Preface

Naw-Rúz

1. “He is the Almighty. Praised be Thou, O my God…”

2. “I am the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Glorious…”

3. “He is the Most Holy, the Most Mighty, the Most Exalted…”

4. “He is the Ever-Living, the Ever-Abiding, the Self-Subsisting…”

5. “He is the Sovereign King, the Holy of Holies…”

Riḍván

6. “In the name of Him Who hath cast His splendour…”

7. “He it is Who is established upon this luminous Throne…”

8. “He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious. Praise be to Thee, O my God…”

9. “On the first day that the Ancient Beauty…”

10. “The day-star of words, dawning above the horizon…”

11. “He is the Manifest, the Hidden, the All-Glorious…”

12. Ḥúr-i-‘Ujáb (Tablet of the Wondrous Maiden)

13. “He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious. Praise be to Thee, O Thou our Lord…”

14. “In the name of God, the Almighty, the All-Bountiful!…”

15. “Praise be to Thee, O my God…”

16. “In the name of God, Who hath cast His splendour…”

17. “In the name of God, the Almighty, the Unconstrained!…”

18. “In the name of God, the Most Glorious!…”

19. “He is God. Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God!…”

20. “He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious. All praise be to Thee…”

21. Lawḥ-i-‘Áshiq va Ma‘shúq (Tablet of the Lover and the Beloved)

22. “In Thy name, the Most Wondrous, the Most Glorious!…”

23. Súriy-i-Qalam (Súrih of the Pen)

24. “He is the Ever-Abiding. It is the Festival of Riḍván…”

25. “Another letter of thine…”

Declaration of the Báb

26. Lawḥ-i-Náqús (Tablet of the Bell)

27. Lawḥ-i-Ghulámu’l-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth)

28. “He is the Ever-Abiding, the Most Exalted, the Most Great…”

Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh

29. Súriy-i-Ghuṣn (Tablet of the Branch)

30. Lawḥ-i-Rasúl (Tablet to Rasúl)

31. Lawḥ-i-Maryam (Tablet to Maryam)

32. Kitáb-i-‘Ahd (Book of the Covenant)

33. The Tablet of Visitation

Martyrdom of the Báb

34. “Give ear, O My servant, unto that which is being sent down…”

35. Excerpt from the Súriy-i-Nuṣḥ (Súrih of Counsel)

36. Excerpt from the Súriy-i-Mulúk (Súrih of the Kings)

37. Excerpt from the Lawḥ-i-Salmán I (Tablet to Salmán I)

38. Excerpt from the Súriy-i-Dhikr (Súrih of Remembrance)

39. Excerpt from the Súriy-i-Aḥzán (Súrih of Sorrows)

Birth of the Báb

40. “In the name of the One born on this day…”

41. “He is the Eternal, the One, the Single…”

Birth of Bahá’u’lláh

42. Lawḥ-i-Mawlúd (Tablet of the Birth)

43. “He is the Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Most Great…”

44. “He is God. O concourse of ardent lovers!…”

45. “He is the Most Holy, the Most Great. This is the month…”

Notes

Key to Passages Translated by Shoghi Effendi

Index to Pages