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November 23, 2016

The Poem of Rashh-i-'Amá (The Mist of Unknown) – Revealed in the Siyah-Chal

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-- provisional translation by   Ramin Neshati Our charm bids waft the Mist of Unknown Mystery of fidelity thus flows from Our tone ...
August 18, 2016

An Epistle of the Báb to Sultan Abdu’l-Majíd

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-- provisional translation by Necati Alkan with assistance from Khazeh Fananapazir In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Mercifu...
May 12, 2016

Lawh-i-Yawm-i-Shahádat-i-Hadrat-i-A'lá (Tablet Concerning the Day of the Martyrdom of His Holiness the Báb) – by ‘Abdu’l-Baha

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[Original Tablet published in ‘Ayyam-i-Tis'ih (The Nine Days), pages 187-88] -- provisional translation by Khazeh Fananapazir O...
March 19, 2016

Tablet of Visitation for the Mother of Baha’u’llah – by Baha’u’llah

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--provisional translation by Baharieh Rouhani-Ma’ani The most honoured, esteemed and respected mothe r . He is God!   Praised b...
February 7, 2016

Lawh-i-Náqús (Tablet of the Bell) -- (Tablet of the Feast of Ridván) - by Bahá'u'lláh

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--provisional translation by Ali-Kuli Khan and Marzieh Gail [ See another provisional translation ] He is the Almighty Lord! Lo, t...
October 11, 2015

Lawh-i Kullu't-Ta'am: Tablet of All Food - by Bahá'u'lláh

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-- provisional translation by Stephen Lambden He is Supremely Powerful in accomplishing that which He willeth through a command on His pa...
September 30, 2015

Tablet of Visitation for Quddús – by the Báb

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-- provisional translation (Originally written as "Ziyarat-Namih-i-Mullá Muhammad ‘Alí-i-Barfurushí") In the Name of God, t...
August 2, 2015

Sharh Wahdat al-Wujud (Tablet on the Unity of Existence) – by ‘Abdu’l-Baha

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 -- provisional translation He is God! Those pre-eminent Sufis who founded the doctrine of the "unity of existence" [wah...
June 20, 2015

Lawh-i-Ru’yá’ (Tablet of the Vision) - by Bahá’u’lláh

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--provisional translation by Stephen Lambden In My Name, that warbleth upon the Twigs! O My Name! Hearken unto My Call which cometh ...
May 10, 2015

A letter from the Báb to His mother during His pilgrimage, circa 1844-1845

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-- provisional translation by Baharieh Rouhani Ma’ani, approved by the Universal House of Justice for inclusion in the book: 'Leaves of...
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...