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Lawh-i-Aqdas

Tablet to the Christians

1470 words

هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی مامنعته سبحات الاسماء عن الله فاطر الارض و السما

Translation:

Official translation

This is an Epistle from Our presence unto him whom the veils of names have failed to keep back from God

Abstract:

Announces to an unnamed Christian Bahá’u’lláh’s revelation as the fulfilment of Christian prophetic expectations, reproaches the Christians in general and the clergy in particular for failing to recognize it, asks them to consider how Christ was similarly rejected by the people of His day, and concludes with a series of beatitudes reminiscent of the Sermon on the Mount.

English (1)

Arabic (1)

#	Name		Source
#1	Lawḥ-i-Aqdas		Source Arabic

#	Name		Source	Translations	Resources
#1	اللوح الاقدس		Source Arabic	Translations English	Resources

Manuscripts (3)Publications (7)Translations (15)Musical interpretations (1)Notes (7)

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

INBA34:100

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v034/?page=102

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_Or15735.163

Not yet online

CMB. Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library, E.G. Browne collection. See BRHL for details. Link to catalog entries: https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/subject_sh2009116570

CMB_F32.085

Not yet online

AQA. Áthár-i Qalam-i A`lá (7 vols). Bombay and BPT Iran, 1890-1978. Collection of Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh: Vol. 1 is the "Kitáb-i-Mubín" comprising the Súriy-i-Haykal and other Tablets in descending order of length; Vol. 2 also in descending order of length and based on earlier manuscripts containing the Kitáb-i-Aqdas as the first item; Vol. 3 includes early and mystical works; vol. 4 is best-known works from the Baghdad and Adrianople periods (two versions, 4a preceding 4); vol. 5 is Tablets mainly addressed to Bahá’ís in Qazvín. Republished by the Canada Association for Bahá’í Studies (2002- 2006) in 3 volumes, vol. 1 = old Vol. 1 (https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/565.pdf), vol. 2 = old vols. 2,3,4 (https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/566.pdf), vol. 3 [typescript] = old vols. 5,6,7 (https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/567.pdf). Pagination in this catalog follows the old series but Tablet numbering follows the new series

AQA1#006

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/Q1/q1-11.html

SFI. Safíniy-i-`Irfán. Asr-i-Jadid, 1998-2020 (22 vols.). Papers presented in Persian at Irfán colloquia. http://irfancolloquia.org/publications/ (index only); https://oceanoflights.org/table/Collections-Publications-02-fa/

SFI16.025

https://oceanoflights.org/file/Publications-02_16.pdf#page=25

NSR. Nasá'im al-Raḥmán. Beirut, 1993. Prayers and Writings of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NR1 (1993 edition; a 1978 edition has different pagination)

NSR_1993.024ax

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NR1/nr1-22.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

ASAT1.168x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/427.pdf#page=90

ASAT4.185x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf#page=94

HYK. Lawḥ-i Haykal. Bombay, 1890. Collection of Tablets including the Súriy- i-Haykal. Corresponds in part to AQA1

HYK.163

Not yet online

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/

TBP#02

https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/tablets-bahaullah/tablets-bahaullah.pdf#page=3

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/

TB#02

http://www.bahai.org/r/248088331

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.030ax

http://www.bahai.org/r/786570788

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#158.3x

http://www.bahai.org/r/871957629

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.210x8x

http://www.bahai.org/r/060619143

GPB.253x

http://www.bahai.org/r/428631561

GPB.396x

http://www.bahai.org/r/400059869

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.166x

http://www.bahai.org/r/478838951

PDC.166-167x

http://www.bahai.org/r/478838951

PDC.167-168x

http://www.bahai.org/r/183440750

PDC.168x

http://www.bahai.org/r/183440750

PDC.174x

http://www.bahai.org/r/492601762

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/

WOB.078x

http://www.bahai.org/r/274993313

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_v04#01 p.013

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_1

SW_v04#01 p.014-020

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_1

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.124 #049

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

Ahdieh

https://ahdieh.bandcamp.com/track/el-senior-ha-venido-tabla-de-bahaullah

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

ROB4.227 et al

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

BKOG. Balyuzi, Hasan. Bahá’u’lláh: The King of Glory. George Ronald, 1980

BKOG.382

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23

GPB.209

http://www.bahai.org/r/688688198

WOB.104

http://www.bahai.org/r/265848210

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.165

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=177

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

GSH.164-168

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-164.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

LL#060

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#60