Lawḥ-i-Hawdaj
Tablet of the Howdah
لوح الهودج (لوح سامسون)
Bahá’u’lláh
Arabic 780 words Best-Known Work Awaiting Translation
Written upon Bahá’u’lláh’s arrival on the shores of the Black Sea en route to Istanbul, announcing the fulfilment of what was foretold in the ‘Tablet of the Holy Mariner’ a short time before, and warning of an impending ‘grievous and tormenting mischief ’ that would serve as the ‘divine touchstone’ separating truth from error.
power of the Manifestation of Goddivine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unitytests and trials; sacrifice and sufferingforgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearancebanishment to; life in Constantinople
تِلْكَ آياتٌ ظَهَرَتْ فِيْ خِدْرِ الْبَقاءِ وَهَوْدَجِ الْقُدْسِ حِيْنَ وُرُوْدِ اسْمِ الأَعْظَمِ عَنْ شَطْرِ السُّبْحانِ فِيْ أَرْضِ الصَّامْصُونِ يَمَّ بَحْرٍ عَظِيْمٍ، إِذًا نُزِّلَتْ جُنُوْدُ وَحْيِ اللهِ بِطِرازِ الذِيْ انْصَعَقَتْ عَنْها كُلُّ مَنْ فِي السَّمواتِ وَالأَرَضِيْنَ، وَأَشْرَقَتْ ق