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ای بنده درگاه الهی آنچه از خامه محبت الله جاری قرائت گردید و از مضامینش

Notes:

"Notes Taken at the Holy Household" #2.1

Translation:

Official translation

O thou servant of the Holy Threshold! We have read what flowed out from thy pen in thy love for God, and found the contents of thy letter

Manuscripts (2)Publications (11)Translations (5)

INBA. Iranian National Bahá’í Archives volumes. Two-digit entries are from the 105-volume private printing, Iran, 1975. Digitally reprinted by the Afnan Library: https://afnanlibrary.org/inba/, with typed volumes available at https://oceanoflights.org/chapter/manuscripts-fa/. Four- digit entries suffixed by “C” are taken from SRC Appendix 1; 6007C can be found at http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/INBA.6007C.pdf

INBA21:100

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v021/?page=51

INBA88:056b

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v088/?page=90

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

MKT1.248

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA1/ma1-247.html

MNMK. Min Makátíb-i-`Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá’í Publishing Trust of Brazil, 1982. Collection of Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMAB/

MNMK#155 p.288

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMAB/mmab-286.html

MMK. Muntakhabátí az Makátíb-i-'Abdu'l-Bahá' (6 vols.). Bahá’í World Centre, 1979 and 1984; Bahá'í-Verlag, 1992-2005. Vol. 1 = SWAB; vol. 3: topics in divine philosophy; vol. 4: life and station of Bahá’u’lláh; vol. 5: life and station of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá; vol. 6: references to the Qur’án. Page images: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/. Typescripts: https://oceanoflights.org/table/abdul-baha-selections-writings01-fa/ [replace 01 in the url with other volume numbers through 06]

MMK1#156 p.178

https://www.bahai.org/r/584051051

MILAN. Mílání, ‘Alí Akbar. Majmu`ih-'i Mubárakih. Tehran, 1326 [1908]. Letters about the Constitutional Revolution. https://www.h- net.org/~bahai/areprint/ab/M-R/M/milani/milani.htm

MILAN.103

https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/ab/M-R/M/milani/103.jpg

BSHN. Bisháratu'n-Núr. Bahá'í-Verlag, 140 B.E. (1^st edition) and 144 B.E. (2^nd edition). Prayers and Tablets relating to life after death. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/225.pdf (1^st edition). https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-prayers-and-meditations-04-fa/ (2^nd edition typescript) https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-prayers-and-meditations-05-fa/ (3^rd edition typescript)

BSHN.140.120

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/BN/bn-127.html

BSHN.140.492

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/BN/bn-499.html

BSHN.144.120

Not yet online

MHT1a. Muntakhabátí az Alváḥ va Áthár-i-Mubárakih: Maḥáfil-i Tadhakkur. BPT Iran, 121 B.E. [1964]. Prayers and Tablets for memorial gatherings, superseded by BSHN. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/183.pdf

MHT1a.079

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/183.pdf#page=80

MHT1b. Muntakhabátí az Alváḥ va Áthár-i-Mubárakih: Maḥáfil-i Tadhakkur. BPT Iran, 130 B.E. [1973-4]. Prayers and Tablets for memorial gatherings, superseded by BSHN. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/185.pdf

MHT1b.037

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/185.pdf#page=37

MHT2. Muntakhabátí az Alváḥ va Áthár-i-Mubárakih: Maḥáfil-i Tadhakkur, vol. 2. Bahá'í-Verlag, 144 B.E. [1981]. Prayers and Tablets for memorial gatherings, superseded by BSHN

MHT2.166

Not yet online

YMM. Rafati, Vahid. Yádnámiy-i Miṣbáḥ-i-Munír. Bahá'í-Verlag, 2006. Biography and notes of Abdi Misbah. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf

YMM.231

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=239

SWAB. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1978. Same as MMK1. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative- texts/abdul-baha/selections-writings-abdul-baha/

SWAB#156

http://www.bahai.org/r/328923853

TAB. Tablets of Abdul Baha Abbas (3 vols.). Baháí Publishing Society, 1909- 1916. Republished 1930. https://books.google.com/books?id=0H8yAQAAMAAJ

TAB.642-645

https://books.google.com/books?id=5R0qAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA642

BWF. Bahá’í World Faith: Selected Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1943. https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up

BWF.391-393x

https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up

COC. The Compilation of Compilations (3 vols.). Bahá’í Publishing Trust of Australia, 1991, 2000. Inventory refers to the continuous numbering of original publications, which is lost in the online version. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/compilation_compilations_1, Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/compilation_compilations_2, Vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/compilation_compilations_3

COC#1750

http://bahai-library.com/compilation_prayer_meditation_devotion#1750

PN. Pilgrim notes from the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. Arranged by year with occasional additional identifiers. https://bahai-library.com/pilgrims- notes_us_archives_1898-1959

PN_1900_heh p035

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1900_heh.pdf#page=35