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Súriy-i-Ṣabr (Sura of Patience) by Bahá’u’lláh — book cover

Súriy-i-Ṣabr

Sura of Patience

سورة الصبر (لوح ايوب)

Bahá’u’lláh

Arabic 7,050 words Best-Known Work Awaiting Translation

Major work, written on the first day of Riḍván as He was departing Baghdad, praising the Bábís of the Nayriz upheaval of 1850 and in particular their leader, Siyyid Yaḥyáy-i-Dárábí (Vaḥíd), recounting their sufferings and condemning their persecutors; describes the sufferings of the biblical Job, comparing them to those of the recipient of the tablet, who played a key role in supporting the defenders at Nayríz; commends fortitude and patience in the face of suffering; foretells the coming of ‘the birds of darkness’; and proclaims the continuity of divine revelation.

tests and trials; sacrifice and sufferingstories; anecdotesconsolation and comfortwalking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous lifedetachment; severance; renunciation; patiencesteadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

هَذَا مَدِيْنَةُ الصَّبْرِ فَاجْهَدُوْا أَنْ تَدْخُلُوْا فِيْهَا يَا مَلَأَ الصَّابِرِيْنَ ذِكْرُ اللّٰهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ الصَّبْرِ عَبْدَهُ أَيُّوبًا إِذْ أَوَيْنَاهُ فِي ظِلِّ شَجَرَةِ الْقُدْسِ فِي فُؤَادِهِ وَأَشْهَدْنَاهُ نَارَ الَّتِي تُوقَدُ وَتُضِيءُ فِي سِرِّهِ وَتَجَلَّينَا لَهُ بِنَفْسِهِ ل

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