Tablet catalog
Lawh-i-Ahmad
OOL 01 10402 Phelps: BH 02022
BH 02022•Bahá’u’lláh•Arabic
Lawh-i-Ahmad
Arabic
440 words

هذه ورقه الفردوس تغنی علی افنان سدره البقا بالحان قدس ملیح و یبشر المخلصین

Translation:
Official translation
Lo, the Nightingale of Paradise singeth upon the twigs of the Tree of Eternity, with holy and sweet melodies
Abstract:
Brief words of consolation and encouragement to its recipient, affirming the prophetic station of the Báb, exhorting steadfastness, and assuring the resolution of difficulties and the removal of afflictions to the one who chants it.
# Name Source Resources
#1 Lawḥ-i-Aḥmad (Tablet of Aḥmad) - Arabic Source Arabic Resources
# Name Source Translations Resources
#1 لوح احمد (عربي) Source Arabic 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
INBA19:001
https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v019/?page=3
INBA32:002
https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v032/?page=4
INBA36:041
https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v036/?page=42
INBA71:199
https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v071/?page=202
INBA30:076
https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v030/?page=42
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.1974.067
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10088694p/f2.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#197
http://www.bahai.org/r/578536605
AHM. Ad‘íyy-i Ḥaḍrat-i Maḥbúb. Egypt, 1339 A.H. [1920]. Prayers and Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh. Often reprinted. Pagination refers to original typesetting. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/556.pdf (Century Press 2004 reprint, with i'rab), https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-prayers-and-meditations-02-fa/ (typescript)
AHM.193
http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/AHM/ahm-193.html
RSBB. Rosen, Baron Victor, ed. al-Majmú` al-Awwal min Risá'il al-Shaykh al- Bábí Bahá'u'lláh. St. Petersburg: Daru’l-‘Ulúm, 1908. Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/RS/
RSBB.007
http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/RS/rs-8.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/
SFI17.008
https://oceanoflights.org/file/Publications-02_17.pdf#page=8
TZH. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Táríkh-i Ẓuhúr al-Ḥaqq (9 vols.). Vols. 3 and 8 published in Iran 1941/42 and 1975/76; vols. 3 and 4 republished 2008 and 2011 by Bahá’í-Verlag. Encyclopedic history of the Faith. https://www.h- net.org/~bahai/index/diglib/mazand1.htm (ms images) and https://oceanoflights.org/chapter/historical-works-fa (typed volumes)
TZH4.302
http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/arabic/vol2/tzh4/tzh4.htm
TSBT. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Risáliy-i Tasbíḥ va Tahlíl. Bahá’í Publishing Trust of India, 1982. Occasional prayers of Bahá’u’lláh, in Arabic. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/552.pdf, typescripts available at https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-prayers-and-meditations-03-fa
TSBT.215
http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/RTT/rtt-214.html
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_1993.025
https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NR1/nr1-23.html
NFF. Nafaḥát-i Faḍl (5 vols.). Canadian Association for Bahá’í Studies, 1987. Core texts: Obligatory Prayers, Tablet of Visitation, Long Healing Prayer, Fire Tablet, Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Hidden Words, prayers for the Fast, etc., with commentary in Persian. Vol. 1: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NF1/, vol. 2: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NF2/, vol. 3: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NF3/, vol. 4: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1417.pdf, vol. 5: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NF5/
NFF1.016
https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NF1/
BSHA. Bishárat-i `Uẓmá. BPT Iran, 1957. Prayer book, containing the obligatory prayers
BSHA.032
Not yet online
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
ASAT5.103x
https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/431.pdf#page=57
ABMK. Abwáb al-Malakút. Beirut, 1975. Occasional prayers and Tablets. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/365.pdf
ABMK.052
https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/365.pdf#page=55
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.307
http://www.bahai.org/r/228238292
Ahdieh
https://ahdieh.bandcamp.com/track/--17
L. Slott
https://lukeslott.bandcamp.com/track/tablet-of-ahmad
G.H. Miller
https://youtu.be/45HgFfyfs_U
Seals & Crofts
https://youtu.be/0mDDcrMFYPw
L. Bergsmo & S. Vadeghani
https://youtu.be/pRBsEvx2WOc
R. Lehmer-Chang
https://youtu.be/IJDaCe-MunM
MANA
https://manapacifica.bandcamp.com/track/remember
N. Hamilton
https://noahethamilton.bandcamp.com/track/from-the-tablet-of-ahmad
R. Grammer [track 2]
https://9starmedia.com/the-tablet-of-ahmad
L. Dely
https://youtu.be/07erNmNyWjg
L. Dely & M. Congo
https://youtu.be/9PXgrYcRJfI
KC Porter
https://youtu.be/9gbUZ-8Rd0Q
Ladjamaya [track 15]
https://9starmedia.com/ladjamaya-intone-o-my-servant
almunajat.com [item 19]
https://almunajat.com/chanting_collection_2.htm
F. Dehghan & M. Weigert
https://youtu.be/jUvuFoaQqTw
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
ROB2.107
https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V2/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
MMAH.183
https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=195
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.074
https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-74.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#040
http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#40