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February 8, 2015

Risálah fi’s-Sulúk ilá Alláh (The Spiritual Journey towards God) – by the Báb [1]

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-- provisional translation by Todd Lawson “In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate” (Qur’an) [2] Be steadfast, O seeker...
October 20, 2014

The Persian Bayan (the introductory portion) – by the Báb

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-- provisional translation In the Name of God, the Inaccessible, the Most Holy Praise and sanctification are due to the regal substa...
August 23, 2014

Lawh-i-Maryam (Tablet to Maryam) - by Bahá’u’lláh

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-- provisional translation by Julio Savi and Faezeh Mardani Mazzoli He is sorrowful in My sorrow. O Maryam! The wrongs which I suffe...
May 17, 2014

Functioning of the Universal House of Justice – by ‘Abdu’l-Baha

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-- provisional translation by Moojan Momen He is the All-Glorious! O you who are clinging fast to the hem of Covenant, your letter w...
January 11, 2014

Commentary on the first few words of the thirtieth Súrah of the Qur'án: the Súrah of al-Rúm (Rome) – by ‘Abdu’l-Baha

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-- provisional translation by Moojan Momen (please see some background information at the end of the Tablet) He is the All- Glorious!...
September 10, 2013

Tablet of visitation in honor of Khadíjih Bagum, the wife of the Báb – by Bahá’u’áh

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-- provisional translation approved by the Universal House of Justice for inclusion in the book: 'Leaves of the Twin Divine Trees'...
June 9, 2013

Tablet of visitation for the martyrs of Nayriz, Iran – by 'Abdu'l-Bahá

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-- provisional translation He is God! O Divine Breezes, wafting over that Most Luminous Spot, convey the fire of the love of my he...
April 21, 2013

Surih-i-Sabr, or Lawh-i-Ayyub (Surih of Patience) - by Baha'u'llah

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--- Provisional translation by Khazeh Fananapazir [“… revealed as far back as the year 1863, on the very first day of His arrival in th...
February 14, 2013

Commentary on the Islamic Tradition "I was a Hidden Treasure and loved to be known. Therefore I created the Creation that I might be known." (Tafsír-i-Hadith-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfíyyan) – by ‘Abdu’l-Baha

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--- provisional translation by Moojan Moomen [Prelude] . . . And to continue: To him who looks understands these indications, it is we...
January 10, 2013

Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality (Lawh-i-Basit al-Haqiqa) – by Baha’u’llah

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--- provisional translation by Moojan Momen He is God, exalted be He in Might and Greatness! Concerning what the questioner has asked r...
October 17, 2012

The Tablet of Unity (Lawh-i Ittihád) – by Baha’u’llah

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--- provisional translation by Moojan Momen He is God! Exalted be He in Wisdom and Exposition! A letter has been received by this Wro...
October 28, 2011

Tablet of the Bell (Lawh-i-Náqús) - by Baha’u’llah

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--- provisional translation by Stephen Lambden He is the Almighty. This [Tablet] is the Meadow of Paradise wherein the melody of God,...
October 27, 2011

Tablet of the Universe (Lawh-i-Aflákiyyih) – by ‘Abdu’l-Baha

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-- provisional translation Praise be to God Who hath ever caused His Names and Attributes to penetrate the degrees of existence; Who hath...