AN ACROSTIC PRAYER OF THE BAB FROM

TBA MS. 6006C.

TRANS. STEPHEN LAMBDEN

IN PROGRESS AND UNDER REVISION

17/07/06

This interesting  early acrostic supplication of the Bāb is contained in TBA mss. 6006C

as scanned below  (click to enlarge).

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In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.

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Praised be to God Who  hath revealed Himself  unto the verses (al-āyāt) through their own Persona (anfus).

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And unto the [celestial] Gates (al-abwāb)  through the upright [Letter] آ  "A" (al-alif al-qā'im) by virtue of their manifestations (maẓāhir).

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And unto the heavens and the earth  through the Name of the [Letter]   ب    "B" (bi-ism al-bā'),  their Differentiator [Cleaver]  (fāṭir)

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And unto the Star of Heaven (najm al-samā') through the Name  of [the Letter]  ت   "T" (al-tā'), its Evident Reality (ẓāhir).

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And unto the Director of the Celestial Spheres (mudabbir al-aflāk) through the Name  of [the Letter] ث  "Th" (al-thā'),  by virtue of his journeying (masīra).

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And upon the Mountains (al-jibāl) through the Name of [the Letter]  ج   "J" (al-jīm)  their Elevating reality (rāfi`a)

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And unto the Initiator of Daytime (mufjir al-anhār)  through the Name of [the Letter]   Add ?    "X" (al-rād?) their Mover (majrī).

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And unto the  Winds (al-rayyāḥ)  through the Name of [the Letter]    ت   "T" (al-tā')   their Diffuser (munshir).

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And unto the  Way stations (al-manāzil)  through the Name of [the Letter]   ADD     "Ḥ" (al-ḥā')  their Determiner (muqaddir).

TO BE  COMPLETED