Selections From the Writings of the Báb

1819-1850 Báb

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Title: Selections From the Writings of the Báb

Author: the Báb

Release Date: June 2006 [Ebook 18828]

Language: English

***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SELECTIONS FROM THE WRITINGS OF THE BÁB***

Selections From the Writings of the Báb

by the Báb

Edition 1, (June 2006)

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Contents

Baha'i Terms of Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References to the Qur’án . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1: Tablets And Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Tablet Addressed To ‘Him Who Will Be Made Manifest’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Second Tablet Addressed To ‘Him Who Will Be Made Manifest’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tablet To The First Letter Of The Living . . . . . . . . Extracts From An Epistle To Mu%. . . .ammad Sháh Extracts From Another Epistle To Mu%.ammad Sháh . Extracts From A Further Epistle To Mu%ammad Sháh . Extracts From A Tablet Containing Words Addressed To The Sherif Of Mecca . . . . . . . . . . . . . Address To A Muslim Divine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Address To Sulaymán, One Of The Muslim Divines In The Land Of Masqat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2: Excerpts From The Qayyúmu’l-Asmá . . . . . . . . . . “All praise be to God Who hath, through the ...” . . . . “O King of Islám! Aid thou, with the truth, after having ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Be thou content with the commandment of God, the ...” “Verily We made the revelation of verses to be a testimony ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “As to those who deny Him Who is the Sublime Gate of ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Unto every people We have sent down the Book in ...” “Fear ye God and breathe not a word concerning His ...” “Do men imagine that We are far distant from the people ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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“Do not say, ‘How can He speak of God while in truth ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Glorified is He besides Whom there is none other God. ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “O ye servants of God! Verily, be not grieved if a thing ye ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “O Peoples of the East and the West! Be ye fearful of God ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “O Qurratu’l-‘Ayn! We have, verily, dilated Thine ...” . “The angels and the spirits, arrayed rank upon rank, ...” “Are ye wickedly scheming, according to your selfish ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “O ye peoples of the earth! During the time of My ...” . “O ye kinsmen of the Most Great Remembrance! This ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “O Qurratu’l-‘Ayn! Stretch not Thy hands wide open ...” “O People of Persia! Are ye not satisfied with this glorious ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “O People of the earth! By the righteousness of the One ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “O Thou the Supreme Word of God! Fear not, nor be ...” “O Concourse of Shí’ihs! Fear ye God and Our Cause ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Recite ye as much as convenient from this Qur’án both ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Issue forth from your cities, O peoples of the West and ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “O ye peoples of the earth! Hearken unto My call, ringing ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Be Thou patient, O Qurratu’l-‘Ayn, for God hath indeed ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “By My glory! I will make the infidels to taste, with the ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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“The Lord hath, in truth, inspired Me: Verily, verily, I am ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “O Thou Remnant of God! I have sacrificed myself wholly ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “O Peoples of the earth! By the righteousness of God, this ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Verily such as ridicule the wondrous, divine Verses ...” “O People of the Qur’án! Ye are as nothing unless ye ...” “O Peoples of the earth! Verily the resplendent Light of ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Whenever the faithful hear the verses of this Book ...” “O Spirit of God! Call Thou to mind the bounty which ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “O People of the earth! To attain the ultimate retreat in ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “God, besides Whom there is none other true God, saith: ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “The people, during the absence of the Báb, re-enacted ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Doth it seem strange to the people that We should have ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “O Peoples of the earth! Verily the true God calleth ...” “O ye concourse of the believers! Utter not words of ...” “O Thou cherished Fruit of the heart! Give ear to the ...” “Should it be Our wish, it is in Our power to compel, ...” “O ye peoples of the earth! By the righteousness of God, ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “O Hour of the Dawn! Ere the resplendent glory of the ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “O Concourse of the faithful! Verily the object of each ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “God had, in truth, proposed Our Mission unto the ...” . “Hearken unto the Voice of Thy Lord calling from ...” .

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“This Book which We have sent down is indeed abounding ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 “This Remembrance is indeed the glorious Remnant of ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 “This Religion is indeed, in the sight of God, the essence ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 “O My servants! This is God’s appointed Day which the ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 “Indeed We conversed with Moses by the leave of God ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 “O Qurratu’l-‘Ayn! I recognize in Thee none other ...” 88 “God, of a truth, revealed unto Me in the sacred house of ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 “O Qurratu’l-‘Ayn! Say: Verily I am the One Who is ...” 90 “I Am the Mystic Fane which the Hand of Omnipotence ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 “As a token of pure justice, We have indeed sent tidings ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 3: Excerpts From The Persian Bayán . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 “It is better to guide one soul than to possess all ...” . . 94 “Worship thou God in such wise that if thy worship lead ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 “The Day of Resurrection is a day on which the sun riseth ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 “There is no paradise, in the estimation of the believers in ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 “God loveth those who are pure. Naught in the Bayán and ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 “Likewise consider the manifestation of the Point of the ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 “There is no doubt that the Almighty hath sent down ...” 101 “Since that Day is a great Day it would be sorely trying ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

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“In the manifestation of the Apostle of God all were eagerly ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 “At the time of the manifestation of Him Whom God ...”105 “Ye perform your works for God from the beginning of ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 “God hath, at all times and under all conditions, been ...”107 “How veiled are ye, O My creatures, ... who, without ...”108 “How vast the number of people who are well versed in ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 “No created thing shall ever attain its paradise unless it ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 “Twelve hundred and seventy years have elapsed since ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 “Better is it for a person to write down but one of His ...”114 “O People of the Bayán! Be on your guard; for on the ...”115 “Since all men have issued forth from the shadow of the ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 “O People of the Bayán! If ye believe in Him Whom God ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 “The reason why privacy hath been enjoined in mo- ments ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 “It is seemly that the servant should, after each prayer, ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 “As this physical frame is the throne of the inner temple, ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 “At the time of the appearance of Him Whom God shall ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 “Everyone is eagerly awaiting His appearance, yet since ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 “The acts of Him Whom God shall make manifest are like ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 “Know thou that in the Bayán purification is regarded as ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125