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Lawh-i-Maqsud

3650 words

حمد مقدس از ذکر و بیان حضرت معبود و مالک غیب و شهودی را لایق و سزاست که از

Translation:

Official translation

A praise which is exalted above every mention or description beseemeth the Adored One, the Possessor of all things… Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value… The Word is the master key for the whole world

Abstract:

Relates various teachings as prerequisites to world peace: universal education; regarding one another as ‘the fruits of one tree and the leaves of one branch’; reward and punishment as pillars of world stability; rulers acting with justice and wisdom; the gathering of the nations to lay the foundations of the ‘Lesser Peace’; the adoption of a universal language and script; affirming that ‘the earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens’; not allowing religion to become the source of disunity; taking counsel together in all matters; promoting useful branches of knowledge; exercising moderation in all things; inculcating tolerance and righteousness; and having due regard for the power of human utterance, in particular the Word of God, which is the ‘master key for the whole world’.

English (1)

Arabic (1)

Persian (1)

#	Name		Source	Translations
#1	Lawḥ-i-Maqṣúd		Source Persian	Translations Arabic

#	Name		Source	Translations	Resources
#1	لوح مقصود (معرّب)		Source Persian	Translations English	Resources

#	Name		Source	Translations	Resources
#1	لوح مقصود		Source Persian	Translations English Arabic	Resources

Manuscripts (3)Publications (35)Translations (23)Musical interpretations (3)Notes (5)

BLIB. Manuscripts in the British Library, London, listed by Or number. For a handlist of works of the Báb see Chapter 25 of https://archive.org/details/descriptivelisto00brituoft/page/n3. Regarding manuscripts in the series Or16590 through Or15740, which together comprise half of all known works of Bahá’u’lláh, including some 4,000 items which are uniquely accessible in this series: These were the bequest of a descendent of the family of Bahá’u’lláh; were mostly transcribed by Mírzá Muḥammad-‘Alí, and are likely to have been derived in part from the two stolen satchels of Bahá’u’lláh’s papers mentioned in GPB p.249 and MMK4#189 p.276. While included here owing to their importance, their degree of fidelity to the originals has not yet been ascertained

BLIB_Or15696.091dx

Not yet online

IOM. Bábí Manuscripts in the Institute of Oriental Languages (later Institute of Oriental Manuscripts), St. Petersburg. See "Die Sammlung von Morgenlandischen Handschriften" (1865), pp. 57ff. and http://www.orientalstudies.ru/eng/images/pdf/p_wmo_2_2015.pdf

http://www.orientalstudies.ru/eng/images/pdf/p_wmo_2_2015.pdf#page=99

MKA. Manuscripts from the Milli Kütüphane library, Ankara

MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p06

Not yet online

GWBP. Muntakhabátí-az-Áthár-i-Ḥaḍrat-i-Bahá’u’lláh. Bahá'í-Verlag, 2006. Persian/Arabic edition of GWB. https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/gleanings- writings-bahaullah/ and https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/15.pdf

GWBP#110 p.140x

http://www.bahai.org/r/886059769

GWBP#112 p.142x

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GWBP#117 p.159x

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GWBP#122 p.167x

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ADM. Ad`íyyih Mubárakih (3 vols.). Editora Baha’i - Brazil, 2003. Prayers of Bahá’u’lláh. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/557.pdf, Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/558.pdf, Vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/559.pdf

ADM2#007 p.020x

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AVK. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Amr va Khalq (4 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1985. Thematic compilation of extracts. http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ English translation of table of contents: https://bahai-library.com/mazandarani_mccants_khalq_contents

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DWNP. Syed Mustafa Roumi, ed. The Dawn: A monthly Bahá'í journal of Burma. Sept. 1923 – May 1929. English and Persian sections cataloged separately. Digitally reprinted in 2017 by the Afnan Library, Sandy, UK: https://afnanlibrary.org/the-dawn-burma-vol-1-6/

DWNP_v5#01 p.002bx

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DRD. Daryáy-i Dánish. Bahá’í Publishing Trust of India, 1985. Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh in pure Persian. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/17.pdf

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/DD/dd-14.html

ASAT. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Asráru’l-Áthár (5 vols.). BPT Iran, 1973. Encyclopedic glossary of Bahá’í terminology.
Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/427.pdf, Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/428.pdf, Vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/429.pdf, Vol. 4: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf, Vol. 5: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/431.pdf

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/431.pdf#page=123

ANDA. ‘Andalíb (mult. vols.). Andalib board, 1981-2010. Periodical journal. Digitally reprinted in 2018 by the Afnan Library, Sandy, UK: https://afnanlibrary.org/andalib/

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TBP. Majmú`i'í az Alváḥ-i Jamál-i Aqdas-i Abhá kih ba`d az Kitáb-i Aqdas Názil Shudih. Bahá'í-Verlag, 1980. Original language version of TB. https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/tablets- bahaullah/

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MMUH. Mukhtárát fi Bayán-i-Muḥammad Rasúl Alláh. Bahá’í International Community – London, n.d. Short compilation on the station of Muḥammad. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/mukhtarat-minan-nususul-bahaiyya-fi-bayani-maqam-i-muhammad-rasulullah.pdf

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TB. Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Bahá’í World Centre, 1978. Republished by U.S. BPT under the title “Fountain of Wisdom”. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative- texts/bahaullah/tablets-bahaullah/

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GWB. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1935. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative- texts/bahaullah/gleanings-writings-bahaullah/

http://www.bahai.org/r/004603185

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ADJ. Shoghi Effendi. The Advent of Divine Justice. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1939. Often reprinted; pagination follows the 1990 edition. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/advent- divine-justice/1#862028771

http://www.bahai.org/r/990670022

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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/

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PDC. Shoghi Effendi. The Promised Day Is Come. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1980. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi- effendi/promised-day-come/

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WOB. Shoghi Effendi. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh: Selected Letters. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1938. Pagination refers to 1991 edition. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/world- order-bahaullah/

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DWN. Syed Mustafa Roumi, ed. The Dawn: A monthly Bahá'í journal of Burma. Sept. 1923 – May 1929. English and Persian sections cataloged separately. Digitally reprinted in 2017 by the Afnan Library, Sandy, UK: https://afnanlibrary.org/the-dawn-burma-vol-1-6/

DWN_v1#10-11 p.001-004

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-1-burma-1923

KSHK. “Kashkul”. Blog with provisional translations by W. McCants. Aug. 2010- . http://www.kashkul.org/. Translations of several dozen brief Writings of the Báb are posted at http://www.kashkul.org/brief-writings- of-the-bab/ (accessible via archive.org)

https://web.archive.org/web/20211026145946/http://www.kashkul.org/2010/12/19/peace-be-upon-muhammad/

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ROB. Taherzadeh, Adib. The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh (4 vols.). George Ronald, 1974-1987. Vol. 1: https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V1/Cover.html, Vol. 2: https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V2/Cover.html, Vol. 3: https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V3/Cover.html, Vol. 4: https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V4/Cover.html

https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V4/Contents.html

MMAH. Ḥisámí, Ḥabíbu'lláh. Manabi'-i-Maṭáli'-i-Amrí, Bakhsh-i-Avval: Áthár. n.p., n.d. Summaries of best-known Works, with sources. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=150

GSH. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Ganj-i Sháyigán. BPT Iran, 124 B.E. [1967]. Summaries of best-known works of Bahá’u’lláh. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-213.html

LL. “The Leiden List of the Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh”. Sen McGlinn, ed. Index of ~500 Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh. This catalog references the March 1999 version: https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai- library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#162

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#461