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| AB00013 | Tafsir-i-Bismillah | 4760 | Creation | Tafsír-i-Bismilláh ar-Raḥmán ar-Raḥím (Commentary on the opening verse of the Quran) | الحمد لله الذی بفیض ظهوره الاعلی کشف الغطاء عن وجه الهدی و اشرقت الارض | ...The names of God derive from those attributes which are the perfections belonging to the reality of the Essence | INBA55:001, INBA59:044, INBA90:097, UMich962.072-092, UMich991.174-203 | MKT1.033, MNMK#005 p.032, ASAT4.475-476x, QT105.1.122x, BMT.012, RHQM1.252-255x (312x) (187-189x), YMM.179x, JNM1.453x, DLS.284x, DLS.418x, NSS.168x, OOL.C027 | BLO_createx, BLO_PT#216.031nx | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Names and attributes of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | MMAH.279 | Date of publication mentioned in TZH6.282 and BMT.012-013. | ||
| AB00038 | 1700 | ای ثابت بر پیمان و مرد میدان مکاتیب متعدده آنجناب واصل و بر کیفیت اطلاع حاصل... از جمله اخبارات بظهور مبارک در کتاب دانیال | O thou who art firm in the Covenant and a champion in the field! Numerous letters from thee were received and their contents were noted... Among them were the tidings concerning the blessed Manifestation in the Book of Daniel [3.5s] | MMK3#102 p.067x, MMK4#166 p.182x, YMM.154x, YMM.211x, YMM.367x | Adam; Adam and Eve; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prayer for strength; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment; Reincarnation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00083 | 1170 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | الحمد لله الذی اشرق بنوره الارض و السماء و اهتزت بنفحاته ریاض التقدیس المونقه | Praise be to Him through Whose splendours the earth and the heavens are aglow, through Whose fragrant breathings the gardens of holiness… O God, my God! This is Thy radiant servant, Thy spiritual thrall | MKT2.085, MNMK#010 p.071, MMK1#019 p.036, MILAN.057, YMM.437x | SWAB#019, BPRY.177-178x | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mirror; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB00089 | 1150 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما اشرقت انوار الفلاح و النجاح و تبلج صباح | Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for causing the lights of success and prosperity to shine, and the dawn to break forth in splendor [3.5s] | MMK6#396, YMM.402x | Chastisement and requital; Literal interpretation; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00102 | 1100 | ایها النحریر الجلیل انی اشکر الله علی ما قدر و هدی و اشرق و تجلی و تلئلا نیر | O distinguished sage! I render thanks unto God for whatsoever He hath ordained and sent forth as guidance, and for all that hath shone forth, manifested and gleamed with radiant splendor [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0566, MMK6#510, YMM.193, YMM.345 | Human reality created in the image of God; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Man's distinction from the animal; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of the mind over nature | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00125 | 980 | ای ناظر بملکوت الهی در ایامیکه جمال قدم و اسم اعظم بانوار اشراق افق عراقرا | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of God! In the days when the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name illumined the horizon of Iraq with effulgent rays [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0306, MKT2.116, MILAN.170, YMM.190x | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00134 | 960 | حمدا لمن انار الافق الاعلی بنور الهدی و ازال ظلام الضلال بتبلج نور الصباح | Praise be unto Him Who hath illumined the Supreme Horizon with the light of guidance and hath dispelled the darkness of error through the dawning light of morn [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0554, MKT1.121, MNMK#011 p.074, YMM.155x | Adam; Adam and Eve; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Prayer for forgiveness; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00171 | 870 | Trustworthiness | ای جنود حیات شرق و غرب پرستش نجوم آفله نمایند و عبادت آفاق مظلمه از اس اساس | O Army of Life! East and West have joined to worship stars of faded splendor and have turned in prayer unto darkened horizons.... The essential purpose of Faith and Belief is to ennoble the inner being of man with the outpourings of grace from on high.... He is a true Baha'i who strives by day and by night | BRL_DAK#0788, COMP_TRUSTP#65x, MKT4.050, AVK3.005, MMG2#013 p.011x, YMM.067 | BRL_TRUST#64x, COC#0784x, COC#2076x, LOG#0245x, SW_v16#06 p.053x, DWN_v4#08-9 p.113-114x, DWN_v5#06 p.002-003x, BW_v01p012 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Creation of the world; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB00214 | 800 | Translation List; Universal House of Justice, The | یا من ثبت الله قلبه علی المیثاق عند ما تجلل نیر الافاق بحجاب الغیاب یا ابن | O thou whose heart God hath made firm in the Covenant when the Luminary of the horizons was veiled by the clouds of concealment, O son [3.5s]... ...As to goodly deeds and charitable donations, these will certainly diminish the misdeeds of the departed and add to their good works... ...Thou hast asked about the general criterion with regard to heresy | BRL_DAK#0691, BRL_CUHJP#18x, MMK6#308x, AVK3.371.04x, AVK3.448.05x, MAS2.104-108, YMM.342x, ABDA.089-091 | BRL_CUHJ#18x, ADMS#081x | Call to action; Development of capacity and readiness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for the departed; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| AB00221 | 780 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مفصل شما را با وجود آنکه بجان عزیزت فرصت قرائت یکسطر | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Though I have not the time to read even a single line, thy detailed letter [3.5s] | INBA85:353 | AVK3.319.01x, SFI06.015bx, ANDA#67-68 p.36, YMM.042-044 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Critique of Eastern values; culture; Past, present and future of Iran | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00235 | 760 | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه بیست و نهم ذی حجه ۱۳۲۸ رسید و نامه های دیگر بواسطه سفر | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letter dated the twenty-ninth of Dhi'l-Hijjih 1328 was received; the other letters, in the course of transmittal [3.5s] | INBA87:223, INBA52:228 | ASAT5.013x, YMM.240x | Alteration of the divine will [bada]; Business; financial; property matters; Empty learning; false spirituality; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mystical themes | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00249 | 740 | ای منادی ملکوت دو نامه از شما رسید یکی قدیم و دیگری جدید | O thou herald of the Kingdom! I received thy two letters, an old one and | YMM.209x | LOG#1635x, SW_v02#07 p.011-013 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Necessary and possible being; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Theosophy; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00253 | 740 | رب و رجائی و حرزی و ملاذی لک الحمد بما خلقت نفوسا رحمانیه و قلوبا نورانیه | O Lord, my hope, my stronghold, and my refuge! Praise be unto Thee for having brought into being souls endowed with divine compassion and hearts illumined with celestial light [3.5s] | INBA85:349 | MSHR5.263x, YMM.050 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Growth of the Cause; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00258 | 730 | یا من سمع نقرات الناقور و نغمات الصافور من الملا الاعلی فسبحان ربی الابهی انی | O thou who hast heard the beating of drums and the piping strains of the Concourse on High! Glorified be my Lord, the Most Glorious! Verily I [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0707, MMK6#341, YIA.408-410, YMM.198x, YMM.234x, YMM.308x, YMM.333x, YMM.413x, YMM.444x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Intelligible vs. perceptible realities; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00276 | 710 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای مفتون حقیقت و منجذب ملکوت الله نامه مفصل رسید و از تلاوتش نهایت سرور حاصل | O thou who art captivated by the truth and magnetized by the Heavenly Kingdom! Thy long letter hath come and it brought great joy | MKT3.249, MNMK#151 p.281, MMK1#029 p.055, YMM.384x, YMM.419x | SWAB#029, TAB.536-540, BWF.380-381x, BSC.435 #791 | Language and the structure of reality; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00282 | 700 | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای بنده درگاه الهی آنچه از خامه محبت الله جاری قرائت گردید و از مضامینش | O thou servant of the Holy Threshold! We have read what flowed out from thy pen in thy love for God, and found the contents of thy letter | INBA21:100, INBA88:056b | MKT1.248, MNMK#155 p.288, MMK1#156 p.178, MILAN.103, BSHN.140.120, BSHN.140.492, BSHN.144.120, MHT1a.079, MHT1b.037, MHT2.166, YMM.231 | SWAB#156, TAB.642-645, BWF.391-393x, COC#1750, PN_1900_heh p035 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Reincarnation; Return of the Manifestations of God; Soul; spirit after death; Soul is the essential reality of man; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||
| AB00298 | 690 | حمدا لمن خلق حقیقه نورانیه و هویه رحمانیه و کینونه روحانیه و جوهره ربانیه | Praise be to Him Who hath created the luminous reality, the merciful essence, the spiritual being, and the divine substance [3.5s] | INBA13:390, INBA55:219, INBA59:143, INBA88:045b, UMich962.034-036, UMich991.012-015 | BRL_DAK#0759, MMK6#284, ASAT3.126x, AVK2.202x, YMM.397, YMM.471 | Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00338 | 640 | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید جواب مفصل ممکن نه مختصر مرقوم می گردد و آن | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Thy letter was received. A detailed reply is not possible; therefore a brief response is herewith written [3.5s] | YMM.165x, YMM.230x, YMM.364x, YARP2.481 p.356 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00342 | 640 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای کنیز عزیز الهی حمد کن خدا را که در آستان مقدسش مقربی و در ملکوت عزتش معزز | O thou dear handmaid of God! Praise thou God, because thou art favoured at His Holy Threshold, and cherished in the Kingdom of His might. | MNMK#153 p.285, MMK1#142 p.161, YMM.364x | SWAB#142, TAB.091-094, BSC.489 #940x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| AB00373 | Commentary on passages from the Tablet of Wisdom | 620 | Lawh-i-Hikmat; Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Explaining Three Verses in the Lawh-i-Hikmat, A | ای منادی پیمان سوال از دو مسئله مهمه نموده بودید که تفسیر دو ایه از ایات | O Herald of the Covenant! Thou didst inquire about two important matters requiring the interpretation of two verses from the verses [3.5s]... ...“That which hath been in existence had existed before, but not in the form thou seest today.” From this blessed verse it is clear and evident that the universe is evolving… The substance and primary matter of contingent beings is the ethereal power | AVK1.167, ANDA#19 p.35x, MAS2.068-070, YMM.208x, VUJUD.088x | BLO_PT#106, BLO_failayn, VUJUDE.143-144x | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Evolution; human evolution; Nature and God's will | - | - | ||||||
| AB00384 | 610 | اللهم یا ربی الرحمن انت الکریم و انت المنان انی اتضرع الیک باللسان و الجنان | O God, my Lord, the All-Merciful! Thou art the Gracious, Thou art the Bestower. With tongue and heart I implore Thee [3.5s] | INBA85:357 | BRL_DAK#0769, MKT8.246x, AKHA_134BE #07 p.272x, AKHA_106BE #09 p.04x, YMM.038 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Prayer for protection; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00393 | 610 | ای یار مهربان نامه اخیر در اسکندریه وصول یافت با وجود نهایت ضعف ... در این سفر شب و روز مشغولیت | O kind friend! Thy latest letter was received in Alexandria. Despite extreme feebleness... during this journey I am occupied night and day [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0311, MMK5#003 p.001, MMK6#274x, AVK2.161.16x, AVK2.212.19x, AVK4.179.12x, MAS2.071-072x, MSHR3.072x, YHA2.1003x, YMM.240x, YMM.302x, YMM.346x, YMM.417x, NJB_v04#15 p.004x | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00407 | 600 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و مضمون مشحون باحساسات روحانیه بود و مبشر بان | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and its contents were replete with spiritual sentiments and heralded glad tidings [3.5s] | SFI01.059, MSHR1.081x, YMM.195x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00430 | 590 | Bahá'í Scriptures | از حقيقت سؤال نموده بوديد . حقيقت کلمة اللّه است که محيی عالم انسانی است کوران را بينا کند | O seeker of the Kingdom! Your letter has arrived and its contents became known. You asked: What is Truth? ...As to progress after death: know that after death it is the divine world. Progress is possible, but it depends upon the generosity of God... | MMK3#111 p.074x, YMM.256x, YMM.384x, VUJUD.103.20x | BSC.494 #954x, BSTW#139, VUJUDE.189x | East and West; communication between East and West; Evolution; human evolution; Love of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Soul; spirit after death; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| AB00484 | 560 | Light of the World | اللهم یا موید من یشاء بما یشاء علی ما یشاء ان معدن الرضا و منبع الوفا | O Lord! O Thou Who graciously aidest whomsoever Thou willest, with whatsoever Thou willest, unto whatsoever Thou willest. Verily, that treasury of resignation | NURA#69, MKT9.009, MMK4#172 p.196x, TSHA3.570, MSBH1.243, YMM.473x, QUM.115x | LOTW#69 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB00542 | 530 | از انتشار اجنحه طیور لیل مرقوم نموده بودید هذا ما اخبر به القلم الاعلی فی | Thou hast written regarding the spreading of the wings of the birds of night. As the Most Exalted Pen hath foretold in [3.5s] | INBA85:362 | MMK6#430, YMM.036, AADA.129x | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00663 | 480 | Light of the World | ای مستبشر ببشارات الله در هر عصر و قرنی مطلع آفاق بتجلی خاصی مشرق و لائح و | O thou who rejoicest in the glad-tidings of God! In every age and century, the Dayspring of the world is made manifest | INBA85:370 | NURA#50, MMK4#103 p.112, YMM.046 | LOTW#50 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||
| AB00702 | 470 | Light of the World | ای طالب حقیقت آن عبارتی که مرقوم نمودی از جمال مبارک متمم ایه ایست که | O thou seeker after Truth! The statement of the Blessed Beauty which thou hast quoted doth supplement the verse | NURA#59, MMK4#149 p.159, YMM.332x | LOTW#59 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB00765 | 450 | ای سائل جلیل از افق اعلی و ملکوت ابهی سوال نموده بودید حضرت اعلی اننی انا حی | O honored questioner! Thou hast asked about the Supreme Horizon and the Kingdom of Abha. His Holiness the Bab hath stated | MKT9.134b, ASAT5.156, BSHN.140.364, BSHN.144.362, MHT1a.074, MHT1b.032, YMM.418 | BSTW#186 | False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00777 | 450 | ایها الفتی الرحمانی انی اطلعت بمضمون الخطاب و تضرعت الی الله ان یویدک بشدید | O thou youth of the All-Merciful! I have perused the contents of the letter and have supplicated unto God that He may strengthen thee [3.5s] | YMM.414x | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00847 | 420 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | اللهم یا کاشف البلایاء و دافع الرزایاء انی اتضرع الیک تضرع العانی الی ملیک | O my God! O Thou Remover of adversities and Dispeller of afflictions! I, verily, implore Thee | BRL_DAK#0011, YMM.330x | BRL_ATE#011, MAAN#28 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| AB00917 | 410 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایها المقر بوحدانیه الله انی قرئت تحریرک و ابتهلت الی الله | O thou who art confessing the Oneness of God! Verily, I read thy letter and I besought God to cause thee to promulgate His divine Manifestation | YMM.213x, QT108.092x | TAB.106-108 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||
| AB00939 | 400 | Translation List; Concourse on High | ای بنده درگاه الهی هر چند تا بحال در مکاتبه فتور و قصور رفت ولی در عالم دل و | O servant of the divine Threshold! Though there has been delay and shortcoming in correspondence until now, yet in the realm of the heart [3.5s]... ...Those souls who have detached themselves from the world of humanity and acquired heavenly attributes are reckoned among the Concourse on High | MMK6#256, MAS2.108-110, YMM.153x, ABDA.086-087 | ADMS#326x | Love of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB00977 | 390 | اللهم یا من انبت کل دوحه هی اروم عائله بفروع ممتده الی الاوج الرفیع متشعبه | O God, Thou Who hast caused every mighty tree to spring forth—each the root of a family with branches stretching unto lofty heights, far-spreading [3.5s] | YMM.044 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01022 | 390 | ایتها الزجاج المقتبس الانوار من سراج البهاء ... و اما ما سئلت من الایۀ الثانیۀ | O thou glass ignited with light from the Lamp of Bahá! ... And as to what thou didst ask concerning the second verse [3.5s] | YMM.233x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Power of prayer; Prayer for women; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01034 | 390 | یا امه الله قد اطلعت بالسوال الذی سئلت عنه بواسطه انطون افندی عن الاصحاح | O handmaid of God! I have perused the question which thou didst ask through Antun Effendi concerning the chapter [3.5s] | YMM.366 | Apocalyptic imagery; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01050 | 380 | ای بنده الهی دو نامه شما واصل و بر مضامین وقوف حاصل شد نظر تو باید باینعبد | O servant of the True One! Thy two letters were received and the contents thereof were noted... True paradise for the soul is to enjoy near access to the eternal Beauty, while hell is to be far removed from that radiant Light | INBA89:166b | MAS2.016x, YMM.273x, YMM.284x, VUJUD.111x | VUJUDE.202x | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Courtesy; culture [adab]; Differences in human capacity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||
| AB01109 | 370 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای بنده آستان ایزد دانا آنچه مرقوم نمودی ملحوظ گردید هر چه نگاشتی مفهوم شد | O servant of the Threshold of the All-Knowing God! That which thou didst write was perused, and all that thou didst inscribe was understood [3.5s]... ...By the term “that true and radiant morn” mentioned in the Hidden Words is meant the Dawn of divine Revelation when the Exalted One manifested Himself | BRL_DAK#0701, ASAT5.039-040x, AVK2.262.15x, PYB#027 p.04, MAS2.019-020x, YMM.369x, YARP2.130 p.148, NSS.155bx | BRL_ATE#187x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||
| AB01170 | 360 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای ادیبان ای طبیبان جناب امین و یاران ستایش از همت بی پایان نموده اند... تعليم اطفال و پرورش کودکان اعظم مناقب عالم انسان | O men of learning and physicians! His honor the Trustee and his companions have praised your boundless endeavor [3.5s]... ...The education and training of children is among the most meritorious acts of humankind and draweth down the grace and favor of the All-Merciful | MMK1#103 p.126x, AKHA_131BE #10 p.270, YMM.205x | SWAB#103x | Arcs of ascent and descent; Educational curricula; Education and the development of capacity; Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator | - | - | |||||||
| AB01239 | 350 | Translation List; On the Meanings of the Terms 'Angels' and 'Jinn' | ای ثابت بر پیمان از کثرت مشاغل مختصر مرقوم میگردد نقشه حسینیه ملاحظه گردید | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Due to the press of numerous occupations, this shall be brief. The design for the Ḥusayníyyih hath been considered [3.5s]... ...The word jinn in the Qurʼan referreth to those whose belief and rejection alike are concealed. The jinn is a hidden being | MMK4#169 p.192x, MMK6#512x, AMK.076-078, AMK.082-084, AVK4.096.06x, AVK4.459ax, RHQM1.563 (688x) (422x), ANDA#81 p.07, MAS2.019x, MAS2.034-035x, YMM.203x, NSS.155ax | ADMS#050ax | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Origin of the soul; the soul as emanation; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion | - | - | |||||||
| AB01240 | 350 | ای ثابت بر پیمان تحریر اخیر وصول یافت از قضا چند روز پیش نامه ای بشما مرقوم | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy recent letter was received. By coincidence, a few days ago I had written thee a letter [3.5s] | MMK6#568, MAS2.073-074x, YMM.256x, OOL.KW38x | Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Newspapers and the media; publications; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01308 | 340 | ای بنده حق مناجاتی طلب مغفرت بجهت غریق بحر رحمت آقا میرزا حبیب الله بدرگاه | O servant of the True One, offer a prayer for forgiveness at the Divine Threshold for him who is immersed in the ocean of mercy, Áqá Mírzá Ḥabíbu'lláh [3.5s] | MMK6#597, AVK2.194, YMM.349 | Accounts of dreams and visions; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01355 | 340 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی قد قرات نمیقتک البدیعه المعانی | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! I have indeed read thy letter with its wondrous meanings [3.5s]... O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! I have read thy beautiful letter containing beautiful significances | YMM.460-461x | TAB.658-660, BSC.472 #890-891x, CUPAB.011x, BSTW#110b, BSTW#207b | Growth of the Cause; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB01382 | 330 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده صادق الهی نامه ات ملاحظه گردید … وجود بر دو قسم است یکی وجود حق که مقدس از ادراک خلق است | O thou faithful servant of God! Thy letter was perused. Thou hadst written that 'I am striving to cause the friends of Spokane | MNMK#160 p.295x, MMK1#030 p.058x, MMK3#017 p.009x, RAHA.230x, YMM.450x | SWAB#030x, LOG#1697x, SW_v11#10 p.159 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB01539 | 310 | اللهم یا الهی ما الطف سریان محبتک فی القلوب المنجذبه بنفحات قدسک و ما احلی | O God, my God! How gentle is the flow of Thy love in hearts that are drawn to the fragrances of Thy holiness, and how sweet [3.5s] | INBA85:364 | YMM.037 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power of prayer; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01595 | 310 | ای مستقیم بر صراط امر الله استقامت اعظم منقبت عالم انسانی و ابهی موهبت حضرت | O thou who art steadfast in the path of God's Cause! Steadfastness is the loftiest virtue of the human world and the most resplendent bounty of the Lord [3.5s] | INBA85:366 | MMK6#471, YMM.047 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01599 | 310 | ای منجذب بنفحات الهی مثنوی روحانی قرائت شد و غزل بی بدل تلاوت گردید آن تبتل و | O thou who art attracted by the divine fragrances! The spiritual verses were read, and the matchless ode was chanted. That pure devotion [3.5s] | MKT4.102, AHB.121BE #04 p.000, TZH8.0399, MSHR2.144x, YMM.063, DMSB.031 | Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01629 | 310 | ایها المنجذب بنفحات الله قد اطلعت بمضمون الکتاب و عرفت فحوی الخطاب و حمدت | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! I noted the contents of thine epistle and the purpose of thy call… Thou hast asked the detail in relation to the 12th Imam | BRL_DAK#1065, TZH8.0571, MSBH1.406, MUH2.0833, YMM.165x, YMM.411x, NSS.162-163 | KFPT#03.4x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01651 | 310 | یاران رحمانی من جناب ندیم الان همدم و ندیمند و خواهش نگارش این نامه نمایند | O my heavenly companions! The honoured Nadim is now both confidant and companion, and requesteth the writing of this letter [3.5s] | YMM.053 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Prayer for healing; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01687 | 300 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه که بتاریخ بیست ... ای پروانه شمع آسمانی ، چون کور وجود و دور شهود در جميع مراتب و شئون عروج و صعود | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter dated the twentieth... O moth of the heavenly Candle! In this cycle of existence and age of divine manifestation, through all ranks and stations, ascent and advancement [3.5s] | MMK3#099 p.064x, MMK6#227x, YMM.384x | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01690 | 300 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مفصل تلاوت و مرتل گردید و نهایت روح و ریحان حاصل شد | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy detailed letter was read and chanted, and brought the utmost joy and spiritual delight [3.5s] | INBA85:372 | YMM.041 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01785 | 290 | اوراق آنجناب ملاحظه شد جمیع اذکار منبعث از محبت و خلوص بود و تفاصیل موجود و | The missives of that honored one were perused. All the expressions therein emanated from love and sincerity, and the details were present [3.5s] | INBA85:368 | MKT8.247, AKHA_127BE #05 p.a, YMM.039 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01847 | 290 | Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá | ای یار مهربان نامه شما رسید و چون رجوع از آن اقلیم سحیق گردید و باین قطر قریب | …It is clear and evident that for every receptacle there is a holding, for every dwelling a dweller, for every garden a flower, and for every paradise the ode of a nightingale. These heavenly spheres are not empty and void | BRL_DAK#0359, MKT4.146, MMK6#479, AVK1.144-145x, YMM.344 | BLO_sazedj#19x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB02137 | 270 | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء آندلبر بیهمتا تحمل هر جفاای فرمود و حمل هر بلائی کرد | O dearly beloved friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, that peerless Beloved endured every affliction and bore every tribulation [3.5s] | MMK4#040 p.045, YMM.228x | Exhortations and counsels; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02214 | 260 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بتاریخ ۱۹ ذی القعده ۱۳۳۹ بود رسید الحمد لله معانی | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter dated 19 Dhi'l-Qa'dih 1339 hath been received. Praise be to God, the contents [3.5s]... ...It behoveth us one and all to recite day and night both the Persian and Arabic Hidden Words, to pray fervently and supplicate tearfully that we may be enabled to conduct ourselves | MMK6#416, MAS5.199x, YBN.202-203, YMM.344x | COC#0395x | Goodly deeds; actions; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02325 | 250 | الهی الهی قد طفحت القلوب بالاحزان و سالت الدموع اسفا من الحرمان لما سمعت | O my God, my God! The hearts have overflowed with sorrows, and tears have streamed forth in anguish from deprivation when hearing [3.5s] | MSBH3.380, YMM.054, NJB_v12#12 p.208 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the departed; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02462 | 250 | یا ابن رسول الله در روایت صحیحه وارد که شخصی از حضرت امیر علیه السلام سوال | O Son of the Messenger of God! In an authentic tradition it is recorded that a certain person inquired of His Holiness the Prince of the Faithful, peace be upon Him [3.5s] | MSHR4.008x, YMM.166 | Imam 'Ali; Miracles and their interpretation; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02472 | 250 | یا من تمسک بحبل المیثاق تالله الحق ان سکان الرفیق الابهی و المتصدرین فی دسوت | O thou who hast held fast to the Cord of the Covenant! By the True One, the dwellers in the Abhá Paradise and they who are seated in the celestial court [3.5s] | INBA59:117b, INBA88:290 | YMM.197x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02513 | 240 | Research Department, Functions of; Etymologies of three terms | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید در وقتیکه این عبد در محیط اعظم مشاغل و غوائل | O servant of the sanctified threshold! Your letter was received at a time when the most great ocean of tasks, tribulations and literary communications… the human spirit, in other words, the rational soul, is the intermediary between the immaterial and the corporeal | YMM.274x, NJB_v05#07 p.003, VUJUD.110.19x | BLO_PT#076, VUJUDE.201x | Importance of community building; Power of the mind over nature; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||
| AB02537 | 240 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید ولی ابدا فرصت نیست با وجود این مرقوم میگردد | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and though there is absolutely no time, nevertheless I pen these lines [3.5s] | INBA17:008 | MKT9.088, YMM.267x | Day of rest; Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02695 | 230 | ای ثابت بر عهد و میثاق جمال مبارک روحی لاحبائه الثابتین الراسخین فدا در این | O thou who art firm in the Covenant and Testament of the Blessed Beauty! My spirit is a sacrifice for His steadfast and resolute loved ones therein [3.5s] | INBA13:021 | AKHA_105BE #04 p.05, AYT.449, RHQM2.0917 (343) (213-214), MAS5.238, YMM.467x | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02734 | 230 | Light of the World | ای طبیب روحانی جسد امکان بامراض شدیده و عوارض مزمنه و علل ساریه و حمای مطبقه | O thou spiritual physician! The body of humankind was afflicted with severe ills and chronic diseases, contagious maladies and prolonged fevers | INBA85:373 | NURA#51, MMK4#104 p.114, YMM.046 | LOTW#51 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||
| AB02779 | 230 | ای یار مهربان من لوح مسطور رق منشور گشت و چون گشودم و در بدایع معانی نظر | O my kind Friend! The written Tablet and unfolded scroll was received, and when I opened it and gazed upon the wondrous meanings [3.5s] | INBA85:375, INBA89:154 | MMK6#367, MSBH3.375, YMM.049 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03015 | 420 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی قرئت تحریرک مورخ ۱ ایلول سنه ۱۹۰۳ و اطلعت... و اما ما سئلت من بدء الخلق | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! I have received thy letter... Know thou that the distinction between male and female is an exigency of the physical world | BRL_DAK#0231, MMK3#014 p.007x, YMM.154x | BRL_ATE#043x, BSTW#143, BSTW#286 | Creation of the world; Equality of men and women; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Second birth | - | - | |||||||
| AB03018 | 220 | ایتها الناظره الی النور الابدی فی العالم الروحانی ... و اما الایات التی سئلت عنها من انجیل | O thou who gazest upon the eternal Light in the spiritual realm! As for those verses concerning which thou didst inquire from the Gospel [3.5s] | YMM.364x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03053 | 220 | یا ایها الروح المستبشر بنفحات قدسیه انتشرت من ریاض الملکوت الابهی و الفردوس | O thou spirit who art gladdened by the sacred fragrances that have wafted from the gardens of the Most Glorious Kingdom and Paradise [3.5s] | INBA85:360 | YMM.051 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03375 | 200 | ای ثابت بر پیمان آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید حمد خدا را که دلالت بر استقامت در | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! That which thou didst write was noted, and praise be to God that it indicateth steadfastness in [3.5s] | INBA85:378 | YMM.040 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Growth of the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03385 | 200 | بعضی از مفسّرین ضمیر موته را بحضرت مسیح ارجاع نمودهاند و گفتهاند که در مرّه ثانیه چون از آسمان نزول فرماید | Some of the commentators have referred the pronoun "His death" to Christ, and have said that when in His second coming He descendeth from heaven [3.5s] | YMM.340x | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Christ; Christianity; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03402 | 200 | ای ثابت بر پیمان یار با وفا آقا عزیزالله خان ببقعه مبارکه ذهابا و ایابا وارد | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant, faithful friend, Aqa `Azízullah Khan! Thou hast come and gone to and from the blessed Sanctuary [3.5s] | MKT4.047, YMM.055 | Consolation and comfort; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03427 | 200 | ای دوستان الهی جناب آقا احمد ذکر آن یاران را در نامه خویش نموده اند که الحمد | O divine friends! Jináb-i-Áqá Aḥmad hath made mention of those companions in his letter, for which praise be to God [3.5s] | MMK6#578, AKHA_128BE #15 p.a, YMM.349 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consultation; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03451 | 200 | ای طالب حقیقت نامه شما رسید عوارض جسمانی هر چند سبب حیرانی انسانی است ولی چون | O seeker of truth! Thy letter hath been received. Although physical afflictions cause bewilderment to the human soul, yet [3.5s] | MMK3#163 p.114, YMM.427 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03488 | 200 | ای منیر نیرات بر چند قسم منقسم یکی جرمش مظلم و تاریک ولی اقتباس نور از غیر | O Luminous One! The luminaries are divided into several kinds: one hath a body dark and obscure, yet deriveth its light from another [3.5s] | INBA13:104 | AYBY.439 #169, YMM.454x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03527 | 390 | ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله قد وصلنی تحریرک البدیع و به ذکرت ورود | O thou who art attracted by the breaths of God! Thy brilliant letter hath reached me and through it was received mention of thy arrival [3.5s]... ...You have asked about visiting holy places and the observance of marked reverence toward these resplendent spots. Holy places are undoubtedly centers of the outpouring of Divine grace | BRL_DAK#0704, YMM.366x, YMM.414x | LOG#1828x | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Law of pilgrimage; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Shrines and Holy places; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03551 | 2680 | فاعلم یا ایها السائل الجلیل بان هذا الطیر قد وقع بین مخالب المنکرین | O thou noble inquirer, know thou of a certainty that this bird hath fallen into the clutches of the deniers [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0648, YMM.329x | Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03556 | 200 | نامه مفصل آن بنت ملکوت ملاحظه گردید و بدقت تمام مطالعه شد | The long letter of that daughter of the Kingdom was perused and given great attention... Whenever any soul explains any matter, he must have authority from the verses of God, and the words of the Supreme | YMM.415x | BSTW#052gx, BSTW#189x, BSTW#416x, BSTW#443x | Importance of authoritative interpretation; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03565 | 200 | یا من انجذب بنفحات الله ان الرب المجلی علی الطور بقوه الظهور مرج البحرین بحر | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! Verily the Lord Who revealed Himself upon the Mount through the power of Manifestation hath caused the two seas to surge forth [3.5s]... ...Concerning the Manifestations that will come down in the future 'in the shadows of the clouds,' know verily that in so far as their relation to the source of their inspiration | INBA59:112a | MMK6#514, YMM.204x | GPB.099x, WOB.111x, WOB.167x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||
| AB03757 | 190 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای مقبل الی الله آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید در خصوص دیدار حضرت مسیح | O thou who art advancing toward God! What thou hast written was perused | YMM.366 | TAB.193-194, SW_v07#10 p.097x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Resurrection of Christ; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| AB03794 | 190 | ای یار مهربان صبح است و در کنار گلستان با جناب عزیزالله خان همدم و همنشینم و | O kind friend! It is morning and I am beside the rose-garden, a companion and associate of Jináb-i-'Azízu'lláh Khán [3.5s] | MKT4.147, YMM.055, DMSB.034 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03829 | 190 | Daily Lessons Received at Akka | ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی قرئت نمیقتک الجدیده المورخ ۳۰ اکتوبر سنه ۱۹۰۲ | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily I read thy recent letter, dated October 30, 1902, and noted its contents... As to thy question regarding the 'Minor Resurrection' and the first creation | YMM.357x | DLA.091x, MAB.007, BLO_PN#026x | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB03854 | 190 | قال الله سبحانه و تعالی فی کتابه الحکیم یوم یقوم الناس لرب العالمین اعلم یا ایها السالک | God, glorified and exalted be He, hath declared in His Mighty Book: "On the Day when mankind shall arise before the Lord of the worlds." Know thou, O wayfarer [3.5s] | INBA13:385, INBA72:073, INBA59:156, UMich962.139-140, UMich991.096-097 | MMK6#585, YMM.420 | Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Manifestation of God as sun | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03873 | 190 | یا من صدح بلحن الورقاء فی حدیقه الثناء قد رتلت ایات شوقک و انشرت القصیده | O thou who hast warbled with the melody of the nightingale in the garden of praise! Thou hast intoned the verses of thy longing and unfurled the poem [3.5s] | MKT4.196, YMM.064, DMSB.033 | Love of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03919 | 180 | ای امه الله مکتوب مورخ ۱۸ سبتمبر ۱۹۰۲ میلادی واصل گردید ... این که بولس گفته است که انسان را دو بدن است | O handmaiden of God! Thy letter dated 18 September 1902 hath been received... As to what Paul hath said concerning man having two bodies [3.5s] | YMM.463x | Compassion; kindness; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Soul; spirit after death; 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; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04027 | 180 | ای سیدالعابدین هر چند آن کتب و صحائف صفائح جواهر بود و کنزی عظیم ولی اصل آن | O Seyyed of the Worshippers! Although those books and tablets were jewel-laden scrolls and a mighty treasure, yet their essence [3.5s] | YMM.392 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04048 | 180 | ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه شما رسید مرقوم نموده بودی که احباء و اماء رحمان در | O cherished handmaiden of God! Thy letter was received, wherein thou hadst written that the friends and handmaidens of the All-Merciful in [3.5s] | YMM.363x, NJB_v02#06-07 p.008x | Development of capacity and readiness; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04144 | 180 | ایتها المقبله الی ملکوت الله اعلمی ان الکلمه عباره عن المعانی الکلیه الالهیه | O thou who art turned towards the Kingdom of God, know thou that the Word is an expression of the universal divine meanings [3.5s] | MMK3#126 p.088, YMM.385x | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04237 | 170 | الهی الهی ترانی من الغداه الی العشاء اتضرع الی باب رحمتک و من المساء الی | O my God, O my God! From dawn until nightfall do I supplicate at the gate of Thy mercy, and from eventide until [3.5s] | RAHA.015, YMM.457x | Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04290 | 170 | ای بنده حق نامه روحانی آن یار رحمانی ملاحظه گردید و بر مضامین اطلاع حاصل گشت | O servant of the True One! The spiritual letter of that divine friend was perused, and its contents were duly noted [3.5s] | MKT4.035, YMM.062, DMSB.039 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04427 | 170 | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای کنیز محترمه الهی نامه ایکه بتاریخ ۲۲ اکتوبر ... مسئله ترقّی انسان از عالم جماد به رتبه نبات ... خدایا هدایت نما حفظ فرما سراج روشن کن ستارهٴ درخشنده | O honoured handmaiden of God! The letter dated October 22 [3.5s]... ...O God! Guide me, protect me, make of me a shining lamp and a brilliant star. | BRL_DAK#1195, MMK3#157 p.110x, HUV1.011x, YMM.182x, YMM.192x, YMM.377x | BRL_CHILD#04x, BPRY.029x, JWTA.025x, SW_v09#10 p.114x | J. Lenz [track 12], D. Gundry, M. Sparrow, Nabil and Karim, Charisse et al, K. Kuolga, A. Southall, Ann-Sofie, Rasmus, Sasha & Nora, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, The Bird & The Butterfly, TaliaSafa, T. Nosrat, Martha & Mahdis, M. Weigert, Hayze & Family, Honiara Baha'i Youth, S. Peyman, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, J. Cooper, M. Levine [track 8], E. Mahony, Satchit, Sharlene & Prasad, Duga | Evolution; human evolution; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Man's distinction from the animal; Prayer for children and youth; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| AB04477 | 170 | ای نهالهای بوستان محبه الله جناب عزیز عزیز در این بقعه مبارکه بیاد شما افتاد | O ye saplings in the garden of the love of God! Dear and cherished friend, in this blessed spot thoughts of you arose [3.5s] | MKT4.108, AKHA_117BE #1-4 p.234x, YMM.066, YMM.095 | Power of prayer; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04480 | 170 | ای هوشیار بیدار سروش یار بود که بهوش آمدی و ندا بگوش رسید سمع اصم البته ندای | O thou awakened and vigilant one! It was the angel's melody that brought thee to consciousness, and the call reached thine ear. The deaf ear shall surely hear the call [3.5s] | INBA87:096, INBA52:095 | YMM.372x, AADA.045 | Development of capacity and readiness; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04594 | 170 | یا من وجه وجهه للذی فطر السموات و الارض قد تلوت الصحیفه البلیغه الرائقه | O thou who hast turned thy countenance towards Him Who hath fashioned the heavens and the earth! Thou hast indeed perused the eloquent and radiant epistle [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0324, MKT4.197, YMM.065, DMSB.027 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04615 | 160 | الحمد لله الذی ذرء و برء نقطه جامعه کامله مجمله حاویه واجده للمعانی الکلیه فی | Praise be to God, Who hath brought into being and fashioned forth the all-embracing, perfect and complete Point, a repository containing all universal meanings [3.5s] | INBA59:086b | YMM.434 | Arcs of ascent and descent; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04618 | 160 | اللهم یا غافر الذنوب و کاشف الکروب و ستار العیوب ان عبدک الذلیل من سمی باقا | O God, Forgiver of sins, Dispeller of sorrows, and Concealer of faults! Verily, Thy lowly servant who is named Baqa [3.5s] | YMM.330 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04673 | 160 | ای بنده آستان حق جناب آجودان را مقصد چنان که بشروط محبت قیام نماید و اثبات | O servant at the threshold of the Almighty! Jinab-i-Ajudan's purpose is such that he may arise to fulfill the conditions of love and prove steadfast therein [3.5s] | MKT4.029, YMM.061, DMSB.043 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04677 | 160 | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه که در پانزدهم شباط مرقوم نموده بودید در جوف | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! The letter which thou didst write on the fifteenth of Shabbaṭ was received [3.5s] | MMK6#317x, ASAT4.110x, YMM.182x, YMM.262x, YMM.393x | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04692 | 160 | ای بنده رب الجنود نامه مرسول وصول یافت | O servant of the Lord of Hosts! Thy letter was received [3.5s] | MAS2.040-041x, YMM.154x, YMM.278x, YMM.278x | Adam; Adam and Eve; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Free will and predestination; fate; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04721 | 390 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید از عدم فرصت مختصر مرقوم میگردد طلب مغفرت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Due to lack of time I pen but a brief response, and seek forgiveness [3.5s] | YMM.234-235x, KASH.395-396 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04795 | 160 | ای طائر هوای عرفان این طیور خاک نهایت اوجشان هزار ذراع یا کم و بیش است و لکن | O bird of the mystic heaven! These earthbound creatures can soar no higher than a thousand cubits, more or less [3.5s] | MKT4.083a, YMM.056 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04805 | 160 | ای کنیز خدا نامه ات رسید دلیل بر آن بود که توجه بکلمه الله کردی و توسل بحضرت | O maidservant of God! Thy letter was received, bearing witness that thou hast turned unto the Word of God and sought communion with His presence [3.5s] | MMK3#128 p.089, HDQI.291, ANDA#46 p.05, YMM.383 | Challenging nature; abstruseness of the Word of God; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04858 | 160 | Translation List | ای منجذبه بنفحات الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید | O thou who art attracted to the divine fragrances! That which thou hadst written was perused . . . Thou hadst written an explanation of “the seven days.” | YMM.233x, VUJUD.136-137x | VUJUDE.207-208x, ADMS#145x | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Review of publications; Seven stages of creation; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB04934 | 160 | ایها المشمول بلحظات اعین الرحمانیه دو مکتوب که محتوی حقائق و معانی محبت الهیه | O thou who art enfolded in the glances of the All-Merciful, two letters containing the realities and meanings of Divine love [3.5s] | YMM.264 | Business; financial; property matters; Love of God; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04958 | Lawh-i-'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat | 160 | Tablet to 'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát (Lawh-i-'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát) | Lawh-i-Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat (Tablet to Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat) | مقام اطمینان اعظم درجه بر ایمانست لیزدادوا ایمانا فوق ایمانهم هر چند حضرت ابراهیم | ...The station of assurance is greater in degree than that of mere faith. It is the station denoted by “that they should add faith upon faith.” | MAS9.100-101x, YMM.319bx, VUJUD.142x | BLO_PT#167x, VUJUDE.126x | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Degrees of faith; certitude; Fire and light; fire and water; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||
| AB04971 | 160 | یا امه الله قد فازت الاماء المومنات الموقنات بالموهبه العظمی فی هذا الکور | O handmaid of God! Verily, the believing and assured maidservants have attained unto the supreme gift in this Dispensation [3.5s] | YMM.472 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04973 | 160 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | یا امین الامین انی تلوت نمیقتک البدیعه الانشاء و اطلعت بمضمونها | O trustworthy one among the trustworthy! I have perused thy wondrous letter and become apprised of its contents [3.5s]... ...The vegetable spirit, the animal spirit, and the human spirit—the rational soul, that is—do not return after death to this world of the “first creation” | BRL_DAK#0426, MMK6#448, YMM.275 | BRL_ATE#141x | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Reincarnation; Soul; spirit after death; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| AB04989 | Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Abhar | 2700 | یا من قام علی خدمه المیثاق آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید | O thou who hast arisen to serve the Covenant! That which thou didst write hath been perused [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0139, MMK6#330x, YIA.363-371, YMM.299x | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Education of children; moral education; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05027 | 150 | الهی الهی هذا عبدک المنتسب الی من شرحت صدره بنور معرفتک و نورت وجهه بضیاء | O my God, O my God! This is Thy servant who is related to him whose breast Thou didst expand with the light of Thy knowledge, and whose countenance Thou didst illumine with radiance [3.5s] | MKT4.010, YMM.060, DMSB.000 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05078 | 150 | ای بنده آستان الهی علما و عرفا و امراء اکثری محروم ماندند و تو محرم راز | O servant at the threshold of the Divine! The learned, the mystics and the rulers, for the most part, remain deprived, while thou art privy to the mysteries [3.5s] | YMM.288, NSS.157a | High station of the true believer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05123 | 150 | Translation List; Various Interpretations of Dhu'l-Qarnayn | ای ثابت بر پیمان چشمه آب حیات عین یقین هدایت است الحمد لله از آن نوشیدی و هر | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The wellspring of eternal life is none other than the certitude of divine guidance. Praise be to God that thou hast drunk therefrom and [3.5s]... ...Alexander is not meant by “Dhu’l-Qarnayn”; rather, it is an allusion to one possessed of power. Consider how Alexander, with all his might and glory, was deprived of the fountain of life | MKT3.366a, AKHA_126BE #04-06 p.a, YMM.265x, LDR.492 | ADMS#327x | Exhortations and counsels; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; High station of the true believer; Living waters; water of life | - | - | |||||||
| AB05159 | 150 | ای جوان نورانی آن فتای رحمانی آقا میرزا علی اکبر میلانی نهایت سرور و شادمانی | O luminous youth, that divine soul Mirza Ali-Akbar-i-Milani, with utmost joy and gladness [3.5s] | INBA85:380 | YMM.058 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05171 | 220 | ای دختر عزیز نامه ات رسید برهان ثبوت و استقامت بر امر بدیع بود | O dear daughter! Thy letter hath arrived; it was a demonstration of thy firmness and steadfastness in this peerless Cause… In the Bolshevistic principles equality is effected through force. | BBBD.503-505, YMM.216x, YMM.401x | BBBD.505-506, SW_v13#09 p.231x | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05189 | 150 | ای دو ورقه مقبله موقنه از بدو وجود تا یوم موعود رجال تفوق بر نساء در جمیع | From the beginning of existence until the Promised Day men retained superiority over women in every respect. | COMP_WOMENP#008, MKT7.098, YMM.065 | BRL_WOMEN#008, COC#2099 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Role and station of women; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05312 | 150 | ای ناظر بافق ابهی الیوم جمیع من علی الارض از پی سراب دوانند و از عقب ظل زائل | O thou who gazest towards the Most Effulgent Horizon! Today, all who dwell upon the earth are in pursuit of mirages, running after vanishing shadows [3.5s] | INBA85:377b | YMM.048 | Idle fancies; lust and passion; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05319 | 150 | ای نجل جمیل آن عبد جلیل پدر پاک گهر هر روزی در امرالله ظهوری و بروزی نمود | O noble scion of that glorious servant, child of a father pure-born! Each day did he manifest new signs and tokens in the Cause of God [3.5s] | YMM.059 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05342 | 150 | ای ورقه منجذبه هر چند وقت عشاء است و ظلام شام آفاق را احاطه نموده ولی | O attracted leaf! Though it be the hour of eventide and the darkness of night hath encompassed the horizons, yet [3.5s] | MKT4.106, AHB.121BE #08 p.258, YMM.066 | Equality of men and women; Prayer for women; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05460 | 150 | یا من ثبت علی المیثاق هر چند بظاهر حاضر نیستی و بچش?? ظاهر ناظر نه که در این | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Though thou art not present in outward form, and art not visible to the physical eye, in this [3.5s] | MMK6#506, YMM.337x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05536 | 140 | ای آیت رحمن حی قیوم چون شمس خرق حجاب غیوم فرمود از مطلع انوار دو ایات ظاهر و | O Sign of the Ever-Living, All-Sustaining Lord! Like unto the sun that rendeth asunder the veil of clouds, from the horizon of lights two verses have become manifest [3.5s] | INBA13:118 | MKT4.023, MMK6#475, YMM.060 | Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05550 | 140 | ای بنده الهی نامه شما رسید و معلوم گردید که از جواب سابق محزون شدید مقصود نه | O servant of God! Thy letter was received, and it became evident that thou wert saddened by the previous response. This was not intended [3.5s] | INBA84:406 | YMM.388 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05610 | 140 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه تو رسید مضمون ایت استقامت بر امر حق بود و نشانه شناساای | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and its contents bespoke steadfastness in the Cause of Truth and bore the sign of recognition [3.5s] | INBA87:234b, INBA52:239 | MMK6#397, YMM.309x | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Human reality created in the image of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05729 | 140 | ای طالب رضای حضرت دوست آفتاب سپهر کیهان متواری شده است و کیوان از افق ایوان | O seeker of the good-pleasure of the Friend! The sun of the celestial sphere hath become hidden, and Saturn hath vanished from the horizon of its mansion [3.5s] | MKT4.082, YMM.056 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05934 | 140 | رب رب اننی بکل ضراعه ابسط اکف الابتهال الی ملکوت العفو و الغفران و اناجیک | O Lord, O Lord! With utmost humility I stretch forth my suppliant hands toward the Kingdom of pardon and forgiveness, and commune with Thee [3.5s] | YMM.059 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05992 | 130 | اللهم یا الهی قد بعثت الهیکل المکرم و الطلسم الاعظم علی شکل التربیع فی هیئه | O my God! Thou hast verily raised up the hallowed Temple and the Most Great Talisman in quadrangular form and shape [3.5s] | MJMJ3.004, MMG2#227 p.254, YMM.225 | Da'iras and haykals; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05995 | 130 | اللهم یا محیی العالم و مربی الامم اسئلک بالاسم الاعظم ان تلقی السکینه فی قلب | O Lord, Life-Giver of the world and Educator of the nations! I beseech Thee, by Thy Most Great Name, to cast serenity into the heart [3.5s] | YMM.319a | Degrees of faith; certitude; Imagery in the Qur'an; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06002 | 130 | الهی الهی ان عبدک ناظم کان کاظم الغیظ و العافی عن الذنب و الضیر و یحسن الی | O my God, O my God! Verily Thy servant Nazim was one who suppressed his anger, pardoned sins and wrongs, and showed kindness [3.5s] | YMM.054 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06126 | 130 | ای ثابت بر پیمان پیمانه محبت الله بدست گیر و از صهبای عرفان سرمست شو تا در | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Take up the chalice of the love of God and become intoxicated with the wine of divine knowledge, that in [3.5s] | MKT4.038, AKHA_136BE #02 p.b, YMM.062 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06283 | 130 | و امّا مسئلهٴ ثانی در آیهٴ ٢٥ کلمات مکنونه مقصود این است که در عالم وجود مراتب است | ...It [Hidden Word #25] means that there are degrees in the world of existence. However much the inferior degree may progress | PYB#027 p.04x, YMM.370x, YMM.376x | DAS.1913-03-20x | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Manifestation of God as mirror; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06292 | 130 | Tablet about Jonah and the Whale | ای ماهی دریای بی پایان حضرت یونس علیه السلام چون مونس درون حوت طبایع و عناصر | O thou fish of the fathomless ocean! As his highness Jonah (upon him be peace!) became familiar with the interior | INBA13:361a | MMK6#314, YMM.446 | BSTW#116 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||
| AB06378 | 130 | ای نهالهای بیهمال باغ الهی انشاء الله اخوان نازنین چون خوشه پروین در سپهر | O peerless saplings of the divine garden! God willing, may these cherished brethren, like the Pleiades cluster, in the celestial sphere [3.5s] | INBA17:033 | YMM.147 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06442 | 130 | ایها الحبیب قد وصل تحریرکم و اطلعنا بمضمونه و نختصر فی الجواب لقله الاوقات | O beloved friend! Thy letter hath reached us and we have taken note of its contents. We shall be brief in our reply, owing to the constraint of time [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0792, MKT3.198, MNMK#061 p.141, ASAT4.394, SFI02.058, YMM.322x, YIK.298x, ZIAB2.149-150 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Names and attributes of God; The cloud ['ama] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06474 | 130 | رب و رجائی و مقدری و مصوری و ملاذی و معاذی ان عبدک عزیز قد تذلل الی جبروت | O Lord, my Hope, my Destiny, my Fashioner, my Refuge, and my Sanctuary! Behold, Thy servant 'Azíz hath abased himself before Thy celestial dominion [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0312, MKT4.151, AKHA_102BE #05-06 p.18, TZH8.0400, YMM.064, DMSB.042 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06652 | 120 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای بنده حق کبریت آتش محبت الله است و زیبق سیماب بحر معرفت الله پس این دو جزء | O servant of God! Sulfur is the fire of the love of God and mercury is the living water of the ocean of the knowledge of God. | BRL_DAK#0005, YMM.471 | BRL_ATE#005, MAAN#22 | Alchemy; the elixir; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB06698 | 120 | Translation List; Concourse on High | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و بدقت ملاحظه گردید حمد کن خدا را که بر میثاق | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and perused with careful attention. Render thou praise unto God that in the Covenant [3.5s] | INBA17:004 | MKT8.053b, MUH3.108, YMM.278x, YMM.372x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB06810 | 120 | ای شمع محبت الله آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملحوظ افتاد | O candle of the love of God! That which thou hadst written was noted [3.5s] | YMM.261x | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06816 | 120 | Translation List | ای صهر ذبیح و ترجمان در لسان ملیح السن مختلف و لغات متفاوت لکن مراد از جمیع | O son-in-law of Dhabíḥ, thou who expressest in the sweet tongue!* Languages are many and words are various, but the purpose of them all is to depict meanings | YMM.390 | ADMS#120 | Limits of language; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||
| AB06817 | 120 | ای طالب حقیقت نامه پارسال نرسید اما نامه ای که بتاریخ ۲۶ جولای نوشته بودی | O seeker of truth! The letter from last year did not arrive, but the letter which thou didst write on July 26th [3.5s] | YMM.225x | Soul; spirit after death; The cross and the trinity; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06823 | 120 | ای طائف مطاف عالم بالا توجه بملکوت تقدیس فرما ... ایات افاق حقائق عینیه است | O thou who circlest round the exalted Realm on high! Turn thou unto the Kingdom of holiness... The signs of the horizons are manifest and evident realities [3.5s] | AVK1.157.02x, YMM.427x | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07049 | 400 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Family Life | ایها المنجذب بنفحات الله قد اخذت تحریرک المورخ اول آب سنه ۱۹۰۱ و اطلعت | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! As to thy question, If the husband preventeth his wife from entering into the Light... The darkness spoken of in the Bible | BRL_DAK#0687, COMP_FAMP#15x, COMP_WOMENP#060x, YMM.227x, YMM.234x | BRL_FAM#15x, BRL_WOMEN#060x, TAB.609-610, COC#0841x, COC#2151x, TOR.203x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil | - | - | |||||||
| AB07208 | 110 | ای امه الله مکتوب واصل ما هر چند ضعیفیم ولی فضل و عنایت جمال مبارک بسیار یعنی | O handmaid of God! Thy letter was received. Though we are weak, yet the grace and bounty of the Blessed Beauty are boundless [3.5s] | YMM.460x | Prophecy and fulfillment; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07333 | 110 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ملاحظه گردید دلیل بر خضوع و خشوع بود و برهان انجذاب | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was perused. It betokened submission and humility, and was a proof of attraction [3.5s] | YMM.265 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07443 | 110 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای سلاله حضرت خلیل رحمانی حقا که نسل جلیل حضرت خلیلید و سلاله آن ذات مقدس عزیز | The “true and radiant morn” is the dawn of the Covenant and the first light of the Testament of the Day-Star of the world | BRL_DAK#0563, CPF.268, YMM.260, YMM.369 | BRL_ATE#156x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Imagery in the Qur'an; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| AB07628 | 110 | ای نهال بوستان محبت الله خوشا بحال تو خوشا بحال تو که از صلب چنین پدری بوجود | O sapling of the garden of God's love! Blessed art thou, blessed art thou, that from such a father thou art sprung [3.5s] | MMK6#100, YMM.057 | Parents and children; youth; families; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07770 | 110 | مکتوب شما رسید ولی ابدا فرصت شرح و تفسیر نه سوالات از اطراف بیحد و پایان لهذا | Your letter has reached me, yet I find myself utterly devoid of the opportunity to enter into an exposition or interpretation thereof, for inquiries from every direction abound without end [3.5s] | MMK6#503x, YMM.425 | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07802 | 110 | یا من توجه الی الله قد فرح القلوب و انکشف الکروب و قرت البصائر و الابصار و | O thou who hast turned unto God! Hearts have been made joyous, sorrows have been dispelled, and both inner vision and outward sight have been gladdened [3.5s] | INBA85:376 | YMM.052 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08107 | 100 | ای زائر مطاف ملا اعلی نامه شما رسید نامه زوجه حضرت شهید را جواب مرقوم گردید از | O thou who circlest the sanctuary of the Exalted Concourse! Thy letter was received. An answer hath been penned to the letter from the wife of that martyred soul [3.5s] | YMM.331x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Growth of the Cause; Prayer for forgiveness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08137 | 100 | ای صدف آن لولو لئلاء در ایه مبارکه فرقان خطابا باحبای رحمن میفرماید لن تنالوا | O shell of that gleaming pearl! In the blessed verse of the Qur'án, addressing the loved ones of the All-Merciful, He saith: "Ye shall never attain..." [3.5s] | MMK6#071, YMM.196 | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08157 | 100 | ای عزیز نامه مورخ ۱۳ نومبر ۱۹۰۹ وصول یافت ... و اما سوال از عبارتی که در کتاب خطاب | O beloved one! Thy letter dated 13 November 1909 was received... And as to thy question concerning the passage in the Book [3.5s] | YMM.301x | Business; financial; property matters; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08178 | 100 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | ای کنیز عزیز الهی تحریر مرسول واصل و بر مضمون اطلاع یافتیم | O cherished handmaiden of God! Thy letter was received and its contents were noted [3.5s]... ...Obligatory prayer causeth the heart to become attentive to the Divine kingdom | YMM.364x | BRL_IOPF#2.11x | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB08241 | 100 | Translation List | ای مهتدی بنور هدی جناب آقا محمد حسن فی الحقیقه حیات معنوی و زندگانی ابدی | O thou who art led aright by the light of guidance! Jinab-i-Áqa Muḥammad-Ḥasan truly conferred spiritual existence and eternal life | INBA87:376a, INBA52:385a | YMM.318 | ADMS#095 | Degrees of faith; certitude; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||
| AB08264 | 100 | ای ناظر الی الله سمی بزرگوار صادق الوعد امین بود لهذا باین مقام بلند اعلی در | O thou who gazest toward God! The distinguished namesake was faithful to his promise, and therefore attained unto this most exalted station [3.5s] | YMM.182 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08330 | 100 | Translation List | ای یار مهربان دو نامه از شما رسید ... ترجمه مانند قشر است و اصل مانند مغز | O loving friend! Two letters from thee have been received... [3.5s]... ...His honor, Sheikh Faraju'llah, has here rendered into Arabic with greatest care the Ishraqat… A translation is like unto a husk, whereas the original is even as a pith | YMM.390x | BADM.023x, ADMS#121x | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Review of publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | |||||||
| AB08337 | 100 | ای یاران رحمانی عبدالبهاء حضرت شقیق شهید جناب حسین نامه ای جدید مرقوم فرموده | O ye companions of the All-Merciful! His Honour Husayn, the martyred brother, hath penned a new letter [3.5s] | YMM.458x | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Growth of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08542 | 90 | ای بلبل گلشن معانی قصیده فریده بلیغه ملاحظه گردید فی الحقیقه در نهایت فصاحت | O Nightingale of the garden of meanings! Thy unique and eloquent ode was perused. In truth it is possessed of utmost eloquence [3.5s] | MKT4.024, AKHA_131BE #11-12 p.h, AHB.130BE #07-08 p.15, AHB.123BE #06 p.172, TSQA3.358, YMM.061, DMSB.041 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08583 | 200 | Light of the World | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه شما رسید مرقوم نموده بودید که مدتیست از مکاتیب محروم | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written of being deprived of communications for some time… Thou has enquired regarding a certain passage from the Epistle addressed to the Wolf | BRL_DAK#0257, NURA#13, MMK4#008 p.006x, YMM.164x | LOTW#13 | Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| AB08638 | 90 | ای ثابت بر پیمان خدمات متتابعه تو بامر الله سبب سرور عبدالبهاء است که الحمد لله جان و | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy successive services to the Cause of God are a source of joy to 'Abdu'l-Bahá, for praise be unto God, thy spirit [3.5s] | YMM.041 | Confidence; courage; faith in teaching the Cause; Courage; Encouragement of individual understanding; interpretation; Praise and encouragement; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08722 | 90 | ای دو همراز نامه مختصر مفصل بود اسرار عشق راز دل است نه محسوس سمع و بصر | O twin confidants! Though brief, thy letter was comprehensive. The mysteries of love are secrets of the heart, beyond the perception of hearing and sight [3.5s] | MKT6.150, YMM.443 | Knowledge of self; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08768 | 90 | ای سمی من غلامحسین و عبدالبهاء هر دو بمعنی یک عنوانند ولی این شیرین تر و | O thou who bearest my name! Ghulam-Husayn and 'Abdu'l-Bahá are both of one meaning, though this is sweeter [3.5s] | YMM.179x | Naming of children; of individuals; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08891 | 90 | باری سؤال از کلمات مکنونهٴ عربی که میفرماید لو تشاهد بعینی نموده بودی انسان چون بمقام فنا رسد | Concerning thy question regarding the Hidden Words in Arabic wherein He saith: "Couldst thou but see with Mine eye..." - when man attaineth unto the station of effacement [3.5s] | PYB#026 p.04x, YMM.377x | Differences in human capacity; Metallurgical metaphors; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08984 | 90 | ای یاران و اماء رحمن جناب آقا غلامعلی نامه نگاشته ... لهذا به نگارش این مختصر نامه | O friends and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! His honour Áqá Ghulám-'Alí hath written a letter... therefore do I pen this brief missive [3.5s] | YMM.437x | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09184 | 80 | ای امیر شهیر در کشور اثیر امیری بعبودیت آستان جلیل کبیر است و ماعدای آن اسیری | O illustrious prince in the ethereal realm! True sovereignty lieth in servitude at the glorious Threshold of the All-Great, and all else is naught but bondage [3.5s] | YMM.465 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09263 | 80 | ای بنده صادق الهی در قرآن مجید میفرماید صنعته الله و من احسن من الله صنعته | O faithful servant of God! In the glorious Qur'án it is proclaimed: "It is the handiwork of God, and who excelleth God in His handiwork?" [3.5s] | MMK6#364x, YMM.331x | Creation of the world; Creativity in art; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09293 | 80 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بجناب اسد مرقوم نموده بودی بسیار سبب سرور شد زیرا | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter thou didst write to Jináb-i-Asad brought great joy, for [3.5s] | YMM.041, NJB_v05#12 p.005 | Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09430 | 80 | ای عبدالباقی آنچه در حیز وجود بینی جمیع فانی و هر که را در ظل ممدود یابی بر | O servant of the Ever-Abiding! Whatsoever thou beholdest within the realm of existence is destined to perish, and whomsoever thou findest beneath the extended shade [3.5s] | MMK6#376, YMM.456 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The ephemeral and the eternal; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09498 | 80 | ای مصباح محبت الله در ایه مبارکه میفرماید چون نورانیت مصباح و لطافت زجاجه و صفای | O lamp of the love of God! In the blessed verse He proclaimeth that, like unto the radiance of the lamp, the delicacy of the glass, and the purity [3.5s] | YMM.062 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Manifestation of God as sun; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09659 | 80 | تعیین قبله و شهرتش الان مقتضای حکمت بالغه نیست در وقتش اعلان خواهد شد ثم انشر | The designation of the Qiblih and its promulgation doth not, at this time, accord with consummate wisdom. At the appointed hour it shall be proclaimed, and thereafter spread abroad [3.5s] | INBA85:379 | YMM.049 | Law of obligatory prayer; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09769 | 70 | الهی الهی ان عبدک آقا جان آن و حان ان تزج به فی بحور الغفران و تعامله بالفضل | O my God, my God! This servant of Thine, Áqá Ján, now yearneth to be immersed in the ocean of Thy forgiveness and to be dealt with through Thy grace [3.5s] | TAH.356a, YMM.330 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09885 | 70 | ای بنده صادق الهی مکتوب مورخ بهشتم می سنه ۱۹۰۴ واصل گردید | O sincere servant of God! Thy letter dated 8 May 1904 hath been received [3.5s] | YMM.313x | Astrology and numerology; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09916 | 70 | Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوب شما واصل شد ... امّا در مسئلهٴ کیمیا این قضیّه در تحت عصمت و ستر الهیست هنوز یوم ظهورش نیامده و تا یوم ظهورش که درجهٴ کمال این عالم است | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received... In regard to the question of alchemy, this matter is under divine protection and secrecy. The day of its manifestation has not yet come | YMM.388x | BLO_alchemy | Alchemy; the elixir; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| AB09980 | 70 | ای زنده بزندگی جاودان آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی مضمون واضح و عیان گشت و روح و | O thou who art alive with life eternal! That which thou didst write became clear and manifest in meaning, and the spirit [3.5s] | YMM.261x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10195 | 70 | ایها الحبیب الروحانی نامه شما رسید تفسیر ایه ساریکم دار الفاسقین سوال نموده | O spiritual beloved! Your letter was received, wherein thou didst seek an interpretation of the verse "I will show you the abode of the iniquitous." [3.5s] | MKT3.226, YMM.341 | Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10260 | 70 | یا من اشتعل بنار موقده فی شجره المیثاق قم علی اعلاء کلمه الرب و قل ایها | O thou who art enkindled with the fire lit in the Tree of the Covenant! Arise to exalt the Word of thy Lord, and say: O ye [3.5s] | INBA85:377a | YMM.052 | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10420 | 60 | ای بنده حقیقی بهاء الله نامه مختصر را معانی مفصل بود بلکه سفری جلیل بود و | O true servant of Bahá'u'lláh! Though thy letter was brief, its meanings were profound; nay, it was a mighty journey [3.5s] | INBA85:381b | YMM.058, MYD.629 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10479 | 60 | ای جوینده حقیقت نامه ات رسید از خدا خواهم ثابت و مستقیم مانی و از امتحانات | O seeker of truth! Thy letter was received. I beseech God that thou mayest remain firm and steadfast amidst the tests and trials [3.5s] | YMM.200x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10500 | 60 | ای دو ستاره روشن در افق محبت الله جنود ملکوت ابهی گاهی بصورت بشر در عرصه | O ye two radiant stars upon the horizon of the love of God! The hosts of the Abhá Kingdom do at times appear in human form on earth [3.5s] | MKT5.081, YMM.245 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10531 | 60 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای شعله محبت الله شعاعرا سطوعی باید و آفتاب را طلوعی و بدر را نوری و نجم را | O flame of the love of God! The ray must shed light and the sun must rise; the full moon must shine and the star must gleam. | INBA85:381a | AHB.131BE #01-02 p.32, ANDA#12 p.74, YMM.058 | BRL_ATE#041 | Being a source of light; guidance; Love of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||
| AB10551 | 60 | ای فاطمه از فاتحه احوال مپرس از خاتمه الطاف سوال نما چه بسیار نفوس که در | O Fatimah, inquire not about conditions at their beginning, but seek to know of their end through divine favours. How many souls there were who [3.5s] | MKT4.087, AKHA_117BE #1-4 p.234, AKHA_120BE #12 p.b, HDQI.289b, ANDA#43-44 p.05, YMM.066, YMM.095 | Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10553 | 60 | ای کنیز خدا آن ملکوتی که در انجیل بنص جلیل مذکور ابوابش گشوده گشت و در نهایت | O handmaiden of God! That Kingdom which is mentioned in the glorious text of the Gospel hath opened wide its gates and is in utmost [3.5s] | YMM.261 | Proclamation to Christians | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10621 | 60 | ای ناطق بذکر محبوب آفاق فیض اعظم و فضل اقدم که از مشرق الطاف جمال قدم ظاهر شد | O thou who speakest in remembrance of the Beloved of all horizons! The Most Great Bounty and Most Ancient Grace that hath shone forth from the Dayspring of the favors of the Ancient Beauty [3.5s] | MMK4#130 p.133, YMM.356, QUM.123c | Call to action | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10668 | 60 | ایتها الامه لله الموقنه بملکوت الله اوقدک الله بنار المحبه و الانجذاب توجهی | O handmaiden of God, thou who art assured of God's Kingdom! May God ignite thee with the fire of love and attraction [3.5s] | YMM.199 | Love as fire; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10669 | 60 | ایتها الجمره المشتعله بنار محبه الله انی قرئت نمیقتک البدیعه الانشاء و اطلعت | O thou glowing ember enkindled with the fire of God's love! I have perused thy wondrous and eloquent letter [3.5s] | YMM.221 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10684 | 60 | اید اللهم سریر السلطنه العظمی بجنود من الملا الاعلی | O God, fortify the throne of the supreme dominion with hosts from the Concourse on High [3.5s] | YMM.385x | Justice and mercy; Petitions to authorities; Power of prayer; Prayer for governments and rulers; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10804 | 50 | الهی الهی ان هذین العبدین قد توجها الی نیر الخافقین و نور المشرقین و استضائا | O my God, O my God! These two servants have turned their faces toward the Luminary of the horizons and the Light of the East, and have been illumined [3.5s] | YMM.331x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for the departed; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10908 | 50 | ای دو سلیل حضرت خلیل جلیل ای خوشا بحالتان که در ریاض الهی داخل شدید و در | O ye two descendants of His Holiness Abraham, the Glorious! How blessed is your state, that ye have entered the divine gardens [3.5s] | YMM.306x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10930 | 50 | ای طالب سر اخت النبوه این سر عظیم کنز مکنون حضرت قیوم است و حفظش امر محتوم | O seeker after the mystery of the sister of prophecy! This mighty secret is the hidden treasure of the Self-Subsisting Lord, and its preservation is a binding command [3.5s] | YMM.388 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10971 | 50 | ای مومن ثابت ایمان بمثابه مصباح و قلب مانند زجاج و اعضا و ارکان بمنزله مشکاه | O steadfast believer! Faith is as a lamp, and the heart like unto glass, and the limbs and members as the niche [3.5s] | YMM.443x | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10993 | 50 | ای یعقوب اگر موهبت یوسفی طلبی چون پیر کنعان شب و روز از محبت الله گریان شو و | O Jacob! Shouldst thou seek the bounties of Joseph, then weep day and night, like unto that elder of Canaan, for the love of God [3.5s] | YMM.448 | Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11136 | 40 | ای امه الله خوش باش و مسرور و مشعوف و مجذوب که در این دور الهی از دور جام | O maidservant of God! Be thou happy, joyous, elated and enraptured, for in this divine age thou hast quaffed from the chalice [3.5s] | YMM.057 | Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11143 | 40 | ای بنده آستان مقدس مکتوب جواب نامه جمعیت لاهای ارسال گردید ... قرآن بيست و شش سال در نزد کتّاب وحی محصور بود. در زمان خلفا انتشار يافت و آن نيز محصور در نسخ معدوده بود | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! The reply to the letter from the community of Láhá was dispatched... The Qur'án remained confined to the scribes of revelation for twenty-six years. During the time of the Caliphs it was disseminated, though even then it remained limited to but a few copies [3.5s] | MMK6#003x, YMM.339x | Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Review of publications | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11326 | 30 | الهی یا رب المشرقین و رب المغربین و منور الخافقین بالنور الساطع من المطلعین و | O my God! O Lord of the two Easts and the two Wests, Illuminator of the horizons with the resplendent light that shineth from the twin Dawning-Places [3.5s] | YMM.330x | Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for the departed; Presence of; reunion with God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11343 | 30 | ای بنده حق فرصت نیست مختصر مرقوم میشود شجره انیسا جمال مبارکست که در ظل آن | O servant of the Truth! Time permitteth but a brief reply. The Tree of Anisa is none other than the Blessed Beauty, beneath Whose shade [3.5s] | MKT9.057b, ASAT1.247, YMM.198 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11371 | 30 | ای مختار جمیع اشیا در تسبیح و تقدیس حق بلسان ملکوتی مجبور و مضطرند و تو در | O Mukhtar! All things are constrained and compelled, in the celestial tongue, to glorify and sanctify the Truth, while thou [3.5s] | YMM.195 | Free will and predestination; fate; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11376 | 30 | ای ورقه موقنه دست بذیل میثاق زن و تشبث بپیمان کوکب اشراق تا جلوۀ الطاف خداوند جهان جاودان بینی | O assured leaf! Take hold of the hem of the Covenant and cling to the testament of the Day-Star of effulgence, that thou mayest behold the eternal splendor of the favors of the Lord of the world [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0313, MKT4.194a, YMM.057 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11389 | 30 | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره المبارکه ... مقدرات ربانیه مبنی بر حکمت کلیه است سر قدر | O exalted Branch of the Blessed Tree! Divine decrees are founded upon a consummate wisdom [3.5s] | YMM.353x | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Prayer for the departed; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2335 | 100 | در آیات بعضی مسائل بحسب استعداد سائل و اعتقاد آن زمان نازل شده مثلاً در قرآن مسئلهٴ ذوالقرنین و مسئله یأجوع و مأجوج | In the sacred verses certain matters were revealed according to the capacity of the questioner and the beliefs of that time, as for example in the Qur'án the question of Dhu'l-Qarnayn and the matter of Gog and Magog [3.5s] | YMM.230x | Christ; Christianity; Education of children; moral education; Harmony of science and religion; High station of learning; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Literal interpretation; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00005 | Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhi'b (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf) | 28200 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Epistle to the Son of the Wolf; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf) | الحمد لله الباقی بلا فناء و الدائم بلا زوال و القائم بلا انتقال المهیمن | Praise be to God, the Eternal that perisheth not, the Everlasting that declineth not, the Self-Subsisting that altereth not.... O God, my God! Attire mine head with the crown of justice... Thou seest me, O my Lord, with my face turned towards the heaven | BLIB_Or15708.001, , BLIB_Or15721.001, , BLIB_Or15726.082x, | BRL_ESWP, AQA6#237 p.136x, TZH4.114-115x, YMM.306x, OOL.B047 | ESW, BPRY.075x, ADJ.028ax2x, ADJ.077x, COF.101ax, TDH#158.20, GPB.071x, GPB.071-072x, GPB.097x3x, GPB.101x2x, GPB.102x2x, GPB.114x2x, GPB.124x, GPB.125x, GPB.133x, GPB.137x, GPB.184x9x, GPB.194x2x, GPB.217x2x, GPB.218x3x, PDC.015-016x, PDC.017x, PDC.082x, PDC.117-118x, PDC.118x2x, PDC.125-126x, PDC.141-142x, PDC.142x, PDC.142-143x, PDC.148x, PDC.162x, PDC.181x, PDC.184-185x, PDC.187x, WOB.186x, SW_v01#18 p.004-005x, SW_v05#15 p.226x, BSC.118 #048x, HURQ.BH74x | L. Thoresen [track 2], Charisse et al, Smith & Dragoman, E. Mahony, Baha'i Youth of Japan, Y. Mbazo & the Durban Baha'i Choir, A. Rae, Taraz, Nthabiseng & Page, MANA, S. Toloui-Wallace, S. Jaberi, Arman & Gloria, Steve & Atosa | His last major work and His third longest, calling on its recipient, a leading mujtahid, to repent of his role in the oppression and massacre of the Bahá’ís, quoting some of the most celebrated passages from His own writings, and adducing proofs establishing the validity of His cause. | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Being a source of light; guidance; Chastity and purity; Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Contention and conflict; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; East and West; communication between East and West; Empty learning; false spirituality; Fanaticism and hatred; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; High station of learning; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Knowledge; recognition of God; Knowledge of self; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; Martyrs and martyrdom; Oneness; unity of religion; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rebellion and sedition; disobedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual warfare; struggle; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Teachings as spirit of the age; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Theft; seizing the properties of others; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; War and peace; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | * | * | ROB4.368 et al, BKOG.382, GPB.219, GPB.238, EBTB.147, MMAH.122, MMAH.129, GSH.148, LL#124 | |
| BH00006 | Lawh-i-Sarraj | 26800 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Sarraj (Tablet to Sarraj) | نامه آنجناب بین یدی العرش حاضر و بر مقر انه لایعرف بما سواه واصل و ما فیه | Thy letter hath been made present before the Throne and hath reached the Seat of Him Who is known through naught else but Himself, and that which it contained [3.5s]... ...Shake off, O heedless ones, the slumber of negligence, that ye may behold the radiance which His glory hath spread through the world. | INBA35:190, INBA73:198, INBA33:081bx, INBA76:001, PR19.072b-110b, BN_suppl.1754.075-124 | BRL_DA#029, GWBP#050 p.073cx, GWBP#097 p.130ax, MAS4.046ax, MAS4.090bx, MAS4.100ax, MAS4.364ax, MAS4.350bx, MAS4.174bx, MAS7.004, ASAT4.271x, ASAT4.272x, ASAT4.487x, AKHA_122BE #04 p.?x, AKHA_137BE #08 p.ax, ANDA#05 p.06x, ANDA#69 p.05x, MSHR4.286x, YMM.468x, OOL.B201 | BRL_ATBH#67x, BRL_ATBH#72x, BRL_ATBH#76x, BRL_ATBH#77x, GWB#050x, GWB#097x, LOG#0327x, ADJ.080x, GPB.098x, GPB.102x, GPB.171x, PDC.019-020x, WOB.063x2x, WOB.104x2x, WOB.107x, WOB.108x2x, BLO_PT#075x, HURQ.BH51 | One of the longest works of Bahá’u’lláh, written in answer to questions regarding the enigma of the outwardly exalted station of Mírzá Yaḥyá and arguing, citing various statements of the Báb, that virtues become transmuted into vices when one turns away from the light of truth. | Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ROB2.262 et al, MMAH.140, LL#242 | ||
| BH00007 | Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple) | 20670 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Original Text of the Súriy-i-Haykal, The | Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple) | سبحان الذی نزل الایات لقوم یفقهون سبحان الذی ینزل الایات لقوم یشعرون سبحان | Glorified is He Who hath revealed His verses to those who understand. Glorified is He Who sendeth down His verses to those who perceive. | INBA34:001, BLIB_Or15705.001, , BLIB_Or15735.002, , IOM.099 | NRJ#1, AQA1#001, AQA4#090 p.268, HYK.002, YMM.153x, OOL.B121 | SLH#01, COC#0301x, COC#1648x, ADJ.080-081x, ADJ.085ax, ADJ.085x, COF.101bx, GPB.099x2x, GPB.101x3x, GPB.101-102x, GPB.102x, GPB.106x, GPB.143x, GPB.173x2x, GPB.174x, GPB.186x, GPB.206x4x, GPB.207x11x, GPB.207-208x, GPB.208x2x, GPB.209x6x, GPB.210x2x, GPB.211x, GPB.226x, GPB.227x3x, GPB.245x, GPB.331x, PDC.007x, PDC.020x, PDC.042-043x, PDC.046x, PDC.046-047x, PDC.047x2x, PDC.047-048x, PDC.048x, PDC.048-049x, PDC.049x2x, PDC.049-050x, PDC.050x4x, PDC.050-051x, PDC.051x3x, PDC.051-052x, PDC.052x2x, PDC.052-053x, PDC.053x, PDC.054x, PDC.055x2x, PDC.055-057x, PDC.057x, PDC.057-058x, PDC.065-067x, PDC.067x2x, PDC.067-068x, PDC.068x3x, PDC.073x, PDC.075x, PDC.078x, PDC.081x3x, PDC.085x6x, PDC.090x3x, PDC.106-107x, PDC.107x, PDC.119x, PDC.136-137x, PDC.138x, PDC.144-145x, PDC.161-162x, PDC.166x, PDC.168-169x, PDC.169x, PDC.173-174x, PDC.181-182x, PDC.196x, WOB.104x, WOB.107x, WOB.108x, WOB.109x3x, WOB.109-110x, WOB.110x, WOB.117x, WOB.138x, WOB.163x, WOB.169x, WOB.192x, WOB.192x, BLO_PT#140, BSC.209 #392-434 | G. Major and T. Sutton, L. Manifold and P. Weber | The centrepiece of His proclamatory works, originally written in Edirne and recast in ‘Akká, in which Bahá’u’lláh as the embodiment of the promised new Temple is called forth by the Holy Spirit and symbolically raised up limb by limb, with the mission of each part being assigned and sent forth into the world in fulfilment of the prophecy of the Old Testament (Zechariah 6:12). In its final form, it includes His epistles to Pope Pius IX, Emperor Napoleon III, Czar Alexander II, Queen Victoria, and Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh. | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; High station of the true believer; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Imam Husayn; Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; Justice and wrath of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; The concourse on high; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The ephemeral and the eternal; The power of example; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | * | * | ROB3.133, JRAS.292-309, MMAH.179, GSH.131, LL#306 | Epistles to the kings and rulers included in the composite Suriy-i-Haykal have their own catalog entries. |
| BH00031 | Suriy-i-Nush | 7310 | Surih of Admonition (Suratu'l-Nus'h); Days of Remembrance | Suriy-i-Nush (Surih of Counsel) | فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق علی النبیین و المرسلین و ینزل حینئذ علی ما کان | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth unto the Prophets and Messengers, and Who doth now send down what hath ever been [3.5s]... ...Announce unto My servants the advent of the One Who came unto them with the power of truth bearing the name of ‘Alí | INBA47:171, INBA36:242, INBA73:181.09x, INBA83:001, PR19.034b-048b | BRL_DA#727, AVK2.228.08x, TZH4.200-202x, LMA1.350 (209), MAS4.135x, ASAT3.024x, YMM.152x, OOL.B133, AMB#35x | DOR#35x, GPB.141x6x, BLO_PT#097, NYR#145x | A lengthy work recounting the stories of the prophets of God and their rejection by the people and clergy of their day, and exhorting the people of this day not to reject ‘Him Whom God shall make manifest’ upon His appearance. | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Noah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment | * | - | ROB1.137, MMAH.207, LL#321 | ||
| BH00033 | 7090 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | الحمد لله الذی توحه بالکلام و تفرد بالبیان الذی خضعت بحور المعانی عندما | Praise be unto Him Who hath adorned Himself with utterance and Who alone possesseth expression, He before Whom the oceans of inner meanings have bowed down whensoever [3.5s]... ...He it is Who in the Old Testament hath been named Jehovah, Who in the Gospel hath been designated as the Spirit of Truth… the task of executing the laws, the ordinances and statutes that have been sent down in the Book hath been delegated unto the men of the divine Houses of Justice [rijal-i-buyut-i-'adliyyih-yi-ilahiyyih]... It is beloved of God that all should speak in Arabic, which is the richest and vastest of all languages | INBA31:022 | BRL_DA#225, AQA7#393 p.114, AVK3.219.08x, AVK3.228.05x, AVK4.272x.01, AVK4.278x.07, DWNP_v1#05 p.001-003x, UAB.041bx, UAB.054bx, NFQ.005-008x, MAS4.175ax, GSH.210-213x, ASAT5.108x, AKHA_106BE #09 p.002x, AKHA_111BE #10-12 p.002x, AKHA_135BE #07 p.141x, NJB_v14#07 p.224x, YMM.305x, OOL.B177x, LFLN.012x | BRL_ATBH#37x, LTDT.052-053x, WOB.104x, SW_v14#07 p.224x, HURQ.BH70x, STYLE.032-033x, ADMS#331ax | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Universal language; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ROB4.159, LL#273, LL#418 | |||||
| BH00041 | Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi II | 7070 | Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | الحمد لله الذی توحد بالجلال و تفرد بالاجلال و تقدس عن الملال و تنزه عن الامال | All praise be unto Him Who hath become one through His majesty, Who standeth alone in His grandeur, Who is sanctified above all weariness, and Who is exalted beyond all earthly hopes and desires [3.5s]... ...We verily mention Our friends collectively, greet them from the direction of My Prison, send them salutations and remember them every morn and eve | INBA07:066, INBA97:031x, INBA81:059x, NLAI_BH4.169-199 | BRL_DA#115, AVK1.010.02x, AVK3.398.03x, AVK4.137.12x, NNY.152-153x, GHA.105a.02x, SFI03.003bx, MAS4.027x, MAS4.151bx, MAS8.017ax, MAS8.017bx, MAS8.072x, MAS8.073ax, ASAT1.072x, ASAT1.168x, ASAT1.242x, ASAT5.226x, PYB#221 p.03x, YMM.197x | BRL_ATBH#58x, LTDT.263x, LTDT.270-271x, ADMS#254x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| BH00045 | 6410 | Meetings, Bahá'í; Trustworthiness; Days of Remembrance; Family Life | یوم یوم ماب است و مالک رقاب بر عرش بیان مستوی و احزاب عالم را ندا میفرماید | This is the Day of Return and the Lord of all necks is established upon the Throne of Utterance and doth summon all the peoples of the world [3.5s]... ...Another letter of thine, which made mention of the hallowed and blessed days of Riḍván, was received.... Blessed is the house that hath attained unto My tender mercy... We have enjoined upon all to become engaged in some trade or profession, and have accounted such occupation to be an act of worship | BLIB_Or15717.117, , BLIB_Or15724.159bx, | COMP_FAMP#82x, COMP_TRUSTP#34x, ADM3#072 p.088x, ADM3#073 p.089x, ADM3#074 p.090x, ADM3#075 p.090x, HDQI.149x, GHA.073ax, TSBT.274x, MAS7.128ax, MAS7.140ax, AYI2.036x, AYI2.075x, AYI2.078x, AYI2.295x, AYI2.296x, AYI2.297x, AYI2.298x, AYI2.299x, AYI2.300x, PYB#178 p.03x, ANDA#37 p.03x, YMM.160x, AMB#25x | BRL_MEET.BH#04x, BRL_FAM#82x, BRL_TRUST#33x, DOR#25x, COC#0822x, COC#2045x, JHT_S#026x, JHT_S#027x, JHT_S#050x, JHT_S#072x | almunajat.com [item 8-9] | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| BH00046 | 6370 | یا محبوب فوادی این السمیع و این البصیر آیات ناطق بینات متکلم شمس شاهد ماه و | O Beloved of My heart! Where is the All-Hearing, and where is the All-Seeing? The Verses do speak, the clear Signs proclaim, the Sun beareth witness, and the Moon testifieth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15717.044, | AVK4.261.15x, TSBT.272x, TSBT.273x, MAS4.037x, MAS7.129ax, MAS7.137bx, AYI2.302x, AYI2.303x, ASAT1.102x, ASAT4.385x, ASAT5.002x, MSBH5.481x, YMM.178x, YMM.474x | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00047 | Haft Vadi (The Seven Valleys) | 6100 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Call of the Divine Beloved | Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys) | الحمد لله الذی اظهر الوجود من العدم و رقم علی لوح الانسان من اسرار القدم و | Praise be to God Who hath made being to come forth from nothingness; graven upon the tablet of man a measure of the mysteries of His eternity | INBA35:293, INBA33:101, BLIB_Or03116.067, , NLI.32p061r, PR19.024b-032b | BRL_Haft, AQA3#068 p.092, AVK1.320x, TZH4.151-153x, YMM.310x, OOL.B006 | CDB#2, BSC.159 #164-174, HURQ.BH12 | MJ Cyr (1), MJ Cyr (2), TaliaSafa & Friends, Rachel, Ethan & Ilia, E. Sabariego, G. Burriston & P. Kay, Ine, Ine, MANA, N. Hamilton, A.E. Rahbin, Gyenyame, E. Kelly, T. Ellis, M. Levine, P. Marin, J. Luckey [track 1], L. Dely & M. Congo, T. Francis | His most important mystical composition, patterned in part after Faríd’u’d-Dín ‘Aṭṭár’s Manṭiqu’l-Ṭayr (‘The Conference of the Birds’), describing seven stages in the path of the spiritual wayfarers—‘search’, ‘love’, ‘knowledge’, ‘unity’, ‘contentment’, ‘wonderment’, and ‘true poverty and absolute nothingness’—and revealing that the source of conflict upon earth can be traced to the wayfarers’ lack of awareness of the relative truths to be found within each of these stages. | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love as fire; Love of God; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | * | ROB1.096, BKOG.139, BKOG.159-161, GPB.140, MMAH.096, GSH.017, LL#016 | |
| BH00049 | Lawh-i-Nasir | 5960 | Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Nasir or Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasir-i-Qazvini) | قلم اعلی لازال بر اسم احبای خود متحرک و جاری و آنی از فیوضات لابدایات خود | The Pen of the Most High hath never ceased to make mention of the names of His loved ones…. All praise be unto Thee, O Lord, in that Thou hast sent down from the heaven of Thy bounty that whereby the worlds are purified | INBA73:144, CMB_F22, , PR19.061b-069b, PR23.052b-060b, BN_suppl.1754.064-075 | BRL_DA#032, GWBP#053 p.076x, GWBP#075 p.097x, ADM2#106 p.191x, AVK1.019.01x, AVK1.150x, AVK2.016.15x, AVK2.075.20x, AVK2.116.03x, AVK3.313.15x, AVK3.407.08x, AVK4.141.02x, MJMM.166, RSBB.152, TZH4.121x, MAS4.160bx, DLS.506x, ASAT1.032x, ASAT1.123x, ASAT1.154x, ASAT2.058x, ASAT2.101x, ASAT2.191x, ASAT3.009x, ASAT3.093x, ASAT3.203x, ASAT3.217x, ASAT4.006x, ASAT4.008x, ASAT4.372x, ASAT5.224x, ADH1.083x, YMM.340x, OOL.B063 | BRL_ATBH#74x, GWB#053x, GWB#075x, COC#1651x, COC#1652x, ADJ.057x, GPB.171x, GPB.377x, WOB.106x, BLO_PT#176, HURQ.BH52, JHT_S#092x | Affirms the ceaselessness of divine grace and guidance, which brings forth fruit provided the seed is cast upon fertile soil; asserts the continuity of His mission with those of Jesus, Muhammad, and the Báb; clarifies the position of Mírzá Yaḥyá as nominal figurehead; exposes the latter’s attempt to take Bahá’u’lláh’s life; and affirms that ‘every man hath been, and will continue to be, able of himself to appreciate the Beauty of God’. | Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | ROB2.245 et al, MMAH.193, GSH.173, LL#201 | ||
| BH00066 | Lawh-i-Salman I | 5230 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance; Commentary on a Verse of Rumi; Commentary on a Verse of Rumi | Lawh-i-Salman I (Tablet to Salman I) | ای سلمان از شهر جان بنسایم قدس رحمن بر اهل اکوان و امکان مرور نما | O Salman! Pass through the realm of being and existence with holy breezes from the City of the Spirit, wafting with the fragrances of the All-Merciful [3.5s]... ...O Salmán! Say: O people! Tread ye in the path of the one true God and ponder the ways and words of Him Who is the Manifestation | INBA35:276, INBA73:118, BLIB_Or15722.001, , NLAI_BH3.110, BN_suppl.1754.047-059 | BRL_DA#735, GWBP#021 p.040x, GWBP#148 p.204x, GWBP#154 p.212x, AVK1.026.05x, AVK2.078.12x, AVK3.303.06x, AVK3.418.16x, MJMM.128, ASAT4.100x, ASAT5.346x, YMM.322x, OOL.B076, AMB#37x | GWB#021x, GWB#148x, GWB#154x, DOR#37x, MNP.036-037x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.076-77x, ADJ.083x, ADJ.084x, GPB.169x, WOB.108x, WIND#128, HURQ.BH55 | Laments the opposition of Mírzá Yaḥyá; contrasts the stations of belief and disbelief; considers and rejects various theories of the mystics concerning the relationship between God and creation; asserts that, the Godhead itself being unknowable, the means of access to the knowledge of God is through the channel of His prophets; and interprets a line of Rumi’s Mathnaví to the effect that the light of truth is one but that, cast through the glass of different souls, it takes on different tints and colours, which is both the cause of the denial of the religion of God and the source of conflict upon earth. | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | ROB2.283, ROB3.089, BLO_PT#023, MMAH.187, GSH.179, LL#232, LL#234 | ||
| 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 | ||
| BH00074 | 4990 | Huqúqu'lláh; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The Institution of the; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | Blessed is the Spot (text) | الحمد لله الذی تجلی باثر قلمه الاعلی علی من فی ملکوت الانشاء اذا نطق کل کلیل | Praised be God Who hath manifested through the influence of His Most Exalted Pen unto all who dwell in the kingdom of creation, whereupon every weary one hath spoken [3.5s]... ...Let not the happenings of the world sadden you. I swear by God! The sea of joy yearneth… Blessed is the spot, and the house… Regarding what ye had written as to the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár’s having been established… It is the binding command of God that in every locality whatever hath been or will be made available for the Ḥuqúqu’lláh should be submitted to His Holy Presence | INBA07:220, INBA27:340, INBA22:114, BLIB_Or15717.148, , NLAI_BH4.289-326 | BRL_DA#175, BRL_HUQUQP#104x, COMP_MASHRIQP#04x, AVK3.017.06x, AVK4.147.14x, AVK4.239.11x, AVK4.430x, AVK4.432ax, AVK4.432bx, MAS4.213bx, RSR.103-104x, RSR.135-136x, PYK.060, MYD.468x, YMM.185x | BRL_ATBH#44x, BRL_HUQUQ#104x, BRL_MASHRIQ#04x, COC#0818x, COC#1152x, ADJ.082x, ADJ.083-084x | D. Deardorff [track 9], J. Heath [track 1], S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, The Humming Birds, L. Slott, K. Kuolga, Fred & Munirih, R. Orona, M. Tokuma, Honiara Baha'i Youth, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, TaliaSafa, Friends in Vancouver, Shirin & Daniel, Jamesley & Leon, Bass Adjustment, S. Sunderland, S. Sunderland, G.H. Miller, L. Robinson, Rowshan [track 9], D. Crofts, Brina, S. Sharma, S. Peyman, M. Weigert, unknown, Arrayanes [track 9], E. Mahony | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Power of the Manifestation of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||
| BH00083 | 4800 | Consultation; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | حمد مقدس از لم یزل و لایزال ساحت قرب قدس حضرت محبوب بیزوالی را لایق و سزاست | Sanctified praise beseemeth the most holy court of the nearness of the Eternal, the Beloved One, Who was and is and ever shall be [3.5s]... ...Say: no man can attain his true station except through his justice. No power can exist except through unity. No welfare and no well-being can be attained except through consultation… In all things it is necessary to consult | INBA27:293 | BRL_DA#086, UAB.051ax, MAS4.213ax, MAS8.059bx, PYK.093, YMM.310x | BRL_ATBH#28x, BRL_CONSULT#02x, BRL_CONSULT#05x, COC#0167x, COC#0170x, LOG#0577x | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Consultation; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BH00125 | 3820 | الحمد لله الذی فتح باب الظهور بمفتاح اسمه الاعز الاقدس الابهی و دعا الکل | Praise be to God Who hath opened the gate of Manifestation with the key of His Most Mighty, Most Holy, Most Glorious Name, and hath summoned all [3.5s] | INBA28:447, BLIB_Or15727a.064, , BLIB_Or15732.058, | AVK3.371-372x, AYI2.030x, AYI2.222x, AYI2.223x, AYI2.224x, AYI2.225x, AYI2.226x, ABDA.077-080x, ABDA.330x, MSHR2.066x, YIA.169x, YMM.304x | Love of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00129 | 3770 | Huqúqu'lláh | الحمد لله الذی اظهر امره و اتم حجته و اکمل برهانه علی شان شهد لها سکان | Praise be to God, Who hath manifested His Cause, perfected His testimony and completed His proof in such wise that the dwellers therein have borne witness [3.5s]... ...It is clear and evident that the payment of the Right of God is conducive to prosperity, to blessing, and to honour and divine protection | BLIB_Or15733.227, | BRL_HUQUQP#012x, ADM2#101 p.184x, YMM.295x | BRL_HUQUQ#012x, COC#1104x, LOG#1031x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Exhortations and counsels; Law of Huququ'llah; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||
| BH00135 | Commentary on a verse from the Qayyumu'l-Asma | 3690 | هذا کتاب من لدنا لمن آمن بالله و سلطانه الذی کان علی العالمین محیطا لیذکر المظلوم الذی | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath believed in God and His sovereignty which encompasseth all the worlds, that the Wronged One may mention [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#010, , BLIB_Or15740.031x, , NLAI_BH3.192, BN_suppl.1754.031-037 | AVK1.242.14x, AVK1.318x, AVK1.321.18x, LHKM2.047, AYI2.067x, AYI2.068x, ASAT3.009x, ASAT5.282x, ASAT5.368x, ASAT5.369x, RAHA.126-127x, YMM.325x, YMM.357x, YMM.359x, YMM.385x, YMM.396x | Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00146 | 3540 | الحمد لله مالک الملک و الملکوت و سلطان العز و الجبروت الذی جعل کرسیه الناسوت | Praise be unto God, the Lord of sovereignty and dominion, the King of glory and might, Who hath made His throne the world of man [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.001, , BLIB_Or15711.210, | ADM2#093 p.174x, YMM.310x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00152 | 3450 | عرض میشود صورت مطالب جناب حاجی محمد علی ولیانی علیه بهاء الله که جناب محبوب | Presented is a summary of the matters concerning his honor Ḥájí Muḥammad-'Alí-i-Valyání, upon him be the glory of God, which the beloved [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15732.023, | MJAN.110, AYBY.230, AQMJ2.072x, MAS8.187x, YMM.474x | Contention and conflict; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00172 | 3160 | حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزا که از خامه و بنان ابواب لقا بر عالمیان مفتوح نمود | Praise be unto Him Who is worthy of all glorification, the Best Beloved, Who hath, through the Pen and fingers of His grace, opened wide the gates of reunion unto all the peoples of the world [3.5s]... ...Truly, none must be careless in the matter of safeguarding the divine Tablets. In former times, when plans were laid to seize some of the friends | MJAN.099, AYBY.225, HDQI.158x, ANDA#01 p.000cx, YMM.381x | LOG#0326x | Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00178 | 3130 | حمد مقدس از بیان سلطان امکان و ملیک اکوان را سزاست که از کوثر حیوان عالم | All hallowed praise befitteth the Sovereign of contingent being and the King of all worlds, Who from the Living Waters hath created the universe [3.5s]... ...We beseech the True One to adorn His handmaidens with the ornament of chastity, of trustworthiness, of righteousness and of purity. Verily, He is the All-Bestowing | INBA28:338 | BRL_DA#403, COMP_WOMENP#094x, AYI2.148x, AYI2.149x, AYI2.150x, AYI2.151x, AYI2.152x, YMM.013 | BRL_WOMEN#094x, COC#2185x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Living waters; water of life; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH00190 | 2960 | حمد مقدس از ادراک عالم و عرفان امم ساحت عز حضرت کبریائی را لایق و سزا که بقلم | Praise, sanctified beyond the comprehension of the world and the recognition of nations, befitteth the court of glory of His all-compelling Presence, Who through the Pen [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15701.242, | YMM.440x | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00192 | 2940 | جوهر حمد و بیان و ساذج شکر و تبیان بساط امنع اقدس مالک امکان را لایق و سزاست | The essence of praise and utterance, and the quintessence of thanksgiving and exposition, beseemeth and befitteth the most holy and most exalted court of the Lord of all possibility [3.5s]... ...God hath not blinked, nor will He ever blink His eyes at the tyranny of the oppressor | INBA28:229 | BRL_DA#787, AVK2.181.09x, AVK3.402.09x, NANU_BH#08x, ASAT2.128x, ASAT3.269x, ASAT4.055x, ASAT4.206x, YMM.425x | GPB.224x | Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ROB2.413, LL#210 | ||||||
| BH00201 | 2810 | ذکر حقیقی و ثناء معنوی اهل بها را لایق و سزاست که بهدایت کلمه علیا بافق اعلی | True remembrance and spiritual praise beseemeth the people of Bahá, who through the guidance of the Most Exalted Word have turned unto the Supreme Horizon [3.5s]... ...The children of Him Who is the Friend of God, and heirs of the One Who discoursed with God, who were accounted the most abject of men | INBA28:366 | AYI2.153x, AYI2.154x, AYI2.155x, AYI2.156x, YMM.007 | PDC.143x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| BH00217 | 2720 | الحمد لله الذی اظهر المکنون و ابرز المخزون الذی به ظهر اسرار ما کان و ما | Praise be to God Who hath revealed the hidden and brought forth that which was treasured up, whereby the mysteries of what was and what shall be have been made manifest [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.033, , BLIB_Or15711.042, | MAS8.053bx, ASAT5.277.07x, MSHR2.161x, YMM.464x | Call to action; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00232 | 2610 | جوهر تسبیح و ساذج تقدیس سلطان بدیع منیع قیومی را سزاست که از رشحات طفحات | The essence of glorification and purest sanctity beseemeth the wondrous, exalted and Self-Subsisting Sovereign, Who from the outpourings [3.5s] | INBA36:365, BLIB_Or15722.256, , PR23.048b-050b | BRL_DA#033, TZH4.143bx, MSHR4.198x, YMM.321x | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00233 | 2610 | هذا کتاب نزل بالحق و انه لهدی و رحمه للعالمین جمیعا و انه لحجه الله بین | This is a Book sent down in truth, and verily it is a guidance and mercy unto all the worlds, and it is indeed God's testimony amongst them [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.470, , NLAI_BH2.023 | BRL_DA#558, YMM.284x | Exhortations and counsels; Martyrs and martyrdom; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00234 | 10150 | Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | الحمد لله الذی نصر امره بالاعدآء الذین استقروا علی سرر الظلم فی ناسوت الانشاء | Praise be unto God Who hath aided His Cause through the enemies who have occupied the seats of tyranny in the kingdom of creation [3.5s]... ...O Haydar! This Wronged One hath heard thy voice raised in the service of the Cause of God... O my handmaiden, O my leaf!... It is indeed a most excellent favour | INBA51:010x, KB_620:003-004x | BRL_DA#478, LHKM2.094x, UAB.012bx, QT108.059x, PYB#114 p.04x, ANDA#64 p.08-33x, TBP#17ix, YMM.309x, YMM.341x | TB#17ix, BRL_ATBH#03x, LTDT.059x, COC#1134x | R. Yazhari | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | LL#107, LL#188 | ||||
| BH00235 | 2590 | Fire and Light | الحمد لله الذی خلق القلم الاعلی و نفخ فیه اذا انصعق من فی الارض و السماء الا | Praise be to God Who created the Supreme Pen and breathed into it whereupon all who dwell in earth and heaven were thunderstruck, save [3.5s]... ...All praise be to God Who, from every drop of blood shed by His chosen ones, hath brought forth a vast creation whose number none but Himself can reckon | INBA18:093, BLIB_Or15717.220, | BRL_DA#788, NANU_BH#01x, YMM.140 | BRL_FIRE_BH#01x | Alchemy; the elixir; Hands of the Cause; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||
| BH00240 | 2560 | قد شهدت النقطه انه لا اله الا هو الفرد الواحد العلیم الحکیم و انها لظهرت و | The Point hath testified that there is none other God but Him, the Single, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, and verily She hath appeared and [3.5s]... ...Well is it with the physician who cureth ailments in My hallowed and dearly-cherished Name. | BLIB_Or15700.041, , BLIB_Or15711.274, , BLIB_Or15722.146x, | MSHR2.199x, YMM.342x | COC#1015x, LOG#0958x | Empty learning; false spirituality; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| 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; Extract from the Súriy-i-Ra'ís about the Nature of the Soul | Suriy-i-Ra'ís (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 | ||
| BH00265 | 2400 | لک الحمد یا الهی بما اظهرت امرک و انزلت آیاتک و ابرزت بیناتک و ایدت لاعلاء | All praise be unto Thee, O my God, for that Thou hast manifested Thy Cause, sent down Thy verses, revealed Thy clear tokens, and strengthened their exaltation [3.5s] | INBA27:246 | AYI2.042x, AHB_129BE #07-08 p.017x, PYK.168, MYD.473x, YMM.469x | Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Hands of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00276 | 2290 | حمد خداوند یکتا و مقصود بیهمتا را که اولیاء خود را از علت وجود و سبب هستی | All praise be unto the one true God, the incomparable Object of all desire, Who hath made His chosen ones the cause of existence and the source of being [3.5s] | AYI2.144x, AYI2.145x, AYI2.146x, YMM.021 | Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00290 | 2190 | قد حضرت بین یدینا ورقه منک و وجدنا منها روایح حبک محبوب العالمین لذا قد | There hath come before Our presence a leaf from thee, and from it We have found the fragrances of thy love for the Best-Beloved of the worlds. Therefore [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.409, | MSHR4.288x, YMM.177x | Prayer for healing; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00303 | 2130 | حمد مقدس از عرفان من فی الامکان ساحت اقدس حضرت قیومی را لایق و سزاست که بکلمه | Praise, sanctified above the recognition of all contingent beings, befitteth the most sacred court of His Holiness, the Self-Subsisting Lord, Who by a word [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15727b.184, , BLIB_Or15732.135, | YMM.380x, YMM.475x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00315 | 2050 | حمد مقدس از عرفان کائنات حضرت مقصودیرا لایق و سزاست که بیک نظر عنایت ذره را | All praise, sanctified beyond the understanding of created things, befitteth Him Who is the Lord of our hearts' Desire, Who, with but a single glance of loving-kindness, causeth the merest atom [3.5s] | INBA28:395, BLIB_Or15727a.040, | BRL_DA#327, AYI2.169x, AYI2.170x, AYI2.171x, AYI2.172x, AYI2.173x, AYI2.174x, AYI2.175x, AYI2.176x, TSAY.468-469x, YMM.382x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00316 | Lawh-i-Jawhar-i-Hamd I | 2040 | جوهر حمد و ساذج ثنا بساط قدس حضرت محبوبیرا لایق و سزاست که لمیزل مقدس از | The essence of praise and the pure essence of glorification beseemeth the holy court of the Beloved One, Who hath ever been sanctified from [3.5s] | INBA35:161b, BLIB_Or15730.007c, | AADA.033-034x, YMM.283x | HURQ.BH75x | Manifestation of God as mediator; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | SHHB.152, LL#132 | |||||
| BH00328 | 2000 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الله رب العالمین و حضر کتابه فی السجن الاعظم و فاز | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath turned unto God, the Lord of all worlds, who hath attained unto His Book in the Most Great Prison, and who hath achieved [3.5s]... ...Thou hast asked Me concerning the nature of the soul. Know, verily, that the soul is a sign of God, a heavenly gem whose reality the most learned of men hath failed to grasp | INBA51:165, BLIB_Or15730.039, , KB_620:158-166 | BRL_DA#663, GWBP#082 p.107x, ADM1#037 p.079x, AVK1.137bx, AVK1.185ax, AVK1.276ax, MAS8.189bx, RRT.144x, ASAT4.106x, YMM.270x | GWB#082x | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Degrees of faith; certitude; Literal interpretation; Soul; spirit after death; 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 | - | - | LL#427 | |||||
| BH00333 | 1980 | یوم الله آمد سریر بیان در قطب امکان ظاهر و مکلم طور بر آن مستوی فرات رحمت از | The Day of God hath come, the Throne of Utterance hath appeared at the pole of contingent being, and the Speaker of Sinai is established thereon. The river of mercy hath descended [3.5s] | INBA31:101, BLIB_Or15701.014, | YARP1.056bx, SFI05.013, AYI2.259x, YMM.207x | Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to Jews; Proclamation to Muslims; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| BH00388 | 1740 | الحمد لله الذی تجلی للکائنات بالنقطه التی کانت مقدسه عن الجهات و النقاط و انها | Praise be to God, Who hath manifested Himself unto all created things through the Point that hath been sanctified above all directions and points, and verily it [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#008, | BRL_DA#328, MAS7.139x, MAS7.254x, AYI2.304x, ANDA#20 p.03x, MSHR2.286x, YMM.172x, YMM.433x, NSS.134x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Methods of teaching the Cause; Prophecy and fulfillment; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | LL#195 | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00435 | 1620 | الحمد لله الذی تجلی علی من فی الانشاء بظهور آثار قلمه الاعلی و اودع فی حقایق | Praise be to God, Who hath revealed Himself unto all created things through the manifestation of the traces of His Most Exalted Pen, and hath deposited within the realities [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#001, , NLAI_BH4.105-113 | AVK4.421cx, YMM.421x | Belief and denial; Call to action; Idolatry; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00457 | Lawh-i-Mubahilih | 1580 | Tablets concerning the Divine Test | Surat al-Mubahalah (Surah of the Divine Test) | هذا لوح قد فصل من لوح المحفوظ لیکون بنفسه هدایه و رحمه علی کل من فی السموات | This is a Tablet that hath been separated from the Preserved Tablet, that it might serve, of itself, as a guidance and mercy unto all who dwell in the heavens [3.5s]... ...O Muhammad! He Who is the Spirit hath, verily, issued from His habitation, and with Him have come forth the souls of God's chosen ones | BLIB_Or07852.089, , BLIB_Or15725.463, , NLAI_BH2.006 | BRL_DA#153, TZH5.029n-044n, MAS4.278.18x, MAS7.243-244x, ASAT4.487x, SAM.208, PYK.006, YMM.338x, OOL.B060 | GPB.168-169x, BLO_PT#199x | Praises the station of Quddús, one of the Báb’s first disciples and an early martyr, and relates the circumstances of the public challenge issued by Bahá’u’lláh to Mírzá Yaḥyá to take place in the mosque of Sultan Salim, at which the latter failed to present himself, which sealed the irreparable breach that had arisen between them. | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | * | - | ROB2.293, GPB.169, MMAH.168, LL#184 | See also BH03710. | |
| BH00461 | 1560 | یا ایها الناظر الی افقی و الطائر فی هوآئی اسمع ندائی قد ارتفع فی هذا الحین و | O thou who gazest upon Mine horizon and soareth in Mine atmosphere! Hearken unto My call which hath been raised at this moment [3.5s] | INBA42:143, BLIB_Or15690.033, , BLIB_Or15718.063, , BLIB_Or15728.178, | KHMT.018-019x, YMM.304x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Proclamation to Jews; Proclamation to the people of the world; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00507 | 1460 | ای حبیب من دنیا را قراری نه و وفائی نیست و صاحبان افئده نباید در این ایام | O My beloved! The world hath neither permanence nor fidelity, and they who possess hearts should not in these days [3.5s] | INBA38:005b, INBA65:279, BLIB_Or15722.235, , NLI.32p011v | LHKM2.005, PYB#148 p.03x, TABN.205-208, YMM.346x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual springtime; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00534 | 1400 | الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالامر و توحد بالحکم و انزل من سماء الاحدیه حکم الحکمه و | All praise be unto God Who is single in His command and unique in His decree, and Who hath sent down from the heaven of oneness the precepts of wisdom [3.5s]... ...I beseech Thee, Who art the Lord of the entire creation and the Edifier of all that is come into being, by Him Who is the Revelator of the divine verses | BLIB_Or15727b.108, | ADM3#093 p.106x, AVK3.020.09x, AVK3.116.03x, NNY.150-152x, MAS8.106ax, AYI2.305x, RHQM1.430-430 (521x) (320x), ASAT3.210x, ASAT5.250x, YMM.425x | JHT_S#167x | Knowledge; recognition of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ROB4.089b, LL#006 | ||||||
| BH00544 | 1360 | ان یا حرف الحی اسمع اصوات اجنحه هذا الطیر فی هذا الهوآء باجنحه الیاقوت و | O Letter of the Living! Hearken unto the sounds of the wings of this Bird in this atmosphere, with wings of ruby [3.5s] | INBA38:086bx, INBA74:083, BLIB_Or03114.065rx, , BLIB_Or15737.207b, | RSBB.132x, YMM.470x | Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00545 | 1360 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | انه هو حینئذ حی فی هذا الافق العزیز المنیر یشهد و یری و یقول مخاطبا لملا | Verily He is, in this hour, alive in this glorious and resplendent horizon. He doth witness and behold and speaketh, addressing the concourse [3.5s]... ...Every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God is endowed with such potency as can instill new life into every human frame, if ye be of them that comprehend this truth | BLIB_Or15725.455, , NLAI_BH2.072 | BRL_DA#675, GWBP#074 p.096bx, YMM.380x | GWB#074x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | LL#394 | |||||
| BH00564 | 1330 | کم من حبیب وجدناه حباباً و کم من صدیق صار زندیقاً بما اتبع هواه غافلاً عن مولاه | How many a beloved one have We found to be but a bubble, and how many a friend hath turned into a heretic by following his idle fancies, heedless of his Lord! [3.5s]... ...O concourse of the Son! Verily the kingdom of God has been adorned in My name and His dominion with My sovereignty and Jesus Christ [the Spirit] laments that which has befallen Me | BLIB_Or11095#014, | YMM.296x | KFPT#02x | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00565 | 1330 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الی من تمسک بالعلوم لعل یخرق حجاب الاکبر و یتوجه الی | This is a Book from Him Who is Wronged unto him that hath clung to learning, that perchance he may rend asunder the most great veil and turn towards [3.5s]... ...Ponder awhile. What is it that prompted, in every Dispensation, the peoples of the earth to shun the Manifestation of the All-Merciful? | INBA35:053, INBA66:110, BLIB_Or11096#007, , BLIB_Or15698.231, , BLIB_Or15720.228, , BLIB_Or15740.176, | BRL_DA#666, GWBP#035 p.060x, ADM1#005 p.018x, IQT.231, AYI1.329x, MJMM.232, DWNP_v5#06 p.002-003x, UAB.002bx, ASAT3.074x, ASAT3.131x, ASAT4.146x, ASAT4.429x, YMM.404x, NSS.125x | GWB#035x, JHT_S#100x | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#377, LL#423 | |||||
| BH00634 | 1210 | Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation | حمد مقدس از ذکر عالمیان ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودیرا سزاست که تمامیت هر | A praise sanctified from the mention of all mankind befitteth the sublime and most holy court of the Desired One, Who hath ordained that the completion of every existence | SFI01.082, MAS8.191x, YMM.352x | BLO_PT#079.2.1 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Free will and predestination; fate; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Seven stages of creation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BH00666 | 1140 | حمد حضرت مقصود را مالک غیب و شهود را مظهر اسماء و صفات را که بیک کلمه علیا | Praise be unto Him, the Intended One, the Lord of the unseen and the visible, the Manifestation of Names and Attributes, Who through one exalted Word [3.5s] | INBA27:066 | YMM.031 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00670 | 1140 | هذا کتاب من نقطه الاولی و بهائه الی الذی سمی فی جبروت الاسما بالکاظم و کان من | This is an epistle from the Primal Point and His Glory unto him who hath been named, in the dominion of names, Káẓim, and who was [3.5s] | INBA74:001 | AYBY.010b, ASAT5.235x, YMM.358x | Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00690 | 1120 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of the Gems of Unity, The (Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd) | Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd (Tablet of the Gems of Unity) | جواهر توحید و لطایف تحمید متصاعد بساط حضرت سلطان بی مثال و ملیک ذوالجلالی | All praise to the unity of God, and all honor to Him, the sovereign Lord, the incomparable and all-glorious Ruler of the universe, Who, out of utter nothingness, hath created the reality of all things | INBA65:242, INBA57:001, BLIB_Or15722.224, , NLAI_BH1.283, NLAI_BH3.186 | BRL_DA#773, GWBP#027 p.050x, AVK1.015.08x, AVK1.212.08x, AVK2.001.03x, AVK3.014.09x, AVK3.422.11x, MJMM.338, DWNP_v3#12 p.028-031, UAB.008bx, UAB.014bx, MAS4.042x, PYB#006-007 p.01x, AKHA_107BE #06 p.002x, YMM.169x | GWB#027x, JHT_B#015 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Human reality created in the image of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | LL#383 | ||||
| BH00784 | 1020 | هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و جعله الله آیه ظهوره و سلطان امره بین السموات و الارض و | This Book speaketh with truth, and God hath made it a sign of His Revelation and the sovereign authority of His Cause between the heavens and the earth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.115, , PR23.045b-046a | BRL_DA#571, LHKM1.032, YMM.224x | Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00809 | 1000 | ساذج حمد و جوهر آن ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که در بحبوحه | Pure praise and its essence are worthy and befitting of the most exalted, most holy court of the Beloved, Who in the midst [3.5s] | INBA51:212x, KB_620:205-206x | ADM1#045 p.089x, LHKM3.103x, PYB#200 p.03x, YMM.476x | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00824 | 990 | حمد خداوند یکتا را که ندایش بیهمتا و ذکرش بیهمتا و ظهورش بیهمتا یکتائی سزاوار | Praise be to the one incomparable Lord, Whose call is peerless, Whose mention is matchless, and Whose manifestation is without equal - His is a befitting oneness [3.5s] | INBA27:032 | YMM.475x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00843 | 2260 | Lawh-i-Hikmat | الحمد لله الذی خلق الماء من بیانه الظاهر فی ملکوت البقاء ثم نظر الیه انه ارتعد ی نفسه و انجمد | Praise be to God, Who created the water from His manifest utterance in the Kingdom of Eternity. Then He gazed upon it and, lo, it trembled within itself and a part of it became congealed | INBA18:079b | BRL_DA#741, ANDA#19 p.32x, YMM.258x, YMM.289x, YMM.396x | BLO_failayn | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Creation of the world; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||
| BH00864 | 950 | یا محبوب فوادی شب است اما آفتاب روشن و پیدا و نور ظاهر و هویدا سبحان الله هر | O Beloved of My heart! Though it be night, yet the Sun shineth bright and manifest, and the Light is visible and evident. Glory be unto God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.011, | MSHR5.162x, YMM.432x, YMM.473x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00866 | 940 | الحمد لله الذی انزل الاحکام و جعلها حصنا لعباده و عله لحفظ بریته طوبی لمن | Praise be to God, Who hath sent down the laws and made them a fortress for His servants and a means for the preservation of His creation. Blessed is he who [3.5s] | INBA27:027, BLIB_Or15700.145, , BLIB_Or15711.224, | AYI2.185x, YMM.248x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00944 | 870 | حمد ساحت قدس حضرت مقصودیرا لایق و سزاست که از غضب صرف رحمت کبری ظاهر نمود و از | All praise to the hallowed sanctuary of the Desired One, the One Who brought forth the Most Great Mercy from out of pure wrath | MJAN.258, AYBY.304x, AYBY.305x, UAB.011ex, YMM.432x, VUJUD.119-120x | VUJUDE.165-166x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Love as fire; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Power of prayer; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01026 | Lawh-i-Mallahu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Arabic) | 810 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic) | یا ملاح القدس احضر سفینه البقاء فی الملا الاعلی فسبحان ربی الابهی ثم امسکها | O Holy Mariner! Bid thine ark of eternity appear before the Celestial Concourse, Glorified be my Lord, the All-Glorious! | BLIB_Or15692.001, , BLIB_Or15706.073, , BLIB_Or15714.039, , IOM.094, ROB1.000x | BRL_DA#079, AQA5#136 p.176, HDQI.043, MAS4.335, AKHA_117BE #09-10 p.ax, YMM.291x, OOL.B055a | BPRY.319, SW_v13#04 p.075, DWN_v3#05 p.031-034, BLO_PT#131, BLO_PT#132, BSC.251 #526, HURQ.BH21 | L. Thoresen [track 4] | Relates two different versions of a mystical narrative of the launching of the ‘Crimson Ark’ of Bahá’u’lláh’s Covenant upon the ocean of glory and foreshadows that some within that Ark will stray and be cast out for desiring ‘to ascend unto that state which the Lord hath ordained to be above their stations’. (Arabic portion) | Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | * | * | ROB1.228, BKOG.154, GPB.147, MMAH.109, GSH.019, LL#155 | |
| BH01201 | 690 | الحمد لله الذی اظهر من ظهر لما ظهر بما ظهر فیما ظهر و لم یزل کان مقدسا من | Praise be unto God Who manifested Him Who was manifested, when He was manifested, through that which was manifested in that which appeared, and Who hath ever remained sanctified [3.5s] | INBA19:269, INBA32:241 | MSHR5.385bx, YMM.224x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01218 | 690 | هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و یدعوا الناس الی محبوب العارفین ولو یظهر علی العباد ما کنز | This is a Book that speaketh with truth and calleth the people unto the Best-Beloved of them that know, were there to be revealed unto the servants that which was treasured [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.495, , NLAI_BH2.092 | YMM.192x | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01320 | 640 | الحمد لله الذی تکلم بکلمه و انها ظهرت فی مقام علی هیئه الانسان تبارک الرحمن | Praise be unto God Who hath spoken forth a Word, and lo, it appeared in exalted station in the form of man. Blessed be the All-Merciful [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#019, | YMM.380x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Naming of children; of individuals; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Procession; appearance of the Word from God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01327 | 640 | ان یا علی قد ماج بحر الاعظم و یسمع من کل قطره منه انه لا اله الا هو الواحد | O Ali! Verily the Most Great Ocean hath surged, and from every drop thereof is heard: "There is none other God but Him, the One" [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#035, | AVK2.201.11x, MAS7.127x, YMM.257x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01341 | 640 | کتاب ینادی فی العالم و یدع الامم الی الاسم الاعظم الذی به انجذبت افئده الملا | The Book calleth out to the world and summoneth all nations unto the Most Great Name, whereby the hearts of the multitude have been enraptured [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.159b, | PZHN v2#1 p.120, YMM.304x, OOL.B174 | Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01355 | Lawh-i-Mallahu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Persian) | 630 | Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Tablet of the Holy Mariner | Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Persian) | چون اهل فلک الهی باذن ملاح قدسی در سفینه قدمی باسمی از اسما تشبث نموده بر بحر | Whilst the dwellers in the divine Ark, by the permission of the Holy Mariner, held fast unto one name amongst all names in the ancient Ark and sailed upon the ocean of names, they passed the grades of worldly limitation | INBA36:437, BLIB_Or15696.107c, , BLIB_Or15706.126, , BLIB_Or15714.043, , BLIB_Or15722.315, | BRL_DA#729, AQA5#137 p.181, MAS4.339, YADG.049-050, AHB_107BE #19 p.002x, YMM.291x, OOL.B055b | BLO_PT#131, BLO_PT#132, HURQ.BH22 | Relates two different versions of a mystical narrative of the launching of the ‘Crimson Ark’ of Bahá’u’lláh’s Covenant upon the ocean of glory and foreshadows that some within that Ark will stray and be cast out for desiring ‘to ascend unto that state which the Lord hath ordained to be above their stations’. (Persian portion) | Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | * | - | |||
| BH01360 | 630 | ذکر الله قد ارتفع بین الارض و السماء من هذا اللسان الذی ماتحرک الا علی ذکر الله | The remembrance of God hath been raised betwixt earth and heaven from this Tongue which moveth not save in remembrance of God [3.5s] | INBA51:599, BLIB_Or15694.416, , ALIB.folder18p300 | LHKM3.100, YMM.215x | High station of the true believer; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01363 | 630 | هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و فیه یذکر ما یسر به افئده العارفین و بذلک یهب نفحات القدس | This is a Book that speaketh the truth, and wherein is mentioned that which gladdeneth the hearts of them that have attained recognition, and whereby the holy breezes are wafted [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.439 | BRL_DA#570, LHKM1.053, ASAT4.107x, ASAT4.403x, ASAT4.489x, ASAT5.034x, YMM.224x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Personal instructions; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01420 | 600 | الحمد لله الذی ارسل الرسل و انزل الکتاب انه لا اله الا هو العزیز الوهاب قد | Praise be to God Who hath sent forth the Messengers and revealed the Book. Verily, there is none other God but He, the Mighty, the Bestower [3.5s] | INBA28:502 | YMM.203x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01514 | 570 | Translation List | حمد محبوب علی الاطلاق را که بفضل واسع و رحمت منبسطه احبای خود را بر حبش | Praise be to the Best-Beloved of all things, that through His abounding grace and plenteous mercies, He hath made His loved ones firm in their love of Him | BLIB_Or03116.096r, , BLIB_Or11096.174, , BLIB_Or15710.007b, | AVK4.477bx, LHKM1.180, MAS8.069x, MAS8.165x, PYB#134 p.03x, ANDA#56 p.03, YMM.299x | ADMS#301 | Importance of community building; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||
| BH01563 | 560 | یا اسم جود علیک بهائی و عنایتی نامهای ارض طا و عرایض بعضی بساحت اقدس و باصغا | O Ism-i-Júd! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. The letters from the Land of Tá and the supplications of some have reached the Most Holy Court and been heard [3.5s] | AYBY.126, ANDA#72 p.29x, YIA.199bx, YMM.351x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01586 | 550 | فسبحان الذی خلق السموات و الارض اقرب من آن و هذا ما قدر بامره ان انتم تعلمون | Glorified be He Who created the heavens and the earth in less than a moment, this being that which was ordained by His command, did ye but know [3.5s] | INBA23:200, NLAI_BH2.294 | BRL_DA#315, AQA6#249 p.233, YMM.470x | Mindfulness; concentration; focus; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01596 | 550 | هذا کتاب الله العلی المقتدر الکریم الی الله العزیز السلطان الممتنع المنیع و | This is the Book of God, the Most Exalted, the All-Powerful, the Most Generous, unto God, the Mighty, the Sovereign, the Inaccessible, the All-Glorious [3.5s] | INBA36:018, INBA71:175, BLIB_Or15696.117, | LHKM2.022, RSBB.024, YMM.218x | Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01616 | 540 | قد اشتعل العالم من النار التی ظهرت من سدره امر الله رب العالمین لعمر الله ان | The world is ablaze with the Fire that hath manifested from the Lote-Tree of God's Command, the Lord of all worlds. By the life of God [3.5s] | INBA28:360 | MSBH3.362, YMM.027 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01700 | 520 | قد ارتفع ندآء الله عن یمین العرش انی انا الله الواحد الفرد الاحد لاتمنعوا | The Call of God has assuredly been raised up from the right-hand side of the Divine Throne [uttering the words]: “I, verily, am God, the Unique, the Peerless, the One | INBA34:147, BLIB_Or15707.083, , BLIB_Or15735.245, | AQA1#025, HYK.245, YMM.214x, YMM.219x, YMM.250x, YMM.404x | HURQ.BH79x | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH01726 | 510 | ذکر الله فی شجره الفردوس الله لا اله الا هو العزیز المقتدر العلیم الذی قدر | The remembrance of God in the Tree of Paradise - God, there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Powerful, the All-Knowing, Who hath ordained [3.5s] | INBA36:060, INBA71:218 | ASAT3.022x, YMM.183x | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01747 | 500 | Huqúqu'lláh; Family Life | الحمد لله الذی خلق الکائنات من الکلمه الاولی و بها اظهر ما عجزت عن احصائها اقلام العالم و السنن الامم | Praised be God Who hath created all things from the Primal Word, and through It hath revealed that which the pens of the world and the tongues of nations have proved powerless to recount [3.5s]... ...That which is of paramount importance for the children, that which must precede all else, is to teach them the oneness of God and the laws of God. For lacking this, the fear of God cannot be inculcated… Nothing that existeth in the world of being hath ever been or will ever be worthy of mention | BRL_HUQUQP#004x, BRL_HUQUQP#32x, COMP_FAMP#43x, AQA7#412x, ADM2#102 p.185x, AVK3.326.06x, GHA.088ax, TAH.262x, PYM.223bx, PYK.033x, YMM.363x | BRL_HUQUQ#004x, BRL_HUQUQ#32x, BRL_FAM#43x, COC#0565x, COC#0819x, COC#1099x, COC#1124x, LOG#0763x, LOG#0786x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||
| BH01755 | 500 | ان اقصد فی قلبک مقصد الأقصی انه لسدرة المنتهی التی تنطق فی ملکوت الانشآء | Fix thy heart's aim upon the Ultimate Goal, for verily it is the Divine Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing, that speaketh in the kingdom of creation [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.095x, | YMM.432x | Exhortations and counsels; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01756 | 1050 | ان یا عبد قم و ناد بین العباد بالحکمه و الموعظه قل یا قوم هل ینبغی لاحد بعد ظهور | O servant! Arise, and call out amongst the servants with wisdom and exhortation. Say: O people! After the appearance of [3.5s]... ...We, verily have not fallen short of Our duty to exhort men, and to deliver that whereunto I was bidden by God, the Almighty, the All-Praised | BRL_DA#384, YMM.178x, YMM.400x | GPB.220x | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal human capacity for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01771 | 500 | سبحان الذی تجلی لذاته بذاته و تنزه فی علو امتناعه | Glorified is He Who hath revealed His own Self unto His Self, and Who remaineth sanctified in the heights of His inaccessibility [3.5s] | YMM.210x | Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Justice and wrath of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01881 | 470 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | قلم اعلی در سجن عکا باحبای ارض خا توجه نموده یعنی نفوسیکه بطراز جدید مزین | The Most Exalted Pen hath, in the Prison of 'Akká, turned toward the loved ones in the land of Khá, namely, those souls who are adorned with the new raiment [3.5s]... ...The time foreordained unto the peoples and kindreds of the earth is now come. The promises of God, as recorded in the holy Scriptures, have all been fulfilled | BLIB_Or15719.171c, , BLIB_Or15722.191, | BRL_DA#538, GWBP#010 p.016bx, MJMM.267, DLS.065, ASAT1.250x, ASAT3.238x, YMM.408x, YMM.430x | GWB#010x, PDC.124x2x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | LL#376, LL#426 | |||||
| BH01942 | 460 | یا امین علیک بهائی این ایام وقت بمثابه طیر وفا یا اکسیر اعظم نزد اهل دنیا | O Amin! Upon thee be My glory! In these days time is even as a faithful bird, nay rather, as the supreme elixir in the eyes of the people of the world [3.5s] | YMM.149 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01986 | 450 | یا حبیب فوادی و بهجه قلبی نعمت رسید الحمد لله الحمد لله و کل از آن متنعم | O thou Beloved of my heart and joy of my soul! The blessing hath arrived - praise be to God, praise be to God - and all have been enriched thereby [3.5s] | YMM.123 | Generosity [kirama]; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Stories; anecdotes; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02037 | 430 | ای ذبیح حب بدرستیکه گردانیدیم تو را مظهر اسم ذبیح در ارض پس تو ای عبد سعی | O Dhabíh of Love! Verily, We have made thee the Manifestation of the Name "The Sacrifice" upon the earth. Therefore strive, O servant [3.5s] | YMM.181 | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02076 | 420 | الحمد لله الذی ظهر بملکوت بیانه و اظهر ما کان مخزونا فی علمه و مکنونا فی کنز | Praise be to God, Who hath manifested Himself through the dominion of His utterance and revealed that which lay treasured within His knowledge and hidden in His storehouse [3.5s] | INBA27:071, BLIB_Or15690.101, , BLIB_Or15728.115, | DMSB.010, YMM.030 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH02186 | 1890 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | الحمد لله الذی عرفنا نفسه و علمنا امره و اوضح لنا مناهج الحق ... الحمد للّه الذی فصل بین الانشآء | Praise be to God Who hath caused us to know His Self and hath taught us His Cause and hath made clear unto us the pathways of truth [3.5s]... ...This treatise was revealed in the language of the people, in the days prior to Our Declaration. The occasion for its revelation was the receipt of a letter | BRL_DA#441, AHB_117BE #12 p.372x, YMM.360x, YMM.462x | BRL_ATBH#70x, CDB.x-xi | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH02209 | Lawh-i-Ard-i-Ba | 400 | Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas | Lawh-i-Ard-i-Ba (Tablet of the Land of Ba) | حمدا لمن تشرف ارض الباء بقدوم من طاف حوله الاسماء بذلک بشرت الذرات کل | Praise be to Him Who hath honoured the Land of Bá through the presence of Him round Whom all names revolve. | INBA81:088x, BLIB_Or15727a.043, | AHM.107x, HDQI.005x, AHDW.009x, ASAT4.413x, AHB_128BE #06-11 p.196x, TBP#16x, OOL.B166x | TB#16x, GPB.243x, WOB.136x, SW_v04#14 p.239x, SW_v08#14 p.185x | almunajat.com [item 21], L. Slott | Consolation and comfort; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ROB4.240, BKOG.378, YMM.151, LL#061 | ||
| BH02262 | 390 | امروز از امواج بحر بیان مقصود عالمیان این کلمه اصغا شد یا حزب الله و اصفیائه | In this day from the waves of the Ocean of Utterance this word was heard from the Purpose of the worlds: O people of God and His chosen ones [3.5s] | INBA23:101, BLIB_Or15695.242, | BRL_DA#333, BSHI.021-023, YMM.203x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Rejection of Muhammad; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH02275 | 390 | حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان و ما فی الامکان سزاوار حضرت مقصودیست که بیک اراده وجود | Praise, sanctified beyond all mention and utterance and whatsoever existeth in the contingent realm, beseemeth that Most Desired Lord Who, through a single will, brought being into existence [3.5s] | TABN.241, YMM.161x, YMM.378x | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02323 | 380 | ح س ن ذکر الله علی سیناء القرب عن شطر الایمن علی بقعه الرمان فی فردوس العز قد | Ha, Sin, Nun. The remembrance of God hath been made upon the Sinai of Nearness, from the right side, at the Spot of the Pomegranate in the Paradise of Glory [3.5s] | BRL_DA#208, RSBB.067, YMM.214x | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02504 | 350 | اسم اگرچه مدل بموسومست ولکن این در رتبه خلق مشهود و اما حق مقدس از اسم و رسم | Though the Name is signified by symbols, yet this pertaineth to the station of creation; verily God is sanctified above all names and attributes [3.5s]... ...The hour is approaching when the most great convulsion will have appeared.… I swear by God! The promised day is come, the day when tormenting trials will have surged above your heads | INBA81:146 | AVK1.105.11x, AVK4.461ax, RAHA.153x, YMM.170x | ADJ.081x, TDH#058.4x, PDC.004x | Degrees of faith; certitude; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| BH02517 | 350 | ان یا محمد قبل مصطفی ان استمع الندآء من الافق الحمرآء بما ینطق سدره المنتهی | O Muhammad, before Mustafa! Hearken unto the Call from the crimson horizon, wherewith the Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing doth speak [3.5s]... ...The hill of God hath trembled on account of the breeze of expected reunion with God. | BLIB_Or11095#027, | LHKM2.259, RHQM2.527 (?), YMM.304x | BSB7.3-4 p34x | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | LL#138 | ||||||
| BH02575 | 350 | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | یک اسم از اسماء الهی صانع است و صنعت را بسیار دوست داشته و میدارد لذا هر یک | One of the names of God is the Fashioner, and He hath loved and doth love craftsmanship; therefore each one [3.5s]... ...One of the names of God is the Fashioner. He loveth craftsmanship. Therefore any of His servants who manifesteth this attribute is acceptable in the sight of this Wronged One | BLIB_Or15715.374c, | BRL_DA#209, YMM.300x | BRL_ATBH#46x, COC#0002x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||
| BH02709 | 330 | هذا کتاب من لدن نقطه الاولی الی احد من عباد الله لیستجذب من نغمات الله | This is a Book from the Primal Point unto one of the servants of God, that he may be drawn unto the melodies of God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.055, | YMM.192x | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH02759 | 320 | جند الله هم الغالبون این جند در مقام اول و رتبه اولی آیات الله بوده و هست | The hosts of God, they are indeed the triumphant ones. These hosts, in their foremost station and highest rank, have ever been and shall remain the verses of God [3.5s] | HDQI.133, KHSH04.003, ANDA#48 p.01, YMM.244 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Hands of the Cause; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02866 | 310 | ذکر من لدنا لمن آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم لیشکر ربه و یطیر من الشوق کذلک نطق | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath believed in God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, that he may render thanks unto his Lord and soar upon the wings of longing. Thus have We spoken [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.024b, | LHKM1.115, YMM.389x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH02958 | 300 | حمد حضرت امجد ارفع اعظم اقدس قیوم را لایق و سزاست که بیک کلمه مبارکه که از | Praise be unto the Most Glorious, Most Exalted, Most Great, Most Holy, Self-Subsisting Lord, Who through one blessed word [3.5s] | AYI2.292x, AYI2.293x, YMM.475x | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02972 | 300 | حمد و ثنا و ذکر و بها محبوب عالم و مقصود امم را لایق و سزاست که سیف انتقام را | Praise, glorification, remembrance and splendor befit and are worthy of the Beloved of the world and the Goal of the nations, Who hath drawn forth the sword of retribution [3.5s] | AYI2.038x, AYI2.283x, YMM.305-306x | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02987 | 300 | طوبی لقاصد قصد المقصد الاقصی و لطالب اقبل الی الافق الاعلی و لمتوجه توجه الی | Blessed is he who hath directed himself towards the Most Exalted Goal, and he who, yearning, hath advanced towards the Supreme Horizon, and he who hath turned towards [3.5s] | YMM.432x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03018 | 300 | Trustworthiness; Huqúqu'lláh | له الحمد و المنة و له الذکر و الثنآء و العظمة و له القدرة و الرفعة | To Him be praise and gratitude, to Him be remembrance and glorification and grandeur, and to Him be power and exaltation [3.5s]... ...Blessed is that teacher who remaineth faithful to the Covenant of God, and occupieth himself with the education of children… Whoso is privileged to pay the Right of God will be numbered with such as have observed the ordinances… We send our greetings to the friends and exhort them to conduct themselves with rectitude | BRL_HUQUQP#008x, COMP_TRUSTP#25x, ADM3#080 p.096x, AYI2.026x, AYI2.027x, AYI2.028x, AYI2.029x, KHMI.046x, MSHR3.063x, MSBH7.052ax, YMM.178x | BRL_HUQUQ#008x, BRL_TRUST#24x, COC#0577x, COC#1130x, COC#2036x, WOB.107x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Law of Huququ'llah; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| BH03105 | 1830 | روحی فداک دستخط انور اطهر که مورخهٴ ٢٥ شعبان بود در اسعد اوان وارد ... و اینکه سؤال شده بود که در کتاب ایقان که باسم جناب خال | May my spirit be sacrificed for Thee! The most luminous and pure letter dated the 25th of Sha'bán arrived at the most auspicious hour... and concerning what was asked about the Book of Certitude which was addressed to the honored Uncle [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15722.140.04x, | BRL_DA#312, MSBH5.413ax, YMM.191x | Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| BH03230 | Rashh-i-'Ama | 280 | Call of the Divine Beloved | Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing) | رشح عما از جذبه ما میریزد سر وفا از نغمه ما میریزد از باد صبا مشک خطا گشته | Tis from our rapture that the clouds of realms above are raining down; ’Tis from Our anthem that the mysteries of faith are raining down | INBA36:460, INBA30:165, OSAI I.MMS, , MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p30b, | BRL_DA#709, SFI02.059, MAS4.184, TWQ.441x, YMM.224x, OOL.B093 | CDB#1, BLO_PT#089, BLO_PT#135, HURQ.BH01 | Ahdieh | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | * | * | ROB1.045, MMAH.077, LL#275 | ||
| BH03509 | 260 | Tablet of the Garden of Ridván (Lawh-i-Bágh-i-Ridván); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Bagh-i-Ridvan (Tablet of the Garden of Ridvan); Lawh-i-Ridvan (Tablets of Ridvan) | صبح یوم مبارک جمعه از قصر سفر نمودیم و در بستان وارد هر شجر بکلمه ناطق و هر | On the morning of the blessed Friday We proceeded from the Mansion and entered the Garden. | BRL_DA#066, MAS8.125x, YMM.138 | BRL_ATBH#66, ROB4.015, BLO_PT#129 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Power of prayer | - | - | LL#070 | |||||
| BH03645 | 250 | ذکر الله عبده الذی مسته الباساء فی سبیل ربه و ارتقی الی الله حین الذی کان بایدی | God maketh mention of His servant who was touched by tribulation in the path of his Lord and ascended unto God at a time foreordained [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.432, , ALIB.folder18p390 | TABN.210b, YMM.370x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH03660 | 250 | سبحان الذی قد ظهر بین السموات و الارض بسلطان الذی احاط الممکنات و انه لهو | Glorified be He Who hath manifested Himself betwixt the heavens and the earth with a sovereignty that hath encompassed all contingent things, and verily, He is indeed [3.5s] | INBA18:286, INBA23:036 | YMM.176x | Contemplation; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH03733 | 250 | وجود از کلمة الله موجود و کلمة الله از ظهور ظاهر اوست کتاب مبین و حصن متین | Being hath come into existence through the Word of God, and the Word of God is made manifest through His Revelation that is the perspicuous Book and the impregnable Stronghold [3.5s]... ...All existence is begotten by the Word of God, and the Word is made manifest through His advent. He is the perspicuous Book and the mighty Stronghold. He is the Dayspring of the hidden Mystery and the Dawning Place of the treasured Name | AYI2.284x, AYI2.285x, YMM.200-201x, YMM.381x, VUJUD.140.13x | VUJUDE.147-148x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH03769 | 250 | یا ورقتی این مظلوم در این حین بتو توجه نموده و ترا ذکر مینماید لازال مذکور | O My Leaf! This Wronged One hath at this moment turned toward thee and maketh mention of thee, thou who hast ever been remembered [3.5s] | INBA27:075, BLIB_Or15724.173, | YMM.035 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| BH03806 | 240 | این ایام سر ما انزله الرحمن فی الفرقان ظاهر قوله تبارک و تعالی انها ان تک | In these days the essence of what the All-Merciful hath revealed in the Qur'án hath become manifest - His blessed and exalted Word: "If it be..." [3.5s] | YMM.473 | Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03925 | 240 | هذا لوح فیه یحشر کل الارواح فی هیاکل عز مکنون | This is a Tablet wherein all spirits are gathered within temples of hidden glory [3.5s] | YMM.196x, YMM.298x | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04151 | 220 | ان یا سلمان اسمع حینئذ ما یلقی الروح علیک فی هذه الکلمات و ما یطیر الورقاء | O Salman! Hearken unto that which the Spirit imparteth unto thee in these words, and that which the Dove doth warble [3.5s] | YMM.252 | Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04254 | 220 | Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas | قد حضر کتابک و عرضه العبد الحاضر لدی الوجه اجبناک بهذا اللوح المبین نسئل الله | Thy letter hath arrived and was presented by the servant in attendance before the Face. We have answered thee through this perspicuous Tablet. We beseech God [3.5s]... ...The first person who devoted himself to philosophy was Idrís. Thus was he named. Some called him also Hermes. In every tongue he hath a special name. | INBA51:242, KB_620:235-236 | LHKM3.284, YMM.242x | TB#09n3 | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | LL#409 | |||||
| BH04383 | 210 | ان یا ایها المذکور لدی المسجون ان استمع ندآء اسم المکنون الذی ظهر بالحق | O thou who art mentioned before the Prisoner! Hearken unto the call of the Hidden Name Who hath appeared in truth [3.5s] | BRL_DA#257, MSBH3.293, YMM.026 | Detachment in teaching the Cause; Empty learning; false spirituality; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04496 | Commentary on Basitatu'l-Haqiqah | 210 | قل ان العلم فی رتبه الامکان هو نفس المعلوم و فی الذات لایعلمه الا هو کذلک | Say: Knowledge, in the realm of contingent being, is identical with that which is known, and in the Divine Essence none knoweth it save He. Thus hath it been decreed [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#321, | SFI05.012, YMM.207 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Procession; appearance of the Word from God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH04621 | 1720 | الحمد لله الذی تجلی بنیر فضله فی عالم الاحدیه اذا ظهرت النقطه الاولیه و اظهرها | Praise be unto God Who hath manifested Himself through the light of His grace in the realm of unity, when the Primal Point appeared and was made manifest [3.5s] | RSR.120x, TISH.218-223, ANDA#75 p.72x, YMM.421x | Creation of the world; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04645 | 420 | ان یا عبد اسمع ما یلقیک منادی الطور فی هیکل هذا الظهور لتستلذ عن نغمات ربک | O servant! Hearken unto that which the Herald of Sinai imparteth unto thee from within the Temple of this Manifestation, that thou mayest be gladdened by the melodies of thy Lord [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.433 | YMM.214-215x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH04698 | 200 | حمد حضرت مقصود را لایق و سزاست که بقطره از بحر جود عالم وجود را موجود فرمود | Praise be to Him Who is the Desire of all things, Who through a single drop from the ocean of His bounty brought the world of being into existence [3.5s] | YMM.359x | Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05246 | 190 | یشهد لسان العظمه انه لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم و تشهد السن الکائنات انه | The Tongue of Grandeur beareth witness that there is none other God but Me, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, and the tongues of all created things testify that He [3.5s]... ...Teach ye your children the verses that have been divinely revealed, that they may recite them in most melodious voices. | INBA27:074a | YMM.029 | COC#0572x | Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH05438 | 180 | فسبحان الذی اسری بعبده فی لحظه من النهار الی مقام کان مستورا عن العالمین و | Glorified be He Who caused His servant to journey, in a moment of the day, unto a station that was hidden from all the worlds [3.5s] | YMM.412 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05465 | 180 | قد نزلنا لک لوحا من قبل و هذه مره اخری لتشکر ربک مولی الوری الذی اتی بملکوته | We have verily revealed unto thee a Tablet aforetime, and this is yet another, that thou mayest render thanks unto thy Lord, the Lord of all mankind, Who hath come with His Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA18:221 | YMM.418 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH05757 | 170 | سبحان الذی انزل الایات بالحق و جعلها حجه من عنده لمن فی السموات و الارضین ان | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and made them a testimony from His presence unto all who are in the heavens and on earth [3.5s] | INBA27:074b | YMM.029 | Praise and encouragement; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH05868 | 170 | کتاب انزله المظلوم لمن اقبل الی الله المهیمن القیوم انا ذکرناک من قبل بایات | The Book which the Wronged One hath revealed unto him who hath turned towards God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Verily, We made mention of thee aforetime through verses [3.5s] | INBA27:073 | YMM.031 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH05908 | 170 | هذا کتاب من الله الی الذی آمن بالروح فی ایامه و سافر الیه الی ان دخل مقر | This is a Book from God unto him who believed in the Spirit in His days and journeyed unto Him until he entered the abode [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.337b, , NLAI_BH2.057b | YMM.284x | - | - | |||||||||
| BH05909 | 170 | هذا کتاب من المسجون الغریب الی الذی آمن بالله العزیز الواحد الفرید الا تعبد | This is an epistle from the Stranger, the Prisoner, unto him who hath believed in God, the Almighty, the One, the Peerless [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.333b, | AQA5#035 p.044, YMM.279x | Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Twin Manifestations | - | - | ||||||||
| BH06131 | 160 | حمد مقدس از لم یزل و لایزال محبوب بیزوالی را لایق و سزاست که از اشراقات انوار | Praise, sanctified beyond time and eternity, befitteth the Imperishable Beloved, Who from the effulgences of light [3.5s] | YMM.216x | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06408 | 150 | الحمد لله الذی اوضح لنا صراطه المستقیم و نورنا بنور التوحید | Praise be to God Who hath made manifest unto us His straight Path and illumined us with the light of oneness [3.5s] | YMM.338x | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nationalism; love of country; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06428 | 150 | ان یا اسمی قد مستک الباساء و الضرآء و انا اعلم منک بک و بما ورد علیک و لیس | O My Name! Tribulation and adversity have indeed befallen thee, and I am more aware than thou art of thyself and of that which hath come upon thee [3.5s] | YMM.448 | Free will and predestination; fate; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for unity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06469 | 150 | ای دوستان امروز روزی است که هر یک از محبان بنصرت رحمن برخیزند چه که اکثر من | O friends! This is the Day whereon each one of the loved ones must arise to aid the All-Merciful, for most [3.5s] | INBA65:228, BLIB_Or03116.080r, , BLIB_Or11096#175, , BLIB_Or15710.019a, | YMM.170 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| BH06529 | 150 | ذکر بدیع من العبد الی الذی آمن بالروح ثم اهتدی بنور کان عن افق القدس مشهودا | A wondrous remembrance from the servant unto him who hath believed in the Spirit and been guided by a Light that shone forth from the holy horizon [3.5s] | YMM.422x | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06838 | 150 | یا زین المقربین بشر عبادنا بذکر الله الملک الحق المبین | O Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin! Give glad-tidings unto Our servants of the remembrance of God, the True King, the Manifest One [3.5s] | YMM.217x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06925 | 140 | امروز کینونت حمد بانه لا اله الا هو ناطق و حقیقه شکر بانه هو الاول و الاخر و | In this day the essence of praise proclaimeth that there is none other God but He, and the reality of thanksgiving declareth that He is the First and the Last [3.5s] | ANDA#52 p.19x, YMM.475x | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Justice and wrath of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for governments and rulers; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06976 | 140 | انشاء الله لازال بذکر الله مشغول باشید و از دونش فارغ و حق جل کبریائه هرگز | God willing, may ye ever remain occupied with the remembrance of God and be detached from aught else, for the True One, exalted be His glory, never [3.5s] | INBA38:078b | YMM.264 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH07141 | 140 | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ظهر بالحق به ماج بحر البیان | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath appeared in truth - through Him hath surged the ocean of utterance [3.5s] | YMM.294x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Laws of marriage and dowry; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07445 | 130 | اذا اراد الله بشیء ان یقول له کن فیکون الحمد لله ملک گرفته شد طوبی لمن فاز | When God willeth a thing, He doth but say unto it "Be!" and it is. Praise be unto God, possession hath been attained. Blessed is he who hath attained [3.5s] | YMM.202 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Business; financial; property matters; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH07633 | 130 | ذکر ورقه القدس عبده علیا لیشکر الله بارئه و یرتقب یوم الذی یاتی الله فی ظلل | The Leaf of Holiness maketh mention of His servant, 'Alí, that he may render thanksgiving unto God, his Creator, and await the Day whereon God shall come in the shadows of the clouds [3.5s] | INBA36:140a, INBA71:309b | YMM.228 | Literal interpretation; Love of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH07724 | 130 | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه اختی التی آمنت بمظاهر احدیتک فی قمایص ازلیتک و | Praised be Thou O Lord My God. This is My sister who hath believed in the Manifestations of Thy unity appearing in the garments of Thy eternity | INBA92:065 | YMM.354 | LTDT.285-286 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for women; Presence of; reunion with God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH07911 | 130 | یا امتی و یا ورقتی ان استمعی ندائی الاحلی الذی ارتفع فی سجن عکاء انه لا اله | O My handmaiden and My leaf! Hearken thou unto My most sweet call which hath been raised from the Prison of 'Akká: Verily, there is no God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.348a, , BLIB_Or15734.1.082b, | LHKM2.275, YMM.352x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH07981 | 130 | یا منظر در منظر اکبر مذکوری هر ذکری از اذکار و هر شیئی از اشیاء را ید فنا | O thou who art remembered in the Most Great Scene! Every mention among all mentions and every thing among all things lieth within the grasp of annihilation [3.5s] | YMM.379 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Word of God sanctified from time and place | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08070 | 1380 | ان یا مرآت الجود ان اشهد بما شهد الله فی قطب البقاء باننی انا حی فی الافق الابهی | O Mirror of Bounty! Bear thou witness unto that which God hath testified in the Pivot of Eternity: verily, I am alive in the Most Glorious Horizon [3.5s] | ALIB.folder18p121-126 | YMM.253x | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08072 | 120 | ان یا ورقه الحب قد حضر کتابک لدی العرش و نزل لک هذا اللوح المبین و سمعنا ما | O Leaf of Love! Thy letter hath been presented before the Throne, and this perspicuous Tablet hath been sent down unto thee. We have hearkened unto what [3.5s] | INBA27:076 | YMM.034 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08226 | 120 | سبحان الذی اظهر مطلع امره و تعالی الذی یذکر احبائه بلسانه الذی به احی | Glorified be He Who hath manifested the Dayspring of His Cause, and exalted be He Who remembereth His loved ones with His Tongue whereby He quickeneth [3.5s] | YMM.200x | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08271 | 120 | شنیدیم ندایت را و اصغا نمودیم حنین قلبت را در فراق محبوب آفاق جمیع عالم مخصوص | We have heard thy call and hearkened unto the lamentation of thy heart in separation from the Beloved of all horizons [3.5s] | INBA28:380, BLIB_Or15719.068b, | MSBH3.328, YMM.027 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| BH08535 | 120 | یا بن بابی علیک عنایتی و رحمتی حق تعالی شانه این اسم را بسیار دوست داشته رحمت | O Ibn Babi! Upon thee be My loving-kindness and My mercy. God, exalted be His glory, hath cherished dearly this name [3.5s] | YMM.201 | Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08567 | 120 | یا علی حیدر علیک بهائی جناب امین علیه بهائی وارد ذکر شما و دوستان آن ارض را | O 'Alí-Ḥaydar! Upon thee be My glory! The honoured Amín, upon him be My glory, hath arrived and made mention of thee and the friends of that land [3.5s] | YMM.267x | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for service; Prayer for strength; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08586 | 120 | یا محسن کلما اضرمنا علیک النار انک لاتشتعل اذا بعهنا نار الخلد علی هیکل اللوح | O Mohsen! Every time We kindle the fire against Thee, Thou art not consumed. Thus have We ignited the Fire of Eternity upon the Temple of the Tablet [3.5s] | ASAT4.068x, YMM.215x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09081 | 110 | یا افنانی یا محمود لله الحمد بمقام محمود وارد شدی و بزیارت بیت حقیقی فائز | O Afnán, O Mahmúd! Praise be to God that thou hast attained unto the praiseworthy station and hast been blessed with visitation to the True House [3.5s] | BRL_DA#793, YMM.219 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09219 | 100 | امروز هر ساعتی از ساعات آن باعلی الندآء میگوید لعمر الله قد اتت الساعه و | In this day doth every hour, with a most exalted call, proclaim: "By the life of God! The Hour hath come" [3.5s] | INBA28:381a | YMM.026 | Chastisement and requital; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09241 | 100 | ان یا حسین ان استمع الندآء الذی ارتفع من الواوین انه لا اله الا انا العلیم | O Husayn! Hearken unto the Call that hath been raised from the Twin Váv's: Verily, there is none other God but Me, the All-Knowing [3.5s] | YMM.279, YMM.449, NSS.110 | Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09243 | 520 | ان یا سلیمان اسمع ندائی عن جهه سجنی لتجذبک نغماتی و تنقطعک عن سوائی | O Solomon! Hearken unto My call from the direction of My prison, that My melodies may attract thee and sever thee from all else besides Me [3.5s]... ...The Comforter Whose advent all the scriptures have promised is now come | BRL_DA#432, YMM.253x | WOB.104-105x | Knowledge; recognition of God; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09306 | 540 | بارک الله علیک یا حسن بما وردت فی حصن حبی الذی کان من زبر الامر معمورا و انه | Blessed art thou, O Hasan, inasmuch as thou hast entered within the stronghold of My love, which was raised up through the tablets of the Command, and verily [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.429 | YMM.220x | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09470 | 100 | قد زینا لیله القدر بالهاء لیوقنن اهل البهاء بهذا الاسم الاعظم العظیم بها زین | We did indeed ornament the Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Destiny [Power]) with the Letter "H" to the end that the people of Baha' might be certain about this Greatest, Mighty Name | LHKM1.076, YMM.394 | HURQ.BH82 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr); Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09581 | 100 | نقطه عما سیر نمود تا در عرش نطق مستریح گشت و بعد هیاکل حروف ابها را بترکیب | The Primal Point traced His course through the realm of Mystery until He found repose upon the Throne of Utterance, whereafter He fashioned the temples of the Abhá Letters [3.5s] | INBA38:056a, INBA36:329a | YMM.224 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The cloud ['ama]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH09751 | 90 | ان السدره تنادی علی البقعه الحمرآء و یدع الکل الی الله مالک الاسماء یشهد بذلک | Verily, the Tree doth call out upon the Crimson Spot, summoning all unto God, the Lord of Names, thus doth it testify [3.5s] | INBA27:079b | YMM.029 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as sun; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10304 | 80 | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم یا ورقتی ان اشهدی بما شهد الله و | God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting. O My Leaf! Bear thou witness unto that which God hath testified [3.5s] | YMM.300, YMM.334 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10399 | 80 | هذا کتاب نزل بالحق و یذکر فیه عبد الذی نسبه الله الی خادمه لیشکر ربه و ینقطع | This is a Book which hath been sent down in truth and wherein mention is made of the servant whom God hath attributed to His bondsman, that he may render thanks unto his Lord and be detached [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.627b, , ALIB.folder18p497c | YMM.253 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10563 | 70 | جمیع از برای لقای الهی خلق شده اند و کل را از این مقام اعلی قسمت بوده و هست ولکن احتجابات خلق مابین فیض | All have been created for the divine meeting, and unto each hath been and will ever be allotted a portion of this most exalted station; yet the veils of creation stand between them and the divine bounty [3.5s] | INBA23:173b, BLIB_Or15710.257b, BLIB_Or15710.288ax, BLIB_Or15730.020a, | KHMI.026, YMM.390 | Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Outward and inward meanings; Purpose; goal of creation; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10655 | 70 | نقطه تفرید در اینعصر تحمید بایات تجرید مترنمست و حمامه ازلی در شاخسار سرمدی | The Point of Unity, in this Age of Praise, chanteth the verses of detachment, whilst the Eternal Dove warbleth upon the timeless branch [3.5s] | YMM.373 | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Mystical themes | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10833 | 60 | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی انه لسلطان الوجود من الغیب و الشهود و | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come is verily the Sovereign of existence in both the unseen and the visible realms [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.285b, | YMM.027 | Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10977 | 60 | یا ورقتی حق وفا را دوست داشته در جمیع احوال باو ناظر است محزون مباش بانچه | O My Leaf! Verily, God loveth faithfulness and in all conditions keepeth His gaze fixed upon it. Be thou not saddened by that which [3.5s] | INBA27:079a, BLIB_Or15696.084g, | YMM.034 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10991 | 50 | الحمد لله الذی نطق بما بشر به العباد فی الفرقان | Praise be unto God Who hath spoken that wherewith He gave glad tidings unto His servants in the Qur'án [3.5s] | YMM.282x | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11165 | 50 | یا رب الجنود و اله الوجود اسئلک بحمله عرشک و ارتفاع سماء عنایتک بان تنزل من | O Lord of Hosts and God of all existence! I beseech Thee, by the bearers of Thy throne and the exaltation of the heaven of Thy loving-kindness, that Thou mayest send down [3.5s] | YMM.305x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - |
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