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Selections From the Writings of the Báb
1: TABLETS AND ADDRESSES
- A TABLET ADDRESSED TO `HIM WHO WILL BE MADE MANIFEST'
- A SECOND TABLET ADDRESSED TO `HIM WHO WILL BE MADE MANIFEST'
- TABLET TO THE FIRST LETTER OF THE LIVING
- EXTRACTS FROM AN EPISTLE TO MUHAMMAD SHÁH
- EXTRACTS FROM ANOTHER EPISTLE TO MUHAMMAD SHÁH
- EXTRACTS FROM A FURTHER EPISTLE TO MUHAMMAD SHÁH
- EXTRACTS FROM A TABLET CONTAINING WORDS ADDRESSED TO THE SHERIF OF MECCA
- ADDRESS TO A MUSLIM DIVINE
- ADDRESS TO SULAYMÁN, ONE OF THE MUSLIM DIVINES IN THE LAND OF MASQAT
2: EXCERPTS FROM THE QAYYÚMU'L-ASMÁ
- "ALL praise be to God Who hath, through the ..."
- "O King of Islám! Aid thou, with the truth, after having ..."
- "BE thou content with the commandment of God, the ..."
- "VERILY We made the revelation of verses to be a testimony ..."
- "AS to those who deny Him Who is the Sublime Gate of ..."
- "UNTO every people We have sent down the Book in ..."
- "FEAR ye God and breathe not a word concerning His ..."
- "DO men imagine that We are far distant from the people ..."
- "DO not say, `How can He speak of God while in truth ..."
- "GLORIFIED is He besides Whom there is none other God. ..."
- "O YE servants of God! Verily, be not grieved if a thing ye ..."
- "O PEOPLES of the East and the West! Be ye fearful of God ..."
- "O QURRATU'L-`AYN! We have, verily, dilated Thine ..."
- "THE angels and the spirits, arrayed rank upon rank, ..."
- "O YE peoples of the earth! During the time of My ..."
- "O YE kinsmen of the Most Great Remembrance! This ..."
- "O QURRATU'L-`AYN! Stretch not Thy hands wide open ..."
- "O PEOPLE of Persia! Are ye not satisfied with this glorious ..."
- "O PEOPLE of the earth! By the righteousness of the One ..."
- "O THOU the Supreme Word of God! Fear not, nor be ..."
- "O CONCOURSE of Shí'ihs! Fear ye God and Our Cause ..."
- "RECITE ye as much as convenient from this Qur'án both ..."
- "ISSUE forth from your cities, O peoples of the West and ..."
- "O YE peoples of the earth! Hearken unto My call, ringing ..."
- "BE Thou patient, O Qurratu'l-`Ayn, for God hath indeed ..."
- "BY My glory! I will make the infidels to taste, with the ..."
- "THE Lord hath, in truth, inspired Me: Verily, verily, I am ..."
- "O THOU Remnant of God! I have sacrificed myself wholly ..."
- "O PEOPLES of the earth! By the righteousness of God, this ..."
- "VERILY such as ridicule the wondrous, divine Verses ..."
- "O PEOPLE of the Qur'án! Ye are as nothing unless ye ..."
- "O PEOPLES of the earth! Verily the resplendent Light of ..."
- "WHENEVER the faithful hear the verses of this Book ..."
- "O SPIRIT of God! Call Thou to mind the bounty which ..."
- "O PEOPLE of the earth! To attain the ultimate retreat in ..."
- "GOD, besides Whom there is none other true God, saith: ..."
- "THE people, during the absence of the Báb, re-enacted ..."
- "DOTH it seem strange to the people that We should have ..."
- "O PEOPLES of the earth! Verily the true God calleth ..."
- "O YE concourse of the believers! Utter not words of ..."
- "O THOU cherished Fruit of the heart! Give ear to the ..."
- "SHOULD it be Our wish, it is in Our power to compel, ..."
- "O YE peoples of the earth! By the righteousness of God, ..."
- "O HOUR of the Dawn! Ere the resplendent glory of the ..."
- "O CONCOURSE of the faithful! Verily the object of each ..."
- "GOD had, in truth, proposed Our Mission unto the ..."
- "HEARKEN unto the Voice of Thy Lord calling from ..."
- "THIS Book which We have sent down is indeed abounding ..."
- "THIS Remembrance is indeed the glorious Remnant of ..."
- "THIS Religion is indeed, in the sight of God, the essence ..."
- "O MY servants! This is God's appointed Day which the ..."
- "INDEED We conversed with Moses by the leave of God ..."
- "O QURRATU'L-`AYN! I recognize in Thee none other ..."
- "GOD, of a truth, revealed unto Me in the sacred house of ..."
- "O QURRATU'L-`AYN! Say: Verily I am the One Who is ..."
- "I AM the Mystic Fane which the Hand of Omnipotence ..."
- "AS a token of pure justice, We have indeed sent tidings ..."
3: EXCERPTS FROM THE PERSIAN BAYÁN
- "IT is better to guide one soul than to possess all ..."
- "WORSHIP thou God in such wise that if thy worship lead ..."
- "THE Day of Resurrection is a day on which the sun riseth ..."
- "THERE is no paradise, in the estimation of the believers in ..."
- "GOD loveth those who are pure. Naught in the Bayán and ..."
- "LIKEWISE consider the manifestation of the Point of the ..."
- "THERE is no doubt that the Almighty hath sent down ..."
- "SINCE that Day is a great Day it would be sorely trying ..."
- "IN the manifestation of the Apostle of God all were eagerly ..."
- "AT the time of the manifestation of Him Whom God ..."
- "YE perform your works for God from the beginning of ..."
- "GOD hath, at all times and under all conditions, been ..."
- "HOW veiled are ye, O My creatures, ... who, without ..."
- "HOW vast the number of people who are well versed in ..."
- "NO created thing shall ever attain its paradise unless it ..."
- "TWELVE hundred and seventy years have elapsed since ..."
- "BETTER is it for a person to write down but one of His ..."
- "O PEOPLE of the Bayán! Be on your guard; for on the ..."
- "SINCE all men have issued forth from the shadow of the ..."
- "O PEOPLE of the Bayán! If ye believe in Him Whom God ..."
- "THE reason why privacy hath been enjoined in moments ..."
- "IT is seemly that the servant should, after each prayer, ..."
- "AS this physical frame is the throne of the inner temple, ..."
- "AT the time of the appearance of Him Whom God shall ..."
- "EVERYONE is eagerly awaiting His appearance, yet since ..."
- "THE acts of Him Whom God shall make manifest are like ..."
- "KNOW thou that in the Bayán purification is regarded as ..."
- "IF at the time of the appearance of Him Whom God will ..."
- "IT is not permissible to ask questions from Him Whom ..."
- "THE Bayán shall constitute God's unerring balance till the ..."
- "THE One true God may be compared unto the sun and ..."
- "I SWEAR by the most holy Essence of God--exalted and ..."
- "IN this Revelation the Lord of the universe hath deigned ..."
- "THOU beholdest how vast is the number of people who ..."
- "THE substance of this chapter is this, that what is intended ..."
- "THE evidence set forth by God can never be compared ..."
- "PRAISE be to God that He hath enabled us to become ..."
- "IN the Name of God, the Most Exalted, the Most Holy. ..."
- "THE revelation of the Divine Reality hath everlastingly ..."
4: EXCERPTS FROM DALÁ'IL-I-SAB`IH (The Seven Proofs)
- "THOU hast asked concerning the fundamentals ..."
- "GRACIOUS God! Within the domains of Islám there are ..."
- "PONDER likewise the Dispensation of the Apostle of God ..."
- "CONSIDER the manifold favours vouchsafed by the ..."
- "LET Me set forth some rational arguments for thee. If ..."
- "THE recognition of Him Who is the Bearer of divine ..."
- "THE evidences which the people demanded from the ..."
- "RID thou thyself of all attachments to aught except God, ..."
- "IT is recorded in a tradition that of the entire concourse of ..."
- "THY letter hath been perused. Were the truth of this ..."
5: EXCERPTS FROM THE KITÁB-I-ASMÁ (The Book of Names)
- "GOD is sanctified from His servants and no direct relationship ..."
- "SHOULD a person lay claim to a cause and produce his ..."
- "O YE who are invested with the Bayán! Be ye watchful ..."
- "CONSIDER how at the time of the appearance of every ..."
- "TAKE heed to carefully consider the words of every soul, ..."
- "ON the Day of Resurrection when He Whom God will ..."
- "O YE unto whom the Bayán is given! Be ye vigilant lest ..."
- "VERILY God hath caused the people of the Bayán to be ..."
- "SINCE thou hast faithfully obeyed the true religion of God ..."
- "AS to those who have debarred themselves from the ..."
- "O YE who are invested with the Bayán! Ye shall be put ..."
- "SAY, He Whom God shall make manifest will surely ..."
- "PONDER upon the people unto whom the Gospel was ..."
- "SAY, ye will be unable to recognize the One True God or ..."
- "VERILY, on the First Day We flung open the gates of ..."
- "SAY, by reason of your remembering Him Whom God ..."
- "THE divine Revelation associated with the advent of Him ..."
- "SAY, verily God hath caused all created things to enter ..."
- "SAY, God shall of a truth cause your hearts to be given to ..."
- "HOW great the number of people who deck themselves ..."
6: EXCERPTS FROM VARIOUS WRITINGS
- "SAY, God is the Lord and all are worshippers unto ..."
- "GOD testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His ..."
- "FROM the beginning that hath no beginning all men have ..."
- "CONSECRATE Thou, O my God, the whole of this Tree ..."
- "HE--glorified be His mention--resembleth the sun. ..."
- "THE glory of Him Whom God shall make manifest is ..."
- "ALL men have proceeded from God and unto Him shall ..."
- "VERILY I am God, no God is there but Me, and aught ..."
- "SAY: Praise be to God Who graciously enableth whomsoever ..."
- "GLORIFIED is He to Whom pertaineth the dominion of ..."
- "O THOU who art the chosen one among women! ..."
- "GOD testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the ..."
- "WHEN the Day-Star of Bahá will shine resplendent above ..."
- "GLORY be unto Him Who is the Lord of all that are in ..."
- "IT behooveth you to await the Day of the appearance of ..."
7: PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS
- "HALLOWED be the Lord in Whose hand is the ..."
- "SEND down Thy blessings, O my God, upon the Tree of ..."
- "IMMEASURABLY glorified and exalted art Thou. How ..."
- "VERILY I am Thy servant, O my God, and Thy poor ..."
- "MAGNIFIED be Thy Name, O God. Thine in truth are the ..."
- "LAUDED be Thy Name, O God. Thou art in truth our ..."
- "GLORY be unto Thee, O God. How can I make mention ..."
- "PRAISE be unto Thee, O Lord. Forgive us our sins, have ..."
- "O GOD our Lord! Protect us through Thy grace from ..."
- "GLORY be unto Thee, O Lord my God! Nothing whatsoever ..."
- "O Lord! Render victorious Thy forbearing servants in ..."
- "GLORIFIED be Thy Name, O Lord! In whom shall I ..."
- "THOU art aware, O My God, that since the day Thou ..."
- "I AM aware, O Lord, that my trespasses have covered my ..."
- "I BEG Thee to forgive me, O my Lord, for every mention ..."
- "HOW can I praise Thee, O Lord, for the evidences of Thy ..."
- "GLORY be to Thee, O God! Thou art the God Who hath ..."
- "I IMPLORE Thee by the splendour of the light of Thy ..."
- "DO Thou ordain for me, O Lord, every good thing Thou ..."
- "HOW numerous the souls raised to life who were exposed ..."
- "GLORY be unto Thee, O Lord! Although Thou mayest ..."
- "O LORD! Enable all the peoples of the earth to gain ..."
- "VOUCHSAFE unto me, O my God, the full measure of ..."
- "GLORY be unto Thee, O Lord, Thou Who hast brought ..."
- "O LORD! Unto Thee I repair for refuge and toward all ..."
- "O LORD! Thou art the Remover of every anguish and the ..."
- "THROUGHOUT eternity Thou hast been, O my Lord, ..."
- "THE glory of glories and the most resplendent light rest ..."
- "ALL praise be unto God Who was Ever-Existent ere ..."
- "LAUDED and glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou ..."
- "GLORY be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beg Thee to ..."
- "IMMEASURABLY exalted art Thou, O my God, above the ..."
- "ALL majesty and glory, O my God, and all dominion and ..."
- "O MY God! There is no one but Thee to allay the anguish ..."
- "O MY God! I have failed to know Thee as is worthy of ..."
- "LAUDED and glorified art Thou, O Lord! Both the world ..."
- "O MY God, my Lord and my Master! I have detached ..."
- "I ADJURE Thee by Thy might, O my God! Let no harm ..."
- "I BEG Thy forgiveness, O my God, and implore pardon ..."
- "LAUDED be Thy Name, O Lord our God! Thou art in ..."
- "THROUGH Thy revelation, O my God, Thou hast enabled ..."
- "SAY: O my God! O Thou Who art the Maker of the ..."
- "GLORIFIED art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art in truth ..."
- "PRAISED and glorified art Thou, O God! Grant that the ..."
- "THOU knowest full well, O my God, that tribulations ..."
- "PRAISE be to Thee, O Lord, my Best Beloved! Make me ..."
- "O MY God, O my Lord, O my Master! I beg Thee to ..."
- "THOU seest, O my Lord, my dwelling-place in the heart ..."
- "IS there any Remover of difficulties save God? Say: Praised ..."
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