Partial inventory: all items held at Bahá'í Library Online, details

By the term "angels" spiritual powers is sometimes meant, and other times you will find that the term means pure and holy souls.

BSC.498 #960, PN_1900 p058, PN_unsorted p145

@angels, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @spiritual transformation, @law of transformation and change

BH04422

210

mixed

بشهادت جمیع کتب الهی یوم یوم اللهست و امر امر او بکلمه علیا کل را از عدم

By the testimony of all divine Books, this is the Day of God and the Cause is His Cause. Through the Most Exalted Word He hath brought forth all from nothingness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15718.014,

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @Word of God the cause of creation

BH07011

140

mixed

بشهادت جمیع کتب الهی این یوم مبارک بطراز تخصیص مزین گشته و بیوم الله موسوم

By the testimony of all the divine Books, this blessed Day hath been adorned with the ornament of distinction and hath been designated as the Day of God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.185b,

@prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @prayer for firmness in the Covenant, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

BHU0037

By the truth of God, from the horizon of My visage a Sun hath dawned, on which the Supreme Pen

BKOG.237x

ABU1683

Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909

180

Persian

قصد از عدد نیست دوازده ساعت زیاد است یعنی ششماه بر نورانیت افزود

By these numbers it is not meant the twelve hours excessive be, rather it signifieth that six months were added unto the luminosity [3.5s]

KHH2.276-277

@quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @miracles and their interpretation, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @freedom of thought and action, @knowledge; recognition of God, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

AB00329

Some Answered Questions #021 The Bread and the Wine

660

Persian

مقصد از این نان مائدهء آسمانی کمالات الهی است یعنی هر کس از این مائده

By this bread is meant the heavenly sustenance of divine perfections. In other words

MFD#21, OOL.C022.21

SAQ#21

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @spiritual transformation, @symbolism, @Christ; Christianity

ABU3572

Words to a visitor, spoken on 1913-05-12

Persian

معانی شرع قدیم را حضرت مسیح نشئهٴ واثر جدید داد

By this is meant that Christ imbued the meanings of the ancient law with new life and invested them with a fresh effect

AVK2.183.02, BDA2.297

DAS.1913-05-12, MHMD2.393

@changing and unchanging parts of religion, @Christ; Christianity, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

BH11369

By those words which I have revealed, Myself is not intended, but rather He Who will come after Me. To it is witness God, the All-Knowing. Deal not with Him as ye have dealt with Me

WOB.117x

@duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations

BH03562

260

Arabic

Bahá'í Prayers

و عزتک یا محبوب العشاق و منور الافاق قد اهلکتنی نار بعدی و ذاب کبدی من غفلتی

By Thy glory, O Beloved One, Thou giver of light to the world! The flames of separation have consumed me

INBA61:038

BRL_DA#750, AQMM.039, RAHA.028

BPRY.169, JHT_S#110

@prayer for nearness to God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @prayer for protection, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment

BH00063

5310

mixed

لعمرک یا محبوب ذاتی و المذکور فی قلبی اگر کینونت شکر بصد هزار لسان ظاهر شود

By Thy life, O Beloved of my inmost being and Thou Who art enshrined within my heart, were the very essence of thanksgiving to manifest itself through a hundred thousand tongues [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.393, , BLIB_Or15736.129, , BLIB_Or15738.190-194.18x and 196.03-201x,

@personal instructions, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment, @praise and encouragement, @exhortations and counsels, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH08152

120

Arabic

بنورک یا الله باسمک یا الله بامرک یا الله و سلطانک یا الله ببهائک یا الله بعزک یا الله

By Thy light, O God! Through Thy Name, O God! By Thy Command, O God! And by Thy Sovereignty, O God! Through Thy Glory, O God! By Thy Might, O God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.174a,

BH10144

Arabic

اسئلک باسمک الکریم و باسمک الرحیم و باسمک العلیم و باسمک الحکیم و باسمک

By Thy name the Munificent; by Thy name the All-Merciful; by Thy name the Omniscient; by Thy name the All-Wise; by Thy name the Self-Subsistent

ADM3#002 p.012

JHT_S#041

@prayer for forgiveness, @spiritual transformation, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU2845

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-17

Persian

دو قسم آفاتست یکی را سبب اعمال و اخلاق غیر ممدوحه است مانند کذب و نفاق و خیانت و ظلم وامثال اینها

Calamities are of two kinds. One kind results from bad morals and misconduct such as falsehood, dishonesty

BDA1.157.17

SW_v19#10 p.309, MHMD1.171

@theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering, @law of transformation and change, @recompense; reward for belief; right action

BH09358

100

mixed

ذکری عبدی الذی سمع ما نطق به الله رب العالمین و اجابه فی ایام اقشعرت فیها جلود

Call thou to mind My servant who heard what God, the Lord of all worlds, did speak, and answered Him in days when skins did shudder [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.069d,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @unity; oneness of humanity, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @thankfulness; gratitude, @praise and encouragement

BH11392

180

Arabic

ذکری عبدی الذی حبس فی سبیلی و سبی لذکری و طرد لحبی لتجذبه آیاتی... ایاک ان یحزنک شوکة الأعدآء عن ذکر ربک الأبهی

Call thou to mind My servant who was imprisoned in My path, taken captive for My remembrance, and banished for love of Me, that My verses might draw him... Let not the thorns of thine enemies grieve thee in the remembrance of thy Lord, the All-Glorious [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.061

ASAT1.153-154x

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @praise and encouragement, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment

BH03564

Lawh-i-Ard-i-Ta

260

mixed

یا ارض الطاء یاد آر هنگامی را که مقر عرش بودی و انوارش از در و دیوارت ظاهر

Call thou to remembrance, O Land of Ṭa (Ṭihrán), the former days in which thy Lord had made thee the seat of His throne, and had enveloped thee with the effulgence of His glory

INBA66:106b, BLIB_Or15730.090a, , NLAI_BH1.081

GWBP#055 p.077bx, RHQM1.072-073x (092) (053-054), ASAT1.071-072x, TSHA3.011, PYM.110ax, LDR.322, OOL.B167

GWB#055x, LTDT.270x

@eulogies; reminiscences, @prophecy and fulfillment, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @Shrines and Holy places, @martyrs and martyrdom, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @praise and encouragement

MUH1.0034, LL#062

BH04714

200

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا عبادی الذین نبذوا ما عند القوم متمسکین بما عند الله المهیمن

Call to remembrance from Our presence My servants who have cast aside whatsoever the people possess, holding fast unto that which is with God, the All-Protecting [3.5s]

INBA51:201b, BLIB_Or15695.271, , KB_620:194-195

ADM1#051 p.097x, LHKM3.123

almunajat.com [item 35]

@prayer for nearness to God, @prayer for prosperity, @praise and encouragement, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH00574

1310

Arabic

هل یقدر احد ان یضع ما سوآئی بقدرتی و سلطانی و یاخذ ما امر به فی کتابی الذی

Can any soul, through My might and sovereignty, set aside all else but Me and take hold of that which I have ordained in My Book [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.045, , BLIB_Or15695.115, , BLIB_Or15728.037,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @suffering and imprisonment

BH05556

180

Arabic

هل القلم یقدر ان یحرر ما قدر فی الکتب او یظهر ما کان مستورا فی صحف الله رب

Can the Pen inscribe that which hath been ordained in the Books, or reveal that which lay hidden in the Tablets of God, the Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15726.132,

ABU2866

Words to a painter, spoken on 1913-04-03

Can you paint upon the page of the world the ideal pictures of the Supreme Concourse?

DAS.1913-04-03, SW_v05#10 p.149, SW_v05#05 p.070, SW_v08#02 p.028, SW_v14#06 p.178

@spiritual transformation, @literature; drama; humanities; the arts, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @station of the Manifestation of God, @material and spiritual existence; two books

BH06787

150

Arabic

هل تقدر ان تدع ما عند القوم مقبلا فی هذا الیوم الی الله المهیمن القیوم و هل

Canst thou abandon whatsoever the people possess, turning in this Day unto God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15724.019,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @firmness in the Covenant

ABU3514

Words to Juliet Thompson et al, spoken on 1909-07-08

Capacity attracts. The greater your capacity, the more you will be filled. When the child is hungry and cries for milk, the milk of the mother begins to flow rapidly.

DJT.075, BLO_PN#027

@development of capacity and readiness, @law of cause and effect

AB11391

Persian

باستاد محمد علی بنا در حیفا بنوع خوشی مخابره قطع نمااید

Cease communications with Ustad Muhammad-'Ali Banna in Haifa in a spirit of graciousness [3.5s]

INBA17:232

ABU3465

Persian

بعضی از پیغمبرها شاعر مخصوص داشتند چنانکه شاعر رسول الله حسان بود شاعر ما هم ورقاست

Certain among the Prophets had their chosen poets, even as Hassan was the poet of the Apostle of God, and Varqá is Our poet [3.5s]

MSBH1.265

@poems and quotation from poetry, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam

AB00475

Some Answered Questions #069 The Influence of the Stars and the Interconnectedness of All Things

570

Persian

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

بعضی از کواکب آسمانیرا بر کرهء ارض و کائنات ارضیه تأثیر جسمانی واضح و مشهود

Certain celestial bodies exert a physical influence upon the earth and its creatures which is clear and apparent

MFD#69, OOL.C022.69

SAQ#69

@interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @astrology and numerology, @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy

ABU1097

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

290

Certain officials in the City have requested me to write a petition for them to use before the higher authorities to bring about my release from incarceration.

PN_1906 p072, SUR.242, BLO_PN#001

@personal instructions, @effort; striving, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @disregarding bodily comfort

BH06112

190

mixed

بعضی از احزاب عالم همت بر آن گماشته اند که بلسانهای مخصوصه خود تکلم نمایند و

Certain peoples of the world have endeavored to speak in their own particular languages, and they have deemed this effort to be the cause of their elevation and exaltation

BRL_DA#116, MAS8.116bx, PYB#249-250 p.03

BRL_ATBH#69, ADMS#211

@universal language, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

AB00839

Some Answered Questions #080 True Pre-existence

430

Persian

بعضی از حکما و فلاسفه بر آنند که قدیم بر دو قسم است قدیم ذاتی و قدیم زمانی

Certain sages and philosophers hold that there are two kinds of pre-existence, essential and temporal

MFD#80, OOL.C022.80

SAQ#80

@eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness, @existence and nonexistence; preexistence, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @four causes, @God's attributes require the existence of objects, @divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal

ABU1420

Words spoken on 1914-02-09 in Haifa

230

Certainly, when the working people become partners with the company... The utterance of the Blessed Beauty that the descendants of Israel shall become dear

SW_v09#03 p.027-028

@prophecy and fulfillment, @labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU3586

Words spoken in 1910

Characterize thyself with the characteristics of God, and thou shalt know the spiritual life!

TOR.211, VLAB.117

@attaining the life of the spirit, @human reality created in the image of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @spiritual transformation

ABU2960

Words spoken on 1913-09-04 in Ramleh

Chastity and purity of life are the two divine standards of the spiritual and moral law.

DAS.1913-09-04, SW_v08#02 p.026, ABIE.277, BLO_PN#007

@courtesy; culture [adab], @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @chastity and purity

ABU1326

Words to Florence Khan spoken in June 1906

240

Children are of two kinds: Those capable of distinguishing and those incapable of distinguishing (right and wrong). Now, this child is too young to have the power of distinguishing

PN_1906 p085, SUR.238-239, BLO_PN#001

@honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @education of children; moral education, @parents and children; youth; families

ABU3563

Words to Mrs Maxwell, spoken on 1912-09-06

Persian

اطفال زینت خانه اند منزلی که طفل ندارد مثل اینست که چراغ ندارد

Children are the ornaments of the home. A home which has no children is like one without light.

BDA1.230.15

SW_v19#12 p.381, MHMD1.247

@parents and children; youth; families, @light and darkness

ABU1531

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-18

200

Persian

اطفال خیلی مایهٴ سُرور و تسلی هستند من طفلی داشتم حسین افندی سه چهار ساله بود وقتی خواب بودم

Children give to a person the greatest consolation. No matter how much the father is sad or cross, as soon as his darling child laughs or speaks, he is made happy.

BDA2.149x

DAS.1913-02-18, MHMD2.187x

@education of children; moral education, @parents and children; youth; families

ABU2705

Words spoken on 1912-12-27 in London

Persian

اطفال باید اول بآداب الهی تربیت شوند و ترغیب و تشویق بر تحسین اخلاق گردند

Children must first be trained in divine virtues and encouraged and urged to improve their character.

BDA2.044

MHMD2.053

@spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @empty learning; false spirituality, @education of children; moral education, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU3593

Children of unbelievers and infidels who die before the age of responsibility are not punished, because they are under the favor of God.

SW_v09#09 p.101

@chastisement and requital, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @justice and wrath of God

ABU1257

Words spoken on 1914-04-08

250

China, China, China, China-ward the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh must march! Where is that holy, sanctified Bahá'í

DAS.1914-04-08, SW_v08#03 p.037

@wisdom [hikmat], @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause

ABU0859

Words spoken on 1915-10-05 in Haifa

350

Persian

حضرت مسیح روحی له الفداء قبل از شهادتشان می فرمودند که سنگهائی که ابداً معتنی به نیستند، بظاهر به هیچ کاری نمی خورند

Christ - may my spirit be a sacrifice unto Him - proclaimed, ere His martyrdom, that the stones which are utterly neglected and, to all outward seeming, are of no use whatsoever [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-05

@prophecy and fulfillment, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @spiritual transformation

ABU0495

Words spoken in late Aug./early Sept. 1911 in Vevey

540

Christ and all the Prophets have taught in their Holy Books the immortality of the soul. Jesus during His life had so many afflictions

AIF.1911-08-27, PN_1909B p035, DJT.188-190, BLO_PN#027

@proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @the lower is unable to comprehend the higher, @purpose; goal of creation, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @second birth, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence

ABU3201

Words to a Christian girl, spoken on 1913-02-23

Christ and the Bible be for us; the Pope and all the priests be for you. We follow Christ and not the priests.

DAS.1913-02-23

@Christ; Christianity, @the Christian clergy

ABU2579

Words to Miss Boylan, spoken around 1911-08-25

Christ healed by the power of his word, because the word of the Messiah was the Holy Spirit

SW_v08#18 p.231, PN_1920 p097

@the power of words; of speech, @miracles and their interpretation, @idle fancies; lust and passion, @The Holy Spirit, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU0557

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-10

500

Christ himself said that whatever happened in the cycle of Moses would occur again in His time. Therefore these occurrences were repeated.

PN_1904 p014, PN_1904 p053, TTAW.019-022, BLO_PN#102

@Christ; Christianity, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion

ABU1278

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

250

Christ said that nothing could ascend into Heaven except that which came down from Heaven. He also said, 'I came from Heaven and will return to Heaven,'

TDLA.027-028, BLO_PN#104

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @symbolism, @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU0559

Words to Laura Barney

500

Christ said, "Go into thy chamber and shut the door, and pray to they Father which is in heaven". Why did

SW_v08#04 p.046-047

@the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @need for an educator, @methods of teaching the Cause

ABU1953

150

Christ said, "Many are called, but few are chosen." The chosen have heard and understood the call from the divine assembly.

ADP.059-060

@essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others, @station of the Manifestation of God, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God, @exhortations and counsels, @many are called but few are chosen

ABU1873

160

Christ was asking of His disciples whom He was, and when Peter answered: 'Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God'... Let me now compare the words of Christ to the lives of the Popes.

BSTW#162

@Christ; Christianity, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @goodly deeds; actions, @the Christian clergy

ABU3213

Words spoken on 1914-03-17 in Haifa

Christ was known by the name of the Lamb. The only means of defense that a lamb possesses are his horns.

DAS.1914-03-17

@Christ; Christianity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU2275

Words spoken on 1913-01-01 in London

110

Civilization is like unto a moving hill of sands: Today it is here, tomorrow it is many thousand miles away. It is subject to constant transferences.

DAS.1913-01-01

@progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @means of establishment of future civilization, @praise of Eastern values; culture

ABU3004

Words spoken on 1915-07-24 in Haifa

Persian

طهارت و نظافت از لوازم ایمان است. انسان وقتی که لباسش نظیف است، لطیف است، روحانیت پیدا می کند

Cleanliness and purity are among the requisites of faith. When man's garments are clean, his soul becometh refined and a spiritual condition is made manifest [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-07-24

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @cleanliness and refinement

ABU1548

Words spoken on 1915-02-08 in Abu Sinan

200

Persian

کثبف طالب کثیف است پاکی تاثیر کلی در روح دارد و لو خود پاکیزگی عرض است

Cleanliness has a profound effect upon the spirit. Even though cleanliness is related to worldly affairs, yet its effect is manifested in the soul.

KHH1.169-170 (1.237-238)

KHHE.249-250, DAS.1915-02-08, BSR_v13 p.090

@cleanliness and refinement

ABU3467

Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-05

Persian

بیائید ببینید چه ستارهٴ روشنی است من میخواهم احبای جمال مبارک مثل این ستاره روشن باشند

Come and see what a brilliant star this is! I cherish the hope that the loved ones of the Blessed Beauty may be like this shining star

BDA2.013

MHMD2.015

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance

ABU2411

Words spoken on 1917-02-03

100

Come and take this, Mirza Ahmad. Let me see what you can do. Let me see what the friends of God in these states will do.

SW_v10#04 p.071-072

@call to action, @spiritual transformation, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU2145

Words to the friends, spoken on 1912-04-06

120

Persian

بیائید اینمسئلهٴ مهم را بذهن بسپارید شخصی از طهران نوشته که مشیت کلیه همیشه بر عرش ظهور مستویست یعنی همیشه

Come here and consider this important question. A person from Tihran has written that the Universal Will is always manifest

BDA1.023.06

MHMD1.031

@false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations

ABU0817

Words spoken ca. 1917-02-03

370

Come, my son, take it. I have corrected it. The importance of this Tablet will be revealed in the future.

SW_v10#06 p.103+111

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @methods of teaching the Cause, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized), @race unity; racial issues, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity in diversity, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @growth of the Cause

BH09319

100

Arabic

تعال یا قلمی کیف حالک فی هذا الیوم ا اخذک سکر رحیق العرفان

Come, O My Pen! How farest thou on this Day? Hath the wine of mystic knowledge intoxicated thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15734.1.094b,

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

ABU2115

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

130

Compare the present time and the feeling towards the coloured people now, with the state of feeling two or three hundred years ago

AIL.068

@race unity; racial issues, @unity in diversity

ABU0806

Words spoken on 1914-04-18 in Haifa

370

Compared with the ancient history of the world the invention of writing is of quite recent date - only a number of thousands of years.

DAS.1914-04-18

@literature; drama; humanities; the arts, @seven stages of creation, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past

ABU3200

Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh

Complete individuality belongs only to the station of the Prophet. Those who follow Him are under the "shadow" of this station.... After death man does not develop through conscious effort

SW_v14#02 p.037-038, PN_1911 p005

@soul; spirit after death, @identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God

ABU1712

Words to Frau and Frauline Consul, spoken on 1913-04-29

180

Complete physical health is enjoyed by the animals. Consider when the animal possesses perfect health, it brays, it rolls on the grass

DAS.1913-04-29

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @material and spiritual existence; two books

AB10410

Persian

در خصوص مساوات بین الضّلعین که یکی موقنه و دیگری غیر مؤمنه سؤال نموده بودید

Concerning equality between the two parties, one of whom is a believing woman and the other a non-believer, thou hadst asked [3.5s]

AVK4.173.12x

@justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @laws of marriage and dowry, @soul; spirit after death, @firmness in the Covenant, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB12495

120

Persian

در خصوص جناب آقا میرزا حبیب الله این سلیل آقا رضای جلیل است هر قسم باشد همتی

Concerning Jinab-i-Aqa Mírzá Ḥabíbu'lláh, the noble scion of the illustrious Áqá Riḍá, let every manner of effort be exerted [4o]

INBA85:476

@spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @business; financial; property matters, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @Hands of the Cause, @personal instructions

AB02369

250

Persian

در خصوص جناب آقا موسی نهايت سعی و کوشش خواهد گشت. مطمئن باشيد که ذرّه‌ای فتور نخواهد

Concerning Jináb-i-Áqá Músá, the utmost endeavour and effort shall be exerted. Rest ye assured that not an iota of lassitude shall [3.5s]

MMK6#153x

@consolation and comfort, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @business; financial; property matters, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU3357

Words spoken on 1914-05-26 in Tiberias

Concerning my power: it is one bestowal of the bestowals of His Holiness Baha'o'llah

DAS.1914-05-26, SW_v08#15 p.211

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH05026

190

mixed

Huqúqu'lláh

در بارهٴ حقوق بهیچوجه ذکر جایز نه از قبل بآنجناب و امین امر نمودیم آنچه را که سبب اعزاز کلمة الله

Concerning rights, no mention thereof is in any wise permissible. Aforetime We commanded thee and the Trustee to that which would exalt the Word of God [3.5s]... ...As to the question of Huquq: Reference to this matter is in no wise permissible. We have formerly enjoined upon you and Jinab-i-Amin that which will redound to the glory and dignity of the Word of God

BRL_HUQUQP#082x, HQUQ#82

BRL_HUQUQ#082x, COC#1106x

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @law of Huququ'llah, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @personal instructions, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB12062

130

Persian

در خصوص بیت مکرم و حل و حرم محترم مطاف ملاءعالم بالا روح المخلصین لعتبته

Concerning that exalted House and its sacred precincts, around which circle the Concourse on High - may the spirits of the sincere ones be a sacrifice at its threshold [3.5s]

KHAF.216, MATA.191

ABU2558

Words spoken on 1914-02-14

Persian

اینکه جمال مبارک فرمودند سلالهٴ اسرائیل تحریر خواهند شد این بیان مبارک در وقتی بود

Concerning that which the Blessed Beauty hath uttered regarding the lineage of Israel, that it shall be recorded - this blessed utterance was made at a time [3.5s]

AVK4.471.10

@prophecy and fulfillment

BH05707

170

mixed

اینکه در باره آیه مبارکه ذکر نمودند که شخص مذکور گفته آیات را تغییر داده‌ اند و

Concerning that which they have mentioned regarding the blessed verse, wherein the person in question hath claimed that the verses have been altered [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.212a,

@preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

BH08140

120

Persian

اینکه در باره جناب آقا میرزا محسن علیه ٦٦٩ مرقوم فرموده بودید بعد از عرض بساحت

Concerning that which thou didst write regarding His honour Áqá Mírzá Muḥsin - upon him be peace - after presentation at the sacred threshold [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.071a,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @power of prayer, @Word of God the cause of creation, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @rejection, opposition and persecution

AB06693

120

mixed

در خصوص اعتراض شيخ عبدالرّحيم مرقوم نموده بوديد. در احاديث معصومين تبديل بعضی کلمات و بعضی حروف قرآن

Concerning that which thou hadst written regarding the objections of Shaykh 'Abdu'r-Rahim, in the traditions of the immaculate ones there are alterations of certain words and certain letters of the Qur'án [3.5s]

MMK6#270x

@corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @Hands of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

BH05477

180

Arabic

کتاب انزلناه بالحق رحمه من عندنا علی الذین فازوا بایام الله و توجهوا بقلوبهم

Concerning that which thou hadst written with regard to the work of teaching the Faith, as well as the consideration given to certain surrounding areas

INBA15:273, INBA26:273b, BLIB_Or15730.065d,

SFI18.285-286x, PYK.119

LOIR20.184x

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @words vs deeds, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH09304

100

Persian

اینکه در باره شخص اجنبی از اهل اروپا نوشته بودند عرض شد فرمودند امثال آن نفوس

Concerning that which was written regarding the foreigner from among the people of Europe, it was presented [before Him], and He declared that such souls [3.5s]

ASAT1.278x

@review of publications, @wisdom [hikmat], @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings

BH01252

670

mixed

اینکه مرقوم داشتند نفسی از احباء این آیه مبارکه را سوال نموده قد ظهر سر

Concerning that which was written, that one of the loved ones inquired about this blessed verse "The Mystery hath appeared" [3.5s]

INBA73:048

MAS1.015x, RHQM1.561-562 (687) (421x), NSS.100-102

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @symbolism, @Shaykhis, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @empty learning; false spirituality

LL#362

BH11039

Persian

اینکه مرقوم داشته بودند که مکتوبی بعبد حاضر ارسال داشتند رسید و جواب آنرا

Concerning that which ye had written, that a letter was dispatched unto the servant in attendance, it hath been received, and its response [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.206a,

ABU2577

Persian

حاجی عرب در عراق سبب ثهادتش این است که سه چهار سال قبل در عراق یک عائله را شهید

Concerning the Arab pilgrim in Iraq, the cause of his martyrdom was that some three or four years prior, a family was martyred in that land [3.5s]

YIK.302, ZIAB2.211

AB06691

120

mixed

در خصوص آيه مبارکه در کتاب عهد سؤال نموده بوديد. اين آيه مبارکه کتاب عهد مربوط به آيه مبارکه فرقانست

Concerning the blessed verse in the Kitab-i-'Ahd [Book of the Covenant] about which thou didst inquire: this blessed verse of the Book of the Covenant relateth to the blessed verse of the Furqan [3.5s]

MMK6#410x

@law of inheritance, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

BH08778

110

Persian

در باره فرش نوشته شود شخصی از اعیان نصاری که حال مقر عرش در بیت اوست

Concerning the carpet, let it be recorded that a notable among the Christians, in whose home the Throne is now established [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.208c,

@order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]

BH06136

160

mixed

در باره وجه معهود که از قبل نوشته شده بود مقصود آن بود که آنحضرت آنچه بایشان

Concerning the customary payment that had been previously written of, the intention thereof was that His Holiness would unto them [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.213a,

@acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @consolation and comfort, @thankfulness; gratitude, @business; financial; property matters

AB11382

Persian

از جهان الهی عالم نورانی ملکوت الهی سؤال نموده بوديد که در آن آيا مشاغل

Concerning the divine realm, the luminous world of the celestial Kingdom, thou didst inquire whether therein [3.5s]

MMK3#044 p.027x

@Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @material and spiritual existence; two books

BH01550

560

mixed

در باره ٤٠ واری و سفیدهایمرسوله که مرقوم فرموده بودند جمیع مطابق دستخط عالم

Concerning the forty yards and the missives which were sent, all are in accordance with the handwriting [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15736.216,

@business; financial; property matters, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @praise and encouragement, @wisdom [hikmat]

BH02765

320

mixed

در باره جناب امین و توجه او بارض تا و از آنجا مع جمعی بانگلیس و یا تفلیس

Concerning the honoured Amín and his journey unto the Land of Ṭá, and from thence with a company unto England or Tiflis [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15722.188,

NNY.192-193x, ASAT1.201x, MSHR2.102x

@martyrs and martyrdom, @petitions to authorities, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

AB09305

Persian

در خصوص ارض طا آنچه بشارت شده بعد تحقّق خواهد یافت امّا در خصوص نهر رین هرچند

Concerning the Land of Ta, whatsoever hath been promised shall in time be fulfilled; but as to the Two Rivers [3.5s]

AVK4.457ax, AVK4.459.06x, MAS9.040x

@predictions and prophecies

BH10817

mixed

در فقره ابتیاع بیت مخصوص مجددا از سماء امر نازل سوف نبعث من یشتری ما اردته بالحب

Concerning the matter of acquiring the designated house, again hath been sent down from the heaven of Command: "Soon shall We raise up one who will purchase that which thou didst desire with love." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15722.068.14,

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @business; financial; property matters

AB00561

520

mixed

در خصوص اوراقی که نزد آنجناب ارسال شده مرقوم فرموده بودید هر نوع مصلحت بدانید مجری

Concerning the papers that were sent unto you, and regarding which you had written, whatever course you deem advisable may be pursued [3.5s]

MMK6#122x

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @firmness in the Covenant, @interpretation of dreams and visions

AB10518

mixed

در خصوص محلّ توجه مرقوم نمودید بنصّ قاطع الٓهی محلّ توجّه مطاف ملا اعلی و آستان مقدّس کبریاء

Concerning the Point of Adoration of which thou didst write, by the decisive Text of God the spot to which one turneth in prayer is the Most Exalted Sanctuary and the Sacred Threshold [3.5s]

AVK4.097.12x

@presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

AB02660

230

Persian

در خصوص عالم بعد از موت سؤال نموده بوديد ، آن عالم بتصوّر و عبارات اين عالم مشهود و معلوم نگردد

Concerning the realm after death whereof thou didst inquire, that world cannot be conceived or expressed in terms of this visible realm [3.5s]

MMK3#045 p.027x

@intelligible vs. perceptible realities, @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH09821

mixed

در باره سنگ انه هو لازم انه ینشی و الغصن یکتب البهاء للعاملین و لمن عمل فی

Concerning the stone - He is God! It must needs be raised up, and the Branch must inscribe glory unto the workers and unto those who labor therein [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11098.013a

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @business; financial; property matters, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @personal instructions

ABU1632

Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-16

190

Concerning the Temple, the Mashrak el Azkar, it is a very important matter. The most important thing now in America is the building of the Temple.

SW_v01#12 p.006x, PN_1907 p053, TTAG.022-023, BLO_PN#101

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @importance of community building

AB10236

mixed

در خصوص ترجمهٴ کتاب اقدس که یکی از احبّآء اللّه نموده مرقوم فرموده بودید اگرچه مقاصد جناب مترجم خیر بوده

Concerning the translation of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas which one of the beloved of God hath made, whereof thou didst write, although the intentions of the translator were good [3.5s]

MAS2.054ax

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings, @praise and encouragement

AB05928

330

Persian

در خصوص اطوار و حرکات غیرمناسب شخصیکه واسطه ایصال و ارسال رسائلست مرقوم

Concerning the unseemly conduct and movements of the person who serves as intermediary for the transmission and dispatch of letters, you wrote [3.5s]

INBA13:136x, INBA75:035x

BRL_DAK#0290, BCH.070x, DUR2.086x, ADH2.046x, ADH2_1#23 p.040x, MJMJ1.049x, MMG2#360 p.402x, MJH.011x

@prayers (general or uncategorized), @wisdom [hikmat], @Hands of the Cause

AB05929

140

Persian

در خصوص انتخاب محفل روحانی سؤال نمودید در شهری که احبّای الٓهی قلیل‌اند هر بیست نفر یا سی نفر یا چهل نفر

Concerning thy question regarding the election of the Spiritual Assembly: in a city where the friends of God are few in number, every twenty or thirty or forty persons [3.5s]

AVK4.310

@spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @elections, @growth of the Cause

AB08891

mixed

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

@spiritual transformation, @metallurgical metaphors, @differences in human capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power of love

AB11412

mixed

در خصوص جناب خادم مرقوم نموده بودید لیس لاحد ان یتکلّم بحقّه شیئاً

Concerning what thou didst write about Jinab-i-Khadim, none hath the right to speak against him [3.5s]

ASAT3.196x

@personal instructions, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love of God

BH00419

1670

mixed

اینکه در باره حبیب روحانی جناب آقا محمد جواد مرقوم داشتند فی الحقیقه ایشان از

Concerning what thou didst write regarding thy spiritual beloved, his honour Muhammad-Javád, verily he is among [3.5s]

MJAN.229, AYBY.289-293

@law of Huququ'llah, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH07000

140

mixed

اینکه در باره امور ذکر نمودید نسئل الله ان یفتح علی وجهک ابواب البرکه و النعمه

Concerning what thou hast mentioned regarding these matters, We beseech God to open before thy face the gates of blessing and bounty [3.5s]

INBA51:558

ADM2#054 p.095x

@prayer for prosperity, @prayer for service, @prayer for protection, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @prayer for spiritual recognition

ABU1404

Words to Latimer, Remey and students, spoken on 1914-10-15

230

Confidence is the cornerstone of all of life's activities. In the early days after our arrival in Acca

DAS.1914-10-15, PN_1914 p084

@conduct in finance and business, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

ABU2727

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-30

Persian

Selections from the Writings of the Báb

تأیید غیر از استعداد و علم و عقل است چه بسیار نفوس غیر مهمه را کشف نمودند چه قدر نفوس که سالها زحمت کشیدند برای کشف نقطهٴ شمالی

Confirmation is not dependent on talent, knowledge or wisdom. Many unimportant persons have made significant discoveries.

BDA1.172.12

SW_v19#10 p.309, MHMD1.187

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @effort; striving, @The Holy Spirit

ABU0686

Words to Mrs Stannard

430

Consecrate all thy time to the service of the Kingdom of God and the propagation of its principles

DAS.1913-10-29, SW_v05#01 p.005-006, SW_v07#11 p.104-106

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action, @unity; oneness of humanity, @human reality created in the image of God

BB00596

Arabic

و اجعل اللهم تلک الشجرة کلها له لیظهرن منها ثمرات ما قد خلق الله فیها لمن قد اراد الله ان یظهر به ما اراد

Consecrate Thou, O my God, the whole of this Tree unto Him, that from it may be revealed all the fruits created by God

SWBP#16 (p.110(a)x)

SWB#16 (p.155-156x), ESW.162

@servitude; submission to God; repentance, @firmness in the Covenant, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha

ABU1186

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-03-06

270

Consider and reflect over the Favors and Bounties of the Blessed Perfection!.. I will send thee to America

DAS.1914-03-06

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power of the Manifestation of God

BH03266

280

mixed

ملاحظه نما و تفکر کن در آنچه در عالم واقع شده علمای ارض و عرفای آن شب و روز

Consider and reflect upon what hath come to pass in the world, how the divines and mystics of the earth, by night and by day [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.142b,

SFI21.013

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @high station of the true believer, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU0336

Address to the Baha'is at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-11-07

700

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

Consider events in the Balkans today where a great conflagration of war is furiously raging

PUP#119 (p.397-399), SW_v06#02 p.017-018

@predictions and prophecies, @unity; oneness of humanity, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @war and peace, @martyrdom of the Bab

ABU2538

Words spoken at table on 1914-10-30

Consider how the people bear testimony to the fact that this Religion is universal and its principles are conducive to the welfare of humanity

DAS.1914-10-30

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @universality of the Cause, @rejection of Muhammad, @suffering; rejection of Christ

BHU0069

170

Consider how unfair and truly void of faith they [the Azalis] are. Because of the Mu`tamu’d-Dawlih’s supplications in Isfahán… One day, several of the clergy came to visit Us. One of them asked, ‘Where are you from?’ ‘We are from `Amá,’ We responded… The day We left Baghdad, We moved to the Garden of Najíb Pasha and stayed there for 12 days

AFNAN.042-043

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

ABU1669

Words spoken on 1915-04-07 in Abu Sinan

180

Persian

چقدر انسان بیوفا است بهزار زحمت و مشقت و با اشک

Consider man's infidelity. With a thousand worries, troubles and tears he raises a child. Then, he readily puts thousands upon thousands to the sword.

KHH1.204 (1.286)

KHHE.299-300, BSR_v13 p.097

@war and peace, @justice and wrath of God, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @love and unity

ABU1467

Words to Arab villagers from Adasiyyah, spoken on 1914-05-07

220

Consider that Abdu'r-Rahman Pasha receives one forth of the entire crop and produce from the farmers in his village

DAS.1914-05-07

@agriculture, @education of children; moral education, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @work as worship, @thankfulness; gratitude, @excellence; distinction

ABU1689

Words spoken ca. 1914

180

Arabic

ملاحظه جنون دولت ایران و دولت عثمانی را بفرمائید که به چه طرزی حضرت بهاءالله

Consider the foolishness of the governments of Iran and the Ottoman Empire in how they banished His Holiness Baha'u'llah from Iran

KHH1.322 (1.448-449)

KHHE.459-460, COB.226x

@banishment to; life in Baghdad, @predictions and prophecies, @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @prophecy and fulfillment, @growth of the Cause, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people

ABU1913

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

150

Persian

انظروا جنون دولت ایران و دولت الاتراک کیف نفوا بهاء الله من ایران و بغداد

Consider the foolishness of the governments of Iran and the Ottoman Empire, how they banished Baha'u'llah from Iran to Baghdad and Istanbul... Perchance it is because of this that Jewish people will embrace the Cause, since there is no other course left to them.

QT108.070, KHH1.057 (1.080-081), KHH1.322 (1.448-449)

KHHE.098-099

@predictions and prophecies, @growth of the Cause, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people

BH02046

430

mixed

در قرون اولی تفکر نما هر هنگام که آفتاب عنایت الهی از افق ظهور طالع شد ناس

Consider the former generations. Witness how every time the Day Star of Divine bounty hath shed the light of His Revelation upon the world

BLIB_Or15715.361a,

GWBP#023 p.045

GWB#023, GPB.187x, PDC.131-132x

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

LL#354

ABU1941

Words spoken on 1914-01-27

150

Consider the influence of the Word of God... If you take bars of iron and tie them together, no matter how closely, they will not become one. But when a metallurgist comes on the scene

DAS.1914-01-27, SW_v15#07 p.208x

@station of the Manifestation of God, @metallurgical metaphors, @oneness; unity of religion, @unity in diversity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU2307

Words to Florence Khan spoken in 1906

110

Consider the mole beneath the ground. He constructs galleries and tunnels there… Again look at the spider.

SUR.241

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @stories; anecdotes

ABU3128

Words spoken on 1913-01-27 in Paris

Persian

به بین خدا ما را بکجاها کشانیده چگونه آوارهٴ صحرا و دریا کرده فی الحقیقه این قول حافظ

Consider the places where God has taken us--how He has made us wanderers upon the plains and across the seas. Truly, this passage from Hafiz

BDA2.109

MHMD2.134

@poems and quotation from poetry, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU2088

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-05-10

130

Consider the power of the Covenant! Where is Acca and where is Los Angeles! Yet the power of the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh has united these two distant points!... In order to preserve the unity of the Cause and to spread the religion of God, Baha'o'llah has established this Covenant and Testament

DAS.1913-05-10, SW_v08#13 p.183x, SW_v09#13 p.139x

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @East and West; communication between East and West, @growth of the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant

ABU1952

Words spoken in 1912

150

Consider the times of the past: Regard for instance the days of His Holiness Christ and days subsequent thereto.

SW_v03#13 p.016

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @growth of the Cause, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics

AB00921

Some Answered Questions #042 The Power and Perfections of the Divine Manifestations

410

Persian

در عالم وجود یعنی کائنات جسمانیه ملاحظه نمائید دائرۀ شمسیه مظلم و تاریک

Consider the world of existence, that is, the material creation. The solar system is wrapped in darkness.

MFD#42, DWNP_v3#08 p.069-070, OOL.C022.42

SAQ#42

@Manifestation of God as sun, @growth of the Cause, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @spiritual transformation

ABU2212

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

110

Persian

این درخت را که میبینید اگر بخود نگاه کند ابدا از خود امیدی ندارد و مایوس است

Consider this tree: If it only focuses on its own merits, then it will have no hope, and will be deprived. However, if its hope is on the billowing waves of the sea of nature

KHH1.042 (1.059-060)

KHHE.077

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @bringing forth results; fruit, @humility; meekness; lowliness

AB05481

150

Consider thou that Abdul Baha is proving the validity of Christ through divine argument, brilliant traces and infinite outpouring

BSTW#357

@Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith, @Christ; Christianity

AB05203

150

mixed

در فضل و موهبت الهيّه نظر نما و به لطف و عنايت حضرت کبريا تفکّر کن که درمان هر درد است

Consider thou the grace and bestowal of God, and reflect upon the loving-kindness and favour of His exalted Presence, which is healing for every pain [3.5s]

MMK6#575x

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @courtesy; culture [adab], @service to others; to the Cause of God

BH11373

Persian

از جمله در سورهٴ مبارکهٴ هیکل که بعض آن از ارض سر بعراق رفته و بعضی اجزاء بعد از ورود سجن اعظم ارسال شده ملاحظه فرمايند

Consider thou, for instance, the blessed Surih of the Temple, of which certain portions were revealed in Iraq and some parts subsequent to arrival in the Most Great Prison [3.5s]

ASAT5.277.11x

@banishment to; life in 'Akka

ABU0661

Words spoken on 1915-03-01 in Abu Sinan

440

Persian

خدا چه تعلقی ما بین ما و آنها انداخته که از جان و دل ... تقوی ام الفضائل و عدم تقوی ام الرذائل است در عکا شخصی بود

Consider what an immense love and devotion... Piety is the mother of all goodly characters, and its absence is the mother of all evil

KHH1.183-185 (1.256-260)

KHHE.268-271, BSR_v13 p.093, STAB#016, STAB#150

@stories; anecdotes, @suffering and imprisonment, @piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]

ABU2270

Words to Juliet Thompson et al, spoken on 1909-07-09

110

Consider what the power of the Covenant has done! It was an impossibility for a Zoroastrian to unite with a Sid and a mulla with a Jew.

SW_v08#17 p.226x, PN_1909 p016, PN_1909 p049, PN_1909C p096, DJT.084, BLO_PN#027

@role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @unity in diversity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU1824

Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-04-30

160

Persian

این چه محبتی است که بقوهٴ حضرت بهآءالله در میان ما احداث شده پادشاه ایران دو مرتبه

Consider what wonderful love is this that has been established between us through the power of His Holiness Baha'u'llah! The Shah of Persia came twice to Stuttgart.

BDA2.276

DAS.1913-04-30, MHMD2.361-362

@status of kings; future of monarchy, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart

ABU3056

Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-10

Consider with what knowledge His holiness Bahá'u'lláh hath favored the Bahá'ís, that if they are given the whole world they will not deny Christ. They love Christ better than their own lives.

DAS.1914-05-10

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ABU2467

Words to Mirza Muhammad Ali Khan, ca. 1906

Persian

ملاحطه نمائید که در سنهٴ ماضیه اعداء و بدخواهان این مظلوم بنهایت فساد برخاستند

Consider ye how in the bygone year the enemies and ill-wishers of this Wronged One arose with consummate mischief [3.5s]

ASAT5.110

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @Ottoman commissions of investigation

ABU2585

Words spoken on 1915-09-11 in Haifa

Persian

شما ملاحظه نمائید که این ازلیها تا بحال جز ضرر و فساد و خرابی و انقلاب چه ثمری از برای ایران و ایرانیان داشتند

Consider ye how these followers of Azal have, until this day, yielded naught but harm and corruption, ruin and upheaval as their fruits for Iran and its people [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-09-11

@constitutional revolution in Iran, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

BH07493

130

Arabic

ان انظروا فی صنع الله و آیاته انها ملئت شرق الارض و غربها ان اعتبروا یا اولی

Consider ye the handiwork of God and His signs, for verily they have filled the East and the West of the earth. Reflect, O people of insight [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.063b,

AQA5#174 p.233

@contemplation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment

BH06012

170

Consort with all the people in love and fragrance. Fellowship is the cause of unity... Oneness, in its true significance…

BSC.157 #147-150x

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @transcendence; unknowability of God, @superstition

AB10882

mixed

قناعت در هر موردی محبوبست حتّی در تجارت. مقصد سهولت معيشت است زيرا ثروت موقّت است

Contentment in all things is praiseworthy, even in trade and commerce. The aim is the ease of livelihood, for wealth is but transitory [3.5s]

MMK6#251x

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @conduct in finance and business, @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

AB06547

120

Contributions collected for the teaching fund must be used for teaching

SW_v10#13 p.250x

@personal instructions, @business; financial; property matters, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @permission for visit; pilgrimage

AB10602

mixed

جناب غلامحسين را تحيّت مشتاقانه برسان و بگو ربّ المشرقين و ربّ المغربين و شمس الخافقين

Convey ardent greetings unto Jináb-i-Ghulám-Ḥusayn, and say: Lord of the twin Easts and Lord of the twin Wests, Sun of the horizons [3.5s]

MMK6#513x

@spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @permission for visit; pilgrimage

BH11251

Persian

جمیع احباء را تکبیر برسانید و از لهو و لعب منع فرمائید خمر محبت حضرت بیمثال

Convey greetings unto all the friends, and forbid them from idle pastimes and diversions - the wine of love for the Incomparable Lord [3.5s]

GHA.431

@begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation, @knowledge; recognition of God

ABU2147

Words spoken on 1913-01-20 in London

120

Persian

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

تحیت و مهربانی مرا باحبای هونولولو برسانید و بگوید من همیشه بیاد آنها هستم و در حق ایشان

Convey my greetings and kindest sentiments to the Baha'is of Honolulu, and inform them that they are ever in my thoughts

YHA2.779, BDA2.095-096

MHMD2.116

@firmness in the Covenant, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

BH11056

Persian

دوستان آن ارض را تکبیر برسانید

Convey My greetings to the friends in that land [3.5s]

INBA41:200a.04

@prayer for specific individuals; groups, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB08064

180

Persian

ای دختر عزیز نامه رسید الحمد لله دلالت بر انجذابات وجدانی مینمود و منطوقش

Convey my respects to Lady Nicolson and deliver this message to her on my behalf: This century is the century of God and the dawning place of the Sun of Truth

BRL_DAK#0122

LBLT.158x

@spiritual transformation, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

AB11328

Persian

امه الرحمن الرضیه المرضیه المحترمه والده میرزا عنایت الله را تحیت مخصوص برسان

Convey special greetings to the handmaid of the All-Merciful, well-pleased and well-pleasing, the revered mother of Mírzá 'Ináyat'u'lláh [3.5s]

DUR4.404

AB12800

250

Persian

احبای الهی را بذکر ابدع احلی و بتکبیر اقدس ابهی مبلغ در کل احیان بوده و از

Convey the Most Glorious Greetings and the Most Holy Salutations to the loved ones of God, who have ever been bearers [of His Message] throughout all times and [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#1129

@conduct in finance and business, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @work as worship

AB12239

230

unknown

بامه الله مس انا کستلین از قبل من نهایت مهربانی بردن و بگو خدماتت

Convey the utmost affection on my behalf to the maid-servant of God, Miss Anna Kostlin and say to her: Thy services are always before my eyes

BBBD.471

BBBD.472

@praise and encouragement, @monasticism; asceticism, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

AB04444

170

Convey the wonderful Abha greetings to.......and Mrs. Waite and tell her that the tune for the Dawning rays of Truth has come

BBBD.119-120, BLO_PT#052.17b

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB01248

350

Convey this message to each and all the believers in New York: Any person who comes to America

SW_v06#12 p.096, BSTW#073e

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @love and unity, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB09765

mixed

جناب ميرزا داود خان عليه بهآء اللّه الأبهی را از قبل اين عبد تکبير برسان و بگو که خدا در قرآن می‌فرمايد

Convey thou, on behalf of this servant, the Most Glorious Splendour of God to Jinab-i-Mirza Dawud Khan, and say that God in the Qur'an declareth [3.5s]

MMK6#438x

@prayer for the departed, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

AB11234

Persian

حضرت سمندر نار موقده را تحیت مشتاقانه ابدع ابهی ابلاغ فرمااید شب و روز فراغت

Convey to his honour Samandar, flame of the kindled fire, my most loving and most glorious Abhá greetings [3.5s]

AYBY.327 #008b

@the concourse on high

AB11397

mixed

جناب علی آقا را از قبل این عبد بذکر الله البهی الابهی متذکر دارید الا ان بذکر الله

Convey to Jinab-i-'Alí-Áqá, on behalf of this servant, greetings in the Most Glorious mention of God. Verily, in the remembrance of God [3.5s]

INBA84:481c

@permission for visit; pilgrimage

AB11500

Persian

جناب ابوالقاسم کرمانی را تکبیر ابدع ابهی تبلیغ فرمااید اذن زیارت روضه مطهره

Convey to Jinab-i-Abu'l-Qasim-i-Kirmaní the Most Glorious and Most Wondrous Greeting, and grant permission for pilgrimage to the Sacred Shrine [3.5s]

INBA84:483e

@praise and encouragement, @permission for visit; pilgrimage

ABU0720

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-27

410

Convey to the attendants in that Friday evening meeting my love and extend to them my longing. See what has happened to this world.... You must all do your best to increase love among the friends

SW_v10#17 p.315x, PN_1919 p014, PN_1919 p194, LAT.143-145

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @light and darkness, @predictions and prophecies, @John the Baptist, @Christ; Christianity

BH08151

120

mixed

بعلماء از قول بها بگو ما بزعم شما مقصریم از نقطه اولی روح ما سواه فداه چه

Convey to the divines these words of Bahá: Ye have deemed Us to be deserving of blame. What fault appeared so conspicuously from the Primal Point

AYI1.340, UAB.051d, NFQ.009, AHB_108BE #01 p.002

ADMS#257

@suffering and imprisonment, @Moses, @Christ; Christianity

BH02754

320

mixed

بعلماء از قول بها بگو ما بزعم شما مقصریم از خاتم انبیا چرا اعراض نمودید از

Convey to the divines these words of Bahá: Ye have deemed Us to be deserving of blame. Why did ye turn away from the Seal of the Prophets?

BLIB_Or15699.098, , BLIB_Or15724.169, , BLIB_Or15726.117,

ADMS#258

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB02816

230

Persian

جناب آقا سید انصرالله باقروف را از قبل من نهایت اشتیاق و سلام و پیام

Convey to the esteemed Áqá Siyyid Ansaru'llah Bagirov, on my behalf, my most ardent greetings and salutations [3.5s]

INBA16:192

AMK.123-124x, AVK4.443bx

@consolation and comfort, @predictions and prophecies, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU1625

Words to Mrs Garrett of Boston in Sept. 1911

190

Convey to the friends in Boston affectionate greetings, and tell them that though I am in London, my heart and soul are with them.

BSTW#082

@firmness in the Covenant, @chastisement and requital, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @consolation and comfort, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB12769

Persian

امه الله المقربه والده محترمه را از قبل عبدالبهاء تحیت ابدع ابهی ابلاغ دارید

Convey to the honored mother, that near handmaiden of God, on behalf of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, the most exalted and resplendent greetings [3.5s]

INBA85:121a

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

AB03471

200

Persian

بقرينه محترمه‌ات از قبل عبدالبهآء تحيّت ابدع ابهی ابلاغ دار و بگو که نوازش مسجونين و تربيتشان و تعليمشان

Convey to thy honoured companion, on behalf of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Most Glorious and Most Wondrous greetings, and say that the comfort of prisoners and their education and training [3.5s]... O thou who art turning thy face to the divine Kingdom! Thy respected wife

MMK1#083 p.113x

SWAB#083x, LOG#0711x, SW_v10#17 p.318-319, BLO_PT#052

@praise and encouragement, @education of children; moral education, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

BH00244

2540

mixed

Changing Pronouns and Dropping 'Say' in Prayers

بجناب ذبیح علیه بهاء الله تکبیر مالانهایه برسانید عجبست که خبر ایشان نرسید

Convey unto his honor Dhabih, upon whom be the Glory of God, boundless greetings. Strange it is that no word hath been received from him [3.5s]... ...In some of the revealed prayers and supplications it is written, “and make him.” Is it considered interpolation if one recites, in a passsage of entreaty, "and make me"

INBA28:171, NLAI_BH4.053-062.03x

AVK2.318.17x, AVK4.028.13x, AVK4.267.10x, AVK4.439ax, MAS4.030x, MAS4.036x, ASAT4.030x, ASAT4.462x, ASAT5.054x, YIK.071-078

KSHK#08x

@empty learning; false spirituality, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @unity; oneness of humanity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ROB4.321, ROB3.200-201, LL#193, LL#372

ABU1975

Words spoken to Siyavash Sifidvash on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-03-24

140

Persian

بجناب میرزا سیاوش از قبل من نهایت اشتیاق و محبت را ابلاغ دارید فی الحقیقه

Convey unto his honor Mirza Siyavash, on my behalf, expressions of the utmost yearning and affection. In very truth [3.5s]

YARP2.300 p.245, RMT.032-033, QUM.219.06x, YARD.043x, YARD.086-087

@praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB11521

Persian

ورقه موقنه مقبله امه الله ربابه را از قبل این عبد تکبیر ابدع ابهی ابلاغ

Convey unto Rubábih, that assured and accepted leaf, handmaid of God, the Most Glorious and Most Wondrous greetings from this servant [3.5s]

MKT6.177a

AB11150

Persian

جناب آقا میرزا عبداللّه سلیل سمندر را تحیّت مشتاقانه برسان و بگو آنخانواده طرّاً مشمول

Convey yearning greetings unto his honor Áqá Mírzá 'Abdu'lláh, descendant of Samandar, and say: that entire family is encompassed [3.5s]

AYBY.455 #204x

@permission for visit; pilgrimage, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @consolation and comfort

AB00592

510

Persian

جناب آقا میرزا حسین خان بروجردیرا از قبل من نهایت اشتیاق ابلاغ نما که چون دل

Convey, with utmost eagerness on my behalf, to Jinab-i-Aqa Mírzá Ḥusayn Khán-i-Burújirdí, that just as the heart [3.5s]

TAH.333

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @consolation and comfort, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

ABU1137

Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909

280

Conveying the Message is accomplished today by the confirmation of the Holy Spirit, and not by any fund of knowledge or by the possession of facts.

AHF.028-029

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @The Holy Spirit, @methods of teaching the Cause, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH03457

Lawh-i-Tal'atu'l-Hubb

260

Arabic

ان یا طلعه الحب قد عرفنا شوقک الی الله فی رفرف البقا علی قربک فی میادین

Countenance of love, we have recognized your longing for God in the pavilions of eternity, insofar as you drew near and attained

BRL_DA#118, AQA4a.240, FRH.346

WIND#123

@praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @mystical themes, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

LL#249

ABU0161

Words spoken at Unitarian conference in Boston, 1912-05-22

1000

Persian

Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

امشب من تازه از راه رسیده ام خسته ام با وجود این مختصری صحبت میدارم زیرا جمع

Creation is the expression of motion. Motion is life. A moving object is a living object

KHF.175, KHAB.272 (282), KHTB2.071, NJB_v03#06-08 p.004, NJB_v04#13 p.002

BWF.224-228, PUP#053 (p.140-143), FWU.083, SW_v13#05 p.099-101

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures, @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @relativity of religious truth

AB05472

150

Cry aloud and say: O friends, a hundred times glad tidings that the light of Reality has shone and enlightened the world. The proclamation of the Kingdom has reached you.

CHH.177-178, BLO_PN#022

@call to action, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

BH10624

Arabic

قد اخذت الظلمه کل الاشطار و ظهر ما کان مسطورا فی کتب الله المقتدر العزیز المختار

Darkness hath indeed encompassed every region, and that which was inscribed in the Books of God, the Almighty, the Powerful, the Chosen One, hath been made manifest [3.5s]

INBA73:343b, NLAI_BH1.490a, NLAI_BH2.235.01

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @prophecy and fulfillment, @thankfulness; gratitude

ABU2849

Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909

Persian

ظلمت عدم نور است وجودی ندارد یهدی من یشاء و یضل من یشا

Darkness hath no existence in truth, for it is but the absence of light. He guideth whom He willeth and leadeth astray whom He pleaseth [3.5s]

KHH2.281

@nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @light and darkness

ABU0770

Words spoken on Mt Carmel in summer of 1909

390

Das Buch der gesegneten Vollkommenheit (Bahá'u'lláh), welches den herrlichen Namen "Eschrakat" trägt, vervollständigt in mancher Hinsicht das Heilige Buch, Kitáb-i-Aqdas

SDW v11#09 p.100-101

@House of Justice, @growth of the Cause, @symbolism of color and light, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal language

ABU3621

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Das schönste Pentagramm umfaßt: Liebe, Arbeit, Gebet, Friede und Freude. Jage täglich seiner Verwirklichung nach!

SDW v13#10 p.104

@lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @work as worship

ABU0452

Words spoken at the Shrine of the Bab in Aug 1909

580

Das Wort "auserwahlt ("chosen" in Englisch) wird leicht als gleichbedeutend mit "bevorzugt", "verwöhnt", "auserlesen", "vor andern" angesehen. Gerade das Volk Israel hat es kaum je in seiner ganzen Bedeutung erfaßt

SDW v11#06 p.064-065

@Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity

AB07072

120

Persian

دوست عزیز مهربان کارت ویزیت شما بواسطه یکی از احباء الله واصل سبب ذکر و یاد شما شد اگرچه همیشه

Dear and cherished friend, your calling card, conveyed through one of the beloved of God, hath been received and served to bring you to remembrance, though indeed [3.5s]

MSHR5.160

@prayer for governments and rulers, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @predictions and prophecies

AB05416

150

mixed

دوست عزیز مهربان نامه نامی وارد و مضمون تسلی خاطر گشت فی الحقیقه در چنین وقتی

Dear and cherished friend! Thy noble letter was received and its contents brought solace to my heart. Verily, at such a time [3.5s]

MSHR4.346-347

@love and unity, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @consolation and comfort

AB01515

320

Persian

ایتها الشقیقه الروحانیه در شب و روز بدرگاه احدیت عجز و نیاز کنم و ناله و فغان

Dear and deeply spiritual sister! At morn and eventide, with the utmost ardour and humility, I supplicate at the Divine Threshold, and offer this, my prayer

BHKP_2#03

BHK_2#03

@prayers (general or uncategorized), @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision

AB00813

440

Persian

دوست عزیز مهربان در این ساعت دستخط عالی رسید فورا در کمال سرعت جواب مرقوم

Dear and kindly friend, at this hour your esteemed letter arrived, and with the utmost speed a reply is being penned [3.5s]

CMB_F66#21,

BRL_DAK#0814

@consolation and comfort, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @martyrs and martyrdom, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @chastisement and requital, @review of publications

AB01217

360

Persian

شخص عزیز محترما الحمد لله که مدتیست مدیده در ایران بخدمات فائقه موفق شده اید و

Dear and respected friend! Praise be to God that for a considerable time thou hast been enabled to render outstanding services in Iran [3.5s]

MSHR4.047-048

@praise and encouragement, @unity; oneness of humanity, @poems and quotation from poetry, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @martyrs and martyrdom, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

AB04168

180

Persian

دوست عزیز مهربان اثر کلک گهربار سبب سرور ابرار بود و مضمون مشحون باحساس وجدان

Dear cherished and kind friend! The effect of thy jewel-scattering pen brought joy to the righteous, and its contents were replete with feelings of conscience [3.5s]

MMK2#363 p.259

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline

AB01634

310

Persian

دوست عزیز من بعد از خبر وفات والده مرحومه محترمه دیگر از شما نامه ای نرسید

Dear friend, after receiving news of the passing of your honoured mother, no further letters have reached me from you [3.5s]

MMK5#162 p.126

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @consolation and comfort, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

ABU0520

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-28

520

Persian

حضرات الطاف جمال مبارک موج میزند الآن چون نگاه می کنم می بینم بحر عنایتش مواجست

Dear friends, the waves of the bounties of the Blessed Beauty are surging. As I look I see the ocean of His favor swelling

BDA1.276.09x

MHMD1.294x

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @thankfulness; gratitude

AB06499

130

Persian

یا شقیقه روحی و فوادی خبر وصول بمصر و حصول راحت سر رسید نهایت روح و ریحان

Dear sister, beloved of my heart and soul! The news of thy safe arrival and pleasant stay in the land of Egypt has reached me

BHKP_2#04

BHK_2#04

@growth of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @consolation and comfort

AB04555

170

Persian

سرور عزیز محترما مضمون نامه شما در نهایت حلاوت بود زیرا دلالت بر وفا میکرد و

Dearly cherished and esteemed friend, the content of your letter was imbued with an exquisite sweetness, for it bore witness to loyalty and fidelity [3.5s]

MSHR4.069-070

@the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @spiritual transformation, @poems and quotation from poetry

AB12784

Deliver my greeting and praise and my abundant longings to my beloved ones in that city (New York) which hath become the City of the Covenant and the town of the Love of God

@the power of words; of speech, @unity in diversity, @call to action, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1894

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

160

Der Engländer hat ein unerschutterliches Staatsbewußtsein, welches mit seinem Geschäftssinn ganz verwachsen ist; deswegen ist er der geborene Eroberer und Kolonisator

SDW v14#01 p.008

@critique of Western values; culture, @praise of Western values; culture, @growth of the Cause

ABU1479

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

220

Der Erlösertod Christi wird schon seit Jahrhunderten mißverstanden. Gehe zu den Mönchen des Eliasklosters und sie werden Dir folgendes sagen

@crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

BH01734

510

mixed

لا تیاس من روح الله ما بتو مانوس و تو محسوس ما هفت شهر عشق را عطار گشت ما

Despair not of the Spirit of God, for thou art neither familiar with nor conscious of Its presence. While 'Attar wandered through the seven cities of Love, We [3.5s]

INBA36:345.02, BLIB_Or15722.247, , NLAI_BH1.319

BRL_DA#596, TZH4.150x, RHQM1.335-335 (408) (247x), MSHR4.258-259x, MSHR4.365x, MSHR5.069x, MSHR5.342x

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @poems and quotation from poetry, @love of God, @mystical themes, @transcendence; unknowability of God

AB10242

mixed

هین مشو نومید بس امیدهاست حصول و وصول موکول بثبوت است ثم استقاموا برهان مشهود

Despair not, for countless are the hopes that lie ahead. Attainment and arrival depend upon steadfastness, and those who stand firm have manifest proof [3.5s]

INBA85:187a

MMK6#461, MSHR5.089

@consolation and comfort, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

BH00748

1050

mixed

مع ایقانی بانه لایذکر بذکر دونه و اقراری بانه لایوصف بوصف ما سواه اذکره اتباعا بما

Despite my certitude that He cannot be mentioned through any mention save His own, and my acknowledgment that He cannot be described by any description but His, I make mention of Him in accordance with [3.5s]

INBA15:179, INBA26:179

UVM.095.20x

@honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @consultation, @praise and encouragement

BH11674

Detachment is as the sun; in whatsoever heart it doth shine it quencheth the fire of covetousness and self. He whose sight is illumined with the light of understanding will assuredly detach himself from the world and the vanities thereof…

BW_v01p042

K. Key

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world, @Manifestation of God as sun

ABU3634

Words spoken on 1914-07-11

Devotion to and love for one's vocation accomplishes miracles.

DAS.1914-07-11, SW_v08#02 p.021

@excellence; distinction, @power of imagination; thought; right intention, @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @work as worship

ABU2910

Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-12

Did this occur when both were in service for the Cause?... Two human beings may live side by side, may be closely related, and yet be very far apart. Their souls may never meet. And two souls may be attracted instantly

PN_1909C p015, PN_unsorted p156

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love and unity

ABU1459

Words to Remey, Latimer, et al, spoken on 1914-10-16

220

Did you hear the cooing of the doves? Just now some one fired a gun and they

DAS.1914-10-16, SW_v09#18 p.205, PN_1914 p090

@stories; anecdotes, @kindness to and rights of animals, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

ABU3448

Words spoken on 1913-12-21 in Haifa

Did you know what I was smiling for?... In either case he has not understood, he is just revealing the state of his own

DAS.1913-12-21, SW_v08#11 p.142

@humor; jokes, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance

ABU0677

Words spoken at hotel in Denver, 1912-09-25

430

Persian

دیدید چه آتشی بقلوب زدم انسان باید اول خود مسرور و منجذب باشد تا تواند

Did you see what a fire was set aglow in the hearts?... I have come to your city and found tall buildings and advancement in material civilization... Man must take flight from the cage of the body... The Persian friends travel mostly on foot.

BDA1.270.01

MHMD1.288-290, STAB#032

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @material and spiritual existence; two books, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0672

Conversation with Shaykh Muhammad at House of Abbud in Akka, 1915-02-27

440

Didst thou not hear that I went to America? France in comparison to America is very near...

DAS.1915-02-27

@humor; jokes, @accounts of dreams and visions, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU0200

Words spoken ca. 1910

910

Die "Heilige Vollkommenheit Bahá'u'lláh" hat in den Tagen ihrer Leiblichkeit (d. h. bei seinen Lebzeiten) verordnet, daß das Heilige Buch des Rechtes und des Gesetzes

SDW v11#02 p.018-020

@House of Justice, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @law of obligatory prayer

ABU3440

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Die Arbeit soll dem Menschen Selbstbewußtsein urid Würde geben. Warum raubt man ihm denn diese zwei wichtigsten Früchte

@labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @work as worship

ABU3587

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Die freudigste Genugtuung fühlt man nach Erfüllung und Vollendung von schweren, opfervollen Pflichten!

SDW v13#10 p.103

ABU0376

Words spoken on Mt Carmel in June 1909

650

Die Gesegnete Vollkommenheit Bahá'u'lláh hat in allen Seinen geheiligten Schriften, im Kitab-i-Aqdas, im Eschrakat

SDW v11#12 p.134-135

@education and the development of capacity, @education of children; moral education, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @educational curricula, @differences in human capacity, @Christ; Christianity

ABU3353

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Die Gesegnete Vollkommenheit Bahá'u'lláh lehrt, der Mensch -- jeder Mensch -- hat ein Anrecht auf Friede, Freiheit, Freude und Arbeit

@justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @work as worship, @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @true liberty; freedom

ABU3324

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Die Jugend will ein großes Betätigungsfeld vor sich sehen -- heißt sie -- die Bahá'i-Lehre über die ganze Erde tragen

SDW v13#10 p.103

@humor; jokes, @stories; anecdotes

ABU0414

Words to Persian Baha'Is and others in Ridvan Garden, Apr 1910

610

Die Lehre Seiner Heiligkeit Muhammed, des gesegneten Prophecen wird gerade von den Okzidentalen (Europziern und Amerikanern) im Punkte der Vorausbestimmung

SDW v10#12 p.172-174

@free will and predestination; fate, @justice and wrath of God, @episodes from the early history of Islam, @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

ABU3332

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Die richtigen, wahren Bahá'i sind die Schauenden, die Erkennenden, die Wissenden; ihre vornehmste Aufgabe ist, daß sie von der Gnade der Erkenntnis

SDW v14#01 p.008

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @love and unity, @material world a reflection of the spiritual

ABU2384

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-11

100

Different things are considered by us as of absolute importance, while in reality they have a relative importance at various stages of our development

DAS.1913-05-11

@martyrs and martyrdom, @relativity of religious truth

ABU0696

Pilgrim notes of Anton Haddad, Jan. 1900

420

Disagreement among the believers is likened unto the clouds... You are a small army and very few in number in comparison with those around you.

PN_1900 p072

@contention and conflict, @unity of thought and belief, @symbolism, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @growth of the Cause

ABU2530

Words spoken ca. Dec. 1911 in London

Poetry in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Writings and Utterances

Disease is of two kinds: (a) Material (b) Spiritual. For instance, a cut of the hand; if you pray for the cut to be healed

LOG#0949x, AIL.065, SW_v02#19 p.007-008, SW_v08#18 p.230

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @power of prayer, @symbolism, @miracles and their interpretation

ABU0060

Words to Drs. W. and W. Allen and Dr. J. Catton, spoken on 1912-10-21

1460

Diseases are of two kinds. There are some which are due to material cause, and such diseases should be treated according to material methods.

MAB.069-075, ECN.545

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @teleology; goal-directed motion, @power of prayer, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @Greatest Name

AB09356

Persian

مواهب الهيّه بی‌پايانست ولی هدايت قياس به موهبت ديگر نگردد. اين فضل صرفست و احسان بحت

Divine bounties are limitless, yet guidance cannot be compared with any other gift. This is pure bounty and sheer grace [3.5s]

MMK6#019x

@call to action, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @high station of the true believer, @thankfulness; gratitude

ABU0830

Words spoken on 1916-08-16 in Bahji

360

Persian

فیض الهی عام است فیوضات رحمانیه متتابعاً بر جمیع کائنات نازل می شود ولی هر کائنی به حسب قابلیت و استعداد

Divine bounty is universal; the outpourings of divine mercy descend successively upon all created things, yet each creature receiveth according to its capacity and worthiness [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-08-16

@divine attributes are within all things; every atom, @maintainance of degrees in society, @education and the development of capacity, @station of the Manifestation of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others, @divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal

ABU3049

Words to the ship's doctor, spoken on 1913-12-05

Divine civilization is peace, love and unity. The East has been the founder of divine civilization, but the West the spreader of material civilization.

DAS.1913-12-05

@East and West; communication between East and West, @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity

ABU0712

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-08

410

Divine favor, like the sun, appears from different dawning places. In the early days, the prophets were the dawning places of the divine benedictions.

PN_1904 p010, PN_1904 p045, TTAW.013-015, BLO_PN#102

@literal interpretation, @oneness; unity of religion, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @Manifestation of God as sun

AB11192

mixed

هدايت الهيّه از متعلّقات فضل است نه عدل، يهدی من يشآء و يضلّ من يشآء انّک لا تهدی من احببت

Divine guidance pertaineth unto grace, not justice - "He guideth whom He willeth, and causeth to stray whom He willeth." Verily, thou canst not guide him whom thou lovest [3.5s]

MMK6#375x

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power of faith; power of the spirit

AB06483

130

Persian

نور هدی تابان شده طور تقی رخشان شده موسی بجان پویان شده کهسار سیناء آمده صبح

Divine rays of Guidance are scattering wide, The Sinai of righteousness shineth once more; The spirit of Moses is yearning for Thee

INBA13:387, INBA59:158, INBA88:312

MMK2#028 p.018

BLO_PT#064

@praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation, @Manifestation of God as sun, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU1808

170

Divine things are too deep to be expressed by common words. The heavenly teachings are expressed in parable in order to be understood

AIL.080

@multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @unity in diversity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @knowledge of self, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

BH06491

150

Persian

بشانی آیات الهی نازل که احدی بر احصای آن جز ذات مقدسش قادر نه و الواح منیعه بدیعه

Divine verses have been revealed in such profusion that none save His sanctified Essence is capable of enumerating them, and sublime, wondrous Tablets [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.053b,

@chastisement and requital, @modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation, @the power of words; of speech, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @call to action

BH08146

120

mixed

آیات الهیه بشانی نازل که کتاب عالم و صاحبان قلم از احصای آن عاجز و قاصر و هر نفسیکه

Divine verses have been sent down in such manner that the Book of the world and all who wield the pen stand powerless and incapable of reckoning them, and every soul that [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.049c,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation

ABU0321

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

710

Do everything in your power to help the poor and needy. Serve God in this way... Souls differ in their capacity to receive and manifest the Light of the Spirit.

TDLA.041-044, BLO_PN#104

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @differences in human capacity, @war and peace, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @origin of the soul; the soul as emanation, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick

AB12810

270

mixed

از صعود ولد جلیل محزون مباشید زیرا این جهان تنگ است کیهان جنگ است جمیع ذرات

Do not be grieved at the ascension of your noble son, for this world is narrow and confined, the cosmos is a battlefield, and every single atom [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#1156

@competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence, @prayer for the departed, @consolation and comfort

ABU3308

Words spoken on 1912-12-20 in London

Persian

گریه مکن مویه منما فریاد بر میار اشک از دیده مبار سُرور و حُزن دنیا هر دو در گذر است و عزت و ذلت آن هر دو فانی

Do not cry or lament! Do not wail or let tears rain from your eyes! The happiness and sorrow of this world last only for a time, and its glory and abasement are both fleeting

BDA2.032

MHMD2.038

@consolation and comfort, @the ephemeral and the eternal, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB09644

Persian

این مسئله را عقب ننمااید حال مسکوت عنه بگذارید بعد درست خواهد شد در خصوص خرید

Do not delay this matter; let it rest for now. It will be set right later regarding the purchase [3.5s]

INBA17:230

@business; financial; property matters, @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir], @personal instructions

BB00683

Letter to the wife of the Bab, in Maku

Do not expect any assistance from thy brothers. They will not help; it is enough that they refrain from insults. Overlook their faults. Even Our enemies have not caused the like of what resulted from the acts of Siyyid 118 in Isfahan

EBTB.216-217, AFNAN.116

ABU2426

Words to a man from Russia, spoken on 1912-11-01

Persian

از روس بد مگو با دشمن و دوست هر دو نکوئی کن بگو من با همه یگانه‌ام بدل خیر خواه عموم باش

Do not speak ill of Russia. Render good to friend and foe alike. Say that you are one with all. Be a true well-wisher of people.

BDA1.343.15

MHMD1.362

@quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @love and unity

BH02951

300

mixed

این مشت خاک را از اهتزاز کلمهٴ مبارکه منع منما و از حرارت محبت محروم مساز دریاهای عالم

Do not withhold from this handful of dust the vibrations of the blessed Word, nor deprive it of the warmth of love, O Ocean of the worlds [3.5s]

INBA65:051x, INBA30:096x

AHM.373x, DWNP_v6#04 p.001-002x, AQMJ1.179x, ADH1.088x

@thankfulness; gratitude, @greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @wisdom [hikmat], @education of children; moral education

ABU3759

Words spoken on 1913-04-06 to a minister of Stuttgart

Persian

Panj Kanz (Five Treasures)

امّا بامپراطور آلمان منویس زیرا مغرورند و مشغول حالا گوش نمیدهند

Do not write to the emperor; he is proud and preoccupied, and will not take heed at present

BDA2.222

MHMD2.287

@personal instructions, @wisdom [hikmat], @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge

BH07773

130

Arabic

قدر یا اله الاسما لاحبتک فی ملکوتک ما ینبغی لکرمک یا فاطر الارض و السما یا

Do Thou ordain, O God of all names, for Thy loved ones who dwell in Thy Kingdom that which is befitting of Thy munificence, O Fashioner of heaven and earth

INBA49:310

AQA6#176 p.002, ADM2#033 p.055

JHT_S#170

@development of capacity and readiness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for specific individuals; groups

ABU1771

Words to departing pilgrims, spoken on 1914-01-20

170

Do ye not weep! The Lord is your comfort. The glory of the King of Kings shall rest upon you. Abide eternally in the realm of joy

DAS.1914-01-20

@unity; oneness of humanity, @call to action, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity in diversity, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @praise and encouragement, @consolation and comfort

ABU2344

Words spoken ca. 1904

100

Persian

میدانی من این امر را چه قسم اداره میکنم? من شراع کشتی را محکم میکشم و طنابها را خوب میبندم

Do you know how I administer this Faith? I pull the sails of the ship firmly and fasten the ropes tight.

KNSA.138

MNYA.186-187

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @firmness in the Covenant, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @Crimson Ark; the Ark of God, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

ABU0522

Words to Habib Mu'ayyad around June 1914

520

Persian

میدانی چرا حضرت اعلی شهید شد میدانی چرا جمال مبارک اینهمه بلاها را تحمل کرد

Do you know why His Holiness the Exalted One [the Bab] was martyred and the Blessed Beauty sustained such life-long hardships and sufferings?... Is it rational for us to aid him? If a thief wants to enter a house and rob it, should we help him?

KHH1.072-074 (1.100-103)

KHHE.116-117

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU1012

Words to Mr Chant, Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-26

310

Do you like Haifa by this time?... Look at the spiritual side of Haifa, not the material side... The title of 'Bahá'u'lláh' was given by Himself.

PN_1919 p046

@Declaration of Baha'u'llah, @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @prophecy and fulfillment, @Declaration; advent of the Bab, @youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha, @Baha'u'llah

ABU0724

Words spoken at Shrine of the Báb, 1920-09-05

410

Do you like it here? Do you like the view here? ... This truth is that this place has a spiritual atmosphere... His Holiness Elijah was once in a cave near here.

SW_v11#16 p.269-270, PN_1920 p030, PN_1920 p054, PN_1920 p090, PN_1920_heh p012, PN_1920_heh_haifa p013, STAB#053

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @stories; anecdotes, @Shrines and Holy places, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU1431

Words spoken on 1915-03-20

220

Persian

این خنقدقها را میبینید دولت عثمانی میخواهد با این خندقها از کشتیهای ... در ایام عبدالحمید که فرقه عسگر متطوع

Do you observe these trenches? The Ottoman government wishes through these fortifications to prevent the ships [3.5s]... ...During the reign of 'Abdu'l-Hamid when a group of soldiers volunteered to fight against the Russians

KHH1.194

KHHE.283-284, STAB#046

@heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past

ABU1904

Words to Asadullah Qumi spoken around Sept. 1910

160

Do you realize the meaning of my statement... Tell the friends, how, under severe circumstances of bodily weakness, I have accepted... A clipping from the newspaper of Moaid...

SW_v01#15 p.002

@travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @wisdom [hikmat]

ABU2407

Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-10

100

Do you see that brilliant star? I declare... that it is my fondest hope

DAS.1912-12-08, SW_v07#12 p.115, SW_v09#14 p.162

@light and darkness, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @being a source of light; guidance, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence

BHU0014

210

Do you see this Garden? Do you see all these stones? All will be destroyed. But the time will come when these will be renewed.

SUR.281-282, PN_1901 p029, PN_1901 p041

@present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @Shrines and Holy places, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU3096

Words to Jinab-i-Fadil spoken in 1921

Do you think that this material food has any effect upon my body? This food has no effect. Only good news from the believers

SW_v14#06 p.180

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @personal instructions, @growth of the Cause, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU2506

Words to a Frenchman, spoken on 1914-06-03

Does this philosopher mean that there is no 'motion' whatever in Nature? For as we know there are several kinds of motion

DAS.1914-06-03

@evolution; human evolution, @passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence, @heat and motion, @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @law of transformation and change

ABU1931

Words spoken en route in carriage in Akka, 1915-04-17

150

Doest thou see the farmers furrowing the fields for the sowing of new seeds? Are they not working with tireless exertion?

DAS.1915-04-17

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @words vs deeds, @effort; striving

BH00749

1040

mixed

الامر لله الذی بموج من امواج بحر امتحانه غرق خلق کثیر لم یحص عدتهم الا نفسه

Dominion belongeth unto God, Who, through a wave cast from the ocean of His trials, hath drowned vast multitudes whose number none can reckon save His Own Self [3.5s]

AQA6#218 p.059, KHSH10.033

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

ABU0853

350

Persian

الملک لله صاحبی جز خدا ندارد ان الارض لله یورثها لمن یشاء من عباده چه ثمری از برای انسان

Dominion belongeth unto God. None other save Him hath any sovereignty. Verily, the earth is God's; He causeth whomsoever He willeth among His servants to inherit it. What fruit hath man therefrom? [3.5s]

NJB_v15#03 p.088

ABU3239

Interview with W.H. Randall, Haifa, 1919-11-18

Don't forget this, that this is a Universal Temple--advertise it so; announce that this is for all and every religion

PN_1919 p016

@elections, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @universality of the Cause

AB09686

Persian

هیچ دانی که رحمت حق بدون طلب شامل حال تو گشته دولت ابدی در خانه بکوفته در

Dost thou know that the mercy of God hath, unbidden, encompassed thee, and eternal fortune hath knocked at thy door [3.5s]

TAH.231

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @thankfulness; gratitude

BHU0001

Panj Kanz (The Five Treasures)

1400

Persian

کنز اول قومی در بیرونی بیت قدَم میزدند وبرخی از شاهزادگان ایران حضور داشتند

Dost thou know what sort of person is worthy of hearing My words and is fit to enter My presence?

TZH4.255-259x, PKNZ, DHU.049x, ANDA#40 p.10, OOL.B156

SW_v16#02 p.431x, ADMS#017

@mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @fellowship with the wayward and ungodly, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @divine attributes are within all things; every atom

ROB2.140-143x, MMAH.162, LL#207

BH07884

130

Arabic

هل تری ما عبر و هل تجد ما غبر لم ادر لم یحزن البشر فاعتبروا یا اولی الالباب

Dost thou perceive that which hath passed, and find that which hath faded away? I know not why mankind grieveth not. Take ye heed, O ye who are endued with understanding [3.5s]

INBA19:007a, INBA32:008a, INBA34:329b, BLIB_Or11095#350, , BLIB_Or15707.199, , BLIB_Or15735.343,

AQA1#210

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual transformation, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @chastisement and requital, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH03151

290

Arabic

هل القلم یعلم قل ای وجمال القدم ولکن الناس اکثرهم لایعلمون انه یطیر فی هواء

Doth the Pen know? Say: Yea, by the Beauty of Eternity! Yet most men comprehend not that it soareth in the atmosphere [3.5s]

INBA34:200

AQA1#063, AKHA_124BE #07 p.j

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @suffering and imprisonment, @station of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH03403

270

Arabic

هل اللوح یحمل اسرار ربک هل القلم یجری منه ما اراد لا و نفسه الحق بل بما

Doth this Tablet bear the mysteries of thy Lord? Doth the Pen flow with whatsoever He willeth? Nay, by His own Self [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#205,

@servitude; submission to God; repentance, @spiritual transformation, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @love of God

ABU2881

Words to Dr. Woodson Allen spoken in Oct. 1912

Dr. Allen, you understand healing. You understand healing. You understand healing! You know that many diseases can be cured through simple medicines

MAB.075-076

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @material and spiritual existence; two books

ABU1608

Words spoken on 1914-06-20 in Haifa

190

Dr. Ardasheer has learned osteopathy very well. He desires to give you a massage.... They investigate every question.... They go to self-interested strangers

DAS.1914-06-19, SW_v09#10 p.119-120

@power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @methods of teaching the Cause, @praise of Western values; culture, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0529

Words spoken in the house of Abdu'l-Baha in Spring 1910

520

Du frägst viel und Wichtiges, o meine Tochter, Gott möge uns allen Weisheit und Erkenntnis schenken, darüber klar zu sehen!

SDW v12#01 p.002-003

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @predictions and prophecies, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @growth of the Cause, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB05988

130

Persian

از عدم فرصت مختصر جواب مرقوم میشود در مسئله مشرق الاذکار بجناب آقا موسی از

Due to lack of time, a brief response is penned concerning the matter of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár to his honour Áqá Músá [3.5s]

MMK5#281 p.212

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @review of publications, @photographs and recordings

ABU0068

Words spoken on 1914-06-29 in Haifa

1420

mixed

در تمام ایام مبارک همیشه آرزوی من این بود که روزی بیاید بلکه انشاء الله بجهتی

During all the blessed days of Baha'o'llah, my hope always was that a day would come

MAS5.230-236, NJB_v05#10 p.003, KHH1.250 (1.349-357)

KHHE.367-373, DAS.1914-06-28, SW_v09#11 p.127-130

@call to action, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @exhortations and counsels, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @martyrs and martyrdom, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU3753

Words spoken on 1913-03-12 in Paris

Persian

Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

در زمان غیبوبت در سلیمانیّه اغلب اوقات شیر میل میفرمودند و نان و شیر برنج فی الحقیقه خوب غذائی است

During Baha'u'llah's seclusion in Sulaymaniyyih, He mostly drank milk and ate bread with rice pudding; this is truly excellent sustenance

BDA2.180

MHMD2.228

@Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih

ABU0634

450

Persian

حضرت اعلی در ایام توقفشان در بوشهر... تجار بوشهری رسمی داشتند که بعد از ختم هر معامله ای

During His stay in Bushihr, the Bab achieved extraordinary things and thoroughly demolished the foundation of people's corrupt practices...The merchants of Bushihr practised dabbih. That is, the merchants, after having negotiated a transaction

AHDA.041-042

STAB#073, GEN.012-013

@conduct in finance and business, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @business; financial; property matters

ABU0300

Public address given on 1912-04-17

740

During my visit to London and Paris last year I had many talks with the materialistic philosophers of Europe

BWF.251-254, PUP#009 (p.020-022), FWU.045, SW_v03#10 p.010-011, SW_v15#01 p.003-004

@limits of the intellect, @importance of authoritative interpretation, @intuition; inspiration, @The Holy Spirit

ABU1947

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-02-15

150

During our stay in Baghdad there lived in that city one of the Ameers of Afghanistan. He was reputed to be very wealthy and cultured. He used to frequent our house

DAS.1915-02-15

@stories; anecdotes, @humor; jokes

BHU0008

300

Persian

در ایام دارالسلام ما خودمان در قهوه خانه جالس میشدیم و با نفوس از داخل و خارج آشنا

During Our stay in Baghdád we often encountered friends and strangers from near and far while visiting the coffee-houses

DHU.039-040

STOB.076-077 #105

@banishment to; life in 'Akka, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @suffering and imprisonment, @banishment to; life in Baghdad

ABU0604

Words spoken on 1914-06-26

470

During the autocratic reign of Abdul Hamid, while I was closely incarcerated in the town of Acca, a man with a suspicious character called on me.

DAS.1914-06-26, SW_v09#11 p.125x

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @banishment to; life in Constantinople

AB04167

180

Persian

در ایام مبارک مرحوم آقاخان تابع میرزا یحیی بعکا آمد و بنهایت عجز و ابتهال استدعا

During the blessed days, the late Aqa Khan, a follower of Mírza Yaḥyá, came to 'Akká and, with the utmost humility and supplication, earnestly besought [3.5s]

RHQM1.615-616 (750a) (460x), MAS5.018

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @growth of the Cause, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis

ABU1026

Words spoken on 1914-06-18

300

During the days of youth, man sees the pictures of life in all things.... During the lifetime of the king-of-the-martyrs, the heart of the Blessed Beauty.... On day, one of the opposers hit a dog with a stone.... There was a great commotion in the souls upon hearing my address....

DAS.1914-06-18, SW_v09#10 p.118

@evolution; human evolution, @kindness to and rights of animals

ABU2666

Words spoken in Dec. 1913 in Akka

During the Dispensation of Muhammad, there lived two poets in Mecca. One composed a great eulogy praising Muhammad

DAS.1913-12-21

@stories; anecdotes, @humor; jokes, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam, @praise and encouragement

ABU1050

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-25

300

During the first year of our arrival in Baghdad, one day Mirza Javad asked me to go out with him to an outlying district. At this time, Arabian robbers frequented the roads

DAS.1913-04-25

@humor; jokes, @stories; anecdotes, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU0787

Words spoken on 1914-02-03

380

During the first years of our stay in Baghdad, Baha'o'llah suddenly departed for the

DAS.1914-02-03, SW_v08#13 p.165-166

@Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

ABU2330

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-03-25

100

Persian

در زمان رومان مشهور بعلم اخلاق بودند ولی حالا مانند یونانیها در نهایت سوء اخلاق مشاهده میشوند

During the last days of our stay in Egypt, we went to Tanta for the repair of the tomb of Haji Abu'l-Qasim

BDA1.009.11

MHMD1.014

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

ABU2033

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

140

During the last six thousand years nations have hated one another, it is now time to stop.

AIL.061

@war and peace, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @oneness; unity of religion, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

ABU0615

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-03-07

460

During the last two years the world has gone through a terrific earthquake. Bloodthirstiness and ferocity have become widespread.

DAS.1915-03-07

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @war and peace, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU0998

Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-08

310

During the lifetime of Bahá'u'lláh the inhabitants of the village, Mokeiss, were most anxious that I may buy half of their real estate

DAS.1914-05-08

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @business; financial; property matters, @personal instructions, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

AB09669

Persian

در سنه سابق وقایع عظیمه رخ داد که افق آمال غباری یافت در سیرجان حضرت مقرب

During the past year events of great magnitude unfolded, casting a shadow upon the horizon of aspirations. In Sirjan, that distinguished soul [3.5s]

INBA17:236

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU1307

Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920

240

Persian

در زمان فتعلیشاه ذوالفقار خان نامی حاکم سمنان بود بسیار شخص غیور و جسوری بود

During the reign of Fath-'Ali-Shah, one Dhu'l-Faqar Khan governed Simnan, and he was a man possessed of exceeding valor and intrepidity [3.5s]

KHMT.079-080

@stories; anecdotes, @Imam Husayn, @accounts of dreams and visions, @eulogies; reminiscences

ABU0197

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-01-17

910

During the reign of Kaliph Abdol Malek Mervan there lived in Damascus a merchant. At first everyone trusted him and deposited in his safe large amounts of money.

DAS.1915-01-17

@honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @spiritual transformation, @stories; anecdotes

ABU1839

Words spoken on 1913-03-16 in Paris

160

Persian

در زمان معاویه شخصی از خاندان اسرائلیان بود

During the reign of Mu'awiyah, the caliph, there was an Israelite who claimed to be a Muslim.

BDA2.185.01

MHMD2.235, STAB#148

@stories; anecdotes, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

ABU3669

310

During the time that His Holiness the Exalted One lived in Bushihr and was in the trading business, a few merchants bought some Prussian blue dye from His blessed Person

AFNAN.129-130

@business; financial; property matters, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @events in the life and ministry of the Bab

BH10568

Persian

در احیان هبوب اریاح امتحان و افتتان باید عاشقان جمال رحمن در کمال اطمینان بر

During the times when the winds of tests and trials blow forth, the lovers of the Beauty of the All-Merciful must remain in utmost assurance [3.5s]

INBA38:073a

@false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU1747

Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920

170

Persian

در این مدت من تب داشتم و نتوانستم در محفل شما حضور پیدا کنم لذا از ملاقات شما ها محروم بودم

During this period, I was stricken with fever and could not attain unto your gathering; thus was I deprived of meeting with you all [3.5s]

KHMT.090

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @goodly deeds; actions

BH06520

150

mixed

در این مدت سبب تاخیر بعضی از امور ظهور این امر بود چنانچه در الواح قبل ذکر شد

During this period, the cause for the delay of certain matters was the emergence of this Cause, as mentioned in previous Tablets [3.5s]

INBA71:041

AKHA_124BE #01 p.v

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @knowledge; recognition of God

BH11115

Arabic

کل یوم یفترس الذئب عنما من اغنام الله الهی الی متی تنظر و تصبر ان العدل

Each day a wolf preyeth upon one of God's flock. O my God! How long wilt Thou observe and forbear? Justice [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.090g,

ABU1396

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

230

Each Manifestation was alike great in himself, each spoke with the same authority, each alike breathed the spirit of God.

AELT.131-133

@differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world

AB00206

Some Answered Questions #041 Universal Cycles

810

Persian

همچنان که این اجرام نورانیه در این فضای نامتناهی هر یک را دوری زمانیست

Each of the luminous bodies of this limitless firmament has its cycle of revolution

MFD#41, DWNP_v2#08 p.068-069, OOL.C022.41

SAQ#41

@the Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion

ABU1239

Words spoken ca. Oct. 1911

260

Each one has in his environment a treasure. Let him seek that treasure eagerly, search for it with patience

SW_v02#14 p.007+014-015

@East and West; communication between East and West, @development of capacity and readiness, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU2637

Words to Albert Vail, spoken on 1919-11-23

Each one of the friends should try to guide one soul--those who are worthy--not the persons who enter the Cause and bring degradation to it; not like Fareed.

PN_1919 p013, BSTW#206

@methods of teaching the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1348

240

Each power is localized. Reason has its seat in the brain, sight in the eye, hearing in the ears

ADP.097-098

@serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @unity in diversity, @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @Baha'u'llah

ABU0903

340

Each religion teaches that a mediator is necessary between man and the Creator

SW_v14#04 p.110-111, ADP.033-035

@Manifestation of God as mediator, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @Manifestation of God as sun, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God

ABU0494

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-22

540

Each state, for instance New York, will have one House of Justice. The cities (of that state) will be under that House of Justice... Each of the friends should try to guide at least one soul

PN_1919 p031, PN_1919 p169, LAT.102-106

@House of Justice, @elections, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU0797

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

370

Persian

حالا با آقا میرزا مهدی صحبت میکردم میگفتم که باید بسیار مسرور باشی که پدر مومنی داری

Earlier I was speaking with Áqa Mírza Mihdí, and I said to him: You must be very happy as you have a father who is a believer.

KHH1.039-040 (1.055-057)

KHHE.073-074

@Moses, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @high station of learning

ABU0807

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-16

370

East and West are gathered here. Very good! Whatever gathering establishes love and union among human kind is Heavenly Bounty... Sixty years ago they introduced the potato into Persia

PN_1919 p019, PN_1919 p102, LAT.027-030

@unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU1198

Words to Dr. Getsinger, spoken on 1914-08-24

270

Economy is the foundation of human prosperity. The spendthrift is always in trouble

DAS.1914-08-24, BSC.453 #829x, SW_v08#02 p.018, BSTW#303

@acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth, @work as worship, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @conduct in finance and business

ABU2331

Words to Mr Wilhelm and others, spoken on 1912-11-15

100

Persian

در عالم وجود تعلیم و تربیت اهم امور است بدون معلم در امور مادی ترقی حاصل نشود تا چه رسد در امور روحانی

Education and training are the most important issues in the world of existence. Without an educator, little progress can be made in material affairs... The whole world is like a physical body and the power of Baha'u'llah may be regarded as the main artery in the body of existence.

BDA1.374.06

MHMD1.393

@need for an educator, @education and the development of capacity, @education of children; moral education, @differences in human capacity, @spiritual transformation

ABU2358

Words spoken on board the SS Baron Call at sea, 1913-12-03

100

Education is the bedrock of the modern civilization of Europe and America. From childhood the mothers train the minds of their children with noble ideals

DAS.1913-12-03

@educational curricula, @education of children; moral education

AB11346

Persian

یا خود به خراسان روید و یا آنورقهٴ منجذبه را به طهران آرید قصور و فتور جائز نه

Either journey thou thyself to Khurásán, or bring that enkindled leaf unto Tihrán. Negligence and delay are not permissible [3.5s]

MSBH5.234x

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @personal instructions

AB03065

220

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

El-Baha, praise, light, blessing and peace be upon thee, O thou fire of the Love of God

TAB.382-383

@eulogies; reminiscences, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @praise and encouragement, @prayer for martyrs, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU2375

Words spoken in Dec. 1900

100

Elijah and Enoch were believed to have come from human source, but ascended bodily into heaven. Jesus said this could not be.

PN_1900 p100

@Christian doctrine and practice, @station of the Manifestation of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @return of Christ; second coming of Christ

ABU1108

290

Endeavor and strive eagerly that you may progress and advance rapidly. You are born in this holy day

SW_v09#08 p.095-096

@bringing oneself to account each day, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline

ABU1641

Words to E.C. Getsinger, spoken on 1900-09-29

190

Enoch prophesied of the coming of Bahá'u'lláh in Jude Chapter 1, Verse 14.

PN_1900 p040

@prophecy and fulfillment, @symbolism, @Baha'u'llah

ABU3754

Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-23

Persian

در امر بهآءاللّٰه داخل شوید و بموجب وصایایش عمل کنید چون در امر بهآءاللّٰه کامل گردید

Enter into the Cause of Baha'u'llah and act in accordance with His counsels. When you have attained to the pinnacle

BDA2.254

MHMD2.330

@the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU3695

Words to two Theosophists spoken on 1913-04-23

120

Persian

در ملکوت بهآء اللّٰه داخل شوید تا از هر جهت مؤیّد گردید در ایران نسآئی هستند

Enter into the Kingdom of Baha'u'llah, that you may be aided in every respect. In Persia, there are women who are entirely bereft of wealth

BDA2.253

DAS.1913-04-23, MHMD2.329

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @unity; oneness of humanity

BH05898

170

Persian

معادل کتب قبل بل ازید از سماء علم الهی آیات نازل و افق عالم از تجلیات انوار

Equal to all previous Books, nay surpassing them, verses have descended from the heaven of divine knowledge, and the horizon of the world hath been illumined by the radiance of its lights [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.192,

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @call to action, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU1685

Words spoken on 1915-08-26 in Haifa

180

Persian

مِن بعد خیلی معرکه می شود. ملوک ارض کوزه های گل بر سرشان از مقام اعلی یک سر مناجات کنان به روضهٴ مبارکه

Ere long shall there come to pass mighty upheavals. The kings of the earth, with earthen vessels upon their heads, shall, with suppliant voices raised in prayer, hasten together from the Most Exalted Station unto the Sacred Court [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-26

@stories; anecdotes, @predictions and prophecies

BH11507

Arabic

فسوف یفتح ما غلق و یفتق ما رتق و یدخل من منع و یفرق من جمع و یسهل ما عسر

Erelong shall that which was sealed be opened, and that which was tightly woven be unraveled, and he who was denied entry shall come in, and that which was gathered shall be scattered, and that which was difficult shall be made easy [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.027

AVK4.417b

@praise and encouragement, @call to action, @predictions and prophecies, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision

BH10334

Arabic

فسوف یرفع ندآء العجل السامری عن شطر العراق اذا لا تلتفت الیهم و لا علی ما فی

Erelong shall the cry of the Samaritan Calf be raised from the region of Iraq; pay ye no heed unto them, nor unto that which [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15694.572a,

ABU1054

Words to Fugeta, Mrs. P. et al, spoken on 1920-01-06

300

Erelong- during this century. I treat myself always by diet. Yesterday I treated myself with this butter... One day at Adrianople I was with the Governor and we went to a garden where pears were growing.

PN_1919 p072

@stories; anecdotes, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing

ABU3038

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Es gibt nicht nur in lndicn Kasten und Kastengeist. Das Prinzip der Exklusivitat vergiftet auch heute noch die westlichen Kulturstaaten

@race unity; racial issues, @Christ; Christianity, @Christian doctrine and practice, @priestcraft, @growth of the Cause, @critique of Western values; culture

AB02821

230

mixed

دوست مکرم مهربان مراسله شما واصل و از مشقات و گرفتاری و ناچاری شما نهایت تاسف

Esteemed and cherished friend, your letter has been received, and I am deeply grieved by your hardships, trials and privations [3.5s]

MMK6#234

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment, @consolation and comfort, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam

AB01146

370

Persian

دوست عزیز واجب الاحتراما نامه شما رسید دلیل بر آن بود که مجلس بین المللی

Esteemed and honored friend, your letter was received and served as evidence that the International Assembly [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0984, MNMK#118 p.228, MJDF.096, NJB_v04#11 p.002

@the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace, @unity; oneness of humanity, @light and darkness, @unity in diversity, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

AB11232

Persian

جناب همدم نامه نمروی سیوم ۳۰ رسید نامه بقائممقامی در این پوسته است وصول ارسال

Esteemed companion: your letter numbered the thirtieth was received. Enclosed herein is the letter to Qa'im-Maqami [3.5s]

INBA17:217

@business; financial; property matters

BH03485

260

Persian

دوست مکرم نامه شما رسید قرائت شد لله الحمد مشعر بر سلامتی و صحت مزاج شما بود

Esteemed friend, thy letter was received and read. Praise be to God, it indicated thy health and well-being [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15717.246a,

@personal instructions, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @thankfulness; gratitude, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB02001

280

mixed

جناب عندلیب چون آنجناب اهل راز این عبد هستید لهذا از اسرار بیانی نمایم و آن

Esteemed Nightingale! Since thou art privy to the mysteries of this servant, I shall therefore impart unto thee certain secrets, and these [3.5s]

INBA87:622, INBA52:664

MKT5.215, MSBH7.183-184

@servitude; submission to God; repentance, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3039

Words to Mr. Lorge, London, 1912-12-20

Europe is steeped in a sea of materialism. People are either agnostics or full of religious superstitions

DAS.1912-12-20, SW_v03#19 p.006

@independent investigation of truth; reality, @praise of Western values; culture, @critique of Western values; culture

ABU3223

Words to some friends, spoken on 1912-07-04

Even the sword is no test to the Persian believers.... But some of the people here are tested if I don't say 'How do you do?'

PN_1909B p047, DJT.327, BLO_PN#027

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU0858

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

350

Persian

جناب ابوالفضائل با نهایت ضعف و پیری شب و روز به خدمت امر الله قائم است

Even though he is old and very frail, Mírza Abú'l-Fadl devotes night and day to the service of the Cause of God and the diffusion of the divine fragrance.

KHH1.027-029 (1.039-040)

KHHE.055-056, STAB#071

@events in the life and ministry of the Bab, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @conduct in finance and business

BH02013

440

mixed

لازال در سجن اعظم مذکور بوده و هستی چندی قبل نامه آنمخدره کبری رسید امام وجه

Ever hast thou been remembered, and art remembered still, in the Most Great Prison. Some time ago the letter of that most noble lady arrived before Me [3.5s]

INBA51:313

KHAF.011ax

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @personal instructions, @prayer for protection, @praise and encouragement, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @consolation and comfort, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

BH08428

120

mixed

لازال طرف عنایت غنی متعال متوجه مقبلین و مقبلات بوده امروز روز ظهور جواهر وجود

Ever hath the glance of the loving-kindness of the All-Bountiful, the Most High, been directed towards those, both men and women, who have turned unto Him. This is the Day for the manifestation of the gems of existence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.108c,

@servitude; submission to God; repentance, @high station of the true believer, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @praise and encouragement

BH04527

210

mixed

لازال صادق و کاذب هر دو در دنیا بوده حزب شیعه خود را اصدق و اعلم عالم

Ever hath there been both the truthful and the false in the world. The Shí'ih party hath regarded itself as the most truthful and most learned among all [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.189b,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU0739

Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909

400

Persian

همیشه انبیای الهی در صدمات و بلیات بوده اند این صدمات و بلایا در سبیل

Ever have the Prophets of God been encompassed by tribulations and calamities. These afflictions and trials were in the path [3.5s]

KHH2.251-253

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @martyrs and martyrdom, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU2267

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

110

Everlasting Life is the Bounty of God. It is like the Sea of Reality. The believers are the waves of that Sea, one great Sea and a thousand waves as one.

TDLA.008, BLO_PN#104

@human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @symbolism of color and light, @unity in diversity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0083

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

1330

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

Every age requires a central impetus or movement. In this age, the boundaries of terrestrial things have extended

BSC.274 #562, SW_v04#01 p.004-006, SW_v11#17 p.287

@education of children; moral education, @universal education, @war and peace, @unity; oneness of humanity, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @harmony of science and religion, @equality of men and women, @universal language, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @universal peace; world unity, @oneness; unity of religion

AB12052

Every assembly held for the purpose of bringing about unity and concord will be conducive to turning strangers into friends

BRL_ATE#084

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2072

130

Every century holds the solution of one predominating problem. Although there may be many problems

COC#1605x, LOG#1420x, SW_v07#15 p.136

@universal peace; world unity, @call to action, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1166

Words to Mr Maxwell, spoken on 1912-08-31

270

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

در اینگونه مدارس چون تنها درس مادیات و حکمت طبیعی خوانده میشود لهذا نفوس تحریری که ذی فنون باشند

Every city in which the remembrance of God is raised... As only material education is imparted and only natural philosophy is taught, these universities do not produce highly talented scholars... Behold what eleven disciples of Christ have accomplished, how they sacrificed themselves!... On our way to Baghdad

BDA1.210.16

SW_v19#12 p.380, MHMD1.228-229

@apostles; early disciples of Christ, @educational curricula, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Greek philosophers; Greek civilization

ABU0138

Public address given on 1912-11-09

1070

Every composition is necessarily subject to destruction or disintegration. For instance

PUP#123 (p.415-418), SW_v05#19 p.291-293

@meaning; importance of dreams and visions, @the human soul, @second birth, @relationship of the soul to the body, @composition and decomposition, @mind as intermediary between soul and body

BH07306

140

Persian

هر شیء از اشیاء را رائحه بوده و خواهد بود و مفتشهای الهی از هر نفسی رائحه

Every created thing hath, and shall ever possess, its own fragrance, and the divine Investigators perceive from every soul its fragrance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.032b,

ABU3320

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-24

Persian

هر روزی امری مؤید است و هر وقتی مقصدی مقتضی امروز تبلیغ امر الله و نشر تعالیم الهیه جاذب تأییدات غیبیه است وقت تخم افشانیست و القآء کلمهٴ الهی

Every day confirmations surround some specific pursuit and every hour has a purpose decreed for it. Today, teaching the Cause of God

BDA1.329.13

MHMD1.348

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the power of words; of speech, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU0361

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

660

Every deed of life is a thought expressing itself in action; it is the actual mirror of the man within. The act sets up a force which is the spirit of the deed.

AELT.143-148

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence, @spiritual transformation, @love of God, @moderation; frugality; simplicity

AB06724

120

Persian

هر نفس هوشيار براحت و نعمت و سرور موقّت دل نبندد در جميع امور حقيقت ابدی جويد

Every discerning soul attacheth not its heart to transient comfort, bounty and joy, but in all matters seeketh after eternal truth [3.5s]

MMK3#092 p.061x

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB00168

Some Answered Questions #044 The Rebukes Addressed by God to the Prophets

880

Persian

هر خطاب الهی که از روی عتابست ولو بظاهر بانبیاست ولی بحقیقت آن خطاب

Every divine utterance that takes the form of a rebuke, though it be outwardly addressed to the Prophets of God

MFD#44, OOL.C022.44

SAQ#44

@quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat], @Moses, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @humility; meekness; lowliness

ABU3369

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Every drop of blood shed in the Cause of God will raise up one hundred believers. Martyrdom is the supreme test of belief.

TDLA.005, BLO_PN#104

@martyrs and martyrdom, @growth of the Cause, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @predictions and prophecies

ABU2015

Words to Kathryn Rogers(?) spoken in 1900

140

Every element in the creation of God exemplifies the beauty and harmony of living, not for ourselves, but for others... It was not given to every star in the heavens to be the first magnitude

PN_unsorted p057

@disregarding individual capacity; weakness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @goodly deeds; actions, @being a source of light; guidance

BH09933

Arabic

قد شهد کل منصف بما حملته فی سبیل الله مالک الایجاد ان الذین اوتوا بصائر من

Every fair-minded soul hath witnessed what thou hast borne in the path of God, the Lord of creation. Verily, those who are endowed with insight [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.056e,

@love of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU0131

Words spoken on 1915-10-30 in Haifa

1090

Persian

هر مؤمن صادق و ثابت در صون حمایت جمال مبارک است. ایمان و ایقان یک رائحهٴ طیبه ای دارد، واقعاً نمی شود

Every faithful and steadfast believer abideth secure beneath the sheltering protection of the Blessed Beauty. True faith and certitude possesseth a sweet and heavenly fragrance that cannot be concealed [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-30

@Shrines and Holy places, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @sacred remains; burial of the Bab, @degrees of faith; certitude

ABU3482

Persian

هر بنیانی عاقبت ویران شود مگر خدمت باستان یزدان پس خدمتی در دیوان الهی نما تا بایوان رحمانی راه یابی

Every foundation shall ultimately crumble save service at the threshold of the Ancient of Days; therefore render thou a service at the Divine Court, that thou mayest find thy way unto the pavilion of the All-Merciful [3.5s]

KHMT.192

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH11310

Persian

هر خوبی خوبست طوبی از برای دستیکه بتحریر آیات الهی فائز شد و از برای لسانیکه

Every goodness is goodness indeed. Blessed is the hand that hath attained unto the inscription of the divine verses, and blessed is the tongue that [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.078f,

@praise and encouragement, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

ABU2168

Words spoken on 1913-05-03 in Paris

120

Persian

هر امر عظیمی را مرکزی است که دارای قوهٴ نافذه و قدرت غالبه است و سائرین نسبت بآن مرکز عظیم

Every great undertaking has a focal point which possesses a penetrating power and subduing might… If outward perfections and physical well-being are the fruits of the world of humanity, then any flock of birds or hive of bees

BDA2.282

MHMD2.372

@spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @man's distinction from the animal

BH06325

160

mixed

هر یک از اماء که در یوم الهی برحیق عنایت رحمانی فائز شد او از رجال محسوب و

Every handmaid who, in the Day of God, attaineth the wine of bounty is reckoned among the men and mentioned in the Book as one of the righteous

BLIB_Or15699.070b,

ADMS#265

@prayer for women, @praise and encouragement, @role and station of women, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

AB07825

110

Every high-soaring bird does not attach its heart to its low nest and abode. At every morn it sings a new melody in a rose-garden

DAS.1913-03-29x

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @love of God

AB08084

100

mixed

هر اذيّت و جفا که در سبيل مير وفا وارد شهد بقاست و موهبت عظمی

Every injury and cruelty sustained in the path of the Most Faithful One is the honey of immortality and a boundless bounty [3.5s]

MMK2#209 p.149x

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @chastisement and requital

ABU3420

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Every man walking in the street is free as if he were in his own kingdom. There is a great spiritual light in London.

AIL.109

@freedom of thought and action, @praise of Western values; culture, @justice and mercy

AB01159

370

Every Manifestation is the Adam of His time... There were one hundred thousand Adams before the Adam of biblical records each being the Manifestation of his own time or cycle.

PN_unsorted p087

ABU3763

370

Every Manifestation is the Adam of His time... There were one hundred thousand Adams before the Adam of biblical records each being the Manifestation of his own time or cycle.

PN_unsorted p087

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @the Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle, @Adam; Adam and Eve, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations, @station of the Manifestation of God

ABU1628

Words spoken in 1900

190

Every material thing we see around us, represents some spiritual idea. As there is an outward, material reality, so there is also an inward, spiritual reality.

PTIM.062, BSTW#201

@Manifestation of God as sun, @Manifestation of God as educator, @need for an educator, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @material world a reflection of the spiritual

ABU0778

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-08-23

380

Every meeting which is held for the purpose of teaching the Cause of God and the people

DAS.1914-08-23

@false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @chastisement and requital, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

ABU3330

Every morning when I awoke I praised God there was another day to serve Him in His prison.

SW_v13#05 p.102

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @thankfulness; gratitude, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow

ABU0156

Words spoken at Esperantist society in Edinburgh, 1913-01-07

1020

Persian

از احساسات وجدانیه مستر ها خیلی ممنونم فی الحقیقه آنچه فرمودند ستایش خود

Every movement which promotes unity and harmony in the world is good, and everything which creates discord and discontent is bad.... I recall an incident which occurred in Baghdad. There were two friends who did not know each other's language... His Holiness Baha'o'llah, many years ago, wrote a book called "The most Holy Book"

AMK.271-274, PYM.039-041x, KHF.225, KHTB3.090, NJB_v04#02 p.002

BSC.337 #664, SW_v04#02 p.034-036, SW_v11#18 p.299-303+306, SW_v17#07 p.201, SW_v11#17 p.286-287, VLAB.156x, STAB#138x

@unity; oneness of humanity, @universal language, @stories; anecdotes, @unity in diversity, @harmony of science and religion, @universal peace; world unity

BH06893

150

Arabic

یشهد کل اسم بانه مقدس عن الاسماء کلها و کل شیء علی انه لهو العلی العظیم انه

Every name beareth witness that He is sanctified above all names, and every thing testifieth that He, verily, is the Most High, the Most Great [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.064c,

@living waters; water of life, @praise and encouragement, @self-description of God; God's self-remembrance, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH06668

150

mixed

قد فاز کل اسم کان فی کتابک بذکر ربک العلیم الخبیر اشکر الله بما ایدک علی

Every name that was in Thy Book hath attained unto the grace of remembrance by Thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Render thanks unto God for having aided thee [3.5s]

AQA5#065 p.081, AQMJ2.027ax

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @knowledge; recognition of God, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

ABU0459

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-09

570

Every nation is looking for a Promised One, or indeed, for two Manifestations. Zoroastrians expect two. The Jews expect Elias and Christ.

PN_1904 p012, PN_1904 p048, TTAW.015-019, BLO_PN#102

@prophecy and fulfillment, @outward and inward meanings, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @symbolism, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU3415

Words spoken on 1912-12-23 in London

Every object in this world has the power of combustion. The objects by themselves and in themselves will not be ignited. A flame is necessary. I hope you will become that flame to enkindle the hearts.

DAS.1912-12-23

@fire and light; fire and water, @power of faith; power of the spirit, @being a source of light; guidance, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2534

Words spoken in Aug. 1912 in Green Acre

Every one is giving an account of his religion and statements of his religion, the history of his religion. But there is no investigation of the realities.

SW_v16#04 p.486-487

@independent investigation of truth; reality, @symbolism

ABU0894

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

340

Every one receiving these instructions will think, 'How like my own religion!' This is because they are so broad that they include all truths; and all religions are built upon the same foundation.

AELT.128-130

@unity; oneness of humanity, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @oneness; unity of religion, @outward and inward meanings

ABU0400

Words spoken at Blomfield home in London, 1912-12-24

620

Persian

هر انسانی باید اول در فکر تربیت خویش باشد در فکر این باشد که خودش کامل گردد

Every person must first think of educating themselves. Indeed, they must think of perfecting themselves, for it is necessary for one to first educate oneself

KHF.281, KHAB.396 (401), KHTB3.107, NJB_v05#18 p.001

ADMS#268

@education of children; moral education, @words vs deeds, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @spiritual transformation

ABU0752

400

Every plan is in need of a power for its execution. Today the penetrative power in the world of existence is the confirmation of the Kingdom of Abha… Teaching the Cause of God does not depend on scientific attainment

DAS.1914-10-29?, SW_v13#06 p.132

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH03000

300

mixed

قد شهد کل ذی لسان و ذی عین و ذی درایه بما شهد مالک الاسماء

Every possessor of tongue and eye and understanding hath testified to that which the Lord of Names hath testified [3.5s]

AVK4.201.07x, MSHR3.044x

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @justice and wrath of God, @law of Huququ'llah, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @oneness; unity of religion, @law of burial and cremation, @the power of words; of speech

ABU3021

Words spoken on 1913-02-04 in Paris

Persian

هر قوه و استعدادی که در امر الله صرف میشود اثراتش باقی میماند و نتائج باقیه

Every power and ability that is utilized for the Cause of God shall produce perpetually enduring effects and yield eternally abiding results… As to those souls endowed with the power of oratory

BDA2.122

MHMD2.151

@the power of words; of speech, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity

AB01456

330

Every season hath its own condition. Every place hath its own beauties. In the time of spring the blossoming of the wilderness gives loving pleasure.

CHH.113-114, BLO_PN#022

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds

BH11359

Every single letter proceeding from Our mouth is endowed with such regenerative

COC#1647x, ADJ.080x, WOB.107x

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08916

110

Arabic

قد اوتیت کل نفس کتابها ان الاشرار یقرون کتابا و الابرار هذا الکتاب المبین

Every soul hath been given its book; verily, the wicked read their book while the righteous have this Manifest Book [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.071d,

PYB#210 p.04

@spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07771

130

Arabic

قد وعد کل نفس بهذا الکتاب المبین اذا نزل بالحق اعرض عنه کل غافل بعید من الناس

Every soul hath been promised this Most Perspicuous Book; yet when it descended in truth, every heedless soul among men turned aside therefrom [3.5s]

INBA23:039b

@call to action, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

ABU2428

Words to Mr Lee and Miss Hodgson, spoken on 1913-05-09

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

انسان اول باید خود را تبلیغ نماید خود منجذب و منقطع باشد تا نفس او در دیگران تأثیر کند

Every soul must first teach himself; he must be severed, attracted, enkindled; he must be living the life -- then his words will have effect... This Cause has cost us very dear. We have not received it cheaply.

BDA2.293

DAS.1913-05-09, MHMD2.386

@devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @development of capacity and readiness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @methods of teaching the Cause

BH10225

mixed

باید هر نفسی امروز در آنچه ظاهر شده تفکر کند و بعقل و درایت خود تفحص نماید که

Every soul must, in this Day, ponder upon that which hath been made manifest and, with understanding and wisdom, diligently investigate [3.5s]

UAB.002ax

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @independent investigation of truth; reality

BH04859

200

mixed

هر نفسی در این ظهور اعظم بافق اعلی توجه نمود و باشراقات انوار شمس حقیقت فائز

Every soul that hath, in this Most Great Manifestation, turned towards the Most Exalted Horizon and attained unto the effulgent rays of the Sun of Truth [3.5s]

INBA84:206b, BLIB_Or15730.020c,

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @soul; spirit after death, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @goodly deeds; actions, @love of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH10027

mixed

هر نفسی الیوم از بحر معانی آشامید او بکل خیر فائز بوده و خواهد بود و باید نفوس

Every soul who in this Day drinketh from the ocean of inner meanings hath been, and shall forever remain, the recipient of all goodly things; and souls must [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.020e,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @exhortations and counsels, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH05555

180

Persian

هر نفسی الیوم بعرفان الهی و بمطلع آیات ربانی فائز شد از او جمیع امراض حکت یافته

Every soul who in this Day hath attained unto divine recognition and unto the Dayspring of heavenly verses hath been healed of all ailments [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.090,

BH10672

Persian

هر نفسی الیوم باین امر ابدع اعظم فائز شد و مستقیم ماند او بجمیع خیر فائزست

Every soul who in this Day hath attained unto this Most Great, Most Wondrous Cause and remained steadfast therein hath verily attained unto all good [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.288b,

YFY.115

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @twin duties of recognition and obedience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB11111

Every soul who sacrifices his life in the service of the Cause of God, all the existing beings will come under his command

BSTW#044x

@service to others; to the Cause of God

BH05928

170

mixed

هر نفسیکه الیوم از کوثر حیوان آشامید و بافق اعلی توجه نمود باید مابین عباد

Every soul who, in this Day, hath quaffed from the Living Waters and turned towards the Most Exalted Horizon must needs, amidst the servants [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.168, , BLIB_Or15722.178a,

AYI2.197

@knowledge; recognition of God, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH08360

120

Arabic

قد نطق کل حجر و مدر بما نطق به الکتاب ولکن القوم فی مریه و شقاق اذا ارتفع

Every stone and clod hath voiced that which the Book hath uttered, yet the people remain in doubt and dissension when it is raised [3.5s]... ...Among the people are those who said: `He hath repudiated the divines.' Say: `Yea, by My Lord! I, in very truth, was the One Who abolished the idols!

BLIB_Or15697.131b,

PDC.136x

@heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU3553

Every stone of that building, every stone of the road leading to it [the Shrine of the Báb] I have with infinite tears and at tremendous cost, raised and placed in position

GPB.275x, VLAB.029, COB.224

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @Shrines and Holy places, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU0004

Public address given on 1912-08-16

2530

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

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

@development of capacity and readiness, @love of God, @the human soul, @power of the mind over nature, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @proofs of the Manifestations of God

BH02294

390

mixed

هر منصفی شهادت داده و میدهد که اینمظلوم از اول ظهور کل را بافق اعلی دعوت

Every unbiased observer will readily admit that, ever since the dawn of His Revelation, this wronged One hath invited all mankind to turn their faces towards the Dayspring of Glory

BLIB_Or15715.328b,

BRL_DA#795, GWBP#059 p.081bx, SFI16.045-046x

GWB#059x, ADJ.032x, GPB.194x4x, GPB.196x

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @suffering and imprisonment, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @justice and wrath of God, @prophecy and fulfillment

LL#375

ABU3316

Words spoken at Hearst estate in Pleasanton, 1912-10-13

Persian

هر امر عمومی الهی است و هر امر خصوصی بشری لهذا خدمات و زحمات نفوس اگر مفید بحال عموم

Every universal matter is from God; and limitations are from man.

BDA1.309.07

MHMD1.326

@Word of God and human limitations, @universality of the Cause, @the ephemeral and the eternal, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB07463

110

Persian

هر ثروتی و سرمايه ای که از اين جهان است عاقبت زيان و خسران است نهايت اين است

Every wealth and possession that is of this world ultimately leadeth to loss and detriment; such is its end [3.5s]

MMK3#086 p.057x

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @consolation and comfort

BH08481

120

mixed

هر کلمه که از لسان عظمت ظاهر میشود بمثابه ماء حیات است از برای مردگان و راه

Every word that issueth from the Tongue of Grandeur is even as the water of life unto them that are dead, and a path [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.026a,

@living waters; water of life, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @superiority; incomparability of the Word of God

ABU2985

Words spoken on 1919-12-09

Persian

بلی اهالی ایتالیا متعصبند وقتیکه وارد ناپولی

Every year, on the occasion of the arrival of the New Year, the Pope would deliver a sermon in the church. One year he invited the Italian king to attend this ceremony.

NJB_v11#19 p.341b

STAB#050

@the Christian clergy

ABU1796

Words spoken on 1914-02-22

170

Everyone must do away with false prejudices and must even go to the other churches and mosques

SW_v09#03 p.037-038

@blind imitation [taqlid], @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures, @oneness; unity of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @fanaticism and hatred

ABU2870

Words to Mr and Mrs Kinney et al, spoken on 1909-08-21

Everyone upon awaking in the morning awakes with a thought. The commercial man awakes with the thought of commerce...

SW_v14#06 p.165, PN_1909 p063, PN_1909D p018

@bringing oneself to account each day, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @transcending the material condition, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11681

Arabic

کل من سجن لا ینبغی ان یحزن بل یلیق له بان یستبشر لانه اتبع مولاه فی السجن کما

Everyone who is imprisoned should not grieve, but rather it behooveth him to rejoice, for he hath followed his Lord in prison even as [3.5s]

OSAI I.MMS,

ABU3499

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Everything in life ministers to our development. Our lesson is to study and learn. Money and difficulties are alike advantages to us.

TDLA.010, BLO_PN#104

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual transformation, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline

AB01454

330

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

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

@free will and predestination; fate, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @light and darkness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil

ABU3483

Words to Dr Henderson, spoken on 1912-07-31

Persian

هر چیز ممدوحی زود نشر میشود ولی اطفال را باید اول تعلیم دین نمود تا صادق و امین شوند

Everything praiseworthy spreads rapidly. But the children must first be taught religion so that they may be sincere and trustworthy.

BDA1.173.12

SW_v19#10 p.310, MHMD1.188

@education of children; moral education, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

ABU1999

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

140

Everything save man has one condition, but man has two.... One will lift him up, but the other will send him to the lowest depths.

BSC.440 #801, PN_1901 p022

@two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @education and the development of capacity, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @spiritual transformation, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @transcending the material condition, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

ABU2521

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

Evil does not exist. Death is only the lack of life; therefore death does not exist. Darkness is only the lack of light.

BSC.440 #800, PN_1901 p021

@nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil, @being a source of light; guidance, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @light and darkness

ABU2403

Evil: Words spoken ca. 1912-12-26 in London

100

Paris Talks

Evil is imperfection. Sin is the state of man in the world of the baser nature

PT#56 p.190

@spiritual transformation, @theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering, @education of children; moral education, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @Adam; Adam and Eve

AB01632

310

mixed

تعالیت و تقدست یا من تجلی بالاسماء الحسنی من افق الهدی فی الشجره المبارکه علی

Exalted and sanctified art Thou, O Thou Who hast manifested through the Most Beauteous Names from the horizon of guidance in the Blessed Tree [3.5s]

TABN.287

@educational curricula, @education of children; moral education, @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]

BH09383

100

Arabic

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انا الذی انقطعت عن کل شیء و توجهت الی بوارق انوار وجهک و

Exalted art Thou, O Lord my God! I am the one who hath forsaken his all and set his face towards the splendors of the glory of Thy countenance

INBA48:210a, INBA49:224, INBA92:158b, BLIB_Or15739.353,

PMP#022, AQMJ2.061

PM#022

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @love of God, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @spiritual transformation

BH00437

Prayer for the Fast (Iftar)

1620

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالذین جعلت صیامهم فی حبک و رضائک و اظهار امرک

Exalted art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by those whom Thou hast bidden to observe the Fast for the sake of Thy love

INBA38:304, INBA48:045, INBA33:087, INBA49:227, INBA92:284, BLIB_Or15739.094,

BRL_DA#242, TSBT.064, NFF5.055, ASAT4.488x, OOL.B090.02

BRL_IOPF#3.06

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @law of fasting, @prayer for fasting, @justice and wrath of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

LL#271, LL#469

AB12173

300

Arabic

تعالیت یا رب السموات العلی و تقدست یا محیی الرمم البالبه من الفناء لم تزل کنت فی علو

Exalted art Thou, O Lord of the highest heavens, and sanctified art Thou, O Thou Who dost quicken every mouldering bone! From time immemorial Thou hast been in the heights of [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#1067

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for firmness in the Covenant, @prayer for protection, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB12147

380

mixed

تعالیت یا الهی و تقدست یا ملجای و منائی قد ابدعت الاشیاء بحکمه بالغه فی ملکوت

Exalted art Thou, O my God, and sanctified art Thou, O my Refuge and my Support! Thou hast brought all created things into being through consummate wisdom in Thy celestial Kingdom [3.5s]

INBA85:528

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @consolation and comfort, @prayer for protection, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB00133

960

mixed

تعالیت یا الهی بعلو تقدیسک عن محامد الکائنات و تسامیت بسمو تنزیهک عن نعوت

Exalted art Thou, O my God, in the transcendence of Thy sanctity above the praise of all created things, and sublime art Thou in the loftiness of Thy detachment from the attributes [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0564, ASAT2.167-168x, KHAF.118-122, TISH.585x, MATA.070x

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @eulogies; reminiscences, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for the departed, @Shrines and Holy places, @service to others; to the Cause of God

BH00100

4220

mixed

تعالی الرحمن الذی انزل التوریه و الانجیل و الفرقان ثم البیان و اظهر ام الکتاب اذ استوی الله

Exalted be the All-Merciful Who revealed the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur'án, then the Bayán, and hath manifested the Mother Book when God was established upon the throne [3.5s]

INBA42:020, BLIB_Or15718.309,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07581

130

Arabic

تعالی مولی الجبروت الذی اتی من افق الاقتدار بامر مبین و دعا الملکوک و المملوک

Exalted be the Lord of Might, Who hath come forth from the horizon of power with a manifest command, and hath called both sovereign and subject [3.5s]

INBA44:012a, BLIB_Or15712.237, , BLIB_Or15734.1.085b,

@proclamation to the people of the world, @call to action, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01147

730

mixed

تعالی الله المقتدر القیوم الذی زین العالم بالاسم الاعظم و به فصل بین الامم و

Exalted is God, the All-Powerful, the Self-Subsisting, Who hath adorned the world with the Most Great Name, and thereby hath distinguished between the nations [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#010,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @martyrs and martyrdom, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @service to others; to the Cause of God

BH08156

120

Arabic

تعالی الذی زین الالواح باسم هذا الظهور الذی به انفجرت ینابیع الحکمه بین البریه و

Exalted is He Who hath adorned the Tablets with the name of this Revelation, through which the fountains of wisdom have burst forth amidst all created things [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.149f,

@call to action, @spiritual transformation, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @empty learning; false spirituality, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00194

2910

mixed

تعالی من انطق القلم و علم الامم و اظهر ما اراد من اسرار القدم لیفرحن بها

Exalted is He Who hath caused the Pen to speak forth, and hath taught the peoples, and hath manifested whatsoever He desired of the mysteries of eternity, that they might rejoice therein [3.5s]... ...No one should demand the Huququ'llah. Its payment should depend on the volition of the individuals themselves, namely such souls that are devout, faithful and well disposed

BLIB_Or11097#050,

AYBY.182, MAS8.150ax, MAS8.150bx, KNJ.013e

COC#1149x

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @personal instructions, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @call to action

BH05717

170

Arabic

تعالی الذی اظهر جماله المکنون بانوار احاطت السموات و الارضین و انطق کل شیء

Exalted is He Who hath manifested His hidden Beauty through lights that have encompassed the heavens and the earth, and hath caused all things to speak forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.139c,

AQA5#009 p.012

@divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @chastisement and requital, @proclamation to the people of the world, @consolation and comfort, @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH03631

250

Arabic

تعالی الذی قدر لاهل البهاء ما لاقدره لاهل الانشاء الا انهم مطالع الایقان

Exalted is He Who hath ordained for the people of Bahá that which He ordained not for any in creation, verily they are the Daysprings of certitude [3.5s]

INBA41:003, BLIB_Or11095#295, , NLAI_BH1.099

@praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @recompense; reward for belief; right action, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01172

710

Arabic

تعالی الذی نزل الایات من ملکوت کان بانوار العرش مضیئا و ینطق فی سدره الوحی

Exalted is He Who hath sent down the verses from the Kingdom that was illumined by the lights of the Throne, and Who speaketh from the Lote-Tree of Revelation [3.5s]

INBA34:121, BLIB_Or15707.025, , BLIB_Or15735.198,

AQA1#012, AVK4.475cx, ASAT3.022x, HYK.198

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @call to action, @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @presence of; reunion with God, @chastisement and requital

ROB3.179, LL#369

BH06498

150

Arabic

تعالی من تجلی علی المنظر الاکبر و نطق بما نسفت الجبال و انشق القمر انه لهو

Exalted is He Who hath shone forth upon the Most Great Scene and spoken that whereby the mountains were scattered and the moon was cleft asunder. Verily, He is [3.5s]

INBA19:012b, INBA32:012c

@power of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual transformation, @proclamation to the people of the world, @presence of; reunion with God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01254

670

mixed

تعالی من نطق و انطق الاشیاء بذکره و ثنائه و تعالی من اظهر ما کان مخزونا فی

Exalted is He Who hath spoken and caused all things to speak forth His remembrance and praise, and exalted is He Who hath made manifest that which lay hidden [3.5s]

INBA41:124

@heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH00765

1030

mixed

تعالی مالک ممالک و سلطان من فی لاهوت الامتناع الذی اظهر عن افق قلم القدم شمس

Exalted is He Who is the Sovereign of all dominions and the King of those who dwell in the celestial realm of abstraction, Who hath caused the Sun to appear from the horizon of the Ancient Pen [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#293,

AVK3.123.10x

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @personal instructions, @praise and encouragement, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH07580

130

Arabic

تعالی الرحمن الذی انزل البیان و بشر الکل بلقاء الله المقتدر المهیمن العلیم

Exalted is the All-Merciful, Who hath revealed the Bayán and heralded unto all the meeting with God, the Almighty, the All-Compelling, the All-Knowing [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15729.143b, , NLAI_22848:348, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p179v, , MKI4522.348,

AQA2#027 p.190b

@proclamation to the people of the world, @praise and encouragement, @chastisement and requital, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH02755

320

mixed

تعالی القدیم ذو الفضل العظیم تعالی القدیر ذو النور المنیر تعالی الکریم ذو

Exalted is the Ancient One, Possessor of Great Bounty! Exalted is the All-Powerful, Possessor of Radiant Light! Exalted is the All-Bountiful [3.5s]

INBA51:508

LHKM3.318

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH06119

160

Arabic

تعالی تعالی من قام امام الوجوه و نطق بما یقرب العباد الی الفرد الخبیر

Exalted, exalted is He Who stood before all faces and spoke that which draweth the servants nigh unto the One, the All-Knowing [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.044.18,

@praise and encouragement, @chastisement and requital, @call to action, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00733

1060

mixed

تعالی تعالی من رفع الفرق و وضع الاتفاق تباهی تباهی من اخذ الاختلاف و حکم

Exalted, immensely exalted is He Who hath removed differences and established harmony. Glorified, infinitely glorified is He Who hath caused discord to cease… This Wronged One hath heard thy voice and that which thy inner and outer tongue hath uttered in praise of thy Lord

BLIB_Or15717.130,

BRL_DA#390, COMP_WOMENP#002x, COMP_WOMENP#003x, UAB.038ax, UAB.038cx, MAS8.052x, AYI2.339x

BRL_WOMEN#002x, BRL_WOMEN#003x, COC#2093x, COC#2094x

@unity; oneness of humanity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @power of prayer, @equality of men and women

BH08455

120

Arabic

نعم ما عمل و نعم ما نطق و نعم ملاقاته معهم یا اسمی قد خلقت لاجل الذکر و الثناء و المعاشره

Excellent indeed was his deed, and excellent his utterance, and excellent his meeting with them. O My Name! Thou wert created for remembrance and praise and fellowship [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15738.185c,

ABU0334

Words spoken in Dec. 1900

700

Existence contains two worlds, one of matter and the other of spirit. There are two stations for man

PN_1900_heh p016, PN_1900 p088

@Manifestation of God as sun, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @miracles and their interpretation, @Seal of the Prophets, @proofs of the Manifestations of God

ABU2254

Words spoken on 1912-12-26 in London

110

Persian

وجود بقای ابدی دارد چیزی نشان بدهید که ابدی نباشد نهایت درجات و انتقالات دارد

Existence itself consists of perpetual permanence. Show me something that does not exist perpetually!... This reincarnation in which people have traditionally believed is contrary to what has been revealed in the Books of God

BDA2.043

MHMD2.051-052

@reincarnation, @law of transformation and change, @light and darkness, @existence and nonexistence; preexistence, @infinity and eternity

BHU0063

Extend thy consideration to Our loved ones and deal with them with kindness

GPB.150x

BH03287

280

Arabic

یا الهی قد کاد ان یصفر ما نبت فی رضوان عز فردانیتک فاین امطار سحاب رحمتک و

Faded now is all that erstwhile flourished in the Paradise of Thy transcendent oneness, O my God!

INBA92:345

PMP#070, AQMJ2.130

PM#070

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @prayer for protection, @knowledge; recognition of God

ABU1662

Words spoken on 1915-08-10 in Haifa

180

Persian

ایمان مثل شمع روشن می ماند و قلب انسان مثل زجاجه و جسم انسان مثل مشکوة. آن مصباح و این زجاجه

Faith is even as a resplendent lamp, the human heart as a crystal, and man's body as a niche. This lamp and this crystal… [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-10

@degrees of faith; certitude, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @symbolism

ABU3597

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Faith is not so much what we believe as what we carry out.

SW_v08#05 p.058 , PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.013, BLO_PN#104

@goodly deeds; actions

ABU3374

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-08-16

Faith is the centre of human virtues. Through the light of faith justice is established.

DAS.1914-08-16

@justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @power of faith; power of the spirit, @spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman], @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1000

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

310

Faith outwardly means to believe in the message a Manifestation brings to the world... But, in reality, Faith embodies three degrees

SW_v08#05 p.058x, TDLA.059-060, BLO_PN#104

@degrees of faith; certitude, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @goodly deeds; actions, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual transformation, @second birth

ABU2204

Words spoken on 1913-01-22 in Paris

120

Faithfulness is a good attribute. There is nothing better than faithfulness. Although the faithfulness of the dog is natural

DAS.1913-01-22

@thankfulness; gratitude, @free will and predestination; fate, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU1885

Words spoken in Feb. 1911

160

Fasting is a symbol. Fasting signifies abstinence from lust. Physical fasting is a symbol

SW_v08#06 p.061, BLO_PN#002

@law of fasting, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @development of capacity and readiness, @moderation; frugality; simplicity

AB05420

Some Answered Questions #068 Two Kinds of Fate

150

Persian

قضا دو قسم است یکی محتوم است و دیگری مشروط که معلق گفته میشود

Fate is of two kinds: one is irrevocable and the other is conditional, or, as it is said, impending.

MFD#68, OOL.C022.68

SAQ#68

@free will and predestination; fate, @law of cause and effect, @life and death, @wisdom [hikmat]

BH11255

Arabic

خافوا عن الله و لا تفعلوا البغی و الفحشآء فی ذواتکم و هما الاعراض عن جمالی

Fear ye God, and commit not oppression and indecency within your own selves, for these constitute a turning away from My Beauty [3.5s]

MAS4.173bx

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @chastisement and requital, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation

BH04606

Lawh-i-Ram

200

Arabic

اتقوا الله یا ملا الارض و لاتظنوا فیما اذکرناه فی اللوح باسم الرام رام الذی

Fear ye God, O people of the earth, and think not that the wine We have mentioned in Our Tablet is the wine which men drink

INBA81:049

AVK3.041.06x, GHA.429a.01-03x, MUH3.276-277, ASAT4.003x, AKHA_122BE #09 p.a, OOL.B186

COC#1785

@symbolism, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium, @spiritual transformation

ABU0276

There Can Be No True Happiness and Progress without Spirituality: Words spoken on 1911-11-21 in Paris

770

Persian

Paris Talks

درندگی سزاوار حیوانات وحشیه است و سزاوار انسان الفت و محبتست خدا جمیع انبیا

Ferocity and savagery are natural to animals, but men should show forth the qualities of love and affection. God sent all His Prophets into the world with one aim… Oh, trust in God! For His Bounty is everlasting

BRL_DAK#0956, AMK.204-207, KHF.049, KHAB.188 (199), KHTB1.192, KHTP.139

PT#34 p.106, DWN_v1#12 p.007cx

N. Ma'ani, Friends in Paris

@war and peace, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @oneness; unity of religion, @harmony of science and religion, @transcending the material condition, @justice and wrath of God

ABU2586

Words spoken at Rue Lauriston 97 in Paris, 1913-03-27

Fifty years ago Bahá'u'lláh prophesied: 'Adrianople shall go out of the hand of the Sultan' and today that prophecy is fulfilled.... It is evident that negligence from God brings a nation to this path; lack of sound administration

DAS.1913-03-27

@prophecy and fulfillment, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

ABU0612

Words spoken ca. 1919-07-17

470

Fifty years ago, Baha'o'llah wrote that there must be a league of nations to establish universal peace

SW_v10#09 p.195-196

@universal peace; world unity, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @unity in diversity, @equality of men and women, @means of establishment of future civilization, @predictions and prophecies, @unity; oneness of humanity, @words vs deeds

ABU3036

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Fighting, and the employment of force, even for the right cause, will not bring about good results.

AIL.092

@justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God

ABU0362

Words to Fugeta, Mrs. P. et al, spoken on 1920-01-07

660

First of all, the Blessed Beauty made this Covenant so that there should remain no differences... His Holiness Christ wished his followers to understand that whatever Peter said was correct.

PN_1919 p073

@role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @Christ; Christianity, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

ABU0965

Words spoken on 1908-11-07

320

First of all, you should not argue with them or oppose them, or they will deny even the things which they see with their own eyes.

FRGA.003

@composition and decomposition, @proofs for the existence of God, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will, @methods of teaching the Cause

ABU2096

Words to Mr and Mr C R Ashbee in March 1920

130

First we must get rid of all glosses, Talmuds, codes of divinity, and clerical law. Get back to the revealed word of God where we can.

APN.116-120

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @unity of governments; political unity, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @twin Manifestations, @literal interpretation, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @universal peace; world unity

ABU2257

Words to Mrs Noel, spoken on 1913-05-19

110

First we must make ourselves receptive, then the bounties of God descend upon us. The mirror must become clear from rust first, then the sun with all its glory will be reflected therein.

DAS.1913-05-19

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ABU1119

Words spoken on 1915-07-24 in Haifa

280

Persian

اولاً اینکه این بجهت نسبت است. مثلاً نقطه[ای از] خاک منسوب بحق شد، این مطاف جمیع نفوس واقع شد

First, know that this is by virtue of its connection. For example, when a particle of dust became associated with Truth, it became the point of circumambulation for all souls [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-07-24

@symbolism, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam

ABU3100

Firstly: The elected members must be religious persons, God-fearing, high-minded and followers of the law.

BSC.424 #767.2x, SW_v07#15 p.138-139

@elections, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

BH02680

330

mixed

Trustworthiness

باین بیان که مانند آفتاب جهان از افق آسمان اوامر الهی طالع و مشرق است ناظر

Fix thine eyes upon this utterance, which, even as the sun in the heavens, hath dawned and shone forth from the horizon of God's celestial commandments [3.5s]... ...Were a man in this day to adorn himself with the raiment of trustworthiness it were better for him in the sight of God than that he should journey on foot towards the holy court

INBA19:015, INBA32:015, INBA57:078, BLIB_Or15710.279, , BLIB_Or15722.172, , BLIB_Or15734.2.031,

COMP_TRUSTP#12x, GHA.316ax, UAB.039ax, MAS4.025x, AHB_133BE #03-04 p.003

BRL_TRUST#12x, COC#2024x

@honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @words vs deeds, @education of children; moral education

LL#261

BH08755

110

mixed

باین کلمه مبارکه که بمثابه نیر اعظم از افق فم مشیت مالک قدم اشراق نموده ناظر

Fix thy gaze upon this blessed Word which, like unto the Most Great Luminary, hath dawned from the horizon of the mouth of the Will of the Ancient Lord [3.5s]

INBA18:035

FRH.160

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @praise and encouragement, @exhortations and counsels

BH09335

100

mixed

در این کلمه مبارکه که بمنزله سراج است در ظلمت عالم ناظر باش و باو متمسک شو

Fix thy gaze upon this blessed Word, which, like unto a lamp, shineth in the darkness of the world, and hold fast unto it [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.027c,

@call to action, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @fire and light; fire and water, @being a source of light; guidance

BH01755

500

mixed

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

@permission for visit; pilgrimage, @exhortations and counsels, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @wisdom [hikmat], @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH04675

200

mixed

باین کلمه علیا که از لئالی بحر علم الهی محسوبست ناظر باشید ضع ما دونی ثم اصعد

Fix your gaze upon this most exalted Word, which is accounted among the pearls of the ocean of divine knowledge: Set aside all else but Me, then ascend [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.038e,

@worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @wisdom [hikmat], @the concourse on high, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02794

Lawh-i-Gul-i-Mawla

320

mixed

گل مولی چه بسیار از دراویش که در صحراهای شوق بیاد مولی سیاح شدند و در بحور

Flower of God! How many are the dervishes who journeyed through the wildernesses of longing in remembrance of their Lord and swam in the oceans of yearning

INBA35:189, NLI.32p001v

MAS4.218bx, ASAT4.491.15x

ADMS#259

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @rejection by the people of the Bayan

MMAH.182

BB00495

230

Arabic

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

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

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

@contention and conflict, @chastisement and requital, @consolation and comfort, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @rejection of Muhammad, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BB00465

280

Arabic

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

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

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

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @justice and wrath of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02681

330

mixed

پس از حمد دانای پاک و رافع افلاک و طاهرکننده مقام خاک عرض میشود که این کره

Following praise unto the Pure and All-Knowing One, the Exalter of the celestial spheres and Purifier of the earthly realm, it is submitted that this sphere [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.276,

@acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU2142

Words spoken on 1912-12-22 in London

120

Persian

بعد از شهادت حضرت مسیح از جمله خدماتش این بود که بواسطه ا‌ی با امپراطور رومان ملاقات نمود

Following the martyrdom of Jesus Christ, among the services Mary Magdalene rendered was that, by some means or other, she secured a meeting with the emperor of Rome

BDA2.037

MHMD2.043, STAB#061

@stories; anecdotes, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU3727

Words spoken in Ramleh, 1913

Persian

بعد از انقلاب تا حال مکرّر اهل ایران بانتخاب نفوس و تشکیل دارالشّری پرداخته‌اند

Following the revolution up to the present time, the people of Persia have made repeated attempts to elect people and form consultative assemblies, but the efforts have borne no fruit

BDA2.370

MHMD2.494-495

@non-participation in politics, @constitutional revolution in Iran, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @unity; oneness of humanity

BH11208

Persian

از برای هر مرضی علاجی مقدر و دریاقی مقرر دریاق فقر همت در اشغال است

For every ailment a cure is ordained and a remedy prescribed; the remedy for poverty lieth in diligent occupation [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.176c,

ABU0838

Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-10

360

For every great cause which is to appear, God will prepare some means. For instance, when the season of Spring is at hand, before that season appears there will be snow storms, rain, thunder and a great many things will happen.

FRGA.017

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @universal peace; world unity, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

BH11207

Persian

از برای هر امری سبیلی و راهی و از برای هر مرضی دریاقی دریاق فقر در یک مقام

For every matter there is a path and a way, and for every malady there is a remedy; the remedy for poverty lieth, in one respect [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.106d,

BH06397

150

mixed

از برای هر مقبل و مقبله و مومن و مومنه نازل شد آنچه اعز است عند الله از آنچه

For every one who turneth unto God, and for every believer, man or woman, hath been sent down that which is most precious in the sight of God [3.5s]

INBA18:355, BLIB_Or15697.172,

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @presence of; reunion with God, @twin duties of recognition and obedience, @call to action

ABU2503

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-02

For everything there is a special time. There is a special time to plant the seed; there is a special time for its growth

BAVA.025, BLO_PN#021

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @symbolism, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary

ABU1374

Words to Mrs Holley, spoken on 1913-05-04

230

Persian

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

شفا دو قسم است جسمانی و روحانی خدا دوا را بی سبب خلق نکرده... چون در اجزآء بدن مانند جزء شکری یا نشوی

For healing, prayer and medicine both are necessary. God has created the herbs and the plants with their useful properties.... We have been talking about healing

BDA2.284-285x

DAS.1913-05-04, MHMD2.374x

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @power of prayer

ABU0154

Address given in Woking Mosque on 1913-01-17

1030

Persian

نه ماه بود که من در ممالک امریکا سیر میکنم و در بسیار از کنائس و مجامع و کلوبها صحبت میداشتم

For nine months, I traveled through the states of America and spoke at many churches, gatherings, and clubs. Even in the synagogues of the Jews

NJB_v12#10 p.176

DAS.1913-01-17, ADMS#164

@oneness; unity of religion, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @harmony of science and religion, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social)

ABU2002

Words spoken en route in carriage in Budapest, 1913-04-13

140

For nine years He [Bahá'u'lláh] did not see a green leaf. He loved nature. His sensibilities and powers of observation were miraculous. The tips of His fingers were the most sensitive parts of His holy temple.

DAS.1913-04-13

@banishment to; life in 'Akka, @power of the Manifestation of God, @suffering and imprisonment

BH03208

280

mixed

چند یومیست که کوم الله مقر عرش واقع شده و این آن مقامیست که در کتب قبل مذکور

For several days hath the divine Pavilion become established as the Seat of the Throne, and this is that station which was mentioned in the former Books [3.5s]

INBA51:014, KB_620:007-008

LHKM2.099, MAS4.218ax

@Shrines and Holy places, @light and darkness, @praise and encouragement, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH04190

220

mixed

چندیست که رایحه وفا از این طیر پرجفا بر آن ارض و دیار نوزیده و پیغام محبتی... للّه اکبر از اين رضوان که در اين ايّام

For some time now, the sweet fragrances of fidelity have not been wafted from this sorely-tried bird unto that land and region, and no message of love [3.5s]... ...Glory be to God for this paradise that hath been unlocked in these days, this unifying spread that hath been rolled out!

AYI1.118x, PYB#099 p.03

ADMS#157x

@unity in diversity, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love of God

AB00328

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

660

mixed

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

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

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

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

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

@ringstone symbol, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @Adam; Adam and Eve, @pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient

ABU1471

Words spoken ca. 1919-11-18 in Haifa

220

For the black and white in America to associate together in a social way is good. The Government has no objections on political grounds for granting equality

PN_1919 p004, PN_1919 p015, BSTW#319

@race unity; racial issues, @unity in diversity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @wisdom [hikmat]

BH00956

860

mixed

عاشق را نزد معشوق اظهار هستی و خودبینی جائز نه اگر خطوه از این سبیل تجاوز

For the lover, in the presence of the Beloved, any assertion of existence or manifestation of self is not permitted, should one step beyond this path [3.5s]

BLIB_Or07852.105, , BLIB_Or11096#025, , BLIB_Or15698.254, , BLIB_Or15720.249, , BLIB_Or15740.193, , Majlis934.230-237

BRL_DA#605, IQT.254, MAS4.229

@servitude; submission to God; repentance, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @prayer for forgiveness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU0768

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-19

390

For the present it is better to keep all the documents in the safety deposit vault... We will see what God wants. If America becomes illumined, its illumination like a magnet, will draw me there... The Turks are fond of eating.

SW_v10#17 p.315x, PN_1919 p028, PN_1919 p140, LAT.066-068, STAB#159

@bribery and corruption, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

ABU2618

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-01

For the present, in Paris we are all engaged in mentioning the name of the True One. We are all beneath the protection of the Blessed Perfection.

DAS.1913-03-01

@suffering and imprisonment, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @development of capacity and readiness

BH09807

Persian

بجهة حفظ دو دایره اعز امنع اعلی بخط میرزا آقا جان

For the purpose of protection, two exalted, holy and glorious da'iras [verses in the form of a circle], inscribed by Mírzá Áqá Ján [3.5s]

INBA41:285b

@business; financial; property matters, @da'iras and haykals

BH03705

250

mixed

لله عمل الذین قاموا علی خدمه الامر علی شان مااقعدهم ضوضاء العباد و ماخوفهم

For the sake of God are performed the deeds of those who have so arisen to serve the Cause… It is good that thou didst send a copy of Madaníyyih

BLIB_Or15713.131x,

SFI06.010bx, AYI2.083x, HHA.042x, PYB#185 p.03x

ADMS#087x

@present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @praise and encouragement, @prayer for assistance; intercession, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @wisdom [hikmat], @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @unity; oneness of humanity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @Word of God and human limitations, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @chastisement and requital

ABU1263

250

Persian

قصر مدت سی سال اجاره اش را دادیم تا آنکه خریدیم وناقضین ازما گرفتند

For the span of thirty years did We pay its rent, until We purchased it, and then the Covenant-breakers wrested it from Us [3.5s]

ASAT4.501-502

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @Shrines and Holy places, @business; financial; property matters, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

ABU1549

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1914-07-23

200

For the time being the proposed delegates to such a Conference must lay aside the discussion of dogmas and Apostles Creeds... If the churches are anxious to win the souls back to Christ they must interpret these 'seven great mysteries' of Christianity according to science and reason

DAS.1914-07-23

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @Christian doctrine and practice, @unity in diversity, @harmony of science and religion

ABU2230

Words spoken on 1913-03-27 in Paris

110

Persian

DWNP_v1#03-4 p.005-006, DWNP_v3#03-4 p.025a

حضرت رسول ص سیزده سال در مکه بودند و همیشه مبتلای زجر و زحمت معاندین ایشانرا

For thirteen years, the Apostle of God (may the blessings of God be upon Him) was in Mecca, where He was subjected constantly to persecution

BDA2.203-204

MHMD2.260-261

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @episodes from the early history of Islam, @holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @rejection of Muhammad

ABU2952

Words spoken in 1912 in Paris

For this is the Radiant Century, the time when deeds must take the place of words. Blessed is that soul which does not attach itself to transient conditions

SAS.108-109

@consolation and comfort, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @words vs deeds

ABU1132

280

Persian

لهذا انسان هر چیزی را باید بعین خودش نظر کند نه بدیده دیگران باید خودش تحری حقیقت نماید تا

For this reason must every soul regard all things with his own eyes and not through the eyes of others, and must himself search after truth, until [3.5s]

NJB_v05#14 p.004

@Imam Husayn, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @independent investigation of truth; reality

ABU2639

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-04

For three hundred years after Christ's death no one search for his grave. Rubbish was deposited there. The mother of Emperor Constantine came to Jerusalem and made careful enquiries

PN_1919 p068

@Shrines and Holy places, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU0240

Words spoken at Parsons home in Dublin, 1912-08-15

840

Persian

سه هفته است که من در دوبلین هستم در حقیقت دوبلین جای بسیار خوشیست جای بسیار

For three weeks have I dwelt in Dublin, which is, in truth, a most delightful place, a place most pleasing [3.5s]

AVK4.325bx, AVK4.331bx, AVK4.332x, AVK4.340ax, KHF.088, KHAB.365 (371), KHTB2.202, NJB_v03#15 p.002

@spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @proofs for the existence of God, @the ephemeral and the eternal

ABU1141

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-05

280

For three years I was away from the fanatical prejudices of the East and breathed in the Western clime the air of the freedom of conscience, and the broad catholicity of human and divine principles was much to my liking.

DAS.1914-12-05

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @second birth

AB09035

Persian

دو روز است که با امة الله المتقربه المحترمه مسس کوپر در خانه مستر پول در نهایت روح و

For two days I have been with the revered handmaiden of God, Mrs. Cooper, at the home of Mr. Poole, in a state of utmost spirituality [3.5s]

NJB_v02#14-16 p.013

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @growth of the Cause

BH02008

440

mixed

عالم و امم از برای چه خلق شد از برای عرفان مالک قدم آفتاب از برای چه مشرق تا

For what purpose were the world and its peoples created? For the recognition of the Ancient Lord. For what purpose did the Sun rise [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15731.367,

@knowledge; recognition of God, @business; financial; property matters, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @consultation, @wisdom [hikmat], @prayer for prosperity

BH11116

Arabic

لا تنس ذکر الله و عهده انه معک و ینصرک فی کل الاحوال ان اقبل الی الله و انقطع

Forget not the remembrance of God and His Covenant. Verily, He is with thee and shall aid thee in all circumstances. Turn thou unto God and be thou detached [3.5s]

INBA73:336b, NLAI_BH2.218.10

@suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU3077

Words spoken on 1914-03-06 in Haifa

Formerly I was so accustomed that I slept in Acca in the same small room with 13 other souls, but now if there sleeps another person in my room I lie awake all night.

DAS.1914-03-06

@disregarding bodily comfort, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU3205

Words to Mary MacNutt et al in 1904

Forty years ago there was no rain at Cairo. Thoughtful scientific men planted trees in that region. Now the country is refreshed by rain. Capacity attracts.

PN_1904 p086

@development of capacity and readiness, @education and the development of capacity, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @living waters; water of life

BH04435

210

mixed

حرفهای تازه بمیان آمده گفتهای گفته از جوالهای غفلت بیرون آمده میگویند بیان

Fresh words have come forth, and utterances long hidden in the recesses of heedlessness have emerged - they proclaim the Word [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.348,

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @praise and encouragement, @fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf], @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB02155

270

mixed

دوستانا یارانا نفوس و اشخاص بر سه قسم منقسم گشته اند قسمی ظالم علی نفسه یعنی

Friends and companions! Souls and individuals are divided into three categories. The first category consisteth of those who are unjust unto themselves, meaning [3.5s]

INBA13:261b

MMK3#179 p.125

@degrees of faith; certitude, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @love of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB02869

220

Persian

ای احباء وقتى میاید که از بین مفارقت میکنم آنچه باید بکنم کرده ام تا اندازه ای که

Friends, the time is coming when I shall be no longer with you. I have done all that could be done. I have served the Cause of Baha’u’llah to the utmost of my ability

AYT.526, YHA2.982

GPB.309x, BNE.061x

@unity; oneness of humanity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @exhortations and counsels, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @call to action, @love and unity, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

ABU1490

Words spoken on 1914-04-02

210

Persian

ای یاران عنقریب یومی اید که دیگر مرا نخواهید دید آنچه تکلیف من بود بجا آوردم

Friends! The time is coming when I shall be no longer with you. I have done all that could be done

GPB.309x, DAS.1914-04-02, SW_v05#07 p.104, SW_v06#06 p.046, DWN_v6#11 p.001, PN_unsorted p025, PAB.026-027, ABCC.405-406, VLAB.027-028, BSTW#052v

@unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @call to action, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU2546

Words spoken on 1915-08-06 in Haifa

Persian

الفت از برای انسان هر مشکلی را آسان می کند. این فلاح ها حال به این مشکلی، زندگانی به این سختی، برای اینها

Friendship doth make easy for man every difficulty. These farmers now, with such hardship, with life so arduous, for them [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-06

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU1390

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-30

230

From 8am to 6pm I was speaking to them. They asked many questions peculiar to their sects... Now the answer must be given in such a manner as to establish a conciliation between these two schools

DAS.1914-03-29

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation, @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @realms of being; three realms; five realms, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics

BH09191

100

Persian

از قبل از قلم اعلی نازل که سماء مقام انسانی از دو نیر روشن و منیر و آن امانت و استقامت بوده

From aforetime it hath been revealed by the Most Exalted Pen that the heaven of human station is illumined by two resplendent luminaries: trustworthiness and steadfastness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.233b,

AQA5#101 p.117a

@call to action, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @living waters; water of life

ABU1265

Words spoken ca. 1904

250

Persian

من از امریکا منتظر ظهور چند نفر هستم ... احبای ایران ممتحن اند تمکن حاصل کرده اند جاهای دیگر اینطور نمی شود

From America, I await the appearance of a few people.... The Persian friends have been tested and therefore they are firmly established. This will not happen in other places.

KNSA.163-164

MNYA.221-222

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @growth of the Cause, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

ABU0290

Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-21

750

From Bandar-i-Jaz, Jamal-i-Mubarak went to Nur and there he taught... He entered the village and most of the inhabitants became believers.

PN_1919 p044

@suffering and imprisonment, @martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH08000

120

mixed

از هر جهت دخان کینه ظلم مرتفع در ارض یا واقع شد آنچه که از اول دنیا الی حین

From every side the smoke of hatred and oppression hath ascended. Upon the earth there hath come to pass that which, from the beginning of the world until this time, hath never been witnessed [3.5s]

INBA15:363a, INBA26:367a

AB12690

Persian

از رحمت سابقه مستدعیم که بدرقه عنایت بان اسیر محبت الله برسد تا چون کوه آهنین

From His pre-existent mercy, we beseech that divine confirmations may reach that captive of the love of God, that he may stand firm like a mountain of iron [3.5s]

INBA85:135a

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @firmness in the Covenant

ABU1347

Words to students of Beirut College, 1914-04-15

240

From now on you must strive to beautify the moral aspect of your lives. Advise each other with the utmost consideration

DAS.1914-04-15, SW_v07#18 p.183-184

@man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @attaining good pleasure of God, @compassion; kindness, @excellence; distinction, @spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH02458

360

Arabic

ذکر من لدنا الی الذی اقبل الی المسجون و کان من المهتدین قل هذا لسر الله الذی

From Our presence unto him who hath turned toward the Prisoner and hath been numbered among the guided ones. Say: This is verily God's mystery which [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#085,

LHKM3.208

@suffering and imprisonment, @power of the Manifestation of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU0311

Words spoken ca. 1904

720

Persian

یک نفر طلبه علم قیافه از وطن خود هجرت نموده مدت شش سال در مصر اقامت کرد و علم قیافه

From the actions, facial features and general disposition of this doctor... There was once a young mulla who wished to become specialized in the evaluation of human character through the study of physiognomy.

KNSA.199-200 (366-368)

MNYA.276-279, STAB#027

@stories; anecdotes

ABU3311

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-01

Persian

من از سن سی سالگی نبضم مطئی است هر کس دیگر باشد ٧٥ - ٨٠ خواهد بود

From the age of 30 I have had a slow pulse. All others have a pulse rate of about 75 to 80 and therefore greatly wonder about my pulse rate.

KHH1.269 (1.376)

KHHE.393, DAS.1914-12-01, BSR_v13 p.084

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha

AB09845

mixed

از صعود حضرت سمندر روح المخلصین له الفدآء نهایت تأثّر و تحسّر حاصل آنچه ذکر بشود بیان ما فی الضّمیر مستحیل

From the ascension of the esteemed Samandar - may the spirit of the sincere ones be sacrificed in his path - infinite sorrow and grief hath been occasioned, such that no words can express what lieth hidden within the heart [3.5s]

TRZ1.353b

@eulogies; reminiscences, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH09189

100

Persian

از آغاز آفرینش خواستیم دریای بخشش جدید آمد باد خواست یزدانی با حرارت نهانی

From the beginning of creation have We desired, and now hath the ocean of new bounty surged forth through the divine breeze with its hidden warmth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.157c,

AB05189

150

mixed

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

@role and station of women, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

AB00097

The Declaration of Baha’u’llah

1130

Persian

Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká

جواب جمال مبارک از بدو طفولیت اطوار و آثار و گفتاری عجیب داشتند

From the beginning of His childhood Baha'u'llah was possessed of such astonishing qualities

BRL_TTTP#11

BRL_TTT#11

@banishment to; life in Baghdad, @Declaration of Baha'u'llah, @Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @banishment to; life in Adrianople, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @special knowledge of the Manifestation of God, @banishment to; life in Constantinople

ABU0962

Words spoken on 1914-05-25 in Tiberias

320

From the beginning of the Cause or more definitely from the time that the Blessed Perfection was exiled... All this diffusion of the fragrances of the Cause of God, throughout the Orient

DAS.1914-05-25, SW_v08#13 p.178x, SW_v08#13 p.179x

@love of God, @prophecy and fulfillment, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @growth of the Cause, @banishment to; life in Baghdad

ABU0181

On Calumny: Words spoken on 1911-11-20 in Paris

950

mixed

Paris Talks

از بدایت عالم تا امروز هر وقت ندای الهی بلند شد ندای شیطان هم بلند شد زیرا

From the beginning of the world until the present time each 'Manifestation' sent from God has been opposed by an embodiment of the 'Powers of Darkness'.

AMK.200-204, DWNP_v1#06 p.004-006, KHF.203, KHAB.184 (195), KHTB1.186, KHTP.131

PT#33 p.101, ABS#01

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @rejection of Muhammad, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @growth of the Cause, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH11760

240

mixed

از اول خلق لا اول بوده و الی آخر لا آخر خواهد بود و مقصود از جمیع این آفرینش

From the beginning that hath no beginning He hath been, and unto the end that shall have no end He shall ever be, and the purpose of all creation [3.5s]

NLI.32p035v

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @station of the Manifestation of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @nearness and remoteness, @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU1723

180

From the beginning the followers of all religions have believed in two seas, -- one salt and one fresh

ADP.101-102

@prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @The Holy Spirit, @oneness; unity of religion, @love and unity, @unity; oneness of humanity

AB06645

120

mixed

از آيه مبارکه ارنی کيف تحيی الموتی مقصود نه حيات جسمانيست بلکه حيات روحانی و آن حيات روح حقيقت است

From the blessed verse "Show me how Thou givest life to the dead," the intention is not physical life but spiritual life, and that is the life of the Spirit of Reality [3.5s]

MMK6#058x

@intuition; inspiration, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual transformation, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

ABU2325

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-23

100

Persian

چون در راه سوارهائی که برای حفاظت همراه ایشان بوده‌اند اورا زخمی کرده اموالش را می برند

From the circumstances, as reported, we surmised that because Aqa Abu'l-Qasim-i-Hamadani had previously been with Baha'u'llah and had also set out on a journey... I have now been for some time in these regions.

BDA1.326.12

MHMD1.345

@Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih

ABU3706

Words spoken on 1912-12-15 in Liverpool

Persian

از روز حرکت از حیفا تا حال هر روزی تأییدات ملکوت بیشتر احاطه نمود

From the day I left Haifa to the present time, the confirmations of the Kingdom have encompassed me more and more with every passing day

BDA2.023-024

MHMD2.027

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @East and West; communication between East and West, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @critique of Western values; culture, @service to others; to the Cause of God

BH07448

130

mixed

از اول ایام الی حین بعنایت فائز و بخدمت مشغول ولکن در مدینه کبیره بر ایشان

From the earliest days until now thou hast been blessed with divine grace and engaged in service, yet in the great city (Constantinople) upon thee [3.5s]

AYBY.112b

@call to action, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @consolation and comfort, @predictions and prophecies, @praise and encouragement, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH10340

Arabic

قد اشرقت من افق القضاء شمس رقم علیها من القلم الابهی السجن لمطلع الانوار انا

From the horizon of destiny hath shone forth a Sun, whereon hath been inscribed by the Most Glorious Pen: "The Prison is for the Dawning-Place of Lights." [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.028e, , BLIB_Or15734.2.102b,

@power of the Manifestation of God, @call to action, @suffering and imprisonment

BH11509

Seal of Baha’u’llah #10

Arabic

قد اشرقت من افق القضاء شمس رقم علیها من القلم الابهی السجن لمطلع الایات الذی

From the horizon of the decree has dawned a sun on which the most glorious pen has inscribed: The prison belongs to the dawning-place of the verses

KHSH04.016, AMIN.017#8

KSHK#19

BH04776

200

Arabic

قد اشرقت من افق البلا شمس رقم علیها من قلم الابهی السجن لله الواحد الفرد

From the horizon of tribulation hath shone forth the Sun, whereon hath been inscribed by the Most Glorious Pen: "The Prison belongeth unto God, the One, the Single." [3.5s]

INBA15:244b, INBA26:246b, BLIB_Or11095#159,

PYK.212

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @station of the Manifestation of God, @praise and encouragement, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH07449

130

mixed

از فضل نامتناهی الهی بهار دانش پدیدار مبارک نفسیکه بقمیص دانائی آراسته شد و

From the infinite bounty of God hath appeared the springtime of knowledge. Blessed is the soul that hath adorned itself with the raiment of wisdom and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.116,

ANDA#67-68 p.03

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @knowledge; recognition of God

ABU2819

Words spoken on 1913-02-22 in Paris

Persian

از روزیکه قلم اعلی دربارهٴ فارسیان حرکت نمود و ارادهٴ مبارکه بر عزت و احترامشان تعلق یافت

From the moment the Supreme Pen first wrote of the Persians, glorifying them and showing His respect for them, that people grew increasingly exalted

BDA2.153-154

MHMD2.192

@heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @past, present and future of Iran, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge

BH03443

260

mixed

از علیا ثمره شجره قلم اعلی اینکلمه مبارکه بوده که مطلع نور احدیه از قبل بان

From the most exalted fruit of the Tree of the Supreme Pen hath this blessed word been manifested, from whence the Dayspring of the Light of Divine Unity had aforetime shone forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.261,

@call to action, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10142

mixed

از خریر کوثر بیان رحمن این کلمه مبارکه اصغا شد زینتی از برای هیکل انسان احسن

From the murmur of the Kawthar of the All-Merciful's utterance this blessed word was heard: The most excellent adornment for the temple of man [3.5s]

INBA33:142x

@call to action, @piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa], @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH09190

100

mixed

از بحر جود مالک وجود و سلطان غیب و شهود می طلبیم اولیا و اصفیا را در هر حین

From the Ocean of Bounty of the Lord of existence and the Sovereign of the seen and unseen, We beseech, in every moment, His chosen ones and His faithful servants [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.080e,

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @praise and encouragement

BH07758

130

Arabic

قد ظهرت من بحر البیان امواج العرفان طوبی لمن شهد و رای و ویل للغافلین ان السدره

From the Ocean of Utterance have surged forth the waves of divine knowledge. Blessed is he who hath witnessed and perceived, and woe unto the heedless! Verily, the Tree [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.278a,

LHKM1.093

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @chastisement and requital, @spiritual transformation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment

BH00712

1090

mixed

از یمین ندآء الله مرتفع و از یسار اسم الله مشهود و امام وجه آیات الله ظاهر و

From the right the Call of God is raised aloft, and from the left the Name of God is witnessed, and before His face the signs of God are manifest [3.5s]

INBA19:456, BLIB_Or15690.058, , BLIB_Or15728.021b,

HDQI.052x, ANDA#21 p.03x

@rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH06013

160

mixed

از هزیز نسیم سحری در اینظهور اعظم اینکلمه مبارکه اصغا میشود عالم بمحبت و وداد

From the rustling of the morning breeze in this Most Great Revelation, these blessed words are heard: "The world through love and fellowship..." [3.5s]

INBA41:407, BLIB_Or15726.040,

HDQI.047, UAB.056bx, ANDA#11 p.04

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @unity of thought and belief, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity

BH09727

mixed

از هزیز اریاح سحری که از ریاض معانی مرور نمود این کلمه علیا اصغا شد طوبی

From the rustling of the morning breezes, wafting through the gardens of inner meaning, this most exalted Word was heard: blessed [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.075c,

@praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @goodly deeds; actions

BH08628

110

mixed

از صریر قلم اعلی این کلمه علیا اصغا شد قد اتی المالک الملک لله بظهوره ظهر ما

From the shrill voice of the Most Exalted Pen was heard this most sublime Word: The Sovereign hath come, the Kingdom is God's! Through His manifestation hath appeared what was hidden [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.067,

@praise and encouragement, @consolation and comfort, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06296

160

Arabic

AKHA_124BE #08 p.b, AKHA_124BE #11-12 p.a

من انهار کافور صمدیتک فاشربنی یا الهی و من اثمار شجره کینونتک فاطعمنی یا

From the sweet-scented streams of Thine eternity give me to drink, O my God, and of the fruits of the tree of Thy being

INBA92:089

PMP#165, LHKM1.005, AQMJ1.017b, OOL.B159.3

PM#165, BPRY.163, BSTW#049

L. Thoresen, S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, almunajat.com [item 14]

@prayer for nearness to God, @mystical themes, @knowledge; recognition of God, @spiritual transformation, @presence of; reunion with God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB10601

mixed

از خبر اتّحاد و اتّفاق و یگانگی احبّآء و فرط همّتشان در اکتساب کمالات معنویّه

From the tidings of unity, harmony and oneness among the beloved ones, and their exceeding earnestness in the acquisition of spiritual perfections [3.5s]

DWNP_v1#10-11 p.002x

@prayer for service, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @Shrines and Holy places, @unity of thought and belief, @firmness in the Covenant

BH05252

180

Persian

از هنگام حرکت شما تا حال معلوم نشد که چه کرده و میکنید در هر خصوص

From the time of thy departure until now, it hath not become known what thou hast done and art doing in every matter [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.104a,

BH06902

140

mixed

از حین مراجعت تا حال بر حسب ظاهر از شما خبری نرسید تا در این وقت که محمد قبل

From the time of thy return until now, outwardly no tidings have been received from thee, until this moment when Muhammad-Qabl- [3.5s]

INBA23:247, BLIB_Or15719.074a,

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

BH05633

170

mixed

از اول امر اینمظلوم جان و روان و ثروت و عزت و راحت کل را در سبیل مقصود

From the very beginning of the Cause, this Wronged One hath sacrificed soul and spirit, wealth, honor and comfort in the path of the Desired One [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.187a,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @praise and encouragement, @thankfulness; gratitude, @chastisement and requital

BH10029

Persian

و از عالم ظاهر و اسرار کتاب من غیر ستر و حجاب لائح سبیل الهی مع الدلیل واضح و نازل

From the visible world and the mysteries of the Book, unveiled and unobscured, the Path of God with its evidence standeth manifest [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.188a,

@divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @knowledge; recognition of God

BH02845

310

Persian

این مظلوم در این مقام اعلی و افق ابهی اولیای حق جل جلاله را ذکر مینماید شاید حلاوت

From this Most Exalted Station and Most Glorious Horizon, this Wronged One maketh mention of the chosen ones of God, glorified be His majesty, that the sweetness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.097,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for protection, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih

BH08091

120

Arabic

انا نکبر من هذا المقام الاعلی علی وجوه ال??ین اقبلوا و فازوا بالرحیق الاصفی

From this Most Exalted Station We send forth Our glorification upon the faces of those who have turned and attained unto the purest wine [3.5s]

INBA51:456b, BLIB_Or15697.279,

@exhortations and counsels, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @praise and encouragement, @chastisement and requital, @proofs of the Manifestations of God

BH03991

230

Arabic

انا فی السجن نذکر احباء الله لیستقیموا علی الامر فی هذا الیوم البدیع و یذکروا

From this prison, We make mention of the loved ones of God, that they may remain steadfast in the Cause on this wondrous Day and make mention thereof [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11095#146,

@presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @prophecy and fulfillment, @station of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God as sun, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment

BH06969

140

Arabic

انا نذکر من هذا المقام من سمی بغلام قبل رضا لیفرح بذکر مولاه القدیم انا

From this station We make mention of him who was named Ghulám-i-Ridá, that he may rejoice in the remembrance of his Ancient Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.089a,

@suffering and imprisonment, @personal instructions, @chastisement and requital, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @praise and encouragement

ABU2172

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

120

From this time, for the sake of the Blessed Perfection, you will endure many hardships; you will be persecuted severely; people will say bad things about you

PN_1901 p022

@suffering; rejection of Christ, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @praise and encouragement, @consolation and comfort

BH00862

950

mixed

لم یزل و لایزال جوهر حمد و ساذج ثناء حضرت لایزالی را سزاست که مرایای قلوب

From time immemorial and unto everlasting time, the pure essence of praise and quintessence of glorification beseemeth that Ancient Being, Who causeth the mirrors of hearts [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#038,

MAS8.147x, MUH3.306-309, MSHR4.311-312x

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH03017

920

mixed

لم یزل و لایزال هر نفسیکه منقطع شد از کل ما سوی الله و مقبل شد باو در هر

From time immemorial and unto everlasting time, whosoever hath detached himself from all else save God and turned with devotion unto Him in every [3.5s]... ...In short, the object of the hidden craft is this: From one thing the four elements should be separated

NLAI_BH2.181

MAS8.096x

REVS.173x

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @four elements, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @alchemy; the elixir, @purpose; goal of creation

BH04285

220

mixed

لم یزل کاس بلا مخصوص اهل ولا بوده و ببلایا و محن مطمئنین از مریبین ممتاز ولکن

From time immemorial hath the cup of tribulation been reserved for the people of devotion, and through trials and afflictions have they who are assured been distinguished from them that doubt [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03116.094r.11, , BLIB_Or11096#118, , BLIB_Or15710.012,

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @development of capacity and readiness, @belief and denial, @consolation and comfort, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH00958

860

mixed

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

لم یزل نفحات قدسی از رضوان عنایت الهی در وزیدن بوده و لایزال روایح عز معنوی

From time immemorial have the breezes of holiness wafted from the Paradise of divine favor, and unto eternity shall the fragrances of spiritual glory continue to be diffused [3.5s]... ...The purpose of God in creating man hath been, and will ever be, to enable him to know his Creator and to attain His Presence

INBA36:080, INBA71:241

BRL_DA#130, GWBP#029 p.053x, AVK1.333.010x, MJMM.368, DRD.139, ASAT5.061x, ASAT5.262x, AKHA_134BE #18 p.691

GWB#029x, DWN_v3#12 p.031-032x

@knowledge; recognition of God, @nearness and remoteness, @growth of the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment, @power of the Manifestation of God, @purpose; goal of creation

LL#430

BH03015

300

mixed

لازال اولیای الهی تحت لحاظ بوده اند و بانوار آفتاب حقیقت منور لسان عظمت بذکر

From time immemorial, the glances of God have been directed towards His loved ones… The handmaids of God are today reckoned among the men; happy and blessed are they!

BLIB_Or15715.227a,

PYM.231x

ADMS#267

@chastisement and requital, @power of prayer, @praise and encouragement, @equality of men and women

BH07836

130

Persian

لازال لحاظ الله بعبادش متوجه و اگر اقل من آن نظر عنایت از ارض و من علیها

From time immemorial, the glances of God have been directed towards His servants. Were He to avert that sustaining gaze

INBA38:077a, INBA19:067a, INBA32:062

BRL_DA#286, SFI17.009-010, AYI2.085x

ADMS#092

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @words vs deeds, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH10233

mixed

جمیع را از قبل باین یوم مبارک بشارت دادیم و چون از افق اراده حق ظاهر شد

From times past, We gave unto all the glad-tidings of this blessed Day, and when it dawned from the horizon of the Divine Will [3.5s]

INBA23:171c, BLIB_Or15710.261b, , BLIB_Or15730.025d,

AQA6#282 p.275a, KHMI.078

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prophecy and fulfillment, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU2519

Words to Private Sinclair, spoken on 1919-02-14

From what I can gather from the events of my life, history clearly shows the wars that have been waged, the peace measures that have been subsequently adopted

SW_v11#03 p.050-051

@war and peace, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past

AB04561

170

mixed

از اجتماع احبّا مرقوم نموده بوديد که در نهايت روح و ريحانست البتّه چنين است زيرا در مجامع روحانيان

From what thou didst write concerning the gathering of the loved ones which was filled with the utmost joy and fragrance, this assuredly is so, for in spiritual gatherings [3.5s]... ...Ye have written as to the meetings of the friends, and how filled they are with peace and joy. Of course this is so… Thou hast written about the Fast. This is a most weighty matter and thou shouldst exert thine utmost in its observance

MMK1#054 p.090x, AADA.158-159x

SWAB#054x, BRL_IOPF#2.25x

Luna, Anais & Marie, C. Haskell

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @law of fasting, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

BH11550

from Whom God hath caused to proceed the knowledge of all that was and shall be

COF.095ax

ABU3261

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Fruit and grains. The time will come when meat will no longer be eaten.

COC#1052x, LOG#1009x, BSC.453 #830x, PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.008-009, BLO_PN#104

@consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing

ABU3433

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Für die Jugend ist das Höchste, Edelste und Beste gerade gut genug! Warum hält man denn in den meisten Kulturländern den Elementarlehrer

ABU3426

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Fürehte dich nicht, sorge dich nicht, lıetze dich nicht ab für die Dinge dieser Welt! Folge stetig der Führung Gottes

SDW v13#10 p.103

@spiritual transformation, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @consolation and comfort, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU2097

Words to Mr Herrigel, spoken on 1913-04-15

130

Gather once a week in a public meeting. Before the meeting begins, one must read a prayer, afterward they may sing together an anthem or a song. This is optional.... Crystallization of forms will kill the spirit...

DAS.1913-04-15

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spirit and form in the administration, @unity of thought and belief, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH10878

Persian

نظر بنور سراج داشته که تجلی او بر مستقربین او بوده و خواهد بود فاستقربوا یا

Gaze with the light of the Lamp, for its revelation hath been and shall ever be upon them that abide steadfast in His presence. Therefore draw ye nigh, O ye [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.091i,

ABU0834

Words spoken on 1914-04-18 in Haifa

360

Generally the people of the past have forgotten the foundation of their religions and have clung to some superficial doctrines... All the civic affairs and the legislation of material laws for the increasing needs of the enlightened humanity belong to the House of Justice... The Universal House of Justice has only the legislative function

DAS.1914-04-18

@House of Justice, @contention and conflict, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1798

Words spoken on 1914-02-24

170

Generosity, courage, faithfulness, truthfulness, etc., are all shining stars.... In this station, the souls are tested.

SW_v09#10 p.107

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @martyrs and martyrdom

AB03517

200

Persian

غضنفر نامه محرر نموده و ستایشی بیحصر از شما کرده ... الحمد للّه در اين ايّام بخدمت کلمة اللّه و نشر نفحات اللّه

Ghazanfar hath penned an epistle and offered boundless praise of thee... praise be to God that in these days thou art occupied with service to the Word of God and the diffusion of the divine fragrances [3.5s]

MMK3#072 p.046x, MMK6#336x

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH03186

280

Arabic

ان استمع ما یوحی الیک عن یمین العرش و انه خیر لک عما خلق بین السموات و

Give ear to that which is revealed unto thee from the right hand of the Throne, for verily it is better for thee than all that hath been created betwixt the heavens [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.157,

@call to action, @high station of the true believer, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @chastisement and requital, @idolatry, @Satan; the Evil One

BH04608

200

mixed

اذا اسمع ندآء السماء تقول قد اتی الحق بسلطان مشهود و اسمع من الهوآء تالله قد

Give ear to the call of heaven, saying: "The Truth hath come with manifest sovereignty!" and hear from the very air: "By God..." [3.5s]

INBA19:412a, BLIB_Or11095#240,

@prayer for forgiveness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @praise and encouragement, @proclamation to the people of the world, @Declaration of Baha'u'llah, @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02113

420

Arabic

م ع ان استمع ما یلقی الروح علیک من آیات الله المهیمن القیوم لیجذبک الندآء

Give ear unto that which the Spirit imparteth unto thee in the days of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting

INBA33:011

TBP#17m

TB#17m

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @exhortations and counsels, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation

LL#167

ABU2690

Words spoken in 1909

Give Mrs. Botay my greetings and love and tell her she must greatly endeavor

SW_v12#05 p.108

@race unity; racial issues, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1722

180

Give my greeting to the friends in Washington and say: 'O ye believers of God! I am always thinking of the days

SW_v10#06 p.112

@power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU1703

Message to Theosophists in London, Sep. 1911

180

Give my most friendly greetings to all the Theosophists. You have risen to help humanity because you are freeing yourselves from superstition

CHH.173-174, BLO_PN#022

@oneness; unity of religion, @Theosophy, @unity; oneness of humanity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion

BH05778

170

mixed

شکر کن که در این سفر مع جمال قدم نبودی تالله الحق آسمان گریست و زمین نوحه نمود

Give thanks that thou wert not present on this journey with the Ancient Beauty. By God, the Truth! The heavens wept and the earth lamented [3.5s]

INBA15:186b, INBA26:187a

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @courtesy; culture [adab]

BH06423

150

mixed

ان اشکر الله بما وفقک علی الطواف حول البیت الاعظم و فزت بالحج الاکبر ان احمد و

Give thanks unto God for having enabled thee to circle round the Most Great House and for having granted thee the bounty of attaining unto the Most Great Pilgrimage. Render praise and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#279,

ASAT5.202x

@obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @law of pilgrimage, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @permission for visit; pilgrimage

AB08945

Persian

شکر کن خدا را که حضرت فاضل مبلّغ کامل است و موفّق بخدمت جمال مبارک

Give thanks unto God that His eminence Fádil is a consummate teacher, confirmed in service to the Blessed Beauty [3.5s]

AVK1.000.16x, MSBH7.135x

@personal instructions, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB10261

Persian

شکر کن خدا را که در اين عصر جديد و قرن بديع موجود و مولود شدی تا ندای حضرت موعود شنيدی

Give thanks unto God that thou wert born and brought into being in this new age and wondrous cycle, and didst hearken unto the call of the Promised One [3.5s]

MMK3#140 p.097x

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @presence of; reunion with God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH11374

Arabic

اشکر الله بما فاز عملک بعز قبوله و تضوع منه عرف رضائه

Give thanks unto God, for thy deed hath attained unto the glory of His acceptance, and from it hath been wafted the fragrance of His good-pleasure [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.086h,

BH10760

Arabic

ان اشکر الله بما حضر اسمک لدی العرش و نزل لک من سماء عطاء ربک ما لایعادله شیء

Give thanks unto God, for thy name hath been mentioned before the Throne, and there hath descended upon thee from the heaven of thy Lord's bounty that which nothing can equal [3.5s]

AQA5#050 p.066a

@consolation and comfort, @praise and encouragement, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH11275

Arabic

فاشکر الله بارئک بما قبل هجرتک و جعلک من الذین هم کانوا بین یدیک

Give thanks unto God, thy Creator, for having accepted thee before thy pilgrimage and made thee to be among those who stood in His presence [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.196c,

BH06932

140

Arabic

ان اشکر الله ربک بما وفقک بلقائه فی النوم و الیقظه و انه لهو ارحم الراحمین و

Give thanks unto God, thy Lord, that He hath enabled thee to attain His presence both in sleep and in wakefulness. Verily, He is the Most Merciful of the merciful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.271,

@interpretation of dreams and visions, @living waters; water of life, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH04144

220

Arabic

ان اشکر یا عبد ربک بما عرفک جماله و جعلک خادما لنفسی و اشرق علیک

Give thanks, O servant, unto thy Lord, inasmuch as He hath made known unto thee His Beauty and made thee a servant of My Self, and hath shed His radiance upon thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.122a,

ABU3595

Give the message with love and joy to those we meet and leave the souls to God.

SW_v13#04 p.090x

ABU2656

Words to Mabel MacCoy Irwin, spoken on 1911-09-18

Give to them in America my loving greetings and my wish for their success. Tell them that if they would attain nearness to the Blessed Beauty they must love much, for love is everything.

PN_1911 p025

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @exhortations and counsels, @love of God

ABU2496

Words to some Zoroastrian farmers, spoken on 1915-02-26

Giving is a divine quality. Blessed are those who give! When we were in Baghdad we had an Arab Bahá'í who lived nine miles out of the city.

DAS.1915-02-26

@stories; anecdotes, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @being a source of light; guidance

ABU3054

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Giving up everything in the Cause of God and following His Will no matter where it leads. We must not have desire for anything else but God.

TDLA.015, BLO_PN#104

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU2536

Words spoken on 1913-07-29 in Ramleh

Glad tidings of the Kingdom of Abha! We announce to you Glad-tidings of great Joy!... Similar words were spoken almost two thousand years ago.

DAS.1913-07-29, SW_v08#13 p.157-158, ABIE.125, BLO_PN#007

@the Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @oneness; unity of religion, @universal language, @universal peace; world unity, @prophecy and fulfillment

BH09913

Arabic

فبشری لک یا عبد بما حضر کتابک بین یدی الله و جری اسمک من لسان ربک الصادق

Glad-tidings be unto thee, O servant, for thy letter hath been presented before God and thy name hath flowed from the tongue of thy true Lord [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.375a,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH10870

Persian

مژده سلامتی و جود مبارک که فی الحقیقه مایه هستی و سر مائه فرح حقیقی

Glad-tidings of well-being and blessed munificence, which are in truth the essence of existence and the fountainhead of true joy [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.189c,

BH02661

330

Arabic

البشاره ثم البشاره بما جاء القضا مره اخری و هذا ما رقم علی الالواح من قلم قدس منیر و

Glad-tidings, glad-tidings! For the Decree hath come once again, and this is what hath been inscribed upon the Tablets by a luminous and sanctified Pen [3.5s]

INBA71:054

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @thankfulness; gratitude, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU1688

Words spoken during filming of motion picture on 1912-06-18

180

Persian

Research Department, Functions of; Etymologies of three terms; Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation

مژده باد مژده باد که نور شمس حقیقت طلوع نمود مژده باد مژده باد که صهیون برقص

Glad-tidings, glad-tidings! The sun of Truth has arisen! Glad-tidings, glad-tidings! The New Jerusalem has descended from heaven!

DWNP_v2#09 p.078x, ANDA#43-44 p.76, KHF.001, KHTB2.153, NJB_v03#06-08 p.001 , BDA1.127.08

SW_v19#08 p.253-254, MHMD1.136-137, BW_v07p421, BSTW#056

@unity; oneness of humanity, @praise and encouragement, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @prophecy and fulfillment, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @return of Christ; second coming of Christ, @universal peace; world unity

BH00214

2750

mixed

تسبیح و تقدیس ذات بیچون را لایق و سزاست که لئالی بحر حکمت و بیان را نمود و

Glorification and sanctification befit the Incomparable Essence, Who hath manifested the pearls of the ocean of wisdom and utterance [3.5s]

INBA27:219

MAS4.123bx, MAS8.063bx, PYK.138

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH00028

7480

mixed

سبوح قدوس ربنا و رب الملائکه و الروح آیات منزله عالم را فراگرفته و بینات

Glorified and sanctified is our Lord, the Lord of the angels and the Spirit! The revealed verses have encompassed the world and the clear evidences [3.5s]... ...O thou who gazest towards the Supreme Horizon, upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of men. The intention of "the Kingdom" (Malakut) in its primary sense and degree is the scene of the transcendent glory

INBA19:292, INBA32:258, INBA41:299x

ADM3#150 p.170x, AVK2.169.09x, AVK2.318.02x, NNY.152x, MAS1.018.2x, MAS4.114-115x, MAS4.137x, MSHR5.422x

BLO_PT#076x, BLO_PT#079.2.2x

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @unity in diversity, @praise and encouragement

BH06574

150

Arabic

سبحانک سبحانک یا معین العباد و مالک الرشاد و الهادی الی سوآء الصراط اسئلک

Glorified art Thou, glorified art Thou, O Succorer of Thy servants, Master of guidance and Guide unto the straight path! I beseech Thee [3.5s]

INBA51:526

@call to action, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @praise and encouragement

BH10591

Arabic

سبحانک یا خالق الاسما و فاطر الارض و السما اسئلک باسمک الابهی الذی بحزنه ناح

Glorified art Thou, O Creator of Names and Fashioner of earth and heaven! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Glorious Name, through Whose grief arose lamentation [3.5s]

INBA92:378

@prayer for women, @Greatest Name

BH10592

Arabic

سبحانک یا فاطر السماء و المهیمن علی الاشیاء اسئلک بلئالی بحر عرفانک و اسرار

Glorified art Thou, O Creator of the heavens and Sovereign over all things! I beseech Thee by the pearls of Thine ocean of knowledge and mysteries [3.5s]

INBA51:109a, KB_620:102a

@prayer for protection, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH09863

Arabic

سبحانک یا اله الوجود و مربی الغیب و الشهود هذه ورقه من اوراق سدره امرک قد اجابت

Glorified art Thou, O God of existence and Educator of the unseen and the seen! This is a leaf from among the leaves of the Tree of Thy Cause that hath responded [3.5s]

INBA19:193, INBA51:339b, INBA84:119a, INBA84:058a, INBA84:001a

BRL_DA#218, AQMJ2.091, MATA.175

@prayer for women, @praise and encouragement, @suffering and imprisonment

BH07667

130

Arabic

سبحانک یا اله الوجود و المقتدر علی الغیب و الشهود تری احبائک بین عبادک الذین

Glorified art Thou, O God of existence and Sovereign over the unseen and the seen! Thou beholdest Thy loved ones among Thy servants who [3.5s]

NFR.142

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @prayer for protection

BH09860

Arabic

سبحانک یا اله الاسماء و خالق الاشیاء اسئلک بالنار التی هدیت الکلیم بها و

Glorified art Thou, O God of Names and Creator of all things! I beseech Thee by the Fire wherewith Thou didst guide Moses [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15697.151a,

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH08844

110

Arabic

سبحانک یا اله الاسماء و فاطر الارض و السماء اشهد بوحدانیتک و فردانیتک و

Glorified art Thou, O God of Names and Creator of earth and heaven! I bear witness to Thy unity and Thy oneness [3.5s]

INBA15:339, INBA26:343a, BLIB_Or15716.101b,

@prayer for women, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

BH06193

160

Arabic

سبحانک یا اله الاسماء و فاطر السماء اشهد فی موقفی هذا بوحدانیتک و فردانیتک و

Glorified art Thou, O God of Names and Creator of heaven! I bear witness in this station of mine to Thy oneness and Thy singleness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15713.202, , BLIB_Or15730.032a,

@prayer for women, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH09393

100

Arabic

سبحانک یا اله الاسماء و فاطر السماء اسئلک بالاسم الذی به سخرت الاشیاء و

Glorified art Thou, O God of Names and Creator of heaven! I beseech Thee by that Name through which Thou didst subdue all things [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.315c,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for nearness to God, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

BH11072

Arabic

سبحانک یا اله الاسماء و فاطر السماء اسئلک باوراق سدره المنتهی و اثمارها و

Glorified art Thou, O God of Names and Creator of heaven! I beseech Thee by the leaves of the Divine Lote-Tree and its fruits and [3.5s]

INBA27:479a

AQMJ2.092a

@prayer for nearness to God, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @nearness and remoteness

BH05770

170

Arabic

سبحانک یا اله الاسماء و فاطر السماء اسئلک بحنین المشتاقین فی هجرک و فراقک و

Glorified art Thou, O God of Names and Creator of heaven! I beseech Thee by the yearning of them that long in their separation from Thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.033b,

@spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH00117

3920

mixed

سبحانک یا اله الاسماء و فاطر السماء تری کیف احاط البلاء عبادک الذین نبذوا

Glorified art Thou, O God of Names and Creator of Heaven! Thou beholdest how tribulation hath encompassed Thy servants who have cast aside [3.5s]

INBA97:030x, BLIB_Or11097#035, , BLIB_Or15719.094ax, , BLIB_Or15722.170x,

ADM2#097 p.179x, NNY.181-182x, MAS8.144ax, ASAT4.311x

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @personal instructions, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @praise and encouragement, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @martyrs and martyrdom

BH11073

Arabic

سبحانک یا اله البر و ما یتحرک علیه و مالک البحر و ما یسبح فیه اسئلک بالاسم

Glorified art Thou, O God of the land and whatsoever moveth thereon, and Sovereign of the sea and whatsoever swimmeth therein! I beseech Thee by the Name [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.008d, , BLIB_Or15734.2.050b,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @prayer for justice and fairmindedness

BH10285

Arabic

سبحانک یا اله الرسل و هادی السبل اسئلک بالاسم الذی به طار المخلصون فی هواء محبتک

Glorified art Thou, O God of the Messengers and Guide of the ways! I beseech Thee by the Name through which the sincere ones have soared in the atmosphere of Thy love [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.007d,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for protection, @love of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

BH00439

1610

mixed

سبحانک یا اله العرش و الثری و مالک الوری و سلطان الاخره و الاولی اسئلک بالسفینه

Glorified art Thou, O God of the Throne and earth, Lord of humanity and Sovereign of the hereafter and this world! I beseech Thee by the Ark [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15704.332,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @consolation and comfort, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH05406

180

Arabic

سبحانک یا اله الغیب و الشهود و الظاهر فی الیوم الموعود اشهد و یشهد الکائنات و

Glorified art Thou, O God of the unseen and the seen, Who art manifest on the Promised Day! I bear witness, and all created things bear witness [3.5s]

AQMJ2.081

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @prayer for teaching

BH11074

Arabic

سبحانک یا اله الغیب و الشهود اسئلک باسمک الودود الذی احاط کل شاهد و مشهود بان

Glorified art Thou, O God of the unseen and the seen! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the All-Loving, which hath encompassed every witness and witnessed thing, that [3.5s]

INBA18:376a

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for nearness to God

BH09862

Arabic

سبحانک یا اله العالمین و مقصود العارفین اسئلک بسلطانک الذی غلب من فی السموات

Glorified art Thou, O God of the worlds and Goal of them that have recognized Thee! I beseech Thee by Thy sovereignty which hath subdued all who are in the heavens [3.5s]

NFR.202

@prayer for nearness to God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09861

Arabic

سبحانک یا اله العالم و مالک القدم و سلطان الامم و الظاهر بالاسم الاعظم اسئلک

Glorified art Thou, O God of the worlds and Lord of eternity and Sovereign of the nations, Who art manifest through the Most Great Name! I beseech Thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.060c,

@petitions to authorities, @knowledge; recognition of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB02304

260

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم و بحمدک جلت قدرتک و عظم سلطانک و وضح برهانک و ظهر سلطانک و سبقت

Glorified art Thou, O God, and praise be unto Thee! Exalted is Thy power, sublime Thy sovereignty, manifest Thy proof, and evident Thy dominion [3.5s]

PYK.297

@prayer for specific individuals; groups, @love of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @firmness in the Covenant

AB01639

310

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم و بحمدک تقدست اسمائک و تنزهت صفاتک تعالیت و تجلیت عن ادراک

Glorified art Thou, O God, and praised be Thou! Sacred are Thy names and sanctified are Thy attributes! Exalted and manifest art Thou beyond comprehension [3.5s]

FDDB.025

@power of the Manifestation of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @prayer for protection, @absolute freedom; independence of God

BH07123

140

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا مالک الملوک و راحم المملوک اسئلک باسمک الذی خرقت به الاحجاب

Glorified art Thou, O God, Lord of kings and Merciful unto all who are possessed. I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst rend asunder the veils [3.5s]

INBA92:392

@prayers (general or uncategorized), @prayer for forgiveness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH09372

100

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا اله العالم و مربی الامم تری دموع العشاق فی الافاق فی هجرک و

Glorified art Thou, O God, Lord of the worlds and Educator of the nations! Thou beholdest the tears of the lovers throughout all regions in their separation from Thee [3.5s]

NFR.189

@prayer for teaching, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BB00235

Prayer for Friday

880

Arabic

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

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

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

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @impossibility of true worship of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @humility; meekness; lowliness

AB04173

180

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم تبارکت و تعالیت و تقدست و تنزهت عن کل ذکر و ثناء و کل نعت لم

Glorified art Thou, O God! Blessed and exalted, sanctified and holy art Thou above all praise and laudation, and every mention and attribute [3.5s]

MJMJ3.101, MMG2#417 p.463

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for women, @humility; meekness; lowliness

AB00116

1200

mixed

Light of the World

سبحانک اللهم تقدس ادنی ایه من ایات ملکوتک عن المحامد و النعوت فی جمیع الشئون... درین ایام صنادید شیطانرا اسیر خذلان کرد و فسادشانرا واضح و عیان

Glorified art Thou, O God! The least of the signs of Thy Kingdom is, under all conditions, sanctified above all description and praise

UMich962.140-141x, UMich991.097-098x

NURA#41, MMK4#081 p.090x, ASAT3.041-042x, ASAT4.058x, AVK1.009.10x, AVK4.015.13x, AVK4.308x

LOTW#41

@impossibility of true worship of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @growth of the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02537

350

mixed

سبحانک یا معین الاولیاء و سبحانک یا ناصر الاصفیاء اسئلک بنور امرک الذی سطع

Glorified art Thou, O Helper of the chosen ones, and glorified art Thou, O Succorer of the pure ones! I beseech Thee by the light of Thy Cause which hath shone forth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15695.183,

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @the power of words; of speech, @wisdom [hikmat]

AB00299

690

mixed

Light of the World

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و سیدی و مولائی ترانی موردا لکل بلاء و هدفا لکل سهام

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God, my Master, and my Ruler! Thou seest me a victim of every tribulation, a target for every shaft, and exposed to every spear

NURA#45, MMK2#038 p.027x, MMK4#032 p.030

LOTW#45

@heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @suffering and imprisonment

BH02468

360

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی حینئذ عرجت بسلطان قوتک الی سماء عز رفعتک و سیرت عوالم

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! At that moment didst Thou, through the sovereignty of Thy power, ascend unto the heaven of Thy transcendent glory, and traverse the realms [3.5s]

KHSH07.008

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @mystical themes, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH11641

180

Arabic

Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of Emancipation, The

Tablet of Emancipation

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اذا قام مملوک لدی باب مملوک اخری و اراد من هذا المملوک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Behold how one slave hath stood at the door of another, seeking from him his freedom

BRL_DA#154

BRL_APBH#21

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @independent investigation of truth; reality

BB00082

2400

Arabic

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

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

MKI4494.050, BYC_pray.176.05-188.12

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @station of the Manifestation of God, @God's love for His own Essence

BH09874

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers

سبحانک یا الهی یشهد کل ذی بصر بسلطنتک و اقتدارک و کل ذی نظر بعظمتک و اجتبارک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Every man of insight confesseth Thy sovereignty and Thy dominion

INBA61:058, INBA66:105, INBA49:093, INBA92:331b

PMP#001, AQMJ2.084a, AQMM.069

PM#001, BPRY.222

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @love of God, @praise and encouragement, @prayer for protection, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH05768

170

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کلما ارید ان اذکرک تمنعنی خطیاتی الکبری و جریراتی

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Every time I venture to make mention of Thee, I am held back by my mighty sins

INBA48:160, INBA92:180, BLIB_Or15739.285,

PMP#124, AQMM.041, AQMJ1.119

PM#124, BPRY.076, BSC.185 #269

@prayer for nearness to God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BB00453

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-‘Ali Ibn-i-Husayn

300

Arabic

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

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

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @the Imamate; the Caliphate, @prayer for specific individuals; groups

BB00124

Reply to Mirza hadi Qazvini and Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Qazvini

1500

Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف ادعوک و انت تعلم سری و کیف لا اقول ما خطر علی قلبی و انت امرتنی بالدعاء و وعدت المتکبرین کلمة العذاب فی کتابک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! How can I call upon Thee when Thou knowest mine inmost secrets, and how can I refrain from uttering that which hath stirred within my heart when Thou hast commanded me to pray and hast decreed for the proud the word of chastisement in Thy Book [3.5s]

INBA91:130.10-139.03, INBA_5019C:305-308, , PR04.032v15-036r10

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

FHR#12.08, SRC.191

BH04034

230

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف اذکرک بعد الذی ایقنت بان ذکر ما سواک لاینبغی لحضرتک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! How can I make mention of Thee, when I have become certain that the mention of aught except Thee befitteth not Thy presence [3.5s]

INBA35:019, INBA48:147, BLIB_Or15739.266,

AQMJ1.106

@impossibility of true worship of God, @prayer for nearness to God, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00192

Du’a’ li-Ithbati’l-ithbat

1100

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی ما استشهدتنی علیه من شهادة ان لا اله الا انت و ان حروف الواحد اقرب اسمائک الیک فی کتابک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto that whereunto Thou hast called me to testify - that there is none other God but Thee, and that the Letters of Unity [Vahid] are Thy Names nearest unto Thee in Thy Book [3.5s]

CMB_F14.152v03-156r08,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

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

BB00370

450

Arabic

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

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

BB00133

Ziyarat for the first to believe, on Thursday night

1400

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء فی هذه اللیلة لیلة الجمعة التی تنظر فیها الی داعیک فی البیان

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee in this night - the night of Friday - wherein Thou gazest upon him who calleth unto Thee [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.046-052, CMB_F14.110r03-114r03,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Muhammad; Islam, @Word of God and human limitations, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab

JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210

BB00125

Ziyarat for the letter mim

1500

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء فی هذه اللیلة التی قد عظمتها و جللتها و فضلتها و عززتها و کرمتها علی مادونها بجودک ثم لطفک و کرمک ثم فضلک و وهابیتک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee in this night which Thou hast magnified and exalted, which Thou hast preferred and honored and made noble above all else through Thy bounty, then through Thy grace and generosity, then through Thy favor and beneficence [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.137-143, CMB_F14.180r03-185r06,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @chastisement and requital, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause

JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210

BB00246

Ziyarat for the letters of unity, on Friday

810

Arabic

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

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

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

BB00326

560

Arabic

بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء بانک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الکأس و البشقاب

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that Thou art God, and there is no God but Thee, alone, without partner. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Grandeur, Thine the Countenance and the Beauty, Thine the Chalice and the Cup [3.5s]

PR03.086r16-086v21

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation

BB00070

Prayer for 19 letters

2700

Arabic

بسم الله العزیز الرؤف. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء بانک انت الله لا اله الا انت لم تزل یا الهی کنت کائنا و لا تزال تکون

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee. From time immemorial, O my God, Thou hast been, and unto everlasting Thou shalt be [3.5s]

INBA01:129.05-147.08

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for praise and gratitude, @petitions to authorities, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00189

Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafyi’n-Nafy

1100

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء بما قد خلقت کل شیء له علی انه لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that Thou didst create all things unto Him, that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer [3.5s]

CMB_F14.148v10-152v01,

@meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BB00308

Ziyara for the martyrs, on Thursday night

1500

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الاسمآء الحسنى بجوهريتها و لک الامثال العليا بجبرويتها

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine are the most excellent names in their essence, and Thine the most exalted attributes in their sovereignty [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.070-077, MKI4515.006r-012v

@martyrs and martyrdom, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @justice and wrath of God, @Letters of the Living

BB00052

Li-‘Aliyyi’l-A’la

3400

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الخلق و الامر من قبل و من بعد تحیی و تمیت ثم تمیت و تحیی و انک انت حی لا تموت و ملک لا تزول و سلطان لا تحول ... کلشیء قدیرا ثم لاشهدنک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the creation and the command, both before and after. Thou givest life and causest death, then causest death and givest life, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not, the Sovereign Whose dominion fadeth not, the King Whose rule changeth not... all-powerful over all things. I bear witness unto Thee [3.5s]

MKI4515.024r-027v, MKI4494.097

@absolute freedom; independence of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @station of the Manifestation of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00097

1900

Arabic

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

MKI4494.088

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @education of children; moral education, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @knowledge; recognition of God

BB00409

Kitab-i-Aqa Muhammad Hasan-i-Yazdi

370

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت ثم العز و الجبروت ثم القدرة و اللاهوت ثم القوة و الیاقوت ثم السلطنة و الناسوت تحیی و تمیت ثم تمیت و تحیی و انک انت حی

MKI4494.093

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BB00410

370

mixed

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

INBA58:166.03-169.04

NSR_1993.005x

@consolation and comfort, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @personal instructions, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @business; financial; property matters

BB00252

Kitabu’l-Katib

800

Arabic

BYC_misc-b.059b02-063a10

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for protection, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others

BB00206

Kitab-i-Ismi’l-Vahid

960

Arabic

BYC_misc-b.068a06-073a06

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BB00272

Kitabu’l-‘Azim

720

Arabic

BYC_misc-b.073a07-076b10

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God

BB00295

Kitabi Haji Shaykh

660

Arabic

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

BYC_misc-b.056a09-059b01

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @creation of the world

BB00191

Kitabu’n-Nasiri’n-Nasir

1100

Arabic

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

BYC_misc-b.051a03-056a07

@knowledge; recognition of God, @chastisement and requital, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity

BB00259

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

770

Arabic

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

BYC_misc-b.081a10-085a02

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @creation of the world, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00231

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

900

Arabic

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

BYC_misc-b.077a01-081a09

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]

BB00217

Kitabu’l-Siyyah

920

Arabic

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

BYC_misc-b.063b01-068a04

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Greatest Name

BB00680

930

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک الرحمة و الفضال و لک السطوة و العدال و لک المثل و الامثال و لک المواقع و الاجلال و لک القوة و الفعال

MKI4515.041v-046r

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @transcendence; unknowability of God, @thankfulness; gratitude

BB00218

Answer to Hasan

920

Arabic

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

MKI4494.095

@knowledge; recognition of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @prayer for spiritual recognition

BB00208

Li-Validay man yaktub bayna yadi’llah

950

Arabic

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

CMB_F14.129r09-132r09,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for the departed, @soul; spirit after death

JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

BB00277

Li-Haji Mahmud

710

Arabic

بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک المواقع و الإجلال و لک العظمة و الاستقلال و لک الکبریاء و الاستجلال و لک العزة و الامتناع و لک القوة و الارتفاع و لک البهجة و الابتهاج و لک السلطنة و الاقتدار و لک ما أحببته أو تحبنَ من ملکوت أمرک وخلقک أنت الأول یا إلهی لیس قبلک من شیء و أنت الآخر یا محبوبی ولیس بعدک من شیء

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Stations and the Reverence, Thine the Greatness and the Independence, Thine the Pride and the Resplendent Glory, Thine the Might and the Impregnability, Thine the Power and the Exaltation, Thine the Delight and the Bliss, Thine the Sovereignty and the Dominion, and Thine is whatsoever Thou hast loved or wilt love in the Kingdom of Thy Command and Creation. Thou art the First, O my God, and naught existeth before Thee, and Thou art the Last, O my Beloved, and there is none after Thee [3.5s]

MKI4494.059

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @justice and wrath of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @creation of the world

BB00271

Hadith on 'the Land of Paradise'

720

Arabic

CMB_F21.192.16-196.04#30,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @heaven and paradise; heaven and hell, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BB00264

Li-ithnayni min Ardi’j-Janna

750

Arabic

MKI4494.063

@God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @chastisement and requital, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition

BB00294

660

Arabic

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

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

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

MANU.048-050

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @absolute freedom; independence of God

BB00286

Tafsir hadith "یکتمنه عن غیر اهله"

680

Arabic

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

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

CMB_F21.189.14-192-12#29, , MKI4494.061

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @creation of the world

BB00282

Li-harfi’r-ra’ va’l-ba’

700

Arabic

بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک المثل و الأمثال و لک المواقع و الإجلال و لک العظمة و الاستقلال و لک الکبریاء و الاستجلال و لک العزَة و الامتناع و لک القوَة و الارتفاع و لک البهجة و الابتهاج و لک السلطنة و الاقتدار و لک ما أحببته و تحبُه من ملکوت أمرک وخلقک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes, Thine the Stations and the Reverence, Thine the Greatness and the Independence, Thine the Pride and the Exaltation, Thine the Glory and the Invincibility, Thine the Power and the Transcendence, Thine the Delight and the Bliss, Thine the Sovereignty and the Omnipotence, and Thine is whatsoever Thou hast loved and lovest in the Kingdom of Thy Command and Creation [3.5s]

MKI4494.057

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BB00679

Javabu’l-Fa’

1100

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انه لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شريک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العزة و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الياقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الکمال و لک الوجهة و الجمال و لک الرحمة و الفضال و لک الهيبة و العدال و لک المُثُل و الأمثال و لک المواقع و الإجلال و لک القوة و الفعال و لک البهجة و المقال

MKI4515.050r-055v

@absolute freedom; independence of God, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00117

Du’a’ ‘ala’l-Abavayn min’ar’Rabb

1600

Arabic

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

CMB_F14.124r10-129r08,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @thankfulness; gratitude, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

BB00030

Answer to 25 questions of Mulla Ahmad

6700

Arabic

Gate of the Heart

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت تحیی و تمیت ثم تمیت و تحیی و انک انت حی لا تموت و ملک لا تزول و سلطان لا تحول و فرد لا تفوت ... علی کلشیء قدیرا لاشهدنک و کلشیء

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm. Thou givest life and causest death, then bringest death and givest life, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not, the King Who passeth not away, the Sovereign Who changeth not, the Single One Who vanisheth not... powerful over all things. I testify, and all things testify [3.5s]... ...Should a man be endued with knowledge, and behold Thy [God’s] divine verses revealed during earlier times

CMB_F21.196.06-223.18#31, , MKI4494.065

BAPT.005x, GOH.093-094x

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @self-concealment of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @suffering and imprisonment

BB00387

410

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت تحیی و تمیت و انک انت حی لا تموت و ملک لا تزول و سلطان لا تحول و عدل لا تجول و فرد لا تفوت ... کل شیء قدیرا لم تزل یا الهی

CMB_F14.101r10-102v02,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

BB00058

Ziyarat li-Avvali man aman

3000

Arabic

CMB_F14.204r01-213v02,

@martyrs and martyrdom, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @human reality created in the image of God, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within

JRAS.460, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

BB00682

Kitabu’l-Taqavi

780

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الکمال و لک الوجهة و الجمال و لک الرحمة و الفضال و لک السطوة و العدال و لک المثل و الأمثال و لک المواقع و الإجلال

MKI4515.075r-78r

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00304

620

Arabic

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

MKI4494.106

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @belief and denial, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BB00043

Answer to Kitabi’l-Adyan

4500

Arabic

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

CMB_F21.171.10-189.11#28, , MKI4515.055v-074v

@station of the Manifestation of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @names and attributes of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion

BB00283

700

Arabic

CMB_F14.102v04-104v02,

@prophecy and fulfillment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Word of God and human limitations, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @divine attributes are within all things; every atom

JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

BB00190

Du’a’ li-avvali man amana bi’llah va man qad sa’ida bihi ila’llah

1100

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت الواحد الاحد الصمد الفرد الحی القیوم المعتمد الذی لم تلد و لم تولد و لم یکون لک کفو و لا عدل و لا شبه و لا قرین

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, the One, the Single, the Self-Subsisting, the Alone, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Sufficient, Who hath neither begotten nor been begotten, and unto Whom there is no peer, nor equal, nor likeness, nor partner [3.5s]

CMB_F14.162v03-166r04,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @impossibility of true worship of God, @heaven and paradise; heaven and hell

JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

BB00371

450

Arabic

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

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

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

MANU.050-051

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

BB00302

Li-Mir Muhammad ‘Ali

630

Arabic

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

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and then all things bear witness that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer [3.5s]

MKI4494.086

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @creation of the world, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @station of the Manifestation of God, @chastisement and requital

BB00199

Ziyarat for the first and last to believe, on Friday

1000

Arabic

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

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness unto Thee in this hour of Friday, and so too doth every thing, that verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, alone, without partner [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.104-109, MKI4494.082

@divine attributes are within all things; every atom, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan

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

BB00255

Ziyarat li-Avvali man aman

790

Arabic

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

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

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

@belief and denial, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @fire and light; fire and water, @nearness and remoteness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BB00149

1300

Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدن علیک یومئذ اول شهر البدیع شهرالصاد عندک بما قد شهدت علی نفسک بانک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لاشریک لک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness unto Thee on this day, the first of the wondrous month, the month of Ṣád in Thy presence, even as Thou hast borne witness concerning Thine own Self that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, alone, without partner [3.5s]

PR03.001v10-003r02, MKI4511.001-008a

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @the Imamate; the Caliphate, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity

BB00168

Prayer and Ziyarat for Friday

1200

Arabic

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

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

@He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @visitation Tablets

BH02993

300

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهدک و مظاهر جمالک بانک انت لم تزل کنت مقدسا عن وصف

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness, and the Manifestations of Thy Beauty bear witness, that Thou hast ever been sanctified above all description [3.5s]

INBA92:068

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @prayer for forgiveness

BH06189

160

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد بما شهدت الاشیاء انه لا اله الا انت لم تزل کنت مقتدرا

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness, even as all things have testified, that there is none other God but Thee. From time immemorial Thou hast been all-powerful [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.347,

@prayer for women, @prayer for protection, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH08822

110

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الاعظم الذی ابتلی بین ایدی المشرکین من

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Him Who is Thy Most Great Name, Who hath been sorely afflicted

INBA48:200b, INBA49:050, INBA92:170b, BLIB_Or15739.340,

PMP#003

PM#003, BPRY.188

@suffering and imprisonment, @Manifestation of God as sun, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BB00212

Du’a’ li’n-Nuri’l-Asfar

940

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاسئلنک من الوهیتک باعظمها او کل الوهیتک عظیمه عندک ثم فی ام الکتاب

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by that which is most exalted in Thy Divinity, though verily all Thy Divinity is supremely great in Thy sight and in the Mother Book [3.5s]

CMB_F14.225v10-229r10,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God

JRAS.461, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

BB00254

Du’a’ li’n-Nuri’l-Abyad

790

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاسئلنک من اسمائک باعظمها و کل اسمائک عظمیه عندک ثم فی ام الکتاب

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by the mightiest of Thy Names, though all Thy Names are mighty in Thy sight and in the Mother Book [3.5s]

CMB_F14.223r04-225v09,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @angels

JRAS.461, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

BB00213

Ziyarat for the first [to believe]

940

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاسئلنک من بهائک ابهاه و من جلالک اجله و من جمالک اجمله

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by the most glorious of Thy Glory, and the most exalted of Thine Exaltedness, and the most beauteous of Thy Beauty [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.187a-189, MKI4494.005

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah

BH07106

140

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باصفیائک و امنائک و بالذی جعلته خاتم انبیائک و

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Chosen Ones, and by the Bearers of Thy Trust

INBA48:176, INBA61:066, INBA92:178, BLIB_Or15739.309,

PMP#025, NSR_1993.015, RAHA.026

PM#025, BPRY.073

almunajat.com [item 18]

@prayer for forgiveness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @prayer for nearness to God, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BB00148

Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy

1300

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاسئلنک باولیتک التی انها هی مرتفعة

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy FIrstness, which verily is exalted [3.5s]

CMB_F14.144v04-148v09,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for protection

BH11089

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بصفاتک العلیا و باسمائک الکبری و بکلمتک الاتم

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy most exalted attributes, by Thy Most Great Names, and by Thy most perfect Word [3.5s]

INBA92:098b

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH03356

270

Arabic

Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of Firayját (Lawḥ-i-Firayját) / Tablet of Firáq (Lawḥ-i-Firáq)

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الکافی بان تکفی عنا شر اعدائک الذین کفروا

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the Restrainer, to withhold from us the maleficence of Thine adversaries

INBA48:133, INBA49:040, INBA92:188, BLIB_Or15739.245,

PMP#073, AQMJ1.062

PM#073

@prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @prayer for protection, @justice and wrath of God, @suffering and imprisonment

BH03110

290

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انادیک حینئذ حین الذی احاطتنی الاحزان عن کل الجهات

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I call upon Thee at this moment when sorrows have encompassed me from every side [3.5s]

INBA92:214, BLIB_Or15694.600,

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @prayer for protection, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for nearness to God, @suffering and imprisonment

BH02467

Lawh-i-Firayjat

360

Arabic

Lawh-i-Firayjat (Tablet of Firayját)

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انادیک حین الذی تغن حمامه الفراق عن شطر العراق

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I call upon Thee at this time when the accents of the dove of separation are raised

INBA18:247, INBA71:030b, INBA92:123

BRL_DA#241, UVM.064.20x

BRL_APBH#18

unknown (1), unknown (2)

@prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @power of the Manifestation of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @prayer for protection

BH05543

180

Arabic

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الغلام الذی باسمه زینت الاسما و یذکر فی ملکوت الاعلی

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I give Thee thanks inasmuch as Thou hast called me into being in Thy days… I am, O my God, but a tiny seed

INBA48:162, BLIB_Or15739.289,

BRL_DA#785, PMP#106, AQA7#463 p.285, ADM2#013 p.029x, AQMJ1.122x

PM#106, BPRY.171

Nabilinho, NKAK, Dawnbreaker Collective

@the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @living waters; water of life, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @thankfulness; gratitude

BB00053

Ziyarat

3400

Arabic

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

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

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

MANU.054-064

@martyrs and martyrdom, @visitation Tablets, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for martyrs, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]

JRAS.474, MSBR.206-207

BH09848

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بهبوب اریاح فضلک و بمشارق وحیک و مطالع الهامک بان

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by the onrushing winds of Thy grace

INBA48:209, INBA49:223a, INBA92:161, BLIB_Or15739.352,

PMP#023

PM#023, BPRY.086

@prayer for unity, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @prayer for nearness to God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha

BH08245

120

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Ethiopian King, The

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بمطلع آیاتک و مظهر اسمائک و مخزن الهامک و مکمن

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I pray Thee, by Him Who is the Day-Spring of Thy signs and the Manifestation of Thy names

INBA48:194b, BLIB_Or15739.333,

PMP#099, AQMJ2.052

PM#099

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience

BH01177

710

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد حینئذ بوحدانیتک و سلطان فردانیتک و بانک انت الذی

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I testify at this moment unto Thy oneness and the sovereignty of Thy singleness, and that Thou art He Who [3.5s]

INBA36:122, INBA71:288, INBA92:133c, BLIB_Or15738.147,

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @love of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @suffering and imprisonment

BB00011

Kitab-i-Si Du'a (Book of 30 prayers)

22000

Arabic

Kitab-i-Si Du'a (Book of 30 prayers)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله المتفرد المتقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاحبن ان اعرجن الیک بجوهر کافور سری و ما قد قدرت فی علانیتی لاصعدن لدیک بما قد قدرت فی ساذج کینونیتی

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I verily long to ascend unto Thee with the essence of my most hidden being, and with whatsoever Thou hast ordained in my outward self; that I may rise into Thy presence with that which Thou hast decreed in the pure substance of my reality [3.5s]... ...Thou art aware, O My God, that since the day Thou didst call Me into being out of the water of Thy love till I reached fifteen years of age… Send down, then, upon me, O my God, when I was seven years old and upon him who raised me on Thy behalf, whose name is Mubarak

PR03.004r17-038v18x

SWBP#38 (p.128-129x)

SWB#39 (p.180-182x)

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @prayer for nearness to God, @prayer for praise and gratitude, @impossibility of true worship of God, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam, @knowledge; recognition of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Muhammad; Islam, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @self-description of God; God's self-remembrance, @prayer for protection, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @prayer for the departed, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @events in the life and ministry of the Bab, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @spiritual warfare; struggle, @thankfulness; gratitude, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @martyrs and martyrdom, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @limits of language

see https://clearwaterbahais.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ethiopian-King.pdf

BH09854

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما جعلتنی مرجع القضایا و مطلع البلایا لحیوه

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I yield Thee thanks for that Thou hast made me the target of divers tribulations

INBA92:374a

PMP#086

PM#086

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02535

350

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی یشهد لسان سری و جهری و اعضائی و جوارحی و عروقی و اشعاری

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! My tongue, both the tongue of my body and the tongue of my heart

INBA92:368

PMP#069

PM#069

@station of the Manifestation of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH07116

140

Arabic

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

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی فامطر من سحاب فیض فضلک ما تطهر به افئده عبادک عما

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Rain down, I beseech Thee, from the clouds of Thine overflowing grace

INBA48:173, INBA49:202, BLIB_Or15739.304,

PMP#095

PM#095

@development of capacity and readiness, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for protection, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH03676

250

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی ان هذا ایدای قد ارفعتها لنزول رحمتک و ان هذا رجلای قد

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! These are my hands; I have lifted them up to receive the descent of Thy mercy. These are my feet

INBA92:086

BRL_DA#581

ADMS#242

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @love of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @presence of; reunion with God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @station of the Manifestation of God

BB00150

Fi Yawmi ‘idi’l-Adha

1300

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا یوم قد جعلته من قبل بقول حبیبک محمد عیداً لمن آمن بک و آیاتک وذخراً لمن وفی بعهدک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is a Day which Thou didst aforetime make, through the words of Thy beloved Muhammad, a festival unto them that believed in Thee and in Thy signs, and a treasure for such as were faithful to Thy Covenant [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.180-187, MKI4494.002

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @purpose; goal of creation, @prayer for spiritual recognition

AHDA.462.03d?

BH11090

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه امه من امائک قد عرفت نفسک فی صغرها و عاشرت بک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is a handmaiden among Thy handmaidens who hath recognized Thy Self in her tender years and hath communed with Thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.079c,

BB00207

Ziyaratu’l-Kull

950

Arabic

بسم الله الاعدل الاعدل. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تلک لیلة قد فتحت فیها ابواب فضلک و جودک و کرمک و لطفک و منک لاسئلنک فیه بک او لا شیء عندک عدلک و لا کفوک و لا شبهک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is a night wherein Thou hast opened wide the gates of Thy bounty and generosity, Thy munificence and kindness and grace. I beseech Thee therein by Thy Self, before Whom there existeth no peer in Thy justice, nor any equal, nor any likeness [3.5s]

MKI4494.055

@prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00215

Ziyarat for the middle night of the month of God

930

Arabic

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

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @chastisement and requital

BB00109

Du’ayi Laylatu aula min Shahri’llah

1700

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه لیلة قد عظمتها و شرفتها و جللتها و جملتها و قدستها بما قد نسبتها الی نفسک و اطلعت فیها آیة

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is a night which Thou hast magnified, honored, exalted, beautified and sanctified through having associated it with Thine own Self, and wherein Thou didst cause a sign to appear [3.5s]

CMB_F14.166r05-171v04,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr), @Manifestation of God as mediator

JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

BH04229

220

Arabic

Days of Remembrance

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا یوم من ایام عیدک الرضوان و فیه زین محل من السجن

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is one of the days of Thy Riḍván Festival whereon a corner of this prison hath been decked forth

AYT.317, AKHA_134BE #02 p.61, OOL.B204, AMB#19

DOR#19

almunajat.com [item 25]

@praise and encouragement, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power of prayer, @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual transformation

BH08842

110

Arabic

Days of Remembrance

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا یوم من ایام الرضوان الذی فیه تجلیت علی من علی الارض

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is one of the days of Thy Riḍván Festival whereon Thou didst shed the splendour of Thy name

INBA51:609, INBA92:407a

AQMJ2.051, AMB#18

DOR#18

@praise and encouragement, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

BH11734

340

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه امه من امائک و طلقه من طلقاتک تقربت الیک و توکلت علیک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is one of Thy handmaidens and a leaf among Thy leaves who hath drawn nigh unto Thee and placed her trust in Thee [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.250

BH07664

130

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا عبد من عبادک و قد توجه الی شطر عنایتک و اراد بدایع

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is one of Thy servants who hath turned toward the sanctuary of Thy tender mercies and hath sought the wondrous tokens [3.5s]

INBA48:183, INBA49:055, INBA92:171, BLIB_Or15739.318,

AQMJ1.048

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @spiritual transformation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @living waters; water of life, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BB00661

Prayer for Friday evening

1980

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه لیلة الجمعه لاسئلنک ما فیها بک اذ لا شئ فى علمک عدلک و لا مثلک و لا شبهک و لا قرينک الخلق خلقک و الامر منک اليک و حدک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is the night of Friday, wherein I beseech Thee, through Thine own Self, for there existeth not within Thy knowledge any equal to Thy justice, nor any like unto Thee, nor any similitude, nor any peer. Creation is Thy creation, and the Command proceedeth from Thee and returneth unto Thee [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.041-046, MKI4515.015v-023v

@charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @firmness in the Covenant, @law of pilgrimage, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH06626

150

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا عبدک الذی هاجر من دیاره حتی دخل فی دیارک و انقطع

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is Thy servant who hath forsaken his homeland until he entered Thy realm and become wholly detached [3.5s]

INBA92:067

@spiritual transformation, @station of the Manifestation of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH04771

200

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی ان هذا عبدک الذی قضی ایامه فی غفله عن جمالک و بعده عن

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is Thy servant who hath spent his days in heedlessness of Thy Beauty and remoteness from [3.5s]

INBA92:115

@prayer for the departed, @spiritual transformation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @twin Manifestations

BH06429

150

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of the Báb

ان یا امه الله ان اذکری ربک بهذالدعاء سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت الذی من

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He the fire of Whose love hath set ablaze the hearts of them who have recognized Thy unity

INBA48:171, BLIB_Or15739.301,

PMP#126, AQA7#342 p.021

PM#126, BPRY.242

@prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @praise and encouragement, @suffering and imprisonment, @love of God, @prayer for protection, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH08247

120

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت الذی اجتذبت قلوب عبادک و امائک ببدایع نغماتک و

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He Who hath drawn the hearts of Thy servants and handmaidens through the wondrous melodies of Thy [3.5s]

INBA92:397

@prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BB00620

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم انک انت سلطان السلاطین لتوتین السلطتة من تشاء

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art in truth the King of kings. Thou dost confer sovereignty upon whomsoever Thou willest

SWBP#69 (p.153-153(a))

SWB#69 (p.213-214)

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BB00452

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Hasan

300

Arabic

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

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

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00404

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-‘Ali

380

Arabic

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

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

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

@the Imamate; the Caliphate

BB00427

Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Sadiq

340

Arabic

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

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

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

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam

BB00258

Ziyarat for the sixth to be martyred among the Letters of the Living

780

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض عالم الغیب و الشهادة لم تزل قد تعززت

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art, verily, the Creator of the heavens and earth, the Knower of the seen and the unseen. Ever hast Thou been exalted [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.126-129, CMB_F14.099r03-101r08,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @God as immanent vs. transcendent reality, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @absolute freedom; independence of God, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha

JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210

BH03359

270

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of the Báb

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تری مقری و مقامی و تشهد اضطرابی و اضطراری و ضری و

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou beholdest my low estate and the habitation wherein I dwell

INBA48:139, INBA49:024, INBA92:174, BLIB_Or15739.255,

PMP#120, AQMJ1.083

PM#120

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @thankfulness; gratitude, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BB00169

Du’a’ li'lladhina ‘araju

1200

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم تزل انک انت خالق کل شیء و رازقه و ممیت کل شیء و محییه لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً صمداً فرداً حیاً قیوماً حکماً عدلاً قدوساً دائماً ابداً معتمداً

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou hast ever been the Creator and Provider of all things, the One Who causeth all things to die and giveth them life. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, Single, Unique, Self-Subsisting, Ever-Living, All-Compelling, All-Wise, Just, Most Holy, Eternal, Everlasting [3.5s]... ...How numerous the souls raised to life who were exposed to dire humiliation in Thy Path for exalting Thy Word

CMB_F14.158v05-162v01,

SWBP#45 (p.134-134x)

SWB#46 (p.188-189x)

@importance of prayer, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

BB00028

Du’a’ li-Hurufi Bismillahi’l-Amna’i’il-Aqdas

7500

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم تزل کنت منفرداً فی ملیک القدس والجلال و لا تزال کنت مرتفعاً فی علو سماء القدس والاجلال

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou hast ever dwelt alone in Thy dominion of sanctity and majesty, and wilt evermore remain exalted in the celestial heights of holiness and glory [3.5s]

CMB_F14.060v10-083v08,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @creation of the world, @God's love for His own Essence, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness

JRAS.454-455, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195

BH08853

110

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی قد قدرت لعبادک المقربین فی رضوانک الاعلی مقامات لو یظهر مقام

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou hast, in Thine all highest Paradise, assigned unto Thy servants such stations

INBA48:197a, INBA33:084a, INBA49:088a, INBA92:320b, BLIB_Or15739.336,

PMP#123

PM#123

@knowledge; recognition of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @spiritual transformation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH01386

620

Arabic

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

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تری مقری فی السجن الذی کان خلف البحور و الجبال و تعلم ما

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou seest me dwelling in this prison-house that lieth behind the seas and the mountains

INBA48:103, INBA92:192b, BLIB_Or15739.188,

BRL_DA#541, PMP#066, AVK3.067.11x

PM#066

@mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @suffering and imprisonment

BB00096

Du’a’-i-Muttasil bi-Salat

1900

Arabic

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

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

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

@family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition

BB00211

940

Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً فرداً صمداً حیاً قیوماً ما اتخذت لنفسک صاحبة و لا ولداً

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Verily, Thou hast ever been one God, Single, Unique, Individual, Self-Subsisting, Ever-Living, Self-Sufficient. Thou hast taken unto Thyself neither consort nor son [3.5s]

INBA78:077-088, CMB_F14.083v10-086v05,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for assistance; intercession, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God

JRAS.455, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

BH10595

Arabic

سبحانک یا مالک الوری و ملیک العرش و الثری اسئلک بالاسم الذی به نفخ فی الصور

Glorified art Thou, O Lord of all beings and King of the throne and earth! I beseech Thee by the Name through which the trumpet blast was sounded [3.5s]

INBA18:106a, BLIB_Or15696.009c, , BLIB_Or15734.2.051c,

@prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @apocalyptic imagery

BH08859

110

Arabic

سبحانک یا رب الکائنات و اله الموجودات اشهد بلسان ظاهری و باطنی بظهورک و بروزک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord of all created beings and God of all existences! I bear witness with my outer and inner tongue to Thy manifestation and appearance [3.5s]

INBA19:144a, INBA32:132b

@praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @prayer for assistance; intercession

BH09876

Arabic

سبحانک یا مالک الوجود و مربی الغیب و الشهود هذه ورقه من اوراق سدره امرک قد

Glorified art Thou, O Lord of existence and Educator of the unseen and the seen! This is a leaf from among the leaves of the Tree of Thy Cause which hath [3.5s]

INBA27:460b

KHAF.218a

BH06198

160

Arabic

سبحانک یا مالک الوجود و مربی الغیب و الشهود ترانی قاعدا تحت خباء قضلک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord of existence and Educator of the unseen and the seen! Thou beholdest me seated beneath the canopy of Thy grace [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.146c,

@prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @spiritual transformation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH08860

110

Arabic

سبحانک یا مالک الوجود و المهیمن علی الغیب و الشهود اسئلک باللسان الذی

Glorified art Thou, O Lord of existence and Sovereign over the seen and unseen! I beseech Thee through the tongue that [3.5s]

BSHN.030, MHT2b.057ax

@prayer for the departed, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH07127

140

Arabic

سبحانک یا سید البشر و مالک اسرار القدر تشهد کل الذرات بفضلک و عنایتک و تعرف

Glorified art Thou, O Lord of humanity and Master of destiny's mysteries! All atoms bear witness to Thy grace and loving-kindness and acknowledge [3.5s]

INBA51:347

@prayer for children and youth, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @prayer for parents

BH04748

200

Arabic

سبحانک یا مالک الاسماء و فاطر السماء ترانی بین مخالب اعدائک الذین نقضوا

Glorified art Thou, O Lord of Names and Creator of Heaven! Thou seest me within the talons of Thine enemies who have violated the Covenant [3.5s]... ...O Lord, Thou seest the tears of mine eyes and Thou hearest the sorrow in my heart's lamentation. I beseech Thee, O Thou Lord Eternal

BLIB_Or15696.148e,

AQA6#257 p.250b, ADM2#027 p.047x

JHT_S#090x

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for forgiveness, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH05775

170

Arabic

سبحانک یا مالک الاسماء و مالک ملکوت السماء اسئلک بنورک المشرق من الافق الاعلی

Glorified art Thou, O Lord of Names and Ruler of the Kingdom of Heaven! I beseech Thee by Thy Light which shineth from the Supreme Horizon [3.5s]

AQA6#246 p.218, ADM2#118 p.209x

@acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @prayer for women

BH06586

150

mixed

سبحانک یا مالک الملکوت و سلطان الجبروت اسئلک باسمک الذی لو یلقی علی الجبل لیطیر

Glorified art Thou, O Lord of the Kingdom and Sovereign of Might! I beseech Thee by Thy Name which, were it to be cast upon the mountain, would cause it to soar [3.5s]

TSBT.275

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @prayer for protection, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @education of children; moral education, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH09406

100

Arabic

سبحانک یا مالک العالم و الظاهر بالاسم الاعظم کیف اذکرک بعد ایقانی بان الذاکر

Glorified art Thou, O Lord of the world and He Who is manifest through the Most Great Name! How can I make mention of Thee when I have become certain that the one who maketh mention [3.5s]

INBA19:011, INBA32:012a, BLIB_Or15696.006a, , BLIB_Or15734.2.044a,

AHB_133BE #09-10 p.004

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH08834

110

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی ترانی بین ایدی الاعدا و الابن محمرا بدمه امام وجهک یا من

Glorified art Thou, O Lord, my God! Thou seest me in the hands of Thine enemies

INBA92:405a

BRL_DA#265, NFR.171, ASAT4.416x, FBAH.227

TDH#064.11x, GPB.188x, JHT_S#194

@sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world, @unity; oneness of humanity, @suffering and imprisonment

ROB3.213, LL#485

BH10584

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و اله الاسماء اسئلک باسمک الذی به سخرت الاسماء و ما خلق

Glorified art Thou, O my God and God of all names! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou hast subdued all names and whatsoever hath been created [3.5s]

INBA65:097b, BLIB_Or15696.184d,

@prayer for women, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH09857

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و اله العالم و موجدی و موجد الامم اسئلک بالاسم الاعظم

Glorified art Thou, O my God and God of all the world, my Creator and Creator of the nations! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.136c,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for teaching, @Greatest Name, @praise and encouragement

BH01073

780

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی و محبوبی کل العباد ینزهونک عن غیرک و کل الانام یقدسونک

Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Beloved! All servants extol Thy transcendence above all else, and all created things do sanctify Thee [3.5s]

INBA92:030

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH08843

110

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و محبوبی اسئلک باسمک الذی دعوته الی السماء اشرقت عن

Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Beloved! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which, when summoned to the heavens, illumination shone forth [3.5s]

INBA49:007a, BLIB_Or15725.383b,

ADM3#076 p.091

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH11091

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی و محبوبی تری فقری و افتقاری

Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Beloved! Thou beholdest my poverty and my destitution [3.5s]

INBA35:004a

@acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @thankfulness; gratitude, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH03512

260

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی و محبوبی تشهد و تری کیف اجتمعوا علینا کلاب خلقک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Beloved! Thou dost witness and behold how the dogs of Thy creation have gathered against us [3.5s]

INBA71:069, INBA92:125

@Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @praise and encouragement

BH10293

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی و مقصودی هذه امه من امائک تمسکت بحبل عنایتک و اجابت اذ ارتفع

Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Heart's Desire! This handmaiden from among Thy maidservants hath clung to the cord of Thy loving-kindness and hath responded when the Call was raised [3.5s]

INBA18:378a, INBA28:275a, INBA27:084

AQMJ2.088

@prayer for women, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH07121

140

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و سیدی اسئلک بان تزین هذا العبد بطراز الوفاء بین ملا

Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Lord! I beseech Thee to adorn this servant with the ornament of fidelity amidst the concourse [3.5s]

INBA49:007b, BLIB_Or15725.383a,

ADM2#061 p.107

@martyrs and martyrdom, @prayer for sacrifice, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH04247

220

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی و سیدی تری عجزی و افتقاری ثم ضری و اضطراری و تشهد یا

Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Master! Thou beholdest my powerlessness and my poverty, then my distress and my desperation, and Thou dost witness, O [3.5s]

INBA36:147, INBA71:317, INBA92:141

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual transformation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience

BH07680

130

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی و اله الکائنات و مقصودی و مقصود الممکنات تعلم و تری احبائک بین

Glorified art Thou, O my God and the God of all created beings, my Purpose and the Purpose of all contingent things! Thou knowest and beholdest Thy loved ones amidst [3.5s]

ADM3#146 p.165

@prayer for protection, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @prayer for forgiveness

BH08854

110

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی و اله الاشیاء و الناطق فی الناسوت الانشاء اسئلک بمشارق وحیک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God and the God of all things, Who speaketh in the realm of creation! I beseech Thee by the Dawning-places of Thy Revelation and [3.5s]

ADM3#143 p.162

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @prayer for teaching, @prayer for forgiveness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH07126

140

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی و اله من فی السموات و الارض اشهد انک انت الله لا اله الا انت

Glorified art Thou, O my God and the God of all who are in the heavens and on earth! I bear witness that Thou art God, there is none other God but Thee [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.100c,

@prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH02282

390

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی و اله من فی ملکوت الاسماء و سلطانی و سلطان الارض و السماء و ملیکی

Glorified art Thou, O my God and the God of all who dwell in the Kingdom of Names, my Sovereign and the Sovereign of earth and heaven, my King [3.5s]

INBA38:340, INBA51:376, INBA49:334

@martyrs and martyrdom, @praise and encouragement, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH03505

260

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی و اله من فی ملکوت الاسماء و سلطانی و سلطان الارض و السماء تری و تعلم

Glorified art Thou, O my God and the God of all who dwell in the Kingdom of Names, my Sovereign and the Sovereign of earth and heaven! Thou seest and knowest [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.024c, , BLIB_Or15734.2.091,

@prayers (general or uncategorized), @suffering and imprisonment, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @law of fasting

BH11869

130

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و اله من فی الوجود من الغیب و الشهود اشهدک و من فی

Glorified art Thou, O my God and the God of all who exist in the realm of being, of the unseen and the seen! I bear witness, and those who dwell in [3.5s]

BRL_DA#559

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09392

100

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و اله الاسماء و فاطر السماء اسئلک بامرک الذی به قام

Glorified art Thou, O my God and the God of Names, Creator of the heavens! I beseech Thee by Thy Command whereby arose [3.5s]

ADM3#022 p.032

@prayer for forgiveness, @chastisement and requital, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BB00041

Du’a’ li-Hadrat-i-Ni’ma

5000

Arabic

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

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

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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

BB00060

Du’a’a’th-Thalith li’l-Avval

2900

Arabic

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

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

MKI4494.029, BYC_pray.137.08-148.17

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @chastisement and requital, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00081

2400

Arabic

بسم الله العلی العظیم. سبحانک اللهم و بحمدک لا اله الا انت بک عرفتک و بدعوتک صعدت الیک و بما یلهمنی من ذکرک و قدرتک لولا انت ما کنت شیء بدون شماره گذاری

Glorified art Thou, O my God, and praise be unto Thee! There is none other God but Thee. Through Thee have I known Thee, and by Thy summons have I ascended unto Thee, and through that which Thou dost inspire me of Thy remembrance and Thy power - were it not for Thee, I would be as naught [3.5s]

CMB_F23.153r13-159v14 (54),

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for forgiveness, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @justice and wrath of God, @evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH08857

110

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی و محبوب سری و غایه املی و منتهی رجائی تسمع حنین المشتاقین و

Glorified art Thou, O my God, Beloved of my heart and Ultimate Goal of my desire and End of my hopes! Thou hearest the yearning sighs of them that long for Thee [3.5s]

NFR.169, AQMJ2.087

@prayers (general or uncategorized), @condition of search, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH11071

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا موجد الاسماء و خالق الارض و السماء اسئلک بجمالک الاقدس الابهی

Glorified art Thou, O my God, Creator of Names and Fashioner of earth and heaven! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Holy, Most Resplendent Beauty [3.5s]

INBA15:361a, INBA26:365

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for purity; chastity, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09858

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا مربی الامم و محیی الرمم اسئلک باسمک الذی جعلته مولی الاسماء

Glorified art Thou, O my God, Educator of the nations and Quickener of moldering bones! I beseech Thee by Thy Name which Thou hast made the Lord of Names [3.5s]

NFR.201

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for protection, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08821

110

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا اله الکائنات و مربی الممکنات اسئلک بامرک الذی احاط الموجودات

Glorified art Thou, O my God, Lord of all beings and Educator of all contingent things! I beseech Thee by Thy Cause which hath encompassed all existence [3.5s]

INBA15:340a, INBA26:343b, BLIB_Or15716.101a,

@praise and encouragement, @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat], @prayer for women

BH05769

170

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا مالک القدم قد اخذت القلم بان اذکر الذی احبک فی یوم کان اکثر

Glorified art Thou, O my God, Lord of eternity! Thou hast taken up the Pen to make mention of him who loved Thee in a day when most [3.5s]

NFR.097

@prayer for nearness to God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH03665

250

mixed

سبحانک اللهم یا اله الوجود و الحاکم فی السر و الشهود کیف احصی ثنائک و بای

Glorified art Thou, O my God, Lord of existence and Ruler over the hidden and the manifest. How can I enumerate Thy praise and by what [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15703.150,

@call to action, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

BH08237

120

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا اله الوجود و مالک الغیب و الشهود اشهد بک ماج بحر العرفان فی

Glorified art Thou, O my God, Lord of existence and Sovereign of the unseen and the seen! I testify that through Thee the ocean of recognition hath surged within [3.5s]

INBA51:514a, BLIB_Or15695.147a,

@praise and encouragement, @call to action

BH01694

520

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا سید البشر و مالک القدر و مظهر السر المستسر قد تحیر العارفون

Glorified art Thou, O my God, Lord of mankind, Sovereign of destiny and Manifestation of the hidden Mystery! The mystics stand bewildered [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15693.133,

BB00659

2510

Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم رب السموات و الارض و ما بینهما من ان اذکرک بذکری ایاک او ان اثنی علیک بثنائی فی ملکک

Glorified art Thou, O my God, Lord of the heavens and of the earth and whatsoever lieth betwixt them, that I should make mention of Thee by my remembrance of Thee, or extol Thee through my praise within Thy dominion [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.016-028

BH06187

160

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا اله العالم و موجد الامم و محیی الرمم اسئلک بالاسم الاعظم الذی

Glorified art Thou, O my God, Lord of the world, Creator of nations, and Quickener of moldering bones! I beseech Thee by the Most Great Name which [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.165b,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @praise and encouragement, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH07681

130

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی و محبوبی و مالکی تری عین البهاء ناظره الی افق رحمتک و عنایتک

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Beloved, and my Lord! The Eye of Bahá gazeth toward the horizon of Thy mercy and loving-kindness [3.5s]

INBA51:065, KB_620:058-059

NFR.147

@suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH06585

150

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی و محبوبی و مالکی و سلطانی یشهد لسانی و قلبی و جوارحی

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Beloved, my Master and my King! My tongue, my heart and my limbs do testify [3.5s]

INBA41:216, BLIB_Or15696.152b,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH10292

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی و محبوبی و سیدی و سندی و حافظی و ناصری و معینی اسئلک بالنور

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Beloved, my Master, my Support, my Protector, my Helper and my Succorer! I beseech Thee by the Light [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.078b,

ADM1#083 p.144

S. Jaberi

@prayer for healing, @power of prayer, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH01266

670

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا محبوبی اشکرک فی بدایع نعماء احدیتک فیما اجریتها و انزلتها

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Best-Beloved! I render thanks unto Thee for the wondrous bounties of Thy oneness which Thou hast caused to flow forth and sent down [3.5s]

AYBY.008

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @presence of; reunion with God

AB12089

590

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و مبدعی و مبدای و حرزی و موئلی انت الفائض بانوار الحب

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Creator, my Origin, my Protector and my Refuge! Thou art the One Who sheddeth the effulgent rays of love [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0471

@eulogies; reminiscences, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @love of God

BH11092

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی یا الهی و یا سیدی و سیدی و یا محبوبی محبوبی لک الملک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my God, O my Lord, my Lord, O my Beloved, my Beloved! Thine is the Kingdom [3.5s]

INBA36:113b, INBA71:279b, INBA92:133a

LHKM3.386

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @praise and encouragement

BH10585

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و مالکی و سلطانی و سیدی و سندی و رجائی اسئلک بامواج بحر

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Lord and my King, my Master, my Support and my Hope! I beseech Thee by the waves of the sea [3.5s]

INBA51:182a, KB_620:175-175

@prayer for nearness to God, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @living waters; water of life

BH10284

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و سیدی و سندی اسئلک بتحریر قلم تقدیرک و باثار قلمک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Lord and my Support! I beseech Thee by the movement of Thy Pen of Destiny and by the traces of Thy Pen [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.136b,

@prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @prayer for nearness to God, @prayer for detachment

BH05404

180

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و سیدی و سندی اسئلک باسمک الفضال و سبحانک اللهم

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Lord and my Support! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Bountiful Name. Glorified art Thou, O my God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.131a,

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for forgiveness, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @suffering and imprisonment

BB00311

Ziyarat for the fifth to be martyred among the Letters of the Living

600

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک یا الهی و ربی و محبوبی و مقصودی کیف ابتدئن بذکرک و ثنائک

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Lord, my Beloved, and my Heart's Desire! How can I begin to make mention of Thee and offer Thy praise [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.124-126, CMB_F14.097r06-099r01,

@God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @purpose; goal of creation

JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210

BH08309

120

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی و سیدی و رجائی و کهفی و لهفی و مسکنی و ماوائی و عزی و

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Lord, my Hope, my Refuge, my Shelter, my Dwelling-place, my Haven and my Glory [3.5s]

INBA36:155b, INBA71:326a, INBA33:081a, INBA92:142a

ADM2#109 p.197x, AQMJ1.012

@prayer for nearness to God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH11262

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا فاطر السماء و مالک الاسماء اسئلک بجمالک الذی اشرق عن افق

Glorified art Thou, O my God, O Creator of the heavens and Possessor of Names! I beseech Thee by Thy Beauty that hath shone forth from the horizon [3.5s]

INBA33:146a, INBA92:381a, BLIB_Or15699.032b,

LHKM3.385b, AQMJ1.016a

@prayer for unity, @spiritual transformation

BH05069

190

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا اله العالم و مقصود الامم کیف اذکرک بعد ایقانی بان الذکر قد

Glorified art Thou, O my God, O God of the world and Desire of the nations! How can I make mention of Thee, when I am certain that remembrance hath [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15727b.136b,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for forgiveness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH01031

810

mixed

سبحانک اللهم یا اله الاسماء و فاطر الارض و السماء اسئلک بایاتک الکبری و

Glorified art Thou, O my God, O Lord of Names and Creator of earth and heaven! I beseech Thee by Thy most great signs and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15701.035, , BLIB_Or15716.215d,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for protection, @consultation

AB12330

170

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی و محیی فوادی و مجیر ذاتی و مجیب دعواتی و غافر خطیئاتی

Glorified art Thou, O my God, O Quickener of my heart, O Protector of my being, O Answerer of my prayers, and O Forgiver of my sins! [3.5s]

QUM.125b

@prayer for firmness in the Covenant, @prayer for spiritual recognition

AB04174

180

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا مجیر المضطرین و سمیر المشتاقین و نصیر المتوکلین و ملجاء

Glorified art Thou, O my God, Protector of the distressed, Companion of the yearning ones, Helper of those who place their trust in Thee, and Refuge [3.5s]

Ghazi3072.181-183

ABDA.019-020

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH10586

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا مالک الامم و محیی الرمم و ملیک القدم اسئلک باسمک الاعظم بان

Glorified art Thou, O my God, Sovereign of the nations, Quickener of moldering bones and King of eternity! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name [3.5s]

INBA92:383b

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH09859

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا من باسمک ماج بحر العرفان فی الامکان و غرد عندلیب البرهان علی

Glorified art Thou, O my God, Thou through Whose Name the ocean of divine knowledge hath surged within creation, and the nightingale of proof hath warbled upon [3.5s]

AQMJ2.057

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @prayer for steadfastness; obedience

BH08307

120

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی حینئذ ارید ان اذکرک بذکر المقدسین و اسبحک بتسبیح

Glorified art Thou, O my God, when I desire to make mention of Thee with the remembrance of the sanctified ones and praise Thee with glorification [3.5s]

INBA92:042a

BRL_DA#624

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH08258

120

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا من اظهرت فی ایامک خافیه صدور الخائنین من عبادک و المفترین من

Glorified art Thou, O my God, Who hast made manifest in Thy days that which lay concealed in the breasts of the treacherous among Thy servants and the slanderers [3.5s]

INBA27:477b

AQMJ2.056

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @praise and encouragement, @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat], @prayer for firmness in the Covenant

BH09865

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی امه من امائک آمنت بک فی هذا الظهور الذی تجلیت به علی اهل

Glorified art Thou, O my God! A handmaiden from among Thy handmaidens hath believed in Thee in this Revelation wherein Thou hast manifested Thyself unto the people [3.5s]

INBA92:373a

@prayer for women, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @prayer for protection, @suffering and imprisonment

BH08858

110

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی وفق عبادک علی التوجه الی مطلع وحیک و الهامک ثم امائک الی افق

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Aid Thy servants to turn towards the Dawning-Place of Thy revelation and inspiration, and direct Thy handmaidens unto the horizon [3.5s]

INBA27:456a

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB00089

1150

mixed

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @chastisement and requital, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @literal interpretation, @prayer for protection

BH11261

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما انفقتنی لاحیاء من فی سمائک و ارضک و جعلتنی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for having caused me to expend myself for the quickening of all who dwell in Thy heaven and on Thy earth, and hast made me [3.5s]

INBA73:001a, INBA92:382a

TZH4.115x, AQMJ1.021

@sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

BH11069

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما سقیت البهاء کاس القضاء فو عزتک یا مالک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for having given Bahá to drink of the cup of Thy decree. By Thy might, O Sovereign [3.5s]

INBA92:382c, BLIB_Or15696.086c,

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH10824

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما جعلتنی اسیرا بایدی الظالمین فی سبیلک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for having made me a captive in the hands of the oppressors in Thy path [3.5s]

INBA41:275, INBA92:381c

BRL_DA#306, AQMJ1.017a

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment

BH11068

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما جعلتنی سراج العالمین و ضیاء العارفین انت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for having made me a lamp unto the worlds and a light unto them that are endued with knowledge [3.5s]

INBA92:382b, BLIB_Or15696.086d,

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @praise and encouragement, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Manifestation of God as sun

BH02873

310

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما عرفتنی نفسک و جعلتنی مقرا بوحدانیتک و معترفا

Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for having made Thyself known unto me and caused me to acknowledge Thy oneness and confess it [3.5s]

INBA48:121, INBA49:004, INBA92:186, BLIB_Or15739.225,

@justice and wrath of God, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @praise and encouragement, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH09389

100

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما ظهرت واظهرت ما کان مکنونا فی علمک ومخزونا

Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for having manifested and revealed that which lay hidden in Thy knowledge and treasured [3.5s]

ADM2#072 p.134

BH06192

160

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما اظهرت لاصفیائک ما احتجب عنه عبادک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for having manifested unto Thy chosen ones that which was hidden from Thy servants [3.5s]

NFR.101

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @prayers (general or uncategorized)

BH02151

410

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما بعثت المقربین من نفحات احدیتک و اجتذبتهم

Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for having quickened them that are nigh unto Thee through the sweet savors of Thy oneness and drawn them unto Thee [3.5s]

INBA73:070b, INBA33:083bx, INBA49:079x, BLIB_Or15739.212, , NLAI_BH1.473, NLAI_BH2.223

@banishment to; life in 'Akka, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @entry by troops, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH11070

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما فدیتنی لحیوه العالمین و لک الحمد بما

Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for having ransomed me for the life of the worlds, and all praise be unto Thee [3.5s]

INBA49:094b, INBA92:381b

AQMJ1.016b

@sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world, @suffering and imprisonment, @living waters; water of life, @prayer for forgiveness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH06570

150

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما بعثت نفسک و مظهر ذاتک و منبع آیاتک و مطلع

Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for having sent forth Thy Self, the Manifestation of Thine Essence, the Source of Thy signs and the Dawning-Place [3.5s]

INBA73:357a, INBA33:085a, NLAI_BH1.504, NLAI_BH2.244b

KNJ.011a

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @scarcity of receptive souls, @station of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual transformation, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01072

780

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا الحین اقر و اعترف بعجزی عن عرفان نفسک العلیا فی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! At this moment I confess and acknowledge my powerlessness to recognize Thy most exalted Self [3.5s]

INBA48:099, INBA49:127, BLIB_Or15696.092e, , BLIB_Or15739.182,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @prayer for protection, @presence of; reunion with God, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH07164

140

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی قد حضروا بین یدی عبدک هولاء الذین انقطعوا عن دیارهم و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Before Thy servant have appeared these souls who have detached themselves from their homes and [3.5s]

INBA92:105

BRL_DA#583

@praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02541

350

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی ان هذا عبدک الذی اعرض عن الذی اعرض عنک و کفر بایاتک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Behold, this servant of Thine who hath turned away from him that turned away from Thee and hath disbelieved in Thy signs [3.5s]

INBA92:087

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @spiritual transformation, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH10333

Arabic

فسبحانک یا الهی فوعزتک ان کبدی تقطعت من هجرک و فراقک و قلبی تشبکت من بعدی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! By Thy might, my liver hath been rent asunder through separation and exile from Thee, and my heart hath become entangled through remoteness [3.5s]

INBA36:096a, INBA71:260a, INBA92:130b

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BB00251

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

800

Arabic

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

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

@prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment, @prophecy and fulfillment, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH10280

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی فالبس قلوب احبائک درع الاستقامه و الاطمینان لئلا یوثر

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Clothe Thou the hearts of Thy loved ones with the armor of steadfastness and assurance, lest they be affected [3.5s]

INBA92:378

AQMJ2.058

@prayer for protection, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for detachment

BH10847

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی فانصر الذین هم مااستنصروا الا ببدایع نصرک و انتصارک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Do Thou aid those who have sought help through naught save the wondrous tokens of Thy succour and triumph [3.5s]

AQMJ2.071, AQMJ2.116b

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH08837

110

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی فانصر من احبک و اراد وجهک انه قد ورد یا الهی فی شاطی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Do Thou assist them that love Thee and seek Thy presence. Verily they have arrived, O my God, upon the shore [3.5s]

INBA48:206b, INBA49:046a, INBA92:157a, BLIB_Or15739.349,

AQMJ1.055

@prayer for specific individuals; groups, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @spiritual transformation

BB00533

Letter to the first pillar (tasbih)

170

Arabic

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

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

BYC_hand01

MANU.068-069, QISM.021

BH09853

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی فاحفظ احبائک الذین هم قصدوا لقائک و زیارت جمالک و لذا

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Do Thou protect Thy loved ones who have sought to attain unto Thy presence and to behold Thy beauty [3.5s]

INBA19:003b, INBA32:005a

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @presence of; reunion with God, @prayer for pilgrims

AB00201

820

mixed

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم تزل کنت بارء الوجود بادع الاکوان بدیع الانسان متجلیا

Glorified art Thou, O my God! From time immemorial Thou hast been the Creator of existence, the Originator of all beings, the Fashioner of humankind, resplendent in Thy manifestation [3.5s]

AMK.101-105

@high station of the true believer, @call to action, @spiritual transformation, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @unity; oneness of humanity

BH09382

100

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی ان ارحم عبادک و امائک فی ایامک ثم انزل علیهم ما یجعلهم

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Have mercy upon Thy servants and handmaidens in these Thy days, and send down upon them that which shall cause them [3.5s]

NFR.198

@prayer for women, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity

BB00132

1400

Arabic

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

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

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @impossibility of true worship of God, @self-description of God; God's self-remembrance

BB00131

1400

Arabic

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

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

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @prayer for forgiveness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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

BH06625

150

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف اذکرک بعد الذی لم اجد الفرصه من توالی امطار بلائک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! How can I make mention of Thee when I find no respite from the successive downpours of Thy trials [3.5s]

INBA92:122

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

BH03679

250

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف اذکرک بالقلم بعد تنزیهک نفسک عن اشارات القدم و کیف

Glorified art Thou, O my God! How can I make mention of Thee with the pen, when Thou hast sanctified Thine Essence above the allusions of eternity, and how [3.5s]

INBA49:357b

AADA.126-127

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @chastisement and requital, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH11888

150

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف اذکر ما اعطیتنی بجودک و اکرمتنی بفضلک بحیث هدیتنی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! How can I recount that which Thou hast bestowed upon me through Thy bounty and conferred upon me through Thy grace, whereby Thou hast guided me [3.5s]

Majlis210461.051b

@praise and encouragement, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

AB01527

320

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کم من نفوس طارت الی افق التقدیس

Glorified art Thou, O my God! How many souls have soared to the horizon of sanctity [3.5s]

MKT1.431

@eulogies; reminiscences, @praise and encouragement, @prayer for the departed, @love of God, @firmness in the Covenant

BH09849

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انی عبدک و ابن عبدک آمنت بک و بایاتک الکبری و قمت بحولک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant. I have believed in Thee and in Thy most mighty signs, and have risen through Thy power [3.5s]

INBA48:212b, INBA49:048b, INBA92:164a, BLIB_Or15739.357,

AQMJ1.042

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

BB00147

Du’a’i yawmi nisfi sha’ban

1300

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Bahá'í Prayers

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

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

MKI4494.017, BYC_pray.121.17-126.07

SWBP#46 (p.135-136x)

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

B. Lisbeth, Bonnie & Noor

@prayer for martyrs, @justice and wrath of God, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @chastisement and requital, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BB00188

Prayer for Siyyid Husayn

1100

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العزة و الجبروت و لک القوة و اللاهوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm [3.5s]

CMB_F14.219r10-223r02,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @justice and wrath of God, @station of the Manifestation of God

JRAS.461, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

BB00086

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

2200

Arabic

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

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

@martyrs and martyrdom, @prayer for martyrs, @justice and wrath of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @prayer for the departed, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @visitation Tablets

BB00167

Prayer for Ahmad

1200

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و لک الحمد تحیی و تمیت ثم تمیت و تحیی و انک انت حی لاتموت

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

CMB_F14.057r06-060v08,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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

BB00253

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

790

Arabic

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

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

BYC_misc-b.085a06-089a01

@creation of the world, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @purpose; goal of creation

BB00051

Du’a’a’i-Avval li’l-Avval

3400

Arabic

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

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

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

MANU.089-100

@divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for protection, @martyrs and martyrdom, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @symbolism

BH02780

320

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد حینئذ و کل من یطوف فی حول عرشک الاعظم و سکان ملا

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I bear witness at this moment, as do all who circle round Thy Most Great Throne and the dwellers of the celestial concourse [3.5s]

INBA92:027

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for the departed, @soul; spirit after death

BH07662

130

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک کلشیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت لم یزل کنت … اسئلک اللهم یا الهی بحق اسمک الأعظم البهی الأبهی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I bear witness that all things testify that Thou art God, there is none other God but Thee. From time immemorial Thou hast been... I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy Most Great Name, the Resplendent, the All-Glorious [3.5s]

AVK4.068.06

@prayer for protection, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Greatest Name

BH06190

160

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد بوحدانیتک و فردانیتک و بانک انت الاول و الاخر و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I bear witness to Thy oneness and Thy singleness, and that Thou art the First and the Last [3.5s]

AQMJ2.060

@prayers (general or uncategorized), @transcendence; unknowability of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH08246

120

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد بما شهد لسان عظمتک قبل ظهور خلقک انک انت الله لا

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I bear witness unto that which the Tongue of Thy Grandeur hath testified before the appearance of Thy creation - that verily Thou art God [3.5s]

INBA51:108b, BLIB_Or15716.092a, , KB_620:101-102

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @chastisement and requital

BB00422

350

Arabic

هو الله. و سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شی حین الذی کنت عندک معروفا بالقصاری و ناظرا بالقضایا و بانک انت الله

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I bear witness unto Thee, and all things bear witness, at this moment wherein I stood before Thee, known for my shortcomings and beholding Thy decrees, that Thou art God [3.5s]

PR03.210v19-211r11

@prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for morning

AB11850

230

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی اشهدک و ملائکه قدسک و ملا افقک الاعلی و سکان ملکوتک الابهی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I bear witness, and so too do Thy holy angels, the dwellers of Thy Most Exalted Realm, and the inhabitants of Thy Most Glorious Kingdom [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0256

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @prayer for protection, @evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa

BH07161

140

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد حینئذ حین الذی یضج ماء الاحدیه من سطوه نار ازلیتک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I bear witness, in this moment when the waters of Oneness surge through the potency of Thine eternal fire [3.5s]

INBA92:042b

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for forgiveness, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @love of God

BH11276

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم اسئلک بالذی به ارفعت اعلام هدایتک و به اقمت رایات فردانیتک بان

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Him through Whom Thou didst raise up the ensigns of Thy guidance and establish the standards of Thy oneness, that [3.5s]

INBA71:116a, INBA92:127b

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @prayer for protection

BH11730

360

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالذی اظهرته و جعلت ظهوره نفس ظهورک … فی هذا الظهور الذی فیه اسودت وجوه المشرکین

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Him Whom Thou hast manifested and made His Revelation identical with Thine own Self-Revelation... in this Dispensation wherein the faces of the ungodly were darkened [3.5s]

BRL_DA#345

@station of the Manifestation of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH11066

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بجمال القدم و اسمک الأعظم الذی به استعلی سلطنتک علی الأمم

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the Ancient Beauty and Thy Most Great Name, through which Thy sovereignty hath been exalted among the nations [3.5s]

ADM2#077 p.143

@praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH10846

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بحسن جمالک الذی به اشرقت علی الممکنات من ظهورات

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the beauty of Thy countenance whereby Thou hast shed light upon all contingent beings [3.5s]

INBA92:049a

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH08831

110

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بسماء جودک و بحر عطائک و الشمس التی اشرقت من افق

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the heaven of Thy bounty, and the ocean of Thy bestowals, and by the Sun that hath shone forth from the horizon [3.5s]

ADM2#080 p.147

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for prosperity, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH11677

400

mixed

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بسراج الذی اشتعل فی قطب الاکوان و احاطته اریاح الاحزان

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the Lamp that hath blazed forth at the axis of all creation and been encompassed by the winds of sorrow [3.5s]

OSAI I.MMS,

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @da'iras and haykals

BH09846

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باوراق سدره وحدانیتک و اثمار شجره فردانیتک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the leaves of the Tree of Thy Oneness and the fruits of the Tree of Thy Singleness and [3.5s]

INBA48:213a, INBA92:192a, BLIB_Or15739.358a,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @spiritual transformation, @prayer for women

BH09847

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بنور بهائک الذی احاط ملکوتک و جبروتک و انجذبت به

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the light of Thy glory which hath encompassed Thy Kingdom and Thy dominion, and by which all are drawn unto Thee [3.5s]

INBA51:110b, INBA51:263, INBA84:120, INBA84:059a, INBA84:002a.04, BLIB_Or15716.091e, , KB_620:103-104, KB_620:256-257x

@prayer for specific individuals; groups, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment

BH08238

120

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسم الذی منه کشفت حجبات الممکنات و احترقت سبحات

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the Name through which Thou didst rend asunder the veils of all contingent beings, and through which the coverings were consumed [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.391a,

@prayer for nearness to God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH09395

100

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی اسئلک بانوار وجهک و ظهورات سلطنتک و شئونات عظمتک و اقتدارک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the splendors of Thy Countenance, the manifestations of Thy sovereignty, the evidences of Thy grandeur and Thy might [3.5s]

INBA92:393a

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @call to action, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH09378

100

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بامواج بحر عطائک و تجلیات انوار شمس عنایتک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the surging waves of the ocean of Thy bounty and the effulgent rays of the Sun of Thy loving-kindness [3.5s]

INBA84:130, INBA84:066b, INBA84:009a.05, BLIB_Or15716.112b,

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH03357

270

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بهبوب اریاح رحمتک فی ایامک و بتموج ابحر احدیتک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the wafting of the breezes of Thy mercy in Thy days, and by the surging of the seas of Thy oneness [3.5s]

INBA48:141, INBA92:183, BLIB_Or15739.257,

AQMJ2.045x

@prayer for women, @prayer for purity; chastity, @prayer for forgiveness, @spiritual transformation

BH10577

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم اسئلک بامواج بحر بیانک و بلئال العرفان التی کانت مکنونه فی کنائز

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the waves of the ocean of Thy utterance, and by the pearls of divine knowledge that lay hidden in the treasuries [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.044.07,

@prayer for governments and rulers, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]

BH02214

400

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک ببدایع اشراق انوار جمالک و ظهورات عز سلطنتک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the wondrous dawning-places of the lights of Thy Beauty and the manifestations of the glory of Thy sovereignty [3.5s]

INBA48:111, INBA49:009, BLIB_Or15739.205,

AQMJ1.092

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @presence of; reunion with God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for protection

BH03234

280

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بکلمه امرک التی بها خلقت الممکنات و ذرئت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the Word of Thy Command wherewith Thou didst create all contingent things and bring them into being [3.5s]

INBA48:136, INBA49:020, BLIB_Or15739.250,

AQMJ1.089

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @Word of God the cause of creation

BH07109

140

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالکلمه التی منها تموجت فی قلوب العارفین بحور

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the Word through which the oceans surged in the hearts of them that have known Thee [3.5s]

INBA35:022, INBA48:179a, BLIB_Or15739.312,

AQMJ1.136

@power of prayer, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for nearness to God, @prayer for spiritual recognition

BH08243

120

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بحنین قلوب العاشقین و زفرات افئده المشتاقین و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the yearning of the hearts of them that love Thee, and by the sighs of them that pine for Thee [3.5s]

INBA48:201, INBA49:044a, INBA92:157b, BLIB_Or15739.341,

LHKM3.384, AQMJ1.058b

@prayer for protection, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

BH07108

140

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالذین سرعوا الی مشهد الفداء شوقا للقائک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by them that hastened to the field of sacrifice, yearning to attain Thy presence [3.5s]

INBA48:175, INBA49:012, BLIB_Or15739.308,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @martyrs and martyrdom, @knowledge; recognition of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH07653

130

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالذین سرعوا الی مشهد الفدآء شوقاً للقائک و بدمآء التی سفکت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by them that hastened to the field of sacrifice, yearning to attain Thy presence, and by the blood that was shed [3.5s]

AQMJ1.133x

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @praise and encouragement, @martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BB00681

Du’a’ li’l-Ithbat

830

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم رب لأسئلنک بأولیتک التی هي ممتنعة فوق کل شيء أن تنصرن کل ذات الف تنسب إلی شجرة الحق بقدرتک على کل شيء

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thine Own Primal Nature, which transcendeth and standeth far above all things, to aid every being marked with the letter Alif who is connected to the Tree of Truth, through Thy power over all things [3.5s]

MKI4515.037v-041v

@meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria)

BH02533

350

Arabic

Days of Remembrance

سبحانک اللهم اسئلک بهذا الیوم و بالذی ظهر فیه بسلطنتک و عظمتک و اقتدارک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by this Day, and by Him Whom Thy sovereignty and Thy majesty and Thy might have manifested therein

INBA48:115, INBA49:029, BLIB_Or15739.215,

TSBT.139, AQMJ1.078, ASAT4.224x, ABMK.028, AMB#14

DOR#14

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for protection, @prayer for nearness to God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Word of God the cause of creation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]

BH10618

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بهذا المهاجر الذی اخرجوه عن وطنه عبادک الاشقیاء

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by this Exile Whom Thy wretched servants have driven from His native land [3.5s]

INBA71:074a, INBA92:127a

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @prayer for protection, @prayer for firmness in the Covenant, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH10331

Arabic

فسبحانک یا الهی اسالک بهذا الاسم المخزون و بهذه الکلمه المکنون الظاهر المصون

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by this hidden Name and by this treasured and concealed Word that is manifest and preserved [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.091h,

BH07107

140

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالذین سرعوا الی شطر قربک و مابلغوا الی مطلع

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by those who hastened toward the sanctuary of Thy nearness and attained not unto the Dawning-Place [3.5s]

INBA48:195, INBA92:176b, BLIB_Or15739.334,

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love as fire, @love of God, @prayer for nearness to God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH09844

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالطافک التی عجزت عن احصائها اقلام العالم

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy favors, which the pens of all creation are powerless to recount [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.098a,

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Manifestation of God as sun

BH02777

320

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بعظمتک التی منها استعظم کل شیء و بانوار وجهک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy grandeur, through which all things have derived their greatness, and by the effulgent lights of Thy countenance [3.5s]... ...O my God and my Master! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant. I have risen from my couch

INBA49:001, INBA92:190, BLIB_Or15739.230,

BRL_DA#690, AQMJ2.062, TSBT.230x, TSBT.226b, NFF5.048x, ABMK.060, OOL.B090.01x

almunajat.com [item 34]

@prayer for protection, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @prayer for nearness to God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#271, LL#470

BH02878

310

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بذاتک الغیب فی مکمن البقاء و بذکرک العلی الاعلی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Hidden Essence in the Sanctuary of Eternity, and by Thy Most Exalted, Most Supreme Remembrance [3.5s]

INBA92:029

ASAT5.191x, DLH2.162, ANDA#71 p.20

@martyrs and martyrdom, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for forgiveness, @prayer for assistance; intercession, @prayer for protection

BH08830

110

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک المخزون و جمالک المشهود و بمظهر نفسک العلی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy hidden Name, and Thy manifest Beauty, and by the Supreme Manifestation of Thy Self [3.5s]

INBA48:200a, INBA49:063b, INBA92:160b, BLIB_Or15739.339,

AQMJ1.036x

@prayer for protection, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH09396

100

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی اسئلک بسراجک الذی به اضاء الممکنات و بسلطانک الذی احاط

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Lamp through which all contingent things were illumined, and by Thy sovereignty which hath encompassed [3.5s]

INBA92:390

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for unity

BH09381

100

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بنورک الذی سطع فی العالم و بنار سدرتک التی اشتعلت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Light that hath shone forth throughout the world, and by the Fire of Thy Sacred Tree which hath been kindled [3.5s]

INBA84:185, INBA84:113a, INBA84:053.13

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for protection, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @Manifestation of God as sun

BH11065

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الاعلی و بنورک الابهی و باسمک المحبوب الذی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Exalted Name, and by Thy Most Resplendent Light, and by Thy Beloved Name which [3.5s]

INBA51:417a, BLIB_Or15715.169a,

@prayer for spiritual recognition

BH05401

180

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالکلمه العلیا و الاسماء الحسنی و مظهر نفسک العلی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Exalted Word, and by Thy Most Beautiful Names, and by the Manifestation of Thy Most Exalted Self [3.5s]

INBA27:077, INBA48:152, INBA49:042, BLIB_Or15739.275,

AQMJ1.112

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for women, @prayer for nearness to God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH10576

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم اسئلک باسمائک الحسنی سبحانک اللهم اسئلک بصفاتک العلیا سبحانک اللهم

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy most excellent Names. Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy most exalted attributes. Glorified art Thou, O my God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.121d,

@prayer for specific individuals; groups, @Greatest Name

BH08832

110

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلنی باسمک الاعظم الذی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name [3.5s]

AQMJ1.035

@suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience

BH11063

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم اسئلک باسمک الأعظم و کلمتک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name and Thy Word [3.5s]

INBA35:003c

@prayer for protection

BH10287

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الاعظم الذی منه تموج بحر القدم بان ترزق احبتک خمر

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name, through which the ocean of eternity surgeth, to bestow upon Thy loved ones the wine [3.5s]

INBA92:373b

@prayers (general or uncategorized), @spiritual transformation, @love of God

BH08823

110

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الاعظم الذی من حمله ما غرق فی البحار و ما

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name, through which whoso hath borne it hath never been drowned in the seas and [3.5s]

ADM1#080 p.139, AVK4.065.11

@prayer for protection, @Greatest Name, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH06567

150

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم اسئلک باسمک الاعظم سبحانک اللهم اسئلک باسمک الاقدم سبحانک اللهم

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name. Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Ancient Name. Glorified art Thou, O my God [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.165a,

AQMJ2.042

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @prayer for service

BH10278

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک المهیمن علی الاسماء و بایاتک التی بها انجذبت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name that holdeth dominion over all names, and by Thy signs whereby hearts are drawn [3.5s]

INBA15:260, INBA26:261a

@prayer for specific individuals; groups, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH08833

110

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اقسمک باسمک الذی به انقلبت الاسما عن ملکوتها و نزلت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which all names were transformed from their kingdoms and descended [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.383c,

ADM2#060 p.106

@prayer for nearness to God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for purity; chastity

BH11087

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به رفع کل ظلمه و طلع کل نور و انار

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which every darkness hath been dispelled, every light hath shone forth and illumined [3.5s]

INBA36:114b, INBA71:280b, INBA92:133b

@prayer for protection, @light and darkness

BH09377

100

mixed

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی نزل البیان فی ذکره و ثنائه بأن تحفظنی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the Bayán was sent down in remembrance and praise thereof, to protect me [3.5s]

INBA92:196x

@prayer for protection, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

BH11088

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به فتح ابواب رحمتک علی وجه الممکنات و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the gates of Thy mercy were opened unto the face of all created things [3.5s]

INBA71:052b

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

BH07652

130

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی منه اجتذبت قلوب عبادک الی افق وحیک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the hearts of Thy servants were drawn unto the horizon of Thy revelation and [3.5s]

INBA92:357

@spiritual transformation, @prayer for unity, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH02534

350

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به رفعت سماء امرک و اشرقت عن افقها شمس

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the heaven of Thy Cause was raised up, and from whose horizon the sun shone forth [3.5s]

INBA48:119, INBA92:181, BLIB_Or15739.222,

@martyrs and martyrdom, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for protection, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others

BH10617

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به تموجت یمایم عز فردانیتک و اشرقت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the seas of Thy divine singleness surged forth and shone [3.5s]

LHKM2.319a

@prayer for protection, @praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH05400

180

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی منه تموجت البحار و اثمرت الأشجار

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the seas were set in motion and the trees yielded their fruit [3.5s]

INBA92:199x

@prayer for nearness to God, @soul; spirit after death, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @suffering and imprisonment, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

BH10845

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به اظهرت جمالک لاهل مملکتک و ارسلت علی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst manifest Thy Beauty unto the people of Thy kingdom and didst send [3.5s]

LHKM2.319b

@prayer for forgiveness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for detachment

BH10276

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به قبضت ارواح کل الاشیا و احییت مره

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst seize the souls of all things and didst quicken them anew [3.5s]

INBA49:008, BLIB_Or15725.372b,

ADM2#068 p.124, AHM.216

almunajat.com [item 30]

@sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @prayer for detachment

BH01776

500

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به نزلت آیاتک و اظهرت برهانک و اتممت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst send down Thy verses, manifest Thy proof, and perfect [Thy Cause] [3.5s]

INBA92:220x

@praise and encouragement, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH08826

110

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به فصلت بین احبائک و اعدائک و به ظهر

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst separate between Thy loved ones and Thine enemies, and through which was manifested [3.5s]

INBA48:199, INBA49:027, INBA49:220, BLIB_Or15739.338,

AQMJ1.061

@trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH09376

100

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی زینت به سماء المعانی بکواکب البیان و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou hast adorned the heaven of inner meanings with the stars of utterance [3.5s]

INBA48:202b, BLIB_Or15739.343,

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH04741

200

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به اجتذبت قلوب المخلصین و افئده

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou hast attracted the hearts of the sincere ones and their inmost hearts [3.5s]

INBA48:149, INBA49:207, BLIB_Or15739.270,

AQMJ1.108

@spiritual transformation, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH06568

150

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به نورت قلوب العاشقین و استضائت وجوه

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou hast illumined the hearts of them that are ardently devoted, and made their faces to shine with light [3.5s]

INBA48:161a, INBA49:210, INBA92:145b, BLIB_Or15739.286,

AQMJ1.121

@prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @love of God

BH09375

100

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به جعلتنی قیوما علی الاسماء و مظهر

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou hast made me the Sustainer of the Names and their Manifestation [3.5s]

INBA48:203, INBA49:223b, INBA92:160a, BLIB_Or15739.344,

@prayer for firmness in the Covenant, @prayer for teaching, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @power of the Manifestation of God

BB00381

420

Arabic

Haykal (pentacle talisman) #3

هو الملک. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی أسئلک باسمک الذی به تجلیت على کل الأشیاء

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou hast manifested Thyself unto all created things [3.5s]

AHDA.471

@prayer for protection, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @spiritual transformation

see high quality scan at https://bahai-library.com/bab_haykal_3

BH09843

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به فتحت ابواب اللقا علی من فی ارضک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou hast opened the gates of reunion unto them that dwell upon Thy earth [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15725.230b,

@prayer for children and youth, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @love of God, @naming of children; of individuals

BH09914

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به ظهر جمالک و طلع برهانک و لاح اسمائک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thy Beauty was manifested, Thy proof did shine forth, and Thy names dawned [3.5s]

INBA51:290a, INBA36:110b, INBA71:276a, INBA49:226, INBA49:328, INBA92:131a

ADM1#062 p.112

@praise and encouragement, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience

BB00504

210

Arabic

بسم الله النصار. سبحانک اللهم انی اسئلک باسمک یا لالف الاب و باء البیان و تاء التواب

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name—O Thou Who art the Alif of the Father, and the Bá of the Bayán, and the Tá of the All-Forgiving [3.5s]

PR03.213r27-213v08

@meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @justice and wrath of God

BH10277

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک العطوف و باسمک الروف و باسمک الذی به فتحت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the All-Affectionate, and by Thy Name, the All-Compassionate, and by Thy Name through which Thou didst open [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15716.165c,

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @prayer for nearness to God

BH08236

120

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم اسئلک باسمک المهیمن علی الاسما و بالکلمة العلیا التی بها سخرت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the All-Dominating over all names, and by the Most Exalted Word through which Thou hast subdued [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15712.253,

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for protection, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God

BH06569

150

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک العلیم و سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الکریم

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the All-Knowing, and glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the Most Generous [3.5s]

AQMJ2.010

@presence of; reunion with God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH08829

110

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک القیوم الذی به بشرت عبادک و جعلته قیوما علی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the Self-Subsisting, through which Thou didst give glad tidings unto Thy servants and didst make it sovereign over [3.5s]

INBA48:198, INBA49:028, INBA49:219, BLIB_Or15739.337b,

AQMJ1.060

@prayer for nearness to God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @suffering and imprisonment

BH10275

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به زینت دیباج کتاب الابداع بان تجعل

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, through which Thou hast adorned the brocade of the Book of Creation, to cause [3.5s]

INBA92:393b

@prayer for women, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH09373

100

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمائک التی احاطت الممکنات و بصفاتک التی سبقت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Names which have encompassed all contingent things, and by Thy Attributes which have preceded [3.5s]

INBA33:154.16

NFR.195, AQMJ2.044

@prayers (general or uncategorized), @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for protection, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH10579

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بقلمک الذی منه احییت العالمین و باسمک الذی منه

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Pen through which Thou didst quicken all worlds, and by Thy Name whereby [3.5s]

INBA92:391b, BLIB_Or15696.083b,

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @prayer for protection, @Word of God the cause of creation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH09442

100

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بجمالک المشعشع فی جبروت السنا و بنورک الظاهر فی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy resplendent Beauty that shineth in the realm of glory, and by Thy manifest Light in [3.5s]

INBA51:097a, KB_620:090a

ADM1#035 p.077

@prayer for protection, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH10828

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی اسئلک بجمال القدم و الاسم الاعظم بان تحفظ الذین اختصصتهم

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee, by the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name, to protect those whom Thou hast singled out [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.072e,

NFR.241

@prayer for protection

BH10587

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی اسئلک بانوار وجهک بان تلبس اهل الامکان ردآء الغفران و زین یا

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee, by the effulgent lights of Thy Countenance, to clothe the dwellers of the realm of contingent being with the robe of forgiveness and adorn [3.5s]

INBA49:097a, INBA49:283a, INBA92:384b, BLIB_Or15696.176a,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for forgiveness, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH11494

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بهذا المظلوم ان تنصر عبادک المستجیرین و انک جواد کریم

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee, by this Wronged One, to assist Thy servants who seek Thy shelter. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the All-Generous [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.195d,

BB00230

Du’a’ a’l-Vajib

900

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاسالنک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تنصرن کل ذات الف یؤمن

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which transcendeth all things in its inaccessible heights, to aid every soul that believeth [3.5s]

INBA58:134.01-141.04

@He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @prophecy and fulfillment, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00664

Du’a’a’l-Qahriyya ‘Ala’n-nafy

900

Arabic

بسم الله الاقهر الاقهر. سبحانک اللهم لاسئلنک باوليتک التى انها هى ممتنعة فوق کل شئ ان تعد من کل ذات الف ينسب الى دون الحق بقدرتک على کل شئ

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Firstness which transcendeth all things, to reckon all those possessing the alif [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.272-276, MKI4515.001-006r

@purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @transcendence; unknowability of God

AB08400

100

mixed

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انی استغفرک من کل وصف و نعت فی حقی الا العبودیه لعتبتک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thy forgiveness for every attribute and quality ascribed unto me, save that of servitude at Thy threshold [3.5s]

MSHR4.185x

@servitude; submission to God; repentance, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @martyrs and martyrdom

BH07162

140

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انادیک حینئذ حین الذی استرفعت سحاب بلائک و غمام قضائک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I call upon Thee at this moment when the clouds of Thy trials have been lifted up and the mists of Thy decree have risen [3.5s]

INBA92:098c

BRL_DA#622

@mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @knowledge; recognition of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH11821

130

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انادیک حینئذ حین الذی استشرق شمس ربوبیتک عن افق سماء

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I call upon Thee at this moment when the Sun of Thy Lordship hath dawned from the horizon of heaven [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.277b, NLAI_BH1.354

BH05441

180

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انادیک حینئذ حین الذی اکون متغمسا فی ابحر رضائک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I call upon Thee at this moment wherein I find myself immersed in the oceans of Thy good-pleasure [3.5s]

INBA49:313, INBA92:043

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH09445

100

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انادیک حین الذی اکون مسافرا الیک بما اکتسبت ایدی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I call upon Thee at this time when I journey toward Thee through that which mine hands have wrought [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.196f,

BH10620

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انادیک باسمک الذی اقمت السموات علی خیط ازلیتک و ارفعت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I call upon Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst raise up the heavens upon the thread of Thine eternity and exalt them [3.5s]

INBA92:050a

@prayer for nearness to God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

BH01215

690

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انادیک حینئذ حین الذی انقطعت بکلی عن کل من فی السموات

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I call upon Thee in this hour, wherein I have wholly detached myself from all who are in the heavens [3.5s]

INBA92:044

@suffering and imprisonment, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @prayer for forgiveness, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH02335

580

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انادیک حین تتابع البلایا عن سحائب قضائک و ترادف الرزایا

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I call upon Thee while trials descend in succession from the clouds of Thy decree, and calamities follow one upon another [3.5s]

BRL_DA#346, TZH4.115-117x, MAS8.050x

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @love of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

AB04554

170

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اناجیک بصمیم قلبی و هویه روحی بکورا و اصیلا و اضع وجهی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I commune with Thee from the depths of my heart and the essence of my spirit, at dawn and eventide, and I lay my face [3.5s]

BSHN.140.131, BSHN.144.131, MHT2.186

@prayer for the departed, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

BH01698

520

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی امسیت حینئذ فی جوار رحمتک الکبری فی ظل اسمک العلی

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I find myself now in the precincts of Thy supreme mercy, beneath the shadow of Thy Most Exalted Name [3.5s]

INBA49:115, INBA92:092

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @pain of love; love as veil, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @prayer for nearness to God

BH05079

190

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی لک الحمد بما انطقتنی بایاتک و اظهرتنی بحجتک و برهانک علی شان

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I give praise to Thee, that Thou hast made me able so to reveal Thine utterances

PMP#149, NFR.070

PM#149

@power of the Manifestation of God, @praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat], @living waters; water of life

AB07081

120

mixed

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انی اتضرع الیک ان تجعل عبدک هذا قواما للممالک و ملاذا

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I humbly beseech Thee to establish this servant of Thine as a guardian of the realms and a refuge [3.5s]

INBA17:026

@prayer for praise and gratitude, @prayer for specific individuals; groups

BH05773

170

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی لم ادر بای شیء و بای (...) فلما اری فی مصنوعاتک آثار صنعک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I know not by what means or through what [...]. Yet when I behold within Thy creation the traces of Thy handiwork and [3.5s]

INBA51:005, KB_620:284-284

@prayer for protection, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH04246

220

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم ادر بای ذکر ارفع اعلام هدایتک للمخلصین من عبادک ان

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I know not by what remembrance I may raise aloft the banners of Thy guidance for the sincere among Thy servants [3.5s]

INBA92:106b

AQA6#208 p.038

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @prayer for spiritual recognition

BH11067

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لا اعلم بای ذکر اذکرک مایلیق لشان حضرتک لان اذکار مادونک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I know not by what remembrance to remember Thee as befitteth the station of Thy presence, for the remembrances of all else beside Thee [3.5s]

INBA23:168

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

AB05937

140

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انی اخفض جناحی و اتذلل علی تراب العبودیه لعزه الوهیتک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I lower my wing and humble myself upon the dust of servitude before the glory of Thy Divinity [3.5s]

BSHN.140.173, BSHN.144.173, MHT2.194

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @prayer for the departed, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @love of God

BH01697

520

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اذکرک حینئذ حین الذی تغرد فیه حمامات قدس سلطنتک و تمطر

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I make mention of Thee in this moment wherein the doves of Thy sacred sovereignty warble their melodies and the rains descend [3.5s]

INBA92:116

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @martyrs and martyrdom, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @love of God

BH07668

130

Arabic

سبحانک یا الهی اشهد بان کل ذکر بدیع منع عن الارتقاء الی سماء عرفانک و کل

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I testify that every novel mention is prevented from ascending unto the heaven of Thy knowledge, and every [3.5s]

INBA92:375

AQMM.071

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH02150

410

mixed

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد بان قدرتک احاطت الکائنات و بنور امرک اشرقت الارضین

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I testify that Thy power hath encompassed all created things, and by the light of Thy Cause the earth hath been illumined [3.5s]

INBA23:149b

@acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @business; financial; property matters, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @praise and encouragement

BH10279

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد ان حجتک غلبت حجج القبل و برهانک ظهر بالعدل و آیاتک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I testify that Thy proof hath vanquished all former proofs, and Thy testimony hath appeared with justice, and Thy signs [3.5s]

INBA51:004, KB_620:283-283

@prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

BB00329

Ziyarat for the third to be martyred among the Letters of the Living

550

Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک بجوهر کینونیتی و ساذج ذاتیتی و مجرد نفسانیتی و کافور انیتی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I testify unto Thee by the essence of my being, the pure reality of my nature, the naked truth of my soul, and the innermost camphor of mine identity, that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.119-121, CMB_F14.093v10-095v01,

@justice and wrath of God, @eulogies; reminiscences, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210

AB03847

190

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انی اتوجه الی ملکوت رحمانیتک و اتضرع الی جبروت فردانیتک

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I turn my face toward the Kingdom of Thy mercy and supplicate before the dominion of Thy singleness [3.5s]

AYBY.368 #053

@pain of love; love as veil, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @love of God, @prayer for firmness in the Covenant

AB00212

800

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انی اتوجه الیک بوجه ناظر الی ملکوت رحمانیتک و قلب خافق

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I turn my face unto Thee with a countenance fixed upon the Kingdom of Thy mercy and a throbbing heart [3.5s]

INBA16:141

BRL_DAK#0515, PYK.288

@suffering and imprisonment, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prayer for the departed, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @martyrs and martyrdom, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH09508

100

Arabic