Tablet catalog
Lawh-i-Ahmad
OOL 01 00261 Phelps: BH 00249
BH 00249•Bahá’u’lláh•Persian
Lawh-i-Ahmad
Persian
2510 words

اینست بدایع نصایح الهی که بلسان قدرت در مکمن عظمت و مقعد قدس رفعت خود میفرماید پس بگوش

Translation:
Official translation
O banished and faithful friend! Quench the thirst of heedlessness with the sanctified waters of My grace
Abstract:
Sets forth the conditions of spiritual search, with purity of heart being foremost; compares His revelation to that of an ocean which yields up its pearls in proportion to the eagerness of the search; and proclaims that ‘this fathomless and surging ocean is near, astonishingly near, unto you’.
# Name Source
#1 Tablet to Aḥmad (Farsi) Source Persian
# Name Source Translations Resources
#1 لوح احمد (فارسى) Source Persian Translations English Resources
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
INBA38:018
https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v038/?page=20
INBA65:185
https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v065/?page=187
INBA35:073
https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v035/?page=39
INBA36:401
https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v036/?page=402
NLI. Manuscripts held at the National Library of Israel, Jerusalem. Includes Arc.Ms.Var.1288, no. 32 (https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH002764084/NLI), Arc.Ms.Var.1288, no.50 (https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH002781925/NLI)
NLI.32p145r
https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH002764084/NLI
PR. Manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series (William McElwee Miller Collection). https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47
PR23.041b-045b
https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0246
Majlis210461.020-030
http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/majlis_210461.pdf
BN. Manuscripts at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, Listed by manuscrits Arabe number. Searchable here by shelfmark: https://gallica.bnf.fr/services/engine/search/advancedSearch/
BN_suppl.1753.106-115
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84470396/f115.image
BRL. “Bahá'í Reference Library”: Authoritative source of original texts and authorized translations, maintained and frequently updated and expanded by the Bahá’í World Centre. Subsections defined for this catalog: BRL_APBH (Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_ATBH (Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_ATE (Additional Tablets, Extracts, and Talks of Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_CHILD (Prayers and Tablets for Children), BRL_CONF2018 (Compilation for the 2018 Counsellor’s Conference), BRL_CONSULT (Consultation; original quotations here), BRL_CUHJ (Compilation on the Universal House of Justice; original language version COMP_CUHJP), BRL_CRISIS (Crisis and Victory), BRL_DA (Digar Alvah – Additional Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_DAK (Digar Alvah va Khitabat – Additional Tablets and talks by Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_FAM (Family Life), BRL_FIRE (Selections from Fire and Light [=NANU]), BRL_IOA (Compilation on the Importance of the Arts in Promoting the Faith), BRL_IOPF (Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting), BRL_LSA (The Local Spiritual Assembly), BRL_MASHRIQ (The Institution of the Mashruqu’l-Adhkár; original quotations COMP_MASHRIQP), BRL_MEET (Bahá’í Meetings), BRL_PDL (Prayer and Devotional Life; original lquotations COMP_PDLP), BRL_PEACE (Peace; original quotations COMP_PEACEP), BRL_PMDA (Prayer, Meditation and the Devotional Attitude), BRL_SOCIAL (Compilation on Social Action), BRL_SCHOLAR (Compilation on Scholarship), BRL_TTT (Twelve Table Talks by Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_SWO (To Set the World in Order: Building and Preserving Strong Marriages). Sequential numbering may be introduced based on order of entry. https://reference.bahai.org [legacy version with many additional texts]; https://www.bahai.org/library/
BRL_DA#126
http://www.bahai.org/r/685567087
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#152 p.207x
http://www.bahai.org/r/316834749
GWBP#153 p.208x
http://www.bahai.org/r/572875830
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
AVK1.021.09x
http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ak1-46.html
ZYN. [Majmú`iy-i mubárakih: alváḥ-i-khaṭṭ-i-zayn]. India, 196-. Compilation of Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh. Published without title, photostatically reproduced from a manuscript in the hand of Zaynu’l-Muqarrabín
ZYN.070
Not yet online
MJMM. Majmú`ih-yi Maṭbú`ih-yi Alváḥ-i Mubárakih-yi Ḥaḍrat-i Bahá'u'lláh. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1978. Collection of Tablets originally published in Cairo 1920. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MR/download.html, https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-published-01-fa/ (typescript)
MJMM.315
http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MR/mr-316.html
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
DRD.114
http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/DD/dd-117.html
MAS. Má'idiy-i Ásmání (8 vols.). BPT Iran, 129 B.E. Reprinted in 3 volumes by Bahá’í Publishing Trust of India 1984-1985 (new vol. 2, writings of ‘Abdu’l- Bahá, = old vols. 2, 5, 9; new vol. 3, writings of Shoghi Effendi, = old vols. 3, 6) and Mir’át 2005 (new vol. 1, writings of Bahá’u’lláh, = old vols. 1, 4, 7, 8). Vols. 1, 4, 7, 8: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/; vols2. 2, 5, 9: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/. Vol. 9 exists in two different typesettings and paginations; this catalog uses the pagination contained in the BPT India reprint, which trails the online version by several pages
MAS8.038bx
http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MAS8/mas8-38.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
ASAT5.106x
https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/431.pdf#page=58
PYM. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Payám-i Malakút. BPT Iran, 130 B.E. [1973], republished by NSA India, 1985. Compilation on the coming of Bahá’u’lláh. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/PM2/download.html
PYM.012x
http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/PM2/pm2-12.html
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/
GWB#152x
http://www.bahai.org/r/590166803
GWB#153x
http://www.bahai.org/r/565103547
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
ADJ.081x
http://www.bahai.org/r/870900014
ADJ.082x
http://www.bahai.org/r/082213511
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/
PDC.024-025x
http://www.bahai.org/r/909871128
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_v07#06 p.044x
https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_6
SW_v07#16 p.152x
https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_16
SW_v14#02 p.040x
https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_2
BLO. Bahá’í Library Online (www.bahai-library.com). Private, independent repository of Bahá’í-related resources including provisional translations (BLO_PT) and pilgrims’ notes (BLO_PN). Numbering follows the 16 Nov 2019 snapshot available at https://web.archive.org/
BLO_PT#073
https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_seddigh_persian_ahmad
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.223 #435-443
http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/
L. Slott
https://lukeslott.bandcamp.com/track/sorrow-not
A. Youssefi (1)
https://music.aliyoussefi.com/track/sorrow-not-2
A. Youssefi (2)
https://music.aliyoussefi.com/track/the-flight
E. Mahony (1)
https://music.elikamahony.com/track/the-bird-which-soareth
E. Mahony (2)
https://music.elikamahony.com/track/this-earthly-plane
E. Mahony (3)
https://music.elikamahony.com/track/fire-and-gold
A. Bryan
https://angelabryanmusic.bandcamp.com/track/hyacinths-of-knowledge
Samira & Sara
https://youtu.be/T5TuOAdeK8I
MANA
https://manapacifica.bandcamp.com/track/the-flame-of-love
Soulrise Melodies (1)
https://soulrisemelodies.bandcamp.com/track/blissful-joy
Soulrise Melodies (2)
https://soulrisemelodies.bandcamp.com/track/flame-of-love
A.E. Rahbin
https://hambredesentido.bandcamp.com/track/no-os-apeneis
E. Kelly
https://youtu.be/WgK3ztPCcO4
K. Porray
https://soundcloud.com/katyporray/9-sorrow-not
M. Levine [track 7]
https://9starmedia.com/matthew-levine-a-sacrifice-to-thee
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
ROB2.137
https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V2/Contents.html
BKOG. Balyuzi, Hasan. Bahá’u’lláh: The King of Glory. George Ronald, 1980
BKOG.157
http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23
BKOG.223
http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23
BKOG.245
http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23
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
MMAH.184
https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=196
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
LL#041
http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#41