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Key to Passages Translated by Shoghi Effendi

Abbreviation of Sources

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 … future ages.” 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
103 “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, GPB 207
136–9 “Say: O concourse of monks … wrapt 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 (Lawḥ-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

Náṣiri’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 as quoted in ESW 15
226 “O ye seeming fair … immeasurable is the difference!” PHW #25 as quoted in ESW 16
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
233 “The religious doctors … and unto them shall it return.” KI 247–48
233 “When the Standard of Truth … shall curse it.” KI 238
234 “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 … manifest loss!” WOB 178, GPB 174
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 … Thy law!” WOB 105
“Had Moses … 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
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