Partial inventory: all items by Abdu'l-Bahá, details

...a very great importance was given to Science and knowledge in the writings of Baha'u'llah, who wrote that

AIL.071 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7ktDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA0]

@high station of the arts and sciences, @genuine love and affection in teaching the Cause, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @work as worship, @words vs deeds

AB01666

300

...Abdu'l-Baha was educated by the Beauty of Abha. He imparted to him instruction and the code of manners.

DAS.1914-09-04x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_12.pdf#page=35]

@Hands of the Cause, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @high station of the true believer, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11298

...Absolute equality amongst men: this would be impossible. There is needed some organization which will bring about an order in this disorder.

SW_v13#12 p.323 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_12]

@maintainance of degrees in society

AB11522

Persian

از رأی حکيم حاذق بنصّ مبارک نبايد خارج شد و مراجعت فرض ولو نفس مريض

...According to the explicit decree of Baha’u’llah one must not turn aside from the advice of a competent doctor

MMK1#135 p.153x [https://www.bahai.org/r/402858051]

SWAB#135x [http://www.bahai.org/r/868558741] LOG#0945x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n945] LOG#0965x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n965]

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @business; financial; property matters

AB05982

140

...After my return from America and Europe, owing to the difficulties of the long voyage and the innumerable inconveniences... When the teacher delivers an address

DAS.1913-07-28 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=85] BSC.452 #827x [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] SW_v07#10 p.097x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_10] ABIE.121 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @consolation and comfort, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @humility; meekness; lowliness

AB06534

130

...All created things have their degree or stage of maturity. The period of maturity in the life of a tree

PDC.194-195x [http://www.bahai.org/r/219434013] WOB.164-165x [http://www.bahai.org/r/866288505]

@coming-of-age; maturity of mankind, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @teleology; goal-directed motion

AB11422

...All great movements have advanced through altruism, selflessness, and self-sacrifice, and not [merely] through the interchange of public opinion.

DAS.1913-07-12 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=28] SW_v04#15 p.252 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_15] ABIE.058 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @universal peace; world unity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

AB11586

...All nations were promised by a sure promise and were awaiting with anxiety and longing the coming of the promised one.

SW_v09#01 p.006x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_1]

@prophecy and fulfillment

AB11299

...All the believers of God and the maidservants of the Merciful must summon the people to the Kingdom and be the cause of the guidance of the inhabitants of the world.

DAS.1913-08-16 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=79] ABIE.200 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB10792

...All these wishes are well worthy of asking, especially the rescue from self-love

SW_v07#18 p.184 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_18]

@selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

AB11482

Persian

Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A

نقاهت هر چند از عوارض ذاتيّه انسانست ولی فی الحقيقه مشکل است نعمت صحّت بر جميع نعما مرجّح است

...Although ill health is one of the unavoidable conditions of man, truly it is hard to bear. The bounty of good health is the greatest of all gifts

MMK1#132 p.148x [https://www.bahai.org/r/417669273]

SWAB#132x [http://www.bahai.org/r/710911231]

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing

AB07834

110

...Although the life of the creature is called life, in reality, compared to the life of the children (of the Kingdom)

SW_v07#16 p.150 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_16]

@life and death, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @attaining the life of the spirit

AB05485

150

...Although up to this time I have not written thee, yet spiritual communion united the hearts and ideal correspondence was uninterrupted.

DAS.1914-07-13x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=42]

@mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @the concourse on high, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @The Holy Spirit

AB11556

...Among the miracles which distinguish this sacred Dispensation is this, that women have evinced a greater boldness

ADJ.069x [http://www.bahai.org/r/613781265]

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @power of the Manifestation of God, @role and station of women

AB00512

550

...Among the most important affairs is the founding of the Mashrak-el-Azkar... ...When the Mashrak-el-Azkar was erected in Ishkabad, its influence was felt

GPB.351x3x [http://www.bahai.org/r/030748783] COF.069x [http://www.bahai.org/r/097876207] SW_v06#17 p.137x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17] SW_v07#15 p.148x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_15] SW_v01#14 p.007x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_14]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @growth of the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB11093

...An hundred good tidings that the doors of the Kingdom have been opened and the Call of the Lord of the Kingdom upraised.

SW_v14#10 p.304-305 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_10]

@unity; oneness of humanity, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @blind imitation [taqlid]

AB12034

150

...And now, in gratitude for the assistance, confirmation, protection, and loving-kindness vouchsafed by the All-Glorious Lord

BRL_SOCIAL#017x [http://www.bahai.org/r/958614194]

@serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @education of children; moral education

AB00759

450

...Announce on my behalf my warmest greetings to Mr. Howell, and say, The Mashrak-el-Azkar of Chicago is of the greatest importance. This is a Bahá'í Temple

SW_v02#03 p.007x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_3] SW_v06#17 p.140x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17] SW_v13#10 p.264x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_10]

@Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @spiritual transformation, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB00727

460

...As for the question of inheritance which is occasioning perplexity: in truth, one is entirely free during his lifetime

BRL_UHJ1996-07-01#2 [https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/the-universal-house-of-justice/messages/19960701_001/1#472008705]

@law of inheritance, @justice and wrath of God, @suffering and imprisonment

AB11349

mixed

امّا علامت بلوغ عالم که در کتاب اقدس مرقوم یکی حصول صلح عمومی و دیگری ظهور و بروز اخت النّبوة حکمت الهّیه است که صنعتع مکتوبه جزو آن است

...As for the signs of the coming of age of the human race mentioned in the Kitab-i-Aqdas: one sign is the advent of universal peace, and the other is the unfoldment and appearance of the 'sister of prophecy', the divine philosophy, of which the hidden craft forms a part

ASAT1.208x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/427.pdf#page=110]

BLO_alchemy [https://bahai-library.com/brown_reflection_theory_alchemy]

@House of Justice, @coming-of-age; maturity of mankind, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @consolation and comfort, @universal peace; world unity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11104

...As much as you are able, be ye faithful at the Threshold of the Beauty of Abha. Faithfulness demands self-sacrifice.

DAS.1914-07-02 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=15]

@sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB11545

...As thou hast realized thy own shortcomings, rest thou assured that thou art firm

SW_v08#17 p.228x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_17]

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @firmness in the Covenant, @love of God, @knowledge of self

AB00908

410

...As to [what thou hast heard concerning] the child born from Russian parentage, this is pure imagination. Yea, certain persons

TAB.647-648 [https://books.google.com/books?id=5R0qAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA647]

@predictions and prophecies, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @role and station of women, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11386

...As to his honor Mr. Hoar, verily he is one who hath presented himself here, witnessed, heard, comprehended and became illuminated and enlightened with the light of the gift of God

SW_v12#19 p.311x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_19]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prayer for children and youth, @love of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @martyrs and martyrdom, @naming of children; of individuals

AB08646

...As to his question about the permissibility of promulgating the divine teachings without relating them to the Most Great Name, you should answer: "This blessed Name hath an effect on the reality of things

COC#1922x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_guidelines_teaching#1922]

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @review of publications

AB12077

240

Persian

ای بنده صادق الهی حضرت ابن ابهر مرقوم نموده اند که آن یار رحمانی بصرافت طبع

...As to the design of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar: it should resemble the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar of ‘Ishqabad. That is, it must be a nine-sided edifice

BRL_DAK#0694 [https://www.bahai.org/r/150277314] COMP_MASHRIQP#36x [https://adibmasumian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/originals_mashriq_compilation.pdf] QUM.274-275 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/tarikh-i-amr-i-bahai_dar_shahr-i-qum_vol1.pdf]

BRL_MASHRIQ#36x [http://www.bahai.org/r/158933620]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @service to others; to the Cause of God, @wisdom [hikmat]

AB08656

...As to the education of children, exert every effort to further this; it is of the utmost importance. So too, the education of girls in all the rules of righteous conduct

COC#0630x

@education of children; moral education, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB11088

...As to the matter of the building of the Mashrak-el-Azkar, that is, the matter of beginning

SW_v06#17 p.149 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @business; financial; property matters, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB11568

...As to the matter of the Mashrak-el-Azkar: This is very important. All the believers must most decidedly exert their collective effort in this particular

SW_v04#09 p.160x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_9]

AB10951

Persian

Abdu'l-Baha Writes to Kansas City

ضیافت نوزده روزه بسیار سبب فرح و سرور قلوبست اگر چنانکه باید و شاید

...As to the Nineteen Day Feast, it rejoiceth mind and heart. If this feast be held in the proper fashion

MMK1#051 p.089x [https://www.bahai.org/r/294322655]

SWAB#051x [http://www.bahai.org/r/898051102] LOG#0799x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n799]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Nineteen-Day Feast, @interpretation of dreams and visions

AB11338

...As to the Nineteen Day Feast, ye must give this your most careful attention, and firmly establish it. For this Feast bringeth bliss and unity and love to the lovers of God

COC#0919x

@spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @East and West; communication between East and West, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB07508

170

Persian

ای کنیز خدا نامه ات رسید مشغولیت بسیار لهذا اختصار سزاوار از مس نوبلاک

...As to the Nineteen Day festivity, it is of the utmost importance that the friends should gather at a meeting where, in complete attunement and love

BRL_DAK#0433 [http://www.bahai.org/r/282310782] BBBD.182

BRL_ATE#155x [http://www.bahai.org/r/838052521] COC#0927x BBBD.183

@Nineteen-Day Feast, @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @martyrs and martyrdom, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB10990

...As to the question of Huquq: In no wise shouldst thou make statements requiring any person to pay the Huquq. However if a devoted and self-sacrificing soul freely and spontaneously offereth

COC#1168x

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @power of the Manifestation of God, @law of Huququ'llah, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @Shrines and Holy places, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB11327

Arabic

اما عن السئوال الذی سالتموه فاعلموا بان هذا سر مکنون و انه کالجوهرة المخفیه فی صدفتها

...As to the question ye have asked me, know verily that this is a well-guarded secret. It is even as a gem concealed within its shell.

MAS2.026-027 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS2/mas2-27.html] PPRP.002 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/74.pdf]

WOB.150x [http://www.bahai.org/r/465340918] PPRL.001x [https://bahai-library.com/khanum_priceless_pearl]

@mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @predictions and prophecies

AB03880

190

...As to the significance of the Cause of Baha'u'llah, know that everything which belongs to the universal is divine

BSC.495 #955 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] SW_v13#12 p.342 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_12]

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @Christ; Christianity, @universality of the Cause

AB04020

300

Persian

ای سراج محبت الله نامه مورخ ۱۳ جنوری ۱۹۱۲ وصول یافت الحمد لله دلیل بر صحت

...As to thy coming to Egypt, it will bring happiness both to thy heart and to ours. I suggested this to thee two months ago, that we proceed to Egypt together

BRL_DAK#1080 [https://www.bahai.org/r/837590014]

LBLT.109bx [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LBLT.pdf#page=110]

@prayer for specific individuals; groups, @personal instructions, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

AB08460

100

...As to thy inquiry about traveling to nearby towns out of Chicago for the promulgation

SW_v10#06 p.108-109x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_10/Issue_6]

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

AB07153

120

...As to thy question concerning the 54th chapter of Isaiah This chapter refers to the Most Exalted Leaf

TDH#064.17x [http://www.bahai.org/r/996189187]

@eulogies; reminiscences, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @thankfulness; gratitude, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

AB02847

230

...As to thy question concerning the husband and wife, the tie between them

SW_v09#07 p.085-086 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_7]

@marriage as means of spiritual progress, @education of children; moral education, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB10282

...As to your question regarding the stars: Know that these brilliant stars are numberless and their existence is not devoid of wisdom both useful and important.

BSC.445 #811 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] PN_unsorted p088x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=88] PN_unsorted p091 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=91] BSTW#017 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_000-050.pdf#page=22] BSTW#042b [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_000-050.pdf#page=55]

@celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

AB11616

...Assuredly ye will achieve a Conquest in California

SW_v02#13 p.006 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_13]

AB11103

...At present we are living in Ramleh, near Alexandria. From all parts the believers are arriving daily

DAS.1913-10-01 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_04.pdf#page=93]

@personal instructions, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

AB11443

...Baha'u'llah hath said that the various races of humankind lend a composite harmony and beauty of color to the whole

ADJ.037bx [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525]

@unity; oneness of humanity, @race unity; racial issues

AB11461

...Baha'u'llah once compared the colored people to the black pupil of the eye surrounded by the white

ADJ.037bx [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525] MBW.136x

@race unity; racial issues, @symbolism

AB11597

...Be not disappointed in thyself; trust thou in the favor and bounty of his highness, the Almighty.

SW_v07#18 p.187 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_18]

AB11462

...Be not in despair, but rather smile by the mercy of thy Lord; and be not sorrowful

TAB.177 [https://books.google.com/books?id=0H8yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA177]

@consolation and comfort, @soul; spirit after death, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB11307

...Be not sad on account of poverty, nor be sorrowful when the people scorn thee

TAB.177 [https://books.google.com/books?id=0H8yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA177]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual transformation, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @Christ; Christianity, @consolation and comfort

AB10293

...Be thou in a state of utmost joy and fragrance and render thanks unto the Forgiving Lord, that praise be to God, thou art victorious and triumphant

DAS.1913-08-20 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=87] ABIE.212 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement

AB01771

300

...Be thou not grieved and sad because of the ordeals and tests heaped upon thee.

DAS.1914-08-16x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=119]

@suffering and imprisonment, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @recompense; reward for belief; right action, @consolation and comfort, @justice and wrath of God

AB08352

100

…Be well assured of the favours of thy Lord, be resigned unto Him, and cross the ocean in full tranquillity… Give my greetings to thine honourable husband

MAX.191x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAX1.pdf#page=191] MAX.209x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAX1.pdf#page=209]

@consolation and comfort, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB11475

...Because of Abdu'l-Baha many a test will be visited upon you. Troubles will befall you, and suffering afflict you

ADJ.042x [http://www.bahai.org/r/782523270]

@Mary Magdalene, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB05470

150

...Blessed art thou, for thou hast severed thyself from aught else save God!

MAX.175 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAX1.pdf#page=175]

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @chastisement and requital

AB11085

...But it is two or three years since a number of people are making efforts in Chicago

SW_v06#17 p.134-135 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB07821

110

...But regarding teaching the Truth: One must teach with wisdom, amiability, good-naturedness and kindness

SW_v02#06 p.005-006 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_6]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @study; deepening, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @courtesy; culture [adab], @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11119

...By the life of Baha! He who is filled with the love of the Glory (of God) and forgets all things, the Holy Spirit will be heard

SW_v07#10 p.099 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_10] BSTW#369b [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_351-400.pdf#page=32]

@being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing

AB11089

...Certain regulations are revealed which in sure the welfare and well-being of all humanity

SW_v07#15 p.133x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_15]

@wealth inequality and its moderation, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

AB07833

110

...Concerning the erection of the Temple: Now all the believers must become united so that the Temple may be built soon in one place

SW_v06#17 p.134 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB03401

200

...Concerning the publications of books and pamphlets: The books of Mirza Abul Fazl, the books and pamphlets of Mr. Remey

SW_v08#10 p.133-134x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_10]

@review of publications, @firmness in the Covenant, @law of Huququ'llah, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB03858

190

...Concerning what you have written about your dear husband

SW_v09#19 p.223 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_19] SW_v10#02 p.029 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_10/Issue_2]

@consolation and comfort, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @exhortations and counsels

AB08446

100

...Consider how ‘Abdu'l-Bahá forgot all thoughts and mentions and turned his face towards the countries and empires

SW_v05#01 p.007 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_1] SW_v07#10 p.098 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_10]

@travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09109

...Consider how Abdul Baha forgot every material thought and mention and turned his face toward the countries and empires, cities and villages

DAS.1913-08-17 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=81] ABIE.203 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB08647

...Consider how the signs of the Tablet which was revealed to you on Sept. 1, 1901, have become apparent and manifest. At that time the hurricane of the violation of the Covenant had been extinguished

BSTW#052nx [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=5]

@being a source of light; guidance, @prophecy and fulfillment, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB05981

140

...Consider thou how the power of the Word of God has united the East and the West and bestowed spiritual communication, that a blessed soul from the inhabitants of America, while in the Holy Land

SW_v01#08 p.013 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_8]

@spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @East and West; communication between East and West

AB11092

...Consider thy composure, for composure of thought will become the cause of one's confirmation in the service

SW_v07#18 p.187 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_18]

@service to others; to the Cause of God

AB11459

...Convey my infinite love and kindness to ... and say: One must summon the people to the Kingdom of God. Silence and speechlessness is not at all permitted.

DAS.1913-10-14 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=8]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action

AB09182

...Convey my longing and love to thy dear husband, and say: In this world, from the days of Christ down to the present time

MAX.230x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAX1.pdf#page=230]

@power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB11289

...Convey my respectful greetings to [Dr.] ... and say : "Have confidence in heavenly bounty

TAB.507 [https://books.google.com/books?id=5R0qAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA507]

@East and West; communication between East and West, @unity; oneness of humanity, @personal instructions, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB05482

150

...Convey the wonderful Abha greeting to the believers. Chicago, in comparison

SW_v04#10 p.174x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_10]

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @firmness in the Covenant, @growth of the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity

AB01048

380

...Convey warmest, most loving greetings to Mark Tobey on my behalf, and heartfelt affection to Marguerite Bull.

BRL_ATE#034x [http://www.bahai.org/r/832051491] BRL_IOA#12x [http://www.bahai.org/r/674507616]

@work as worship, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

AB08462

100

...Cover the sins of the weak ones with the hem of the garment of Thy Mercy! Change the indifference

SW_v05#12 p.178 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_12]

@spiritual transformation, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @prayer for spiritual recognition

AB11613

...developed powers and capacities greater and more wonderful than other nations

COF.035x [http://www.bahai.org/r/580736086]

ABU3387

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-23

...diversity is really harmony. If our food were to be all of one kind it would become monotonous. So in many ways the existence of different degrees is in reality the perfection of harmony

PN_1909F p062 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909F.pdf#page=62] PN_1909F p116 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909F.pdf#page=116] AKL.009

@diversity of thought and belief, @unity in diversity, @differences in human capacity, @progress only takes place within its own degree, @diversity an attribute; requirement of existence

AB02126

270

Persian

ای یاران الهی اینعصر عصر رحمانیست و این قرن قرن روحانی ذرات اشیا در وجد و

...Each soul must consider where the good-pleasure of God resideth and what conduct, manners, and words will draw him nigh unto his Lord

BRL_CONF2018P#03x [http://www.bahai.org/r/159418928] MMK2#244 p.175 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA2/swa2-177.html] HDQI.261 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/HI/hi-266.html] ANDA#31 p.05 [https://www.afnanlibrary.org/d/andalib-issue-31]

BRL_CONF2018#03x [http://www.bahai.org/r/952088347]

@fulfillment of true potential, @spiritual transformation, @attaining good pleasure of God, @education and the development of capacity, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

AB11497

mixed

رب يسر الأمور و اشرح الصدور و اسمح بالفضل الموفور و ادخلنا فی جنة السرور و الحبور برحمتک يا عزيز و يا غفور

...Ease our affairs, O Lord, and gladden our hearts. Show us such beneficence as is born of Thine abundant bounty

MMG2#264 p.294x [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA/mma-297.html]

ADMS#051 [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/abdul-baha-prayer-ease-affairs/]

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for assistance; intercession

AB11337

Persian

ای بنت ملکوت نامه شما رسید مختصر و مفید بود نامه باید چنین باشد الفاظ مختصر و

...Endeavour that the black and the white may gather in one meeting place, and with the utmost love, fraternally associate with each other...This question of the union of the white and the black is very important For if it is not realized, erelong great difficulties will arise, and harmful results will follow

BRL_SWOP#011x [https://adibmasumian.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/originals_to_set_the_world_in_order.pdf]

BRL_SWO#011x [https://www.bahai.org/r/169724071] ADJ.039x [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525]

@race unity; racial issues, @exhortations and counsels, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

AB11611

...Even as the snow, they will melt away in the July sun

PDC.147 [http://www.bahai.org/r/896380101]

ABU1910

Words to Ali-Kuli Khan spoken in 1900

160

…every morning when the sun comes up, it does not first send out a herald to wake up the townspeople and tell them to rise and go to work.

SUR.141 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/g/gail_summon_up_remembrance.pdf#page=148]

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @Imam 'Ali, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @words vs deeds, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB00649

490

...Every one of the friends of God has two stations; one the station of mankind and the other the station of spirituality…. As long as one has not taken a portion of the mystery of sacrifice, it is impossible for him to attain to the Kingdom of God.

BSC.496 #958 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] SW_v07#12 p.116x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_12]

@spiritual transformation, @transcending the material condition, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within

AB00557

530

...Every one of the friends should highly praise the other and each should regard himself as evanescent and as naught in the presence of others. All matters should be consulted upon in the meeting

BRL_CONSULT#15x [http://www.bahai.org/r/435036250] COC#0181x

@unity; oneness of humanity, @Hands of the Cause, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @consultation, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

AB11448

...Every proof and prophecy every manner of evidence, whether based on reason or on the text

WOB.127-128x [http://www.bahai.org/r/180065536]

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @prophecy and fulfillment, @twin Manifestations

AB10292

...Every son who does not become a cause of glory for his parents is a manifest loss. How many children turn out to be fruitless and unfaithful!

DAS.1913-08-02 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=11] ABIE.144 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @thankfulness; gratitude

AB11432

...Express my affection to Mrs ... and say: "The grace of God hath chosen thee

TAB.507-508 [https://books.google.com/books?id=5R0qAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA507]

@praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB10319

Persian

اگر از اینعالم جسمانی این غصن مقطوع گردد و او را قش بر زمین

...Fear not if this Branch be severed from the material earth and cast aside its leaves

AYT.525a [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AT/at-525.html] DWNP_v1#03-4 p.007 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-1-burma-1923]

WOB.148x [http://www.bahai.org/r/339657224] SW_v08#15 p.207 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_15]

@martyrs and martyrdom, @predictions and prophecies

AB10903

...For some time past the feebleness of health and the prostration of the nerves impeded the path of correspondence... All that thou observest shall ere long vanish and disappear like unto the mirage

DAS.1914-02-21x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_07.pdf#page=99]

@Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn], @service to others; to the Cause of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06747

120

...For we, the followers of the Blessed Beauty, should all be engaged in the service of the Cause of God, and become sources of guidance to humanity

COC#1847x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_teaching_prominent_people#1847]

@grammar and orthography, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB00537

540

...Four letters have been received from you, the last dated April 18th, 1919. All

SW_v10#14 p.263x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_10/Issue_14] BSTW#240 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_201-250.pdf#page=51]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @soul; spirit after death, @eulogies; reminiscences, @firmness in the Covenant

AB02088

270

...From the beginning of the dawn of the Morn of Guidance the friends of Neireez were like unto overflowing cups

DAS.1913-11-07 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=97]

@martyrs and martyrdom, @praise and encouragement, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB11112

...From the beginning of time until the present day the light of Divine Revelation hath risen

WOB.074-075x [http://www.bahai.org/r/255875299]

@East and West; communication between East and West, @Christ; Christianity

AB06529

130

...Give my salutations and praise to that assembly who are firm in the covenant of God

SW_v08#16 p.217x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_16]

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @firmness in the Covenant, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @many are called but few are chosen, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @love of God

AB01926

280

...Give ye great weight to the Nineteen Day gatherings, so that on these occasions the beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the Merciful may turn their faces toward the Kingdom

COC#0923x SW_v06#17 p.143x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @call to action, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @praise and encouragement, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings

AB11548

...God did not make these divisions. These divisions have had their origin in man himself

ADJ.037bx [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525]

@prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @unity; oneness of humanity

AB11278

...God maketh no distinction between the white and the black. If the hearts are pure both are acceptable

ADJ.037bx [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525] LOG#1794x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=4#n1794]

@race unity; racial issues, @unity in diversity, @human reality created in the image of God

AB11340

...God willing, through the endeavor of the friends in America, may the Bird of Paradise be revealed in all its beauty in the Philippine Islands.

SW_v01#19 p.003x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_19]

@growth of the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @exhortations and counsels, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06945

120

...God, please keep your servants from wine and alcohol and keep alcoholic liquor away from them. O God, please destroy this harmful substance from the earth so no sign of it can be seen, and no one will hear any more about it

BLO_PT#003b [https://bahai-library.com/herrmann_abdul-baha_kansas_city]

@alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

AB12847

Persian

غصّه مخور صدمه مکش توکّل بر خدا کن و توسّل بذیل کبریا جو

…Grieve thou not, and sorrow not. Place thy whole trust in God, and hold fast unto the hem of the Almighty

BRL_SWOP#042x [https://adibmasumian.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/originals_to_set_the_world_in_order.pdf]

BRL_SWO#042x [https://www.bahai.org/r/360775552]

AB11395

Persian

هر روز از صبح تا ظهر درس بخواند تا خواندن و نوشتن آموزد و از ظهر تا قریب غروب

...He must study every day from morning till noon, so that he may learn how to read and write. From noon till about sunset he should acquire a craft

MJTB.112ax [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/05/mjtb.pdf]

COC#0013x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_arts_crafts#I13]

@useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @praise and encouragement, @wisdom [hikmat], @education of children; moral education

ABU2294

Words spoken ca. Nov. 1912 in the United States

110

...he replied that he had talked on every subject, from the scientific as well as psychological basis

SW_v03#10 p.016 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_10]

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @living waters; water of life

AB11614

...heavenly illumination stream to all the peoples of the world

COF.121x [http://www.bahai.org/r/172483142] COF.132x GPB.397x [http://www.bahai.org/r/552193552]

AB09747

...His Holiness Baha'u'llah has even said that occupation and labor are devotion. All humanity must obtain

SW_v14#06 p.167-168 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_6]

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @work as worship

AB10305

...His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh knows how much I love you. I wish for each one of you everlasting glory, beg for you eternal welfare

DAS.1914-06-24 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_10.pdf#page=129]

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

AB11534

...His honor, Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, has been permitted to leave for America, that there

SW_v09#17 p.188 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_17]

@permission for visit; pilgrimage, @prayer for service

AB11609

...His light at first had been a star; now it became a mighty sun

GPB.196x [http://www.bahai.org/r/379539153]

AB11140

...Hold thy husband dear and always show forth an amiable temper towards him, no matter how ill-tempered he may be

COC#0850x LOG#0757x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n757]

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @love and unity, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @prayer for specific individuals; groups

AB08461

100

...Honorable Dr... According to what is heard you have received the permission

TAB.419-420 [https://books.google.com/books?id=0H8yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA419]

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB12021

Arabic

اسئل اللّٰه ان یبارک هذا العید السّعید علی جمیع الأحبّاء و یؤیّدهم بتأییدٍ جدید انّ ربّی لعلی کلّ شئٍ قدیر

...I beseech God to make blessed this joyous new year for all His loved ones, and to assist them with fresh confirmations. Verily, my Lord is powerful over all things

ANDA#02 p.01x [https://www.afnanlibrary.org/d/andalib-issue-2] BDA2.194x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-202.html]

MHMD2.248x

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @firmness in the Covenant

AB12845

Persian

تبریک و تهنیت اقتران مینمایم که مبارک و متیمّن باشد و سبب تسلسل سلاله الی‌الأبد

...I convey my greetings and felicitations on the occasion of thy marriage. May it be blessed and joyous, and may it lead to the continuation of thy lineage forevermore

BRL_SWOP#020x [https://adibmasumian.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/originals_to_set_the_world_in_order.pdf]

BRL_SWO#020x [https://www.bahai.org/r/965904685]

AB11276

...I desire every Bahá'í to be severed and detached. If he passes between two mountains of gold, he must not look to either side.

DAS.1913-08-01 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=7] SW_v07#10 p.099 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_10] ABIE.141 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

AB08704

Persian

من منتظر آنم که نیویورک مبروک گردد و آوازهٴ ثبوت بر عهد و میثاق از آن شهر بآفاق رسد

...I eagerly anticipate the day when New York will become a blessed spot… Bless Thou, O King of Kings, the city of New York!

SCT.294x

BRL_ATE#047x [http://www.bahai.org/r/835780983]

The Descendants [https://descendants.bandcamp.com/track/new-york] B. Marks [https://youtu.be/6eIkxuXvc6I] L. Slott [https://lukeslott.bandcamp.com/track/new-york-prayer]

@prayer for specific individuals; groups, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB10298

...I hope ... certain souls may arise who may prove radiant lamps to the world of humanity

SW_v07#16 p.151x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_16]

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @call to action

AB11526

...I hope that all of them may become assisted in the service of the Mashrak-el-Azkar

SW_v06#17 p.140 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@call to action, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB11421

...I hope that the Ensigns of Divine Verses may be upraised in Stuttgart; the Fire of the Love of God be so enkindled as to set all those parts aglow

DAS.1913-07-11 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=26] ABIE.055 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@being a source of light; guidance, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11456

...I hope that the friends will give the utmost importance to the Mashriqu'l Azkar... The American friends are greatly endeared. Therefore I desire that they may be confirmed

SW_v13#10 p.264x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_10]

@praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB09730

...I hope that the light of guidance may become ignited in the lamp of thy heart with utmost brilliancy

DAS.1914-04-17x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=33]

@spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB10765

...I hope that ye may cause that downtrodden race to become glorious, and to be joined with the white race

ADJ.039x [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525] ADJ.055x [http://www.bahai.org/r/138409678] LOG#1790x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=4#n1790]

@race unity; racial issues, @predictions and prophecies, @unity in diversity

AB07827

110

...I love you tenderly and I know that you are drinking deep of the cup of afflictions. But that ever Christ

BSTW#204 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_201-250.pdf#page=5]

@consolation and comfort, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB06537

130

...I send you the glad tidings of the erection of the Mashrak-el-Azkar in Ishkabad

SW_v06#17 p.133 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB11300

...I supplicate and entreat at the Threshold of the Blessed Perfection and beg for the Divine Friends infinite Bestowal and Grace

@martyrs and martyrdom, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB11564

...If a man commit a transgression he has been unjust to himself, and soon he will find that he is in manifest regret and remorse

DAS.1914-08-06 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=98] SW_v07#18 p.186 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_18]

@justice and wrath of God, @recompense; reward for belief; right action, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB11078

...If a soul calls the people to the Kingdom of God according to the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh, there will be many listeners

DAS.1913-07-24 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=66] SW_v04#15 p.253x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_15] SW_v05#01 p.009x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_1] ABIE.108 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@methods of teaching the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @words vs deeds

AB09744

...If a soul shall utter a word without the sanction of the Covenant, he is not firm.

SW_v08#14 p.189 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_14] SW_v11#14 p.239 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_11/Issue_14]

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @firmness in the Covenant, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

AB01903

280

…If any differences of opinion may arise in those regions you must keep yourself entirely aloof and show forth love and kindness

BWF.408-408x [https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up]

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity

AB11209

...if in the andarún women related something about some person, the hearer should observe complete silence, engage in communion with the True One and say that the remembrance of God is best

LTDT.331x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=348]

@acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others

AB11073

...If it were possible that in every city a few of the awakened ones, when opportunity offered, could hold a meeting, and therein habitually present the proofs and arguments

BRL_MEET.AB#16x [http://www.bahai.org/r/603829360] COC#0394x [https://bahai-library.com/compilation_importance_deepening#394]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @prayer for teaching

AB11547

...If so helpless a creature can be endowed with so subtle a capacity, how much more efficacious

WOB.127x [http://www.bahai.org/r/180065536]

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

AB08188

100

Persian

اگر احبّای الهی چنانچه باید و شاید در نیویورک و سایر مُدن امریکا اتّحاد و اتّفاق روحی و لسانی و قلبی و جسمانی نمایند

...If the believers of God in New York and other cities of America establish, in a befitting manner, union and harmony

NJB_v02#03 p.002x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_3]

SW_v02#05 p.013x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_5] SW_v06#17 p.143x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB05837

140

Persian

ای نسیم باغ محبت الله اگر هزیز عرفان خواهی بوی خوش رحمن بجو و اگر مرور در

...If thou desirest eternal life, inhale the heavenly fragrance; and if thou seekest life everlasting, abide beneath the shelter of the Word of God.

BRL_CONF2018P#30x [http://www.bahai.org/r/480612384] COMP_PDLP#04x MMK2#111 p.086 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA2/swa2-88.html] AKHA_132BE #08 p.a [https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/]

BRL_CONF2018#30x [http://www.bahai.org/r/277294374] BRL_PDL#04x [http://www.bahai.org/r/943304346]

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha

AB11423

...If thou desirest to be confirmed in the service of the Kingdom of God, live in accord with the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh

DAS.1913-07-24 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=66] SW_v04#15 p.253x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_15] ABIE.107 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @love and unity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB11541

...If you meet those of a different race and color from yourself, do not mistrust them

ADJ.038x [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525]

@consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @race unity; racial issues

AB09105

...If you question regarding the trials and difficulties of Abdu'l-Baha - that is a sea boundless

SW_v12#16 p.254x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_16]

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @martyrs and martyrdom, @suffering and imprisonment

AB09292

...In brief, after having deducted the yearly expenses, if there is still any surplus left, then Huquq will be applicable to this surplus at the rate of 19%

COC#1164x

@law of Huququ'llah, @firmness in the Covenant, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @business; financial; property matters

ABU2625

Words spoken on 1913-10-24 in Ramleh

...in every dispensation three persons are mentioned. In the Mosaic dispensation there was Jehovah, the burning bush and Moses.

DAS.1913-10-24 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=50]

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @the cross and the trinity, @presence of; reunion with God, @The Holy Spirit, @angels

ABU0913

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-19

330

...In future you will see far greater gatherings... Yes. What could be greater than this war?...

PN_1919 p026 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1919.pdf#page=26] PN_1919 p137 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1919.pdf#page=137] LAT.030-032x [https://bahai-library.com/latimer_light_world] LAT.069-070x [https://bahai-library.com/latimer_light_world]

@sacred remains; burial of the Bab, @martyrdom of the Bab, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @non-participation in politics, @universal peace; world unity, @predictions and prophecies, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

ABU3180

...in like manner, when the sincere purposes and the justice of the sovereign, the knowledge and perfect political efficiency of the ministers of state

SW_v07#15 p.147 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_15]

@justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @relationship between government and people, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

AB11446

...In prayer one must turn his face towards the sanctified Reality of His Holiness Baha'o'llah - that Reality which surrounds all phenomena.

SW_v09#10 p.113x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_10]

@the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @station of the Manifestation of God

AB10777

...In reality, the radiant, pure hearts are the Mashrak-el-Azkar and from them the voice of supplication

SW_v06#17 p.135 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @outward and inward meanings

AB11101

...In regard to your question about using Kheirella's translation - Abdu'l-Baha says that the believers should use nothing that Kheirella has translated

PN_unsorted p074 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=74]

@review of publications, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

AB11562

...In the estimation of God all men are equal. There is no distinction or preference for any soul, in the realm of His justice and equity

ADJ.037bx [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525]

@equality of men and women, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @race unity; racial issues, @unity; oneness of humanity

AB11292

...In the world of being the meeting is blessed when the white and colored races meet together

ADJ.038-039x [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525] SW_v12#05 p.103 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_5]

@praise and encouragement, @race unity; racial issues

AB11454

...In these days, the Holy Ones of the Realm of Glory, dwelling in the all-highest Paradise

BADM.037x [http://www.bahai.org/r/447186622] SW_v14#03 p.086 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_3]

@martyrs and martyrdom, @return of the Manifestations of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @soul; spirit after death

AB09750

...In this age His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh has breathed the Holy Spirit into the dead body of the world... A new era of divine consciousness is upon us.

AB01013

390

Persian

ای مومن بالله و موقن بایات الله در این ایام که جمیع آفاق امکان از آثار قدرت و

...In this day, any deed, however infinitesimal, when not performed for the sake of God, is manifest loss

INBA55:414 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v055/?page=416]

BRL_CONF2018P#14x [http://www.bahai.org/r/676863650] MMK2#143 p.106 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA2/swa2-108.html] MMK4#108 p.118 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA4/swa4-121.html]

BRL_CONF2018#14x [http://www.bahai.org/r/556349728]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @power of prayer, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB11576

...In this day, assemblies of consultation are of the greatest importance and a vital necessity. Obedience unto them is essential and obligatory.

BADM.021cx [http://www.bahai.org/r/199300485]

@consultation

AB05413

150

mixed

حبیبا اقتدار روحانی جو و احتشام رحمانی امروز قوت و اقتدار اکسیر اعظم راست که

…In this day, true power and strength reside in the Supreme Elixir, which transformeth darkened realities into illumined souls

BRL_DAK#0335 [http://www.bahai.org/r/283349660] BRL_CONF2018P#31x [http://www.bahai.org/r/388918664] MMK2#160 p.120 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA2/swa2-122.html]

BRL_CONF2018#31x [http://www.bahai.org/r/649281830]

@growth of the Cause, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation, @East and West; communication between East and West, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

AB10799

...In this great cycle and wonderful dispensation, the majority of those non-essential commands which refer to the body are to be administered by the House of Justice

SW_v06#16 p.127 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_16]

@changing and unchanging parts of religion, @House of Justice, @the Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle

AB11084

...In this prohibition (from visiting Haifa) there is a providence which will become manifest before long. But know ye with the utmost certainty

BSC.492 #948x [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @nearness and remoteness

AB03302

210

...In thy letter thou hast stated the news of the holding of an educational conference. In reality such conferences are conducive to the progress

DAS.1914-04-17x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=33]

@spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @spiritual transformation

AB11520

...Indeed the sweet melody of the pupils of Mrs. H... gladdened the hearts of the people of the Supreme Concourse.

SW_v09#08 p.093x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_8]

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @nearness to God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11623

...influence and illumination are far-reaching

COF.035x [http://www.bahai.org/r/580736086]

AB11528

...is equipped and empowered to accomplish that which will adorn the pages of history, to become the envy of the world, and be blest in both the East and the West for the triumph of its people

COF.035x [http://www.bahai.org/r/580736086] COF.121x [http://www.bahai.org/r/172483142] GPB.254x [http://www.bahai.org/r/647760190] GPB.397x [http://www.bahai.org/r/552193552] TDH#158.5x [http://www.bahai.org/r/755603488]

@East and West; communication between East and West, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

AB06283

130

Persian

و امّا مسئلهٴ ثانی در آیهٴ ٢٥ کلمات مکنونه مقصود این است که در عالم وجود مراتب است

...It [Hidden Word #25] means that there are degrees in the world of existence. However much the inferior degree may progress

PYB#027 p.04x YMM.370x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=378] YMM.376x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=384]

DAS.1913-03-20x

@progress only takes place within its own degree, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB01546

310

Persian

دوستان را محفلی باید و مجمعی شاید که در آن مجامع و محافل

...It befitteth the friends to hold a gathering, a meeting, where they shall glorify God and fix their hearts upon Him

INBA13:338 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v013/?page=169] INBA59:298b [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v059/?page=300] INBA88:254b [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v088/?page=288] INBA89:187 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v089/?page=190]

MMK1#055 p.091x [https://www.bahai.org/r/873482127] AVK4.148.03x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-152.html] AVK3.142.10x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-146.html]

SWAB#055x [http://www.bahai.org/r/722118683]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB11211

270

Arabic

ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی قرئت تحریرک المورخ ۲۵ ینایر سنه ۱۹۰۳ و اطلعت

...It behoveth the servant to pray to and seek assistance from God, and to supplicate and implore His aid. Such becometh the rank of servitude, and the Lord will decree whatsoever He desireth, in accordance with His consummate wisdom

BRL_DAK#0228 [http://www.bahai.org/r/295121616] COMP_PDLP#24x

BRL_ATE#100x [http://www.bahai.org/r/423554814] BRL_PMDA#24x [http://www.bahai.org/r/736884845] BRL_PDL#24x [http://www.bahai.org/r/826767521] COC#1746x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_prayer_meditation_devotion#1746]

@growth of the Cause, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

AB08565

Persian

چندی بود که عبدالبهاء بسبب تقریر از تحریر بازمانده بود زیرا

...It has been some time since Abdul Baha has been deprived of correspondence, because he has been engaged in the delivery of public addresses

YHA2.998x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/684.pdf#page=455] NJB_v04#15 p.002x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_15]

DAS.1913-08-05 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=28] ABIE.157 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @power of faith; power of the spirit, @zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB10886

Persian

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

چنين اوقات ياران الهی فرصتی يابند و وقت غنيمت شمرند و جولان کنند

...It is at such times that the friends of God avail themselves of the occasion, seize the opportunity, rush forth and win the prize

MMK1#212 p.258x [https://www.bahai.org/r/488304928]

SWAB#212x [http://www.bahai.org/r/945065708]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @call to action

AB05169

150

Persian

احبای شهرهای کالیفورنیا علی الخصوص سانفرانسیسکو از بس ناله و فریاد کردند

...It is because the friends of California, and particularly those of San Francisco, have so frequently called and pleaded

BDA1.231.05x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-231.html]

MHMD1.247-248x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=272]

@travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @business; financial; property matters

AB01847

290

mixed

ای یار مهربان نامه شما رسید و چون رجوع از آن اقلیم سحیق گردید و باین قطر قریب

…It is clear and evident that for every receptacle there is a holding, for every dwelling a dweller, for every garden a flower, and for every paradise the ode of a nightingale. These heavenly spheres are not empty and void

BRL_DAK#0359 [http://www.bahai.org/r/331429461] MKT4.146 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA4/ma4-146.html] MMK6#479 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1699.pdf#page=351] AVK1.144-145x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ak1-169.html] YMM.344 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=352]

BLO_sazedj#19x [https://bahai-library.com/sazedj_provisional_translations]

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @material and spiritual existence; two books

AB11293

...It is difficult for the weak ones to endure the tests but for souls like you, it is very easy

SW_v08#19 p.240x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_19]

@power of faith; power of the spirit, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @consolation and comfort, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB11479

Persian

کلّ مأمور بمعالجه و متابعت حکما هستند اين محض اطاعت امر اللّه است و الّا شافی خدا

...It is incumbent upon everyone to seek medical treatment and to follow the doctor’s instructions, for this is in compliance with the divine ordinance

MMK1#136 p.153x [https://www.bahai.org/r/402858053]

SWAB#136x [http://www.bahai.org/r/241188278] LOG#0959x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n959]

@personal instructions, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas

AB12844

Persian

از الطاف جمال مبارک امیدوارم که این اقتران مورث روح و ریحان گردد و سبب سرور و حبور یاران

...It is my fervent hope that, through the bestowals of the Blessed Beauty, this marriage may bring about joy and radiance

BRL_SWOP#018x [https://adibmasumian.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/originals_to_set_the_world_in_order.pdf]

BRL_SWO#018x [https://www.bahai.org/r/713536870]

AB02381

290

Persian

ای خانم محترمه جواب نامه شما بتاریخ ۹ کانون ثانی ۱۹۲۰ بود رسید و از مضمون

...It is my hope that thou mayest be confirmed in that important cause, which is of greatest service to the world of humanity, for those poor children are dying of hunger and their condition is truly heart-rending

BRL_DAK#0130 [http://www.bahai.org/r/878975595]

LBLT.202x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LBLT.pdf#page=203] ABCC.512x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ABCC.pdf#page=542]

@praise and encouragement, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB01932

280

...It is natural that a passenger on board the steamer and sailing on the great ocean may now witness the tumultuous waves of a wild storm

SW_v07#09 p.080x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_9]

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB02511

240

...It is nearly two years and a half that I have been a wanderer over mountains and deserts and a traveler over seas and lands

DAS.1913-07-12x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=28] SW_v05#07 p.097x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_7] ABIE.058x [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@growth of the Cause, @business; financial; property matters, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB11494

...It is necessary for all to learn a craft, through which the people may earn their living. This commandment is universal.

COC#0014x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_arts_crafts#I14]

@business; financial; property matters, @suffering and imprisonment

AB08465

100

...It is some time since you are living in Yazd. Unquestionably you are the means of joy and the cause of ecstasy

DAS.1913-10-13 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=4] PN_various p013x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/]

@prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @praise and encouragement

AB11144

...It is the commandment of the Blessed Beauty, may my life be a sacrifice at His Threshold, that whosoever engageth in a craft, should endeavour to acquire in it utmost proficiency

COC#0015x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_arts_crafts#I15]

@excellence; distinction, @work as worship

ABU3406

Public address given on 1912-05-14

...It is the Holy Spirit of God which insures the safety of humanity, for human thoughts differ, human susceptibilities differ. You cannot make the susceptibilities of all humanity one except through the common channel of the Holy Spirit.

VLAB.060-061x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VLAB.pdf]

MHMD1.101 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=126]

@The Holy Spirit, @unity in diversity, @differences in human capacity

AB11610

...It is the manifest Standard waving in the center of that great continent

GPB.351x [http://www.bahai.org/r/030748783]

AB05886

140

...It is the wish of my heart and soul that the Sun of the divine heavens will shine with such splendour

BRL_ATE#039x [http://www.bahai.org/r/775900030]

@growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @East and West; communication between East and West

AB07775

110

...It is truly a delightful place. The mildness of the weather, the freshness of the grass and fields, the lushness and pleasantness of the hills

LTDT.344x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=361] AIF.1911-08-21x

@travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

ABU3346

Words spoken at Higher Thought center, 1911-11-01

...it matters not what name each calls himself -- The Great Work is One. Christ is ever in the world of existence

AIL.040 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7ktDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA0] BSTW#207c [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_201-250.pdf#page=9]

@oneness; unity of religion, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @Christ; Christianity, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @The Holy Spirit

AB05246

150

...It was my aim that after thy return to ... thou shouldst hoist the ensign

SW_v07#16 p.151-152x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_16]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @the power of words; of speech

AB10791

...Jesus Christ said only a few words to Peter, telling him that upon that rock he would

SW_v08#17 p.221 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_17] PTIM.057 [https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/P/PTIM/PTIM.htm]

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB11498

...Know thou that all the promises of Abdul-Baha are true and his instructions are inspirations of the Holy Spirit and received as suggestions from Baha’o’llah.

SW_v08#15 p.211x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_15]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @personal instructions, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB10696

...Know thou that before maturity man liveth from day to day and comprehendeth only such matters

BRL_ATE#037x [http://www.bahai.org/r/593400384]

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @The Holy Spirit

AB00662

480

...Know thou that hardship and privation shall increase day by day, and the people shall thereby be afflicted. The doors of joy and happiness shall be closed on all sides

LOG#0438x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance.html&chapter=2#n438] SW_v12#08 p.148x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_8] BSTW#446x [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_401-450.pdf#page=46] BSTW#504ax [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_500-507.pdf#page=3]

@praise and encouragement, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB00370

620

...Know ye of a certainty that the question of the gathering of the descendants of Abraham in Jerusalem

SW_v08#17 p.225-226 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_17]

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @prophecy and fulfillment, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people

AB11557

...Knowledge is love. Study, listen to exhortations, think, try to understand the wisdom and greatness of God… The soil must be fertilised before the seed be sown

COC#0426x [https://bahai-library.com/compilation_importance_deepening#426] SW_v20#10 p.314 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_20/Issue_10] BLO_PN#002 [https://bahai-library.com/stevens_abbas_effendi]

Bass Adjustment [https://bassadjustment.bandcamp.com/track/knowledge]

@knowledge; recognition of God, @love of God, @study; deepening, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @high station of learning

AB09724

...Less than a year [ago], Abdul Baha raised the cry of 'Ya Baha El Abha' from his heart and soul as he crossed the mountains and deserts of that continent!

DAS.1913-07-11 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=26] ABIE.054 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB11553

...Let them (the Bahá'ís) be awake! Let them be mindful! As soon as they see a trace of violation

SW_v04#10 p.174x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_10] BSTW#131 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_101-150.pdf#page=60]

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @call to action

AB11595

...Live and act thou in the present as far as possible for thee, according to the divine instructions.

SW_v07#18 p.187 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_18]

AB03041

220

...Lord! Verily, Thy servant, Eskandar Sprague, journeyed to the most remote

SW_v01#10 p.009 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_10]

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @prayer for praise and gratitude, @praise and encouragement

AB11347

...Make ye inquiries as to a woman teacher. She must be extremely modest, even-tempered, forbearing, and well bred, and she must be expert in the English language

COC#0611x

@courtesy; culture [adab], @personal instructions

AB11539

...Man is endowed with superior reasoning power and the faculty of perception

ADJ.038x [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525]

@human reality created in the image of God, @race unity; racial issues, @unity; oneness of humanity, @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit

AB11449

...Man must work, and in that work show the qualities of God and thus do good. His work, both material and spiritual

BSC.440 #803 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

@excellence; distinction, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @high station of the arts and sciences, @work as worship

AB11286

...May America become the distributing center of spiritual enlightenment, and all the world receive this heavenly blessing

TDH#158.17x [http://www.bahai.org/r/679994757]

@two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @being a source of light; guidance, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @praise of Western values; culture

AB11554

...May the inhabitants of this country...rise from their present material attainment to such heights

GPB.254x [http://www.bahai.org/r/647760190]

@spiritual transformation, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

AB11262

...May this American democracy be the first nation to establish the foundation of international agreement

ADJ.085bx [http://www.bahai.org/r/414788765] GPB.254x [http://www.bahai.org/r/647760190] WOB.075-076x [http://www.bahai.org/r/647076745]

@universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity

AB11424

...Moderation is necessary in all affairs. Man must take a lesson from divine actions and deeds

SW_v08#02 p.026x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_2]

@all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @wisdom [hikmat], @principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium

AB00238

760

...Mr. Mountfort Mills, Mrs. Alice Breed... displayed selfless effort... Mrs. Rohanna Bogislav and her daughter, Elfrida Martin, sang such a melody

BSTW#086x [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=91]

@praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @naming of children; of individuals

AB11360

160

Persian

ای دختر عزیز نامه تو رسید از مضمون سرور حاصل گردید زیرا دلالت بر روحانیت محضه

...Mrs. Maxwell is in very truth a mercy from God and a token of His grace. In assisting the friends she is self-sacrificing, and in firmness in the Covenant she is a heavenly example

BRL_DAK#0540 [https://www.bahai.org/r/822299849]

MAX.364ax [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAX1.pdf#page=364]

@firmness in the Covenant

ABU1936

150

...multitudiness, they all emanate from the solar center. May we be like these trees

BSTW#084b [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=86]

@unity; oneness of humanity, @unity in diversity, @diversity an attribute; requirement of existence

AB11452

...My hope is that the Esperantists may become attracted by these epistles and may

SW_v11#17 p.291x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_11/Issue_17]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @universal language

AB12280

200

...My kind friend, Some distinguished people think that by giving currency to tales and legends the Cause of the Baha'is can be discredited

EGBBF.109x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/balyuzi_browne_bahai_faith.pdf]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics

AB03878

190

...My name should be confined to "Abdu'l-Baha" in all writings. This is the collective name

SW_v08#15 p.212x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_15]

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

AB11451

...My thoughts are turned towards you, and my heart leaps within me at your mention

WOB.077x [http://www.bahai.org/r/648750949]

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB10738

Persian

اين اطفال را تربيت بهائی خواهم تا در ملک و ملکوت ترقّی نمايند و سبب سرور دل و جان

...My wish is that these children should receive a Baha’í education, so that they may progress both here and in the Kingdom

MMK1#100 p.124x [https://www.bahai.org/r/593744963]

SWAB#100x [http://www.bahai.org/r/848662423]

@education of children; moral education, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion

AB03591

200

…Nine is the last number and it is the greater number. Ten is simply the continuation of the number 1 because 10 is 1 and 100 is 1.

BSC.441 #804 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

@meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @return of Christ; second coming of Christ, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible

AB11435

...Now concerning the verse in Daniel, the interpretation whereof thou didst ask... A century will have elapsed from the dawn of the Sun of Truth; then will the teachings of God be firmly established

LOG#1414x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=4#n1414] PAB.024 [https://bahai-library.com/shoghieffendi_blomfield_passing_abdulbaha] BNE.250 [https://www.bahai.org/library/other-literature/publications-individual-authors/bahaullah-new-era/1#773046298]

@prophecy and fulfillment, @predictions and prophecies, @growth of the Cause

AB08712

250

...Now in the world of being the Hand of divine power hath firmly laid the foundations

BRL_DAK#1233 [https://www.bahai.org/r/713909409]

BADM.015-016x [http://www.bahai.org/r/203163481] WOB.111x [http://www.bahai.org/r/735680299] WOB.205x [http://www.bahai.org/r/599938771]

@spiritual transformation, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @material world a reflection of the spiritual

AB07815

110

...Now is the commencement of organization, hence every affair concerning the Kingdom

SW_v13#10 p.263-264x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_10] SW_v13#12 p.325x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_12]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

AB08468

100

...Now it is much better if you start directly for Japan and while there be engaged in the diffusion of the Fragrances of God.

DAS.1914-08-09 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=107]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07839

110

...Now the day has arrived in which the edifice of God, the divine sanctuary, the spiritual Temple, shall be erected in America

SW_v06#17 p.133 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17] SW_v06#17 p.130 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17] SW_v07#07 p.057-058 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_7] BW_v01p061 [http://dl.bahai.org/bahai-world/bahai-year-book-vol01-1925-1926.pdf#page=61]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB03886

190

...Now you must engage in the service of the Cause of God with the utmost firmness, steadfastness and resolution

SW_v05#01 p.005 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_1]

@effort; striving, @call to action, @growth of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02016

280

...Now you must engage in the service of the Cause of God with the utmost firmness, steadfastness and resolution, and expend day and night in the promotion of the Religion of God.

DAS.1913-10-21x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=33]

AB00639

490

Persian

ای عزيز عبدالبهآء پسر آن پدر باش و ثمر آن شجر زاده عنصر جان و دل او باش

...O dear one of ‘Abdu’l‑Baha! Be the son of thy father and be the fruit of that tree. Be a son that hath been born of his soul

MMK1#117 p.136x [https://www.bahai.org/r/900746666]

SWAB#117x [http://www.bahai.org/r/474699700] TAB.341-343 [https://books.google.com/books?id=0H8yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA341] PN_1912 p069x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1912.pdf#page=69] ECN.513 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/c/cooper_abdulbaha_california_1912.pdf#page=513]

@suffering; rejection of Christ, @non-participation in politics, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB07112

120

...O God, aid Thou this servant to be firm in Thy Covenant which has encompassed the heaven and earth

NYR#116x [https://www.nayriz.org/template.php?pageName=illuminatedTablets]

@prayer for firmness in the Covenant, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @personal instructions

AB12849

Arabic

رب رب وفق بینهما و ثبت اقدامهما علی الحبّ الأبدی و الارتباط السّرمدی حتّی یکون کل واحد

...O God, my God! Join in accord these two souls and set firm their feet in eternal love and everlasting union

BRL_SWOP#096x [https://adibmasumian.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/originals_to_set_the_world_in_order.pdf]

BRL_SWO#096x [https://www.bahai.org/r/899823895]

@prayer for married couples

AB07774

110

…O God! This is a branch sprung from the tree of Thy mercy… and bestow upon him the name Shoghi so that he may yearn for Thy Kingdom

BW_v13p060 [http://dl.bahai.org/bahai-world/the-bahai-world-vol13-1954-1963.pdf#page=60] CHC.269x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/CHC.pdf#page=278] PPRL.005x [https://bahai-library.com/khanum_priceless_pearl] SEIO.001x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/SEIO.pdf#page=1]

@prayer for children and youth, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @naming of children; of individuals

AB11212

...O handmaiden of God! Verily, God has confirmed thee in spreading the fragrances of God in those climes. Be a pillar of fire and a cloud of light and a blessed tree in the vineyard of God, the Precious, the Forgiving

SW_v14#11 p.353x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_11]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Mary Magdalene, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB11249

Persian

ای پروردگار این دختر ملکوت را در دو جهان عزیز نما از جهان خاک و خاکیان بیزار کن

...O Lord! Help this daughter of the Kingdom to be exalted in both worlds

HUV2.020x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/H2/h2-24.html]

BRL_APAB#05x [http://www.bahai.org/r/676221640] BRL_CHILD#27 [https://www.bahai.org/r/758413479]

E. Mahony [https://music.elikamahony.com/track/blessings-for-women]

@praise and encouragement, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @The Holy Spirit

AB09611

mixed

الهی الهی انّ هذا الزّرع قد اخرج شطأه و استوی علی سوقه قد اعجب الزّراع

...O my God, O my God! Verily this plant hath yielded its fruit and standeth upright upon its stalk.

LMA2.438x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/360.pdf#page=446]

BRL_APAB#13x [http://www.bahai.org/r/056252557] NYR#142 [https://www.nayriz.org/template.php?pageName=illuminatedTablets]

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @petitions to authorities, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @power of prayer, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB10386

mixed

ای بنده الهی هزار و سیصد و سی و پنج سنه مذکوره بدایتش از یوم هجرت حضرت رسول

...O servant of God! The aforementioned thousand three hundred and thirty-five years must be reckoned from the day of the flight of His Holiness Muhammad, the Apostle of God

MAS9.020x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS9/mas9-21.html]

PAB.025 [https://bahai-library.com/shoghieffendi_blomfield_passing_abdulbaha]

@prayer for forgiveness, @spiritual transformation, @growth of the Cause, @humility; meekness; lowliness

AB05764

140

...O thou daughter of the Kingdom! In reality thou art attracted to the divine realm and set aglow with the fire of divine love.

MAX.242 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAX1.pdf#page=242]

@love of God, @spiritual transformation, @firmness in the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB05742

140

...O thou esteemed one: This world is like unto a forest, and its trees are fruitless. Now the Divine Gardener hath come

PN_1906 p096x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1906.pdf#page=96]

@Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @power of love, @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB09728

...O thou kind God! To me Thou art kinder than myself and Thy love is more abundant and more ancient!

DAS.1914-08-20x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_12.pdf#page=1] SW_v08#18 p.233 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_18]

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for healing, @spiritual transformation

AB10976

Persian

ای خدای مهربان این درختان را زینت جنّت ابهی نما و بفیض آسمانی پرورش ده

...O Thou kind Lord! Grant that these trees may become the adornment of the Abha Paradise

HUV2.014x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/H2/h2-18.html]

BRL_APAB#06x [http://www.bahai.org/r/202492236] BRL_CHILD#21x [https://www.bahai.org/r/228614635]

@prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @consolation and comfort

AB07346

110

Persian

خداوند مهربانا کودکانیم بی‌نوا و طفلانیم در نهایت فقر و فنا ولی سبزهٴ جویبار توئیم و نهالهای پرشکوفهٴ

...O Thou kind Lord! We are poor children, needy and insignificant, yet we are plants which have sprouted by Thy heavenly stream

INBA75:067x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v075/?page=73]

DUR1.561x ADH2.128x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/i/ishraq-khavari_adhkar_muqarrabin_2.pdf] ADH2_5#04 p.160x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/i/ishraq-khavari_adhkar_muqarrabin_2.pdf] MJMJ1.107x MMG2#439 p.482x [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA/mma-485.html] MJH.047ax [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMAI/mmai-48.html] HUV1.006x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/621.pdf#page=6]

BRL_APAB#03x [http://www.bahai.org/r/498530378] BRL_CHILD#25x [https://www.bahai.org/r/985759010]

@prayer for children and youth, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @education of children; moral education

AB11525

...O thou prepared lamp! Be thou enkindled with the fire of the love of God as much as thou canst and illumine those countries

SW_v14#07 p.211x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_7]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @attaining the life of the spirit, @spiritual transformation, @being a source of light; guidance

AB03692

310

Persian

ای خانم محترمه نامه شما رسید ولی چون در سفر بودیم از شهری بشهری فرستاده شد تا

...O thou revered lady! Thou must raise aloft the banner of Baha’u’llah in London and become so aflame with the fire of the love of God as to rouse and stir every listless soul

BRL_DAK#0117 [http://www.bahai.org/r/536815150]

BRL_MEET.AB#13x [http://www.bahai.org/r/394687087] LBLT.116x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LBLT.pdf#page=117] LBLT.119x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LBLT.pdf#page=120]

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB07853

100

mixed

ای بندگان آستان مقدّس جنود ملأ اعلی در اوج علا صف بسته و مهيّا و منتظر

...O ye servants of the Sacred Threshold! The triumphant Hosts of the Celestial Concourse

MMK1#208 p.254x [https://www.bahai.org/r/223625561] RRT.019x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/310.pdf#page=19]

SWAB#208x [http://www.bahai.org/r/700820376] BADM.042-043x [http://www.bahai.org/r/910450179] SW_v14#03 p.086x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_3]

QuiqueSaba [https://quiquesaba.bandcamp.com/track/valiente-caballero-2]

@prayer for specific individuals; groups, @knowledge; recognition of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB11615

...on that day will the faithful rejoice with exceeding gladness

MBW.044x

AB11120

...On the shore of Lake Michigan a piece of land is blessed because it has been mentioned by the name of Mashrekol-Azkar

SW_v11#11 p.169x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_11/Issue_11]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB09033

...One must obey the command of God and submit to medical opinion. Thou hast undertaken this journey to comply with His command and not for the sake of healing

COC#1024x LOG#0960x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n960]

@personal instructions, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB11886

130

mixed

از جمله وصایای حتمیّه و نصایح صریحه اسم اعظم اینست که ابواب تأویل را مسدود نمائید

...One of the binding exhortations and explicit admonitions of the Greatest Name is to close the doors of interpretation… The laws of God regarding fasting and obligatory prayer are absolutely incumbent upon His servants

GHA.341.10x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/GHA/gha-350.html] VUJUD.096x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Malakut-i-Vujud.pdf]

BRL_IOPF#2.03x [http://www.bahai.org/r/703203727] VUJUDE.141-142x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/the_kingdom_of_existence.pdf]

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @literal interpretation, @reincarnation, @law of obligatory prayer

AB09729

...One of the important questions which affect the unity and the solidarity of mankind

ADJ.038x [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525] ADJ.055x [http://www.bahai.org/r/138409678]

@race unity; racial issues, @unity in diversity

AB07489

110

...Open thou the eloquent tongue and deliver fluent utterances and guide the souls: so that thou mayst be confirmed

DAS.1914-03-03x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=22]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love of God, @unity; oneness of humanity

AB10956

mixed

حکم مفروض و امر واجب آنست که از قلم اعلی صادر و یا بقرار بیت العدل عمومی حاصل گردد... و اما اوراد و اذکار بعد از هر نماز هر کس خواهد مناجاتهای

...Ordinances which are obligatory and decrees that are binding are those that have issued forth from the Supreme Pen or are issued by a decision of the Universal House of Justice

AVK4.025.08x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-29.html] AVK4.305x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-309.html] DWNP_v2#08 p.072x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-2-burma-1924]

BRL_IOPF#2.24x [http://www.bahai.org/r/702550418]

@prayer for governments and rulers, @House of Justice, @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @suffering and imprisonment

AB11099

...Paul in the beginning worked against the Spirit of God - Christ - but when he became confirmed he was the first servant of Christ

DAS.1914-09-04 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_12.pdf#page=35]

@Saint Peter and Saint Paul

AB11082

...People must live for one another, and not live in seclusion as do the monks and nuns. People should not live solitary lives.

BSC.440 #802 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @monasticism; asceticism, @need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible

AB09110

...Perchance, God willing, ye may be helped and confirmed to arise and serve in a befitting and worthy manner, and be assisted to do that which is required

BSC.495 #956 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB10819

170

...Praise be to God He hath appeared with a luminous Countenance. Verily the Promised One is His Highness Bahá’u’lláh Who hath dawned from the Eastern horizon

SW_v09#01 p.005x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_1] ACOA.052-053

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB08466

100

...Praise be to God that in every Society thou didst investigate the Reality and

DAS.1913-10-13 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=4]

@independent investigation of truth; reality, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB04213

180

...Praise be to God that the believers of ... are in the utmost of happiness and poise

DAS.1913-11-04 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=87]

@methods of teaching the Cause, @courtesy; culture [adab], @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @hospitality, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06527

130

...Praise be to God that the Fragrances are daily spreading in those parts. This is through the self-sacrifice of the friends.

DAS.1913-11-04 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=87]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB04304

170

...Praise be to God that the New York believers became confirmed in the accomplishment of a great service and held in that city the Consultation Convention

SW_v04#10 p.177x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_10]

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07131

120

...Praise be to God that this cycle is the luminous Cycle. This is the century in which the Divine Spirit pervades all things.

DAS.1914-04-17x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=33]

@unity; oneness of humanity, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

AB06818

120

...Praise be to God that this Heavenly Melody reaches thine ears. Thou didst hear

DAS.1914-04-17 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=33]

@the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @unity; oneness of humanity, @universality of the Cause

AB10841

130

Persian

ای بنت ملکوت نامه شما رسید الحمد لله دلیل بر ثبوت و استقامت بود و برهان قیام

...Praise be to God that thou hast been confirmed in serving impoverished children and showing kindness to the poor, and hast been assisted in spreading abroad the teachings

BRL_DAK#0132 [http://www.bahai.org/r/944129194]

LBLT.204x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LBLT.pdf#page=205]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB06766

120

...Praise be to God that you have not forgotten the time of our meeting and that your hearts and souls are attracted to Bahá'u'lláh

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB11102

...Praise be to God the Fragrances of Holiness are diffused and the believers and the maidservants

DAS.1913-10-01 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_04.pdf#page=93]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love of God

AB00468

570

...Praise be to God, it has been repeatedly proven that firmness in the Covenant and activity in the service of the Cause is the means

PN_1906 p090 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1906.pdf#page=90]

@firmness in the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @oneness; unity of religion, @wisdom [hikmat], @spiritual transformation, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God

AB11081

...Praise be to God, that with our soul and with your heart you are striving to guide

SW_v09#08 p.090 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_8]

@education of children; moral education, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB05467

150

...Praise be to God, that you have a blessed Assembly surnamed by the name of the Center

SW_v08#17 p.223x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_17]

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @firmness in the Covenant, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity

AB06570

120

...Praise be to God, thou hast given up thy material comfort, ... hast travelled to Lubeck and hast instituted an assembly. From the bounties of God, I hope that that assembly

BBBD.454x SW_v13#12 p.343x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_12]

@call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual transformation, @disregarding bodily comfort, @war and peace

AB10952

Persian

Man of Courage, The; Various Interpretations of Dhu'l-Qarnayn

الحمد للّه قلبت متذکّر بذکر الهی و روحت مستبشر ببشارات اللّه است و مشغول بمناجاتی

...Praise be to God, thy heart is engaged in the commemoration of God, thy soul is gladdened by the glad tidings of God

MMK1#172 p.196x [https://www.bahai.org/r/963174557]

SWAB#172x [http://www.bahai.org/r/376745217] COC#1743x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_prayer_meditation_devotion#1743] LOG#1479x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=4#n1479]

@business; financial; property matters, @praise and encouragement, @education of children; moral education

AB07840

110

...Praise be to God! That the Convention of the delegates for the Mashrak-el-Azkar was held in perfect order

SW_v06#17 p.137-138 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @predictions and prophecies

AB03069

220

...Praise be unto thee, O God, and glory be unto thee, O my Lord, for thou hast

SW_v08#17 p.224 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_17]

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @firmness in the Covenant, @spiritual transformation, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @consultation

AB05402

150

Arabic

ربّی و رجائی لک الحمد علی ما انزلت علینا هذه المائدة الرّوحانیّة ... ربّ و رجائی لک الشّکر علی هذه النّعمآء

...Praise be unto Thee, O my Lord and my Hope, for what Thou hast sent down upon us—this spiritual sustenance

AVK4.069.08x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-73.html] AVK4.070x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-74.html] MAS9.074x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS9/mas9-75.html] MJMJ2.106x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA2/mma2-107.html] MJMJ2.107ax [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA2/mma2-108.html] MMG2#442 p.486x [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA/mma-489.html] MMG2#443 p.487x [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA/mma-490.html] NSR_1978.136x NSR_1978.135ax NSR_1993.149x [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NR1/nr1-147.html] NSR_1993.147bx [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NR1/nr1-145.html]

TAB.167-168x [https://books.google.com/books?id=0H8yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA167] BSC.427 #772x [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] RBB.120ax [https://bahai-library.org/maceoin_rituals_babism_bahaism] RBB.120bx [https://bahai-library.org/maceoin_rituals_babism_bahaism] ADMS#011x [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/prayer-after-eating/] ADMS#012x [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/prayer-before-eating/]

@prayer to be recited at table, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @knowledge; recognition of God

AB02587

240

mixed

مسئله عزير عليه السّلام حقيقتش اينست که مقصود ملّت حضرت موسی بود که به هجوم بخت‌النّصر

...Qa’im-Maqamí is, in truth, the foremost servant of the Cause of the All-Merciful… As to the verses concerning Dhu’l-Qarnayn, these are of the ambiguous sort that have an inner meaning. The objectors made this account a snare of deceit

MMK6#283x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1699.pdf#page=209] AHB.130BE #09-10 p.027x AVK2.201-202x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK2/ak2-202.html] MAS2.042-043x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS2/mas2-43.html]

BLO_courage.30x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/m/masumian_nushabadi_man_courage.pdf#page=30] ADMS#328x [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/ab02587/]

@Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @Imam 'Ali, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

AB12011

...Recite the Obligatory Prayer and supplications as much as thou art able, so that day by day thou mayest attain to increased firmness and steadfastness

BRL_IOPF#2.17x [http://www.bahai.org/r/261190546]

@the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @law of obligatory prayer, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love as fire, @love of God, @knowledge; recognition of God

AB11440

...Regarding arrangements for the Bahai Sunday meeting for the purpose of worship

SW_v13#10 p.276x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_10]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @music and singing

AB01188

360

Persian

ای دختر ملکوتی من نامه تو رسید امیدوارم که در ماه نومبر در لندره باشم در باب

...Regarding the “Golden Key”: To those whom thou canst trust and in whom thou mayest confide, say the following: We showed the utmost kindness to Professor Browne

BRL_DAK#0118 [http://www.bahai.org/r/613683896]

LBLT.116-119x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LBLT.pdf#page=117]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @exhortations and counsels, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB10575

...Regarding the education of those two daughters D. . . . and M. . . . If thou givest true Bahai education to those two young trees in the garden of Abha

SW_v09#07 p.088x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_7]

@equality of men and women, @role and station of women, @education of children; moral education, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

AB11429

...Regarding the Exposition of 1915 which will be inaugurated in San Francisco in America: From now undoubtedly

SW_v02#13 p.006 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_13]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09888

...Regarding the rainbow, - this rainbow is the Covenant of God and the Testament

SW_v08#17 p.226x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_17]

@interpretation of dreams and visions, @symbolism, @law of divorce, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB11458

...Regarding the society of healing of which thou art a member; when it comes under the protection of this Cause, its power will be a hundred fold.

BSTW#369b [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_351-400.pdf#page=32]

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities

AB09126

...Regarding thy extreme sorrow, thy sadness and thy great regret for My imprisonment, there is no harm therein... My catastrophes will increase hereafter

PN_1901 p088 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1901.pdf#page=88]

@consolation and comfort, @suffering and imprisonment, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

AB10943

...Regarding thy question about the morning prayer. Both meanings are included in the word dawn: the natural dawn and the dawn of the Kingdom

DAS.1914-03-03x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=22] SW_v08#04 p.048x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_4]

@mindfulness; concentration; focus, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB10672

...Remember thou that Judas Iscariot was the head of the disciples and their example, How then his feet stumbled and fell in the path

BSTW#073gx [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=58]

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @Judas, @firmness in the Covenant

AB11581

Persian

بدانید اگر در عالم هم نباشم همیشه با شما خواهم بود

...Remember, whether or not I be on earth, My presence will be with you always

DWNP_v1#03-4 p.007 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-1-burma-1923]

GPB.309x [http://www.bahai.org/r/366481740]

@consolation and comfort

AB10294

...Rest ye assured that the Breaths of the Holy Spirit shall inspire you with the power of speech. Consequently, loosen your tongues and speak in every meeting

DAS.1913-09-23 ABIE.349 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @confidence; courage; faith in teaching the Cause, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB11565

...rise from their present material attainments to such a height that heavenly illumination may stream from this center to all the peoples of the world

COF.035x [http://www.bahai.org/r/580736086]

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @spiritual transformation, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

AB11530

...Say to [Dr.] ... that "he studied physical medicine and he cured physical diseases

TAB.507 [https://books.google.com/books?id=5R0qAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA507]

AB12530

Extract from a letter to Hooper Harris in Dec. 1906

110

…Send her [Alma Knobloch] my love and greetings and say: Blessed are you, in whom whites and blacks are alike. Wisdom is gained through the light of the heart and not through the skin. Blackness is the darkness of the heart and not the darkness of the face

BBBD.031bx

@race unity; racial issues, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB03588

200

...Servitude to all the human race is my perpetual religion. Through the bounty and favor of the Blessed Perfection

SW_v08#15 p.210-211x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_15]

@unity; oneness of humanity, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

AB09838

Persian

ای بنده الهی بزرگواری در عبودیت جلیل اکبر است نه سلطنت خاور و باختر نفوس

...Servitude to God lieth in servitude to the friends. One must be the essence of humility and the embodiment of meekness

INBA16:104 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v016/?page=106]

BRL_DAK#0372 [http://www.bahai.org/r/508122365] BRL_CONF2018P#08x [http://www.bahai.org/r/743152036] MMK2#156 p.118 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA2/swa2-120.html]

BRL_CONF2018#08x [http://www.bahai.org/r/370429213]

@servitude; submission to God; repentance, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa

AB07073

120

...Several days ago we were going to come to Haifa but legal and religious impediments presented themselves . . . God willing, we will come but know not when

LTDT.327x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=344]

@personal instructions, @humor; jokes, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow

AB11096

...Several plans and designs of the Mashrak-el-Azkar have been received from America

SW_v06#17 p.140 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB08307

100

...Should people enquire about My whereabouts, tell them that certain prominent Americans and Europeans have repeatedly sought

LTDT.344x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=361]

@personal instructions, @wisdom [hikmat], @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB11033

...Since the loved ones of God in Persia are regarded as veteran friends, it is by virtue of the tremendous affection I cherish for them that their offerings for Huquq are accepted

COC#1172x

@law of Huququ'llah, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

AB07009

120

Persian

چون انتظام آن دائره موکول به همت و عفت و عدالت و عصمت احبای الهیست

...Since the orderly running of your association dependeth upon the devotion, integrity, fair-mindedness and sanctity of purpose manifested by the friends of God

COMP_TRUSTP#49x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/trustworthiness_compilation_originals.pdf]

BRL_TRUST#48x [http://www.bahai.org/r/317094507] COC#2060x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_trustworthiness#2060]

@past, present and future of Iran, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @excellence; distinction, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB05667

140

Persian

خانمهای عالم چون از حق محتجب کنیزان شدند و کنیزان جمال مبارک بالطاف جمال قدم خانمهای عالم گشتند

...Since they failed to recognize the Truth, the ladies of the world were reduced to maidservants, and the handmaidens of the Blessed Beauty

KHH1.304 (1.424)x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/354.pdf#page=335]

KHHE.437-438x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/diary_habib_muayyad.pdf]

@spiritual transformation

AB11569

...So firm and mighty is this Covenant that from the beginning of time until the present day no religious Dispensation hath produced its like.

WOB.146x [http://www.bahai.org/r/111035259]

ABU1485

Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles

220

…so that each of you may become a candle, literally a light of guidance, and a manifestor of power… You must be newly created. You must not be the same as you were before you became Bahá’ís. A transformation must take place.

ECN.164 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/c/cooper_abdulbaha_california_1912.pdf#page=164]

@spiritual transformation, @second birth, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @being a source of light; guidance, @fulfillment of true potential, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB08004

100

...Some of the loved ones should establish ties of friendship with the notables of the region and manifest towards them the most affectionate regard

COC#1837x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_teaching_prominent_people#1837]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @business; financial; property matters, @methods of teaching the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all

AB09914

...Sometime ago I wrote thee a letter, whose content was that praise be to God, thou hast become confirmed in drawing a plan for the pilgrim house in Haifa

SW_v13#08 p.221x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_8]

@suffering and imprisonment, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @firmness in the Covenant

AB10764

...Strive earnestly and put forth your greatest endeavor toward the accomplishment of this fellowship

ADJ.039x [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525]

@race unity; racial issues, @unity; oneness of humanity

AB11336

Persian

بکوش که در زبان فارسی نهایت مهارت را حاصل نمائی و الواح جمال مبارک را بخوانی

...Strive to acquire the utmost proficiency in the Persian language—to read the Tablets of the Blessed Beauty and discover the heavenly significances of their words

ANDA#79 p.05x [https://www.afnanlibrary.org/d/andalib-issue-79]

ADMS#203bx [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/excerpts_abdul-baha_encouraging_study_persian/]

@praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11431

...Strive ye as much as ye can, so that love and amity may increase day by day amongst the believers of God; all of you can help each other and be ever ready to sacrifice your lives for one another. This is the quality of the people of Baha.

DAS.1913-09-12 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_04.pdf#page=43] ABIE.309 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB11439

...Such souls are nothing but pure harm to the Cause of God, and it is very well that they go out

SW_v04#10 p.174x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_10] BSTW#131 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_101-150.pdf#page=60]

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @rejection, opposition and persecution

AB07572

110

...Supplicate all of you toward the Kingdom of Abha, beseech ye and render ye thankfulness unto the Lord

DAS.1914-03-03x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=22]

@confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @living waters; water of life, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @being a source of light; guidance

AB11374

...Supplication and prayer on behalf of others will surely be effective. When hearts are united, when faces are turned towards the kingdom of Abha, surely enlightenment will be the result.

SW_v08#04 p.047x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_4]

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @unity of thought and belief, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @power of prayer

ABU0124

Words spoken on 1912-07-09 in New York

1100

...Tell Mrs. D. there are only two ways of correcting the social conditions; it cannot be done by force.

PN_1912 p109x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1912.pdf#page=109] BSTW#351ax [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_351-400.pdf#page=2]

@the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @agriculture

AB11087

...Thank God that thou art assisted in serving the believers of God. Thou art the enkindled brazier of the Fire of Love and a lamp of the utmost purity

DAS.1913-08-01 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=7] ABIE.139 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@thankfulness; gratitude, @being a source of light; guidance, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB05527

140

...Thank thou God that the doors of the Kingdom were opened and the beauty of the Promised One became manifest

DAS.1914-08-16x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=119]

@Christ; Christianity, @suffering and imprisonment, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @symbolism, @praise and encouragement, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary

AB03989

180

...Thank thou the Lord that thou hast winged thy way into this limitless heaven, and art journeying in the world of God.

PN_1913 p012 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1913.pdf#page=12] BSTW#052n [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=5] BSTW#073bx [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=58]

@firmness in the Covenant, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @love and unity, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU0388

Address at unity feast, Flynn home in Green Acre, 1912-08-20

630

...that a man from the East encounters a person from the West, and between the two

PN_1912 p023 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1912.pdf#page=23] BSTW#335 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_301-350.pdf#page=50]

@unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity in diversity

AB10783

...That beloved friend is always before my sight, both at home and abroad. With my heart, tongue and pen I mention thee.

DAS.1913-10-13 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=4]

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3189

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-23

...that was not really a deterioration of the essential part of the man, the mind or spirit, but a weakening of the functional organs.

PN_1909F p061 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909F.pdf#page=61] PN_1909F p116 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909F.pdf#page=116] AKL.009

@relationship of the soul to the body, @proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @symbolism

ABU2872

Words to Albert Windust, Ramleh, 1913-10-23

...That which is the most important of all the affairs in this day is to teach the Cause of God!

SW_v04#15 p.251 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_15]

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11574

...The "One who is to come" is he who was promised in the books of God and his epistles; that is, the Manifestation

SW_v09#01 p.006x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_1]

@predictions and prophecies, @prophecy and fulfillment, @station of the Manifestation of God

AB11518

...the all-mighty Covenant, the like of which the sacred Dispensations of the past have never witnessed

GPB.239x [http://www.bahai.org/r/635692548]

@praise and encouragement, @firmness in the Covenant, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11537

...The Almighty will no doubt grant you the help of His grace, will invest you with the tokens of His might

WOB.077x [http://www.bahai.org/r/648750949]

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @The Holy Spirit

AB11549

...The American continent giveth signs and evidences of very great advancement. Its future

GPB.254x [http://www.bahai.org/r/647760190]

@praise of Western values; culture, @predictions and prophecies

AB10300

...The American people are indeed worthy of being the first to build the Tabernacle of the Great Peace

ADJ.085b-086x [http://www.bahai.org/r/414788765] GPB.254x [http://www.bahai.org/r/647760190] GPB.396-397x [http://www.bahai.org/r/400059869]

@the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace, @predictions and prophecies

AB02545

240

...The Ancient Beauty, may My spirit be sacrificed for His loved ones, from the beginning had the utmost consideration for that family

LTDT.305-306x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=322]

@prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB12022

...The art of music must be brought to the highest stage of development, for this is one of the most wonderful arts

BRL_IOA#09x [http://www.bahai.org/r/449343021]

@praise and encouragement, @music and singing, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB11842

mixed

حضرت اعلی روحی له الفدآء بکلّی قواعد لغت را فسخ فرموده لسان عرب را آزاد فرمودند این است که جمیع آثار حضرت

...The Bab, may my spirit be a sacrifice for Him, completely abrogated the rules of that tongue. He freed the language of the Arabs

KHSH01.067x [https://bahai-library.com/kharman_adab_honar_1]

ADMS#155x [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/abdul-baha-on-bab-bahaullah-flouting-arabic-grammar/]

@grammar and orthography, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

AB11086

...The basis of the Call must be the Oneness of the world of humanity

@methods of teaching the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @East and West; communication between East and West, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction

AB11269

...The believers of God from now on must think about going to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition

SW_v05#17 p.265 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_17] MAX.312bx [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAX1.pdf#page=312]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07836

110

...The believers of God in America, one and all, must unitedly make an effort, so that the Temple

SW_v06#17 p.135-136 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@unity; oneness of humanity, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB10782

...The believers of God must be kind toward each other; if one commits a mistake the other must forgive. It is not at all befitting to refer their names to a court

BSTW#192 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_151-200.pdf#page=76]

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @thankfulness; gratitude, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance

AB03305

210

...The believers with the utmost firmness and steadfastness must engage in the teaching of the Cause. They must become united and agreed. They are all the drops of one river

DAS.1913-08-27 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_04.pdf#page=7] ABIE.246 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @wisdom [hikmat], @unity; oneness of humanity, @unity of thought and belief

AB11079

...The beloved of God and the maidservants of the Merciful intend to found a Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Chicago.

SW_v01#15 p.007 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_15]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @business; financial; property matters, @call to action

AB09118

...The beloved of God must be the cause of spreading the Heavenly Love. They must impart spiritual concord

BSC.438 #795 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love

ABU0769

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

390

...the books of Baha'u'llah, written and printed sixty years ago, contained the ideals now so familiar to the West

AIL.068 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7ktDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA0]

@East and West; communication between East and West, @supreme tribunal, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @predictions and prophecies, @war and peace, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past

AB11291

...The Call of God, when raised, breathed a new life into the body of mankind, and infused a new spirit

WOB.169x [http://www.bahai.org/r/764973220]

@spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @predictions and prophecies

AB07530

110

Persian

Tafsír-i-Bismilláh ar-Raḥmán ar-Raḥím (Commentary on the opening verse of the Quran)

تبديل معلّمين نه سريعاً جائز و نه مدّتی بسيار متوسط بهتر است

...The changing of teachers should be neither too frequent nor too much delayed; moderation is preferable.

MMK1#125 p.140x [https://www.bahai.org/r/331048032]

SWAB#125x [http://www.bahai.org/r/589892806]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @education of children; moral education, @unity; oneness of humanity

AB05045

150

Persian

اطفال اگر از بدو طفولیّت چه جسمانی چه روحانی خواه از جهت صحّت و خواه از جهت تربیت مواظبت نشود

...The child must, from the day of his birth, be provided with whatever is conducive to his health; and know ye this: so far as possible, the mother's milk is best... Unless the child, in his earliest years, be carefully tended, whether in a material or a spiritual sense

MJTB.094x [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/05/mjtb.pdf]

COC#1026x LOG#0998x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n998] LOG#1005x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n1005]

@education of children; moral education, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @role and station of women

AB08473

100

...The confirmation of the Kingdom of Abha shall descend uninterruptedly upon those souls

SW_v04#14 p.241 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_14]

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB11536

...The construction of Mashrak-el-Azkar in those regions is of the utmost importance

SW_v06#17 p.134 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB11455

...The continent of America is in the eyes of the one true God the land wherein the splendors

WOB.075x [http://www.bahai.org/r/647076745]

@predictions and prophecies

AB08449

100

...The correspondence of the believers of God with all parts of America and from America to all directions is very acceptable and seasonable.

DAS.1913-08-25 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=102] ABIE.235 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@East and West; communication between East and West, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart

AB11552

...The day is approaching when ye shall witness how, through the splendor of the Faith of Baha'u'llah

WOB.075x [http://www.bahai.org/r/647076745]

@East and West; communication between East and West, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @growth of the Cause, @predictions and prophecies

AB05986

140

...The days of human existence are like vanishing shadows. Compared to the world of Reality, they are brought to a close with extreme speed.

DAS.1913-09-01x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_04.pdf#page=18] BSC.449 #819x [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] SW_v16#07 p.583x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_16/Issue_7] ABIE.264x [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03693

190

...The days that I spent in London, although the physical health was precarious yet the heavenly spirit was confirming at all times.

DAS.1914-02-21x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_07.pdf#page=99]

@permission for visit; pilgrimage, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @consolation and comfort

AB11442

...The deeds of man must be the cause of glory. Everything that is conducive to the honor of the religion of God is good.

SW_v09#10 p.107x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_10]

@goodly deeds; actions, @exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause, @words vs deeds

AB11608

...the distributing center of spiritual enlightenment, and all the world received this heavenly blessing

COF.035x [http://www.bahai.org/r/580736086]

AB11540

...The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and harmony

ADJ.038x [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525] LOG#1792x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=4#n1792]

@unity in diversity, @love and unity, @music and singing

AB09117

...The Divine confirmations have in every way prepared for you the means of development.

SW_v01#08 p.016x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_8]

@predictions and prophecies, @past, present and future of Iran, @promotion of commerce and industry, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB10382

Persian

يک معنی از معانی شجره ملعونه دخانست که مکروهست و مذموم و مضرّ است و مسموم

...The drinking of wine is according to the text of the Most Holy Book, forbidden; for it is the cause of chronic diseases, weakeneth the nerves, and consumeth the mind

MMK6#255x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1699.pdf#page=188] AVK3.049 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-53.html] AVK4.020.14x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-24.html]

ADJ.033x [http://www.bahai.org/r/323251261] COC#1788x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_prohibition_drinking_alcohol#1788]

@alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @praise and encouragement, @Adam; Adam and Eve, @day of rest

AB11311

...The East hath verily been illumined with the light of the Kingdom. Ere long

WOB.079x [http://www.bahai.org/r/181484675]

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @love of God, @spiritual transformation, @East and West; communication between East and West, @growth of the Cause

AB11414

...The effulgence of God's splendorous mercy hath enveloped the peoples and kindreds of the earth

WOB.111x [http://www.bahai.org/r/735680299]

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @East and West; communication between East and West, @predictions and prophecies

AB11419

...The essence of Oneness is sanctified above the servitude of the world of mankind

SW_v14#06 p.167 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_6]

@unity; oneness of humanity, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB11105

...The everlasting glory of the friends, and the heavenly sublimity of the believers, is to teach the Cause of God

SW_v05#02 p.017 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_2]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB04010

180

Persian

نامه مفصل که در خصوص استتکارت نوشته بودی ملاحظه گردید مختصر این است

...The extensive letter you had written about Stuttgart was perused. In brief, Germany will shine resplendent, inasmuch as its citizens are religiously minded

ASAT1.025x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/427.pdf#page=18]

BBBD.242-243 DAS.1913-07-15 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=32] ABIE.069 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt] MHMD2s.323ax [https://bahai-library.com/supplement_abdul-baha_europe_1912-1913]

@travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha, @call to action, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

AB12032

160

...The foundation of life and existence is cooperation and mutual aid, whereas the cause of annihilation and deterioration is the cessation of aid and assistance

BRL_SOCIAL#130x [http://www.bahai.org/r/514080362]

@importance of community building, @need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible, @unity; oneness of humanity, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB02223

260

...The founding of these spiritual meetings is purely for the purpose of teaching; but, as the Mashriqu'l Azkar is not yet founded

SW_v13#10 p.276x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_10]

@wisdom [hikmat], @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @contention and conflict

AB11305

...The full measure of your success is as yet unrevealed, its significance still unapprehended

WOB.077x [http://www.bahai.org/r/648750949]

@spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @being a source of light; guidance, @predictions and prophecies

AB11413

...The future of California, whether in regard to its material affairs or spiritual affairs, is very important

SW_v02#13 p.006 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_13] SW_v05#15 p.232x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_15] SW_v05#16 p.242 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_16] SW_v05#17 p.265 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_17]

@call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB10767

...The glad-tidings of the Kingdom of Abha are effective over the hard stone and

DAS.1913-07-11 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=26] SW_v04#15 p.252 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_15] ABIE.055 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

AB10768

...The Glances of Divine Providence are always vouchsafed, the infinite Bestowals are continually descending.

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @predictions and prophecies, @thankfulness; gratitude

AB09760

...The good news of the unity and harmony among the friends of New York brought much joy. I hope that this unity and harmony may increase

PN_1909 p071 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=71]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB11973

100

...The hearts of all the friends rejoiced, and in particular, the heart of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, when we heard of thy rising up to serve the Cause of God

BRL_MEET.AB#10x [http://www.bahai.org/r/627006062]

@power of prayer, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB12846

150

Arabic

قد انشرح القلوب لاقترانکما فی یوم مبارک سعید فی هذا العصر المجید

...The hearts were cheered by your marriage on a blessed and happy day in this glorious age. In the estimation of true believers

BRL_SWOP#022 [https://adibmasumian.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/originals_to_set_the_world_in_order.pdf]

BRL_SWO#022 [https://www.bahai.org/r/265915126]

AB11476

...The Hidden Words is a treasury of divine mysteries. When thou ponderest its contents, the doors of the mysteries will open

COC#0398x [https://bahai-library.com/compilation_importance_deepening#398]

@study; deepening, @Greatest Name, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB04610

170

...The highest expression of the life of man on this planet in this age and many ages to come is Celestial

BSC.441 #805 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

@serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause, @transmutation of the soul by the divine elixir

AB10770

...The holy ones of past ages and centuries have, each and all, yearned with tearful eyes to live

WOB.110x [http://www.bahai.org/r/411401253]

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

AB11428

...The holy realities of the Concourse on high yearn, in this day, in the Most Exalted Paradise

ADJ.047x [http://www.bahai.org/r/293658406]

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @the concourse on high

AB07814

110

...The hope which Abdu'l-Baha cherishes for you is that the same success which has attended

WOB.078x [http://www.bahai.org/r/274993313]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09754

...The human spirit is a power which comprehends the realities of things. All that thou seest

SW_v08#08 p.097 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_8]

@power of the mind over nature, @the mind's power of discovery, @the human soul, @The Holy Spirit

AB10311

...The invisible hand has opened the doors, and wisdom requires that ‘Abdu'l-Bahá hasten to the country of Egypt, for he is infinitely ashamed

SW_v01#17 p.007 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_17]

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha

AB11263

...The judgment of God hath come; respond ye unto the call of God! Hearken ye

SW_v05#03 p.037 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_3]

@call to action, @predictions and prophecies

AB11270

...The Kingdom of God is possessed of limitless potency. Audacious must be the army of life

TDH#046.4 [http://www.bahai.org/r/908366219] COC#1683x

@call to action

AB12002

...The laws of God, such as fasting, obligatory prayer and the like, as well as His counsels regarding virtues, good deeds and proper conduct, must be carried out everywhere to the extent possible

BRL_IOPF#2.04x [http://www.bahai.org/r/307510159]

@laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB08683

Persian

عبدالبهآء را نهایت آرزو عبودیّت این مظاهر مقدّسهٴ الهی است و نهایت آمال جانفشانی و شهادت کبری در سبیل آنان

...The lecture delivered by Monsieur ... was perused. It is a good lecture; but he has mentioned the appearance of three Manifestations

NJB_v05#14 p.005x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_14]

DAS.1914-06-24x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_10.pdf#page=129]

@servitude; submission to God; repentance, @firmness in the Covenant

AB11426

...The letter signed by most of the friends in India has been received. Abdu'l-Baha is greatly

SW_v12#13 p.215x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_13]

@service to others; to the Cause of God

AB05251

150

...The letter that thou hast written to his honor Mirza Ahmad Sohrab was perused. The Board of Consultation is radiant and spiritual

DAS.1914-03-26 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=82]

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @consultation

AB03068

220

...The line of progress is perpendicular and it has no end. Progress is infinite but there are many degrees. Each animate or inanimate organism advances along its own degree.

DAS.1914-03-14 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=49]

@progress only takes place within its own degree, @spiritual transformation, @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @power of the Manifestation of God, @essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others, @Manifestation of God as educator

AB08448

100

...The long journey over sea and land, the innumerable difficulties in the morn and at eve, the lack of rest and sleep

DAS.1913-08-01 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=7] ABIE.138 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB11612

...The Lord of the day of the manifestation is his highness, Baha'o'llah.

SW_v09#01 p.006x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_1]

AB09509

...The meetings that thou art holding in thy house are the means of strengthening the hearts of the spiritual ones

DAS.1913-08-05 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=28] ABIE.158 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @praise and encouragement

AB10797

...The moment this Divine Message is carried forward by the American believers from the shores

WOB.078x [http://www.bahai.org/r/274993313]

@growth of the Cause, @predictions and prophecies

AB09112

...The more difficulties one sees in the world the more perfect one becomes. The more you plough and dig the ground

SW_v14#02 p.041 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_2] PN_unsorted p046 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=46] BSTW#380 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_351-400.pdf#page=50]

A. Grammer [https://youtu.be/12Us5nPWouY]

@spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment

AB00013

Tafsir-i-Bismillah

4760

Arabic

Creation

الحمد لله الذی بفیض ظهوره الاعلی کشف الغطاء عن وجه الهدی و اشرقت الارض

...The names of God derive from those attributes which are the perfections belonging to the reality of the Essence

INBA55:001 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v055/?page=3] INBA59:044 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v059/?page=46] INBA90:097 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v090/?page=99] UMich962.072-092 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/UMICH962.pdf] UMich991.174-203 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/UMICH991.pdf]

MKT1.033 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA1/ma1-32.html] MNMK#005 p.032 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMAB/mmab-30.html] ASAT4.475-476x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf#page=240] QT105.1.122x BMT.012 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/258.pdf#page=15] RHQM1.252-255x (312x) (187-189x) [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/652.pdf#page=138] YMM.179x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=187] JNM1.453x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/646.pdf] DLS.284x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/675.pdf#page=294] DLS.418x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/675.pdf#page=428] NSS.168x [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/nss.pdf#page=166] OOL.C027 [https://oceanoflights.org/abdul-baha-bkw27-ar]

BLO_createx [https://bahai-library.com/brown_creation_encyclopedia] BLO_PT#216.031nx [https://bahai-library.com/kazemi_mysteries_alast]

MMAH.279 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=291]

@names and attributes of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @existence and nonexistence; preexistence, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity

Date of publication mentioned in TZH6.282 and BMT.012-013.

AB11906

140

...The Obligatory Prayers have been set down by the Pen of the Most High and have been mentioned in the Persian “Questions and Answers”

BRL_IOPF#2.09x [http://www.bahai.org/r/377727376]

@law of obligatory prayer, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @Nineteen-Day Feast, @love of God

AB01079

380

mixed

ای یاران حقیقی عبدالبهاء هر چند شما در آنسامان و عبدالبهاء در این زندان... ای یاران روحانی من زحمات و مشقتتان

...The power of the Greatest Name hath gathered together dispersed and scattered people in a heavenly assemblage and made each of them like unto a lighted candle

MKT1.426 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA1/ma1-425.html] BSHN.140.480.07x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/BN/bn-487.html] BSHN.144.473cx NANU_AB#32x [https://www.bahai.org/r/719197763] YBN.166 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/ybn.pdf#page=171]

ADMS#214x [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/ab01079/]

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @love of God, @martyrs and martyrdom, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB11464

...The prestige of the Faith of God has immensely increased. Its greatness is now manifest

WOB.079x [http://www.bahai.org/r/181484675] COC#0264x COC#1532x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_opposition#1532]

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @growth of the Cause

AB11478

Persian

اول صفت اهل ایمان امانتست و اول صفت اهل طغیان خیانت

...The primary characteristic of true believers is trustworthiness whereas the primary characteristic of the rebellious is faithlessness

COMP_TRUSTP#46x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/trustworthiness_compilation_originals.pdf]

BRL_TRUST#45x [http://www.bahai.org/r/666220650] COC#2057x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_trustworthiness#2057]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @rejection, opposition and persecution

AB11302

...The question of the school of Tarbiat is very important. Through the Bounty and Providence of the True One it must become evident

SW_v01#05 p.003 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_5]

@excellence; distinction, @call to action

AB09114

...The quintessence of the matter is this: With the greatest effort one must arise to spread the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh

DAS.1913-10-14 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=8]

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity

AB01455

330

...The radiance of servitude shining from the Candle of the Testament has illumined all horizons

SW_v08#16 p.214-215 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_16]

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @growth of the Cause

AB11546

...The range of your future achievements still remains undisclosed. I fervently hope

WOB.077x [http://www.bahai.org/r/648750949]

@predictions and prophecies

AB11542

...The rulers of Palestine envied His influence and power. Governors and mutisarrifs

GPB.193x [http://www.bahai.org/r/514604249]

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

AB11427

...The souls of the well-favored among the concourse on high the sacred dwellers of the most exalted Paradise

WOB.110-111x [http://www.bahai.org/r/411401253]

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @the concourse on high

AB09733

...The spirit of the age demands the establishment of universal peace. No power on earth can stand before it. God has purposed

SW_v14#05 p.129 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_5]

@spiritual springtime, @universal peace; world unity, @call to action, @unity; oneness of humanity, @predictions and prophecies, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

AB04958

Lawh-i-'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat

160

Persian

Tablet to 'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát (Lawh-i-'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát)

Lawh-i-Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat (Tablet to Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat)

مقام اطمینان اعظم درجه بر ایمانست لیزدادوا ایمانا فوق ایمانهم هر چند حضرت ابراهیم

...The station of assurance is greater in degree than that of mere faith. It is the station denoted by “that they should add faith upon faith.”

MAS9.100-101x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS9/mas9-101.html] YMM.319bx [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=327] VUJUD.142x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Malakut-i-Vujud.pdf]

BLO_PT#167x [https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_lawh_ustad_khayyat] VUJUDE.126x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/the_kingdom_of_existence.pdf]

@degrees of faith; certitude, @fire and light; fire and water, @soul; spirit after death, @Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael, @spiritual transformation

AB06394

130

Persian

مدرسه اطفال در روز يکشنبه و قرائت الواح و تعاليم حضرت بهآءاللّه و القآء کلمة اللّه

...The Sunday school for the children in which the Tablets and Teachings of Baha'u'llah are read

MMK1#124 p.140x [https://www.bahai.org/r/556277240]

SWAB#124x [http://www.bahai.org/r/702912179] SW_v09#08 p.092-093 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_8]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @education of children; moral education, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @The Holy Spirit

AB10780

...The Supreme One hath said "He loveth them and they will love Him." If God had not filled His Servant with His love, love would never have been realized in the creation

BSC.492 #947x [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

@love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB05003

160

...The time has arrived for the world of humanity to hoist the standard of the oneness

SW_v14#04 p.097 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_4]

AB11579

...The time has not yet arrived, even in those countries (America)

SW_v01#03 p.004x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_3]

ABU3093

Words to Florence Khan spoken in 1906

…the turning toward God in thought, and a prayer-like appeal from the heart, is prayer, and is heard of God. Words are not necessary, the heart is enough.

SUR.241 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/g/gail_summon_up_remembrance.pdf#page=248]

@the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @law of obligatory prayer

AB08065

220

Persian

ای دختر ملکوتی من نامه تو بتاریخ ٩ آب ١٩١٩ رسید مضمون آهنگ سرور بود قلب از آن روح و

...The underlying foundation upon which the Kingdom rests is love and this must be securely established among the friends and must be widely promulgated so that it may become the cause of the establishment of the Oneness of Mankind

BBBD.440

BBBD.441-442 SW_v13#12 p.343x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_12]

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @review of publications, @entry by troops

AB11437

...The vision also signifies that a Mashrak-el-Azkar will soon be established in America

SW_v06#17 p.133 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@predictions and prophecies, @entry by troops, @growth of the Cause, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB07148

Words to George Latimer

120

...The Word of God is the storehouse of all good, all power and all wisdom. The illiterate fishermen and savage Arabs

BSC.439 #799 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] SW_v06#16 p.122 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_16] SW_v16#04 p.487 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_16/Issue_4]

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @limits of the intellect, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being

AB04089

180

Persian

ای منجذبه نفحات الله نغمه زار و آه شرربارت چنان شعله بر افروخت که قلب اهل

...The Word of God may be likened to the life-giving breezes of the divine springtime. When chanted in spiritual tones, it bestoweth the breath of life

BRL_DAK#0267 [http://www.bahai.org/r/467821970] BRL_CONF2018P#32x [http://www.bahai.org/r/423190172] COMP_PDLP#05x MMK2#353 p.254 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA2/swa2-256.html]

BRL_CONF2018#32x [http://www.bahai.org/r/091407654] BRL_PDL#05x [http://www.bahai.org/r/803444378]

@the power of words; of speech, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB10555

...The world is mortal. In one instant it will pass away; but the principle of ease and tranquillity is the soul

SW_v07#16 p.151x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_16]

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @consolation and comfort, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @soul; spirit after death, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB08454

100

...The world of humanity will not be transformed into the heavenly paradise through the promotion of one, single principle... The Cause of Baha'u'llah and his heavenly teaching include all the elements

SW_v13#06 p.131 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_6]

@lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @interconnectedness of the teachings

AB11283

...There are before you so many temptations, trials, afflictions, calamities and difficulties because you have to be purified through fire and sifted through the sieve in order to separate the wheat from the tares. Verily, I say unto you: none will be saved but the believers, and from the believers only the sincere, and even those are in great danger, especially in such a time.

BSC.443 #808 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

@spiritual transformation, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @characteristics and conduct of true believers

ABU1470

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-04

220

...there are five kinds of love: 1st: The love of His own perfections which caused God to create

SW_v08#10 p.126x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_10] BAVA.038-039 [http://bahai-library.com/pdf/l/lucas_my_visit_acca.pdf#page=1] BLO_PN#021 [https://bahai-library.com/lucas_my_visit_acca]

@four; five pathways of love, @soul; spirit after death, @nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil, @realms of being; three realms; five realms

AB11303

...There exists a great Confirmation in the School of Tarbiat

SW_v01#05 p.003x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_5]

@education of children; moral education, @generosity [kirama], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement

AB11444

...There is no wonder in confessing the appearance of the Kingdom of God, but true wonder consists in good deeds

SW_v08#05 p.059x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_5]

@goodly deeds; actions, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @firmness in the Covenant, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00746

460

...There is no wonder when a soul advances to God, but (there is) when he remains firm

SW_v14#09 p.275x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_9] BSTW#440 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_401-450.pdf#page=40]

@martyrs and martyrdom, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love of God, @spiritual transformation

AB03300

210

...These days are like unto the days of Christ and the days of the Apostles. Unquestionably all the people

DAS.1913-10-13 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=4]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @growth of the Cause, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees

ABU3265

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

...these rappings, etc., were all material things, and of the body. What is needed is to rise above the material

AIL.072 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7ktDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA0]

@occult sciences; psychic phenomena, @soul; spirit after death, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart

AB11118

...These souls who are not vivified and attracted by the Holy Spirit are accounted among the dead

SW_v14#02 p.038x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_2] BSTW#043a [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_000-050.pdf#page=56]

@soul; spirit after death, @The Holy Spirit

ABU0225

870

...These twelve basic Bahá'í principles were laid down by Baha'o'llah over sixty years ago

SW_v11#01 p.004-005 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_11/Issue_1] SW_v12#01 p.012-013 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_1]

@lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @universal language, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @equality of men and women, @education of children; moral education, @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @supreme tribunal, @harmony of science and religion, @oneness; unity of religion, @universal education

ABU3453

Words spoken on 1913-08-20 in Ramleh

...this Blessed Cause has such great power that it shall, ere long, vanquish all opposition. We must live and act in such manner as not to lower the station of the Cause

DAS.1913-08-20 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=87] ABIE.215 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause, @growth of the Cause

AB09098

...This Cause is proclaimed through eloquent, sincere addresses. We must unloose the tongue, spread the fragrances of God

SW_v13#10 p.276x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_10]

@methods of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB10880

...This glory shall be turned into the most abject abasement, and this pomp and might converted into the most complete subjugation

PDC.147x [http://www.bahai.org/r/896380101]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @non-participation in politics, @prophecy and fulfillment

AB04374

170

...This is such a universal cause that the refulgent light has enveloped the continents and established the oneness of humanity.

DAS.1914-04-17x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=33]

@spiritual transformation, @call to action, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @unity; oneness of humanity, @review of publications, @material world a reflection of the spiritual

AB10315

...This is the first step in the path of God, but the distance of the way is great. I hope that thou mayest traverse

SW_v08#17 p.228x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_17] SW_v13#05 p.113x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_5]

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @love of God

AB11544

...This long voyage will prove how great is My love for you. There were many troubles

GPB.288x [http://www.bahai.org/r/359540231]

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB11588

...This man is an enchanter; perhaps he will perform an enchantment, and then we shall have nothing more to say

PDC.141x [http://www.bahai.org/r/526706520]

AB11578

...This Sublime Shrine has remained unbuilt ... God willing, it will be accomplished. We have carried its construction to this stage

COF.053x [http://www.bahai.org/r/966087138]

@Shrines and Holy places

AB11297

...This talk opens with the words "About six hundred years ago." This Society was founded in the city of Hamadan

SW_v08#14 p.204x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_14]

@grammatical and other discrepancies in the Sacred Writings, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @past, present and future of Iran

AB11570

...This variety in forms and coloring which is manifest in all the kingdoms is according to creative Wisdom and hath a divine purpose

ADJ.038x [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525]

@diversity an attribute; requirement of existence, @purpose; goal of creation, @wisdom [hikmat]

AB06878

120

Persian

Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá'

نفوسی که اليوم بملکوت الهيّه داخل و بحيات ابديّه فائز آن نفوس هر چند بظاهر در زمينند

...Those souls that, in this day, enter the divine kingdom and attain everlasting life, although materially dwelling on earth

MMK1#173 p.197x [https://www.bahai.org/r/963174559]

SWAB#173x [http://www.bahai.org/r/627620156] SW_v10#01 p.008 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_10/Issue_1] PN_various p012x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/]

@the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @power of imagination; thought; right intention

AB08235

100

...Those souls who have the capacity and ability to receive the outpourings of the Kingdom and the confirmation of the Holy Spirit, they become attracted through one word.

BWF.364-365x [https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up]

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @attainment to faith in the twinkling of an eye

AB11524

...Those who accept only what logic can prove, On the path of life upon clumsy wooden legs they move

LTDT.344x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=361]

@acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @business; financial; property matters, @prayer for protection, @personal instructions

AB08731

...Thou art not and shalt never be forgotten. Be thou strong and firm. Be thou resolute and steadfast

SW_v10#19 p.348x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_10/Issue_19]

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB10093

...Thou art, in truth, a herald of the Kingdom and a harbinger of the Covenant, Thou art truly self-sacrificing. Thou showest kindness unto all nations

GPB.389x [http://www.bahai.org/r/993545571]

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @growth of the Cause

AB02983

220

Persian

سؤال نموده بودی که سبب امراض و بلايا چه چيز است ؟ اسباب متنوّع ، از برای بعضی نفوس امراض و بلايا

...Thou didst ask a question: what is the cause of illnesses and afflictions? The causes are many and various. For some souls, illnesses and afflictions are as a punishment for deeds perpetrated

MMK3#048 p.030x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA3/swa3-32.html]

BLO_PT#080.48x [https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_muntakhabat_makatib_3]

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @composition and decomposition, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB11857

210

mixed

ای بنده الهی نامه مختصر اللفظ و مفصل المعانی شما قرائت شد لهذا مختصر نیز جواب

...Thou didst ask about not combining incompatible foods

BRL_DAK#0079 [http://www.bahai.org/r/483267604]

BRL_ATE#063x [http://www.bahai.org/r/481656444]

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @soul; spirit after death

AB05421

150

mixed

همچنين جناب پروفسر برکت‌اللّه هندی را از قبل من نهايت اشتياق ابلاغ دار... در خصوص تحصیل لسان فارسی مرقوم نموده بودید فی‌الحقیقه... فی الحقيقه ترجمه بسيار مشکل است

...Thou hadst written about studying Persian. In truth, this is very necessary. If it would be possible for Professor Barakatu’llah to make an effort and teach some people the Persian language… Truly translation is very difficult

MMK6#532x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1699.pdf#page=389] ANDA#79 p.05x [https://www.afnanlibrary.org/d/andalib-issue-79] MAS9.147x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS9/mas9-148.html]

ADMS#203dx [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/excerpts_abdul-baha_encouraging_study_persian/]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @growth of the Cause, @race unity; racial issues

AB04047

180

...Thou hadst written concerning the growth in stature of the Cause of God in thy country. There is no doubt that the Faith of God will progress

BRL_CRISIS#50x [http://www.bahai.org/r/570511905] COC#0307 BBBD.629

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @growth of the Cause, @entry by troops, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB02371

250

...Thou hadst written concerning the services of Mrs. Goodall and Mrs. Cooper. These two dear maidservants of God are truly two shining candles

MAB.008cx [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAB.pdf#page=33]

@praise and encouragement, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB11183

Persian

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

از معابد سؤال نموده بوديد که حکمتش چيست حکمتش اين است که در وقت معلوم

...Thou hast asked about places of worship and the underlying reason therefor. The wisdom in raising up such buildings

MMK1#058 p.092x [https://www.bahai.org/r/305774413]

SWAB#058x [http://www.bahai.org/r/207789961] LOG#2058x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=5#n2058]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

AB07154

120

...Thou hast asked concerning the spirits of men. They are not at all annihilated. They are

SW_v14#02 p.038x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_2]

@soul; spirit after death, @existence; immortality of the human soul

AB11280

...Thou hast asked what shouldst thou do and what prayer shouldst thou offer in order to become informed of the Mysteries of God

DAS.1913-07-26 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=75] SW_v07#10 p.099 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_10] SW_v08#04 p.047 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_4] ABIE.117 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@power of prayer, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision

AB11555

...Thou hast asked whether to enlist in the Socialist party. The Bahá'ís must be in the Bahá'í Cause which comprehends all the degrees and is perfect from every standpoint.

BWF.375-375bx [https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up]

@definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @non-participation in politics, @critiques of capitalism, communism, socialism, @universality of the Cause

AB08648

Persian

بسیار ستایش از دو دوست آلمانی و اطریشی نموده بودی بیا برو به استتگارت ببین چه خبر است

...Thou hast given the utmost praise to the two believers, German and Austrian. Go to Stuttgart and see with thine own eyes what is there!

NJB_v04#15 p.004x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_15]

DAS.1913-08-16 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=79] ABIE.199 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@growth of the Cause, @naming of children; of individuals, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @praise and encouragement

AB01653

310

...Thou hast had the intention of going out into the woods and the country for change of weather... Judas Iscariot must not be forgotten

BSTW#052fx [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=5] BSTW#131x [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_101-150.pdf#page=60]

@role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @firmness in the Covenant

AB09104

...Thou hast inquired regarding the teachings and instructions of BAHA'O'LLAH! Thou must instruct the people of the world in the Love of God

SW_v02#06 p.005 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_6]

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @light and darkness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09725

...Thou hast longed for the power of teaching the Religion of God. This desire is the ultimate

DAS.1914-08-16x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=119] SW_v09#14 p.161-162x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_14]

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause

AB07842

110

...Thou hast manifested joy at the freedom of Abdu'l-Baha. This happiness came from thy

SW_v08#19 p.240x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_19]

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment, @early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees

AB08453

100

...Thou hast questioned concerning ordeals and difficulties and catastrophes: "Are these

SW_v08#18 p.235 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_18]

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering, @prayer for tests and difficulties

AB12534

100

…Thou hast written about Dr. Fisher, that praise be to God, thou hast found a helper for him and ere long she will start for Germany

BBBD.037x

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @review of publications, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB10848

...Thou hast written about thy poor sight. According to the explicit divine text the sick must refer to the doctor. This decree is decisive and everyone is bound to observe it

COC#1023x LOG#0962x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n962]

@personal instructions, @business; financial; property matters, @consolation and comfort

AB03299

210

...Thou hast written concerning love, marriage and divorce. Love is the moving principle of all phenomena. It is the first Divine Grace and its effects are apparent

BSTW#192 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_151-200.pdf#page=76]

@law of divorce, @laws of marriage and dowry, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

AB00784

450

…Thou hast written concerning the Board of Consultation. It is very proper thou shouldst exert thyself with heart and soul

TAB.026-027x [https://books.google.com/books?id=0H8yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA26]

@consultation, @role and station of women, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the concourse on high, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09121

...Thou hast written concerning the meetings and gathering-places of the believers of God. Such assemblies

SW_v02#06 p.005 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_6]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @study; deepening, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB00595

510

…Thou hast written concerning the meetings and the gathering places of the believers of God. Such assemblies and congregations will greatly aid

BWF.407-408x [https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up] LOG#0797x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n797] PN_1906 p095x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1906.pdf#page=95]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @high station of the true believer, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB11267

...Thou hast written concerning the spiritual meeting. The spiritual meeting must be in the utmost state of ecstasy and tumult

DAS.1913-07-09 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=20] SW_v13#10 p.276x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_10] ABIE.048 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB00653

480

Persian

در خصوص آيه انجيل مرقوم نموده بودی که از قرائن واضح ميشود که در يوم ظهور مسيح جميع نفوس استماع

...Thou hast written of a verse in the Gospels, asking if at the time of Christ all souls did hear His call

MMK3#138 p.096x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA3/swa3-98.html]

BWF.364-364x [https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up] SW_v16#10 p.669x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_16/Issue_10]

@belief and denial, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @many are called but few are chosen, @power of prayer, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB08009

100

...Thou hast written of that meeting held in the quarter where standeth the city gate of 'Abdu'l-'Azim. Do not call it a meeting. Call it a confluence of holy souls

COC#0931x

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @business; financial; property matters

AB11492

...Thou hast written regarding the education of the children. It is very acceptable and beloved. Unquestionably these children shall make ideal and physical advancement

SW_v09#08 p.093x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_8]

@race unity; racial issues, @education of children; moral education

AB11268

...Thou hast written regarding the love and unity of the believers and their firmness in

SW_v08#17 p.227x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_17]

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @firmness in the Covenant

AB09738

...Thou hast written regarding the results of my trip to America. Its importance is not now manifest. Erelong you shall behold that these pure seeds have grown

DAS.1913-03-17

@spiritual transformation, @growth of the Cause, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB11058

...Thou hast written regarding thy meeting with... He hath written that he desireth to teach thee one of the crafts and show thee affection and consideration

COC#0012x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_arts_crafts#I12]

@spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @firmness in the Covenant, @power of love, @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB09756

...Though the Beauty of the Most Great Name, the Light of Eternal Splendour

SW_v14#11 p.347 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_11]

@growth of the Cause

AB09107

...Through the protection and help of the Blessed Perfection - may my life be a sacrifice to his beloved ones! - you must conduct and deport yourselves

SW_v14#08 p.225 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_8]

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @firmness in the Covenant, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB03589

200

...Thy letter contained most cheering good news and indicated the oneness of spiritual state that exists

DAS.1914-04-17x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=33] BLO_PT#028p [https://bahai-library.com/rideout_history_community_boston] BSTW#097 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=119]

@suffering and imprisonment, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart

AB10473

...Thy letter hath arrived. Praised be God, under the sheltering protection of the Blessed Beauty, I have safely returned from the West but will again proceed to America

LTDT.306x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=323]

@travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @permission for visit; pilgrimage

AB08649

...Thy letter was received. From its contents it became evident that, praise be to God, the highest hope of the believers of Boston

DAS.1914-04-17 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=33]

@unity; oneness of humanity

AB04217

180

...Thy letter was received. Praise be to God it contained the good news of the firmness and steadfastness of the believers of God; that they are willing to sacrifice

DAS.1914-07-02 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=15]

@praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual transformation

AB03974

180

...Thy letter was received. There is no time to answer them in detail…. Firmness in The Covenant means obedience so that no one may say, 'this is my opinion' nay rather he must obey...

SW_v04#10 p.174x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_10] SW_v08#17 p.227x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_17] SW_v06#14 p.111x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_14] ECN.419x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/c/cooper_abdulbaha_california_1912.pdf#page=419]

@review of publications, @firmness in the Covenant

AB08655

Persian

ناله و فغان از عدم ارسال مکاتیب عبدالبهاء نموده بودید چهل سال

...Thy letter was received. Thou hast lamented and complained because it is come time since thou hast received any letter from ‘Abdu'l-Baha.

YHA2.997x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/684.pdf#page=454] NJB_v04#15 p.002x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_15]

DAS.1913-08-03 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=16] ABIE.146 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @suffering and imprisonment, @firmness in the Covenant

AB05983

140

...Thy mission in America for the present is this: Thou must travel as far as possible to every part

SW_v02#06 p.006 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_6] SW_v07#01 p.007 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_1]

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @exhortations and counsels, @prophecy and fulfillment, @spiritual springtime

AB08417

100

...Thy recent letter was received. It contained good news, and that is: Thou hast guided to the Kingdom of Abha one new soul.

DAS.1913-10-18 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=23]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

AB08328

100

...Thy remembrance is always my intimate and associate and the heart and the soul of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá supplicating

DAS.1913-11-07 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=97]

@call to action, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB11285

...To be approved of God alone should be one's aim. And has thou realized thy own shortcomings?

SW_v07#18 p.185 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_18]

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @knowledge of self, @attaining good pleasure of God

AB03579

200

...To consider that after the death of the body the spirit perishes, is like imagining

SW_v01#09 p.012-013 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_9]

@soul; spirit after death, @prayer for nearness to God, @relationship of the soul to the body, @proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering

AB11244

mixed

حضرت اخت را به جان و دل و روح قلب و فؤاد مشتاق و در لیل و نهار در حقیقت جان و وجدان مذکور

...To my honored and distinguished sister do thou convey the expression of my heartfelt, my intense longing. Day and night she liveth in my remembrance

BHKP_2#06x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/BHKP_2.pdf]

BADM.195x [http://www.bahai.org/r/663207849] LTDT.326-327x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=343] BHK_2#06x [https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/bwc/BK/]

@suffering and imprisonment, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @business; financial; property matters, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

AB04609

Words to Miss Buckton

170

...To tamper with the psychic forces while in this world interferes with the condition of the soul in the world to come.

BSC.442 #806 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] SW_v10#19 p.344x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_10/Issue_19] PN_1912 p110 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1912.pdf#page=110] BSTW#148 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_101-150.pdf#page=92] BSTW#356 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_351-400.pdf#page=10]

@development of capacity and readiness, @occult sciences; psychic phenomena, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

AB09102

...To the one who hath hearkened to God's good tidings and hath proclaimed His bountiful favours!

MAX.082-083 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAX1.pdf#page=82]

@growth of the Cause, @predictions and prophecies, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation

AB01120a

370

...Today it is incumbent upon the believers to forget and lay aside every thought and every preoccupation save the diffusion of the Fragrances of God

AYBY.423 #134 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AB/ab-432.html] TSS.052 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/tss.pdf#page=55] TRZ1.294 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/72.pdf#page=1]

PN_various p016x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/]

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @eulogies; reminiscences, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @education of children; moral education, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB07844

110

...Today the distinguished leaders of nations must sing such a song in the ears of the people that the heart of the world of humanity may be stirred

DAS.1914-07-02 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=15]

@call to action, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @unity of governments; political unity

AB11264

...Today the greatness of the believers of God depends upon delivering the Cause of God

SW_v07#10 p.098 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_10]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @universality of the Cause

AB07136

120

...Today the most important thing to be established is the unity of the word of the beloved of God and fellowship, good feelings and love among the faithful ones.

BSTW#504bx [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_500-507.pdf#page=3]

@love and unity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @The Holy Spirit, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB09116

...Today, at the Threshold of His Holiness, Baha'u'llah, there is nobody more favored

SW_v12#10 p.170 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_10]

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @education of children; moral education

AB07135

120

...Today, if the soul -- who is attracted with the Love of God and burning with the flame of enthusiasm

SW_v05#17 p.257 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_17]

@call to action, @the power of words; of speech, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation

ABU3175

Words to Badi Bushru'i and other students, Ramleh, 1913-09-19

...translate at least one page every day, either from English into Persian, or from Persian into English, thus they might acquire efficiency in this line of work. He recommended for the future that when the means are provided, a committee of translators be organized from both nationalities, who would know the two languages well, in addition to Arabic. Then the Tablets would be properly translated.

DAS.1913-09-19 ABIE.331 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@language and the structure of reality, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

AB09120

...Treat ye the sinners, thy tyrants and the bloodthirsty enemies as the faithful friends

SW_v08#11 p.139 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_11]

@forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love

AB11296

...Truly I say his honor ... is striving with all his powers in the diffusion of the Fragrances of God.

DAS.1913-11-04 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=87]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11551

...Truly, I say, in this publication you have written instructive articles. May God assist and confirm you!

SW_v01#13 p.010x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_13]

@praise and encouragement

AB11301

...Turn thy face sincerely toward God; be severed from all save God; be ablaze with the fire of the love of God

SW_v08#04 p.048 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_4]

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @consolation and comfort, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

AB11594

...Untrustworthiness is a poisonous arrow which mortally wounds the heart, the soul and the spirit of Abdul Baha.

DAS.1913-08-20 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=87] ABIE.211 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

AB07830

110

...Verily I received your eloquent letter, the composition of which was wonderful. It was an evidence of your firmness in the Covenant

DAS.1914-02-28x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=12]

@soul; spirit after death, @eulogies; reminiscences, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

AB10773

...Verily the poems of Bishop Kan and John Newton are exalted, but it were possible

SW_v08#08 p.100 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_8]

@The Holy Spirit

AB07020

120

Arabic

انّ عبدالبهآء یشمّ رائحة محبّة اللّه من کلّ محفل تنطقین فیه بکلمة اللّه و تذکرین الحجج و البراهین

...Verily, ‘Abdu’l‑Baha inhaleth the fragrance of the love of God from every meeting place where the Word of God is uttered

MNMK#068 p.144x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMAB/mmab-142.html] MMK1#053 p.089x [https://www.bahai.org/r/873482121]

SWAB#053x [http://www.bahai.org/r/176175952]

@status of kings; future of monarchy, @methods of teaching the Cause, @non-participation in politics, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual baptism

AB00305

680

Arabic

انّ الظّهورات فی الأدوار السّابقة کان لکلّ واحد منهم شأن فی الوجود و رتبة فی نشأة الأنسان

...Verily, each one of the Manifestations in former ages possessed a certain station in existence and a certain rank in human development [3.5s]... ...Were it not for tests genuine gold could not be distinguished from the counterfeit.... In cycles gone by, each one of the Manifestations of God hath had His own rank in the world of existence... Intellect and the faculty of comprehension are God's gifts

MNMK#063 p.142x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMAB/mmab-140.html] MMK1#027 p.054x [https://www.bahai.org/r/696257448]

SWAB#027x [http://www.bahai.org/r/359912913] COC#1790x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_prohibition_drinking_alcohol#1790] SW_v08#19 p.238-239x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_19] SW_v14#02 p.041-042x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_2] SW_v14#12 p.353x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_12] BSTW#438 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_401-450.pdf#page=38]

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @station of the Manifestation of God, @role and station of women, @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11563

...Verily, I pray God to confirm thee with the All-Power so that the means may be prepared

SW_v06#17 p.149 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB11312

...Verily, the founding of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar will mark the inception of the Kingdom of God on earth

SW_v05#04 p.051 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_4]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all

AB11538

...Verily, thy Lord will assist and inspire thee with the breath of the Holy Spirit and

SW_v08#08 p.102-103 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_8]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @confidence; courage; faith in teaching the Cause, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @The Holy Spirit

AB12044

...We hope that the beloved of God and the handmaids of the Merciful will, in accordance with the heavenly Teachings

BRL_SOCIAL#069x [http://www.bahai.org/r/264702188]

@religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @unity; oneness of humanity, @harmony of science and religion

AB11590

...We must entirely focus our thoughts upon the diffusion of the divine light and the building of the heavenly foundation

SW_v07#10 p.098x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_10]

AB03303

210

...We only attain to these spiritual stations through the Bounty and Favor of the Blessed Perfection. When I look to myself, I realize that I am an infinitesimal atom.

DAS.1914-06-24 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_10.pdf#page=129]

@the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @Manifestation of God as sun, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB11607

...We should do little things as well as great things for the love of God.

SW_v14#06 p.167 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_6]

AB11334

Persian

اگر کلمات مکنونه را در لسان فارسی و عربی تلاوت مینمودی و بحقایق و معانی

...Wert thou to recite the Hidden Words in Persian and Arabic and apprehend their realities and meanings, it would unveil a matchless beauty and splendor

ANDA#79 p.05x [https://www.afnanlibrary.org/d/andalib-issue-79]

ADMS#203ex [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/excerpts_abdul-baha_encouraging_study_persian/]

@translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

AB11575

...What is meant in the prophecies by the Lord of hosts, the promised Christ, is the Blessed Perfection (Baha'o'llah) and his highness, the Supreme (Báb)

SW_v09#01 p.006x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_1]

@prophecy and fulfillment, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @twin Manifestations

AB09108

...Whatever contribution you may send to the school of Tarbiat is in the estimation of Abdul Baha, most acceptable. In this we observe the aim of God

DAS.1913-08-14 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=69] ABIE.189 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

AB02378

250

Persian

ای جانهای پاک پاکی و آزادگی بدلست نه بتن بجانست نه بجامه و پیرهن انسان اگر

...Whatsoever driveth thee away from the one true God and shutteth thee out from the Best-Beloved is blameworthy and reprehensible

BRL_CONF2018P#02x [http://www.bahai.org/r/700232331] MMK2#097 p.075 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA2/swa2-77.html] YARP2.351 p.283 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/YP/yp-289.html]

BRL_CONF2018#02x [http://www.bahai.org/r/393403163]

@worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @nearness and remoteness, @meditation, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity

AB11535

...Whatsoever is latent in the innermost of this holy cycle shall gradually appear and be made manifest

WOB.146x [http://www.bahai.org/r/111035259] SW_v13#09 p.253 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_9]

@growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @spiritual springtime

AB11543

...When a gathering of these two races is brought about that assemblage will become the magnet

ADJ.039x [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525]

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @race unity; racial issues, @the concourse on high

ABU0162

Words spoken on 1912-08-20 in Green Acre

1000

...When a man is thirsty he drinks water. When he is hungry he eats food. But if a man be not thirsty

SW_v07#16 p.155+161x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_16]

@man's distinction from the animal, @power of the mind over nature, @spiritual transformation, @human reality created in the image of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB09922

mixed

در وقت معالجه توجّه بجمال مبارک کن و آنچه بر قلب القا ميشود مجری دار

...When giving medical treatment turn to the Blessed Beauty, then follow the dictates of thy heart

MMK1#131 p.147x [https://www.bahai.org/r/417669271]

SWAB#131x [http://www.bahai.org/r/665402836] LOG#0964x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n964]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09047

...when I came to ‘Akká, it was prescribed for me to go to the sea every day and this was not possible in Yarkih. Moreover, I had a lot of work

LTDT.327x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=344]

@personal instructions, @consolation and comfort, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing

AB10286

...When the body of man is perfected, physical evolution comes to an end, since nature does not seek to build a higher form than that of man

BSC.434 #789 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

@evolution; human evolution, @the human soul, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization

AB11113

...When the foundation of the Mashrekol-Azkar is laid... a most wonderful and thrilling motion will appear in the world of existence... From that point of light the spirit of teaching ... will permeate to all parts of the world

COF.069x2x [http://www.bahai.org/r/097876207] BSC.547 #989 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

AB10259

mixed

نفوس تا در ترويج نکوشند بذکر اللّه مشغول و مألوف نيز کما ينبغی نگردند و آثار مدد

...When the friends do not endeavor to spread the message, they fail to remember God befittingly, and will not witness the tokens of assistance

MMK1#211 p.257x [https://www.bahai.org/r/488304926]

SWAB#211x [http://www.bahai.org/r/597430477]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB12425

130

…When the maid-servant of God, Miss Knobloch, was sent to that country I supplicated from the Threshold of His Highness Baha'u'llah that confirmations might descend upon her

BBBD.194

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause

AB11558

...When the spirit is confirmed and assisted by the confirmation of the Holy Spirit then it will show its effect in every condition of the world of existence

SW_v07#18 p.177 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_18]

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power of faith; power of the spirit, @The Holy Spirit

AB10206

...When thou wishest to treat nervous pains turn thy whole being to the realm on high with thine heart detached from aught else besides Him and thy soul enraptured by the love of God

COC#1027x

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @The Holy Spirit, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @love of God

AB09759

...Whenever the heart finds attraction, the spirit seeks ecstasy and exultation and turns itself toward the Kingdom

SW_v07#10 p.098 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_10]

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB11274

...Whosoever claims that Abdu'l-Baha has given to him a tablet or sent a cablegram he must prove it

SW_v06#12 p.094-095 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_12] BSTW#073c [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=58]

@authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB11218

...With regard to the printing of any book that concerns the Cause, it is not permissible except with permission from the Centre of the Covenant, whether that be of the blessed Tablets or the composition of the friends, otherwise there is great danger

SW_v09#05 p.060x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_5]

@praise and encouragement, @review of publications, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @business; financial; property matters

AB11589

...worthy of being the first to build the Tabernacle of the Most Great Peace and proclaim the oneness of mankind

COF.035x [http://www.bahai.org/r/580736086] TDH#158.5x [http://www.bahai.org/r/755603488]

AB11164

...Ye have written of the Nineteen Day festivities. This Feast is a bringer of joy. It is the groundwork of agreement and unity. It is the key to affection and fellowship

COC#0920x

@House of Justice, @praise and encouragement, @Nineteen-Day Feast, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06016

130

...Ye should strive to widen the circle of those with whom ye enjoy friendly relations, and to establish the closest contact with those benevolent souls whose only thought is to do good

COC#1838x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_teaching_prominent_people#1838]

@The Holy Spirit, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @firmness in the Covenant

ABU2522

Words to Mrs Goodall and Mrs Cooper

...You have written concerning the spiritual meetings. The foundation of the spiritual meetings must be the teaching

SW_v02#06 p.005 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_6]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @music and singing

AB09113

...You have written regarding the Assembly of Women. Undoubtedly, show ye great effort in this matter

SW_v01#09 p.010-011 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_9]

@role and station of women, @praise and encouragement, @equality of men and women, @call to action

AB09757

...You have written that "We all pray that we and all the friends everywhere be favored

SW_v08#16 p.220x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_16]

@firmness in the Covenant

AB10173

Persian

مرقوم نموده بودید که خدمتی بانجمن ارتباط شرق و غرب نمائید البته

...You have written that you desire to assist the Orient-Occident Unity. Undoubtedly the Orient and the Occident must assist each other; especially in the question of the school of Tarbiat.

BDA2.294x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-302.html]

DAS.1913-05-06x MHMD2.388x

@East and West; communication between East and West, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

AB11265

...You must do a little better. The better you do, the better it is. The wife must endure the husband and she must hold to every means to please the husband.

PN_unsorted p075 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=75]

@exhortations and counsels

AB11596

...You shall soon see in Persia that the people shall believe in this Cause in groups every day.

SW_v12#12 p.215x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_12]

AB10550

Persian

نیت باید چنین باشد که در این تجارت بقدری عادلانه و منصفانه رفتار شود

...Your criterion should be to pursue your commercial activities with such fairness and equity as to be a cause of guidance to others

COMP_TRUSTP#50x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/trustworthiness_compilation_originals.pdf]

BRL_TRUST#49x [http://www.bahai.org/r/782059115] COC#2061x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_trustworthiness#2061]

@conduct in finance and business, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance

AB06203

130

...Your letter was received and from its contents it became evident that you are journeying toward India.

DAS.1914-03-14 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=49]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @Manifestation of God as sun

AB10291

...Your letter was received; but Abdul Baha, owing to the infirmity of the body; the difficulty of voyaging over seas and lands, the lack of rest, the striving and exerting day and night

DAS.1913-07-28 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=85] ABIE.123 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU1019

Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-13

310

‘Abdu'l-Bahá has written a Tablet specially for the purpose, that should anyone ask about his station, it is ‘Abdu'l-Bahá, and no more

TTAG.016-017 [https://bahai-library.com/agnew_table_talks_acca] BLO_PN#101 [https://bahai-library.com/agnew_table_talks_acca]

@development of capacity and readiness, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity of thought and belief, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU2556

Words to Miss Boylan, spoken around 1911-08-25

‘Abdu'l-Bahá said that he had fulfilled that prophecy by building the Tomb of the Báb. He said, "The blessed and holy Tomb (of Baha'u'llah, May my soul be a sacrifice to its dust!) and the Tomb of the Bab on Mount Carmel was the first Mashraq'ul-Azkar…"

AIF.1911-08-23 SW_v11#01 p.015 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_11/Issue_1] PN_1912 p071 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1912.pdf#page=71] PN_1912 p120 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1912.pdf#page=120]

@prophecy and fulfillment, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @Shrines and Holy places

ABU1842

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

160

Persian

علویه خانم عیال ملا علی جان شهید خوابی دیده بود و برای جمال بروجردی نقل کرده بود

‘Alaviyyih Khanum, the wife of the martyred Mulla ‘Alí Jan [Mafuzaki], had a dream which she recounted to Jamal Burújirdí. She said, “I dreamt that Jamal Mubarak came to this room and graciously spoke in praise of me.”

KHH1.022 (1.031) [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/354.pdf#page=53]

KHHE.045 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/diary_habib_muayyad.pdf] STAB#121 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf#page=121]

@stories; anecdotes, @humor; jokes, @accounts of dreams and visions

ABU2186

Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh

120

"Mirror" is the whole body, the brain in particular. Body has many elements in its composition

SW_v14#02 p.037 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_2] PN_1911 p003 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1911.pdf#page=3]

@differences in human capacity, @soul; spirit after death, @the human soul, @relationship of the soul to the body

ABU3683

170

"There are many kinds of martyrdom. How many times have I prayed for it… So Christ never suffered upon the cross

SW_v24#04 p.105 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_24/Issue_4]

@crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @martyrs and martyrdom, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU1010

Words spoken ca. 1900

310

(Third proof of this Revelation) - This is that the most learned men in Persian believed in the Blessed Perfection.

PN_1900_heh p027 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1900_heh.pdf#page=27] PN_1900 p046 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1900.pdf#page=46]

@Quddus, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU2125

130

[At some period of history, there was a rivalry beween Greek and Japanese artists.] This competition became so keen that an opportunity was given to these artists to compare their skill.

SW_v02#04 p.004 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_4] STAB#142 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf#page=142]

@stories; anecdotes, @symbolism

ABU2129

Words spoken on 1913-03-09 in Paris

120

Persian

البته وقتی میآید و نزدیک است که ملل عالم بفریاد آیند و مصارف باهظهٴ حرب را تحمل نتوانند

[He remarked that] it would certainly come to pass, and that it will be close at hand when the peoples of the world have been provoked to cry out

BDA2.176 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-184.html]

MHMD2.223

@predictions and prophecies, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium

ABU2857

Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920

Persian

من تمام کارهای خود را در این جهان تمام کردم و باید از این عالم بروم فقط بیت مبارک

[He said that He has completed His work in this world and must leave this mortal plane. But the only matter He has been unable to take care of is the House of Baha’u’llah in Baghdad]

KNR.079 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/knr.pdf#page=89]

KNRE.087 [https://bahai-library.com/mumtazi_twin_pilgrimages]

@Shrines and Holy places, @call to action

ABU1311

Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920

240

Persian

من در مجالس سانفرانسیسکو خیلی میرفتم یک روز یک جمعیتی پیش من

[He spoke one night about when He visited San Francisco, where He went to various meetings and gatherings of the friends and others.]

KNR.064-065 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/knr.pdf#page=74]

KNRE.073 [https://bahai-library.com/mumtazi_twin_pilgrimages]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @wisdom [hikmat]

ABU2220

Words to a Baha'í from Holland, spoken on 1913-02-10

110

Persian

بناپارت در عالم ملک یکی از نفوس عظیمه بود ولی فتوحاتش محدود بود منتهی شد

[Napoleon] Bonaparte was a powerful person in this earthly dominion. His conquests, however, were limited.

BDA2.129 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-137.html]

DAS.1913-02-10 MHMD2.160-161

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB10734

[refers to reports indicating that Munirih Khanum's condition was the same as before and says that the Exalted Leaves were of the opinion that she should go to Egypt]

LTDT.337-338x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=354]

ABU2334

Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920

100

Persian

روزی در آلمان در کوچه ای می رفتم دختری دیدم به قدر نصف این فوزیتا

[Then He said that] one day He was walking on a street in Germany when He noticed that a short woman—shorter even than our Fujita

KNR.059-060 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/knr.pdf#page=69]

KNRE.069 [https://bahai-library.com/mumtazi_twin_pilgrimages]

@confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0734

Words to a Russian princess, spoken on 1913-10-30

400

A Bahá'í is at the same time a Christian, a Jew, a Zoroastrian and a Mohammadan. The Bahá'í Cause is like unto a tree... Every moment in this world has a center.

DAS.1913-10-30 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=69] SW_v08#14 p.188x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_14]

@unity; oneness of humanity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity in diversity, @Manifestation of God as sun, @universality of the Cause

ABU1405

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-23

230

A Bahá'í must conform all his great and small affairs in accord with the good-pleasure of the Blessed Perfection. This is the unerring criterion.

DAS.1915-05-23

@the golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @attaining good pleasure of God

ABU1992

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-26

140

Persian

مومن بهاءالله کسی است که ثابت بر میثاق است هر کسی بپیمان الهی ثابت است مومن است

A believer in Baha'u'llah is he who is firm in the Covenant.... Is it possible that one may believe in a book without believing in the teacher

BDA1.391.15 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-391.html]

SW_v14#08 p.228 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_8] MHMD1.410 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=435]

@trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @firmness in the Covenant, @Manifestation of God as sun, @station of the Manifestation of God

ABU1646

Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909

190

A certain journalist called upon Me this morning representing one of the well known Arabian newspapers. He asked Me these questions.

AHF.019-020 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/a-heavenly-feast]

@the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @symbolism, @soul; spirit after death

ABU1346

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

240

A certain king had a subject who having by a heroic action rescued the king from a great peril

SW_v09#18 p.208-209 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_18] TDLA.103 [https://archive.org/stream/tendaysinlighta00illgoog#page/n109/mode/2up] BLO_PN#104 [https://bahai-library.com/grundy_ten_days_akka]

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @thankfulness; gratitude, @stories; anecdotes

ABU1081

Words spoken on 1915-08-03 in Haifa

290

Persian

شخصی از او از [شخص] کاملی پرسید، او هم اشاره به شخصی در نیشابور کرد. حسب الاشاره از حال شخص مذکور

A certain one inquired of him concerning a perfect one, whereupon he made mention of a person in Nishábúr. According to that which was indicated regarding the state of the aforementioned person [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-03 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/zsm.pdf]

@stories; anecdotes, @spiritual transformation, @empty learning; false spirituality, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ABU0890

Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-23

340

A certain rich man came into the presence of Jesus Christ and said 'O Thou Spirit of God, I want to be one of thy disciples.'

DWN_v4#07 p.113-114 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-4-burma-1926] PN_1901 p077 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1901.pdf#page=77] BLO_PN#109 [https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_utterances_young_men]

@suffering and imprisonment, @stories; anecdotes, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU3633

Words spoken on 1914-02-16

A cheerful countenance lends consolation to the beholder.

DAS.1914-02-16 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_07.pdf#page=83] SW_v07#18 p.186 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_18]

@consolation and comfort, @courtesy; culture [adab], @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU2406

Words spoken in 1900

100

A child in the matrix of its mother is in utter darkness. When it is born into the world it comes into the light. While in the matrix

SW_v14#01 p.010 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_1]

@second birth, @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual transformation, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ABU3574

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-13

Persian

هیئتی برای ترجمهٴ آثار مبارکه لازمست که در چند لسان ماهر باشند

A committee consisting of experts in several languages is essential for the translation of the Sacred Writings.

BDA1.371.15 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-371.html]

MHMD1.390 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=415]

@translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

ABU1855

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-28

160

A crow was perched on the lofty branch of a tall tree. In its beak it carried a piece of cheese. It so chanced that two jackals passed by under the tree.

DAS.1914-11-28

@stories; anecdotes, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge

AB00380

Some Answered Questions #072 Healing without Medicine

620

Persian

تفصیل این کیفیت از پیش بیان شد اگر درست ملتفت نشده‌اید تکرار کنیم

A detailed explanation of this matter was provided earlier. If you have not fully grasped it

MFD#72 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SAQ/saq-181.html] OOL.C022.72 [https://oceanoflights.org/abdul-baha-bkw22-4-27-fa]

SAQ#72 [http://www.bahai.org/r/023937412]

@mind as intermediary between soul and body, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @The Holy Spirit, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing

ABU1637

Words spoken at Bahji, 1914-01-03

190

A fair and impartial observer perceives the signs of the power and intelligence of God in all the atoms of existence. Before leaving Haifa, I felt very ill... Then I reached Stuttgart. There I found wonderful Baha'is.

DAS.1914-01-03 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_06.pdf#page=117]

@praise and encouragement, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB11843

230

Arabic

عجز و نیاز به درگاه حضرت بی‌انباز و طلب مغفرت از برای کلّ متصاعدین به ملکوت احدیّت، علیهم بهاءالله الابهی اللهمّ يا غافرَ الذّنوب العفوّ الغفور

A fervent and humble supplication at the threshold of God, the Peerless One… O Lord, O Absolver of our sins, Thou Who showest pardon and forgiveness, compassion and mercy

ADMS#191 [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/abdul-baha-to-haji_mihdi_nami-5/]

@prayer for the departed, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @martyrs and martyrdom, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

ABU1332

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-06-20

240

A few days before His departure Bahá'u'lláh called me into His bedroom and commanded me to gather together all His writings and Tablets... After the ascension, Mohamad Ali stole all the writings which were entrusted to me

DAS.1913-06-20

@Ascension of Baha'u'llah, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings

ABU3451

Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan

A few hundred years ago, Darzi, a tailor, came from Persia to Syria, where he established the Druze cult. 'Druze' is a corruption of the word 'Darzi.

CHH.195 [https://bahai-library.com/blomfield_chosen_highway] BLO_PN#022

ABU3009

Words spoken at Golden Circle Club in Boston, 1912-07-24

Persian

لسان عربی لسان عمومی نمیشود ولی چند هفته پیش نامه ئی از نیویورک بیکی از رؤسای اسپرانتو نوشتم که اگر مجمعی از وکلای اجناس و ملوک فراهم کنند

A few weeks ago, I wrote a letter from New York to one of the promoters of Esperanto

BDA1.165.06 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-165.html]

SW_v19#10 p.309 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_19/Issue_10] MHMD1.179-180 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=204]

@universal language

ABU1095

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

290

A food that is prepared in love and partaken of in love gives one great delight. Nay, whatever is done with love imparts great delight. When we were in Baghdad

PN_1906 p078 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1906.pdf#page=78] SUR.269-270 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/g/gail_summon_up_remembrance.pdf#page=276] BLO_PN#001 [https://bahai-library.com/ali-khan_pilgrim-notes_1906]

@hospitality, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @stories; anecdotes, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

ABU2077

Words to Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-07

130

A good foundation is laid in Germany. The believers must be firmly grounded n the principles of morality and honesty. First--Truthfulness…

SW_v07#18 p.183x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_18] FRGA.002 [https://bahai-library.com/finch_knobloch_flowers_acca]

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @exhortations and counsels, @being a source of light; guidance, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @compassion; kindness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual transformation

ABU3161

Words to a young Jewish woman, spoken on 1912-08-21

Persian

یهودی خوب هم بهائی میشود حقیقت امر حضرت موسی و امر حضرت بهاءالله یکی است توجه ببهآءالله کن سکون و قرار خواهی یافت

A good Jew can also become a Baha'í. The truth of the religion of Moses and of Baha'u'llah is one.

BDA1.200.09 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-200.html]

MHMD1.216 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=241]

@call to action, @spiritual transformation, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @oneness; unity of religion, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ABU2050

Words spoken on 1915-08-08 in Haifa

130

Persian

خوب جائی است از برای طبابت و شهرت می کند. حاجی فرج الله بود کحال که هیچ نمی دانست و هزاران چشم

A goodly place it is for the healing arts and renowned it hath become. Haji Farajullah was an oculist who knew naught, yet thousands of eyes [he treated] [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-08 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/zsm.pdf]

@stories; anecdotes

ABU1344

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

240

A great king walking in his garden one day noticed a man, about ninety years old

SW_v09#18 p.207-208 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_18] DLA.038-039 [https://books.google.com/books?id=qk9OAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA38] BLO_PN#026 [https://bahai-library.com/goodall_cooper_daily_lessons] STAB#001 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf#page=1]

@stories; anecdotes, @wisdom [hikmat], @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB01218

Some Answered Questions #018 The Greatness of Christ

360

Persian

شخصی بزرگوار خواه بی‌پدر خواه باپدر یکسانست بی‌پدری اگر فضیلت است

A great man is a great man whether or not he is born of a human father. If being without a father were a virtue

MFD#18 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SAQ/saq-68.html] OOL.C022.18 [https://oceanoflights.org/abdul-baha-bkw22-2-03-fa]

SAQ#18 [http://www.bahai.org/r/809762755]

@quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @Manifestation of God as recipient of divine revelation; Holy Spirit, @Adam; Adam and Eve, @Christ; Christianity, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary, @The Holy Spirit

ABU0721

Words to Howard MacNutt spoken around 1912-04-15

410

A great steamship has been lost at sea. Today newspaper accounts of the Titanic

SW_v04#12 p.210 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_12]

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @spiritual transformation, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ABU0392

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-20

630

A group should come together every nineteen days. It is not optional, it is incumbent on them. In every city they should do this.... these Houses of Justice will not be in every village but only in the large cities

PN_1919 p148 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1919.pdf#page=148] LAT.072-075 [https://bahai-library.com/latimer_light_world]

@House of Justice, @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @elections, @Nineteen-Day Feast, @music and singing

ABU3449

A heavy chain was placed about His neck by which He was chained to five other Babis

GPB.072x [http://www.bahai.org/r/005302799]

@incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU2241

110

Persian

مذکور که حکایت کردند پادشاهی بوزیرش گفت بادنجان را مخالف صحت و سلامت دانستند گفت بلی

A king told his minister that eggplant was reported to be bad for one's health.

ASAT2.022 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/428.pdf#page=13]

STAB#158 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf#page=158]

@humor; jokes, @stories; anecdotes

AB05426

150

Persian

نامه چند روز پیش بشما مرقوم گردید و بواسطه جناب امین ارسال شد حال نامه جدید

A letter was addressed to you several days ago and was sent through Jinab-i-Amin. Now, a new letter [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0908 [https://www.bahai.org/r/491153169] MSBH1.411 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/247.pdf#page=204]

@education of children; moral education, @accounts of dreams and visions, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB02308

260

mixed

نامه ای بحضرت اجل از پیش در جواب ارسال گشت البته تا بحال رسیده است جمیع احزاب

A letter was sent forth in response to His Excellency, which assuredly hath by now reached its destination [3.5s]

MUH3.197 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/286.pdf#page=213]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @unity; oneness of humanity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU3186

Words to some materialist scholars spoken in Dec. 1900

A living body cannot come forth from a dead body. Only a living man can make a living child; this is a scientific fact.

PN_1900 p118 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1900.pdf#page=118]

@birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary, @evolution; human evolution

ABU3461

Words spoken at railway station in Buffalo, 1912-09-12

Persian

انسان هزار دولار میبخشد نقلی نیست اما یک دولار تعسدی کسی را قبول نمیکند زیرا اینگونه تعدی منافی عدل و نظم عالم است

A man may give $1,000 without minding it but he should not yield even a dollar to the person who wishes to take it wrongfully, for such wrongful behavior flouts justice and disrupts the order of the world.

BDA1.240.10 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-240.html]

MHMD1.257 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=282]

@justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]

ABU3458

Words spoken at Haifa pilgrim house, 1914-10-12

Persian

اصل جوهر بیان اینست که انسان باید در فکر این باشد که دیگران را محافظه کند نه در فکر خود باشد

A man must ever think of the protection of others and not of himself.

DAS.1914-10-12 SW_v07#18 p.188 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_18]

@the golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others

ABU2853

Persian

مردی عرب با زنش بالای بام خفته بود نیمه شب تعدادی از طیور قطا را زن دید

A man of Arabia lay sleeping with his wife upon the rooftop, when, in the midnight hour, the woman beheld a flock of sand grouse passing overhead [3.5s]

YIK.303 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/257.pdf#page=312] ZIAB1.167-168

ABU3602

Words to Dr. O. F. Fischer spoken around Apr. 1909

A Manifestation of God is a tangible part of the Great Concord.

PN_1909F p044 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909F.pdf#page=44]

@station of the Manifestation of God, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0810

Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-12-01

370

A Manifestation of God is first proven by the characteristics of the Divine Essence shining forth from Him... the Bab and the Blessed Perfection said before the appearance of the first Adam, an hundred thousand Adams appeared upon the earth, but in these days the people only know of the Adam who came 5,000 years ago.

PN_1900 p026 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1900.pdf#page=26] BSTW#169g [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_151-200.pdf#page=34]

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @names and attributes of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @Adam; Adam and Eve, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion

ABU2683

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

A master had a slave who was completely devoted to him. One day he gave the slave a melon

SW_v09#18 p.208 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_18] TDLA.103 [https://archive.org/stream/tendaysinlighta00illgoog#page/n109/mode/2up] VLAB.147 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VLAB.pdf] BLO_PN#104 [https://bahai-library.com/grundy_ten_days_akka]

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @thankfulness; gratitude, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @stories; anecdotes

ABU3559

Words spoken on 1914-07-10 in Haifa

A material man lets himself be worried and harassed by little things but a spiritual man is always calm and serene under all circumstances

DAS.1914-07-10 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=36] SW_v07#16 p.154 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_16]

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @composure; tranquillity; serenity

ABU0701

Address to the Baha'is at Dyer home in Washington, 1912-04-24

420

A meeting such as this seems like a beautiful cluster of precious jewels -- pearls, rubies, diamonds, sapphires

BDA1.048n [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-48.html]

PUP#023 (p.056-057) [http://www.bahai.org/r/986495157] SW_v03#03 p.021-022 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_3] SW_v19#03 p.089 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_19/Issue_3]

MHMD1.057 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=82]

@composition and decomposition, @competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence, @unity in diversity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @race unity; racial issues

ABU3152

Words spoken on 1915-10-14 in Haifa

Persian

مکتوبی از توپوکیان قنسول ایران در امریکا رسیده است. نوشته است که علی قلی خان به وی ابلاغ کرده

A missive hath been received from Topakian, Consul of Iran in America. He hath written that 'Ali-Quli Khan communicated unto him [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-14 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/zsm.pdf]

@past, present and future of Iran, @constitutional revolution in Iran

ABU3302

Words to the editor of the Police Journal, spoken on 1912-09-17

Persian

روزنامه باید اول وسیلهٴ الفت بین نفوس باشد این اعظم وظائف صاحبان جرائد است که سوء تفاهم

A newspaper must in the first instance be the means of creating harmony among the people.

BDA1.252.04 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-252.html]

MHMD1.270 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=295] ABCC.273 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ABCC.pdf#page=303]

@newspapers and the media; publications, @unity; oneness of humanity, @race unity; racial issues

ABU2571

Words spoken on 1912-12-27 in London

Persian

جمعی فقرای بسیار گرسنه بمن رسیدند و سوال نمودند من آنها را حواله بدکان بقالی کردم

A number of souls, destitute and famished, approached me and begged me to give them something to sustain them

BDA2.046 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-54.html]

MHMD2.055-056

@stories; anecdotes, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @wealth inequality and its moderation

ABU0368

Words spoken on 1914-07-10 in Haifa

650

Persian

عداوت دو نوع است یک عداوت دینی و یک عداوت شخصی نفس مسلم

A person animated by religious enmity subjects us to harsh treatment and persecution. By doing this he thinks he is serving his religion

YHA1.108-109 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/686.pdf#page=110] NJB_v05#14 p.003 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_14]

DAS.1914-07-10 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=36]

@martyrs and martyrdom, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @fellowship with the wayward and ungodly

ABU0879

Words spoken ca. 1915

340

Persian

از حرفهای بی ثمر و نتیجه انسان خسته میشود این مردمیکه میآیند و میروند اغلب صحبتهایشان بی نتیجه

A person grows tired of unfruitful and frivolous talk. Often what these people that visit talk about is trivial and unimportant. They cause weariness, but there is no choice other than associating with them.

KHH1.284-285 (1.396-397) [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/354.pdf#page=315]

KHHE.410-411 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/diary_habib_muayyad.pdf]

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @the power of words; of speech, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @fellowship with the wayward and ungodly

ABU2939

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-19

A person must be rapid in motion and not slow and tortoise-like. You see, I take always Khosro and Mirza Ahmad with me, because they move rapidly... Train yourselves to be always in time no matter where you are.

DAS.1914-12-19 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_12.pdf#page=108]

@effort; striving, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @courtesy; culture [adab]

ABU2161

Words spoken on 1913-02-07 in Paris

Persian

شخص عامل و قوهٴ فاعله لازمست و امروز تأئید و مدد الهی واجب والا قول و گفتگو

A person of action and an active force are needed, and in this day the confirmations and assistance of God are likewise essential

BDA2.125 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-133.html]

MHMD2.156

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU1684

Words spoken on 1913-05-23 in Paris

180

Persian

کمال انسان در اینست که بقدر وسع اولاد فقرا و اطفال سائرین را هم تربیت نماید

A person's perfection lies in this -- that he also rear, to the extent that he is able, the offspring of the poor and other children

BDA2.314 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-322.html]

MHMD2.417

@education of children; moral education, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @thankfulness; gratitude

AB08296

100

mixed

از غدیر خم سئوال شده بود حکایت غدیر خم این است که در حجة الوداع حضرت رسول

A question was asked concerning Ghadir Khumm. The account of Ghadir Khumm is that during the Farewell Pilgrimage, His Holiness the Messenger [3.5s]

AVK2.220.03x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK2/ak2-221.html]

@family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @the Imamate; the Caliphate, @episodes from the early history of Islam, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU0359

Words spoken on 1914-08-03 in Haifa

660

Persian

معرکه شده است دنیا بهم خورده است در کارند که همه بجان یکدیگر بریزند در امریکا و اروپا

A resurrection is set up! The world is topsy-turvy! The wrong side of human character is up! [KHH: A great tumult is ensuing. The whole world is in cataclysm. They are determined to cause universal upheaval.]

KHH1.291-293 (1.405-408) [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/354.pdf#page=322]

KHHE.420-423 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/diary_habib_muayyad.pdf] DAS.1914-08-03 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=91] SW_v05#11 p.163-166 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_11] SW_v07#15 p.136 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_15] SW_v13#12 p.324 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_12]

@war and peace, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @the animal kingdom, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration

ABU1538

Words to the Russian Consul-General of Beirut, spoken on 1913-11-09

200

A ruler must consider himself the real father of all the people. Just as the father is solicitous about the education of his sons

DAS.1913-11-09 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=105]

@relationship between government and people

ABU2645

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

A seed comes into the world of existence. It is planted, and it sprouts and grows. The plant puts out branches, leaves, and flowers

AELT.177 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/phelps_life_teachings_abbas_effendi.pdf#page=224]

@matter; essence; substance and form, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @return of the Manifestations of God, @Perfect Man [insan-i-kamil], @symbolism, @the human soul

ABU2999

Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-05

Persian

در ممالک امریکا تخمی افشانده شد نفوس خیلی بحرکت و هیجان آمدند دیگر تا خدا چه خواهد

A seed has been planted in the states of America. Many people have become stirred and roused to excitement.

BDA2.011 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-19.html]

MHMD2.013

@detachment in teaching the Cause, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU3090

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

A sincere worker in the Cause of God is always assisted by the Divine Spirit when such questions arise. The Truth will flow through you

TDLA.015 [https://archive.org/stream/tendaysinlighta00illgoog#page/n21/mode/2up] BLO_PN#104 [https://bahai-library.com/grundy_ten_days_akka]

@being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @education and the development of capacity, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB10238

Persian

مناجات بملکوت ابهی کن محبوب مهربانا تشنه زلال عنایتم از چشمه محبتت جرعه

A supplication to the Abhá Kingdom: O Kind Beloved! I am thirsting for the pure crystal waters of Thy bounty; grant me from the fountain of Thy love a draught [3.5s]

MMK5#287 p.215 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA5/swa5-218.html]

@prayer for nearness to God, @prayer for spiritual recognition

ABU0705

The Eighth Principle—Universal Peace: Words spoken on 1911-11-29 in Paris

410

Persian

از جمله أوامر حضرت بهاء الله اینست که باید جمیع ملت

A Supreme Tribunal shall be established by the peoples and Governments of every nation, composed of members elected from each country and Government.

KHTB1.233 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/KA1/ka1-235.html] KHTP.175

LOG#1076x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=2#n1076] PT#48 p.161 [http://www.bahai.org/r/613149653]

@universal language, @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0889

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-20

340

A teacher must never ask for money for any of his personal needs but the believers must by themselves in a voluntary spirit provide him with his travelling expenses

DAS.1914-03-20 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=69]

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spirit and form in the administration, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB11393

Persian

تلگرافی از کاشان رسید که معارف مدرسه وحدت بشررا بست سبحان الله مدنیت بر زبان میرانند و تیشه بر ریشه مدنیت میزنند مدرسه باید باز نمود نه مدارس را بست

A telegram hath been received from Kashan, informing that the school of Wahdat-i-Bashar hath been closed by the authorities. Glorified be God! They speak of civilization with their tongues, yet strike at its very root with their axe. Schools must needs be opened, not closed [3.5s]

KHMT.050x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/KHMT.pdf]

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

ABU1797

Words spoken on 1914-02-14

170

A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul

DAS.1914-02-14 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_07.pdf#page=77] SW_v07#18 p.186-187 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_18]

@thankfulness; gratitude, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @words vs deeds, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU2620

Words to Mr Eckstein, spoken on 1913-04-05

A thirsty man will run after every fountain, he may drink bitter and stagnant water but at last he will reach to the sweet spring.

DAS.1913-04-05

@religion as reality; definitions of religion, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @oneness; unity of religion

ABU2067

Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909

130

Persian

هزار و نهصد سال است ناقوس میزنند هنوز کلال و ملال پیدا نکرده

A thousand and nine hundred years have they sounded the bell, yet still have they found neither weariness nor fatigue [3.5s]

KHH2.279a [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/355.pdf#page=300]

@idolatry, @Christ; Christianity, @Christian doctrine and practice, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @suffering; rejection of Christ

AB02805

230

Persian

ایران بقوای مادیه هزار سال میخواهد که مانند دول و ملل اورپ گردد ولی

A thousand years must elapse before Persia can, by the aid of material power, rise to the height of the peoples and governments of Europe.

PYM.117x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/PM2/pm2-117.html] KHSH12.009 [https://bahai-library.com/kharman_adab_honar_12] KHH1.301 (1.419-420) [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/354.pdf#page=332]

BPRY.1923.031 KHHE.433-434 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/diary_habib_muayyad.pdf] BP1926.031-032 BLO_PT#159x [https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_tablet_persia_1923] ADMS#065i07x [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/passages-on-iran/]

@past, present and future of Iran, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @growth of the Cause, @praise of Western values; culture, @critique of Eastern values; culture

ABU2907

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-02-28

A wise man must adapt himself as quickly as possible to every environment. If he is disgruntled and complains he will make his life miserable

DAS.1914-02-28 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=12]

@acquiescence and resignation; contentment

ABU2702

Words to Ali-Kuli Khan in 'Akka prior to 1902

A wise man when looking at an egg, sees in it the whole form of a bird; he sees the beak

SW_v07#01 p.004 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_1]

@development of capacity and readiness, @evolution; human evolution, @wisdom [hikmat], @law of cause and effect

ABU2391

Words to a young believer, spoken on 1914-03-12

100

A wise young man ever thinks of and studies those means which are conducive to his progress - mental, intellectual and spiritual. He lets all amusements and recreations go and applies himself

DAS.1914-03-12 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=45]

@exhortations and counsels, @education of children; moral education, @high station of learning, @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession

ABU2022

Words to some visitors, spoken on 1913-02-27

140

A young man who was graduated from the college applied for a position of teaching in a village far away from civilization.

DAS.1913-02-27

@wisdom [hikmat], @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

AB08406

100

Persian

خجلت و شرمساری در هر صورت دليل بر بزرگواری است . هر قدر انسان در سبيل الهی جانفشانی

Abashment and shame, in every instance, are a proof of nobility. To whatever degree one may sacrifice himself in the divine path [3.5s]

MMK3#176 p.124x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA3/swa3-126.html]

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @firmness in the Covenant, @thankfulness; gratitude

ABU1530

Words to the Cooper-Frankland party

210

Abdu'l-Baha advised that all pray for others more than for themselves, as that will help us to become less selfish, and as we pray for the bounties to be showered upon others, we draw them in this way to ourselves.

PN_1914 p020-021 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1914.pdf#page=20] BSTW#205 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_201-250.pdf#page=6]

@law of fasting, @reward and punishment

ABU1730

Words spoken in 1900

180

Abdu'l-Baha said that he had seen the faces of the American believers and he was very glad

SW_v08#16 p.215 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_16] PTIM.034 [https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/P/PTIM/PTIM.htm]

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

ABU1291

Words to Ethel Rosenberg et al, spoken in June 1904

250

Abdu'l-Baha said that through the mercy of God, not through His justice, the condition of those who have died in sin and unbelief can be changed.

SW_v09#19 p.222-223 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_19] SW_v11#19 p.318-319 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_11/Issue_19] PN_1904 p025 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1904.pdf#page=25]

@soul; spirit after death, @prayer for the departed, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

ABU0322

Words to Ethel Rosenberg and Laura Clifford Barney, spoken on 1904-05-23

710

Abdu'l-Bahá said we should speak in the language of heaven -- for there is a language of the spirit… When we pray to God a feeling fills our hearts

COC#1754x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_prayer_meditation_devotion#1754] SW_v08#04 p.042x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_4] PN_1900 p036 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1900.pdf#page=36] BNE.089x [https://www.bahai.org/library/other-literature/publications-individual-authors/bahaullah-new-era/1#773046298]

@human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @language and the structure of reality, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @divine attributes are within all things; every atom, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU1113

Words spoken in Oct. 1911 in London to Mrs. Enthoven

290

Abdu'l-Bahá sent his greetings to all, begging all to go on acquiring strength in their belief and courage… Let the light of truth and honesty shine in your faces

AIL.124 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7ktDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA0] SW_v08#02 p.026x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_2]

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @praise of Western values; culture, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @unity; oneness of humanity, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

ABU3649

130

Persian

عبدالبافی افندی یکی از شعراء و فضلای مشهور موصل بود. در ذمان خود

Abdu'l-Baqi Effendi was among the renowned poets and scholars of Mosul in his time [3.5s]

MUH2.1024 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/285.pdf#page=112] NSS.133 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/nss.pdf#page=131]

ABU0434

Words spoken on 1913-11-10 in Port Said

590

About 38 years ago a few Hajis who were natives of Yazd came to Acca. On their way they were stripped clean

DAS.1913-11-10 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=109]

@past, present and future of Iran, @goodly deeds; actions, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU0395

Words spoken at The Friends' Meeting House in London, 1913-01-12

630

About one thousand years ago a Society was formed in Persia called the Society of the Friends, who gathered together for silent communion

PT#54 p.185 [http://www.bahai.org/r/264588786] BSC.322 #642 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] BSTW#091 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=104]

@meditation, @contemplation, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @divine philosophy and natural philosophy, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @intuition; inspiration

ABU1144

Words to some Bahá'í youth, spoken on 1912-10-22

280

About teaching. You may teach in two ways. One way is limited teaching; another way is the unlimited teaching.

MAB.066-067 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAB.pdf#page=91] ECN.190x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/c/cooper_abdulbaha_california_1912.pdf#page=190]

@methods of teaching the Cause, @power of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1995

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

140

Persian

هجرت حضرت ابراهیم خلیل سبب ظهور و پیدایش حضرت کلیم ، حضرت مسیح

Abraham's migration precipitated the manifestation and appearance of Moses, Christ, Muhammad, the Exalted One, and Baha'u'llah.

KHH1.018-019 (1.026) [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/354.pdf#page=49]

KHHE.039-040 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/diary_habib_muayyad.pdf]

@prophecy and fulfillment, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @episodes from the early history of Islam, @banishments of Baha'u'llah, @Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael

ABU0220

Words spoken at Hotel Victoria in Ramleh, 1912-03-21

870

Persian

از عادت قدیمه است که هر ملتی از ملل را ایام سرور عمومی که جمیع ملت در آن روز

According to ancient custom, every nation has general holidays when all the people rejoice and are glad… In all the prophetic Dispensations, philanthropic affairs were confined to their respective peoples only

BRL_DAK#0394 [http://www.bahai.org/r/766909553] AYT.349-353 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AT/at-349.html] DWNP_v1#07 p.005-007 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-1-burma-1923] KHF.275 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1700.pdf#page=278] KHAB.226 (236) [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Khutab_Abdul-Baha.pdf] KHTB3.101 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/KA3/ka3-103.html]

BRL_ATE#135 [http://www.bahai.org/r/079242990] BRL_SOCIAL#085x [http://www.bahai.org/r/916370218] LOG#1030x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=2#n1030] SW_v09#01 p.008-009 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_1]

@Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @past, present and future of Iran, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @universality of the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02483

420

Persian

از قرار اخبار موروده اعلیحضرت شهریار خلدالله ملکه بصرافت طبع و طیب خاطر اراده

According to reports that have reached us, His Imperial Majesty—may his sovereignty endure—hath, of his own volition and with utmost sincerity of purpose, intended [3.5s]... ...Those persons who are selected to serve the public, or are appointed to administrative positions, should perform their duties in a spirit of true servitude and ready compliance

BRL_DAK#0987 [https://www.bahai.org/r/902582307] COMP_TRUSTP#56x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/trustworthiness_compilation_originals.pdf] AVK3.284.04x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-288.html]

BRL_TRUST#55x [http://www.bahai.org/r/735266413] COC#2067x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_trustworthiness#2067] LOG#1474x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=4#n1474]

@call to action, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @bribery and corruption, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @relationship between government and people

ABU0085

Words spoken at Theosophical Society in Paris, 1913-02-13

1320

mixed

چون بنظر حقیقت در جمیع کائنات نظر میکنیم هر کائنی فی الحقیقه حیات دارد سابق

According to science, all forms of creation are endowed with life; this element of life and energy depending on environment and adaptations... Spirit in the human world is the discoverer.... The world of humanity has ever been in a state of anticipation of the coming of the divine Manifestations... We observe that today the means of unity are brought about. This in itself is an evidence

AVK1.113x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ak1-138.html] KHF.139 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1700.pdf#page=142] KHAB.413 (416) [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Khutab_Abdul-Baha.pdf] KHTB3.057 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/KA3/ka3-59.html]

DAS.1913-02-13 SW_v09#01 p.007x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_1] SW_v11#17 p.291x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_11/Issue_17] SW_v14#01 p.011x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_1] DWN_v3#01 p.003x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-3-burma-1925] ADP.165-174 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7sEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA165]

@degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @the mind's power of discovery, @unity in diversity, @universal language, @infinity and eternity, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within

ABU2281

Words to Howard MacNutt spoken around 1913

110

According to the record of three Gospels, His Holiness Jesus Christ went into the Temple

SW_v04#01 p.018 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_1]

@suffering; rejection of Christ, @praise of Western values; culture

ABU0293

Public address given on 1912-05-03

750

According to the statement of philosophers the difference in degree of humankind from lowest

BWF.248-251 [https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up] PUP#037 (p.084-087) [http://www.bahai.org/r/433614083] FWU.055 [https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/c/FWU] SW_v03#04 p.018-019 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_4]

@education of children; moral education, @differences in human capacity, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @Christ; Christianity, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world

ABU0573

Address to NAACP convention, Handel Hall in Chicago, 1912-04-30

490

Treatise on Leadership (Risáliy-i-Síyásíyyih); Treatise on Leadership; La Politique

According to the words of the Old Testament God has said, "Let us make man in our image

BDA1.062n [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-62.html]

PUP#029 (p.069-070) [http://www.bahai.org/r/631904884] SW_v03#04 p.010-011 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_4]

MHMD1.071 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=96]

@man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation, @microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar], @race unity; racial issues, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @human reality created in the image of God

AB06185

130

Persian

از قرار مسموع شما را نيّت چنان که مهمانخانه‌ای به جهت مسافران مهيّا نمائيد

According to what hath been heard, it is thy purpose to prepare a guesthouse for travelers [3.5s]

MMK6#577x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1699.pdf#page=422]

@wisdom [hikmat], @love and unity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]

ABU3745

Words spoken on 1913-04-25 in Stuttgart

Persian

بموجب تعالیم بهآءاللّٰه عمل کنید بسیاری تعالیم الٓهیّه را میخوانند امّا در موقع فراموش می‌نمایند

Act in accordance with the teachings of Baha'u'llah. Many are the people who peruse the divine teachings, but promptly forget what they have read when the time comes to act

BDA2.258 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-266.html]

MHMD2.336

@words vs deeds, @characteristics and conduct of true believers

ABU1815

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-17

160

Actual despotic government is undesirable. A republican form of government is good, but a constitutional monarchy is better

PN_1919 p021 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1919.pdf#page=21] PN_1919 p110 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1919.pdf#page=110] LAT.033-037 [https://bahai-library.com/latimer_light_world]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @relationship between government and people, @excellence; distinction, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @status of kings; future of monarchy

ABU3083

Words spoken ca. 1900

Adam is the symbol of the childhood of the race of man. Childhood has not a great capacity, therefore when he put out his hand to take the apple, he had not the capacity to receive such great knowledge as the apple symbolizes.

PN_1900_heh p066 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1900_heh.pdf#page=66]

@differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @Adam; Adam and Eve, @stories; anecdotes, @symbolism

AB10699

mixed

با نفسی از ثابتین نوعی مفرمایید که محزون و مگدر شود فاخفض جناحک للمومنین و

Address not any soul among the steadfast in such manner as would cause sorrow or distress; rather, lower thy wing of humility unto the believers [3.5s]

MMK6#358 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1699.pdf#page=263]

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

AB00011

Siyasiyyih (The Art of Divine Polity - Treatise on Politics)

5110

Persian

Risaliy-i-Siyasiyyih (Treatise on Leadership)

ستایش و نیایش پاک یزدانیرا سزا که بنیان آفرینش را بر ظهورات کمالات مقدسه عالم

Adoration and praise beseem the Spirit of Purity that has laid the foundation of creation with the sole object

INBA88:001 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v088/?page=35] BLIB_Or.08117#4

AVK3.275.13x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-279.html] AVK3.279.14x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-283.html] AVK3.282.02x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-286.html] AVK3.287.17x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-291.html] DWNP_v4#01 p.004-008x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-4-burma-1926] OOL.C025 [https://oceanoflights.org/abdul-baha-bkw25-fa]

BLO_PT#203x [https://bahai-library.com/uhj_takfir] BLO_PT#206 [https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_risalih_siyasiyyih_cole] BLO_PT#207x [https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_risal_siyasiyyih_bwc]

MMAH.236 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=248]

@obedience to and respect for government authority, @unity; oneness of humanity, @justice and wrath of God, @spiritual springtime, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU2535

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

Advance always in the Kingdom of Bahá'u'lláh; occupy thy heart always by the mentioning of Bahá'u'lláh

BSC.502 #966 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] PN_1901 p026 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1901.pdf#page=26] PN_1901 p085 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1901.pdf#page=85]

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

ABU2401

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-06

100

Afflictions and troubles are due to the state of not being content with what God has ordained for you. If one submits himself to God he is happy

SW_v07#18 p.187 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_18] PN_1909 p011 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=11] PN_1909 p022 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=22] PN_1909 p039 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=39] PN_1909B p020 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909B.pdf#page=20] PN_1909C p089 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909C.pdf#page=89] PN_unsorted p046 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=46] DJT.059-060 [https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary] BLO_PN#027 [https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary] STAB#127 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf#page=127]

@acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @free will and predestination; fate, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU0463

Words spoken on 1916-04-16 in Bahji

560

Persian

`Abdu'l-Bahá, Shrine of

بعد از من معرکه می شود. خدا اسباب فراهم آورده که من باشم و نباشم تا احباب در اطراف بر ایشان فتوری حاصل نشود

After my departure there will be a short time of quiet in the Baha'i Cause. Then the flame of love and activity

ZSM.1916-04-16 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/zsm.pdf]

SW_v14#06 p.181x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_6]

@predictions and prophecies, @law of burial and cremation, @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @firmness in the Covenant, @growth of the Cause, @Ascension of Baha'u'llah, @Christ; Christianity

Includes the passage "bury me between Haifa and Akka in the sands there, for it is the pathway of the loved ones and pilgrims. Build nothing over it... (3.5s)"

ABU0849

Words to George Latimer

360

other/unknown lang

بعد از آنکه شخص کلیۀ مخارج ضروریّه را پرداخت نمود، نوزده درصد از آنچه باقی مانده را اخذ

After one has paid all his necessary expenses 19% of what is left is then taken by him and given as Huquq.

BRL_HUQUQP#049 [http://www.bahai.org/r/506104698]

BRL_HUQUQ#049 [http://www.bahai.org/r/390569978] COC#1176 BSTW#007 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_000-050.pdf#page=9]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @law of Huququ'llah, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB01867

290

mixed

بعد از ظهور حضرت رسول کبریاء محمد مصطفی روحی له الفداء تعالیم الهیه از

After the advent of His Holiness the glorious Messenger, Muhammad Mustafa - may my spirit be sacrificed for Him - the divine teachings [3.5s]

PZHN v1#2 p.10 [https://web.archive.org/web/20200219220745/http://www.pazhuheshnameh.org/fa/issue2]

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @call to action, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration

ABU0239

Words spoken on 1919-09-19

840

Persian

بعد از ظهور امر الله و ظهور مظهر کلی و اعلاء کلمة الله و انتشار ندای الهی

After the appearance of God's Cause, and the manifestation of His universal Manifestation, and the exaltation of the Word of God, and the diffusion of the divine Call [3.5s]

SFI06.020 [https://oceanoflights.org/file/Publications-02_06.pdf#page=20] SFI07.032 [https://oceanoflights.org/file/Publications-02_07.pdf#page=32]

@banishment to; life in Constantinople, @banishment to; life in Baghdad, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @stories; anecdotes

ABU2856

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-06-24

Persian

من بعد از صعود مبارک امری نماند مگر انکه در اعلآء کلمة الله بآن تشبث نمودم

After the Ascension of Baha'u'llah I did everything within my power to promote the Cause of God. I clung to spiritual methods and rendered such servitude

BDA1.133.11 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-133.html]

MHMD1.143 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=168]

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @growth of the Cause

ABU3019

Words to Sepahdar Azam, spoken on 1913-04-20

After the ascent of Bahá'u'lláh I was all alone. Enemies within and enemies without had attacked me and a thousand difficulties surrounded me.

DAS.1913-04-20

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @suffering and imprisonment, @Ascension of Baha'u'llah

ABU1536

Words spoken on 1916-05-06 in Julis

200

Persian

بعد از حرکت جمال مبارک از بغداد سید مهدی خیلی بی حکمتی نمود. رضوان در محرم واقع شده بود. در دهم عاشورا عید گرفت

After the departure of the Blessed Beauty from Baghdad, Siyyid Mahdi acted with great unwisdom. The Ridvan festival had occurred in Muharram. On the tenth day, 'Ashura, he held a celebration [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-05-06 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/zsm.pdf]

@wisdom [hikmat], @rejection, opposition and persecution, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2414

Words spoken on 1913-12-05 in Haifa

100

After the end of three years, again I return to the Holy Land. Were it not for the assistance and protection

SW_v09#02 p.017 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_2]

@travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @praise and encouragement, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

ABU0824

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

360

Persian

بعد از اینها خوب میشود من از یک چیز متاثر شدم که یکوقت نوشته بودند

After these occurrences, it will be better.... Tolstoy is a deeply learned man. I wanted him to embrace the blessed Cause

KHH1.053-054 (1.074-076) [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/354.pdf#page=84]

KHHE.092-094 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/diary_habib_muayyad.pdf] STAB#112 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf#page=112]

@criticism and its limits, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the power of words; of speech, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU3728

Words spoken on 1912-12-14 in Liverpool

Persian

بعد ازین سفر در ممالک عثمانی باید ندای وحدت عالم انسانی و صلح عمومی بلند شود و نوبت آنحُدود خواهد رسید

After this journey, the call of the unity of humanity and universal peace must be upraised in the Ottoman territories. Their turn shall come

BDA2.022 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-30.html]

MHMD2.026

@universal peace; world unity, @predictions and prophecies, @unity; oneness of humanity

AB01520

Some Answered Questions #006 Christ

320

Persian

بعد حضرت مسیح آمد و گفت که من بروح القدس تولد یافتم اگر چه حال

Afterwards Christ appeared, saying, “I am born of the Holy Spirit.” If it is easy today

MFD#06 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SAQ/saq-15.html] OOL.C022.06 [https://oceanoflights.org/abdul-baha-bkw22-1-06-fa]

SAQ#06 [http://www.bahai.org/r/127216169]

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @power of the Manifestation of God, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ

ABU1315

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-03-19

240

Ah! Thou art carrying in thy hand a rosary! With the Mohamadans it has become a habit to play with the rosary all the time.

DAS.1915-03-19

@empty learning; false spirituality, @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @independent investigation of truth; reality, @religious rituals minimized or eliminated

ABU2459

Words spoken in 1919 in Haifa

Persian

عاکور همین عکا است که فرنگیها عاکر میگویند عکاء اسامی مختلفه پیدا نمود

Akko is indeed that same Akka which the Franks call Acre. Akka hath acquired diverse names throughout the ages [3.5s]

ASAT4.345-346 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf#page=174]

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @Shrines and Holy places

ABU0226

Words spoken in the house of Abdu'l-Baha in Feb 1910

870

Al-Aschari (873--935) war Arzt, Naturforscher und Religionsphilosoph. Ursprünglich selbst Mutazilite, wie sein berühmter Zeitgenosse und Kollege Razi

SDW v12#05 p.052-054 [https://file.bahai.media/8/88/Sonne_der_Wahrheit_Jg_12_Nr_05.pdf#page=6]

@passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @matter; essence; substance and form, @creation of the world, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU1532

Words spoken on 1916-01-31

200

Persian

الحاکم بامر الله موسس فرقه درزى ششم خليفه فاطمى است ولى درزى لقب يکى از تلاميذ الحاکم است

Al-Hakim bi-Amr'illah, founder of the Druze sect, was the sixth Fatimid Caliph, while Darazi was the title of one of Al-Hakim's disciples [3.5s]... ...One al-Hakim bi'l-Amr summoned to his presence some Jews and Christians and asked them

MUH1.0188-0189 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/284.pdf#page=28]

STAB#069 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf#page=69]

ABU1510

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-03

210

All animals and birds sleep early. This is the creative law of God. The birds sleep early. The rule is to sleep very early

PN_1909 p007 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=7] PN_1909 p030 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=30] PN_1909C p079 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909C.pdf#page=79] DJT.038-039 [https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary] BLO_PN#027 [https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary]

@spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @predictions and prophecies, @growth of the Cause

ABU2014

Words to Myron Phelps, spoken on 1917-06-07

140

All are connected by the bond of existence. What greater bond is there than this? Furthermore, none of these can continue to exist independently

PN_unsorted p052 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=52] BLO_PN#070 [https://bahai-library.com/phelps_pilgrims_notes] BLO_PN#112

@interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

ABU0926

Words to the Baha'is from Seattle, spoken on 1912-10-24

330

All are welcome; all are very welcome! I was longing to see you very much. Praise be to God you came, and here we are meeting.

MAB.082-083 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAB.pdf#page=107] ECN.838 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/c/cooper_abdulbaha_california_1912.pdf#page=838]

@praise and encouragement, @being a source of light; guidance, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow

ABU3051

Words spoken in a private home in Chelsea, Sep. 1911

All art is a gift of the Holy Spirit. When this light shines through the mind of a musician, it manifests itself in beautiful harmonies. Again, shining through the mind of a poet

CHH.167-168 [https://bahai-library.com/blomfield_chosen_highway] BLO_PN#022

@creativity in art, @literature; drama; humanities; the arts, @music and singing, @The Holy Spirit

ABU3504

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

All believers have attained the Heavenly Gift, but each in a different degree. All have arrived at this Great Rolling Ocean, but each one has taken that which will quench his thirst.

PN_1901 p025 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1901.pdf#page=25] PN_1901 p037 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1901.pdf#page=37]

@differences in human capacity, @living waters; water of life, @spiritual transformation, @development of capacity and readiness

ABU2732

All created phenomena are subject to the law of change and transformation. Youth is followed by old age; a tender plant grows into an aged tree

ABU1083

Words spoken on 1914-02-08

290

All days of his (Abul Fazl's) life were spent in the service of the Cause of God. His will and desire

DAS.1914-02-08 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_07.pdf#page=57] SW_v08#06 p.066 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_6]

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU1380

Words spoken on 1915-08-06 in Haifa

230

Persian

همه اش هباءً منبثاً مأمن لی بیتاً عند عرش عظمتک فی ملکوت فردانیتک. معتمد الدوله اصفهان، منوچهر خان

All else is scattered dust. Grant me a shelter near the throne of Thy grandeur in the kingdom of Thy oneness [3.5s]... ...Mu'tamidu'd-Dawlih of Isfahan, Manuchihr Khan, owned many buildings. He had many villages in the vicinity of Tehran.

AHDA.595-596x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=609] ZSM.1915-08-06 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/zsm.pdf]

STAB#134x [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf#page=134]

@the ephemeral and the eternal, @stories; anecdotes, @recompense; reward for belief; right action, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB11242

Arabic

قد شهد الوجود بان ربک فضال علی عباده و من اسمائه الرحمن الرحیم فاطمئن بفضل

All existence beareth witness that thy Lord doth bestow grace upon His servants, and among His names are the All-Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Therefore, be thou confident [3.5s]

MKT5.157a [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA5/ma5-158.html]

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

ABU1435

220

Persian

بعضی بر آنند تحقق اشیاء و ترکیب کائنات و تحلیل آن منبعث از تفاعل است

All glory be unto Him! Some have held that the realization of all things, the composition of created beings and their dissolution, springeth from interaction [3.5s]

NJB_v14#11 p.352 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_11]

@interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @proofs for the existence of God

ABU1365

Words spoken on 1915-07-19 in Haifa

230

Persian

جمیع بشر حاضر خوردن هستند، اگر بخواهند یک حبه را خلق کنند نتوانند. همه زحمت انسان را خدا می کشد

All mankind partaketh of sustenance, yet were they to endeavor to create but a single grain, they would prove powerless. God beareth all the burdens of man [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-07-19 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/zsm.pdf]

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @hospitality, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @thankfulness; gratitude

ABU1032

Words spoken on 1915-08-22 in Haifa

300

Persian

جمیع اموری که واقع می شود، مبنی بر حکمت الهی است. هیچ حرکت و سکونی نیست که مبنی بر

All matters that come to pass are founded upon divine wisdom. No movement or stillness existeth except that it resteth upon [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-22 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/zsm.pdf]

@banishment to; life in Baghdad, @wisdom [hikmat], @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU3190

Words spoken ca. 1912-04-22 in Washington

All nations must become socialistic in spirit. People must not be forced by circumstances to help the poor. They must give aid willingly.

BSTW#336b [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_301-350.pdf#page=52]

@the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @critiques of capitalism, communism, socialism, @wealth inequality and its moderation

ABU1125

Words to Habib Mu'ayyad around Dec. 1907

280

Persian

تمامش مسکن و ماوای انبیاء است تمامش موطی اقدام انبیاءاست انبیاء الهی شبها تا صبح بمناجات

All of these were the dwelling-places of the Prophets of old. All of them were blessed by the footsteps of the Divine Manifestations

KHH1.014 (1.019) [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/354.pdf#page=45]

KHHE.031 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/diary_habib_muayyad.pdf]

@Shrines and Holy places, @prophecy and fulfillment, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land

ABU2211

Words to Habib Mu'ayyad around Dec. 1907

110

Persian

این اراضی مقدسه است تمامش باثر اقدام انبیای الهی متبرک و مشرف شده هر وجبش مقدس است

All of this land is Holy Land, and it bears traces of the footsteps of the Divine Prophets. Therefore, every grain of it is sacred and sanctified.

KHH1.015 (1.021) [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/354.pdf#page=46]

KHHE.033 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/diary_habib_muayyad.pdf]

@permission for visit; pilgrimage, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @Shrines and Holy places, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU3647

Words spoken on 1919-12-26

600

Persian

تمام آن الواح از لسان جمال مبارک است در اواخر ایام مبارک یک نفر از احباب

All of those Tablets were revealed by the lips of the Blessed Beauty. During the final blessed days [of Baha'u'llah], one of the friends asked [the same question] of Mírza Áqa Jan

ISA.025-027 [https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/ab/G-L/G/guftar/isa025.jpg]

ISAE.1919-12-26 [http://bahai-library.com/isfahani_rabbani_with_abdul-baha]

@authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge

ABU2673

Words spoken on 1911-09-28 in London

all of you here are sisters. Bodily relationships may pass; even two sisters may be inimical to each other, but the spiritual relationship is eternal

AIL.075 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7ktDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA0]

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @compassion; kindness, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick

ABU1079

The Spiritual Meetings in Paris: Words spoken on 1911-11-04 in Paris

290

Persian

در اروپا مجامع بسیار تشکیل میشود از قبیل مجالس تجارت زراعت معارف سیاست جغرافیا

All over Europe today one hears of meetings and assemblies, and societies of all kinds are formed. There are those interested in commerce

BRL_DAK#1234 [https://www.bahai.org/r/713909403] KHAB.124 (135) [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Khutab_Abdul-Baha.pdf] KHTB1.109 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/KA1/ka1-111.html]

PT#21 p.062 [http://www.bahai.org/r/907781255]

Stefan & Marie [https://youtu.be/2WvwY4dUp4Q] K. Porray [https://soundcloud.com/katyporray/12-try-with-all-your-hearts]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @thankfulness; gratitude

ABU0660

Good Ideas Must Be Carried into Action: Words spoken on 1911-11-08 in Paris

440

Persian

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Tablet on the Inmost Heart

جمیع ملل عالم از حیثیت اقوال کاملند جمیع ذکر میکنند که محب خیرند جمیع میگویند صدق

All over the world one hears beautiful sayings extolled and noble precepts admired. All men say they love what is good… Strive, that your actions day by day may be beautiful prayers

BRL_DAK#1228 [https://www.bahai.org/r/722155303] AMK.246-247 DWNP_v6#05 p.002 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-6-burma-1928] KHF.284 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1700.pdf#page=287] KHAB.137 (148) [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Khutab_Abdul-Baha.pdf] KHTB1.127 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/KA1/ka1-129.html] KHTP.086 NJB_v02#14-16 p.018 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_14]

PT#26 p.076 [http://www.bahai.org/r/171052107]

Gonçalo & Nabil [https://youtu.be/oOtEGlEBl54] J. Crone [https://youtu.be/hifQ2ja1FWo]

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence, @words vs deeds, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB02517

240

Persian

جميع طوائف و قبائل بر قلع و قمع اين نخل باسق بتمام همّت برخاستند و عبدالبهاء فريداً وحيداً

All peoples and tribes arose with the utmost determination to uproot and destroy this lofty Tree, while 'Abdu'l-Bahá stood alone [3.5s]

MMK3#026 p.016x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA3/swa3-18.html]

ABU0214

Words spoken on 1912-10-04 in San Francisco

890

All phenomena excepting man, whether major or minor, are possessed of one aspect. For example, consider the vegetable kingdom.

ECN.087+935 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/c/cooper_abdulbaha_california_1912.pdf#page=087]

@fulfillment of true potential, @arcs of ascent and descent, @spiritual transformation, @second birth, @the lower is unable to comprehend the higher, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world

AB00146

930

mixed

خداوندیرا ستاایم و پرستش نماایم که جهان هستی را بپرتو بخشایش زینت و آرایش

All praise and worship be unto God, Who hath adorned the world of being with the resplendent rays of His grace [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0572 [https://www.bahai.org/r/169823948] MMK3#152 p.104 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA3/swa3-106.html] PYB#112-113 p.05 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/Periodicals/Payam_i_Bahai/112-113.PDF#page=5]

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @man's distinction from the animal, @praise of Eastern values; culture, @unity of governments; political unity, @human reality created in the image of God

AB00207

800

Arabic

Tablet on the Inmost Heart

الحمد لله الذی اشرق علی الفواد بنور الرشاد و نور القلوب بسطوع ایات القدس بکل

All praise be to God Who hath shone forth upon the heart with the light of Divine guidance

INBA21:143b [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v021/?page=73] INBA55:178 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v055/?page=180] INBA59:075 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v059/?page=77] INBA88:041 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v088/?page=75] INBA90:143 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v090/?page=145] UMich962.065-069 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/UMICH962.pdf] UMich991.038-043 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/UMICH991.pdf]

BRL_DAK#0578 [https://www.bahai.org/r/519493405] MKT1.109 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA1/ma1-108.html] MNMK#014 p.083 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMAB/mmab-81.html]

BLO_PT#213 [https://bahai-library.com/abdul-baha_mccants_inmost_heart] BLO_sazedj#25 [https://bahai-library.com/sazedj_provisional_translations] HURQ.AB01 [https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/189/]

@four methods of acquiring knowledge, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @intuition; inspiration, @inmost heart [fu'Ã¡d]

AB01369

330

mixed

الحمد لله الذی دلع لسان الوجود بمحامده و النعوت و انطق السن الکائنات بالثناء

All praise be unto God, Who hath caused the tongue of existence to speak forth His praise and attributes, and hath made the tongues of created things to voice His glorification [3.5s]

INBA87:001 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v087/?page=3] INBA52:001 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v052/?page=3]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @humility; meekness; lowliness

AB00136

940

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی خلق حقائق مزدوجه من تقابل الاسماء و الصفات و مرکبه من الوجود

All praise be unto God, Who hath created realities that are paired through the mutual encounter of the divine names and attributes… O Lord, make Thou this marriage to be blessed, prosperous, and happy. Bind these two souls together, and gladden Thou every eye

UMich962.137-139x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/UMICH962.pdf] UMich991.092-094x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/UMICH991.pdf]

BRL_DAK#0783 [https://www.bahai.org/r/615883192] BRL_SWOP#006x [https://adibmasumian.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/originals_to_set_the_world_in_order.pdf] BRL_SWOP#103x [https://adibmasumian.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/originals_to_set_the_world_in_order.pdf] MKT1.209 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA1/ma1-208.html] AVK4.159.04x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-163.html]

BRL_SWO#006x [https://www.bahai.org/r/675699819] BRL_SWO#103x [https://www.bahai.org/r/633536219]

@pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient, @suffering and imprisonment, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @prayer for married couples

AB03306

200

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی اتقن صنع کل شیء فقدر فی ملکه ما یاتلف به حقائق الاشیاء و

All praise be unto God, Who hath fashioned with perfection the creation of all things, and hath ordained within His dominion that whereby the realities of all things are brought into harmony [3.5s]

AKHT2.505 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/ATA2/ata2-516.html]

@prayer for married couples, @pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient, @marriage as means of spiritual progress

AB00126

980

mixed

لک الحمد یا الهی و لک الشکر یا منائی علی ما مننت به علی اصفیائک و انعمت به

All praise be unto Thee, O my God, and all thanksgiving be unto Thee, O my Heart's Desire, for Thy gracious favors bestowed upon Thy chosen ones and the blessings Thou hast granted [3.5s]

MMK5#158 p.123 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA5/swa5-126.html]

@war and peace, @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual transformation, @call to action, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Manifestation of God as sun, @praise and encouragement, @light and darkness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00270

720

mixed

لک الحمد یا الهی بما شغفت الاحباء حبا بجمالک و تجلیت علی الاصفیاء فی یوم

All praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having enraptured Thy loved ones with a love for Thy beauty, and for having manifested Thyself unto the pure-hearted in this Day [3.5s]

INBA87:445 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v087/?page=447] INBA52:460 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v052/?page=462]

@praise and encouragement, @unity; oneness of humanity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00300

690

mixed

لک الحمد یا الهی بما کشفت الغطاء و رفعت النقاب عن وجه الحقیقه لعبدک المبتهل

All praise be unto Thee, O my God, for Thou hast lifted the veil and removed the covering from the face of truth for Thy suppliant servant [3.5s]

MMK4#178 p.219 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA4/swa4-222.html] ASAT5.356x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/431.pdf#page=183] DUR4.798

@unity; oneness of humanity, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB00001

Alvah-i-Visaya (Will and Testament)

5820

Persian

Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Bahá

Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá

حمدا لمن صان هیکل امره بدرع المیثاق عن سهام الشبهات و حمی حمی شریعته السمحاء

All praise to Him Who, by the Shield of His Covenant, hath guarded the Temple of His Cause from the darts of doubtfulness... O God, my God! Shield Thy trusted servants from the evils of self... O Lord by God! Assist Thy loved ones to be firm in Thy Faith

WTP [http://www.bahai.org/r/474149947] ABS#15-wt [https://senmcglinn.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/ab_wt_pers_orig.pdf] AYT.456-484x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AT/at-456.html] AYT.514-521x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AT/at-514.html] DWNP_v1#03-4 p.005x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-1-burma-1923] DWNP_v2#03-4 p.027-031x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-2-burma-1924] DWNP_v3#03-4 p.024x and 026-029x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-3-burma-1925] KHSH11.007 [https://bahai-library.com/kharman_adab_honar_11] OOL.C003 [https://oceanoflights.org/abdul-baha-bkw03-fa]

WTAB [http://www.bahai.org/r/442633768] BPRY.153-154x [http://www.bahai.org/r/062893528] BPRY.191x [http://www.bahai.org/r/025095378] BWF.438-449x [https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up] BADM.003-012x [http://www.bahai.org/r/076652392] BADM.036-037x [http://www.bahai.org/r/417578397] BADM.069x [http://www.bahai.org/r/715046199] GPB.247x [http://www.bahai.org/r/785406023] GPB.250x2x [http://www.bahai.org/r/236689479] GPB.328x [http://www.bahai.org/r/850423723] GPB.332x [http://www.bahai.org/r/172515055] GPB.377x3x [http://www.bahai.org/r/550232766] GPB.389x [http://www.bahai.org/r/993545571] MBW.038x TDH#64.4x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/] WOB.023x [http://www.bahai.org/r/735699586] WOB.128x [http://www.bahai.org/r/331944981] WOB.133x [http://www.bahai.org/r/170941032] WOB.148-149x [http://www.bahai.org/r/339657224] WOB.149x2x [http://www.bahai.org/r/597878408] BSC.552 #994x [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] SW_v14#03 p.085-086x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_3] SW_v14#08 p.233-234x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_8] DWN_v1#09 p.001x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-1-burma-1923] DWN_v4#01 p.001x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-4-burma-1926]

MJ Cyr [https://mjcyr.bandcamp.com/track/friends-of-strangers] KC Porter [https://insigniarecords.bandcamp.com/track/firmeza] E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown [https://music.elikamahony.com/track/light-of-divine-guidance] MANA [https://manapacifica.bandcamp.com/track/a-kindly-tongue] N. Chiang [https://natashachiangmusic.bandcamp.com/track/assist] O. Devine [https://oisindevine.bandcamp.com/track/walk-in-thy-ways] W. Heath [https://walterheath.bandcamp.com/track/shoghi-effendi] Soulrise Melodies [https://soulrisemelodies.bandcamp.com/track/assist-thy-loved-ones] L. Dely & M. Congo [https://youtu.be/s-D2VWUtVek] KC Porter [https://youtu.be/vegTJREwWpc] S. Bayan & S. Suggs [https://youtu.be/o_Y8R8ZuYAY]

MMAH.284 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=296]

@Shoghi Effendi and the Guardianship, @House of Justice, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @Hands of the Cause, @twin Manifestations, @obedience to and respect for government authority

ABU0715

Instructions to Mrs. Thornburg Cropper ca. 1900

410

All prophets are messengers from God and all ways lead to Him and all have borne fruit. The great gift is unselfishness, and the loving wish to help others will guide us.

PN_1900 p007 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1900.pdf#page=7] BSTW#142 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_101-150.pdf#page=81]

@soul; spirit after death, @oneness; unity of religion, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @knowledge; recognition of God, @spiritual transformation, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU3296

Answer to questions, Dublin, 1912-08-08

Persian

جمیع حقایق و ارواح باقیست حتی ارواح غیر مومنین و نفوس ناقصه اما نسبت بارواح

All realities and spirits are immortal, even the spirits of non-believers and imperfect persons.

BQA.080-081 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/226.pdf#page=40] BDA1.182.16 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-182.html]

SW_v19#12 p.378 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_19/Issue_12] MHMD1.198 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=223]

@soul; spirit after death, @spiritual transformation, @existence; immortality of the human soul

ABU1462

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

220

All religions are written symbolically. This is the only way in which Truth can be written to withstand time and its changes. Languages change, the meaning of words is lost

AELT.134-135 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/phelps_life_teachings_abbas_effendi.pdf#page=181]

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @symbolism, @outward and inward meanings, @limits of language

ABU2176

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken around 1904-02-06

120

All teaching and knowledge are enclosed in the soul of man, because his soul encompasses everything. To study means to try to bring them to light.

PN_1904 p004 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1904.pdf#page=4] PN_1904 p036 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1904.pdf#page=36] TTAW.006 [https://bahai-library.com/winterburn_table_talks] BLO_PN#102 [https://bahai-library.com/winterburn_table_talks]

@development of capacity and readiness, @study; deepening, @knowledge of self, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU0725

410

All that has been created is for man who is at the apex of creation and who must be thankful

SW_v08#06 p.063 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_6] ADP.134-136 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7sEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA134]

@status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @thankfulness; gratitude, @stories; anecdotes, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @monasticism; asceticism, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation

ABU3531

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

All that we see around us is the work of mind. It is mind in the herb and in the mineral that acts on the human body, and changes its condition.

AIL.095 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7ktDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA0]

@mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit, @power of the mind over nature

ABU1233

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-05-19

260

All the Bahá'í books are being preserved in boxes and in these days I have no inclination of opening them. In former years month after month I worked from sunrise till midnight

DAS.1915-05-19

@martyrs and martyrdom, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU0510

Words to some young Bahá’ís, spoken on 1915-05-02

530

All the Bahá'í children must learn a trade or manual profession. This must be aside from their literary education... Do not be satisfied with a superficial smattering of a language

DAS.1915-05-02 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_14.pdf#page=37]

@useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @education of children; moral education, @excellence; distinction, @high station of learning

ABU2755

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-19

Persian

من عربی را تحصیل نکرده‌ام وقتی طفل بودم کتابی از مناجاتهای حضرت باب را بخط جمال مبارک

All the Baha'ís know that I have never studied Arabic.... I will tell you how I came to know Arabic. When I was very, very young, I found in our house in Tihran a large voluminous book containing many prayers in Arabic revealed by the Bab and copied by Baha'u'llah.

HHA.004x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/634.pdf#page=13] BDA2.308 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-316.html]

DAS.1913-05-19 MHMD2.407-408 STAB#093 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf#page=93] KSHK#31 [https://web.archive.org/web/20211026145946/http://www.kashkul.org/2018/06/16/abdul-bahas-arabic/]

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @power of prayer, @preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings

ABU0490

Words to Youness Khan in 1904

550

All the believers in Kashan were weeping and mourning. Here, there were fathers and mother patiently witnessing the agony of their beloved sons

PN_1904 p056 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1904.pdf#page=56]

@expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @martyrs and martyrdom, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance

ABU2937

Words spoken on 1914-06-01 in Tiberias

All the believers of God must be teachers; each individual Bahá'í must know how to deliver the Message of the Kingdom.

DAS.1914-06-01 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_10.pdf#page=69]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause

ABU3268

All the believers, both men and women, in the West and in the East, must consider themselves the spreaders

BSC.548 #991 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @light and darkness, @growth of the Cause

ABU2677

All the civic affairs and the legislation of material laws for the increasing needs of the enlightened humanity

LOG#1061x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=2#n1061] BSC.425 #768.1x [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] SW_v07#15 p.139 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_15]

@House of Justice, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas

ABU2675

, spoken on 1912-03-30

Persian

جمیع موجودات در تحت تغیر و تبدیلند هر جوانی پیر و هر نهالی درخت کهن میشود

All the created phenomena are subject to the law of change and transmutation. Youth is

BDA1.018.06 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-18.html]

DAS.1913-07-19 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=45] SW_v13#09 p.218 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_9] MHMD1.025 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=50] ABIE.086 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @law of transformation and change, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ABU0113

Words spoken at home of Mrs. Gastea in Paris, 1911-11-26

1170

Persian

جمیع انبیای الهی مظاهر حقیقت بودند حضرت موسی اعلان حقیقت کرد حضرت مسیح ترویج

All the divine prophets are the Manifestations of Truth. His Highness Moses declared the Truth.... The foundation of divine religion is love, affinity and concord.

AVK4.323x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-327.html] DWNP_v1#08 p.005-006 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-1-burma-1923] KHF.288 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1700.pdf#page=291] KHAB.204 (214) [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Khutab_Abdul-Baha.pdf] KHTB1.213 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/KA1/ka1-215.html] KHTP.161

SW_v02#18 p.003-006 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_18] SW_v06#15 p.120 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_15]

@war and peace, @oneness; unity of religion, @love and unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @supreme tribunal, @power of love, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace

ABU1554

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-03-12

200

All the efforts of these people in this or other direction are like unto the vanishing traceries made on the mirror-like surface of water.

DAS.1915-03-12

@spiritual transformation, @wisdom [hikmat], @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @Manifestation of God as divine physician, @idle fancies; lust and passion, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

ABU3295

Words spoken on 1913-01-23 in Paris

Persian

جمیع این اهالی غرق دنیا هستند و عمارات شهر مثل خانه‌های زنبور و مردم متصل مشغول ساختن

All the inhabitants of this city are immersed in this world, and its buildings resemble the hives of bees

BDA2.102 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-110.html]

MHMD2.124

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @symbolism

ABU1716

Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-16

180

All the meetings must be for teaching the Cause and spreading the Message, and suffering the souls

LOG#0157x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance.html&chapter=1#n157] DAS.1913-01-16 BSC.502 #967 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] SW_v04#15 p.256 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_15] SW_v09#14 p.161 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_14] CHH.177-178 [https://bahai-library.com/blomfield_chosen_highway] BLO_PN#022

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @methods of teaching the Cause, @priority over other activities in teaching the Cause

ABU0251

Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-30

820

All the nations of the world who believe in God are divided into two classes: the agnostics and the true believers... The agnostics are divided into two classes

PN_1900_heh p011 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1900_heh.pdf#page=11] PN_1900 p024 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1900.pdf#page=24] BSTW#169f [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_151-200.pdf#page=34]

@multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @return of Christ; second coming of Christ, @limits of the intellect, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @rejection of Muhammad, @knowledge; recognition of God, @four methods of acquiring knowledge

ABU2891

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-05-09

All the people are asleep. Why are they so negligent and neglectful of the glorious destiny which His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh has appointed for them?

DAS.1913-05-09

@heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @call to action, @light and darkness, @Manifestation of God as sun, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU2021

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-10-26

140

All the people are negligent, they are not thinking of pleasing God and spreading the word of God.

PN_1920_heh_haifa p057 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1920_heh_haifa.pdf#page=57]

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @attaining good pleasure of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

ABU2104

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-12-20

130

All the people are sacrificing their lives for the sake of the worthless (valueless) earth.

DAS.1914-12-20 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_12.pdf#page=113] SW_v13#10 p.269 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_10]

@present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @war and peace, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @unity of governments; political unity, @martyrs and martyrdom, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

ABU2611

Words to Hannen, Latimer et al, spoken on 1912-08-01

All the people of the world are sowing their seeds in brackish ground and they write on the surface of the water. Therefore you must consider that all their efforts are fruitless.

PN_1912_heh p023 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1912_heh.pdf#page=23] PN_1912 p009 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1912.pdf#page=9]

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @high station of the true believer, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow

AB01091

380

mixed

جمیع احزاب در زمان راحت و امان و سکون و اطمینان جشن شادمانی نمایند و بزم

All the peoples hold their banquets at the time of peace, comfort and joy. They are merry and marry when in happiness and peace.

DUR4.406

BSTW#149 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_101-150.pdf#page=94]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @praise and encouragement, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @prayer for married couples, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU0718

Words to E.C. Getsinger, spoken on 1900-10-04

410

All the Prophets have failed to ever say 'The Day has come' but said, 'The Day will come.' They all describe this Day of God.

PN_1900 p042 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1900.pdf#page=42]

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @predictions and prophecies, @Declaration; advent of the Bab, @prophecy and fulfillment, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab

ABU0893

Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken around 1898-02-23

340

All the sufferings you pass through in gaining the Kingdom of God will be obliterated when you attain its perfect happiness. It is as a man who has been ill and helpless

AEP.026-029 NRMM.166 [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=zPYdAQAAMAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA166] BLO_PN#031 [https://bahai-library.com/maxwell_early_pilgrimage]

@Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @The Holy Spirit, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

ABU2632

Words to Mirza Fazlollah Khan, spoken on 1915-01-29

All their theories and opinions have been useless and without result. They have made a trial of this, still they are not warned. They start in words and end in words. Their whole system of philosophy is based on speculations

DAS.1915-01-29

@empty learning; false spirituality, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation

ABU1911

Words to a troop of actors, spoken on 1912-12-21

160

All these people thought they were waiting for Christ and that they were His intimate friends

LBLT.132-133 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LBLT.pdf#page=133]

@crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @universal peace; world unity, @war and peace

ABU3231

Words to Miss Rosenberg, spoken around 1909-01-09

All these things - the fish, the honeycomb etc, are symbols and were meant to be understood spiritually, just as the Resurrection itself was a spiritual resurrection.

SW_v07#11 p.108 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_11] PN_1909 p072 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=72] PN_1909 p104 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=104] PN_unsorted p022 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=22]

@resurrection of Christ, @outward and inward meanings, @literal interpretation, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

ABU1221

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

260

All things have qualities which are created with them—which are innate in them. The brilliance of the stars, the beauty of the trees

AELT.201-203 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/phelps_life_teachings_abbas_effendi.pdf#page=248]

@development of capacity and readiness, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @station of the Manifestation of God, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @need for an educator, @knowledge; recognition of God

ABU1858

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

160

All things in creation are composed either of simple atoms or of compound particles. In the mineral kingdom, many substances such as gold are composed of simple atoms... In the case of Prophets, some have the power to sway and subdue one country only

PN_1901 p014 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1901.pdf#page=14] NRMM.227 [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=zPYdAQAAMAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA227]

@passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @growth of the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @categories of Prophets (major; minor; village), @station of the Manifestation of God

ABU2996

Words spoken on 1913-05-14 in Paris

Persian

در این محل جمیع اشیا در منتها درجهٴ نمایش و لطافت که نتیجه و کمال خلقت آنهاست مشهودند

All things in this place can be seen in their utmost degree of beauty and elegance, and it is evident that they have fulfilled the purpose of their creation

BDA2.300 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-308.html]

MHMD2.396

@development of capacity and readiness, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @purpose; goal of creation

ABU0667

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-08

440

All things were created for man, and man for God. Man is distinguished from all other creations. This is a special problem. There are three general classes of creations

SW_v07#18 p.180-181x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_18] PN_1904 p008 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1904.pdf#page=8] PN_1904 p042 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1904.pdf#page=42] TTAW.010-013 [https://bahai-library.com/winterburn_table_talks] BLO_PN#102 [https://bahai-library.com/winterburn_table_talks]

@man's distinction from the animal, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @spiritual transformation, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation, @the mind's power of discovery, @second birth

ABU0869

Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan

350

All this trouble is because humanity has wandered far from the true teaching of God. Nations are divided through superstition and tradition.

CHH.193-194 [https://bahai-library.com/blomfield_chosen_highway] BLO_PN#022

@prophecy and fulfillment, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @Jabulqa and Jabarsa, @high station of learning

ABU3557

Words spoken in Dec. 1912 in New York

All through America I have encouraged the Bahais to study Esperanto and to the extent of my ability I will strive in its spread and promotion.

SW_v11#17 p.286 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_11/Issue_17]

@universal language, @call to action

AB02815

230

Persian

جمیع مکاتیب آنحضرت ملاحظه گردید الحمد لله در جمیع نقاط بتایید ملکوت ابهی موید و

All thy letters were perused. Praise be to God, thou art assisted in all regions through the confirmations of the Abhá Kingdom and [3.5s]

ANDA#71 p.31x [https://www.afnanlibrary.org/d/andalib-issue-71]

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @firmness in the Covenant, @alteration of the divine will [bada], @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @wisdom [hikmat]

ABU3085

Words spoken ca. Nov. 1911 in Paris

All true art is a gift of the Holy Spirit... It is the Sun of Truth, O artist... The Sun of Truth is everywhere. It is shining on the whole world.

CHH.182 [https://bahai-library.com/blomfield_chosen_highway] BLO_PN#022

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @light and darkness, @Manifestation of God as sun, @The Holy Spirit, @high station of the arts and sciences

ABU0899

God Is the Great Compassionate Physician Who Alone Gives True Healing: Words spoken on 1911-10-19 in Paris

340

All true healing comes from God! There are two causes for sickness, one is material, the other spiritual... If the heavenly benediction be upon us while we are being healed

LOG#0966x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n966] PT#03 p.005 [http://www.bahai.org/r/138692015] SW_v02#16 p.004 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_16] SW_v02#19 p.008 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_19] SW_v08#18 p.229 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_18] PN_1911 p017 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1911.pdf#page=17]

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @light and darkness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Manifestation of God as divine physician

ABU0435

Words spoken in 1912 in the United States

590

All who stand up in the cause of God will be persecuted and misunderstood

COC#0308x SW_v04#05 p.088-089 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_5]

@suffering and imprisonment, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @firmness in the Covenant, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB07156

110

Persian

الله ابهی در این یوم عظیم که انوار ملکوت ابهی آفاق را احاطه نموده است و اشراق

Allah-u-Abha! On this momentous Day when the lights of the Abha Kingdom have encompassed the horizons and the effulgence [3.5s]

AYBY.388 #072 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AB/ab-397.html]

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @call to action

ABU0093

Address to the Baha'is at True home in Chicago, 1912-09-16

1260

Allah-u-Abha! Praise be to God! I have spent a number of days among you, associating with you in love

LOG#0629x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance.html&chapter=2#n629] PUP#104 (p.320-324) [http://www.bahai.org/r/313397830] BSC.279 #577x [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] SW_v03#15 p.007+008-010 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_15] BSTW#052ox [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=5]

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @The Holy Spirit, @suffering and imprisonment, @war and peace, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1877

Words to Baha'is from Portland, spoken on 1912-10-16

160

Alláh-u-Abhá! You are very welcome.... Because I longed to see you, I have shortened my visit to the country, and here am I.

MAB.053-054 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAB.pdf#page=78] ECN.844 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/c/cooper_abdulbaha_california_1912.pdf#page=844]

@praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow

ABU0610

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

470

Alle Dinge dieser Welt fallen in zwei Gruppen, entweder gehören sie zu den meßbaren, wägbaren, beweisbaren Sachen, oder aber zu den unermeßbaren

SDW v13#10 p.104 [https://file.bahai.media/c/c7/Sonne_der_Wahrheit_Jg_13_Nr_10.pdf#page=7]

@proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @soul; spirit after death, @material world a reflection of the spiritual, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit

ABU3202

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Allusion cannot convey what Reality teaches. Christ said, 'What has happened in the past will happen again in the future.' The reason of this is that all things are under the operation of Divine Law

TDLA.012 [https://archive.org/stream/tendaysinlighta00illgoog#page/n18/mode/2up] BLO_PN#104 [https://bahai-library.com/grundy_ten_days_akka]

@cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @oneness; unity of religion, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @limits of language, @transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU2114

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

130

Als Zorn Gottes wird irrtümlicherweise die Logik, die Konsequenz, kurz, die Gerechtigkeit Gottes genannt

SDW v14#01 p.007-008 [https://file.bahai.media/9/9b/Sonne_der_Wahrheit_Jg_14_Nr_01.pdf#page=9]

@God as personal vs. impersonal reality, @justice and wrath of God, @law of cause and effect

ABU1653

190

Although a man may progress in science and philosophy, if he does not take advantage of the power of the spirit

ADP.089-090 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7sEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA89]

@limits of the intellect, @Moses, @Christ; Christianity, @Muhammad; Islam, @religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science, @The Holy Spirit

ABU3343

Although Abdu'l-Baha considers himself as a drop, yet this drop is connected with the Most Great Sea.

SW_v08#15 p.211 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_15]

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @humility; meekness; lowliness

ABU3124

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-15

Persian

با وجود انکه در حبس بودند خیمهٴ مبارک بالای جبل کرمل در نهایت جلال مرتفع و بظاهر ظاهر قدرت

Although He was a prisoner, He pitched His tent with glory on Mount Carmel. Even outwardly His power and majesty were such that for five years

BDA1.124.02 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-124.html]

SW_v19#07 p.221 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_19/Issue_7] MHMD1.132 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=157]

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Mount Carmel, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU1371

Words to a group of friends, spoken on 1913-04-26

230

Persian

دیشب با آنکه حالت قدم برداشتن نبود با وجود این بمجلس رفتیم گفتیم میرویم ولو خطر باشد

Although I could not walk one step last night and it was quite dangerous to go out, I said, I will go. The utmost is that I will become a sacrifice to the friends of God.

BDA2.262x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-270.html]

DAS.1913-04-26 MHMD2.342

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU0186

Address at New York Peace Society reception, spoken on 1912-05-13

940

Although I felt indisposed this afternoon, yet because I attach great importance to this assembly

BWF.231-235 [https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up] PUP#048 (p.123-126) [http://www.bahai.org/r/225619379] FWU.020 [https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/c/FWU] SW_v03#08 p.014-015 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_8]

@predictions and prophecies, @universal peace; world unity, @unity in diversity, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @suffering and imprisonment, @unity; oneness of humanity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction

ABU3155

Address to the Baha'is at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-05-09

Persian

من خیلی رعایت نفوس میکنم که فرار ننمایند و ادنی اعتراضی نتوانند با وجود این

Although I pay great respect to the feelings of people in order that they may not run away or make the least objection, yet the religious ministers of Washington have denounced us

BDA1.078.x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-78.html]

MHMD1.086 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=111]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

ABU3319

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-05-13

Persian

هر چه ما میگوئیم بندهٴخد‌ا عبدالبها هستیم باز مردم ما را باسم پیغمبر

Although I say always that I am ‘Abdu'l-Baha, a servant of God, still people refer to me as a messenger and a prophet. It would be better if they would not attribute such titles to me.

BDA1.093.07 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-93.html]

SW_v19#06 p.180 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_19/Issue_6] MHMD1.100 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=125]

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU0029

Public address to Naturalist Association of San Francisco, spoken on 1912-10-10

1880

Persian

امشب مریض بودم احوالم خوب نبود لکن محض محبتی که بشما دارم با وجود علیلی مزاج

Although I was feeling indisposed this evening, yet owing to the love I entertain for you I have attended this meeting. For I have heard

AMK.280-286 AVK1.170.05x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ak1-195.html] KHTB2.297 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/KA2/ka2-299.html] NJB_v05#03 p.001 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_3]

PUP#111 (p.355-361) [http://www.bahai.org/r/257277168] ECN.297+1065 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/c/cooper_abdulbaha_california_1912.pdf#page=297]

@evolution; human evolution, @power of the mind over nature, @man's distinction from the animal, @divine philosophy and natural philosophy, @mind as intermediary between soul and body

ABU0851

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-18

350

Although in this Cause there are no nuns and nunneries, yet truly some of these nuns serve most faithfully the world of humanity.

DAS.1913-03-18

@monasticism; asceticism, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB10465

mixed

هرچند ايّامی در باختر بگذشت ولی همواره ياران خاور در خاطر بودند زيرا آنان مصداق السّابقون السّابقون اولئک هم المقرّبون

Although many days were spent in the West, yet ever were the friends of the East present in my thoughts, for they are the exemplars of "The foremost shall be foremost: these are they who will be brought nigh." [3.5s]

MMK6#534x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1699.pdf#page=390]

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU2484

Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-03-02

Although my body is ill, my spirit is happy. My hope is for the illumination, the spiritual motion and rejuvenation of Paris. The world of materialism has engulfed these regions.

DAS.1913-03-02

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @transcending the material condition, @spiritual transformation

AB04563

170

Persian

هر چند یاران قم را نامه های متعدد مرقوم شده ولی کیخسرو پارسی آرزوی یاد تازه ای

Although numerous letters have been penned to the friends in Qom, yet Kay Khosrow, the Parsee, yearns for fresh tidings [3.5s]

INBA16:090 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v016/?page=92]

ABU2897

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-08

Although our assembly tonight at this table numbers only ten outwardly... Praise be to God, your hearts are overflowing with the Love of God... Rest assured in the fact that the breath of the Holy Spirit will aid you, - provided no doubts obtain in your hearts. Know this for a certainty.

SW_v08#08 p.103x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_8] SW_v07#10 p.099x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_10] PN_1909 p014 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=14] PN_1909 p046 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=46] PN_1909F p031 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909F.pdf#page=31] DJT.072-073 [https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary] BLO_PN#027 [https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU1022

Words spoken on 1913-03-28 in Paris

300

Although outwardly cataclysms are hard to understand and to endure, yet there lies a great wisdom behind them which appears later.

DAS.1913-03-28 ADP.116-116x [https://books.google.com/books?id=7sEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA116] BSTW#093 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=109]

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @wisdom [hikmat]

ABU2758

Words spoken at a public park in San Francisco, 1912-10-05

Persian

هر چند نباتات نسبت بعالم حیوان حساس گفته نمی شوند ولی در عالم خود روح نباتی و قوهٴ حساسه دارند

Although sensitivity in plants is slight as compared with that manifested in animals, within their own kingdom they have sensitivity and vegetable spirit.

BDA1.289.07 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-289.html]

MHMD1.306 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=331]

@all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence

ABU1001

Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-07

310

Although some of the simple folks believe that these ancient monuments of civilization are built by Solomon yet there is no foundation for it.

DAS.1914-05-07 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=99]

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @predictions and prophecies

ABU0825

Public address given on 1912-08-17

360

Although the body was weak and not fitted to undergo the vicissitudes of crossing the Atlantic

PUP#091 (p.263-264) [http://www.bahai.org/r/828418917]

@suffering and imprisonment, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @the mind's power of discovery, @relationship of the soul to the body, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @power of the mind over nature

ABU1527

Words spoken on 1912-09-03 in Montreal

210

Although the body-politic is one family, yet because of the lack of symmetry some members

SW_v08#10 p.122 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_10]

@wealth inequality and its moderation, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @unity; oneness of humanity, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence

AB05415

150

Trk

حقائق کونیه عموما مظهر ایات الهیه ایسه ده انجق شرف کرامت و منقبت موهبت کلیه

Although the cosmic realities universally manifest the divine signs, yet [they receive] the nobility of honor and the distinction of a universal bestowal [3.5s]

INBA13:403 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v013/?page=202] INBA55:236 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v055/?page=238] INBA59:152 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v059/?page=154] INBA88:054 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v088/?page=88]

MJT.055 [https://bahai-library.com/abdul-baha_alvah_munajat-hayeh_turki]

@the human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh], @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @man's distinction from the animal, @spiritual transformation

ABU1600

Words spoken at Mrs Jack's Unity Meeting, 1911-09-22

190

Although the day is cold for me to go out, yet I have come to see you

KHAB.063 (072) [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Khutab_Abdul-Baha.pdf]

AIL.048 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7ktDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA0] SW_v02#12 p.005-006 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_12]

@East and West; communication between East and West, @unity; oneness of humanity, @power of love, @praise of Western values; culture

ABU0538

Words to pilgrims departing for India, spoken on 1914-04-18

510

Although the religions of God undergo change and transformation yet the primal objects are immutable... The prevalent notion that the religions of the past have set aside and abolished each other is a great mistake.

DAS.1914-04-18 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=38]

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @oneness; unity of religion, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB02019

270

mixed

Light of the World

اگر چه شمس حقیقت بظاهر بغمام غیبت مجلل لکن چون بچشم بینا نگری و گوش شنوا

Although the Sun of Truth may outwardly be veiled by the clouds of concealment, were one to look with a perceiving eye

INBA55:105 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v055/?page=107] INBA87:475 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v087/?page=477] INBA52:495 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v052/?page=497]

NURA#43 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/nur-i-afaq.pdf] MMK4#126 p.131 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA4/swa4-134.html]

LOTW#43 [http://www.bahai.org/r/661730194]

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @mystical themes, @growth of the Cause

ABU2251

Words spoken on 1914-04-06

110

Although the Western nations have perfected the machinery of natural civilization, yet they are left behind in divine civilization. My object in taking that long journey

DAS.1914-04-06 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=8]

@critique of Western values; culture, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @exhortations and counsels, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3159

Public address given on 1912-11-28

Persian

هر چند بمدنیت مادیه و شئون جسمانیه مشغولند ولی مثل بعض بلاد اروپا بکلی از روحانیات غافل نشده اند

Although they are engrossed in material civilization and physical pursuits, still, unlike people in some European countries, they are not wholly devoid of spiritual susceptibilities.

BDA1.394.09 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-394.html]

MHMD1.413 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=438]

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @critique of Western values; culture, @love and unity, @independent investigation of truth; reality

ABU1707

Words to Mrs Rosenberg, Cropper, and Heron, spoken on 1913-01-20

180

Although this globe of ours is very small, yet it has all these living beings. Can it be imagined that those tremendous bodies hanging in a limitless atmosphere are without inhabitants!

DAS.1913-01-20

@limits of the intellect, @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @infinity and eternity, @plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB04055

180

Persian

آنچه ناله و فغان نمائی و شکوه فرمائی در موقع و محلّست ولی از جهت ديگر ملاحظه فرما که اوليای الهی را نشئه

Although thou dost raise thy lamentations and cries of grief, and though thou dost voice thy complaints, these are meet and fitting; yet from another perspective consider thou that the chosen ones of God [3.5s]

MMK3#191 p.135x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA3/swa3-137.html]

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @suffering and imprisonment, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @thankfulness; gratitude

ABU3317

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-11

Persian

هر چند نسآء با رجال در استعداد قواء شریکند ولی شبهه نیست که رجال اقدمند و اقوی حتی در حیوانات مانند کبوتران

Although women are equal to men in abilities and capacities, there is no doubt that men are bolder and physically more powerful

BDA1.153.07 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-153.html]

SW_v19#10 p.309 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_19/Issue_10] MHMD1.166 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=191]

ABU0923

Words spoken on 1913-06-21 in Port Said to some Baha'is from Azerbaijan

330

Persian

هر چند شماها خیلی انتظار کشیدید ولکن الحمد لله اسباب فراهم آمد که ملاقات شد من... الحمد لله آمدید و بزیارت روضهٴ مبارکه مشرف شدید روی و موی را بتراب عتبهٴ مقدسه

Although you all have waited very long, praise be to God that the circumstances for us to meet were brought about. I, too, very much wished to meet with you… It is not yet apparent, but in time the gift that God has given Iran and the Iranian people will become clear.

BRL_DAK#1057 [https://www.bahai.org/r/751749397] KHF.277 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1700.pdf#page=280] KHAB.445 (445) [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Khutab_Abdul-Baha.pdf] KHTB3.103 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/KA3/ka3-105.html] BDA2.358x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-366.html]

MHMD2.477-478x ADMS#065i09x [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/passages-on-iran/] ADMS#262 [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/abu0923/]

@call to action, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @Shrines and Holy places, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU0413

Words to the friends, spoken on 1921-11-19

610

Although you are here with these assembled friends and cannot speak with them.... When lovers meet it may be that they cannot exchange a single word

SW_v13#07 p.163-164 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_7] BSTW#482 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_451-485.pdf#page=70]

@martyrs and martyrdom, @love of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU0209

Words spoken on 1913-04-24 in Vienna

Persian

همیشه در خانه مجمع نمائید حرفهای مرا بیاد آرید من هم برای شما طلب تأیید مینمایم

Always hold gatherings at your home, and call to mind the things I have said. I, for my part, will pray

BDA2.252 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-260.html]

MHMD2.333-334

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @unity; oneness of humanity, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @spiritual transformation

ABU2649

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

Always, from the earliest ages, the conception of the Trinity has been present. In the time of Moses

PN_1901 p006 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1901.pdf#page=6] NRMM.212 [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=zPYdAQAAMAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA212]

@Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael, @symbolism, @the cross and the trinity, @Mosaic imagery, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @The Holy Spirit

ABU2550

Words to some American friends, spoken on 1913-05-24

America has the capacity of becoming the standard-bearer of international peace. Geographically it is a vast continent, far away from the jealous eyes of the envious neighbors

DAS.1913-05-24

@unity of governments; political unity, @prayer for peace and unity, @universal peace; world unity

ABU1515

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-10-23

210

America is the home of the ideals of Peace; its people are peace-loving and its democratic leaders the spreaders of the seeds of Peace.

DAS.1914-10-23 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_13.pdf#page=33] SW_v13#11 p.293 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_11]

@praise of Western values; culture, @call to action, @parliaments; constitutional government, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @universal peace; world unity

ABU3472

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-04-13

Persian

در آینده امریکا ترقی سریع نماید ولی از این عمارتهای بسیار بلند و کثرت نفوس قلبم میگیرد و برای صحت خلق خوب نیست

America will make rapid progress in the future but I am fearful of the effects of these high buildings and such densely populated cities; these are not good for the health.

BDA1.032.07 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-32.html]

SW_v19#02 p.054 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_19/Issue_2] MHMD1.041 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=66]

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization

ABU0059

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1919-08-08

1480

Persian

میانه جمیع این نعمای جسمانی از همه لذیزتر خواب است روح انسانی یکقدری آزاد میشود

Among all the worldly bounties none is more wonderful than the dream. In this state the human spirit

AVK1.325-327x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ak1-350.html] NJB_v14#09 p.288 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_9]

BKOG.091x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23]

@meaning; importance of dreams and visions, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people

ABU2054

Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-04-29

130

Persian

در میان این اطفال نفوس مبارکی مبعوث خواهد شد نهالهائی که بدست تربیت باغبان کامل افتد

Among the children many blessed souls will arise, if they be trained according to the Bahai Teaching.

BDA2.271 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-279.html]

COC#0696 LOG#0490x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance.html&chapter=2#n490] DAS.1913-04-28 SW_v07#15 p.142 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_15] SW_v09#08 p.090-091 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_8] MHMD2.354 PN_1913 p006 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1913.pdf#page=6] PN_1913 p013 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1913.pdf#page=13] BW_v09p543 [http://dl.bahai.org/bahai-world/the-bahai-world-vol09-1940-1944.pdf#page=543]

@education of children; moral education, @educational curricula, @excellence; distinction, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator

ABU0202

Words spoken to Persian Baha'is at Hotel Victoria in Ramleh, 1912-03-04

900

Persian

از جمله مظاهر مقدسه الهیه حضرت زردشت بود نبوت حضرت مثل آفتاب واضح و روشن است

Among the holy Manifestations of God was Zoroaster, whose Prophethood is clear and evident as the sun [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0596 [https://www.bahai.org/r/232286767] AVK2.068.10x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK2/ak2-69.html] KHF.126 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1700.pdf#page=129] KHAB.217 (227) [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Khutab_Abdul-Baha.pdf] KHTB3.050 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/KA3/ka3-52.html]

@Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @oneness; unity of religion, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures, @unity in diversity

ABU1197

Words spoken on 1910-05-13

270

Among the human race, the bonds of and means for love are numerous, for man cannot live without it

SW_v01#08 p.005-006 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_8] SW_v08#10 p.127 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_10]

@unity in diversity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @love of God

ABU0268

Address to the Baha'is at Bahá'í Temple Unity in Chicago, 1912-04-30

790

Among the institutes of the Holy Books is that of the foundation of places of worship... O thou kind Lord! This gathering is turning to Thee.

BDA1.063n [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-63.html]

BPRY.026x [http://www.bahai.org/r/797820508] PUP#027 (p.065-067) [http://www.bahai.org/r/553141147] BSC.327 #650 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] SW_v03#04 p.007-008 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_4] SW_v05#16 p.248-250 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_16] SW_v06#17 p.144-145 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17] SW_v12#06 p.123 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_6] PN_1912 p075 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1912.pdf#page=75] BW_v01p060x [http://dl.bahai.org/bahai-world/bahai-year-book-vol01-1925-1926.pdf#page=60]

A. Rae [https://youtu.be/f5CAhrLCKts]

MHMD1.071 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=96]

@unity; oneness of humanity, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @relationship between government and people, @education of children; moral education, @war and peace, @universal peace; world unity, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

ABU0462

The Sixth Principle—Means of Existence: Words spoken on 1911-11-14 in Paris

560

Persian

امروز مختصر صحبت میدارم از جمله اساس بهاء الله تعدیل معیشت است طبقات ناس

Among the most important principles of the Teaching of Baha'o'llah is the equalization of the means of living among men.

AMK.212-215 AVK4.336x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-340.html] KHF.251 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1700.pdf#page=254] KHAB.172 (183) [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Khutab_Abdul-Baha.pdf] KHTB1.170 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/KA1/ka1-172.html] KHTP.121

LOG#1866x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=4#n1866] PT#46 p.156 [http://www.bahai.org/r/196346022] SW_v03#02 p.005-006 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_2]

@Greek philosophers; Greek civilization, @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @maintainance of degrees in society, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

ABU2078

Words to Mr Kinney, spoken around 1909-07-11

130

Among the nations of the world there is darkness of religion. Darkness due to hostility and animosity is intense.

PN_1909 p059 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=59]

@unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @unity in diversity, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB00815

Some Answered Questions #002 Proofs and Evidences of the Existence of God

440

Persian

و از جمله دلائل و براهین الوهیت آنکه انسان خود را خلق ننموده بلکه خالق و مصور دیگری است

Among the proofs and arguments for the existence of God is the fact that man has not created himself

MFD#02 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SAQ/saq-6.html] OOL.C022.02 [https://oceanoflights.org/abdul-baha-bkw22-1-02-fa]

SAQ#02 [http://www.bahai.org/r/934192056]

@proofs for the existence of God, @necessary and possible being, @knowledge; recognition of God, @rational arguments, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU1596

190

Persian

از جمله مکرهای میرزا محسن خان سفیر ایران در اسلامبول آنکه یک بار

Among the stratagems employed by Mirza Muhsin Khan, the Persian Ambassador in Istanbul, was that on one occasion [3.5s]

ASAT3.110-111 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/429.pdf#page=57]

@banishment to; life in 'Akka, @stories; anecdotes, @power of the Manifestation of God

ABU0153

Public address given on 1912-08-26

1030

Among the teachings of Baha'u'llah is the principle of equality of man and woman

LOG#2091x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=5#n2091] LOG#2100x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=5#n2100] PUP#095 (p.280-284) [http://www.bahai.org/r/539186255]

@role and station of women, @equality of men and women, @unity in diversity

ABU1753

Words spoken on 1915-10-21 in Akka

170

Persian

من جمله اینکه مناظر آنجا اصطناعی و مناظر اینجا خلقی است. اگر آن تجملات در اینجا بود آن وقت معلوم می شد

Among these matters lies the truth that those vistas are artificial whilst these scenes are divine creations. Were such splendors to be found herein, then verily would it become evident [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-10-21 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/zsm.pdf]

AB00556

Some Answered Questions #004 Abraham

530

Persian

دارندهء این قوه و مؤید این قوه از جمله حضرت ابراهیم بود و برهان بر این

Among those who possessed this divine power and were assisted by it was Abraham.

MFD#04 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SAQ/saq-12.html] OOL.C022.04 [https://oceanoflights.org/abdul-baha-bkw22-1-04-fa]

SAQ#04 [http://www.bahai.org/r/186800601] GPB.107-108x [http://www.bahai.org/r/462960385]

@suffering and imprisonment, @power of the Manifestation of God, @banishments of Baha'u'llah, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael

ABU0684

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-27

430

Amongst the believers of God there must exist the utmost cooperation, equality and the solidarity of rights. Through their deeds and lives

DAS.1915-04-27 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_14.pdf#page=24]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @unity; oneness of humanity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU0402

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-09

620

Amongst the proofs of the Blessed Beauty is this: That what he revealed in tablets about fifty years ago is accomplished today.

PN_1919 p078 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1919.pdf#page=78]

@prophecy and fulfillment, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations, @predictions and prophecies, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU0513

Words to Fugeta et al, spoken on 1920-01-07

530

Amongst the proofs of the Blessed Beauty was the fact that two bloodthirsty monarchs opposed his cause.

PN_1919 p075 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1919.pdf#page=75]

@banishment to; life in Adrianople, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @growth of the Cause, @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @banishment to; life in Baghdad

AB03036

220

mixed

و امّا مقصود اين عبد اينست که اگر اسرار کتاب در هر عصر از مبيّن سؤال می‌شد اختلاف

And as to what this servant intendeth: if in every age the mysteries of the Book had been inquired of the Interpreter, differences [3.5s]

MMK6#236x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1699.pdf#page=175]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB02349

250

mixed

و در خصوص ميرزا مهدی حکمت مرقوم نموده بوديد. اين شخص صداقت ندارد و موافقت نخواهد

And concerning Mirza Mahdi Hikmat, of whom thou didst write: verily, this person hath no truthfulness and will not conform [3.5s]

MMK6#135x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1699.pdf#page=101]

@honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @personal instructions, @firmness in the Covenant

ABU3099

Words spoken on 1912-05-10 in Washington

And now you, if you act in accordance with the teachings of Baha'o'llah, may rest assured that you will be aided and confirmed.

COC#0309x COC#1684x SW_v08#08 p.103 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_8]

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @call to action, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @The Holy Spirit

ABU1381

230

Persian

و بعد بیاناتی فرمودند که منتهی شد به رجال بیت العدل که حال حکمة محفل روحانی

And thereafter He made utterances that culminated in reference to the men of the House of Justice, which is at this time represented in the wisdom of the Spiritual Assembly [3.5s]

AHB.125BE #01-02 p.21-22

@House of Justice, @consultation, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB09687

mixed

و لله میراث السموات و الارض جناب آقا سید صادق و ورقه موقنه فائزه علیهما

And unto God belongeth the inheritance of the heavens and the earth. O Jináb-i-Áqá Siyyid Ṣádiq and steadfast leaf, Fá'izih, upon them both [3.5s]

MKT6.201 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA6/ma6-201.html] MMK6#096 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1699.pdf#page=73] NJB_v05#19 p.005 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_19]

@business; financial; property matters, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

AB00466

570

Announce greeting on my behalf to the two young Japanese and say: “His Imperial Majesty, the Mikado, became the cause of the material progress of Japan.

TAB.565 [https://books.google.com/books?id=5R0qAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA565] JWTA.024-025 [https://bahai-library.com/compilation_japan_turn_ablaze]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @universal peace; world unity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @power of prayer, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause

ABU3257

Another characteristic of progress consists in the earnest and sincere development of public education

SW_v07#15 p.137 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_15]

@progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @universal education, @promotion of commerce and industry

ABU0285

The Fifth Principle—The Abolition of Prejudices: Words spoken on 1911-11-13 in Paris

750

Persian

Regarding Family Life and Marriage

از جمله اساس بهاء الله ترک تعصب وطنی و تعصب مذهبی و تعصب جنسی و تعصب سیاسی

Another principle of the teaching of Baha'o'llah is this: That you must renounce all prejudices

AMK.224-228 DWNP_v5#12 p.004-006 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-5-burma-1927] KHAB.163 (174) [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Khutab_Abdul-Baha.pdf] KHTB1.158 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/KA1/ka1-160.html]

PT#45 p.151 [http://www.bahai.org/r/126151657] SW_v03#02 p.003-004 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_2] DWN_v3#01 p.010-011x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-3-burma-1925]

@justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @oneness; unity of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @Judas

ABU3263

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

Any movement that is for the benefit of mankind should be joined by the Bahá'ís. If they are not asked to help, they should offer their services

DLA.065 [https://books.google.com/books?id=qk9OAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA65] BLO_PN#026 [https://bahai-library.com/goodall_cooper_daily_lessons]

@charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @universality of the Cause, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

AB11090

Any Persian, whether Bahá'í, or belonging to the ancient religions of Persia--in short, any Persian

SW_v06#12 p.095 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_12] BSTW#073c [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=58]

@personal instructions, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics

ABU2490

Words to four ladies from London, spoken on 1913-03-29

Any soul entering the Kingdom of Bahá'u'lláh will enjoy an eternal communion with God. It is my hope that each one of you may enter this Kingdom!

DAS.1913-03-29

@purpose; goal of creation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @knowledge; recognition of God

ABU2290

110

Any soul that enters the kingdom of BAHA'O'LLAH will enjoy an eternal communion with God. It is my hope that each of you

ADP.099-100 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7sEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA99]

@presence of; reunion with God, @fulfillment of true potential, @living waters; water of life

ABU3443

Words spoken on 1914-02-24

Any undertaking by the believers of God and which directly helps the promotion

DAS.1914-02-24 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_07.pdf#page=108] SW_v07#15 p.140 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_15]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @East and West; communication between East and West

ABU0266

Words to Hannen, Latimer et al, spoken on 1912-07-31

790

Anyone whom I send to a place is confirmed; anyone. One of them is Miss Alma Knobloch... Answer the questioner: What is the use of your creation? What benefit have you given to the world?

COC#0422x [https://bahai-library.com/compilation_importance_deepening#422] SW_v03#11 p.004-005 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_11] PN_1912 p007 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1912.pdf#page=7] PN_1912 p156 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1912.pdf#page=156]

@purpose; goal of creation, @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

ABU3746

Words spoken on 1913-04-28 in Stuttgart

Persian

هر چیزی ممکن است ولکن حضرت مسیح از بیان اشعیا میفرماید که اینها چشم دارند امّا نمی‌بینند گوش دارند ولی نمیشنوند

Anything is possible, but Jesus Christ, quoting the words of Isaiah, has said, 'They have eyes, but do not see; they have ears, but do not hear

BDA2.269 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-277.html]

MHMD2.352

@miracles and their interpretation, @Christ; Christianity, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

ABU1719

Words spoken on 1914-03-26 in Haifa

180

Are not men really childish? The life of men is but a few days; then death overtakes them... My home is the home of peace

COC#0859x DAS.1914-03-26 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=82] SW_v09#03 p.039-040 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_3] SW_v12#12 p.204x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_12] ABCC.405 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ABCC.pdf#page=435] VLAB.151 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VLAB.pdf]

B. Weber [https://bryanweberdevotions.bandcamp.com/track/the-home-of-peace] S. Sunderland [https://serenesunderland.bandcamp.com/track/home-of-peace]

@happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @love and unity, @contention and conflict, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @hospitality

ABU1110

Words spoken in Sep. 1913 in Ramleh

290

are they happy? If they are not happy, then, in this wide world, who could claim happiness? Happiness is the most natural possession and immanent attribute of every Bahá'í.

ABIE.383 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @spiritual transformation, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow

ABU0043

Public address given on 1912-08-17

1660

Are you all well and happy? This is a delightful spot; the scenery is beautiful

PUP#092 (p.264-270) [http://www.bahai.org/r/327881162] SW_v08#07 p.076-080 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_7]

@one universal law; attractive power of love, @unity; oneness of humanity, @oneness; unity of religion, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

ABU0116

Words spoken at East Putney in London, 1912-12-29

1160

Are you all well? Are you all happy? Are you all joyous? You must be exceedingly joyous

DAS.1912-12-29x

@transcending the material condition, @man's distinction from the animal, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @unity in diversity, @critique of Western values; culture, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU3400

Words to Mary MacNutt et al in 1904

Are you happy? For only by happiness can you progress spiritually.

PN_1904 p091 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1904.pdf#page=91]

@happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @spiritual transformation

ABU1706

Words to Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-09

180

Are you happy? Have the people of Germany the capacity to receive?... The Kingdom of God is like a tailor, and nations and sects are like pieces of cloth or materials; each nation or sect is a special material

FRGA.014 [https://bahai-library.com/finch_knobloch_flowers_acca]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @unity of thought and belief, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator

ABU2622

Words to a singer, spoken on 1913-05-26

Are you progressing in your art? The heavenly song is good. It is my hope that you may sing that song. When we left America on the steamer Celtic, there were several musicians and singers.

DAS.1913-05-26

@music and singing, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @spiritual transformation, @the concourse on high, @nearness to God

ABU1293

Words spoken on 1912-10-17 in San Francisco

250

Are you well? Are you all well? If you are not happy, who can be happy? Look at the people of the world

ECN.155 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/c/cooper_abdulbaha_california_1912.pdf#page=155]

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @bringing forth results; fruit, @development of capacity and readiness, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

ABU1356

Words to Frank Carroll Giffen, spoken on 1912-10-07

240

Are you well?... I have come here with the greatest longing. Whenever I became tired on the way, I thought of your promised faces, and the fatigue passed away.

ECN.822+999 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/c/cooper_abdulbaha_california_1912.pdf#page=822]

@travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU3551

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

Art is worship.... The drama is of the utmost importance. It has been a great educational power in the past

AIL.093 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7ktDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA0]

@high station of the arts and sciences, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam, @stories; anecdotes, @literature; drama; humanities; the arts, @work as worship

ABU0772

Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-11-19

380

Art thou happy with me? In thee I place my utmost trust. Because all my correspondence passes through thy hand and all my letters are read and transcribed and translated by thee, thou art the custodian of my secrets.

DAS.1914-11-19

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU1440

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-12-01

220

Persian

چون از اغلب مشکلات سیاسی دورند و در گوشه ای آسوده و نسبت بسایر قطعات اهالی امریکا هم بیشتر طالب صلح و صلاح

As Americans are removed from most political difficulties they live at ease in isolation and, compared to most other regions

BDA1.398.01 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-398.html]

MHMD1.417 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=442]

@universal peace; world unity, @growth of the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU2127

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-08-01

120

Persian

اعمال خیریه چون ممدوحیت پیدا کرده لذا نفوس محض شهرت و جلب منفعت خود و تحسین خلق عمل خیر می کنند

As charitable works become praiseworthy, people often perform them merely for the sake of fame and to gain benefit for themselves

BDA1.174.02 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-174.html]

MHMD1.189 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=214]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @goodly deeds; actions

ABU2364

Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1909-08-15

100

As Christ said, the Word is like seed. Some seed falls upon barren ground and withers; some upon stony ground.

DJT.119 [https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary] BLO_PN#027 [https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary]

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @high station of the true believer, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @love of God

AB01889

Some Answered Questions #008 The Bab

280

Persian

اما حضرت اعلی روحی له الفدآء در سن جوانی یعنی بیست و پنج سال

As for the Bab —may my soul be His sacrifice!—it was at a young age

MFD#08 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SAQ/saq-22.html] OOL.C022.08 [https://oceanoflights.org/abdul-baha-bkw22-1-08-fa]

SAQ#08 [http://www.bahai.org/r/398862087]

@events in the life and ministry of the Bab, @suffering and imprisonment, @power of the Manifestation of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @Declaration; advent of the Bab

AB11472

Persian

اما قضیه صبیه شما اگر در میان خلق به کلیمی مشهورو معروفند شریعت تورات مجری دارید

As for the matter of your daughter, if she is known and recognized among the people as a follower of the Jewish Faith, you must implement the laws of the Torah [3.5s]

KHMT.062x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/KHMT.pdf]

@Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @personal instructions

AB01995

280

Arabic

ایها الفاضل الجلیل قد وردنی رقیم کریم بل کتاب مبین ینطق بالحق فی صدق الولاء و

As for your desire to publish a monthly magazine in the Arabic and Persian languages that would have a circulation in a number of countries—it would be unwise to embark on such a project at the present time

BRL_DAK#0431 [http://www.bahai.org/r/421868254] MKT3.225 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA3/ma3-225.html] AVK3.348.11x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-352.html]

BRL_ATE#143x [http://www.bahai.org/r/565752266]

@newspapers and the media; publications, @exhortations and counsels, @high station of the arts and sciences, @non-participation in politics

AB12757

As I have utmost love for you I awaken you doctor fareed with his mother and his relations are violators of covenant and enemies of cause

BBBD.299-300

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers

ABU0095

Public address given on 1912-05-26

1250

Persian

امشب در این سرود ذکری از قرُبیت الهی بود اعظم موهبت

As I neared this church this evening I heard the hymn, "Nearer, My God..." ... O thou forgiving God! These servants are turning to Thy kingdom

DWNP_v6#11 p.001x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-6-burma-1928] KHF.059 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1700.pdf#page=62] KHAB.285 (295) [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Khutab_Abdul-Baha.pdf] KHTB2.091 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/KA2/ka2-93.html] NJB_v04#06 p.001 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_6]

BPRY.090-092x [http://www.bahai.org/r/659403737] PUP#055 (p.147-150) [http://www.bahai.org/r/609026220] SW_v03#08 p.020-022 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_8] DWN_v6#10 p.002x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-6-burma-1928]

@development of capacity and readiness, @symbolism, @martyrs and martyrdom, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @nearness to God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within

ABU0297

Words to Ethel Rosenberg et al, spoken around July 1904

740

As I said before, you must be sure whether the gardener is the True Gardener or not - if he is a true gardener what he does is right.... A wise schoolmaster should send his scholars out to play or to practice gymnastics

LOG#0491x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance.html&chapter=2#n491] SW_v09#08 p.091x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_8] PN_1900 p033 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1900.pdf#page=33]

@obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @Manifestation of God as divine physician, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator

ABU0157

Public address given on 1912-04-23

1020

Tablet addressed to the Bahá'ís of Mosul

As I stand here tonight and look upon this assembly, I am reminded curiously of a beautiful bouquet of violets

BDA1.048n [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-48.html]

PUP#020 (p.049-052) [http://www.bahai.org/r/706175546] FWU.060 [https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/c/FWU] SW_v03#03 p.016-018 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_3]

MHMD1.056 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=81]

@man's distinction from the animal, @unity in diversity, @race unity; racial issues, @high station of learning, @power of the mind over nature, @true liberty; freedom

ABU2227

Words spoken at Windsor Hotel in Montreal, 1912-09-07

110

Persian

چنانچه در عالم جسمانی فصول اربعه هست در عالم دیانت هم بهار الهی و ربیع روحانی است

As in the physical world there are four seasons, so in the realm of religion there is the season of heavenly and spiritual springtime.

BDA1.231.08 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-231.html]

SW_v19#12 p.381 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_19/Issue_12] MHMD1.248 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=273]

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @material world a reflection of the spiritual, @spiritual springtime

ABU1135

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1913-12-09

280

As long as a person is not separated from the sacred surroundings of the Threshold of Bahá'u'lláh, he does not realize the magnitude of his loss

DAS.1913-12-09 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_06.pdf#page=48]

@presence of; reunion with God, @Shrines and Holy places, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

ABU1807

Words spoken on 1914-02-20

170

As long as a thing is rare and scarce, it seems more attractive and has greater value.... In the past, they used to prevent girls from learning to read and write

SW_v09#03 p.036-037 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_3]

@scarcity of receptive souls, @education of children; moral education, @role and station of women, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @love of God

ABU1076

Words to Nawabzade Mohammad Yousof, spoken on 1913-06-14

290

Persian

امروز جمیع عالم علی الخصوص امم شرق بچنین قوّهٴ نافذهئ‌ی محتاجند تا از مضائب اختلاف

As long as these antiquated social customs and religious ceremonies hold sway in India, complete progress will not be obtained. This age is the age of light.

BDA2.349x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-357.html]

DAS.1913-06-14 MHMD2.463x PN_unsorted p075 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=75]

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @love and unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @call to action, @chastisement and requital

ABU2692

As long as ye can, strive to set aglow the hearts with love; be attracted to one another

SW_v08#12 p.144 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_12]

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU3226

Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909

As long as you are on the shore--or as long as the sands of your sins are on the shore--the waves of the sea will wash them

AHF.016 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/a-heavenly-feast]

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @spiritual transformation, @symbolism

ABU1397

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-23

230

As much as possible we must make our lives simple and reduce its accumulated complexities. Our necessary wants were originally very few

DAS.1915-04-23 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_14.pdf#page=13]

@call to acquire knowledge; sciences, @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @critique of Western values; culture

AB10312

As much as you are able, unloose the tongue in teaching the Cause of God and demonstrate ye extraordinary effort

DAS.1914-06-24 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_10.pdf#page=129] SW_v09#17 p.200 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_17]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB00446

590

mixed

Tablet addressed to the Bahá’ís of Mosul

هیکل عالم از مصدر ایجاد چون صورت و هیئت آدم موجود شده و فی الحقیقه مرآت

As preordained by the Fountain-head of Creation, the temple of the world hath been fashioned after the image and likeness of the human body.

INBA57:100 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v057/?page=102] Ghazi3072.143-149 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Tablets_3072.pdf]

BRL_DAK#0378 [http://www.bahai.org/r/218144858] BRL_HUQUQP#023 [http://www.bahai.org/r/765760836] MKT5.129 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA5/ma5-130.html]

BRL_HUQUQ#023 [http://www.bahai.org/r/949063656] COC.p.071x COC#1159

@unity in diversity, @competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible, @law of Huququ'llah, @microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]

ABU3347

Words spoken on 1913-08-24 in Ramleh

As regards free will. There are two distinct kinds of affairs, the first dominated by man, the second which is beyond his control

DAS.1913-08-24 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=98] ABIE.233 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@free will and predestination; fate

AB10397

Persian

در خصوص تعدّد زوجات سؤال نموده بودی بنصّ کتاب الٓهی جمع بین زوجتین جائز و ابداً این ممنوع نه

As regards plurality of wives, concerning which thou didst inquire, according to the explicit Text of the Divine Book marriage with two wives is permissible and is in no wise prohibited [3.5s]

AVK4.174.03x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-178.html]

@laws of marriage and dowry, @consolation and comfort, @firmness in the Covenant, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU0205

Public address given on 1912-05-26

900

Persian

مسئله بقای روح را نقلا در کتب مقدسه خوانده اید دیگر لازم نیست که من مجددا

As regards the matter of the immortality of the spirit, you have already studied this in the Holy Books, and there is no need for me to expound upon it anew [3.5s]

KHF.129 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1700.pdf#page=132] KHAB.346 (353) [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Khutab_Abdul-Baha.pdf] KHTB2.185 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/KA2/ka2-187.html] NJB_v04#19 p.004 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_19]

@proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence, @relationship of the soul to the body, @the lower is unable to comprehend the higher, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit, @existence; immortality of the human soul

AB11165

mixed

باری در خصوص عمارت جديدی که اشتراء فرموديد و مشرق‌الاذکار قرار داديد مرقوم نموده بوديد

As regards the new edifice which thou didst purchase and establish as a Mashriqu'l-Adhkar, thou hadst written [3.5s]

MMK6#186x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1699.pdf#page=138]

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

ABU2678

As regards the places for the convening of such a general body, it will be decided by the members. The Universal House of Justice

BSC.425 #768.2x [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] SW_v07#15 p.139 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_15]

@House of Justice

AB07493

110

mixed

در خصوص آباء و امّهات سؤال نموده بودید آباء بلا فصل و امّهات بلا فصل است

As regards your question concerning fathers and mothers, it refers to immediate fathers and immediate mothers [3.5s]

AVK4.225.04x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-229.html]

@law of inheritance, @prayer for forgiveness, @suffering and imprisonment, @call to action

ABU0299

Words to Lua Getsinger, Dec. 1900

740

As the world follows a circle, so human beings travel in cycles. This illustration represents the cycle of man. All existence is created by the Infinite Essence.

PN_1900 p015 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1900.pdf#page=15] PN_1900 p052 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1900.pdf#page=52] PN_1900 p106 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1900.pdf#page=106] BLO_PN#033 [https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_chart_spiritual_evolution] BSTW#272 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_251-300.pdf#page=40]

@Manifestation of God as mirror, @reincarnation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @arcs of ascent and descent, @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @station of the Manifestation of God, @return of the Manifestations of God, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds

ABU2228

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-03

110

Persian

چنانچه در عالم جسمانی فصول اربعه هست در عالم روحانی نیز چنین است که چون بهار الهی منتهی و فیض رحمانی منقطع شود

As there are four seasons in this material world, so it is in the spiritual world. When the divine spring is over and the heavenly bounty ceases

BDA1.285.15 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-285.html]

MHMD1.303 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=328]

@cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @spiritual springtime, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @spiritual transformation, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

ABU1801

170

As there is no one who has not his designated place in the world, for there is nothing useless on this earth

BSC.450 #823-824x [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] ADP.058-059 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7sEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA58]

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @spiritual transformation, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @station of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God as sun, @human reality created in the image of God

ABU1366

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-13

230

Persian

چون باصطلاحات علمی و براهین عقلی بود منکری نداشت و هیچ نفسی ادنی اعتراضی ننمود البته در اینگونه محافل

As they were delivered in scientific terms and with rational arguments, none could deny them and not a single voice was raised in opposition.

BDA1.370.12 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-370.html]

MHMD1.389 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=414]

@harmony of science and religion, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @empty learning; false spirituality, @rational arguments, @acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism, @changing and unchanging parts of religion

ABU1916

Words spoken on 1913-06-06 in Paris

150

Persian

چون این ظهور ظهور فضل است لهذا کسانیکه اعمال طیبه و اخلاق حسنه دارند

As this dispensation is one of grace, those who perform goodly deeds and possess a righteous character will not be deprived of divine mercy

BDA2.337-338 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-345.html]

MHMD2.448

@the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @twin duties of recognition and obedience, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @goodly deeds; actions

ABU1305

Words spoken on 1913-05-17 in Paris

240

Persian

چون این ظهور ظهور فضل است لهذا اشخاص نیکوکار خوش رفتاری که مؤمن نیستند

As this is the dispensation of grace, those who perform good deeds and exhibit goodly conduct but do not believe in the Cause will not be deprived of God's bounty and favour

BDA2.304 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-312.html]

MHMD2.402-403

@true liberty; freedom, @goodly deeds; actions, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @unity; oneness of humanity, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @spiritual transformation

ABU3220

Words to Mr Esslemont and Mrs True, spoken around Nov. 1919

As to the House of Spirituality the first question relates to its election. The election should be carried out with sincerity and goodwill.

PN_1919 p016 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1919.pdf#page=16] BSTW#248a [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_201-250.pdf#page=61]

@spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @elections, @unity; oneness of humanity, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

AB03662

190

mixed

و امّا مسئله قد اصطفينا خدا تهيّأ و تدارک را هزار و سيصد سال پيش از اين ديد

As to the matter of "Verily, We have chosen": God foresaw the preparation and arrangements one thousand three hundred years before [3.5s]

MMK6#409x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1699.pdf#page=300]

@firmness in the Covenant, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB12472

120

Persian

اما مسئله گلستان فی الحقیقه بیچاره‌گان اموات را از دست زاغ و کلاغ خلاص میکند

As to the matter of the Gulistan, verily it delivereth the helpless dead from the ravens and the crows [3.5s]

YARD.111-112x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/yar-i-dirin.pdf#page=111]

@Shrines and Holy places, @wisdom [hikmat]

AB12016

Persian

امّا وسائل وصول بحسن خاتمه این ست که باید از عجب و کبر احتراز

As to the means of attaining unto a goodly end, one must shun pride and vainglory [3.5s]

MAS5.271x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS5/mas5-271.html]

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @prayers (general or uncategorized)

ABU0315

Words to a reporter from the Montreal Star on 10 Sep 1912

720

As to the question of disarmament, all nations must disarm at the same time... The one man slapped another on the face.... All Europe is an armed camp... It will be established in this century...

ABIC.034-035

@humor; jokes, @war and peace, @predictions and prophecies, @means of establishment of future civilization, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @universal peace; world unity

AB11152

Persian

امّا مسألهٴ طلاق لابد باید باطّلاع حکومت یا معرفت ارباب نفوذ باشد و الّا محاذیر

As to the question of divorce, it must needs be undertaken with the cognizance of the government or other persons of influence, otherwise difficulties arise [3.5s]

AVK4.186.02x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-190.html]

@law of divorce, @laws of marriage and dowry, @obedience to and respect for government authority

AB08641

mixed

و امّا جواب مسیس جون برات حضرت بهاءاللّه پیش از نزول کتاب اقدس بحسب شریعت سابقه

As to the reply concerning Mrs. John Pratt: Before the revelation of the Most Holy Book, in accordance with the former Dispensation, Bahá'u'lláh had [3.5s]

AVK4.177.06x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-181.html]

@laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

AB10850

Persian

امّا آيه قرآن که در حقّ حامل امانت کبری ظلوم و جهول می‌فرمايد اين ظلوم و جهول مبالغه

As to the verse of the Qur'án wherein, concerning the Bearer of the Most Great Trust, He is described as "unjust and ignorant", these terms "unjust and ignorant" are used in their intensified form [3.5s]

MMK6#402x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1699.pdf#page=295] MAS2.050ax [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS2/mas2-51.html]

@rejection by the people of the Bayan, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB08995

Arabic

امّا الّذين حرّموا علی نفسهم المائدة الرّوحانيّة و نفحات روح اللّه اولئک اموات غير احياء فليس لهم البقاء

As to them who have debarred themselves from the spiritual repast and the breathing of the Spirit of God - these are dead and not living, and for them there is no permanence [3.5s]

MMK3#043 p.027x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA3/swa3-29.html]

@soul; spirit after death, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @high station of the true believer, @power of faith; power of the spirit

AB08363

100

Arabic

و امّا ما سئلت عن الآية المبارکه فی القرآن و لقد عهدنا الی آدم الی آخر قد اخذ اللّه العهد عن آدم

As to what thou didst ask concerning the blessed verse in the Qur'án, "And verily We made a covenant with Adam," unto the end, God had taken a covenant from Adam [3.5s]

MMK6#307x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1699.pdf#page=226]

@Adam; Adam and Eve, @praise and encouragement, @symbolism, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB11388

Arabic

و امّا ما سألت من الدار المسکونة فهی للولد البکر خاصّةً مع توابعها من اصطبل او مضیف او خلوة

As to what thou didst ask concerning the primary residence, it belongeth exclusively to the firstborn son, together with its dependencies, whether stable, guest chamber or private apartment [3.5s]

AVK4.215.13x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-219.html]

@praise and encouragement, @law of inheritance, @personal instructions, @rights of the eldest son; primogeniture, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prayer for assistance; intercession

ABU2119

130

As to your art, it is one of the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh that art is identical with an act of worship... Say, 'I have two arts, one physical, the other spiritual.

SW_v14#06 p.177 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_6]

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @goodly deeds; actions, @literature; drama; humanities; the arts, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the concourse on high, @work as worship

ABU0788

Public address given on 1912-11-05

380

As we are in Cincinnati, the home of President Taft, who has rendered such noble service

PUP#117 (p.388-389) [http://www.bahai.org/r/487328092] SW_v06#11 p.081-082 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_11] SW_v13#12 p.324 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_12]

@love and unity, @universal peace; world unity, @unity in diversity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @parliaments; constitutional government, @supreme tribunal

ABU3187

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

As we can only see different objects by the light of the sun, one might in one sense and with truth say the sun is in everything.

PN_1901 p002 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1901.pdf#page=2]

@divine attributes are within all things; every atom, @God as immanent vs. transcendent reality, @Manifestation of God as sun, @material world a reflection of the spiritual

ABU2373

100

As we find ourselves eating with each other here, so we hope that we shall partake of the Divine Food with each other in the Kingdom

PTIM.036 [https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/P/PTIM/PTIM.htm] BSTW#358 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_351-400.pdf#page=13]

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @love of God

ABU2313

Words spoken on 1913-06-02 in Paris

100

Persian

از بغداد تا ادرنه بعضی از احباب مثل جناب آقا میرزا محمود و آقا میرزا جعفر

As we travelled from Baghdad to Adrianople, some of the believers such as Aqa Rida, Aqa Mirza Mahmud

BDA2.328 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-336.html]

MHMD2.436

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @suffering and imprisonment, @banishment to; life in Constantinople

ABU2806

Words spoken in Jun. 1911 in Egypt

Asceticism is not necessary. A soul grows by the exercise of human virtues and the observance of human morals

SW_v08#05 p.060 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_5] BLO_PN#002 [https://bahai-library.com/stevens_abbas_effendi]

@monasticism; asceticism, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1580

Words spoken on 1913-04-23

200

other/unknown lang

امّا اعانت و حمایت نفوس آن نیز در عالم جسمانی و روحانی هر دو لازمست

Assistance is of two kinds: Material assistance and spiritual assistance. Material assistance is limited to one locality and place but spiritual assistance is measureless.

BDA2.256x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-264.html]

DAS.1913-04-23 MHMD2.328-329x

@greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @material and spiritual existence; two books

ABU1047

Words to Mountfort Mills, spoken around 1909-05-26

300

Assisting one another and promoting unity and solidarity. These little troubles must not take up your time.

PN_1909 p082 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=82]

@the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @conduct in finance and business, @House of Justice, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @generosity [kirama], @education of children; moral education

ABU2019

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-28

140

Association of ideas is a deep psychological phenomenon. Nowhere does my heart truly rest save in this room where the Blessed Beauty spent His days and nights for many years.

DAS.1914-12-28 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_13.pdf#page=18]

@banishment to; life in 'Akka, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU1626

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-20

190

Association with outsiders is like unto a 'knife-edge file'. It wears and cuts away the spirit. One does not hear from them one joy-creating word. From noon till now I have been speaking

DAS.1915-04-20 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_14.pdf#page=7]

@war and peace, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @fellowship with the wayward and ungodly

ABU3350

Words spoken at Hotel Ansonia in New York, 1912-04-18

Assuredly, give to the poor. If you give them only words, when they put their hands into their pockets after you have gone, they will find themselves none the richer for you!

DJT.266 [https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary] BLO_PN#027 [https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary]

@humor; jokes, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @words vs deeds, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities

ABU1071

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-10-07

290

Persian

استغفر الله من از برای آنها عزت ابدیه خواستم این پسر را دکتر فرید را تربیت نمودم

Astaghfuru'llah! I desire for them everlasting glory. I educated this youth (Dr. Faríd) so that he would be of benefit to the Cause

KHH1.100-101 (1.140-141) [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/354.pdf#page=131] KHH2.128-129 (2.236) [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/355.pdf#page=149]

KHHE.153-154 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/diary_habib_muayyad.pdf]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

ABU3725

Words spoken on 1913-01-30 in Paris

Persian

قبل از تسلّط و نفوذ اروپائیها حتّی بسلطان عبدالحمید نوشتم که چنین خواهد شد

At a time when the Europeans did not yet enjoy this ascendancy and influence, I had written to 'Abdu'l-Hamid, indicating to him what would come to pass

BDA2.113-114 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-121.html]

MHMD2.140

@constitutional revolution in Iran, @past, present and future of Iran, @relationship between government and people, @predictions and prophecies

ABU3665

Words spoken on 1913-06-23 in Port Said

550

Persian

در زمانیکه حکومت مستبد ناقضین مانع اشکالات داخلی و خارجی حاضر در بحبوحه

At a time when the government ruled with tyranny, the Covenant-breakers were a hindrance, and problems both internal and external were present—it was in the midst of all this turmoil that I built the Shrine of the Bab

BRL_DAK#0772 [https://www.bahai.org/r/808058136]

ADMS#256 [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/talk-abdul-baha-port-said-23-june-1913/]

@crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @the Christian clergy, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU0864

Words spoken on 1913-08-13 in Ramleh

350

At another time there were fifteen celebrated thieves in Bagdad. They raided many houses during the night... Amongst the robbers there was one whose name was Haydar.

DAS.1913-08-13 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=63] ABIE.184-186 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@stories; anecdotes

ABU3684

160

At dawn, with wondrous and melodious voices, they will be engaged in the mention of God. Ships carrying the flag of “Yá Bahá’u’l-Abhá!” will anchor at the port [of Haifa] and kings will disembark

RKS.067 [http://bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_reminiscences_khalil_shahidi.pdf#page=76]

@future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @Shrines and Holy places, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0160

Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens, 1911-09-23

1010

At nine years of age, I accompanied my father, Baha'u'llah, in his journey of exile to Baghdad, seventy of his disciples going with us.... The confirmations of the spirit are all those power... Freedom is not a matter of place

BSC.438 #797x [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] AIL.115-121 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7ktDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA0] ADP.018-023 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7sEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA18] CHH.166-167x [https://bahai-library.com/blomfield_chosen_highway] VLAB.009-010x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VLAB.pdf] VLAB.149x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VLAB.pdf] BLO_PN#022

@suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @Ottoman commissions of investigation

ABU3652

120

Persian

Man of Courage, The

وقتی اتفاق افتاد که وزرا من باب دشمنی مرحوم میرزا عباس را متهم

At one time, the ministers, actuated by their animosity, accused ʻAbbas [Núrí] of committing treacherous behavior, and they concocted a plot

AHB.130BE #09-10 p.20

BLO_courage.06b [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/m/masumian_nushabadi_man_courage.pdf#page=6]

@stories; anecdotes, @humility; meekness; lowliness

ABU2847

Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920

Persian

سنگلاخ های این کوه مبدل به گل و ریاحین خواهد شد و گردش گاه ملل

At present rocks and thornbushes surround the Shrine of the Bab, but in the future this place will be encompassed by an abundance of trees and flowers

KNR.041 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/knr.pdf#page=51]

KNRE.051 [https://bahai-library.com/mumtazi_twin_pilgrimages]

@present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @Shrines and Holy places, @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @predictions and prophecies

ABU1080

Words spoken on 1915-07-24 in Haifa

290

Persian

در وقتی که ظلمت نادانی افق شرق را تاریک کرده بود در چنین وقتی حضرت بهاء الله ظاهر شد. نورش در شرق

At such time as the darkness of ignorance had enshrouded the horizon of the East, in such an hour did Bahá'u'lláh appear. His light in the East [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-07-24 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/zsm.pdf]

@lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @universal peace; world unity, @religion as source of love and unity, @Declaration of Baha'u'llah, @unity; oneness of humanity, @harmony of science and religion, @universal language, @equality of men and women, @universal education

ABU1434

Words spoken on 1913-04-05 in Stuttgart

220

Persian

بدوِ امر همیشه بیان مظاهر مقدسه بقدر عقل و دانش قوم بوده و تکلم باصطلاح آنها... در این امر رهبانیت نیست

At the beginning of every religious dispensation, the Manifestations of God have always spoken in a way that is suited to the level

BDA2.219 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-227.html]

MHMD2.282-283

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @monasticism; asceticism, @Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith, @freedom of thought and action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2409

100

At the city gate four travelers sat, a Persian, a Turk, an Arab, and a Greek. They were hungry and wanted their evening meal

SW_v09#18 p.211 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_18] VLAB.156 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VLAB.pdf] STAB#139 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf#page=139]

@universal language, @unity in diversity, @stories; anecdotes

ABU3048

At the gate of the garden some stand and look within, but do not care to enter. Others step inside, behold its beauty, but do not penetrate far.

BW_v11p488 [http://dl.bahai.org/bahai-world/the-bahai-world-vol11-1946-1950.pdf#page=488] VLAB.158 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VLAB.pdf]

L. Thoresen [https://youtu.be/z4FcT6rpxs8] J. Lenz [track 11] [https://9starmedia.com/jack-lenz-we-are-bahais] Ladjamaya [track 10] [https://9starmedia.com/ladjamaya-intone-o-my-servant]

@degrees of faith; certitude, @spiritual transformation, @condition of search, @scarcity of receptive souls

ABU2345

Words spoken on 1915-08-07 in Haifa

100

Persian

نفس وقتی که بر انسان مسلط می شود هر بلائی بسر انسان می آورد. یک ساعت بخیال ریاست می اندازد

At the moment when the self gaineth dominion over man, it visiteth upon him every affliction. For the space of an hour it casteth him into thoughts of supremacy [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-08-07 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/zsm.pdf]

@two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU3478

Words spoken on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-04-06

Persian

ما مداخله در طعام جسمانی آنها نمی کنیم مداخلهٴ ما در طعام روحانی است

At the table on board the Cedric Abdu'l-Baha spoke about simple diet - how much better

BDA1.023.02 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-23.html]

DAS.1913-07-20 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=47] SW_v08#02 p.018 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_2] MHMD1.031 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=56] ABIE.090 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet, @material and spiritual existence; two books

ABU0669

Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909

440

At the table you must remember the American friends and be thoughtful of them for they are in a state of utmost longing.

AHF.025-027 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/a-heavenly-feast]

@harmony of science and religion, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @importance of community building

AB03424

200

At the time I met you and felt the susceptibilities of your conscience my heart

SW_v03#13 p.008 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_13]

@newspapers and the media; publications, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @oneness; unity of religion

ABU2396

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

100

At the time of Muhammad, He sanctioned war for the preservation of the lives of His followers. The laws of individual justice were confused and preliminary in the souls of men.

TDLA.011 [https://archive.org/stream/tendaysinlighta00illgoog#page/n17/mode/2up] BLO_PN#104 [https://bahai-library.com/grundy_ten_days_akka]

@holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @Muhammad; Islam, @symbolism, @episodes from the early history of Islam, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

ABU3281

Words to the Master's entourage(?), spoken on 1912-06-02

Persian

اول حین ورود بکلیسا حالت صحبت نداشتم اما چون در مقابل آن جمعیت عظیم ایستادم

At the time of my arrival at the church I was in no condition to speak; but when I stood before this great gathering I found the atmosphere of the church filled with the Holy Spirit and so a state of wonderful happiness and joy came over me.

BDA1.112.11 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-112.html]

SW_v19#06 p.184 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_19/Issue_6] MHMD1.119 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=144]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity in diversity, @The Holy Spirit, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU1052

Words to Juliet Thompson et al, spoken on 1909-07-10

300

At the time of prayer one must hold in one's mind some object. Then he must turn his face and direct his mind to this picture.

PN_1909 p017 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=17] PN_1909 p051 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=51] PN_1909C p097 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909C.pdf#page=97] DJT.090-091 [https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary] BLO_PN#027 [https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary] STAB#059 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf#page=59] STAB#070 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf#page=70]

@Mary Magdalene, @resurrection of Christ, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @idolatry, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

ABU0775

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-13

200

Persian

وقتی جمال مبارک از سلیمانیه ببغداد تشریف آوردند در را گشودند و صلای

At the time that Baha'u'llah was in Baghdad, Mirza Yahya being afraid of his life, was seldom seen amongst the people. He had changed his clothes

BDA2.134 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-142.html]

DAS.1913-02-13 MHMD2.168

@Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal, @suffering and imprisonment, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @power of the Manifestation of God

ABU0254

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-22

810

At the time that His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh was in the mountains of Suleymanieh one of the young rugged, illiterate Kurds living in the valley came to see Him... His name was Mullah Ali Mardan.

DAS.1913-02-22

@Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @stories; anecdotes, @love of God, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU0623

Words spoken on 1914-06-16

460

At the time we were living in Adrianople we had a woman as our neighbor who was probably 95 or a hundred years old. She had seven sons... I am pleased with you and glad that you are going back to America

DAS.1914-06-16 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_10.pdf#page=110]

@education of children; moral education, @spiritual transformation, @humor; jokes

ABU1734

180

At the time when the Bab was being driven by his enemies from place to place

SW_v14#06 p.181 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_6] STAB#072 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf#page=72]

@the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @the power of words; of speech, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @stories; anecdotes

ABU0642

Words spoken on 1916-01-10

450

Persian

وقتی که جمال مبارک را میخواستند از بغداد حرکت دهند نامق پاشا صورت امر

At the time when they purposed to remove the Blessed Beauty from Baghdad, Namiq Pasha drafted a missive [3.5s]

RHQM2.0634-636 (014) (010-011) [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/653.pdf#page=11]

@Declaration of Baha'u'llah, @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @rejection, opposition and persecution

AB00139

940

mixed

در این وقت که بلبل گلزار بقا قصد آشیان وفا نموده و شاهد انجمن عاشقین عزم دیار

At this hour, when the nightingale of the eternal rose garden hath taken wing toward the nest of faithfulness, and the Beloved of the gathering of lovers hath departed for His realm [3.5s]... ...Such hath been the interposition of God that the joy evinced by them hath been turned to chagrin and sorrow, so much so that the Persian consul-general in Baghdad regrets exceedingly

BRL_DAK#0787 [https://www.bahai.org/r/690142276] MMK4#035 p.035 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA4/swa4-38.html] AHB.121BE #07 p.226 TZH4.299 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/arabic/vol2/tzh4/tzh4.htm] HHA.015-020 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/634.pdf#page=24] MSHR2.169x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/MASH2/mash2-171.html]

GPB.150x [http://www.bahai.org/r/188877262] ABCC.016-017x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ABCC.pdf#page=46]

@banishment to; life in Constantinople, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

ABU1185

Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken on 1909-10-23

270

At this table you will not find material comfort, but you will find spiritual comfort... I praise this fact that women have made progress. They are, in America, to surpass the men.

PN_1909 p086 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=86]

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @role and station of women, @equality of men and women, @unity; oneness of humanity

AB11206

Persian

بعضی از اوقات در کمال ابتهال متوجّهاً الی اللّه قبر منوّر شمس‌الوزرا را

At times, in a state of utmost supplication, turning unto God, I visit the illumined resting-place of Shamsu'l-Vuzará [3.5s]

MAS5.227x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS5/mas5-227.html] QUM.012x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/tarikh-i-amr-i-bahai_dar_shahr-i-qum_vol1.pdf]

@predictions and prophecies, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @praise and encouragement

ABU2213

Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907

110

Persian

این کوه مقدس خدا منتهای آرزوی انبیاء است و مطاف ملاء اعلی

Attaining unto this Mountain was the ultimate desire of the Prophets… After two thousand years of wandering, the Jewish people will return to the Holy Land and embrace the Cause of God

KHH1.061 (1.085) [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/354.pdf#page=92]

KHHE.104 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/diary_habib_muayyad.pdf]

@future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @predictions and prophecies, @universal peace; world unity

ABU2237

110

Persian

عزمی دده رئیس طائفهٴ مولویه در اسلامبول از علماء بود و خدیو اسمعیل پاشا

Azmi Dede, who was among the divines and served as chief of the Mevlevi Order in Istanbul, and the Khedive Isma'il Pasha [3.5s]

ASAT3.237-238 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/429.pdf#page=120]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @stories; anecdotes

ABU0782

Words to some Druze friends, spoken on 1914-11-03

380

Azrael, the Angel of death, is well-known in the Muhammadan world for his heartlessness in the face of misery and sorrow

DAS.1914-11-03

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @angels, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @the concourse on high, @stories; anecdotes

ABU2643

Words spoken on 1914-06-06 in Tiberias

Bad conduct or deeds are not allowed at any time and especially during the Feast. But those are the days of happiness

SW_v09#10 p.109 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_10]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU3539

Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910

Bahá'i-Mutter (zu einer anwesenden Araberin gesprochen), lehre deine Söhne den Segen des Gehorsams und die Seligkeit des Opfers

SDW v13#10 p.103 [https://file.bahai.media/c/c7/Sonne_der_Wahrheit_Jg_13_Nr_10.pdf#page=7]

@spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @education of children; moral education, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00029

Some Answered Questions #009 Baha’u’llah

2110

Persian

اما جمال مبارک در زمانیکه ممالک ایران در چنین ظلمت و نادانی مستغرق

Baha'u'llah appeared at a time when Persia was plunged in the darkest ignorance

MFD#09 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SAQ/saq-23.html] OOL.C022.09 [https://oceanoflights.org/abdul-baha-bkw22-1-09-fa]

SAQ#09 [http://www.bahai.org/r/415965635] GPB.144x2x [http://www.bahai.org/r/228781524] GPB.183x2x [http://www.bahai.org/r/671288170] GPB.196x [http://www.bahai.org/r/379539153] STAB#081 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf#page=81]

@banishments of Baha'u'llah, @past, present and future of Iran, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @prophecy and fulfillment, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @growth of the Cause, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals

ABU2976

Address to the Baha'is at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-13

Persian

اول در باب اختلاف بین احباء که حضرت بهاءالله فرموده اند که هر گاه اهل بهاء اختلاف کنند

Baha'u'llah declared that should Baha'ís dispute, even if it be regarding Baha'u'llah Himself, both are wrong.

AVK4.307 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-311.html] BDA1.123.05 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-123.html]

SW_v19#07 p.220 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_19/Issue_7] MHMD1.131-132 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=156]

@House of Justice, @contention and conflict, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

ABU2412

100

Bahá'u'lláh departed to Sarkalu alone. Nobody knew just where he was, even we

SW_v08#13 p.166 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_13]

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @power of the Manifestation of God

ABU1574

Words to Mary J. MacNutt

200

Bahá'u'lláh dictated the book of Iqan to me 1275 A.H. in less than twenty-four hours…

PN_unsorted p006 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=6]

@review of publications, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU3240

Baha'u'llah established Christ in the East. He has praised Christ, honored Christ, exalted Him

BSTW#207c [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_201-250.pdf#page=9]

@Christ; Christianity, @East and West; communication between East and West, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1145

Words to True, Esslemont, spoken on 1919-11-20

280

Bahá'u'lláh frequently predicted that there would be a period when irreligion and consequent anarchy would prevail; the chaos would be due to too great liberty among people who were not fit for self-government.

PN_1919 p034 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1919.pdf#page=34] PN_1919 p034 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1919.pdf#page=34]

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @justice and wrath of God, @nationalism; love of country

ABU2900

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

Bahá'u'lláh has said that whoever has an art or handicraft, it is incumbent upon him to endeavor to develop it to the point of perfection - even though that art be as humble as that of weaving coarse straw matting.

PN_1906 p074 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1906.pdf#page=74] SUR.232 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/g/gail_summon_up_remembrance.pdf#page=239] BLO_PN#001 [https://bahai-library.com/ali-khan_pilgrim-notes_1906]

@heaven and paradise; heaven and hell, @perfection; imperfection of nature, @progress only takes place within its own degree, @excellence; distinction, @work as worship

AB00419

Some Answered Questions #033 The Return of the Prophets

600

Persian

جمال مبارک در ایقان بیان اینمطلب را مفصل و مشروح مرقوم فرموده‌اند

Baha'u'llah has set forth a lengthy and detailed explanation of this matter in the Book of Certitude.

MFD#33 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SAQ/saq-98.html] OOL.C022.33 [https://oceanoflights.org/abdul-baha-bkw22-2-18-fa]

SAQ#33 [http://www.bahai.org/r/779151961]

@return of the Manifestations of God, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @John the Baptist, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible

ABU2664

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-11

Bahá'u'lláh in one of his Tablets says: "Therefore I will explain for your benefit certain luminous and shining mysteries, whereby you will become so attracted

DAS.1913-05-11

@spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision

ABU3581

Words to Mason Remey around Sept. 1911

Bahá'u'lláh is the root, I am the Branch. The root of the tree does not bear fruit. The fruit is found upon the branches.

SW_v02#12 p.011 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_12]

@Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU0211

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-24

890

Bahá'u'lláh lived in ‘Akká nine years. Two years were passed in the barracks and seven years in a house in the city. There was a mobilization at that time

PN_1919 p178 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1919.pdf#page=178] LAT.118-123 [https://bahai-library.com/latimer_light_world]

@suffering and imprisonment, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals

ABU0583

480

Bahá'u'lláh loved the beauty and verdure of the country. One day He passed the remark: 'I have not gazed on verdure for nine years. The country is the world of the soul, the city is the world of bodies.'

ABCC.039-041 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ABCC.pdf#page=69] BKOG.357-359 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23] BNE.040-041 [https://www.bahai.org/library/other-literature/publications-individual-authors/bahaullah-new-era/1#773046298]

@banishment to; life in 'Akka, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

ABU2689

Words to Mrs Sarah Herron et al in Dec. 1900

Bahá'u'lláh said the children are of two kinds - the mature and the immature. The

SW_v07#15 p.142 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_15] SW_v09#08 p.090 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_8]

@development of capacity and readiness, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @justice and wrath of God

ABU2260

Words spoken in early Sept. 1911 in Vevey

110

Bahá'u'lláh says that in this world there is nothing more absurd than divorce. If one has accepted another

PN_1909B p037 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909B.pdf#page=37] DJT.191 [https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary] BLO_PN#027 [https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary]

@law of divorce, @House of Justice

ABU2332

Words spoken at Rue Lauriston 97 in Paris, 1913-06-11

100

Bahá'u'lláh says, when the soul has travelled through many valleys, it reaches to the city of Love. That city contains four pillars. And whenever I find a hearing ear I shall explain what are these four pillars. During the life of Bahá'u'lláh no one asked the explanation of this matter

DAS.1913-06-11

@mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @four pillars, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU3637

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

Bahá'u'lláh was a descendent of Abraham.

DLA.066 [https://books.google.com/books?id=qk9OAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA66] BLO_PN#026 [https://bahai-library.com/goodall_cooper_daily_lessons]

@Baha'u'llah

ABU2578

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-06

Persian

حضرت بهآءالله بدون قواء ملکیه و شئون ظاهره تاسیس عزت ابدیه و ترویج تعالیم الهیه نمود

Baha'u'llah, without earthly power and worldly means, laid the foundations for eternal glory and promoted divine teachings.

BDA1.358.01 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-358.html]

MHMD1.377 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=402]

@growth of the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @unity in diversity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU0468

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

560

Bahá‘u'lláh is the same Light in a new Lamp. To see, we must look at the Light and not at the Lamp.... Will is the center or focus of human understanding. We must will to know God

BSC.503 #968x [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] SW_v07#19 p.195x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_19] TDLA.029-031 [https://archive.org/stream/tendaysinlighta00illgoog#page/n35/mode/2up] BLO_PN#104 [https://bahai-library.com/grundy_ten_days_akka]

@oneness; unity of religion, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @blind imitation [taqlid], @literal interpretation, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

ABU0703

Words to Mr. Reed, spoken on 1912-10-08

420

Bahá’u’lláh has closed the door to the introduction of these superstitions and imitations, because He has revealed a book

ECN.632+666+1025 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/c/cooper_abdulbaha_california_1912.pdf#page=632]

@encouragement of individual understanding; interpretation, @importance of authoritative interpretation, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @House of Justice, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul

ABU2905

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Be firm in the West! Let the foundation principles of this Truth become deep-rooted. Hold fast until the fullness of Reality comes to you.

TDLA.005-006 [https://archive.org/stream/tendaysinlighta00illgoog#page/n11/mode/2up] BLO_PN#104 [https://bahai-library.com/grundy_ten_days_akka]

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @growth of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU1787

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-01-29

170

Be free from every tie. Do not attach thy heart to anything. Open thy wings and soar toward the infinite space of God. A bird whose wings are tied cannot fly.

DAS.1913-01-29

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation, @love of God, @study; deepening, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB10843

mixed

از پريشانی محزون مباش زيرا امريست مسنون. مقرّبان درگاه کبريا هميشه در اين دار دنيا مقدّس

Be not grieved by tribulation, for this is an immutable decree. The near ones to the Divine Threshold have ever remained sanctified in this earthly realm [3.5s]

MMK6#110x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1699.pdf#page=83]

@status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @predictions and prophecies, @consolation and comfort

ABU3537

Be not grieved if thy circumstances become exacting, and problems press upon thee from all sides. Verily, thy Lord changeth grief into joy, hardship into comfort, and affliction into absolute ease.

DAL.093 [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Divine_Art_of_Living/_GUCYPh4J8oC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA93]

@consolation and comfort, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3614

Be not grieved on account of poverty for true wealth is surging and inundating like unto the ocean.

SW_v08#02 p.020 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_2]

@status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @symbolism, @consolation and comfort

ABU2085

Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-12

130

Be not grieved or sorrowful that no great wealth or property has been bestowed upon you. Look at the birds!

SW_v08#02 p.027 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_2] FRGA.029 [https://bahai-library.com/finch_knobloch_flowers_acca]

@worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @moderation; frugality; simplicity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1790

Words to a Persian visitor, spoken on 1913-05-17

170

Be patient. Overlook the shortcomings of others. Don't mind the criticisms of anyone. Let thy heart be like unto a sea.

DAS.1913-05-17

@forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU0695

Words to some young Bahá'í women, spoken on 1912-10-17

420

Be seated! How are you? We have been for a walk. San Francisco is a good city. San Francisco is a good garden, fresh and verdant.

MAB.059-061 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAB.pdf#page=84]

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @work as worship, @wisdom [hikmat], @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator

ABU1310

Words spoken on 1916-06-07 in Haifa

240

Persian

معلوم است بعضی الوان هستند که مفرح قلب است و سبب ترقی احساسات، مثلاً رنگ سبز سبب سکون

Be thou assured that certain colors exist which gladden the heart and conduce to the elevation of feelings; as, for example, the hue of green which bringeth tranquility [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-06-07 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/zsm.pdf]

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the mind's power of discovery, @power of imagination; thought; right intention, @symbolism of color and light

ABU2935

Words to Madame Laheebe Hashem, spoken on 1913-10-24

Be thou kind to all mankind. Try thy utmost to alleviate their burdens. Enlighten the minds with the light of knowledge.

DAS.1913-10-24 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=50]

@education of children; moral education, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @love and unity, @role and station of women, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2390

Words to a pilgrim, spoken on 1914-03-05

100

Be thou occupied in guiding the souls. If you want to educate a person you must strive for many years

DAS.1914-03-05 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=27]

@spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @light and darkness, @Manifestation of God as educator, @The Holy Spirit

ABU3260

Be thou resolute and steadfast. When the tree is firmly rooted it will bear fruit

SW_v08#19 p.239 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_19]

@spiritual transformation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @consolation and comfort

AB10928

Persian

ای شیرین شکرین باش و مانند انگبین یعنی حلاوت محبت الله و لذت معرفت الله را

Be thou sweet as sugar and like unto honey, embodying the sweetness of the love of God and the delight of divine knowledge [3.5s]

YARP2.651 p.442 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/YP/yp-448.html]

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love of God

ABU3014

Public address given on 1912-09-02

Persian

مدنیت مادی صنایع ترقی نموده علوم و فنون توسیع یافته همین قسم اسباب حرب و قتال و خونریزی و هدم بنیان انسانی

Because of material civilization, industry has progressed and sciences and arts have burgeoned but at the same time weapons of war and bloodshed

BDA1.222.15 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-222.html]

MHMD1.239 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=264]

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

ABU0165

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-16

1000

Because the children are truthful one would love them even if they did something mischievous. The father may punish them for their misdeeds

DAS.1915-03-16

@stories; anecdotes, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam

ABU0152

Public address given on 1912-05-19

1040