Ocean of Lights

Central states II

Tablet of the Divine Plan

840 words

ای احبای قدیم و یاران ندیم در قرآن عظیم میفرماید یختص برحمه من یشاء این

Translation:

Official translation

O ye old believers and intimate friends! God says in the great Qur'an... These twelve Central states of the United States... O Lord, my God! Praise and thanksgiving be unto Thee for Thou hast guided me to the highway

Publications (8)Translations (11)Musical interpretations (1)Notes (1)

MKT. Makátíb-i-'Abdu'l-Bahá' (9 vols.). BPT Iran, 121 B.E.–135 B.E. [1965- 1978]. Full texts of Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá; first three volumes originally published in Cairo in 1910, 1911 and 1921. Vols. 1-8: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/, Vol. 9: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/577.pdf

MKT3.045

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA3/ma3-45.html

AHB. Áhang-i-Badí` (mult. vols.). BPT Iran, 1946-1980. Periodical journal. Individual issues listed at https://bahai-library.com/bahailib_archive

AHB.110BE #06-07 p.102

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RRT. Fayḍí, Muḥammad-'Alí. Risáliy-i Ráhnamáy-i Tablígh. BPT Iran, 128 B.E. [1960]. Compilation on the importance of teaching. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/310.pdf

RRT.146x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/310.pdf#page=146

ADH. Adhkár al-Muqarrabín (2 vols., vol. 2 in two different editions). BPT Iran, 1959. Collection of prayers of Bahá’u’lláh (vol. 1) and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (vol. 2); vol. 2 superseded by MMG

ADH2.110x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/i/ishraq-khavari_adhkar_muqarrabin_2.pdf

ADH2_3#04 p.144x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/i/ishraq-khavari_adhkar_muqarrabin_2.pdf

MMG. Majmú`iy-i Munájáthá. Bahá'í-Verlag, 1992 (1^st ed.), 2001 (2^nd ed.), 2009 (3^rd ed.). Standard book of prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Reprinted with additional prayers and reordered, 2009. Numbering and pagination in this catalog refers to the 1992 (MMG1), 2001 (MMG2) or 2009 (MMG3) edition; page images link to the 2001 edition at https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA

MMG2#208 p.236x

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA/mma-239.html

MJH. Munájátháy-i Ḥaḍrat-i `Abdu'l-Bahá. India, 1946. Collection of prayers, mostly superseded by MMG. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMAI/ and https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/548.pdf

MJH.063x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMAI/mmai-64.html

FRTB. Farámín-i Tablíghíy-i Ḥaḍrat-i `Abdu'l-Bahá. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1985. Tablets of the Divine Plan, with introduction. Translated as TDP. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1431.pdf

FRTB.078

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1431.pdf#page=76

TDP. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Tablets of the Divine Plan. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1993. Persian edition is FRTB. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative- texts/abdul-baha/tablets-divine-plan/

TDP#11

http://www.bahai.org/r/944283356

BPRY. Bahá'í Prayers. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 2002. Mult. editions. Standard prayer book. Catalog quotes from 2002 edition. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/prayers/bahai-prayers/

BPRY.215-216x

http://www.bahai.org/r/375318536

TDH. Shoghi Effendi. This Decisive Hour. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 2002. Mostly coincident with the formerly titled Messages to America. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/decisive- hour/

TDH#158.5x

http://www.bahai.org/r/755603488

COF. Shoghi Effendi. Citadel of Faith. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1965. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/citadel- faith/

COF.031x2x

http://www.bahai.org/r/641079708

COF.069x

http://www.bahai.org/r/097876207

COF.121x

http://www.bahai.org/r/172483142

GPB. Shoghi Effendi. God Passes By. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1944. History of the first century of the Bahá’í Faith. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/god- passes-by/

GPB.254-255x

http://www.bahai.org/r/647760190

GPB.351x

http://www.bahai.org/r/030748783

GPB.397x

http://www.bahai.org/r/552193552

BSC. Bahá'í Scriptures. Brentanos, 1923. Compilation of Writings and talks by Bahá’u’lláh and Abdu’l-Bahá. Early translations, some unreliable. http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/

BSC.515 #977

http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/

SW. Star of the West, 25 vols. (1910-1935). Periodical issued each Bahá’í month. Vols. 1-12 reprinted 1978 in 8 volumes by George Ronald. Each issue Includes a section in Persian. https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West

SW_v10#07 p.124-126

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_10/Issue_7

R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 6]

https://9starmedia.com/prayers-from-the-tablets-of-the-divine-plan

UDP. Unveiling of the Divine Plan: Tablets, Instructions and Words of Explanation revealed by Abdul Baha Abbas. n.p., 1919. Early presentation of the Tablets of the Divine Plan. https://bahai- library.com/abdulbaha_tablets_instructions_explanation

UDP.023

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