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حمد و ثنا سزاوار تست چه که از مشتی تراب خلقرا خلقفرمودی و گوهر بینش و دانش

Translation:

Provisional translation

Praise and glory befit Thee, for from a handful of dust Thou didst fashion creation and bestow the gem of insight and knowledge [3.5s]

Manuscripts (3)Publications (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

INBA65:050

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v065/?page=52

INBA30:095

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v030/?page=52

INBA81:005

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v081/?page=8

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.345

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/AHM/ahm-345.html

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.045

Not yet online

MHT2b. Muntakhabát-i-Áthár-i-Mubárakih, vol. 2 (Maḥáfil-i Tadhakkur). BPT Iran, 134 B.E. [1978]. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/184.pdf

MHT2b.006

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/184.pdf#page=6

AQMJ1. Áthár-i Qalam-i A`lá: Majmú'iy-i-Munáját, vol. 1. BPT Iran, 123 B.E. [1966]. Collection of prayers of Bahá’u’lláh. Last section (pp. 139-185) corresponds to Persian section of AHM (pp. 307-377). http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MMQ1/

AQMJ1.160

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MMQ1/mmq1-162.html

ADH. Adhkár al-Muqarrabín (2 vols., vol. 2 in two different editions). BPT Iran, 1959. Collection of prayers of Bahá’u’lláh (vol. 1) and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (vol. 2); vol. 2 superseded by MMG

ADH1.024

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/i/ishraq-khavari_adhkar_muqarrabin_1.pdf