| Paragraph | Passage | Source |
| Súriy-i-Haykal |
6–7 | "While engulfed in tribulations … of them that perceive." | GPB 101–102 |
8 | "The day is approaching when God … the Self-Subsisting." | WOB 109–110 |
34 | "Erelong shall God draw forth … how vehement is His might" | WOB 110 |
42 | "Beware lest ye shed the blood … if ye do but understand." | ESW 25 |
44 | "Naught is seen in My temple … could be seen but God." | WOB 109 |
47 | "the fertilizing winds … whether seen or unseen!" | WOB 169, PDC ¶112 |
50 | "The Holy Spirit Itself … of them that comprehend" | WOB 109 |
66 | "Within the treasury of Our Wisdom … the All-Wise." | WOB 109 |
75 | "It is in Our power, should We wish it, to enable … future ages." | WOB 107 |
88 | "Great is the blessedness … the Almighty, the All-Wise." | PDC ¶271 |
89 | "O ye the dawning-places … and unto others." | PDC ¶208 |
89 | "Ye are even as a spring … it fruits, will be corrupted." | PDC ¶208 |
96 | "Had the Primal Point … with each other in My Days." | WOB 138 |
Pope Pius IX (Lawh-i-Páp) |
102 | "O Pope!… the Almighty, the Unrestrained." | PDC ¶71 |
| 102 | “He, verily, hath again come … hath been illumined.” | PDC ¶71 |
| 103 | “Dwellest thou in palaces … towards the Kingdom.” | PDC ¶71 |
| 105 | “Arise in the name of thy Lord … peoples of all faiths.” | PDC ¶71 |
| 106 | “Call thou to remembrance … away from His light.” | PDC ¶72 |
| 108 | “Consider those who opposed … disputed with Him.” | PDC ¶72 |
| 108 | “None save a very few … eventide and at dawn.” | PDC ¶72 |
| 109 | “Read ye the Evangel … concourse of learned men!” | PDC ¶256 |
| 111 | “The fragrances of the … fast hold of guidance.” | PDC ¶256 |
| 112 | “The Word which the Son … of the righteous!” | PDC ¶73 |
| 113 | “This is the day … Kingdom is fulfilled!” | PDC ¶73 |
| 114 | “My body longeth … from its transgressions.” | PDC ¶73 |
| 115 | “The people of the Qur’án … clouds wept over Us.” | PDC ¶247 |
| 116 | “And if they cast … the Gracious, the All-Powerful!” | WOB 108 |
| 118 | “O Supreme Pontiff … the book of creation.” | PDC ¶74 |
| 120 | “Should the inebriation … Revealer of all power.” | PDC ¶74 |
| 126 | “Verily, the day of ingathering … the All-Compelling.” | PDC ¶74 |
| 127 | “Say: O concourse of Christians … turn ye unto Him.” | PDC ¶261 |
| 127 | “The Beloved One … heedless of My Revelation” | PDC ¶261 |
| 128 | “O people of the Gospel! … everlasting life.” | PDC ¶261 |
| 129 | “We behold you … Direct yourselves towards Him.” | PDC ¶261 |
| 129 | “Verily, He said … quickeners of mankind.” | PDC ¶261 |
Napoleon III (Lawh-i-Napulyún II) |
| 131–5 | “O King of Paris! … near access to God to flow.” | ESW 46–49 |
| 136–9 | “Say: O concourse of monks … wrapped in a thick veil!” | ESW 49–52 |
| 140 | “More grievous … kingdoms of earth and heaven.” | ESW 52 |
| 141 | “Upon Our arrival … token of God’s grace.” | GPB 206 |
| 142–43 | “As My tribulations multiplied … poor and the desolate.” | ESW 52–53 |
| 143 | “Abandon thy palaces … them that turn unto Him.” | PDC ¶70 |
| 143 | “Shouldst thou desire … All-Knowing, the All-Wise.” | PDC ¶70 |
| 144 | “Arise thou … Lord of strength and of might.” | ESW 53 |
| 145 | “Adorn the body … peoples of the earth.” | ESW 53–54 |
| 146 | “Doth it behove you … shining and resplendent Seat.” | ESW 54 |
| 147 | “Shed not the blood … abode of the transgressors!” | ESW 54 |
| 148 | “God hath prescribed… influence his hearers.” | GWB CLVIII |
| 149 | “Deal not treacherously … the Most Generous.” | ESW 54–55 |
| 150–51 | “O people of Bahá … created of a sorry germ.” | ESW 55 |
| 152 | “Regard ye the world … such as create dissension.” | ESW 55–56 |
| 154 | “He Who is your Lord … among God’s blessed ones.” | GWB CVII |
| 156 | “Meditate on the world … this sublime Vision.” | ESW 56 |
Czar Alexander II (Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rús) |
| 158 | “O Czar of Russia … barter away this sublime station.” | PDC ¶75 |
| 159–60 | “Beware lest thy sovereignty … sword of the oppressor.” | PDC ¶75–76 |
| 162–3 | “Again I say … the Mighty, the Glorified.” | PDC ¶77–78 |
| 164 | “Some lamented … Evangel were adorned.” | PDC ¶78 |
| 170 | “Blessed be the king … the All-Powerful, the Almighty.” | PDC ¶78 |
Queen Victoria (Lawh-i-Malikih) |
| 171–3 | “O Queen in London … the Ruler, the All-Wise.” | PDC ¶79–81 |
| 173 | “And if any one of them … of the blissful.” | ESW 61–62 |
| 174–6 | “O ye the elected … all else naught but error.” | GWB CXX |
| 176–7 | “Each time that Most Mighty … what I say.” | ESW 63–64 |
| 178–82 | “O ye rulers … naught but manifest justice.” | GWB CXIX |
| 185 | “Turn thou unto God … heavens and of the earth.” | PDC ¶82 |
Násiri’d-Dín Sháh (Lawh-i-Sultán) |
| 192–95 | “O King! I was but a man … derived from the Name of God!” | PDC ¶97–99 |
| 217 | “A just king is the shadow … that hath surpassed the worlds.” | PDC ¶182 |
| 221 | “Would that the world-adorning wish … for Me or against Me.” | PDC ¶110 |
| 225 | “O ye that are foolish … the paths of perdition.” | PHW #24 |
| 226 | “O ye seeming fair … immeasurable is the difference!” | PHW #25 |
| 227 | “O essence of desire! … unto the hosts of holiness.” | PHW #28 |
| 228 |
“O bondslave of the world! … returned whence it came.” | PHW #30 |
| 230 | “O King of the age! … a sufficient witness unto Me.” | PDC ¶100 |
| 233 | “The religious doctors … and unto them shall it return.” | KI 247–48 |
| 233 | “When the Standard of Truth … shall curse it.” | KI 238 |
| 234 | “Those doctors who have indeed … drunk of the cup of renunciation” | GPB 143 |
| 242 | “Each nation hath plotted darkly … invalidate the truth.” | KI 5 |
| 242 |
“No Messenger cometh unto them … but they laugh Him to scorn.” | KI 5 |
| 244 | “But if their opposition be grievous … a ladder into heaven” | KI 109–10 |
| 249 | “O would that thou wouldst … knowledge of the Book.” | PDC ¶101 |
| 249 | “But for the repudiation … no God is there but He!” | PDC ¶101 |
| 258 | “By Him Who is the Truth! … lighteth earth and heaven.” | ESW 17 |
| 265 | “I have seen, O Sháh … nor ear heard.” | PDC ¶102 |
| 265–6 | “How numerous the tribulations … in the path of My Lord!” | PDC ¶102 |
| 267 | “According to what they say … metropolis of the owl” | GPB 186 |
| 268 | “By God! Though weariness … such as commune with Him.” | PDC ¶102 |
| 273 | “But for the tribulations … the Lord of the worlds.” | ESW 94 |
| 276 | “Thus have We built the Temple … Be and it is.” | PDC ¶113 |
| Súriy-i-Ra’ís |
| 1 | “Hearken, O chief … the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.” | WOB 178 |
| 2 | “Thou hast, O Chief, committed that … evident loss!” | WOB 178 |
| 5 |
“The day is approaching … in sore distress.” | PDC ¶152 |
| 11 | “the loved ones of God … on the first night without food.” | GPB 179 |
| 12 | “The people surrounded the house … wept over Us” | GPB 179 |
| 12 | “We perceived that the weeping … such as ponder.” | GPB 179–180 |
| 13 | “unheard of in bygone centuries … the power of His might” | GPB 180 |
| 13 | “King and Beloved of Martyrs” | GPB 136–137 |
| 14 | “Say: This Youth hath departed … the power of truth” | GPB 181 |
| 18 | “Had Muhammad … privileged to behold Thy face!” | WOB 105–106 |
| 21 | “Ere long will God … the Almighty, the Beneficent” | PDC ¶185 |
| Lawh-i-Ra’ís |
| 6 | “From the foundation of the world … nor heard of.” | GPB 187 |
| 7 | “Soon will He seize you … none to help or succour you.” | PDC ¶153 |
| 9 | “Several times calamities … the Pen of My command.” | PDC ¶153 |
| 25–26 | “There is a matter … may be made known unto you.” | PDC ¶111 |
| Lawh-i-Fu’ád |
| 13 | “Soon will We dismiss … the All-Compelling.” | PDC ¶156 |
| Súriy-i-Mulúk |
| 2 | “O kings of the earth! … the All-Powerful, the All-Wise.” | PDC ¶41 |
| 2–3 | “Fear God, O concourse … and be not of the heedless.” | PDC ¶41 |
| 4 | “My face hath come forth … could ye but know it.” | PDC ¶41 |
| 6 | “Arise, then, … may be revealed unto you.” | PDC ¶41 |
| 6 | “Beware lest ye hinder … can be quickened.” | PDC ¶41 |
| 7–14 | “Lay not aside the fear … the right course.” | PDC ¶42–46 |
| 15 | “O kings of Christendom! … the entire creation.” | PDC ¶64 |
| 20–23 | “Twenty years have passed … turn his face towards Thee.” | GWB CXVI |
| 24–30 | “Call Thou to remembrance … Himself a witness.” | GWB LXV |
| 36 | “Know ye that the world … all things hath testified.” | GWB LXV |
| 37–47 | “Fear God, ye inhabitants … the path of resignation.” | GWB LXVI |
| 53–54 | “The day is approaching … of the past or of the future.” | GWB LXVI |
| 58–72 | “Hearken, O King … abide and rule therein.” | GWB CXIV |
| 74 | “They expelled Us … on earth can compare” | GPB 161 |
| 74 | “the place which none entereth … authority of the sovereign” | GPB 161 |
| 75 | “Neither My family … that freezing weather.” | GPB 161 |
| 78–83 | “I swear by God, O King! … the Lord of all worlds!” | GWB CXIV |
| 84–107 | “Dost thou imagine … trust and confidence in their Lord.” | GWB CXIII |
| 108 | “O ye divines of the City! … than all your doings.” | PDC ¶224 |
| 109–111 | “Know ye, that had your leaders … turn upon their heels.” | PDC ¶224 |
| 111 | “Know ye that God will not … could ye but perceive it.” | PDC ¶224
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