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Tafsir Ghulibatu'r-Rum (Commentary on the Hadith "Rome was Overthrown") |
6630 |
Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary on the Qur'ánic Verses Concerning the Overthrow of the Byzantines |
Tafsir Ghulibatu'r-Rum (Commentary on the Hadith 'Rome was Overthrown') |
سبحانک اللهم یا الهی قد نزلت من سماء عز احدیتک میاه الوجود بجودک و رحمانیتک |
Praise be to Thee, O Lord! O my God! Out of Thy Bounty and Mercy, Thou hast caused the waters of existence to descend from the heaven of Thy Oneness |
PCH.1237#14, , UMich962.001-034, UMich991.104-147 |
MKT1.062, MNMK#004 p.012, BMT.086, DLS.317 |
LOIR02.099 |
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God's love for His own Essence; Higher encompasses the lower; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God |
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Baha’u’llah's assigning ‘Abdu’l-Baha to write this is mentioned in AQA5#036 p.045. |
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1010 |
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ای مونس سفر من هر چند جواب نامه مرقوم و ارسال گردید ولی حال دوباره از شدت محبت |
O companion of my travels! … The great Qa’im-Maqam has said, “The body of the mulla is the object of God’s ridicule,” |
INBA84:371 |
RRT.127x, SFI18.279ax |
LOIR20.175ax |
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Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity |
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| AB00151 |
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920 |
Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet on the Functioning of the Universal House of Justice; Universal House of Justice and the Principles of Jurisprudence; Universal House of Justice, The |
Universal House of Justice and the Principles of Jurisprudence |
ای متشبث بذیل المیثاق منشور مسطور منظور آمد و سوالات مفصله ملاحظه گردید ولو |
O thou who hast clung to the hem of the Covenant! Thy detailed letter was received and thy questions were noted [3.5s]... ...Those matters of major importance which constitute the foundation of the Law of God are explicitly recorded in the Text, but subsidiary laws are left to the House of Justice |
INBA72:012, INBA59:275b, INBA89:156 |
BRL_DAK#0710, BRL_CUHJP#19x, AHB.120BE #03-06 p.05, DWNP_v3#05 p.033-035, RHQM1.302-304 (370) (222-223x) |
BRL_CUHJ#19x, COC#0728x, COC#0763x, LOG#1068x, SW_v13#12 p.323-324x, PN_1906 p047, LOIR08.257, BLO_PT#006, BLO_PT#209 |
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Changing and unchanging parts of religion; House of Justice; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Laws of marriage and dowry |
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| AB01307 |
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340 |
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ای بنده بهاء الله نامه شما رسید و مکتوب قائممقامی از بدایت تا نهایت بدقت |
O servant of Baha’u’llah! Your message has arrived, and the letter from Jinab-i-Qa’im-Maqamí was read, from beginning to end, with careful attention |
INBA17:224 |
SFI18.274bx |
LOIR20.170x |
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Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Martyrs and martyrdom; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause |
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| AB01494 |
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320 |
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ای سلیل آن شخص جلیل و حفید آن بزرگوار فرید نامه ات رسید و ناله زارت تاثیر |
O scion of that illustrious personage, and O descendant of that peerlessly great one! … The Blessed Beauty — may my life be a sacrifice for His loved ones |
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MKT8.110, SFI18.275bx |
LOIR20.171ax |
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Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness |
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| AB02365 |
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250 |
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ای ثابت بر پیمان مرقوم نموده بودی که حکومت بجهت احقاق حق امر بمرافعه فرموده |
O you who are firm in the Covenant! You had written that the government has initiated legal proceedings on the pretext of establishing justice |
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TABN.284, SFI18.277-278 |
LOIR20.173-174 |
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Civil courts; Rejection, opposition and persecution |
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| AB02476 |
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250 |
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یا من ینادی بالمیثاق جناب حاجی چون طلبکار سرهنگ ترک و سرباز آذربایجان |
O thou who callest unto the Covenant! As for the Ḥájí who, like unto a creditor, seeketh payment from the Turkish colonel and the soldier of Ádhirbáyján [3.5s] |
INBA72:104, INBA88:241 |
SFI18.282 |
LOIR20.179-180 |
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Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance |
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| AB03843 |
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190 |
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جناب آقا محمد هاشم آقا مهدی الان چون طلبکار بی امان و یا محصل دیوان حاضر |
The esteemed Aqa Muhammad Hashim Aqa Mahdi is now present like an unrelenting creditor or a diligent tax collector [3.5s] |
INBA21:017 |
AHB.128BE #06-11 p.311, SFI18.283a, KASH.280a |
LOIR20.180-181 |
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Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Humor; jokes; Service to others; to the Cause of God |
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| AB04319 |
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170 |
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ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بجناب آقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید مضمون مشحون بمعانی |
O you who are firm in the Covenant! The letter which you had written to Áqa Siyyid Asadu’llah has been perused. It was replete with profound meaning |
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MMK6#502, SFI18.278x |
LOIR20.174x |
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Consolation and comfort; Humor; jokes; Personal instructions; Wisdom [hikmat] |
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| AB04397 |
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170 |
Man of Courage, The |
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ای سلیل سید مدینه تدبیر و انشاء و امیر اقلیم عقل و نهی مدتیست که با تو |
O you who are the scion of the Prince of the City of Statesmanship and Literary Accomplishment |
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MKT8.112, MKT9.140a, AHB.130BE #09-10 p.23, SFI18.272 |
LOIR20.166-167, BLO_courage.32 |
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Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Service to others; to the Cause of God |
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| AB08063 |
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100 |
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ای دبیر شهیر حضرت حی قدیر امیر مدینه تدبیر و انشا را ستایش فرموده این نام و لقب |
O renowned Dabír! He Who is the Ever-Living, the
Almighty, has lauded the Prince of the City of Statesmanship and Literary Accomplishment |
INBA85:320 |
TAH.306, SFI18.272-273 |
LOIR20.167-168 |
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Praise and encouragement |
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| AB11069 |
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150 |
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یا من انجذب بنفحات الله مکاتیب متعدده شما وارد و مضامین کل مورث روح و ریحان |
O you who have been enraptured by the fragrances of God! … In these days, that Turkish tax-collector — namely, Ibn-i Abhar — has also arrived |
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SFI18.279bx, MSHR3.032x, YIA.389x |
LOIR20.175bx |
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Humor; jokes; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities |
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| AB11650 |
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350 |
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ای ثابت بر پیمان مدتیست نامه نگار نگردیدم مبادا دل فکار گردی زیرا فراموش نشدی |
O you who are firm in the covenant! It has been some time since I last wrote to you. God forbid that this has saddened you |
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SFI18.281-282 |
LOIR20.177-179 |
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Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Humor; jokes |
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| AB11680 |
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230 |
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نامه مشکین که بپدر مهربان مرقوم نموده بودید بنهایت روح و ریحان حرفا بحرف |
The musk-laden message which you had written to your kind father was read, word for word |
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SFI18.273 |
LOIR20.168-169 |
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Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Predictions and prophecies; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness |
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| AB11718 |
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160 |
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ای مشتاق آستان آندلبر یکتا آنچه نگاشتی و در ضمیر منیر مضمر داشتی مشهود و |
O you who yearn for the threshold of that One Beloved! That which you had written, as well as what was latent within your radiant mind |
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SFI18.274a |
LOIR20.169-170 |
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Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation |
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| AB11728 |
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150 |
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ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید مناجات طلب مغفرت از برای پدر بزرگوار گردید |
O you who are firm in the Covenant! Your letter was received. You requested a prayer supplicating forgiveness for your great father |
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SFI18.280a |
LOIR20.176 |
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Consolation and comfort; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts |
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| AB11788 |
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90 |
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ای شخص لطیف جلیل دو روز پیش نامه بشما نگاشته شد ولی جناب امین مکتوبش الان |
O refined and illustrious personage! I had written a Tablet to you just two days ago |
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SFI18.280b |
LOIR20.177 |
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Humor; jokes |
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| AB11799 |
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60 |
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ای امه الله شامست و هوا تاریک و اینعبد با خامه باریک بنام تو بنگارش این |
O handmaid of God! Night has fallen, and it is now dark. With a thin pen, this servant has taken to writing |
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SFI18.283b |
LOIR20.181 |
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Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness |
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| AB11803 |
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50 |
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ای امین جمال مبارک نامه ۱۵ شهر ذی قعده ۱۳۳٨ رسید مختصر جواب مرقوم میگردد |
O trusted one of the Blessed Beauty! Your letter dated 12 August 1919 was received, and a brief reply is included herewith |
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SFI18.275ax |
LOIR20.170x |
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Courtesy; culture [adab]; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity |
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| ABU2973 |
Words spoken on 1913-01-23 in Paris |
50 |
Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 |
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اگر قائم مقام را نکشته بودند ایران ویران نمی‌شد و اگر نصائح الهیه را شنیده بودند |
Had they not killed the Qa’im-Maqam, Persia would never have fallen into ruin |
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SFI18.275-276, BDA2.102 |
MHMD2.125, LOIR20.172 |
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East and West; communication between East and West; Past, present and future of Iran |
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| ABU3648 |
Words spoken on 1916-01-22 |
570 |
Man of Courage, The |
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تاریخ حاجی میرزا اقاسی حکایت غریبی است حاجی میر.ا اقاسی اهل تبریز بود... میرزا ابو القاسم قائم مقام اول شخص ایران بود |
The story of Haji Mirza Aqasi is indeed a strange account. He was from Tabriz [3.5s]... ...Mírza Abuʼl-Qasim, the Qaʼim-Maqam, was the foremost man of Persia and a highly capable individual |
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AHB.130BE #09-10 p.19-20, RHQM2.1166-1169 (636) (391-393), SFI18.276 |
LOIR20.172, BLO_courage.05 |
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| ABU3663 |
Words spoken on 1913-05-13 |
10 |
Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 |
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اگر قائم مقام بود ایران را احیاء مینمود |
if the Qa’im-Maqam were still with us, the whole of Persia would be revived. |
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SFI18.275, BDA2.299a |
MHMD2.395, LOIR20.171 |
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| BB00002 |
Qayyumu'l-Asma' (Commentary on the Surah of Joseph) |
112000 |
Qayyum al-Asma' Sura 93: Chapter of the Bees (Qayyum al-Asma 93: Surat al-nahl); Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad, the Báb, The; Terms Remembrance (dhikr) and Gate (bab) in the Bab's Commentary on the Sura of Joseph, The; Gate of the Heart |
Qayyumul-Asma (book) |
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب علی عبده بالحق لیکون للعالمین سراجا وهاجا ان هذا صراط علی |
All praise be to God Who hath, through the power of Truth, sent down this Book unto His servant [the Bāb], that it may serve as a shining light for all mankind |
INBA03, INBA_6020C, INBA_6016C, PR41.002-192, CMB_F23.150r14-153r11 (53)x, , CMB_F11, , BLIB_Or3539, BLIB_Or6681, BN_6435, BN_5780, MKI4496, , IOM.089-090, KB_qayyum, BYC_qayyum |
ASH.055-370, RHQM1.019-021x, MBA.309-314x, SWBP#08 (p.026-050x), OOL.A003 |
SWB#08 (p.041-074x), GPB.005-006x, GPB.023x, GPB.376x, WOB.101x, WOB.126x, GOH.passim (see index), MNP.001-027n, MNP.088x, MNP.110-114x, MNP.127-134x, HURQ.BB02x, LOIR06.047x, BLO_PT#074x |
T. Ellis, unknown, friends in Jordan |
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Adam; Adam and Eve; Angels; Apocalyptic imagery; Belief and denial; Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Call to action; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Chastisement and requital; Creation of the world; Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Development of capacity and readiness; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Empty learning; false spirituality; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Fire and light; fire and water; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Goodly deeds; actions; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; High station of the true believer; Hypocrisy; Idolatry; Imagery in the Qur'an; Imam Husayn; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; John the Baptist; Justice and wrath of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Knowledge; recognition of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Language and the structure of reality; Life and death; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mosaic imagery; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Mystical themes; Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr); Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Outward and inward meanings; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs for the existence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Satan; the Evil One; Scarcity of receptive souls; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Seven stages of creation; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twin duties of recognition and obedience; Unity; oneness of humanity; Visitation Tablets; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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FHR#01, NSS.023-024, DB.061x, DB.179x, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.445.4, MMAH.009, SRC.055-057, SRC.195, GOH.030, GOH.111-159, KKD1.228.08x |
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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 |
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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 |
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NSS.030-035, AHDA.453.4, SRC.066-067, SRC.198, GOH.021-022, GOH.032, GOH.235 |
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| BB00021 |
Tafsir al-Ha I (Tafsir alfayn) (Commentary on the Letter Ha’) |
11000 |
Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart |
Tafsir-i-Ha' (Commentary on the Letter Ha') |
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الالواح الابداع طراز الالف القائم بین الحرفین الذی لاح و اشرق بما استشقق و استنطق فسبحان رب العرش عما یصف القائلون و انه هو فوق ما یعرف العارفون ... |
Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of creation to be the ornament of the Alif standing between two letters, which hath shone forth and gleamed resplendent through that which was cleft asunder and made to speak. Glorified be the Lord of the Throne above whatsoever they who speak may describe, and verily He transcendeth all that they who know can comprehend [3.5s]... ...God, verily, created the Will from nothing through itself… That which I set forth in explanation of the letter Há was to extol the Tree of Bahá, for the supporters of fate recognize the decree of spontaneity |
INBA14:231-283, INBA53:081-125, INBA67:004-052, INBA86:099-154, INBA_3006C:002-058, , INBA_6010C:221-274, , INBA_4002C, , PR02.181r22-193v13, PR07.078r-092v |
AADA.138x, ASAT1.189x, ASAT3.214x, AVK1.100-102x, HNMJ.080-081x |
GOH.211-214x, GOH.222-223x, MNP.209x, LOIR06.052x, BLO_PT#079.1.3x, BLO_PT#079.1.6x |
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Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah]; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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AHDA.454.01, SRC.072, SRC.199, GOH.033 |
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| BB00048 |
Du'a-yi Alif |
3800 |
Autobibliography in the Writings of the Báb |
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم الی الله یحشرون یا الهی کیف ادعوک و انک لم تزل لن تعرف بسواک و لا تزال .... |
Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth by His command, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs - these shall verily be gathered unto Him. O my God! How can I call upon Thee, when Thou hast ever been unknowable except through Thine own Self, and shalt ever thus remain [3.5s]... ...I have not claimed a single word of revelation. They say, “He has laid claim to spiritual authority and its trappings.” |
PR02.135v06-139r25 |
ASAT1.179-182 |
MNP.088x, LOIR06.047x, BLO_PT#012x |
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Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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SRC.067-068, SRC.185 |
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| BB00084 |
Khutbata’r-Raj’a (Khutba written in Jidda) |
2200 |
Gate of the Heart |
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد اقام العرش علی الماء والهواء علی وجه الماء و فرق بینهما علی کلمة اللاء ثم قد فتق الاجواء من عالم العماء |
Praised be to God! Who raised up the Celestial Throne upon the watery expanse and the atmosphere above the surface of the watery expanse. |
INBA91:060.12-073.08, INBA_5006C:330-335, |
HNU.143-145x, AHDA.086x |
MNP.090-091x, MNP.146-158, HURQ.BB19x, LOIR06.050ff |
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Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mystical themes; Pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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FHR#06.05, SRC.063, SRC.187, GOH.032 |
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| BB00128 |
Kitab al-Fihrist (Book of the index) |
1400 |
Autobibliography in the Writings of the Báb; Gate of the Heart |
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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 |
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Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih] |
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FHR#04, AHDA.444.3, SRC.043, SRC.050-052, SRC.065, SRC.188, GOH.022, GOH.032 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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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. |
| 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 |
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LOIR08.387, HURQ.BB61x, BLO_PT#211 |
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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 |
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MSBR.206-207x |
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| BB00229 |
Tablet to Sultan 'Abdu'l-Majid |
900 |
Epistle of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad 'the Báb' to Sultan Abdulmecid |
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو لغنی حمید هو الذی بیده ملکوت کل شیء و لایعزب من علمه شیء لا اله الا هو قل ایاه فاعبدون |
Praise be to Him Who hath sent the Book unto whosoever He willeth among His servants |
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SFI08.026-027, TZH2.065-066x, AHDA.090x |
LOIR04.001-015, BLO_PT#032 |
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Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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FHR#03.05, AHDA.460.07, SRC.058 |
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| BB00297 |
Risala fi's-Suluk (Epistle on the Spiritual Path I) |
650 |
Báb's Epistle on the Spiritual Journey towards God, The; Gate of the Heart |
Risala fis-Suluk I and II (Journey towards God) |
استقم یا سائل التقی فی مقام التوحید قال الله تعالى الذین قالوا ربنا الله ثم استقاموا تتنزل |
Be steadfast, O seeker of piety, in the station of affirming the divine unity. As God, exalted be He, has said |
INBA14:486-489, INBA53:058-061, INBA67:145-148, PR04.052r08-054r12, PR07.063r-064r, HBH_suluktr (=INBMC6006) |
ASAT4.158-159x, AVK2.231.07 |
LOIR03.049-058 |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Four pillars; Knowledge; recognition of God; Knowledge of self; Love of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness |
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NSS.019-020, AHDA.449.3, MMAH.043, SRC.044, GOH.030, GOH.301 |
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| BH00280 |
Suriy-i-Ziyarih |
2280 |
Wronged One, The; Surih of Visitation |
Surat az-Ziyarah (Surih of Visitation for Mulla Husayn) |
هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الذی سمی فی ملکوت البقاء بالبهاء و فی جبروت العلاء |
This is a letter from a wronged One, who is known in the kingdom of eternity as Bahá, in the dominion of exaltation… Our God and Beloved! Forgive us, our parents, and such of our relations as have believed in Thee and Thy signs |
INBA37:122, INBA83:195, INBA49:289, BLIB_Or15702.239, , NLAI_BH2.297, ALIB.folder18p057-066 |
AQA4#091 p.301, ADM2#005 p.017x, MAS8.082, ASAT4.078x, OOL.B141 |
LOIR03.083, BLO_PT#098, JHT_S#087x |
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Visitation tablet for Mullá Ḥusayn, who was the first to embrace the cause of the Báb and was one of its early martyrs and who is implicitly related in the tablet to Bahá’u’lláh (whose given name was also Ḥusayn) and through Him to the persecution and suffering of Abel, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, Imam Ḥusayn, and the Báb. |
Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Visitation Tablets |
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MMAH.204, GSH.196, LL#330 |
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| BH00409 |
Lawh-i-Basitatu'l-Haqiqah |
1700 |
Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality; Tablet on the Simple Reality, The (Lawḥ-i-Basíṭu'l-Ḥaqíqih) |
Lawh-i-Basítatu'l-Haqíqah (Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality) |
و ما سئل السائل فی قول الحکماء بسیط الحقیقه کل الاشیاء قل فاعلم ان المقصود |
As to the question the enquirer hath asked concerning the sage’s assertion, saying: the Element of Simple Reality is all things… words without deeds are as bees that yield no honey |
INBA39:034, BLIB_Or11096#012, , BLIB_Or15698.105, , BLIB_Or15720.105, , BLIB_Or15740.083, , NLAI_BH3.213, LEID.Or4971-7, , Majlis934.291-307 |
BRL_DA#714, AVK1.104.06x, IQT.105, SFI05.008, MAS7.140b, ASAT1.078x, ASAT5.176x, ASAT5.250x, TUM.061-064, OOL.B032, VUJUD.099x |
LOIR11.203, BLO_PT#141, VUJUDE.133-134x, HURQ.BH65x, JHT_B#016 |
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Elucidates a statement by the philosopher Mullá Ṣadrá that ‘the uncompounded reality is all things’, offers a middle position between the doctrines of ‘the oneness of being’ and ‘the oneness of appearances’, observes that both positions can be upheld with reference to different sacred scriptures, and suggests that nothing is to be gained from disputation in such matters. |
Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Uncompounded reality [basitu'l-haqiqah]; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; Words vs deeds |
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MMAH.121, GSH.185, LL#077 |
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| BH00472 |
Lawh-i-Ittihad |
1530 |
Tablet of Unity; Tablet of Unity; Creative Word and the Meaning of Unity, The |
Lawh-i-Ittihad (Tablet of Unity) |
قد حضر لدی المظلوم کتاب احد من السادات الذین اقبلوا الی الله و سمعوا و اجابوا |
The letter of one of the Sádát, they who have set themselves towards God and having heard the Call have answered their Lord, the All-Loving |
BLIB_Or15738.055, |
BRL_DA#707, AVK3.095.10x, AVK3.113.10x, AVK3.258.12x, AVK3.474.02x, AHM.388, UAB.048dx, KHSK.089-093, OOL.B048a |
LOIR02.093, BLO_PT#027, BLO_PT#146, BLO_PT#147 |
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Elucidates the subject of unity in different aspects: unity of religion, unity in speech, unity of deeds, unity in rank and station, unity of souls, and unity in material possessions. |
Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; The power of words; of speech; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Wisdom [hikmat] |
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ROB4.191, MMAH.090, LL#129 |
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| BH00593 |
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1280 |
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حمد مقدس از السن کائنات بساط اقدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که کلمه اولی |
A praise which is exalted above the tongues of all creation beseemeth the most holy court of the Desired One, Who hath made the Primal Word |
BLIB_Or15727a.123, , BLIB_Or15732.244, |
SFI18.285bx |
LOIR20.183x |
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Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat] |
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| BH01120 |
Lawh-i-Napoleon I |
750 |
First Tablet to Napoleon III (Lawh-i-Napulyun); Baha'u'llah's First Tablet to Napoleon III |
Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III) |
سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت تعلم بانی مااردت فی ذکر الا ذکرک و فی توجهی الی جهه |
Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou art aware that nothing have I sought by making any mention, except a fitting mention of Thee |
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BRL_DA#706, ROBP2.388x |
GPB.173x, PDC.082-083x, LOIR4.151, BLO_PT#014, BLO_PT#038x |
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Recounts the sufferings endured by Bahá’u’lláh and His followers; avows their innocence; reminds the Emperor of two pronouncements he had made on behalf of the oppressed and the helpless; and calls upon him to inquire into the condition of those who have been wronged, including Bahá’u’lláh and His fellow exiles. |
Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Petitions to authorities; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment |
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ROB2.368, ROB2.337, ROB3.110, GSH.097, LL#199 |
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| BH01190 |
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700 |
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حمد و ثنا مالک اسما را لایق و سزاست که از بحر حقیقت لولو معانی بخشید و از |
Praise and thanksgiving befit the King of Names, Who hath bestowed mystic pearls from the ocean of truth |
BLIB_Or15701.261, |
SFI18.285cx |
LOIR20.183-184x |
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Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Manifestation of God as educator; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice |
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| BH01217 |
Lawh-i-Hirtik (Tablet to David Hardegg) |
690 |
Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Lawh-i-Hirtík (Tablet to Hardegg) |
Lawh-i-Hirtik (Tablet to Hardegg) |
قد حضر کتابک المختوم لدی المظلوم و وجدنا منه عرف خلوصک لله المهیمن القیوم |
Thy sealed letter hath reached the presence of this Wronged One, and from it We have inhaled the sweet savour of thy devotion to God |
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BRL_DA#546, LHKM3.215b, SFI11.011, ASAT4.232x, OOL.B044 |
BRL_ATBH#87, BBR.216-217, LOIR04.097, BLO_PT#177, HURQ.BH76 |
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Briefly addresses the head of the German Templers of Haifa, calling him to consider with insight the ascendancy and sweetness of the word of God, the mysterious processes by which the abased become exalted and the exalted abased, and the lessons of the past; employs the science of letters and their numerical equivalents in explaining the significance of certain names; and affirms that He and the recipient are moved by the same divine spirit. |
Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Mystery of the great reversal; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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ROB3.028, MMAH.116, GSH.172, LL#117 |
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| BH01489 |
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580 |
Ancient Poems as Means of Revelation, in an Early Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh |
Unnamed Tablet (Baghdad) |
دی شیخ با چراغ همی گشت گرد شهر کز دیو دد ملولم و انسانم آرزو است دوست مهربان |
Last night the shaikh went all about the city, lamp in hand crying, "I am weary of beast and devil, a man is my desire" |
INBA36:349, BLIB_Or15722.245, , Majlis934.076-082 |
BRL_DA#609, MSHR2.138x |
LOIR19.237, BLO_PT#008 |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Love of God; Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause |
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| BH02406 |
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370 |
At Dawn the Friend came to my bed' |
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سحر آمد به بسترم یار کی شوریده ز عشق وی دل افکار ای برایم فتاده بهر سوئی وی |
At dawn the Friend came to my bed: “O fool for love, O broken heart, O thou, who pinest for Me wherever thou art |
INBA30:163 |
MAS4.181 |
LOIR16.273, BLO_PT#010 |
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Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Nearness and remoteness; Pain of love; love as veil; Poems and quotation from poetry; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering |
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| BH02867 |
Saqi bidih abi |
310 |
Hymn to Love (Sáqí, bi-dih ábí), A |
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ساقی بده آبی زآن شعله فارانی تا که بشویم جان را از وسوسه نفسانی زآن آب کزو |
O Cup-Bearer, give me a drop of the mystic Flame, that it may wash my soul from the whispers of the flesh |
INBA30:171, OSAI I.MMS, |
BRL_DA#491, MAS4.192 |
LOIR16.223, BLO_PT#042 |
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Love as fire; Love of God; Mystical themes; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation |
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LL#284 |
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| BH02927 |
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300 |
Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of |
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الحمد لله الذی انزل من سماء المعانی فواکه البیان و اظهر من سدره التبیان...اعمالیکه منسوب بکتاب الهی است مابین اعمال واضح و هویداست |
Praise be to God Who sent down from the heaven of signification the bounties of exposition...I give peace and blessings to the first point that appeared from the Mother Book and the first utterance divulged from the will of our Lord, the Merciful…. These are the days of the Fast |
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SFI18.285ax, AYI2.048x, AYI2.062x, MMUH#03x |
BRL_IOPF#1.15x, LOIR20.183ax, KSHK#20x, JHT_B#012x |
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Bringing oneself to account each day; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Goodly deeds; actions; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Law of fasting; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world |
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| BH04076 |
Lawh-i-Liqa' |
230 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; In the Presence of the Beloved: Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i-Liqá' |
Lawh-i-Liqa |
هذا کتاب جعلناه لقائنا للذین اقبلوا الی الله فی تلک الایام التی فیها تغیرت |
Lo, We made this epistle to be the attainment of Our presence for such as have turned unto God in these days |
INBA34:274, CMB_F31.039b-040a, |
BRL_DA#369, AQA1#137, MAS8.167x, ASAT5.068x |
LOIR18.471, BLO_PT#043, BSC.187 #276, HURQ.BH84 |
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Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause |
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JRAS.289 |
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| BH05477 |
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180 |
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کتاب انزلناه بالحق رحمه من عندنا علی الذین فازوا بایام الله و توجهوا بقلوبهم |
Concerning that which thou hadst written with regard to the work of teaching the Faith, as well as the consideration given to certain surrounding areas |
INBA15:273, INBA26:273b, BLIB_Or15730.065d, |
SFI18.285-286x, PYK.119 |
LOIR20.184x |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Words vs deeds |
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| BH11662 |
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120 |
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اگرچه به قول قائل قبل رسائل این عبد در آن حضرت مسائل بیجواب و کلمات ناصواب بوده |
Though, in the words of a speaker from former times, the letters this servant hath sent to thee are ostensibly questions that need no answer |
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SFI18.284 |
LOIR20.182 |
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Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times |
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