Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

by Bahá'u'lláh

Contents

• [Baha'i Terms of Use]
• [I: Lauded and glorified art Thou, O Lord, my...]
• [II: The beginning of all things is the knowledge...]
• [III: The Revelation which, from time immemorial,...]
• [IV: This is the Day in which God’s most excellent...]
• [V: This is the Day whereon the Ocean of God’s...]
• [VI: Behold, how the divers peoples and kindreds...]
• [VII: Verily I say, this is the Day in which mankind...]
• [VIII: By the righteousness of God! These are the...]
• [IX: O Husayn! Consider the eagerness with which...]
• [X: The time foreordained unto the peoples and...]
• [XI: All glory be to this Day, the Day in which the...]
• [XII: Bestir yourselves, O people, in anticipation of...]
• [XIII: Consider the past. How many, both high and...]
• [XIV: The Divine Springtime is come, O Most Exalted...]
• [XV: The Pen of Revelation exclaimeth: “On this...]
• [XVI: Say: O men! This is a matchless Day....]
• [XVII: By Him Who is the Great Announcement!...]
• [XVIII: Say: We have caused the rivers of Divine...]
• [XIX: To every discerning and illuminated heart it...]
• [XX: Know thou of a certainty that the Unseen...]
• [XXI: O Salmán! The door of the knowledge of...]
• [XXII: The Bearers of the Trust of God are made...]
• [XXIII: Consider the former generations. Witness...]
• [XXIV: Beware, O believers in the Unity of God,...]
• [XXV: It is evident that every age in which a Manifestation...]
• [XXVI: Praise be to God, the All-Possessing, the...]
• [XXVII: All praise to the unity of God, and all...]
• [XXVIII: Happy is the man who will arise to serve...]
• [XXIX: The purpose of God in creating man hath...]
• [XXX: God witnesseth that there is no God but...]
• [XXXI: Contemplate with thine inward eye the...]
• [XXXII: That which thou hast heard concerning...]
• [XXXIII: It hath been decreed by Us that the Word...]
• [XXXIV: All praise and glory be to God Who,...]
• [XXXV: Ponder a while. What is it that prompted,...]
• [XXXVI: Know thou that when the Son of Man...]
• [XXXVII: Blessed is the man that hath acknowledged...]
• [XXXVIII: Know of a certainty that in every Dispensation...]
• [XXXIX: Praise be to Thee, O Lord My God, for the...]
• [XL: O My Well-Beloved! Thou hast breathed Thy...]
• [XLI: God is My witness, O people! I was asleep...]
• [XLII: O Son of Justice! In the night season the...]
• [XLIII: O Afnán, O thou that hast branched from...]
• [XLIV: Lay not aside the fear of God, O ye the...]
• [XLV: The Ancient Beauty hath consented to be...]
• [XLVI: I sorrow not for the burden of My imprisonment....]
• [XLVII: O Jews! If ye be intent on crucifying once...]
• [XLVIII: God is my witness! Had it not been in...]
• [XLIX: Know verily that whenever this Youth...]
• [L: Shake off, O heedless ones, the slumber of...]
• [LI: O people! I swear by the one true God! This...]
• [LII: Say: O people! Withhold not from yourselves...]
• [LIII: O Náṣir, O My servant! God, the Eternal...]
• [LIV: By the righteousness of God, my Well-Beloved!...]
• [LV: Call thou to remembrance, O Land of Tá...]
• [LVI: Let nothing grieve thee, O Land of Tá...]
• [LVII: When thou art departed out of the court of...]
• [LVIII: Call thou to mind that which hath been...]
• [LIX: Every unbiased observer will readily admit...]
• [LX: My captivity can bring on Me no shame....]
• [LXI: The world is in travail, and its agitation...]
• [LXII: Recall thou to mind My sorrows, My cares...]
• [LXIII: O thou whose face is turned towards Me!...]
• [LXIV: It is Our wish to remember the Abode of...]
• [LXV: Call Thou to remembrance Thine arrival in...]
• [LXVI: Fear God, ye inhabitants of the City (Constantinople),...]
• [LXVII: There hath appeared in this Revelation...]
• [LXVIII: O thou who art the fruit of My Tree and...]
• [LXIX: Call thou to mind the behavior of Ashraf's...]
• [LXX: The world’s equilibrium hath been upset...]
• [LXXI: Be not dismayed, O peoples of the world,...]
• [LXXII: Let not your hearts be perturbed, O people,...]
• [LXXIII: It is clear and evident that when the veils...]
• [LXXIV: Every word that proceedeth out of the...]
• [LXXV: Tear asunder, in My Name, the veils that...]
• [LXXVI: Give ear, O My servant, unto that which...]
• [LXXVII: And now, concerning thy question regarding...]
• [LXXVIII: As to thy question concerning the origin...]
• [LXXIX: As to thy question concerning the worlds...]
• [LXXX: Thou hast asked Me whether man, as apart...]
• [LXXXI: And now concerning thy question regarding...]
• [LXXXII: Thou hast asked Me concerning the...]
• [LXXXIII: Consider the rational faculty with which...]
• [LXXXIV: Regard thou the one true God as One...]
• [LXXXV: O My servants! It behoveth you to refresh...]
• [LXXXVI: And now concerning thy question...]
• [LXXXVII: And now regarding thy question, “How...]
• [LXXXVIII: Know verily that the essence of justice...]
• [LXXXIX: Know assuredly that just as thou firmly...]
• [XC: Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on...]
• [XCI: Amongst the proofs demonstrating the truth...]
• [XCII: The Book of God is wide open, and His...]
• [XCIII: Know thou that every created thing is a...]
• [XCIV: And now concerning thy reference to the...]
• [XCV: Know thou that, according to what thy...]
• [XCVI: The Pen of the Most High is unceasingly...]
• [XCVII: Consider the doubts which they who have...]
• [XCVIII: Say: O leaders of religion! Weigh not the...]
• [XCIX: The vitality of men’s belief in God is dying...]
• [C: The voice of the Divine Herald, proceeding...]
• [CI: The purpose underlying the revelation of...]
• [CII: Give a hearing ear, O people, to that which...]
• [CIII: God hath, through His tongue that uttereth...]
• [CIV: O ye peoples of the world! Know, verily,...]
• [CV: O kings of the earth! He Who is the sovereign...]
• [CVI: The All-Knowing Physician hath His finger...]
• [CVII: He Who is your Lord, the All-Merciful,...]
• [CVIII: We have a fixed time for you, O peoples....]
• [CIX: O Kamál! The heights which, through the...]
• [CX: The Great Being saith: O ye children of men!...]
• [CXI: O contending peoples and kindreds of the...]
• [CXII: Behold the disturbances which, for many a...]
• [CXIII: Dost thou imagine, O Minister of the Shah...]
• [CXIV: Hearken, O King (Sulṭán ‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz),...]
• [CXV: The Pen of Revelation, O Dhabih, hath, in...]
• [CXVI: O kings of Christendom! Heard ye not the...]
• [CXVII: The Great Being, wishing to reveal the...]
• [CXVIII: Lay not aside the fear of God, O kings of...]
• [CXIX: O ye rulers of the earth! Wherefore have...]
• [CXX: O ye the elected representatives of the people...]
• [CXXI: Say: O ye that envy Me and seek My hurt!...]
• [CXXII: Man is the supreme Talisman. Lack of a...]
• [CXXIII: The generations that have gone on before...]
• [CXXIV: How wondrous is the unity of the Living,...]
• [CXXV: O My brother! When a true seeker determineth...]
• [CXXVI: To whatever place We may be banished,...]
• [CXXVII: If it be your wish, O people, to know...]
• [CXXVIII: Say: Doth it beseem a man while claiming...]
• [CXXIX: O wayfarer in the path of God! Take...]
• [CXXX: Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in...]
• [CXXXI: The Pen of the Ancient King hath never...]
• [CXXXII: The Purpose of the one true God, exalted...]
• [CXXXIII: The ordinances of God have been sent...]
• [CXXXIV: The first and foremost duty prescribed...]
• [CXXXV: O Letter of the Living! The ear of God...]
• [CXXXVI: Say: Deliver your souls, O people, from...]
• [CXXXVII: Some have regarded it as lawful to infringe...]
• [CXXXVIII: Thou seest, O God of Mercy, Thou...]
• [CXXXIX: Let thine ear be attentive, O Nabíl-i-‘Aẓam,...]
• [CXL: O Muḥammad-‘Alí! Great is the blessedness...]
• [CXLI: A Book sent down in truth unto men of...]
• [CXLII: I swear by the beauty of the Well-Beloved!...]
• [CXLIII: Blessed art thou, O My servant, inasmuch...]
• [CXLIV: The Pen of the Most High hath decreed...]
• [CXLV: If ye meet the abased or the down-trodden,...]
• [CXLVI: It is Our wish and desire that every one of...]
• [CXLVII: The Most Great Name beareth Me witness!...]
• [CXLVIII: O Salmán! All that the sages and mystics...]
• [CXLIX: Should any man, in this Day, arise and,...]
• [CL: When the victory arriveth, every man shall...]
• [CLI: Release yourselves, O nightingales of God,...]
• [CLII: Thine eye is My trust, suffer not the dust...]
• [CLIII: O banished and faithful friend! Quench the...]
• [CLIV: Warn, O Salmán, the beloved of the one...]
• [CLV: The first duty prescribed by God for His...]
• [CLVI: He Who is the Eternal Truth hath, from...]
• [CLVII: They that have forsaken their country for...]
• [CLVIII: God hath prescribed unto every one the...]
• [CLIX: Consider the pettiness of men’s minds. They...]
• [CLX: He is indeed a true believer in the unity of...]
• [CLXI: Gird up the loins of thine endeavor, that...]
• [CLXII: The All-Merciful hath conferred upon man...]
• [CLXIII: All praise be to God Who hath adorned...]
• [CLXIV: Members of the human race! Hold ye fast...]
• [CLXV: Know thou that every hearing ear, if kept...]
• [CLXVI: Whoso layeth claim to a Revelation direct...]

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