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BB00012 Sahifiy-i-Ja'fariyya (Epistle of Ja'far) 19300 Analysis of the Salient Features of Risáliy-i-Ja'faríyyih, An; Gate of the Heart Risaliy-i-Jafariyyih (Treatise of Jafar) or Shar-i Du‘á’-i-Ghaybat (Commentary on the Occultation Prayer) بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی شهد بذاته لذاته ان لا اله الا هو الذی قد علا بعلو نفسه علی کل شیء و استتر من علو ظهوره عن کل شیء الذی کان لم یزل کان بلا ذکر شیئ All praise be to God Who hath testified through His Own Self unto His Self that there is none other God but Him, Who hath ascended through the sovereignty of His Being above all things, and Who, through the loftiness of His Revelation, hath concealed Himself from all things - He Who hath everlastingly been, and existed ere the mention of aught else [3.5s]... ...The fifth station testifieth unto God in the mirror of the Letter Há’, and it is the Word that consisteth of the Twin Alifs INBA60:057-154, INBA98:048.15-110.05x, PR14.001-060, Berlin3655.008r-051v TZH3.280.06-282.21x, NSS.184ax, OOL.A010 GOH.224x, MNP.199-212x (infra), LOIR20.248 Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Impossibility of true worship of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God - - NSS.030-035, AHDA.453.4, SRC.066-067, SRC.198, GOH.021-022, GOH.032, GOH.235
BB00032 Tafsir al-Hamd 5900 Gate of the Heart بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتقدس عن جوهر نعت الموجودات و المتعالی عن مجرد وصف الممکنات و المتکبر عن ذکر کافور اللکینونیات ... قد علمت قد ذکرت ما ذکرت فی ذکر ورقة الطاهرة و ما للناس والاخذ من تلک الثمرة الجنیه قد رکنها ربها لنفسها Praise be to God, Who is sanctified above the essence of all created things' attributes, exalted beyond mere description by contingent beings, and magnified above mention of the camphor of existences... Indeed thou hast known and made mention of that which thou didst mention concerning the pure Leaf, and what have people to do with partaking of that hidden fruit which her Lord hath reserved for her [3.5s]... ...When it [the Point] appeared there was [also] manifest that which is Unseen, namely, the letter alif INBA14:005-038, INBA69:120-155, INBA_5019C:084-129, , INBA_6010C:005-041, , Berlin3655.060r-075r, HBH_hamd (=INBA69) ASAT1.205x, ASAT4.115-120, TZH2.176x RBB.101-104, HURQ.BB04x Da'iras and haykals; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Names and attributes of God; Prayer for tests and difficulties; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God - - BRHL.64, AHDA.458.11?, MMAH.015, SRC.064, SRC.199, GOH.330
BB00042 Risalata’l-Ishraq 4600 بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع المشیة قبل کلشیء لظهور قیومیته فی ملکوت الامر و الخلق لیعلم کل الذرات Praise be to God Who hath brought forth the Primal Will before all else, that His divine sovereignty might be made manifest in the kingdom of command and creation, and that all atoms might come to know [3.5s] INBA40:164-180, PR02.142r14-146v13, Berlin3655.126r-135v Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah]; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God - - SRC.079, SRC.194
BB00045 Tafsir-i-Hadithi Abu Lubaydi Makhzumi or Tafsir-i-Hurufat al-Muqatta'ih 4200 Gate of the Heart بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح الاختراع اسرار الابداع التی عینت قبل ما شیئت و اقضت Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of origination to be the mysteries of creation, which were ordained ere they were brought into being [3.5s]... ...Verily, the appearance of the day of Muhammad, the Apostle of God, the blessings of God rest upon Him and His kin INBA98:033.06-048.13, PR02.048v02-052v27, CMB_F21.009.02-026.16#03, , Berlin3655.095v-105r GOH.109x Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Personal instructions; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of - - BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, MMAH.021
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
BB00075 Suriy-i-Tawhid (Commentary on the Surah of Unity) 2600 Gate of the Heart 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 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 - - AHDA.456.06, MMAH.016, SRC.072, SRC.202, GOH.106
BB00088 Answer to Navvab-i-Hindi 2000 Gate of the Heart بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الاسماء فی مبدء الاشتقاق طراز الف الاستنطاق الذی تکعب بالحرفین و استقام فی ظرفی الامرین الذی لاح عن لوح الابداع Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of Names at the source of derivation to be the ornament of the Alif of utterance, which was formed through two letters and stood firm in the vessel of the two commands, shining forth from the tablet of creation [3.5s]... ...Verily, that which We sprinkled upon thee out of the ocean of Names and Attributes is due to the sweet melodies of This Bird INBA98:011.05-020.06, PR02.163v24-165v28, Berlin3655.110v-114v NSS.050-055 GOH.080x Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Impossibility of true worship of God; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God - -
BB00089 Letter to Jinab-i-Haji Siyyid Javad Karbala'i 2000 بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح صبح الازل طراز الالف القائم بین البائین فلاحت و اضائت بعد ما بدعت قبل ما اخترعت Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of the Morn of Eternity to be as the Alif standing betwixt two Bás, resplendent and illumining after it was originated, ere it was fashioned [3.5s] INBA98:150.07-158.13, PR02.161r25-163v22, CMB_F21.026.18-035.16#04, , Berlin3655.105v-110v ASAT3.054-055x, NSS.059-064 Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God - - BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209
BB00105 Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Qadar I 1700 بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم الی الله یحشرون و الحمد لله الذی ابتدع الجوهریات لا من شیئ قبلها بعلیة نفسها Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs - these shall verily be gathered unto Him. And praise be to God Who hath originated the essences, not from aught that existed before them, through their own causation [3.5s] INBA14:221-229, INBA69:014-021, INBA98:158.16-165.07, INBA_6010C:211-219, , Berlin3655.081v-085v, HBH_qadr (=INBA69) Infinity and eternity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations - - MMAH.019, SRC.072, SRC.202
BB00128 Kitab al-Fihrist (Book of the index) 1400 Autobibliography in the Writings of the Báb; Gate of the Heart بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. المر ذلک الکتاب ذکر من الله فی حکم عبد بدیع و انه للکتاب قد نزلت من لدن بقیة الله امام حق قدیم Alif. Lám. Mím. Rá. This is the Book, a Remembrance from God concerning a wondrous servant, and verily it is the Book sent down from the presence of the Remnant of God, the True Imam [3.5s]... ...And this is a Book which was sent down from God containing a directive from a wondrous servant. It is indeed a Book which hath come down from the Remnant of God INBA_5019C:285-293, , INBA_6007C.339-348, INBA_4011C.062-069, , PR04.001r03-006v11, Berlin3655.001v-007r ASAT4.527x MNP.091-095x, HURQ.BB46x, LOIR06.051ff Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih] - - FHR#04, AHDA.444.3, SRC.043, SRC.050-052, SRC.065, SRC.188, GOH.022, GOH.032
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 - - BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209
BB00173 Fi Istifhamat al-Qur'an 1100 بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع جوهریات ذوات اهل الانشاء لا من شیئ بامره لیعرفه کل من فی ملکوت الارض والسموات Praise be to God Who hath brought forth, through His Command, the essential realities of created beings out of nothingness, that all within the kingdom of earth and heaven might know Him [3.5s] INBA14:395-400, INBA40:192-196, INBA53:406-411, INBA67:273-279, INBA_6010C:393-398, , CMB_F21.100.03-104.17#13, , Berlin3655.118r-120v Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Transcendence; unknowability of God - - BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.079, SRC.194
BB00195 Khutbah fi Ard-i-Sad (insha'uha fi balad as-sad) 1000 بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی شهد لذاته بذاته بانه لا الله الا هو الحق فی ازل الازال و انه هو کائن بمثل ما کان فیما یحدث من الازمان و لا له تغیر فی شأن و لا انتقال انقطعة الاسماء عن ساحة قرب حضرته All praise be to God Who hath testified through His Own Self unto His Self that there is none other God but Him, the True One, from all eternity, and verily He remaineth even as He hath ever been throughout all times to come, subject neither to change in station nor alteration. All names are far removed from the court of His nearness [3.5s] INBA40:198-202, INBA67:190-194, PR02.141r16-142r12, CMB_F23.076r05-078v07 (16), , Berlin3655.124r-126r God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Proofs for the existence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God - -
BB00247 Tafsir-i-Kullu't-Ta'am (Commentary on "All Food") 5800 Gate of the Heart ما شاء الله لا حول و لا قوة الا بالله سبحان الله و الحمد لله و لا اله الا الله و الله اکبر الحمد لله الذی لم یزل کان قبل کل شیء بلا ذکر شیء Whatsoever God willeth - there is no power nor strength save in God. Glory be unto God! Praise be unto God! There is none other God but Him, and God is the Most Great! Praise be unto Him Who hath ever existed, Who was before all things without mention of aught else [3.5s]... ...Know thou that verily every ‘food’ is a reminder of something delightful. But when it is joined with the true meaning of ‘all’ Berlin3655.155v-167r GOH.043x, GOH.058-059x, GOH.061-062x, GOH.076-077x, GOH.079x, GOH.081x, GOH.098x, GOH.296-297x Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Love of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - -
BB00289 Prayer for Friday 670 Gate of the Heart بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الملائکة و اولو العلم قائما بالقسط لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم قد وقع علی ذلک الجبل کتابک و اشهد God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and the angels, and they who are possessed of knowledge, standing firm in justice, bear witness that there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Wise. Upon this mountain hath Thy letter descended, and I bear witness [3.5s]... ...Verily, at this time, the Sun of Truth hath reached the Point of midday zenith INBA98:174.06-176.13, Berlin3655.116r-117v GOH.171x Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God - - JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195
BB00313 Answer to one of the believers 590 بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل المجرة لسطوع طلوع شمس الرحمة لیدلعن کل الالسن فی تلک الطلعات الصماء الدهماء العمیاء بثناء طلعة حضرة الربوبیة فی صورة الانزعیه والنور الالهیه Praise be to God Who hath sent down the starry expanse for the dawning splendor of the Sun of Mercy, that every tongue might be moved, amidst these deaf, dark and sightless manifestations, to extol the Countenance of Divine Lordship in its most glorious form and celestial light [3.5s] INBA98:020.10-023.07, PR02.166r02-166v12, CMB_F21.001.01-003.11#01, , Berlin3655.114v-116r Love of God; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering - - BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209
BB00324 Letter in reply to four questions 560 بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الامر فی الکتاب للذین اتبعوا امرالله بالحق فان اولئک هم الصادقون و بعد قد نزل کتابک فی ارض الصاد و اطلعت بخطابک فاعلم فیما سئلت من معنی یوم القیامه Praise be to God Who hath sent down the Command in the Book unto them that follow the Cause of God in truth, for these are the sincere ones. Thy letter hath reached the Land of Ṣád and I have understood thy message. Know thou, then, concerning that which thou didst inquire about the meaning of the Day of Resurrection [3.5s] INBA53:398-400, PR02.200v04-201r04, Berlin3655.122v-124r Chastisement and requital; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance - - SRC.081, SRC.195
BB00366 Sharh-i-Hadith-i-ma min fi’lin yaf’alahu’l-‘abd 450 Gate of the Heart بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم الی الله یحشرون اما بعد قد اطلعت بما Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs - these shall verily be gathered unto Him. To continue: I have perused that which [3.5s]... ...For, verily, when a thing is made mention of, it becometh invested with the station of existence, for it is impossible for the thing to exist except through the station of essence INBA14:392-394, INBA40:162-164, INBA53:404-406, INBA_6010C:390-392, , CMB_F21.106.13-108.09#15, , Berlin3655.121v-122v GOH.203x Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Free will and predestination; fate; Law of cause and effect; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God - - BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.079, SRC.194
BB00383 Answer to the son of Mulla ‘Ali-i-Nuri (Kayfiyyata’l-Mi’raj) 410 بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلی للممکنات بظهور المشیة لها بها لیعرفن کل الممکنات Praise be to God Who hath manifested Himself within and through existing realities by virtue of the theophany of His Divine Will INBA14:390-392, INBA40:197-198, INBA53:402-404, INBA69:416-418, INBA_6010C:388-390, , CMB_F21.104.19-106.11#14, , Berlin3655.120v-121v ESCH.397 HURQ.BB13x Limits of the intellect; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God - - BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.080, SRC.194
BB00506 Answer to Mirza Ahmad Azghandi 9200 Gate of the Heart بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحان الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و من فی الارض قل کل له ساجدون و الحمد لله الذی یسبح له من فی السموات و من فی الارض قل کل له قانتون شهد الله Glorified be He before Whom bow down in adoration all who dwell in the heavens and all who dwell upon the earth. Say: all are prostrate before Him. And praise be unto God, Whom all who dwell in the heavens and all who dwell upon the earth do glorify; say: all are humbly obedient unto Him [3.5s]... ...As the Persian children say, the root principles of religion are five and its derivatives six. This indeed is thy Temple Berlin3655.136r-155r GOH.357x, GOH.371x Angels; Apocalyptic imagery; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mystical themes; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Purpose; goal of creation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God - -
BB00677 Treatise on the education of children 2900 بسمه المکنون العلی العظیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع المشیة لا من شیئ بنفسها لنفسها من نفسها و جعلها طراز قمص طلعة حضرة کینونته Praise be to God Who hath brought forth the Primal Will from naught, through itself, for itself, of itself, and made it the embroidered vesture of His Own Being's Countenance [3.5s] Berlin3655.052r-059r The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God - -
BH00017 8350 Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh یا عندلیب اسمع الندآء انه یظهر مره باسم الحبیب و اخری باسمی المحبوب و تاره O 'Andalib! Hearken unto the Call, for verily it appeareth at one time in the name of the Beloved, and at another time in Mine Own name, the Well-Beloved, and again at times [3.5s]... ...The Hand of Omnipotence hath established His Revelation upon an unassailable, an enduring foundation. Storms of human strife are powerless to undermine its basis BLIB_Or15691.040, , BLIB_Or15715.066c, , BLIB_Or15729.028, , NLAI_22848:066, Berlin1237#12, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p037v, , UMich962.156-158x, MKI4522.066, BRL_DA#222, AQA2#001 p.002, AVK3.190.14x, AVK3.203.08x, AVK3.212.02x, AVK3.283.08x, MAS4.158x, MAS8.007ax, KHSK.015x, QT105.2.163, QT105.2.217, ASAT1.166x, ADH1.068x, ADH1.106x, QUM.028x BRL_ATBH#36x, GPB.217x, WOB.104x, WOB.109x, RKS.005-006x S. Jaberi Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - - LL#051
BH00020 Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Commentary on the Disconnected Letters) = Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur (Tablet of the Verse of Light) 8280 Tablet of the 'Light Verse', also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters; Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters; Lawh-i-Hikmat Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur or Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Tablet of the Verse of Light or Commentary on the Disconnected Letters) الحمد لله الذی خلق الحروفات فی عوالم العما خلف سرادقات القدس فی رفارف الاسنی Praise be to God who created the letters in the worlds of the divine Cloud beyond the pavilions of holiness… Know that the first tokens brought into existence by the pre-existent Cause in the worlds of creation are the four elements… Strive therefore to recognize amongst the primary substances those things which are in equilibrium INBA08:587, INBA36:212, NLAI_BH2.141x, NLAI_BH3.003x, Berlin1237#19, PR19.002b-017b MAS4.049, ASAT3.090x, ASAT4.068x, ANDA#19 p.32x, OOL.B029, OOL.B145 BLO_failayn, HURQ.BH08x, BTO#04x, ADMS#199n84x An extensive commentary on the famous ‘verse of light’ in the Qur’an (24:35) and on the origin and meaning of the enigmatic letters heading many of its surahs, which Bahá’u’lláh relates to different aspects of the person and revelation of the Báb, to the mystical science of letters and numbers, and to stages in the alchemical craft. Alchemy; the elixir; Four elements; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria) - - ROB1.125, MMAH.099, GSH.021, GSH.045, LL#337, LL#391, LL#405?
BH00034 Suriy-i-Sabr (=Lawh-i-Ayyub) 7050 Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb); Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb) Surih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyub (Tablet of Patience or Tablet of Job) ذکر الله فی مدینه الصبر عبده ایوبا اذ آویناه فی ظل شجره القدس فی فواده و اشهدناه This is the remembrance of God in the City of Patience regarding Job, Our servant, Whom We sheltered under the shade of that Holy Tree planted in His heart INBA36:173, INBA73:082, Berlin1237#08 BRL_DA#726, AYT.262, LMA1.379 (228), MAS4.282, ASAT5.246x, ASAT5.309x, ASAT5.247x, FBAH.160x, OOL.B138 WOB.116x, BLO_PT#116, HURQ.BH23, NYR#144 Major work, written on the first day of Riḍván as He was departing Baghdad, praising the Bábís of the Nayriz upheaval of 1850 and in particular their leader, Siyyid Yaḥyáy-i-Dárábí (Vaḥíd), recounting their sufferings and condemning their persecutors; describes the sufferings of the biblical Job, comparing them to those of the recipient of the tablet, who played a key role in supporting the defenders at Nayríz; commends fortitude and patience in the face of suffering; foretells the coming of ‘the birds of darkness’; and proclaims the continuity of divine revelation. Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life * - ROB1.263, BKOG.131, BKOG.195, MMAH.203, GSH.055, LL#327
BH00073 Tafsir-i-Hu 6500 Creation Tafsir-i-Hú (Commentary on the phrase He Is (God)) الحمد لله الذی قد اشرق الشمس بقدرته و الاح النور بقوته… ان یا ذلک الهیکل قد خلقناک علی تلک الأسمآء الحسنی و جعلناک کل شیء فی اسمآء الذی یشیر الینا Praise be to God who has caused the sun to shine through His power and light to gleam through His might [3.5s]... ...O this Temple! We created thee according to these Most Beautiful Names. And We made thee the Pleroma (kulli shay', "All Things") amongst the [Divine] Names which alluded unto Us by means of the mention of "Huwa" … In another station, the names are garments for the attributes... If thou art able to separate anything in heaven or on earth and marry all of it together again Berlin1237#21-22, UMich962.159-182x, UMich968.001-040x, UMich968.053-084x YMM.174x, OOL.B144x BLO_createx, HURQ.BH14x, REVS.173x An intricate commentary on the names and attributes of God, taking as point of departure a statement by the Báb which relates ‘His sacred mirror and eternal light’ to the name of God huwa (‘He’), which has an inner and outer aspect signifying both the unity of opposites and the alchemical fire and water attained of old by the prophet Moses. Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God * - REVS.060-062, LL#336
BH00127 Suriy-i-Qahir 3810 Suriy-i-Qahir (Tablet to Qahir) هذا کتاب من لدن نقطه الاولی الی الذی آمن بالله و آیاته و دخل بقعه الروح مقر الذی This is the Book from the Primal Point unto him who hath believed in God and His verses, and hath entered the sacred precincts of the Spirit, the dwelling-place of Him Who [3.5s]... ...I am not apprehensive for My own self. My fears are for Him Who will be sent down unto you after Me BLIB_Or15694.471, , Berlin1237#11, ALIB.folder18p018-034 BRL_DA#542, OOL.B135 WOB.117x Affirms Bahá’u’lláh’s mystical identity with the Báb; answers a number of specific objections to His claims advanced by followers of the Báb; and laments His persecution at their hands, while reserving His real fears for ‘Him who will come after Me’, a statement that was reiterated in the Súriy-i-Haykal. Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment * - LL#323
BH00144 Suriy-i-Bayan 3580 Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh Suriy-i-Bayan (Tablet of Utterance) ذکر اسم ربک عبده اذ دخل بقعه الفردوس مقر الذی استشرقت علیه انوار الوجه عن مشرق The remembrance of the name of thy Lord by His servant, when he entered the Garden of Paradise, the seat whereupon shone forth the lights of the Face from the Dayspring [3.5s]... ...Say: Doth it beseem a man while claiming to be a follower of his Lord, the All-Merciful, he should yet in his heart do the very deeds of the Evil One? INBA37:007, INBA83:203, BLIB_Or15702.254, , BLIB_Or15723.228, , BLIB_Or15737.069, , NLAI_BH2.280, Berlin1237#10, ALIB.folder18p001-018, Majlis934.115.09-125.01x BRL_DA#736, GWBP#128 p.176x, GWBP#129 p.179x, GWBP#145 p.202ax, AQA4#080 p.108, AQA4a.392, AVK3.095.13x, AVK3.147.08x, AVK3.260.06x, GHA.428x, ASAT2.106x, PYK.032x, YFY.060x, OOL.B109 GWB#128x, GWB#129x, GWB#145x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.034x, TDH#037.1x, GPB.170x, GPB.376-377x, GPB.404x, MBW.038x, BSTW#037x, HURQ.BH39 D. E. Walker, MANA (1), MANA (2), C. Signori Charges the recipient to teach the Cause of God in a state of detachment from the world and enkindlement with the love of God, summons the Maid of Heaven to come to the aid of whoever does so, and instructs him to carry the message to specific people and regions in Iran. Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Exhortations and counsels; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach * - ROB2.397, GSH.198, LL#295
BH00246 2530 قد حضر بین یدینا ما وجدنا منه اقبالک الی الله العلی العظیم و عرفانک مظهر There hath appeared before Our presence that from which We perceived thy turning unto God, the Most Exalted, the Most Great, and thy recognition [3.5s] BLIB_Or15725.419, , Berlin1237#03 YMM.237x, YMM.308x, YMM.347x Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach - -
BH00260 Suriy-i-Ra'is 2450 Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts Suriy-i-Rais (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha) ان یا رئیس اسمع ندآء الله الملک المهیمن القیوم انه ینادی بین الارض و السماء Hearken, O Chief, to the voice of God, the Sovereign, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. He, verily, calleth aloud between heaven and earth INBA47:147, INBA34:081, BLIB_Or15735.129, , NLAI_BH2.354, Berlin1237#28, PR11.020b-026a, UMich962.130-132x NRJ#2, AQA1#003, AVK4.453x, MJMM.087, ASAT3.048x, ASAT4.254x, ASAT5.230x, BCH.104x, YMM.269x, OOL.B070a SLH#02, GPB.174x, GPB.179-180x, GPB.180x, GPB.181x2x, PDC.099x, PDC.120x, WOB.105-106x, WOB.178x, BLO_PT#194, BSC.088 #039x, BSC.224 #444-445x Addresses ‘Álí Páshá, the Ottoman Prime Minister, as Bahá’u’lláh and His companions were being transferred from Adrianople to Gallipoli en route to ‘Akká; takes the minister to task for his abuse of power; predicts the downfall of Sulṭán ‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz; announces that He has come to ‘quicken the world and unite all its peoples’; relates the circumstances of His expulsion from Edirne; and parenthetically answers a question from a follower about the origin and nature of the soul. Chastisement and requital; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life - - ROB2.411 et al, BKOG.259, MMAH.146, GSH.109, LL#326
BH00267 Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'am (the Tablet of All Food) 2370 Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i Kullu't-Ta'am) Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food) الحمد لله مموج ابحر النور بالماء الناریه الالهیه و مهیج احرف الظهور بنقطه Praise be to God Who hath caused Oceans of Light to surge in the Divine Fiery Water; excited the Letters of the Dispensation INBA36:268, Berlin1237#20 BRL_DA#393, TZH4.132-135x, MAS4.265, RHQM2.0979-989 (416) (256-262), OOL.B052 GPB.118x2x, BLO_PT#108, HURQ.BH02 A commentary offering several allegorical interpretations of the Qur’anic verse ‘All food was allowed to the children of Israel’ (Qur’an 3:93). Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Prayer for protection; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God * - ROB1.050, BKOG.112, MMAH.127, GSH.008, LL#146 Revealed "in the year nine", see BRL_TTT#11
BH00271 Tafsir-i-Va'sh-Shams (Commentary on the Surih of the Sun) 2340 Commentary on the Surah of the Sun; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh Tafsír-i-Suriy-i-Vash-Shams (Commentary on the Surih of the Sun) الحمد لله الذی انطق ورقاء البیان علی افنان دوحه التبیان بفنون الالحان علی انه لا اله الا هو Praise be to God, Who hath set the dove of eloquence, perched among the twigs of the tree of explanation, to weaving her divers melodies INBA90:076, BLIB_Or15714.065, , NLAI_BH3.227, Berlin1237#01, MKI4524.278, BRL_DA#710, GWBP#089 p.116bx, MJMM.001, DLS.107x, ASAT1.253x, ASAT2.171x, ASAT3.116x, ASAT4.205x, ASAT4.208x, ASAT4.366x, ASAT4.375x, ADH1.108x, OOL.B146 GWB#089x, BLO_PT#025, HURQ.BH78, ADMS#199n02x W. Heath Gives a detailed interpretation of a short surah of the Qur’an, relates several symbolic meanings of the word ‘sun’, and tells of the inexhaustible meanings of the Word of God, which are disclosed according to the capacity of the hearers and which must be understood according to both their outward and inward meanings. Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Limits of language; Names and attributes of God; Outward and inward meanings; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of * - ROB1.032, MMAH.102, GSH.209, LL#338
BH00305 Namaz-i-Hajat and instructions re ablutions 2100 Tablet to Jináb-i-Mullá 'Alí-Akbar fí ardi'l-álif Salat-i-Hajat or Salat-i-Liqá (Prayer of the Needs or Reunion prayer) ان یا قلم الاعلی ذکر الذی غرق فی ابحر الظن و الهوی لعل یخلصه ما یجری عنک و O Pen of the Most High! Make mention of him who is immersed in the seas of doubt and passion, that perchance thou mayest purify him INBA66:122, BLIB_Or15694.342, , Berlin1237#27, ALIB.folder18p066-075 BRL_DA#076, AVK4.074x, MAS7.131x, RSR.106-107x RBB.115-118x, BLO_PT#183 Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Law of obligatory prayer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God - - LL#281, LL#505
BH00330 1990 Lawḥ al-Raḥmat (Tablet of the Merciful One) الحمد لله الذی کان باقیا ببقاء کینونیته و دائما بدوام ازلیته الذی خلق Praised be to God hath ever been One Eternally Existent through the Eternality of His own Being, One Ever-Permanent through the Continuance of His Pre-Eternality Berlin1237#07 BRL_DA#565, SFI11.013 HURQ.BH10x Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Life and death; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Outward and inward meanings; The concourse on high; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God - -
BH00354 Suriy-i-Vafa (=Lawh-i-Vafa) 1870 Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas Suriy-i-Vafa (Tablet to Vafa) ان یا وفاء ان اشکر ربک بما ایدک علی امره و عرفک مظهر نفسه و اقامک علی ثناء ذکره O Vafa! Render thanks unto thy Lord for having aided thee to embrace His Cause, enabled thee to recognize the Manifestation INBA28:215, BLIB_Or15694.386, , Berlin1237#26, ALIB.folder18p103-109 GWBP#079 p.102x, AQA4#103 p.350, AQA4a.418, AVK1.119.07x, AVK1.276bx, AVK1.321.01x, LMA1.418 (253), MAS1.006x, MAS1.063x, ASAT5.300x, TBP#12, OOL.B140 TB#12, GWB#079x, WOB.138-139x, NYR#143 Exhorts the recipient to be the essence of faithfulness; asserts Bahá’u’lláh’s mystical identity with the Báb; answers questions about ‘the return’, the worlds of God, the ordinances of God, and paradise; and confirms that, as predicted during the time of His departure from ‘Iraq, the ‘birds of darkness’ have begun to stir. Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Return of the Manifestations of God * * ROB4.205, GSH.190, LL#329
BH00367 Suriy-i-Husayn 1830 شهد الله انه لا اله الا انا الذاکر المهیمن العزیز القدیر و اشهد بانی انا God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, the Rememberer, the All-Subduing, the Mighty, the Powerful, and I do testify that verily I am [3.5s] INBA83:043, BLIB_Or15738.174, , Berlin1237#05 YMM.470x Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God - -
BH00410 1690 ان یا رق المنشور اسمع ندآء ربک عن شطر بیته المعمور لتجذبک نفحاته المحبور الی مقر O unfurled scroll! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord from the direction of His inhabited House, that His gladdening fragrances may draw thee unto the abode [3.5s] BLIB_Or15694.310, , Berlin1237#25, ALIB.folder18p126-132 SFI03.026.10x, SFI03.027.15x, SFI03.035.16x, YMM.467x Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God - -
BH00627 Lawh-i-Ibrahim 1220 Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh ان یا ایها السائل فاعلم بان حضر بین یدینا کتاب من الذی اشتعل بنار الله و وجدنا فیه O thou who dost inquire! Know thou that there hath appeared before Us a letter from one who hath been enkindled with the fire of God, and therein We found [3.5s]... ...It hath been decreed by Us that the Word of God and all the potentialities thereof shall be manifested unto men in strict conformity with such conditions INBA83:279, Berlin1237#23, ALIB.folder18p181 BRL_DA#746, GWBP#033 p.057ax, GWBP#038 p.063x, GWBP#127 p.175x, MAS8.171x GWB#033x, GWB#038x, GWB#127x, PDC.194x, WOB.059x, WOB.117x, WOB.164x Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Prayer for forgiveness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God - - LL#125, LL#142, LL#404
BH00631 1220 هذا کتاب من نقطه الاولی الی الذی آمن بالله و سافر الی شطر السجن الی ان دخل This is a Tablet from the Primal Point unto him who hath believed in God and journeyed toward the Prison until he entered therein [3.5s] BLIB_Or15725.022, , Berlin1237#02 Blind imitation [taqlid]; Chastisement and requital; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Rejection by the people of the Bayan - -
BH00669 1140 کتاب انزله الرحمن من سماء البرهان لیظهر حجته بین عباده و دلیله فی مملکته انه The Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down from the heaven of proof to manifest His evidence amongst His servants and His testimony within His dominion. Verily He [3.5s] INBA42:135, BLIB_Or15712.051, , Berlin1237#16 Call to action; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection of Muhammad; The Word of God; influence and centrality of - -
BH00686 Lawh-i-Zuhur (Tablet of the Manifestation) 1120 Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Manifestation (Lawh-i-Zuhur); Tablet of the Manifestation, The (Lawh-i-Zuhur) Lawh-i-Zuhur (Tablet of the Manifestation) ان یا ایها الناظر الی شطر الله و المتغمس فی بحر قربه و رضاه فاعلم بان الظهور O thou who art gazing toward the direction of God and submerged in His Nearness and Good-pleasure! Know thou that, verily, the "Manifestation" is not composed of the four elements BLIB_Or15725.136, , NLAI_BH3.136, Berlin1237#29 LHKM1.056, MAS4.161x, VUJUD.117x BLO_PT#134, BSC.204 #373-391, BSTW#124, VUJUDE.167-168x, HURQ.BH67, JHT_B#017 Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God - - Not to be confused with Súriy-i-Ẓuhúr (BH01761).
BH00949 870 قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و اجبناک بالحق رحمه من لدنا علیک لتکون شاکرا بفضل Thy letter hath reached Our presence, and We have answered thee with truth as a mercy from Us unto thee, that thou mayest be thankful [3.5s] BLIB_Or15725.170, , Berlin1237#04 Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Soul; spirit after death; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession - -
BH02361 380 یا من اردت اثری فاعلم اثری احاط السموات و الارض و فی مقام کل شیء اثری لو O thou who seekest My trace! Know thou that My trace encompasseth the heavens and the earth, and in every station is My trace, were thou to perceive [3.5s] INBA34:168, BLIB_Or15707.128, , BLIB_Or15735.283, , Berlin1237#09 AQA1#038, ASAT1.057x Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God - -
BH03032 1040 هذا کتاب نزل بالحق و فیه یذکر ما یقرب الناس الی الله فی تلک الایام... و سمی بلسان الحکماء صنعة المکتوم و سر المکنون This is a Book sent down in truth, wherein is mentioned that which draweth men nigh unto God in these days [3.5s]... ...This is that which has been called the hidden craft and the concealed secret by the tongues of the philosophers Berlin1237#24, ALIB.folder18p242 YMM.387x REVS.173x Knowledge; recognition of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis - -
BH03042 300 یا ایها الطائر فی هوائی و الناظر الی افقی و المتوجه الی انوار وجهی اسمع ندائی مرة بعد اخری O thou bird that soarest in My atmosphere, that gazest toward Mine horizon and turnest thyself unto the lights of My countenance! Hearken unto My call again and again [3.5s] BLIB_Or15716.058.14, , Berlin1237#18 Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power of prayer; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness - -
BH03845 240 سبحان الذی شهد لذاته بذاته قبل خلق الارض و السماء انه لا اله الا هو یفعل مایشاء Glorified be He Who hath testified unto His own Self by His own Self before the creation of earth and heaven, that there is none other God but Him. He doeth whatsoever He willeth [3.5s] BLIB_Or15713.156, , Berlin1237#15 Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Suffering and imprisonment - -
BH04409 210 ای حسن جمیع عالم از حق بوده و هست و حق جل جلاله جمیع اهل ارض را تربیت فرموده O Hasan! The whole world hath been and is from God, and God, glorified be His majesty, hath trained all the peoples of the earth [3.5s] BLIB_Or15710.218, , BLIB_Or15719.132a, , BLIB_Or15722.160, , Berlin1237#13 GHA.320a.04-05x, AYI2.357x Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for prosperity; Unity; oneness of humanity - -
BH10761 60 ان الشمس ارادت ان ترسل الیک تجلیا من تجلیات اسمها الاعظم Verily, the Sun hath desired to send unto thee a revelation from among the revelations of Its Most Great Name [3.5s] BLIB_Or15696.143a, , Berlin1237#17 - -
BH11628 1950 ان اشهد بما شهد الله فی جبروت اللسان ثم فی ملکوت القلم بانه لا اله الا هو I bear witness to that which God hath testified in the dominion of utterance and in the kingdom of the Pen: that there is none other God but Him [3.5s] Berlin1237#06 NSS.136x Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] - -
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