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Baha’u’llah’s Tablet of the Hair, no. 12

What follows is my provisional translation (in other words, not official or authorized; see here for more) of a Tablet of Baháʼuʼlláh, the original text of which is published in La’áli’u’l-Ḥikmat, vol. 3, p. 76 (selection no. 42).  This is one of eleven* Arabic Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh known as “the Tablets of the Hair,” which […]

Baha’u’llah’s Tablet of the Hair, no. 7

What follows is my provisional translation (in other words, not official or authorized; see here for more) of a Tablet of Baháʼuʼlláh, the original text of which is published in La’áli’u’l-Ḥikmat, vol. 3, p. 74 (selection no. 37). I am grateful to Khazeh Fananapazir for his suggested edits to this translation. This is one of […]

Baha’u’llah’s Tablet of the Hair, no. 6

What follows is my provisional translation (in other words, not official or authorized; see here for more) of a Tablet of Baháʼuʼlláh, the original text of which is published in La’áli’u’l-Ḥikmat, vol. 3, p. 73 (selection no. 36). I am grateful to Khazeh Fananapazir for his suggested edits to this translation. This is one of […]

Baha’u’llah’s Tablet of the Hair, no. 5

What follows is my provisional translation (in other words, not official or authorized; see here for more) of a Tablet of Baháʼuʼlláh, the original text of which is published in La’áli’u’l-Ḥikmat, vol. 3, pp. 70–73 (selection no. 35). I am grateful to Khazeh Fananapazir for his suggested edits to this translation and his enlightening explanations […]

Baha’u’llah’s Tablet of the Hair, no. 4

What follows is my provisional translation (in other words, not official or authorized; see here for more) of a Tablet of Baháʼuʼlláh, the original text of which is published in La’áli’u’l-Ḥikmat, vol. 3, pp. 69–70 (selection no. 34). I am grateful to Khazeh Fananapazir for his suggested edits to this translation. This is one of eleven […]

Baha’u’llah’s Tablet of the Hair, no. 2

What follows is my provisional translation (in other words, not official or authorized; see here for more) of a Tablet of Baháʼuʼlláh, the original text of which is published in La’áli’u’l-Ḥikmat, vol. 3, pp. 76–77 (selection no. 43). I am grateful to Khazeh Fananapazir for his suggested edits to this translation. This is one of […]

A Tablet of ‘Abdu’l-Baha Written in America to Haji Mirza Haydar-‘Ali: “O would that thou wert here; how dearly thou art missed!”

What follows is a provisional translation (in other words, not official or authorized; see here for more) of a Tablet of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá that He wrote at the home of Helen Goodall in Oakland, California. According to Maḥmúd’s Diary, where an earlier translation of the first few sentences of this same Tablet appears, it was written […]

Translations

This is a list of various items I have translated (or helped translate) from Persian and Arabic into English. All word counts have been rounded off to the nearest tenth and should thus be regarded as estimates. Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Texts (What Are Provisional Translations?) An alternative to the list below is this regularly […]

Lawh-i-Quds

What follows is my provisional translation (in other words, not official or authorized; see here for more) of a Tablet of Bahá’u’lláh known as the Lawḥ-i-Quds (“The Tablet of Holiness”), the original text of which has been digitally published on the Bahá’í Reference Library here. This is one of many Works identified by Shoghi Effendi as […]

Az Bágh-i-Iláhí (Hailing from the Godly Garden)

What follows is my provisional translation (in other words, not official or authorized; see here for more) of a Tablet of Baháʼuʼlláh, the original text of which can be found at this link in authenticated typescript form. The translation is set to blank verse (iambic tetrameter). * * * * * Translator’s Introduction: Keen students of […]