Symbol and Secret: Qur'án Commentary in Bahá'u'lláh's Kitáb-i-Íqán - Buck,Christopher (Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1995)
Comparative study of tafsir, exegesis, and theology in the Qur'an and the Kitab-i-Iqan. Includes Persian translation.
See also the following reviews of this book: Review by Frank Lewis, in Bahá'í Studies Review, vol. 6 (1996); Review by Jonah Winters, in Iranian Studies 32:1 (1999); and Review by Jonah Winters, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 9:3 (1999). See also An Introduction to Bahá'u'lláh's Book of Certitude and Dating Bahá'u'lláh's Book of Certitude. See also the original final chapter, published as "Bahá'u'lláh as World Reformer." Also available in Persian, translated by Khosrow Dehghani: Ramz va Raz. See also Google Books.
Keywords: Attainment unto the Divine presence; Baghdad, Iraq; Cairo, Egypt; Egypt; Finality; India; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Iran (documents); Iraq; Islam; Kalimat Press; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Lithography; Mumbai, India; Seal of the Prophets; Symbolism; Tehran, Iran

Symbol and Secret: Qur'an Commentary in Baha'u'llah's Kitab-i-Iqan, by Christopher Buck: Review - Winters,Jonah (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1999)
See also original scan.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Quran; Symbolism

Symbol and Secret: Qur'an Commentary in Baha'u'llah's Kitab-i-Iqan, by Christopher Buck: Review - Lewis,Frank (Baha'i Studies Review, 1996)
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Quran; Symbolism

Symbolic Cosmology in the Sufi and Bahá'í traditions - McCarron,Michael (1997)
Introduction to some meanings of the various realms of God.
This writer uses the given names for figures known more commonly by their "divine" names: "Mirza Husayn-'Ali" is Bahá'u'lláh, "Sayyid 'Ali-Muhammad" is The Bab, and "Effendi" is Abbas Effendi, i.e. Abdu'l-Bahá. This article is somewhat unpolished and may contain errors.
Keywords: Cosmology; Creation; God, Worlds of; Philosophy; Sufism

"Symbolism in the Badí' Calendar," by Robin Mihrshahi: Review - Velasco,Ismael (2004)
Keywords: Arc of ascent and descent; Badi calendar; Cosmology; Numerology; Symbolism

Symbols of Individuation in E. S. Stevens's The Mountain of God - Rollins,Cal E. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1989)
Stevens’s novel records impressions of the Bahá'í community in ‘Akká and Haifa in 1911. The two main characters are moving through an "individuation process" which could lead them to the Bahá'í Faith. Jungian literary criticism explains the symbolism.
See also The Mountain of God excerpts (Stevens, 1911), and see a review.
Keywords: 1911; Akka, Israel; Carl Gustav Jung; E. S. Stevens; Haifa, Israel; Literature; Literature, English; Mount Carmel; `Abdu'l-Bahá

"Symbols of Individuation in E. S. Stevens's The Mountain of God," by Cal E. Rollins: Review - Woodman,Ross (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1989)
See also original article, and see excerpts from The Mountain of God (Stevens, 1911).
Keywords: Carl Gustav Jung; E. S. Stevens

Symbols of Transformation: The Gardens and Terraces on Mount Carmel - Afnan,Elham (Baha'i World, 2002)
Article, with photo gallery, about the development, design, and philosophy of the terraces surrounding the Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel in Haifa.
Mirrored from bahaiworld.bahai.org, in the series Bahá'í Community and Administrative System.
Keywords: Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Environment; Gardens; Haifa, Israel; Letters of the Living; Mount Carmel; Nature; Nine concentric circles; Photographs; Symbolism; Terraces of the Shrine of the Báb (Haifa)

Synopsis and Codification of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas - Bahá'u'lláh; Shoghi Effendi (Bahá'í World Center, 1973)
Original 1973 version, different than the version incorporated in the 1992 English translation of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.
This is the original, incomplete version released in 1973. Not only does the old preface and introduction presented here contain different information than that in the completed and updated newer version and not only do the notes of this older printing use different wording, but the older notes even have some descriptions not detailed in the newer version (though the newer version mostly incorporates them). To take one example, in note 26 on pilgrimage, there is information not contained in the notes of the new edition. There are also links from within the synopsis leading to the notes, thereby indicating in some cases more clearly what synopsis item pertains to which paragraph. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Cross-reference; Cross-reference; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Synopsis; Laws; Outlines and summaries

Synopsis of the Bahá'í Administrative Order - Finks,Oni A.
Chart showing relationships between different levels, and functions, of the Bahá'í Institutions.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection. Date not given; after Bahá'í News #64 (July 1932).
Keywords: Administrative Order; Outlines and summaries; World Order of Bahá'u'lláh (book)

Systems Approach in the World Heritage Site Bahá'í Gardens - Jakulin,Tadeja Jere (Academica Turistica - Tourism and Innovation Journal, 2023)
Functioning and management of the Bahá'í gardens in harmony with the social environment, the natural surroundings, pilgrims, and tourists; the interplay between theory and the practical application of systems thinking for tourism and UNESCO heritage.
Hosted by Creative Commons at academica.turistica.si/index.php/AT-TIJ/article/view/536.
Keywords: Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Haifa, Israel; Systems theory

Tabla a los Cristianos - Bahá'u'lláh
Spanish translation of "Tablet to the Christians," also known as "Most Holy Tablet", from Tablas de Bahá'u'lláh Reveledas Despues del Kitab-i-Aqdas.
See English original.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Lawh-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Tablet)

Tabla de 'Abdu'l-Bahá a Amír Khan - Abdul-Bahá (2007)
Traducción provisional de la traducción inglesa publicada en Messengers of God in North America, Revisited: An Exegesis of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet to Amír Khán by Christopher Buck and Donald Addison published in Online Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 1, page 206.
Keywords: Native American messengers; Native Americans; Tablet to Amir Khan; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tabla de Ahmad - Bahá'u'lláh
Spanish translation of Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic).
Keywords: Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic))

Tabla de Fuego - Bahá'u'lláh
Spanish translation of the English translation "The Fire Tablet" of the Arabic Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqa`l-Mukhlisún.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqal-Mukhlisun (Fire Tablet)

Tabla de la Medicina - Bahá'u'lláh (2022)
Spanish translation of Lawh-i-Tibb, from an English translation by S. Lambden.
English translation from Persian by Stephen Lambden, online at hurqalya.ucmerced.edu; Spanish translation from his English by Hasan Elias. Translation first posted by Elias in 2004, using English translated by K. Fananpazir; updated 2022 working from Lambden's version.
Keywords: Health and healing; Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet to a Physician); Lifestyle

Tabla de la Sabiduría: preguntas y respuestas - Abdul-Bahá (Ethel Jenner Rosenberg, the Life and Times of England's Outstanding Bahá'í Pioneer Worker, 1995)
Traducción provisional de una traducción autorizada de Tablas no publicadas de 'Abdu'l-Bahá dirigida a Ethel Rosenberg en 1906 en respuesta a sus preguntas sobre la Tabla de la Sabiduría.
Traducción al español de la traducción al inglés preparada por el Departamento de Investigación, Centro Mundial Bahá'í.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom); Questions and answers

Tablas de Baha'u'llah Reveladas despues del Kitab-i-Aqdas - Bahá'u'lláh (1988)
Spanish translation (date unknown) of Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (1988).
Keywords: Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas

Tablas del Plan Divino, Las - Abdul-Bahá
Spanish translation of Tablets of the Divine Plan.
Keywords: Tablets of the Divine Plan

Table Talks and Notes Taken at Acca - True,Corinne; Hadi,Mirza (Bahá'í Publishing Society, 1907)
Notes of a pilgrimage in 1907, and Abdu'l-Bahá's answers to questions posed by True, published as a book.
PDF below from Microsoft Word version prepared from original html by Mike Thomas (2022). In the Partial Inventory the abbreviation for this source is TTCT. See also Authorized translation of the table talks (BWC, 2018).
Keywords: 1907; Abdu'l-Bahá, Table talks; Akka, Israel; Corinne True; Pilgrims notes; Table talks; Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká

Table Talks at Acca - Agnew,Arthur S. (1907)
Description of his visit to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Akká in 1907 by an early American Bahá'í.
This is a "Pilgrim's note," an individual's recollection of statements and actions of the Central figures. They are subjective and not authoritative. See an overview of Pilgrim's Notes.
Keywords: 1907; Abdu'l-Bahá, Table talks; Akka, Israel; Pilgrims notes

Table Talks with Abdu'l-Baha - Winterburn,George F.; Winterburn,Rosa V. (Bahá'í Publishing Society, 1908)
Lengthy notes taken in February 1904, published as a 32-page book in July 1908 at the request of Thornton Chase.
The names on the manuscript copy of these notes read "Geo T. and Mrs. Winterburn," but presumably the correct and full names are George F. and Rosa V. Winterburn. See many mentions of the Winterburns, and brief discussions of the publication of these notes as a book, in Stockman's Notes from the National Bahá'í Archives on the Chicago House of Spirituality and Notes on the Thornton Chase Papers. This is a "Pilgrim's note," an individual's recollection of statements and actions of the Central figures. They are subjective and not authoritative. See an overview of Pilgrim's Notes.
Keywords: 1908; Abdu'l-Bahá, Table talks; Akka, Israel; Pilgrims notes; `Abdu'l-Bahá

Tablet (Lawh) in Bahá'í Usage - Lawson,Todd (2005)
Meanings of the common Bahá'í terms lawh (tablet), ketáb (book), sahífa (treatise), resála (epistle), etc.
Keywords: Chrysolite; Fatimah (daughter of Muhammad); Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Kitáb (book); Lawh (tablet); Light; Prophecies; Return; Risala (epistle); Sahifa (treatise); Typology; Words and phrases

Tablet 27 Feb 1913 to Graham Pole (Secretary General Theosophical Society) - Abdul-Bahá (1913)
Tablet to Graham Pole, Secretary General of the Theosophical Society (Scotland), from France, 27 Feb 1913. Original translation by Ahmad Sohrab.
Typed from the original in the Edinburgh Archives.
Keywords: Edinburgh, Scotland; Graham Pole; Scotland; Theosophical Society; United Kingdom; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet about Jonah and the Whale - Abdul-Bahá (1893)
Short Tablet for an Iranian Baháʼí named Yúnis (Jonah), discussing the story of Jonah and the whale. Translated in the early 20th century by Ameen Fareed.
Source for the translation:
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Jonah (Bible); Judaism; Metaphors and allegories

Tablet addressed to the Bahá'ís of Mosul - Abdul-Bahá (Compilation on Huqúqu'lláh, 2007)
Emphasizes universal interdependence, cooperation, and generosity, linking these principles to spiritual and social progress, particularly through the institution of Huqúqu’lláh.
Mirrored from bahai.org/library. Note: In a letter dated 13 March 2025 from the Department of the Secretariat of the Universal House of Justice, it is stated that "the Research Department has reported that it has no knowledge of this Tablet of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá being referred to as the Lawḥ-i-Haykal, and it has previously stated that records in the archival holdings of the World Centre indicate that this Tablet was addressed to the Bahá’ís of Mosul, Iraq, and was revealed before 16 August 1896. No information is available about the circumstances surrounding the revelation of this Tablet." [The other item mentioned in that letter is here.]
Keywords: Collaboration and cooperation; Haykal (temple); Huqúqu'lláh; Interdependence and interconnectedness; Kingdoms, Physical; Tablet addressed to the Bahá’ís of Mosul; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet Concerning Covenant-Breakers: Excerpt - Abdul-Bahá (1998)
Translation, posted to email list, of a portion of a Tablet revealed on the occasion of the expulsion of Tamaddunu'l-Mulk, who had caused dissension in Tehran around 1913.
Keywords: Covenant-breaking; Iran (documents); Tablet concerning Covenant-Breakers; Tehran, Iran; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet Concerning the Day of the Martyrdom of His Holiness, the Exalted One: Le Tablette Concernant l'Anniversaire du Martyre de Sa Sainteté, Exaltée - Abdul-Bahá (Ayyam-i-Tis'ih [The Nine Days], 1981)
Three translations: a French version by Rochan Mavaddat, an English rendering from the French by Peter Terry, and an English translation from the original Persian by Khazeh Fananapazir.
Keywords: Báb, Martyrdom of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet from Our Lord, Abbas Effendi, Presented by Abdel Karim Effendi, to the American Beloved, and Tablet from the Master - Abdul-Bahá (Home Circle Assembly, Publishers)
Two Tablets self-published in the early 1900s. (Date of illustration 1889.) Translator and context not given.
Keywords: Abdel Karim Effendi Teherani; Covenant; Crescent (symbol); Cross (symbol); Metaphors and allegories; Moon; Sacrifice; Stars; Symbolism; Tree of Life; United States (documents); Unity; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Baha Concerning Arius - Universal House of Justice (1998)
Arius was an early Christian theologian whose rejection of the Trinity, Abdu'l-Bahá said, destroyed the unity of the Church.
Letter about a Christian theologian who lived about 400 C.E. and who emphasized that Jesus Christ was subordinate to God the Father. His approach discarded the trinity (where Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all equal) but in the process he also destroyed the divinity of Christ. The memo consists of comments by `Abdu'l-Bahá about Arius's theology but, more importantly, his destruction of the unity of the church. Transmitted by email, via recipient. See also Compilation of Extracts Regarding Arius.
Keywords: Arius; Christianity; Covenant; Research Department, Questions and answers; Trinity; Unity

Tablet of Abdu'l-Bahá to Shoghi Effendi: With Introduction by Zia Bagdadi - Abdul-Bahá (1902)
One-paragraph Tablet revealed for the Guardian when he was five years old, followed by an explanation by Zia Bagdadi, translator.
This tablet is undated; Shoghi Effendi was born March 1, 1897, placing this tablet in 1902 or early 1903. From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection.
Keywords: Shoghi Effendi; Zia Bagdadi; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic) - Bahá'u'lláh
Mirrored from bahai.org/library.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic))

Tablet of Ahmad and Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Universal House of Justice (1996)
Date of publications of translations of the Tablet of Ahmad and the Tablet of the Holy Mariner.
Add or read comments or links pertaining to the Tablet of Ahmad here and for the Tablet of the Holy Mariner here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic)); Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic); Maid of Heaven; Research Department, Questions and answers

Tablet of Ahmad, Arabic (Lawh-i-Ahmad): Analysis of Figurative Language in the Tablet of Ahmad - Skrenes,Ruhiyyih (1998)
Introductory analysis of the metaphors and symbols used in Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic).
Presented as a homework assignment for the Wilmette Institute's "Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh" Course, year one
Keywords: Both worlds; Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic)); Symbolism; Words and phrases

Tablet of Ahmad, Arabic (Lawh-i-Ahmad): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic)); Outlines and summaries; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i Kullu't-Ta'am) - Bahá'u'lláh (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1984)
What follows is my translation of the Lawh-i kull al-ta`am ("Tablet of All Food"; c. 1854 CE). Various texts were consulted though I mostly followed the superior ms in INBA 36:268-277. The texts printed in Ishraq Khavari's Ma'ida-yi Asmani (4:265-276) and *Rahiq-i makhtum* (2:416-426) contain quite a few textual errors. No critical edition exists. [-S.L.] Also available in Microsoft Word format, prepared by M. Thomas (2024).
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Cosmology; Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food)

Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food); Outlines and summaries; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Afnani,Muin; Lambden,Stephen; Momen,Moojan (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food); Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of Blood (Súriy-i-Damm) - Bahá'u'lláh (1996)
Translation of Súriy-i-Damm.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Suriy-i-Damm (Tablet of Blood)

Tablet of Consolation - Bahá'u'lláh (2017)
Letter to an early believer following the death of his father, in which Bahá'u'lláh teaches that death should not be a cause of grief, but is a transition in the journey of drawing nearer to God, who is the true source of comfort and solace.
Commissioned by and mirrored with permission from Windflower Translations. See also Arabic side by side with the English translation.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Death; Lawh-i Taziya (Tablet of Consolation); Life after death (afterlife); Soul

Tablet of Firayját (Lawḥ-i-Firayját) / Tablet of Firáq (Lawḥ-i-Firáq) - Bahá'u'lláh (2022)
Tablet revealed in Firayjat, a place where Bahá’u’lláh stayed in Baghdad, which is about 5km north of the Riḍván Garden. Translator, date, and source unknown. Includes scan of the original Arabic, and background materials including excerpt from Balyuzi.
See detailed chronology and more references here: locations/Firayjat.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Firayjat, Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq; Lawh-i-Firayjat (Tablet of Firayját)

Tablet of Glad-Tidings: A Proclamation to Scholars and Statesmen - Buck,Christopher; Buck,Nahzy Abadi (2012)
The Lawh-i-Bishárát as a Proclamatory Aqdas and public announcement of principles from 'The Most Holy Book'; a proclamation to scholars and statesmen; Cambridge manuscripts from the E.G. Browne Collection; response to modernity; Persian original.
Presentation at Grand Canyon Bahá'í Conference, Phoenix Arizona, December 24 2012. See also Buck's article Bahá'u'lláh's Bishárát (Glad-Tidings): A Proclamation to Scholars and Statesmen.
Keywords: Baron Rosen; Bisharat (Glad Tidings); Cambridge, England; E. G. Browne; Proclamation; Reform; United Kingdom

Tablet of Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah O Glad Tidings (Lawh-i Halih, Halih, Halih yá Bisharát) - Bahá'u'lláh (1983)
Two versions: a literalistic translation by Stephen Lambden and a poetic one by Sen McGlinn.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Glad Tidings; Lawh-i Halih, Halih, Halih ya Bisharat (Tablet of Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah O Glad Tidings)

Tablet of Holiness - Bahá'u'lláh (2016)
An ethical exhortation stressing humanity's oneness and common origin, addressed to Arab Bahá'ís in Baghdad.
Original published in Athar Qalam al-A`la vol. 2. To comment on or improve this translation, please email the translator. In Partial Inventory, ID BH01394, this is titled Lawh-i-Quds 1 (Lawh-i-A'rabi). [-A.B.]
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Lawh-i-Quds or Lawh-i-A'rabi (Tablet of Holiness); Unity of humanity

Tablet of Joseph (Lawh-i Yusuf) - Bahá'u'lláh (Untitled 1904 compilation, 1904)
Editor's note: Found in the Barstow Collection. The 1904 mimeographed original is in the Barstow Collection, in the possession of Thellie Lovejoy. This is an approximate facsimile, preserving most of the typing and spelling errors but not copying the layout of the original. "Volume 1" as mentioned in the cover letter is a 38 page document. It also includes the Tablet of Wisdom and extracts from the Hidden Words. The copy I possess is on professionally printed mimeographed pages held together by two brads. It has off white outside cover pages on the front and back, a little more sturdy than the rest, with "VOLUME 1" along with the publisher's name and address are printed on the front outside cover page. This copy is in excellent condition. "Zuna S. Larson 1928," is in handwriting on inside of front cover. -T.L.
Keywords: Anton Haddad; Lawh-i-Yusuf (Tablet of Joseph)

Tablet of Maqsud - Universal House of Justice (2001)
Date of the revelation of the Tablet of Maqsúd and its mention of "Two great powers."
Keywords: Dating of Writings; France; History (general); Jews; Lawh-i-Maqsud (Tablet of Maqsud); Research Department, Questions and answers; Russia; Two great powers (Lawh-i-Maqsud); Words and phrases

Tablet of Maqsúd (Lawh-i-Maqsúd): Guidance on Human Nature and Leadership - Neshati,Ramin (Lights of Irfan, 2003)
Reference to human aptitude and potential being contingent upon education; the need for a global conclave of world leaders and a common language and script; Prophets as intermediaries between God and creation; and praise for the Prophet Muhammad.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #40, Bosch Bahá'í School (May 23-26, 2002). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/40/neshati_maqsud.
Keywords: Collective security; Colonialism and imperialism; Education; History (general); Human nature; Irfán Colloquia; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Lawh-i-Maqsud (Tablet of Maqsud); Leadership; Talismans

Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i-Tibb) - Bahá'u'lláh
An anonymous translation of the Tablet to a Physician.
Typed by Jera Jones from an undated typescript found in the Barstow Collection. Translator unknown. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here. See other translations and study guides: bahai-library.com/title/tibb.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Health and healing; Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet to a Physician); Lifestyle

Tablet of Nightingale of Separation (Lawh-i-Bulbulu'l-Firáq) - Bahá'u'lláh (1998)
Mirrored with permission from personal.umich.edu/~jrcole.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Poetry of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Birds; Iraq; Istanbul, Turkey; Lawh-i-Bulbulul-Firaq (Tablet of Nightingale of Separation); Nightingales; Poetry; Turkey

Tablet of Patience (Surih Sabr): Declaration of Bahá'u'lláh and Selected Topics - Seddigh,Foad (Lights of Irfan, 2014)
This significant Tablet from Ridvan 1863 covers the Seal of the Prophets, appearance and presence of God, resurrection, and the Qayyum al-Asma. Includes context of Bahá'u'lláh's life and troubles during this period.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Sessions #123 and #125 (2014). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/125/seddigh_sabr.
Keywords: Attainment unto the Divine presence; Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Banishment of; Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Bible; Commentary on the Surih of Kawthar; Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); Golden calf; Hájí Muhammad-Taqi Nayrizi; Imam Husayn; Imams; Iran (documents); Iraq; Job (Bible); Metaphors and allegories; Nayriz upheaval; Nayriz, Iran; Patience; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Quran; Ridván; Samiri; Seal of the Prophets; Surih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyub (Tablet of Patience or Tablet of Job); Upheavals; Vahid (Siyyid Yahyay-i-Darabi)

Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb) - Bahá'u'lláh (2020)
A notable, and lengthy, tablet from 1863. Translation includes many footnotes, including for all the Qur’anic references found in the Tablet, as well as a short introduction to the Prophet Job offered by the Rev. C. I. Scofield.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Job (Bible); Surih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyub (Tablet of Patience or Tablet of Job)

Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb) - Bahá'u'lláh (1997)
A notable, and lengthy, tablet from 1863.
In 1863, on the first day of His arrival at the garden of Ridvan, Bahá'u'lláh revealed a singularly important Tablet known as Suriy-i Sabr (Surih of Patience), or Lawh-i Ayyub (the Tablet of Job), thus named in memory of one of the survivors of the first Nayriz martyrdoms, Haji Muhammad Taqiy-i Nayrizi, surnamed Ayyub. [- Ahang Rabbani] See also an updated version of this translation annotated by Dalton Garis. See also a version with paragraph numbers added, prepared by K. Webb for her "Exploration of the Intent of the Surih-i-Sabr", at bahaullah_surih_sabr_numbered.pdf.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Declaration of; Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Job (Bible); Patience; Promised One; Prophecies; Ridván; Surih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyub (Tablet of Patience or Tablet of Job)

Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh (Suriy-i-Hajj): Baghdad - Bahá'u'lláh (Rituals in Babism and Baha'ism, 1994)
A provisional English translation of instructions by Bahá'u'lláh for pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad.
See also Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb in Shiraz.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Iraq; Pilgrimage; Prayers for pilgrimage; Suriy-i-Hajj (Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh)

Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb (Suriy-i-Hajj): Shiraz - Bahá'u'lláh (Rituals in Babism and Baha'ism, 1994)
See also Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad.
Keywords: Báb, House of (Shiraz); Iran (documents); Pilgrimage; Prayers for pilgrimage; Shíráz, Iran; Suriy-i-Hajj (Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb)

Tablet of Purity - Abdul-Bahá (Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 1978)
Emphasizing purity, cleanliness, and abstinence from harmful habits, linking physical refinement to spiritual growth.
Posted here as a standalone page here for ease of reference and tagging purposes. Mirrored from bahai.org/library. See complete book.
Keywords: Addiction; Alcohol; Beauty; Chastity; Cleanliness; Drugs; Fragrance; Health and healing; Heart; Lawh-i-Tanzih va Taqdis (Tablet of Chastity and Purity); Music; Prayer texts; Purity; Self-control; Sikhism; Smoking (tobacco); Spirituality; Water (metaphor); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet of Ridván (Lawh-i-Ridván): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Ridvan (Tablets of Ridvan); Outlines and summaries; Ridván; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of Ridván (Lawh-i-Ridván): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Troxel,Duane; Cole,Juan; Lambden,Stephen (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Ridvan (Tablets of Ridvan); Ridván; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of Seven Questions (Lawh-i-haft purish) - Bahá'u'lláh (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1993)
See complete journal online at hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/journals/bsb and this article at here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Haft Pursish (Tablet of Seven Questions); Tabernacle of Unity (book)

Tablet of Shikkar Shikan (Shikkar Shikkan Shavand): Excerpt - Bahá'u'lláh (Baha'i World, 1986)
This excerpt of the Tablet Shikkar-Shikan-Shavand is from The Bahá'í World, vol. XVIII, Section I entitled "Excerpts from Fire and Light", p. 11, in the section of Bahá'u'lláh's Writings. A footnote states of the compilation that "All but No. XI are excerpts translated by Mr. Habib Taherzadeh, with the assistance of a Committee at the Bahá'í World Centre, from Fire and Light [Nár va Núr] (Hofheim-Langenhain: Bahá'í Verlag, 1982), a compilation from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, `Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi."
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Fire and Light (compilation); Lawh-i-Shikkar Shikan (Tablet of Shikkar Shikan Shavand)

Tablet of Shikkar Shikan (Shikkar Shikkan Shavand): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Hai,Iskandar; Ayman,Iraj (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Shikkar Shikan (Tablet of Shikkar Shikan Shavand); Parrots; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of Shikkar Shikan Shavand - Bahá'u'lláh (2003)
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Lawh-i-Shikkar Shikan (Tablet of Shikkar Shikan Shavand); Parrots

Tablet of Splendors (Lawh-i-Ishráqát): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Ishraqat (Tablet of Splendors); Outlines and summaries; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters: Overview - Taherzadeh,Adib; Nabil-i-Azam (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Abjad system; Annemarie Schimmel; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Disconnected letters of the Quran; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur or Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Tablet of the Verse of Light or Commentary on the Disconnected Letters); Light verse (Quran); Quran; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters: What on earth is a disconnected letter? Baha'u'llah's commentary - Marshall,Alison (1999)
The meaning of the Arabic letters alif, lam, mim, as explained in Bahá'u'lláh's tablet Tafsir hurufat al-maqatt’ah. Includes List of disconnected letters in the Qur'an and Abjad values of the Arabic letters.
Presented as a homework assignment for the Wilmette Institute's "Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh" Course, year two
Keywords: Abjad system; Disconnected letters of the Quran; Huruf (letters); Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur or Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Tablet of the Verse of Light or Commentary on the Disconnected Letters); Letters of the Living; Light; Light verse (Quran); Pen; Point; Quran

Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters: Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Lambden,Stephen (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Abjad system; Alchemy; Disconnected letters of the Quran; Huruf (letters); Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur or Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Tablet of the Verse of Light or Commentary on the Disconnected Letters); Letters of the Living; Light; Light verse (Quran); Pen; Point; Quran; Seal of the Prophets; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of the Báb found in British Museum - Mathews,Loulie (Star of the West, 1931)
Anecdote about the discovery of the Star Tablet of the Báb at the British Museum in London.
Mirrored from bahai.works.
Keywords: British Museum and British Library; E. G. Browne; Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria); London, England; Loulie A. Mathews; Tawqi'a haykal (Star Tablet of the Báb); United Kingdom; Wanden La Farge

Tablet of the Báb Lawh-i-Vasaya, "Will and Testament"; Titles of Mírzá Yahyá - Universal House of Justice (2004)
Two questions: on the Tablet of the Bab "Lawh-i-Vasaya: The Will and Testament"; the nature of the appointment and titles of Mírzá Yahyá. Includes two attachments: Tablet of the Bab Lawh-i-Vasaya and excerpt from Making the Crooked Straight.
Submitted by and name retained with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Báb, Writings of; Covenant; Criticism and apologetics; Lawh-i-Vasaya; Mustaghath; Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal); Promised One; Research Department, Questions and answers

Tablet of the Bell (Lawh-i-Naqus) - Bahá'u'lláh (Rituals in Babism and Bahá'ísm, 1994)
Translation of a tablet written in Istanbul in fall, 1863 in honor of the Declaration of the Bab. Also known as Subhánáka-Yá-Hú, or "Praised be Thou, O He!"
Text from A di'a, pp. 141-53; Ayyam-i tis'a, pp. 100-6.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Naqus (Tablet of the Bell)

Tablet of the Bell (Lawh-i-Náqús) of Bahá'u'lláh - Lambden,Stephen (Lights of Irfan, 2003)
Translation of and introduction to a poem by Baha'ullah using mystical language to impart a theophanic proclamation.
See also Notes about this Tablet. Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/lambden_bell.
Keywords: Irfán Colloquia; Lawh-i-Naqus (Tablet of the Bell)

Tablet of the Bell (Lawh-i-Naqus), also known as Tablet of Praised be Thou, O He (Subhánika-Yá-hu): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Lambden,Stephen; Armstrong-Ingram,R. Jackson (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Naqus (Tablet of the Bell); Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of the Bell (Tablet for the Feast of Ridvan) - Bahá'u'lláh
Tablet revealed in declaration of Bahá'u'lláh's mission; to be recited at the Feast of Ridván. More commonly known as the "Tablet of the Bell," Khan and Gail titled this translation "Tablet for the Feast of Ridvan" because of the word Paradise in line 1.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Naqus (Tablet of the Bell)

Tablet of the Branch (Súrih-i-Ghusn) - Bahá'u'lláh (Baha'i World Faith, 1966)
This rendering of the "Tablet of the Branch" (available originally in Bahá'í World Faith) has been referred to as "rather poorly translated" in a letter on behalf of Shoghi Effendi in Light of Divine Guidance, vol. I, p. 65. An authoritative translation was added as an overlay to the text below in red, allowing hovering of the mouse over the red text (using a modern browser), to show a tooltip with the more up-to-date and authoritative translation made by Shoghi Effendi for that passage as published in the World Order of Bahá'u'lláh. However, there is now a complete, still newer, authorized translation of this Tablet, published in 'Days of Remembrance' (2017). Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch)

Tablet of the Branch (Súrih-i-Ghusn) - Shodjai,Foad (1999)
History and summary of this Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Outlines and summaries; Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch)

Tablet of the Branch (Súrih-i-Ghusn): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Outlines and summaries; Ramona Brown; Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch); Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of the Centennial - Shoghi Effendi (1998)
Partial translation of an epistle to the Persian-speaking Bahá'ís, written shortly after "God Passes By" in 1944. Includes English translation of Muhammad Varqa's "Le Style persan du Gardien."
PDF below from Microsoft Word document, prepared by M. Thomas (2012/2023). The original text, in Arabic and Persian, can be found at bahai.org/fa/library.
Keywords: Arabic language; Bahá'u'lláh, Titles of; Bahá'í history; Báb, Declaration of; Báb, House of (Shiraz); Bábí history; Centenaries; God Passes By (book); Historical overviews by Central Figures or BWC; Iran (documents); Lawh-i-Qarn (Tablet of the Centennial); Names and titles; Night of Power (Laylatu'l-Qadr); Persian language; Poetry; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Shíráz, Iran

Tablet of the Deathless Youth (Lawh-i-Ghulamu'l-Khuld) - Bahá'u'lláh (1996)
See discussion of this Tablet in John Walbridge Erotic Imagery in the Allegorical Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, an early draft of work later abridged for Sacred Acts, Sacred Space, Sacred Time (Oxford: George Ronald, 1996). An authorized translation of this Tablet was published in Days of Remembrance (section 27).
Keywords: Lawh-i-Ghulamul-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth); Maid of Heaven

Tablet of The Desired One (Lawh-i-Maqsúd): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Universal House of Justice; Cole,Juan (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Collective security; Colonialism and imperialism; Democracy; Egypt; History (general); Lawh-i-Maqsud (Tablet of Maqsud); Peace; Politics; Research Department, Questions and answers; Two great powers (Lawh-i-Maqsud); Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of the Fig and the Olive - Abdul-Bahá (Baha'i Studies Review, 2001)
See also translator's introduction to this Tablet. Also available as a formatted PDF, as published in BSR: alkan_fig_olive_bsr10.pdf.
Keywords: Islam; Quran; Tree (metaphor); Turkish language; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet of the Garden of Ridván (Lawh-i-Bágh-i-Ridván) - Bahá'u'lláh
Short tablet from the late ’Akká period, revealed during one of Bahá’u’lláh’s visits to the small house inside the Garden of Ridván where he joined the believers for feasting.
Copied from The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh Vol. 4 (Oxford, George Ronald, 1987), pp. 15-16. Translator not identified. An updated, authorized version of this translation has been prepared by the Bahá'í World Centre, in Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh (2023).
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Gardens; Lawh-i-Bagh-i-Ridvan (Tablet of the Garden of Ridvan); Radiyyih (sister of Munirih Khanum); Ridván garden (Akká); Trees

Tablet of the Gems of Unity, The (Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd) - Bahá'u'lláh (2022)
Composite authoritative and provisional translation, partially from Gleanings section 27.
Mirrored with permission from joshuahalltranslations.com, which includes the below interlinear file containing the original Persian. See bahai9.com for some comments on behalf of Shoghi Effendi regarding creation "out of utter nothingness" and the cleansing of mirrors.
Keywords: Creation; God; Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd (Tablet of the Gems of Unity); Manifestations of God; Mirrors; Patience; Tests and difficulties; Tree (metaphor)

Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Bahá'u'lláh (1999)
Provisional translations of both the Persian and Arabic sections of Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of the Holy Mariner.
Mirrored from h-net.org.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic); Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Persian); Maid of Heaven

Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Bahá'u'lláh (1924)
Complete tablet, both the Arabic (official translation) and the Persian (provisional translation) sections.
Arabic section translated by Shoghi Effendi and published in Bahá’í Prayers; Persian section translated by Mehran Ghasempour and posted to Tarjuman, 2002; web edition of complete Tablet prepared by Mehdi Wolf. See also authorized translation from the Arabic on bahai.org/library and bahaiprayers.org.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Poetry of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic); Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Persian); Maid of Heaven; Poetry

Tablet of the Holy Mariner (Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds): Study Compilations - Mboya,Aziz (2000)
Includes a provisional translation of the Persian part of this Tablet, and. two compilations on the Lesser prophets, and mini-compilations on 82 topics: "angels," "apostles," "balance," "clouds," "Maid of Heaven," "trumpet," "Youth," etc.
Custom formatting and colors by the author. See also the Tablet of the Holy Mariner (authorized translation from the Arabic part, as published in Bahá'í prayer books. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Ephrem; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic); Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Persian); Maid of Heaven; Metaphors and allegories; Prophecies; Throne; Words and phrases; Youth (title)

Tablet of the Holy Mariner (Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic); Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Persian); Maid of Heaven; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of the Holy Mariner (Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Sours,Michael W.; Winters,Jonah (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic); Maid of Heaven; Outlines and summaries; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of the Maiden: Commentary on its translation - Universal House of Justice (1997)
Two letters on the mystical/symbolic content of "Tablet of the Maiden," with comments on the translation by Juan Cole.
Following this guidance from the Universal House of Justice, Cole's translation of the Lawh-i-Huriyyih is not on this website (but can be found elsewhere online).
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Lawh-i-Huriyyih (Tablet of the Maiden); Maid of Heaven; Research Department, Questions and answers; Sufism

Tablet of the Manifestation (Lawh-i-Zuhur) - Bahá'u'lláh (1998)
Translator unknown. This is the same as the translation in Bahá'í Scriptures, pp. 204-208, with slight variations (e.g. capitalization and the last sentence).
Keywords: Lawh-i-Zuhur (Tablet of the Manifestation)

Tablet of the Manifestation, The (Lawh-i-Zuhur) - Bahá'u'lláh (2023)
Tablet on the metaphysical reality of the Manifestations of God, and their divine station as cosmic, "supernatural" entities.
Mirrored with permission from joshuahalltranslations.com.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Birds; Body; Creation; Dove (symbol); Elements; Fire; God; God, Worlds of; Interfaith dialogue; Lawh-i-Zuhur (Tablet of the Manifestation); Manifestations of God; Manifestations of God, Gradual disclosure of; Philosophy; Senses; Soul; Temples; Throne; Water (metaphor)

Tablet of the Mist of the Unknown (Rashh-i-Amá) - Bahá'u'lláh (2000)
See also an authorized translation, released in 2019.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing)

Tablet of the Nightingale and the Owl - Cole,Juan, translator; Marshall,Alison, editor (1863)
The Tablet of the Nightingale and the Owl is a short story, which reads like a fairy tale, about the search for the Beloved.
Date unknown, written sometime during Bahá'u'lláh's stay in Edirne, circa 1863-1868. Mirrored with permission from whoisbahaullah.com.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Birds; Crows; Edirne, Turkey; Flowers; Gul va Bulbul (Tablet of the Nightingale and the Owl); Metaphors and allegories; Most Great Separation; Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal); Nightingales; Owls; Roses and thorns; Turkey

Tablet of the River [Tigris] - Bahá'u'lláh (1997)
Includes introduction by translator.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Iraq; Rivers; Shahifiy-i-Shattiyyih (Book of the River); Tigris River

Tablet of the Sacred Night (Lawh Laylat al-Quds) - Bahá'u'lláh (1996)
Text from Ishraq-Khavari, ed., Risalih-'i Tasbih va Tahlil (New Delhi: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1982), pp. 174-181.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Báb, Declaration of; Dhikr (Remembrance); Holy days; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Lawh Laylat al-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night, Edirne); Night of Power (Laylatu'l-Qadr); Sacred Night; Sufism

Tablet of the Son (Jesus) - Bahá'u'lláh (2001)
A tablet, partly written to a Christian priest, on the effect of Christ's revelation and Bahá'u'lláh's status as the return of Christ.
Exact date unknown, written during Bahá'u'lláh's stay in Edirne. Title given by translator. Mirrored with permission from whoisbahaullah.com. See a partial explanation by the translator at h-net.org.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ; Prophecies; Return

Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal) - Walbridge,John (Sacred Acts, Sacred Space, Sacred Time: Bahá'í Studies volume 1, 1996)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here. An older version of this piece is online at /walbridge_encyclopedia_tablet_temple
Keywords: Maid of Heaven; Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of the Temple (Suratu'l-Haykal) - Walbridge,John (1999)
Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. See another version of this piece at https://bahai-library.com/wilmette_surih_haykal_walbridge.
Keywords: Maid of Heaven; Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple)

Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal): Comparison with the Prophecies of Zechariah - Shawamreh,Cynthia C. (1998)
Comparison of Bahá'u'lláh's symbol of the Manifestation as "temple" and its analogues from the Hebrew Bible.
Written as homework for the Wilmette Institute.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Haykal (temple); Interfaith dialogue; Judaism; Prophecies; Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Symbolism; Temples; Zechariah (Prophet)

Tablet of the Temple (Suratu'l-Haykal): Study Guide - Davoodi,Fariborz Alan, compiler (2017)
Lengthy study guide, with the Arabic original, compiled by a group of nine study group participants, with notes from a talk by Nader Saiedi.
Keywords: Haykal (temple); Study guides; Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Symbolism; Temples

Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Maid of Heaven; Outlines and summaries; Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal): Two translations collated - Bahá'u'lláh (Behais Supply and Publishing Board, 1900)
Translation by Anton Haddad combined with the few passages translated by Shoghi Effendi, collated by Sen McGlinn.
See the newer authorized translation at bahai-library.com/writings/bahaullah/slh/haykal.html. Words in this color font • and between bullets • are footnoted to the translations made by Shoghi Effendi of the same passage, which is presented in this color font and italicized.
Keywords: Anton Haddad; Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple)

Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Ayman,Iraj (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Haykal (temple); Protection; Repetition; Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Talismans; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh; Words and phrases

Tablet of the True Seeker: Personal Commentary and Reflections - Brownstein,Ted (1998)
Commentary on a section of the Kitáb-i-Íqan (Book of Certitude).
Keywords: Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Prerequisites of the true seeker; Search; Spirituality; Tablet of the True Seeker

Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality: Introduction - Momen,Moojan (Lights of Irfan, 2010)
The conflict in Islam between philosopher-mystics who adhere to the philosophy of existential oneness (wahdat al-wujud) and those who oppose this view as heresy.
See Momen's translation of this Tablet. Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/momen_haqiqa. Also available in corrected Microsoft Word format, prepared by Mike Thomas (2024).
Keywords: Dualism; Irfán Colloquia; Islam; Lawh-i-Basítatu'l-Haqíqah (Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality); Monism; Pantheism and panentheism; Philosophy; Sufism; Unity of existence (vaḥdatu’l-vujúd)

Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality: Translation - Bahá'u'lláh (Lights of Irfan, 2010)
See translator's introduction to this Tablet. Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/momen_haqiqa.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Dualism; Irfán Colloquia; Islam; Lawh-i-Basítatu'l-Haqíqah (Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality); Monism; Philosophy; Sufism; Unity of existence (vaḥdatu’l-vujúd)

Tablet of the Universe (Lawh-i-Aflákiyyih) - Abdul-Bahá (Makátib-i 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 1997)
A theological description of reality, with reference to Ptolemy and Al-Farabi.
Translator anonymous by request, but translated with assistance of Ahang Rabbani. See a short letter from the Universal House of Justice on the historical background of this tablet, which mentions that this Tablet was written at the request of Bahá’u’lláh sometime between 1876 and 1883.
Keywords: Farabi; God, Worlds of; Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of the Universe); Manifestations of God; Philosophy; Ptolemy; Science; Theology; Universe; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet of the Veil (Lawh-i-Qina') - Bahá'u'lláh (Rituals in Babism and Bahá'ísm, 1994)
A one-paragraph Tablet about the rise of the Mahdi and numerology of the letters alif, sad, and waw, and the numbers 6, 11, 13, and 60.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Qina (Tablet of the Veil); Reversal, Mystery of (Shaykhism, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Lawh-i-Qina)

Tablet of the Vision - Bahá'u'lláh (1999)
Keywords: Lawh-i-Ruya (Tablet of the Vision); Maid of Heaven

Tablet of the Waves (Lawh-i-Amvaj) - Bahá'u'lláh (1998)
Translation of Lawh-i-Amvaj.
Posted to H-Bahá'í in August of 1998; presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #28, London England, July 2000; translation revised in June of 2001.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Lawh-i-Amvaj (Tablet of the Waves)

Tablet of the Wondrous (Lawh-i-al-`Ajab) - Bahá'u'lláh (Rituals in Babism and Baha'ism, 1994)
MacEoin's book notes: "Original text from Adi'a, pp. 153-8."
Keywords: Hur-i-Ujab (Tablet of the Wondrous Maiden)

Tablet of Unity - Bahá'u'lláh (Lights of Irfan, 2001)
Refers to unities of religion, words, ritual acts, ranks, wealth, and souls.
Note: this is an early draft of the presentation, which may have been changed before publication. Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/momen_unity.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Irfán Colloquia; Lawh-i-Ittihad (Tablet of Unity)

Tablet of Unity - Bahá'u'lláh (1996)
Original text published in Ad`iyyih-i-Mahbub, pp. 388-406.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Lawh-i-Ittihad (Tablet of Unity)

Tablet of Vision - Bahá'u'lláh (1996)
Translation of Lawh-i-Ru'yá.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Lawh-i-Ruya (Tablet of the Vision); Maid of Heaven

Tablet of Visitation for Imám Husayn (Lawh-i-Zíyárat-Namih-i-Imám Husayn) - Bahá'u'lláh (2002)
Tablet in honor of Imam Husayn, the prince of martyrs, with whom Bahá'u'lláh identified in a mystical connection.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Imam Husayn; Imams; Islam; Lawh-i-Ziyarat-Namih-i-Imam Husayn (Tablet of Visitation for Imam Husayn); Tablets of Visitation

Tablet of Visitation for Mulla Muhammad 'Ali-i-Barfurushi (Quddús) (Ziyarat-Namih-i-Mullá Muhammad \'Alí-i-Barfurushí) - Báb, The (Rituals in Babism and Bahá'ísm, 1994)
A tablet written by the Bab in honor of Quddus.
Keywords: Báb, Writings of; Letters of the Living; Quddús; Tablets of Visitation; Ziyarat-Namih-i-Mulla Muhammad `Ali-i-Barfurushi (Tablets of Visitation for Mulla Muhammad `Ali-i-Barfurushi (Quddus))

Tablet of Visitation for the wife of the Bab, Khadijih Begum - Bahá'u'lláh (1997)
Translation of and brief commentary on a tablet in honor of Khadijeh Bagum.
First posted to h-net.org.
Keywords: Báb, Family of; Báb, Writings of; Khadijih Bagum (wife of the Báb); Tablets of Visitation; Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Khadijih Begum (Tablet of Visitation for the wife of the Báb, Khadijih Begum)

Tablet of Visitation for Vahid-i Darabi (Lawh-i-Ziyarát-i-Vahíd-i-Darabí) - Bahá'u'lláh
Tablet for the leader of the 1850 uprising at Nayriz.
See also The Family of Vahid Darabi.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Lawh-i-Ziyarat-i-Vahid-i-Darabi (Tablet of Visitation for Vahid-i Darabi); Tablets of Visitation; Vahid (Siyyid Yahyay-i-Darabi)

Tablet of Wisdom (Lawh-i-hikmat) - Cole,Juan (1995)
Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom); Philosophy

Tablet of Wisdom (Lawh-i-Hikmat): Study Guide - Davoodi,Fariborz Alan, compiler (2017)
Lengthy study guide, with the Arabic original, compiled by a group of six study group participants.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom); Study guides

Tablet of Wisdom (Lawh-i-Hikmat): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Immediate knowledge; Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom); Outlines and summaries; Philosophy; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of Wisdom Questions and Answers - Abdul-Bahá (Ethel Jenner Rosenberg, the Life and Times of England's Outstanding Bahá'í Pioneer Worker, 1995)
Authorized translation of unpublished Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá to Ethel Rosenberg in 1906 in reply to her questions about historical statements in the Lawh-i-Hikmat.
Prepared by the Research Department, Bahá'í World Centre, also available on bahai.org.
Keywords: Alexander the Great; Authenticity; Bible; Christianity; Contradictions; Criticism and apologetics; History (general); Interfaith dialogue; Judaism; Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom); Philosophers; Philosophy; Questions and answers; Science; Torah; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet of [Mount] Carmel (Lawh-i-Karmil): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Terry,Peter; Brownstein,Ted; Lambden,Stephen (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Bahá'í World Centre; Charters of the Bahá'í Faith; Haifa, Israel; Israel; Jerusalem, Israel; Lawh-i-Karmil (Tablet of Carmel); Mount Carmel; Mountains; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl) - Bahá'u'lláh (Iqtidarat)
Tablet on "the legitimacy of figurative scripture interpretation."
This translation and its introduction were adapted, with permission, from posts to an email discussion list.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Interpretation; Islam; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Lawh-i-Ta'wíl (Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture); Laws; Quran; Scripture; Sufism; Wisdom

Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl) - Bahá'u'lláh (2001)
An undated tablet from the Akka period on the interpretation of sacred scripture, with references to previous Tablets revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Asl-i-Kullu’l-Khayr (Words of Wisdom) and Lawh-i-Maqsúd (Tablet of Maqsúd).
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Asl-i-Kullul-Khayr (Words of Wisdom); Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Islam; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Lawh-i-Maqsud (Tablet of Maqsud); Lawh-i-Ta'wíl (Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture); Laws; Obligatory prayer; Quran; Scripture; Sufism; Wisdom

Tablet on Marriage (Lawh-i-Nikáh) - Bahá'u'lláh (1994)
Type copied from Rituals in Babism and Bahá'ísm (Pembroke Persian Papers Series: London, 1994), updated in 1999, and formatted for the web in 2001.
Keywords: Marriage

Tablet on the Birth of the Greatest Name II - Universal House of Justice (2004)
Short letter about a tablet revealed in commemoration of Bahá'u'lláh's birthday.
Letter submitted by recipient.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of; Greatest Name; Holy days; Lawh-i-Imawlud-i-'Ism-i-A'zám (Tablet on the Birth of the Greatest Name II)

Tablet on the Birth of the Greatest Name II (Lawh-i-Imawlud-i-'Ism-i-A'zám) - Bahá'u'lláh (1999)
Tablet revealed in commemoration of Bahá'u'lláh's birthday (November 12, 1817).
See a Letter from the Universal House of Justice about this tablet. See also a Tablet Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh Commemorating His Birth.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of; Greatest Name; Holy days; Lawh-i-Imawlud-i-'Ism-i-A'zám (Tablet on the Birth of the Greatest Name II)

Tablet on the Daystar of Divine Beauty - Bahá'u'lláh (2003)
Poetic Tablet of Bahá’u’lláh dating from the Baghdád, Istanbul, or Edirne periods.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Poetry of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Lawh-i-Shams-i-Jamal-i-Ilah (Tablet on the Daystar of Divine Beauty); Poetry

Tablet on the Debasement of Persia - Abdul-Bahá (1923)
Short comment by Abdu'l-Bahá on the present debasement of Persia and its future glory, date unknown, shared by the Guardian in a letter to the US NSA in 1923.
Keywords: Europe; Growth; Iran (documents); Persecution

Tablet on the Greatest Name (Lawh-i Ism-i A'zám) - Abdul-Bahá (Rituals in Babism and Bahá'ísm, 1994)
Explanation of the numerological significances of Bahá’ and the ringstone symbol.
Keywords: Abjad system; Bahá (title); Greatest Name; Numerology; Ringstone symbol; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet on the Inmost Heart - Abdul-Bahá (2001)
On the four balances (scales) with which people weigh reality, significance, and the divine questions: the balance of the senses, the balance of reason, the balance of tradition, and the balance of inspiration; the divine balance is the inmost heart.
Keywords: Certitude; Heart; Knowledge; Philosophy; Purity; Reason; Tablet on the Inmost Heart; Truth; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet on the Passing of Mirza 'Abu'l-Fadl-i-Gulpáygání (Lawh-i-az Hadrat-i-`Abdu'l-Bahá' pas az Su'udi-i-Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl-i-Gulpáygání) - Abdul-Bahá (2000)
Keywords: In Memoriam; Mírzá Abu’l-Faḍl Gulpáygání; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet on the Right of the People (Lawh-i haqq al-nas) - Bahá'u'lláh (2016)
On some situations relating to a person’s private rights, in this case theft and debt, with a larger meditation on the spiritual rights a person earns through righteous deeds, and God’s promise to reward good deeds and punish the wrong.
Commissioned by and mirrored with permission from Windflower Translations. This translation is also available in PDF, and see also Persian side by side with the English translation. See also a translation by Mehran Ghassempour.
Keywords: Active force and its recipient; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Correspondance (concept); Cosmology; Dreams and visions; Ethics; God, Worlds of; Huqúqu'lláh; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Lawh-i Haqqun-Nas (Tablet of the Right of the People); Laws; Life after death (afterlife); Metaphors and allegories; Philosophy; Reward and punishment; Soul

Tablet on the Simple Reality, The (Lawḥ-i-Basíṭu'l-Ḥaqíqih) - Bahá'u'lláh (2023)
Bahá’u’lláh’s Tablet of the Simple Reality examines Mullá Ṣadrá's dictum "The Simple Reality is all things," providing a nuanced, non-pantheistic interpretation.
Mirrored with permission from joshuahalltranslations.com, which includes the below interlinear file containing the original Persian and Arabic, as well as Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet on the Simple Reality (Lawḥ-i-Basíṭu’l-Ḥaqíqih): An Introductory Analysis.
Keywords: Avicenna (Ibn Sina); Causality (causation); Creation; Dualism; God; Lawh-i-Basítatu'l-Haqíqah (Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality); Manifestations of God; Monism; Mulla Sadra; Mysticism; Pantheism and panentheism; Philosophy; Signs; Sufism; Thomas Aquinas; Unity of existence (vaḥdatu’l-vujúd)

Tablet on the Struggle for Survival (Lawh-i-Tanázu'-i Baqá) - Abdul-Bahá (Khitabát, 1984)
This Tablet illuminates a very important aspect of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's response to Darwinism, which is His teaching that "struggle for survival," far from being innate to human nature, is really an erroneous notion, or at least a notion characterizing human
Keywords: Charles Darwin; Charles Darwin; Evolution; Lawh-i-Tanázu'-i Baqá (Tablet on the Struggle for Survival); Philosophy; Science; Struggle for survival; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet on the Unity of Existence (Sharh Wahdat al-Wujúd) - Abdul-Bahá (2001)
Original published in Makátib-i 'Abdu'l-Bahá, vol. 3, pp. 354-358, and Min Makátib-i 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 274-277.[1] Provisional translation provided by the Bahá'í World Centre, with notes by Keven Brown. See also Brown's article 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Response to the Doctrine of the Unity of Existence.
Keywords: Archetypes; Commentary on the Unity of Existence; Creation; Interfaith dialogue; Philosophy; Sufism; Unity of existence (vaḥdatu’l-vujúd); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet on Understanding the Cause of Opposition to the Manifestations of God - Bahá'u'lláh (2016)
Summary of some themes from the Kitab-i-Iqan, concluding with a long prayer inviting the reader to see with his/her "own eyes."
Commissioned by, and mirrored with permission from, Windflower Translations. This translation is also available in PDF, and see also Persian side by side with the English translation. In the Partial Inventory, BH00528, this is named "Lawh-i-Bismillih".
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bible; Christianity; Independent investigation of truth; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Lawh-i-Bismillih or Lawh-i-irfán-i'illat-i-i'rád (Tablet on Understanding the Cause of Opposition to the Manifestations of God); Manifestations of God; Opposition; Prayer texts; Prophecies; Quran; Return; Truth

Tablet Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh Commemorating His Birth - Bahá'u'lláh (2016)
A short tablet by Bahá'u'lláh in which he commemorates his birthday (November 12, 1817), proclaims the greatness of his cause, and exhorts all to turn to God and recognise his revelation.
Published in al-Ayyam at-Tis'ah. To comment on or improve this translation, please email the translator.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of; Holy days

Tablet to `Ali Pasha III (Lawh-i-Ra'ís III) - Bahá'u'lláh (Star of the West, 1911)
This is the second tablet by this name, but the third to be sent to `Ali Pasha. For details see Taherzadeh, The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh Vol. 3 p. 33.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Rais (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha); Tablets to kings and rulers

Tablet to 'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát (Lawh-i-'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát) - Abdul-Bahá (2002)
Short one-paragraph Tablet concerning the grades or degrees of certainty.
Posted to Tarjuman listserver by K. Fananapazir July 2002; web edition proofread and annotated by M. Wolf.
Keywords: Abraham; Certitude; Islam; Judaism; Lawh-i-Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat (Tablet to Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat); Quran; Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet to a Physician (Lawh-i-Tibb) - Universal House of Justice (2000)
On translations of Bahá'u'lláh's "Tablet of Medicine/Tablet to the Physician"; includes a partial provisional translation.
Transmitted by email. Submitted by and posted with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Diet; Health and healing; Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet to a Physician); Lifestyle

Tablet to a Physician (Lawh-i-Tibb) - Universal House of Justice (1989)
Complete version of a letter which has been excerpted in various compilations.
This letter originally appeared in the Australian Bahá'í Bulletin (September 1989), p. 4. See Khazeh Fananapazir and Stephen Lambden, "Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of Medicine: Introduction, Provisional Translation and Notes," in Bahá'í Studies Bulletin 6:4-7:2 (October 1992), pp. 18-65. While that is not yet online, some of its notes are: bahai-library.com/wilmette_lawh_tibb_notes. See also translations and study guides: bahai-library.com/title/tibb.
Keywords: Health and healing; Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet to a Physician); Lifestyle

Tablet to Abu'l-Hasan Mírzá (Lawh-i-Abu'l-Hasan Mírzá) - Abdul-Bahá (Eminent Bahá'ís in the Time of Bahá'u'lláh, 1985)
Short one-paragraph tablet from H. M. Balyuzi's Eminent Bahá’ís.
Keywords: Abu'l-Hasan Mírzá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet to Amir Khan and Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Universal House of Justice (1996)
Three letters about Abdu'l-Bahá'ís Tablet to Amír Khán; one letter about the Tablet of the Holy Mariner, the "Call of God," and Native American Prophets; short note from David Ruhe about Deganawida.
These documents were first posted as an appendix to An Exegesis of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet to Amír Khán by Christopher Buck and Donald Addison, hence the page numbers at the bottoms of the scans.
Keywords: Deganawida (Great Peacemaker); Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic); Maid of Heaven; Native American messengers; Native Americans; Research Department, Questions and answers; Tablet to Amir Khan; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet to Áqá Mírzá Áqá (Lawh-i-Áqá Mírzá Áqá): Excerpt - Bahá'u'lláh (Eminent Bahá'ís in the Time of Bahá'u'lláh, 1985)
Short one-paragraph tablet to The Báb's aunt's son, from H. M. Balyuzi's Eminent Bahá’ís.
Keywords: Afnan; Aqa Mírzá Aqay-i-Afnan (Nurud-Din); Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Lawh-i-Aqa Mírzá Aqa (Tablet to Aqa Mírzá Aqa)

Tablet to Ashraf - Bahá'u'lláh (2016)
Guidance to three men who later became martyrs, news to share about Bahá'u'lláh, and comments on the nature of his revelation.
Commissioned by, and mirrored with permission from, Windflower Translations. This translation is also available in PDF, and see also Arabic side by side with the English translation.
Keywords: Ashraf (Siyyid Ashraf-i Zanjani); Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Edirne, Turkey; Independent investigation of truth; Lawh-i Ashraf (Tablet to Ahsraf); Proofs; Turkey

Tablet to Auguste Forel - Abdul-Bahá (Baha'i World, 1976)
A letter of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, in reply to questions asked by the Swiss scientist Auguste-Henri Forel, dated 21 September 1921.
Also download as formatted PDF. See also the official version on bahai.org. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here. See also Persian version. In the version at bahai.org, paragraph 2 starts with "Numerous copies of the epistle I had written to Dr. Fisher....", and a note has been added: "Based on historical documents, it is possible that “Dr. Fisher” refers to Dr. Josephine Fallscheer."
Keywords: Advancement of civilization; Animals; Arts and crafts; Auguste Forel; Body; Causality (causation); Creation; Dreams and visions; Ether (concept); Evidence of absence (concept); God; God, Names of; Intellect; Inventions; Josephine Fallscheer; Kingdoms, Physical; Life after death (afterlife); Manifestations of God; Mental faculties; Mind; Mind, spirit, soul; Mirrors; Nature; Philosophers; Philosophy; Primal Will; Proofs; Reality of things; Reason; Science; Senses; Soul; Sun; Tablet to Auguste Forel; Teachings; Tree (metaphor); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet to Fuad - Bahá'u'lláh (1997)
See an authorized translation of this Tablet at bahai-library.com/writings/bahaullah/slh/fuad.html.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Fuad Páshá; Lawh-i-Fuad (Tablet to Fuad Pasha)

Tablet to Fuad (Lawh-i-Fuad): Translator's introduction, and bio from Encyclopedia Britannica - Cole,Juan (1997)
See Cole's translation at bahai-library.com/bahaullah_lawh_fuad_cole, and an authorized translation at bahai-library.com/writings/bahaullah/slh/fuad.html,
Keywords: 1860s; 1869; Biography; Fuad Páshá; Lawh-i-Fuad (Tablet to Fuad Pasha); Royal We (pronoun)

Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Kamálu'd-Dín (Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Kamalu'd-Dín): Excerpt - Bahá'u'lláh (2002)
Brief comments by Bahá'u'lláh on the Isaac/Ishmael controversy.
Keywords: Abraham; Bible; Christianity; Criticism and apologetics; Discrepancies; Hájí Mírzá Kamalud-Din; Interfaith dialogue; Isaac (Bible); Ishmael (Bible); Islam; Judaism; Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Kamalud-Din (Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Kamalud-Din); Quran; Sacrifice

Tablet to Hájí Muhammad Sádiq Khán (Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad Sádiq Khán): Excerpt - Abdul-Bahá (Eminent Bahá'ís in the Time of Bahá'u'lláh, 1985)
Short one-paragraph tablet from H. M. Balyuzi's Eminent Bahá’ís.
Typed from Hasan Balyuzí, Eminent Bahá‘ís in the Time of Bahá‘u‘lláh. (George Ronald, Oxford: 1985).
Keywords: Hájí Muhammad Sadiq Khan; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní): Excerpts - Bahá'u'lláh (1986)
Excerpts translated by Christopher and Nahzy Buck in Studies in Bábí and Bahá’í History vol. 3 (Kalimát Press, 1986) and by Shoghi Effendi in Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Imam Husayn; Imams; Lawh-i-Nasir or Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasir-i-Qazvini); Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal)

Tablet to Hardegg (Lawh-i-Hirtík): A Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh to the Templer Leader Georg David Hardegg - Lambden,Stephen; Ekbal,Kamran (Lights of Irfan, 2003)
A Tablet addressed to the German Templer/Templar leader Georg David Hardegg including the proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh as the Promised One and the return of the Father to earth.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #22, London (August 27-29, 1999). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/22/ekbal_hertik. First published in Bahá'í Studies Bulletin 2:1 (1983). See also related files and commentary on Lambden's website, and see A Study of the German Templers Movement and Its Relationship with the Bahá'í Faith (F. Izadinia, 2014).
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Christianity; Georg David Hardegg; Haifa, Israel; Irfán Colloquia; Lawh-i-Hirtik (Tablet to Hardegg); Prophecies; Templer Society (German Templer colony)

Tablet to Hasan-i-Sháhábadí (Lawh-i-Hasan-i-Sháhábadí) - Bahá'u'lláh (2002)
A tablet from the Akka period, addressed to a certain Hasan living in Sháhábad of Arak in central Irán, in which Bahá'u'lláh comments on Muhammad as the "Seal of the Prophets."
Keywords: Adamic Cycle; Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); Finality; Hour (prophecy); Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Lawh-i-Hasan-i-Shahabadi (Tablet to Hasan-i-Shahabadi); Moon; Muhammad (Prophet); Prophecies; Seal of the Prophets

Tablet to Ibráhím George Kheiralla - Abdul-Bahá (1900)
Short two-paragraph tablet to, and prayer on behalf of, an individual believer (translated by the recipient himself).
Keywords: Ibrahim George Kheiralla; Prayer texts; Tablet to Ibrahim George Kheiralla; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet to Ismael on Annihilation in God (Lawh-i-Ismael) - Abdul-Bahá (2002)
Short mention of faná', the mystical annihilation of the self, "which is none other than being a total sacrifice in His Lordship."
Keywords: Lawh-i-Ismael (Tablet to Ismael on Annihilation in God); Mysticism; Sacrifice; Self-annihilation (fana); Servitude; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet to Jamal-i-Burujirdi (Lawh-i-Jamál-i-Burujirdí) - Bahá'u'lláh (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1991)
Tablet to a one-time Covenant-breaker, also known as the Tablet of Beauty.
See also Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet to Burujirdi and Biographies of Jamal-i-Burujirdi. Click here for Persian text.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Jamal-i-Burujirdi; Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi (Tablets to Jamal-i-Burujirdi); Manifestations of God; Teaching; Unity

Tablet to Jamál-i-Burujirdí (Lawh-i-Jamál-i-Burujirdí) - Abdul-Bahá (2003)
Tablet to a one-time Covenant-breaker on the importance of obedience to the Covenant.
See also Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to Burujirdi and Biographies of Jamal-i-Burujirdi.
Keywords: Covenant; Jamal-i-Burujirdi; Lawh-i-Jamal-i-Burujirdi (Tablets to Jamal-i-Burujirdi); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet to Jináb-i-Mullá 'Alí-Akbar fí ardi'l-álif - Bahá'u'lláh (Lights of Irfan, 2008)
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #76, Centre for Bahá'í Studies, Acuto, Italy (July 6-10, 2007). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/76/savi_tablet. See also translator's introduction to this tablet. See also proofread Microsoft Word version, prepared by Mike Thomas (2023). In the Partial Inventory, BH00305, this is titled "Namaz-i-Hajat" [-A.B.]
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Irfán Colloquia; Prayer texts; Salat-i-Hajat or Salat-i-Liqá (Prayer of the Needs or Reunion prayer)

Tablet to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Concerning the Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria: Baha'u'llah on Hinduism and Zoroastrianism - Bahá'u'lláh (1995)
Introduction to, article about, and translation of the Tablet to Maneckji.
This document was compiled by M. Foster from multiple unformatted listserver postings, and later edited by J. Winters. It may be incomplete or improperly formatted. See also Foster's uncorrected version (from which this is mirrored, with permission). Alternate spellings Maneckji and Manekji.
Keywords: Abrogation and confirmation of laws; Adam and Eve; Avatars; Bhagavad Gita; Book of Juk; Caste system; Christianity; Conversion; Cosmology; Creation; Creation; Decline and renewal of religion; Dualism; Food; God; God, Word of; Hinduism; I am all the Prophets (phrase); Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Krishna; Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib); Laws; Mahabad (prophet); Mahatma Gandhi; Manifestations of God; Manikchi Limji Hataria; Meat; Monism; Mysticism; Mírzá Abu’l-Faḍl Gulpáygání; Paradise; Philosophy; Progressive revelation; Purity; Qiblih; Reincarnation; Relativism; Return; Rituals; Silence; Sufism; Tabernacle of Unity (book); Unity of religion; Upanishads; Vedanta; Yoga Vasistha (Book of Juk); Zoroaster (Zarathustra); Zoroastrianism

Tablet to Mullá Muhammad Báqir-i Tabrízí: Extracts - Báb, The (1998)
Extract from a Tablet of the Bab to the 13th Letter of the Living, in reply to his question about Man yuzhiruhu'lláh, "He Whom God will make Manifest."
The latest revised and corrected version, including the original text, is available at https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/398.
Keywords: Báb, Writings of; He Whom God shall make manifest; Mullá Muhammad Báqir-i Tabrizi; Poetry; Tablet to Mulla Muhammad Baqir-i Tabrizi; Tablets of the Báb to the Letters of the Living

Tablet to Nasiri'd Din Shah (Lawh-i-Sultan) - Bahá'u'lláh (1997)
Complete tablet, as translated by both Shoghi Effendi and E.G. Browne. With introduction by Sen McGlinn.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Sultan (Tablet to Nasirid-Din Shah); Tablets to kings and rulers; Translation, Parallel; Travelers Narrative (book)

Tablet to Násiri'd Din Sháh (Lawh-i-Sultán) - Bahá'u'lláh (Baha'i Scriptures, 1923)
The transliteration of some words has been updated; see appendix.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Sultan (Tablet to Nasirid-Din Shah); Tablets to kings and rulers

Tablet to Queen Victoria (Lawh-i-Malikih) - Bahá'u'lláh
Compiled by Mehdi Wolf (2001) from Bahá'í Scriptures and the selection of passages translated by Shoghi Effendi found in The Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf and Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria); Tablets to kings and rulers

Tablet to Rada'r-Rúh - Bahá'u'lláh (1986)
Raḍa’r-Rúḥ, a believer from Mashad, received this tablet shortly after Bahá'u'lláh arrived in Akka. In it, Bahá'u'lláh describes being pleased about the recent declaration of Christian doctor named Faris.
Mirrored with permission from Wildflower Translations. Translated by Nosrat M. Hosseini, edited by Christopher Buck. See also the Arabic text.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Alexandria, Egypt; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Christianity; Conversion; Egypt; Faris Effendi; Lawh-i-Radar-Ruh (Tablet to Radar-Ruh); Nabíl-i-A‘ẓam; Radar-Ruh

Tablet to Sháh-Muhammad-Amín (Amínu'l-Bayán) (Lawh-i-Amínu'l-Bayán): Excerpt - Bahá'u'lláh; Universal House of Justice (2003)
Excerpt of a tablet revealed in honour of the first Trustee of Huquq’u’lláh, surnamed the “Trusted of the Bayán," with introductory letter from the House of Justice.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Lawh-i-Aminul-Bayan (Tablet to Shah-Muhammad-i-Manshadi (Aminul-Bayan)); Persecution; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution, Iran; Research Department, Questions and answers; Shah-Muhammad-i-Manshadi (Aminul-Bayan); Varqa; Varqá, Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad

Tablet to Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II (Lawh-i-Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II) - Bahá'u'lláh (Eminent Bahá'ís in the Time of Bahá'u'lláh, 1985)
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Hud (Prophet); Iran (documents); Isfahan, Iran; Jesus Christ; King of Martyrs and Beloved of Martyrs; Lawh-i-Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II (Tablet to Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar II); Martyrs; Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan (King of Martyrs); Mírzá Muhammad-Husayn (Beloved of Martyrs); Opposition; Persecution; Persecution; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution, Iran; Salih (Prophet); Shaykh Káẓim-i-Samandarí; Shaykh Muhammad-Baqir Isfahani (the Wolf); She-Camel; She-Serpent; Symbolism

Tablet To the Beloved of God in General in America - Abdul-Bahá (By Thy Strengthening Grace, 2006)
Tablet sent in response to a petition signed by American believers in 1905, including Rose Hilty and Mary Miller of Kansas.
Keywords: Ethics; Teaching; Tests and difficulties; United States (documents); Unity; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace, The Hague (Lawh-i-Hague) - Abdul-Bahá (2019)
Updated, authorized translation of both Tablets (1919 and 1920), described by Shoghi Effendi as of "far-reaching importance," was despatched to Executive Committee for a Durable Peace at The Hague by a special delegation.
See also HTML format at bahai.org.
Keywords: 1919; 1920; Central Organization for a Durable Peace; Lawh-i-Hague (Tablet to The Hague); Netherlands; Peace; Principles; Second Tablet to The Hague; The Hague, Netherlands; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace, The Hague (Lawh-i-Hague) - Abdul-Bahá (1919)
A letter written by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’ to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace, The Hague, December 17, 1919. Translators unknown.
Complete Translation assembled from Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá‘, pp. 296-307, and from The Bahá'í Revelation, pp. 208-19. This translation was later updated by the Bahá'í World Centre (2002).
Keywords: Central Organization for a Durable Peace; Lawh-i-Hague (Tablet to The Hague); Netherlands; Peace; The Hague, Netherlands; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet to the Cousin (Lawh-i-Pisar-'Amm): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Ayman,Iraj (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Pisar-Amm (Tablet to the Cousin); Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet to the Kings (Súratu'l-Mulúk): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Outlines and summaries; Suriy-i-Muluk (Surih to the Kings); Tablets to kings and rulers; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet to the Physician, or Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i-Tibb): Notes - Lambden,Stephen (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1992)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Health and healing; Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet to a Physician); Lifestyle; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet to the Physician, or Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i-Tibb): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Health and healing; Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet to a Physician); Lifestyle; Outlines and summaries; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet to the Premier [Ali Pasha] (Lawh-i-Ra'ís): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Rais (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha); Outlines and summaries; Puppet shows; Tablets to kings and rulers; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh; World is an illusion or play

Tablet to the Sultan [Alí Páshá] (Súriy-i-Ra'ís) - Bahá'u'lláh (Baha'i Scriptures, 1923)
Keywords: Suriy-i-Rais (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha); Tablets to kings and rulers

Tablet to the Sultan [Nasiri'd-Din Shah]: Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Sultan (Tablet to Nasirid-Din Shah); Outlines and summaries; Tablets to kings and rulers; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet to The Times of London - Bahá'u'lláh (Revelation of Baha'u'llah, 1987)
Short tablet calling newspapers to investigate the Truth.
Translator not named, may be Taherzadeh.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Iran (documents); Lawh-i-Times (Tablet to the Times); London, England; Media (communication); News; Newspapers; Opposition; Persecution; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution, Iran; Press (media); Truthfulness; United Kingdom

Tablet to the Zoroastrians (Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdaní) - Bahá'u'lláh (1997)
From Majmu`ih-i Matbu`ih-yi Alvah (Cairo: Sa`adat, 1920/ Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1979), pp. 247-251.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdani (Tablet to the Zoroastrians); Zoroastrianism

Tablet to Varqá Regarding the Prince and King of Martyrs (Lawh-i-Varqá dar barih-yi-Mahbubu wa Sultánu'sh-Shuhada) - Bahá'u'lláh (Eminent Bahá'ís in the Time of Bahá'u'lláh, 1985)
Short tablet of tribute to the King and Beloved of the Martyrs, from H. M. Balyuzi's Eminent Bahá’ís.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Iran (documents); King of Martyrs and Beloved of Martyrs; Lawh-i-Varqa dar barih-yi-Mahbubu wa Sultanush-Shuhada (Tablet to Varqa regarding the King of Martyrs and Beloved of Martyrs); Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan (King of Martyrs); Mírzá Muhammad-Husayn (Beloved of Martyrs); Persecution; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution, Iran; Varqa; Varqá, Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad

Tablets and Utterances of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Quoted in Compilations and Letters of the Universal House of Justice - Universal House of Justice (2003)
Discusses the authenticity of quotations included in letters from the Universal House of Justice, plus comments on pilgrims' notes.
Submitted by and name retained with permission of recipient. See also original PDF.
Keywords: Authenticity; Chastity; Pilgrims notes; Research Department, Questions and answers; Sexuality; Tests and difficulties; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablets concerning the Divine Test: Surat al-Mubahalah - Bahá'u'lláh (2000)
Bahá'u'lláh's writings about the divine test between Bahá'u'lláh and Mirza Yahya at the Sultan Selim Mosque in Edirne in September, 1867, which led to the final schism between the Bahá'ís and the Azali Babis.
Adapted from h-net.org/~bahai/trans/vol4/mubahal.htm.
Keywords: Azali Bábís; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Edirne, Turkey; Most Great Separation; Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal); Surat al-Mubahalah (Surah of the Divine Test); Turkey

Tablets Containing Instructions - Abdul-Bahá (1906)
Described by Abdu'l-Bahá as a few Tablets revealed for believers in Persia; if they are translated and spread in the West it will not be without effect ... Print them and circulate them amongst the believers in all those parts. [paraphrased from intro]
The translators' names are not given, but the line on page 1 "translated by M. A. E." would be M. Ahmad Esphahani, i.e. Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, and "translated by A. K. K." on the last page would be Ali Kuli Khan.
Keywords: Kurdistan; Tehran, Iran; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablets from 'Abdu'l-Bahá Abbás to some American Believers in the Year 1900 - Abdul-Bahá (The Board of Counsel, 1901)
Short tablets on the topics of reincarnation, vicarious atonement, the trinity, and real Christianity.
See also Tablets Revealed by The Blessed Perfection and 'Abdu'l-Bahá 'Abbás to America (1900).
Keywords: 1900; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha: Volumes 1-3 - Abdul-Bahá (1915)
The scattered use of special marks in the text is in most cases not an error; see below The first printing of this book was actually 1909 (see scan of date and title pages). Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here (includes cross-reference table to updated translations in Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
Keywords: Cross-reference; Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá (3 volumes); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh and `Abdu'l-Bahá from Star of the West - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá (Star of the West, 1978)
Compilation of tablets translated and published in Book 1 of the 1978 reprint of Star of the West, which contains all of Vol. 1, March 1910, and Vol. 2 to Number 11, September 1911.
This is a selection based on my [Sen McGlinn's] own interests, not a comprehensive electronic version. It is intended primarily as part of a broader project of preparing searchable electronic versions of all of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's works which have been translated in English. I have however included some pilgrims notes and reports relating to `Abdu'l-Bahá. The spelling in the original is often idiosyncratic, but I have corrected only a few obvious typesetting errors.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Star of the West; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas - Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1988)
Also published under the title "Fountain of Wisdom: A Collection of Writings from Baháʼu'lláh". Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Asl-i-Kullul-Khayr (Words of Wisdom); Bahji, Israel; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bisharat (Glad Tidings); Covenant; Fountain of Wisdom (book); Glad Tidings; Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih (Words of Paradise); Kitáb-i-Ahd (Book of the Covenant); Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Lawh-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Tablet); Lawh-i-Ard-i-Ba (Tablet of the Land of Ba); Lawh-i-Burhan (Tablet of the Proof); Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World); Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom); Lawh-i-Ishraqat (Tablet of Splendors); Lawh-i-Karmil (Tablet of Carmel); Lawh-i-Maqsud (Tablet of Maqsud); Lawh-i-Siyyid-i-Mihdiy-i-Dahaji (Tablet to Siyyid Mihdiy-i-Dahaji); Suriy-i-Vafa (Tablet to Vafa); Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Tajalliyat (Effulgences); Tarazat (Ornaments); Will and Testament of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas: Information on Circumstances of Revelation of Tablets - Research Department of the Universal House of Justice (1997)
List of recipients and dates of Section 17 of Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas, "Excerpts from other Tablets."
Extracted from bahai-library.com/uhj_aspects_teaching
Keywords: Dating of Writings; Identifying recipients of Tablets; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas

Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh to Muhammad Mustafa Baghdadi - Ekbal,Kamran (Safini-yi 'Irfán, 2001)
Review of the tablets of Bahá'u'lláh addressed to Muhammad Mustafa Baghdadi. [article in Persian]
Title translated by google. Please contact me if you know Persian and can improve this translation. See irfancolloquia.org/u/ekbal_baghdadi.
Keywords: Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Irfán Colloquia; Mírzá Muhammad Mustafá Baghdádí

Tablets of Baha'u'llah vol. 1: Compilation and Provisional Translations - Bahá'u'lláh (2021)
A selection of provisional translations from the Writings of Baháʼu'lláh occasionally accompanied by the commentary of the translator, and a study outline.
See also Volume 2, Volume 3, and Volume 4.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of

Tablets of Baha'u'llah vol. 2: Compilation and Provisional Translations - Bahá'u'lláh (2021)
A selection of provisional translations from the Writings of Baháʼu'lláh, occasionally accompanied by the commentary of the translator.
See also Volume 1, Volume 3, and Volume 4.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of

Tablets of Baha'u'llah vol. 3: Compilation and Provisional Translations - Bahá'u'lláh (2021)
A selection of provisional translations from the Writings of Baháʼu'lláh, occasionally accompanied by the commentary of the translator.
See also Volume 1, Volume 2, and Volume 4.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of

Tablets of Baha'u'llah vol. 4: Compilation and Provisional Translations - Bahá'u'lláh (2022)
A selection of provisional translations from the Writings of Baháʼu'lláh occasionally accompanied by the commentary of the translator, and a study outline.
See also Volume 1, Volume 2, and Volume 3.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of

Tablets of Baha'u'llah: Cross-reference between Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, the Leiden List, and Editable "Wiki" Pages - Zamir,Brett, compiler (2003)
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Cross-reference; Leiden List

Tablets of Pilgrimage (Suriy-i-Hajj): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Ayman,Iraj (1999)
In the Aqdas, Bahá'í pilgrimage is enjoined to the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad and the House of the Báb in Shíráz. This is not possible now, and pilgrims go to Haifa and Akka instead. How did this change occur?
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here and here.
Keywords: Bahji, Israel; Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of (Bahjí); Báb, House of (Shiraz); Circumambulation; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Tihran); Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Destruction; Persecution, Iran; Pilgrimage; Restoration and renovation; Shíráz, Iran; Suriy-i-Hajj (Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh); Suriy-i-Hajj (Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb); Tehran, Iran; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablets of Tarazat, World, Words of Paradise, Tajalliyat, and Glad Tidings - Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá'í Publishing Society, 1906)
Five early translations of Tablets from Akka.
Available in multiple formats at archive.org: Google version and MSN version.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Bisharat (Glad Tidings); Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih (Words of Paradise); Lawh-i-Dunya (Tablet of the World); Tajalliyat (Effulgences); Tarazat (Ornaments)

Tablets of the Divine Plan - Abdul-Bahá (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1993)
14 letters written by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá to Baháʼís in the United States and Canada between March 1916 and March 1917 on the goal of establishing the Bahá'í religion throughout the world.
Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here. See also Preface and Forewords by Horace Holley, Amin Banani, and Geoffrey Marks, traducción en español, and the authorized version on bahai.org.
Keywords: Charters of the Bahá'í Faith; Tablets of the Divine Plan; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablets of the Hair - Bahá'u'lláh (Baha'i News, 1938)
Translation of five of total eleven Tablets titled "alváḥ-i-sha‘arát".
Note accompanying 1938 publication in Bahá'í News: "This is the Tablet read by Mrs. Thomas Collins in presenting at the Convention the Guardian's gift of locks of Bahá'u'lláh's Hair. The Tablet is shared with the believers with the Guardian's permission." Though the translation had been approved by Shoghi Effendi, it was more recently (2001) sent to the Bahá'í World Center to verify its authenticity. The translation given here is an authorized translation from the BWC, approved for distribution. Translator not identified.
Keywords: Alvah-i-Sha'arat (Tablets of the Hair); Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Beauty; Chicago, IL; Cord; Hair (general); Metaphors and allegories; Phoenix; Serpent; United States (documents); Veils

Tablets Revealed by Abdul Baha Abbas to the East and West - Abdul-Bahá (Bahai Assembly of Washington, D. C., 1908)
An early collection of Tablets by 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
See Google Books for scans.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Japan; Jews; Sachiro Fujita; United States (documents); Washington, DC, USA; Zoroastrianism; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablets Revealed by The Blessed Perfection and 'Abdu'l-Bahá 'Abbás: Brought to this country by Hájí Mírzá Hasan, Mírzá Asadu'lláh, and Mírzá Husayn - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá (Board of Counsel, 1900)
Pamphlet of various quotations selected for American believers, the Healing Tablet, and a prayer for the confirmation of the American government.
The first two selections (including the Short Healing Prayer) and the last one are from Baha’u’llah; the others are by Abdu’l-Baha. See also the authorized translation of the "prayer for the American government" at bahai.org. [- A. Masumian] See also Tablets from 'Abdu'l-Bahá Abbás to some American Believers in the Year 1900.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Health and healing; Prayer texts; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablets Revealed by the Master Abdul Beha Abbas - Abdul-Bahá (1901)
Tablets revealed by Abdu'l-Bahá "To the House of Justice at Chicago, To the Ladies' Assembly of Teaching, To Mirza Assad'ullah and to other individuals, also one to the Believers in Persia."
Keywords: Chicago, IL; Mírzá Asadullah Fadil-i-Mazandarani; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablets Revealed in Honor of the Greatest Holy Leaf - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá (National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada, 1933)
Short collection of passages compiled by Shoghi Effendi for sharing with the United States and Canada, introduced with a cover letter by him.
Keywords: Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf)