KEY TO PASSAGES TRANSLATED BY SHOGHI EFFENDI
ESW Bahá’u’lláh. Epistle to the Son of the Wolf. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1988.
GPB Shoghi Effendi. God Passes By. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1974.
GWB Bahá’u’lláh. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1976.
KI Bahá’u’lláh. The Kitáb-i-Íqán. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1994.
HW Bahá’u’lláh. The Hidden Words. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1994. (PHW are from the Persian Hidden Words.)
PDC Shoghi Effendi. The Promised Day Is Come. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, rev. ed., 1996.
WOB Shoghi Effendi. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh: Selected Letters. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1991.
PARAGRAPH PASSAGE SOURCE
Súriy-i-Haykal
6–7 “While engulfed in tribulations ... of them that perceive.” GPB 101–102
8 “The day is approaching when God ... the Self-Subsisting.” WOB 109–110
34 “Erelong shall God draw forth ... how vehement is His might” WOB 110
42 “Beware lest ye shed the blood ... if ye do but understand.” ESW 25
44 “Naught is seen in My temple ... could be seen but God.” WOB 109
47 “the fertilizing winds ... whether seen or unseen!” WOB 169, PDC ¶112
50 “The Holy Spirit Itself ... of them that comprehend” WOB 109
66 “Within the treasury of Our Wisdom ... the All-Wise.” WOB 109
75 “It is in Our power, should We wish it, to enable ... futureages.” WOB 107
88 “Great is the blessedness ... the Almighty, the All-Wise.” PDC ¶271
89 “O ye the dawning-places ... and unto others.” PDC ¶208
89 “Ye are even as a spring ... it fruits, will be corrupted.” PDC ¶208
96 “Had the Primal Point ... with each other in My Days.” WOB 138
Pope Pius IX (Lawḥ-i-Páp)
102 “O Pope!... the Almighty, the Unrestrained.” PDC ¶71
102 “He, verily, hath again come ... hath been illumined.” PDC ¶71
203 “Dwellest thou in palaces ... towards the Kingdom.” PDC ¶71
105 “Arise in the name of thy Lord ...peoples of all faiths.” PDC ¶71
106 “Call thou to remembrance ... away from His light.” PDC ¶72
108 “Consider those who opposed ... disputed with Him.” PDC ¶72
108 “None save a very few ... eventide and at dawn.” PDC ¶72
109 “Read ye the Evangel ... concourse of learned men!” PDC ¶256
111 “The fragrances of the ... fast hold of guidance.” PDC ¶256
112 “The Word which the Son ... of the righteous!” PDC ¶73
113 “This is the day ... Kingdom is fulfilled!” PDC ¶73
114 “My body longeth ... from its transgressions.” PDC ¶73
115 “The people of the Qur’án ... clouds wept over Us.” PDC ¶247
116 “And if they cast ... the Gracious, the All-Powerful!” WOB 108
118 “O Supreme Pontiff ... the book of creation.” PDC ¶74
120 “Should the inebriation ... Revealer of all power.” PDC ¶74
126 “Verily, the day of ingathering ... the All-Compelling.” PDC ¶74
127 “Say: O concourse of Christians ... turn ye unto Him.” PDC ¶261
127 “The Beloved One ... heedless of My Revelation” PDC ¶261
128 “O people of the Gospel! ... everlasting life.” PDC ¶261
129 “We behold you ... Direct yourselves towards Him.” PDC ¶261
129 “Verily, He said ... quickeners of mankind.” PDC ¶261
Napoleon III (Lawḥ-i-Napulyún II)
131–5 “O King of Paris! ... near access to God to flow.” ESW 46–49
136–9 “Say: O concourse of monks ... wrapped in a thick veil!” ESW 49–52
140 “More grievous ... kingdoms of earth and heaven.” ESW 52
141 “Upon Our arrival ... token of God’s grace.” GPB 206
142–43 “As My tribulations multiplied ... poor and the desolate.” ESW 52–53
143 “Abandon thy palaces ... them that turn unto Him.” PDC ¶70
143 “Shouldst thou desire ... All-Knowing, the All-Wise.” PDC ¶70
144 “Arise thou ... Lord of strength and of might.” ESW 53
145 “Adorn the body ... peoples of the earth.” ESW 53–54
146 “Doth it behove you ... shining and resplendent Seat.” ESW 54
147 “Shed not the blood ... abode of the transgressors!” ESW 54
148 “God hath prescribed ... influence his hearers.” GWB CLVIII
149 “Deal not treacherously ... the Most Generous.” ESW 54–55
150–51 “O people of Bahá ... created of a sorry germ.” ESW 55
152 “Regard ye the world ... such as create dissension.” ESW 55–56
154 “He Who is your Lord ... among God’s blessed ones.” GWB CVII
156 “Meditate on the world ... this sublime Vision.” ESW 56
Czar Alexander II (Lawḥ-i-Malik-i-Rús)
158 “O Czar of Russia ... barter away this sublime station.” PDC ¶75
159-60 “Beware lest thy sovereignty ... sword of the oppressor.” PDC ¶75–76
162–3 “Again I say ... the Mighty, the Glorified.” PDC ¶77–78
164 “Some lamented ... Evangel were adorned.” PDC ¶78
170 “Blessed be the king ... the All-Powerful, the Almighty.” PDC ¶78
Queen Victoria (Lawh-i-Malikih)
171–3 “O Queen in London ... the Ruler, the All-Wise.” PDC ¶79–81
173 “And if any one of them ... of the blissful.” ESW 61–62
174–6 “O ye the elected ... all else naught but error.” GWB CXX
176–7 “Each time that Most Mighty ... what I say.” ESW 63–64
178–82 “O ye rulers ... naught but manifest justice.” GWB CXIX
185 “Turn thou unto God ... heavens and of the earth.” PDC ¶82
Násiri’d-Dín Sháh (Lawḥ-i-Sulṭán)
192–95 “O King! I was but a man ... derived from the Name of God!” PDC ¶97–99
217 “A just king is the shadow ... that hath surpassed the worlds.” PDC ¶182
221 “Would that the world-adorning wish ... for Me or against Me.” PDC ¶110
225 “O ye that are foolish ... the paths of perdition.” PHW #24
226 “O ye seeming fair ... immeasurable is the difference!” PHW #25
227 “O essence of desire! ... unto the hosts of holiness.” PHW #28
228 “O bondslave of the world! ... returned whence it came.” PHW #30
230 “O King of the age! ... a sufficient witness unto Me.” PDC ¶100
231 “The religious doctors ... and unto them shall it return.” KI 247–48
231 “When the Standard of Truth ... shall curse it.” KI 238
232 “Those doctors who have indeed drunk of the cup of renunciation” GPB 143
242 “Each nation hath plotted darkly ... invalidate the truth.” KI 5
242 “No Messenger cometh unto them but they laugh Him to scorn.” KI 5
244 “But if their opposition be grievous ... a ladder into heaven” KI 109–10
249 “O would that thou wouldst ... knowledge of the Book.” PDC ¶101
249 “But for the repudiation ... no God is there but He!” PDC ¶101
258 “By Him Who is the Truth! ... lighteth earth and heaven.” ESW 17
265 “I have seen, O Sháh ... nor ear heard.” PDC ¶102
265-6 “How numerous the tribulations ... in the path of My Lord!” PDC ¶102
267 “According to what they say ... metropolis of the owl” GPB 186
268 “By God! Though weariness ... such as commune with Him.” PDC ¶102
273 “But for the tribulations ... the Lord of the worlds.” ESW 94
276 “Thus have We built the Temple ... Be and it is.” PDC ¶113
Súriy-i-Ra’ís
1 “Hearken, O chief ... the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.” WOB 178
2 “Thou hast, O Chief, committed that ... evident loss!” WOB 178
5 “The day is approaching ... in sore distress.” PDC ¶152
11 “the loved ones of God ... on the first night without food.” GPB 179
12 “The people surrounded the house ... wept over Us” GPB 179
12 “We perceived that the weeping ... such as ponder.” GPB 179–180
13 “unheard of in bygone centuries ... the power of His might” GPB 180
13 “King and Beloved of Martyrs” GPB 136–137
14 “Say: This Youth hath departed ... the power of truth” GPB 181
18 “Had Muḥammad ... privileged to behold Thy face!” WOB 105–106
21 “Ere long will God ... the Almighty, the Beneficent” PDC ¶185
Lawḥ-i-Ra’ís
6 “From the foundation of the world ... nor heard of.” GPB 187
7 “Soon will He seize you ... none to help or succour you.” PDC ¶153
9 “Several times calamities ... the Pen of My command.” PDC ¶153
25–26 “There is a matter ... may be made known unto you.” PDC ¶111
Lawḥ-i-Fu’ád
13 “Soon will We dismiss ... the All-Compelling.” PDC ¶156
Súriy-i-Mulúk
2 “O kings of the earth! ... the All-Powerful, the All-Wise.” PDC ¶41
2–3 “Fear God, O concourse ... and be not of the heedless.” PDC ¶41
4 “My face hath come forth ... could ye but know it.” PDC ¶41
6 “Arise, then, ... may be revealed unto you.” PDC ¶41
6 “Beware lest ye hinder ... can be quickened.” PDC ¶41
7–14 “Lay not aside the fear ... the right course.” PDC ¶42–46
15 “O kings of Christendom! ... the entire creation.” PDC ¶64
20–23 “Twenty years have passed ... turn his face towards Thee.” GWB CXVI
24–30 “Call Thou to remembrance ... Himself a witness.” GWB LXV
36 “Know ye that the world ... all things hath testified.” GWB LXV
37–47 “Fear God, ye inhabitants ... the path of resignation.” GWB LXVI
53–54 “The day is approaching ... of the past or of the future.” GWB LXVI
58–72 “Hearken, O King ... abide and rule therein.” GWB CXIV
74 “They expelled Us ... on earth can compare” GPB 161
74 “the place which none entereth ... authority of the sovereign” GPB 161
75 “Neither My family ... that freezing weather.” GPB 161
78–83 “I swear by God, O King! ... the Lord of all worlds!” GWB CXIV
84–107 “Dost thou imagine ... trust and confidence in their Lord.” GWB CXIII
108 “O ye divines of the City! ... than all your doings.” PDC ¶224
109–111 “Know ye, that had your leaders ... turn upon their heels.” PDC ¶224
111 “Know ye that God will not ... could ye but perceive it.” PDC ¶224