-093, BYC_collect3.111-116

BB00161

Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy

1200

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تعذبن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة النفی

O God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which is exalted above all things, to chastise every being possessing the letter Alif that claimeth association with the Tree of Negation [3.5s]

INBA82:016-025, BYC_misc-b.035a05-040b07

Justice and wrath of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause

BB00162

Du’a’ li-Ithbati’l-ithbat

1200

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک باولیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان ترفعن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة الاثبات

O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Firstness, which verily transcendeth all things, to elevate every being possessing the letter Alif that is associated with the Tree of Affirmation [3.5s]

BYC_misc-b.012a03-018a08

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00164

Li-Harfi’l-Avval

1200

بسم الله الاول الاول. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا لاصلین علی کل ادلائی من اول الذی لا اول له الی آخر الذی لا آخر له و اننی انا خیرالمصلین

Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me. I shall assuredly shower My blessings upon all My chosen guides, from the Beginning that hath no beginning unto the End that hath no end, and verily I am the most gracious of those who bestow blessings [3.5s]

BYC_pray.021.21-024.23

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Letters of the Living; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00168

Prayer and Ziyarat for Friday

1200

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک فی ذلک الیوم الجمعه الذی قد شرفته و عظمته و عززته و قدسته و کرمته

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness unto Thee on this Friday, which Thou hast made noble and great, and hast exalted and sanctified [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.099-104, BYC_misc-b.100b05-105a07

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets

BB00180

Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy

1100

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک باولیتک التی انها هی مرتفعة فوق کل شیء ان تذلن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة النفی باستقلال سلطنتک

O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Firstness, which verily transcendeth all things, to abase every being possessing the letter Alif that claimeth association with the Tree of Negation, through Thy sovereign might [3.5s]

BYC_misc-b.001a04-005b11

Martyrs and martyrdom; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00182

Du’a’a’l-Vahhabiyya

1100

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی اشهدک بشهادتک لنفسک انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لم تزل کنت علی حالة الازل لمن یعرفک کما انت انت احد

O God! I testify, through Thy testimony unto Thyself, that verily Thou art God, and there is none other God but Thee. Thou art alone, peerless, unchanging, and eternal, in Thine everlasting state, unto those who recognize Thee as Thou art. Indeed, Thou art the One and the Incomparable [4o]

PR03.046r12-047r10, PR04.205v02-207v13, MKI4499.007, MKI4511.024r-029v, BYC_collect3.126-130

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Impossibility of true worship of God; Justice and wrath of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00185

Ziyarat for 'the twenty-nine letters'

1100

هو بسم الله القادر الاقدر الافطر الاقهر. سبحان الذی قد بدع الآیات بفضله کیف یشاء انه هو المقتدر العسوف اول کافور سازج اطهر اظهر ابرز اطرز من رب العماء علیک یا ایها السر المخزون

Glorified be He Who hath created the verses through His grace as He willeth. Verily, He is the All-Powerful, the Most Mighty. The first and most refined camphor, most pure, most manifest, most resplendent, most adorned, from the Lord of the celestial realm descendeth upon thee, O thou Hidden Mystery [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.541-547, BYC_jabar.006.04-009.08

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Chastisement and requital; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00191

Kitabu’n-Nasiri’n-Nasir

1100

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک العظمة و الاستقلال و لک القوة و الفعال و لک المثل و الامثال

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Grandeur and the Independence, Thine the Power and the Deeds, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes [3.5s]

BYC_misc-b.051a03-056a07

BB00198

Du’a’i laylati nisfi sha’ban

1000

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم و قد ربیتنی ایاماً معدوده حیث قد سیرتنی فی لجج محبتک و شاهدتنی لحظات انوار وجهتک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou hast nurtured me throughout numbered days, wherein Thou didst cause me to traverse the depths of Thy love and made me witness lightning glimpses of the radiance of Thy Face [3.5s]

MKI4494.015, BYC_pray.118.01-121.15

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for evening; night

BB00204

Ma Qala’l-Mir’at

970

بسم الله العلی الجواد ث م ر. انا ارسلنا فی ارض الهائیات ثاء نوریا لیستضیئن کل من فی الملک بنوره و لیکونن للرحمن منصورا

Verily We have sent forth into the realm of divine manifestations a luminous effulgence, that all who dwell in the kingdom may be illumined by its light and become victorious for the All-Merciful [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.547-551, BYC_jabar.034.12-036.14, BYC_jabar.075.07-077.08

Letters of the Living; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The cloud ['ama]; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00206

Kitab-i-Ismi’l-Vahid

960

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الوجهة و الجمال و لک الطلعة و الکمال و لک المثل و الامثال

BYC_misc-b.068a06-073a06

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00209

940

بسمه الذی لا اله الا هو العلی العظیم. الحمد لله الذی قد طرز الکینونیات الهویة و رشح الاحدیات بالسر السطر البدیعة و ابدع

Praise be to God, Who hath adorned the essences of being with divine identity, and hath infused the realities of oneness with the mystery of His wondrous verses [3.5s]

BYC_jabar.190.13-193.05

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BB00210

Testamentary disposition, addressed to Azal

940

Tablet of the Báb Lawh-i-Vasaya, "Will and Testament"; Titles of Mírzá Yahyá; Will and Testament; Epistle of the Báb to Azal

Lawh-i-Vasaya

بسم الله الازل الازل. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الوحاد الوحید اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الاحاد الاحید اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الصماد الصمید ... ان یا اسم الازل فاشهد علی الله لا اله الا انا العزیز المحبوب ثم اشهد

Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the One, the Unique. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Single, the Peerless. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the All-Sufficing, the Everlasting... O Name of Eternity! Bear thou witness that there is no God but Me, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved [3.5s]... …O name of Azal, testify that there is no God but I, the dearest beloved. Then testify that there is no God but you, the victorious and permanent. Say, God created what He created from the time of beginning that has no beginning and

INBA64:095.01-102.09x, INBA_6007C.465-471, PR03.084r24-085v13, CMB_F23.174r06-176v02 (59)x, , HBH_vasayax, BYC_vesayatx

LOIR08.387, HURQ.BB61x, BLO_PT#211

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Transcendence; unknowability of God

MSBR.206-207x

BB00214

Fi Bayani’l-I’tiqad

930

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یهدی من یشاء و یضل من یشاء و الیه کل الخلق یرجعون و ان الصلوة علی محمد رسول الله و اوصیائه الذین قد جعلهم الله ائمة الدین و ارکان اهل الیقین ... و بعد لما سمعت ان بعض الناس قد عرضوا بمحضر حضرة العالی

Praise be to God, Who guideth whom He willeth and leadeth astray whom He willeth, and unto Whom all created things shall return. And blessings rest upon Muhammad, the Apostle of God, and His chosen ones, whom God hath made the Imams of the Faith and the pillars of them that are assured... And further, when I heard that certain ones had made representations in the presence of [3.5s]

INBA14:385-390, INBA40:133-136, INBA69:411-416, INBA_6010C:383-388, , PR02.130v24-131v26, CMB_F21.089.01-093.01#11, , BYC_collect4.017-020, BYC_three.092-097

ESCH.393, TZH2.082-084

Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Muhammad; Islam; Names and attributes of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.077, SRC.193

BB00215

Ziyarat for the middle night of the month of God

930

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه لیلة قد عظمتها و جللتها و جملتها و فضلتها و کرمتها بما قد قدرت فیها و نزلت

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is a night which Thou hast magnified and exalted, adorned and distinguished, and honored through that which Thou hast ordained therein [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.160-164, BYC_misc-b.046b05-051a01

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

Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00217

Kitabu’l-Siyyah

920

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک العظمة و الاکبریاء و لک القو‌ و الاستقلال و لک البهجة و الابتهاج

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Greatness and the Pride, Thine the Power and the Independence, Thine the Delight and the Bliss [3.5s]

BYC_misc-b.063b01-068a04

BB00225

Ziyaratu’l-Avval (in honor of Mulla Husayn)

900

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو الازل الازل و انما البهاء من الله علی الواحد الاول الی ما ینتهی الذکر الی ما تقلب الامر باللیل الالیل و بعد اذا اردت

Praise be to God, beside Whom there is no other god, the Eternal, the Everlasting. Verily, all glory floweth from God upon the Primal Unity, until mention shall cease and the Cause shall turn into darksome night. And thereafter, when thou didst [3.5s]

BYC_misc-b.092a10-096b03

Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00226

Answer to Sayyid Ahmad-i-Aqazadih

900

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشآء من عباده لیبعث یوم الحساب فاشهد الله فی وسط الجبال موقف

Praise be to God Who hath sent down the Book upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants, that they might be raised up on the Day of Reckoning. I bear witness unto God, from amidst the mountains [3.5s]

PR07.029r-030v, CMB_F21.127.07-131.05#21, , BYC_collect3.002-008

God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00228

Du’a’a’l-Khamis li’l-Avval

900

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انا الله و انا الیه راجعون سبحانک اللهم انک انت رب القدر والقضاء و ملیک الاذن والبداء

Verily, we are of God and unto Him do we return! Glorified art Thou, O Lord! Indeed, Thou art the Lord of destiny and decree, and the Sovereign of permission and fulfillment [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.251-254, MKI4494.043, BYC_pray.162.13-166.13

BB00231

Du’a’al-Avval fi Ardi’l’A’la lil-Murtada

900

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک العظمة و الاستقلال و لک المواقع و الاستجلال ... علی کلشیء قدیرا تقدست اسمائک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Greatness and the Independence, Thine the Stations and the Reverence... Thou art, verily, powerful over all things. Hallowed be Thy names [3.5s]

BYC_misc-b.077a01-081a09

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

BB00234

Ayati allati Nuzzilat fi Yaumi’l-‘Arafa

880

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الاعرف الاعرف قد خلقت کل شیء لیعرفنی ثم لیعبدتنی و لا یشرکن بی احد و قد ارسلت الرسل من قبل لیوم ظهوری

Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Most Knowing, the Most Knowing. I have created all things that they may know Me and worship Me, and none shall join partners with Me. And I did send forth the Messengers before for the Day of My Manifestation [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.177-180, BYC_misc-b.126a06-130a04

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Manifestation of God as mediator; Presence of; reunion with God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Purpose; goal of creation; Saddening another soul

AHDA.461.02?

BB00235

Prayer for Friday

880

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله الفرد الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا محبوب من ان اذکرک بذکری ایاک او ان اثنی فی ملکک اذ اننی اعرف حد کینونیتی بانها معدومة عندک

Glorified art Thou, O God, O Beloved, that I should make mention of Thee through my remembrance, or that I should praise Thee in Thy dominion, for verily I recognize the bounds of mine own being as non-existent before Thee [3.5s]

INBA58:145.08-154.09, INBA78:094-105, INBA82:054-060, BYC_collect3.137-141

ASAT5.159-163, HNMJ.002-005x, HNMJ.037-040x, HNMJ.040-042x

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Impossibility of true worship of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00236

Du’a’a’l-Vajib (fi kull laylat-i-jum'ah)

860

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم رب لاسئلنک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تنصرن کل ذات الف یومن بمن تظهرنه یوم القیامة ذات حجتک العظمی

Glorified art Thou, O my Lord! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which transcendeth all things, to aid every soul who believeth in Him Whom Thou shalt make manifest on the Day of Resurrection, the Day of Thy Most Great Testimony [3.5s]

BYC_misc-b.109a01-113a03

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00246

Ziyarat for the letters of unity, on Friday

810

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء فی تلک اللیلة التی عظمتها و شرفتها و قدستها و کرمتها و مننت علیها

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee in this night which Thou hast magnified and honored and hallowed and exalted [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.095-099, BYC_misc-b.096b05-100b03

INBA58:064.10-071.08, BYC_misc-b.105a09-108b10

BB00251

Du’a’a’l-Vajib (fi kull laylat-i-jum'ah)

800

بسم الله الاقهر الاقهر. سبحانک اللهم فاهلکن کل ذات الف لم یؤمن بمن تظهرنه ذات حجتک الکبری بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء

Glorified art Thou, O my God! By Thy sovereign might, bring to naught every being whose heart fails to recognize Him Whom Thou hast manifested as the quintessence of Thy supreme Proof. In the majesty of Thy divinity, verily, He is transcendent above all things [4o]

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment

BB00252

Kitabu’l-Katib

800

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الوجهة و الجمال و لک الطلعة و الکمال و لک القوة و الفعال

BYC_misc-b.059b02-063a10

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00253

Du’a’ath-Thalith fi Ardi’l’A’la li-Karbala’I fath-‘Ali

790

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لک الخلق و الامر من قبل و من بعد لم تزل کنت الها واحدا احدا صمدا فردا حیا قیوما

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness that verily Thou art God. Thine are creation and command, both in times past and times to come. Thou hast ever been one God, Single, Eternal, Self-Subsisting, Living, Self-Sustaining [3.5s]

BYC_misc-b.085a06-089a01

Creation of the world; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00255

Ziyarat li-Avvali man aman

790

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک یومئذ یوم الجمعه و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لاشریک لک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness unto Thee on this Day, the Day of Friday, and all things testify that verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, alone, without peer [3.5s]

CMB_F23.188r09-190r09 (64), , BYC_misc-b.031b08-035a02

Belief and denial; Fire and light; fire and water; Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00259

Du’a’ath-Thani fi Ardi’l’A’la li-Karbala’I Mustafa Quli

770

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک العظمة و الاستقلال و لک المواقع ... علی کلشیء قدیرا تقدست امثالک و تعالت شئوناتک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Greatness and the Independence, Thine the Stations and the Reverence... Thou art powerful over all things. Sanctified are Thy likenesses and exalted are Thine attributes [3.5s]

BYC_misc-b.081a10-085a02

Creation of the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00261

Li-Qa’im

760

سبحانک ان لا اله الا انت انک رب العالمین سبحانک اللهم انک انت خالق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامرک لا من شیء و انک انت فاطر کل شیء

Glorified art Thou! There is no God but Thee; verily, Thou art the Lord of all worlds. Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou art, in truth, the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them by Thy command, from nothingness, and Thou art the Fashioner of all [3.5s]

PR03.078v28-79v16, BYC_collect3.084-088

Creation of the world; Petitions to authorities; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00272

Kitabu’l-‘Azim

720

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الوجهة و الجمال و لک الطلعة و الکمال و لک المثل و الامثال

BYC_misc-b.073a07-076b10

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00273

Tawqi’i Qa’imiyyat

720

Epistle of Qāʾimiyyat, The

Tawqi’i Qa’imiyyat

هو الاعلی بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی و انه هو حی لا یموت فی قبضته ملکوت کلشیء یخلق ما یشآء بأمره انه کان علی کل شیء قدیراً ان یا علی قد اصطفیناک بامرنا و جعلناک ملکاً تنادی بین یدی القائم

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the creation and the command. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life, and verily He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not. In His grasp is the dominion of all things; He createth whatsoever He willeth by His command, and verily, He hath power over all things. O Ali! We have chosen thee through Our command and made thee a king to proclaim before the Qa'im [3.5s]

CMB_F20.010v18-012r07, , BYC_tablets.062.17-065.09

LDR.291x, TZH3.164.11-166.09, AHDA.472, QISM.014

HURQ.BB26x

Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; Transcendence; unknowability of God

SRC.095, SRC.276

BB00275

Ziyarat for the last [to believe]

710

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو الاقهر الاقهر و انما البهاء من الله علی نوره الانور الانور و بعد اذا ادرکت ما قد قدرالله لک من عرفان ذلک الاسم الاعظم

Praise be to God, beside Whom there is no other god, the All-Subduing, the Most Compelling. And verily, all glory from God be upon His Light, the Most Luminous, the Most Radiant. And thereafter, shouldst thou attain unto that which God hath ordained for thee of the knowledge of that Most Great Name [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.268-272, BYC_misc-b.089a03-092a08

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Visitation Tablets

Manifestation of God as mediator; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00292

Li-Ismi’l-Akhir

660

بسم الله الاخر الاخر. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الآخر الآخر لم یزل کنت ازلاً قدیما و لا یزال لاکونن ازلاً قدیما بما قد خلقت ما قد خلقت من اول الذی لا اول له

Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Last, the Last. I have ever been from time immemorial and shall forever remain from time immemorial, inasmuch as I created whatsoever I created from a beginning that hath no beginning [3.5s]

BYC_pray.020.02-021.19

BB00294

660

بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک المثل و الامثال و لک المواقع و الاجلال و الک العظمة و الاستقلال و الک الکبریاء و الاستجلال و لک العزة و الامتناع و لک القوة و الارتفاع ... لم تزل کنت الها واحدا

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes, Thine the Stations and the Reverence, Thine the Grandeur and the Independence, Thine the Supremacy and the Exaltation, Thine the Glory and the Invincibility, Thine the Power and the Transcendence... Thou hast ever been one God [3.5s]

PR03.044v06-045r16, CMB_F23.093v08-095r17 (20), , MKI4511.017r-020v, BYC_tablets.001.02-002.17x

MANU.048-050

Absolute freedom; independence of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00295

Kitabi Haji Shaykh

660

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک العظمة و الاستقلال و لک المناعة و الاستجلال ... کل شیء قدیرا لم تزل کنت الها واحدا احدا صمدا

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Grandeur and the Independence, Thine the Inaccessibility and the Transcendence... Thou art powerful over all things. Thou hast ever been one God, Single, Eternal [3.5s]

BYC_misc-b.056a09-059b01

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Creation of the world; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00303

Reply to six questions

620

هو الله المتکبر الفرد الوتر. حمداً لله الذی عرف ذاته ذاته و تقدس عن وصف ما دونه بنفسه لم

Praise be unto God, Who hath known His own Essence through His own Self, and Who hath sanctified His Being beyond the description of aught else beside Him [3.5s]

CMB_F23.127r19-130r06 (27), , HARV.3, BYC_tablets.057.06-061.02

MANU.067-068x

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00306

610

هو الاقهر الاظهر الاکبر الانور الافخر بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو السلطان المتعزز المتکبر المتسخر المتجبر المتقهر المتظهر المتنور المتفطر المتجلل المتجمل المتقدم المتعظم المتقدر المتقدس له الاسماءالحسنی

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Sovereign, the All-Mighty, the Most Great, the All-Compelling, the All-Subduing, the All-Victorious, the Most Manifest, the All-Luminous, the Creator, the Most Glorious, the Most Beauteous, the Most Exalted, the Most Supreme, the All-Powerful, the Most Holy. His are the most excellent names [3.5s]

CMB_F23.143v14-145v01 (48), , CMB_F20.024r18-025r18, , BYC_tablets.090.12-092.15

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria)

BB00341

Du'a Tawassul

520

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ینزل ما یشاء بامره سبحانه و تعالی عما یصفون یا الهی کیف اثنی علیک بعد علمی بقطع الکل عن عرفانک و کیف لا ادعوک و ان فؤادی لم تستقر الا بذکرک

Praise be unto God Who sends down whatsoever He Willeth through a command on His part. Praise be He and Exalted be He above whatsoever they do assert

INBA64:013.12-017.10, PR02.053r01-053r29, PR03.128v21-129r23, BYC_jabar.168.07-169.13

KHSH6.008

HURQ.BB37

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00342

Fi’s-Sighari va’l-Kibar

520

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی یبدع ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم الیه یحشرون

Glorified be He Who createth, by His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on earth; then they who have believed in God and His signs shall be gathered unto Him [3.5s]

PR07.030v-031v, CMB_F21.131.07-133.07#22, , BYC_collect3.021-024

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Mystical themes; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Prayers (general or uncategorized)

BB00347

Du’a’i istidhan mina’l-jannah

500

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک یا سلطان تعززت یا رحمن فاذن لی و من آمن بک ثم بآیاتک لا من تدخلن جنتک بفضلک ثم رحمتک

O God! I beseech Thee, O Sovereign Who hast shown forth Thy might, O All-Merciful One, grant leave unto me and unto them that have believed in Thee and in Thy signs, that we may enter Thy paradise through Thy grace and Thy mercy [3.5s]

BYC_misc-b.020a10-022a10

BB00348

500

هو انت بسمه الجالس فی نقطة التراب بالذلة العماء بدیع. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو انت والکل بامرک یعملون

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. Thou and all others act according to His command [3.5s]

BYC_jabar.040.14-043.03

BB00350

Tawqi'a Qa'imiyyat

490

هو الاعلی بسم الامنع الاقدس. قل هو الظاهر فوق خلقه و هو المهیمن القیوم شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو

Say: He is the One manifest above His creation, and He is the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. God doth testify that there is none other God but Him [3.5s]

CMB_F23.136v13-138r03 (42), , CMB_F20.017r12-018r07, , BYC_tablets.076.09-078.05

QISM.018

Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Return of the Manifestations of God; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00357

Tawqi'a Tahrim Sharb-i-Dukhkhan (in honor of Shaykh 'Ali)

470

هو العلی المتکبر البدیع. سبحان الذی یعلم ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض و انه لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم هو الذی یبدع ما یشاء بامره و ان الذین کفروا بالله و ایاته فاولئک هم الخاسرون و ان الذین

Glorified be He Who knoweth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on the earth. Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Wise. He it is Who createth, through His command, whatsoever He willeth. And they who have disbelieved in God and His signs, these are they who are the lost, and those who [3.5s]

CMB_F23.139v12-141r02 (45), , CMB_F20.019v11-020v03, , BYC_tablets.080.16-082.10

TZH3.000j.04

BB00358

460

بسم الله الاوحد الاوحد. اللهم صل علی الواحد الاول ثم اعداده فی البهائیین اللهم صل علی الواحد الاول ثم اعداده فی الجلالیین

O God! Send Thy blessings upon the first Vahid and His numbers among those possessed of glory. O God! Send Thy blessings upon the first Vahid and His numbers among those possesed of splendor [3.5s]

BYC_pray.018.25-019.24

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Power of prayer; Prayer for praise and gratitude

BB00369

Du’ay’i Istijari’l-‘abd mina’n-nar

450

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الله تقدست یا رباه اجرنی و من آمن بک و آیاتک من النار کلها بجودک ثم کرمک انک کنت جواداً کریماً

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Sanctified art Thou, O my Lord! Shield me, and whosoever hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs, from every fire, through Thy bounty and then Thy generosity. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous [3.5s]

BYC_misc-b.018a09-020a08

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for protection

BB00370

450

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله الفرد المحیط. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء حین الذی کنت عندک حرف الباء عدد الاعداد فی العشرات قلت

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee at that moment when in Thy presence the letter Bá [3.5s]

PR03.157v17-158r09, BYC_tablets.003.01-003.08x

BB00371

450

بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت منزل الاغیاث من لجج جودک و مرسل الامطار من طمطام یم فضلک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, Who sendeth down succor from the deeps of Thy bounty and raineth down from the fathomless ocean of Thy grace [3.5s]

PR03.045v10-046r10, CMB_F23.095r18-096v04 (21), , MKI4511.022v-029r, BYC_collect3.043-045

MANU.050-051

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

BB00377

420

بسم الله العلی العظیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین کفروا بایاتنا الى الله ربک یحشرون ولقد قرئنا کتب الذى نزل الینا قل له انا لکل شاهدون قل اتقوا الله

Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth by His command! Those who have denied Our signs shall be brought to account before God, thy Lord. Verily, We have read that which was sent down unto Us. Say: We bear witness unto all things. Say: Fear ye God [3.5s]

CMB_F23.138v09-139v10 (44), , CMB_F20.019r01-019v09, , BYC_tablets.079.06-080.14

Personal instructions; Shaykhis

BB00380

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Fatimih

420

بسم الله المتعالی المنیع. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و جاعل الامر والخلق لم یزل لم یکن لک شبه و لا مثل و لا کفو و لا عدل و لا قرین فسبحانک من ان یرتقی الی جو هواء قدسک اعلی جواهر الممکنات

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth and the Ordainer of both command and creation. Never hath there been any like unto Thee, nor any equal, nor any peer, nor any companion. Glorified art Thou! The most exalted essences of contingent beings can never ascend to the atmosphere of Thy sanctity [3.5s]

INBA58:099.12-101.11, PR03.074v08-075r03, BYC_collect3.066-068

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00386

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Muhammad

410

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله المتعالی المنیع. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما قد خلقت محمد صلواتک علیه بامرک و اصطفیته لعهدک و اصطنعه لذکرک و استخلصته لولایتک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Through Thy command didst Thou create Muhammad—Thy blessings rest upon Him—and didst choose Him for Thy Covenant, and fashion Him for Thy remembrance, and single Him out for Thy Cause [3.5s]

INBA58:095.09-097.12, PR03.073v20-074r14, BYC_collect3.062-063

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00394

400

بسم الله المتقدر المتقدس المنیع. سبحان الذی خلق ما فی السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامره کن فیکون سبحان ... کتاب النقطه لله رب العالمین و هو ثمانیه و خمسین عده الاول من

Glorified be He Who created whatsoever is in the heavens and on the earth and whatsoever lieth between them through His command "Be, and it is."... The Book of the Point belongeth unto God, the Lord of all worlds, and it containeth eight and fifty [3.5s]

Imam Husayn; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs; Transcendence; unknowability of God

MANU.071-072, QISM.021

BB00395

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Husayn

400

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت نورالسموات و الارض و ما بینهما لم یزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً فرداً صمداً حیاً قیوماً مااتخذت لنفسک صاحبة ولا ولداً

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the Light of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, single, peerless, eternal, ever-living, self-subsisting. Thou hast taken neither consort nor offspring unto Thyself [3.5s]

INBA58:103.02-104.12, PR03.075r21-075v13, BYC_collect3.070-072

BB00403

Kitabu’l-Ahmad

380

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یمن علی ما یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو ذو الفضل العظیم و اثنی علی محمد صلی الله علیه و اله بما اثناه الله فی قدم الذات و ذروة الصفات

Praise be to God Who bestoweth His bounty upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants. Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Possessor of infinite grace. And I extol Muhammad—upon Him and His kindred be the blessings of God—with such praise wherewith God hath lauded Him in the eternity of His Essence and the summit of His attributes [3.5s]

PR07.031v-032r, CMB_F21.133.09-134.19#23, , BYC_collect3.024-025

TZH3.460.14-461.16

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Prayer for specific individuals; groups

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095, SRC.204

BB00404

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-‘Ali

380

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما لم تزل کنت قاهراً علی کل شیء و ظاهراً فوق کل شیء و قائماً علی کل شیء و قادراً علی کل شیء و مهیمناً علی کل شیء

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art, verily, the Creator of the heavens and earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou hast ever been supreme over all things, manifest above all things, standing over all things, powerful over all things, and dominant over all things [3.5s]

INBA58:097.14-099.10, PR03.074r16-074v06, BYC_collect3.065-066

The Imamate; the Caliphate

BB00413

360

هو الاکبر الاقدس الامنع الاعلی. بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم الحمد لله رب العالمین و انما الصلوة من عند الله علی محمد و آله الصافین هذا ما نزل فی آخر یوم الدین بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم قل هو الله احد

In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds, and blessings, deriving solely from God, rest upon Muhammad and His pure kindred. This is that which hath been revealed on the Last Day of Religion. In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Say: He is God, the One [4o]

BYC_tablets.055.02-056.05

MANU.065-066, QISM.015

Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00427

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Sadiq

340

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما جاعل الملائکة رسلاً اولی اجنحة مثنی و ثلث و رباع

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art, verily, the Creator of the heavens and earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou hast fashioned the angels as messengers, endowed with wings, two, three, and fourfold [4o]

INBA58:107.15-109.08, PR03.076r24-076v16, BYC_collect3.075-077

BB00430

330

بسمه العلی العظیم. الحمد لله الذی یزکى من یشآء بحکمه ثم الذین امنوا بالله و ایاته الى الله ربک یحشرون

Praise be to God, Who, through His wisdom, purifieth whomsoever He willeth. Then shall they who have believed in God and in His signs be gathered unto God, thy Lord [3.5s]

CMB_F23.136r04-136v11 (41), , CMB_F20.016v10-017r10, , BYC_tablets.075.06-076.08

Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BB00432

330

بسمه العلی الاعلی. اللهم لک الحمد لا الله الا هو سامع الدعاء و دائم العطاء و واسع الآلاء و مالک الاسماء اللهم لک الحمد لا الله الا هو مرسل الالواح و محرک الرواح

O God, unto Thee be praise! There is no God but He, the Hearer of prayer, the Ever-Bestowing, the All-Bountiful, the Lord of Names. O God, unto Thee be praise! There is no God but He, the Sender of Tablets, the Mover of winds [3.5s]

INBA_6009C:227-231, , PR03.045r18-045v08, CMB_F14.004v02-005v02, , MKI4500.120r-120v, MKI4511.020v-022v, BYC_tablets.017.09-018.09

Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195

BB00435

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Rida’

330

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما قد اخترعت ما قد اخترعت بانشائک و قد ابدعت ما قد ابدعت باحداثک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Through Thy creative power hast Thou brought into being all that Thou hast fashioned, and through Thy generative act hast Thou originated all that Thou hast created [3.5s]

INBA58:111.01-112.10, PR03.077r08-077r26, BYC_collect3.078-080

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups

BB00438

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-‘Askari

320

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت اله کل الهة فی ملکوت الارض والسموات و انک انت رب کل الارباب فی ملکوت الاسماء والصفات لم تزل کنت کائناً قبل کل شیء

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the God of all gods in the kingdoms of earth and heaven, and Thou art the Lord of all lords in the realms of names and attributes. From time immemorial Thou hast existed before all things [3.5s]

INBA58:115.11-117.06, PR03.078r07-078r27, BYC_collect3.083-084

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00444

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Naqi

310

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت مبدع السموات و الارض و ما بینهما تقدر خلق کل شیء کیف تشاء عما تشاء و تصور خلق کل شیء کیف یرید بما ترید

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou dost ordain the creation of all things as Thou willest, howsoever Thou pleasest, and Thou dost fashion the creation of all things according to Thy desire [3.5s]

INBA58:114.02-115.09, PR03.077v17-078r06, BYC_collect3.081-082

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00449

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Baqir

300

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت بدیع السموات و الارض ذوالقوة و البهآء و ذوالعزة والضیآء و ذوالعظمة

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of might and splendor, of majesty and radiance [3.5s]

INBA58:106.07-107.13, PR03.076r05-076r23, BYC_collect3.073-075

Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00450

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Javad

300

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت مبدع السموات و الارض و ما بینهما و مقدرما فی ملکوت الامر والخلق دونهما لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً فرداً صمداً حیاً قیوماً

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and the Ordainer of all that existeth in the realms of command and creation [and of whatever is] other than them. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, Single, Alone, Self-Subsisting, the Ever-Living [3.5s]

INBA58:112.11-114.01, PR03.077r28-077v16, BYC_collect3.080-081

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00451

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Kazim

300

سبحانک اللهم انک انت مجلی کل شیء بنورک و مجذب کل شیء بلحظات قربک لاسئلنک من ظهورات

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the One Who illumineth all things by Thy light and draweth all things nigh through the glances of Thy nearness [3.5s]

INBA58:109.09-110.16, PR03.076v17-077r07, BYC_collect3.077-078

Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00452

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Hasan

300

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت محبوبی فی ملکوت الامر والخلق و مقصودی فی جمیع مظاهر البدع و الامر ماعبدت الا ایاک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art verily my Beloved in the kingdoms of command and creation, and my sole Desire throughout all manifestations of creation and decree. None have I worshipped but Thee alone [3.5s]

INBA58:101.12-103.01, PR03.075r04-075r19, BYC_collect3.068-070

Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00453

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-‘Ali Ibn-i-Husayn

300

بسم الله المتقدس المنیع. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف استعرجن الی جو هواء قدسک و استصعدن الی بساط فضل انسک و استصفن

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! How can I ascend unto the atmosphere of Thy holy presence, and soar upward to the threshold of intimate fellowship with Thee, and attain unto purity [3.5s]

INBA58:104.14-106.05, PR03.075v15-076r04, BYC_collect3.077-073

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00454

300

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب هو الاکبر بسم الله الامنع الاقدس شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر یحیی و یمیت

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved. He is the Most Great. In the Name of God, the Most Unapproachable, the Most Holy. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the creation and the command. He quickeneth and causeth to die [3.5s]

BYC_tablets.053.02-053.16

MANU.064-065, TZH3.263?x

Creation of the world; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BB00461

290

هو الله العلی الاعلی بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض بامر ثم الذین امنوا بالله و ایاته فاولئک هم الی الله یحشرون الحمد الله الذی افتتن الکل بصبری علی ذلک الجبل

Glorified be He Who hath fashioned whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on earth by His command. And they who have believed in God and His signs - these shall verily be gathered unto Him. Praise be to God Who hath tried all through My patience upon that mountain [3.5s]

CMB_F23.130r08-130v08 (28), , CMB_F20.012r09-012v03, , BYC_tablets.065.11-066.06

Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Imamate; the Caliphate

BB00465

280

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان اتبع ما اوحی الیک الآن من کتاب الله فان امرالله لحق و کل علینا لیعرضون

Follow thou what hath now been revealed unto thee from the Book of God, for verily the Cause of God is the Truth, and all shall be brought before Us [3.5s]

CMB_F23.131r05-131v09 (30), , CMB_F20.012v18-013r04, , HARV.10, BYC_tablets.067.05-068.03

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BB00467

Hirz fi’s-Sijn

280

هو العلی الاعلی بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی یعلم ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض ثم الذین امنوا و استقاموا علی الصراط فاولئک هم الی الله یحشرون و انهم الفائزون

Glorified be He Who knoweth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on the earth. And those who have believed and remained steadfast upon the Path—these shall be gathered unto God, and they are the triumphant [3.5s]

PR03.157r15-157r27, MKI4511.072v-074r, BYC_collect3.041-042

Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Prayer for protection; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00473

270

بسمه العلی العظیم. سبحان الذی نزل الآیات بالحق فی کتاب مبین و هو الذی یحق الحق بآیاته و لو کره المشرکون و لقد منناک بما ذکرت فی الکتاب

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth within a clear Book, and He it is Who vindicateth the truth through His signs, though the idolaters be averse. Verily have We favored thee with that which thou hast mentioned in the Book [3.5s]

CMB_F23.131v11-132v01 (31), , CMB_F20.013r17-013v15, , BYC_tablets.068.05-069.03

Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BB00476

270

بسم الله المتقدر المتقدس. فاشهد فی اول الدین ان لا اله الا هو رب العالمین و ما لله مثل محمد رسول الا من قبل و لا من بعد و لا فی العالمین

Bear thou witness, in the beginning of the Religion of God, that there is no God but Him, the Lord of the worlds, and that none like unto Muhammad, His Messenger, existed before or shall exist after, throughout all creation [3.5s]

CMB_F23.126v10-127r17 (26), , BYC_tablets.056.07-057.04

MANU.066-067

Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00477

260

بسمه العلی العظیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو لعزیز حکیم و لقد قرئنا کتب التی نزلت الینا و انا نحن نشهد لما یحدث فی الارض والله خبیر علیم

Praise be to God Who hath sent down the Book upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants. Verily, there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Wise. We have indeed read the books that were sent down unto Us, and We do verily bear witness unto that which transpireth upon the earth, and God is the All-Informed, the All-Knowing [3.5s]

CMB_F20.014r07-014v03, , BYC_tablets.069.15-070.13

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BB00478

Ziyarat for the last [to believe]

260

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. ان من بهاءالله علیک ابهاه و من جلال الله علیک اجله و من جمال الله علیک اجمله

Upon thee be the most resplendent glory of God, and upon thee be the most exalted majesty of God, and upon thee be the most beautiful grace of God [4o]

INBA_6007C.175-176, BYC_misc-b.125a03-126a04

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

Free will and predestination; fate; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Word of God is its own standard

BB00491

240

بسم الله المتقدس المتقدر. تبارک الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و الارض و ما بینهما و کان الله عظیما عظیما

Blessed be He unto whom bow down in adoration all that dwell in the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and verily God hath ever been supremely great [3.5s]

CMB_F20.016r08-016v08, , BYC_tablets.074.05-075.04

BB00492

Li-‘Azim

240

بسم الله العلی العظیم. سبحان الذى نزل الکتاب فیه هدى و ذکرى لقوم یسمعون و انا نحن نزلنا کتاب العدل فیه حکم من لدنا لقوم یعملون

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the Book wherein lieth guidance and remembrance for a people who hearken. Verily We, even We, have revealed the Book of Justice containing Our decrees for those who act [3.5s]

CMB_F23.138r03-138v07 (43), , CMB_F20.018v05-018v19, , BYC_tablets.078.07-079.04

BB00494

Hirz fi’s-sijn li-Sayyid Hasan

230

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته اولئک هم علی الله یعرضون و ان الذین امنوا ثم صبروا فی ایام الله

Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on the earth, and beyond them they who have believed in God and His signs - these verily shall be brought into His presence. They that have believed and persevered in the days of God [3.5s]

INBA64:159.09-161.02, PR03.157v01-157v14, MKI4511.074r-075v, BYC_collect3.042-043

High station of the true believer; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BB00495

230

بسمه العلی العظیم. ان اتبع حکم الله فی الحین و لا تخف و اسکن بیت الامن فانا کنا علیکم حافظون ان اصبر و لا تجزع فانا کنا علیکم شاهدون

Follow thou the command of God in this hour, and fear not. Dwell thou in the shelter of security, for verily We are thy Protector. Be patient and grieve not, for verily We are thy Witness [3.5s]

CMB_F23.135r13-136r02 (40), , CMB_F20.015v11-016r06, , BYC_tablets.073.06-074.04

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Contention and conflict; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BB00503

210

بسمه العلی العظیم. سبحان الذى نزل الامر فى الحین على امر مستقر و لقد نزل الیوم ما فصلت الینا و انا نحن لکل شاهدون و ان الصبح نزلنا کتابا الى الذى صدق امر ربک من قبل

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the Command in this Hour according to an established decree. Verily, there hath been sent down this Day that which was expounded unto Us, and We, verily, are witnesses unto all things. And at daybreak did We send down a Book unto him who formerly affirmed the Cause of thy Lord [3.5s]

CMB_F23.134r13-134v12 (38), , CMB_F20.015r06-015r17, , BYC_tablets.071.16-072.10

Exhortations and counsels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Wisdom [hikmat]

BB00519

Answer to Siyyid Ahmad Aqa-Zadih

190

Prayer Revealed by the Báb for the Son of Siyyid Kazim Rashti, A

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا صغیر السن یا رطب البدن یا قریب العهد من شرب اللبن الحمد لله الذی انشاء ما فی السموات و الارض بامره

O thou who art young in years, tender of body, and freshly weaned from thy mother's milk! Praise be to God, who hath, through His command, brought into being whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth [4o]

CMB_F21.126.10-127.04#20, , BYC_collect3.001-002

MUH1.0671-0672, NSS.082b

Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00521

Answer to Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali

180

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یمن علی من یشاء بذکره و انه لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم یا الهی کیف ادعوک و انک تری ... و ان ما سئلت من حکم الطاهرة علی الارض الم??دسة فقد اذنت لها من قبل بالخروج لما تقع بها الفتنه هنالک

Praise be to God, Who bestoweth His remembrance upon whomsoever He willeth. Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Wise. O my God, how shall I call upon Thee, seeing Thou art the All-Seeing One... As for that which thou hast asked concerning the matter of Tahirih in the sacred land, permission was granted her aforetime to depart when turmoil arose therein [4o]

PR07.030v-030v, BYC_collect3.008-009

TZH3.331.15-332.05

BB00526

180

بسمه العلی العظیم. قل الآن جاء الاذن من کتاب الله و ان بذلک فلیفرح الخاشعون

Say: Now hath the leave been granted from the Book of God, and by this let them that are lowly rejoice [3.5s]

CMB_F23.133v13-134r11 (37), , CMB_F20.014v12-015r04, , BYC_tablets.071.05-071.15

Contention and conflict; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Wisdom [hikmat]

BB00528

Letter to Mulla 'Abdu'l-Karim Qazvini

170

الله اکرم. بسم الله الکرم ذی الکارمین بسم الله الکرم ذی الکرما قد بهجتنی ان یا اسمی فی المرآت الازلیه حیث قد حکی الله عن ربه

In the name of God, the Most Bountiful, the Lord of Grace, in the name of God, the Possessor of Generosity, the Source of Munificence. Verily, it rejoiceth me, O My name, that thou art mirrored in the eternal tablets, wherein God hath recounted the mysteries of His Lord [4o]

PR03.081r28-081v08, PR13.071v-072r, CMB_F23.126r12-126v08 (25), , BYC_tablets.054.01-054.10

QISM.010

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

JRAS.476, MSBR.206-207, SRC.096

BB00529

170

بسمه العلی العظیم. تبارک الذی یمن علی من یشاء بامره قل فیذلک فلیفرح المومنون و لقد قرئنا کتب الذی نزلتها من قبل و انا لکل شاهدون

Blessed be He Who bestoweth His grace upon whomsoever He willeth through His command. Say: In this, then, let the believers rejoice. Verily, We have read the books which thou didst send down before, and We are witness unto all [3.5s]

CMB_F23.134v14-135r12 (39), , CMB_F20.015r18-015v09, , BYC_tablets.072.11-073.04

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Personal instructions; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Review of publications; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BB00530

170

هو بسم الله المتکبر المتقدس. سبحان الذی قد استوی علی العرش یعلم مانزل من السماء الی الارض و ما تعرج الی السماء و ما یبدع بینهما

Glorified be He Who is established upon the Throne, Who knoweth whatsoever descendeth from the heaven to the earth, and whatsoever ascendeth unto heaven, and whatsoever existeth between them [3.5s]

CMB_F23.145v08-146r06 (50), , CMB_F20.025v05-026r03, , BYC_tablets.093.06-093.16

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00533

Letter to the first pillar (tasbih)

170

هو الاکبر. سبحانک اللهم فاحفظ تلک المظاهر الاربعة من عندک بحفظ عظیم ... سبحانک الذی خلق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامر اقرب من ان

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Do Thou guard, through Thy mighty protection, those four Manifestations from Thy presence... Glory be unto Him Who hath created the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth betwixt them through a command more nigh than [3.5s]

Chastisement and requital; Knowledge; recognition of God; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude

MANU.068-069, QISM.021

BB00548

150

هو العزیز. الحمد لله الذی یؤید بنصره من یشآء من عباده ان ابشروا و اصبروا فان العاقبة للمتقین و لقد نزلنا الال الیکم ذلک الکتاب

Praise be to God Who, through His triumph, aideth whomsoever He willeth of His servants. Rejoice ye and be patient, for verily the end belongeth unto the God-fearing. We have, in truth, sent down unto you this Book [3.5s]

CMB_F23.132v03-132v12 (32), , CMB_F20.013v16-014r05, , BYC_tablets.069.05-069.13

BB00549

Letter to the fourth pillar (takbir)

150

بسم الله المتظهر المتسخر. الله اکبر عما انتم تکبرون الله اعظم عما انتم تعظمون الله اظهر عما انتم تظهرون

God is exalted above that which you magnify. God is greater than that which you glorify. God is more manifest than that which you have revealed [4o]

Manifestation of God as sun; Soul; spirit after death

MANU.070-071, QISM.021

BB00551

150

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحان الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ان الیه کل یعملون و الحمد لله الذی یسبح من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ان الیه کل ینقلبون شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له ... و بعد اینکه سئوال از رجعت شده بدانکه یوم ظهور من یظهره الله عز ذکره

Glorified be He before Whom bow down in adoration all who dwell in the heavens and all who dwell upon the earth, and unto Him do all works return. Praise be unto God, before Whom glorifieth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on earth, and unto Him shall all return. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him... And concerning the question about the Return, know thou that the Day of the Manifestation of Him Whom God shall make manifest - exalted be His mention [3.5s]

BYC_raj'at

AVK1.267-268x

BB00552

150

هو انت العزیز المتکبر الجبار الوهاب. سبحانک اللهم انک انت الحق لا اله الا انت قد اظهرت سر مکنونیتک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou, verily, art the Truth; there is no God but Thee. Thou hast manifested the mystery of Thy hidden Essence [3.5s]

BYC_jabar.152.14-153.01

BB00559

Letter to the third pillar (tawhid)

150

بسم الله الفرد المعتمد. قل الله ربی کل له لمسبحون قل الله ربی کل له یحمدون قل الله ربی

In the name of God, the Peerless, the Ever-Faithful. Say: God, my Lord! All give praise unto Him. Say: God, my Lord! All prostrate to Him

MANU.070-070, QISM.021

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

BB00563

Letter to the second pillar (tahmid)

140

بسم الله المتمجد المتقدس. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامره کن فیکون و انما العزة لله الذی خلق کل شیء

Praise be to God who created the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lies between them by His command "Be" and it is. Might belongs to God alone, who created everything by His command

MANU.069-070, QISM.021

Creation of the world; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BB00566

Letter to Shaykh 'Ali 'Azim

130

هو الاکبر شهد الله اله لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب هو الاعظم بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی و انه هو حی لا یموت فی قبضته ملکوت کلشیء یخلق ما یشآء بأمره انه کان علی کل شیء قدیراً و انما البهاء القوم من الله فی اصحاب الهدی

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the creation and the command. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life, and verily He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not. In His grasp is the dominion of all things; He createth whatsoever He willeth by His command, and verily, He hath power over all things. Indeed, the glory from God resteth upon the people of guidance [3.5s]

CMB_F23.130v10-131r03 (29), , CMB_F20.012v10-012v16, , BYC_tablets.066.13-067.02

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00567

Letter to Mirza Asadu'llah Dayyan

130

الله ادین بسم الدین ذی الدیانین …. قد نظرت الی الواح ابد بما قد طرز من انوار تجلی افقه جل و عز فلله الحمد کما هو اهله و مستحقه

God is the Most Great Judge! In the name of God, the judgment, master of all judges. In the name of God, the judgement, master of all who judge. You have looked at the tablets of abad [seven in abjad?], which has been ornamented with the lights

PR03.081r21-081r27, PR13.071r-071v, BYC_tablets.054.12-055.01

QISM.010

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Moses; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BB00585

100

بسمه العلی العظیم. الحمد لله الذی یمن علی من یشاء بامره قل ان العاقبة للمتقین و لقد قرئنا کتاب الذی نزلنه باذن الله و علمنا بذکر اسم ابراهیم

Praise be to God, Who bestoweth through His command His grace upon whomsoever He willeth. Say: verily, the ultimate victory belongeth unto the God-fearing. We have indeed read the Book which We revealed by God's leave, and We learned of the mention of Abraham's name [3.5s]

CMB_F23.133v05-133v12 (36), , CMB_F20.014v05-014v10, , BYC_tablets.070.15-071.03

BB00594

هو المحیی. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم هو الحی بسم الله الاحیی الاحیی الله لا اله الا هو الاحیی الاحیی قل الله احیی فوق کل ذا احیاء لن یقدر ان

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Help-in-Peril, the Self-Subsisting. He is the Ever-Living. In the Name of God, the Most Living, the Most Living. God, there is none other God but He, the Most Living, the Most Living. Say: God is the Most Living, transcendent above every possessor of life. None can [3.5s]

CMB_F23.145v02-145v07 (49), , CMB_F20.025r19-025v04, , BYC_tablets.092.17-093.04

Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00598

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الله نور السموات و الارض مثل نوره کمشکوة فیها المصباح المصباح المصباح المصباح فی بلوره فوق بلوره البلورة تکاد من فیها مثل ما یضیء

God is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The likeness of His light is as a niche wherein is a lamp, a lamp, a lamp, enclosed in crystal upon crystal. The crystal well-nigh shineth of itself [3.5s]

PR03.047r12-047r22, BYC_collect3.064-064

He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Word of God and human limitations

BB00614

Li’th-Thamara

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

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

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

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

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