Lawḥ-i-Bismílih
Tablet of the Bismillah
لوح بسمله
Bahá’u’lláh
Persian 1,410 words Best-Known Work Awaiting Translation
Emphasizes the importance of the independent investigation of spiritual reality upon attainment of maturity, which entails the understanding of why some choose the path of faith and others that of denial, why each religious sect believes it is in sole possession of the truth, and why the Prophets of the past were all rejected in their day.
suffering; rejection of Christprayer for forgivenesssuffering and imprisonmentprayer for nearness to Godindependent investigation of truth; realityservitude; submission to God; repentancepurpose; goal of creation
اين مظلوم اراده نموده لوجه اللّه بر شما القا نمايد آنچه را که سبب بقای ابدی و ذکر سرمديست * شکّی نبوده و نيست که مقصود از آفرينش معرفت حقّ جلّ جلاله بوده * حال بايد خالصا لوجه المقصود انسان تفکّر نمايد که سبب اقبال نفوس بمشارق وحی و مطالع الهام در قرون و أعصار چه بوده و علّت اعراض چه * اگر بعرفان اي