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Our three illustrated chronologies on the lives of the three Central Figures of the Bahá’í Faith:

The Utterance Project was started with three aims:

To extol the beauty of the spoken utterances of The Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in the original Arabic and Persian;

To connect people with the languages in which the Bahá’í Holy Scriptures were originally revealed by providing subtitles and transliteration;

And to spark an interest in learning these languages among a wide variety of people.

Although the English translations of Bahá’í scripture are exceptional in their quality, there are musical and poetic characteristics of the revealed Persian and Arabic that cannot be reproduced faithfully in other languages without compromising the integrity of the original meaning. Certain words or spiritual concepts which sound nothing alike in English (or any other language) often rhyme perfectly in the original text. Similarly, certain ideas that can be expressed concisely in Persian and Arabic require wordier translations to unpack the full meaning in English. 

Ideally, because the chosen excerpts are spoken clearly and accompanied by subtitles and transliterations, the viewer will experience hearing the words and understanding them as they are being spoken in the original language of revelation. The written and transliterated Arabic and Persian are also provided with the hope that the viewer may eventually come to recognize certain sounds in their written forms. 

We hope these videos achieve their goal in making Arabic and Persian seem more approachable, and will make each person feel that it is entirely within their reach to access the wealth and beauty of the Bahá’í Holy Writings in their original languages.

Thank you for your interest in the Utterance Project!

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Regarding this special Tablet, Adib Taherzadeh has written: “A beautiful tablet in Arabic and in Bahá'u'lláh's own hand was revealed in Constantinople [Istanbul] on the eve of the 5th of Jamádíyu'l-Avval 1280 A.H. (19 October 1863), the anniversary of the Declaration of the Báb. This Tablet, because of its opening verse, is known as Lawh-i-Náqús (Tablet of the Bell) and is also referred to as the Subhánika-Yá-Hú. It was revealed following a request made through 'Abdu'l-Bahá by one of Bahá'u'lláh's companions, Áqá Muhammad-'Alíy-i-Tambákú-Furúsh-i-Isfahání. The revelation of this Tablet on such an auspicious occasion brought immense joy to the hearts of those who were celebrating that historic festival” (The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh, vol. 2, pp. 18–19). For more, see here: https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V2/p001-028Ch01.html#p18 ▬ Content of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 – Opening credits 00:32 – Lawḥ-i-Náqús (Tablet of the Bell) 16:21 – End credits ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Original Sources The source for the original Arabic text can be found here: http://www.bahai.org/r/128549946 The source for the English translation can be found here: http://www.bahai.org/r/317253486 Further Information To learn more about the Bahá’í Faith, visit https://www.bahai.org/ To learn more about Bahá’u’lláh, please visit: https://www.bahai.org/bahaullah/ and https://www.bahaullah.org/ For more Bahá’í prayers and Holy Writings in English, please visit: https://www.bahai.org/library/ Credits: Music « Ya Bahá’u’l-Abhá » Composed by Ameli Dziemba 2019 European Bahá’í Choir Festival Performance https://youtu.be/ncrthH9k-eg Transliteration and Recitation Adib Masumian Design and Video editing Violetta Zein For more information visit https://theutteranceproject.com/
Unlike His other, more well-known prayer for America (“...Let this American democracy become glorious in spiritual degrees even as it has aspired to material degrees, and render this just government victorious…”), with which ‘Abdu’l-Bahá concluded one of His talks in that country, the prayer featured in this video has an authenticated original text (in Arabic). The original prayer is preceded by a note in Persian, also written by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Himself, indicating that it was written in supplication of confirmation of the American government. An earlier translation of this prayer—published in Star of the West, vol. 8, no. 11 (27 September 1917), p. 141—is accompanied by a prefatory note stating that it was “revealed about the year 1900.” "The prayer in question is authentic, and its original Arabic text is held in the Archives at the Bahá’í World Centre. The manuscript includes the following heading in English: 'A Prayer for the confirmation of the American Government'. Moreover, in a message dated 4 January 1982 to a National Spiritual Assembly, the Universal House of Justice has stated that the prayer was 'specifically revealed for the U.S. Government'. – Bahá’í World Centre Research Department, “Prayers for America,” July 20, 2017. https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-prayer-united-states-government/ ▬ Content of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 – Opening credits 00:32 – Prayer for the confirmation of the American government 03:20 – End credits ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Original Sources The source for the original Arabic text can be found here: https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/abdul-baha/additional-tablets-talks-abdul-baha/292030620/1#768084884 The source for the English translation can be found here: https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/abdul-baha/additional-prayers-revealed-abdul-baha/190618071/1#764030886 Further Information To learn more about the Bahá’í Faith, visit https://www.bahai.org/ To learn more about ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, please visit https://www.bahai.org/abdul-baha/ For more Bahá’í prayers and Holy Writings in English, please visit: https://www.bahai.org/library/ For a variety of resources on remembering ʻAbdu’l-Bahá in commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of His passing, please visit https://sites.google.com/bahai.us/remembering-abdulbaha/ Credits: Music « Ya Bahá’u’l-Abhá » Composed by Ameli Dziemba 2019 European Bahá’í Choir Festival Performance https://youtu.be/ncrthH9k-eg Transliteration and Recitation Adib Masumian Design and Video editing Violetta Zein For more information visit https://theutteranceproject.com/
This beloved prayer of gratitude is well-known to Bahá’ís both in English translation and in its original Persian. ▬ Content of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 – Opening credits 00:32 – "What tongue can voice my thanks to thee" by Bahá'u'lláh 02:15 – End credits ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Original Sources The source for the original Persian text can be found here: http://www.bahai.org/r/970138393 The source for the English translation can be found here: http://www.bahai.org/r/619648927 Further Information To learn more about the Bahá’í Faith, visit https://www.bahai.org/ To learn more about Bahá’u’lláh, please visit: https://www.bahai.org/bahaullah/ and https://www.bahaullah.org/ For more Bahá’í prayers and Holy Writings in English, please visit: https://www.bahai.org/library/ Credits: Music « Ya Bahá’u’l-Abhá » Composed by Ameli Dziemba 2019 European Bahá’í Choir Festival Performance https://youtu.be/ncrthH9k-eg Transliteration and Recitation Adib Masumian Design and Video editing Violetta Zein For more information visit https://theutteranceproject.com/
This prayer and another one also published in Selections from the Writings of the Báb (no. 44: “I implore Thee by the splendor of the light of Thy glorious face…”) are actually both excerpts from the same unnamed Writing of the Báb. For more, refer to “A Partial Inventory of the Works of the Central Figures of the Bahá’í Faith,” catalog ID no. BB00565. ▬ Content of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 – Opening credits 00:32 – "In whom shall I take refuge by the Báb" 03:42 – End credits ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Original Sources The original Arabic text can be found here: http://www.bahai.org/r/800684954 The authorized English translation can be found here: http://www.bahai.org/r/307096040 Further Information To learn more about the Bahá’í Faith, visit https://www.bahai.org/ To learn more about the Báb, please visit: https://www.bahai.org/the-bab/ For more Bahá’í prayers and Holy Writings in English, please visit: https://www.bahai.org/library/ Credits: Music « Ya Bahá’u’l-Abhá » Composed by Ameli Dziemba 2019 European Bahá’í Choir Festival Performance https://youtu.be/ncrthH9k-eg Transliteration and Recitation Adib Masumian Design and Video editing Violetta Zein For more information visit https://theutteranceproject.com/
The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and the Báb include many short verses that are intended to be recited under various circumstances. Since we first launched the Utterance Project nearly a year and a half ago, we have received many requests to cover these verses in our videos, along with a few other very brief invocations and phrases. We have been carefully noting these, and have decided at last to make this video that features them all. We hope you find it useful and spiritually uplifting! ▬ Verses included in this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 – Opening credits 00:33 – First verse: The Greatest Name (Alláh-u-Abhá) 01:10 – Second verse: Yá Bahá’u'l-Abhá 01:38 – Third verse: Yá Alláhu'l-Mustagháth / Yá Iláha'l-Mustagháth 02:24 – Fourth verse: The Bahá'í marriage verses for women and men 03:06 – Fifth verse: Alternative verse for women in their courses 03:49 – Sixth verse: Verse to be recited in place of ablutions 04:26 – Seventh verse: First verse to be recited in place of each missed Obligatory Prayer 05:25 – Eighth verse: Second verse to be recited in place of each missed Obligatory Prayer 06:12 – Ninth verse: Verse in times of natural disasters 06:57 – Tenth verse: "He who puts his trust in God, God will suffice him..." 07:48 – Eleventh verse: Short prayer for decision-making 09:15 – End credits ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Original Sources Several of the verses featured in this video were originally revealed in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. The original Arabic text of that Book can be found here: https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/kitab-i-aqdas/ And the authorized English translation can be found here: http://www.bahai.org/r/366312870 The memorandum from the Bahá’í World Center that discusses Yá Alláhu’l-Mustagháth / Yá Iláha’l-Mustagháth can be found here: https://bahai-library.com/uhj_source_transliteration_mustaghath The original Arabic text of the prayer for decision-making at the end of the video can be found here: http://www.bahai.org/r/356866626 And the authorized English translation can be found here: http://www.bahai.org/r/884624320 Further Information To learn more about the Bahá’í Faith, visit https://www.bahai.org/ To learn more about Bahá’u’lláh, please visit: https://www.bahai.org/bahaullah/ and https://www.bahaullah.org/ To learn more about the Báb, please visit: https://www.bahai.org/the-bab/ For more Bahá’í prayers and Holy Writings in English, please visit: https://www.bahai.org/library/ Credits: Music « Ya Bahá’u’l-Abhá » Composed by Ameli Dziemba 2019 European Bahá’í Choir Festival Performance https://youtu.be/ncrthH9k-eg Transliteration and Recitation Adib Masumian Design and Video editing Violetta Zein For more information visit https://theutteranceproject.com/
Bahá’u’lláh invested a few prayers with special power. These include three obligatory prayers revealed by Him. Bahá’ís recite one of these each day: either a short prayer of a few brief lines, which is said between noon and sunset; a medium obligatory prayer of several verses, which is recited in the morning, at noon, and in the evening; or a long prayer, which is recited once in twenty-four hours and accompanied by various genuflections. Guidance from Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice clarifying how these genuflections should be performed can be found here: https://bahai9.com/wiki/Obligatory_Prayer_(long) For a talk by the late Ali Nakhjavani, former member of the Universal House of Justice, on the Long Obligatory Prayer, see here: https://soundcloud.com/adibm/long-obligatory-prayer Original Sources The source for the original Arabic text can be found here: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NF1/nf1-5.html The source for the English translation can be found here: http://www.bahai.org/r/693883235 Further Information To learn more about the Bahá’í Faith, visit https://www.bahai.org/ To learn more about Bahá’u’lláh, please visit: https://www.bahai.org/bahaullah/ and https://www.bahaullah.org/ For more Bahá’í prayers and Holy Writings in English, please visit: https://www.bahai.org/library/ Credits: Music « Ya Bahá’u’l-Abhá » Composed by Ameli Dziemba 2019 European Bahá’í Choir Festival Performance https://youtu.be/ncrthH9k-eg Transliteration and Recitation Adib Masumian Design and Video editing Violetta Zein For more information visit https://theutteranceproject.com/
This beautiful prayer of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá is well-loved by Bahá’ís who understand Arabic for its many sweet and mellifluous rhymes. Original Sources The source for the original Arabic text can be found here: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA/mma-229.html The source for the English translation can be found here: http://www.bahai.org/r/196496356 Further Information To learn more about the Bahá’í Faith, visit https://www.bahai.org/ To learn more about ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, please visit https://www.bahai.org/abdul-baha/ For more Bahá’í prayers and Holy Writings in English, please visit: https://www.bahai.org/library/ For a variety of resources on remembering ʻAbdu’l-Bahá in commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of His passing, please visit https://sites.google.com/bahai.us/remembering-abdulbaha/ Credits: Music « Ya Bahá’u’l-Abhá » Composed by Ameli Dziemba 2019 European Bahá’í Choir Festival Performance https://youtu.be/ncrthH9k-eg Transliteration and Recitation Adib Masumian Design and Video editing Violetta Zein For more information visit https://theutteranceproject.com/
This beautiful Persian prayer by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá appears in a Tablet of His to a certain Mrs. Watson and was translated into English by Ali Kuli Khan on 13 March 1904. Original Sources The source for the original Persian text can be found here: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA/mma-119.html The source for the English translation can be found here: http://www.bahai.org/r/947013367 Further Information To learn more about the Bahá’í Faith, visit https://www.bahai.org/ To learn more about ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, please visit https://www.bahai.org/abdul-baha/ For more Bahá’í prayers and Holy Writings in English, please visit: https://www.bahai.org/library/ For a variety of resources on remembering ʻAbdu’l-Bahá in commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of His passing, please visit https://sites.google.com/bahai.us/remembering-abdulbaha/ Credits: Music « Ya Bahá’u’l-Abhá » Composed by Ameli Dziemba 2019 European Bahá’í Choir Festival Performance https://youtu.be/ncrthH9k-eg Transliteration and Recitation Adib Masumian Design and Video editing Violetta Zein For more information visit https://theutteranceproject.com/
In “The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh,” volume 3 (pp. 226–28), Adib Taherzadeh writes: "Towards the end of 1871 Bahá'u'lláh received a letter from one of His devoted followers in Persia, Hájí Siyyid 'Alí-Akbar-i-Dahají . . . . In answer to his letter, Bahá'u'lláh revealed the Lawh-i-Qad Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisún, or the Lawh-i-Ihtiráq, translated into English and known in the west as the Fire Tablet. . . . . "The Lawh-i-Qad Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisún is one of Bahá'u'lláh's most celebrated Tablets; it is possessed of great powers, and the believers often recite it at times of difficulties and suffering. Of this Tablet Bahá'u'lláh states: 'Should all the servants read and ponder this, there shall be kindled in their veins a fire that shall set aflame the worlds.' The Fire Tablet is in Arabic rhyming verse; it moves the heart when chanted in the original language. It was revealed at a time when great afflictions and sorrows had surrounded Bahá'u'lláh as a result of the hostility, betrayal and acts of infamy perpetrated by those few individuals who had once claimed to be the helpers of the Cause of God. Bahá'u'lláh pours out His heart in this Tablet and expatiates on His afflictions. For nothing brings more sorrow to the heart of the Manifestation of God than unfaithfulness and treachery from within the community. Imprisonment and all manner of persecution by the outside enemy can do no harm to the Cause. What harms it are the actions of those who bear His name and yet commit deeds contrary to His good-pleasure. These few breakers of the Covenant of the Báb, who followed Mírzá Yahyá and rose up against Bahá'u'lláh from within, created such havoc in the community and among the inhabitants of 'Akká that the Pen of Bahá'u'lláh lamented in this Tablet in a manner unprecedented in all His Writings. “When this Tablet was revealed the followers of Bahá'u'lláh became aware of the immensity of His sufferings at the hands of the wicked and ungodly. He addresses Hájí Siyyid 'Alí-Akbar, its recipient, in these words: 'O 'Alí-Akbar, thank thy Lord for this Tablet whence thou canst breathe the fragrance of My meekness, and know what hath beset Us in the path of God, the Adored of all the worlds.' . . . "In order that the mind of man, limited and finite as it is, may be able to reflect and meditate on the sufferings heaped upon the Manifestation, and at the same time see a glimpse of His All-Glorious Being, Bahá'u'lláh has revealed this Tablet in a special way. It seems as if it is His human Person, as distinct from the Manifestation of God, that recounts His afflictions and dwells on the iniquities perpetrated by His enemies. Then comes the voice of God and Bahá'u'lláh's response to it. But in reality, Bahá'u'lláh, the Supreme Manifestation of God, cannot be divided into two. His human nature and divine spirit are so mingled together that at no time can He be regarded as a man devoid of the Most Great Spirit which always animated Him. It cannot be assumed that at times a Manifestation of God ceases to be a Manifestation and becomes purely a man. On the contrary, He is always a Manifestation of God, although He often hides His glory* and appears to be like an ordinary human being. To appreciate this indivisibility, let us consider man with his two natures. We observe that whereas man combines within himself the animal and the spiritual natures, yet he is always a man and at no time can he be considered to be a pure animal devoid of the human spirit or temporarily become robbed of his powers as a man. Similarly, the Manifestation of God can never be divided into separate parts. "Probably the basic reason that Bahá'u'lláh in the Fire Tablet has spoken with the voice of man is to enable the believers to appreciate how grievous were the attacks launched against Him, and how much His companions suffered when they were unable to attain His presence. In the opening passages, Bahá'u'lláh refers to this separation between Him and His loved ones and invokes the Almighty to succour and comfort them. . . ." Original Sources The original Arabic text can be found here: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/RTT/rtt-218.html The authorized English translation can be found here: http://www.bahai.org/r/096927648 Further Information To learn more about the Bahá’í Faith, visit https://www.bahai.org/ To learn more about Bahá’u’lláh, please visit: https://www.bahai.org/bahaullah/ and https://www.bahaullah.org/ For more Bahá’í prayers and Holy Writings in English, please visit: https://www.bahai.org/library/ Credits: Music: « Ya Bahá’u’l-Abhá » Composed by Ameli Dziemba 2019 European Bahá’í Choir Festival Performance https://youtu.be/ncrthH9k-eg Transliteration and Recitation Adib Masumian Design and Video editing Violetta Zein For more information visit https://theutteranceproject.com/
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The “Remover of Difficulties” is a short invocation revealed by The Báb and is one of the most well-known and best-beloved of all Bahá'í Writings. Further Information To learn more about the Bahá’í Faith, visit https://www.bahai.org/ To learn more about The Báb, please visit https://https://www.bahai.org/the-bab/ https://bicentenary.bahai.org/the-bab/ Credits: Music "Ya Bahá’u’l-Abhá" Composed by Ameli Dziemba 2019 European Bahá’í Choir Festival Performance https://youtu.be/ncrthH9k-eg Recitation and Transliteration Adib Masumian Design and Video editing Violetta Zein Localization of assets in Bemba Kennedy Chanda For more information visit https://theutteranceproject.com/
Bahá’ís recite one of three obligatory prayers revealed by Bahá’u’lláh each day: -either a short prayer consisting of a few brief lines, which is said between noon and sunset; -a medium obligatory prayer consisting of several verses, which is recited in the morning, at noon and in the evening; -or a long prayer, which is recited once in twenty-four hours. « These daily obligatory prayers, together with a few other specific ones, such as the Healing Prayer, the Tablet of Aḥmad, have been invested by Bahá’u’lláh with a special potency and significance, and should therefore be accepted as such and be recited by the believers with unquestioning faith and confidence, that through them they may enter into a much closer communion with God, and identify themselves more fully with His laws and precepts. » —From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi Further Information To learn more about the Bahá’í Faith, visit https://www.bahai.org/ To learn more about Bahá’u’lláh, please visit https://www.bahai.org/bahaullah/ https://www.bahaullah.org/ Credits Music: « Ya Bahá’u’l-Abhá » Composed by Ameli Dziemba 2019 European Bahá’í Choir Festival Performance https://youtu.be/ncrthH9k-eg Transliteration and Recitation Adib Masumian Design and Video editing Violetta Zein Localization of assets in Bemba Kennedy Chanda For more information, visit https://theutteranceproject.com/
This short healing prayer, one of the most beloved of all Bahá’í prayers was revealed by Bahá’u’lláh as a part of Lawh-i-Tibb, also known as the “Tablet to a physician” and appears towards the very end of this tablet. The Lawh-i-Tibb is a tablet containing specific teachings regarding medicine, health, and the nature of spiritual healing and was revealed by Bahá’u’lláh in ‘Akká in the late 1870’s and was addressed to Aqa Mírzá Muhammad-Riday-i-Tabib, a physician from Yazd, a man, according to Shoghi Effendi, who was a student of the old type of healing prevalent in the East and familiar with the terminology used in those days. Aqa Mírzá Muhammad-Riday-i-Tabib was the recipient of a number of tablets from Bahá’u’lláh throughout his life. This most famous of the tablets he received has no authorized translation in English yet, though some provisional translations can be found online. The only part of the Tablet that has been officially translated is this short healing prayer. Interesting fact The recurring long I in this prayer, which sounds like “ee” and gives the impression of rhyme, is a marker for the first-person singular pronoun “my” that is attached to nouns to make them possessive. Hence, shifáʼ means “healing,” and shifáʼí means “my healing.” Further Information To learn more about the Bahá’í Faith, visit https://bahai.cz/ https://www.bahai.org/ To learn more about Bahá’u’lláh, please visit https://bahai.cz/bahaullah.html https://www.bahai.org/bahaullah/ https://www.bahaullah.org/ For more Bahá'í Holy Writings and prayers in Czech, please visit https://bahai.cz/knihovna/#A Credits Music: « Ya Bahá’u’l-Abhá » Composed by Ameli Dziemba 2019 European Bahá’í Choir Festival Performance https://youtu.be/ncrthH9k-eg Transliteration and Recitation Adib Masumian Design and Video editing Violetta Zein For more information, visit https://theutteranceproject.com/
« Blessed is the spot » is a passage from a Tablet of Baháʼuʼlláh to one of His nineteen Apostles, Mírzá ʻAlí-Muḥammad, known more commonly as Ibn-i-Aṣdaq. This iconic excerpt, first translated by Shoghi Effendi in The Advent of Divine Justice, serves as an important reminder to us that, wherever we may be, that spot will be blessed if we mention God and glorify His praise there. In the original Arabic text, the “in” sound you hear at the end of every noun is a short vowel mark called a “kasratain.” In this context, this mark indicates that the noun is indefinite. So, rather than refer to a *specific* sea, land, island, and so on, Baháʼuʼlláh is saying that *any* sea, land, or island where the mention of God is made and His praise is glorified will be blessed. Further Information To learn more about the Bahá’í Faith, visit https://bahai.cz/ https://www.bahai.org/ To learn more about Bahá’u’lláh, please visit https://bahai.cz/bahaullah.html https://www.bahai.org/bahaullah/ https://www.bahaullah.org/ For more Bahá'í Holy Writings and prayers in Czech, please visit: https://bahai.cz/knihovna/#A Credits Music: « Ya Bahá’u’l-Abhá » Composed by Ameli Dziemba 2019 European Bahá’í Choir Festival Performance https://youtu.be/ncrthH9k-eg Transliteration and Recitation Adib Masumian Design and Video editing Violetta Zein For more information, visit https://theutteranceproject.com/
This short healing prayer, one of the most beloved of all Bahá’í prayers was revealed by Bahá’u’lláh as a part of Lawh-i-Tibb, also known as the “Tablet to a physician” and appears towards the very end of this tablet. The Lawh-i-Tibb is a tablet containing specific teachings regarding medicine, health, and the nature of spiritual healing and was revealed by Bahá’u’lláh in ‘Akká in the late 1870’s and was addressed to Aqa Mírzá Muhammad-Riday-i-Tabib, a physician from Yazd, a man, according to Shoghi Effendi, who was a student of the old type of healing prevalent in the East and familiar with the terminology used in those days. Aqa Mírzá Muhammad-Riday-i-Tabib was the recipient of a number of tablets from Bahá’u’lláh throughout his life. This most famous of the tablets he received has no authorized translation in English yet, though some provisional translations can be found online. The only part of the Tablet that has been officially translated is this short healing prayer. Interesting fact The recurring long I in this prayer, which sounds like “ee” and gives the impression of rhyme, is a marker for the first-person singular pronoun “my” that is attached to nouns to make them possessive. Hence, shifáʼ means “healing,” and shifáʼí means “my healing.” Further Information To learn more about the Bahá’í Faith, visit https://www.bahai.uz/uzc/ https://www.bahai.org/ru/ To learn more about Bahá’u’lláh, please visit https://www.bahai.org/ru/bahaullah/ https://www.bahaullah.org/ Credits Music: « Ya Bahá’u’l-Abhá » Composed by Ameli Dziemba 2019 European Bahá’í Choir Festival Performance https://youtu.be/ncrthH9k-eg Transliteration and Recitation Adib Masumian Design and Video editing Violetta Zein For more information, visit https://theutteranceproject.com/
This short healing prayer, one of the most beloved of all Bahá’í prayers was revealed by Bahá’u’lláh as a part of Lawh-i-Tibb, also known as the “Tablet to a physician” and appears towards the very end of this tablet. The Lawh-i-Tibb is a tablet containing specific teachings regarding medicine, health, and the nature of spiritual healing and was revealed by Bahá’u’lláh in ‘Akká in the late 1870’s and was addressed to Aqa Mírzá Muhammad-Riday-i-Tabib, a physician from Yazd, a man, according to Shoghi Effendi, who was a student of the old type of healing prevalent in the East and familiar with the terminology used in those days. Aqa Mírzá Muhammad-Riday-i-Tabib was the recipient of a number of tablets from Bahá’u’lláh throughout his life. This most famous of the tablets he received has no authorized translation in English yet, though some provisional translations can be found online. The only part of the Tablet that has been officially translated is this short healing prayer. Interesting fact The recurring long I in this prayer, which sounds like “ee” and gives the impression of rhyme, is a marker for the first-person singular pronoun “my” that is attached to nouns to make them possessive. Hence, shifáʼ means “healing,” and shifáʼí means “my healing.” Further Information To learn more about the Bahá’í Faith, visit https://www.bahai.uz/uzl/ https://www.bahai.org/ru/ To learn more about Bahá’u’lláh, please visit https://www.bahai.org/ru/bahaullah/ https://www.bahaullah.org/ Credits Music: « Ya Bahá’u’l-Abhá » Composed by Ameli Dziemba 2019 European Bahá’í Choir Festival Performance https://youtu.be/ncrthH9k-eg Transliteration and Recitation Adib Masumian Design and Video editing Violetta Zein For more information, visit https://theutteranceproject.com/
The “Remover of Difficulties” is a short invocation revealed by The Báb and is one of the most well-known and best-beloved of all Bahá'í Writings. Further Information To learn more about the Bahá’í Faith, visit https://www.bahai.org/national-communities/greenland https://www.bahai.org/ To learn more about The Báb, please visit https://https://www.bahai.org/the-bab/ https://bicentenary.bahai.org/the-bab/ Credits: Music "Ya Bahá’u’l-Abhá" Composed by Ameli Dziemba 2019 European Bahá’í Choir Festival Performance https://youtu.be/ncrthH9k-eg Recitation and Transliteration Adib Masumian Design and Video editing Violetta Zein For more information visit https://theutteranceproject.com/
This short healing prayer, one of the most beloved of all Bahá’í prayers was revealed by Bahá’u’lláh as a part of Lawh-i-Tibb, also known as the “Tablet to a physician” and appears towards the very end of this tablet. The Lawh-i-Tibb is a tablet containing specific teachings regarding medicine, health, and the nature of spiritual healing and was revealed by Bahá’u’lláh in ‘Akká in the late 1870’s and was addressed to Aqa Mírzá Muhammad-Riday-i-Tabib, a physician from Yazd, a man, according to Shoghi Effendi, who was a student of the old type of healing prevalent in the East and familiar with the terminology used in those days. Aqa Mírzá Muhammad-Riday-i-Tabib was the recipient of a number of tablets from Bahá’u’lláh throughout his life. This most famous of the tablets he received has no authorized translation in English yet, though some provisional translations can be found online. The only part of the Tablet that has been officially translated is this short healing prayer. Interesting fact The recurring long I in this prayer, which sounds like “ee” and gives the impression of rhyme, is a marker for the first-person singular pronoun “my” that is attached to nouns to make them possessive. Hence, shifáʼ means “healing,” and shifáʼí means “my healing.” Further Information To learn more about the Bahá’í Faith, visit https://www.bahai.et/ https://www.bahai.org/ To learn more about Bahá’u’lláh, please visit https://www.bahai.et/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59:baha-u-llah&catid=33&Itemid=124 https://www.bahai.org/bahaullah/ https://www.bahaullah.org/ For more Bahá’í Holy Writings and prayers in Amharic, please visit: https://www.bahai.et/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=42&Itemid=140 Credits Music: « Ya Bahá’u’l-Abhá » Composed by Ameli Dziemba 2019 European Bahá’í Choir Festival Performance https://youtu.be/ncrthH9k-eg Transliteration and Recitation Adib Masumian Design and Video editing Violetta Zein For more information, visit https://theutteranceproject.com/
This most beloved of all Bahá’í prayers for children was originally included in a letter from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to a certain “Mrs. E.C.” (Ella Cooper) and published in Star of the West, vol. 9, no. 10 (September 8, 1918), p. 114. You can see the prayer in the second-to-last paragraph on the right-hand column of that page by following this link: http://starofthewest.info/viewer.erb?vol=09&page=114 Fun fact: the portion of this earlier translation which reads “illumine the lamp of my heart” is actually a mistranslation of the original text, whereby siráj-i-rawshan kun has been misread as siráj rawshan kun. It was later changed to correctly read “make of me a shining lamp,” which is now part of the authorized translation of this prayer. Further Information To learn more about the Bahá’í Faith, visit https://www.bahai.org/national-communities/greenland https://www.bahai.org/ To learn more about ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, please visit https://www.bahai.org/abdul-baha/ Credits Music "Ya Bahá’u’l-Abhá" Composed by Ameli Dziemba 2019 European Bahá’í Choir Festival Performance https://youtu.be/ncrthH9k-eg Transliteration and Recitation Adib Masumian Design and Video editing Violetta Zein For more information, visit https://theutteranceproject.com/
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We are delighted to bring you our longest publication yet, the Lawḥ-i-Náqús of Bahá’u’lláh. Regarding this special Tablet, Adib Taherzadeh has written:“A beautiful tablet in Arabic and in Bahá’u’lláh’s own hand was revealed in Constantinople [Istanbul] on the eve of the 5th of Jamádíyu’l-Avval 1280 A.H. (19 October 1863), the anniversary of the Declaration of the Báb. This Tablet, because of its opening verse, is known as Lawh-i-Náqús (Tablet of the Bell) and is also referred to as the Subhánika-Yá-Hú. It was revealed following a request made through ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by one of Bahá’u’lláh’s companions, Áqá Muhammad-‘Alíy-i-Tambákú-Furúsh-i-Isfahání. The revelation of this Tablet on such an auspicious occasion brought immense joy to the hearts of those who were celebrating that historic festival” (The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh, vol. 2, pp. 18–19) Click link in bio for YouTube channel to view video … See MoreSee Less

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We are delighted to bring you our longest publication yet, the Lawḥ-i-Náqús of Bahá’u’lláh. Regarding this special Tablet, Adib Taherzadeh has written:“A beautiful tablet in Arabic and in Bahá’u’lláh’s own hand was revealed in Constantinople [Istanbul] on the eve of the 5th of Jamádíyu’l-Avval 1280 A.H. (19 October 1863), the anniversary of the Declaration of the Báb. This Tablet, because of its opening verse, is known as Lawh-i-Náqús (Tablet of the Bell) and is also referred to as the Subhánika-Yá-Hú. It was revealed following a request made through ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by one of Bahá’u’lláh’s companions, Áqá Muhammad-‘Alíy-i-Tambákú-Furúsh-i-Isfahání. The revelation of this Tablet on such an auspicious occasion brought immense joy to the hearts of those who were celebrating that historic festival” (The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh, vol. 2, pp. 18–19). … See MoreSee Less

Lawh-i-Naqus (Tablet of the Bell) – by Bahá’u’lláh – In Arabic with English Subtitles

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In commemoration of July 4 (Independence Day in America), we are sharing our latest publication, a prayer by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá for the confirmation of the American government. Unlike His other, more well-known prayer for America (“…Let this American democracy become glorious in spiritual degrees even as it has aspired to material degrees, and render this just government victorious…”), with which ‘Abdu’l-Bahá concluded one of His talks in that country, the prayer featured in this video has an authenticated original text (in Arabic). The original prayer is preceded by a note in Persian, also written by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Himself, indicating that it was written in supplication of confirmation of the American government. An earlier translation of this prayer—published in Star of the West, vol. 8, no. 11 (27 September 1917), p. 141—is accompanied by a prefatory note stating that it was “revealed about the year 1900.”Click on the YouTube link in our bio to listen to this beautiful prayer! … See MoreSee Less

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In commemoration of July 4 (Independence Day in America), we are sharing our latest publication, a prayer by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá for the confirmation of the American government. Unlike His other, more well-known prayer for America (“…Let this American democracy become glorious in spiritual degrees even as it has aspired to material degrees, and render this just government victorious…”), with which ‘Abdu’l-Bahá concluded one of His talks in that country, the prayer featured in this video has an authenticated original text (in Arabic). The original prayer is preceded by a note in Persian, also written by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Himself, indicating that it was written in supplication of confirmation of the American government. An earlier translation of this prayer—published in Star of the West, vol. 8, no. 11 (27 September 1917), p. 141—is accompanied by a prefatory note stating that it was “revealed about the year 1900.” … See MoreSee Less

« A Prayer for the Confirmation of the American Government » by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá – Arabic w/English Subs

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Introducing The Blessed Beauty, a dual fully-illustrated chronology of the life and Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh, written and illustrated by Violetta Zein. To access the new chronology, click on "Our links" and click on "The Blessed Beauty" … See MoreSee Less

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