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

Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation

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

@prayer for forgiveness, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @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

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @rejection of Muhammad, @soul; spirit after death, @relationship of the soul to the body, @symbolism, @demons and evil spirits, @love of God

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

@religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science, @Muhammad; Islam, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @imagery in the Qur'an, @Greek philosophers; Greek civilization, @consolation and comfort, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH00634

1210

mixed

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

@free will and predestination; fate, @spiritual transformation, @suffering and imprisonment, @seven stages of creation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @creation of the world, @knowledge; recognition of God, @things are known by their opposites, @call to action, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

ABU0101

Public address given on 1912-11-17

1210

This is a blessed meeting, for these revered souls have come together in complete unity

PUP#130 (p.437-442), FWU.009

@progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @coming-of-age; maturity of mankind, @progress only takes place within its own degree, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @spiritual transformation, @religion as reality; definitions of religion

AB00077

Some Answered Questions #047 The Evolution of the Universe and the Origin of Man

1210

Persian

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

@evolution; human evolution, @names and attributes of God, @eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness, @creation of the world

AB00078

1200

Arabic

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

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

@quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @free will and predestination; fate, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @prayer for firmness in the Covenant

AB00079

1200

mixed

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

@suffering; rejection of Christ, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @rejection, opposition and persecution

AB00116

1200

mixed

Light of the World

سبحانک اللهم تقدس ادنی ایه من ایات ملکوتک عن المحامد و النعوت فی جمیع الشئون... درین ایام صنادید شیطانرا اسیر خذلان کرد و فسادشانرا واضح و عیان

Glorified art Thou, O God! The least of the signs of Thy Kingdom is, under all conditions, sanctified above all description and praise

UMich962.140-141x, UMich991.097-098x

NURA#41, MMK4#081 p.090x, ASAT3.041-042x, ASAT4.058x, AVK1.009.10x, AVK4.015.13x, AVK4.308x

LOTW#41

@impossibility of true worship of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @growth of the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant, @transcendence; unknowability of God

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

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

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @martyrs and martyrdom, @contention and conflict, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @proofs of the Manifestations of God

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

@the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @mystical themes, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @symbolism of color and light, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

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, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @power of prayer, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @station of the Manifestation of God, @Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God

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

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @free will and predestination; fate, @miracles and their interpretation, @knowledge; recognition of God, @degrees of faith; certitude, @creation of the world, @meditation

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

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @justice and wrath of God, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria)

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God

BB00169

Du’a’ li'lladhina ‘araju

1200

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم تزل انک انت خالق کل شیء و رازقه و ممیت کل شیء و محییه لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً صمداً فرداً حیاً قیوماً حکماً عدلاً قدوساً دائماً ابداً معتمداً

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou hast ever been the Creator and Provider of all things, the One Who causeth all things to die and giveth them life. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, Single, Unique, Self-Subsisting, Ever-Living, All-Compelling, All-Wise, Just, Most Holy, Eternal, Everlasting [3.5s]... ...How numerous the souls raised to life who were exposed to dire humiliation in Thy Path for exalting Thy Word

CMB_F14.158v05-162v01,

SWBP#45 (p.134-134x)

SWB#46 (p.188-189x)

@importance of prayer, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

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

@multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @the Imamate; the Caliphate, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

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, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

INBA_6007C.099-104, BYC_misc-b.100b05-105a07

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

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @recompense; reward for belief; right action, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @Letters of the Living

BB00168

Prayer and Ziyarat for Friday

1200

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک فی ذلک الیوم الجمعه الذی قد شرفته و عظمته و عززته و قدسته و کرمته

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness unto Thee on this Friday, which Thou hast made noble and great, and hast exalted and sanctified [3.5s]

@He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @visitation Tablets

BB00167

Prayer for Ahmad

1200

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و لک الحمد تحیی و تمیت ثم تمیت و تحیی و انک انت حی لاتموت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and Thine the Praise. Thou givest life and causest death, then causest death and givest life, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not [3.5s]

CMB_F14.057r06-060v08,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @the Imamate; the Caliphate, @chastisement and requital, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

FHR#12.03

ABU0104

Public address given on 1912-09-03

1200

Persian

Ziyarat-Namih-i-Mulla Muhammad `Ali-i-Barfurushi (Tablets of Visitation for Mulla Muhammad `Ali-i-Barfurushi (Quddus))

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

@mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @universal education, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @perfection; imperfection of nature, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @station of the Manifestation of God

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith, @station of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God does not act of own volition, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation 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

@prayer for forgiveness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam, @creation of the world, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @impossibility of true worship of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion 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

@meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Declaration; advent of the Bab, @events in the life and ministry of the Bab, @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

@love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @unity; oneness of humanity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love

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, @growth of the Cause, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @equality of men and women, @universal language, @universal education, @universal peace; world unity, @oneness; unity of religion, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @Manifestation of God as divine physician

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

@essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others, @Christ; Christianity, @outward and inward meanings, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @literal interpretation, @symbolism, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ

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

@the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @twin Manifestations, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @power of the Manifestation of God, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

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

@education of children; moral education, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @work as worship, @begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth

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

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

@mystical themes, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity

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)

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity of thought and belief, @call to action, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @praise and encouragement, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @wisdom [hikmat], @obedience to and respect for government authority

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, @prophecy and fulfillment, @events in the life and ministry of the Bab, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @literal interpretation, @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, @love as fire, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @universal peace; world unity, @knowledge of self

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @Imam Husayn, @justice and wrath of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU0109

Public address given on 1912-09-20

1190

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, @spiritual transformation, @man's distinction from the animal, @second birth, @Manifestation of God as educator, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @education and the development of capacity, @power of the Manifestation of God, @perfection; imperfection of nature

AB00081

Some Answered Questions #003 The Need for an Educator

1190

Persian

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

@Manifestation of God as educator, @need for an educator, @unity of governments; political unity, @education of children; moral education, @power of the Manifestation of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God

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,

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @wisdom [hikmat], @call to action, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @review of publications, @exhortations and counsels, @praise and encouragement

BH04607

1180

mixed

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

@martyrs and martyrdom, @praise and encouragement, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @prayer for justice and fairmindedness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU0110

Public address given on 1912-04-25

1180

Persian

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers

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

@unity; oneness of humanity, @East and West; communication between East and West, @unity in diversity, @oneness; unity of religion

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

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @Shrines and Holy places, @law of pilgrimage, @House of Justice, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion

AB00083

1170

Arabic

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @divine attributes are within all things; every atom, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to 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

@rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @Ottoman commissions of investigation, @unity; oneness of humanity, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all

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

@prophecy and fulfillment, @outward and inward meanings, @rejection of Muhammad, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God

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

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @oneness; unity of religion, @business; financial; property matters

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,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @empty learning; false spirituality, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @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

@exhortations and counsels, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @spiritual transformation, @creation of the world, @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,

@the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @praise and encouragement, @call to action, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @business; financial; property matters, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @praise and encouragement, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

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

@Hands of the Cause, @Shrines and Holy places, @praise and encouragement, @business; financial; property matters, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

BH00652

1170

Arabic

Tablet to the Cousin (Lawh-i-Pisar-'Amm); River of Life, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by 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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @Imam Husayn, @call to action, @suffering and imprisonment, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

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, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @the power of words; of speech, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @suffering and imprisonment

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

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @call to action, @consolation and comfort, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @proclamation to people of the Bayan

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,

@praise and encouragement, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00647

Lawh-i-Pisar-'Amm (Tablet to the Cousin)

1170

mixed

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.

@martyrs and martyrdom, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]

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, @transcending the material condition, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00086

Some Answered Questions #014 Material and Spiritual Cycles

1170

Persian

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

@spiritual springtime, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @independent investigation of truth; reality

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

@war and peace, @oneness; unity of religion, @love and unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @supreme tribunal, @power of love, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @the Lesser Peace and the Most Great 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)

@meaning; importance of dreams and visions, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @knowledge; recognition 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

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @non-participation in politics, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction

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

@unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

BH00657

1160

Arabic

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

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @names and attributes of God, @modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation, @power of the Manifestation of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @knowledge; recognition of God, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

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,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the power of words; of speech, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul

ABU0114

Discourse at “l’Alliance Spiritualiste”: Words spoken in Paris, 1911-11-09

1160

Persian

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

@the human soul, @relationship of the soul to the body, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual transformation, @origin of the soul; the soul as emanation, @soul is the essential reality of man

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

@transcending the material condition, @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, @unity in diversity, @critique of Western values; culture, @unity; oneness of humanity

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

@Mary Magdalene, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance

AB00089

1150

mixed

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما اشرقت انوار الفلاح و النجاح و تبلج صباح

Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for causing the lights of success and prosperity to shine, and the dawn to break forth in splendor [3.5s]

MMK6#396, YMM.402x

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @chastisement and requital, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @literal interpretation, @prayer for protection

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,

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @goodly deeds; actions, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

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

@suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH06839

1150

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @consultation, @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir], @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @wisdom [hikmat], @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

LL#365, LL#449

BH00662

Lawh-i-Malikah Victoria (Tablet to Queen Victoria)

1150

Arabic

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.

@status of kings; future of monarchy, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @prayer for governments and rulers, @the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @universal peace; world unity, @unity of thought and belief

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

@love and unity, @spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman], @oneness; unity of religion, @contention and conflict, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

AB00090

Some Answered Questions #077 The Punishment of Criminals

1150

Persian

RHQM2.1048-1051 (499-502) (305-307), ZSM.1915-07-18

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

@reward and punishment, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @education of children; moral education, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @universal education, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @justice and mercy

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

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, @soul; spirit after death, @power of the mind over nature, @symbolism, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00093

1140

mixed

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

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

@role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @firmness in the Covenant, @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, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

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, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @law of pilgrimage, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @praise and encouragement

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

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @presence of; reunion with God, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

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

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Word of God the cause of creation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

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

@prayer for forgiveness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

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

@prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @rejection of Muhammad, @call to action, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @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

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @suffering and imprisonment, @prophecy and fulfillment, @service to others; to the Cause of God

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

@praise and encouragement, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH00672

1140

mixed

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

@Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @empty learning; false spirituality, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity of thought and belief

ABU0119

Public address given on 1912-10-26

1140

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

@unity; oneness of humanity, @war and peace, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB00091

Some Answered Questions #012 Commentary on the Eleventh Chapter of Isaiah

1140

Persian

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

@universal peace; world unity, @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @symbolism, @knowledge; recognition of God, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @unity in diversity, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @prophecy and fulfillment

AB00096

Some Answered Questions #029 Sin and Atonement

1140

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers

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, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @symbolism, @The Holy Spirit, @transcendence; unknowability of God

AB00094

Tablet of the Divine Plan (U.S. and Canada IV)

1140

mixed

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

@oneness; unity of religion, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @growth of the Cause, @prayer for teaching

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.

@high station of learning, @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @suffering and imprisonment, @station of the Manifestation of God, @free will and predestination; fate, @knowledge; recognition of God, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @the power of words; of speech, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @light and darkness, @spiritual transformation

BH00674

1130

mixed

Scholarship; Huqúqu'lláh; Social Action

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

@praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @power of prayer, @purpose; goal of creation, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @love of God

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,

@suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH00676

1130

mixed

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @work as worship, @unity; oneness of humanity

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @prayer for tests and difficulties, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @blind imitation [taqlid], @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

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

@wisdom [hikmat], @status of kings; future of monarchy, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

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,

@prayer for opponents; enemies of the Faith, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for teaching, @chastisement and requital, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @call to action

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, @knowledge; recognition of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @knowledge of self, @development of capacity and readiness

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

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @goodly deeds; actions, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

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,

@thankfulness; gratitude, @consolation and comfort, @praise and encouragement, @chastisement and requital, @suffering and imprisonment, @martyrs and martyrdom, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity

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,

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @proclamation to the people of the world, @the power of words; of speech, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @martyrs and martyrdom, @characteristics and conduct of true believers

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.

@rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @call to action, @spiritual transformation

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @conference of Badasht, @holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @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

@banishment to; life in Baghdad, @Declaration of Baha'u'llah, @Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @banishment to; life in Adrianople, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @special knowledge of the Manifestation of God, @banishment to; life in Constantinople

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

@unity in diversity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @race unity; racial issues, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

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, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for protection

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,

@suffering and imprisonment, @personal instructions, @praise and encouragement, @proclamation to the people of the world, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @prophecy and fulfillment

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

@twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness, @human reality created in the image of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transcendence; unknowability 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, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @the power of words; of speech, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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,

@praise and encouragement, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

@the power of words; of speech, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @spiritual transformation

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

Not to be confused with Súriy-i-Ẓuhúr (BH01761).

ABU0122

Public address given on 1912-05-02

1120

PUP#035 (p.079-083), SW_v03#04 p.015-017

When we carefully investigate the kingdoms of existence and observe the phenomena of the universe

ABB.062

@power of the mind over nature, @proofs for the existence of God, @man's distinction from the animal, @things are known by their opposites, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

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

@high station of learning, @East and West; communication between East and West, @oneness; unity of religion, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @power of the mind over nature, @transcending the material condition

BH00687

Qad Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisun (The Fire Tablet)

1120

Arabic

Fire Tablet; Bahá'í Prayers

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.

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity

ROB3.226, BKOG.321, MMAH.115, GSH.188, LL#211

AB00099

Some Answered Questions #078 Strikes

1120

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Mánikchí Sáhib; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tabernacle of Unity, The

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

@wealth inequality and its moderation, @relationship between government and people, @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium

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

@personal instructions, @business; financial; property matters, @call to action, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

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,

@thankfulness; gratitude, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @praise and encouragement, @eulogies; reminiscences, @prayer for protection, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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, @suffering and imprisonment, @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat], @martyrs and martyrdom, @spiritual transformation, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

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,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

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

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @prayers (general or uncategorized)

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

@proclamation to people of the Bayan, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @rejection, opposition and persecution

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

@consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @praise and encouragement, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @wisdom [hikmat], @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

BH00698

Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib

1110

Persian

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, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @procession; appearance of the Word from God, @words vs deeds, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual transformation

ROB3.270, GSH.174, LL#160, LL#176

AB00100

Some Answered Questions #030 Adam and Eve

1110

Persian

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

@crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @literal interpretation, @Adam; Adam and Eve, @original sin, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @symbolism, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

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

@interpretation of dreams and visions, @special knowledge of the Manifestation of God, @early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah, @innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God, @lack of formal education 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

@one universal law; attractive power of love, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @power of the mind over nature, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @human reality created in the image of God, @man's distinction from the animal

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,

@superiority; incomparability of the Word of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @interpretation of dreams and visions, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy

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

@prayer for protection, @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @love and unity, @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, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @Muhammad; Islam, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible

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

@praise and encouragement, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @prophecy and fulfillment, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @call to action

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, @suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution

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,

@suffering and imprisonment, @martyrs and martyrdom, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @role and station of women, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @praise and encouragement, @contention and conflict, @oneness; unity of religion, @nationalism; love of country

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,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @chastisement and requital, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @suffering and imprisonment, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis

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

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @praise and encouragement, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @law of pilgrimage, @call to action, @consolation and comfort, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @exhortations and counsels

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,

@the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @grammar and orthography, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @monasticism; asceticism, @humility; meekness; lowliness

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,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @fire and light; fire and water

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

@symbolism, @martyrs and martyrdom, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BB00189

Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafyi’n-Nafy

1100

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء بما قد خلقت کل شیء له علی انه لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that Thou didst create all things unto Him, that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer [3.5s]

CMB_F14.148v10-152v01,

@meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BB00190

Du’a’ li-avvali man amana bi’llah va man qad sa’ida bihi ila’llah

1100

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت الواحد الاحد الصمد الفرد الحی القیوم المعتمد الذی لم تلد و لم تولد و لم یکون لک کفو و لا عدل و لا شبه و لا قرین

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, the One, the Single, the Self-Subsisting, the Alone, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Sufficient, Who hath neither begotten nor been begotten, and unto Whom there is no peer, nor equal, nor likeness, nor partner [3.5s]

CMB_F14.162v03-166r04,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @impossibility of true worship of God, @heaven and paradise; heaven and hell

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,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

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,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @heaven and paradise; heaven and hell, @justice and wrath of God, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @impossibility of true worship of God

BB00187

Epistle to Muhammad Shah 5

1100

Arabic

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, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @essential vs. actional attributes 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

@war and peace, @universal peace; world unity, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @unity; oneness of humanity, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @universal language

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

@meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @alchemy; the elixir, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture

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

@knowledge; recognition of God, @chastisement and requital, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity

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

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @Muhammad; Islam, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @Imam 'Ali, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BB00188

Prayer for Siyyid Husayn

1100

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العزة و الجبروت و لک القوة و اللاهوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm [3.5s]

CMB_F14.219r10-223r02,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @justice and wrath of God, @station of the Manifestation of God

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

ABU0126

Public address given on 1912-04-12

1100

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

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love and unity, @suffering and imprisonment, @Christ; Christianity, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @martyrdom of the Bab

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

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @the Imamate; the Caliphate, @nearness and remoteness

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

@defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @suffering and imprisonment, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

@the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @agriculture

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, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

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

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, @station of the Manifestation of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210

BH00704

Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Babu'l-Bab va Quddus

1100

Arabic

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

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for forgiveness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Hands of the Cause, @martyrs and martyrdom

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

@rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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

@modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @wisdom [hikmat], @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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

@praise and encouragement, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @wisdom [hikmat], @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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,

@Muhammad; Islam, @unity; oneness of humanity, @exhortations and counsels, @fellowship with the wayward and ungodly, @unity in diversity, @martyrs and martyrdom

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

@suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @thankfulness; gratitude, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action, @prayer for forgiveness

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,

@servitude; submission to God; repentance, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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

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

@lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @unity; oneness of humanity, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @House of Justice, @religion as source of love and unity, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @oneness; unity of religion, @harmony of science and religion, @equality of men and women

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

@lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @Declaration; advent of the Bab, @martyrdom of the Bab, @special knowledge of the Manifestation of God

BH00718

Lawh-i-'Ali

1090

mixed

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, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @work as worship, @fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf], @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

LL#045

ABU0129

Public address given on 1912-06-16

1090

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

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

@Manifestation of God as sun, @love and unity, @education of children; moral education, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @oneness; unity of religion, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU0128

Words spoken on 1914-01-15

1090

Persian

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

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

@oneness; unity of religion, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @station of the Manifestation of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @firmness in the Covenant, @duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations

ABU0131

Words spoken on 1915-10-30 in Haifa

1090

Persian

هر مؤمن صادق و ثابت در صون حمایت جمال مبارک است. ایمان و ایقان یک رائحهٴ طیبه ای دارد، واقعاً نمی شود

Every faithful and steadfast believer abideth secure beneath the sheltering protection of the Blessed Beauty. True faith and certitude possesseth a sweet and heavenly fragrance that cannot be concealed [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-30

@Shrines and Holy places, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @sacred remains; burial of the Bab, @degrees of faith; certitude

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

@justice and mercy, @wisdom [hikmat], @Greek philosophers; Greek civilization, @war and peace, @stories; anecdotes

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, @universal peace; world unity, @unity in diversity, @war and peace, @unity; oneness of humanity

AB00027

1080

Persian

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

@unity; oneness of humanity, @compassion; kindness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love and unity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion

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

@servitude; submission to God; repentance, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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,

@martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @business; financial; property matters, @praise and encouragement

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

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Muhammad; Islam, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @unchastity and adultery, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @characteristics and conduct of true believers

BH00722

1080

mixed

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

@celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @law of Huququ'llah, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @prayer for praise and gratitude, @soul; spirit after death, @praise and encouragement, @business; financial; property matters, @Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith, @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,

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @prayer for praise and gratitude, @prayer for protection, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @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

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @Word of God and human limitations, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power of prayer

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

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power of prayer

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

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God

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

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @stories; anecdotes

AB00103

1070

Persian

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; River of Life, The

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

@law of cause and effect, @the lower is unable to comprehend the higher, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @one universal law; attractive power of love, @higher encompasses the lower, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being

AB00104

1070

Persian

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

@unity; oneness of humanity, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @war and peace, @being a source of light; guidance, @light and darkness, @love and unity, @spiritual transformation, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

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

@stories; anecdotes, @martyrs and martyrdom, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

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

@unity; oneness of humanity, @war and peace, @competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence, @transcending the material condition, @nationalism; love of country, @power of love

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

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @praise and encouragement, @call to action, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

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

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

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,

@petitions to authorities, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @suicide

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, @suffering and imprisonment, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH00729

Lawh-i-Ghulamu'l-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth)

1070

mixed

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.

@the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @symbolism, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @mystical themes, @pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient, @spiritual transformation, @love of God

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

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, @unity; oneness of humanity, @oneness; unity of religion, @universal peace; world unity, @war and peace, @prayer for peace and unity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction

MHMD1.079

ABU0138

Public address given on 1912-11-09

1070

PUP#123 (p.415-418), SW_v05#19 p.291-293

Every composition is necessarily subject to destruction or disintegration. For instance

@meaning; importance of dreams and visions, @the human soul, @second birth, @relationship of the soul to the body, @composition and decomposition, @mind as intermediary between soul and body

AB00105

Some Answered Questions #037 The Connection between God and His Manifestations

1070

Persian

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of the Clouds (Lawḥ-i-Saḥáb), The

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction, @names and attributes of God, @identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God, @Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge 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, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @hospitality

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

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world

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, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @eulogies; reminiscences, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @personal instructions

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, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @personal instructions, @praise and encouragement

BH00733

1060

mixed

تعالی تعالی من رفع الفرق و وضع الاتفاق تباهی تباهی من اخذ الاختلاف و حکم

Exalted, immensely exalted is He Who hath removed differences and established harmony. Glorified, infinitely glorified is He Who hath caused discord to cease… This Wronged One hath heard thy voice and that which thy inner and outer tongue hath uttered in praise of thy Lord

BLIB_Or15717.130,

BRL_DA#390, COMP_WOMENP#002x, COMP_WOMENP#003x, UAB.038ax, UAB.038cx, MAS8.052x, AYI2.339x

BRL_WOMEN#002x, BRL_WOMEN#003x, COC#2093x, COC#2094x

@unity; oneness of humanity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @power of prayer, @equality of men and women

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

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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

@heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @call to action, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @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

@wine as symbol of spiritual transformation, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @living waters; water of life

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,

@power of prayer, @study; deepening, @interpretation of dreams and visions, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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, @praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world

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

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @prophecy and fulfillment, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @stories; anecdotes, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

BH00739

Lawh-i-Sahab (Tablet of the Cloud)

1060

Arabic

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, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @the power of words; of speech, @predictions and prophecies, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

MMAH.167, GSH.179, LL#228

ABU0139

Public address given on 1912-11-29

1060

PUP#133 (p.449-452), SW_v07#12 p.109-111+115

This evening I wish to speak to you concerning the mystery of sacrifice. There are two kinds of sacrifice

@original sin, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world, @spiritual transformation, @justice and mercy, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

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, @prophecy and fulfillment, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @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

@praise and encouragement, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @station of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment

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

@suffering and imprisonment, @martyrs and martyrdom, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @wisdom [hikmat], @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Hands of the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @martyrs and martyrdom, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

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

@suffering and imprisonment, @methods of teaching the Cause, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @fellowship with the wayward and ungodly, @development of capacity and readiness

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

@business; financial; property matters, @praise and encouragement, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

BH00748

1050

mixed

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

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

INBA15:179, INBA26:179

UVM.095.20x

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

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

@symbolism, @universal human capacity for spiritual recognition, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @call to action

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, @Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn], @universal education, @unity in diversity, @Manifestation of God as sun

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

@present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @man's distinction from the animal, @war and peace, @oneness; unity of religion, @high station of learning, @unity; oneness of humanity

MHMD1.047-048

ABU0147

Public address given on 1912-06-23

1050

Fire and Light; Tablet of Shikkar Shikan (Shikkar Shikkan Shavand); Tablet of Shikkar Shikan (Shikkar Shikkan Shavand); Tablet of Shikkar Shikan Shavand

You are always smiling. [Mr. Osborne:] Surely our faces should reflect happiness in this presence.

PUP#075 (p.210-213)

@prophecy and fulfillment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @education of children; moral education, @Christ; Christianity, @oneness; unity of religion, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture

BH00746

Shikkar-Shikan Shavand

1050

mixed

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.

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

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

@the Christian clergy, @stories; anecdotes, @Muhammad; Islam, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

@Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @evolution; human evolution, @heat and motion, @Islamic laws and jurisprudence, @independent investigation of truth; reality

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

@purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @the power of example, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

@suffering and imprisonment, @the power of example, @unity; oneness of humanity, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

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, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @universal peace; world unity, @freedom of thought and action

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, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @Seal of the Prophets, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @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

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @oneness; unity of religion, @education of children; moral education, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @newspapers and the media; publications

BH00749

1040

mixed

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

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

AQA6#218 p.059, KHSH10.033

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

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; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance

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

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @rejection, opposition and persecution

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, @praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @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 Bayan, its laws and their abrogation, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @martyrs and martyrdom, @wisdom [hikmat], @Jabulqa and Jabarsa, @the Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im, @praise and encouragement, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @love and unity

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

@honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @justice and wrath of God, @greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world

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, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @prayer for praise and gratitude, @thankfulness; gratitude, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

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,

@love of God, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BH00758

1040

mixed

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

@unity; oneness of humanity, @thankfulness; gratitude, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @suffering and imprisonment, @consultation

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

@mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @knowledge; recognition of God

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

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @suffering and imprisonment

BH00759

Lawh-i-Naqus (=Subhanaka Ya Hu)

1040

Arabic

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.

@heaven and paradise; heaven and hell, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @monasticism; asceticism, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @nearness and remoteness, @prayer for detachment, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha

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, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @excellence; distinction, @cleanliness and refinement

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

@wealth inequality and its moderation, @unity; oneness of humanity, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @love and unity, @predictions and prophecies, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity

ABU0149

Public address given on 1912-05-28

1040

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

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @universal peace; world unity, @oneness; unity of religion, @unity in diversity, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @unity; oneness of humanity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction

ABU0150

Public address given on 1912-09-20

1040

Prayers and Meditations; Days of Remembrance

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, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @Greek philosophers; Greek civilization, @spiritual transformation, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @religion as source of love and unity, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @knowledge; recognition of God, @proofs for the existence of God

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

@passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @elementary matter cannot be annihilated, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @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

@obedience to and respect for government authority, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @creation of the world

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

@love and unity, @praise and encouragement, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @prayer for governments and rulers, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

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,

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @review of publications, @personal instructions, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

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,

@spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @wisdom [hikmat], @praise and encouragement, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @unity; oneness of humanity

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

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @station of the Manifestation of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence 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

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @unity; oneness of humanity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the power of words; of speech, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH00765

1030

mixed

تعالی مالک ممالک و سلطان من فی لاهوت الامتناع الذی اظهر عن افق قلم القدم شمس

Exalted is He Who is the Sovereign of all dominions and the King of those who dwell in the celestial realm of abstraction, Who hath caused the Sun to appear from the horizon of the Ancient Pen [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#293,

AVK3.123.10x

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @personal instructions, @praise and encouragement, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

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, @praise and encouragement, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @personal instructions, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @naming of children; of individuals

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

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @goodly deeds; actions, @praise and encouragement, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @call to action

BH00769

1030

Arabic

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @limits of the intellect, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal, @humility; meekness; lowliness

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, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

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

@prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @business; financial; property matters, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @love and unity

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,

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @proclamation to the people of the world, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @personal instructions

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,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @unity; oneness of humanity, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @suffering and imprisonment

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, @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @love and unity, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0154

Address given in Woking Mosque on 1913-01-17

1030

Persian

نه ماه بود که من در ممالک امریکا سیر میکنم و در بسیار از کنائس و مجامع و کلوبها صحبت میداشتم

For nine months, I traveled through the states of America and spoke at many churches, gatherings, and clubs. Even in the synagogues of the Jews

NJB_v12#10 p.176

DAS.1913-01-17, ADMS#164

@oneness; unity of religion, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @harmony of science and religion, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social)

ABU0153

Public address given on 1912-08-26

1030

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

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)

@role and station of women, @equality of men and 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

@words vs deeds, @war and peace, @education of children; moral education, @predictions and prophecies, @universality of the Cause, @critique of Western values; culture

AB00112

1020

mixed

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

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world, @unity; oneness of humanity, @call to action, @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

@prayer for justice and fairmindedness, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @consultation

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, @station of the Manifestation of God, @petitions to authorities, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @praise and encouragement

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

@mystical themes, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH00778

1020

mixed

Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers

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

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @law of fasting, @prayer for fasting, @twin Manifestations

LL#271, LL#474

BH00779

1020

Persian

Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by 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

@Manifestation of God as divine physician, @freedom of thought and action, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @universal human capacity for spiritual recognition, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @knowledge of self, @relativity of religious truth, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all

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, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @unity; oneness of humanity

BH00781

1020

mixed

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, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings, @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

@prophecy and fulfillment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @call to action, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

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

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @suffering and imprisonment, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @chastisement and requital, @day of Resurrection; Judgement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @imagery in the Qur'an, @Word of God the cause of creation, @transcendence; unknowability of God

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

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @chastisement and requital, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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

@martyrs and martyrdom, @Christ; Christianity, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power of the Manifestation of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for teaching, @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God

BH00775

Lawh-i-Hamd-i-Musha‘sha‘

1020

mixed

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

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @praise and encouragement, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for forgiveness, @chastisement and requital, @proclamation to people of the Bayan

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

@man's distinction from the animal, @unity in diversity, @race unity; racial issues, @high station of learning, @power of the mind over nature, @true liberty; freedom

MHMD1.056

ABU0156

Words spoken at Esperantist society in Edinburgh, 1913-01-07

1020

Persian

از احساسات وجدانیه مستر ها خیلی ممنونم فی الحقیقه آنچه فرمودند ستایش خود

Every movement which promotes unity and harmony in the world is good, and everything which creates discord and discontent is bad.... I recall an incident which occurred in Baghdad. There were two friends who did not know each other's language... His Holiness Baha'o'llah, many years ago, wrote a book called "The most Holy Book"

AMK.271-274, PYM.039-041x, KHF.225, KHTB3.090, NJB_v04#02 p.002

BSC.337 #664, SW_v04#02 p.034-036, SW_v11#18 p.299-303+306, SW_v17#07 p.201, SW_v11#17 p.286-287, VLAB.156x, STAB#138x

@unity; oneness of humanity, @universal language, @stories; anecdotes, @unity in diversity, @harmony of science and religion, @universal peace; world unity

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

@past, present and future of Iran, @predictions and prophecies, @martyrs and martyrdom, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @relationship between government and people, @parliaments; constitutional government

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

@universal peace; world unity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @prophecy and fulfillment

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,

@prayer for peace and unity, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

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, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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, @unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @transcendence; unknowability of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

BH00790

1010

mixed

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

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment, @prayer for protection, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love of God

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, @suffering and imprisonment, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @power of prayer, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @firmness in the Covenant, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @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

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity

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

@unity; oneness of humanity, @role and station of women, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @call to action, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Moses

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

@praise and encouragement, @martyrs and martyrdom, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suicide, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @suffering and imprisonment, @consolation and comfort, @prayer for martyrs

ABU0158

Public address given on 1912-09-24

1010

PUP#107 (p.334-337), SW_v04#13 p.219-220+226

I have come from distant lands of the East to visit you, crossing the great ocean

@unity; oneness of humanity, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @love of God, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual transformation, @knowledge; recognition of God

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

@suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @Ottoman commissions of investigation

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

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @critique of Western values; culture, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @predictions and prophecies, @martyrdom of the Bab, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @justice and mercy, @petitions to authorities

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @existence and nonexistence; preexistence, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @love 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, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @exhortations and counsels, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas

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

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @station of the Manifestation of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @transcendence; unknowability of God

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,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @call to action, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @consolation and comfort

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,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

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,

@honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @business; financial; property matters, @praise and encouragement, @personal instructions, @consolation and comfort

BH00806

1000

mixed

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

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @spiritual transformation, @Hands of the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @knowledge; recognition of God

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]

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @chastisement and requital, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @personal instructions, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @justice and wrath of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @martyrs and martyrdom, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @knowledge; recognition of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @prayer for protection, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @prayer for unity

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

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @prophecy and fulfillment, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @proclamation to the people of the world, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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

@suffering and imprisonment, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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

@duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @spiritual springtime, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @personal instructions, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

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

@suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

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

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @suffering and imprisonment, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power of the Manifestation of God, @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,

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @petitions to authorities, @consolation and comfort, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

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,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual transformation, @development of capacity and readiness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

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, @praise and encouragement, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @goodly deeds; actions, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

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

@wisdom [hikmat], @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

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

@prayer for evening; night, @justice and wrath of God, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @proofs for the existence 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

@mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit, @power of the mind over nature, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @disregarding individual capacity; weakness, @spiritual transformation, @transcending the material condition

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]

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

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @call to action, @law of pilgrimage, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @idolatry

ABU0161

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

1000

Persian

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

@man's distinction from the animal, @power of the mind over nature, @spiritual transformation, @human reality created in the image of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

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

@spiritual transformation, @martyrs and martyrdom, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @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

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @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

@stories; anecdotes, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam

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

@martyrs and martyrdom, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @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, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan

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, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

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

@martyrs and martyrdom, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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

@suffering and imprisonment, @creation of the world, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @primordial Covenant; the day of alast, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB07452

990

Persian

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

@parliaments; constitutional government, @relationship between government and people, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @justice and mercy, @non-participation in politics, @obedience to and respect for government authority

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

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prophecy and fulfillment, @growth of the Cause, @superiority; incomparability of the Word of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @the Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im, @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, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @imagery in the Qur'an, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH00822

990

Arabic

Tablet to Varqá Regarding the Prince and King of Martyrs (Lawh-i-Varqá dar barih-yi-Mahbubu wa Sultánu'sh-Shuhada)

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

@wine as symbol of spiritual transformation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @call to action, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world

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,

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @law of cause and effect, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @business; financial; property matters, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @service to others; to the Cause of God

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 of love, @station of the Manifestation of God, @praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence 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,

@praise and encouragement, @wisdom [hikmat], @chastisement and requital, @transcendence; unknowability of God

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,

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @praise and encouragement, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

BH00829

990

mixed

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, @suffering and imprisonment, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @power of prayer, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ROB4.089, LL#264

BB00201

Du’ayi Sahar likulli laylin min shahri’llah

990

Arabic

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)

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @attaining good pleasure of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

Lawh-i-Haft Pursish (Tablet of Seven Questions); - Tabernacle of Unity (book)

BH00827

Lawh-i-Haft Pursish (Tablet of the Seven Questions)

990

mixed

Tabernacle of Unity, The

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, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @heaven and paradise; heaven and hell, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @the human soul

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @unity in diversity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @contention and conflict, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @suffering; rejection of Christ

AB00117

Some Answered Questions #057 The Causes of the Differences in Human Character

990

Persian

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance

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, @lying and deceit, @education of children; moral education, @nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil

BH00821

Tablet of the Divine Springtime

990

Arabic

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

@love of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @proclamation to the people of the world, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

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

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @evolution; human evolution, @teleology; goal-directed motion, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will, @spiritual transformation, @duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @soul; spirit after death, @harmony of science and religion

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

@chastisement and requital, @oneness; unity of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @Muhammad; Islam, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures, @Christ; Christianity, @call to action, @Moses, @prophecy and fulfillment

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

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @Ascension of Baha'u'llah, @growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

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

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @Manifestation of God as sun, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @return of the Manifestations of God, @material world a reflection of the spiritual, @praise and encouragement

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

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

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

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @special knowledge of the Manifestation of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution

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

@war and peace, @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual transformation, @call to action, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Manifestation of God as sun, @praise and encouragement, @light and darkness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @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

@martyrs and martyrdom, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @justice and wrath of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for protection, @call to action, @prayer for martyrs, @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, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @praise and encouragement

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], @wisdom [hikmat], @station of the Manifestation of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Quddus, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @personal instructions, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @service to others; to the Cause of God

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, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @transcendence; unknowability of God

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

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @chastisement and requital, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @unity; oneness of humanity, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @proclamation to Christians, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

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,

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

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

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @suffering and imprisonment, @pain of love; love as veil, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers

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

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @pain of love; love as veil, @nearness and remoteness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @living waters; water of life

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

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @call to action, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @Word of God is its own standard, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

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

@praise and encouragement, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @personal instructions, @prayer for specific individuals; groups

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, @harmony of science and religion, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @knowledge; recognition of God, @oneness; unity of religion, @Declaration of Baha'u'llah

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

@oneness; unity of religion, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @Manifestation of God as sun, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion

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

@progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @Baha'u'llah, @thankfulness; gratitude, @critique of Western values; culture, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

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

@Imam Husayn, @martyrs and martyrdom, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @justice and wrath of God

AB00128

970

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers

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

@prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @disregarding individual capacity; weakness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

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, @symbolism, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @outward and inward meanings

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

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @praise and encouragement

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

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

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, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

@wisdom [hikmat], @praise and encouragement, @power of the Manifestation of God, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

BH00846

970

Arabic

INBA_6007C.547-551, BYC_jabar.034.12-036.14, BYC_jabar.075.07-077.08

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

@words vs deeds, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @courtesy; culture [adab], @holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @spiritual transformation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @prayer for fasting, @suffering and imprisonment, @prayer for martyrs

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

@martyrs and martyrdom, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @personal instructions, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world

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]

@Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @symbolism, @the cloud ['ama], @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Letters of the Living

ABU0178

Public address given on 1912-05-19

970

PUP#049 (p.126-129), SW_v03#09 p.010-012

Religions are many, but the reality of religion is one. The days are many, but the sun is one

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @religion as source of love and unity, @harmony of science and religion, @oneness; unity of religion, @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.

@suffering and imprisonment, @self-concealment of the Manifestation of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @proclamation to people of the Bayan

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

@Greek philosophers; Greek civilization, @astrology and numerology, @differences in human capacity, @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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @bribery and corruption, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @personal instructions

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, @suffering and imprisonment, @prayer for protection

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

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @growth of the Cause, @critique of Eastern values; culture, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @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, @power of the Manifestation of God, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world, @oneness; unity of religion

AB00132

960

mixed

Abdu'l-Bahá in the Holy Land answers questions of Dr. Edward C. Getsinger in 1915

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

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @critique of Eastern values; culture, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB00133

960

mixed

تعالیت یا الهی بعلو تقدیسک عن محامد الکائنات و تسامیت بسمو تنزیهک عن نعوت

Exalted art Thou, O my God, in the transcendence of Thy sanctity above the praise of all created things, and sublime art Thou in the loftiness of Thy detachment from the attributes [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0564, ASAT2.167-168x, KHAF.118-122, TISH.585x, MATA.070x

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @eulogies; reminiscences, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for the departed, @Shrines and Holy places, @service to others; to the Cause of God

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

@infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat], @Adam; Adam and Eve, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @station of the Manifestation of God, @prayer for forgiveness, @outward and inward meanings, @humility; meekness; lowliness

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,

@praise and encouragement, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @review of publications, @unity; oneness of humanity, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

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,

@prayer for specific individuals; groups, @oneness; unity of religion, @praise and encouragement

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,

@prayer for teaching, @knowledge; recognition of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement

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

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings, @primordial Covenant; the day of alast, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution

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,

@suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation, @proclamation to people of the Bayan

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

@praise and encouragement, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @law of fasting

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,

@review of publications, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @wisdom [hikmat], @transcendence; unknowability of God

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @idolatry, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

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,

@prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @call to action, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity

FHR#06.07?, SRC.063, SRC.187

BB00206

Kitab-i-Ismi’l-Vahid

960

Arabic

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the 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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence 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

@degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @divine attributes are within all things; every atom, @attaining the life of the spirit, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman], @human reality created in the image of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @critique of Western values; culture

ABU0180

Words to Edward Getsinger et al, spoken around 1915-01-26

960

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

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @unity; oneness of humanity, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @importance of authoritative interpretation, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @spirit and form in the administration, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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

@progress only takes place within its own degree, @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation, @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

@thankfulness; gratitude, @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), @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,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @justice and wrath of God

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, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @power of prayer

BH00862

950

mixed

لم یزل و لایزال جوهر حمد و ساذج ثناء حضرت لایزالی را سزاست که مرایای قلوب

From time immemorial and unto everlasting time, the pure essence of praise and quintessence of glorification beseemeth that Ancient Being, Who causeth the mirrors of hearts [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11097#038,

MAS8.147x, MUH3.306-309, MSHR4.311-312x

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will, @rejection, opposition and persecution

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

@light and darkness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @business; financial; property matters, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @love of God, @praise and encouragement

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

@preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @grammar and orthography, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

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,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for the departed, @soul; spirit after death

JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

ABU0181

On Calumny: Words spoken on 1911-11-20 in Paris

950

mixed

از بدایت عالم تا امروز هر وقت ندای الهی بلند شد ندای شیطان هم بلند شد زیرا

From the beginning of the world until the present time each 'Manifestation' sent from God has been opposed by an embodiment of the 'Powers of Darkness'.

AMK.200-204, DWNP_v1#06 p.004-006, KHF.203, KHAB.184 (195), KHTB1.186, KHTP.131

PT#33 p.101, ABS#01

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @rejection of Muhammad, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @growth of the Cause, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU0182

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

950

Persian

To Set the World in Order

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

@stories; anecdotes, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual transformation, @transcending the material condition, @the human soul

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

@prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @transcendence; unknowability of God

AB00136

940

Arabic

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

@pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient, @suffering and imprisonment, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @prayer for married couples

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

@prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @critique of Eastern values; culture, @praise of Western values; culture, @rejection, opposition and persecution

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

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @critique of Western values; culture, @Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster, @unity; oneness of humanity, @harmony of science and religion, @independent investigation of truth; reality

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, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

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

@praise and encouragement, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @prayer for pilgrims, @review of publications, @call to action, @exhortations and counsels

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, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @growth of the Cause, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam

BB00211

940

Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً فرداً صمداً حیاً قیوماً ما اتخذت لنفسک صاحبة و لا ولداً

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Verily, Thou hast ever been one God, Single, Unique, Individual, Self-Subsisting, Ever-Living, Self-Sufficient. Thou hast taken unto Thyself neither consort nor son [3.5s]

INBA78:077-088, CMB_F14.083v10-086v05,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for assistance; intercession, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God

JRAS.455, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207

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,

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @suffering and imprisonment, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @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

@prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @the power of words; of speech, @holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @praise and encouragement

BH00868

940

mixed

Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers

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

@prayer for forgiveness, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

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

@Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @praise and encouragement, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for nearness to God, @presence of; reunion with God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @divine attributes are within all things; every atom, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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

@business; financial; property matters, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @praise and encouragement, @rejection, opposition and persecution

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

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @chastisement and requital

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

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @personal instructions, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Word of God is its own standard, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @call to action

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, @universal peace; world unity, @unity in diversity, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @suffering and imprisonment, @unity; oneness of humanity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction

ABU0184

Address to the Baha'is and others at Parsons home in Dublin, 1912-08-07

940

Persian

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

@proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @intelligible vs. perceptible realities, @relationship of the soul to the body, @martyrs and martyrdom

BB00212

Du’a’ li’n-Nuri’l-Asfar

940

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاسئلنک من الوهیتک باعظمها او کل الوهیتک عظیمه عندک ثم فی ام الکتاب

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by that which is most exalted in Thy Divinity, though verily all Thy Divinity is supremely great in Thy sight and in the Mother Book [3.5s]

CMB_F14.225v10-229r10,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God

Long Healing Prayer, The; Bahá'í Prayers

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

@honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation, @rebellion and sedition; disobedience, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH00870

Lawh-i-Anta'l-Kafi (Long Healing Prayer)

940

Arabic

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.

@prayer for healing, @power of prayer, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for protection

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

@preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah

MSBR.206-207x

ABU0185

Words to Laura Dreyfus-Barney, Feb. 1914

940

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, @relationship of the soul to the body, @soul; spirit after death, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @the human soul, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @soul is the essential reality of man, @second birth

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

@martyrs and martyrdom, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BB00213

Ziyarat for the first [to believe]

940

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاسئلنک من بهائک ابهاه و من جلالک اجله و من جمالک اجمله

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by the most glorious of Thy Glory, and the most exalted of Thine Exaltedness, and the most beauteous of Thy Beauty [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.187a-189, MKI4494.005

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah

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

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @thankfulness; gratitude

AB00145

930

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

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

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for peace and unity, @Shrines and Holy places, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @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

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @man's distinction from the animal, @praise of Eastern values; culture, @unity of governments; political unity, @human reality created in the image of God

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

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @business; financial; property matters, @power of prayer, @growth of the Cause, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @transcendence; unknowability of God, @thankfulness; gratitude

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 people of the Bayan, @suffering and imprisonment, @proclamation to Muslims, @proclamation to Christians, @proclamation to Jews, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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,

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @Hands of the Cause, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @chastisement and requital, @being a source of light; guidance, @unity; oneness of humanity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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,

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @prophecy and fulfillment, @astrology and numerology, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

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,

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @call to action

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,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @martyrs and martyrdom, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @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,

@prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @praise and encouragement

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,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @permission for visit; pilgrimage

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

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @events in the life and ministry of the Bab, @Muhammad; Islam, @names and attributes of God, @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.

BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.077, SRC.193

AB00143

Lawh-i-Haft Sham' (Seven Candles)

930

Persian

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

@mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @unity in diversity, @composition and decomposition, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @unity of governments; political unity, @unity of thought and belief, @oneness; unity of religion, @universal language, @race unity; racial issues

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)

@education of children; moral education, @differences in human capacity, @education and the development of capacity, @equality of men and women, @work as worship

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

@two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @war and peace, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @East and West; communication between East and West, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @oneness; unity of religion

MHMD1.082

ABU0188

Public address given on 1912-05-25

930

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

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

@present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @unity in diversity, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @suffering and imprisonment, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0187

Public address given on 1912-05-31

930

PUP#059 (p.161-163), SW_v05#11 p.169-170

The material world is subject to change and transformation. The Cause of the Kingdom is eternal

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @oneness; unity of religion, @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, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @past, present and future of Iran, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence 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

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity in diversity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @harmony of science and religion, @spiritual transformation, @power of love, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others, @spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman], @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0191

Words to MacNutts et al around Jan. 1905

930

INBA_6007C.160-164, BYC_misc-b.046b05-051a01

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

@unity; oneness of humanity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love of God, @love and unity, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @suffering and imprisonment, @Nineteen-Day Feast

BB00215

Ziyarat for the middle night of the month of God

930

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه لیلة قد عظمتها و جللتها و جملتها و فضلتها و کرمتها بما قد قدرت فیها و نزلت

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is a night which Thou hast magnified and exalted, adorned and distinguished, and honored through that which Thou hast ordained therein [3.5s]

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @chastisement and requital

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

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

@love and unity, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @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, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB00151

920

mixed

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

@House of Justice, @laws of marriage and dowry, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @importance of authoritative interpretation

AB00152

920

Persian

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

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @The Holy Spirit, @prayer for healing, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary, @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, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

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, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for forgiveness

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,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @praise and encouragement, @power of the Manifestation of God, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

BH00886

920

mixed

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

@prayers (general or uncategorized), @praise and encouragement, @law of Huququ'llah, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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, @spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @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

@praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH00889

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

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

@martyrs and martyrdom, @praise and encouragement, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @hospitality

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, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @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

@suffering and imprisonment, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @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

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @four elements, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @alchemy; the elixir, @purpose; goal of creation

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

@knowledge; recognition of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @prayer for spiritual recognition

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

@limits of the intellect, @free will and predestination; fate, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @the Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will

MMAH.018, SRC.073, SRC.184

AB00153

Commentary on the Unity of Existence

920

mixed

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

@unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Manifestation of God as sun, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will

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, @Greek philosophers; Greek civilization, @pantheism, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @the cross and the trinity, @the Imamate; the Caliphate, @divine attributes are within all things; every atom, @Christ; Christianity

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.

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @unity; oneness of humanity, @piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa], @status of kings; future of monarchy, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @contention and conflict, @religion as source of love and unity

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

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Greatest Name

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

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @call to action, @suffering and imprisonment, @the power of words; of speech, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

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, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics

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

@lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @universality of the Cause, @Word of God and human limitations, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @Christian doctrine and practice, @oneness; unity of religion

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

@firmness in the Covenant, @importance of authoritative interpretation, @business; financial; property matters, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @suffering and imprisonment

AB00156

910

mixed

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers

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

@prayer for sacrifice, @spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @power of prayer, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment

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,

@praise and encouragement, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @martyrs and martyrdom, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence 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,

@wisdom [hikmat], @review of publications, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @praise and encouragement, @permission for visit; pilgrimage

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

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @call to action, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @belief and denial, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @Manifestation of God as mediator

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,

@praise and encouragement, @law of Huququ'llah, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

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,

@praise and encouragement, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @power of prayer, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @justice and wrath of God, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

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

@proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized), @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @proclamation to Muslims, @proclamation to Christians, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @proclamation to Jews, @station of the Manifestation of God, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @self-concealment of the Manifestation of God, @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,

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @suffering and imprisonment, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

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,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @praise and encouragement

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, @duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations, @prayer for forgiveness, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @chastisement and requital

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

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @suffering and imprisonment, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @self-concealment of the Manifestation of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

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

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @praise and encouragement, @martyrs and martyrdom, @justice and wrath of God

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

@Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn], @transcendence; unknowability of God, @House of Justice, @contention and conflict

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], @rejection of Muhammad, @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @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

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @oneness; unity of religion

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

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

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

@Manifestation of God as educator, @predictions and prophecies, @power of the Manifestation of God, @banishments of Baha'u'llah, @suffering and imprisonment, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @growth of the Cause

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

@holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @House of Justice, @contention and conflict, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @growth of the Cause

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

@worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @spiritual transformation, @stories; anecdotes, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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

@stories; anecdotes, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @station of the Manifestation of God, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love

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

@past, present and future of Iran, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @language and the structure of reality, @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, @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)

@prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @suffering and imprisonment, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @prayer for protection, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

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, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @firmness in the Covenant, @service to others; to the Cause of God

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

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love

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

@martyrs and martyrdom, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @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

@love and unity, @teachings as spirit of the age, @knowledge; recognition of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @words vs deeds, @suffering and imprisonment, @Christ; Christianity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @suffering; rejection of Christ

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

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @absolute freedom; independence 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,

@praise and encouragement, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @humility; meekness; lowliness

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,

@prayer for protection, @praise and encouragement, @growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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,

@business; financial; property matters, @Shrines and Holy places, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

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,

@praise and encouragement, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @thankfulness; gratitude, @love of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

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,

@Word of God the cause of creation, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @wisdom [hikmat], @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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,

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @power of prayer

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,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @rejection of Muhammad, @praise and encouragement

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

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

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, @station of the Manifestation of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @wisdom [hikmat], @praise and encouragement, @suffering and imprisonment

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

@prayer for praise and gratitude, @suffering and imprisonment, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @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

@permission for visit; pilgrimage, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @station of the Manifestation of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]

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, @the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @prophecy and fulfillment, @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,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @angels, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion 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

@martyrs and martyrdom, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @prayer for martyrs, @justice and wrath of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BB00664

Du’a’a’l-Qahriyya ‘Ala’n-nafy

900

Arabic

بسم الله الاقهر الاقهر. سبحانک اللهم لاسئلنک باوليتک التى انها هى ممتنعة فوق کل شئ ان تعد من کل ذات الف ينسب الى دون الحق بقدرتک على کل شئ

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Firstness which transcendeth all things, to reckon all those possessing the alif [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.272-276, MKI4515.001-006r

@purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @transcendence; unknowability of God

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]

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

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @superiority; incomparability of the Word of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God

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

@prayer for evening; night, @prayer for unity, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @power of prayer, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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

@The Holy Spirit, @nationalism; love of country, @unity; oneness of humanity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love and unity, @competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence

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

@proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence, @relationship of the soul to the body, @the lower is unable to comprehend the higher, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit, @existence; immortality of the human soul

ABU0204

Public address given on 1912-06-20

900

PUP#074 (p.206-209), SW_v03#10 p.023-024

I am about to leave the city for a few days rest at Montclair. When I

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @unity in diversity, @composition and decomposition

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

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @chastisement and requital, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @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

@music and singing, @symbolism, @spiritual transformation, @Manifestation of God as sun, @spiritual springtime, @oneness; unity of religion, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization

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

@Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @oneness; unity of religion, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures, @unity in diversity

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

@charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @critique of Eastern values; culture, @begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth, @day of rest, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

ABU0203

Words to Mrs Lesch, Buikema et al, spoken on 1912-10-31

900

Persian

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

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause

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

@the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @visitation Tablets, @rejection, opposition and persecution

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, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @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

@prophecy and fulfillment, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @predictions and prophecies, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB00162

890

Persian

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, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @idle fancies; lust and passion

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

@travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @growth of the Cause, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @disregarding individual capacity; weakness

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

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment, @unity; oneness of humanity, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU0213

890

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], @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @review of publications, @The Holy Spirit, @newspapers and the media; publications, @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

@suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prophecy and fulfillment, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

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,

@reward and punishment, @praise and encouragement, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @man's distinction from the animal, @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,

@eulogies; reminiscences, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @consolation and comfort, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual transformation

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

@prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @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

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @spiritual transformation

BH00926

890

Arabic

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

@return of the Manifestations of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @Hands of the Cause, @call to action, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @past, present and future of Iran, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

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

@heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

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.

@justice and wrath of God, @praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @call to action, @suffering and imprisonment

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, @unity; oneness of humanity, @equality of men and women, @teachings as spirit of the age, @unity in diversity, @fanaticism and hatred, @martyrs and martyrdom

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.

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @love of God

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

@fulfillment of true potential, @arcs of ascent and descent, @spiritual transformation, @second birth, @the lower is unable to comprehend the higher, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world

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, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @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

@suffering and imprisonment, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals

AB00165

880

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Peace; 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

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @firmness in the Covenant, @importance of authoritative interpretation, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity

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, @rational arguments, @literal interpretation, @the mind's power of discovery, @newspapers and the media; publications

AB00945

880

Persian

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

@two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @universal peace; world unity, @firmness in the Covenant, @praise and encouragement, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

@evolution; human evolution, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @Adam; Adam and Eve, @symbolism, @imagery in the Qur'an, @material and spiritual existence; two books

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,

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @high station of the true believer, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

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, @praise and encouragement, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection by the people of the Bayan

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,

@prayer for protection, @spiritual transformation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @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,

@spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @praise and encouragement, @law of fasting, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture

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

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @chastisement and requital, @martyrs and martyrdom, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @call to action, @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

@suffering and imprisonment, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @predictions and prophecies, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals

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,

@trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @goodly deeds; actions, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @power of imagination; thought; right intention

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

@saddening another soul, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @presence of; reunion with God, @purpose; goal of creation

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, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @rejection, opposition and persecution

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @impossibility of true worship of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @humility; meekness; lowliness

AB00168

Some Answered Questions #044 The Rebukes Addressed by God to the Prophets

880

Persian

هر خطاب الهی که از روی عتابست ولو بظاهر بانبیاست ولی بحقیقت آن خطاب

Every divine utterance that takes the form of a rebuke, though it be outwardly addressed to the Prophets of God

MFD#44, OOL.C022.44

SAQ#44

@quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat], @Moses, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @humility; meekness; lowliness

AB00167

Some Answered Questions #049 The Evolution of Species

880

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers

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

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]

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @prayer for teaching

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

@station of the Manifestation of God, @material world a reflection of the spiritual, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God as sun, @special knowledge of the Manifestation of God, @infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat], @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

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @spiritual springtime, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @literal interpretation

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

@praise of Western values; culture, @religion as source of love and unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @oneness; unity of religion, @war and peace, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @Christ; Christianity, @East and West; communication between East and West

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, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @perfection; imperfection of nature, @man's distinction from the animal, @the mind's power of discovery, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

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

@station of the Manifestation of God, @power of the Manifestation of God, @justice and wrath of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

AB00170

870

mixed

SW_v11#01 p.004-005, SW_v12#01 p.012-013

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

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @prayer for peace and unity, @disregarding individual capacity; weakness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @material world a reflection of the spiritual, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @creation of the world, @spiritual transformation, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others

AB00172

870

Persian

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

@war and peace, @prayer for peace and unity, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @predictions and prophecies, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @call to action

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

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU0225

870

...These twelve basic Bahá'í principles were laid down by Baha'o'llah over sixty years ago

@lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @universal language, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @equality of men and women, @education of children; moral education, @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @supreme tribunal, @harmony of science and religion, @oneness; unity of religion, @universal education

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

@rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @knowledge; recognition of God

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, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @transcendence; unknowability of God, @contention and conflict, @suffering and imprisonment, @humility; meekness; lowliness

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

@praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @consolation and comfort

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @praise and encouragement, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @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

@meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @power of prayer, @war and peace, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @power of love, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @love as fire

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, @prophecy and fulfillment, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @Word of God and human limitations, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering; rejection of Christ

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, @praise and encouragement, @business; financial; property matters

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,

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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

@soul; spirit after death, @praise and encouragement, @call to action, @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @chastisement and requital, @proclamation to people of the Bayan

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,

@proclamation to people of the Bayan, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @station of the Manifestation of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @self-concealment of the Manifestation of God

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

@knowledge; recognition of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @call to action, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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

@early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah, @Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @suffering and imprisonment, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace, @human reality created in the image of God, @banishments of Baha'u'llah

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.

@methods of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @condition of search, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

@prophecy and fulfillment, @Christ; Christianity, @The Holy Spirit, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible

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

@Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @past, present and future of Iran, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @universality of the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0222

Words spoken at Saint George church, 1911-09-17

870

Arabic

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

@progress only takes place within its own degree, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation, @station of the Manifestation of God, @power of the mind over nature, @Manifestation of God as mirror

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

@passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @matter; essence; substance and form, @creation of the world, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

@suffering and imprisonment, @martyrs and martyrdom, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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

@Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @transcendence; unknowability of God, @language and the structure of reality, @duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

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

@universal peace; world unity, @justice and wrath of God, @freedom of thought and action, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

AB00175

860

Persian

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

@unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @constitutional revolution in Iran, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @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

@war and peace, @predictions and prophecies, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @prophecy and fulfillment, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @unity; oneness of humanity

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

@supreme tribunal, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @war and peace, @law of burial and cremation

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

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @suffering and imprisonment, @firmness in the Covenant, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity of thought and belief, @rejection, opposition and persecution

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, @suffering and imprisonment, @praise and encouragement, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

MMAH.217, LL#407

BH00953

860

mixed

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @rejection of Muhammad, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

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

@education of children; moral education, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @power of the Manifestation of God, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

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,

@praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power of love, @love as fire, @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

@servitude; submission to God; repentance, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @prayer for forgiveness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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,

@the power of words; of speech, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @chastisement and requital, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00958

860

mixed

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

لم یزل نفحات قدسی از رضوان عنایت الهی در وزیدن بوده و لایزال روایح عز معنوی

From time immemorial have the breezes of holiness wafted from the Paradise of divine favor, and unto eternity shall the fragrances of spiritual glory continue to be diffused [3.5s]... ...The purpose of God in creating man hath been, and will ever be, to enable him to know his Creator and to attain His Presence

INBA36:080, INBA71:241

BRL_DA#130, GWBP#029 p.053x, AVK1.333.010x, MJMM.368, DRD.139, ASAT5.061x, ASAT5.262x, AKHA_134BE #18 p.691

GWB#029x, DWN_v3#12 p.031-032x

@knowledge; recognition of God, @nearness and remoteness, @growth of the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment, @power of the Manifestation of God, @purpose; goal of creation

LL#430

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

@review of publications, @wisdom [hikmat], @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world

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

@present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @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

@unity; oneness of humanity, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @praise and encouragement, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @suffering and imprisonment, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU0233

Address to the Baha'is at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-04-25

860

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

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @unity; oneness of humanity, @harmony of science and religion, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @the mind's power of discovery, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas

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

@mystical themes, @symbolism, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture

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

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @the cloud ['ama], @symbolism, @essential vs. actional attributes of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#315

ABU0231

Words spoken on 1913-06-19 in Port Said

860

mixed

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

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

@stories; anecdotes, @power of the Manifestation of God, @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @growth of the Cause

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

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @unity; oneness of humanity, @rejection by the people of the Bayan

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

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @martyrs and martyrdom

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, @suffering and imprisonment, @stories; anecdotes, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU0228

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-16

860

Persian

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

@two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight, @unity; oneness of humanity, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @contention and conflict, @the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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

@idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others, @Ottoman commissions of investigation, @travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @unity; oneness of humanity

BH00963

850

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'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

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @personal instructions, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings

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,

@prayer for specific individuals; groups, @business; financial; property matters, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @goodly deeds; actions, @purpose; goal of creation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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, @nearness and remoteness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @presence of; reunion with God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @station of the Manifestation of God

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, @power of the Manifestation of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @knowledge; recognition of God, @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

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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

@infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat], @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @call to action, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @power of prayer, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

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 by the people of the Bayan, @station of the Manifestation of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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,

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @chastisement and requital, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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,

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

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

@war and peace, @race unity; racial issues, @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @growth of the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @religion as source of love and unity

BH00970

Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night - Adrianople)

850

mixed

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’.

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @being a source of light; guidance, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

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

SW_v09#03 p.031-032+034-045

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

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation, @soul; spirit after death, @Christ; Christianity, @recompense; reward for belief; right action, @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

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @contention and conflict, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @growth of the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0236

Words spoken at Assembly Rooms in San Francisco, 1912-10-05

850

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

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @growth of the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @banishment to; life in Baghdad, @banishments of Baha'u'llah, @call to action

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

@prayer for unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @differences in human capacity, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @oneness; unity of religion, @religion as reality; definitions of religion

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, @passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @return of the Manifestations of God, @reincarnation, @John the Baptist, @elementary matter cannot be annihilated

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

@education of children; moral education, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @importance of community building, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @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, @station of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @soul; spirit after death

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,

@four pillars, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @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,

@wisdom [hikmat], @business; financial; property matters, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @personal instructions, @praise and encouragement

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

@law of Huququ'llah, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @power of prayer, @praise and encouragement, @goodly deeds; actions

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @growth of the Cause, @call to action, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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,

@suffering and imprisonment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @thankfulness; gratitude

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,

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @blind imitation [taqlid], @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @spiritual transformation, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @call to action

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

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @praise and encouragement, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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,

@praise and encouragement, @eulogies; reminiscences, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power of the Manifestation of God, @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,

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @presence of; reunion with God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa, @hypocrisy, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU0241

Public address given on 1912-09-02

840

Prayers and Meditations; Long Obligatory Prayer; Bahá'í Prayers

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

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

@law of obligatory prayer, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @love of God

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

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam, @Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God, @identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God, @names and attributes 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

@spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @proofs for the existence of God, @the ephemeral and the eternal

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 Constantinople, @banishment to; life in Baghdad, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @stories; anecdotes

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

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @visitation Tablets, @prayer for martyrs, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB00187

830

Persian

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers

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

@non-participation in politics, @importance of authoritative interpretation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @relationship between government and people, @obedience to and respect for government authority

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, @the lower is unable to comprehend the higher, @realms of being; three realms; five realms, @unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @soul; spirit after death

AB00189

830

mixed

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]

@unity; oneness of humanity, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @education of children; moral education, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @loving community spirit in teaching the Cause

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

@prayer for purity; chastity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity; oneness of humanity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity

AB00191

830

Arabic

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

@justice and mercy, @East and West; communication between East and West, @diversity an attribute; requirement of existence, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @exhortations and counsels, @growth of the Cause

AB00192

830

Arabic

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

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

@the power of words; of speech, @Christ; Christianity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @wisdom [hikmat], @critique of Eastern values; culture

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

@spiritual transformation, @eulogies; reminiscences, @soul; spirit after death, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

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

@martyrs and martyrdom, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @sacred remains; burial of the Bab, @praise and encouragement, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @unity; oneness of humanity, @call to action, @firmness in the Covenant

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @Ottoman commissions of investigation, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha

BH00984

830

mixed

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

@law of Huququ'llah, @law of inheritance, @House of Justice, @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, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @praise and encouragement, @wisdom [hikmat]

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,

@prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat], @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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,

@silence; fewness of words, @praise and encouragement

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

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @law of burial and cremation, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @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,

@preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings, @methods of teaching the Cause, @acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism, @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

@martyrs and martyrdom, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @business; financial; property matters, @development of capacity and readiness

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

@suffering and imprisonment, @petitions to authorities, @martyrs and martyrdom, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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, @prayer for martyrs, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @martyrs and martyrdom

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

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @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

@prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @four pillars, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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,

@business; financial; property matters, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @call to action, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01001

830

Arabic

Grammar of the Divine, A; Gate of the Heart

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @prayer for unity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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,

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power of the Manifestation of God, @martyrs and martyrdom, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @pain of love; love as veil, @consolation and comfort

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,

@worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @light and darkness, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @power of prayer, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @wisdom [hikmat]

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

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @knowledge; recognition of God, @empty learning; false spirituality, @call to action, @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

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @wisdom [hikmat], @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @praise and encouragement, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

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

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

@language and the structure of reality, @grammar and orthography, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @symbolism, @pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @accounts of dreams and visions, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @symbolism of color and light, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @eulogies; reminiscences

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.

@praise and encouragement, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @suffering and imprisonment, @call to action, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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

@Shrines and Holy places, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @sacred remains; burial of the Bab, @prayer for assistance; intercession

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

@means of establishment of future civilization, @war and peace, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @unity in diversity, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @equality of men and women

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, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @Mary Magdalene, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @martyrs and martyrdom, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

@banishment to; life in 'Akka, @Ascension of Baha'u'llah

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

@predictions and prophecies, @prophecy and fulfillment, @constitutional revolution in Iran, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @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

@suffering and imprisonment, @unity; oneness of humanity, @East and West; communication between East and West, @martyrs and martyrdom, @Christ; Christianity

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

@growth of the Cause, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00196

820

mixed

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

@prophecy and fulfillment, @unity; oneness of humanity, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual transformation, @The Holy Spirit, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration

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

@prophecy and fulfillment, @war and peace, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @predictions and prophecies, @supreme tribunal, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @unity; oneness of humanity, @religion as source of love and unity, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @equality of men and women

AB00198

820

mixed

Az-Bágh-i-Iláhí (From the Divine Garden)

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @growth of the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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, @Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @past, present and future of Iran, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @unity; oneness of humanity, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @love and unity

AB00201

820

mixed

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم تزل کنت بارء الوجود بادع الاکوان بدیع الانسان متجلیا

Glorified art Thou, O my God! From time immemorial Thou hast been the Creator of existence, the Originator of all beings, the Fashioner of humankind, resplendent in Thy manifestation [3.5s]

AMK.101-105

@high station of the true believer, @call to action, @spiritual transformation, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @unity; oneness of humanity

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

@prayer for praise and gratitude, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @spiritual transformation, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

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

@purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @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,

@praise and encouragement, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

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,

@prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @praise and encouragement, @prayer for spiritual recognition

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,

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @suffering and imprisonment, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @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,

@honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @business; financial; property matters, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @praise and encouragement, @suffering and imprisonment, @unity; oneness of humanity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution

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,

@methods of teaching the Cause, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @wisdom [hikmat], @preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for opponents; enemies of the Faith, @praise and encouragement, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion 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,

@call to action, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @praise and encouragement, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @unity; oneness of humanity, @characteristics and conduct of true believers

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

@free will and predestination; fate, @chastisement and requital, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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

@eulogies; reminiscences, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @call to action, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @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,

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @praise and encouragement, @prayer for praise and gratitude, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

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

@praise and encouragement, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @equality of men and women

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

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity

BH01007

Az Bagh-i-Ilahi

820

mixed

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.

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight, @chastisement and requital, @call to action

ROB1.218, MMAH.118, GSH.066, LL#010

BB00241

Epistle to Haji Mirza Aqasi 1

820

Arabic

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

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @superiority; incomparability of the Word of God, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @Word of God and human limitations, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will, @return of the Manifestations of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

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.

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity

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

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will

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

@multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @return of Christ; second coming of Christ, @limits of the intellect, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @rejection of Muhammad, @knowledge; recognition of God, @four methods of acquiring knowledge

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

@consolation and comfort, @being a source of light; guidance, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart

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

@quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @the human soul, @predictions and prophecies, @symbolism, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @station of the Manifestation of God, @differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction

ABU0250

Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-09-29

820

Persian

Universal House of Justice, The

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

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @suffering and imprisonment, @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @banishment to; life in 'Akka

AB00203

810

mixed

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

@House of Justice, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @humility; meekness; lowliness

AB00204

810

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers

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

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @prayer for firmness in the Covenant, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers

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

@call to action, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @prayer for praise and gratitude, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @growth of the Cause, @being a source of light; guidance

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,

@chastisement and requital, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @wisdom [hikmat], @rejection, opposition and persecution, @call to action

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @power of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @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,

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @proclamation to people of the Bayan

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,

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @exhortations and counsels, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @suffering and imprisonment, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @power of prayer, @contention and conflict, @prayer for purity; chastity, @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

@prayer for specific individuals; groups, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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,

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @the power of words; of speech, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @praise and encouragement

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

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa, @power of prayer, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @thankfulness; gratitude, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

BH01031

810

mixed

سبحانک اللهم یا اله الاسماء و فاطر الارض و السماء اسئلک بایاتک الکبری و

Glorified art Thou, O my God, O Lord of Names and Creator of earth and heaven! I beseech Thee by Thy most great signs and [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15701.035, , BLIB_Or15716.215d,

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for protection, @consultation

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,

@thankfulness; gratitude, @goodly deeds; actions, @law of cause and effect, @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,

@promotion of commerce and industry, @war and peace, @wisdom [hikmat], @praise and encouragement

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

@suffering and imprisonment, @knowledge; recognition of God, @praise and encouragement, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

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,

@proclamation to people of the Bayan, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity

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, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @love and unity, @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

@mystical themes, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @day of Resurrection; Judgement, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @symbolism

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, @unity in diversity, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love and unity, @differences in human capacity

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

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)

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @Crimson Ark; the Ark of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @petitions to authorities, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ROB3.200, ROB3.201, ROB3.351-2, LL#371

AB00206

Some Answered Questions #041 Universal Cycles

810

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Paris Talks

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

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

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

SAQ#41

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

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

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]

SRC.096

ABU0253

The Ninth Principle—The Noninterference of Religion with Politics: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-17

810

mixed

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

@reward and punishment, @relationship between government and people, @justice and mercy, @non-participation in politics, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization

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, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @stories; anecdotes, @love of God, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

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, @murder; causing physical harm, @martyrdom of the Bab, @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

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Tablet on the Inmost Heart

AB00207

800

Arabic

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, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @intuition; inspiration, @inmost heart [fu'Ã¡d]

AB00208

800

Persian

Universal House of Justice, The

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, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB00212

800

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انی اتوجه الیک بوجه ناظر الی ملکوت رحمانیتک و قلب خافق

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I turn my face unto Thee with a countenance fixed upon the Kingdom of Thy mercy and a throbbing heart [3.5s]

INBA16:141

BRL_DAK#0515, PYK.288

@suffering and imprisonment, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prayer for the departed, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @martyrs and martyrdom, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

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

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @love of God, @fire and light; fire and water, @spiritual transformation

AB00214

800

mixed

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, @Shrines and Holy places, @spiritual transformation, @development of capacity and readiness, @prayer for the departed, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @thankfulness; gratitude, @justice and wrath of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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

@presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @wisdom [hikmat], @naming of children; of individuals

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,

@presence of; reunion with God, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @rejection, opposition and persecution

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,

@Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations, @the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @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

@oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations, @return of the Manifestations of God, @unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @unity; oneness of humanity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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,

@proclamation to divines; to religious leaders, @suffering and imprisonment, @power of the Manifestation of God, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @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, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @praise and encouragement

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,

@prayer for specific individuals; groups, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @praise and encouragement, @power of prayer

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @petitions to authorities, @banishment to; life in Baghdad, @banishment to; life in Adrianople, @banishments of Baha'u'llah, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @high station of the true believer, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

@mystical themes, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @differences in human capacity, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @love of God

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,

@call to action, @prayer for forgiveness, @apocalyptic imagery, @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @humility; meekness; lowliness

BH01052

800

Arabic

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

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @Manifestation of God does not act of own volition, @Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @self-concealment of the Manifestation of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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

@martyrs and martyrdom, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @station of the Manifestation of God, @stories; anecdotes, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @chastisement and requital, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @literal interpretation, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations, @firmness in the Covenant, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah

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

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

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @astrology and numerology, @development of capacity and readiness, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU0260

Address to the Baha'is at Rauscher's Hall in Washington, 1912-11-09

800

PUP#124 (p.418-421), SW_v06#13 p.097-099

I feel a keen sense of joy in being present at this banquet this evening, for -- praise be to God!

@serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @prayer for praise and gratitude, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @disregarding individual capacity; weakness

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

@Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @Islamic laws and jurisprudence, @law of divorce, @creation of the world

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

@prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment, @prophecy and fulfillment, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

BB00252

Kitabu’l-Katib

800

Arabic

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the 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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayer for protection, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others

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.

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @suffering and imprisonment, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @The Holy Spirit, @the human soul, @spiritual transformation, @realms of being; three realms; five realms

MHMD1.059

ABU0256

Public address given on 1912-11-10

800

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

@unity in diversity, @race unity; racial issues, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @stories; anecdotes

AB00211

Some Answered Questions #020 Baptism and the Changing Law of God

800

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers

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

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @Manifestation of God as divine physician, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @changing and unchanging parts of religion

AB00209

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Southern states II)

800

mixed

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

@prayer for teaching, @growth of the Cause, @love and unity, @call to action, @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

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]

@prayer for teaching, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @call to action

UDP.031

ABU0255

Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Cincinnati, 1912-11-04

800

Persian

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

@power of the mind over nature, @human reality created in the image of God, @man's distinction from the animal, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

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

@unity; oneness of humanity, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @harmony of science and religion, @oneness; unity of religion, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @universal peace; world unity, @law of cause and effect, @religion as source of love and unity, @suffering and imprisonment, @education of children; moral education, @equality of men and women

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

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @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, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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

@power of the Manifestation of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity

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

@firmness in the Covenant, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @prayer for nearness to God, @petitions to authorities, @non-participation in politics, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

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

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @imagery in the Qur'an, @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient, @Adam; Adam and Eve, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

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; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Prayers

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

@methods of teaching the Cause, @call to action, @the power of words; of speech, @wisdom [hikmat], @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

@suffering; rejection of Christ, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @universal peace; world unity, @war and peace, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

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,

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @wisdom [hikmat], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement

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, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge

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

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @prayer for forgiveness, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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

@martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

BH01060

790

mixed

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

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @firmness in the Covenant, @proclamation to Muslims

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,

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @soul; spirit after death, @suffering and imprisonment, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @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,

@duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations, @suffering and imprisonment, @chastisement and requital, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity

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

@prayer for praise and gratitude, @personal instructions, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action, @praise and encouragement, @goodly deeds; actions, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU0268

Address to the Baha'is at Bahá'í Temple Unity in Chicago, 1912-04-30

790

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

@unity; oneness of humanity, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @relationship between government and people, @education of children; moral education, @war and peace, @universal peace; world unity, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

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,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @angels

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers

BB00253

Du’a’ath-Thalith fi Ardi’l’A’la li-Karbala’I fath-‘Ali

790

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لک الخلق و الامر من قبل و من بعد لم تزل کنت الها واحدا احدا صمدا فردا حیا قیوما

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness that verily Thou art God. Thine are creation and command, both in times past and times to come. Thou hast ever been one God, Single, Eternal, Self-Subsisting, Living, Self-Sustaining [3.5s]

BYC_misc-b.085a06-089a01

@creation of the world, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @purpose; goal of creation

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

@prayer for nearness to God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @thankfulness; gratitude, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power of the Manifestation of God

AB00218

Tablet of the Divine Plan (U.S. and Canada I)

790

mixed

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]

@prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @call to action

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, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @universal peace; world unity, @power of the mind over nature, @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

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

@mind as intermediary between soul and body, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @effort; striving, @knowledge of self

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

@contention and conflict, @unity; oneness of humanity, @consultation, @House of Justice

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

@purpose; goal of creation, @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

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

@status of kings; future of monarchy, @means of establishment of future civilization, @universal peace; world unity, @unity of governments; political unity, @war and peace, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha, @humility; meekness; lowliness

BB00255

Ziyarat li-Avvali man aman

790

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک یومئذ یوم الجمعه و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لاشریک لک

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness unto Thee on this Day, the Day of Friday, and all things testify that verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, alone, without peer [3.5s]

CMB_F23.188r09-190r09 (64), , BYC_misc-b.031b08-035a02

@belief and denial, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @fire and light; fire and water, @nearness and remoteness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @martyrs and martyrdom, @petitions to authorities, @love of God

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

@unity; oneness of humanity, @contention and conflict, @martyrs and martyrdom, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @consolation and comfort, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

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

@prayer for the departed, @proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized), @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @apocalyptic imagery, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @banishments of Baha'u'llah, @eulogies; reminiscences

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

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion 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, @wisdom [hikmat], @transcendence; unknowability of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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

@spiritual transformation, @presence of; reunion with God, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @chastisement and requital, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

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,

@personal instructions, @praise and encouragement, @prayer for forgiveness, @exhortations and counsels, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

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

@station of the Manifestation of God, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @spiritual transformation, @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,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @prayer for protection, @presence of; reunion with God, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH01073

780

Arabic

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی و محبوبی کل العباد ینزهونک عن غیرک و کل الانام یقدسونک

Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Beloved! All servants extol Thy transcendence above all else, and all created things do sanctify Thee [3.5s]

INBA92:030

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @humility; meekness; lowliness

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @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

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @suffering and imprisonment, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @love of God, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @creation of the world, @transcendence; unknowability of God

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,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for praise and gratitude, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @Manifestation of God as sun

Lawh-i-Hawdaj (Tablet of the Howdah)

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

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @creation of the world, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @prayer for protection

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

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01069

Lawh-i-Hawdaj (=Lawh-i-Samsun)

780

Arabic

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.

@power of the Manifestation of God, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @banishment to; life in Constantinople

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

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, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

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

@stories; anecdotes, @rejection, opposition and persecution

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

@power of prayer, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @Shrines and Holy places, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @rejection, opposition and persecution, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha

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

@universal education, @Muhammad; Islam, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @Moses, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @education and the development of capacity, @light and darkness, @need for an educator, @man's distinction from the animal

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

@mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @call to action, @love and unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @war and peace, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction

BB00258

Ziyarat for the sixth to be martyred among the Letters of the Living

780

Arabic

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض عالم الغیب و الشهادة لم تزل قد تعززت

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art, verily, the Creator of the heavens and earth, the Knower of the seen and the unseen. Ever hast Thou been exalted [3.5s]

INBA_6007C.126-129, CMB_F14.099r03-101r08,

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @God as immanent vs. transcendent reality, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih], @absolute freedom; independence of God, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha

JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210

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

@limits of the intellect, @spiritual transformation, @intuition; inspiration, @four methods of acquiring knowledge, @empty learning; false spirituality, @literal interpretation, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge

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

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @interpretation of dreams and visions, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @soul; spirit after death

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, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @high station of learning

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

@suffering and imprisonment, @episodes from the early history of Islam, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @rejection of Muhammad

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, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @permission for visit; pilgrimage

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

@martyrs and martyrdom, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for justice and fairmindedness, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @prayer for opponents; enemies of the Faith

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

@praise and encouragement, @call to action, @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

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @twin Manifestations, @martyrs and martyrdom, @love and unity, @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

@prayer for tests and difficulties, @firmness in the Covenant, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @wisdom [hikmat], @business; financial; property matters, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

BH01075

770

mixed

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance

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

@prayer for specific individuals; groups, @law of Huququ'llah, @praise and encouragement, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

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,

@corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @call to action, @bringing oneself to account each day, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @justice and wrath of God, @spiritual transformation, @suffering and imprisonment, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

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

@suffering and imprisonment, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @consolation and comfort, @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

BH01079

770

Arabic

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

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @creation of the world

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,

@unity; oneness of humanity, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @praise and encouragement, @personal instructions, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

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,

@station of the Manifestation of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @praise and encouragement, @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,

@praise and encouragement, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @thankfulness; gratitude, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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

@prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @praise and encouragement, @prayer for forgiveness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

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

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @petitions to authorities, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @religion as source of love and unity, @praise and encouragement

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

@prayer for governments and rulers, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @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

@prayer for protection, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

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,

@spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @praise and encouragement

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,

@love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @interpretation of dreams and visions, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @call to action, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion

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

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @creation of the world, @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

@two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @The Holy Spirit, @spiritual transformation, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity

MHMD1.043

ABU0280

Public address given on 1912-11-07

770

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

@two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @need for an educator, @Christ; Christianity, @Muhammad; Islam, @unity; oneness of humanity, @categories of Prophets (major; minor; village), @Moses, @education of children; moral education

AB00227

Some Answered Questions #045 The Most Great Infallibility

770

Persian

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

@infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat], @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @House of Justice

AB00228

Some Answered Questions #061 The Immortality of the Spirit (2)

770

Persian

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

@proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit, @meaning; importance of dreams and visions, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @relationship of the soul to the body, @mind as intermediary between soul and body

ABU0281

The Universal Love: Words spoken on 1911-10-24 in Paris

770

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

@consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @words vs deeds, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @The Holy Spirit, @love of God, @unity in diversity, @Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East, @oneness; unity of religion, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU0276

There Can Be No True Happiness and Progress without Spirituality: Words spoken on 1911-11-21 in Paris

770

Persian

درندگی سزاوار حیوانات وحشیه است و سزاوار انسان الفت و محبتست خدا جمیع انبیا

Ferocity and savagery are natural to animals, but men should show forth the qualities of love and affection. God sent all His Prophets into the world with one aim… Oh, trust in God! For His Bounty is everlasting

BRL_DAK#0956, AMK.204-207, KHF.049, KHAB.188 (199), KHTB1.192, KHTP.139

PT#34 p.106, DWN_v1#12 p.007cx

N. Ma'ani, Friends in Paris

@war and peace, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @oneness; unity of religion, @harmony of science and religion, @transcending the material condition, @justice and wrath of God

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

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @Shrines and Holy places, @suffering and imprisonment

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

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @station of the Manifestation of God, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love of God, @suffering and imprisonment

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, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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

@wealth inequality and its moderation, @methods of teaching the Cause, @maintainance of degrees in society, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @need for an educator

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

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @growth of the Cause, @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

@mystical themes, @empty learning; false spirituality, @alteration of the divine will [bada], @business; financial; property matters, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

AB00236

760

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Mahmúd's Diary

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, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @education of children; moral education

AB00237

760

mixed

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

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prophecy and fulfillment, @relationship between government and people, @service to others; to the Cause of God

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

@praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @naming of children; of individuals

AB00239

760

mixed

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, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @love of God

AB00240

760

mixed

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

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @prayer for peace and unity, @spiritual transformation, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

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

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @review of publications, @justice and wrath of God

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, @power of prayer, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @goodly deeds; actions, @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,

@suffering and imprisonment, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @proclamation to people of the Bayan, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @firmness in the Covenant

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

@chastisement and requital, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

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,

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @work as worship, @wisdom [hikmat]

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

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @martyrs and martyrdom, @justice and wrath of God

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

@work as worship, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Word of God the cause of creation, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @living waters; water of life

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,

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @consolation and comfort, @Word of God and human limitations, @microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]

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

@realms of being; three realms; five realms, @power of prayer, @goodly deeds; actions, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

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

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @personal instructions, @piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa], @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

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

@love of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @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

@Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God, @mystical themes, @unity; oneness of humanity, @knowledge; recognition of God

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

@personal instructions, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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,

@prayer for specific individuals; groups, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @service to others; to the Cause of God

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

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @firmness in the Covenant

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,

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @purpose; goal of creation, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @personal instructions

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

@Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @laws of marriage and dowry

BH01105

760

mixed

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

@methods of teaching the Cause, @theft; seizing the properties of others, @wisdom [hikmat], @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

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,

@thankfulness; gratitude, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Shrines and Holy places

BH10068

760

mixed

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

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @twin duties of recognition and obedience

BB00260

Du’a’-i-Manuchihr Khan

760

Arabic

PR03.078v28-79v16, BYC_collect3.084-088

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]

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @justice and wrath of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @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]

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @petitions to authorities, @creation of the world

ABU0282

The First Principle—Search after Truth: Words spoken on 1911-11-10 in Paris

760

Persian

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

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @meaning; importance of dreams and visions, @soul; spirit after death, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @blind imitation [taqlid], @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @oneness; unity of religion

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, @stories; anecdotes, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

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

@stories; anecdotes, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @humor; jokes, @methods of teaching the Cause, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past

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

@eulogies; reminiscences, @prayer for the departed, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @consolation and comfort

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

@unity; oneness of humanity, @war and peace, @suffering and imprisonment, @East and West; communication between East and West

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

@prayer for teaching, @suffering and imprisonment, @prophecy and fulfillment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @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

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @praise and encouragement, @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

@teachings as spirit of the age, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @praise of Western values; culture, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @prophecy and fulfillment

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

@relationship between government and people, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @spiritual transformation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization

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, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @marriage as means of spiritual progress, @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

@martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @call to action, @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,

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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, @prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence 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, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @power of prayer

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,

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @knowledge; recognition of God, @power of prayer, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

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

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @superiority; incomparability of the Word of God, @suffering and imprisonment

BH01114

750

mixed

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

@past, present and future of Iran, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @critique of Eastern values; culture, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

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

@prayer for pilgrims, @interpretation of dreams and visions, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @suffering and imprisonment, @status of kings; future of monarchy

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

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @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

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @exhortations and counsels, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @reward and punishment, @unity; oneness of humanity, @piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa], @praise and encouragement, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @prayer for governments and rulers

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

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @chastisement and requital, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @personal instructions

BB00262

Epistle to Muhammad Shah 4

750

Arabic