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| ABU0100 | Public address given on 1912-09-02 | 1230 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | I am exceedingly happy to meet you. Praise be to God! I see before me souls who have unusual capability | PUP#099 (p.302-306), ABIC.001-003 | Man's distinction from the animal; Second birth; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Unity; oneness of humanity; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0099 | Words spoken on 1914-08-06 | 1230 | The gathering storm is most portentous! Mankind is gripped in the paroxysm of a fearful alarm | DAS.1914-08-06, SW_v05#12 p.179-182 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Nationalism; love of country; Oneness; unity of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00624 | 1220 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی تجلی علی الممکنات بالنور الذی سطع و اشرق و لمع و ابرق من افق | Praise be unto God, Who hath manifested Himself unto all created things through the light that hath shone forth, gleamed, radiated and flashed from the horizon [3.5s] | INBA18:083, BLIB_Or15700.088, , BLIB_Or15711.268, | GHA.454a.01x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Review of publications; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00625 | 1220 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی خلق الکل بکلمه واحده و جمعهم فی صقع واحد ثم ظهر الندآء من | Praise be to God, Who hath created all things through one Word and gathered them together in a single realm; then was the Call raised from [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15717.231, | BRL_DA#791 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00626 | 1220 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی عزز احبائه بالبلاء و رفع قدرهم بظهورات القضاء فی ملکوت الانشاء | Praise be to God, Who hath strengthened His loved ones through tribulation and raised their station through the manifestations of His decree in the kingdom of creation [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#002, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00628 | 1220 | mixed | این ساعت که یکساعت و بیست دقیقه از لیل پنجشنبه ۲۲ شهر ذی الحجه الحرامست از | At this hour, which is one hour and twenty minutes after nightfall on Thursday, the twenty-second day of the sacred month of Dhi'l-Ḥijjih [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15717.012, | Differences in human capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00629 | 1220 | Arabic | Lawh-i-Hikmat | فسبحان الذی نزل الایات من قبل الذی لا قبل له و ینزل کیف یشاء بامره و انه لهو المقتدر | Glorified be He Who hath sent down verses from before that which hath no before, and doth send down as He willeth through His command, and verily He is the All-Powerful [3.5s]... ...Know that thy Lord hath ever been a treasure concealed within His invisible Essence and shall remain concealed | INBA81:097 | ANDA#19 p.29x | BLO_failayn | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH00630 | 1220 | mixed | Translation List | لله الحمد توفیق الهی رسیده و تاییدش اظهر از نور در هر حین نیر عنایتش در ظهور | Praise be to God, His aid hath been received and His confirmations are more manifest than light itself. The Daystar of His bounty is apparent | BRL_DA#589, DWNP_v4#01 p.003-004x, MUH3.309-313 | ADMS#082 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Outward and inward meanings; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for teaching; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00631 | 1220 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من نقطه الاولی الی الذی آمن بالله و سافر الی شطر السجن الی ان دخل | This is a Tablet from the Primal Point unto him who hath believed in God and journeyed toward the Prison until he entered therein [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.022, , Berlin1237#02 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Chastisement and requital; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00632 | 1220 | mixed | یا ایها المتوجه الی الافق الابهی و المعروف لدی العرش بثناء الله مالک الاسماء و | O thou who hast turned thy face toward the Most Glorious Horizon, and art known before the Throne by the praise of God, the Lord of Names [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.111, , BLIB_Or15711.313, , NLAI_BH4.118-123 | MAS4.047x, MAS8.020cx | Consolation and comfort; Consultation; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00633 | 1220 | Arabic | یا حسین کاد القلم ینوح لان ید الاقتدار تحرکه فی العشی و الاشراق و فی البکور و | O Husayn! The Pen well-nigh lamenteth, for the Hand of Power moveth it at eventide and at the bright hour of dawn, and at break of day [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.006, , BLIB_Or15718.146, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00627 | Lawh-i-Ibrahim | 1220 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | ان یا ایها السائل فاعلم بان حضر بین یدینا کتاب من الذی اشتعل بنار الله و وجدنا فیه | O thou who dost inquire! Know thou that there hath appeared before Us a letter from one who hath been enkindled with the fire of God, and therein We found [3.5s]... ...It hath been decreed by Us that the Word of God and all the potentialities thereof shall be manifested unto men in strict conformity with such conditions | INBA83:279, Berlin1237#23, ALIB.folder18p181 | BRL_DA#746, GWBP#033 p.057ax, GWBP#038 p.063x, GWBP#127 p.175x, MAS8.171x | GWB#033x, GWB#038x, GWB#127x, PDC.194x, WOB.059x, WOB.117x, WOB.164x | Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Prayer for forgiveness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#125, LL#142, LL#404 | |||||
| AB00075 | 1210 | Persian | ای منجذبه ملکوت الله نامه مفصل رسید از قرائتش نهایت سرور حاصل گردید زیرا دلیل | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Thy detailed letter was received.... Evil spirits are deprived of eternal life…. That the Most Great Name exerciseth influence over both physical and spiritual matters is sure and certain | BRL_DAK#0225, MKT3.184, AVK2.230.01x, DWNP_v6#03 p.001-003x, YHA1.015x | COC#1025x, LOG#0925x, LOG#1732x, LOG#1762x, SW_v02#15 p.005-007+016, SW_v08#18 p.236, SW_v14#07 p.210, DLA.077, BLO_PN#026 | Demons and evil spirits; Love of God; Rejection of Muhammad; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00076 | 1210 | mixed | ای یاران عبدالبهاء حمد خدا را که این زندانرا بهر یاران ایوان فرمود و این سجن اعظم را گلشن | O Friends of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! Let us thank God that He has made from this prison a palace for the friends, and from this exalted dungeon, the garden of Baha’u’llah's bounties! …All that is revealed through divine inspiration is the evident truth | INBA75:063x | BRL_DAK#0638, MKT2.105, MILAN.126, AKHA_106BE #07 p.07x, AMK.025-029, DWNP_v5#01 p.002-003x, BCH.204x, ADH2_1#48 p.073x, MJMJ1.063x, MMG2#311 p.349x, MJH.022x, YHA1.430x, VUJUD.140-141x | BBBD.041-045, VUJUDE.155.14x | Consolation and comfort; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Imagery in the Qur'an; Muhammad; Islam; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00634 | 1210 | mixed | Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation | حمد مقدس از ذکر عالمیان ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودیرا سزاست که تمامیت هر | A praise sanctified from the mention of all mankind befitteth the sublime and most holy court of the Desired One, Who hath ordained that the completion of every existence | SFI01.082, MAS8.191x, YMM.352x | BLO_PT#079.2.1 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Free will and predestination; fate; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Seven stages of creation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00635 | 1210 | Arabic | هذا یوم فیه ماج بحر البیان امام وجوه الادیان و نطقت السدره المبارکه بین البریه | This is the Day whereon the Ocean of Utterance hath surged before the faces of all religions, and the Blessed Tree hath spoken amidst all creation [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15726.106, | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0102 | Public address given on 1912-11-10 | 1210 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | What is the reality of Divinity, or what do we understand by God? When we consider the world of existence | PUP#125 (p.421-425), SW_v06#03 p.021-024, SAS.108x | Call to action; Creation of the world; Knowledge; recognition of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Things are known by their opposites; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0101 | Public address given on 1912-11-17 | 1210 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | This is a blessed meeting, for these revered souls have come together in complete unity | PUP#130 (p.437-442), FWU.009 | Coming-of-age; maturity of mankind; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00077 | Some Answered Questions #047 The Evolution of the Universe and the Origin of Man | 1210 | Persian | Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some | بدان که یک مسئله از غوامض مسائل الهیه اینست که این عالم وجود یعنی این کون غیر متناهی بدایتی ندارد | Know that it is one of the most abstruse questions of divine philosophy that the world of existence—that is, this endless universe—has no beginning. | MFD#47, OOL.C022.47 | SAQ#47, BWF.297-300 | Creation of the world; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Evolution; human evolution; Names and attributes of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB00078 | 1200 | Arabic | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | اللهم یا رب الملکوت المتجلل بالجبروت المقدس من النعوت تعلم و تری تذلل الضعفاء | O God, O Lord of the Kingdom, Who art clothed with majesty and sanctified above all attributes! Thou knowest and seest the abasement of these lowly ones [3.5s]... ...Know ye that the Torah is what was revealed in the Tablets unto Moses, may peace be upon Him | BRL_DAK#0232, MKT3.167, AVK1.080x, AVK2.101.02x, MAS5.099, ADH2.009x, ADH2_1#02 p.009x, MMG2#067 p.073x, MUH1.0342x, NSR_1978.128ax, NSR_1993.141ax | BRL_ATE#038x, KSHK#09x | R. Mostmand | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Free will and predestination; fate; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | |||||||
| AB00079 | 1200 | mixed | Translation List | الهی الهی هولاء عباد کشفت عن اعینهم الغطاء و جزلت لهم العطاء و نورت ابصارهم | O my God, my God! These are servants from whose eyes Thou hast lifted the veil, upon whom Thou hast bestowed abundant bounties, and whose vision Thou hast illumined [3.5s]... ...during His days in Iraq, the Blessed Beauty went into seclusion for two years. So concealed was the nominee of the Bab | MMK4#174 p.202, MMK6#566, ASAT5.356-361 | ADMS#160x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Impossibility of true worship of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH00636 | 1200 | Arabic | الحمد لمن اظهر بالیراعة و البنان اسرار الحکمة و البیان و اضا فی ظلمات المداد | Praise be unto Him Who hath, through the pen and fingertips, revealed the mysteries of wisdom and utterance, and shed light upon the darkness of ink [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15693.102, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00638 | 1200 | mixed | Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá | ای خلیل انشاء الله از نار اعراض مظاهر نمرودیه محفوظ مانی و در کل اعصار بثناء | O Khalil! God willing, mayest thou remain preserved from the fire of rejection kindled by the manifestations of Nimrod-like souls, and in all ages [be engaged] in praise [3.5s]... ...I swear by the incomparable, the one true God! No atom in the heavens and the earth moveth except by the leave of the Ancient Beauty and the good-pleasure of His will | INBA57:062, INBA81:051x | AVK3.192.03x, AVK3.196.11x, RSBB.119, GHA.328x, TZH2.351x, MAS4.155x, MAS8.009bx, AKHA_106BE #10 p.002x | BLO_sazedj#08x | Contention and conflict; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| BB00155 | Alfayn: Al-Khutbata’l-Makhtum bi-Ta’bir’n-num | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الاستنطاق فی الواح کتاب الافتراق طراز الاشتقاق التی عینت | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of utterance in the Tablets of the Book of Separation to be the ornament of derivation that was ordained [3.5s] | INBA98:027.11-033.03, PR02.160r01-161r23, CMB_F21.003.13-008.19#02, , CMB_F23.160r01-162v01 (55), , Berlin3655.092r-095r, BYC_jabar.163.02-165.07 | Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mystical themes; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||||
| BB00158 | Answer to Mirza Muhammad Yazdi | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الواحد الاحد الفرد الذی لا اله الا هو العلی العظیم والصلوة من الله علی محمد و اوصیائه کماهو اهله انه هو العلی الحکیم در حاشیه شبیه خط مبارک | Praise be to God, the One, the Single, the Peerless, beside Whom there is no God, the Most High, the Most Great. May the blessings of God rest upon Muhammad and His chosen ones, as befitteth His grace, for verily He is the Most High, the All-Wise [3.5s] | INBA14:452-459, INBA67:160-165, INBA_4011C:149-156, , INBA_6006C:083-085, , PR07.069v-072r | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | SRC.192? | ||||||||
| BB00154 | Answer to Mulla Asadu’llah-i-Qazvini | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابتدع الابداع لا من ابداع قبله و اخترع الاختراع لا من اختراع بعده ثم جعل القدر | Praised be to God Who originated the Formative Genesis (ibtida` al-ibda`), not from any prior formative genesis | PR07.040v-042v, CMB_F21.115.18-120.16#18, | TZH3.013.02-016.11 | HURQ.BB27x | Creation of the world; Degrees of faith; certitude; Free will and predestination; fate; Knowledge; recognition of God; Meditation; Miracles and their interpretation; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095 | ||||||
| BB00161 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تعذبن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة النفی | O God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which is exalted above all things, to chastise every being possessing the letter Alif that claimeth association with the Tree of Negation [3.5s] | INBA82:016-025, BYC_misc-b.035a05-040b07 | Justice and wrath of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00162 | Du’a’ li-Ithbati’l-ithbat | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک باولیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان ترفعن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة الاثبات | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Firstness, which verily transcendeth all things, to elevate every being possessing the letter Alif that is associated with the Tree of Affirmation [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.012a03-018a08 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00169 | Du’a’ li'lladhina ‘araju | 1200 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | 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; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.458, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | |||||
| BB00171 | Du’a’a’l-Qur’an | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا الهی کیف اذکرنک علی ما قد خلقتنی و جعلتنی من عندک مرآتاً حیث قد خلقت فی کل شیء سبحانک اللهم ان اشکرنک علی ما جعلتنی من آبائک الکبری او ما قد جعلتنی اسمائک الحسنی .... | O my God! How can I make mention of Thee, when Thou hast created me and made me from Thy presence a mirror wherein Thou hast created in all things? Glorified art Thou, O Lord! That I should render thanks unto Thee for having made me one of Thy greatest signs, or for having made me one of Thy most beauteous names [3.5s] | PR03.003r04-004r16, MKI4511.008a-014b | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00163 | Du’ayi Layliy-i-thaniyyih | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک ببهاء ضیاء علاء رضاء ربوبیتک و جلال و جمال کمال فعال سبوحیتک | O God! I beseech Thee by the splendor, the radiance, the sublimity and the good-pleasure of Thy Lordship, and by the majesty, beauty and perfection of Thy sanctified glory [3.5s] | CMB_F14.174v08-178v04, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00164 | Li-Harfi’l-Avval | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الاول الاول. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا لاصلین علی کل ادلائی من اول الذی لا اول له الی آخر الذی لا آخر له و اننی انا خیرالمصلین | Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me. I shall assuredly shower My blessings upon all My chosen guides, from the Beginning that hath no beginning unto the End that hath no end, and verily I am the most gracious of those who bestow blessings [3.5s] | BYC_pray.021.21-024.23 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Letters of the Living; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00168 | Prayer and Ziyarat for Friday | 1200 | 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] | INBA_6007C.099-104, BYC_misc-b.100b05-105a07 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||||
| 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, | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195 | ||||||||
| BB00159 | Prayer for Shaykh Muhammad Rida | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انت الله فاطر السموات و الارض و جاعل اللیل والنهار لا اله الا انت رب العالمین یا الهی کیف تحرک شفتای بذکرک کان مملوة قلبی بالعجز والقصاری من ثنائک | O Lord, Thou art God, Fashioner of the heavens and the earth, and Maker of night and day. There is no God but Thee, Lord of all worlds. O my God! How can my lips move in remembrance of Thee when my heart is filled with utter powerlessness to praise Thee [3.5s] | PR03.071r10-072r18, MKI4511.047v-053v, BYC_jabar.165.08-168.06, BYC_collect3.088-093, BYC_collect3.111-116 | Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00172 | Prayer in reply to Mulla 'Abdu'l-Khaliq [Yazdi] | 1200 | Arabic | Tablet of the Báb Addressed to Mullá 'Abdu'l-Kháliq Yazdí | Tablet to Mullá 'Abdu'l-Kháliq Yazdí | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا من له الحمد و العزة و ماسواه من خشیته یشفقون یا الهی اشهد لدیک فی ذلک الکتاب بما تشهد لنفسک قبل کل شیء لا اله الا انت وحدک لاشریک لک | O Thou to Whom belongeth all praise and glory, before Whom all else tremble in awe! O my God, I testify before Thee in this Book to that which Thou didst testify concerning Thine own Self before all things: Verily, there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer [3.5s] | INBA91:094.12-102.01, PR04.026v04-029v05 | AHDA.183 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.03 | |||||
| ABU0104 | Public address given on 1912-09-03 | 1200 | Persian | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | ساعتی پیش جوانی اینجا آمد با او مذاکره کردیم که طبیعت کامل است یا ناقص روشن | Nature is the material world. When we look upon it, we see that it is dark and imperfect. For instance | BRL_DAK#0655, KHF.014, KHAB.375 (381), KHTB2.233, NJB_v05#06 p.001 | LOG#0485x, PUP#101 (p.308-312), ABIC.008-010 | Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Universal education | - | - | |||||||
| BB00157 | Reply to Mulla Ja'far-i-Shubbar | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی شهد لذاته بذاته الا اله الا هو العلی العظیم اللهم انی اشهدک فی ذلک الکتاب بما تحب لنفسک من اهل الابداع | All praise be to God Who hath testified through His Own Self unto His Self that there is none other God but Him, the Most Exalted, the Most Great. O my God! I bear witness before Thee in this Book unto that which Thou lovest for Thyself among the people of creation [3.5s] | INBA91:161.11-168.06, INBA_5019C:315-318, , PR04.023r13-026v02 | Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.10, SRC.191 | ||||||||
| BB00156 | Sahifiy-i-Mu'tamid (ad-Dawlah) | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح کتاب الابداع طرز الالف القائم بین الحرفین لیلوح علی هیاکل الاشراف بما لاح من نور صبح الازل ملأ به کل الافاق والصلوة علی النقطة الاولیة التی بوجودها اضاء کل .... | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of the Book of Creation after the pattern of the upright Alif standing betwixt two letters, that it might shine forth upon the temples of the noble ones through that which hath dawned from the light of the Primal Morn, wherewith He hath flooded the horizons. And blessings be upon the Primal Point, through Whose existence [3.5s] | PR02.139r27-140v13 | Creation of the world; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Impossibility of true worship of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00165 | Sharh-i-Du’a’-i-Sabah I | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع کل الذرات الموجودات بامره لا من شیء لتدلعن السن کل الممکنات | Praised be to God Who originated the essences of all the atoms of the realms of existence through His Logos-Command and not by means of anything other than Him | INBA14:400-409, INBA40:155-162, INBA53:411-419, INBA67:219-228, INBA_6010C:398-407, , PR02.179r08-181r20 | TZH3.027x | HURQ.BB39x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | MMAH.020, SRC.079, SRC.193 | ||||||
| BB00170 | Tablet to Siyyid Muhammad | 1200 | Persian | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی و انه هو حی لا یموت فی قبضته ملکوت کلشیء یخلق ما یشآء بأمره انه کان علی کل شیء قدیراً قل هو الحق لا اله الا هو یحی و یمیت | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the creation and the command. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life, and verily He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not. In His grasp is the dominion of all things; He createth whatsoever He willeth by His command, and verily, He hath power over all things. Say: He is the Truth, there is none other God but Him. He giveth life and causeth death [3.5s]... ...Inasmuch as every morning I saw thee reciting these words, “I believe in the Mystery of the Family of Muhammad,” | INBA58:172.03-182.09 | KHSH6.010, TZH3.262, TZH3.223.06-225.07 | GOH.129x, GOH.135x | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Return of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.096 | |||||
| ABU0105 | Words spoken at Goodall home in Oakland, 1912-10-03 | 1200 | I am going to say "welcome," to you, instead of your welcoming me. I am most happy to be here with you. | SW_v04#11 p.190-191+194, MAB.038-039, ECN.081+929 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0108 | Words spoken ca. 1913 | 1200 | This is my second visit to Paris and I meet you with great joy. On a third visit to Europe I hope to see a brilliant flame | COC#2138x, ADP.079-086 | Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Growth of the Cause; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Universal education; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0103 | Words spoken on 1912-07-10 in New York | 1200 | Persian | امشب میخواهم از برای شما سبب احتجاب ناس را از مظاهر مقدسه الهی بیان کنم این | This evening I wish to explain to you the cause of the people's veiling from the sacred Manifestations of God [3.5s] | KHF.178, KHAB.338 (345), KHTB2.154, NJB_v04#01 p.007 | Christ; Christianity; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; Literal interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0107 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 1200 | These Supreme Holy Souls are Godlike in their attributes. The garments in which they appear are different, but the attributes are the same. | TDLA.031-037, BLO_PN#104 | Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Twin Manifestations | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0106 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-24 | 1200 | The parents must exert their utmost effort; thus their children may learn trades and professions... In this dispensation to study an art is prayer... When we were imprisoned in the barrack, one day, the Blessed Perfection spoke about the necessity of industrial education | DAS.1915-05-24 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Education of children; moral education; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00663 | Ziyarat for 'the second to believe' on 'Id al-Fitr | 1200 | Arabic | انما البهاء الابهی و الجلال الاجلل و الجمال الاجمل و العظمة الاعظمی | Verily the All-Glorious Glory, the Most Exalted Majesty, the Most Beauteous Beauty, and the Most Supreme Grandeur [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.154-160 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00166 | Ziyarat for Hadrat-i-Quddus | 1200 | Arabic | Ziyarat-Namih-i-Mulla Muhammad `Ali-i-Barfurushi (Tablets of Visitation for Mulla Muhammad `Ali-i-Barfurushi (Quddus)) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. جوهر مجرد طرز کافور اطهر اطهر انور الذی طلع و اشرق ثم لمع و ابرق ... علیک یا نورالبهاء و ذکر الانشاء و سر القضاء | O pure Essence, ornament of most holy and radiant camphor, that hath risen and shone forth, then gleamed and flashed in brilliance... upon thee, O Light of Bahá, Remembrance of Creation, Mystery of Decree [3.5s] | CMB_F23.146r07-149r08 (51), , MKI4500.124r-126v | HURQ.BB35x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Mystical themes; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | For Shaykh Ahmad? | ||||||
| AB00080 | 1190 | mixed | ای دوستان راستان صبحست و دلبر امرالله در نهایت صباحت و ملاحت جلوه بافاق نموده | O ye true friends! Morn hath broken, and the beloved of God's Cause have appeared on the horizons in supreme grace and beauty [3.5s] | INBA16:091, INBA89:176 | BRL_DAK#0724, MKT4.061, MILAN.091b, AVK2.239.07x, YHA1.370 (2.743) | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise and encouragement; Unity of thought and belief; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00082 | 1190 | mixed | لک الحمد یا الهی بما کشفت الغطاء و هتکت الحجاب و اوقدت سراج الهدی فی قلوب | Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having rent asunder the veil, torn away the shroud and kindled the lamp of guidance within the hearts [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0063, MKT1.347 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Literal interpretation; Prophecy and fulfillment; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00639 | 1190 | mixed | الحمد لله الخالق الباری المصور المحیی الممیت الذی ما اتخذ لنفسه شبیها و لا | Praise be unto God, the Creator, the Originator, the Fashioner, the Quickener, the Slayer, Who hath taken unto Himself neither likeness nor peer [3.5s] | INBA28:465, BLIB_Or15727b.113, , BLIB_Or15732.254, | AYI2.221x | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00640 | 1190 | mixed | لسان صدق در اول نامه باینکلمه ناطق ای مونس جان کجائی فی الحقیقه ناری اعظم از | The tongue of truth at the opening of this missive speaketh these words: O companion of the soul, where art thou? In truth, there is no greater fire than [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.296, | MSHR4.052x | Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Knowledge of self; Love as fire; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00641 | 1190 | mixed | یا جواد ان استمع ما یغرد به عندلیب الحزن علی غصن الهم بما اکتسبت ایدی الظالمین | O Javád! Hearken unto what the Nightingale of Sorrow warbleth upon the Branch of Grief through that which the hands of the oppressors have wrought [3.5s] | INBA97:058, BLIB_Or15715.364, | AQMJ2.153x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Imam Husayn; Justice and wrath of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0109 | Public address given on 1912-09-20 | 1190 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | The materialists hold to the opinion that the world of nature is complete. The divine philosophers declare | LOG#1000x, PUP#106 (p.329-333) | Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Education and the development of capacity; Man's distinction from the animal; Manifestation of God as educator; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Power of the Manifestation of God; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00081 | Some Answered Questions #003 The Need for an Educator | 1190 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | چون ما نظر بوجود میکنیم ملاحظه مینمائیم که وجود جمادی و وجود نباتی | When we consider existence, we observe that the mineral, the vegetable, the animal | MFD#03, OOL.C022.03 | SAQ#03, LOG#0997x | Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as educator; Need for an educator; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Unity of governments; political unity | - | - | |||||||
| BH00642 | 1180 | Arabic | الحمد لله مظهر جواهر العلم و العرفان بالایات الالهیه الصمدیه و مطرز قلوب اهل | Praise be to God, Who manifesteth the gems of knowledge and mystic wisdom through His divine and eternal verses, and adorneth the hearts of them that are endued with insight [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15693.117, | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00643 | 1180 | mixed | حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان و منزه از ادراک اهل امکان مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزاست | All praise, sanctified beyond mention and utterance and exalted above the comprehension of all contingent beings, befitteth the Desire of all worlds [3.5s] | INBA28:243 | AVK3.132.03x, ASAT3.093x | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00644 | 1180 | mixed | قد شهد التقدیس بانه لم یزل کان مقدسا عن التقدیس و عن کل ذکر تنطق به السن | Sanctification itself beareth witness that He hath ever been sanctified above all sanctification and beyond every mention that tongues can utter [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.092, , BLIB_Or15711.290, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Review of publications; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04607 | 1180 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | احمد و اشکر من جعلنی فائزا بنفحات بیانکم اسبح و اقدس من جعلنی مهتزا بظهورات | I praise and give thanks unto Him Who hath caused me to be enraptured by the sweet fragrances of Thy utterance. I glorify and sanctify Him Who hath made me to be stirred by the manifestations [3.5s]... ...The world is in travail, and its agitation waxeth day by day. Its face is turned towards waywardness and unbelief. | BRL_DA#744, GWBP#061 p.083bx, AVK4.472x, ASAT1.021x, PYB#264 p.06x, AHB_133BE #01-02 p.003x, PYM.273x | GWB#061x, LOG#0422x, ADJ.082x, GPB.217x2x, PDC.004x, PDC.190x, WOB.033x, WOB.046x, WOB.181x, DWN_v1#07 p.001x | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11693 | 1180 | mixed | امروز حمد و شکر مخصوص اولیاست یعنی نفوسی که برحیق مختوم رسیده و میرسند | In this day praise and thanksgiving are reserved for the chosen ones - those souls who have attained, and continue to attain, unto the Sealed Wine [3.5s] | BRL_DA#522 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for justice and fairmindedness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0110 | Public address given on 1912-04-25 | 1180 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | امشب شب مبارکی است شایان نهایت سرور و ستایش است بجهاتی چند اولا الحمد لله | This night is a very blessed night, worthy of the utmost praise and joy for many reasons. | KHTB2.046, BDA1.052 | SW_v19#03 p.090, MHMD1.060-061 | East and West; communication between East and West; Oneness; unity of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0111 | Words spoken at the Shrine of the Bab on 4 May 1910 | 1180 | Meine Gäste kennen wohl die ruhmreiche Geschichte der göttlichen Geduld und der sehnsüchtigen Todesfreudigkeit seiner Heiligkeit des Propheten Báb | SDW v11#03 p.030-032, BLO_PN#048x | House of Justice; Law of pilgrimage; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Shrines and Holy places; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00083 | 1170 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | الحمد لله الذی اشرق بنوره الارض و السماء و اهتزت بنفحاته ریاض التقدیس المونقه | Praise be to Him through Whose splendours the earth and the heavens are aglow, through Whose fragrant breathings the gardens of holiness… O God, my God! This is Thy radiant servant, Thy spiritual thrall | MKT2.085, MNMK#010 p.071, MMK1#019 p.036, MILAN.057, YMM.437x | SWAB#019, BPRY.177-178x | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mirror; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00084 | 1170 | mixed | ای دوستان حقیقی شما آگاهید که در ایران حاسدان و علمای رسوم بهم پیوستند | O ye true friends! Ye well know that in Persia the jealous ones and the divines of empty ritual have joined together [3.5s] | INBA16:096 | BRL_DAK#0581, MMK5#012 p.007, QT105.2.271x, QT108.144-145x | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00085 | 1170 | Arabic | حمدا لمن اشرق و لاح و تجلی علی الوجود بانوار الشهود و اظهر المقام المحمود فی | Praise be unto Him Who hath shone forth and gleamed and been made manifest upon all existence through the lights of divine appearance, and hath revealed the glorious station [3.5s] | MMK6#069 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Outward and inward meanings; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection of Muhammad | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00645 | 1170 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی عزز افنانه بعز لایبدله نعاق العلماء و لا ضوضاء الامراء و | Praise be to God Who hath fortified His branches with a might that neither the clamor of the divines nor the uproar of princes can alter [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.080, , BLIB_Or15711.003, , NLAI_BH4.113-117 | MSHR5.056-057x | Business; financial; property matters; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Oneness; unity of religion; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00646 | 1170 | mixed | ان یا قلم الاعلی ذکر الذی اراد وجه ربه الرحمن فی تلک الایام لیطیر بجناحین | O Supreme Pen! Make mention of him who, in these days, hath turned towards the countenance of his Lord, the All-Merciful, that he may soar upon two wings [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.065, | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Empty learning; false spirituality; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00648 | 1170 | Persian | حمد بیحد طراز بساط مقدس لایزالی را سزاست که لم یزل و لایزال آفتاب قدس طلعت خویش بر افئده ساکنان رفرف لاهوت تابان داشته و شمس قمیص وجهه خود را بر ارواح سالکان طمطام جبروت رخشان گردانیده | Boundless praise beseemeth the sacred and everlasting Threshold, Who hath, from time immemorial unto eternity, caused the Sun of Holiness to shine resplendent upon the hearts of them that dwell in the sublime realms of the celestial Kingdom, and hath made the Sun of His Countenance to radiate upon the souls of them that traverse the depths of His Dominion [3.5s] | PR23.034b-036b | Creation of the world; Exhortations and counsels; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00649 | 1170 | Persian | حمد مقدس از ذکر کائنات و وصف ممکنات بساط فرب قدس حضرت مقصودیرا لایق | Praise, sanctified beyond the mention of all created things and the description of all contingent beings, befitteth the holy court of the Divine Intended One [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15732.240, | Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00650 | 1170 | mixed | حمد مقدس از مترجم اول یعنی لسان و مترجم ثانی و هو القلم مالک قدم و محبوب امم | Sanctified praise be unto the First Interpreter, which is the Tongue, and unto the Second Interpreter, which is the Pen, the Lord of Pre-existence and the Beloved of all nations [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.084, , BLIB_Or15711.057, | Business; financial; property matters; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00651 | 1170 | mixed | حمد و شکر اولیا و اصفیاء حق را لایق و سزاست آنانکه کوثر حیوان را که از قلم | Thou hast written about the sum belonging to Hadrat-i-Varaqiy-i-'Ulya… Whatever was sent, hath been received. | INBA31:112 | BRL_DA#374 | LTDT.054x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Hands of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00652 | 1170 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف اذکرک بعد الذی ایقنت بان السن العارفین کلت عن ذکرک | Lauded and glorified art Thou, O Lord, my God! How can I make mention of Thee, assured as I am that no tongue, however deep its wisdom | INBA48:073, INBA83:144b, INBA49:107, INBA92:304, BLIB_Or15702.116, , BLIB_Or15739.131, | BRL_DA#771, GWBP#001 p.010x | GWB#001x | Call to action; Imam Husayn; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#056 | ||||||
| BH00653 | 1170 | mixed | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی بملکوت الایات انه هو السر المکنون و | God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come with the Kingdom of verses is verily the Hidden Mystery [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15724.207, | AQA7#383 p.082, AYI2.045x, RAHA.248-249x | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00654 | 1170 | mixed | کتاب انزله المظلوم لیقرب الکل الی الله المهیمن القیوم قد ظهر ما کان مخزونا | This is a Book revealed by this Wronged-One that all may draw nigh unto God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Verily, there hath appeared that which was treasured in the knowledge of God | INBA51:471 | BRL_DA#449, LHKM3.238 | GEN.113-117 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00655 | 1170 | mixed | لله عمل الذین قاموا علی خدمه الامر و نطقوا بما انزله الوهاب فی الکتاب هنیئا لمن شرب | Blessed are they who have arisen to serve the Cause and have uttered that which the All-Bountiful hath revealed in the Book. Happy is he who hath quaffed [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15704.155, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00647 | Lawh-i-Pisar-'Amm (Tablet to the Cousin) | 1170 | mixed | Tablet to the Cousin (Lawh-i-Pisar-'Amm); River of Life, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Pisar-Amm (Tablet to the Cousin) | ای پسر عم حمد کن خدا را که این نسبت کبری قطع نشد و سبقت گرفتی از جمیع | O son of My paternal uncle! Render praise unto God that the ties of this most great kinship have not been severed. | BLIB_Or03116.082, , BLIB_Or11096#019, , BLIB_Or15698.174, , BLIB_Or15720.171, , BLIB_Or15740.132, , Majlis934.308-318 | BRL_DA#156, AVK3.110.02x, AVK3.189.12x, AVK3.368.06x, IQT.174, AYI1.339x, UAB.044ax, IQN.128x, ASAT4.503x, OOL.B066 | BRL_ATBH#53x, ROL.050-051x | Praises the recipient, a paternal cousin, for his faithfulness; remonstrates with another relative for remaining distant, asking him whether it is better to die in his bed or in the path of God; and calls the people of a certain village not to grieve over their suffering and not to engage in rebellion and revolt but to eschew dissension and strife and to be characterized with divine attributes. | Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | 3a | * | - | ROB3.216, MMAH.139, GSH.184, LL#209, LL#427 | ||
| ABU0112 | Public address given on 1912-07-06 | 1170 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | انسان در عالم وجود طی مراتب کرده است تا بعالم انسانی رسیده است در هر رتبه | In the world of existence man has traversed successive degrees until he has attained the human kingdom. In each degree of his progression | BRL_DAK#0550, KHF.132, KHAB.329 (337), KHTB2.170, NJB_v03#17 p.001 | BRL_ATE#158x, PUP#081 (p.225-228), BSC.324 #645, FWU.063, SW_v03#11 p.010-012, SW_v07#16 p.153-154, SW_v14#02 p.041, BSTW#391x | Evolution; human evolution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| AB00086 | Some Answered Questions #014 Material and Spiritual Cycles | 1170 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | در این عالم جسمانی زمان را ادوار است و مکان را اطوار فصول را گردش است | In this material world, time has changing cycles and place is subject to varying conditions | MFD#14, OOL.C022.14 | SAQ#14 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual springtime | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0113 | Words spoken at home of Mrs. Gastea in Paris, 1911-11-26 | 1170 | Persian | جمیع انبیای الهی مظاهر حقیقت بودند حضرت موسی اعلان حقیقت کرد حضرت مسیح ترویج | All the divine prophets are the Manifestations of Truth. His Highness Moses declared the Truth.... The foundation of divine religion is love, affinity and concord. | AVK4.323x, DWNP_v1#08 p.005-006, KHF.288, KHAB.204 (214), KHTB1.213, KHTP.161 | SW_v02#18 p.003-006, SW_v06#15 p.120 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Oneness; unity of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Supreme tribunal; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00087 | 1160 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی تجلی فی البقعه المبارکه الارض المقدسه طور الایمن وادی طوی جبل سیناء | Praise be unto Him Who hath manifested Himself in the blessed Spot, the Holy Land, the Mount of Faith, the Vale of Tuwa, Mount Sinai [3.5s] | INBA59:068, UMich962.050-055, UMich991.015-022 | BRL_DAK#0630, MKT1.102, MNMK#009 p.067, MILAN.032, RHQM2.1223-1228 (701) (433-436) | Knowledge; recognition of God; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00088 | 1160 | mixed | یا سلیل الرجل الجلیل نامه مفصل شما ملاحظه گردید و از حوادث الیمه ایران | O scion of that noble soul! Thy detailed letter was considered, and the grievous events in Iran were noted [3.5s] | PYK.278, MSHR2.233x | Non-participation in politics; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00656 | 1160 | mixed | ان استمع ما یوحی الیک من شطر القدس مقر ربک العلی الاعلی من هذا الجمال الابدع | Hearken unto that which is revealed unto thee from the precincts of holiness, the seat of thy Lord, the Most High, the Most Exalted, from this Most Wondrous Beauty [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.167, , BLIB_Or15738.086, | RSBB.144 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00657 | 1160 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | ان یا حامل امانه حب ربک العلی المقتدر العظیم فی یوم الذی فزع کل شیء عن حملها | Say: O ye that envy Me and seek My hurt! The fury of your wrath against Me confound you! | INBA83:238, BLIB_Or03114.059r, , BLIB_Or15725.147, , BLIB_Or15737.164, , ALIB.folder18p172 | BRL_DA#673, GWBP#121 p.165 | GWB#121 | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| BH00658 | 1160 | mixed | حمد مقدس از شئونات و ظهورات و بروزات امم مالک قدم را لایق و سزاست که باسم | Sanctified praise, transcending all attributes, manifestations and revelations, befitteth the Ancient Lord, Who by His Name [3.5s] | INBA28:302 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00659 | 1160 | mixed | حمد مقدس از عرفان ممکنات و ادراک کائنات بساط قرب قدس حضرت مقصودیرا لایق که | Sanctified praise, transcending the recognition of all created things and the comprehension of all beings, befitteth the sacred court of nearness unto the Most Holy Presence of the Desired One [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.100, , BLIB_Or15711.061, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0114 | Discourse at “l’Alliance Spiritualiste”: Words spoken in Paris, 1911-11-09 | 1160 | Persian | Paris Talks | از فرمایشات رایس و احساسات قلبیه ایشان نهایت ممنونیت دارم و شکر میکنم... خداوند مهربانا کریما رحیما این جمع را بشمع محبتت روشن | I wish to express my gratitude for your hospitality, and my joy that you are spiritually minded. | INBA75:075x, NLAI_BH_AB.015x | BSHN.140.524x, BSHN.144.512x, ADH2.030x, ADH2_1#15 p.026x, MJMJ1.074x, MMG2#162 p.184x, MJH.027x, MHT1a.166x, MHT1b.124x, BQA.031, KHF.163, KHAB.141 (152), KHTB1.130, NJB_v02#14-16 p.011 | PT#28 p.081, SW_v02#17 p.003-005, SW_v02#14 p.015, SW_v08#08 p.0098, SW_v14#01 p.011 | S. Tirandaz | Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Origin of the soul; the soul as emanation; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul is the essential reality of man; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| ABU0116 | Words spoken at East Putney in London, 1912-12-29 | 1160 | Are you all well? Are you all happy? Are you all joyous? You must be exceedingly joyous | DAS.1912-12-29x | Critique of Western values; culture; Man's distinction from the animal; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Transcending the material condition; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0115 | Words to the first American pilgrims, spoken on 1900-01-09 | 1160 | The field in America is now likened unto a field of land in which are planted small trees | PN_1900 p068 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Mary Magdalene; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | Chastisement and requital; Literal interpretation; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00660 | 1150 | mixed | ان الخادم یشهد بما شهد مولاه انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم و اعترف بما اعترف سلطانه | Verily, the servant beareth witness even as his Lord hath witnessed that there is none other God but Him, the All-Dominant, the Self-Subsisting, and acknowledgeth that which his sovereign hath acknowledged [3.5s] | PYB#407 p.23 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00661 | 1150 | mixed | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو یفعل ما یشاء و یحکم ما یرید و هو المقتدر العزیز | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He doeth whatsoever He willeth and ordaineth whatsoever He pleaseth. He is the Almighty, the All-Powerful [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.175, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Goodly deeds; actions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00663 | 1150 | mixed | یا زین المقربین علیک بهاء الله الملک الحق العدل المبین هذا یوم فیه یری من | O Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Sovereign, the True One, the Manifest Justice. This is a Day wherein is seen [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15718.119, | AYI2.005x, TABN.337 | Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06839 | 1150 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | یا زین علیک بهائی و عنایتی مکتوب شما و اسم کریم علیه بهائی را عبد حاضر لدی العرش | O Zayn, upon whom rest My glory and loving-kindness! the servant in attendance before the Throne hath received thy letter and the name of the honored one, upon whom rest My glory [3.5s]... ...All praise be to God Who hath adorned the world with an ornament, and arrayed it with a vesture, of which it can be despoiled by no earthly power | BRL_DA#653, GWBP#163 p.219bx, AVK3.409.17x, AVK4.266.07x, MAS8.046x, ASAT4.092ax, ASAT4.388x, ASAT5.257x | GWB#163x | Consultation; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | LL#365, LL#449 | |||||||
| BH00662 | Lawh-i-Malikah Victoria (Tablet to Queen Victoria) | 1150 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts | Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria) | یا ایتها الملکه فی اللوندره ان استمعی ندآء ربک مالک البریه من السدره الالهیه | O Queen in London! Incline thine ear unto the voice of thy Lord, the Lord of all mankind, calling from the Divine Lote-Tree | INBA34:044, BLIB_Or15705.029, , PR11.040b-043b | NRJ#1d, GWBP#119 p.162x, GWBP#120 p.164x, AQA1#001d, DLH2.176x, OOL.B053 | SLH#01d, GWB#119x, GWB#120x, WOB.039-040x, WOB.040x, WOB.162x2x, SW_v14#10 p.296, DWN_v5#01 p.004x, BLO_PT#188, BSC.111 #045 | B. Parmar | Announces the fulfilment of ‘all that hath been mentioned in the Gospel’; praises the Queen for forbidding the trading in slaves and for entrusting ‘the reins of counsel into the hands of the representatives of the people’; calls the elected representatives of the people in every land to take counsel together for the sake of mankind; ordains that ‘the mightiest instrument for the healing of all the world is the union of all its peoples in one universal Cause, one common Faith’; and instructs the kings of the earth to cease burdening their subjects with their own wanton expenditures, to be reconciled among themselves, and to enforce a common peace by joining forces against any who would take up arms against another. | Prayer for governments and rulers; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Unity of thought and belief; Universal peace; world unity | 3a | * | * | ROB3.123, MMAH.177, GSH.130, LL#153 | Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal. |
| ABU0118 | Public address given on 1912-04-21 | 1150 | Persian | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | آنچه قسیس فرمودند دلیل بر حسن اخلاق و خدمت بعالم انسانى است | What the Minister of the Church delineated before us just now testifies to his high sense of morality and his efforts to serve the world of humanity. | KHTB2.033, BDA1.041.07 | PUP#016 (p.039-042), SW_v03#03 p.010-012, SW_v19#03 p.087, MHMD1.050-054 | Contention and conflict; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Oneness; unity of religion; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00090 | Some Answered Questions #077 The Punishment of Criminals | 1150 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | عقوبات جزائیه بر دو قسم است یک قسم انتقام است | There are two kinds of retributive actions: One is revenge and retaliation | MFD#77, OOL.C022.77 | SAQ#77, ADJ.028bx | Education of children; moral education; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Justice and mercy; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Reward and punishment; Universal education | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0117 | Words spoken on 1915-07-18 in Haifa | 1150 | Persian | اگر کسی برود به تخت جمشید می بیند چطور خانه ها بسته می شود. هیچ عمارتی نیست که خراب نشود | If someone goes to Takht Jamshíd [Persepolis], he will see how homes are shut. There is no building that has not been destroyed | RHQM2.1048-1051 (499-502) (305-307), ZSM.1915-07-18 | RKS.151-157 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00092 | 1140 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی مکتوب آنجناب واصل و مضمون واضح گشت از فضل حق امید جدید | O faithful servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was received and its contents became evident. Through the grace of God, fresh hope has been awakened [3.5s]... ...Thou didst write as to the question of spiritual discoveries. The spirit of man is a circumambient power | INBA89:273 | MKT3.402, MNMK#149 p.277x, MMK1#145 p.166x, AVK2.248.11x | SWAB#145x, BSC.492 #946x, PN_1906 p097 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power of the mind over nature; Soul; spirit after death; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB00093 | 1140 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | امروز ربّ الجنود حامی میثاق است و قوای ملکوت محافظ میثاق و نفوس آسمانی خادم میثاق و فرشته‌های ملکوتی | O ye two blessed souls! Your letter was received. Praise be to God… Today, the Lord of Hosts is the defender of the Covenant | MNMK#127 p.243x, MMK1#192 p.221x, MAS9.150x, BSMR.039, HMQ.085 | SWAB#192x, SW_v11#14 p.240-243 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00095 | 1140 | Persian | ای یاران عبدالبهاء جناب میرزا عبدالحسین نامه ای نگاشته و ذکر آن یاران روحانی | O ye friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Jinab-i-Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Ḥusayn hath written a letter making mention of those spiritual friends [3.5s] | MKT4.132, MILAN.151, AKHA_134BE #13 p.512x, AVK3.229.03x, YHA1.378x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00664 | 1140 | mixed | بحر حمد و ثنا مالک اسما را لایق و سزا که عالم را وجود عطا فرمود و بطراز امم | The ocean of praise and thanksgiving beseemeth the Lord of Names, Who hath graciously brought the world into existence and adorned it with the ornament of nations [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.089, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Law of pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00665 | 1140 | mixed | حمد حضرت قیومی را لایق و سزا که بعد از قائم بر امر قیام نمود قیامیکه کل را از قیام | Praise be unto Him, the Self-Subsisting, Who, after the Qá'im, arose with such an arising as caused all to arise [3.5s] | INBA27:502 | MSHR2.026x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Presence of; reunion with God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00666 | 1140 | mixed | حمد حضرت مقصود را مالک غیب و شهود را مظهر اسماء و صفات را که بیک کلمه علیا | Praise be unto Him, the Intended One, the Lord of the unseen and the visible, the Manifestation of Names and Attributes, Who through one exalted Word [3.5s] | INBA27:066 | YMM.031 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00667 | 1140 | mixed | حمد مقدس از حدود و عالم محدود لایق بساط یفعل ما یشاء بوده و یحکم ما یرید | Sanctified praise, transcending all bounds and the limited world, befitteth the court of Him Who doeth whatsoever He willeth and ordaineth whatsoever He pleaseth [3.5s] | INBA28:496 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00669 | 1140 | mixed | کتاب انزله الرحمن من سماء البرهان لیظهر حجته بین عباده و دلیله فی مملکته انه | The Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down from the heaven of proof to manifest His evidence amongst His servants and His testimony within His dominion. Verily He [3.5s] | INBA42:135, BLIB_Or15712.051, , Berlin1237#16 | Call to action; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection of Muhammad; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00670 | 1140 | mixed | هذا کتاب من نقطه الاولی و بهائه الی الذی سمی فی جبروت الاسما بالکاظم و کان من | This is an epistle from the Primal Point and His Glory unto him who hath been named, in the dominion of names, Káẓim, and who was [3.5s] | INBA74:001 | AYBY.010b, ASAT5.235x, YMM.358x | Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00671 | 1140 | mixed | هذا یوم فیه ظهر ما انزله الرحمن فی الفرقان قد اتت السماء بدخان مبین و اخذت | This is the Day whereon that which the All-Merciful revealed in the Qur'án hath been made manifest. The heaven hath come with evident smoke and hath seized [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15733.146, | AYI2.265x | Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00672 | 1140 | mixed | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | یا علی اشکر الله بما زین راسک باکلیل الثناء فی ایام ربک مالک الاسماء و هیکلک | O Ali! Give thanks unto God, for He hath adorned thy head with the crown of praise in the days of thy Lord, the Possessor of Names [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#262, , BLIB_Or15698.182, , BLIB_Or15720.179, , BLIB_Or15740.138, , Majlis934.319-330 | BRL_DA#277, AVK3.441.12x, IQT.182, TUM.054-057 | BRL_ATBH#19x | Empty learning; false spirituality; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0119 | Public address given on 1912-10-26 | 1140 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | I have visited your Capitol and its gardens. No other Capitol has such beautiful surroundings. | PUP#114 (p.376-380), DAS.1914-09-05x, SW_v05#17 p.259-262, MAB.087-088x, ECN.368+503x+912x | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00091 | Some Answered Questions #012 Commentary on the Eleventh Chapter of Isaiah | 1140 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | اصحاح یازدهم از اشعیا آیهء اول میفرماید "و نهالی از تنهء یسی بیرون آمده | In Isaiah 11:1–9 it is said: “And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse | MFD#12, OOL.C022.12 | SAQ#12, GPB.316x, PDC.191x, PDC.198-199x, WOB.204-205x, LOG#1676x | Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Knowledge; recognition of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00096 | Some Answered Questions #029 Sin and Atonement | 1140 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | بدان که در انسان دو طبیعت است طبیعت جسمانیه و طبیعت روحانیه | Know that there are two natures in man: the material and the spiritual. The material nature is inherited from Adam | MFD#29, OOL.C022.29 | SAQ#29 | Christ; Christianity; Original sin; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||
| AB00094 | Tablet of the Divine Plan (U.S. and Canada IV) | 1140 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای نفوس آسمانی و ابناء و بنات ملکوت خداوند در قرآن میفرماید و اعتصموا بحبل | O ye heavenly souls, sons and daughters of the Kingdom! God says in the Qur'an... O God! O God! Thou seest my weakness, lowliness and humility before Thy creatures | MKT3.058, RRT.148x?, RRT.155x?, ANDA#03 p.73, ADH2.113x, ADH2_3#06 p.147x, MMG2#209 p.237x, FRTB.091 | TDP#14, BPRY.207-209x, BWF.419-423, ADJ.070-071x, COF.017x, BSC.530 #983, SW_v10#15 p.283-285, SW_v11#12 p.215x | Seals and Crofts, Chicago Baha'i Community, Heroes Teaching Conference | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Prayer for teaching; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | UDP.066 | |||||
| BH00668 | Tajalliyat (Effulgences) | 1140 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas | Tajalliyat (Effulgences) | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی انه هو السر المکنون و الرمز المخزون و | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him and that He Who hath appeared is the Hidden Mystery | BLIB_Or07851.011b, , CMB_F32.077, , PR05.038b-042a, OSAI_TC 29v-32r, MKI4523.198, , BN_suppl.1753.054-059 | ZYN.201, ISH.198, UAB.040ax, TBP#05, TUM.098-102x, OOL.B147 | TB#05, LOG#1881x, GPB.215x3x, GPB.218x3x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.153 #125-137x | Emphasizes the importance of belief in the Divine Manifestation and proclaims four ‘effulgences’: the knowledge of God and recognition of His Prophet, steadfastness in the Cause of God, acquiring useful knowledge, and refuting accusations that Bahá’u’lláh had claimed the station of the Godhead. | Free will and predestination; fate; High station of learning; Knowledge; recognition of God; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Manifestation of God as mediator; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | 3b | * | * | ROB4.118, EBTB.062, MMAH.101, GSH.159, LL#339 | ROB4.124 mentions revelation writing having been sent to recipient. | |
| BH00673 | 1130 | mixed | حبذا نسیم وصال وزید و عرف لقا در این حین که پنج ساعت بغروب مانده متضوع گشت | How wondrous the breeze of reunion that hath wafted, and the fragrance of meeting that hath been diffused, in this hour when five hours remain until sunset [3.5s] | INBA31:124, BLIB_Or15731.344, | AQA7#388 p.096, PYB#115 p.04x | Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00674 | 1130 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | حمد و ثنا نفوس مطمئنه و افئده قویه را لایق و سزا که سیوف اشرار ایشانرا از | Praise and glory beseem such steadfast souls and mighty hearts whom the swords of the wicked have not [3.5s]... ...Say: O people of God! That which can insure the victory of Him Who is the Eternal Truth, His hosts and helpers on earth, have been set down in the sacred Books and Scriptures… The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable | BLIB_Or15731.145, | BRL_DA#639 | COC#1905x | Soulrise Melodies | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Purpose; goal of creation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| BH00675 | 1130 | Persian | حمد و ثنای اهل انشا ناطقی را لایق و سزا که جمیع عالم را بکلمه علیا که از قلم اعلی | The praise and glorification of all people of creation befitteth that Divine Speaker, through Whose most exalted Word from the Supreme Pen all the world [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15732.237, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00676 | 1130 | mixed | Scholarship; Huqúqu'lláh; Social Action | دستخط آنجناب که دوازدهم شهر محرم الحرام تاریخ آن بود رسید و بشرف اصغاء مالک | Thy letter, which was dated the twelfth of the sacred month of Muharram, hath been received and hath attained unto the presence of its Lord [3.5s]... ...The purpose of learning should be the promotion of the welfare of the people, and this can be achieved through crafts… The one true God—exalted be His glory—hath ever been and will continue to be exalted above every expression of praise | INBA28:440 | BRL_HUQUQP#006x, AYI1.338x, UAB.033cx, QUM.073-074x, VUJUD.123x | BRL_SOCIAL#142x, BRL_SCHOLAR#22x, BRL_HUQUQ#006x, COC#0010x, COC#1100x, VUJUDE.164x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity; oneness of humanity; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||
| BH00677 | 1130 | mixed | ذلک الکتاب لا ریب فیه تنزیل بالحق من لدن حکیم خبیرا و یهدی الناس الی جوار | This is the Book, wherein there is no doubt, sent down in truth from the presence of One Who is All-Wise, All-Informed, guiding mankind unto nearness [3.5s] | INBA19:023, INBA32:023, INBA36:020, INBA71:177 | LHKM2.026, RSBB.021 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00678 | 1130 | mixed | روحی لحبکم الفداء و لخدمتکم الفدآء بعد از زیارت کتاب آنحضرت که فی الحقیقه مطلع سرور و مشرق ابتهاج بود لدی العرش | My spirit be a sacrifice for your love and a ransom for your service! After perusing your letter which was, in truth, the dawning-place of joy and the source of delight before the Throne [3.5s] | NLAI_BH4.164-169 | AQA7.195b | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00679 | 1130 | mixed | ستایش بیقیاس یکتای بیهمتائیرا سزاوار که مشارق قلوب مقبله را بانوار شمس توحید | Immeasurable praise beseemeth the peerless and incomparable One, Who hath illumined the dawning-places of devoted hearts with the rays of the Sun of Divine Unity [3.5s] | INBA42:199, BLIB_Or15693.067, , BLIB_Or15718.348x, | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for opponents; enemies of the Faith; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prayer for teaching; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00680 | 1130 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الملک و الملکوت و له العزه و العظمه و الجبروت ینزل ما یشاء | God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. His are the sovereignty and the kingdom, His the might and the grandeur and the dominion. He sendeth down whatsoever He willeth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15704.322, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Development of capacity and readiness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Knowledge of self; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00681 | 1130 | mixed | قلم اعلی دوستان خود را ذکر مینماید و جمیع را براه راست هدایت میفرماید امروز | The Most Exalted Pen maketh mention of His friends and guideth all unto the straight path on this Day [3.5s] | TSAY.188-192 | Goodly deeds; actions; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00683 | 1130 | Arabic | یا بزرگ قد ماج بحر البیان و القوم لا یعرفون و ظهرت النار فی السدره و تنطق بالحق | O Thou Great One! The ocean of utterance hath surged, yet the people perceive not. The Fire hath appeared in the Lote-Tree and proclaimeth the truth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.010, , BLIB_Or15718.164.15, | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00684 | 1130 | Arabic | یا قلمی الاعلی اشهد انک نادیت فی کل الاحیان من فی الامکان و دعوتهم الی الله | O My Most Exalted Pen! I bear witness that Thou hast, at all times, called out to all who dwell within the realm of creation and summoned them unto God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15718.246, | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Proclamation to the people of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00682 | Suriy-i-Hifz | 1130 | Arabic | هذا کتاب یذکر فیه ما الهمنی الروح و انه لتنزیل من الله و آیه ذکره للذینهم اقروا بالله و | This is a Book wherein is recorded that which the Spirit hath inspired within Me, and verily it is a revelation from God and a token of His remembrance unto them that have acknowledged God [3.5s] | INBA83:139, BLIB_Or03114.047r, , BLIB_Or15702.090, , BLIB_Or15737.129, , ALIB.folder18p152-162 | OOL.B122 | Discusses Bahá’u’lláh’s opposition from Mírzá Yaḥyá and the latter’s intention to have Bahá’u’lláh killed, which was averted through divine protection, and Bahá’u’lláh’s open offer of forgiveness should His half-brother turn to Him in repentance. | Call to action; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | 3a | * | - | LL#307 | |||||
| AB00098 | Tahirih and the Conference of Badasht | 1130 | Persian | Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká | حقیقت این قضیه مختصراً اینست که در آن اوقات بدایت امر بود و هیچکس از تعالیم الهی خبر نداشت | In brief, what happened is the following. Those were the early days of the Cause and no one was informed of the divine teachings. | BRL_TTTP#09, MMK4#018 p.017 | BRL_TTT#09 | Conference of Badasht; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0120 | Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-05-11 | 1130 | Persian | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | بشیکاغو و واشنگتن رفتیم و مراجعت نمودیم بسسیار خوش گذشت زیرا اهالی امریک همه | It is only three weeks that we have been away from the New York friends | BDA1.079.x | PUP#045 (p.111-113), SW_v03#10 p.011-012, SW_v19#05 p.142, MHMD1.088 | Praise and encouragement; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Race unity; racial issues; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||
| BH00685 | 1120 | mixed | الحمد لله دستخط عالی بشارتی بود حقیقی چه که مشعر بود بر صحت و سلامتی آنمحبوب | Praise be to God! The exalted missive bore tidings most true, inasmuch as it gave assurance of the health and well-being of that beloved one [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15701.065, | Business; financial; property matters; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00688 | 1120 | Arabic | انا اردنا ان نذکر من اقبل الینا و نطق بهذا الاسم الذی به فتح ختم الرحیق و | Verily, We have desired to make mention of one who hath turned towards Us and hath uttered this Name, whereby the seal of the choice wine hath been opened [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.018, , BLIB_Or15715.268b, | Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00690 | 1120 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of the Gems of Unity, The (Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd) | Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd (Tablet of the Gems of Unity) | جواهر توحید و لطایف تحمید متصاعد بساط حضرت سلطان بی مثال و ملیک ذوالجلالی | All praise to the unity of God, and all honor to Him, the sovereign Lord, the incomparable and all-glorious Ruler of the universe, Who, out of utter nothingness, hath created the reality of all things | INBA65:242, INBA57:001, BLIB_Or15722.224, , NLAI_BH1.283, NLAI_BH3.186 | BRL_DA#773, GWBP#027 p.050x, AVK1.015.08x, AVK1.212.08x, AVK2.001.03x, AVK3.014.09x, AVK3.422.11x, MJMM.338, DWNP_v3#12 p.028-031, UAB.008bx, UAB.014bx, MAS4.042x, PYB#006-007 p.01x, AKHA_107BE #06 p.002x, YMM.169x | GWB#027x, JHT_B#015 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Human reality created in the image of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | LL#383 | |||||
| BH00691 | 1120 | mixed | س م علیک بهائی اسم جود علیه بهائی نامهای شما را بساحت اقدس در ایامیکه منظر | Upon thee be glory, O thou who bearest the name of Bounty, upon thee be splendor! Thy letters reached the Most Holy Court [3.5s]… ...The people of God should do all that lieth within their power to protect and preserve the Tablets.... ...The people of God should do all that lieth within their power to protect and preserve the Tablets. In the Land of Ṭá whatever there was in the homes | BLIB_Or15690.238, , BLIB_Or15699.130, | MJAN.054, AYBY.080 | LOG#0326x | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00692 | 1120 | mixed | ستایش بیقیاس ساحت حضرت بیمثالیرا سزاست که باشراق انوار شمس معانی قلوب انسانیه | Immeasurable praise beseemeth the sanctified court of the Peerless One, Who through the effulgence of the Sun of inner meanings hath illumined human hearts [3.5s] | INBA19:348, INBA32:300, BLIB_Or15693.109, , BLIB_Or15718.238x, | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00693 | 1120 | mixed | Call of the Divine Beloved | غره کن شیروار ای شیر حق تا رود آن غره تا هفتم طبق فسبحان من تقدست ذاته من ان | O thou lion-hearted soul, even as a lion roar, that thy roaring may perchance to the seventh heaven soar! | SFI07.012 | CDB#6 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00686 | Lawh-i-Zuhur (Tablet of the Manifestation) | 1120 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Manifestation (Lawh-i-Zuhur); Tablet of the Manifestation, The (Lawh-i-Zuhur) | Lawh-i-Zuhur (Tablet of the Manifestation) | ان یا ایها الناظر الی شطر الله و المتغمس فی بحر قربه و رضاه فاعلم بان الظهور | O thou who art gazing toward the direction of God and submerged in His Nearness and Good-pleasure! Know thou that, verily, the "Manifestation" is not composed of the four elements | BLIB_Or15725.136, , NLAI_BH3.136, Berlin1237#29 | LHKM1.056, MAS4.161x, VUJUD.117x | BLO_PT#134, BSC.204 #373-391, BSTW#124, VUJUDE.167-168x, HURQ.BH67, JHT_B#017 | Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | Not to be confused with Súriy-i-Ẓuhúr (BH01761). | ||||
| ABU0122 | Public address given on 1912-05-02 | 1120 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | When we carefully investigate the kingdoms of existence and observe the phenomena of the universe | ABB.062 | PUP#035 (p.079-083), SW_v03#04 p.015-017 | Man's distinction from the animal; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Power of the mind over nature; Proofs for the existence of God; Things are known by their opposites | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0121 | Public address given on 1912-05-23 | 1120 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá's Address at Clark University | ای انجمن مبارک بینهایت مسرورم از اینکه در این جمعیت دارالفنون حاضر شده ام | Blessed audience, I am overjoyed to be with you here today. It had been my hope to visit this University, and now that hope has been fulfilled | KHF.062, KHAB.276 (286), KHTB2.077, NJB_v03#03-05 p.009 | BLO_PT#004 | East and West; communication between East and West; High station of learning; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the mind over nature; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||
| BH00687 | Qad Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisun (The Fire Tablet) | 1120 | Arabic | Fire Tablet; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqal-Mukhlisun (Fire Tablet) | ان یا مهدی ان انظر من افق البدآء انوار وجه ربک العلی الابهی ثم استمع الندآء | Indeed the hearts of the sincere are consumed in the fire of separation: Where is the gleaming of the light of Thy Countenance, O Beloved of the worlds? | INBA33:147x, INBA30:124, INBA81:192, BLIB_Or11095#009, , BLIB_Or15738.124, | BRL_DA#335, AHM.169, TSBT.219, MAS4.236ax, NFF2.007x, ASAT1.064x, ASAT5.255x, ABMK.055, OOL.B091 | BPRY.312, BLO_PT#036, BLO_PT#037, BSTW#411 | Ahdieh, S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, B. Lisbeth, A. Yanch, Gyenyame, T. Ellis | Written in rhythmic prose and taking the form of a conversation between Bahá’u’lláh and God in verses reminiscent of the biblical Book of Job, Bahá’u’lláh calls to God in His suffering and in God’s apparent absence and receives God’s answer as to the wisdom of this suffering. | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | 3a | * | * | ROB3.226, BKOG.321, MMAH.115, GSH.188, LL#211 | |
| AB00099 | Some Answered Questions #078 Strikes | 1120 | Persian | Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some | از مسئله اعتصاب سؤال نمودید . در این مسئله مشکلات عظیمه حاصل شده و میشود | You have asked about strikes. Great difficulties have arisen and will continue to arise from this issue. | MFD#78, OOL.C022.78 | SAQ#78, BWF.280-284x | Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium; Relationship between government and people; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | |||||||
| BH00694 | 1110 | mixed | الحمد لله الباقی الدائم الاحد الصمد الفرد المهیمن المتعالی الذی کان و یکون | All praise be unto God, the Ever-Abiding, the Eternal, the Single, the All-Sufficing, the Peerless, the All-Compelling, the Most Exalted, Who was and ever shall be [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#080, | PYK.202x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00695 | 1110 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی اوقد سراج البیان و یمده بدهن العلم و العرفان فی قطب الامکان هو | All praise be unto God, Who hath kindled the lamp of utterance and sustaineth it with the oil of knowledge and wisdom at the pivot of contingent existence [3.5s] | INBA18:454, BLIB_Or15693.141, , BLIB_Or15718.239x, | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00696 | 1110 | Arabic | ان یا قلم الاعلی تحرک علی اللوح بامری و سلطانی و لاتشهد الممکنات الا کاجساد | O Pen of the Most High! Move upon the Tablet by My command and My sovereignty, and behold not created things save as lifeless frames [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.497, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00697 | 1110 | Persian | حمد مقدس از عرفان اهل امکان مالک غیب و شهود را لایق و سزاست | Sanctified praise, beyond the recognition of all contingent beings, befitteth the Lord of the unseen and the visible [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.072, | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00699 | 1110 | mixed | قد نزلت الایات و ظهرت البینات و فتح باب السجن فی سنین معدودات کما اخبرنا مالک | The verses have been sent down, the evidences have been made manifest, and the prison gates were opened in the numbered years even as foretold by the Lord [3.5s] | TSHA3.407 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00700 | 1110 | Arabic | کتاب انزله المظلوم لمن اقبل الی افق امره و طار فی هوائه و عرف ما اعرض عنه | A Book sent down by the Wronged One unto him who hath turned towards the horizon of His Cause, soared in its atmosphere, and recognized that from which others turned away [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15729.130, , NLAI_22848:317, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p163r, , MKI4522.317, | AQA2#010 p.169 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11694 | 1110 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی عرفنا امره و علمنا ظهوره و هدانا الی صراطه و کشف لنا ما | Praise be to God Who hath made known unto us His Cause, taught us of His Manifestation, guided us unto His Path, and unveiled unto us that which [3.5s] | TISH.389-392 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00698 | Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib | 1110 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Mánikchí Sáhib; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tabernacle of Unity, The | Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib); - Tabernacle of Unity (book) | ستایش بیننده پاینده را سزا است که بشبنمی از دریای بخشش خود آسمان هستی را بلند | Praise be to the all-perceiving, the ever-abiding Lord Who, from a dewdrop out of the ocean of His grace, hath reared the firmament of existence | INBA35:116, BLIB_Or15715.120b, , BLIB_Or15722.092, , BN_suppl.1753.118-123 | BRL_TBUP#1, GWBP#106 p.138x, AVK3.095.19x, AVK3.104.08x, AVK3.169.06x, AVK3.205.03x, ZYN.236, MJMM.259, RSBB.175, YARP1.019, DWNP_v5#02-3 p.001-002x, UAB.021ax, UAB.027ax, UAB.032ax, UAB.035ax, UAB.046cx, DRD.002, DLS.301x, NVJ.030, ASAT1.009x, ASAT4.014x, ASAT4.131x, ASAT5.041x, PYB#066 p.03x, ADH1.009x, AKHA_109BE #01 p.002x, AKHA_119BE #08 p.ax, PYM.111ax, ANDA#79 p.12x, ANDA#79 p.16x, OOL.B056 | TBU#1, GWB#106x, SW_v01#01 p.005, SW_v03#02 p.003, SW_v07#18 p.186, BLO_PT#019, BSC.130 #050 | Parrish & Toppano, S. Toloui-Wallace, M. Sparrow, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, Sahar & Hoda | Addresses a number of theological questions by implying that the answers lie in the realm of action, in the process elucidating several central Bahá’í teachings: that the Manifestations should be regarded as ‘divine physicians’ prescribing the remedy from age to age in accordance with the disease, that the unity of mankind is the remedy for the ills of today, that one should be ‘anxiously concerned with the needs of the age’ in which one lives and centre one’s deliberations ‘on its exigencies and requirements’, and that words should be matched with deeds and that both should be motivated by purity of intention. | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Procession; appearance of the Word from God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds | 3b | * | * | ROB3.270, GSH.174, LL#160, LL#176 | |
| AB00100 | Some Answered Questions #030 Adam and Eve | 1110 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | در تورات مذکور که خداوند آدم را در جنت عدن نهاد تا عامل و حافظ باشد و فرمود | It is recorded in the Torah that God placed Adam in the garden of Eden to work and tend it, and said to Him | MFD#30, OOL.C022.30 | SAQ#30 | Adam; Adam and Eve; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Literal interpretation; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Original sin; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0123 | Words spoken on 1917-11-12 in Haifa | 1110 | Persian | Man of Courage, The | در یوم ثانی محرم سنه ١٢٣٣ در طهران در محله دروازه شمیران | On the second day of Muharram in the year 1233, in Tehran, in the district of the Shimran Gate [3.5s]... ...Ḥají Mírza Áqasí harbored the utmost enmity towards Mírza [ʻAbbas Núrí] | AHB.130BE #09-10 p.20, AYT.062-067, TZH2.012-015, MHA.184-187x | BLO_courage.06a | Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB00102 | 1100 | Arabic | ایها النحریر الجلیل انی اشکر الله علی ما قدر و هدی و اشرق و تجلی و تلئلا نیر | O distinguished sage! I render thanks unto God for whatsoever He hath ordained and sent forth as guidance, and for all that hath shone forth, manifested and gleamed with radiant splendor [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0566, MMK6#510, YMM.193, YMM.345 | Human reality created in the image of God; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Man's distinction from the animal; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of the mind over nature | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00183 | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. تبارک الذی جعل الیوم یوم العید لم یزل و ان فی شطر من اللیل تقترن الشمس بالجلم تلعت شمس البدیعة فی اوا الایام معتدل و فی لیله التقی الفلکان شمس من السبع | Blessed be He Who hath made this day a festival for all time, when even in the watches of night the sun was conjoined with the celestial sphere; when the sun of wondrous newness rose in balanced measure at the dawning of days, and in its night two heavenly orbs, the sun from among the seven, did meet [3.5s] | CMB_F20.018r09-018v03, | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00184 | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله المتفرد المتقرب. سبحان الذی خلق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامره و ان الیه کل یرجعون و لله ملکوت السموات و الارض و ما بینهما | Glorified be He Who created the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them by His command, and verily unto Him shall all return, and His is the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them [3.5s] | CMB_F20.026v08-028v19, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00701 | 1100 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی اظهر السبیل و انزل الدلیل و دعا الکل الیه بحجه لاتعادلها | Praise be to God Who hath made manifest the Path, sent down the Proof, and summoned all unto Him with an argument that none can equal [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15736.046x, | ADM3#081 p.097x | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00702 | 1100 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی اوضح الطریق لاهل التحقیق و ایات صراطه الدقیق لاولی الفحص و التدقیق | Praise be to God Who hath made manifest the Path unto them that seek the truth, and revealed the signs of His narrow way unto those who search with scrutiny and investigation [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15693.135, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00703 | 1100 | Arabic | الحمد لله الملک المحمود الذی اظهرنا فی عالم الوجود و علمنا الحمد و الثناء فی الغیب و الشهود | Praise be to God, the King, the All-Glorious, Who hath manifested Us in the world of existence and taught Us praise and glorification in the unseen and visible realms [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15693.138, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00705 | 1100 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله الملک الحق المبین نزلت من جبروت عز رفیع ان لاتعبدوا الا ایاه و | These are the verses of God, the King, the True One, the Manifest, sent down from the realm of exalted might, that ye worship none but Him [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.208, | Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Muhammad; Islam; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00706 | 1100 | Persian | جوهر ذکر و ثنا ساحت قدس لا یزالیرا لایق که بتربیت افتاب توحید اراضی جرزه | The essence of remembrance and praise befitteth the sacred precincts of the Eternal One, Who through the nurturing rays of the Sun of Divine Unity hath caused the barren lands [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15693.073, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00707 | 1100 | mixed | حمد و ثنا شکر و بها مخصوص شاکر حقیقی است که باینکلمه علیا عباد خود را بذروه | Praise and glory, thanksgiving and splendor belong exclusively to the true Thanksgiver, Who through this exalted Word hath raised His servants unto the summit [3.5s] | INBA31:206 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prophecy and fulfillment; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00708 | 1100 | Arabic | قد اوحی الله تبارک و تعالی الی بعض انبیائه فی بعض وحیه و عزتی و جلالی | God, blessed and exalted be He, hath revealed unto certain of His Prophets in some of His revelation: "By My might and My majesty..." [3.5s] | MAS4.241, RHQM2.0751-751 (149) (093x) | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00709 | 1100 | mixed | کتاب انزله الوهاب فی یوم فیه ناحت القبائل و انشقت الارض و مرت الجبال الی الذین | The Book which the All-Bountiful hath sent down on a Day wherein the tribes lamented, the earth was cleft asunder, and the mountains passed away unto those [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.056, | Contention and conflict; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Nationalism; love of country; Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Role and station of women; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00710 | 1100 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من الله الی الذی آمن بالروح فی ایامه و اخذته نفحات الایام من ربه | This is a Book from God unto him who believed in the Spirit in His days and was seized by the fragrances of the days from his Lord [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.060, | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00711 | 1100 | mixed | هذا کتاب من لدی البهاء الی الذی آمن بالله فی یوم فیه اضطربت الارکان من خشیه | This is an Epistle from the presence of Bahá unto him who believed in God on a Day whereon the pillars trembled with fear [3.5s] | BLIB_Or03114.084r, , BLIB_Or15725.246, | BRL_DA#107, SFI04.016 | Chastisement and requital; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03223 | 1100 | mixed | حبذا ید الله مساعد که بعد از قرون و اعصار آنحضرت را بقدرت محیطه و قوت قاهره... ذکر جناب حاجی محمد حسین ساکن مصر و حاجی محمد حسین ساکن طفلیس | How glorious is the assisting Hand of God which, after centuries and ages, through His all-encompassing power and overwhelming might... mention of Jináb-i-Hájí Muhammad Husayn, resident of Egypt, and Hájí Muhammad Husayn, resident of Tiflis [3.5s] | INBA41:439b.10x | LMA1.427x (258), LMA2.213x, YIA.192-194x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Law of pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00186 | Answer to Haji Mulla Mihdi-i-Rashti, on grammar | 1100 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی یبدع ما یشاء بامره و اذا اراد لشیء فقیل ان یقول له کن فیکون لموجود الحمد لله الذی تجلی للجوهریات بنور طلعته اللازلیه | Glorified be He Who createth whatsoever He willeth through His command, and when He desireth a thing for it to be, He but saith unto it "Be!" and it is. Praise be unto God Who hath revealed Himself unto all essences through the light of His pre-existent Countenance [3.5s] | PR07.039r-040v, CMB_F21.111.02-115.15#17, | Grammar and orthography; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Monasticism; asceticism; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, GOH.206 | |||||||
| BB00178 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بازلیتک التی انها هی مرتفعة فوق کل شیء ان تبدلن کل ذات الف | O God! I beseech Thee, by Thine eternity which transcendeth all else, to transform every possessor of the letter Alif [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.276-282, CMB_F14.185r07-189r05, | Fire and light; fire and water; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00180 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک باولیتک التی انها هی مرتفعة فوق کل شیء ان تذلن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة النفی باستقلال سلطنتک | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Firstness, which verily transcendeth all things, to abase every being possessing the letter Alif that claimeth association with the Tree of Negation, through Thy sovereign might [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.001a04-005b11 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| 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, | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | JRAS.458, 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, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Impossibility of true worship of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00177 | Du’a’ li-Ithbati’l-ithbat | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بابدیتک التی انها هی مرتفعة فوق کل شیء ان توجدن شجرة الاثبات و ما ینسب الیها | O God! I beseech Thee, by Thine eternity which transcendeth every created thing, to bring forth the Tree of Affirmation and all that pertaineth thereunto [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.080-084, CMB_F14.132r10-136r03, | Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| 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, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.458, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00181 | Du’a’ li’n-Nuri’l-Akhdar | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک من ابدیتک بتابدها و کل ابدیتک متابدة عندک ثم فی ام الکتاب اللهم انی اسئلک بابدیتک کلها | O God! I beseech Thee by Thine Eternity in its perpetuity, and verily all Thine eternity is everlasting in Thy presence and in the Mother Book. O my God! I beseech Thee by Thine eternity in its entirety [3.5s] | CMB_F14.229v01-233r09, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.461, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00182 | Du’a’a’l-Vahhabiyya | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی اشهدک بشهادتک لنفسک انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لم تزل کنت علی حالة الازل لمن یعرفک کما انت انت احد | O God! I testify, through Thy testimony unto Thyself, that verily Thou art God, and there is none other God but Thee. Thou art alone, peerless, unchanging, and eternal, in Thine everlasting state, unto those who recognize Thee as Thou art. Indeed, Thou art the One and the Incomparable [4o] | PR03.046r12-047r10, PR04.205v02-207v13, MKI4499.007, MKI4511.024r-029v, BYC_collect3.126-130 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Impossibility of true worship of God; Justice and wrath of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00187 | Epistle to Muhammad Shah 5 | 1100 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | Tablets of the Báb to Muhammad Shah | بسم الله المتکبر الشدید. سبحان الذی یعلم ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض و انه لا اله الا هو الملک القهار العظیم هو الذی یقضی یوم الفصل بالحق | Glory be unto Him Who knoweth all that is in the heavens and in the earth. Verily there is no God but Him | TZH3.082.06-085.20, SWBP#05 (p.009-013), OOL.A023.5 | SWB#05 (p.018-023) | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | AHDA.460.08, MMAH.027, SRC.097, SRC.193 | |||||
| BB00173 | Fi Istifhamat al-Qur'an | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع جوهریات ذوات اهل الانشاء لا من شیئ بامره لیعرفه کل من فی ملکوت الارض والسموات | Praise be to God Who hath brought forth, through His Command, the essential realities of created beings out of nothingness, that all within the kingdom of earth and heaven might know Him [3.5s] | INBA14:395-400, INBA40:192-196, INBA53:406-411, INBA67:273-279, INBA_6010C:393-398, , CMB_F21.100.03-104.17#13, , Berlin3655.118r-120v | Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.079, SRC.194 | ||||||||
| ABU0125 | Interview with Hudson Maxim, New York, 1912-04-15 | 1100 | Welcome! Welcome! Very welcome! [Hudson Maxim.] "I am glad to hear you speak English." | SW_v03#07 p.005+010-011 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | 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 Perfection, Thine the Countenance and the Beauty, Thine the Mercy and the Bounty, Thine the Awe and the Justice, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes, Thine the Stations and the Reverence, Thine the Power and the Action, Thine the Joy and the Words [3.5s] | MKI4515.050r-055v | Absolute freedom; independence of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00175 | Khutba on gematria and its sister (‘ilmi’l-Huruf va Ukhtiha) | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف ذاته بایاته المتجلیه فی غرا لفواد بغیر تشبیه و لا تفریق لیشهد الکل فی مقعد الفضل | Praise be to God Who hath enabled the gnosis of His Essence to be realized through His verses which express theophanic self-disclosure within the grandeur of the inmost heart | INBA67:228-233, INBA91:030.07-036.06, INBA_5006C:315-317, , INBA_5019C:322-324, , INBA_6004C:209-213, | HURQ.BB20x | Alchemy; the elixir; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.09, SRC.063, SRC.187, SRC.191 | |||||||
| 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 | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Grandeur and the Independence, Thine the Power and the Deeds, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.051a03-056a07 | Chastisement and requital; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00193 | Mina’z-Zahiri fi’l-Mir’at | 1100 | Arabic | بالله الله العلم القدر. و س اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا السلطان المقتدر قد خلقت کل شیء بامری و اننی انا کنت نصاراً منتصراً | Váv. Sín. Verily, I am God; there is no God but Me, the Sovereign, the All-Powerful! Through My command have I created all things, and I, verily, am the Helper, the Victorious [3.5s] | MANU.036-036x | Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God as mirror; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00176 | Prayer for Laylatu'l-Qadr | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ینزل ما یشاء بامره و یبدع فی کل حین بما یشاء فی الملک سبحانه و تعالی عما یصفون یاالهی کیف اثنی ذاتیتک و احصی مجد کینونیتک | Praise be to God, Who sendeth down whatsoever He willeth by His command, and createth at every moment whatsoever He pleaseth in His dominion. Glorified and exalted is He above all that they attribute unto Him! O God, how can I extol Thine Essence and recount the glory of Thy Being [3.5s] | HNMJ.154-164 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Imam 'Ali; Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Transcendence; unknowability 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, | Justice and wrath of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.461, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| ABU0126 | Public address given on 1912-04-12 | 1100 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | This is a most happy visit. I have crossed the sea from the land of the Orient | BDA1.030n | PUP#002 (p.004-007), SW_v15#09 p.254-255x, DWN_v5#11 p.001-004x | Christ; Christianity; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrdom of the Bab; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | MHMD1.039 | ||||||||
| BB00174 | Tafsir-i-Almavadda fi’l-Qurba | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی افرغنی لمشاهدة قمص طلعة حضرة ظهوره فی وسط الجبال و الهمنی | Praise be to God Who hath granted Me to behold the garments of His Manifestation's countenance amidst the mountains and hath inspired Me [3.5s] | PR07.042v-044r, CMB_F21.138.03-143.04#25, | TZH3.053.12-054.15x | Nearness and remoteness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095 | |||||||
| BHU0002 | Words spoken in the house of Aqay-i-Kalim to Nabil-i-A'zam 2 | 1100 | Praise be to God that whatever is essential for the believers in this Revelation to be told has been revealed... Be thankful to God for having enabled you to recognise His Cause. | BKOG.060x, BKOG.116x, BSTW#403x, DB.582-586 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0124 | Words spoken on 1912-07-09 in New York | 1100 | ...Tell Mrs. D. there are only two ways of correcting the social conditions; it cannot be done by force. | PN_1912 p109x, BSTW#351ax | Agriculture; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00185 | Ziyarat for 'the twenty-nine letters' | 1100 | Arabic | هو بسم الله القادر الاقدر الافطر الاقهر. سبحان الذی قد بدع الآیات بفضله کیف یشاء انه هو المقتدر العسوف اول کافور سازج اطهر اظهر ابرز اطرز من رب العماء علیک یا ایها السر المخزون | Glorified be He Who hath created the verses through His grace as He willeth. Verily, He is the All-Powerful, the Most Mighty. The first and most refined camphor, most pure, most manifest, most resplendent, most adorned, from the Lord of the celestial realm descendeth upon thee, O thou Hidden Mystery [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.541-547, BYC_jabar.006.04-009.08 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00179 | Ziyarat for the first to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی اسئلک باسمک یا الله یا رحمن یا رحیم یا رب یا مالک یا محیط یا قدیر یا علیم | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, O God, O Compassionate One, O Merciful One, O Lord, O Sovereign, O All-Encompassing, O Almighty, O All-Knowing! [4o] | INBA_6007C.112-116, CMB_F14.088v05-091v09, | Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BH00704 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Babu'l-Bab va Quddus | 1100 | Arabic | Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | Ziyarat-Namih-i-Mulla Muhammad `Ali-i-Barfurushi (Tablets of Visitation for Mulla Muhammad `Ali-i-Barfurushi (Quddus)) | السلام الظاهر من مطلع فم اراده الله مولی الوری و النور المشرق من افق سماء | The peace that hath shone forth from the Dayspring of the Will of God, the Lord of all being, and the light that hath dawned above the horizon | BLIB_Or15714.077, | BRL_DA#535, GANJP.009-010x | BRL_ATBH#82, ADMS#153 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Hands of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | x | * | - | LL#344 | Baha’u’llah’s Tablet of Visitation for Mulla Husayn and Quddus. | ||
| 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00713 | 1090 | mixed | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | اشهد الله و ملائکته و انبیائه و اصفیائه و اولیائه و احبائه و اودآئه بان | I bear witness, through God and His angels, His Prophets, His chosen ones, His saints, His loved ones and His trusted ones, that [3.5s]... ...The truth is manifest, the kingdom of utterance is resplendent, and the Day of God is clearly revealed! And yet souls who would, wholly for the sake of God, awaken the people and guide them to the True One are as scarce as the philosopher’s stone | BLIB_Or11097#009, | BRL_DA#270, AVK3.114.12x, MAS8.137bx, AYI2.380x | BRL_ATBH#20x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| BH00714 | 1090 | Arabic | الحمد لله خالق الاشیاء و فاطر السماء و له الاسماء الحسنی و الصفات العلیا اصلی | All praise be unto God, Creator of all things and Fashioner of the heavens, unto Whom belong the most excellent names and the most exalted attributes. I pray [3.5s]... ...We have invited all men to turn towards God, and have acquainted them with the Straight Path. They [divines] rose up against Us | BLIB_Or15727a.096, | GPB.231x, PDC.143x | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00715 | 1090 | mixed | حمد مقدس از ذکر حامد و محمود مطلع نور احد حضرت محمد را لایق و سزاست که | Praise, hallowed beyond the mention of all who praise or are praised, befitteth that Dawning-Place of the Light of Oneness, His Holiness Muhammad [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15701.023, | Exhortations and counsels; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Martyrs and martyrdom; Muhammad; Islam; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00716 | 1090 | mixed | حمد مقدس از ما یشهد و یری مالک ارض و سما را لایق و سزاست که بجنود قویه غالبه | Praise be sanctified above all else, befitting Him Who witnesseth and seeth all things, the Lord of earth and heaven, Who through His mighty and triumphant hosts [3.5s] | INBA19:250, INBA32:225, INBA41:148x, BLIB_Or15701.337, | BRL_DA#139, KHSH05.005, NSS.092ax | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00717 | 1090 | Arabic | سبحان من یفعل ما یشاء انه هو الامر فی الارض و السماء لا تمنعه جنود الاسماء | Glorified be He Who doeth whatsoever He willeth! Verily, He is the Sovereign Ordainer in earth and heaven, Whom the hosts of names cannot withstand [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.169b, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0130 | Address to the Baha'is at 780 West End (Kinney home) in New York, 1912-12-02 | 1090 | Persian | Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Universal peace — in which book is this?' | خوش آمدید خوب مجمعی است الحمد للّه وجوه منجذب بملکوت ابهی رویها متوجّه بآسمان است | You are all welcome. This is a goodly assemblage. Praise be to God! The hearts are directed | BRL_DAK#0651 | BWF.245-248, LOG#0600x, PUP#135 (p.453-457), SW_v04#15 p.253-255+258, SW_v05#02 p.020-021, BSTW#052hx | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; House of Justice; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Oneness; unity of religion; Religion as source of love and unity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0127 | Address to the friends at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1913-05-23 | 1090 | mixed | امروز چون مبعث حضرت اعلی بود لهذا جمیع شماها را تبریک میگویم امروز روزی بود | Today is the anniversary of the declaration of the Bab - Peace be upon thee! Today the Bab declared this cause in Shiraz | AMK.296-301, AYT.107, GHA.375, KHF.005, KHAB.436 (437), KHTB3.005 | ADP.051-054 | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Martyrdom of the Bab; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00718 | Lawh-i-'Ali | 1090 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-'Ali (Tablet to 'Ali) | یا علی از یومی که لوح معهود که به صیحه و ساعه و صور نامیده شده ارسال گشت مشرکین | O Ali! From the day when that promised Tablet - which hath been designated as the Cry, the Hour and the Trumpet - was dispatched, the ungodly [3.5s]... ...The voice of the Divine Herald, proceeding out of the throne of God, declareth: O ye My loved ones! Suffer not the hem of My sacred vesture | BLIB_Or11096#260, , BLIB_Or15698.290, , BLIB_Or15710.051, , BLIB_Or15720.286x, , BLIB_Or15740.222x, , Majlis934.273-281 | BRL_DA#136, GWBP#100 p.132x, AVK3.473.02x, IQT.290, ASAT4.264x, OOL.B164 | GWB#100x, LOG#0419x, ADJ.025x2x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.059x, MBW.117x, WOB.163x | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Work as worship | - | - | LL#045 | ||||
| ABU0129 | Public address given on 1912-06-16 | 1090 | Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | This is a Unitarian church, and in the Arabic tongue this day may well be called... What is real unity?... O God! Educate these children | BRL_CHILD#18x, BPRY.028x, BWF.257-260, PUP#069 (p.190-194), FWU.066x, SW_v03#10 p.030-032 | William Sears & the Ayyam-i-Ha Kids [track 1], Ine, Nabil and Karim, TaliaSafa, E. Peterson, MANA, J. Crone, C. McGrail, E. Mahony | Education of children; moral education; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Manifestation of God as sun; Martyrs and martyrdom; Oneness; unity of religion; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0128 | Words spoken on 1914-01-15 | 1090 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures | امروز من خیلی میل داشتم که بیایم بالا ولی احوالم طوری بود که مساعدت نکرد هوا | You are all welcome. How are you? It was my intense desire to come up today and see you... Tonight, I desire to speak to you on a most important subject, which you must engrave on the tablets of your hearts... The Holy, Divine Manifestations are unique and peerless. They are the archetypes of celestial and spiritual virtues in their own age and cycle. | AVK4.287cx, MSBH3.476-479x, NJB_v05#09 p.003x | DAS.1914-01-17, BSC.283 #581x, SW_v05#06 p.081-082x, SW_v09#06 p.082-083x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Oneness; unity of religion; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | Degrees of faith; certitude; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0133 | Words to some friends, spoken around 1914-11-15 | 1090 | There are many militarists of the ancient, conservative school who hold the opinion that Alexander of Macedon was the greatest born leader | DAS.1914-11-15 | Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Justice and mercy; Stories; anecdotes; War and peace; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0132 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-03-13 | 1090 | Woe unto the world because of offenses, for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh. | DAS.1915-03-13 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00027 | 1080 | Persian | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای یاران رحمانی من در حالتیکه دریای امتحان پرموج گشته و موج بلایا باوج رسیده | O my spiritual loved ones! At a time when an ocean of trials and tribulations was surging up and flinging its waves to the heavens | MKT4.123, MNMK#094 p.172, MMK1#200 p.234, MILAN.138, KHSH10.03x, YHA1.098 (1.199), NJB_v01#14 p.001x | SWAB#200, TAB.035-038, BWF.356-357x | N. Best & A. Vedovi, D. & R. Saberi | Compassion; kindness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| BH00719 | 1080 | Arabic | ان یا زین المقربین قد حضر کتابک لدی الوجه و سمعنا ما فیه بذلک تموج بحر عنایه | O Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin! Thy letter hath come before Our presence and We have hearkened unto that which it containeth. Thus did the ocean of bounty surge forth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#007, | ADM2#091 p.171x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00720 | 1080 | mixed | حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان بساط قرب قدس مالک قدم را سزاست که ضوضای اهل عالم او | Hallowed praise, transcending word and utterance, befitteth the sacred court of nearness of the Ancient Lord, Whom the clamor of the peoples of the world [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#065, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00721 | 1080 | Persian | رقیمه آنجناب رسید از نفحات آن کمال بهجت و سرور دست داد انشاء الله در کل احیان... قل قد حرم علیکم الزینا و اللواط | The letter of that honored personage hath been received. From its gentle breeze, utmost joy and felicity were vouchsafed. God willing, in all seasons... ...Ye are forbidden to commit adultery, sodomy and lechery. Avoid them, O concourse of the faithful. By the righteousness of God! Ye have been called into being to purge the world from the defilement of evil passions | INBA22:155, NLAI_BH4.088-095 | AvK3.513.12x, GHA.338x, ASAT1.077x | COC#0148x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Muhammad; Islam; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Unchastity and adultery | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00722 | 1080 | mixed | Huqúqu'lláh | ساذج حمد و جوهر ثنا صریر قلم اعلی را لایق و سزاست که ضوضای علما و زماجیر | The pure essence of praise and the gem of glorification beseemeth the flow of the Most Exalted Pen, which amidst the clamor of the divines and the rattling of chains [3.5s]... ...And now concerning what thou has mentioned regarding the Huquq. This hath been ordained especially for the one true God -- exalted be His glory | BLIB_Or15730.104, | BRL_DA#442, BRL_HUQUQP#009x, AVK1.137ax, AVK1.279.05x, AVK3.411.02x | BRL_HUQUQ#009x, COC#1140x, KSHK#17x | Business; financial; property matters; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Law of Huququ'llah; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| BH00723 | 1080 | mixed | کتاب الله ناطق و آفتاب حقیقت مشرق نور وجه با کلمه انه هو الله بعد فناء اشیا | The Book of God proclaimeth, and the Sun of Truth hath risen effulgent, its light shining with the Word "Verily, He is God" after all things have passed away [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.027, | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for protection; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00724 | 1080 | Arabic | هذا کتاب نزل بالحق و فیه ما یقرب العالمین الی رضوان قدس بدیع ان یستقیمن علی حب | This is a Book sent down in truth, wherein is that which draweth the peoples of the world nigh unto a hallowed and wondrous Paradise, should they remain steadfast in love [3.5s] | INBA83:172, BLIB_Or15702.192, , BLIB_Or15737.150, , NLAI_BH2.085, ALIB.folder18p162 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00725 | 1080 | mixed | Consultation | یا ابن دخیل علیک بهاء الله الملک المقتدر العزیز الجمیل انا قرئنا کتابک من قبل | O son of Dakhíl! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Sovereign, the Almighty, the All-Powerful, the All-Beauteous. Verily, We have read thy letter aforetime [3.5s]... ...Such matters should be determined through consultation, and whatever emergeth from the consultation of those chosen, that indeed is the command of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting | INBA41:170x, BLIB_Or15716.192d, | MAS8.112bx | BRL_CONSULT#04x, COC#0169x | Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| BH11396 | 1080 | mixed | انا نحب ان نذکر و نقرء ما انزلناه علی محمد رسول الله... براستی میگویم اگر نفسی فی‌الحقیقه لوجه الله بر تبلیغ امر قیام نماید | Verily, We desire to mention and recite that which We revealed unto Muhammad, the Messenger of God... In truth I say, should a soul arise, purely for the sake of God, to promote the Cause [3.5s] | BRL_DA#194, AVK3.466.15x, YIA.056-058 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0134 | Words to Ali Kuli Khan spoken in June 1906 | 1080 | This is one of the conditions of the teachers of the Truth; he must possess pure severance, so that his words may produce such an effect on the hearers | PN_1906 p055, SUR.250-253, BLO_PN#001 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00103 | 1070 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای حقیقتجو شخص محترم نامه که بتاریخ چهارم آپریل ۱۹۲۱ بود رسید و بکمال محبت | O thou distinguished personage, thou seeker after truth! Thy letter of 4 April 1921, hath been read with love. The existence of the Divine Being | MKT3.380, MNMK#146 p.269, MMK1#021 p.044, DWNP_v1#02 p.003-005, KHF.008, KHAB.025? (034), KHTB3.008 | SWAB#021 | Higher encompasses the lower; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of cause and effect; Manifestation of God as mirror; One universal law; attractive power of love; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00104 | 1070 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; River of Life, The | ای مقبلان ای مومنان طلوع شمس حقیقت محض نورانیت عالمست و ظهور رحمانیت در انجمن | O peoples of the world! The Sun of Truth hath risen to illumine the whole earth, and to spiritualize the community of man. | MKT3.118, MNMK#088 p.157, MMK1#001 p.001, MILAN.122, BSHN.140.498, BSHN.144.486, PYM.244, MAS5.273, MHT1a.097, MHT1b.055, DAUD.15 | SWAB#001, ROL.051-055 | Being a source of light; guidance; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00106 | 1070 | mixed | نامه مفصل شما که بتاریخ غره محرم بود رسید از قرائتش تاثرات قلبیه حاصل گردید | Your detailed letter, which was dated the first of Muharram, was received, and its perusal stirred the heart with deep emotion [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0546, MKT3.154, TAH.242x, DUR4.501, MAS5.277, MAS9.135, MSHR5.206x, NNY.065-068 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0135 | 1070 | Persian | عجیب است جمیع مردم مضطربند ده پانزده روز قبل با قنسول آلمان در مسئلهٴ | Strange indeed it is that all people are in a state of agitation. Some ten to fifteen days ago, with the German Consul regarding the matter of [3.5s] | KHF.068, KHAB.458 (459), KHTB3.037, NJB_v05#13 p.003 | Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Nationalism; love of country; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Transcending the material condition; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00726 | 1070 | mixed | حمد مقصودی را لایق و سزا که راه درست نمود و راهنما فرستاد در هر مقام کنزی گذاشت | Praise befitteth and is worthy of the Desired One, Who hath shown forth the straight path and sent forth a guide, placing in every station a treasure [3.5s] | INBA15:029, INBA26:028 | Call to action; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00727 | 1070 | mixed | حمد و ثنا افنان سدره الهیه را لایق و سزاست که جنود ظنون و صفوف اوهام ایشانرا | Praise and glory befit the branches of the divine Lote-Tree, whom neither the hosts of idle fancies nor the ranks of vain imaginings [3.5s] | AQA7#381 p.071 | Praise and encouragement; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00728 | 1070 | mixed | در این حین که نیر اعظم از افق سماء حبیه مشرق و لائح اسمی مهدی علیه بهائی | At this moment when the Most Great Luminary is dawning from the horizon of the heaven of love, resplendent and manifest, My Name Mahdi, upon Him be My glory [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15738.221b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suicide; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00730 | 1070 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من العبد الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله و آیاته و کانوا من الذینهم بایات الله لمهتدین | This is an epistle from the servant unto them that have believed in God and His signs, and were among those who are guided by His verses [3.5s] | BLIB_Or03114.001rx, , NLAI_BH2.316, PR03.256a21-257a28 | ASAT2.055x | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00729 | Lawh-i-Ghulamu'l-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth) | 1070 | mixed | Days of Remembrance | Lawh-i-Ghulamul-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth) | قد فتحت ابواب الفردوس و طلع غلام القدس بسلطان مبین فیا بشری هذا غلام الخلد | Lo, the gates of Paradise were unlocked, and the hallowed Youth came forth bearing a serpent plain. Rejoice! This is the immortal Youth | INBA36:464, BLIB_Or15706.093, BLIB_Or15706.139, BLIB_Or15714.014, | AQA7#414 p.203, AYT.092, ASAT4.401x, AKHA_124BE #04-05 p.hx, OOL.B038, AMB#27 | DOR#27, BLO_PT#127 | Narrates in mystical language the appearance of the Immortal Youth (Bahá’u’lláh), whose beauty is compared to that of Joseph, who is unveiled by the Maid of Heaven and who summons His lovers unto Him. | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Mystical themes; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | 1b | * | * | ROB1.213, MMAH.125, GSH.032, LL#090 | ||
| ABU0137 | Public address given on 1912-05-05 | 1070 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | The divine religions were founded for the purpose of unifying humanity and establishing universal peace.... O Thou kind Lord! Thou hast created all humanity from the same stock | BDA1.070n | BPRY.113-115x, PUP#041 (p.097-100), SW_v03#04 p.024-027, SW_v15#03 p.057, DWN_v6#11 p.002-004 | Louis, Bahiyyih, Oisin & Danny | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Prayer for peace and unity; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | MHMD1.079 | |||||||
| ABU0138 | Public address given on 1912-11-09 | 1070 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | Every composition is necessarily subject to destruction or disintegration. For instance | PUP#123 (p.415-418), SW_v05#19 p.291-293 | Composition and decomposition; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Relationship of the soul to the body; Second birth; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00105 | Some Answered Questions #037 The Connection between God and His Manifestations | 1070 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | بدان که حقیقت الوهیت و کنه ذات احدیت تنزیه صرف و تقدیس بحت | Know that the reality of the Divinity and the nature of the divine Essence is ineffable sanctity and absolute holiness | MFD#37, DWNP_v2#01 p.015-018, OOL.C022.37 | SAQ#37 | Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Names and attributes of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0136 | Words spoken on 1915-04-30 in Haifa | 1070 | His life [Khalil's] was an example of honesty and activity... This man [Abdullah] lives in Baghdad and was notorious for his evil deeds... This man [Isma'il] was the well-known architect of Farrokh Khan in Tihran... | DAS.1915-04-30 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Hospitality; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00107 | 1060 | Persian | یا امه البهاء نامه شما قرائت گردید ولی متحیر ماندم از مضمون آن زیرا میدانی | O handmaiden of Bahá! Your letter was read, but I was astonished at its contents, for you know [3.5s]... ...By God, I am not offended by Mírza Badí‘u’llah, or by the harm he inflicted on Me which caused My renewed incarceration and stirred up mischief against Me | MMK5#224 p.173 | LTDT.242x | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00731 | 1060 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی خلق النقطه و فصل منها علم ما کان و ما یکون و زین بها کتب | Praise be unto God, Who hath created the Point and hath drawn forth from it the knowledge of what hath been and what shall be, and hath adorned therewith the Sacred Books [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.108, | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Personal instructions; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00732 | 1060 | mixed | ان یا کلمه القدس بشر فی نفسک بما جعلک الله مقدسا عن اشارات المحتجبین ان یا | O Word of Holiness! Rejoice within thy soul for that which God hath made thee sanctified above the allusions of them that are veiled. O Thou [3.5s] | AYBY.151c | Business; financial; property matters; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Equality of men and women; Power of prayer; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00734 | 1060 | mixed | تلک آیات الامر نزلت بالحق من لدن مقتدر قیوما و فیها ارتفعت صریخ الله بما | These are the verses of the Command, sent down in truth from the presence of One Who is the All-Powerful, the Self-Subsisting. Through them hath been raised the Call of God inasmuch as [3.5s] | INBA38:086ax, BLIB_Or03114.074x, , BLIB_Or15725.407, , BLIB_Or15737.197, | BRL_DA#419, LHKM1.049 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00735 | 1060 | mixed | حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که از قلم اعلی جنودی ترتیب فرمود و از آن | Praise be unto the Lord of all desires, Who is worthy and befitting, for from the Supreme Pen He hath marshaled forth His hosts, and from them [3.5s] | INBA31:211 | Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00736 | 1060 | mixed | حمد محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که باصبع قدرت ختم رحیق مختوم را گشود و بایادی | Praise befitteth the Best-Beloved, Who with the finger of might hath broken the seal of the choice wine, and with His hands [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#057, | UAB.026bx, ANDA#59 p.03x | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Living waters; water of life; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00737 | 1060 | mixed | ذکر من لدنا لمن وجد نفحات القمیص و اقبل الی شطر الله المقتدر العلی العظیم | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath inhaled the fragrance of the Garment and hath turned toward the court of God, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the Great [3.5s] | BLIB_Or03116.116rx, , BLIB_Or11096#036x, , BLIB_Or15722.063, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Power of prayer; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Study; deepening | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00738 | 1060 | mixed | سبحان الله جل جلاله و عم نواله و عظم قدرته و کبر سلطانه گاهی لقا میبخشد گاهی | Glorified be God, exalted be His majesty, all-encompassing be His bounty, supreme be His might and great be His sovereignty! At times He bestoweth His presence [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.303, | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Humor; jokes; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00740 | 1060 | mixed | هذا یوم فیه ارتفعت الاصوات و بدلت اللذات کان الارض و السماء قد تحولنا الی | This is the Day wherein voices have been raised and delights transmuted, as though earth and heaven had been transformed [3.5s] | INBA31:045 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prophecy and fulfillment; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00739 | Lawh-i-Sahab (Tablet of the Cloud) | 1060 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of the Clouds (Lawḥ-i-Saḥáb), The | Lawh-i-Sahab (Tablet of the Clouds) | هذا کتاب من لدی الرحمن الی الذین اقبلوا الی قبله من فی السموات و الارضین | This is a Book from before the Most Merciful unto those who have turned their faces towards Him Who is the Qiblih of all who dwell in the heavens and on earth [3.5s]... ...My captivity can bring on Me no shame. Nay, by My life, it conferreth on Me glory. That which can make Me ashamed is the conduct of such of My followers as profess to love Me | INBA34:109, LEID.Or4970 item 10, , Majlis934.125.02-126.09x | BRL_DA#073, GWBP#060 p.083ax, AQA1#008, MAS4.168ax, MAS4.364bx, MAS8.107bx, ASAT4.051x, ASAT4.132x, ANDA#72 p.03x, OOL.B075 | GWB#060x, TN.042x, ADJ.032x, GPB.190x, PDC.135-136x, PDC.139x, WOB.105x, JHT_B#002 | Proclamatory tablet mentioning Bahá’u’lláh’s recent summons to Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh and Napoleon III, extolling the prophetic significance of the Holy Land and His banishment there, and exhorting His followers to proclaim His message with wisdom, deeds, and upright conduct, describing them as those who would pass through a valley of pure gold ‘aloof as a cloud’. | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 3a | * | - | MMAH.167, GSH.179, LL#228 | ||
| ABU0139 | Public address given on 1912-11-29 | 1060 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | This evening I wish to speak to you concerning the mystery of sacrifice. There are two kinds of sacrifice | PUP#133 (p.449-452), SW_v07#12 p.109-111+115 | Justice and mercy; Original sin; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0140 | Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken on 1898-02-22 | 1060 | If your hearts are turned always towards God, and filled with the love of God, that love will separate them from all other things, that love will be the wall | PN_1899 p004, AEP.021-022, NRMM.163, BLO_PN#031 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00741 | 1050 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی ظهر و اظهر ما هو المستور فی ازل الازال و نطق بثناء نفسه | Praise be to God Who hath manifested and revealed that which lay hidden from time immemorial, and hath spoken forth in praise of His own Self [3.5s] | INBA31:019, BLIB_Or11097#069, | BRL_DA#476 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00742 | 1050 | Arabic | ان یا نبیل قد ارسلنا الیک لوحا و من قبله کتابا و من قبله زبرا و من قبله صحایف التی | O Nabíl! We have sent down unto thee a Tablet, and before it a Book, and before that Sacred Scriptures, and ere these, Scrolls which [3.5s] | INBA83:288, ALIB.folder18p186 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00743 | 1050 | mixed | جذب و ولهی در مدینه عشاق ظاهر چه که جوهری از جواهر ثمینه قصد کان خود نموده و | Rapture and ecstasy have appeared in the City of the Lovers, inasmuch as a precious gem from amongst the priceless jewels hath set forth towards its Mine [3.5s]... ...Know thou, of a truth, these great oppressions that have befallen the world are preparing it for the advent of the Most Great Justice | INBA51:158b, KB_620:151-155 | BRL_DA#553 | ADJ.027x, PDC.007x | The Badasht Project | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| BH00744 | 1050 | mixed | حمد حضرت قیوم را لایق و سزاست که بایادی عطا رحیق مختوم را بر عالمیان مبذول | Praise be to the Self-Subsisting Lord, Who hath, through the hands of His bounty, bestowed upon all the peoples the sealed wine [3.5s] | INBA51:019, KB_620:012-013 | BRL_DA#482, SFI22.011-013 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Hands of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00745 | 1050 | Arabic | سبحان الذی یذکر من یشاء بامر من عنده و یلقی من یشاء ما یرید من علمه لا اله الا | Glorified be He Who remembereth whom He willeth through a command from His presence, and bestoweth upon whom He pleaseth whatsoever He desireth of His knowledge. There is no God but Him [3.5s] | INBA18:204c, INBA71:109, BLIB_Or15696.159, , BLIB_Or15738.079, | AQA7#387 p.091, SFI04.018, TZH4.293-295, KHAF.082 | Development of capacity and readiness; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Methods of teaching the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00747 | 1050 | mixed | قد ذکر ذکره لدی الوجه و ذکرناه بما تهیج به بحر البیان فی ملکوت التبیان و | His mention hath been made before the Face, and We have made mention of him in such wise as to cause the ocean of utterance to surge in the Kingdom of exposition [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#248, , BLIB_Or15710.044, | MAS1.007.1x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Consultation; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01756 | 1050 | Arabic | ان یا عبد قم و ناد بین العباد بالحکمه و الموعظه قل یا قوم هل ینبغی لاحد بعد ظهور | O servant! Arise, and call out amongst the servants with wisdom and exhortation. Say: O people! After the appearance of [3.5s]... ...We, verily have not fallen short of Our duty to exhort men, and to deliver that whereunto I was bidden by God, the Almighty, the All-Praised | BRL_DA#384, YMM.178x, YMM.400x | GPB.220x | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal human capacity for spiritual recognition | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0146 | Address to Federation of Women's Clubs at Hotel La Salle in Chicago, 1912-05-02 | 1050 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | One of the functions of the sun is to quicken and reveal the hidden realities | BDA1.065n | LOG#0488x, LOG#2077x, LOG#2086x, PUP#032 (p.074-077), BSC.308 #629, SW_v03#04 p.012-014, DWN_v5#05 p.005-008x, PN_1912 p081 | Equality of men and women; Manifestation of God as sun; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; Unity in diversity; Universal education | - | - | MHMD1.073 | ||||||||
| ABU0145 | Public address given on 1912-04-19 | 1050 | Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | If we look with a perceiving eye upon the world of creation, we find that all existing things may be classified | BDA1.038n | BWF.242-245, PUP#012 (p.029-032), FWU.049, SW_v03#08 p.008-010 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; High station of learning; Man's distinction from the animal; Oneness; unity of religion; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | MHMD1.047-048 | ||||||||
| ABU0147 | Public address given on 1912-06-23 | 1050 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | You are always smiling. [Mr. Osborne:] Surely our faces should reflect happiness in this presence. | PUP#075 (p.210-213) | Christ; Christianity; Education of children; moral education; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00746 | Shikkar-Shikan Shavand | 1050 | mixed | Fire and Light; Tablet of Shikkar Shikan (Shikkar Shikkan Shavand); Tablet of Shikkar Shikan (Shikkar Shikkan Shavand); Tablet of Shikkar Shikan Shavand | Lawh-i-Shikkar Shikan (Tablet of Shikkar Shikan Shavand) | شکرشکن شوند همه طوطیان هند زین قند پارسی که به بنگاله میرود مکتوب آنجناب | Warblers, mellifluous-toned, all the parrots of Ind shall be, Because of this Pársí sugar-cone which to Bengal goes… They that yearn for the abode of the Beloved, they that circle round the sanctuary of the Desired One | INBA38:064, INBA36:351, INBA30:070, BLIB_Or15722.210, , BN_suppl.1753.102-106 | BRL_DA#127, NANU_BH#11x, TZH4.242, DRD.147, RHQM1.575-577 (703) (431-433x), ASAT2.105x, ASAT3.105x, AKHA_119BE #09-10 p.ax, FBAH.134x, LDR.432x, NJB_v11#01 p.21-24, OOL.B099 | BRL_FIRE_BH#06x, BLO_PT#120, BLO_PT#121, BKOG.149x | Poetically anticipates future opposition and lauds the constancy of the loved ones of God in the face of threats and persecutions. | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | 1b | * | - | ROB1.147, BKOG.149, BKOG.446, MMAH.209, GSH.031, LL#286 | ||
| ABU0143 | Words spoken ca. 1913-12-22 in Haifa | 1050 | Persian | خوش آمدید احوال شما چطور است از بس از صبح تا بحال من حرف زده ام دیگر قوت | Welcome! How are you! No strength is left in me because I have talked so much, from morning until now | KHF.194, KHTB3.079, NJB_v04#18 p.001 | DAS.1913-12-22x, SW_v09#02 p.024x | Muhammad; Islam; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Christian clergy | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0148 | Words spoken in the house of Abdu'l-Baha in Jan 1910 | 1050 | The Blessed Beauty Bahá'u'lláh has set down in His Writings the oriental natural philosophy that we share with the Persian Súfís | SDW v12#04 p.040-042, BLO_PN#050 | Evolution; human evolution; Heat and motion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0144 | Words spoken on 1915-09-28 in Haifa | 1050 | Persian | لشگر تا در میدان حرب نباشد معلوم نیست که چقدر پادشاه به آن مهربانی و محبت دارد. عساکری که در اوطانشان هستند | Until an army enters the field of battle, the extent of the sovereign's loving-kindness and affection toward it remaineth unknown. Those soldiers who abide in their homelands [3.5s] | NJB_v14#02 p.063, ZSM.1915-09-28 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of example; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0142 | Words spoken on 1915-10-31 in Akka | 1050 | Persian | این سفر امریکا خیلی زحمت داد چند سال طول کشید هر روز در یک جائی در حرکت بودیم، لکن تأییدات | This journey to America entailed manifold hardships and extended over several years. Each day found us in a different place, yet divine confirmations [3.5s] | NJB_v14#10 p.320, ZSM.1915-10-31 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of example; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0141 | Words to reporter from the San Francisco Examiner, spoken on 1912-10-03 | 1050 | Persian | اقلیم امریکا اقلیم معموری است. اسباب تربیت موجود است. مدارس عالیه دارد و تلامذه تربیت می شوند و تحصیل می کنند | The continent of America is most progressive. The means of instructions are prepared.... Divine civilization is a symposium of the perfections... We do not look upon the dresses of women | NJB_v14#05 p.160, ZSM.1915-09-26 | DAS.1913-07-23, SW_v04#12 p.206-207, SW_v07#07 p.054, SW_v07#15 p.134, ABIE.099, VLAB.032x, BLO_PN#007 | Equality of men and women; Freedom of thought and action; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00108 | 1040 | mixed | الهی الهی تری و تشهد ذلی و هوانی و قله نصرتی و شده کربتی و عظیم بلائی و شدید | My God, my God! Thou dost witness and behold my lowliness and abasement, my lack of helpers, the intensity of my grief, the magnitude of my tribulation, and my severe affliction [3.5s] | INBA13:332x | MMK6#485, MSHR4.051x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Seal of the Prophets; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00110 | 1040 | Arabic | یا من هو سمیع لضجیجی و انینی و تاوهی و زفیری و بصیرا بتاسفی و تلهفی و تلبهی | O Thou Who heareth my lamentation, my sighs, my moaning and wailing, and Who beholdeth my grief, my yearning and my distress! [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0346, MKT3.320, AYBY.383 #065 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the departed; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08225 | 1040 | mixed | ای منادی پیمان نامه ها ملاحظه گردید الحمد لله حقیقت حال آن دو مظلوم بزرگوار بر | O Herald of the Covenant! The letters were perused. Praise be to God, the true state of those two wronged and noble souls hath been [3.5s] | INBA85:382b | BRL_DAK#0163, MSHR1.042x, YIA.289-292 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Education of children; moral education; Newspapers and the media; publications; Oneness; unity of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| 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; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00750 | 1040 | mixed | الحمد لله وحده و الصلوه و السلام علی الذی به بدء و منه ختم الذی کان مظهر هذه | Praise be to God alone, and blessings and peace upon Him through Whom all things began and by Whom they were sealed, Who was the Manifestation of this Cause [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.222, , BLIB_Or15711.234, , BLIB_Or15736.033x, | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00751 | 1040 | mixed | ای امین بعنایت رب العالمین بافق مبین فائز شدی و باشراقات انوار جمال قدم در این | O Trustee! Through the loving-kindness of the Lord of all worlds thou hast attained unto the manifest horizon, and through the effulgences of the lights of the Ancient Beauty in this [3.5s]... ...O my God, my Master, the Beloved and Desire of my heart, Whose remembrance and praise grace my lips and resound in the depths of my soul! | BLIB_Or11096#018, , BLIB_Or15698.247, , BLIB_Or15720.243, , BLIB_Or15740.188, | BRL_DA#610, ADM1#008 p.027x, AVK2.099.07x, IQT.247, GHA.073bx | JHT_S#019x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00752 | 1040 | mixed | جوهر حمد و ثنا حضرت محمودی را لایق و سزاست که در مقام محمود خود جمیع عباد را | The essence of praise and glorification befitteth and beseemeth that All-Praised Lord Who, from His all-praised station, hath called all servants [3.5s] | INBA31:090 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00753 | 1040 | mixed | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که آنجناب را موید فرمود بر اقبال و توجه | Praise be to the Desired One, worthy and befitting is He Who hath aided thee to turn unto Him and draw nigh [3.5s] | MKI4523.218, | BRL_DA#262, ISH.218, AYBY.113, AQMJ2.143x, TZH2.483-484x, MAS4.260x, ADH1.115, MSBH7.053x | BRL_ATBH#12x | Praise and encouragement; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation | - | - | |||||||
| BH00754 | 1040 | mixed | حمد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزا که اسرار قلوبرا ظاهر فرمود و | Praise be befitting and worthy of the Most Sacred and Most Exalted Presence of the Desired One, Who hath made manifest the secrets of hearts [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.052, , BLIB_Or15728.183, , OSAI_TC 25r-27r, | BRL_DA#296, AVK3.120.07x | Jabulqa and Jabarsa; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00755 | 1040 | mixed | حمد مالک رقاب را لایق و سزا که در یوم ماب بی ستر و حجاب احزاب را بافق اعلی | Praise be unto Him Who is the Lord of all necks, Who, on the Day of Return, did guide the multitudes, unveiled and unhindered, unto the Most Exalted Horizon [3.5s]... ...Peace and blessings be upon the lord of the world and the cause of the nations’ existence, by whom God revealed the Qur’an and distinguished between truth and falsehood until the day of resurrection | INBA31:133 | MMUH#08x | KSHK#20x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Justice and wrath of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00756 | 1040 | mixed | در هر حین از احیان نعمتهای متوالیه متتابعه حضرت مقصود ظاهر و هویدا وجود از او | At every instant of time, the successive and continuous bounties of the Most-Desired Lord stand manifest and evident, existence flowing from Him [3.5s] | INBA31:145 | Business; financial; property matters; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00757 | 1040 | Arabic | روحی و ذاتی لک الفداء ثم سری و کینونتی لک الفداء قد مضت ایام و ما فاز الخادم | My spirit and my essence are a sacrifice unto Thee; yea, my soul and my being are offered up for Thee. Days have passed, and the servant hath not attained [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15736.091, | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00758 | 1040 | mixed | Translation List | سبحان من خلق الخلق للارتقاء الی سماء عرفانه و امرهم بالاتحاد لاعلاء کلمته و | Glorified be He Who hath created all beings for their ascent unto the heaven of His knowledge and hath commanded them to unite for the exaltation of His Word [3.5s] | INBA15:166, INBA26:167 | ADMS#254x | Consultation; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| BH03032 | 1040 | Arabic | هذا کتاب نزل بالحق و فیه یذکر ما یقرب الناس الی الله فی تلک الایام... و سمی بلسان الحکماء صنعة المکتوم و سر المکنون | This is a Book sent down in truth, wherein is mentioned that which draweth men nigh unto God in these days [3.5s]... ...This is that which has been called the hidden craft and the concealed secret by the tongues of the philosophers | Berlin1237#24, ALIB.folder18p242 | YMM.387x | REVS.173x | Knowledge; recognition of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11695 | 1040 | mixed | سبحان الذی اظهر لنا ما کان مسطورا فی کتابه و مکنونا فی علمه و شرفنا بلقائه | Glorified be He Who hath manifested unto us that which was inscribed in His Book and concealed within His knowledge, and Who hath honored us with His presence [3.5s] | BRL_DA#529 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00759 | Lawh-i-Naqus (=Subhanaka Ya Hu) | 1040 | Arabic | Days of Remembrance | Lawh-i-Naqus (Tablet of the Bell) | یا راهب الاحدیه اضرب علی الناقوس بما ظهر یوم الله و استوی جمال العز علی عرش | This is the garden of Paradise, wherein arise the anthems of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting; wherein ascend the soul-entrancing melodies | INBA36:466, BLIB_Or15706.083, , BLIB_Or15714.020, | AHM.141, AYT.100, NSR_1993.099, TSQA4.293, ABMK.040, OOL.B101, AMB#26, RMT.023 | DOR#26, RBB.169-172, BLO_PT#122, BLO_PT#123, BLO_PT#124 | Proclamatory tablet, with repeated refrain celebrating the name ‘He’, commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the declaration of the Báb. | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Monasticism; asceticism; Nearness and remoteness; Prayer for detachment; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 2a | - | * | ROB2.018, EBTB.130, BKOG.206, MMAH.103, GSH.071, LL#288 | ||
| AB00109 | Lawh-i-Tanzih va Taqdis (=Lawh-i-Dukhan) | 1040 | mixed | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Tablet of Purity | Lawh-i-Tanzih va Taqdis (Tablet of Chastity and Purity) | ای یاران پاک یزدان تنزیه و تقدیس در جمیع شئون از خصائص پاکانست و از لوازم آزادگان | O Friends of the Pure and Omnipotent God! To be pure and holy in all things is an attribute of the consecrated soul | MKT1.324, MNMK#107 p.200, MMK1#129 p.142, AKHA_104BE #07 p.01, AHB.123BE #05 p.136x, AVK3.039.03x, AVK3.296.10x, DWNP_v6#10 p.001-004, PYB#139 p.03, ADH2_1#34 p.051x, MJMJ2.020bx, MMG2#377 p.421x, YHA1.340x, KHAZ.111-114, HYB.168, OOL.C017 | SWAB#129, BRL_Aqdas.n170ax, TAB.581-585, BWF.333-336x, COC#1414x, LOG#1186x, LOG#1188x, LOG#1192x, LOG#1839x | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Cleanliness and refinement; Excellence; distinction; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | x | * | * | |||||
| ABU0152 | Public address given on 1912-05-19 | 1040 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | Because this is called the Church of Brotherhood, I wish to speak upon the brotherhood of mankind... The real brotherhood is spiritual | PUP#050 (p.129-132), BSC.319 #639x, BSC.463 #858x, SW_v03#09 p.006-007+009 | Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Predictions and prophecies; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0149 | Public address given on 1912-05-28 | 1040 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | The Fatherhood of God, His loving-kindness and beneficence are apparent to all.... Praise be to God, the springtime of God | PUP#056 (p.150-153), FWU.014, SW_v03#07 p.015+019-021, SW_v11#01 p.006-007 | Independent investigation of truth; reality; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0150 | Public address given on 1912-09-20 | 1040 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | Praise be to God! This is a beautiful and radiant assemblage. It is a merciful gathering | PUP#105 (p.325-328) | Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Proofs for the existence of God; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0151 | Words spoken on 1912-08-02 in Dublin, NH | 1040 | mixed | خوش آمدید خیلی خوش آمدید از این احساسات که در عالم انسانی پیدا شده است باید | Welcome, most welcome! From these sentiments that have emerged in the world of humanity, it is incumbent [3.5s] | AMK.304-309, KHTB2.197, NJB_v04#11 p.003 | Elementary matter cannot be annihilated; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00111 | 1030 | mixed | ای یاران الهی و دوستان حقیقی پروردگار عالمیان جمیع کائنات را بفیض رحمانیت از | O ye divine friends and true companions of the Lord of the worlds! Through His all-embracing bounty He hath brought forth all created things [3.5s] | INBA55:295, INBA88:063 | MMK2#122 p.094, MMK3#154 p.107 | Creation of the world; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00760 | 1030 | mixed | الحمد لله الباقی الدائم المقتدر الذی احاط الارض و السماء بکلمته العلیا و اظهر الانسان و فضله | Praise be unto God, the Ever-Abiding, the Eternal, the All-Powerful, Who hath encompassed earth and heaven through His exalted Word and hath brought forth man, endowing him with distinction [3.5s] | INBA15:206, INBA26:207 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for governments and rulers; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00761 | 1030 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی انزل الایات و اظهر العلامات و بین للکل ما اراد انه لمالک | Praise be unto God, Who hath revealed the verses and made manifest the signs, and hath clearly declared unto all that which He hath willed. Verily, He is the Possessor [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.107, , BLIB_Or15711.236, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Review of publications; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00762 | 1030 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی توحد بالبقاء و تفرد بالعظمه و الکبریاء و تقدس عما ذکر فی ملکوت | Praise be to God, Who hath singled Himself out in eternity, distinguished Himself through grandeur and majesty, and sanctified Himself above whatsoever is mentioned in the Kingdom [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.117, , BLIB_Or15711.032, | Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00763 | 1030 | mixed | الحمد لمن زین العالم بطراز العلم و به اوضح صراط العمل و اظهر ما یرتفع به | Praise be unto Him Who hath adorned the world with the ornament of knowledge, whereby He hath made clear the path of deeds and revealed that which exalteth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.040, | AVK4.468x | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00764 | 1030 | mixed | ان یا اسم السین ینادیک الله من هذا المقام المبین انه لا اله الا هو المقتدر | O Thou Whose name beginneth with S! God calleth thee from this Most Manifest Station. Verily, there is no God but Him, the All-Powerful [3.5s] | AYBY.041 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00766 | 1030 | Persian | جوهر حمد و ثنا مقصود بیزوالی را لایق و سزاست که حزب خلیل را بر احزاب کثیره برتری | The essence of praise and glorification befitteth the Eternal Object of all adoration, Who hath granted ascendancy to the hosts of the Friend over numerous factions [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15704.389, | Eulogies; reminiscences; Naming of children; of individuals; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00767 | 1030 | mixed | Social Action | حمد مالک وجود و سلطان غیب و شهود را لایق و سزاست که بیک تجلی از تجلیات نیر | Praise be unto Him Who is the Lord of existence and the Sovereign of the seen and the unseen, Who is worthy and befitting of all glorification through a single effulgence from amongst the effulgences of His Light [3.5s]... ...It behoveth the loved ones of God to occupy themselves under all circumstances with that which is conducive to the edification of human souls... O Nasr! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Lord of Providence | BRL_DA#445, KHSK.098-101 | BRL_SOCIAL#011x, CRADLE.042x | Call to action; Goodly deeds; actions; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00769 | 1030 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations; Days of Remembrance | شهد الله لنفسه بوحدانیه نفسه و لذاته بفردانیه ذاته و نطق بلسانه فی عرش بقائه | God testifieth to the unity of His Godhood and to the singleness of His own Being.... Praise be to Thee, to Whom the tongues of all created things have, from eternity, called | INBA49:271, INBA92:253, BLIB_Or15739.141, | PMP#057x, PMP#058x, TSBT.182, NFF5.082, ABMK.031, AMB#04 | PM#057x, PM#058x, DOR#04 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Limits of the intellect; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | MMAH.105 | ||||||
| BH00770 | 1030 | mixed | یا احباء الرحمن فی میلان اسمعوا ندآء المظلوم انه توجه الیکم من شطر السجن | O beloved ones of the All-Merciful in Milan! Hearken unto the call of the Wronged One, for He hath turned towards you from the precincts of the Prison [3.5s] | MKI4523.205, | BRL_DA#510, ISH.205, NSR_1993.036x, ADH1.011x | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00771 | 1030 | mixed | یا امین علیک بهاء الله العلیم الحکیم نامه ات که از ارض تا ارسال نمودی بساحت | O Amin! Upon thee be the glory of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Thy letter, which thou didst dispatch from that land, hath been received in Our presence [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.049, , BLIB_Or15728.094, | MAS8.112ax | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00772 | 1030 | mixed | یا اهل العالم اتقوا مالک القدم الذی ظهر بالاسم الاعظم و لاتکونوا من الغافلین | O peoples of the world! Fear ye the Ancient Lord Who hath appeared with the Most Great Name, and be not of the heedless ones [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.248, , BLIB_Or15699.113b, , BLIB_Or15718.160, | Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Proclamation to the people of the world; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00773 | 1030 | Persian | یا حیدر قبل علی علیک بهائی الابدی نامه های شما مکرر رسید | O Haydar-'Alí! Upon thee rest My everlasting glory! Thy letters have repeatedly reached Us [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15703.005b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11696 | 1030 | mixed | حمد حضرت مقصودی را سزاست که بانوار آفتاب حقیقت مدن و دیار را بنور معرفت | All praise be befitting unto Him Who is the Ultimate Goal, Who hath illumined the cities and regions with the rays of the Sun of Truth and with the light of knowledge [3.5s]... ...O My loved-ones in that land! Ye are the keys to the portals of constancy amidst the people and the standard of guidance among the creatures. Through you the oneness of God’s essence and His sanctity hath been established | BRL_DA#523, TZH5.389x | RIDA.111-112x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0154 | Address given in Woking Mosque on 1913-01-17 | 1030 | Persian | Translation List | 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 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Harmony of science and religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social) | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0153 | Public address given on 1912-08-26 | 1030 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | Among the teachings of Baha'u'llah is the principle of equality of man and woman | LOG#2091x, LOG#2100x, PUP#095 (p.280-284) | Equality of men and women; Role and station of women; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0155 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-16 | 1030 | Here is the Holy Land. It is a very good place. From all parts of the world people desire to come here... When I associate with pure and sanctified souls, my fatigue passes away | PN_1919 p018, PN_1919 p097, LAT.018-024 | Critique of Western values; culture; Education of children; moral education; Predictions and prophecies; Universality of the Cause; War and peace; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00112 | 1020 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای متوجهین بمنظر اعلی در لیل و نهار و صباح و مساء و عشی و ضحی در عوالم قلب | O ye who have turned your faces toward the Exalted Beauty! By night, by day, at morningtide and sunset | INBA88:098 | MKT1.368, MNMK#098 p.179, MMK1#207 p.250, YHA1.373-374x, DLS.319 | SWAB#207, BWF.401-402x, DAS.1915-04-01, BSC.359 #686, SW_v07#05 p.036-038x, SW_v08#13 p.179x | M. Sparrow (1), M. Sparrow (2), Heroes Teaching Conference, K. Porray | Call to action; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||
| BH00774 | 1020 | mixed | حمد خالق یکتا را که خلق را بکلمه علیا خلق فرمود و بر ما یضرهم و ینفعهم آگاه نمود | Praise be unto the peerless Creator, Who brought creation into being through His exalted Word and made known unto them that which harmeth them and that which profiteth them [3.5s] | INBA15:174, INBA26:174 | Consultation; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for justice and fairmindedness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00776 | 1020 | mixed | حمد و ثنا حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزا که بانوار اسم اعظم عالم را منور فرمود | Praise and glorification befit and are deserving of the Desired One, Who hath illumined the world with the effulgent lights of the Most Great Name [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.083, | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00777 | 1020 | Arabic | ذکر منیر من العبد الی الذی آمن بالله ثم اهتدی بشمس التی کانت عن افق الروح | A luminous remembrance from the servant unto him who hath believed in God and hath been guided by the Sun that shone forth from the horizon of the Spirit [3.5s] | INBA19:041, INBA32:039 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00778 | 1020 | mixed | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه ایام فیها فرضت الصیام لکل الانام لیزکی بها انفسهم و | Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! These are the days whereon Thou hast bidden all men to observe the fast | INBA48:080, INBA49:180, INBA92:278, BLIB_Or15739.151, | PMP#056, TSBT.029x, NFF5.034, AKHA_123BE #10 p.ax, ABMK.009, OOL.B090.07 | PM#056, BPRY.275 | N. Chiang | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Law of fasting; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for fasting; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Twin Manifestations | - | - | LL#271, LL#474 | |||||
| BH00779 | 1020 | Persian | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | سپاس و ستایش خداوندی را سزاوار که آفرینش را بتوانائی خود از برهنگی نابودی | All praise and glory be to God Who, through the power of His might, hath delivered His creation from the nakedness of nonexistence, and clothed it with the mantle of life | INBA72:080, Ghazi3072.167-177 | GWBP#034 p.057bx, AYI1.332x, YARP1.045, UAB.010ax, UAB.018x, UAB.019x, MAS4.044x | GWB#034x, WOB.187x | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Freedom of thought and action; Knowledge of self; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Relativity of religious truth; Universal human capacity for spiritual recognition | - | - | LL#393 | ||||||
| BH00780 | 1020 | mixed | قد ورد علی الشجر و افنانه و اوراقه ما ارتفع به امر الله ولکن الناس فی حجاب و | There hath descended upon the Tree, and upon its branches and leaves, that whereby the Cause of God hath been exalted, yet the people remain veiled [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#246, | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00781 | 1020 | mixed | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | کتابت بمنظر اکبر وارد و آنچه از آیات الهیه سوال نموده بودید عبد حاضر لدی | Your letter reached the Most Great Being, and the servant in attendance, on behalf of the Countenance, responds to what you have asked about the divine verses | BLIB_Or11096#026, , BLIB_Or15722.046, , NLAI_BH3.159 | BRL_DA#550, AVK2.105.09x, MAS1.008.2x, MAS1.010x, ASAT4.089, ASAT5.036x, NSS.206x | BRL_ATBH#35x, KSHK#16x | Grammar and orthography; Grammatical and other discrepancies in the Sacred Writings; Law of inheritance; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BH00782 | 1020 | Arabic | هذا ذکر من الله الی الذین هم کسروا اصنام انفسهم بتقوی الله و حفظوا امانات | This is a remembrance from God unto those who have shattered the idols of self through the fear of God and have preserved the divine trusts [3.5s] | INBA36:042, INBA71:201, BLIB_Or07852.111c, | BRL_DA#027, RSBB.004 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00783 | 1020 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من هذا المفتقر الذی یدعو کل من فی السموات و الارض الی ربه العزیز | This is a Book from this lowly one who summoneth all them that dwell in the heavens and on earth unto His Lord, the Mighty [3.5s] | INBA18:267, INBA51:625, PR03.254a19-256a18 | BRL_DA#251, LHKM3.008 | Chastisement and requital; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Imagery in the Qur'an; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00784 | 1020 | Arabic | هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و جعله الله آیه ظهوره و سلطان امره بین السموات و الارض و | This Book speaketh with truth, and God hath made it a sign of His Revelation and the sovereign authority of His Cause between the heavens and the earth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.115, , PR23.045b-046a | BRL_DA#571, LHKM1.032, YMM.224x | Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00785 | 1020 | mixed | یا اسمی علیک بهائی و عنایتی قد حضر العبد الحاضر و قرء الکتاب الذی ارسلته | O My Name! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness! The servant in attendance hath read the Book which thou didst send [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.245, , BLIB_Or15699.023, | AADA.037-038x | Christ; Christianity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00786 | 1020 | mixed | یا جواد علیک بهائی لازال ذکرت در ساحت اقدس بوده و از قلم اعلی در صحیفه حمرا | O Javád! Upon thee be My glory! Ever hath thy mention been before the Most Holy Court, and by the Most Exalted Pen upon the crimson scroll [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.242, , BLIB_Or15699.134, | ASAT3.049x, ASAT4.336x | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for teaching; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00775 | Lawh-i-Hamd-i-Musha‘sha‘ | 1020 | mixed | Translation List; Lawh-i-Hamd-i-Musha'sha' (The Tablet of the Effulgent Praise), The | Lawh-i-Hamd-i-Mushasha (Tablet of the Effulgent Praise) | حمد مشعشع مطرز متلامع مترافع متصاعد هواء قرب قدس حضرت محبوبی است که بیک رنه | May a praise effulgent and adorned, brilliant and exalted, ascend to the hallowed realm of nearness unto Him Who is the Beloved | BLIB_Or15722.262, , NLAI_BH1.300 | BRL_DA#065, SFI02.077x, TZH4.014-17x | ADMS#245 | Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | One of the earliest known Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh? | ||||
| ABU0157 | Public address given on 1912-04-23 | 1020 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | As I stand here tonight and look upon this assembly, I am reminded curiously of a beautiful bouquet of violets | BDA1.048n | PUP#020 (p.049-052), FWU.060, SW_v03#03 p.016-018 | High station of learning; Man's distinction from the animal; Power of the mind over nature; Race unity; racial issues; True liberty; freedom; Unity in diversity | - | - | MHMD1.056 | ||||||||
| ABU0156 | Words spoken at Esperantist society in Edinburgh, 1913-01-07 | 1020 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures | 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 | Harmony of science and religion; Stories; anecdotes; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00113 | 1010 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و انقلابات مشهد و اطراف خراسان معلوم گردید و | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and the upheavals in Mashhad and throughout Khurasan became known [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0583, MSBH4.552-556, MUH3.197-200 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Parliaments; constitutional government; Past, present and future of Iran; Predictions and prophecies; Relationship between government and people | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00114 | 1010 | mixed | ای مونس سفر من هر چند جواب نامه مرقوم و ارسال گردید ولی حال دوباره از شدت محبت | O companion of my travels! … The great Qa’im-Maqam has said, “The body of the mulla is the object of God’s ridicule,” | INBA84:371 | RRT.127x, SFI18.279ax | LOIR20.175ax | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00787 | 1010 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی ایدنا علی الاقرار بوحدانیته و فردانیته و هدانا الی صراطه و رزقنا | Praise be unto God Who hath strengthened us to acknowledge His unity and oneness, and hath guided us unto His path and sustained us [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.127, , BLIB_Or15711.163, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for peace and unity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00788 | 1010 | mixed | ان یا اهل البیان و من دان بالله و آیاته فی حی التبیان اسمعوا ما یغن علیکم | O people of the Bayán, and whosoever hath believed in God and His verses in this perspicuous Dispensation, hearken unto that which enricheth you [3.5s] | INBA36:301 | PYK.494x | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00789 | 1010 | mixed | جوهر حمد و ساذج حمد و ظاهر آن و باطن آن ساحت قدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست | The essence of praise and its purest expression, both its outward and inward reality, beseem and are worthy of the hallowed court of the Intended One [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#034, | AVK3.354.15x, MAS8.143bx | Alchemy; the elixir; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00790 | 1010 | mixed | Translation List | حمد مقدس از عرفان اهل امکان مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزاست که بلا را مخصوص | Praise be to God, the Desire of the World, a praise which is immeasurably above the understanding of all that dwell on earth | INBA31:121 | BRL_DA#423, AQA6#244 p.194, AYI1.274x | ADMS#014b | Love of God; Prayer for protection; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| BH00791 | 1010 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا للذاکرین انه لطراز الفضل لمن فی العالمین به ینبت من القلوب ریحان | A remembrance from Our presence unto them that remember. Verily, it is the ornament of grace unto all who dwell in the worlds. Through it there springeth forth from hearts sweet basil [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name which Thou hast made to be the crown of all names and by which heaven and earth have been illumined | BLIB_Or11095#011, | ADM1#064 p.115x | JHT_S#136x | Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00792 | 1010 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن سمع الندآء و اقبل الی الافق الاعلی حضر و شهد و رای | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath hearkened to the Call and turned unto the Most Exalted Horizon, who hath attained, witnessed and beheld [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.001, | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00793 | 1010 | mixed | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی کسر صنم الوهم بسلطان ذکر ربه مالک الرقاب و اقبل | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath shattered the idol of vain imaginings through the sovereign power of his Lord's remembrance, the Lord of all necks, and hath turned unto Him [3.5s] | INBA34:113, BLIB_Or15707.001, , BLIB_Or15735.180, | BRL_DA#068, AQA1#009, PYK.495x, HYK.180 | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00794 | 1010 | mixed | یا اثمار سدره ندای مالک بریه را از این بریه اصغا نمائید این همان صحرائیست | O fruits of the Divine Lote-Tree! Hearken from this wilderness unto the call of the Lord of all creation. This indeed is that wilderness [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.061, | BRL_DA#484, SFI15.009-012, YFY.176-178 | Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Moses; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Role and station of women; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00795 | 1010 | mixed | یا طبیبی قد احببناک و ذکرناک فی الواح شتی ان ربک مع عباده الذین اقبلوا الیه و | O My Physician! We have loved thee and made mention of thee in divers Tablets. Verily thy Lord is with His servants who have turned unto Him [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#256, , BLIB_Or15722.042x, | AVK3.012.09x, AVK3.054.03x, ASAT3.140x, ASAT4.282x | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for martyrs; Suffering and imprisonment; Suicide | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0158 | Public address given on 1912-09-24 | 1010 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | I have come from distant lands of the East to visit you, crossing the great ocean | PUP#107 (p.334-337), SW_v04#13 p.219-220+226 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0160 | Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens, 1911-09-23 | 1010 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in London | At nine years of age, I accompanied my father, Baha'u'llah, in his journey of exile to Baghdad, seventy of his disciples going with us.... The confirmations of the spirit are all those power... Freedom is not a matter of place | BSC.438 #797x, AIL.115-121, ADP.018-023, CHH.166-167x, VLAB.009-010x, VLAB.149x, BLO_PN#022 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0159 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-19 | 1010 | The above verses are very clear and explicit that we are living in the time of their fulfillment. The globe is encircled with the fire of God's wrath | DAS.1915-04-19 | Critique of Western values; culture; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Martyrdom of the Bab; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs of the Manifestations of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00115 | 1000 | mixed | جهانبانا مظلوم پناها داد پرورا عدالت گسترا عرض بینوایان به پیشگاه حضور | O Sovereign of the World, O Shelter of the Oppressed, O Upholder of Justice! We humbly present the supplications of the destitute in the court of Thy presence [3.5s] | ASNS.283-284x | Justice and mercy; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Petitions to authorities; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00197 | 1000 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. رب انک انت انت حبی ایاک و ذکری انت انت و ذکرک ایای هو قولک هو هو کیف اتوجه الیک بوجهة فردانیتک | O Lord! Verily Thou, Thou art my Love; my remembrance is of Thee alone, Thou art, Thou art; and Thy remembrance of me is Thy Word, it is that it is. How can I turn my face unto Thee with the countenance of Thy Oneness [3.5s] | INBA67:104-109 | Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00796 | 1000 | mixed | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | الحمد لله از تجلیات انوار نیر اعظم افق عالم روشن و منیر است و فیوضات رحمانیه | Praise be to God! Through the effulgent rays of the Supreme Luminary, the horizon of the world is illumined and resplendent, and the outpourings of divine grace [3.5s] | BLIB_Or03116.123, , BLIB_Or11096#017, , BLIB_Or15698.240, , BLIB_Or15720.236, , BLIB_Or15740.183, | BRL_DA#276, IQT.240, HNU.390x, ASAT4.106x, PYB#235 p.37x, DLH3.421x | BRL_ATBH#18x | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Exhortations and counsels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| BH00797 | 1000 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی ادار افلاک الوجود بمشیته و زین متون کبت الشهود بحواشی العلم و الحکمة | Praise be to God Who, through His Will, hath set in motion the spheres of existence and hath adorned the texts of the Books of Being with the embellishments of knowledge and wisdom [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15693.070, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00798 | 1000 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی اظهر فی دیجور الاوهام شمس العرفان و هدی بها الذین تا هوا فی قلوات | Praise be to God, Who hath revealed in the dense gloom of vain imaginings the Sun of true knowledge, and through it hath guided those who had wandered in the wilderness [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15693.145, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00799 | 1000 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالجلال و توحد بالقدرة و القوة و الجمال و تعالی بجوهر ذ | Praise be unto God, Who standeth alone in His majesty, Who is single in His might, power and beauty, and Who is exalted in His divine essence [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15693.051, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00800 | 1000 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی توحد بالعزه و تفرد بالعظمة و تقدس عن ذکر البریه | Praise be unto God, Who standeth alone in His glory, Who is singular in His grandeur, and Who is sanctified above the mention of all created things [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15727a.093, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00801 | 1000 | mixed | Trustworthiness | الحمد لله الذی توحد بالقدره و تفرد بالعزه و العظمه الذی شهدت الاشیاء بعلوه و | Praise be unto Him Who hath, through His power, attained unto unity, and Who, in His might and grandeur, standeth alone, He unto Whose exaltation all created things bear witness [3.5s]... ...In connection with the demands for payment of which thou hast written in thy letter, it is manifestly clear that anyone who hath the ability to settle his debts | BLIB_Or15697.015c, | COMP_TRUSTP#36x, ADM2#076 p.142x | BRL_TRUST#35x, COC#2047x | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| BH00802 | 1000 | Arabic | ان یا امام قد حضر لدی العرش کتاب کان فیه ذکرک لذا زیناک بهذا الذکر الذی خرج | O Imam! There hath appeared before the Throne a Book wherein thy mention was inscribed. Thus have We adorned thee with this remembrance that hath gone forth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#032, | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00804 | 1000 | mixed | حبذا ذاک الشذا حین هبت مبارک وقتی این خادم فانی بزیارت کتاب آنحبیب روحانی که | O how sweet was that fragrance when it wafted forth! Blessed was the moment when this evanescent servant attained unto the presence of that spiritual friend's book [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.104, , BLIB_Or15711.016, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00805 | 1000 | mixed | حمد مالک وجود را لایق و سزاست که محض جود عالم هستی را بکلمه امریه ظاهر فرمود | Praise beseemeth and behooveth the Lord of existence, Who through His pure bounty called forth the world of being through His commanding Word [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.488, | Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00806 | 1000 | mixed | Translation List | حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان و منزه از وصف و تبیان مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزاست که | Sanctified praise, transcending utterance and speech, and hallowed beyond description and exposition, befitteth Him Who is the Object of all creation [3.5s]... ...It behooveth whosoever willeth to journey for the sake of God, and whose intention is to proclaim His Word and quicken the dead | AVK4.477.04x, AYI2.134x, AYI2.136x, AYI2.137x, AYI2.138x, AYI2.139x, PYB#143 p.03x | TDH#057.5x, ADMS#331x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Hands of the Cause; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00807 | 1000 | mixed | حمد مقدس از فکر و لسان محبوب عالمیان را لایق و سزاست که بیک کلمه هستی بخشید | A praise sanctified beyond thought and utterance beseemeth the Best-Beloved of the worlds, Who through a single Word bestowed existence [3.5s] | INBA30:109x | ADM2#098 p.181x, ADM2#099 p.182x, ADM2#100x p.188, MSHR3.156x, MSHR5.346x, FRH.308x | almunajat.com [item 37] | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Justice and wrath of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00808 | 1000 | mixed | حمد و ثنا مولف افئده و قلوب را لایق و سزا که مع اشتعال نار بغضا و عناد لاتحصی | Praise and glorification befitteth the Sovereign of hearts and souls, Who, despite the kindling of innumerable fires of hatred and enmity [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15701.073, | Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for protection; Prayer for unity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00809 | 1000 | mixed | ساذج حمد و جوهر آن ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که در بحبوحه | Pure praise and its essence are worthy and befitting of the most exalted, most holy court of the Beloved, Who in the midst [3.5s] | INBA51:212x, KB_620:205-206x | ADM1#045 p.089x, LHKM3.103x, PYB#200 p.03x, YMM.476x | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00810 | 1000 | Arabic | لحمد لله الاول بلا اول لم یسبق بالاولیة و الاخر بلا اخر لم یوصف بالاخریة تعالت | All praise be unto God, the First without beginning, before Whom no firstness existed, and the Last without end, Who cannot be described by lastness. Exalted be He [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15693.033, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00811 | 1000 | mixed | الواح عربی منیع بسیار مشاهده شد حال بلسان پارسی بدایع کلمات قدس الهی القا | Many Tablets have been revealed in Arabic, and now, in the Persian tongue, I will impart the wondrous and holy Words of God [3.5s] | NLI.32p027r | BRL_DA#260, AQA6#201 p.028b, SFI11.018, MAS8.031x, UVM.089.14x, UVM.091.02x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00812 | 1000 | mixed | نفوسیکه از آذان محرومند باصغا فائز نشوند کور از آفتاب قدرت ربانی و ظهورات صنعت صمدانی | Those souls who are deprived of ears shall not attain unto hearing, even as the blind perceive not the sun of divine power and the manifestations of the craftsmanship of the Eternal [3.5s] | AYI2.120x, AYI2.121x, AYI2.123x, AYI2.124x, AYI2.125x, AYI2.126x, AYI2.204x | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Personal instructions; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual springtime | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00813 | 1000 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی البهاء الی الذین عصمهم الله من خزی النفس و الهوی و ادخلهم فی | This is the Book from before Bahá unto those whom God hath preserved from the shame of self and desire and caused to enter into [incomplete source text] [3.5s]... ...Peruse My verses with joy and radiance. Verily they will attract you unto God and will enable you to detach yourselves from aught else save Him | INBA34:116, BLIB_Or15707.008, , BLIB_Or15735.186, , Majlis934.114.04-115.08x | AQA1#010, AKHA_124BE #04-05 p.ax, HYK.186 | COC#0365x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00814 | 1000 | mixed | Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá | هذا کتاب من هذا العبد الحاضر لدی العرش الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله و عصمهم | This is a Book from this servant who standeth before the Throne unto them that have believed in God and whom He hath protected [3.5s]... ...For in this Manifestation, God – glorified be His mention – hath willed that most of the believers and the sincere ones should give utterance to Verses; whence in the next Dispensation We shall ordain a different matter as proof | MAS4.092x, RHQM1.320-321 (391x) (236x), ASAT3.192-193x | BLO_sazedj#14x, JBS#24.3.063x, RKS.136-138x, RKS.098x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00815 | 1000 | mixed | یا اسمی انا نذکر اولیائی فی الطاء و نبشر الذین اقبلوا و اخذوا کتاب الله بقوه | O My Name! We make mention of Our loved ones in Ṭá, and give glad tidings unto them that have turned towards and taken hold of the Book of God with power [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.063, | Consolation and comfort; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00816 | 1000 | Arabic | یا ایها المتوجه الی شطر البقاء و الساکن فی ظل فضل ربک مالک الاسماء قد ورد ما کان | O thou who hast turned thy face toward the Realm of Eternity and who dwellest beneath the shade of thy Lord's grace, the Lord of Names! That which was ordained hath come to pass [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15693.060, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00817 | 1000 | Arabic | یا ایها الناظر الی الخلیل و المنتظر لظهور الجلیل فاعلم انا قرئنا الانجیل و | O thou who gazest upon the Friend and awaitest the manifestation of the All-Glorious! Know thou that We have perused the Gospel and [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#050, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00818 | 1000 | Persian | یا علی چندی قبل مخصوص اولیای ارض تا نازل شد آنچه که بآن عرف عنایت کل | O Ali! Some time ago there was revealed, specially for the loved ones of the earth, that which diffused the fragrance of divine grace [3.5s] | INBA41:422, BLIB_Or15690.055, , BLIB_Or15715.228b, , BLIB_Or15728.070, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Goodly deeds; actions; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00819 | 1000 | Arabic | یا محمد ان استمع ندآء مالک الظهور الذی ینطق باعلی الندا بین الارض و السما و یدع | O Muhammad! Hearken unto the Call of the Sovereign of Manifestation, Who speaketh with the most exalted summons betwixt earth and heaven and calleth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.092, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11697 | 1000 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی نطق بکلمه من کلماته العلیا و بها فصل بین العباد فی ناسوت الانشاء | Praise be unto God, Who hath spoken forth one Word from among His exalted Words, and thereby hath distinguished between His servants in the realm of creation [3.5s] | BRL_DA#525 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00198 | Du’a’i laylati nisfi sha’ban | 1000 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم و قد ربیتنی ایاماً معدوده حیث قد سیرتنی فی لجج محبتک و شاهدتنی لحظات انوار وجهتک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou hast nurtured me throughout numbered days, wherein Thou didst cause me to traverse the depths of Thy love and made me witness lightning glimpses of the radiance of Thy Face [3.5s] | MKI4494.015, BYC_pray.118.01-121.15 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for evening; night | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00194 | Fi Javabi’l-Mujadala va’l-Mubahalah | 1000 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. احمدک اللهم یا الهی بما انت اهله و اشهدک اللهم یا مولائی بما انت تستحقه بانک | I praise Thee, O my God, as befitteth Thine excellence, and I bear witness before Thee, O my Lord, as beseemeth Thy glory [3.5s] | INBA91:182.12-188.12, PR04.010v08-013v02 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00195 | Khutbah fi Ard-i-Sad (insha'uha fi balad as-sad) | 1000 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی شهد لذاته بذاته بانه لا الله الا هو الحق فی ازل الازال و انه هو کائن بمثل ما کان فیما یحدث من الازمان و لا له تغیر فی شأن و لا انتقال انقطعة الاسماء عن ساحة قرب حضرته | All praise be to God Who hath testified through His Own Self unto His Self that there is none other God but Him, the True One, from all eternity, and verily He remaineth even as He hath ever been throughout all times to come, subject neither to change in station nor alteration. All names are far removed from the court of His nearness [3.5s] | INBA40:198-202, INBA67:190-194, PR02.141r16-142r12, CMB_F23.076r05-078v07 (16), , Berlin3655.124r-126r | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Proofs for the existence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0163 | Public address given on 1913-01-24 | 1000 | Welcome! Welcome! I have come again to Paris so that I may see if the seed I have sown last year has sprung up. Praise be to God, I can see that they have taken root | DAS.1913-01-24 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Power of the mind over nature; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00196 | Reply to Mulla Ibrahim Mahallati | 1000 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف الخلق آیاته المودعة فی عز حقایقهم و ما خلق فی الافاق بغیر | Praise be to God, Who hath acquainted all created things with His signs deposited in the glory of their own selves and that which He hath fashioned in the horizons [3.5s] | INBA91:139.05-145.04, INBA_5019C:308-311, , PR04.020v05-023r12 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.09, FHR#03.20, SRC.191 | ||||||||
| BH00803 | Suriy-i-Fath 2 | 1000 | mixed | ان یا فتح الاعظم انا قد احصینا فی نفسک نصر نفسنا الحق و نفخنا فیک روحا من | O Fath-i-A'zam! We have, verily, encompassed within thy being the triumph of Our Cause, and have breathed into thee a spirit from [3.5s] | INBA18:272, BLIB_Or15725.119, | BRL_DA#470, LHKM1.036, OOL.B116b | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Idolatry; Law of pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Relativity of religious truth; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0162 | Words spoken on 1912-08-20 in Green Acre | 1000 | ...When a man is thirsty he drinks water. When he is hungry he eats food. But if a man be not thirsty | SW_v07#16 p.155+161x | Human reality created in the image of God; Man's distinction from the animal; Power of the mind over nature; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0166 | Words spoken on 1914-06-22 in Haifa | 1000 | When I was a small boy in Teheran, I remember whenever two of the believers | DAS.1914-06-22, SW_v08#13 p.162x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0167 | Words to Lua Getsinger | 1000 | Ios was a shepherd boy who tended his flocks in the valleys and on the sloping hills of Persia. He was poor and simple | SW_v13#07 p.182-184, STAB#018, STAB#020, STAB#021 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0165 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-16 | 1000 | Because the children are truthful one would love them even if they did something mischievous. The father may punish them for their misdeeds | DAS.1915-03-16 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0164 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-06-03 | 1000 | In this glorious Tablet to the King of Persia Bahá'u'lláh has perfected His proof from every standpoint. There has been left for him no loophole... When his holiness Badi' reached Tihran he found the Shah was not in the city | DAS.1915-06-03 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00650 | Ziyaratu’l-Jami’ati’s-Saghira | 1000 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اشهد ان لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريک له و اشهد ان محمد عبده و رسوله اللهم صل علي محمد | I bear witness that there is no God except God alone. There can be no doubt about this. And I testify that Muhammad is indeed His servant, and His Messenger | HURQ.BB33x | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00118 | 990 | Arabic | الهی الهی انت البصیر بحالی و السمیع لندائی و الطبیب لدائی و الدواء لشفائی لک الحمد | My God, my God! Thou art the One Who beholdeth my condition, Who hearkeneth unto my call, Who art the Physician for my malady and the Remedy for my healing. Unto Thee be all praise [3.5s] | INBA17:058, INBA59:091x | Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00119 | 990 | Persian | ای ندیم قدیم همدم عبدالبهاء نامه های مفصل شما رسید و بدقت قرائت گردید | O friend of old and confidant of 'Abdu'l-Baha! Thy detailed letters were received and perused with the utmost care [3.5s] | YIK.092-095 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00120 | 990 | mixed | ای یاران باوفای جمال مبارک هر چند مصائبی که در نیریز بر یاران عزیز وارد رستخیز بود | O ye faithful companions of the Blessed Beauty! Although the tribulations which befell the dear friends in Nayríz are recent | LMA2.413-417, MSHR4.321-322x, MSHR5.319x, NANU_AB#33, MLK.089, TAN.137-139, NYMG.177 | NYR#123 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00121 | 990 | mixed | Light of the World | و انک انت یا الهی قد خلقت الاکوان و برئت الانسان و ذرئت الموجودات و اوجدت | O my God! Verily, Thou hast created the universe and fashioned the human soul. Thou hast brought forth the entire creation | INBA89:085 | NURA#63, MMK4#158 p.170x, AKHA_117BE #01-04 p.48x, AKHA_120BE #08-09 p.414x | GPB.238x, GPB.238-239x, LOTW#63 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Creation of the world; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| AB07452 | 990 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای سمی و حفید شخص جلیل مقبول درگاه جمال کبریاء جد بزرگوار را نظر عنایت جمال | O namesake and descendant of that illustrious personage, who was accepted at the threshold of the Most Great Beauty - your noble grandfather was the recipient of His gracious favors [3.5s]... ...Wherefore thou shouldst seek to impart the Message to influential person and become a cause of guidance to the learned and distinguished | BRL_DAK#0582 | BRL_ATE#161x, COC#1823x | Justice and mercy; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Parliaments; constitutional government; Relationship between government and people; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00200 | 990 | Arabic | هو الاعلی بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی و انه هو حی لا یموت فی قبضته ملکوت کلشیء یخلق ما یشآء بأمره انه کان علی کل شیء قدیراً شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم ... فتوبوا الی ان الینا ایابکم ثم علینا حسابکم | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the creation and the command. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life, and verily He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not. In His grasp is the dominion of all things; He createth whatsoever He willeth by His command, and verily, He hath power over all things. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Help-in-Peril, the Self-Subsisting... Return ye unto Him in repentance, for unto Us is your return, then with Us shall rest your reckoning [3.5s] | INBA64:152.02-158.07 | TZH3.272x, NSS.183x | Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00820 | 990 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالجلال و توحد بالجمال و تقدس عن المقال و هو الغنی | Praise be unto God, Who standeth alone in His majesty, is unique in His beauty, and sanctified above all utterance, the All-Sufficient [3.5s] | INBA41:109, NLAI_BH1.103 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Imagery in the Qur'an; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00822 | 990 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | تلک آیات الله الملک الحق العدل المبین نزلت بالحق من جبروت فضل عظیم و انها | These are the verses of God, the King, the Truth, the Manifest Justice, which have verily descended from the heaven of a mighty favor; and they are [3.5s]... ...Should any man, in this Day, arise and, with absolute detachment from all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth, set his affections on Him Who is the Dayspring of God’s holy Revelation | BLIB_Or15725.130, | BRL_DA#674, GWBP#149 p.205ax | GWB#149x | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | LL#361 | ||||||
| BH00823 | 990 | mixed | حمد حضرت مقصودی را که عالم را بکلمه خلق نمود و باسباب تربیت فرمود حکم سبب | Praise be to the Desired One, Who created the world through a word and ordained the means for its education [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15701.027, | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Law of cause and effect; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00824 | 990 | mixed | حمد خداوند یکتا را که ندایش بیهمتا و ذکرش بیهمتا و ظهورش بیهمتا یکتائی سزاوار | Praise be to the one incomparable Lord, Whose call is peerless, Whose mention is matchless, and Whose manifestation is without equal - His is a befitting oneness [3.5s] | INBA27:032 | YMM.475x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00825 | 990 | mixed | حمد مقدس از اوصاف امم مالک قدم را لایق و سزاست که محض فضل و جود عدم را هستی | Praise, sanctified above the attributes of all peoples, befitteth and beseemeth the Lord of Eternity, Who through His pure bounty and generosity hath brought existence out of nothingness [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.140, , BLIB_Or15711.189, | Business; financial; property matters; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Praise and encouragement; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00826 | 990 | Persian | حمد مقدس از حروف و الفاظ سلطان حقیقت را لایق و سزاست که ظهوری از ظهورات | Praise, sanctified beyond letters and words, befitteth and beseemeth the Sovereign of Truth, Who is a Manifestation among the Manifestations [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15732.251, | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00828 | 990 | Arabic | یا اباالقاسم اشکر الله ربک رب العرش الاعظم انه ایدک بین الامم و قربک الی مقام | O Abu'l-Qásim! Give thanks unto God, thy Lord, the Lord of the Most Great Throne, for He hath strengthened thee amidst the peoples and drawn thee nigh unto the station [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15718.351, | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00829 | 990 | mixed | Tablet to Varqá Regarding the Prince and King of Martyrs (Lawh-i-Varqá dar barih-yi-Mahbubu wa Sultánu'sh-Shuhada) | Lawh-i-Varqa dar barih-yi-Mahbubu wa Sultanush-Shuhada (Tablet to Varqa regarding the King of Martyrs and Beloved of Martyrs) | یا ورقاء قد حضر العبد الحاضر و عرض ما فی کتابک انا وجدناه مراتا حاکیه عن | O Varqá! The Servant in Attendance attained My presence and mentioned what thou hadst written and We found thy letter a mirror reflecting thy love for the Beloved of the world | INBA97:052 | NNY.184-188 | EBTB.049-051, BLO_PT#197 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ROB4.089, LL#264 | |||||
| BB00201 | Du’ayi Sahar likulli laylin min shahri’llah | 990 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. یا من یقبل من یقبله نقطة البیان و یا من یرد من یرده نقطة البیان و یا من ینظر الی ما ینظر الیه نقطة البیان | O thou who acceptest whomsoever the Point of the Bayan doth accept, and O thou who rejectest whomsoever the Point of the Bayan doth reject, and O thou who beholdest whatsoever the Point of the Bayan doth behold [3.5s]... ...Do Thou ordain for me, O Lord, every good thing Thou hast created or wilt create, and shield me from whatever evil Thou abhorrest | CMB_F14.171v05-174v07, | SWBP#44 (p.133-134x) | SWB#45 (p.187-188x) | Attaining good pleasure of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | |||||
| BH00827 | Lawh-i-Haft Pursish (Tablet of the Seven Questions) | 990 | mixed | Tabernacle of Unity, The | Lawh-i-Haft Pursish (Tablet of Seven Questions); - Tabernacle of Unity (book) | ستایش پاک یزدانرا سزاوار که از روشنی آفتاب بخشش جهانرا روشن نمود از با بحر | All praise be to the sanctified Lord Who hath illumined the world through the splendours of the Daystar of His grace. | BLIB_Or15712.229, , IOL, , MKI4523.231, , BN_suppl.1753.063-068 | BRL_TBUP#3, AVK1.300x, AVK2.229.03x, ZYN.246, ISH.231, MJMM.240, YARP1.008, DWNP_v6#03 p.003x, UAB.034cx, DRD.065, TSBT.234bx, AQMJ1.110ax, ASAT1.039x, PYB#166 p.03x, ABMK.063, OOL.B040 | TBU#3, GPB.211x, GPB.230x, PDC.126x, PDC.126-127x, BLO_PT#119 | almunajat.com [item 29] | Briefly addresses a follower of Zoroastrian background, answering seven questions regarding the problem of conflicting religious claims, declaring that His religion is ‘the religion of forbearance’ and that it ‘embraceth all faiths and all religions’, and affirming ‘the reality of Paradise and Hell, for reward and punishment require their existence’. | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 3b | * | * | ROB3.272, BKOG.009, MMAH.221, GSH.172, LL#096, LL#257 | |
| ABU0169 | Pilgrim notes of Anton Haddad, Jan. 1900 | 990 | Let no seditious rumors prevent you from coming into the kingdom of God and receiving the spirit of confirmation. | PN_1900 p073 | Contention and conflict; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00117 | Some Answered Questions #057 The Causes of the Differences in Human Character | 990 | Persian | Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some | اخلاق فطری و اخلاق ارثی و اخلاق اکتسابی که بتربیت حاصل گردد | There is the innate character, the inherited character, and the acquired character, which is gained through education. | MFD#57, OOL.C022.57 | SAQ#57, BWF.318-321 | Differences in human capacity; Education of children; moral education; Lying and deceit; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil | - | - | |||||||
| BH00821 | Tablet of the Divine Springtime | 990 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance | Lawh-i-Ridvan (Tablets of Ridvan) | ان یا قلم الاعلی قد اتی ربیع البیان بما تقرب عید الرحمن قم بین ملا الانشاء | The Divine Springtime is come, O Most Exalted Pen, for the Festival of the All-Merciful is fast approaching. | BLIB_Or15692.037, , BLIB_Or15706.061, , BLIB_Or15714.027, | GWBP#014 p.027, AYT.254, OOL.B203, AMB#06 | GWB#014, DOR#06, ADJ.078x, GPB.154x3x, GPB.154-155x, WOB.206x | R. Yazhari (1), R. Yazhari (2), E. Mahony, TaliaSafa (1), TaliaSafa (2), B. Butler, Joel in Real Life, Joel in Real Life | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ROB1.274, ROB2.397, BKOG.169, LL#221 | |||
| ABU0170 | Words spoken ca. 1909-1910 | 990 | other/unknown lang | ای دختر من اگر چه در ظاهر در مطالب به این شده شما اختلافی بنظر میرسد ولی در حقیقت | O, meine Tochter, in deinen Aussagen, so widersprechend sie auch erscheinen mögen, liegt nichts Gegensätzliches! | MSBH10.185-188 | SDW v11#10 p.110-112 | Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Evolution; human evolution; Harmony of science and religion; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teleology; goal-directed motion | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0168 | Words spoken on 1911-08-27 in Thonon-les-Bains | 990 | Arabic | ایها الحاضرون الی متی هذا الهجوع و السبات و الی متی هذا الرجوع القهقری و الی | O ye who are present! How long this drowsiness and sleep! How long this ignorance and blindness! | AMK.162-170, KKD2.225, KHF.082, KHAB.044 (052), KHTB1.010, NJB_v05#10 p.001 | AIF.1911-08-28, SW_v05#10 p.154x, ABS#10 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Christ; Christianity; Moses; Muhammad; Islam; Oneness; unity of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00122 | 980 | mixed | الهی الهی انک لتعلم ان قلبی ممتلا بحب احبائک و روحی متعلق بروح اصفیائک و صدری | O my God! O my God! Thou knowest, verily, that my heart is replete… O ye friends of God and assistants of Abdu'l-Baha: When the Sun of Truth was concealed... I ask one favor of all the friends of God: It is the wish of my soul | MKT1.259, MMK5#205 p.157, YHA1.015x | SW_v08#15 p.210x, SW_v08#13 p.180x | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00123 | 980 | Arabic | الهی الهی لک الحمد بما ایدتنا علی الایمان بک و بایاتک و الاستماع لندائک | My God! My God! Praise be unto Thee for that Thou hast strengthened us to firmly believe in Thee and Thy signs, to hear Thy Voice. and to respond to Tby Call, | UMich962.126-129, UMich991.073-079 | MKT1.145 | TRBP.004-008 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Manifestation of God as sun; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Return of the Manifestations of God; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00124 | 980 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان الان که در ارض مصر هجرتگاه یوسف کنعانی مدینه اسکندریه در | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Now that thou art in the land of Egypt, the place of exile of Joseph of Canaan, in Alexandria [3.5s] | MMK6#104x, TZH8.0841, ANDA#73 p.46, MAS5.129 | Ottoman commissions of investigation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00125 | 980 | mixed | ای ناظر بملکوت الهی در ایامیکه جمال قدم و اسم اعظم بانوار اشراق افق عراقرا | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of God! In the days when the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name illumined the horizon of Iraq with effulgent rays [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0306, MKT2.116, MILAN.170, YMM.190x | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00126 | 980 | mixed | لک الحمد یا الهی و لک الشکر یا منائی علی ما مننت به علی اصفیائک و انعمت به | All praise be unto Thee, O my God, and all thanksgiving be unto Thee, O my Heart's Desire, for Thy gracious favors bestowed upon Thy chosen ones and the blessings Thou hast granted [3.5s] | MMK5#158 p.123 | Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00127 | 980 | mixed | و انی یا الهی اتقرب الیک بنفوس اضطرمت فی قلوبهم نار محبتک و انسجمت دموعهم فی | O my God! I draw nigh unto Thee through souls in whose hearts the fire of Thy love hath blazed forth and whose tears have streamed down [3.5s] | MMK5#232 p.180 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12108 | 980 | Arabic | اللهم یا الهی و ربی و رجائی کیف اذکرک و قد اخذتنی دهشه کبری و احاطتنی وحشه | O my God, my Lord and my Hope! How can I make mention of Thee when I am overwhelmed by bewilderment and encompassed by desolation? [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0584 | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00830 | 980 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی انزل الکتاب و اظهر البینات و نطق بلسان العظمه قبل خلق الارضین | Praise be to God Who hath revealed the Book, made manifest the clear tokens, and spoken with the tongue of grandeur ere the creation of the worlds [3.5s] | INBA28:491 | Business; financial; property matters; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00831 | 980 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی علمنا بانه هو الفاعل المختار یفعل ما یشاء و ینطق کیف یشاء و | Praise be to God Who hath taught us that He is the sovereign Doer, Who doeth whatsoever He willeth and speaketh as He pleaseth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15732.309, | KHSH11.046, AYI2.267x | Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Quddus; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00832 | 980 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی فتح ابواب العلوم و الفنون علی وجوه عباده و اظهر ما کان مکنونا | Praise be to God, Who hath opened the gates of arts and sciences before the faces of His servants and revealed that which lay hidden [3.5s] | AQA5#106 p.122 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00833 | 980 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی لم یزل کان مقتدرا متعالیا مقدسا منزها فردا صمدا وترا واحدا | Praise be to God, Who hath ever been supreme in power, exalted, holy, sanctified, peerless, self-subsisting, unique and one [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15727b.131, , BLIB_Or15732.261, | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00834 | 980 | mixed | بیانات عربی که ببدایع نغمات حجازی از سماء سلطنت صمدانی نازل شد زیاده از حد | The Arabic utterances which descended from the heaven of Divine sovereignty with wondrous Hijazi melodies surpass all bounds [3.5s] | INBA38:001, INBA65:256, INBA57:006, BLIB_Or15722.228, , NLI.32p016v | HDQI.072, MAS8.033bx, AYI2.001x, AYI2.206x | Impossibility of true worship of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00835 | 980 | mixed | حمد مقدس از ادراک عقول ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که بیک | Hallowed praise, transcending the comprehension of minds, befitteth and beseemeth the most sacred and exalted sanctuary of the Beloved One, Who through a [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.088, , MKI4523.225, | BRL_DA#509, ISH.225, ADH1.117x | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00836 | 980 | mixed | حمد مقدس از لم یزل و لایزال ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت بیزوالی را لایق و سزا که | Sanctified praise, from time everlasting unto everlasting, befitteth the most holy, most exalted Court of that Eternal Lord [3.5s] | INBA31:128, BLIB_Or15731.362, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00837 | 980 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی الی من اشکو ما فعلت بی بقدرتک و سلطانک و الی من اذکر ما | Glorified art Thou, O my Lord, my God! Unto whom shall I complain of that which Thou hast wrought against me through Thy power and sovereignty, and to whom shall I recount what [3.5s]... ...O My handmaid! Verily, the nations of the earth have arisen to harm me, and supporting them are those who wield power as well as the community of the Bayan | INBA48:090, BLIB_Or15739.168, | AVK3.067.03x, MAS8.038ax | LTDT.284-285x | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Pain of love; love as veil; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00838 | 980 | Arabic | سبحانک یا الهی قد حالت بینک و بین خلقک سبحات عبادک الذین کفروا بایاتک کم من | Glorified art Thou, O my God! The veils cast by such of Thy servants as have disbelieved in Thy signs have come between Thee and Thy creation. How many [3.5s] | KHSH07.005 | Living waters; water of life; Nearness and remoteness; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00839 | 980 | Arabic | کتاب انزلناه بالحق و نذکر فیه حزب الله الذین تمسکوا بحبلی المتین یا محمد قبل حسن | This is a Book which We have sent down in truth, wherein We make mention of the party of God, those who have held fast to My mighty cord, O Muhammad-before-Hasan [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15718.259, | YIA.197-198x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00840 | 980 | Arabic | یا ورقتی و یا امتی و الناظره الی افقی و الطائره فی هواء حبی و المتمسکه بحبل | O My leaf and My handmaiden, thou that gazest toward Mine horizon, that soarest in the atmosphere of My love, and that clingest to the cord [3.5s] | RSR.033-035 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0171 | Address to Free Religious Association of Boston, Ford Hall, 1912-05-25 | 980 | Persian | ادیان الهیه بجهت محبت بین بشر نازل شده بجهت الفت نازل شده بجهه وحدت عالم | The divine religions have been revealed for the purpose of fostering love among humankind, to engender fellowship, and to achieve the unity of the world [4o] | KHF.085, KHF.238, KHAB.281 (291), KHTB2.086, NJB_v03#06-08 p.008, NJB_v04#04 p.001 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Harmony of science and religion; Knowledge; recognition of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0174 | Public address given on 1912-05-05 | 980 | Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | I offer thanks to God for the privilege of being present in an assemblage which is commemorating Him | BDA1.068n | BWF.254-257, PUP#040 (p.093-096), FWU.011, SW_v03#04 p.022-024 | Independent investigation of truth; reality; Manifestation of God as sun; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | MHMD1.077 | ||||||||
| ABU0173 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-28 | 980 | If we could appreciate more the bounties of this age, and the marvels of this century, we would be more thankful to God than ever. | DAS.1913-04-28 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Baha'u'llah; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Critique of Western values; culture; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00202 | Ziyarat-i-‘Ashura | 980 | Arabic | بسم الله الرقیب القریب. فاذا استقرت علی ذالک السریر الاحمر و اشربت ماء الخمر فی کأس القدر … سلام الله الفرد الاحد الواحد الصمد المتکبر المعتمد و سلام اول ذکره فی عالم الابد | If thou didst recline upon that crimson throne and drink of the wine from the cup of destiny... Peace be upon God, the Single, the One, the Alone, the Self-Subsisting, the Most Great, the All-Sufficient, and peace be upon the First to be mentioned in the realm of eternity [3.5s] | PR03.056r19-057v03 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00128 | 970 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء و اماء رحمن صبح است و نسیم جانپرور جنت ابهی بجمیع | O ye beloved of Abdu'l-Baha and ye handmaids of the Merciful! It is early morning, and the reviving winds of the Abha Paradise... O God, my God! These are Thy feeble servants | INBA85:270 | MKT8.239b, MNMK#095 p.175, MMK1#008 p.020, AKHA_133BE #14 p.396 | SWAB#008, BPRY.178-179x, TAB.387-390, BSC.492 #949x, DWN_v5#05 p.003-005, TEW.025-027 | E. Mahony, The Bird & The Butterfly, Sophie, Siria & Ashkan | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0175 | 970 | Persian | در ایام دقیانوس امپراطور رومان بعد از حضرت مسیح واقع شد دقیانوس بغض و عداوت زیادی | In the days of Decius, Emperor of Rome, who arose after Christ, there transpired events stemming from intense hatred and enmity [3.5s] | AVK2.208.10 | Christ; Christianity; Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Outward and inward meanings; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00203 | 970 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی اصطفی من رسله من یشاء و ینزل الرحمة علی من یشاء و یهدی من عباده المؤمنین من یشاء و یطمئن قلوب عباده المؤمنین کما یشاء | Praise be to God Who chooseth whom He pleaseth from among His Messengers, and sendeth down mercy upon whomsoever He willeth, and guideth whom He pleaseth from among His believing servants, and bringeth peace to the hearts of His faithful servants as He willeth [3.5s] | ASAT5.234x, HNMJ.125-131 | Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00841 | 970 | mixed | اگرچه مدتها است که هبوب عنایتی از شطر آنجناب بر قلب این مسکین نوزیده و قلم | Though long hath it been since any breeze of loving-kindness from thy direction hath wafted o'er the heart of this lowly one, and the pen [3.5s] | INBA27:409 | BRL_DA#117, AYI2.143x, TSHA2.068x, PYK.023 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00842 | 970 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی تجلی باسمه الابهی علی من فی الارض و السماء اذا نصبت رایه انه | Praise be unto God Who hath manifested Himself through His Most Great Name unto all who are in earth and heaven when His banner was raised [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#078, | Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00844 | 970 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی سر الخادم بنفحات بیان اولیائه الذین نبذوا العالم و قاموا علی | Praise be unto God Who hath gladdened the servant through the fragrant breaths of the utterances of His chosen ones, who have cast aside the world and arisen [3.5s] | INBA08:490, INBA27:384, INBA22:168, BLIB_Or15732.272, | PYK.083 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00846 | 970 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | ان یا نبیل الاعظم اسمع ما ینادیک به لسان القدم عن جبروت اسمه الاکرم و انه ینطق | Let thine ear be attentive, O Nabíl-i-A‘ẓam, to the Voice of the Ancient of Days, crying to thee from the Kingdom of His all-glorious Name. | INBA83:108, BLIB_Or15702.018, , ALIB.folder18p207 | BRL_DA#772, GWBP#139 p.194, KHSH07.011 | GWB#139, ADJ.025x, ADJ.060x | T. Ellis | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Words vs deeds | - | - | ROB3.026, LL#198 | |||||
| BH00847 | 970 | mixed | حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان حضرت محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که آفرینش را بطراز دانش | Hallowed praise, sanctified above mention and utterance, befitteth that Best Beloved Lord Who hath adorned creation with the ornament of knowledge [3.5s]... ...Thou has written concerning the minimum amount of property on which Huququ'llah is payable. This is as set forth to Jinab-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin | BLIB_Or11097#033, | AVK4.228.04, MAS8.142x, MAS8.143ax | COC#1128x | Law of Huququ'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00848 | 970 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالذی اظهرته و جعلت ظهوره نفس ظهورک ... فی هذا الظهور الذی فیه اسودت وجوه مظاهر النفی | Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I supplicate Thee by Him Whom Thou hast called into being | INBA48:085, INBA49:174, INBA92:293, BLIB_Or15739.160, | PMP#178, TSBT.022, NFF5.068, ABMK.014, RAHA.110x, OOL.B090.05 | PM#178 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Prayer for fasting; Prayer for martyrs; Suffering and imprisonment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#271, LL#473 | ||||||
| BH00849 | 970 | Arabic | یا میر قبل محمد تقی ان استمع ندائی انه یجذبک الی ملکوتی و یقربک الی مقام | O Mir Qabl-i-Muhammad-Taqi! Hearken thou unto My call, for verily it draweth thee unto My Kingdom and bringeth thee nigh unto the station [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.032, , BLIB_Or15730.086b, | YIA.182-184 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00204 | Ma Qala’l-Mir’at | 970 | Arabic | بسم الله العلی الجواد ث م ر. انا ارسلنا فی ارض الهائیات ثاء نوریا لیستضیئن کل من فی الملک بنوره و لیکونن للرحمن منصورا | Verily We have sent forth into the realm of divine manifestations a luminous effulgence, that all who dwell in the kingdom may be illumined by its light and become victorious for the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.547-551, BYC_jabar.034.12-036.14, BYC_jabar.075.07-077.08 | Letters of the Living; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The cloud ['ama]; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0178 | Public address given on 1912-05-19 | 970 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | Religions are many, but the reality of religion is one. The days are many, but the sun is one | PUP#049 (p.126-129), SW_v03#09 p.010-012 | Harmony of science and religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00845 | Suratu'llah | 970 | Arabic | Surah of God | Súratu'lláh (Surah of God) | ان یا علی بعد نبیل اسمع ندآء ربک حین الذی یرید ان یخرج عن بینکم بما اکتسبت | O Muhammad-`Ali, hearken to this proclamation from thy Lord, at a time when He desireth to depart out from among ye by reason of what the hands of the oppressors have wrought | BLIB_Or15723.162, , BLIB_Or15737.001, | AQA4#076 p.068, AQA4a.016, ASAT2.111x, OOL.B102 | BLO_PT#091, HURQ.BH25 | Declares the divinity of His station, rebukes the followers of the Báb for plotting against Him, and announces His temporary retirement from the community. | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | 2b | * | - | ROB1.245, MMAH.153, GSH.060, LL#316 | ||
| ABU0177 | Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-29 | 970 | No, but some souls, by their good morals and deeds do. For instance, a son by his good deeds may be the cause of the redemption of his father if he does good deeds.... There is a kind of mathematics where they take the name of a person according to 'Abjad' | PN_1919 p048 | Astrology and numerology; Differences in human capacity; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria) | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0176 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-11-24 | 970 | Persian | مصطفی افندی نامی بود مدیر تحریرات لاینقطع اذیت میکرد ومردم را بر علیه ما میشوراند بطوری متصرف " کرده " | There was a certain Mustafa Effendi in charge of the newspaper, who persistently caused us difficulties and incited people against us, including the Mutasarrif Kurdih | KHH1.298-301 (1.415-419) | KHHE.429-433 | Bribery and corruption; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11698 | 968 | mixed | شهد الله فی قطب البقا بانه لا اله الا هو المهیمن العزیز الممتنع القدیر و اشهد فی عرش | God beareth witness in the Realm of Eternity that there is none other God but Him, the All-Subduing, the Mighty, the Inaccessible, the All-Powerful, and I bear witness at the Throne [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.341 | BRL_DA#554 | Personal instructions; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00129 | 960 | mixed | الهی الهی تری حالی و ضری و بلائی و ذلی و ابتلائی و توجعی و تفجعی و تزعزعی | My God, My God! Thou seest my state, my distress, my tribulation, my abasement, my affliction, my anguish, my grief and my dismay [3.5s] | INBA16:048, INBA84:543 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for protection; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00130 | 960 | mixed | ای حضرت شهید و ایادی امرالله نامه ایکه بتاریخ ۱۹ ربیع الاول ۱۳۳۷ مرقوم نموده | O illustrious martyr and Hand of the Cause of God! Thy letter dated the nineteenth of Rabi'u'l-Avval 1337 [3.5s] | MMK6#344x, AVK4.479ax, AVK4.479bx, PYK.282, MSHR2.162x | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00131 | 960 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای عزیز دانا نامه ای که بتاریخ ۲۷ ماه می ۱۹۰۶ مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید | O thou who art dear, and wise! Thy letter dated 27 May 1906 hath been received and its contents are most pleasing and have brought great joy. Thou didst ask whether this Cause | MNMK#147 p.272, MMK1#031 p.059 | SWAB#031, TAB.540-545, LOG#0690x, BSC.485 #930-931x, DWN_v5#01 p.002-003x | Manifestation of God as mediator; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the Manifestation of God; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00132 | 960 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Translation List | ای یاران رحمانی عبدالبهاء نامه شما که بتاریخ سنبله ۱۳۰۰ نمرو ۱۲۳۳ مورخ بود | O ye loving friends of Abdu'l-Baha! Your letter, dated Sunbulih 1300, number 1233, was received [3.5s]... ...In short, O ye beloved of the Lord! Regard ye not the tyranny and iniquity of the ignorant | BRL_DAK#0580, MMK6#203, PYM.114bx, MSHR4.398x, MUH1.0526x, MJDF.122 | BRL_ATE#157x, ADMS#065i11x | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Eulogies; reminiscences; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Prayer for the departed; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00134 | 960 | Arabic | حمدا لمن انار الافق الاعلی بنور الهدی و ازال ظلام الضلال بتبلج نور الصباح | Praise be unto Him Who hath illumined the Supreme Horizon with the light of guidance and hath dispelled the darkness of error through the dawning light of morn [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0554, MKT1.121, MNMK#011 p.074, YMM.155x | Adam; Adam and Eve; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Prayer for forgiveness; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00850 | 960 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی نطق و انطق الاشیاء و ظهر و اظهر ما کان مستورا عن عیون اهل | Praise be to God, Who hath spoken and caused all things to speak, Who hath manifested Himself and unveiled that which was hidden from the eyes of men [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15701.051, | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement; Review of publications; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00851 | 960 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی هدانا الی صراطه المستقیم و انطقنا بتوحید ذاته و صفاته و ایدنا | Praise be unto God Who hath guided us unto His straight path, enabled us to voice His oneness and His attributes, and strengthened us [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.006, | Oneness; unity of religion; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00852 | 960 | Arabic | الحمد لله المالک بالاستحقاق و المحیط علی الانفس و الافاق قد اظهر انوار وجهه | Praise be unto God, the rightful Sovereign, Who encompasseth all souls and horizons, Who hath manifested the lights of His countenance [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15693.046, | Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for teaching; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00853 | 960 | Arabic | ان یا عبد الذی سجنت فی سبیل الله ربک و رب العالمین اسمع ما ینطق به لسان القدس | O thou servant who hast been imprisoned in the path of God, thy Lord and the Lord of all worlds! Hearken unto that which the Tongue of Holiness speaketh [3.5s] | INBA83:159, BLIB_Or03114.051r, , BLIB_Or15702.158, , BLIB_Or15737.141, , ALIB.folder18p224 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00854 | 960 | Arabic | تبارک الذی بیده ملکوت ملک البقا ثم جبروت العز و السنا و فی قبضه ارادته من فی | Blessed is He in Whose grasp lie the dominion of the eternal realm and the empire of glory and splendour, and within Whose grasp are all who dwell therein [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.078, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00855 | 960 | mixed | طوبی از برای نفوسیکه در ظل سدره طوبی ماوی گرفته اند و نیکوست حال عبادیکه | Blessed are the souls who have taken a shelter under the shade of the Tree of Purity! Happy is the condition | NLAI_BH1.167-169x | LHKM1.183, GHA.035ax | DAS.1915-05-13x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Law of fasting; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00856 | 960 | Arabic | قد فاز القلب و العین بزیاره کتاب حضرتک الذی کان مطرزا بطراز الذکر و الثنا و مزینا بذکر الله | The heart and the eye have truly attained felicity through the perusal of thy letter, which was adorned with the ornament of remembrance and praise, and embellished with the mention of God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15732.280, , BLIB_Or15736.084, | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Review of publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00857 | 960 | mixed | لازال این عبد از عباد الله جز صدق و انصاف نخواسته و این معلوم آنجناب بوده که | This servant hath at all times sought naught from among the servants of God save truth and justice, and this hath been known unto that honoured one [3.5s] | INBA38:114.02, INBA57:055 | UAB.031bx, AYI2.251x | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Idolatry; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00858 | 960 | Persian | یا حزب الله در این حین قلم اعلی از سجن عکا بشما توجه | O people of God! At this hour the Supreme Pen turneth unto you from the Prison of 'Akká [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15703.032, | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00205 | Khutba writen near the staging post of al-Safra 1 | 960 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف ذاته بذاته و لا یعلم احد کیف هو الا هو لا اله الا هو قد انشأ | Praise be to God Who hath known His Own Self through His Self, and none knoweth His Reality save Him. There is no God but Him [3.5s] | INBA91:036.08-041.10, INBA_5006C:320-322, , INBA_5019C:324-326, , PR04.040v06-043v03 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.07?, SRC.063, SRC.187 | ||||||||
| BB00206 | Kitab-i-Ismi’l-Vahid | 960 | 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 الوجهة و الجمال و لک الطلعة و الکمال و لک المثل و الامثال | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Countenance and the Beauty, Thine the Splendor and the Perfection, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.068a06-073a06 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0179 | Words spoken on 1911-11-02 in Paris | 960 | Persian | من باروپا بپاریس آمدم ملاحظه کردم اروپا در مادیات نهایت ترقی را کرده ولکن | When I arrived in Paris from Europe, I observed that while Europe had achieved the utmost progress in material civilization, yet [3.5s] | AMK.243-246, BSHN.140.521x, BSHN.144.509x, MHT1a.164x, MHT1b.122x, KHF.160, KHAB.115 (125), KHTB1.100, KHTP.074 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Critique of Western values; culture; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Human reality created in the image of God; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0180 | Words to Edward Getsinger et al, spoken around 1915-01-26 | 960 | Abdu'l-Bahá in the Holy Land answers questions of Dr. Edward C. Getsinger in 1915 | No obstacle should be placed before any soul which might prevent it from finding the truth.... The ones in real authority are known by their humility... In this day every one must be tested | LOG#0120x, LOG#0235x, LOG#0322x, SW_v06#06 p.043-045, SW_v08#17 p.223, SW_v08#18 p.234, PN_1915 p002, PN_1915 p006 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Spirit and form in the administration; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00135 | 950 | mixed | ای دوستان الهی و مشتعلان بنار محبت رحمانی در این خاکدان ترابی آشیانه نمودن | O friends of God and ye who are enkindled with the fire of divine love! Ye have made your nest in this dusty realm of clay [3.5s] | INBA88:084 | MKT4.054, MILAN.159, BSHN.140.208, BSHN.140.356, BSHN.144.208, BSHN.144.354, DUR4.814, MHT1a.171x, MHT1b.129x, MHT2.156, QALAM.011-012 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00859 | 950 | mixed | حمد مقدس از ظهور و بروز و لسان و بیان و ادراک و عقول مقصود عالم را لایق و | Sanctified praise, transcending manifestation and appearance, tongue and utterance, perception and minds, befitteth the Goal of the world [3.5s] | INBA42:217 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00860 | 950 | mixed | حمد مقصود عالمیان را که در آن ارض ظاهر فرموده آنچه را که سبب امتیاز مقبلین از | Praise be to the Goal of all worlds, Who hath manifested in that land that which distinguisheth them that have turned towards Him [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15701.061, | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Justice and wrath of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00861 | 950 | Arabic | سبحان الذی یذکر اهل الوفاء اذ کان فی سجن الاعدآء و یتوجه الی من اقبل الیه من هذا | Glorified be He Who remembereth the people of faithfulness whilst confined in the prison of His enemies, and turneth towards whosoever hath advanced unto Him from this [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15738.116, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00864 | 950 | mixed | یا محبوب فوادی شب است اما آفتاب روشن و پیدا و نور ظاهر و هویدا سبحان الله هر | O Beloved of My heart! Though it be night, yet the Sun shineth bright and manifest, and the Light is visible and evident. Glory be unto God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.011, | MSHR5.162x, YMM.432x, YMM.473x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11663 | 950 | mixed | قد فزت بزیاره کتابک الکریم قبلته و حضرت به تلقاء الوجه فلما قرات ما اثنیت به | I have verily been blessed with the visitation of thy noble letter; I received it and brought it before My face, and when I read that wherewith thou didst praise [3.5s] | BRL_DA#311, NSS.190x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Grammar and orthography; Praise and encouragement; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | 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 Mercy and the Bounty, Thine the Dominion and the Justice... over all things powerful art Thou. Glorified art Thou, O my God! Holy art Thou [3.5s] | CMB_F14.129r09-132r09, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| 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 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0182 | Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-07 | 950 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | خوش آمدید خوش آمدید انسان دو حیات دارد یک حیات جسمانی یک حیات روحانی حیات | Welcome, welcome! Man possesseth two lives: one life physical, one life spiritual [3.5s] | BSHN.140.530x, BSHN.144.518x, MHT1a.126x, MHT1b.084x, BQA.054, KHF.036, KHAB.334 (341), KHTB2.176, NJB_v03#18 p.001 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Transcending the material condition | - | - | MHMD1.162 | |||||||
| 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 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00136 | 940 | Arabic | To Set the World in Order | الحمد لله الذی خلق حقائق مزدوجه من تقابل الاسماء و الصفات و مرکبه من الوجود | All praise be unto God, Who hath created realities that are paired through the mutual encounter of the divine names and attributes… O Lord, make Thou this marriage to be blessed, prosperous, and happy. Bind these two souls together, and gladden Thou every eye | UMich962.137-139x, UMich991.092-094x | BRL_DAK#0783, BRL_SWOP#006x, BRL_SWOP#103x, MKT1.209, AVK4.159.04x | BRL_SWO#006x, BRL_SWO#103x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Prayer for married couples; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| AB00137 | 940 | mixed | الهی الهی لک الحمد بما رفعت رایه فردانیتک و اریت الکل ایات رحمانیتک و هدیت هولاء | O God! O God! Praise be unto Thee for Thou hast unfurled the Flag of Thy Singleness, caused everyone to witness the signs of Thy Mercifulness | INBA87:135, INBA52:132 | SFI17.014-015 | DAS.1913-11-22x | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Praise of Western values; culture; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00138 | 940 | Persian | ای میر وفا در عالم وجود صفتی بهتر و خوشتر و شیرینتر از وفا نیست این منقبت از | O faithful one! In all the world of existence there is no attribute more excellent, more pleasing and sweeter than faithfulness. This virtue [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0709, AKHB.258x, YARP2.567 p.402 | Critique of Western values; culture; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00139 | 940 | mixed | در این وقت که بلبل گلزار بقا قصد آشیان وفا نموده و شاهد انجمن عاشقین عزم دیار | At this hour, when the nightingale of the eternal rose garden hath taken wing toward the nest of faithfulness, and the Beloved of the gathering of lovers hath departed for His realm [3.5s]... ...Such hath been the interposition of God that the joy evinced by them hath been turned to chagrin and sorrow, so much so that the Persian consul-general in Baghdad regrets exceedingly | BRL_DAK#0787, MMK4#035 p.035, AHB.121BE #07 p.226, TZH4.299, HHA.015-020, MSHR2.169x | GPB.150x, ABCC.016-017x | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00140 | 940 | mixed | و انت تعلم یا الهی مبلغ حبی و فرط هیامی و عظیم ودادی و شده تعلقی بافنان سدره | Thou knowest, O my God, the extent of my love, the intensity of my yearning, the magnitude of my affection, and the depth of my attachment to the boughs of the Divine Lote-Tree [4o] | INBA87:293, INBA52:297 | Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for pilgrims; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00141 | 940 | Arabic | یا من تحمل کل مشقة فى سبیل الله حضرت اسم اعظم | O thou who bearest every hardship in the path of God, O thou bearer of the Most Great Name [3.5s] | INBA13:286 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Education of children; moral education; Growth of the Cause; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00209 | 940 | Arabic | بسمه الذی لا اله الا هو العلی العظیم. الحمد لله الذی قد طرز الکینونیات الهویة و رشح الاحدیات بالسر السطر البدیعة و ابدع | Praise be to God, Who hath adorned the essences of being with divine identity, and hath infused the realities of oneness with the mystery of His wondrous verses [3.5s] | BYC_jabar.190.13-193.05 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.455, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | |||||||||
| BH00865 | 940 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی اظهر ما انزله و وفی بما وعد به فی کتب القبل بحیث نشر آیاته و | Praise be unto Him Who hath manifested that which He revealed and fulfilled that which He promised in the Books of old, whereby His verses have been spread abroad [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15717.242, | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00866 | 940 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی انزل الاحکام و جعلها حصنا لعباده و عله لحفظ بریته طوبی لمن | Praise be to God, Who hath sent down the laws and made them a fortress for His servants and a means for the preservation of His creation. Blessed is he who [3.5s] | INBA27:027, BLIB_Or15700.145, , BLIB_Or15711.224, | AYI2.185x, YMM.248x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00867 | 940 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی جعل النصره فی حکمته البالغه و امر بها کل البریه الذین آمنوا | Praise be to God Who hath ordained assistance through His consummate wisdom and hath enjoined it upon all who have believed [3.5s] | INBA07:047, BLIB_Or15727b.315b, , BLIB_Or15732.277, , NLAI_BH4.364-373 | BRL_DA#604, SFI14.012-014 | Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00868 | 940 | mixed | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | امروز ثنا و سلام و ذکر و بیان مخصوص اولیاء حق جل جلاله است که شبهات اهل | In this day, praise and salutations and remembrance and utterance are reserved unto the chosen ones of God, exalted be His glory, who have dispelled the doubts of the people [3.5s]... ...My God, Whom I worship and adore! I bear witness unto Thy unity and Thy oneness, and acknowledge Thy gifts | INBA65:032x, INBA30:086ax, INBA41:117, INBA81:018x, NLAI_BH_AB.021 | BRL_DA#685, PMP#157x, AHM.317, AQMJ1.140, MMJA.012x | PM#157x, BPRY.111x, BP1929.033-034x | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | LL#503 | ||||||
| BH00869 | 940 | mixed | ای عبدالغنی بشنو ندای غنی متعال را بلسان ابدع احلی الیوم یومی است که باید هر | O 'Abdu'l-Ghani! Hearken unto the call of the All-Glorious, the Most Exalted, in the most wondrous and sweetest tongue. This is the Day wherein every [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#003, , BLIB_Or15722.141, | AQA5#036 p.045, MAS8.044ax, ASAT3.091x, ASAT4.049x, ASAT5.075x, AKHA_120BE #12 p.ax, AKHA_121BE #04 p.ax | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00872 | 940 | mixed | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | لوح من لدنا و کتاب من عندنا الی من اقبل الی قبله الوجود و قطع البر و البحر | A Tablet from Our presence and a Book from Our realm unto him who hath turned his face unto the Qiblih of existence and hath traversed land and sea [3.5s]... ...O Friends! You must all be so ablaze in this day with the fire of the love of God that the heat thereof may be manifest in all your veins, your limbs and members of your body | INBA27:392, BLIB_Or15697.174b, , BLIB_Or15710.266, | AYI2.256x, AYI2.257x, QT108.118x, PYK.058 | BRL_ATBH#24x, BRL_ATBH#27x, COC#1898x | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| BH00873 | 940 | mixed | مکتوب آنجناب که بعبد حاضر لدی العرش نوشته بودید تلقاء وجه حاضر از قبل لوح | Your missive, which you had addressed to this servant present before the Throne, was laid before His countenance, ere the Tablet [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#020, , BLIB_Or15710.059, , BLIB_Or15738.120, | ASAT5.350x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00874 | 940 | mixed | هذا کتاب من المظلوم الذی سمی بحسین قبل علی الیک لیقربک الی الله المهیمن القیوم لاتکن | This is an epistle from the Wronged One, who was named Ḥusayn before 'Alí, unto thee, that it may draw thee nigh unto God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s]... ...O Lord! I beseech Thee by the blood of them that love Thee which hath been shed in Thy path,and by such lamentations and cries as have been voiced by those who yearn for Thee | BLIB_Or03116.087, , BLIB_Or07852.060, , BLIB_Or11096#030, | ADM1#009 p.029x, UAB.004a.04x | JHT_S#020x | Chastisement and requital; Knowledge; recognition of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00875 | 940 | mixed | هذا کتاب من لدی القیوم لقوم یعلمون هل الذین اعرضوا علی شیء لا وربک المهیمن القیوم | This is a Book from before the Self-Subsisting unto those who possess understanding. Are they who have turned away possessed of aught? Nay, by thy Lord, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA34:118, BLIB_Or11096#265x, , BLIB_Or15707.018, , BLIB_Or15735.192, | AQA1#011, AYBY.025b, HYK.192 | Call to action; Personal instructions; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | ROB3.179, LL#368 | ||||||||
| ABU0186 | Address at New York Peace Society reception, spoken on 1912-05-13 | 940 | Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | Although I felt indisposed this afternoon, yet because I attach great importance to this assembly | BWF.231-235, PUP#048 (p.123-126), FWU.020, SW_v03#08 p.014-015 | Predictions and prophecies; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0184 | Address to the Baha'is and others at Parsons home in Dublin, 1912-08-07 | 940 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | اول باید ثابت کنیم که از برای وجود فنائی نیست زیرا فنا عبارت از تفریق اجزاء مرکبه است | We must first prove that there is no annihilation in creation. | BSHN.140.336, BSHN.144.334, MAS5.058, MHT1b.044, KHTB2.207, BDA1.179.10 | SW_v19#10 p.306-308, MHMD1.195-198, PN_1912_heh p039 | Intelligible vs. perceptible realities; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Relationship of the soul to the body | - | - | |||||||
| 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, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.461, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BH00871 | Lawh-i-'Azim | 940 | mixed | قد بلغ الخادم الفانی کتابک الذی کان مدلا علی تمسکک بالله و رجوعک الیه و وجدت | The evanescent servant hath received thy letter, which testifieth to thy steadfastness in God and thy turning unto Him, and hath found [3.5s] | MUH3.277x, YIK.062-064, OOL.B190x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Rebellion and sedition; disobedience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00870 | Lawh-i-Anta'l-Kafi (Long Healing Prayer) | 940 | Arabic | Long Healing Prayer, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Healing prayer, Long | بک یا علی بک یا وفی بک یا بهی انت الکافی و انت الشافی و انت الباقی یا باقی بک | I call on Thee O Exalted One, O Faithful One, O Glorious One! Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, Thou the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One! | INBA36:448, NLAI_BH_AB.103 | BRL_DA#075, AHM.183, TSBT.207, NFF2.017x, ABMK.048, OOL.B025 | BPRY.102, BLO_PT#053 | Ahdieh, L. Thoresen [track 5], The Badasht Project, A. Youssefi (1), A. Youssefi (2), A.Youssefi (3), E. Mahony, Gyenyame, K. Rushdy, N. Ward, unknown, C. Frith | Prayer for healing, rhyming and with repeated refrain, invoking various names of God for the curing of disease and the alleviation of distress. | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for healing; Prayer for protection | 2a | * | * | GSH.186, LL#052 | |
| BB00210 | Testamentary disposition, addressed to Azal | 940 | Arabic | Tablet of the Báb Lawh-i-Vasaya, "Will and Testament"; Titles of Mírzá Yahyá; Will and Testament; Epistle of the Báb to Azal | Lawh-i-Vasaya | بسم الله الازل الازل. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الوحاد الوحید اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الاحاد الاحید اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الصماد الصمید ... ان یا اسم الازل فاشهد علی الله لا اله الا انا العزیز المحبوب ثم اشهد | Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the One, the Unique. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Single, the Peerless. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the All-Sufficing, the Everlasting... O Name of Eternity! Bear thou witness that there is no God but Me, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved [3.5s]... …O name of Azal, testify that there is no God but I, the dearest beloved. Then testify that there is no God but you, the victorious and permanent. Say, God created what He created from the time of beginning that has no beginning and | INBA64:095.01-102.09x, INBA_6007C.465-471, PR03.084r24-085v13, CMB_F23.174r06-176v02 (59)x, , HBH_vasayax, BYC_vesayatx | LOIR08.387, HURQ.BB61x, BLO_PT#211 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | MSBR.206-207x | |||||
| ABU0185 | Words to Laura Dreyfus-Barney, Feb. 1914 | 940 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Thou hast asked concerning the spirit and its immortality after its departure.... As to the question concerning the soul... Be it known that to know the reality or essence of the soul of man is impossible | DAS.1914-02-??, BSC.403 #740, SW_v14#01 p.011-012x, SW_v07#19 p.189-191, BSTW#381 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Relationship of the soul to the body; Second birth; Soul; spirit after death; Soul is the essential reality of man; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0183 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-12-01 | 940 | Persian | امروز جمعی آمده بودند و میگفتند چرا از شهر بیرون نمیروید بمن اعتراض میکنند که با اینهمه اضطراب و اغتشاش | Today a number of people came to Me and asked, “Why do You not leave the city?”... Sulayman Khan and Mírza Fathu'llah were candle-pierced, that is, they were pierced with bayonets | KHH1.277-280 (1.386-389) | KHHE.400-403 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| AB00144 | 930 | Persian | ای یاران پارسیان جناب جمشید نامه مرقوم نموده و ذکر آن یاران روحانی را کرده | O Persian friends! Jinab-i-Jamshid hath written a letter and made mention of those spiritual companions [3.5s]... ...To be a Baha’í is to be the embodiment of all human virtues. | INBA89:078 | BRL_DAK#0626, YHA1.382x#1, YARP2.109 p.130 | SW_v13#04 p.090x, BNE.071x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00145 | 930 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures | ترانی یا الهی فی هذا الجبل الرفیع و المقام الباذخ المنیع ماوی کل رجل عظیم و | Thou seest me, O my God, on this lofty mountain; the sublime and supreme threshold | INBA16:069 | MNMK#003 p.009, MJAI.002 | BSC.406 #744, SW_v08#14 p.194-196, CHH.188x, CHU.194-196, BLO_PN#022, BSTW#215 | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for peace and unity; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| AB00146 | 930 | mixed | خداوندیرا ستاایم و پرستش نماایم که جهان هستی را بپرتو بخشایش زینت و آرایش | All praise and worship be unto God, Who hath adorned the world of being with the resplendent rays of His grace [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0572, MMK3#152 p.104, PYB#112-113 p.05 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Human reality created in the image of God; Man's distinction from the animal; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Unity of governments; political unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00147 | 930 | mixed | ایها الابتهاج کن کالسراج الوهاج فی زجاج محبت الله با ابتهاج روحانیان گردی | O thou who art radiant! Be thou even as a resplendent lamp within the glass of the love of God, that thou mayest be among those who are spiritually joyous [3.5s] | MKT5.222, BSHN.140.472ax, BSHN.144.465ax, DUR4.805x, MHT1a.085x | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00148 | 930 | mixed | بکمال ثبوت و رسوخ در حفظ و صیانت حصن حصین امر اللّه بکوشید و در ثبوت و استقامت بر عهد و پیمان الهی | With the utmost steadfastness and constancy strive ye to preserve and protect the impregnable fortress of the Cause of God, and remain firm and immovable in your faithfulness to the divine Covenant [3.5s] | MMK5#214 p.164x | Business; financial; property matters; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | 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 Mercy and the Bounty, Thine the Authority and the Justice, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes, Thine the Stations and the Reverence [3.5s] | MKI4515.041v-046r | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00876 | 930 | Arabic | ان السرور یقول نفسی لحزنک الفداء یا مظلوم العالمین ان الابتهاج ینادی روحی | Lo, joy proclaimeth: "My soul be a sacrifice for Thy sorrow, O Thou Wronged One of the worlds!" Verily, gladness crieth out: "My spirit..." [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#012, | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to Jews; Proclamation to Muslims; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00877 | 930 | mixed | حمد و ثنای حضرت قیوم و مالک غیب و شهود ذات اقدسش را لایق و سزاست که عالم | Praise and glorification are meet and befitting unto the Self-Subsisting Lord and Sovereign of the invisible and visible realms, that sanctified Essence, Who hath caused the world [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15717.277, | Being a source of light; guidance; Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Hands of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00878 | 930 | mixed | ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الافق الاعلی و فاز بکوثر الحیوان فی ایام ربه الرحمن | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath turned toward the Most Exalted Horizon and hath attained the Kawthar of life in the days of his Lord, the All-Merciful [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.095d, | Astrology and numerology; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00879 | 930 | Arabic | کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم و دار البلاد لاعلاء کلمتی و احداث حبی و اشراق | The Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down unto him who hath believed in God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, and who hath traversed the lands to exalt My Word and to kindle My love and radiance [3.5s] | INBA42:047, BLIB_Or15718.305, | Call to action; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00880 | 930 | mixed | مخفی و مستور بود بظهور و بروز میل فرمود لذا بکلمه علیا خلق نمود آنچه را که | Hidden and concealed was He; He desired to manifest and reveal Himself, wherefore through His exalted Word He brought into being all things [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.219, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00881 | 930 | Arabic | یا جمال قد فزت بذکری و اثار قلمی مرة بعد مرة اشکر الله بهذا الفضل العظیم | O Beauty! Thou hast indeed attained unto My remembrance and the traces of My Pen, time and time again. Render thanks unto God for this great bounty [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15718.004, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00882 | 930 | mixed | یا محبوب فوادی و المذکور فی قلبی این سنه آیات هم فراگرفته و رایات غم مرتفع | O Beloved of my heart and Thou Who art remembered in my soul! This year, too, the signs of grief have encompassed all, and the banners of sorrow have been raised aloft [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.125, | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00214 | Fi Bayani’l-I’tiqad | 930 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یهدی من یشاء و یضل من یشاء و الیه کل الخلق یرجعون و ان الصلوة علی محمد رسول الله و اوصیائه الذین قد جعلهم الله ائمة الدین و ارکان اهل الیقین ... و بعد لما سمعت ان بعض الناس قد عرضوا بمحضر حضرة العالی | Praise be to God, Who guideth whom He willeth and leadeth astray whom He willeth, and unto Whom all created things shall return. And blessings rest upon Muhammad, the Apostle of God, and His chosen ones, whom God hath made the Imams of the Faith and the pillars of them that are assured... And further, when I heard that certain ones had made representations in the presence of [3.5s] | INBA14:385-390, INBA40:133-136, INBA69:411-416, INBA_6010C:383-388, , PR02.130v24-131v26, CMB_F21.089.01-093.01#11, , BYC_collect4.017-020, BYC_three.092-097 | ESCH.393, TZH2.082-084 | Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Muhammad; Islam; Names and attributes of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.077, SRC.193 | |||||||
| AB00143 | Lawh-i-Haft Sham' (Seven Candles) | 930 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | Lawh-i-Haft Sham' (Tablet of the Seven Candles of Unity) | ای منجذبه محبت الله مکتوبی که هنگام رفتن مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید از | O captive of the love of God! The letter which thou didst write at the time of thy departure hath been received. It brought me joy | MKT1.354, MNMK#121 p.231, MMK1#015 p.027, AKHA_119BE #11 p.j, AVK3.098.10x, AVK3.491.12x, OOL.C011 | SWAB#015, PDC.197x2x, WOB.038-039x, COC#1584x, BSC.444 #810, PN_1903 p002, ABCC.360-362x, BSTW#185, BSTW#359, BSTW#407 | Composition and decomposition; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Oneness; unity of religion; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Race unity; racial issues; Unity in diversity; Unity of governments; political unity; Unity of thought and belief; Universal language | 1 | * | * | |||||
| AB00142 | Lawh-i-Tarbiyyat (Tablet of Education) | 930 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | Lawh-i-Tarbiyyat (Tablet of Education) | ای احبای الهی و اماء رحمن جمهور عقلاء بر آنند که تفاوت عقول و آراء از تفاوت | O ye beloved of God and maidservants of the Merciful! The republic of wise men believes that the difference in minds and opinions is due to the difference of education | INBA16:026 | MKT1.330, MNMK#110 p.207, MMK1#098 p.123x, MMK1#104 p.127x, MILAN.084, AKHA_104BE #06 p.15, AKHB.210x, AVK1.250x, AVK3.326.17x, DWNP_v6#05 p.004-006, PYM.218, MJTB.035, DUR1.574x, YHA1.329-330x, YHA1.382x#7, YHA1.382x#8, NJB_v05#02 p.005, OOL.C018 | SWAB#098x, SWAB#104x, TAB.576-580, BWF.396-399x, LOG#0482x, LOG#0484x, LOG#0486x, BSC.486 #935x, TEW.003-006 | MANA (1), MANA (2) | Differences in human capacity; Education and the development of capacity; Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Work as worship | x | * | - | |||
| ABU0192 | Public address given on 1912-05-06 | 930 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | This is a very joyous evening, an evidence in itself of the possibility of uniting the East and the West | BDA1.074n | PUP#042 (p.101-103), SW_v03#04 p.029+031-032, SW_v13#12 p.324 | East and West; communication between East and West; Oneness; unity of religion; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; War and peace; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | MHMD1.082 | ||||||||
| ABU0188 | Public address given on 1912-05-25 | 930 | Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | I am going away from your city, but I leave my heart with you. My spirit will be here... O my God! O my God! Verily, these servants are turning to Thee | BPRY.089-090x, BWF.228-231, LOG#0731x, PUP#054 (p.143-146), FWU.018 | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0187 | Public address given on 1912-05-31 | 930 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | The material world is subject to change and transformation. The Cause of the Kingdom is eternal | PUP#059 (p.161-163), SW_v05#11 p.169-170 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Oneness; unity of religion; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0189 | Words spoken on 1911-01-21 | 930 | Persian | مثل ایران مثل حاصل سبز و خرم خوبی است که گرفتار برودت شده و برف فراوان بروی آن فرود آمده باشد... وقتی که کاروان مکه وارد بریه الشام | The likeness of Iran is as a verdant and fertile field that hath been seized by bitter cold, and upon which abundant snow hath descended [3.5s]... ...Once a trading caravan from Mecca was passing through Syrian lands. The Egyptian king ordered that the leader of the expedition | NJB_v02#06-07 p.008-009, YFY.266-267 | STAB#065 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Past, present and future of Iran; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0190 | Words to Laura Clifford Barney (?) spoken around 1906 | 930 | Science is systemized Truth. The laws of spiritual science are as exact as those of mathematics... There are invisible threads which connect us with every object which makes up our environment. | PN_1906 p013 | Harmony of science and religion; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0191 | Words to MacNutts et al around Jan. 1905 | 930 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Now have we, the beloved of God, gathered together to partake of material and spiritual food... Strive, Strive always that ye may be united... There are two kinds of love... There is something that I especially wish to make you sure of... If you should receive news in America that I have been thrown into the sea | BSC.450 #821x, SW_v12#16 p.254x, SW_v08#10 p.134x, PN_1905 p010, PN_1904 p088x, PN_1905 p011x, BSTW#320 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love of God; Nineteen-Day Feast; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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] | INBA_6007C.160-164, BYC_misc-b.046b05-051a01 | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| AB00149 | 920 | mixed | الهی الهی ترانی خائضا فی غمار البلاء و غریقا فی بحار الباساء و الضراء هدفا للنصال مطعونا | My God, my God! Thou beholdest me plunged in an ocean of tribulation, drowned in the seas of hardship and suffering, a target for arrows, pierced through [3.5s] | INBA87:372, INBA52:381 | MMK5#011 p.005, ASAT4.298, QT108.145-146 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00150 | 920 | mixed | ای حضرت امین علیک بهاء الله و ثنائه خدمات آنجناب در آستان الهی چه در ایام ظهور | O thou Trusted One! Upon thee be the Glory of God and His praise! Thy services at the Divine Threshold, in the days of His Manifestation [3.5s] | INBA88:214, INBA89:036 | MMK4#144 p.150, RHQM1.616 (750bx) (460x), MAS5.222x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00151 | 920 | mixed | Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet on the Functioning of the Universal House of Justice; Universal House of Justice and the Principles of Jurisprudence; Universal House of Justice, The | Universal House of Justice and the Principles of Jurisprudence | ای متشبث بذیل المیثاق منشور مسطور منظور آمد و سوالات مفصله ملاحظه گردید ولو | O thou who hast clung to the hem of the Covenant! Thy detailed letter was received and thy questions were noted [3.5s]... ...Those matters of major importance which constitute the foundation of the Law of God are explicitly recorded in the Text, but subsidiary laws are left to the House of Justice | INBA72:012, INBA59:275b, INBA89:156 | BRL_DAK#0710, BRL_CUHJP#19x, AHB.120BE #03-06 p.05, DWNP_v3#05 p.033-035, RHQM1.302-304 (370) (222-223x) | BRL_CUHJ#19x, COC#0728x, COC#0763x, LOG#1068x, SW_v13#12 p.323-324x, PN_1906 p047, LOIR08.257, BLO_PT#006, BLO_PT#209 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; House of Justice; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Laws of marriage and dowry | - | - | ||||||
| AB00152 | 920 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای منجذبه ملکوت الله آنچه بتاریخ ۱۹ آگست سنه ۱۹۰۵ مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God: Thy writing of August 19, 1905, was considered, and the contents were a source of joy.... The prayers which were written for the purpose of healing | BRL_DAK#0227, MNMK#156 p.290x, MMK1#139 p.156x, MMK5#144 p.112x | SWAB#139x, LOG#0924x, LOG#1761x, SW_v08#08 p.097x, SW_v08#18 p.230x, DLA.084, MAB.008b, BLO_PN#026, BSTW#369a | Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for healing; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00154 | 920 | mixed | یا الهی الحنون ترانی من ملکوت تقدیسک و جبروت توحیدک بین یدی عصبه ذاب کاسره | O my Compassionate God! From Thy Kingdom of holiness and the Realm of Thy oneness Thou beholdest me before a fierce and predatory band [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0781, MKT1.267, DUR3.076, YHA1.377x, MSBR.160-164x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00883 | 920 | mixed | الهی الهی تری المخلصین و الموحدین بین المشرکین و المحبین بین المعاندین و | O my God, my God! Thou beholdest the sincere ones and the monotheists amidst the ungodly, and the lovers amidst the hostile ones [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15717.268, | AYI2.105x | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00884 | 920 | Arabic | انا نذکر من ذکرنا و نجیب من اقبل الینا اذ ظهر افقی الاعلی مطلع وحی مالک الاسماء | We, verily, make mention of him who maketh mention of Us, and answer him who turneth unto Us, when there hath appeared Our most exalted horizon, the Dayspring of revelation of the Lord of Names [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.135c, | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00886 | 920 | mixed | Huqúqu'lláh | حمد مقدس عما یخطر بالبال بساط امنع اقدس حضرت غنی متعالی را لایق و سزاست | Hallowed praise, sanctified above whatsoever may enter the minds of men, beseemeth the most holy and exalted court of the All-Possessing, the Most High [3.5s]... ...O Abu'l Hasan: May my Glory rest upon thee! Fix thy gaze upon the glory of the Cause. Speak forth that which will attract the hearts and the minds. To demand the Huquq is in no wise permissible… O Amín! Upon thee be My glory. It behoveth thee to have the utmost regard for the dignity of the Cause of God in all circumstances | INBA28:508 | BRL_DA#263, BRL_HUQUQP#083x, BRL_HUQUQP#090x, AYI2.219x, AYI2.220x | BRL_HUQUQ#083x, BRL_HUQUQ#090x, COC#1107x, LOG#1034x | Law of Huququ'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| BH00887 | 920 | mixed | سبحان الذی اظهر نفسه و انزل ما اراد و هو الناطق فی یوم المعاد و دعا الکل | Glorified be He Who hath manifested Himself and sent down whatsoever He willeth. He is the Speaker on the Day of Return Who calleth all [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15704.063, | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00888 | 920 | mixed | کتاب انزله المظلوم لمن آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم لتجذبه نفحات الوحی الی الافق | This is the Book which the Wronged One hath sent down unto him who hath believed in God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, that the sweet-scented breezes of revelation may draw him unto the horizon [3.5s]... ...The divines of Persia committed that which no people amongst the peoples of the world have committed | MKI4523.237, | BRL_DA#382, ISH.237, ADH1.113, ADH1.118 | PDC.143x | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00889 | 920 | mixed | Days of Remembrance | لک الحمد یا الهی بما جمعت احبائک فی عیدک الاعظم الذی فیه تجلیت باسمائک الحسنی | Praise be to Thee, O my God, for having gathered together Thy loved ones to celebrate Thy Most Great Festival | AYT.313, ASAT4.401x, OOL.B202, AMB#17 | DOR#17, DAS.1915-04-29n | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Hospitality; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ROB3.053, LL#223 | |||||||
| BH00890 | 920 | mixed | نامه ات بین یدی الوجه فایز و آنچه در او مسطور مشاهده شد لله الحمد فی کل | Thy letter hath reached before the Face of the Presence, and whatsoever was inscribed therein was observed. Praise be to God in all things [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15736.042c, , BN_suppl.1754.144-147 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00891 | 920 | mixed | یا جوانمرد علیک بهاء الله الفرد الاحد از شیعه شنیعه سوال نما که ثمره | O noble youth! Upon thee be the glory of God, the One, the Peerless! Ask thou of the despicable Shí'ih concerning the fruit [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.100, | YARP1.050 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Alchemy; the elixir; Four elements; Purpose; goal of creation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | 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 Mercy and the Bounty, Thine the Authority and the Justice... Thou art, verily, powerful over all things. Hallowed are Thy names, O my God, and exalted [3.5s] | MKI4494.095 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00219 | Bayan dar Jabr wa Tafwid (fi bayan-i-mas'alati'l-Qadar) | 920 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قال الله تعالی الذی خلق فسوی والذی قدر فهدی و قال الصادق لا جبر و لا تفویض بل امر بین الامرین فاعلم ان هذه المسئله لما سد الله معرفته عن العقول والنفوس والارواح | God spoke forth Who created all that is other than Him and thus foreordained and proffered guidance. And [likewise] al-Ṣādiq said when God blocked the gnosis of this matter | INBA14:479-483, INBA53:053-056, INBA67:134-138, INBA_4011C:110-115, , INBA_5006C:375-377, , INBA_6004C:192-195, , INBA_6006C:067-069, , INBA_6010C:473-477, , PR07.059v-061r | ASAT4.473x | HURQ.BB41x | Free will and predestination; fate; Limits of the intellect; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im | - | - | MMAH.018, SRC.073, SRC.184 | ||||||
| AB00153 | Commentary on the Unity of Existence | 920 | mixed | Tablet on the Unity of Existence (Sharh Wahdat al-Wujúd); Abdu'l-Bahá's Response to the Doctrine of the Unity of Existence | Commentary on the Unity of Existence | صنادید متصوفه که تاسیس عقیده وحدت الوجود نموده اند مرادشان از آن وجود وجود | Those pre-eminent Sufis who founded the doctrine of the “unity of existence” never intended by this term the universally predicated existence | MKT3.354, MNMK#148 p.274, DWNP_v1#06 p.001-004 | BLO_PT#164 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Manifestation of God as sun; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | ||||||
| BB00216 | Khutba written one stage from Medina (Khutbiy-i-Shajariyyih) | 920 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد شهد لذاته بذاته ان لا اله الا هو و ابدع خلقه بامره ان لا اله الا هو | Praise be to God, Who hath testified unto His Own Being by His Own Self that there is no God but Him, and Who brought forth His creation by His Command that there is no God but He [3.5s] | INBA91:042.01-047.06, INBA_5006C:322-324, , INBA_5019C:326-328, | Anthropomorphism; Christ; Christianity; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Pantheism; The cross and the trinity; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.07?, SRC.063, SRC.187 | ||||||||
| BH00003 | Kitab-i-'Ahd (Book of the Covenant) | 920 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Days of Remembrance | Will and Testament of Bahá'u'lláh; Kitáb-i-Ahd (Book of the Covenant) | اگر افق اعلی از زخرف دنیا خالیست ولکن در خزائن توکل و تفویض از برای وراث | Although the Realm of Glory hath none of the vanities of the world, yet within the treasury of trust and resignation | INBA65:101, BLIB_Or15261, , CMB_F25.8, | AVK3.066.10x, AVK3.210.02x, AVK3.424.03x, AHM.410, MJMM.399, AYT.355, DWNP_v4#04 p.021, DWNP_v2#03-4 p.025-027x, UAB.036ax, DRD.176, AYI2.076x, AYI2.275x, RHQM2.0918-921 (350) (214-216), TBP#15, OOL.B014, AMB#32 | TB#15, DOR#32, PUP.382x, GPB.028x, GPB.238x, GPB.239x8x, GPB.240x7x, GPB.242x, GPB.314x, WOB.134x, SW_v03#14 p.006-007+010, SW_v04#14 p.238, SW_v05#15 p.229, SW_v07#16 p.153, SW_v07#18 p.188, SW_v09#12 p.138x, SW_v09#13 p.150, BSC.259 #532-546 | A. Youssefi | Bahá’u’lláh’s last will and testament, appointing ‘Abdu’l-Bahá as His successor by summoning ‘the Aghṣán, the Afnán and My Kindred to turn, one and all, their faces towards the Most Mighty Branch’; categorically forbidding contention and conflict; and cautioning lest the means of order and unity that He brought into the world should become the cause of confusion and discord. | Contention and conflict; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Unity; oneness of humanity | 3b | * | * | ROB4.419 et al, BKOG.420, MMAH.213, GSH.150, BSR_v19p03, LL#026 | |
| 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 | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Greatness and the Pride, Thine the Power and the Independence, Thine the Delight and the Bliss [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.063b01-068a04 | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00885 | Lawh-i-Javad | 920 | mixed | ای حبیب جان و محبوب روانم آیا سکون اختیار نموده و جمال مختار مابین اشرار... ای جواد سلطان ایجاد میفرماید ای جواد سیف لسانرا | O beloved of My soul and cherished of My spirit! Hast thou chosen repose whilst the Beauty of the All-Glorious dwelleth amidst the wicked? O Javád, the Sovereign Lord of creation declareth: O Javád, unsheathe the sword of thy tongue [3.5s] | INBA38:082, NLI.32p036vx, Majlis934.058-069x | MAS8.012x | Call to action; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | GSH.197 | |||||||
| BH03710 | Prologue to the Lawh-i-Mubahilih | 920 | Persian | Tablets concerning the Divine Test | Surat al-Mubahalah (Surah of the Divine Test) | معلوم احباءالله بوده باشد که یومى از ایام سید دجال بمکر جدیدى قیام نموده | We heard that some of our opponents desired to come into the presence of this youth. Say: Come, and do not delay! We have appointed as the meeting-place the house of God | TZH5.029, MAS4.277-281, MAS4.166a, RHQM1.068-068 (087x) (051-051x) | BLO_PT#199 | Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#183 | See also BH00457. | ||||
| ABU0193 | Words spoken in the house of Abdu'l-Baha ca. 1909-1910 | 920 | O Tochter des Abendlandes, Wir schätzen deine Offenheit, Wir kennen deine Bedenken, Wir klären dich, du Sucherin der Wahrheit, gerne auf. | SDW v11#08 p.087-089 | Christian doctrine and practice; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Universality of the Cause; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00155 | 910 | mixed | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره المبارکه آنچه از قلم تحریر تسطیر شد ببصر دقیق | O exalted branch of the Blessed Tree! That which was written by the pen of communication passed before these eyes with keen attention [3.5s]... ...In this day, should a person pay attention to the insinuations of the doubters by a needle’s eye, of a certainty he would fall, in such wise that there would be no remedy | INBA87:297, INBA52:301 | AFNAN.138x | Business; financial; property matters; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00156 | 910 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ترانی یا الهی خاضعا خاشعا متصدعا بما امرت من عندک متذللا الی ملکوتک مضطربا من | Thou seest me, O my God, bowed down in lowliness, humbling myself before Thy commandments, submitting to Thy sovereignty | MNMK#134 p.249, MMK1#190 p.218, MJMJ2.090x, MMG2#402 p.448x | SWAB#190, BPRY.201-203x | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Power of prayer; Prayer for sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00221 | 910 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم صل علی ذات حروف السبع ثم حروف الاولی بالملک و الملکوت اللهم صل علی ذات حروف السبع ثم حروف الاولی بالعز والجبروت | O God! Bestow Thy blessings upon Him of the Seven Letters, then upon the Letters of the First in earthly sovereignty and heavenly dominion. O God! Bestow Thy blessings upon Him of the Seven Letters, then upon the Letters of the First, in might and sovereign power [3.5s] | CMB_F14.121v02-124r09, | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | |||||||||
| BH00892 | 910 | mixed | اشهد ان بک زین کتاب المحبه بین البریه و طرز دیباج الموده لودک و خلوصک لله رب | I testify that through thee the Book of Love hath been adorned amidst all created things, and the brocade of affection hath been embellished through thy devotion and sincerity unto God, the Lord [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15732.296, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Review of publications; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00893 | 910 | mixed | ای یوسف از عرف قمیص رحمانی محروم مشاهده میشوی عجب در آنست که چشم یعقوب | O Joseph! I behold thee deprived of the fragrance of the divine Raiment. Strange indeed it is that the eye of Jacob [3.5s] | INBA35:027b, BLIB_Or03116.105, , BLIB_Or11096#032, | MUH3.381-382x, ASAT5.350x, OOL.B189x | Belief and denial; Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00894 | 910 | mixed | تقدیس از مثال و تنزیه از زوال مالک مبدء و مال را لایق که بقدرت محیطه و اراده | Sanctified beyond all semblance and exalted above extinction is the Lord of Origin and Return, Who through His all-encompassing power and will [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15693.089, , BLIB_Or15718.061x, | PYB#248 p.03x | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as mediator; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00895 | 910 | mixed | حمد دارای ملک و ملکوت را لایق و سزاست که بوعد وفا فرمود و بظهور موعود عالم | Praise befitteth and becometh the Lord of the kingdom and the realm above, Who hath fulfilled His promise and manifested the Promised One unto the world [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15717.115, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Law of Huququ'llah; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00896 | 910 | mixed | حمد مقدس از دلالات و اشارات ممکنات واجب الوجودیرا لایق و سزاست که بیک کلمه | Praise, sanctified beyond all intimations and allusions of contingent things, befitteth Him Who is the Necessarily Existent, Who through a single word [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15704.326, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00897 | 910 | mixed | حمد مقصود عالم را لایق و سزا که مع اعراض امرا و اغماض علما و انکار فقها علم | Praise be unto Him Who is the Purpose of the world, Who, notwithstanding the turning away of princes, the heedlessness of the learned, and the denial of the divines, hath caused knowledge [3.5s] | INBA31:203 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00898 | 910 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن کان مذکورا لدی الوجه و تحرک علی ذکره قلمی الاعلی علی شان | A remembrance from Our presence unto one who was mentioned before the Countenance and for whom My Most Exalted Pen hath been moved to make mention in such wise [3.5s]... ...At one time, We address the people of the Torah and summon them unto Him Who is the Revealer of verses | INBA35:102, BLIB_Or11095#015, , BLIB_Or15738.128, | YARP1.056ax | GPB.210x, GPB.211x, GPB.230x, PDC.076x, PDC.124-125x, PDC.125x | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to Jews; Proclamation to Muslims; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00899 | 910 | Arabic | شهد الله لنفسه بنفسه باننی انا حی فی افق الابهی اذا یشهد نفسی و ذاتی و کینونتی | God beareth witness unto His Own Self, through His Own Self, that verily I am alive in the Most Glorious Horizon, whereupon My Self, My Being and My Essence do bear witness [3.5s] | INBA51:297, INBA49:341, BLIB_Or15694.372, , ALIB.folder18p246 | LHKM3.014 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00900 | 910 | Arabic | کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن فی الامکان لیقومن عن رقد الهوی و یتوجهن الی الافق | This is the Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down unto them that dwell in the realm of existence, that they may arise from the slumber of idle fancy and turn toward the horizon [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.078b, | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00901 | 910 | Arabic | لعمر الله ان الخادم الفانی کلما یرید ان یحمد ربه یری و یشاهد بان کینونه الحمد | By the life of God, whenever this lowly servant seeketh to praise his Lord, he perceiveth and beholdeth that the very essence of praise [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15727a.055, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00902 | 910 | Arabic | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | هذا کتاب من لدی الله مالک الاسماء لاهل البهاء الذین لایتکلمون الا بما نطق | This is a Book from God, the Possessor of Names, unto the people of Bahá who speak not except that which hath been uttered [3.5s] | INBA51:149, BLIB_Or15738.068, , KB_620:142-143 | BRL_DA#404, LHKM1.065, MAS8.022bx, MUH3.270x, ASAT4.302x | BRL_ATBH#13x | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Chastisement and requital; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | |||||||
| BH00903 | 910 | Arabic | هذا کتاب یهدی الی الحق و یذکر الناس بایام الروح و یبشرهم برضوان الله المهیمن | This is a Book that guideth unto truth, remindeth the people of the days of the Spirit, and beareth unto them the glad-tidings of God's all-compelling Paradise [3.5s] | INBA36:025, INBA71:182, BLIB_Or15696.171c, | BRL_DA#365, LHKM2.032, RSBB.018, ASAT2.194x | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#378 | ||||||||
| BH00904 | 910 | mixed | یا جواد مکتوبی که جناب علی قبل اکبر علیه بهآء الله بشما نوشته بودند عبد حاضر | O Javád! The missive which His honor 'Alí-i-Akbar, upon him be the Glory of God, had written unto thee was presented to this Servant [3.5s] | INBA97:034 | NNY.189-191 | Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00220 | Answer to Haji Muhammad | 910 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تمحص قلوب عباده بما نزل علیهم من آیات کتابه انه لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم و انا ذا فی موقفی هذا اشهد ان لا اله الا الله | Praise be to God Who doth test and purify the hearts of His servants through that which He hath revealed unto them of the verses of His Book. Verily, there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Wise. And I, in this My station, do testify that there is no God but God [3.5s]... …I have read your letter and informed myself of what you mentioned In it. I had heard from your companion about the dissension in the holy land [Karbala] | PR07.038r-039r, CMB_F21.108.12-110.19#16, | TZH3.332.06-333.02 | MESSIAH.232x | Contention and conflict; House of Justice; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095, SRC.096 | ||||||
| BB00222 | Letter to Mulla Sadiq Muqaddas Khurasani | 910 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الم ذکرالله للورقة الصفرآء عن یمین الطور لا اله الا هو قل ایای فاخرجون و لقد نزلنا الیک کتاباً من قبل | Alif. Lam. Mim. The Remembrance of God hath mentioned the yellow leaf nigh the right-hand side of the Mount [Sinai], [saying] `No God is there except Him' | PYK.003, ASAT4.236-238x, TZH3.149.06-150.13x, AHDA.101 | HURQ.BB25x | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Rejection of Muhammad; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.15, MMAH.036 | |||||||
| ABU0196 | Public address given on 1912-04-26 | 910 | Persian | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | در این انجمن محترم میخواهم در خصوص وحدانیت الهیه تکلم کنم بدیهی است که حقیقت | I wish to speak upon the subject of divine unity, the oneness of God, before this revered assemblage… O Thou kind Lord! O Thou Who art generous and merciful! | BRL_DAK#0573, KHF.114, KHAB.260 (270), KHTB2.049, KHTB3.045, NJB_v05#04 p.001, BDA1.054n | BPRY.112-113x, PUP#046 (p.113-116), SW_v03#07 p.013-014 | D. Djalili, Stevie & Tory, M. Levine [track 6], A. Youssefi | Manifestation of God as mirror; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | MHMD1.062 | |||||
| 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 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Law of obligatory prayer; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0198 | Words spoken ca. 1916 in Abu Sinan | 910 | One day in Baghdad He called all His friends together and spoke to them of God. Then He departed from them alone. Nobody knew just where He was. | CHH.256-260, BLO_PN#022 | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Growth of the Cause; Manifestation of God as educator; Power of the Manifestation of God; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0194 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 910 | Persian | بلی در این امر شمشیر نفحات الهیه است آن شمشیر میکشت این جان می دهد | Verily, in this Cause, the sword is the divine breezes of God; the physical sword took life, whereas this one bestows life eternal [4o] | KHH2.256-261 | Contention and conflict; Growth of the Cause; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; House of Justice; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0199 | Words spoken on 1914-07-03 | 910 | It is said that Jesus entered a village. In those days many houses were broken into | DAS.1914-07-03, SW_v09#18 p.212-214, STAB#058 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0195 | Words spoken on 1920-01-05 | 910 | Persian | جمال مبارک ما را از جمیع قیود نجات داده... شخصی بود مصطفی بیک مدیر تحریرات مفتی شهر عکا | The Blessed Beauty has freed us from all restraints. He teaches that we must be kind to all, even to our enemies. There was a certain Mustafa Bayk | ISA.018-021 | ISAE.1920-01-05, STAB#097x | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0201 | Words to several women in the house of Abdu'l-Baha on 20 Jan 1910, spoken on 1910-01-20 | 910 | Oh, meine Schwester, aus deinem Munde spricht der gewaltige Stolz des Briten. Überlege dir einmal, liebt nicht jeder Mensch | SDW v10#11 p.157-159 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Language and the structure of reality; Past, present and future of Iran; Universal language; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00157 | 900 | Arabic | الهی الهی تشاهد حالی و تنظر بلائی و تسمع نداای و ضجیجی و زفرات اجیج نیران | O my God, my God! Thou beholdest my condition, and witnesseth my tribulations, and hearkeneth unto my call and my lamentation, and the sighs of my burning heart [3.5s] | INBA21:186 (237) | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for protection; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00159 | 900 | Persian | ای یار مهربان آوارگان نامه نامى که اثر کلک عنبرین بود | O thou affectionate friend of the wanderers! A letter hath arrived, a missive traced by a musk-scented pen [3.5s] | MKT2.186 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00160 | 900 | mixed | حمدا لمن اشرق و طلع و لاح من الافق الاعلی و بشر بطلوع نیر الافاق من مطلع | Praise be unto Him Who hath shone forth, arisen, and gleamed from the Most Exalted Horizon, and Who hath heralded the dawning of the Day-Star of the horizons from the Dayspring [3.5s] | INBA85:129 | MMK6#192 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12109 | 900 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما واصل و آنچه مرقوم حقیقت واقع یاران الهی باید عدالت | O steadfast one in the Covenant! Your letter was received, and that which was written reflected the truth. The friends of God must [display] justice [3.5s] | AMIN.067-073 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Martyrs and martyrdom; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0207 | 900 | In former times men either became believers, or else they became enemies of the cause of God. For instance, in the time of Moses | DWN_v3#03-4 p.024, ADP.041-046 | Christ; Christianity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Teachings as spirit of the age; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BB00232 | 900 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الأمر یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی و انه هو حی لا یموت فی قبضته ملکوت کلشیء یخلق ما یشآء بأمره إنه کان على کل شیء قدیراً شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الأمر یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی و انه هو حی لا یموت | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the creation and the command. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life, and verily He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not. In His grasp is the dominion of all things; He createth whatsoever He willeth by His command, and verily, He hath power over all things. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is all creation and command. He quickeneth and causeth to die, then causeth to die and quickeneth, and verily He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not [3.5s] | AHDA.468, QISM.019 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.460.02b | |||||||||
| BH00905 | 900 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی ادار افلاک المعانی بقوة بیانه الاعلی و اظهر نیر الحکمة و البیان من افق | Praise be to God, Who hath set in motion the spheres of inner meaning through the power of His most exalted utterance, and hath caused the sun of wisdom and expression to shine forth from the horizon [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15693.092, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00906 | 900 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی انزل الایات و اظهر البینات و نور العالم باسمه المهیمن علی | Praise be unto God, Who hath sent down the verses, made manifest the clear tokens, and illumined the world through His Name, the All-Subduing [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#040, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00907 | 900 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی اوقد مصباح العرفان فی الامکان و انار افق العالم بانوار الحکمه | Praise be unto God, Who hath kindled the lamp of recognition in the realm of existence and illumined the horizon of the world with the lights of wisdom [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15693.064, | Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00908 | 900 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی زین العالم بأنوار امره المحکم و اظهر ما اراد لارتقاء الامم و امرهم بالخضوع | Praise be to God, Who hath adorned the world with the lights of His firm Command and hath manifested that which He desired for the advancement of the nations, bidding them to submission [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15727b.266, , BLIB_Or15732.248, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00909 | 900 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی ظهر و اظهر ما اراد فی یوم فیه اضطربت الفراعنه و جنودهم و تزلزلت الجبابره | Praise be to God, Who hath appeared and manifested what He desired on a Day wherein the Pharaohs and their hosts were thrown into confusion and the tyrants were made to tremble [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15727b.196, , BLIB_Or15732.258, | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00910 | 900 | mixed | بگو یا معشر العلماء و العرفاء و الامرآء اتقوا الله و انصفوا فی هذا الامر الذی | Say: O concourse of divines, mystics and rulers! Fear ye God and be fair in your judgment of this Cause which [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.061, , BLIB_Or15728.015, | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00911 | 900 | mixed | جوهر حمد و ثنا معروفی را لایق و سزاست که عارفان اسرار حقایق و بیان از عرفان | The essence of praise and glorification befitteth Him Who is known to the mystic knowers of reality's secrets and expression [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.114, , BLIB_Or15711.026, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat]; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00912 | 900 | mixed | حمد مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که در نامه اولیای خود اثر ماء حیوان گذاشته چه که | Praise is befitting and worthy of the Desired One, Who hath infused the epistle of His chosen ones with the essence of the Water of Life, inasmuch as [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.188, , BLIB_Or15736.169, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00913 | 900 | mixed | حمد و شکر ذاکرین ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مذکوری را لایق و سزاست که بانوار بیان | Praise and thanksgiving beseem those who make mention in the most hallowed and exalted Court of that Remembered One, Who through the lights of utterance [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.332, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection of Muhammad | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00914 | 900 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز بالمصائب و البلایا کما فاز مولاه مالک الاسماء ببلایاء | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath triumphed through trials and tribulations even as his Lord, the Lord of Names, triumphed through afflictions [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#031, | NSS.200-201x | Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00916 | 900 | Arabic | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت الذی خلقت الموجودات بقوه صمدانیتک و اظهرت | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou art He Who hath created all created things through the power of Thine eternal Self-Subsistence and hath manifested [3.5s] | INBA92:020 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00917 | 900 | mixed | فی الحقیقه حمد این عباد لایق بساط غیب مکنون و سر مخزون و رمز مصون نبوده و | In truth, the praise of these servants is not worthy of the Court of the Hidden Mystery, the Treasured Secret and the Guarded Symbol [3.5s] | MJAN.263, AYBY.306, UAB.056cx | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00918 | 900 | mixed | کتاب انزله المظلوم لمن شهد و رای آیات ربه الکبری و فاز بما کان مذکورا فی کتب | The Book which the Wronged One hath sent down unto him who hath witnessed and beheld the great signs of his Lord, and hath attained that which was recorded in the Books [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.224, , MKI4523.243, | BRL_DA#508, ISH.243 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00226 | Answer to Sayyid Ahmad-i-Aqazadih | 900 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشآء من عباده لیبعث یوم الحساب فاشهد الله فی وسط الجبال موقف | Praise be to God Who hath sent down the Book upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants, that they might be raised up on the Day of Reckoning. I bear witness unto God, from amidst the mountains [3.5s] | PR07.029r-030v, CMB_F21.127.07-131.05#21, , BYC_collect3.002-008 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||||
| 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; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00227 | Du’a’ li’n-Nuri’l-Ahmar | 900 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک عن الوهیتک باعظمها و کل الوهیتک عظمه عندک | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Divinity in its most glorious manifestation, and all Thy divinity is glorious in Thy sight [3.5s] | CMB_F14.233r10-236v05, | Angels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.462, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00228 | Du’a’a’l-Khamis li’l-Avval | 900 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انا الله و انا الیه راجعون سبحانک اللهم انک انت رب القدر والقضاء و ملیک الاذن والبداء | Verily, we are of God and unto Him do we return! Glorified art Thou, O Lord! Indeed, Thou art the Lord of destiny and decree, and the Sovereign of permission and fulfillment [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.251-254, MKI4494.043, BYC_pray.162.13-166.13 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; 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 | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Greatness and the Independence, Thine the Stations and the Reverence... Thou art, verily, powerful over all things. Hallowed be Thy names [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.077a01-081a09 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00224 | Epistle to Muhammad Shah 1 | 900 | Arabic | Tablets of the Báb to Muhammad Shah | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک الذی لا اله الا هو العلی الکبیر و انه لکتاب لا ریب فیه قد نزل من لدن | Read the Book of the Remembrance of thy Lord, no God is there except Him, the Exalted, the Mighty. Such is indeed a Book about which there is no doubt | INBA_4011C:328-332, , INBA_5006C:367-369, , INBA_6012C.262-264x, , CMB_F28.7.03-04, | HNU.149-151x, AHDA.102, OOL.A023.1 | HURQ.BB28x | Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | MSBR.208-209, AHDA.460.08, MMAH.024, SRC.058, SRC.192 | |||||
| BH00915 | Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night - 'Akka) | 900 | Arabic | Tablet of the Sacred Night (Lawh Laylat al-Quds) | Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night, 'Akká) | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی نجیت به الادم عن الشیطان و حفظت النوح | Praise be to Thee, O my God. I call upon Thee by Thy Name, whereby Thou didst save Adam from Satan, and didst deliver Noah from the deluge, Abraham from the flames | INBA92:298 | TSBT.174-181, RHQM2.0996x (435) (267x), OOL.B001a | BLO_PT#138, HURQ.BH43 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Prayer for evening; night; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for unity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | MMAH.172, LL#148 | Not to be confused with Inventory #BH00970. | |||
| AB00158 | Lawh-i-Tanazu'-i Baqa | 900 | mixed | Tablet on the Struggle for Survival (Lawh-i-Tanázu'-i Baqá); Universal Education | Lawh-i-Tanázu'-i Baqá (Tablet on the Struggle for Survival) | ای انجمن محترم عالم انسانی از این نیت خیریه و علویت مقاصد که دارید باید مورد شکرانیت | O honored society [for the advancement] of humanity! All mankind should be grateful on account of your noble purpose and lofty intentions…. One day I was standing by a creek and observed that a swarm of small locusts | BRL_DAK#0585, MKT4.018, KHF.066, KHTB3.035 | BLO_PT#163, STAB#099x | Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Nationalism; love of country; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0205 | Public address given on 1912-05-26 | 900 | Persian | مسئله بقای روح را نقلا در کتب مقدسه خوانده اید دیگر لازم نیست که من مجددا | As regards the matter of the immortality of the spirit, you have already studied this in the Holy Books, and there is no need for me to expound upon it anew [3.5s] | KHF.129, KHAB.346 (353), KHTB2.185, NJB_v04#19 p.004 | Existence; immortality of the human soul; Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Relationship of the soul to the body; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0204 | Public address given on 1912-06-20 | 900 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | I am about to leave the city for a few days rest at Montclair. When I | PUP#074 (p.206-209), SW_v03#10 p.023-024 | Composition and decomposition; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00229 | Tablet to Sultan 'Abdu'l-Majid | 900 | Arabic | Epistle of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad 'the Báb' to Sultan Abdulmecid | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو لغنی حمید هو الذی بیده ملکوت کل شیء و لایعزب من علمه شیء لا اله الا هو قل ایاه فاعبدون | Praise be to Him Who hath sent the Book unto whosoever He willeth among His servants | SFI08.026-027, TZH2.065-066x, AHDA.090x | LOIR04.001-015, BLO_PT#032 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#03.05, AHDA.460.07, SRC.058 | ||||||
| ABU0206 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-07 | 900 | Last night a Hindu professor of music came to see me. He brought with him a musical instrument called the vina | DAS.1913-02-07, ADP.076-078x, PN_1913 p002 | Manifestation of God as sun; Music and singing; Oneness; unity of religion; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0202 | Words spoken to Persian Baha'is at Hotel Victoria in Ramleh, 1912-03-04 | 900 | Persian | از جمله مظاهر مقدسه الهیه حضرت زردشت بود نبوت حضرت مثل آفتاب واضح و روشن است | Among the holy Manifestations of God was Zoroaster, whose Prophethood is clear and evident as the sun [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0596, AVK2.068.10x, KHF.126, KHAB.217 (227), KHTB3.050 | Oneness; unity of religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Unity in diversity; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0208 | Words to Mr. Reed, at dinner, spoken on 1912-10-08 | 900 | There we do not have any Sunday. Whenever we get tired we simply withdraw…. When we were in Rumelia, in the Jewish quarter there was one of the grandees among the Jews, a very wealthy man | ECN.614+1030 | Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Critique of Eastern values; culture; Day of rest; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0203 | Words to Mrs Lesch, Buikema et al, spoken on 1912-10-31 | 900 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بکلیفورنیا رفتیم هیجان شدیدی در نفوس افتاد در یونیورستی دارالفنون و کنائس و مجامع خلق بحرکت آمدند | Welcome, exceedingly welcome! We went to California and a great commotion was set up in the souls.... | BDA1.342.02x | MHMD1.360x, BSTW#132, BSTW#308 | Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| BB00223 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 900 | Arabic | انما البهاء من الله علی نوره الأنور و من یشابه ذلک النور من أدلائه الأظهر الأظهر | Verily all glory from God be upon His Most Luminous Light and upon them that resemble that Light among His most manifest guides [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.061-065, MKI4515.046r-050r | Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00225 | Ziyaratu’l-Avval (in honor of Mulla Husayn) | 900 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو الازل الازل و انما البهاء من الله علی الواحد الاول الی ما ینتهی الذکر الی ما تقلب الامر باللیل الالیل و بعد اذا اردت | Praise be to God, beside Whom there is no other god, the Eternal, the Everlasting. Verily, all glory floweth from God upon the Primal Unity, until mention shall cease and the Cause shall turn into darksome night. And thereafter, when thou didst [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.092a10-096b03 | Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00161 | 890 | mixed | ای ثابت عهد و راسخ پیمان نامه شما در بهترین زمانی وارد زیرا سالهای چند بود که | O thou who art firm in the Covenant and steadfast in the Testament! Your letter has been received in the best of time. | INBA84:377 | BRL_DAK#0547, MSHR3.365x, NJB_v10#02 p.025 | SW_v10#02 p.024-027 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00162 | 890 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای منجذب بنفحات الهیه مکتوب مفصل که بمسیس گتسنر لوا مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه | O thou who art attracted to the fragrant breathings of God! I have read thy letter addressed to Mrs. Lua Getsinger | MKT2.097, MMK1#134 p.149, MILAN.066, AVK3.021 | SWAB#134, LOG#0996x, LOG#1008x | Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00163 | 890 | mixed | ای یاران جان و وجدان عبدالبهاء جناب نصرالله خان الحمد لله در صون حمایت جمال | O ye spiritual friends and companions in conscience of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Jináb-i-Naṣru'lláh Khán, praised be God, under the sheltering protection [3.5s] | MSHR2.319 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Growth of the Cause; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00164 | 890 | mixed | یا من ادخره الله لخدمه امره و اعلاء کلمته آنچه مرقوم فرموده بودید قرائت | O thou whom God hath reserved for the service of His Cause and the exaltation of His Word! That which thou hadst written was read [3.5s] | MMK2#039 p.029 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0213 | 890 | Bahá'í Scriptures | In reality the geographical position of the Central States has great importance.... Likewise, great importance must be given to the development of the Star of the West | BSC.546 #986, SW_v10#07 p.126-127+138, SW_v10#04 p.081, SW_v11#01 p.016 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Newspapers and the media; publications; Review of publications; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00919 | 890 | mixed | حمد بساط مبسوطه ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که از برای اولیا | Praise be to the outspread court of the Most Exalted, Most Holy Presence of the Desired One, Who alone is worthy and befitting of His chosen ones [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15701.031, | YARP1.058bx, SFI04.011bx, AYI2.287x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00920 | 890 | Persian | حمد مقدس از تغییر و زوال لم یزل و لا یزال حضرت بیزوال و غنی متعال را لایق و سزا | Sanctified praise, untouched by change and extinction, hath ever been and shall ever be befitting and worthy of that Ever-Abiding Lord, the Most Exalted [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15732.283, | Man's distinction from the animal; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Reward and punishment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00923 | 890 | Arabic | قد ارتعد ظهر القلم الاعلی فی هذا المصیبة الکبری الذی تکدر بها المظلوم اذ کان فی هذا المقام البعید | The Supreme Pen hath trembled at this grievous calamity whereby the Wronged One hath been saddened in this remote station [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.012c, | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00924 | 890 | mixed | قد رجعنا من بیت اخینا و دخلنا البیت اذا حضر کتابک و قرء تلقاء الوجه بتمامه | We have returned from Our brother's house and entered Our dwelling, whereupon Thy letter arrived and was read in its entirety before Our countenance [3.5s] | BLIB_Or03116.113r, , BLIB_Or11096#035, | ANDA#50 p.20x, YFY.125-127 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00925 | 890 | Arabic | لم ادر یا الهی لمن اصفک و بمن اذکرک فو عزتک صرت متحیرا بعد الذی جعلتنی فی | I know not, O my God, to whom I shall liken Thee or by what name I shall extol Thee. By Thy glory, I am bewildered after Thou didst cause me to be [3.5s] | INBA92:015 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00926 | 890 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | هذا کتاب من الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذی آمن به و استهدی بانوار الروح فی تلک الایام | This is a Book from God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who hath believed in Him and sought guidance from the splendours of the Spirit in these days [3.5s]... ...O Jews! If ye be intent on crucifying once again Jesus, the Spirit of God, put Me to death, for He hath once more, in My person, been made manifest unto you | BLIB_Or15725.104, , NLAI_BH2.102 | BRL_DA#669, GWBP#047 p.072x | GWB#047x | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Return of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#406 | ||||||
| BH00927 | 890 | mixed | یا اولیاء در لوح دنیا این کلمات عالیات از مشرق بیان مالک اسماء | O friends! In the Tablet of the World these exalted words have shone forth from the Dayspring of utterance, the Lord of Names [3.5s] | INBA41:085 | AVK4.480.08x, MAS8.114cx | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Call to action; Hands of the Cause; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Past, present and future of Iran; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00928 | 890 | mixed | یا محبوب فوادی علیک بهاء مولائی و سلطانی و مالکی در هر حین از جمیع جهات آثار ظهور | O Beloved of My heart! Upon Thee be the glory of My Lord, My Sovereign and My Master. At every moment, from all directions, the signs of manifestation [3.5s] | INBA27:485b | MAS4.090ax | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00921 | Lawh-i-Raqsha | 890 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل و سمع ندآء الله المهیمن القیوم و اجاب مولیه فی یوم فیه | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath turned and hearkened unto the Call of God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, and who hath answered his Lord on this Day wherein [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.014, | NNY.235-236x, MAS4.107x, OOL.B071 | Details the divine justice and wrath that was visited upon the two individuals mentioned in the Lawḥ-i-Burhán and offers remembrance and praise for several of His followers. | Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | 3b | * | - | LL#218 | |||||
| ABU0212 | Public address given on 1913-04-06 | 890 | Many meetings are organized and established in all parts of the world; societies and organizations for the extension of general intercourse | SW_v04#09 p.156-157 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Equality of men and women; Fanaticism and hatred; Martyrs and martyrdom; Teachings as spirit of the age; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00922 | Suriy-i-Ma'ani | 890 | Arabic | سبحان الذی یسبح له کل من فی السموات و الارض و انه کان علی کل شیء محیطا | Praised be He who offereth glory before Him; all, that is, whether they be in the heavens or upon the earth. He indeed hath ever been All-Encompassing of everything | INBA83:136, BLIB_Or03114.044r, , BLIB_Or15702.082, , BLIB_Or15737.126, , NLAI_BH2.118, ALIB.folder18p219 | OOL.B129 | HURQ.BH33 | Praises God and His Messengers, who receive divine inspiration in various ways; declares as a matter of principle that the transcendent Godhead is not the immediate cause of this inspiration; and extols the transformative power of the word of God at the time of its revelation. | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 2c | * | - | LL#317 | ||||
| ABU0214 | Words spoken on 1912-10-04 in San Francisco | 890 | All phenomena excepting man, whether major or minor, are possessed of one aspect. For example, consider the vegetable kingdom. | ECN.087+935 | Arcs of ascent and descent; Fulfillment of true potential; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0210 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-23 | 890 | It will progress to such a degree that anyone can travel with them. The danger will become less and less... Had it not been for steamers, America would not have entered the war. | PN_1919 p032, PN_1919 p173, LAT.112-117 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0211 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-24 | 890 | Bahá'u'lláh lived in ‘Akká nine years. Two years were passed in the barracks and seven years in a house in the city. There was a mobilization at that time | PN_1919 p178, LAT.118-123 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00165 | 880 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای منادی میثاق نامه های محرر چون جامهای مکرر نشئه صهباء داشت و نفحه حدیقه | O herald of the Covenant! Thy letters, like chalices filled repeatedly, carried the exhilaration of heavenly wine and the fragrance of the garden [3.5s]... ...This is my firm, my unshakable conviction, the essence of my unconcealed and explicit belief -- a conviction and belief which the denizens of the Abha Kingdom fully share… Therefore, in this day the doors of contention must be barred and the causes of strife prevented | INBA21:160b, INBA72:059, INBA88:076 | BRL_DAK#0060, MKT2.247, AVK4.291bx, YHA1.014x | BRL_ATE#094x, WOB.133x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB00166 | 880 | Persian | ای یادگار ابوالفضائل چند ماه پیش جواب نامه مفصل قدیم مرقوم گردید و ارسال شد | O thou cherished remembrance of Abul-Fadl! Some months ago a detailed reply to thy previous letter was written and dispatched [3.5s] | MKT3.277, AVK2.165.02x | Criticism and its limits; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Literal interpretation; Newspapers and the media; publications; Rational arguments; The mind's power of discovery | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00945 | 880 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Peace; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مفصل شما با نامه های مختصر جمیع رسید و بنظر دقت... در خصوص احبّای پیتسبرگ مرقوم نموده بودی | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy detailed letter and the brief ones have all been received and attentively perused. | BRL_DAK#0589, COMP_COVP#43x, COMP_PEACEP#25x, MMK4#151 p.162x | BRL_ATE#168, BRL_COV#43x, BRL_PEACE#25x, COC#0254x, COC#1586x, BSC.547 #988, SW_v10#12 p.234-236, BSTW#177, BSTW#268 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0217 | 880 | To begin, let it be understood that the Prophets or Messengers of God are holy souls sent by Him to lead us to a knowledge of God and establish laws | BSTW#138 | Adam; Adam and Eve; Evolution; human evolution; Imagery in the Qur'an; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH00929 | 880 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی انزل الایات و اظهر البینات فی یوم کان موعودا فی کتبه و زبره و | Praise be to God Who hath sent down the verses and revealed the clear proofs on a Day that was promised in His Books and His Scriptures [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15704.345, | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; High station of the true believer; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00930 | 880 | Arabic | ثناء یستنیر به قلوب العارفین و حمد یستضی به صدور العاشقین | Praise whereby the hearts of the mystics are illumined, and glorification through which the breasts of the lovers are made radiant [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15693.036, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00931 | 880 | mixed | حبیبا فضل کلیه بکله ظاهر و کلمه جامعه بتمامه باهر عنایت قدیمه بابهی ظهور | O My beloved! The universal grace is manifest in its entirety, and the all-embracing Word shines forth in its fullness, the ancient bounty in its most glorious manifestation [3.5s] | MSHR4.291-293 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00932 | 880 | Persian | حمد مقدس از اذکار و اوصاف اهل امکان حضرت محبوب بی زوالی را سزاست | Hallowed praise, transcending the utterances and descriptions of all who dwell in the realm of possibility, befitteth that Eternal Beloved [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15727b.193, , BLIB_Or15732.264, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00933 | 880 | Persian | حمد مقدس از عالم و عالمیان ساحه امنع اقدس اعز مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که | Sanctified praise, transcending the world and all its peoples, befitteth the most exalted, most holy and most glorious court of the Desired One [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15704.386, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00935 | 880 | mixed | لله الحمد آسمان محبت رسید یعنی نامه و انجم کواکب ایمان و ایقان و استقامت و | All praise be unto God! The heaven of love hath appeared, that is to say, the missive with its stars of faith, certitude and steadfastness [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.135, , BLIB_Or15711.113, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Law of fasting; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00936 | 880 | Arabic | هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و فیه ما یبلغ الناس الی شاطی الاحدیه و یرزقهم من ثمرات | This is a Book that speaketh the truth, and therein lieth that which will guide humanity to the shores of divine oneness and nourish them with its fruits [3.5s] | INBA71:086 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00937 | 880 | Persian | و معلوم احبای الهی بوده در ایام توقف در ارض سر الواح منیعه | Be it known unto the beloved of God that during the days of sojourn in the Land of Mystery, exalted Tablets were revealed [3.5s] | MAS4.248, ASAT5.186x, MSHR4.266x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00938 | 880 | mixed | یا حبیب فوادی مدتیست از خامه تقدیر ظاهر شده ولکن در ارسالش تاخیر شد اینهم از | O Beloved of My heart! Long hath this flowed from the Pen of Destiny, yet in its sending was there delay. This, verily, is from [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15736.054, | Goodly deeds; actions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00234 | Ayati allati Nuzzilat fi Yaumi’l-‘Arafa | 880 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الاعرف الاعرف قد خلقت کل شیء لیعرفنی ثم لیعبدتنی و لا یشرکن بی احد و قد ارسلت الرسل من قبل لیوم ظهوری | Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Most Knowing, the Most Knowing. I have created all things that they may know Me and worship Me, and none shall join partners with Me. And I did send forth the Messengers before for the Day of My Manifestation [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.177-180, BYC_misc-b.126a06-130a04 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Manifestation of God as mediator; Presence of; reunion with God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Purpose; goal of creation; Saddening another soul | - | - | AHDA.461.02? | ||||||||
| BH00934 | Lawh-i-Tuqa | 880 | Arabic | Lawhut-Tuqa (Tablet of Piety or the Fear of God) | فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق من جبروت عز علیا و ینطق بالحق فی ملکوته الاعلی بلسانه | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth from the heaven of transcendent might, and Who speaketh with truth in His most exalted Kingdom through His tongue [3.5s]... ...Among the people is he who opposes God publicly. If the verses of God are recited to him, his face grows dark and he returns to his people as one despised. | INBA83:100, BLIB_Or15702.001, , BLIB_Or15723.258, , BLIB_Or15737.102, , ALIB.folder18p204 | BRL_DA#723, AQA7#509 p.347, OOL.B083 | HURQ.BH50, KSHK#06x | Bids the people enter the ‘crimson Ark’, adorned with divine virtue; addresses the objections of those who reject the divine verses; and warns those who, like Mírzá Yaḥyá, denied the ‘Most Great Announcement’. | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2c | * | - | ROB2.397, GPB.171, LL#254 | |||
| 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 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Impossibility of true worship of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00168 | Some Answered Questions #044 The Rebukes Addressed by God to the Prophets | 880 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | 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 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Moses; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | |||||||
| AB00167 | Some Answered Questions #049 The Evolution of Species | 880 | Persian | Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some | در این مسئله روزی دیگر مذاکره شد باز مجدداً نیز صحبتی میشود خلاصهء اینمسئله | We discussed this matter the other day but we will speak of it again. Briefly, this question comes down to | MFD#49, OOL.C022.49 | SAQ#49, BWF.307-310 | Evolution; human evolution; Need for an educator | - | - | |||||||
| AB00169 | Tablet of the Divine Plan (Canada and Greenland II) | 880 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | یاران مهربانا و اماء رحمانا لن تری فی خلق الرحمن من تفاوت در قرآن عظیم | O ye kind friends and the maidservants of the Merciful: In the great Qur'an God says... ...Be not concerned with the smallness of your numbers, neither be oppressed by the multitude... Praise be to Thee, O my God! These are Thy servants who are attracted by the fragrances... O God, my God! Thou beholdest this weak one begging for celestial strength | MKT3.054, RRT.148x, ANDA#03 p.71, ADH2.108x, ADH2_3#03 p.143x, MJMJ1.015x, MJH.064ax, NSR_1978.115x, NSR_1993.128x, FRTB.087 | TDP#13, BPRY.217-218x, BPRY.218-219x, ADJ.055x, ADJ.058x2x, ADJ.062x, COF.012bx, GPB.397x, TDH#158.17x, WOB.077-078x, LOG#1985x, BSC.524 #981, SW_v10#12 p.227-229 | R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 9], almunajat.com [item 3, 14] | Prayer for teaching; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | UDP.038 | |||||
| ABU0218 | Words spoken in the house of Abdu'l-Baha ca. 1909-1910 | 880 | Im ganzen Morgenlande ist die Auffassung über die Natur eines Propheten dieselbe, gleichviel, ob es sidı um die Religion des Islams | SDW v11#07 p.076-077 | Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0215 | Words spoken on 1911-11-16 in Paris | 880 | mixed | آفتاب جهانتاب آسمانیرا طلوع و غروبی و از این جهه کیهانرا شب و روزی موسم ربیع | The celestial Sun hath both its rising and its setting, and thus doth the universe know both night and day, and the season of spring [3.5s] | DWNP_v2#07 p.058-060, DWNP_v5#07-8 p.003-006x, KHTB1.254, NJB_v02#14-16 p.017 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Growth of the Cause; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Literal interpretation; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0219 | Words spoken on 1912-10-23 in Oakland | 880 | I am very grateful that this meeting has been made possible, for it is extraordinary that after forty years' imprisonment, and the consequent infirmity | ECN.207+499x | Christ; Christianity; East and West; communication between East and West; Oneness; unity of religion; Praise of Western values; culture; Religion as source of love and unity; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0216 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-05-03 | 880 | On this journey many souls were set aglow with the fire of the love of God and they became exceedingly attracted to the Cause. | DAS.1913-05-03 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Man's distinction from the animal; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The mind's power of discovery | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00233 | Ziyarat for Mulla Husayn | 880 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من الله علیک یا ایتها التربة المتقدسه ثم الجلال من الله علیک یا ایتها التربة الممتنعه ثم الجمال من الله علیک یا ایتها التربة المرتفعة | Verily all glory from God be upon thee, O sacred dust, and all majesty from God be upon thee, O hallowed ground, and all beauty from God be upon thee, O exalted earth [4o] | MKI4494.012 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00170 | 870 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | اللهم یا هادی الامم الی ظل اسمک الاعظم و رافع رایه نور القدم فی قطب العالم | O God! O Thou Who guideth the nations beneath the shadow of Thy Most Great Name and Who hath raised the banner of the ancient Light in the midmost heart of the world [3.5s]... ...There are two Books: one is the Book of Creation and the other is the Written Book | BRL_DAK#0658, MKT1.433 | BRL_ATE#199x, RESP.013x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Prayer for peace and unity; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00171 | 870 | mixed | Trustworthiness | ای جنود حیات شرق و غرب پرستش نجوم آفله نمایند و عبادت آفاق مظلمه از اس اساس | O Army of Life! East and West have joined to worship stars of faded splendor and have turned in prayer unto darkened horizons.... The essential purpose of Faith and Belief is to ennoble the inner being of man with the outpourings of grace from on high.... He is a true Baha'i who strives by day and by night | BRL_DAK#0788, COMP_TRUSTP#65x, MKT4.050, AVK3.005, MMG2#013 p.011x, YMM.067 | BRL_TRUST#64x, COC#0784x, COC#2076x, LOG#0245x, SW_v16#06 p.053x, DWN_v4#08-9 p.113-114x, DWN_v5#06 p.002-003x, BW_v01p012 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Creation of the world; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00172 | 870 | Persian | Translation List | این مسجون چهل ساله بعد از آزادی مدت ۳ سال یعنی از سنه هزار و نهصد و ده تا | O thou beloved daughter! Thy letter was received… After the declaration of the constitutional regime in Turkey in 1908 | MNMK#087 p.154, HHA.262, ADH2_1#55 p.085x, MMG2#055 p.055x, MJDF.072, KHF.080, KHAB.001 (013), KHTB3.043, NJB_v05#16 p.001, VUJUD.015-016x | COC#1606x, SW_v05#16 p.243-245, SW_v06#11 p.084, SW_v18#11 p.343, DWN_v1#12 p.007ax, BSTW#153, BSTW#213a, VUJUDE.022-023x, ADMS#049x | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for peace and unity; Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00174 | 870 | mixed | Light of the World | یا من عتبتک السامیه ملجای و ملاذی و ساحت قدسک مرجعی و معاذی اتضرع بقلب مضطرم | O Thou Whose exalted Threshold is my haven and my refuge, Whose hallowed Sanctuary is my shelter and my abode | NURA#39, MMK4#078 p.083 | LOTW#39 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0225 | 870 | ...These twelve basic Bahá'í principles were laid down by Baha'o'llah over sixty years ago | SW_v11#01 p.004-005, SW_v12#01 p.012-013 | Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Oneness; unity of religion; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Supreme tribunal; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH00940 | 870 | mixed | ان یا احمد تالله الحق قد تمت حجه الله علیک و جعل برهانه علیک بالغا ان انت من العارفین | O Ahmad! By God, the True One, His proof hath been perfected unto thee, and His testimony hath been made complete against thee, if thou be of them that comprehend [3.5s] | INBA38:110, BLIB_Or15694.542, , ALIB.folder18p258 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00941 | 870 | mixed | ان یا ایها العبد اسمع ندآء الله ثم اعمل بما تومر من لدن ربک و لاتکن فی دین | O thou servant! Hearken unto the Call of God, then act in accordance with that which hath been ordained for thee by thy Lord, and be not of them that waver in their faith [3.5s]... ...By God, the True One! Were We, for a single instant, to withhold from him the outpourings of Our Cause | INBA23:042, BLIB_Or15725.032, | BRL_DA#114, TZH5.155 | GPB.251x | Chastisement and requital; Contention and conflict; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00942 | 870 | mixed | حمد حضرت مالکی را لایق که مابین مملوکهای عالم علم اننی انا مالک الوجود | Praise be to the sovereign Lord Who hath, amidst the servants of the world, raised aloft the banner of "Verily, I am the Lord of existence." [3.5s] | INBA31:142 | Consolation and comfort; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00943 | 870 | mixed | حمد ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که عالم امکانرا بنور عرفان مزین | Praise befitteth the most exalted, most holy court of the Object of all desire, Who hath adorned the realm of being with the light of recognition [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.125, , BLIB_Or15711.107, | AYI2.095x, AYI2.099x, AYI2.100x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00944 | 870 | mixed | حمد ساحت قدس حضرت مقصودیرا لایق و سزاست که از غضب صرف رحمت کبری ظاهر نمود و از | All praise to the hallowed sanctuary of the Desired One, the One Who brought forth the Most Great Mercy from out of pure wrath | MJAN.258, AYBY.304x, AYBY.305x, UAB.011ex, YMM.432x, VUJUD.119-120x | VUJUDE.165-166x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Love as fire; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Power of prayer; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00945 | 870 | mixed | ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی المذکور اذ اتی الوعد و ظهر الموعود بسلطان مبین | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who turned to the Remembered One, when the Promise came to pass and the Promised One appeared with manifest sovereignty [3.5s] | MKI4523.248, | BRL_DA#507, ISH.248, ADH1.124x | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | LL#389? | ||||||||
| BH00946 | 870 | Persian | روحی و کینونتی لک الفداء حمد محبوب عالمیان را که آنحضرت بکمال صحت و روح و ریحان | My spirit and my very being I offer in sacrifice unto Thee! Praise be to the Beloved of all the worlds, that He hath appeared in the fullness of health, with spirit and delight [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15736.101c, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00947 | 870 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تشهد حالی و تسمع ضجیجی و تعلم ما فعلوا بنا عبادک فی | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou dost witness my state and hear my lamentation, and knowest what Thy servants have wrought against us [3.5s] | INBA48:095, INBA49:132, BLIB_Or15739.175, | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00949 | 870 | Arabic | قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و اجبناک بالحق رحمه من لدنا علیک لتکون شاکرا بفضل | Thy letter hath reached Our presence, and We have answered thee with truth as a mercy from Us unto thee, that thou mayest be thankful [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.170, , Berlin1237#04 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Soul; spirit after death; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00950 | 870 | Arabic | کتاب الله نزل بالحق انه لکتاب مبین ینطق انه لا اله الا انا العزیز الکریم یا | The Book of God hath been sent down in truth; verily it is a perspicuous Book that proclaimeth: There is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Bountiful. O [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#013, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00948 | Lawh-i-Aqa Siyyid Hasan | 870 | Arabic | قد ارتفع ندآء الله عن یمین الرضوان بندآء الذی یسمعه حقایق کل الاشیاء بین الارض | The call of God hath been raised from the right hand of the Ridván with such a call as is heard by the realities of all things upon the earth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15702.100, , NLAI_BH2.122, ALIB.folder18p269 | AQA4#097 p.328, AQA4a.123, MAS4.139bx, ASAT4.023x | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | LL#057 | |||||||
| ABU0223 | Public address given on 1912-04-18 | 870 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | در این محفل میخواهم از حیات حضرت بهاءالله قدری صحبت نمایم از بدایت | Tonight I wish to tell you something of the history of the Bahai Revelation. The Blessed Perfection, Baha'u'llah, belonged to the nobility of Persia | BRL_DAK#0641, SFI07.026-027, BDA1.037n | BWF.220-224, GPB.124x, PUP#011 (p.025-029), BSC.285 #586, SW_v03#09 p.003-005, SW_v08#13 p.159-160, SW_v08#13 p.171 | MANA | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Human reality created in the image of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace | - | - | MHMD1.046-047 | |||||
| BH00939 | Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch) | 870 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Days of Remembrance | Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch) | اتی امر الله علی ظلل من البیان و المشرکون یومئذ فی عذاب عظیم قد نزلت جنود الوحی | The Cause of God hath come down upon the clouds of utterance, while they that have joined partners with Him are afflicted with a sore torment | INBA83:144ax, BLIB_Or03114.089r, , BLIB_Or15702.108, , ALIB.folder18p221 | AQA4#098 p.331, AQA4a.424, AYT.360, HDQI.002, SFI08.012, MAS4.115, HHA.058x, RHQM1.596-600 (728) (447-449), AHDW.005, AHB_128BE #06-11 p.194x, ANDA#03 p.08-09, OOL.B118, AMB#29 | DOR#29, GPB.177x, GPB.242x, WOB.135x, SW_v03#14 p.015, BLO_PT#125, BSC.255 #528-531 | Announces the high station of Bahá’u’lláh’s son ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, titled Ghuṣn-i-A‘ẓam (‘the Greatest Branch’), foreshadowing His later appointment in the Kitáb-i-‘Ahd as successor to Bahá’u’lláh. | Condition of search; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2c | * | * | ROB2.388, BKOG.250, EBTB.052, GSH.107, LL#303 | ||
| AB00173 | Tafsír-i-Áyat-i-Yuhanna (Commentary on Verses of John) | 870 | mixed | Commentary on Verses of John (Tafsír-i-Áyát-i-Yuhanná) | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-Yuhanna (Commentary on Verses of John) | بشیر اشارات پر بشارات که از مصر وفا عزم کری جهانان نموده از محفل دوستان | The herald of joyous tidings, who from the Egypt of faithfulness hath set forth to traverse the world, hath reached the gathering of the friends [3.5s]... ...The concourse of the Gospel have presently fallen lost in the wilderness of error and purblindness and thus have considered as naught these assertions of the Gospel | MKT2.057, PYM.423x | BLO_PT#026 | Christ; Christianity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0220 | Words spoken at Hotel Victoria in Ramleh, 1912-03-21 | 870 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Social Action | از عادت قدیمه است که هر ملتی از ملل را ایام سرور عمومی که جمیع ملت در آن روز | According to ancient custom, every nation has general holidays when all the people rejoice and are glad… In all the prophetic Dispensations, philanthropic affairs were confined to their respective peoples only | BRL_DAK#0394, AYT.349-353, DWNP_v1#07 p.005-007, KHF.275, KHAB.226 (236), KHTB3.101 | BRL_ATE#135, BRL_SOCIAL#085x, LOG#1030x, SW_v09#01 p.008-009 | Call to action; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Past, present and future of Iran; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0222 | Words spoken at Saint George church, 1911-09-17 | 870 | Arabic | Translation List | ایها المحترمون اعلموا ان الانبیاء مرایاء تنبی عن الفیض الالهی و التجلی الرحمانی | O respected persons! Know that prophethood is a mirror that reflects the divine effluence and the celestial effulgence | DUR2.296, KHF.292, KHAB.059 (068), KHTB1.003, NJB_v05#18 p.002 | ADMS#318 | Manifestation of God as mirror; Man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation; Power of the mind over nature; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0226 | Words spoken in the house of Abdu'l-Baha in Feb 1910 | 870 | Al-Aschari (873--935) war Arzt, Naturforscher und Religionsphilosoph. Ursprünglich selbst Mutazilite, wie sein berühmter Zeitgenosse und Kollege Razi | SDW v12#05 p.052-054 | Creation of the world; Knowledge; recognition of God; Matter; essence; substance and form; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0221 | Words spoken on 1914-02-04 | 870 | Persian | انبار طهران جائی نبود که کسی بتواند یک ماه زیست کند واقعا محل عجیبی بود زیر زمینی بود | The prison storehouse of Tehran was no place where any soul could survive for even a month. Verily, it was a strange place, situated underground [3.5s] | ASAT1.232-236 | Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0227 | Words spoken to Miss St. of Southampton on 7 Feb 1910 | 870 | Meine lieben Gäste! Die Lehre vom "abdschad" ist die Lehre von der mystischen Verwandtschaft von Worten, deren Zahlenwerte ihrer Buchstaben zusammenaddiert übereinstimmen | SDW v11#04 p.039-041 | Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Language and the structure of reality; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0224 | Words to Mrs Bryan, spoken on 1912-09-23 | 870 | I have come especially to Lincoln to repay the visit you made to me during your trip around the world.... Work for the sake of God and for the improvement of humanity, without any expectation of praise and reward | DAS.1914-05-13, SW_v05#08 p.119+122x, SW_v07#18 p.188+195x | Freedom of thought and action; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00175 | 860 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای ثابتان بر میثاق جناب زائر ذکر هر یک از شما را نمودند و رجای نامه های | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! The pilgrim hath made mention of each one of you, and hath asked for a separate letter addressed to each | INBA16:022 | MNMK#093 p.170, MMK1#221 p.266, AKHA_109BE #12 p.2, AKHA_137BE #05 p.66, MAS5.026 | SWAB#221, LOG#0731x | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00176 | 860 | mixed | ای قاصر از مخاطبت هر عبارتی نامه نامی در بهترین وقتی واصل و مدار تسلی خاطر | O thou who falleth short in thy correspondence! Thy gracious letter arrived at a most propitious time and brought solace to my heart [3.5s] | CMB_F66#20, | BRL_DAK#0633, MAS9.109 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00177 | 860 | mixed | ای یاران دل و جان جهانرا ظلمت غفلت احاطه نموده و افق عالم را ابرهای تاریک | O ye the beloved of my heart and soul! The world of being is encompassed by mankind's heedlessness and all horizons are hidden by dark clouds. The world of humanity has become afflicted by hardship | MKT4.114, PYM.264x, MSHR5.210x, YHA1.144x, YHA1.425-426x, KHH1.333-335 (1.464) | KHHE.471-474 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00178 | 860 | mixed | ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء نامه شما رسید الحمد لله بشارت صحت و سلامت دوستان حقیقی | O ye spiritual friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Your letter was received. Praise be to God that it brought tidings of the health and well-being of the true friends [3.5s] | MKT3.283, AVK4.202.08x, AVK4.325ax | Law of burial and cremation; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Supreme tribunal; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00179 | 860 | mixed | یا اباالفضائل و امة و اخیه چندیست که بوی خوش معانی از ریاض قلب آن معین عرفان | O thou father, mother and brother of Faza'il! It has been a long time since | INBA13:024, INBA55:240 | MKT1.276, AHB.119BE #03 p.96, DWNP_v1#09 p.001-003, TZH8.1134, MSBH2.323, SAAF.234-237, NJB_v04#19 p.001, NJB_v13#05 p.00128 | SW_v13#05 p.107-109 | Call to action; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00180 | 860 | mixed | یا من استبشر ببشارات الله در این قرن اعظم مبارک که آفتاب روشن قرون اولی | O thou who art rejoiced by the glad-tidings of God in this most great and blessed century wherein shineth the resplendent Sun of former ages [3.5s] | MKT1.342, MNMK#122 p.233, QT105.2.164, AVK1.008.13x, YHA1.016x, YHA1.017x, YHA1.381x, NJB_v05#14 p.002 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01242 | 860 | Persian | Social Action | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه آنجناب رسید و مضمون معلوم گردید این مکتوب در پانزدهم | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents became known. This letter on the fifteenth [3.5s]... ...As regards the holy verse, the intention of the reference to ‘male, not female’, is the first-born son… In all the Divine Dispensations the eldest son hath been given extraordinary distinctions… Such laws as are not mentioned in the Book must all be referred to the House of Justice and not to Abdu'l-Baha | BRL_DAK#0277, AHB.120BE #03-06 p.00, AVK4.216.04x, AVK4.219.02x, BSHI.079-082 | BRL_UHJ1996-07-01#3x, BRL_SOCIAL#20x, WOB.148x | House of Justice; Law of inheritance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06137 | 860 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه اخیر رسید و بر مضمون مفصل اطلاع حاصل گردید | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy recent letter was received and its detailed contents were noted [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0588, AVK4.442bx, RAHA.108x | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Non-participation in politics | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00951 | 860 | mixed | احرف حمد حقایق و دقایق حمد مخصوص ساحت قدس قرب حضرت سلطانیست که از لطایف | The letters of praise and the subtleties of glorification belong unto the holy and intimate sanctuary of that Sovereign Lord Who, through His grace [3.5s]... ...My God, My Master, My Desire! …Thou hast created this atom of dust through the consummate power of Thy might | INBA65:268, INBA36:329c, NLAI_BH1.278 | HDQI.060, TZH4.117-120x, MAS8.049bx, FBAH.099x, OOL.B155, UVM.083.02x | BKOG.104x, GPB.109x | Creation of the world; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | MMAH.217, LL#407 | |||||||
| BH00953 | 860 | mixed | One Who Related the Existence of the Qáʼim, The; Translation List | حمد مقدس از ظنون اهل امکان حضرت قیوم را لایق و سزا که اعراض معرضین و انکار | Hallowed praise, sanctified above the conjectures of all contingent beings, befitteth and beseemeth that Most Exalted One, the Self-Subsisting Lord, Who despite the opposition of the opposers and denial [3.5s]... ...The one who related the existence of the Qá’im was a woman. It was asked of Jaʻfar | INBA31:149 | MAS1.007.2x, MAS4.091bx, PZHN v4#1 p.142x, NSS.203ax | BLO_PT#060x, ADMS#002x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad | - | - | |||||||
| BH00954 | 860 | mixed | حمد مقدس از عالم و ذکر امم مالک ملکوت بقا و فاطر ارض و سما را لایق و سزاست | Sanctified praise, transcending the world and the mention of peoples, is meet and befitting to the Sovereign of the Kingdom of immortality and the Creator of earth and heaven [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.435, | PYB#219 p.03x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Education of children; moral education; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00955 | 860 | mixed | ذکر و ثنا اولیاء حضرت مقصودیرا لایق و سزا که در ناسوت انشا مع ضوضاء علما و | Praise and glory befit the chosen ones of the Court of the All-Desired One, who in the realm of earthly existence, despite the clamor of the divines [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15701.264, | Love as fire; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00957 | 860 | Arabic | کتاب من لدی الرحمن لمن حضر اسمه لدی المظلوم فی هذا السجن الذی سمی بالاسماء | This is the Book from the All-Merciful unto him whose name was mentioned before the Wronged One in this Prison, which hath been designated by names [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.160, | Chastisement and requital; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00958 | 860 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | 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 | Growth of the Cause; Knowledge; recognition of God; Nearness and remoteness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#430 | ||||||
| BH00959 | 860 | mixed | نامهای آنجناب هر یک بلحاظ مظلوم فائز و عرف توجه و خلوص و استقامت از هر حرفی | The letters of that honored one, each attained unto the presence of the Wronged One, and from every letter thereof wafted the fragrance of devotion, sincerity and steadfastness [3.5s] | INBA15:423, INBA26:426 | YIA.101-102x | Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Review of publications; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ROB4.321, LL#102, LL#194 | ||||||||
| BH00960 | 860 | mixed | یا اسمی علیک بهائی انشاء الله بعنایت الهی فائز باشی نامه افنان علیه بهائی و | O My Name! Upon thee be My glory! God willing, mayest thou be blessed through divine favor. The letter of the Afnán, upon him be My glory [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.193b, , BLIB_Or15738.150, | AQA7#382 p.077 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00961 | 860 | mixed | Trustworthiness | یا عبدالله علیک بهاء الله انا نبشرک فی اول البیان بقبول عملک لوجه الله رب العالمین | O servant of God! Upon thee be the glory of God. We herald unto thee, at the outset of this utterance, that thy deed hath been accepted before the face of God, the Lord of all worlds [3.5s]... ...We have counselled all people, in the most clear and eloquent language, to adorn their characters with trustworthiness and godliness, and with such qualities | INBA19:144b, INBA32:133 | BRL_DA#444, COMP_TRUSTP#21x | BRL_TRUST#20x, COC#2032x | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| BH00962 | 860 | mixed | یا کاظم اسمع الندآء من شطر عکاء انه یهدیک الی الافق الاعلی و الغایه القصوی | O Kazim! Hearken unto the Call from the direction of 'Akká - verily it guideth thee unto the Most Exalted Horizon and the Ultimate Goal [3.5s] | INBA19:194, INBA32:177 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0233 | Address to the Baha'is at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-04-25 | 860 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | In the world of existence the greatest bestowals of God are His teachings. The other bounties of God | BDA1.051n | PUP#026 (p.061-064), SW_v03#05 p.007-008, BSTW#336c | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The mind's power of discovery; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | MHMD1.059 | ||||||||
| BB00236 | Du’a’a’l-Vajib (fi kull laylat-i-jum'ah) | 860 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم رب لاسئلنک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تنصرن کل ذات الف یومن بمن تظهرنه یوم القیامة ذات حجتک العظمی | Glorified art Thou, O my Lord! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which transcendeth all things, to aid every soul who believeth in Him Whom Thou shalt make manifest on the Day of Resurrection, the Day of Thy Most Great Testimony [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.109a01-113a03 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00237 | Fi Tafsir-i-Kalimiy-i-Aqul (Commentary on a statement of Siyyid Kazim) | 860 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قال مولانا علی علیه السلام فی خطبة الطتنجیه علی قائلها الاف الثناء والتحیة الحمد لله الذی فتق الاجواء ... بسم الله والحمد لله افتتح بالله فی شرح سر من الکلمة التی شرحها کلمة الحق روحی | Our Master [Imam] `Alī said (upon him be peace) in the Khuṭbat al-Tutunjiyya (“Sermon of the Gulf”) according to his statement expressive of a thousand degrees of praise | INBA67:125-129, INBA_4011C:171-176, , INBA_5006C:343-345, , INBA_6004C:204-207, , PR07.077r-078r | NSS.069-071 | HURQ.BB18x | Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Mystical themes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.458.09, SRC.073, SRC.198 | ||||||
| BH00952 | Suratu'l-Kifaya | 860 | Arabic | ان یا اهل الهاء استمعوا تغنی ورقه الحمراء فی جو العماء بانه هو النور هیکل | O people of Ha! Hearken unto the melody of the Crimson Leaf in the Paradise of the Divine Cloud, for He, verily, is the Light of the Radiant Temple | INBA36:277 | HURQ.BH03 | Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The cloud ['ama]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#315 | |||||||
| ABU0231 | Words spoken on 1913-06-19 in Port Said | 860 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Translation List; Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913; Universal peace — in which book is this?' | خیلی امر عجیبی است در پورت سعید چنین مجلس عظیمی عقد شد خوب است ملوک سر از | It is wonderful indeed that a gathering as grand as this one has been convened in Port Sa‘íd…. One night, Shaykh 'Abdu'l-Husayn the mujtahid told his cohorts about a dream he had…. No talk is there in town save of the loved one’s rippling hair; No spell abroad except her eyebrow’s curve—exquisite snare! | BRL_DAK#0822, AYT.379, KHF.189, KHAB.441 (441), KHTB3.076, NJB_v04#08 p.001, BDA2.357x | BRL_ATE#209x, MHMD2.475x, STAB#080x, ADMS#175 | Growth of the Cause; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Power of the Manifestation of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0229 | Words spoken on 1915-09-10 in Haifa | 860 | Persian | امسال سال امتحان و افتنان است از هر جهت. در قرآن می فرماید:" أم حسبتم ان تدخلوا الجنة و لا یأتیکم | This year is a year of tests and trials from every direction. In the Qur'án He saith: "Did ye suppose ye should enter Paradise ere there come unto you..." [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-10 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0230 | Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1913-11-14 | 860 | Persian | خوش آمدید از وقتیکه از این سفر مراجعت نمودم تا دیروز هیجان شدیدی در اعصاب من... ظلّ‌السّلطان از برای من در پاریس حکایت کرد | Before my arrival in Denver, I read in the newspapers that there was held in that city a great religious revival | Majlis210461.003-006 | NNY.114-116x | DAS.1913-11-14 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0232 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-20 | 860 | His real name was Mirza Muhammad Qa'ini. He was a man of great spirituality and wit. Long before the appearance of the Báb from Shiraz | DAS.1915-05-20 | Humor; jokes; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0228 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-16 | 860 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | الحمد لله در خانهٴ مسس گودال و مسس کوپر در نهایت محبت مجتمعیم هر مائده ئی موجود و مهیا قلوب در نهایت مودت و صفا | Praise be to God! You are the guests of Mrs. Goodall. With the utmost love has she prepared this feast, and every kind of food is before you. The effulgence of the mercy of Baha’u’llah is resplendent. | BDA1.315.15x | SW_v04#12 p.203-204+209, MHMD1.333x, MAB.054-057x, ECN.150+582+991 | Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00181 | 850 | mixed | ای منادی پیمان مدتی بود مدیده که از یاران الهی مکاتیب عدیده رسید ولی از موانع | O herald of the Covenant! For some time now numerous letters have been received from the friends of God, but due to impediments [3.5s] | MSHR3.357-359 | Contention and conflict; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00182 | 850 | mixed | ای یاران و اماء رحمن چون پادشاه مخلوع عثمانیان عبدالحمید بظلم و طغیان قیام | O ye friends and the maidservants of the Merciful! When the deposed Sultan | QT105.2.206, AVK3.185.01x, RHQM1.437-438 (534) (326x), ANDA#43-44 p.87, YHA1.099-100 (1.202), MLK.056, QT108.071, DLH2.190, NJB_v02#03 p.001-002 | SW_v02#04 p.006-007, BSTW#052lx | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00963 | 850 | mixed | Huqúqu'lláh | الحمد لله الذی اسمعنا فصل الخطاب و انزل علینا الکتاب و اظهر لنا سر المبدء | Praise be to God Who hath caused us to hear the decisive Word, and hath sent down unto us the Book, and hath revealed unto us the mystery of the Beginning [3.5s]... ...Thou has written that they have pledged themselves to observe maximum austerity in their lives with a view to forwarding the remainder of their income to His exalted presence | BLIB_Or11097#077, | BRL_DA#264, BRL_HUQUQP#019x, QUM.079.05x | BRL_HUQUQ#019x, COC#1155x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Personal instructions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| BH00964 | 850 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی جعل الفصول مظاهر اسمائه بین عباده و بها یاخذ و یعطی لتوقن کل | Praise be to God, Who hath made the seasons manifestations of His names amongst His servants, through which He taketh and giveth, that all may be assured [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15736.065, | Business; financial; property matters; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Goodly deeds; actions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Purpose; goal of creation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00965 | 850 | mixed | ای اسم من الیوم یوم نصرت است و نفسی الحق جمیع حقایق عالین و ارواح مقربین که طائف | O My Name! This is the Day of victory, and by My Life, all the sublime realities and the spirits of the near ones that circle round [3.5s] | INBA74:060x, BLIB_Or11096#241, , BLIB_Or15722.069.12, | AVK3.011.10x, AVK3.016.03x, AVK4.138.06x, MAS4.213cx, AKHA_118BE #05-06 p.a | Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Nearness and remoteness; Presence of; reunion with God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00966 | 850 | mixed | حمد مقدس از قرین و مثال لم یزل و لایزال محبوب بیزوالی را سزاست که بسلطان | Praise, sanctified beyond peer or likeness, beseemeth that Eternal and Ever-Abiding Beloved Who through His sovereignty [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.130, , BLIB_Or15711.310, | AQA6#250 p.236 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00967 | 850 | mixed | حمد مقدس از ما کان و ما یکون حضرت قیومی را لایق و سزا که بانوار نیر کلمه کن | Sanctified praise, transcending all that was and shall be, befitteth the Self-Subsisting Lord Who, through the radiant light of His Word "Be!" [3.5s] | INBA31:215 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00968 | 850 | mixed | ذکر من لدنا لمن کان بالذکر مذکورا و اقبل الی الوجه اذ ظهر بالحق و کان من المقبلین... انشآءالله باید بعنایت رحمن ساقی خمر عرفان | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who was remembered through the Remembrance and turned unto the Countenance when it appeared in truth and was among them that turned... God willing, through the grace of the All-Merciful, thou shalt become the cupbearer of the wine of mystic knowledge [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15722.083x, | AQA6#255 p.245, NSS.205bx | Call to action; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00969 | 850 | Persian | روحی لک الفداء چندی قبل بصحابت جناب نبیل قبل علی علیه بهاء الله عریضه عرض شد | My spirit be a sacrifice unto Thee! Some time ago, through the companionship of Jináb-i-Nabíl-i-'Alí, upon him be the Glory of God, a petition was presented [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15732.267, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00971 | 850 | mixed | کتاب انزله الرحمن لمن شرب رحیق الوحی و اعترف بما نطق به لسان العظمه انه لا | This tablet is revealed from The Realm on High to the one who has born witness to that which was revealed by The Tongue of Grandeur | BLIB_Or15712.297, | AVK4.429ax, LHKM1.165, LMA2.016 | NYR#129 | Personal instructions; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00973 | 850 | Arabic | هذا کتاب ینفق فیه کوثر الحیوان من ایادی الرحمن لیحیین به اهل الاکوان و | This is the Book wherein the Kawthar of Life floweth forth from the hands of the All-Merciful, that He may quicken thereby the peoples of all worlds [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.097, | Chastisement and requital; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00974 | 850 | mixed | یا اسم جود مالک وجود تحت مخالب بغضا مشاهده می شود مع ذلک نحب ان نذکر من سمی | O Ism-i-Júd! The Lord of existence is observed beneath the talons of hatred; nevertheless, We desire to make mention of him who hath been named [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.254, , BLIB_Or15699.004, , BLIB_Or15718.143, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00975 | 850 | mixed | یا سمندر علیک بهائی لازال ذکر اولیای آن ارض در ساحت اقدس بوده و هست و از بحر | O Samandar! Upon thee be My glory! The mention of the loved ones of that land hath ever been and continueth to be before the Most Holy Court, and from the sea [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.203, | AYBY.086b | Prayer for nearness to God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0237 | Interview for al-Ahram newspaper, Ramleh, 1913-10-15 | 850 | We were thrown into the barrack, and no permission was given to have intercourse with the outside world... | DAS.1913-10-15 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Growth of the Cause; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Race unity; racial issues; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Religion as source of love and unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00970 | Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night - Adrianople) | 850 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh Laylat al-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night, Edirne) | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تشهد و تری کیف ابتلیت بین عبادک بعد الذی مااردت الا الخضوع | The Most Great Name beareth Me witness! How sad if any man were, in this Day, to rest his heart on the transitory things of this world! | INBA81:021x, BLIB_Or15698.213, , BLIB_Or15720.209, , BLIB_Or15740.162, , Majlis934.127-133x | BRL_DA#715, GWBP#147 p.203x, AVK2.027.04x, AVK3.240x, IQT.213, MJMM.227, HDQI.027ax, ASAT3.212x, ASAT4.015x, ASAT5.248x, ASAT5.284x, AHB_107BE #09 p.180x, AKHA_105BE #06 p.001x, AKHA_108BE #08 p.002x, OOL.B001bx | GWB#147x, ADJ.083x, SW_v07#19 p.191, SW_v10#01 p.001, BSC.133 #051x | Calls on His followers to be closely united and to associate with their neighbours ‘with faces joyous and beaming with light’. | Being a source of light; guidance; Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | 2b | * | - | ROB2.164, ROB2.188, GSH.209, LL#147 | Sometimes referred to in the plural, Alváḥ-i-Laylatu’l-Quds. Not to be confused with Inventory #BH00915. | |
| BH00972 | Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 3 | 850 | mixed | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | کتابت لدی الوجه حاضر آنچه مسطور مذکور آمد و شنیده شد انشاء الله همیشه ایام | Thy letter hath been presented before Our countenance, and that which was inscribed therein hath been mentioned and heard. God willing, may all thy days [3.5s]... ...And now concerning thy question whether human souls continue to be conscious one of another after their separation from the body | INBA66:115, BLIB_Or11096#021, , BLIB_Or15698.226, , BLIB_Or15720.222, , BLIB_Or15740.172, | BRL_DA#539, GWBP#086 p.113x, AVK1.278.02x, IQT.226, YARP1.055a, MAS1.071x, OOL.B085c | GWB#086x, PNAK.86 | Christ; Christianity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Soul; spirit after death; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | LL#438 | |||||
| ABU0238 | Reaction to pilgrims prostrating at 'Abdu'l-Baha's feet, spoken on 1914-02-17 | 850 | No, it is unlawful.... All the people of the world will become believers.... The friends of Yezd suffered great calamities | SW_v09#03 p.031-032+034-045 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Contention and conflict; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0236 | Words spoken at Assembly Rooms in San Francisco, 1912-10-05 | 850 | Bahá'í Scriptures | I have the utmost joy to find in the distant West such an established Baha'i center | BSC.372 #701, SW_v10#13 p.243-245, ECN.096+955 | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0235 | Words spoken on 1911-10-21 in Paris | 850 | mixed | در جمیع کتب الهیه از جمیع ملل روزی موعود است که آنروز روزی است که جمیع بشر در | In all the divine Books of every people there is promised a Day, a Day wherein all humanity [3.5s] | DWNP_v4#08-9 p.025-027, DWNP_v5#09 p.006-007x, KHAB.088 (098), KHTB1.064, KHTP.044 | Differences in human capacity; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Prayer for unity; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0234 | Words spoken on 1913-01-22 in Paris | 850 | There are two schools which believe in the rebirth of the soul - the reincarnation and metempsychosis. The first school believes that the spirit of man | DAS.1913-01-22 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Elementary matter cannot be annihilated; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; John the Baptist; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Reincarnation; Return of the Manifestations of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00185 | 840 | Persian | ای دو منادی محبت الله نامه ثالث که بتاریخ ۹ جمادی الاول ۱۳۲۶ مرقوم بود رسید | O ye two heralds of the love of God! The third letter, which was dated the ninth of Jamádí'l-Avval 1326, hath arrived [3.5s] | AVK3.338.07x, AVK3.339.10x, TAH.311, MSBH4.035-036 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Importance of community building; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00976 | 840 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی اظهر ما کان مکنونا فی ازل الازال و مستورا عن العیون و الابصار | Praised be unto God Who hath caused to be made manifest that which was hidden for an eternity of eternities and concealed from both outer and inner eyes | BLIB_Or15690.068, , BLIB_Or15724.116, | AVK1.268.07x, AYBY.123, BSHN.041, MHT2b.057bx, MAS8.095ax, TRZ1.089bx, LDR.245x | HURQ.BH86 | Praise and encouragement; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00977 | 840 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی خلق النقطه و جعل لها اربعه ارکان و اظهر من الرکن الاول الفا و | Praise be to God, Who created the Point and ordained for it four pillars, and manifested from the first pillar the letter Alif [3.5s] | INBA31:001, BLIB_Or11097#014, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Four pillars; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00978 | 840 | Arabic | الحمد لمالک ملک العالم بکلمه من عنده و جعله مزینا بطراز اسمائه و صفاته لیشهد | Praise be unto the Sovereign of the kingdom of the world, Who, through a word from His presence, hath adorned it with the ornament of His names and attributes, that it may bear witness [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15727a.008b, | Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00979 | 840 | mixed | الحمد لمن شق باصبع القدره حجبات البریه و نطق باعلی الندآء بین الارض و السماء انه | Praise be unto Him Who, with the finger of might, hath rent asunder the veils of creation and hath called out with the most exalted call betwixt earth and heaven that verily He [3.5s]... ...As to the Huququ'llah: This is the source of blessings, and the mainspring of God's loving-kindness and tender love vouchsafed unto men | BLIB_Or15732.312, | COC#1127x | Goodly deeds; actions; Law of Huququ'llah; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00980 | 840 | Arabic | ان یا بقیه اسمائنا الحسنی اسمع ما یوحی الیک عن شطر القدم مقر ربک العلی العظیم | O remnant of Our most beauteous names! Hearken unto that which is revealed unto thee from the direction of eternity, the seat of thy Lord, the Most Exalted, the Most Great [3.5s] | INBA83:165, BLIB_Or15702.174, , BLIB_Or15737.146, , ALIB.folder18p228 | PYK.015 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00981 | 840 | mixed | این خادم فانی هر هنگام اراده حمد و ثنا مینماید کانه از جمیع اعضا و اجزایش | This evanescent servant, whenever he desireth to offer praise and thanksgiving, it is as though from all his limbs and members [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.122, , BLIB_Or15711.110, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00982 | 840 | Persian | بلغت فصحی از قبل ذکر نمودیم آنچه را که مشعر بر عنایت محضه و ذکر ابدیه بوده | We have heretofore set forth in eloquent language that which betokeneth pure grace and eternal remembrance [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.038.21, | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Call to action; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00983 | 840 | mixed | حمد و شکر و ذکر و ثنا و سلام و بها در رتبه اولی ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودیرا | Praise and thanksgiving, mention and glorification, peace and splendor, in their highest degree, befit the most holy and most exalted Sanctuary of Him Who is the Intended One [3.5s] | INBA27:036 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00985 | 840 | mixed | قد استقر العرش و استوی علیه جمال القدم و نطق باعلی الندآء بین الامم علی انه | The throne hath indeed been established, and the Ancient Beauty hath ascended thereupon. He hath proclaimed with the loftiest voice amongst the nations that verily He [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15732.291, | Eulogies; reminiscences; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00986 | 840 | Arabic | قد حضر لدی الوجه کتابک و توجه الیک لحاظ ربک العلیم الخبیر و اطلعت بما فیه | Your letter hath been presented before My face, and the gaze of thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed, hath been directed towards thee, and I have taken note of its contents [3.5s] | BLIB_Or03114.007, , BLIB_Or11095#049, | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Hypocrisy; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0241 | Public address given on 1912-09-02 | 840 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | The subject of immortality has been suggested. Life is the expression of composition; and death, the expression of decomposition. In the world or kingdom | PUP#100 (p.306-308), ABIC.006-008 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH00987 | Salat-i-Kabir (Long Obligatory Prayer) | 840 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations; Long Obligatory Prayer; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Obligatory prayer, Long | یا اله الاسماء و فاطر السماء اسئلک بمطالع غیبک العلی الابهی بان تجعل صلوتی | O Thou Who art the Lord of all names and the Maker of the heavens! I beseech Thee by them Who are the Day-Springs of Thine invisible Essence | PMP#183, AHM.070, TSBT.012x, NFQ.001, NFF1.003x, ABMK.001, OOL.B176c | PM#183, BPRY.007-016, BP1929.021x, BP1929.022x, BP1929.030x | The Friends in Bristol, Nabil and Karim, M. Perez, MANA, MANA, R. Peterson [track 1], S. Agbortoko & M. Weigert | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Law of obligatory prayer; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ROB1.030, LL#230 | ||||
| AB00184 | Tablet of the Divine Plan (Central states II) | 840 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای احبای قدیم و یاران ندیم در قرآن عظیم میفرماید یختص برحمه من یشاء این | O ye old believers and intimate friends! God says in the great Qur'an... These twelve Central states of the United States... O Lord, my God! Praise and thanksgiving be unto Thee for Thou hast guided me to the highway | MKT3.045, AHB.110BE #06-07 p.102, RRT.146x, ADH2.110x, ADH2_3#04 p.144x, MMG2#208 p.236x, MJH.063x, FRTB.078 | TDP#11, BPRY.215-216x, TDH#158.5x, COF.031x2x, COF.069x, COF.121x, GPB.254-255x, GPB.351x, GPB.397x, BSC.515 #977, SW_v10#07 p.124-126 | R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 6] | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | UDP.023 | |||||
| BB00238 | Tafsir-i-Dhata ‘Ali Mamsusa | 840 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتعالی عن ذکرالذات بالذات للذات و المتقدس عن ذکرالاسماء و الصفات الله فرد حی قیوم احد وتر صمد تفسی | Praise be to God, exalted beyond description of His essence by His essence for His essence, and sanctified above all mention of names and attributes. He is God, the One, the Living, the Self-Subsisting, the Unmatched, the Singular, the Everlasting, transcendent in His reality [4o] | INBA67:100-104 | AVK2.009.05x | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Names and attributes of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.190 | |||||||
| 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 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Praise and encouragement; Proofs for the existence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The ephemeral and the eternal; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0239 | Words spoken on 1919-09-19 | 840 | Persian | بعد از ظهور امر الله و ظهور مظهر کلی و اعلاء کلمة الله و انتشار ندای الهی | After the appearance of God's Cause, and the manifestation of His universal Manifestation, and the exaltation of the Word of God, and the diffusion of the divine Call [3.5s] | SFI06.020, SFI07.032 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00186 | 830 | Arabic | الهی تسمع زفیر ناری و صریخ فوادی و حنین روحی و انین قلبی و تاوهی و تلهفی | O my God! Thou hearest the fire that blazeth within me, and the cry of my heart, and the lamentation of my spirit, and the sighing of my soul, and mine anguish and longing [3.5s] | INBA59:095 | BRL_DAK#0569, MKT1.201, KHSH13.043, TISH.280-283, MSBH1.489 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for martyrs; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00187 | 830 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بندگان جمال ابهی بکرات و مرات بجمیع اطراف حتی بافراد احباء مرقوم گردید که ما | O ye servants of the Most Glorious Beauty! Time and again missives have been dispatched to every region, even to individual believers, that We [3.5s]... ...The teaching work should under all conditions be actively pursued by the believers because divine confirmations are dependent upon it. | INBA16:212 | MMK1#213 p.258x, MMK2#283 p.204 | SWAB#213x | Importance of authoritative interpretation; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Relationship between government and people; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB00188 | 830 | mixed | ای بنده حق نامه مفصل رسید و از روایات مذکوره نهایت استغراب حاصل گردید و معلوم شد | O servant of Truth! Thy detailed letter hath arrived, and from the account mentioned therein the utmost astonishment was occasioned, and it became evident [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0542, MKT1.337, MNMK#152 p.283, MILAN.118, AKHA_104BE #08 p.01, AVK1.200, BSHN.140.481, BSHN.144.474, DWNP_v4#02-3 p.014-016, MHT1a.117, MHT1b.075, YHA1.375-376x | Higher encompasses the lower; Purpose; goal of creation; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Soul; spirit after death; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00189 | 830 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء پیک امین رسید و پیام یاران الهی را در عالم روحانی | O ye spiritual friends of Abdu'l-Baha! A trusted messenger hath arrived and hath, in the world of the spirit, delivered a message from God's loved ones.... In every dispensation the command of friendship and the law of love have been revealed... Now the believers of God must live in accord with these divine teachings.... O God, my God! Aid Thou Thy trusted servants to have loving and tender hearts. | MKT1.303, MNMK#090 p.162, MMK1#007 p.017, MILAN.141, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.255, BCH.110, MJMJ2.020ax, MMG2#074 p.081x, YHA1.371-372x (2.746) | SWAB#007, BPRY.201x, DAS.1913-07-26, SW_v08#11 p.140x, SW_v08#12 p.142x, ABIE.111, BLO_PN#007 | C. Serrano, G.H. Miller, Soulrise Melodies, R. Johnston-Garvin [track 1] | Education of children; moral education; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Loving community spirit in teaching the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00190 | 830 | Persian | ایها الفرع الکریم من السدرة المبارکه آنچه مرقوم نموده | O noble Branch sprung from the Blessed Tree! That which thou hadst written [3.5s] | INBA13:277 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for purity; chastity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00191 | 830 | Arabic | Translation List | ایها المخلص فی محبه الله قد وصلنی تحریران الناطقان بالثناء علی الله بما انعم | O thou who art sincere in thy love of God! Two letters have reached me, both eloquently voicing praise unto God for His bestowals [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0545, MNMK#022 p.101, MAS9.083x, KKD2.061 | Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; East and West; communication between East and West; Exhortations and counsels; Growth of the Cause; Justice and mercy; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00192 | 830 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Translation List | ایها المطلع باسرار الکتاب المقدس انی قرئت مکتوبک المسهب و اطلعت بالمحاوره | O thou who art versed in the mysteries of the Holy Book! I have perused thy detailed letter and taken note of its discourse [3.5s]... ...Follow thou the way of thy Lord, and say not that which the ears cannot bear to hear, for such speech is like luscious food given to small children | MNMK#012 p.077, MMK1#214 p.258x, KKD2.066 | SWAB#214x | Christ; Christianity; Critique of Eastern values; culture; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00193 | 830 | mixed | حضرتش از فروع سدره منتهی و منتسب آستانه حضرت اعلی روحی له الفداء بود از بدو | His honour the Muvaqqaru'd-Dawlih was of the Afnan of the Divine Lote-Tree and one that was related to the Threshold of His Holiness | MKT3.238, KHAF.267 | GEN.349-352 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00194 | 830 | mixed | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد و لک الشکر علی ما انعمت و آتیت و والیت و اعطیت | Praise be unto Thee, O my God! Thanks be unto Thee O my Beloved!... O ye friends of God! The joy and happiness of the people of faithfulness | BRL_DAK#0587, MKT1.288, AMK.073-076, AMK.079-082, HHA.109x, RHQM2.0700 (090x) (056-057x), LMA2.409, MAS5.186, MJMJ2.050, MMG2#085 p.093, YHA1.341x, YHA1.348x, YHA1.380x (2.689), MLK.087, QT108.045x, NYMG.142x?, NYMG.175x | SW_v01#03 p.001-004, SW_v08#18 p.235-236, NYR#124x and 202, BSTW#031, BSTW#373 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0243 | 830 | Persian | خلیل پاشا والی بیروت عبدالرحمن الحوت را بوکالت از خود بعکا فرستاد | Khalil Pasha, the Governor of Beirut, dispatched 'Abdu'r-Rahman al-Hut to 'Akka as his deputy [3.5s]... ...Upon their arrival, the Commission of Inquiry invited me to meet with them but I declined. They sent a certain official by the name of Hikmat Big | ASAT4.360-363 | CHC.217-218x | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00984 | 830 | mixed | Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | سؤالاتیکه در احکام الهیه نموده بودید عرض شد از مطلع عنایت این جواب مشرق و | The questions which thou didst ask concerning the divine ordinances were submitted, and from the Dayspring of loving-kindness this answer hath shone forth [3.5s]... ...A number of people in various regions are at present illumined with the light of faith, but with the exception of a few, they have not been privileged as yet to observe the injunctions | INBA73:061, BLIB_Or15722.127b, , NLAI_BH4.100-105 | BRL_DA#757, AVK3.116.12x, GHA.133.10x, ASAT4.170x, ASAT4.170x, MSBH5.413bx | BRL_ATBH#02x, COC#1120x, LOG#1039x | House of Justice; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of inheritance; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas | - | - | |||||||
| BH00988 | 830 | mixed | اشهد انه لا اله الا هو لم یزل کان و یکون نطق اذ استوی علی العرش و به نطق | I bear witness that there is none other God but Him. He hath ever existed and will forever exist. He spoke when He ascended the Throne, and through Him all utterance came into being [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#045, | MAS4.370bx, MAS8.148bx | Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Wisdom [hikmat]; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00989 | 830 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی انزل الایات و اظهر البینات و ارسل الرسل و انزل الکتب اظهارا | Praise be unto God, Who hath sent down the verses and manifested the clear proofs, Who hath dispatched the Messengers and revealed the Books as a testimony [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.227, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00990 | 830 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی انطق الاشیاء بذکره و ثنائه و اصطفی عن بینها عباده الذین جعلهم | Praise be to God Who hath caused all created things to speak forth His remembrance and praise, and hath chosen from amongst them His servants whom He hath [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15736.056, | Praise and encouragement; Silence; fewness of words | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00991 | 830 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی تقدس عن الالفاظ و البیان و تنزه عن المعانی و التبیان انه لهو الذی | Praise be unto God, Who hath sanctified Himself beyond words and utterance, and exalted Himself above meaning and explanation. Verily, He is the One Who [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15727b.129, , BLIB_Or15732.286, | AVK4.019.10x, AVK4.200.14x, BALM.011, TSHA3.406, MSBH4.507-509 | Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Law of burial and cremation; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00992 | 830 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی نور قلوبنا بکتابک الشریف و صدورنا بثنائک اللطیف کانی اجتنیت | Praise be to God Who hath illumined our hearts through His glorious Book and our breasts through His tender praise, as though I had gathered [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15736.095, | Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Methods of teaching the Cause; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00993 | 830 | mixed | الحمد لله و الصلوه و السلام علی الانبیاء و المرسلین الذین جعلهم الله مظاهر | All praise be unto God, and blessings and peace rest upon the Prophets and Messengers, whom God hath made Manifestations [3.5s] | MJAN.181, AYBY.265, AQMJ2.136x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Development of capacity and readiness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00995 | 830 | mixed | انظر ما انزله الرحمن فی الفرقان مایاتیهم من رسول الا کانوا به یستهزون و | Behold what the All-Merciful hath revealed in the Qur'án: "No Messenger cometh unto them but they mock at him." [3.5s] | INBA27:425 | YFY.254-256 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Petitions to authorities; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00996 | 830 | Arabic | اول عرف تضوع من قمیص عنایه الرحمن و اول نفحه فاحت من ریاض العرفان و اول نسمه | The first fragrance that wafted from the garment of the All-Merciful's loving-kindness, and the first breath that emanated from the gardens of divine knowledge, and the first breeze [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15714.085, , NLAI_BH1.223, Majlis210461.111-114 | BALM.001, TSHA3.402, MSBH4.530-533 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00997 | 830 | mixed | ای دوستان جمال رحمن من غیر ستر و کتمان از افق اکوان مشرق و لائح بشانیکه احدی | O friends! The Beauty of the All-Merciful hath shone forth from the horizon of creation, manifest and unconcealed, in such wise that none [3.5s] | INBA81:165, NLAI_BH1.123, NLAI_BH2.049 | BRL_DA#317, MAS4.021cx, MAS4.022bx, MAS4.124ax, MAS4.138bx, ASAT4.192x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00998 | 830 | mixed | حمد مقدس از ادراک اولین و آخرین مالک یوم الدین را لایق و سزاست که بکلمه علیا | Sanctified praise, transcending the comprehension of both first and last, befitteth the Lord of the Day of Judgment, Who through His Most Exalted Word [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Thou Who art the Creator of the Point, Who art the Ordainer, the Adorner, the Protector and Champion whereof! | INBA51:045, KB_620:038-042 | ADM1#003 p.010x, LHKM2.119 | JHT_S#137x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Four pillars; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00999 | 830 | mixed | حمد مقصودی را سزا که قصدش نجات و حفظ عباد بوده و احکام و اوامرش هر یک حارس و | Praise be unto the Desired One, Whose purpose hath been the salvation and preservation of His servants, and Whose laws and commandments are each a guardian [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.471, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01000 | 830 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لقوم یسمعون و حکمه من عندنا لقوم یفقهون | A remembrance from Our presence unto the people who hear, and wisdom from Our companionship unto those who comprehend [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O God, O Thou in Whose hand are the reins of all created things and in Whose grasp is dominion of the heavens and earth! I beseech Thee by the light of Thy visage | BLIB_Or11095#018, | ADM1#065 p.117x | JHT_S#135x | Call to action; Manifestation of God as mediator; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01001 | 830 | Arabic | Days of Remembrance | سبحانک اللهم یا اله العالم و مالک الامم اشهد انک لم تزل کنت مقدسا عن ذکر | Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of the world and the Ruler of the nations! I testify that Thou hast from eternity been sanctified | TSBT.190, NFF5.089, AMB#03 | DOR#03 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for unity; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01002 | 830 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی من الأفق الأعلی انه هو مولی الوری و رب العرش و الثری و مالک الآخرة و الأولی من تمسک به انه تمسک بحبل الله المتین و من تشبث | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and that He Who hath come from the Most Sublime Horizon is verily the Lord of all beings, the Master of the Throne and of earth, the Sovereign of the world to come and of this world. Whoso holdeth fast unto Him hath truly clung to the mighty Cord of God, and whoso cleaveth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.116cx, , BLIB_Or15726.124, | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Pain of love; love as veil; Power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01003 | 830 | mixed | عالم از نور معرفت روشن و از غبار افئده معتدین تاریک و مظلم اثر یوم یاتی | The world is illumined by the light of knowledge, yet darkened and obscured by the dust from the hearts of the transgressors - the effect of the Day that cometh [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.413, | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power of prayer; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01004 | 830 | Arabic | لله علم السموات و الارض و قد تجلی باسمه العلیم علی کل الاشیا طوبی لمن اقبل | Unto God belongeth the knowledge of the heavens and of the earth, and He hath manifested Himself through His Name, the All-Knowing, upon all things. Blessed is he who hath turned [3.5s] | AQA6#239 p.138, MAS8.026ax | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Empty learning; false spirituality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01005 | 830 | mixed | نفسی لسجنک الفداء یا ایها المظلوم فی ارض الطاء و کلی لاستقامتکم الفدآء یا من | May my soul be a sacrifice for Thy prison, O Thou Who art wronged in the land of Ṭá, and my whole being a ransom for Thy steadfastness, O Thou Who [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.119, , BLIB_Or15711.013, | MSHR3.364x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01006 | 830 | mixed | یا اسمی جمال انشاء الله بنور امر روشن باشی و بنار امر گرم بشانیکه افسردگیهای عالم | O My Name, Beauty! God willing, mayest thou be illumined by the light of His Cause and enkindled with the fire of His Command, that the coldness of the world [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.103c, | MAS8.081ax | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| 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) | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00239 | Fi ‘ilmi’s-Sarf va’n-Nahv (Treatise on grammar) | 830 | Arabic | Grammar of the Divine, A; Gate of the Heart | Risala fi al-nahw wa al-sarf (A Treatise on Grammar) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلى على الانسان بالنقطة المنفصلة المتحرکه عن مطلع البیان و الحمد لله | Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself unto man by the detached and moving Point from the Dayspring of utterance, and praise be to God [3.5s]... ...Verily, the noun is the attribute of the thing as it is in its own station…. But the verb referreth to the movement of that thing, and is the source of both noun and preposition | INBA67:121-125, PR07.076r-077r, AEWB.207-212, | GOH.205-206x, MNP.064-066, BLO_PT#039 | Grammar and orthography; Language and the structure of reality; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | SRC.073, GOH.205 | |||||
| BB00240 | Introduction to the Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqara | 830 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلی للممکنات بطراز النقطة المنفصلة عن لجة الابداع لها بها الیها جلت و علت قبل ما اخترعت | Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself unto all contingent beings through the ornament of the Point, which was separated from the depths of creation - unto it, through it, and toward it - exalted was it and transcendent before aught came into being [3.5s] | INBA86:065-069, INBA98:023.11-027.07, PR40.001v-003r | Accounts of dreams and visions; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Eulogies; reminiscences; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Symbolism of color and light; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00665 | Letter to Mirza Siyyid Hasan Khurasani (from Bushihr) | 830 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک ثم اسجد لحکمه انه لا اله الا هو لغنی حمید و انه لکتاب قد نزل من حکم بقیة الله امام حق مبین | Read thou the Book wherein is remembered the Name of thy Lord, then humble thyself before His decree. Verily, there is no God but Him, the Self-Sufficient, the All-Praised. And verily this is a Book sent down through the decree of the Remnant of God, the manifest Imam of Truth [3.5s] | INBA91:018.08-023.02 | TZH3.169x, NSS.082ax | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.13?, FHR#03.02? | |||||||
| BH00994 | Suriy-i-Ism | 830 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá | Suriy-i-Ism | ان یا اسمی اسمع ندآء الله عن مطلع کل اللسان بانی انا الله ربک و رب کل شیء و | O My Name! Hearken unto the Call of God from the Dawning-Place of every tongue: "Verily, I am God, thy Lord and the Lord of all things." [3.5s]... ...Say: Deliver your souls, O people, from the bondage of self, and purify them from all attachment to anything besides Me… Intone, O My servant, the verses of God | INBA83:124, BLIB_Or15702.051, , ALIB.folder18p214 | BRL_DA#721, GWBP#136 p.189x, AVK2.168.20x, MAS4.026ax, MAS4.045x, MAS8.120bx, ASAT1.242x, ASAT4.156x, PYK.018, OOL.B125 | GWB#136x, ADJ.025x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.032x, BLO_sazedj#12x, HURQ.BH37 | MJ Cyr, L. Slott, Seals & Crofts, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, Soulrise Melodies, L. Dely & M. Congo, K. Key, Sheyda Peyman, Ina Nes | Calls the recipient to cast all names and designations behind him and announce the joyful tidings; states that between God and the creatures there is a ladder with three steps: this world, the hereafter, and ‘the Kingdom of Names’; calls the people to deliver their souls from ‘the bondage of self ’; invites the recipient to ‘intone the verses of God’, promising that the sweetness of their melody will cause ‘the heart of every righteous man to throb’; and counsels the people to truthfulness, generosity, and purity of heart. | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment | 2c | * | - | LL#143, LL#310 | |
| ABU0244 | Words spoken ca. 1914 | 830 | Persian | قائم مقام حیفا در نهایت عداوت مانع ساختمان مقام اعلی شد بمامور طاپو دستور داده بودند | With the utmost enmity, Haifa's Qa'im-maqam rose to prevent the construction of the Shrine of the Bab. The official in charge of the Land Registry received instructions | QT108.067-069, KHH1.314-317 (1.437-441) | KHHE.450-454 | Prayer for assistance; intercession; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0242 | Words spoken on 1913-04-30 in Stuttgart | 830 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بلی کمالات این قرن همه نزد عقلای قرون سابقه محال بود آیا از پیش کسی گمان مینمود که زنها | Indeed, the hallmarks of this age were all deemed impossible by the wise ones of former times | BDA2.272-275 | DAS.1913-04-30, MHMD2.357-360 | Equality of men and women; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Means of establishment of future civilization; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Unity in diversity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0248 | Words spoken on 1914-02-20 | 830 | If a person is confirmed in the accomplishment of the services of the Kingdom... Indeed the most enduring and imperishable work was performed by the disciples | DAS.1914-02-20, SW_v07#16 p.154-155x | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Martyrs and martyrdom; Mary Magdalene; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0246 | Words spoken on 1914-03-23 | 830 | You are all welcomed…. For nine consecutive years the Blessed Perfection did not put his feet outside the gate | DAS.1914-03-23, SW_v08#13 p.175-176 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in 'Akka | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0247 | Words to Juliet Thompson et al, spoken on 1909-07-11 | 830 | In the days of the former Manifestations of God no addresses were given for the kings and no clear warnings were given. | PN_1909 p019, PN_1909 p053, PN_1909C p100, DJT.099-103, BLO_PN#027 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0245 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-15 | 830 | Persian | من از ملاقات شما خیلی مسرورم شکر می کنم خدارا که | I rejoice exceedingly at meeting you and render thanksgiving unto God that [3.5s] | KHTB2.240, NJB_v03#17 p.004 | Christ; Christianity; East and West; communication between East and West; Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00195 | 820 | mixed | Scholarship; Light of the World | الهی الهی تسمع ضجیجی و صریخی و انینی و حنینی فی جنح اللیالی و تری ذلی | O God, my God! Thou hearest my sighs and bitter wailing, my cry and the voice of my lamentation...The Revelation of the Bab may be likened to the sun, its station corresponding to the first sign of the Zodiac - the sign Aries… Pure souls, such as Mirza Abu'l-Fadl, upon him be the Glory of God, spend their nights and days in demonstrating the truth of the Revelation | BRL_DAK#0950, NURA#40, MMK4#080 p.087 | BRL_SCHOLAR#30x, GPB.099-100x, WOB.127x, WOB.167-168x, COC#2219x, LOTW#40 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Growth of the Cause; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00196 | 820 | mixed | Translation List | ای سلیل حضرت شهید عزیز عبدالبهاء نامه ۲۹ ربیع الثانی رسید و از تفاصیل اطلاع | O descendant of His Holiness the martyr! Thy letter of the 29th of Rabi'u'th-Thani was received, and from its contents I have learned [3.5s]... ...The Teachings of Baha'o'llah, the laws of this Cause and the principles of this Manifestation have no deniers. The world is like unto a thirsty fish | INBA85:495 | BRL_DAK#0590, MKT2.257, AMK.155-159, AHB.127BE #05-06 p.154, PYM.112ax, MAS5.090, YHA1.380-381x, YHA1.417x | DAS.1913-12-30x, ADMS#065i05x | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00197 | 820 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Letter to Martha Root | ای عاشقان حقیقت و خادمان عالم انسانی چون از گلشن افکار و نوایای شما بوی خوشی | O ye lovers of truth! O ye servants of mankind! Out of the flowering of your thoughts and hopes, fragrant emanations | MKT3.065, MNMK#114 p.219, MMK1#202 p.238, AHB.124BE #06-09 p.35, DWNP_v2#06 p.050-052, PYB#047 p.23 | SWAB#202, ADJ.088-089x, PDC.186x, WOB.030x, SW_v14#12 p.355-356, BLO_PT#051 | Equality of men and women; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Predictions and prophecies; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Prophecy and fulfillment; Religion as source of love and unity; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Supreme tribunal; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00198 | 820 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای فرع رفیع سدره مبارکه جناب آقا سید میرزا چون در اینجا تشریف داشتند | O thou exalted bough of the divine Lote-Tree! ...When thou art disdained and rejected by the wicked doers be not cast down | INBA55:395 | BRL_DAK#1203, MNMK#133 p.246, MMK1#195 p.227, MAS5.105 | SWAB#195 | Alex, Asha, Renya, and Alia, B. Weber | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| AB00199 | 820 | mixed | ای مظلوم علماء سوء و اسیر طلاب جهل و نادانی تفصیل اردبیل و صدمات ضرب شدید | O Thou Who art oppressed by the ill-intentioned divines and held captive by students of ignorance and folly! The account of Ardibil and the grievous blows inflicted therein [3.5s] | INBA88:185b | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00200 | 820 | Persian | ای یاران عزیزان هر فردی از افراد انسانی چون از خاور زندگانی در جهان هستی | O beloved friends, every member of the human race, as they emerge from the dawning-place of life into the realm of existence [4o] | INBA75:132 | AMK.086-089, DWNP_v3#06 p.042-044, YARP2.310 p.256 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Past, present and future of Iran; Unity; oneness of humanity; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Call to action; High station of the true believer; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00202 | 820 | mixed | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هولاء عباد مکرمون و اماء قانتات سرعوا الی معین رحمانیتک | Glory be unto Thee, O my God! These are honoured servants and devoted handmaidens who have hastened to the Wellspring of Thy mercy [3.5s] | INBA85:067 | MMK6#062 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01008 | 820 | Persian | اگر چه بعموم نازل شده ولکن فرمودند مخصوص است بنفوس معرضه که حال در ظاهر ادعای حب | Although revealed for all, He stated that it was specifically intended for those souls who, while outwardly professing love [3.5s] | MAS4.232.17 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01009 | 820 | mixed | الحمد لله دستخط عالی واصل و مسرت حاصل و قلم شوقا لذکرکم متحرک و عالم انشاء | Praise be to God that thy distinguished missive hath arrived, bringing joy and gladness. The pen, moved by yearning to make mention of thee, stirreth the realm of utterance [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15701.055, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01011 | 820 | Persian | انا اردنا ان نذکر حزب الله و اولیائه و نذکرهم بایاته و نبشرهم بعنایاته و رحمته | Lo, We have desired to make mention of the party of God and His chosen ones, to remind them of His signs and to give them the glad-tidings of His favors and His mercy [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.070, , BLIB_Or15715.204, , BLIB_Or15724.186, | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01012 | 820 | Arabic | تلک آیات الکتاب نزلت بالحق و جعلها الله دلیلا من عنده ثم ظهورا من لدنه علی من | These are the verses of the Book, sent down in truth, which God hath made as a testimony from His presence and a manifestation from His realm unto those who [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.405, , ALIB.folder18p252, OSAI I.MMS, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01013 | 820 | mixed | حمد مقصود بیزوال را لایق و سزا و شکر غنی متعال را اوست مقتدریکه با قدرت | Praise be unto the Eternal Desired One, worthy and befitting, and thanksgiving be unto Him, the Self-Sufficient, the Most High. He is the One Who, through His power [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15717.093, | Business; financial; property matters; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01014 | 820 | mixed | حمد مقصود عالم را لایق و سزاست که بعنایت اسم اعظم کوثر علم | Praise be unto the Desired One of all worlds, Who through the grace of the Most Great Name hath made to flow the Kawthar of knowledge [3.5s] | INBA41:092 | AVK4.439.09x | Hands of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prayer for governments and rulers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01015 | 820 | mixed | قد تشرف الخادم بکتاب حضرتک الذی لاحت من افقه شمس محبه الله من غیر ستر تحجب | The servant hath been honored by thy letter, from whose horizon hath shone forth, unveiled, the sun of the love of God [3.5s] | INBA31:164, BLIB_Or15732.298, | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Methods of teaching the Cause; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01016 | 820 | mixed | قد شهدت الکتب و الزبر و الصحف و الالواح بوحدانیه الله و فردانیته و بتقدیس ذاته و | The Books, the Scriptures, the Scrolls and the Tablets have borne witness to the oneness of God and His singleness, to the sanctification of His Being [3.5s] | INBA27:515 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for opponents; enemies of the Faith; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01017 | 820 | mixed | کینونت حمد و ساذج آن ساحت عز قرب قدس محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که جمیع آنچه | The essence of praise and its pristine reality befitteth the sanctified court of nearness unto the Best-Beloved, Who is worthy of all that [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#073, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01018 | 820 | mixed | نامه آنجناب که ببدایع ذکر رب الارباب مزین بود بر مکمن بلا و مخزن ابتلا واصل | Your letter, which was adorned with wondrous mention of the Lord of Lords, hath reached this Repository of Tribulation and Treasury of Tests [3.5s] | INBA38:096b, BLIB_Or15738.144b, | AVK1.271x, HDQI.068, SFI01.096, MAS1.061x | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Free will and predestination; fate; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01019 | 820 | mixed | یا اسمی مهدی مکتوب افنان الف و حا علیه بهائی که باسم شما بود عبد حاضر لدی | O My Name Mihdi! The letter of the Afnán, A. and H. - upon him be My glory - which bore thy name hath been laid before Me [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.267, , BLIB_Or15715.053x, | AQA7#455 p.274 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Eulogies; reminiscences; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01020 | 820 | Persian | یا جمال علیک بهاء الله الغنی المتعال مکرر ذکرت از قلم اعلی جاری و نازل افرح و قل لک | O Beauty! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted! Repeatedly hath thy mention flowed from the Most Exalted Pen. Rejoice thou and say [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.064, , BLIB_Or15718.055, , BLIB_Or15728.197, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01021 | 820 | mixed | یا عبدالله علیک فضل الله و عنایته نامه جناب شیخ ایده الله تبارک و تعالی | O servant of God! Upon thee be the grace of God and His loving-kindness. The letter of his honour the Shaykh—may God, the Blessed and Exalted, strengthen him— [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.045.18, | AYBY.118, RAHA.071-072x | Equality of men and women; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01794 | 820 | mixed | ستایش قادر بی مثالیرا سزاست که بقوت غالبه و اراده محیطه خلایق بیشمار … یا میر علیک بهآء الله و عنایته نامه‌های شما مکرر رسید و عرف استقامت | Praise be unto the peerless Almighty Who, through His conquering power and all-encompassing will, hath brought forth countless creatures... O Mir, upon thee be the glory of God and His loving-kindness. Thy letters have repeatedly reached Us, and from them wafteth the sweet fragrance of steadfastness [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15718.070x, | FRH.048-051 | Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0702 | Address at Nineteen-day Feast, home of Mrs Robinson in London, 1912-12-29 | 820 | These delegates who have gathered in the Peace Conference are like merchants. Each strives to compete for victory with his rival…. The Nineteen Day Feast was inaugurated by the Báb and ratified by Bahá'u'lláh, in His holy Book, the Akdas | BDA2.049n | COC#0934, DAS.1912-12-30n, BNEW#33 pp.1-2 Jul 1929, BSTW#032x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01007 | Az Bagh-i-Ilahi | 820 | mixed | Translation List | Az-Bágh-i-Iláhí (From the Divine Garden) | از باغ الهی با سدره ناری آن تازه غلام آمد های های هذا جذب اللهی هذا خلع | Hailing from the godly garden, Invested with the Burning Bush, That fresh and novel Youth is come! | INBA19:037, INBA32:036, INBA36:457, NLI.32p158r | BRL_DA#281, MAS8.023x, OOL.B003 | ADMS#115 | Poem hailing the revelation of the Báb and the advent of the approaching Day of God, coming with the trumpet blast of the words ‘I am God!’, and shattering the idols of the past. | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | 1b | * | - | ROB1.218, MMAH.118, GSH.066, LL#010 | ||
| BB00241 | Epistle to Haji Mirza Aqasi 1 | 820 | Arabic | First Epistle Revealed by the Báb to Mírzá Áqásí, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک من لدن امام حق مبین و انه لکتاب قد نزل من حکم ربک من لدن علی | Read thou the Book wherein is remembered the Name of thy Lord, revealed from the presence of the true and manifest Imam. Verily it is a Book that hath been sent down through the wisdom of thy Lord from the presence of 'Alí [3.5s] | INBA_4011C:332-336, , INBA_5006C:369-371?, | HNU.151-153x, OOL.A023.6 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | AHDA.461.09, MMAH.029, SRC.064, SRC.192 | ||||||
| BB00242 | Kitabu’l-Huzn | 820 | Persian | هو الاجود الاوهب الالطف الاکرم ... بسم الله الاجود الاجود .... انی انا الله لا اله ا لا انا الأجود الأجود شهد الله الخ ان یا جواد فلتقمص نفسک ثم کل شئ قمیص الحزن | Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Most Bountiful, the Most Bountiful. God doth testify… O Thou Bountiful One, thou shalt clothe thyself, and then all things, in the garment of grief [3.5s] | PR03.156v01-157r13x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Return of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01010 | Lawh-i-Mawlud | 820 | Arabic | Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The | Lawh-i-Mawlud (Tablet of the Birth) | ان یا ملا الغیب و الشهود ان افرحوا فی انفسکم ثم استبشروا فی ذواتکم بما ظهر | O concourse of the seen and the unseen! Rejoice with exceeding gladness in your hearts and souls, for the night hath come for the harvesting of the ages | INBA08:622 | AYT.048, MAS4.343, RHQM1.578-578 (706) (433x), OOL.B059, OOL.B206, AMB#42 | DOR#42 | R. Yazhari | Tablet in honour of the birthday of Bahá’u’lláh, celebrating ‘the harvesting of the ages and the gathering up of past cycles’ and announcing the dawning of the morn of divine revelation. | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 2c | * | * | GSH.174 | |
| BB00243 | Letter to Jinab-i-Dhabih Dhakiru'llah | 820 | Arabic | بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحان الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ما بینهما قل کل له قانتون و الحمد لله الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و الارض و ما بینهما قل کل له ساجدون شهد الله | Glorified be He before Whom bow down in adoration all who dwell in the heavens and on the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Say: All are submissive unto Him. And praise be unto God, before Whom prostrate themselves whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on earth and whatsoever lieth between them! Say: All are prostrate before Him. God beareth witness [3.5s] | CMB_F23.096v06-098v04 (22), | MANU.051-054 | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0251 | Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-30 | 820 | All the nations of the world who believe in God are divided into two classes: the agnostics and the true believers... The agnostics are divided into two classes | PN_1900_heh p011, PN_1900 p024, BSTW#169f | Four methods of acquiring knowledge; Knowledge; recognition of God; Limits of the intellect; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Rejection of Muhammad; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0249 | Words to departing pilgrims, spoken on 1914-03-13 | 820 | Praise be to God that you have attained... The believers of God must ever be ready to sacrifice their lives in the path of each other. This is one of the conditions of faith. | DAS.1914-03-13 | Being a source of light; guidance; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0252 | Words to E.C. Getsinger, spoken on 1900-10-05 | 820 | Revelation 22, verse 1: The river of water is the Truth, new, pure and clear teachings | PN_1900 p043 | Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Predictions and prophecies; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0250 | Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-09-29 | 820 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | چون من وارد این شهر شدم دیدم همهمه است پرسیدم چه خبر است گفتند کنگرهٴ زراعت تشکیل میشود | When I entered this city, I saw there was quite a stir. I asked the reason and was told that an agricultural convention was being held. | BDA1.277.04x | MHMD1.295x | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| AB00203 | 810 | mixed | Universal House of Justice, The | ای منادی پیمان ایامی میگذرد که در مخابره و مکاتبه فتور حاصل سبب اینست که آتش | O Herald of the Covenant! Days have passed wherein there occurred a pause in correspondence and communication. The cause of this is that the fire [3.5s]... ...At whatever time all the beloved of God in each country appoint their delegates, and these in turn elect their representatives, and these representatives elect a body, that body shall be regarded as the Supreme Baytu'l-'Adl… The Bab, the Exalted One, is the Morn of Truth, the splendor of Whose light shineth throughout all regions | BRL_CUHJP#17x, BRL_CUHJP#57x, MKT3.498, AKHA_119BE #08 p.jx, AKHA_116BE #10 p.336x, AVK4.296x, YHA1.100 (1.203) | BRL_CUHJ#17x, BRL_CUHJ#57x, BADM.084x, GPB.057x2x, WOB.127x, COC#0763x, LOG#1058x | Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; House of Justice; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00204 | 810 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای یاران باوفا ای بندگان صادق حضرت بهاء الله نیمه شب است و جمیع چشمها آسوده | O ye faithful friends, O ye sincere servants of Baha'u'llah! Now, in the midwatches of the night... O Thou kind and loving Providence! The east is astir and the west surgeth... Study the Tablet of the Holy Mariner that ye may know the truth… Pitiful are we, grant us Thy succour; homeless and wanderers... | INBA16:064 | MKT3.423, MNMK#099 p.182, MMK1#233 p.302, AYT.522x, HDQI.207, ANDA#02 p.54x, ANDA#14 p.04x, ADH2.086x, ADH2_1#31 p.049x, ADH2_2#13 p.114x, MJMJ1.109x, MMG2#277 p.310x, MMG2#347 p.386x, MUH1.0532, YHA1.101-102x (1.207) | SWAB#233, BPRY.155-157x, BPRY.319x, BSC.548 #993, SW_v12#14 p.229-231, BSTW#103 | M.C. Kennedy | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||
| AB00205 | 810 | mixed | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی ترانی مکبا بوجهی علی تراب الذل و الانکسار و اتذلل الی | Glory be unto Thee, O my God! Thou seest me rolling my face in the dust of humility and contrition, supplicating toward the Kingdom of Thy Might | INBA16:073, INBA84:529 | BRL_DAK#0559, MKT4.156, MILAN.100, DUR3.258x, MJMJ2.027, MMG2#237 p.265 | TAB.570-574 | Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB11806 | 810 | Persian | بهائیان بجان و دل خدمت بجمعیت اتحاد و ترقی مینمایند و هم مسلک و هم مشربند و | The Bahá'ís are serving the cause of unity and progress with heart and soul, and they share the same path and principles [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0179 | East and West; communication between East and West; Non-participation in politics; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01022 | 810 | mixed | امروز ایادی اولیا لسماء عنایت واهب العطایا مرتفع و از او فرج میطلبند و | In this day the hands of the chosen ones are upraised unto the heaven of bounty of the Bestower of gifts, and from Him do they seek deliverance [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15717.241, | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01023 | 810 | Arabic | ان یا حبیب انا ارسلنا الیک من قبل الواحا و فیها ما یغنی العالمین جمیعا و | O Friend! We have, in times past, sent unto thee Tablets wherein lieth that which would suffice all the peoples of the world [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.399, , PR23.046a-048b | BRL_DA#561, LHKM1.041 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01024 | 810 | Arabic | ان یا طیر المعانی و البیان طیر فی هواء العرفان ثم اسمع نغمات ربک الرحمن | O bird of inner meanings and utterance! Soar thou in the atmosphere of divine knowledge, then hearken unto the melodies of thy Lord, the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA28:276b, BLIB_Or15725.057, | Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01025 | 810 | Arabic | ان یا عبد کیف اذکر لک ما ورد علی فی هذالسجن من الذینهم کانوا ان یفتخروا | O servant! How can I recount unto thee what hath befallen Me in this Prison from those who were wont to pride themselves [3.5s] | INBA33:024, BLIB_Or15725.008, | Contention and conflict; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Power of prayer; Prayer for purity; chastity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01028 | 810 | mixed | حمد مقدس از شئونات خلق حق منیعی را لایق و سزاست که از بدایع جود و کرم عالم | Praise, sanctified beyond all attributes of creation, beseemeth and befitteth that exalted True One Who, through the wondrous tokens of His bounty and generosity, hath brought forth the world [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.188, , BLIB_Or15711.077, | MJAN.202, AYBY.276 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01029 | 810 | mixed | حمد مقصود عالم را که بنامه اولیا نشر ریاحین محبت میفرماید نزدیک مینماید وصل | Praise be unto the Desire of the world, Who, through the missives of His chosen ones, causeth the sweet-scented flowers of love to be diffused abroad and bringeth nigh the hour of union [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.169, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; The power of words; of speech; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01030 | 810 | mixed | ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز بانوار العرفان فی ایام ربه الرحمن و نطق بثنائه بین ملا | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath attained unto the lights of divine knowledge in the days of his Lord, the All-Merciful, and hath voiced His praise amidst the multitude [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#008, , BLIB_Or15710.054, | MAS8.047ax | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| 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, | Consultation; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01032 | 810 | mixed | شکر و حمد خداوند یکتا را که عدم را بطراز وجود مزین فرمود و معدوم را موجود | Praise and thanksgiving be unto the one true God, Who hath adorned nonexistence with the ornament of being and brought forth the non-existent into existence [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.226x, , BLIB_Or15736.059, | Goodly deeds; actions; Law of cause and effect; Thankfulness; gratitude; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01033 | 810 | mixed | قد فرح قلب العبد الحاضر بمشاهده کتابکم و استفرح بذکرکم و انبسط من حبکم | The heart of this servant present was gladdened upon beholding your letter, was uplifted by your remembrance, and was expanded through your love [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#042, , BLIB_Or15722.154x, | Praise and encouragement; Promotion of commerce and industry; War and peace; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01035 | 810 | mixed | م ه علیک بهاء الله مولی الاسماء ان البحر الاعظم اراد ان یرسل الیک موجا من | Upon thee be the glory of God, the Lord of Names! Verily, the Most Great Ocean desireth to send unto thee a wave from [3.5s] | INBA41:182 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01036 | 810 | Arabic | هذا کتاب یکتبه قلم الاعلی حین الذی یبکی و ینوح فی سر السطر بما ورد علیه من | This is a Book which the Most Exalted Pen inscribeth at an hour when it weepeth and lamenteth in the secret places of its lines by reason of that which hath befallen it [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.075, | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01037 | 810 | mixed | یا نور مالک ظهور در طور عرفان که مقر سجن مقصود عالمیانست ترا ذکر مینماید | O Nur! The Lord of Manifestation, from the Mount of Divine Knowledge - which is the Prison-abode of the Desired One of all worlds - maketh mention of thee [3.5s] | AQA7#506 p.340b | Eulogies; reminiscences; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00244 | Bayan fi 'Ilm al-Jawamid wa'l-Mushtaqat | 810 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد تفرد اولیآئه بالمحامد العظمآء و توحد ابوابه فی علم الجوامد الکبریآء الذی قد نعت | Praise be to God Who hath singled out His chosen ones by sublime glorification and hath unified His gates in the knowledge of supreme grandeur [3.5s] | INBA67:130-134, INBA_5006C:350-352, , INBA_6006C:081-083, , PR07.068v-069v | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Mystical themes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | SRC.073, SRC.184 | ||||||||
| BH01034 | Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi | 810 | Persian | Tablet to Jamal-i-Burujirdi (Lawh-i-Jamál-i-Burujirdí); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi (Tablets to Jamal-i-Burujirdi) | قوله تعالی بحر وحی که در قلم اعلی مستور است بصورت اینکلمات ترشح فرموده ای | The Ocean of Divine Revelation which is hidden within the Supreme Pen hath sprinkled forth in the form of these Words: O Jamal! Thou didst arrive in the Most Holy Presence and attain the Most Great Vision | INBA35:039, BLIB_Or15698.218, , BLIB_Or15720.214, , BLIB_Or15740.166, , Majlis210461.017-020 | BRL_DA#713, GWBP#005 p.013x, AVK2.031.11x, AVK3.141.08x, AVK3.181.08x, AVK3.243.06x, AVK3.465.14x, IQT.218, GHA.445.10x, MAS8.048ax, AKHA_118BE #08-09 p.ax, AKHA_122BE #07-08 p.bx, ANDA#49 p.04x, OOL.B049a | GWB#005x, ADJ.060x, ADJ.077x, BLO_PT#181, HURQ.BH60 | D. E. Walker, L. Slott | Advises the recipient to practice love, humility, and detachment when engaging people with different views since souls are created in different states of understanding; gives an example of two valid yet opposing positions regarding the relationship of the Manifestations to God; and states that ‘the whole duty of man in this Day is to attain that share of the flood of grace which God poureth forth for him’, advising that the ‘largeness or smallness of the receptacle’ should not be considered. | Contention and conflict; Differences in human capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity in diversity | 3b | * | - | GSH.183, LL#130 | |
| BH01026 | Lawh-i-Mallahu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Arabic) | 810 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic) | یا ملاح القدس احضر سفینه البقاء فی الملا الاعلی فسبحان ربی الابهی ثم امسکها | O Holy Mariner! Bid thine ark of eternity appear before the Celestial Concourse, Glorified be my Lord, the All-Glorious! | BLIB_Or15692.001, , BLIB_Or15706.073, , BLIB_Or15714.039, , IOM.094, ROB1.000x | BRL_DA#079, AQA5#136 p.176, HDQI.043, MAS4.335, AKHA_117BE #09-10 p.ax, YMM.291x, OOL.B055a | BPRY.319, SW_v13#04 p.075, DWN_v3#05 p.031-034, BLO_PT#131, BLO_PT#132, BSC.251 #526, HURQ.BH21 | L. Thoresen [track 4] | Relates two different versions of a mystical narrative of the launching of the ‘Crimson Ark’ of Bahá’u’lláh’s Covenant upon the ocean of glory and foreshadows that some within that Ark will stray and be cast out for desiring ‘to ascend unto that state which the Lord hath ordained to be above their stations’. (Arabic portion) | Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | 1b | * | * | ROB1.228, BKOG.154, GPB.147, MMAH.109, GSH.019, LL#155 | |
| BH01027 | Lawh-i-Tabib | 810 | mixed | اینکه در باره انقلاب و اختلاف ایران مذکور نموده بودید هذا ما وعدنا به فی | That which thou didst mention concerning the upheaval and dissension in Persia - this is what We had promised in [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#257, , BLIB_Or15698.318, , BLIB_Or15720.311, , BLIB_Or15740.242, , NLI.32p135v | BRL_DA#135, AVK4.438x, AVK4.477dx, IQT.318, SFI03.157.19x, MAS4.034x, ASAT2.112x, ASAT4.051x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Petitions to authorities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ROB3.200, ROB3.201, ROB3.351-2, LL#371 | |||||||
| AB00206 | Some Answered Questions #041 Universal Cycles | 810 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | 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 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle | - | - | |||||||
| BB00245 | Tawqi'a Azal | 810 | Arabic | بسم الله الاله ذی الاهین قل اللهم انک انت سبحان السموات و | In the name of God, the Divinity, Possessor of Divinities! Say: O God! Verily Thou art the Glory of the heavens [3.5s] | QISM.003 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.096 | ||||||||
| ABU0253 | The Ninth Principle—The Noninterference of Religion with Politics: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-17 | 810 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Paris Talks | انسان باید در عالم وجود امید بمکافات و خوف از مجازات داشته باشد علی الخصوص | In the conduct of life, man is actuated by two main motives: 'The Hope for Reward' and 'The Fear of Punishment'.... Oh, friends of God, be living examples of justice! ... Justice is not limited, it is a universal quality. | BRL_DAK#0957, KHF.286, KHAB.175 (186), KHTB1.174 | ADJ.028bx, PT#49 p.163, BSC.425 #768.3x, SW_v03#02 p.007, SW_v07#15 p.139, ABS#02 | Justice and mercy; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Non-participation in politics; Relationship between government and people; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Reward and punishment | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0254 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-22 | 810 | At the time that His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh was in the mountains of Suleymanieh one of the young rugged, illiterate Kurds living in the valley came to see Him... His name was Mullah Ali Mardan. | DAS.1913-02-22 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00666 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 810 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الابهی الابهی. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا و ان ما دونی خلقی قل أن یا خلقي إیاي فاعبدون إنني أنا الله لا إله إلا أنا کنت أزلا قدیما | Verily I am God, no God is there but Me, and aught except Me is but My creation. Say, worship Me then, O ye, My creatures. Verily, I am God; there is no God but Me. I have been from all eternity the Ancient One [3.5s]... ...the first to know Me was I Myself, the Lord of the letters of ‘Azím (‘Alí), then it was the possessor of eight exalted and glorious letters (Mullá Husayn) | INBA_6007C.063-067 | GOH.198-199x | Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrdom of the Bab; Murder; causing physical harm; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | |||||||||
| AB00207 | 800 | Arabic | Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Tablet on the Inmost Heart | Tablet on the Inmost Heart | الحمد لله الذی اشرق علی الفواد بنور الرشاد و نور القلوب بسطوع ایات القدس بکل | All praise be to God Who hath shone forth upon the heart with the light of Divine guidance | INBA21:143b, INBA55:178, INBA59:075, INBA88:041, INBA90:143, UMich962.065-069, UMich991.038-043 | BRL_DAK#0578, MKT1.109, MNMK#014 p.083 | BLO_PT#213, BLO_sazedj#25, HURQ.AB01 | Four methods of acquiring knowledge; Inmost heart [fu'ad]; Intuition; inspiration; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | ||||||
| AB00208 | 800 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای احباء و اماء الرحمن نامه ای از محفل روحانی لازانجلیز رسید دلیل بر آن بود که | O ye friends and maidservants of the Merciful! From the Spiritual Assembly of Los Angeles a letter hath been received... ...In accordance with the explicit text of the Kitab-i-Aqdas Baha'u'llah hath made the Center of the Covenant | MKT3.084, MNMK#124 p.239, MMK1#185 p.204, AKHA_126BE #03p.b, AKHA_117BE #05-06 p.b, HMQ.090 | SWAB#185, GPB.238x, WOB.136x, COC#0223x, SW_v10#14 p.265-267, BSTW#030, BSTW#042, ECN.509, ACOA.058-061 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Judas; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for the departed; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00213 | 800 | mixed | یا من اشتعل من نار محبه الله و هاجر من الله الی الله وفقنی الله و ایاک علی | O thou who art set ablaze with the fire of the love of God and who hast migrated from God unto God! May God make both thee and me steadfast [3.5s] | MMK6#036 | Fire and light; fire and water; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00214 | 800 | mixed | Translation List; Universal House of Justice, The | یا من ثبت الله قلبه علی المیثاق عند ما تجلل نیر الافاق بحجاب الغیاب یا ابن | O thou whose heart God hath made firm in the Covenant when the Luminary of the horizons was veiled by the clouds of concealment, O son [3.5s]... ...As to goodly deeds and charitable donations, these will certainly diminish the misdeeds of the departed and add to their good works... ...Thou hast asked about the general criterion with regard to heresy | BRL_DAK#0691, BRL_CUHJP#18x, MMK6#308x, AVK3.371.04x, AVK3.448.05x, MAS2.104-108, YMM.342x, ABDA.089-091 | BRL_CUHJ#18x, ADMS#081x | Call to action; Development of capacity and readiness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for the departed; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00668 | 800 | Arabic | هو المحبوب بسم الله الفطار الجبار المختار القهار السخار الفطار الستار الغفار البطاش اذ لا اله الا هو و ان الله کل یرجعون. یا حبیب الحمد لله الذی قد اغن الورقة النور فی ارض الهاء بالسّر الطورین | O cherished friend! Praise be to God, Who hath enriched the luminous leaf in the land of Há with the mystery of the twin Mounts [4o] | INBA_6007C.551-555 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH01038 | 800 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی اوقد سرج البیان فی زجاجات العلم و العرفان و هدی بها اولی الحجی | Praise be to God Who hath kindled the lamps of utterance within the crystal vessels of knowledge and wisdom, and hath thereby guided them that possess understanding [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15693.131, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH01039 | 800 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالبیان و تنزه عن العیان و تقدس عما ذکر فی الامکان انه | Praise be unto Him Who alone possesseth the power of utterance, Who is sanctified above all sight, and Who is exalted above whatsoever hath been mentioned in the contingent realm [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#017, | AVK3.062.04x | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Naming of children; of individuals; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01040 | 800 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی خلق الخلق لعرفانه بقوله کنت کنزا مخفیا فاحببت ان اعرف فخلقت | Praise be to God Who hath created all things for His recognition, through His word: "I was a Hidden Treasure and loved to be known; therefore I created." [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.076, , BLIB_Or15711.148, | Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Presence of; reunion with God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01041 | 800 | Arabic | ان الغیب فی هیکل الشهود یبشر العالم باسمه الأعظم ولکن الناس اکثرهم لا یفقهون | Verily, the Unseen, manifest in the Temple of Being, proclaimeth unto the world His Most Great Name, yet most men comprehend it not [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.144b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01043 | 800 | mixed | این بسی معلوم و واضح است که ابدا حق جل ذکره راضی نه که احدی بر احدی تعدی | This is indeed evident and manifest that under no circumstances is the Truth, exalted be His mention, content that any soul should transgress against another [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#244, , BLIB_Or15722.073b, | AVK1.175bx, AVK4.257.05x, ASAT4.233x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Return of the Manifestations of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01044 | 800 | mixed | یا اسمی علیک بهائی نامه جناب ع ط که بآنجناب ارسال نمود بشرف اصغا فائز عرف محبت و استقامت | O thou who bearest My name, upon thee be My Glory! The letter from Jinab-i-'Ayn Ta hath attained the honor of being heard. From it wafted the fragrance of love and steadfastness [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15738.201, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01045 | 800 | mixed | حمد مقدس از لوح و مداد مربی عوالم لاتحصی را لایق و سزا که خلق را خلق فرمود و | Sanctified praise befitteth and beseemeth the Pen and the Tablet, Educator of worlds innumerable, Who created all beings [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15717.245, | MJAN.268, AYBY.309b | Business; financial; property matters; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01046 | 800 | mixed | حمد و شکر مخصوص حق جل جلاله است که قلوب را خلق فرمود و بیکدیگر راه نمود اوست | Praise and thanksgiving belong entirely unto Him, glorified be His majesty, Who hath created hearts and guided them one unto another [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.023, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01047 | 800 | Persian | عرض میشود اگر چه بر حسب ظاهر ملافات نشده و لکن از صفات پسندیده سرکار عالی | I wish to say that, although we have never met, I have heard much of your excellency's praiseworthy qualities | SVB.386-390 | BSB1:4 p33+37+47 | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Petitions to authorities; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | BKOG.257-258 | ||||||||
| BH01048 | 800 | mixed | فدای آن دوست الهی این خادم فانی ای حبیب جانی و ای دوست روحانی در محفل رحمانی | This evanescent servant, in sacrifice to that divine Friend, O beloved of my soul and spiritual companion in the gathering-place of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#269, , BLIB_Or15710.027, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01049 | 800 | Arabic | فطوبی لک یا سمندر النار بما اشتعلت من نار التی ظهرت علی هیکل المختار فی هذه الایام | Blessed art thou, O Salamander of Fire, inasmuch as thou hast been enkindled by the Fire that hath appeared upon the Temple of the Chosen One in these days [3.5s] | INBA83:244, BLIB_Or15725.534, , BLIB_Or15737.170, , ALIB.folder18p231 | AYBY.015, TZH6.0528-0531, TRZ1.066cx | High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01050 | 800 | mixed | Call of the Divine Beloved; لوحی است از حضرت بهاءالله (حرف باء) خطاب به میرزا هادی قزوینی (حرف هاء) [از حرف "باء" به حرف "هاء\'] | From the Letter Bá’ to the Letter Há’ | قد ارسلت الیک من قبل کتابا علی لسان عربی مبین و اذا انزل علیک هذاللوح | I addressed unto thee aforetime an Epistle in the lucid Arabian tongue | BLIB_Or15722.232, | AVK1.063.12x, SFI08.017, ASAT5.311x, NSS.137x | CDB#3 | Differences in human capacity; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love of God; Mystical themes; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| BH01051 | 800 | Arabic | کتاب من لدی المظلوم الذی سجن فی حصن عکاء الی من اراد ان یشرب کوثر الحیوان من | The Book from the Wronged One, Who is imprisoned in the fortress of 'Akká, unto him who desireth to drink from the Kawthar of life [3.5s] | INBA65:112x, INBA66:206b.03x, BLIB_Or15697.036, | Apocalyptic imagery; Call to action; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Prayer for forgiveness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01052 | 800 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | هذا کتاب فیه یذکر ما یجری عنه الدموع من اعین المقربین ان یا قلم فاذکر ما ورد علی ذکر | This is a Book wherein is mentioned that which causeth tears to flow from the eyes of them that are near unto God. O Pen! Make mention of that which hath befallen the Remembrance [3.5s]... ...God is My witness, O people! I was asleep on My couch, when lo, the Breeze of God wafting over Me roused Me from My slumber. | INBA49:316, BLIB_Or15694.377, , ALIB.folder18p249 | BRL_DA#671, GWBP#041 p.065bx | GWB#041x | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God | - | - | LL#379 | ||||||
| BH01053 | 800 | mixed | هذا کتاب من خادم الرحمن الذی سمی بعبدالله و اشتهر باقا جان الی الذینهم | This is a Book from the servant of the All-Merciful, Who was named 'Abdu'lláh and became known as Áqá Ján, unto them that [3.5s] | ASAT3.189-192x, AKHA_137BE #05 p.065x, YIK.471-472x | Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Literal interpretation; Martyrs and martyrdom; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11699 | 800 | mixed | در این یوم نیر کتاب مبین ندا میفرماید و کل را بما یقربهم الی الله دعوت مینماید | In this Day the Luminary of the Manifest Book proclaimeth, summoning all unto that which draweth them nigh unto God [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.182 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0259 | Address to the Baha'is at MacNutt home in New York, 1912-06-16 | 800 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | This is a splendid gathering, a meeting of the maidservants of the Merciful and the beloved of God | LOG#1377x, PUP#070 (p.194-197), SW_v03#10 p.017-019 | Astrology and numerology; Development of capacity and readiness; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0260 | Address to the Baha'is at Rauscher's Hall in Washington, 1912-11-09 | 800 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | I feel a keen sense of joy in being present at this banquet this evening, for -- praise be to God! | PUP#124 (p.418-421), SW_v06#13 p.097-099 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00249 | Bayan 'illati Tahrimi'l-Maharim | 800 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اشهد الله کشهادته لنفسه ان لا اله الا هو و هو العزیز الحکیم و اشهد لمحمد و احبائه سلام الله علیهم کما شاءالله | I bear witness before God, even as He beareth witness unto His Own Self, that there is none other God but Him, and He is the Mighty, the All-Wise. And I bear witness unto Muhammad and His loved ones - the peace of God be upon them - as God hath willed [3.5s] | INBA14:499-502, INBA67:165-169, INBA_4011C:159-163, , INBA_5006C:352, , INBA_6006C:087?, , INBA_6010C:493-496, , PR07.072r-073r, AEWB.212-216, | HURQ.BB09x | Creation of the world; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Law of divorce; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | SRC.072, SRC.184 | |||||||
| 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] | INBA58:064.10-071.08, BYC_misc-b.105a09-108b10 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00252 | Kitabu’l-Katib | 800 | 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 الوجهة و الجمال و لک الطلعة و الکمال و لک القوة و الفعال | 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 Countenance and the Beauty, Thine the Splendor and the Perfection, Thine the Power and the Action [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.059b02-063a10 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01042 | Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus (Tablet to Czar Alexander II) | 800 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts | Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus (Tablet to Alexander II) | ان یا ملک الروس ان استمع ندآء الله الملک القدوس ثم اقبل الی الفردوس مقر الذی | O Czar of Russia! Incline thine ear unto the voice of God, the King, the Holy, and turn thou unto Paradise | INBA34:041, BLIB_Or15705.028, , CMB_F31.037, , PR11.038b-040b | NRJ#1c, AQA1#001c, OOL.B054 | SLH#01c, WOB.105x, BSC.094 #040 | States cryptically that Bahá’u’lláh has answered a secret wish of the Czar; praises him for offering, through one of his ministers, aid to Bahá’u’lláh while in the dungeon of Tehran; calls on him to arise to become a champion of the Cause of God; declares that Bahá’u’lláh is the one ‘Whom the tongue of Isaiah hath extolled, the One with Whose name both the Torah and the Evangel were adorned’; and warns of the ephemerality of earthly possessions. | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | 3a | * | * | ROB3.118, MMAH.176, GSH.120, LL#154 | ||
| ABU0262 | Public address given on 1912-04-25 | 800 | Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | The greatest power in the realm and range of human existence is spirit -- the divine breath | BDA1.051n | BWF.260-263, PUP#024 (p.058-060), SW_v03#03 p.022-023, BSTW#336e | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | MHMD1.059 | ||||||||
| ABU0256 | Public address given on 1912-11-10 | 800 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | This is a beautiful assembly. I am very happy that white and black are together | PUP#126 (p.425-428), SW_v06#13 p.099+102-103, SW_v12#05 p.108, STAB#005x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Race unity; racial issues; Stories; anecdotes; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00211 | Some Answered Questions #020 Baptism and the Changing Law of God | 800 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | تغیر احوال و تبدل و انقلاب زمان از لوازم ذاتیهء ممکنات است و لزوم ذاتی از حقیقت اشیاء | The change and transformation of conditions and the succession and revolution of ages are among the essential requirements | MFD#20, OOL.C022.20 | SAQ#20 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | |||||||
| AB00209 | Tablet of the Divine Plan (Southern states II) | 800 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای نفوس مبارکه محترمه فلاسفه قرون اولی و علماء قرون وسطی و فلاسفه قرون اخیره | O ye blessed, respected souls! The philosophers of the ancients, the thinkers... O my God! O my God! Thou seest me in my lowliness and weakness | MKT3.041, DUR1.577x, RRT.146x, ADH2.112x, ADH2_3#05 p.145x, MJMJ1.017x, MMG2#062 p.066x, MJH.064bx, FRTB.074 | TDP#10, BPRY.214-215x, BSC.511 #975, SW_v10#06 p.100-102 | K. Key, T. Nosrat, Heroes Teaching Conference, Y. Mesbah, Sasha, Saeon and Sam | Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Prayer for teaching; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | UDP.013 | |||||
| AB00210 | Tablet of the Divine Plan (Western states II) | 800 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای یاران و اماء رحمن مختارین ملکوت خطه مبارکه کالیفورنیا نهایت مشابهت بارض | O ye friends and the maidservants of the Merciful, the chosen ones of the Kingdom! The blessed state of California... O God! O God! This is a broken-winged bird and his flight is very slow | MKT3.049, RRT.147, ADH2.105x, ADH2_3#01 p.140x, MJMJ1.014x, MMG2#060 p.064x, MJH.062x, FRTB.082 | TDP#12, BPRY.216-217x, BSC.520 #979, SW_v10#10 p.198-200, BSTW#012x | W. Heath, G. Sky, Nabil and Karim, D. Stollar, D. E. Walker, Strong Steep, C. Zein, R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 7], A. & M. Zemke [track 2] | Call to action; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for teaching; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | UDP.031 | |||||
| ABU0255 | Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Cincinnati, 1912-11-04 | 800 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | امروز در جمیع جهان افکار مادیه انتشار یافته و احساسات روحانیه بکلی منقطع | Today throughout all the world have material thoughts spread abroad, and spiritual sentiments been wholly severed [3.5s] | KHF.011, KHTB2.321, KHTB3.011 | Human reality created in the image of God; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Man's distinction from the animal; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Power of the mind over nature | - | - | BDA1.354, MHMD1.372 | |||||||
| ABU0257 | Words spoken at Theosophical Society in London, 1911-10-03 | 800 | mixed | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | ای جمع محترم آتش را لزوم ذاتی سوختن است و قوه برقیه را لزوم ذاتی افروختن | O Respected Assembly! O friends of Truth! The inherent nature of fire is to burn, the inherent nature of electricity is to give light | BRL_DAK#0825, AMK.171-173, DWNP_v1#07 p.003-005, KHF.252, KHAB.069 (079), KHTB1.029, KHTP.006, NJB_v02#14-16 p.015 | AIL.027, ABS#03 | Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Law of cause and effect; Oneness; unity of religion; Religion as source of love and unity; Suffering and imprisonment; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0258 | Words spoken on 1915-09-20 in Haifa | 800 | Persian | ایادی امر الله علیهم نفحات الرحمن که در ایام مبارک بودند اکثرشان بافق اعلی صعود کردند | The Hands of the Cause of God, upon whom be wafted the fragrances of the All-Merciful, who lived in those blessed days, have, for the most part, ascended unto the All-Highest Horizon [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-20 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0261 | Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-31 | 800 | In the world of existence it is possible that the truth should not become known? No, e.g., if we were not faithful towards the government they certainly would find out. | PN_1919 p056 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Free will and predestination; fate; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00248 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 800 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. و إن علیک سلام الله ثم سلام کل من آمن به من قبل و من بعد علیک یا أیتها الشمس المشرقة | Upon thee be the peace of God, then the peace of all who believed in Him, before and after, O thou dawning Sun [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.262-266 | Manifestation of God as mirror; Power of the Manifestation of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00250 | Ziyarat for the first to believe, on the night of 'Id al-Fitr | 800 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم ربنا الرحمن اللهم صل علی ذات حروف السبع ثم حروف الحی من عندک و انزل اللهم حینئذ لیلة الجمعه علی شجرة وحدانیتک | Glorified art Thou, O our Lord, the All-Merciful! O God, bestow Thy blessings upon the Essence of the Seven Letters, then upon the Letters of the Living from Thy presence, and cause to descend, O God, at this hour of Friday night, upon the Tree of Thy Oneness [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.143-147, CMB_F14.201v01-203v10, | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | JRAS.460, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00667 | Ziyarat for the Point | 800 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من عند الله علیک یا ایتها التربة المقدسة ثم الجلال علیک یا ایتها التربة الممتنعة | Verily all glory from God rest upon thee, O thou sacred dust, and all exaltation be upon thee, O thou sanctified earth [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.197-201 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00215 | 790 | mixed | ادعوک یا الهی بقلبی و لسانی و روحی و جنانی و اناجیک فی بهره ظلام سابل الاذیال | I call upon Thee, O my God, with my heart and my tongue, my spirit and my innermost being, and I commune with Thee in the depths of this darkness that hath descended [3.5s]... ...O ye My faithful loved ones! Should at any time afflicting events come to pass in the Holy Land, never feel disturbed or agitated | AMK.003-008, AVK4.446x, AYT.524x, DWNP_v3#03-4 p.023-024x, MAS5.145bx, HYB.153x | GPB.309x, PAB.025x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Petitions to authorities; Prayer for nearness to God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00216 | 790 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی انشا فی عالم الکیان غیب الاکوان حقیقه ثابته نورانیه فائضه علی | Praise be unto Him Who hath brought forth, in the realm of being, from the unseen worlds, a luminous and steadfast Reality that doth overflow with grace [3.5s] | INBA89:258 | BRL_DAK#0565, MKT2.130, MNMK#013 p.080, MILAN.195, AVK2.158.12, AVK2.192.12x, AVK2.206.16x, AVK4.119.13x | Adam; Adam and Eve; Imagery in the Qur'an; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00217 | 790 | O thou attracted Maid servant of God, Mrs Brittingham. Convey the following- To Susan Isabel Moody: The greeting of the Kingdom from Abdul-Baha. | BSTW#503 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00219 | 790 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures | یا من انجذب الی الملکوت و شرب الکاس التی مزاجها کافور در این ایام که فیوضات | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom and hast quaffed from the cup whose essence is of camphor! In these days when the outpourings [3.5s]... ...Indifference breeds deterioration. Silence is the cause of retrogression. Thoughtlessness leads to forgetfulness. Passivity, inaction, produce oblivion.... Consider the story of Simon the Rock [Peter]: Two of the Apostles of His Holiness, the Spirit [Jesus], went to the city of Antioch to teach the Cause of God | INBA72:041, INBA88:116 | BRL_DAK#0570, MKT1.471 | BSC.439 #798x, SW_v13#07 p.180-181x, BSTW#271d, BTO#05x | Call to action; Methods of teaching the Cause; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| AB00220 | 790 | mixed | یار عزیز مهربان تحریر بلیغ که بتاریخ چهارم مارت سنه ۱۹۰۱ مورخ بود رسید از | O beloved and kind friend! Your eloquent letter dated March 4th, 1901, was received and [3.5s]... ...From its heading sweet scent arose and brought fragrance to the soul…. The captivating and winsome figure of amity and concord will one day appear in the assemblage of the world | CMB_F66#19b, | BRL_DAK#0567, MMK4#186 p.227, MSHR3.036 | EGBBF.105-106x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01054 | 790 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی سخر العالم بالاسم الاعظم الذی به تجلی الرحمن علی ابن عمران فی | Praise be to God Who hath subdued the world through His Most Great Name, by which the All-Merciful revealed Himself unto the son of 'Imrán [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.138, , BLIB_Or15711.263, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01055 | 790 | mixed | حمد مالکی را لایق و سزاست که شئونات و ارادت ملوک و مملوک او را از اراده منع | Praise be unto Him, the sovereign Lord, Whose majesty and authority over both king and subject no will can withstand [3.5s] | INBA19:230, INBA32:208 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01056 | 790 | mixed | حمد مقدس از علم و عرفان مقصود عالمیان را لایق و سزاست که از یک قطره از دریای | Sanctified praise, transcending all knowledge and understanding, beseemeth and befitteth the Goal of all the worlds, Who from a single drop of the ocean [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.075, , BLIB_Or15716.054.02, , BLIB_Or15724.055, | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01058 | 790 | Arabic | فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و سینزل کیف یشاء و انه هو الحق لا اله الا هو | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and Who will continue to send them down as He pleaseth. He, verily, is the Truth; there is no God but Him [3.5s] | ASAT4.236x, PYK.020 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01059 | 790 | Arabic | کتاب انزله الحکیم لمن آمن بالله الفرد الخبیر لیجذبه الی مقام لاتحزنه حوادث العالم | The Book hath been revealed by the All-Wise unto them that have believed in God, the Peerless, the All-Informed, that He may draw them unto a station wherein the happenings of the world shall cause them no grief [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.149b, , MKI4523.259, | BRL_DA#505, ISH.259, ADH1.058x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01060 | 790 | mixed | Translation List | کتاب انزله المظلوم لمن وجد عرف البیان اذ استوی الرحمن علی عرشه العظیم | This is the Book sent down by the Wronged One unto him who hath inhaled the fragrance of the Bayán, when the All-Merciful mounted His mighty throne [3.5s]... ...We desire to make mention of those chosen ones of God and His loved ones, men and women alike, who have ascended unto the glorious Companion | BLIB_Or15712.015, , MKI4523.254, | BRL_DA#506, ISH.254, BSHN.011x, TSBT.271x, ADH1.119x, ANDA#62 p.03x, FRH.155-157 | ADMS#332x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Proclamation to Muslims; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BH01061 | 790 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی احباء الله الذینهم آمنوا به و بایاته المنزل | This is an epistle from the One imprisoned unto the loved ones of God who have believed in Him and in His revealed verses [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.432, | Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01062 | 790 | Arabic | هذا کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله العزیز الجمیل و یدعو الناس الی الحق الخالص | This is a Book sent down in truth from God, the Mighty, the Beauteous, and it calleth mankind unto pure truth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.436, | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01063 | 790 | mixed | یا احمد کن مستعدا لاصغاء ندآء المظلوم انه اراد ان یذکرک فی هذا الحین توجهت | O Ahmad! Be thou ready to hearken unto the Voice of the Wronged One, for verily He desireth to make mention of thee in this hour [3.5s] | INBA42:008 | AVK3.169.12x, AYI2.314x, AYI2.315x | Call to action; Goodly deeds; actions; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0268 | Address to the Baha'is at Bahá'í Temple Unity in Chicago, 1912-04-30 | 790 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Among the institutes of the Holy Books is that of the foundation of places of worship... O thou kind Lord! This gathering is turning to Thee. | BDA1.063n | BPRY.026x, PUP#027 (p.065-067), BSC.327 #650, SW_v03#04 p.007-008, SW_v05#16 p.248-250, SW_v06#17 p.144-145, SW_v12#06 p.123, PN_1912 p075, BW_v01p060x | A. Rae | Education of children; moral education; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Relationship between government and people; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | MHMD1.071 | |||||||
| 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, | Angels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.461, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| 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; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01057 | Suriy-i-Burhan (not = Lawh-i-Burhan) | 790 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و ان هذا الغلام لبرهانه لمن فی السموات و الارض و سلطانه | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and that this Youth is His proof unto all who are in the heavens and on the earth, and His sovereign authority [3.5s] | INBA83:150, BLIB_Or15702.132, , BLIB_Or15737.134, , ALIB.folder18p272 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00218 | Tablet of the Divine Plan (U.S. and Canada I) | 790 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای نفوس مبارکه من از برای شماها فوز و فلاح ابدی میخواهم و موفقیت تامه در جهان | O ye blessed souls! I desire for you eternal success and prosperity... O Thou incomparable God! O Thou Lord of the Kingdom! These souls are Thy heavenly army. | MKT3.015, AKHA_122BE #05 p.383x, AHB.121BE #02 p.000x, PYB#176 p.25x, DUR3.075x, DUR1.301x, ANDA#58 p.19x, ANDA#64 p.12x, MJMJ1.095x, MMG2#071 p.078x, MJH.039ax, FRTB.048, MMJA.027x | TDP#06, BPRY.205-206x, ADJ.049-050x, ADJ.055x, ADJ.070x, COF.010x, COF.016x2x, COF.017x, COF.029x, BSC.527 #982, SW_v10#15 p.280-282 | R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 1] | Call to action; Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | UDP.046 | |||||
| ABU0264 | Words spoken on 1912-07-12 in Brooklyn | 790 | Persian | عالم امکان نظیر انسان است انسان مقام نطفه مقام شیرخواری اوقات نشو و نما وقت | The contingent world is like unto the life of man: as man traverseth from the station of the embryo unto infancy and thence through the periods of growth and maturity [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0782, KHF.031, KHAB.343 (350), KHTB2.181, NJB_v04#03 p.001 | Coming-of-age; maturity of mankind; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of the mind over nature; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0263 | Words spoken on 1915-09-06 in Haifa | 790 | Persian | انسان باید به همه چیز معتاد باشد و از سردی و گرمی و خوشی و حزن عالم بچشد و از سیری و گرسنگی رو برنگرداند | Man must become accustomed unto all things, and taste of the cold and heat and joy and sorrow of the world, and turn not away from fullness nor from hunger [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-06 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Effort; striving; Knowledge of self; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0267 | Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-04 | 790 | When one is quiet the thing is forgotten. When discussion is forbidden the matter will be dropped... You cannot go according to an individual's conscience... It is the explicitly text that no one should disagree... The purpose of this is that no one may say that the House of Justice has made a mistake. | PN_1919 p064, PN_1920 p014, PN_1920 p024 | Consultation; Contention and conflict; House of Justice; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0266 | Words to Hannen, Latimer et al, spoken on 1912-07-31 | 790 | Anyone whom I send to a place is confirmed; anyone. One of them is Miss Alma Knobloch... Answer the questioner: What is the use of your creation? What benefit have you given to the world? | COC#0422x, SW_v03#11 p.004-005, PN_1912 p007, PN_1912 p156 | Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0265 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-13 | 790 | When I was in Alexandria, Ahmad Aniss, the minister of [...] of the Khedivial court called upon me and proposed to me that he would like to arrange a meeting between his Highness the Khedive and myself. | DAS.1914-11-13 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Means of establishment of future civilization; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity of governments; political unity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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; Fire and light; fire and water; Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00221 | 780 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مفصل شما را با وجود آنکه بجان عزیزت فرصت قرائت یکسطر | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Though I have not the time to read even a single line, thy detailed letter [3.5s] | INBA85:353 | AVK3.319.01x, SFI06.015bx, ANDA#67-68 p.36, YMM.042-044 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Critique of Eastern values; culture; Past, present and future of Iran | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00222 | 780 | mixed | ای یاران رحمانی از ایران حوادثی متتابع میرسد که سبب تاسف و احزانست و یاران | O ye friends of the All-Merciful! From Iran come successive calamities that cause sorrow and lamentation among the friends [3.5s] | INBA16:031 | MKT4.118, MILAN.097, AVK3.228.15x, MAS9.133x | Imam Husayn; Love of God; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Martyrs and martyrdom; Petitions to authorities; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02163 | 780 | mixed | یا ابی الفضائل دستخطهای مفصله و نامه های مکمل در سفر نیورک از گرین عکا | O thou Father of Virtues! The detailed manuscripts and complete letters from the journey to New York emanate from Green Akka [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0442, MMK6#403x, MSHR2.028x | Consolation and comfort; Contention and conflict; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11807 | 780 | Arabic | اللهم کیف احصی الثناء علیک و انطق بالمحامد و النعوت تبتلا الیک و استغرق فی بحر مناجاتی الیک | O God! How can I recount Thy praise, or voice thine attributes and glorification in my communion with Thee, or become immersed in the ocean of my supplications unto Thee? [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0452 | Apocalyptic imagery; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for the departed; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01064 | 780 | mixed | از قبل فرموده اند در وصف حقیقت اگر نفسی اراده عرفانش داشته باشد باید سبحات | It hath been ordained aforetime that should any soul desire to attain unto the knowledge of Truth, he must needs cast aside all veils [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.314, | AYI2.109x, AADA.038-039x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01065 | 780 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی رفع امره و اظهر سلطانه علی شان مامنعته شبهات المریبین و لا | Praise be to God Who hath exalted His Cause and manifested His sovereignty in such wise that the doubts of them that waver have not withheld it [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15727a.033, | Chastisement and requital; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01066 | 780 | Arabic | ان یا جعفر فاخرق حجبات الوهم لانا اخرقناها بسلطان من عندنا و قدره من لدنا و | O Ja'far! Rend asunder the veils of idle fancy, for We have rent them by virtue of Our sovereignty and a power conferred by Our presence [3.5s] | BLIB_Or03114.071r, , BLIB_Or15725.401, , BLIB_Or15737.194, | BRL_DA#557, LHKM1.045 | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Presence of; reunion with God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01067 | 780 | Arabic | ان یا قلم الاعلی قد اتاک مرة اخری ما ناح به مکان الفردوس الاعلی و تزعزع رکن العرفان | O Most Exalted Pen! There hath come unto thee once again that whereby the Most Exalted Paradise hath lamented and the pillar of divine knowledge hath been shaken [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.197, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH01070 | 780 | mixed | حمد مولی العالم را لایق و سزاست که بانوار اسم اعظم ابهی عالم و امم را بنور | Praise be unto the Lord of the worlds, Who hath, through the effulgent rays of His Most Great Name, illumined the world and its peoples [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.102, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Exhortations and counsels; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01071 | 780 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد انک انت کنت کنزا مکنونا فی غیب ذاتیتک و رمزا | Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! I testify that Thou wast a hidden Treasure wrapped within Thine immemorial Being | PMP#038 | PM#038 | Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| 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, | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01074 | 780 | mixed | یا حسین یذکرک المظلوم فی هذا اللیل الذی نزلت فیه آیات ربک التی بها نطقت | O Husayn! The Wronged One maketh mention of thee on this night wherein were sent down the verses of thy Lord through which thou didst speak [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.349, | AYI2.020x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11605 | 780 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الی من اقبل و سرع الی الله العلیم الحکیم یا محمد نشهد | This is an epistle from the Wronged One unto him who hath turned and hastened unto God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. O Muhammad, We testify [3.5s] | BRL_DA#189, YIA.170-172 | Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11700 | 780 | Arabic | سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و جعلها حجه من عنده علی العالمین و بها نزل من | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and made them a testimony from His presence unto the peoples of all the worlds, and through them hath descended [3.5s] | ALIB.folder18p235 | Creation of the world; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00256 | Du’a’ fi avvali kulli laylin min shahri’llah | 780 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک یا لا اله الا انت ببهاء لا اله الا انت اذ لا اله الا انت ان تصلین علی حرف الباء بما انت علیه من بها لا اله الا انت انک کنت ذا فضل عظیما | O God! I beseech Thee, O Thou besides Whom there is none other God, by the splendor of "There is no God but Thee"—when there is none other God but Thee—to shower Thy blessings upon the Letter B through that glory which is Thine—There is no God but Thee! Verily, Thou art the Lord of surpassing bounty [3.5s] | CMB_F14.156r10-158v03, | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Manifestation of God as sun; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.458, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00257 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Qa’im | 780 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت خالق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامرک لا من شیء و انک انت فاطر کل شیء بامرک لا عن شیء | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them by Thy command, not from anything; and verily Thou art the Fashioner of all things by Thy command, not from aught [3.5s] | INBA58:117.08-121.03 | Creation of the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | 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 Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Majesty and the Grandeur, Thine the Splendor and the Perfection, Thine the Countenance 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 Reverance [3.5s] | MKI4515.075r-78r | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01069 | Lawh-i-Hawdaj (=Lawh-i-Samsun) | 780 | Arabic | Lawh-i-Hawdaj (Tablet of the Howdah) | تلک آیات ظهرت فی خدر البقا و هودج القدس حین ورود اسم الاعظم عن شطر السبحان | These verses were revealed behind the Veil of Immortality, in the Howdah of Holiness, when the Most Great Name arrived | BRL_DA#728, LHKM1.012, SFI08.015, ASAT4.241x, AKHA_122BE #10 p.ax, AKHA_122BE #10 p.bx, OOL.B042, OOL.B078 | GPB.157x2x, HURQ.BH29 | Written upon Bahá’u’lláh’s arrival on the shores of the Black Sea en route to Istanbul, announcing the fulfilment of what was foretold in the ‘Tablet of the Holy Mariner’ a short time before, and warning of an impending ‘grievous and tormenting mischief ’ that would serve as the ‘divine touchstone’ separating truth from error. | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Power of the Manifestation of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | 2a | * | - | ROB2.006, BKOG.195, GPB.157, MMAH.111, GSH.067, LL#115, LL#235 | See howdah at wikipedia.org/wiki/Howdah. | |||
| BH01068 | Lawh-i-Husayn | 780 | Persian | Translation List | Lawh-i-Husayn (Tablet to Husayn) | ای حسین بذکر الله مانوس شو و از دونش غافل چه که ذکرش انیسی است بی نفاق | O Ḥusayn! Commune with the remembrance of God and become oblivious of all but Him, inasmuch as His mention is an intimate free of hypocrisy and a most agreeable confidant | BLIB_Or15722.061, , Majlis934.070-076 | BRL_DA#131, DRD.132, MAS4.104x, AHB_134BE #03-04 p.006x | ADMS#080 | R. Fahandezh | Calls the recipient to commune intimately with God; warns that whatever is concealed in people’s inmost hearts will be revealed in this day; compares all creation to mirrors which reflect the light of the Sun of Truth to the extent that they turn to it; proclaims the purifying and healing agency of the love of God; and observes that the prophets of God would never have subjected themselves to such persecutions if human life ended with this physical one. | Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | 3a | * | - | GSH.183, LL#119 | |
| ABU0269 | Words spoken on 1916-06-06 in Haifa | 780 | Persian | اگر یک سیلی به تو بزنم به عالم دیگر پرواز می کنی. به این مناسبت ذکر اجراء حدود الهیه شد که چقدر تأثیر دارد | Shouldst thou receive from Me but a single blow, thou wouldst take flight unto the other world. Thus hath mention been made of the execution of divine ordinances, and how potent is their influence [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-06-06 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0271 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-02-17 | 780 | I have certain things that attract the confirmations of God. They are so wonderful and extraordinary that if I tell them, some people may not accept them as facts. | DAS.1913-02-17 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Power of prayer; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0272 | Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-12-02 | 780 | Truly God has created all the beings, but has created them that they may be educated. And every existing being is endowed with two perfections - creative and educative. | PN_1900 p027, PN_1900 p050, BSTW#169h | Education and the development of capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Man's distinction from the animal; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Moses; Muhammad; Islam; Need for an educator; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Universal education | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0270 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-12-05 | 780 | Persian | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | این روز آخر و ملاقات آخری است حالا دیگر سوار واپور شده | This is our last day and my last meeting with you. In a few minutes our steamer will leave these shores | ANDA#43-44 p.165, KHF.263, KHAB.390 (395), KHTB2.343, BDA1.412.11 | PUP#140 (p.468-470), DAS.1912-12-05, SW_v03#18 p.003-004, SW_v13#04 p.079, MHMD1.429-432, DJT.391-392x, BLO_PN#027x, BSTW#117 | Call to action; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| 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, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| AB00223 | 770 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی انشا حقیقه نورانیه و کینونیه رحمانیه و هویه ربانیه و کلمه | Praise be unto God Who hath brought into being the luminous Reality, the merciful Essence, the divine Identity, and the Word [3.5s] | UMich962.135-137, UMich991.086-091 | MKT1.151, AKHA_120BE #08-09.b | Empty learning; false spirituality; Four methods of acquiring knowledge; Intuition; inspiration; Limits of the intellect; Literal interpretation; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00224 | 770 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Universal House of Justice, The; Light of the World | ای کنیز الهی نامه شما رسید مضامین دلالت بر ثبوت بر میثاق داشت لهذا امید چنان | O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter was received, and its contents testified to thy firmness in the Covenant… Now one must either say that the Blessed Beauty erred and led the people astray | NURA#58, BRL_CUHJP#86x, MMK4#148 p.156 | BRL_ATE#068x, BRL_CUHJ#86x, LOTW#58, SW_v10#14 p.268-270, BSTW#013, BSTW#269 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Soul; spirit after death; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00225 | 770 | mixed | ای منادی پیمان نامه مفصل رسید مضمون مورث روح و ریحان بود و اخبار دلیل بر | O herald of the Covenant! Thy detailed letter was received and its contents brought forth spirit and sweet fragrance, whilst its tidings gave evidence of [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0173, MKT4.091, AKHA_133BE #09 p.202, AMK.117-120, MSBH7.078-082, YIA.279-281 | Education of children; moral education; High station of learning; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00226 | 770 | mixed | در ایّام نور هدی و سراج ملأ اعلی حضرت رسول محمّد بن عبداللّه علیه آلاف من التّحیّة و الثّنآء | In the days of the Light of Guidance and the Lamp of the Concourse on High, His Holiness Muhammad, the Messenger, Son of 'Abdu'llah—upon Him be a myriad greetings and praise [3.5s] | PYM.383-386x | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Rejection of Muhammad; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00229 | 770 | mixed | رب و رجائی انی امرغ جبینی بتراب عتبتک العلیا و اضعه علی الثری راکعا ساجدا | O my Lord and my Hope! I press my brow to the dust of Thy most exalted threshold, and lay it upon the earth in humble prostration [3.5s] | MKT5.113b, MSHR2.130x | Business; financial; property matters; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00230 | 770 | Arabic | رب و رجائی و ملجای و منائی و مهربی و ملاذی و مامنی و معاذی انی ابتهل الیک | O Lord, my Hope, my Refuge, my Desire, my Sanctuary, my Shelter, my Haven, and my protecting Guardian! Verily, I turn in earnest supplication unto Thee [4o] | BRL_DAK#0473, TSHA3.579 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for justice and fairmindedness; Prayer for opponents; enemies of the Faith; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00231 | 770 | Arabic | سبحان من اشرق عن افق التوحید سبحان من لاح عن مطلع التفرید سبحان من نطق بالحق | Glorified be He Who hath shone forth from the horizon of unity! Glorified be He Who hath dawned from the dayspring of oneness! Glorified be He Who hath spoken forth with truth! [3.5s] | TZH8.0507-511 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00232 | 770 | Your last letter was received and I was informed of all its contents. You had written concerning the beloved of God and the slight difference of opinions. | CUPAB.012x, BSTW#164, BSTW#199, BSTW#309, BSTW#448 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Twin Manifestations; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00233 | 770 | mixed | یا من یسمع یناحی و صیاحی و نوحی و حنینی الیه فی جنح اللیالی و صباحی و اسحاری | O Thou Who hearest my lamentation and my cry, my weeping and my yearning toward Thee in the depths of night, at daybreak and in the morning hours [3.5s]... ...You wrote that the renovation of the House [of the Bab] might produce a great tumult. Indeed, the illustrious Áqa Mírza Aqay-i-Afnan, upon him be the Glory of God | INBA87:287, INBA52:291 | MMK6#549x, MSHR3.052x | AFNAN.178-180x | Business; financial; property matters; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01075 | 770 | mixed | Huqúqu'lláh | الحمد لله الذی تفرد بالکبریاء و توحد بالندآء و تعظم بالاسم الذی جعله سلطان | Praise be unto God Who is singular in His grandeur, unique in His call, and Who hath magnified Himself through that Name which He hath made sovereign [3.5s]... ...It hath been decreed by God that a property which is not lucrative, that is, yieldeth no profit, is not subject to the payment of Huquq | BLIB_Or11097#058, | BRL_DA#397, BRL_HUQUQP#44x, AVK3.061.15x, AVK4.233.01x, MAS8.152ax | BRL_HUQUQ#44x, COC#1121x | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Law of Huququ'llah; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||
| BH01076 | 770 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی سن السنن و قن القوانین فی العلن و جعل مبدئها جوهر الوجود و | Praise be to God, Who hath ordained the sacred laws and established the ordinances with manifest authority, and made their source the essence of being [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.161, , BLIB_Or15711.196, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01077 | 770 | mixed | ای مهدی این ایام ایام شداد است که جمیع ارواح عالین در تزلزل و اضطراب تا که را | O Mahdi! These are grievous days, wherein all exalted spirits are in trepidation and perturbation [3.5s] | INBA38:249, BLIB_Or15738.072, | Bringing oneself to account each day; Call to action; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01078 | 770 | mixed | ای مهدی لوح مرسوله که حاکی بود از جواهر تسلیم و رضا و مشعر بود بر حزن و اندوه | O Mahdi! The tablet thou didst send, which bore the gems of submission and contentment, and betokened grief and sorrow, hath reached Us [3.5s] | INBA38:253, INBA15:194, INBA26:194, Majlis934.052-058 | HDQI.145x, ANDA#39 p.03 | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01079 | 770 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance | تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق و انها لکتاب مبین و جعلها برهانا من لدنه ثم ذکری للعالمین | These are the verses of God which have verily been sent down in truth, and they are indeed a perspicuous Book, which He hath made a testimony from His presence and a remembrance unto all the worlds [3.5s]... ...Give ear, O My servant, unto that which is being sent down unto thee from the Throne of thy Lord, the Inaccessible, the Most Great. | INBA73:173, INBA83:181, BLIB_Or03114.094, , BLIB_Or15702.213, , ALIB.folder18p280 | BRL_DA#799, GWBP#076 p.098, AMB#34x | GWB#076x, DOR#34x | Creation of the world; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as mediator; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#381 | ||||||
| BH01080 | 770 | mixed | حمد خلاق عالم را سزا و رزاق امم را لایق که بحکمت بالغه هر کسی را عطائی بخشید | Praise befitteth the Creator of the worlds and is worthy of the Provider of nations, Who, through His consummate wisdom, hath bestowed upon every soul a gift [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.181, | Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01081 | 770 | mixed | حمد مالک غیب و شهودیرا لایق و سزاست که بقدرت کامله خود انسانرا خلق نمود و او | Praise befitteth the Sovereign of the seen and the unseen, Who through His perfect power hath created man [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15732.288, | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01082 | 770 | mixed | حمد مقدس از الفاظ و معانی ساحت اقدس ارفع امنع محبوبی را لایق و سزاست که بکلمه | Praise, sanctified beyond words and meanings, befitteth the most holy and exalted court of that Best-Beloved One Who through a Word [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15704.369, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01083 | 770 | mixed | حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که از قلم | Sanctified praise, transcending all mention and utterance, befitteth the most holy and exalted Court of that Desired One Who, from the Pen [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.038, , MKI4523.269, | BRL_DA#504, ISH.269, ADH1.122x, NSS.104-105x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01084 | 770 | mixed | حمد و ثنا حضرت قوی قادریرا لایق و سزا که در بحبوحه بلایاء مابین ایادی اعدا | Praise and glorification befit the Mighty, the Omnipotent Lord, Who amidst the intensity of tribulations and in the grasp of enemies [3.5s] | INBA39:054, BLIB_Or07852.076, , BLIB_Or15690.077, , BLIB_Or15728.215, | ASAT1.110x, ASAT5.271x | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as source of love and unity; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01085 | 770 | mixed | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینطق الیوم بین القوم انه هو مالک ملکوت | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh today amongst the people, verily He is the Lord of the Kingdom [3.5s]... ...O Mahmud! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Almighty, the Loving. I bear witness that thou hast renounced worldly cares | BLIB_Or15715.167c, | KHSK.094-096, TISH.250x | CRADLE.013-014x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for governments and rulers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01086 | 770 | mixed | فی اول القول یسئل الخادم ربه بان یجعل مقامکم فی الاستانه حصنا متینا و یحفظکم | At the outset of this utterance, this servant beseecheth his Lord to make your station at the Threshold an impregnable fortress and to safeguard you [3.5s] | INBA15:170, INBA26:171 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Prayer for protection; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01087 | 770 | mixed | یا اسمی علیک بهائی و عنایتی نامه جناب فرج الله علیه بهائی که بانجناب نوشته | O My Name! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. The letter from his honour Farajullah - upon him be My glory - which he wrote unto thee [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.257, , BLIB_Or15699.116b, , BLIB_Or15718.171, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01088 | 770 | mixed | یشهد الخادم انه لا اله الا هو اقرارا بوحدانیته و اعترافا بفردانیته و ایقانا | The servant beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, in acknowledgment of His oneness and in confession of His singleness, with certitude [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15717.258, | Call to action; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Greatness and the Independence, Thine the Stations and the Reverence... Thou art powerful over all things. Sanctified are Thy likenesses and exalted are Thine attributes [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.081a10-085a02 | Creation of the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0275 | Public address given on 1912-04-14 | 770 | Persian | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | در این جمع قسیس عبارتی از پولس قدیس ذکر نمود که شما نور را از شیشه های رنگین | I speak from a verse in Corinthians, the substance of which is that though | BRL_DAK#0562, MMG2#171 p.197x, KHF.056, KHAB.241 (251), KHTB2.016, KHTB3.032, BDA1.033n | PUP#005 (p.011-013), SW_v04#01 p.007-008, SW_v03#03 p.005-006, SW_v14#04 p.117, SW_v19#02 p.054, DJT.245-246, BLO_PN#027 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | MHMD1.043 | ||||||
| ABU0280 | Public address given on 1912-11-07 | 770 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | In the world of nature we behold the living organisms in a ceaseless struggle for existence | PUP#120 (p.400-402), SW_v06#03 p.019-021, SW_v17#11 p.333 | Categories of Prophets (major; minor; village); Christ; Christianity; Education of children; moral education; Moses; Muhammad; Islam; Need for an educator; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00227 | Some Answered Questions #045 The Most Great Infallibility | 770 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | بدان که عصمت بر دو قسم است عصمت ذاتیه و عصمت صفاتیه | Know that infallibility is of two kinds: infallibility in essence and infallibility as an attribute. | MFD#45, OOL.C022.45 | SAQ#45, LOG#1065x | House of Justice; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB00228 | Some Answered Questions #061 The Immortality of the Spirit (2) | 770 | Persian | Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some | دیروز در بحث بقای روح بودیم بدان که تصرف و ادراک روح انسانی بر دو نوع است | Yesterday we were discussing the immortality of the spirit. Know that the influence and perception of the human spirit is of two kinds | MFD#61, BSHN.140.509x, BSHN.144.497x, MHT1a.152x, MHT1b.110x, OOL.C022.61 | SAQ#61, BWF.326-328 | Existence; immortality of the human soul; Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Relationship of the soul to the body | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0281 | The Universal Love: Words spoken on 1911-10-24 in Paris | 770 | Paris Talks | The Message of Krishna is the message of love. All God's prophets have brought the message of love.... The power of the Holy Spirit enlightening man's intelligence has enabled him to discover | PT#09 p.025, SW_v08#08 p.097x, SAS.108x, CHH.153x | E. Mahony, E. Mahony, Shay & Camila, S. Peyman | Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity in diversity; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Harmony of science and religion; Justice and wrath of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Transcending the material condition; War and peace | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0274 | Words spoken on 1913-12-20 in Haifa | 770 | Persian | امروز رفتم یک قدری تا این پائین ها راه رفتم خوب بود عجب است انسان اگر توی | Today I came down here. It was a pleasant walk. Praise be to God, that, through the favor | NJB_v05#11 p.001 | SW_v09#02 p.019+023 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Shrines and Holy places; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0278 | Words spoken on 1914-03-07 | 770 | The greatest proof of the Blessed Perfection - may my life be a ransom to him! - consists in the fact that he was always manifest and evident under all conditions | DAS.1914-03-07, SW_v07#04 p.026-027x, SW_v08#13 p.178x | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0273 | Words spoken on 1916-02-16 in Haifa | 770 | Persian | اگر نفی جمال مبارک نبود این بشارات تحقق نمی یافت ولی عظمت امر در این است که اعدا مسبب این ارتقاع شدند | Had it not been for the deniers of the Blessed Beauty, these glad-tidings would not have been fulfilled; yet the greatness of the Cause lieth in this, that the adversaries became themselves the cause of its exaltation [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-02-16 | Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0277 | Words to Habib Mu'ayyad, spoken on 1915-05-06 | 770 | Persian | مسائل الهیه مطابقت تام با عقل و علم دارد ولی مسئله در بیان شیئی است مبین لازم دارد همان مسئله را میشود بچندین | Spiritual teachings are completely consistent with rational thought and science, but it is a question of how they are presented. An interpreter is needed. The same issue can be presented in multiple ways. | KHH1.224-227 (1.312-317) | KHHE.327-329, STAB#052, STAB#108 | Maintainance of degrees in society; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0279 | Words to pilgrims in June 1906 | 770 | This was a place for dirt and refuse and loathsome to look upon. During the days when Akka was in confusion and the whirlwind of tests was violent, and a rumor persisted | PN_1906 p066, SUR.256-258, BLO_PN#001 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Need for an educator; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00234 | 760 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی ذرء دره بیضاء و فریده نوراء و جوهره غراء و یتیمه عصماء متلئلئه | Praise be unto Him Who hath brought forth a lustrous pearl, a radiant gem, a brilliant jewel, and a singular and immaculate treasure, resplendent in its light [3.5s] | INBA21:053 | Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00235 | 760 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه بیست و نهم ذی حجه ۱۳۲۸ رسید و نامه های دیگر بواسطه سفر | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letter dated the twenty-ninth of Dhi'l-Hijjih 1328 was received; the other letters, in the course of transmittal [3.5s] | INBA87:223, INBA52:228 | ASAT5.013x, YMM.240x | Alteration of the divine will [bada]; Business; financial; property matters; Empty learning; false spirituality; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mystical themes | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00236 | 760 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای بنده حضرت یزدان در خصوص تربیت صبیان و تعلیم کودکان سوال نموده بودی اطفالی | O thou servant of God! Thou didst ask as to the education of children. Those children who, sheltered by the Blessed Tree, have set foot upon the world | BRL_DAK#0391, AKHB.220, TRBB.060, MJTB.101, ANDA#26 p.56 | BRL_ATE#151, COC#0627 | Educational curricula; Education of children; moral education; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00237 | 760 | mixed | Translation List | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ۱۹ ربیع الثانی ۱۳۳۷ وصول یافت از مضامین کام مشتاقان | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter of 19 Rabi'u'th-Thani 1337 was received, and from its contents the hearts of the yearning ones were made glad [3.5s]... ...As to the handmaids of the Merciful in Yazd, it can truly be said that they have done whatever is within the power of women to accomplish | MKT4.043, YHA1.415x, YARP2.302 p.247, RMT.040-043, YARD.049x, YARD.139-142 | ADMS#215x | Prophecy and fulfillment; Relationship between government and people; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00238 | 760 | ...Mr. Mountfort Mills, Mrs. Alice Breed... displayed selfless effort... Mrs. Rohanna Bogislav and her daughter, Elfrida Martin, sang such a melody | BSTW#086x | Naming of children; of individuals; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00239 | 760 | mixed | Translation List | ای یادگار سه بزرگوار عموی بزرگوارت حضرت حاجی حسن با رخی چون ماه روشن در انجمن | O remnant of three great souls! Thy distinguished uncle, the honorable Ḥají Ḥasan, burned fervently day and night | INBA88:231 | AKHA_117BE #11-12 p.b | ADMS#272 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| AB00240 | 760 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Mahmúd's Diary | ای یاران جانی عبدالبهاء شرق معطر نما غرب منور نما نور ببلغار ده روح بسقلاب | O ye close and dear friends of Abdu'l-Baha! In the Orient scatter perfumes, And shed splendours on the West. Carry light unto the Bulgar… Make haste to love! | MKT2.273, MNMK#101 p.185, MMK1#218 p.260, MILAN.146, AKHA_110BE #12 p.02, AKHA_120BE #11 p.b, AMK.045-046, AVK3.167.13x, AVK3.477.17x, BCH.065, ABB.180x, MAS5.144, ADH2.094x, ADH2_2#17 p.122x, MSHR4.053x, MMG2#286 p.317x, MSBH4.036x, YHA1.379x, BDA1.357.06x, KHH2.081 (2.151)x | SWAB#218, TAB.566-570, BSC.305 #623-628, SW_v04#01 p.020-021, MHMD1.376x, TEW.007-010, BSTW#125 | B. Weber, N. Hamilton, Nickole & Alexander | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for peace and unity; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB07769 | 760 | mixed | قد خلقت یا الهی حقیقه الانسان و انشئت یا محبوبی ذاتیه الاکوان لظهور آثار | The loved ones of God must, in accordance with the Divine Texts, show forth the utmost obedience and submission unto government [3.5s]... ...It is incumbent upon every one not to take any step without consulting the Spiritual Assembly | BRL_DAK#1236, AVK3.270.12x | GPB.332x, BADM.021bx | Justice and wrath of God; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Review of publications; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01089 | 760 | mixed | Fire and Light | الحمد لله الذی انزل الایات و اظهر البینات و انطق القلم الاعلی بین الارض و | Praise be to God Who hath sent down the verses, made manifest the clear tokens, and caused the Supreme Pen to speak forth betwixt earth and heaven [3.5s]... ...You should exhort all the friends to patience, to acquiescence, and to tranquility, saying: O ye loved ones of God in that land! | INBA28:436 | BRL_DA#786, NANU_BH#09x, AYI2.228x, AYI2.229x | BRL_FIRE_BH#05x, COC#0334x | Exhortations and counsels; Goodly deeds; actions; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| BH01090 | 760 | Arabic | ان یا اسمی المهدی قد حضر کتابک الذی ارسلته الی عبدی الذی کان حاضرا عند عرشی | O My Name, the Mahdi! Thy letter which thou didst send unto My servant who was present before My throne hath arrived [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.006, | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01091 | 760 | Arabic | ان یا کمال اسمع ندآء هذا الجمال الذی ابتلی بین ایدی المشرکین و لن یجد لنفسه من | O Kamál! Hearken unto the call of this Beauty, Who hath been made captive at the hands of the infidels and findeth none to [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.444, , ALIB.folder18p302 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01092 | 760 | Persian | این ایام مختصر از مطول اختیار شده لفظ موجز با معنی از یک دفتر مکتوبات نزد | In these days a brief selection hath been made from that which is lengthy; concise words with meaning have been drawn from a volume of writings [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15704.340, | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat]; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01093 | 760 | mixed | حمد خداوند یکتا را لایق و سزاوار که در هر یوم بکلمه علیا وحدها وصل مینماید و | Praise be unto the one true God, Who, in every day, uniteth all through His Most Exalted Word in oneness [3.5s] | INBA31:154 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01094 | 760 | mixed | حمد مقدس از حدود زمان و مکان و منزه از ذکر امکان و لامکان محبوبی را لایق و | Sanctified praise, transcending all bounds of time and space and exalted above mention of the realms of being and non-being, befitteth that Beloved One [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#041, | MAS8.148ax | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Living waters; water of life; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Word of God the cause of creation; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01095 | 760 | Persian | حمد مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که باصبع اراده اش افلاک ملکوت بیان متحرک و بکلمه | Praise befitteth and is worthy of the Desired One, Who through the Finger of His Will hath set in motion the heavens of the Kingdom of utterance and by His Word [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.150, , BLIB_Or15711.144, | Consolation and comfort; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01096 | 760 | mixed | حمد مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که قلوب قاصدین از اول لا اول الی آخر لا آخر باو | Praise be unto Him Who is worthy and befitting, unto Whom the hearts of all seekers have turned from the beginning that hath no beginning unto the end that hath no end [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee to give us renewed hope in the face of our sorrow, and to pardon us such things as we have neglected in Thy day | BLIB_Or15731.002, , BLIB_Or15736.001, | ADM3#065 p.081x | JHT_S#049x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Goodly deeds; actions; Power of prayer; Realms of being; three realms; five realms | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01097 | 760 | mixed | ذکر من لدنا لمن توجه الی الوجه و فاز بما کان مرقوما من القلم و مسطورا فی | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath turned toward the Countenance and attained unto that which was ordained by the Pen and inscribed in [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15726.064, | BRL_DA#097, AYI2.054x, YIA.146-148 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01098 | 760 | mixed | روحی لحبک الفداء نامه مبارکه رفیعه منیعه که مطلع بهجت ابدیه و مسرت لایحصیه بود | My spirit be a sacrifice unto Thy love! The blessed, noble and glorious epistle, which was the dawning-place of eternal joy and boundless delight [3.5s] | AYBY.179 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01099 | 760 | mixed | شاربان سلسبیل محبت و سالکان بادیه مودت را متذکریم بکلماتیکه قلوب صافیه را | We call to remembrance them that drink from the Salsabíl of love and traverse the wilderness of affection with words that pure hearts [3.5s] | INBA65:218, INBA71:094, BLIB_Or15722.242, | HDQI.118, AYI2.375x, YFY.108-109x | Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Mystical themes; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01100 | 760 | mixed | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی بالحق انه هو مولی العالم و الاسم الاعظم الذی به ظهر | God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come with the truth is verily the Lord of all worlds and the Most Great Name through Whom He hath appeared [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.026, | AVK3.416.14x, ASAT3.220x, MSHR5.067x, FRH.051-053 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Personal instructions; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01101 | 760 | mixed | گواهی میدهد اینخادم بر ضعف و عجز و قصور و از حق جل جلاله مسئلت مینماید که عباد | This servant beareth witness to his weakness, impotence and shortcoming, and beseecheth God, glorified be His majesty, that His servants [3.5s] | INBA31:176, BLIB_Or15701.342, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01102 | 760 | mixed | لک الحمد یا الهی علی ما ایدت احبائک و اوراق سدره محبتک علی ما ینبغی لهم و | All praise be unto Thee, O my God, for that which Thou hast vouchsafed in confirmation of Thy loved ones and the leaves of the Tree of Thy love, in accordance with what beseemeth them [3.5s] | INBA18:089 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01103 | 760 | mixed | مقصود اولیه حق جل جلاله از خلقت خلق ظهور عنایت و مرحمت و شفقت بوده تا کل | The primary purpose of God, exalted be His glory, in creating all created things hath been the manifestation of His grace, His mercy and His loving-kindness, that all might [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15736.010, | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Personal instructions; Purpose; goal of creation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01104 | 760 | mixed | و اینکه از عید اعظم سؤال شده بود اول آن بعد از انقضای سی و دو ٣٢ یوم از عید صیامست ... مرقوم فرموده بودند مع چند نفس بعد از توجه ممنوع شده | And concerning what was asked about the Most Great Festival, its commencement is after the passing of thirty-two days from the Festival of Fasting... they had written that together with several souls, after their attention, they were forbidden [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15722.056.04x, , NLAI_BH4.076.09-078x | AYT.322x, AYT.347x, GHA.360a, GHA.387b.09-10x | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Laws of marriage and dowry | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01105 | 760 | mixed | Translation List | یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه حق جل و عز در اکثری از الواح احبای خود را بحکمت امر | O thou who gazest upon the Countenance of Truth, glorified and exalted be He! In numerous Tablets hath He commanded His loved ones to wisdom [3.5s]... ...The assistance of God and the teaching of His Cause have ever been, and shall always be, dependent on tact and utterance | INBA35:158, BLIB_Or15719.155, | AVK3.471.07x, MAS8.162x | ADMS#135x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Theft; seizing the properties of others; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| BH01107 | 760 | Arabic | یا محبوبی قد اقامتنی نفحات بیانکم علی التوجه الیکم و انطقنی ذکرکم فی حب الله | O My Beloved! The breezes of Thy utterance have caused Me to arise and turn toward Thee, and Thy remembrance hath moved Me to speak in the love of God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15727b.271, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Shrines and Holy places; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10068 | 760 | mixed | Huqúqu'lláh | ذکر من لدنا عباد الذین ذکرت اسمائهم لدی المظلوم الذی سجن فی هذا الحصن المتین… یا حزب الله فی فاران انا ذکرناکم من قبل بما لا تعادله ... اینکه ارادۀ زیارت بیت نمودید نزد مظلوم مقبول و محبوبست ... یا قوم اول امر عرفان حق جل جلاله | This is a remembrance from Our presence unto those servants whose names were mentioned before the Wronged One, Who hath been imprisoned in this mighty fortress [3.5s]... ...Thine intention to pay a visit to the blessed House is acceptable and well-pleasing in the sight of this Wronged One, provided it is accomplished in a spirit of joy and radiance | BRL_DA#387, BRL_HUQUQP#002x, AVK4.135.13x, MAS8.025ax, ASAT4.430x, FRH.040-042 | BRL_HUQUQ#002x, COC#1129x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Twin duties of recognition and obedience | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00260 | Du’a’-i-Manuchihr Khan | 760 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | اللهم ان فضلک کان على قدر مسکنتى و ان عفوک کان على قدر معصیتى فانت تعلم یا الهى ... یا الهی انت الحق لم تزل و ما سواک محتاج فقیر و انا ذا یا الهی انقطعت عن کل الناس بالتوسل الی حبلک | O my God! Thy bounty hath ever been equal to my poverty, and Thy forgiveness hath ever been equal to mine iniquity. Thou knowest, O my God... O my God! Thou art the Truth and hast ever been, and all else beside Thee is needy and poor. And here am I, O my God, detached from all mankind through my clinging to Thy cord [3.5s]... …Throughout eternity Thou hast been, O my Lord, and wilt ever remain the One true God, while all else save Thee | TZH3.277.09-15-279.18, HNMJ.001-002x, SWBP#52 (p.137-138x) | SWB#53 (p.194-194x) | almunajat.com [item 3] | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BB00261 | Li-Qa’im | 760 | Arabic | سبحانک ان لا اله الا انت انک رب العالمین سبحانک اللهم انک انت خالق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامرک لا من شیء و انک انت فاطر کل شیء | Glorified art Thou! There is no God but Thee; verily, Thou art the Lord of all worlds. Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou art, in truth, the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them by Thy command, from nothingness, and Thou art the Fashioner of all [3.5s] | PR03.078v28-79v16, BYC_collect3.084-088 | Creation of the world; Petitions to authorities; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0282 | The First Principle—Search after Truth: Words spoken on 1911-11-10 in Paris | 760 | Persian | Paris Talks | دیروز رفتیم در جمعیت روحانیون چون آنجمع | If a man would succeed in his search after truth, he must, in the first place, shut his eyes to all the traditional superstitions of the past. | DWNP_v5#07-8 p.006x, KHAB.146 (157), KHTB1.137 | PT#41 p.138x, SW_v03#01 p.003-004x, DWN_v2#08 p.061-063x | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0284 | Words spoken at 1815 California Street in San Francisco, 1912-10-07 | 760 | I have been walking in the garden. There are many parks and gardens here…. When I was in the barracks of Acca, than which there is no worse place | ECN.110+493x+1005 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0283 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-19 | 760 | His holiness Bahá'u'lláh had a beautiful habit which was kept up till the last years of His life. Every evening after having partaken of His dinner He would retire inside of His mosquito net and then send for all the members of the blessed household | DAS.1915-03-19 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Humor; jokes; Methods of teaching the Cause; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH01106 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Asiyyih Khanum | 760 | Arabic | یا قلم قد جاء کره بعد اخری ما اخذت به الاحزان اهل البهاء الذین آمنوا بالله | O Pen! Time and again have sorrows overtaken the people of Bahá who have believed in God [3.5s]... ...Verily, once again hath occurred that which hath saddened the people of Bahá, who have believed in God | INBA65:072 | BRL_DA#434, SFI20.015-016, AKHT1.372, FBAH.239x, OOL.B198 | TDH#064.4x, TDH#064.13x, TDH#064.16x | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||
| AB00242 | 750 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | O noble friends and seekers for the Kingdom of God! About sixty years ago, in the time | KHAB.066 (076) | AIL.036, SW_v02#13 p.005x, SW_v09#01 p.016 | East and West; communication between East and West; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00243 | 750 | mixed | ایها الحبیب الرحمانی البارع الصادع النورانی انی من هذه العدوه الدنیا | O beloved of the All-Merciful, O radiant and effulgent one who proclaimeth the Light! Verily, from this transient realm [3.5s] | MKT3.287, KHSH13.009, KHSH13.048 | Growth of the Cause; Prayer for teaching; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00244 | 750 | mixed | حمدا لمن نشر رایاته و اظهر ایاته و اعلن کلماته و اوضح بیناته قد شرح الصدور | Praise be unto Him Who hath unfurled His banners, manifested His signs, proclaimed His words, and made clear His evidences! He hath, verily, gladdened the hearts [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0568, MKT1.155, MNMK#024 p.104, MJMJ2.025x, MMG2#321 p.359x | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00245 | 750 | O thou honorable martyr and the pioneer of the Cause of God! The letter which you had written on the 19th of December 1918 | SW_v10#06 p.105-107 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise of Western values; culture; Prophecy and fulfillment; Teachings as spirit of the age | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04707 | 750 | Persian | ای پروردگار ملجا بیچارگانی و ملاذ آوارگان فضل و عطایت درمان هر دردی و خوان | O Lord! Thou art the Refuge of the helpless and the Shelter of the wanderers. Thy grace and bounty are the remedy for every ill and the heavenly feast [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0544, MMG2#299 p.332x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Relationship between government and people; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07848 | 750 | mixed | Family Life | الحمد لله الذی تجلی من الافق الرحمانی علی العالم الانسانی و اضاء بالنور | Praise be to God Who hath dawned from the horizon of the All-Merciful upon the world of humanity and illumined it with light [3.5s]... ...In marriage the more distant the blood-relationship the better, for such distance in family ties between husband and wife provideth the basis for the well-being of humanity | BRL_DAK#0672, COMP_FAMP#10x, AVK4.156.03x, AVK4.173.09x, GHA.186x | BRL_FAM#10x | Laws of marriage and dowry; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12096 | 750 | Persian | ای دختر عزیز من مکاتیب متعدده شما رسید مختصر بود و مفید از مضامینش معانی | O my cherished daughter! Thy numerous letters were received. Though brief, they were most meaningful in their contents [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0482 | Call to action; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01108 | 750 | Arabic | الحمد للغنی المتعال الذی بامره نفخ فی القلم الاعلی اذا ظهر الرجال الذین نبذوا | Praise be unto Him Who is the All-Sufficing, the Most Exalted, at Whose bidding the Supreme Pen hath breathed forth, whereupon appeared the men who cast aside [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15727a.037, | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01109 | 750 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی استقر علی العرش بالعظمه و العزه و الکبریاء و نطق بما نفخ فی | Praise be unto Him Who hath established Himself upon the throne with grandeur, might and majesty, and hath uttered that which was breathed forth [3.5s] | INBA97:125, BLIB_Or15697.106, , BLIB_Or15714.098, | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01110 | 750 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی اظهر الدلیل و اوضح السبیل و عرفنا وجهه العزیز الجمیل هو الذی علم | Praise be to God, Who hath made manifest the proof and made clear the path, and caused us to know His glorious and beauteous Countenance. He it is Who hath taught [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15693.056b, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH01111 | 750 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی نور افق العالم بشمس اسمه الاعظم و امر الکل بالامانه و الوفاء | Praise be unto God, Who hath illumined the horizon of the world with the sun of His Most Great Name, and hath enjoined upon all faithfulness and constancy [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15727a.025, | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Naming of children; of individuals; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01112 | 750 | Persian | آغاز هر ذکر و هر بیان ذکر مقصود عالمیان بوده و هست آغاز از او ظاهر و انجام باو | The commencement of every mention and every utterance hath been, and shall ever be, the remembrance of the Desire of all worlds. From Him doth all begin, and unto Him doth all return [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15704.361, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power of prayer; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01113 | 750 | Arabic | تبارک الذی بیده ملکوت ملک السموات و الارض و انه کان بکل شیء علیما له الجود | Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Kingdom of the heavens and of the earth, and verily He hath knowledge of all things. His is the bounty [3.5s] | INBA36:063, INBA71:223 | RSBB.082 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01114 | 750 | mixed | Translation List | حمد خدا را که اولیای خود را در سبیل خود بباساء و ضراء تربیت فرمود تا کل در | Praise be unto God Who hath trained His loved ones in His path through tribulation and adversity, that they all may [3.5s]... ...Recite what the All-Merciful hath revealed in the Qur’án: “He who feareth God, God will create for him a way out | BLIB_Or15701.070, | MAS8.110cx | ADMS#132x | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Past, present and future of Iran; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| BH01115 | 750 | mixed | ندآء الله از شطر عکا مرتفع و میفرماید طوبی از برای نفوسیکه الی الله توجه | The Call of God hath been raised from the direction of 'Akká, proclaiming: Blessed be they that have turned their faces unto God [3.5s]... ...From time immemorial, they who have been outwardly invested with authority have debarred men from setting their faces towards God | BLIB_Or11096#024, , BLIB_Or15698.259, , BLIB_Or15720.255, , BLIB_Or15740.198, | BRL_DA#134, IQT.259, TZH?.531 | PDC.028x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Prayer for pilgrims; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01116 | 750 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من هذا المسجون الی الذی آمن بالله و اراد ان یتوجه الی شطر رضائه | This is an epistle from this Prisoner unto him who hath believed in God and desireth to turn toward the sanctuary of His good-pleasure [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.067, , NLAI_BH2.052 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01118 | 750 | mixed | یا ایها المقبل علیک بهاء الله و سلامه ندای مظلوم را از شطر سجن اعظم بشنو انه | O thou who hast turned towards God! Upon thee be the glory of God and His peace. Hearken unto the Call of the Wronged One from the direction of the Most Great Prison. Verily [3.5s] | BLIB_Or07852.063, | AVK1.015.05x, AVK3.235.02x, AVK3.270.03x, AYI1.370x, AYI2.215x, AYI2.216x, AYI2.217x, AYI2.392x, PYB#115 p.03x | Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for governments and rulers; Reward and punishment; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01119 | 750 | mixed | یا علی قبل اکبر علیک بهائی یوم یوم الله است و جمیع ادراکات عالم و امم و حکمت | O 'Alí-Qablí-Akbar! Upon thee be My glory! This is the Day of God, and all the perceptions of the world and its peoples and wisdom [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.199, | TISH.070-072 | Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00262 | Epistle to Muhammad Shah 4 | 750 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | Tablets of the Báb to Muhammad Shah | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب من لدن امام حق مبین فیه حکم کل شیء لمن اراد ان یتذکر او یکون من المهتدین | This is an Epistle from Him Who is the true, the undoubted Leader. Herein is revealed the law of all things | AHDA.352, SWBP#04 (p.005-008x), OOL.A023.4 | SWB#06 (p.024-028x) | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Words vs deeds | - | - | AHDA.460.08, MMAH.025, SRC.097, SRC.193 | |||||
| BBU0001 | Farewell address to the Letters of the Living | 750 | Persian | Authenticity of The Báb's Farewell Address to the Letters of the Living; Báb's Farewell Address to the Letters of the Living, The | Báb, Speech to the Letters of the Living | ای یاران عزیز من شما در این ایام حامل پیام الهی هستید خداوند شما را برای مخزن اسرار خویش انتخاب | O my beloved friends! You are the bearers of the name of God in this Day. You have been chosen as the repositories of His mystery | AYT.147 | DB.092-094, CHH.015-017 | A. Youssefi, E. Crofts, E. Mahony (1), E. Mahony (2), SKY, Zannetta [track 3] | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| BH01117 | Lawh-i-Ism-i-Jud | 750 | mixed | Excellence in all Things | یا اسم جود علیک بهائی نامهای جناب سمندر که ارسال نموده عبد حاضر لدی المظلوم | O Ism-i-Júd! Upon thee be My Glory! The letters sent by his honor Samandar were presented before the Wronged One [3.5s]... ...It is incumbent upon the children to exert themselves to the utmost in acquiring the art of reading and writing.... Writing skills that will provide for urgent needs will be enough for some | MJAN.026, AYBY.067, GHA.089x, MAS7.129cx, MAS8.193x, SAM.204, PYM.214bx, TRZ1.081x | BRL_EXCEL#06x, COC#0006x, COC#0569x, COC#0771x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ROB3.091, LL#415 |
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