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May 18, 2018

Prayer by the Guardian unto the Most Exalted One [the Báb]

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-- provisional translation by Joshua Hall Our Lord, the Most Exalted One! We beseech Thee by the reality of Thy blood spilt upon the dust ...
April 5, 2018

Revealed by Baha’u’llah for ‘Abdu’l-Baha

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-- provisional translation O Thou Greatest Branch! Thy letter was surely presented before this Oppressed One, and I heard that which...
March 14, 2018

Tablet of the Howdah (Lawh-i-Hawdaj/Samsun) – by Baha’u’llah

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--provisional translation by Stephen N. Lambden [Sighting from His howdah the Black Sea, as He approached the port of Samsun, Bahá'u...
January 18, 2018

Panj Kanz (The Five Treasures) - an oral discourse given by Baháʼuʼlláh in Baghdád to a group of expatriate Persian princes, transcribed by Nabíl-i-Zarandí, who was present.

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-- provisional translation by Adib Masumian [ An authorized version of Nabíl-i-Zarandí’s transcription of the Panj Kanz, prepared by th...
July 14, 2017

A Tablet by Baha’u’llah to the Persian Zoroastrian Baha’is. Revealed in the purest Persian language, without any Arabic words.

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-- provisional translation by Ahmad Sohrab In the Name of God the Peerless! Glory is due unto God, the Discoverer, who, through one...
June 14, 2017

Two Excerpts from Star of the West – by Baha’u’llah

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O friends! in this day the door of heaven is opened by the key of the godly Name, the ocean of generosity is manifested and is rolling, bef...
May 17, 2017

Law-i-Liqá’ (Tablet of the Divine Presence) – by Baha’u’llah

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-- provisional translation by   Nima Rafiei He is the Eternal! Lo, We made this epistle to be the attainment of Our presence for such a...
April 14, 2017

Súrat al-A'ráb (The Súrah of the Arabs) – by Baha’u’llah

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-- provisional translation by Joshua Hall This is the Súrah of the Arabs which has been revealed by One Who is the Revealer, the Ancien...
March 8, 2017

Dalá’il-i-Sab’ih (The Seven Proofs) – by the Báb

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[The Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (Seven Proofs), the most important of the polemical works of the Báb, was revealed during that same period [M...
February 20, 2017

Lawh-i Haqqu’n-Nas (Tablet of the Right of the People) - by Baha’u’llah

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Original -- provisional translation by Mehran Ghasempour In the Name of God, the Beneficient, the Merciful Praise be to God Who...
January 18, 2017

Risáliy-i-Síyásíyyih (A Treatise on Statesmanship) – by ‘Abdu’l-Baha, 1893

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Original -- provisional translation He is God Praise and benediction are owed to the pure Lord, who made the appearance of the sa...
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 ...