16555 results, sorted by first line English asc, title asc
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| AB00489 | 560 | mixed | Fire and Light | ای بازماندگان شهدای سبیل الهی نامه های شما رسید با وجود عدم فرصت آنی بدقت | O remnants of the martyrs in the path of God! Your letters have been received and despite the lack of a moment's spare time | NANU_AB#06 | BRL_FIRE_AB#05 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07902 | 100 | Persian | Fire and Light | ای بازماندگان آن انوار لامعه ای اطفال آن هیاکل مقدسه ای یادگارهای آن حقائق | O remnants of those effulgent lights! O children of those tabernacles of holiness! O remembrances of those resplendent spirits! | NANU_AB#14, BALM.110 | BRL_FIRE_AB#07 | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04175 | 180 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | شخص شهیر محترما هر چند بظاهر مفارقت حاصل ولی بحقیقت همیشه با یکدیگر بدل موانس | O renowned and respected personage! Though to outward seeming it appears we are far removed from one another | HHA.228, BDA2.167-168 | MHMD2.211 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Review of publications; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08063 | 100 | Persian | ای دبیر شهیر حضرت حی قدیر امیر مدینه تدبیر و انشا را ستایش فرموده این نام و لقب | O renowned Dabír! He Who is the Ever-Living, the Almighty, has lauded the Prince of the City of Statesmanship and Literary Accomplishment | INBA85:320 | TAH.306, SFI18.272-273 | LOIR20.167-168 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0257 | Words spoken at Theosophical Society in London, 1911-10-03 | 800 | mixed | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | ای جمع محترم آتش را لزوم ذاتی سوختن است و قوه برقیه را لزوم ذاتی افروختن | O Respected Assembly! O friends of Truth! The inherent nature of fire is to burn, the inherent nature of electricity is to give light | BRL_DAK#0825, AMK.171-173, DWNP_v1#07 p.003-005, KHF.252, KHAB.069 (079), KHTB1.029, KHTP.006, NJB_v02#14-16 p.015 | AIL.027, ABS#03 | Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Law of cause and effect; Oneness; unity of religion; Religion as source of love and unity; Suffering and imprisonment; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| AB11723 | 150 | Persian | ای دختر محترم آن برکوار نامه شما رسید الحمد لله بزیارت مرقد پدر موفقی و همچنین | O respected daughter of that noble soul! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God, thou hast succeeded in visiting the resting-place of thy father, and likewise [3.5s] | YIA.401 | Chastisement and requital; Eulogies; reminiscences; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03188 | 210 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ای محترمه ملکوتی نامه شما رسید معانی دلنشین بود از روابط فرانسه و اسکاتلند | O respected handmaiden of the Kingdom! Your letter was received and its contents were endearing. Regarding the connections between France and Scotland [3.5s]... ...The question of drinking liquors (temperance) is (also) forbidden in the Tablets of Baha'u'llah.... As regards the women's movement… As regards the second trip of ‘Abdu'l-Baha to America… | BDA2.169 | DAS.1913-02-27, DAS.1913-03-09x, SW_v05#17 p.265x, MHMD2.214 | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Equality of men and women; Growth of the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12005 | 70 | Turkish | حضرت اولوهیته مقرب اولان ذات محترم حقیقت وجداندن منبعث اولان انجذابات قلبیه | O respected one who is near to the Divine Threshold! These heartfelt attractions emanate from the reality of conscience [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0249 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02843 | 230 | O respected personage, thou seeker of Reality! Thy letter was received. It was not a letter but a mirror... If thy earthly house is destroyed, be thou not sad! | DAS.1913-09-12x, SW_v04#13 p.223, ABIE.310x, BLO_PN#007 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03273 | 210 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | شخص محترما تالیف شما بشارت غنی را مطالعه نمودم فی الحقیقه آراء سدیدی در آن | O respected personage! I have read your work, The Gospel of Wealth, and noted therein truly apposite and sound recommendations | MMK1#079 p.111, AVK3.258.03x, NJB_v12#04 p.094 | SWAB#079, LOG#1863x, DAS.1913-01-10 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01256 | 350 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای شخص محترم نامه ثانی شما که بتاریخ ۱۹ دیسمبر ۱۹۱۸ بود رسید بسیار سبب بهجت و | O respected personage! Thy second letter dated 19 December 1918 was received. It was the cause of great joy and gladness | MMK1#230 p.300x | SWAB#230x, SW_v10#04 p.078-079 | Call to action; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0222 | Words spoken at Saint George church, 1911-09-17 | 870 | Arabic | Translation List | ایها المحترمون اعلموا ان الانبیاء مرایاء تنبی عن الفیض الالهی و التجلی الرحمانی | O respected persons! Know that prophethood is a mirror that reflects the divine effluence and the celestial effulgence | DUR2.296, KHF.292, KHAB.059 (068), KHTB1.003, NJB_v05#18 p.002 | ADMS#318 | Manifestation of God as mirror; Man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation; Power of the mind over nature; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB12107 | 1560 | Persian | ای اشخاص محترم الحمد لله نائره حرب در اکثر بلاد خاموش گشته و صلح و سلام بیک | O respected souls! Praise be to God that the flame of war hath been extinguished in most lands, and peace and tranquility hath [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0631 | Contention and conflict; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Past, present and future of Iran; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity of governments; political unity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05061 | 150 | Persian | ای آیت باهره کبری شکر کن خدا را که مانند علم بین جنود میثاق سر برافراختی و | O resplendent and mighty sign! Render thanks unto God that thou hast raised thyself like a banner amidst the hosts of the Covenant [3.5s] | AYBY.361 #042 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09895 | 70 | Persian | ای بهرام درخشان و لعل بدخشان در خانه سرای دارید و منزل و ماوی در لانه و | O resplendent Bahram, ruby of Badakhshan! Thou hast thy mansion and dwelling-place in the house, and thy nest and shelter in the [3.5s] | MKT8.043b, YARP2.718 p.476 | Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09623 | 80 | Arabic | ایتها الفریده الغراء و الخریده النوراء زادک الله تشعشعا و التماعا ان الملکوت | O resplendent gem and luminous pearl, may God increase thy radiance and brilliance, for the Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA59:177a | Call to action; Entry by troops; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06238 | 130 | mixed | ای شمع افروخته محبت الله در این عالم ترابی و خاکدان فانی جهدی کن ایت باهره | O resplendent lamp of the love of God! In this earthly world and perishable realm, strive with all thy might [3.5s] | MKT8.116b | Being a source of light; guidance; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07435 | 110 | Persian | ای سراج وهاج چه نوری روشنتر از محبت اللهست و چه شعاعی ساطعتر از معرفت الله | O resplendent lamp! What light is brighter than the love of God, and what beam more radiant than the knowledge of God [3.5s] | MMK2#190 p.137, AKHA_106BE #04 p.02, VAA.210-211 | Ether; the phenomenon of light; Knowledge; recognition of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10175 | 70 | Arabic | ایتها الجوهره المتلئلئه الروحیه زادک الله تضرعا و ابتهالا ان ایات الملکوت | O resplendent spiritual gem, may God increase thy supplications and devotions unto the signs of the Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA59:178b | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10000 | 70 | Persian | ای شهاب ثاقب و ای هزبر غالب جناب آقا سید نصرالله نهایت رضایت را از اخلاق و | O resplendent star and triumphant lion! His honour Áqá Siyyid Nasru'lláh hath expressed utmost satisfaction with the character [3.5s] | INBA17:242 | Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06048 | 130 | Persian | ای آیت باهره محبت الله در این کور اعظم که آفتاب فلک قدم افق عالم را روشن | O resplendent token of the love of God! In this Most Great Cycle wherein the Sun of the heaven of eternity illumineth the horizon of the world [3.5s] | MKT8.011 | Call to action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10375 | 60 | Persian | ای ایات باهره ملکوت پرتوی از تجلی حق قدیر بر آفتاب زد عالم تاب شد | O resplendent verses of the Kingdom! A beam from the manifestation of the Almighty God shone upon the sun, and it became world-illumining [3.5s] | AKHA_118BE #02-03 p.b, AHB.117BE #03 p.50 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10449 | 60 | Persian | ای پریشان آنروی تابان صد هزار شکر در هر دمی نما که همدم عاشقان روی جانان گشتی | O restless one! Behold that luminous countenance and offer a hundred thousand thanks with every breath, for thou hast become the companion of them that love the face of the Beloved [3.5s] | INBA55:337a | Law of pilgrimage; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06268 | 130 | Persian | ای کاشف اسرار حمد کن خدا را که پی بدلائل و براهین بردی و کشف اسرار حجت قاطعه | O revealer of mysteries! Render praise unto God that thou hast pursued the path of proofs and evidences, and hast uncovered the mystery of the conclusive proof [3.5s] | TSS.211a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10252 | 120 | mixed | یا حضرت ادیب بعد از رفتن شما مصلحت چنان دیده شد که مستر اسپرگ نیز ارسال بمبای | O revered Adib, after thy departure, it hath been deemed expedient that Mr. Sprague also be dispatched to Bombay [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0288, MSHR2.319x | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05162 | 150 | Persian | ای حرم محترمه شهید همواره مشمول نظر عنایت جمال مبارک روحی لتربته الفداء هستی | O revered consort of the martyr! Thou art ever the object of the Blessed Beauty's gracious regard - may my spirit be sacrificed for His sacred dust [3.5s] | LMA2.419, MLK.105, TAN.150-151, NYMG.190 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12698 | 60 | O revered daughter of the Kingdom, Thy letter arrived. It indicated Thy Faith and assurance and great desire for service in the Kingdom | BBBD.161 | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00832 | 430 | mixed | ای عزیز محترم نامه ای که به آقا میرزا لطف الله مرقوم نمودید ملاحظه گردید | O revered friend, the letter which thou didst address to Áqá Mírzá Luṭfu'lláh hath been perused [3.5s] | MMK5#267 p.204 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00455 | 580 | Persian | ای دوست محترم مهربان مدتی است که بهیچوجه از آن یار دیرین خبری نرسیده و نور | O revered kind friend, For a long time no news at all has come from that friend of many years... Although the line of amity is unbroken and heartfelt attachment endures, what came to pass | CMB_F66#19a, | BRL_DAK#0586, MAS9.094, MSHR5.040-041, MSHR5.379ax, YHA1.183-184 (1.377) | EGBBF.104-105x | Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Praise of Western values; culture; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04882 | 160 | Persian | ای ورقه محترمه از اماء الله سابقی که در ایمان سبقت یافتی و جمال قدم را شناختی | O revered leaf among the handmaidens of God, thou who didst attain precedence in faith and didst recognize the Ancient Beauty [3.5s] | MKT7.155, BSHN.140.447, BSHN.144.441, MHT1b.219 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00020 | Lawh-i-Dr Forel (Tablet to Dr Forel) | 3770 | Persian | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablet to Auguste Forel | Tablet to Dr. Auguste Forel | ای شخص محترم مفتون حقیقت نامه شما که ۲۸ جولای ۱۹۲۱ مورخ بود رسید مضامین خوشی | O revered personage, lover of truth! Thy letter dated July 28th, 1921, hath been | BRL_LAFP, MKT3.474, MNMK#144 p.255, AKHA_106BE #06 p.02x, PYM.315, MJDF.002, KHF.018, KHAB.011 (022), KHTB3.015, NJB_v14#01 p.032, NJB_v14#02 p.064, OOL.C010, VUJUD.033-040 | TAGF, BWF.336-348x, SW_v14#04 p.101-109, SW_v13#08 p.195+197-202, ABCC.449x, VUJUDE.043-056 | Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Names and attributes of God; Proofs for the existence of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Universality of the Cause | 3 | * | * | MMAH.243 | ||||
| AB11409 | 30 | Arabic | یا رضا ان الرضاء بالقضاء سمه اهل الانقطاع و سنه اهل الانجذاب بنفحات ملکوت | O Riḍá! Verily acceptance of the divine decree is the hallmark of them that are detached from all save God, and the path of those drawn unto the fragrances of the Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA88:247c | SFI01.061 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03430 | 200 | Persian | A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ای دوستان راستان ظلمات جهل و ضلال عرصه امکانرا احاطه نموده بود و فسحت وجود | O righteous friends! The darkness of ignorance and error had enveloped the contingent realm and straitened the wide expanse of existence | MMK5#089 p.070 | MHMD2s.329-330 | Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08606 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده صالح حق صلاح و فلاح الیوم ثبوت بر میثاقست و تمسک بعهد و پیمان محبوب | O righteous servant of God! Salvation and prosperity today lie in steadfastness to the Covenant and adherence to the Testament of the Beloved [3.5s] | MMK2#194 p.139 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09976 | 70 | Persian | ای رضا راضی بقضا شو و سر تسلیم بنه تا از چشمه تسنیم نوشی از هیچ حالی دلگیر | O Riza! Be content with the divine decree and bow thy head in submission, that thou mayest drink from the fountain of Tasnim and be not disturbed by any condition [3.5s] | MMK2#173 p.127 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12583 | 90 | Persian | ای گل گلشن محبت الله ایامی که در استوتگارت بودم کل بسیار معطری بودی فی | O rose in the flower-garden of the love of God! During the days I was in Stuttgart, thou wert a very fragrant rose | BBBD.359 | BBBD.360 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11856 | 220 | mixed | گل مولا گر بگویم ز اشتیاق جان و دل ناله و افغان براید ز آب و گل | O rose of the Lord! Were I to speak of the yearning of my heart and soul, lamentations and cries would arise from water and clay [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0451 | Degrees of faith; certitude; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10948 | 50 | Persian | Translation List | ای گل وقت آنست که در جنت ابهی چون کل شکفته گردی و بوی خوش معرفت الله را بمشام | O rose! Now is the time for thee to become even as a blooming flower in the Abha Paradise | YARP2.306 p.253 | ADMS#105 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04386 | 170 | Persian | ای روشن برکات آسمانی بر تو باد الحمد لله از پستان محبت الله شیرخواری و در آغوش | O Roshan! May heavenly blessings rest upon thee. Praise be to God that thou art nursed at the breast | DRM.003b, LABC.004 | LABC.005 | Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Love of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08100 | 100 | Persian | ای ربابه صدهزار شکر نما که در این عهد مبارک قرن جمال قدم عصر اسم اعظم قدم در | O Rubabih, render a hundred thousand thanks that in this blessed Age, the century of the Ancient Beauty, the era of the Most Great Name, thou hast taken thy steps [3.5s] | INBA13:243 | MKT7.099 | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08737 | 90 | Persian | ای رستم بهمن احبای بندر عباس فی الحقیقه ثابت و مستقیم و خدا شناسند آنانرا از قبل بنده | O Rustam Bahman! The friends in Bandar-'Abbas are, in truth, steadfast and firm, and know their God. Convey unto them [3.5s] | YARP2.673 p.453 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09973 | 70 | Persian | ای رستم یزدان الحمد لله در میدان جانفشانی تفوق بتهمتن زابلستانی نمودی و بر | O Rustam of the Almighty! Praise be to God, for in the arena of self-sacrifice thou hast surpassed the prowess of the mighty hero of Zabulistan [3.5s] | MMK2#163 p.122, PPAR.193 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09378 | 80 | Persian | ای رستم دستان شرکت پیمان مظهر الطاف رحمن است و مورد بخشش بی پایان امید است که | O Rustam-i-Dastan! The Covenant-bound company stands as the embodiment of the bounties of the All-Merciful, and is the recipient of endless grace. It is hoped that [3.5s] | YARP2.365 p.290 | Business; financial; property matters; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Conduct in finance and business; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09377 | 80 | Persian | ای رستم دستان تهمتن هر چند شیرگیر بود ولی بقوت بازو آرزو حاصل نگشت زیرا عاقبت | O Rustam-i-Dastan! Though the mighty Tahamtan was a tamer of lions, yet by the strength of his arm his desire was not attained [3.5s] | YARP2.179 p.180 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10509 | 60 | Persian | ای رستم ستایش نما پروردگار را که در بزم پرستش سازنده و بازنده و خواننده هستی | O Rustam, praise the Lord, that in the feast of worship thou art the composer, player and singer [3.5s] | YARP2.689 p.463 | Music and singing; Naming of children; of individuals; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06214 | 130 | Persian | ای رستم دستان همنام تو بقوه شمشیر جهانگیر گشت ولی آن جهانگیری منتهی باسیری | O Rustam, scion of Dastan! Thy namesake by the power of his sword became a conqueror of the world, yet that conquest led to captivity [3.5s] | ALPA.020a, YARP2.025 p.078, YQAZ.182 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10508 | 60 | Persian | ای رستم دستان میدان واسع است جولان باید گوی بخشش حاضر است تحریک چوگان لازم | O Rustam, son of Dastan! The field is vast and calls for a valiant charge. The ball of bounty stands ready, requiring but the strike of the polo-mallet [3.5s] | YARP2.708 p.471 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04768 | 160 | Persian | ای رستم پسر زال را گویند مانند شیر ژیان و پیل دمان در میدان کارزار صف شکن و | O Rustam, son of Zal! It is said that thou art like unto a raging lion and a charging elephant upon the battlefield, a breaker of ranks [3.5s] | PYB#268 p.03, YARP2.462 p.344 | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08739 | 90 | Persian | ای رستم مهربان تهمتن پیلتن بود و پهلوان هر انجمن ولی خسته از گرز سهراب بابرز | O Rustam, the kind-hearted! Tahamtan was mighty in strength and the champion of every assembly, yet weary from the mace of Sohrab the valiant [3.5s] | YARP2.148 p.161 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08103 | 100 | Persian | ای رستم تهمتن پنجه شیران داشت و نیروی فرشتگان لهذا فتح کشور خاک نمود و | O Rustam, the mighty hero possessed the strength of lions and the power of angels; thus did he conquer the earthly realm [3.5s] | YARP2.149 p.162 | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06215 | 130 | Persian | ای رستم ظلم و ستم را ملاحظه کن که بچه پایه رسیده جمعی فرشته خوی پری روی حق | O Rustam! Behold to what depths tyranny and oppression have reached, that a company of angel-natured, fairy-faced souls [3.5s] | HDQI.189, ANDA#12 p.06, YARP2.730 p.483 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08102 | 100 | Persian | ای رستم از یزدان پاک نیاز کن که تهمتن آن انجمن گردی و رستم با خود و جوشن شوی | O Rustam! Beseech thou the Most Pure Lord, that thou mayest become the mighty hero of that gathering, and like unto Rustam himself, be clad in valor and armor [3.5s] | YARP2.234 p.211 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08738 | 90 | Persian | ای رستم من فی الحقیقه تهمتنی و دشمن جان هر اهرمن یزدانی ای نورانی ای | O Rustam! In truth thou art as Tahmínih, and the enemy of every demonic soul. O thou who art illumined [3.5s] | YARP2.657 p.445 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10506 | 60 | Persian | ای رستم تهمتن پیلتن چون دیوبند توانا بود مردان دلیران را بنیاد برانداخت تو | O Rustam! That mighty champion of great stature, like unto a demon-tamer in power, didst uproot the foundation of valiant men [3.5s] | INBA88:343a | YARP2.170 p.176 | Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10511 | 60 | Persian | ای رستم مهربان یزدانست که آفتابش تابان و اخترانش رخشان و ابرش پرباران و | O Rustam! The All-Merciful Lord it is Whose sun doth shine with splendour, Whose stars do gleam with radiance, and Whose clouds are laden with rain [3.5s] | INBA88:339b | YARP2.232 p.211 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09376 | 80 | Persian | ای رستم اهل ستم خواستند که رسم یزدان براندازند تهمتن الهی کلمه الله بمیدان | O Rustam! The people of tyranny sought to cast down the Divine Law. The celestial champion, the Word of God, hath come forth to the field [3.5s] | YARP2.419 p.318 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10507 | 60 | Persian | ای رستم تیغ پولاد کشور خاک گشاید و شهر و آبادی اندوهناک ستاند پولادگان خداای | O Rustam! The sword of steel openeth the realm of dust and conquereth sorrowful cities and habitations [3.5s] | INBA88:338b | YARP2.321 p.269 | The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04017 | 180 | Persian | ای رستم روش نوع انسان امروز جور و ستم است و درندگی و تیزچنگی و خونخواری و | O Rustam! The way of humankind today is oppression and tyranny, savagery and sharp-clawed ferocity, and bloodthirstiness [3.5s] | YARP2.442 p.333 | Call to action; Kindness to and rights of animals; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09972 | 70 | Persian | ای رستم تهمتن و پیلتن دلیریست که در میدان میثاق سمند براند و لشکر عهد شکن را | O Rustam! Thou art the mighty Tahmtan and valiant hero who, in the arena of the Covenant, doth ride forth upon thy steed and [rout the hosts of the Covenant-breakers] [3.5s] | YARP2.505 p.368 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09971 | 70 | Persian | ای رستم تهمتن هر چند پیل تن بود و مهتر اسفندیار راین تن هیچ تیغ و تیری در او | O Rustam! Though Tahmtan was possessed of an elephant-like frame, and though mighty Isfandiyar's body was impervious to sword or arrow [3.5s] | YARP2.612 p.425 | Knowledge of self | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09379 | 80 | Persian | ای رستم همنامت بشجاعت تن شهیر آفاق گشت تو بمردانگی و آزادگی جان در جهان معروف | O Rustam! Thy namesake became renowned throughout the horizons for physical prowess, whilst thou art known throughout the world for spiritual valor and nobility of soul [3.5s] | ALPA.076a, YARP2.088 p.119 | Confidence; courage; faith in teaching the Cause; Courage; Encouragement of individual understanding; interpretation; Praise and encouragement; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10510 | 60 | Persian | ای رستم ستم جهانرا فروگرفته نادانی و بیهوشی چون شب تاریک باختر و خاور را | O Rustam! Tyranny hath encompassed the world, and ignorance and heedlessness, like the dark night, have enveloped both East and West [3.5s] | YARP2.174 p.178 | Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09582 | 80 | Persian | ای ورقه مقدسه مبارکه سدره الهیه در بحبوحه فردوس رحمانیه بلند شد و شرق و غرب | O sacred and blessed leaf of the divine Lote-Tree, which was raised up in the midst of the Paradise of the All-Merciful, and East and West [3.5s] | INBA87:347a, INBA52:355b | MMK2#347 p.250 | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10149 | 70 | Persian | ای ورقه مقدسه مبارکه صد هزار ملکه های آفاق آرزوی جاروکشی آستان اولیا داشتند و | O sacred and blessed leaf! A hundred thousand queens of the horizons yearned to sweep the threshold of the chosen ones [3.5s] | INBA87:103a, INBA52:102a | MKT7.215a | Call to action; High station of the true believer | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12338 | 170 | Persian | ای ورقه طیبه قدسیه فردوس ابهی در ساحت اقدس در کل احیان مذکور بودی و در ظل | O sacred and blessed leaf! At all times wert thou remembered in the Most Holy Court, and beneath the sheltering [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0966 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05339 | 150 | Persian | ای ورقه مقدسه نورانیه فی الحقیقه در سبیل الهی در هر زمان مطلع بلایا بودی و | O sacred and luminous leaf! In truth, at every moment thou hast been the dawning-place of trials in the path of God [3.5s] | DUR1.374, NNY.215 | Consolation and comfort; Personal instructions; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12253 | 210 | mixed | ایها الفرع المقدس من السدره الربانیه در خصوص برات جناب تاجرباشی و حواله بر شما | O sacred branch of the divine Lote-Tree! Regarding the promissory note of Jináb-i-Tájirbáshí and the remittance assigned to you [4o] | INBA85:296 | Business; financial; property matters; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05395 | 150 | Arabic | ایتها الورقه المقدسه فاشکری الله بما انبتک من هذه الشجرة البمارکة النابتة | O sacred leaf! Give thanks unto God for having caused thee to spring forth from this blessed Tree [3.5s] | INBA84:414 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11007 | 50 | mixed | ای ورقهٴ مقدّسه از مصیبت آن نهال حدیقهٴ رحمانی گریه مکن مویه منما آن نهال بیهمال | O sacred leaf! Over that sapling of the garden of the All-Merciful, weep not, neither lament thou [3.5s] | BSHN.140.115x, BSHN.144.115x, MHT2.068x | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09981 | 70 | mixed | ای ساذجیه نفحه خوش مشک جان چون بمشام رسد حیات روح بخشد و غبار غفلت از دل ببرد | O Sadhijiyyih! The sweet fragrance of the soul's musk, when it reacheth the senses, bestoweth life upon the spirit and removeth the dust of heedlessness from the heart [3.5s] | AYBY.389 #075 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07474 | 110 | Persian | Trustworthiness | ای صادق من راستی و درستی و حق پرستی صفت راستانست و سمت پاکان صدق بهترین صفتی | O Ṣadiq! Truthfulness, uprightness and integrity are the attributes of the righteous and the hallmarks of the pure. | COMP_TRUSTP#42x, MMK2#142 p.106 | BRL_TRUST#41x, COC#2053x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07475 | 110 | Persian | ای صدرالصدور بساط روحانی فی الحقیقه کار اینست که شما مینمااید بتدریس تبلیغ | O Sadru's-Sudur! Verily, the spiritual path is that which thou art following through teaching and propagation [3.5s] | TSS.142, RRT.133, MSBH5.027 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05844 | 140 | mixed | ای هوشمند ارجمند سمندی در میدان لاهوتیان بران و گوای در پهن دشت بهائیان بزن | O sagacious and noble one! Gallop thy steed in the arena of heavenly beings, and raise thy voice upon the broad plain of the followers of Bahá [3.5s] | INBA13:303 | AHB.126BE #11-12 p.000 (و), ANDA#67-68 p.10 | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06172 | 130 | Persian | ای حکیم حاذق تن ضعیف و جسم نحیف امکان بغایت علیل و بی نهایت نحیل و امراض و | O sagacious healer, the body is weak and the frame enfeebled, contingent being is grievously ill and infinitely frail, afflicted with maladies [3.5s] | INBA21:154a | MMK2#105 p.083 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Manifestation of God as divine physician | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04392 | 170 | Persian | ای سروش پرهوش الان آقا سید اسدالله بملکوت خضوع و خشوع درگاه احدیت آستان | O sagacious herald! Now hath Áqá Siyyid Asadu'lláh ascended unto the Kingdom of humility and submissiveness at the Threshold of Divine Oneness [3.5s] | YARP2.181 p.181 | Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Past, present and future of Iran; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04152 | 180 | Persian | ایها الرجل الرشید این خاکدان مرکز انقلابست و این جهان بی بنیان میدان محن و | O sagacious man! This earthly realm is the centre of upheavals, and this foundationless world is the arena of tribulations [3.5s] | MMK3#056 p.036 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07721 | 110 | Arabic | ایها الرجل الرشید قد تلوت ایات شکرک لله بما ایدک علی السلوک فی صراط الهدی و | O sagacious man! Thou hast recited verses of gratitude unto God, inasmuch as He hath strengthened thee to walk in the path of guidance [3.5s] | INBA17:090 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03650 | 190 | Persian | ای پرهوش ایرانیان در ماتم سیاوش سیاهپوش شدند و جوش و خروشی برآوردند تا عاقبت | O sagacious ones! The Iranians donned black garments in mourning for Siavash and raised a great tumult and lamentation [3.5s] | ALPA.048, YARP2.057 p.100, PPAR.121, NKHD.017, RMT.030-031, YARD.053x, QUM.220, QUM.231 | Business; financial; property matters; Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08770 | 90 | Persian | ای سیاوش باهوش قصد طواف آستان مقدس نموده بودی و اهرام کعبه دوست بسته بودی | O sagacious Siavash! Thou hadst intended to circle round the Sacred Threshold and hadst girded thyself for the Kaaba of the Friend [3.5s] | YARP2.190 p.185, QUM.234b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05218 | 150 | mixed | ای سمندر نار موقده میثاق مکتوب آنجناب ملاحظه گردید وقایع و حوادث وارده بر | O Salamander aflame in the Fire of the Covenant! Thy letter was perused, and the events and happenings that befell were noted [3.5s] | AYBY.362 #044 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05712 | 140 | Persian | ای سمندر نار موقده الهیه الحمد لله نفحات میثاق آفاق را معطر نموده و انوار عهد | O Salamander of the divine burning flame! Praise be to God that the fragrances of the Covenant have perfumed all horizons, and the lights of the Testament [3.5s] | AYBY.365 #049 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01715 | 300 | mixed | ای سمندر نار موقده ربانیه در این کور اعظم و قرن سلطان ملک قدم نفوسی بجنود | O salamander of the divine enkindled fire! In this Most Great Cycle and in the century of the Ancient Sovereign of the Kingdom, souls have [3.5s] | AYBY.332 #015, RRT.035 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Soul; spirit after death; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01071 | 380 | mixed | ای سمندر نار موقده الهیه از مقتضیات سمندری و لوازم طیری ناری احتراقست و هیچ | O Salamander of the divine ignited flame! It is of the very requirements of being a salamander, and among the essential qualities of a fiery bird, to be consumed by flame, and naught else [3.5s] | AYBY.331 #014 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Soul; spirit after death; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08844 | 90 | mixed | ای محفل مقدس جناب شیخ الرایس بعضی اوقات در منبر بکنایه و اشاره و تلویح تبلیغ | O sanctified assembly! Shaykh al-Ra'is doth at times, from the pulpit, teach through intimation, allusion and indirect reference [3.5s] | INBA16:211 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06171 | 130 | mixed | ای حضرت قدسک بنده دیرینه سی جناب کبریا بنده لرینی مقام قاب قوسین او ادنی | O sanctified presence, thou ancient servant of the All-Glorious, Who hast attained the station of "two bow-lengths or nearer" [3.5s] | MJT.134 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06377 | 130 | Persian | ای نفوس مقدسه مبارک ترین نفوس کسانی هستند که از ظلمات عالم طبیعت آزادند و | O sanctified souls! The most blessed of all are those who are freed from the darkness of the world of nature [3.5s] | MMK3#282 p.204 | ACOA.056-057 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Material and spiritual existence; two books; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04103 | 180 | mixed | ای نهال جویبار رضا آن حدیقه غلبا و روضه رضوی و فردوس مزین رضاء بملکوت ابهی | O sapling beside the stream of contentment, thou who art that verdant garden and celestial meadow, that paradise adorned with the glory of the Abhá Kingdom [3.5s] | BSHN.140.174, BSHN.144.174, MHT2.073 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08282 | 100 | mixed | ای نهال بوستان الهی بر طرف چمن در کنار جویبار الطاف حق در نشو و نما هستی و از | O sapling of God's garden! Upon the verdant meadow, beside the stream of divine favors, thou art growing and [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0329, AYBY.428 #141 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02990 | 220 | mixed | ای نهال جنت ابهی از لطف قدیم و فضل عظیم ذات قدیم امیدوارم که از فیض سحاب | O sapling of the Abhá Paradise! Through His ancient grace and mighty bounty, I hope from the Ancient One that from the downpour of His cloud [3.5s] | AYBY.406 #113, TRZ1.184b, TRZ1.353a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04475 | 170 | mixed | Additional Prayers Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá | ای نهال باغ الهی گویند که در چمنستان حقیقت سرو بالائی و در جویبار عنایت نهال | O sapling of the divine garden! They say that thou art a lofty cypress in the meadowland of truth and a tender shoot by the stream of grace [3.5s]... ...O Lord! Plant this tender seedling in the garden of Thy manifold bounties, water it from the fountains | MKT6.166, HUV2.019x | BRL_APAB#01x, BRL_CHILD#10x | E. Mahony | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||
| AB05326 | 150 | mixed | ای نهال بوستان الهی جناب ابوی با قلبی رحمانی و روحی سبحانی و رخی نورانی در | O sapling of the divine garden! Thy noble father, with a merciful heart, a heavenly soul and a luminous countenance [3.5s] | MMK6#200 | Love of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12816 | 100 | Persian | ای نهالهای گلشن الهی پدر بزرگوار بجانفشانی کامکار گردید و در مشهد فدا پی | O sapling of the divine rose-garden! Thy noble father attained unto supreme felicity through his sacrifice, and in the sacred spot of martyrdom [3.5s] | KASH.243 | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10129 | 70 | Persian | ای نهال باغ عنایت چون سرو جویبار در لب این انهار روایدی و از رشحات سحاب فضل و | O sapling of the garden of divine favor! Like unto the cypress by the stream, thou hast grown upon these banks, and from the showers of the clouds of grace [3.5s] | HUV1.034 | Bringing forth results; fruit | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10128 | 70 | Persian | ای نهال باغ عرفان چقدر خوش بخت و همایون طالعی که در کنار جویبار روئدی و در این بوستان | O sapling of the garden of divine knowledge! How fortunate and blessed is thy destiny that thou hast grown up beside the stream in this garden [3.5s] | LMA2.443 | The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09550 | 80 | Persian | ای نهال بوستان عرفان در پناه حقی و صون حمایت حافظ مطلق از خلق امید مدار و | O sapling of the garden of divine knowledge! Thou art in God's protection and under the shelter of the Absolute Preserver's safeguarding grace. Place not thy hope in mortal beings [3.5s] | HUV2.037 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08280 | 100 | Persian | ای نهال باغ ایمان هر شجری را سبزی و خرمی بفیضی و هر چمنی را طراوت بشبنمی نهال | O sapling of the garden of faith! Every tree receiveth its verdancy and freshness through a bounty, and every meadow attaineth its bloom through dewdrops [3.5s] | INBA84:251 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07628 | 110 | Persian | ای نهال بوستان محبت الله خوشا بحال تو خوشا بحال تو که از صلب چنین پدری بوجود | O sapling of the garden of God's love! Blessed art thou, blessed art thou, that from such a father thou art sprung [3.5s] | MMK6#100, YMM.057 | Parents and children; youth; families; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08930 | 90 | Persian | ای نهال بوستان محبت الله شکر کن حضرت احدیت را که در جویبار محبت الله روایدی | O sapling of the garden of God's love! Give thanks unto the Divine Unity that thou hast grown beside the stream of God's love [3.5s] | MKT6.034, HUV1.032 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10132 | 70 | Persian | ای نهال بوستان محبت الله چه خوش بخت بودی و خوش طالع که در این حدیقه مغروس | O sapling of the garden of God's love! How fortunate and blessed art thou that thou art planted in this garden [3.5s] | HUV2.039 | Praise and encouragement; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08284 | 100 | Persian | ای نهال بوستان محبت الله در این فردوس برین و جنت عدن رب کریم بنسائم الطاف | O sapling of the garden of God's love! In this supreme paradise and Eden of the gracious Lord, [mayest thou be blessed] by the gentle breezes of His favours [3.5s] | MMK2#367 p.262 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06957 | 120 | Persian | ای نهال بوستان شهادت کبری خبر شهادت حضرت پدر سبب حسرت و اسف و احزان بیحد و | O sapling of the garden of supreme martyrdom! News of thy father's martyrdom hath caused boundless sorrow and grief [3.5s] | NANU_AB#16 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12754 | 50 | mixed | ای نهال بوستان محبت الله آنچه بحضرت والا مرقوم نموده بودید عین واقع و ذلک من الهام | O sapling of the garden of the love of God! That which thou didst write to Hadrat-i-Vala was the very truth, and this is from divine inspiration [3.5s] | INBA85:203a | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10133 | 70 | Persian | ای نهال گلشن عرفان حمد کن خدا را که در اصلاب و ارحام طیبه پرورش یافتی و از | O sapling of the rose-garden of divine knowledge, render thanks unto God that thou wert nurtured in pure and goodly lineage [3.5s] | HUV1.042 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02418 | 250 | mixed | ای نهال بوستان محبت الله نغمه روحانی که از حنجر محبت الله صادر شده بود بگوش | O sapling of the rose-garden of God's love! The spiritual melody that streamed forth from the throat of divine love reached the ear [3.5s] | AVK4.165.07 | Laws of marriage and dowry; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12567 | 100 | Persian | ای نهال مغروس در ریاض جود حضرت مقصود اگر چه بظاهر اسباب چنین فراهم آمد | O sapling planted in the gardens of the bounty of the Lord of all desires! Although outwardly circumstances have conspired [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1050 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06958 | 120 | Persian | ای نهالان بوستان الهی شما از آن شجره عرفان روایدید و در بوستان هدایت جمال | O saplings of the divine garden! Ye have sprung from that Tree of mystic knowledge and in the garden of guidance [3.5s] | HUV2.031 | Being a source of light; guidance; Bringing forth results; fruit; Education of children; moral education; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03782 | 190 | Persian | ای نهالهای حدیقه عرفان مادر مهربان از روزیکه باین آستان رسید شب و روز بیاد | O saplings of the garden of divine knowledge! From the day that loving Mother arrived at this threshold, she has, night and day, been mindful [3.5s] | MMK2#333 p.241, ANDA#32 p.65x | Interpretation of dreams and visions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00275 | 710 | mixed | ای سلیل دخیل جلیل نامه ات ملاحظه گردید معانیش فرح و مسرت بخشید زیرا ذکر یاران | O scion of a noble lineage! Thy letter was perused, and its contents brought joy and gladness, for it made mention of the friends [3.5s] | INBA59:294b, INBA88:281, INBA89:003 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05348 | 150 | Persian | ای یادگار حضرت ابراهیم منظومه شما رسید و ملاحظه گردید ولی ستایش عبدالبهاء | O scion of Abraham, your verses were received and perused, but 'Abdu'l-Bahá's praise [3.5s] | MSHR3.213 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Love of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00827 | 430 | Persian | ای سلاله حضرت خلیل الحمد لله آنچه در الواح مبارک باسراایل تبشیر فرموده اند و در مکاتیب | O scion of Abraham! [3.5s]... ...Praise be to God that whatsoever hath been announced in the Blessed Tablets unto the Israelites, and the things explicitly written in the letters of Abdu'l-Baha, are all being fulfilled | MKT3.363, AVK3.248.10x, AVK4.470x, PYB#216 p.28x, PYB#257 p.23x, TAH.023x, MJMJ2.109x, MMG2#452 p.499x | ADJ.055-056x | Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04023 | 180 | mixed | ای سلاله حضرت ابراهیم جناب خطاط خطی مرقوم نموده اند و ستایش زائدالوصف از محبت | O scion of Abraham! The esteemed calligrapher hath written a letter, extolling with unsurpassed praise the love [3.5s] | MMK6#006 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09986 | 70 | Persian | ای سلیل داود تبریک عید نوروز سرور موفور داد الحمد لله بخدمت قائمی و در عبودیت | O scion of David! The Naw-Rúz festival hath brought abundant joy. Praise be to God that thou art steadfast in service and in servitude [3.5s] | BLIB_Or.08687.001, , BLIB_Or.08117.014, | DAUD.27 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07444 | 110 | Persian | ای سلیل ایمان و قرین ایقان جناب ابوی حاجی استدعای تنمیق این رقیم نموده و من | O scion of faith and companion of certitude! His honour Abúy-Ḥájí hath entreated the embellishment of this letter, and I [3.5s] | INBA85:255a | MSHR3.031 | Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10920 | 50 | Persian | ای سلیل شهید فی سبیل الهی ... سردار اسعد وقتی که در پاریس | O scion of him who was martyred in the path of God... Sardar-i-As'ad whilst in Paris [3.5s] | MSHR3.213x | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09402 | 80 | Persian | ای سلاله حضرت خسرو خسرو مگو یک جهان مهر و وفا و محبت و صفا بگو روح مصور است | O scion of His Holiness Khusraw! Speak not of sovereignty; rather, speak of a world of love and fidelity, of affection and purity [3.5s] | YARP2.669 p.451 | Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09403 | 80 | Persian | ای سلیل حضرت منصور ورق مسطور مانند رق منشور مورث فرح و سرور گردید | O scion of His Holiness Mansur! Thy missive, like unto an unfurled scroll, brought forth joy and gladness [3.5s] | MUH3.314bx | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Naming of children; of individuals; Prayer for children and youth | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07449 | 110 | Persian | ای سلیل حضرت خلیل حقا که جلیلی و دلیل بر آن تقرب بارگاه کبریا و انجذاب بنفحات | O scion of His Holiness the Friend! Verily thou art glorious, and this is attested by thy nearness to the Court of Grandeur and thy attraction to the fragrances [3.5s] | KHMT.054, KASH.295 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05707 | 140 | Persian | ای سلیل حضرت خلیل جلیل نامه اخیر رسید الحمد لله دلالت بر صحت و سلامتی مزاج | O scion of His Holiness, the illustrious Friend, thy recent letter was received. Praise be unto God, it betokeneth thy health and well-being [3.5s] | DAUD.26 | Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01584 | 310 | mixed | ای سلاله نفوس قدسیه مستشهده در سبیل الهی آن جواهر نفوس چون زواهر نجوم از | O scion of sanctified souls martyred in the path of God, those jewels of being who, like unto luminous stars [3.5s] | LMA1.429 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Martyrs and martyrdom; Stories; anecdotes; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05706 | 140 | mixed | Translation List | ای سلاله آنشخص جلیل آنخاندان و دودمان بسبب ایمان و ایقان حضرت حکیم در صون | O scion of that august personage, that noble lineage and illustrious family, whose faith and certitude are safeguarded by divine wisdom [3.5s]... O scions of that august personage! Thy noble house and lineage, as a result of the faith and certitude of Hakím [Faraju’lláh], abide in the sheltering protection of the generous Lord | ABDA.231 | ADMS#339 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08116 | 100 | mixed | ای سلاله آن روح مجسم پی پدر مهربان گیر و بر قدم آن بنده یزدان مشی نما منقطع | O scion of that embodied spirit! Follow in the footsteps of thy loving father and walk in the path of that servant of God [3.5s] | MMK3#057 p.037 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07445 | 110 | Persian | ای سلیل آن پدر جلیل نامه رسید و مضمون سبب فرح جدید گردید محبت حقیقی و انجذاب | O scion of that glorious father! Thy letter was received and its contents brought fresh joy [3.5s] | INBA84:474a | Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01530 | 320 | Arabic | یا سلیل ذلک الرجل الجلیل قد وصل تحریرکم المورخ ۲۹ تشرین اول سنه ۱۹۲۰ و کل | O scion of that glorious man! Your letter dated 29 October 1920 hath arrived, and all [3.5s] | NJB_v11#17 p.295-296 | Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05217 | 150 | Persian | ای سلیل آن شهید جلیل در این دم که آفتاب قریب افول | O scion of that glorious martyr, in this hour when the sun is nigh unto setting [3.5s] | DUR4.660 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12451 | 130 | Persian | ای سلیل آن شهید جلیل نظر عنایت همیشه بتو بوده و خواهد بود و نهایت رعایت را | O scion of that glorious martyr! The gaze of divine favor hath ever been, and shall forever be, directed upon thee with utmost consideration [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0606 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07446 | 110 | Persian | ای سلیل آن جلیل شکر کن حضرت احدیت را که در ظل شجره مبارکه داخل شدی و در بحر میثاق | O scion of that glorious one, render thanks unto the Most Great Unity that thou hast entered beneath the shade of the Blessed Tree and into the ocean of the Covenant [3.5s] | MAS9.118 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12363 | 160 | Persian | ای سلیل آن شخص جلیل هر چند چندیست که این خامه بنام تو نامه ننگاشت ولی دائم ذکر | O scion of that glorious personage! Although for some time this pen hath not written a letter in thy name, yet thy mention hath been constant [3.5s] | INBA85:511b | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Personal instructions; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11763 | 120 | Persian | ای سلیل آن شخص جلیل الحمد لله خبر صحت و سلامت و راحت و استقامت آن عزیز رسید | O scion of that glorious personage! Praised be God that tidings have reached me of thy health and well-being, thy tranquility and steadfastness [3.5s] | YIA.383 | Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04399 | 170 | Persian | ای سلیله آن شخص جلیل نامه با چکامه هر دو وارد فصیح است و بلیغ بدیع است و ملیح | O scion of that glorious personage! Thy letter and verse, both of which were received, are eloquent and articulate, novel and pleasing [3.5s] | AKHT1.330-331 | Consolation and comfort; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08758 | 90 | mixed | ای سلیل آن شخص جلیل نامه شما را از عکا باقلیم ماه کنعانی فرستادند | O scion of that glorious personage! Thy letter was sent from 'Akká to the clime of the Moon of Canaan [3.5s] | MSHR3.073x | Conduct in finance and business; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Law of pilgrimage; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04394 | 170 | mixed | ای سلیل آن شخص جلیل پدر بزرگوار فتوحات روحانیه نمود مداین قلوب مسخر کرد و ملقب | O scion of that glorious personage! Thy noble father achieved spiritual victories, conquered the cities of hearts, and was entitled [3.5s] | INBA17:245 | ANDA#63 p.16, ANDA#79 p.49x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05216 | 150 | Persian | ای سلاله آن نفس مقدسه رحمانیه مکتوبی که در بیان تشکر از همت آقا میرزا ارسطو در | O scion of that hallowed and merciful soul, the letter expressing gratitude for the endeavours of Áqá Mírzá Arastu [3.5s] | INBA16:106 | PYK.307 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Eulogies; reminiscences | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10688 | 60 | Arabic | ایها السلیل لذلک الاب الجلیل المحترم قد ساقک الالطاف الی تلک الاطراف حتی | O scion of that illustrious and honored father! Divine favors have guided thee to those distant parts [3.5s] | INBA59:188d | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00471 | 570 | mixed | ای سلیل آن شخص جلیل و نجل سعید آن پدر مجید این مصیبت کبری رزیه عظمی بود و سبب | O scion of that illustrious personage and blessed offspring of that glorious father, this was indeed a supreme calamity and grievous affliction [3.5s] | INBA89:123 | TAH.285x | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00545 | 530 | mixed | Translation List | ای سلاله شخصی خطیر راضی و مرضی درگاه حضرت رب قدیر وقت ضحی و هنگام حرکت و | O scion of that illustrious personage who attained the good-pleasure of the All-Powerful Lord, at the hour of morn and at the time of departure [3.5s]... ...O divine Providence! These friends are Thy companions, and this gathering of ardent lovers is enamored of Thee | INBA75:058x, Ghazi3072.137-141 | MKT8.107b, TABN.196, ADH2.023x, ADH2_1#11 p.021x, MJMJ1.062x, MMG2#194 p.220x, MJH.021cx | ADMS#185x | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| AB01494 | 320 | Persian | ای سلیل آن شخص جلیل و حفید آن بزرگوار فرید نامه ات رسید و ناله زارت تاثیر | O scion of that illustrious personage, and O descendant of that peerlessly great one! … The Blessed Beauty — may my life be a sacrifice for His loved ones | MKT8.110, SFI18.275bx | LOIR20.171ax | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07448 | 110 | mixed | ای سلیل آن شخص مجید پدر بزرگوارت در مدت حیات در سبیل نجات سلوک مینمود | O scion of that illustrious personage! Thy noble father, during his earthly sojourn, did tread the path of salvation [3.5s] | INBA85:068 | BSHN.140.260, BSHN.144.260, MHT2.070b, MSBH10.149 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05711 | 140 | Persian | ای سلیلهاى آن سرور شهید آن کوکب نورانى هر چند بظاهر در مغرب | O scion of that martyred Sovereign, that luminous Star! Though outwardly in the West [3.5s] | INBA13:059 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Exhortations and counsels; Martyrs and martyrdom; Predictions and prophecies; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07447 | 110 | mixed | ای سلیل آن شخص جلیل در عربی شاعری در ستایش آل برامکه چنین شعری انشاء نموده | O scion of that noble personage! In Arabic, a poet composed such verses in praise of the House of Barmak [3.5s] | MSHR1.044x | Love of God; Poems and quotation from poetry; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08118 | 100 | mixed | ای سلیل آن شخص جلیل پدر از افق محبت الله بدر انور بود و در گلشن معرفت الله ورد | O scion of that noble personage! Thy father shone forth from the horizon of God's love even as a resplendent moon, and was a rose in the garden of divine knowledge [3.5s] | INBA84:464a | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00088 | 1160 | mixed | یا سلیل الرجل الجلیل نامه مفصل شما ملاحظه گردید و از حوادث الیمه ایران | O scion of that noble soul! Thy detailed letter was considered, and the grievous events in Iran were noted [3.5s] | PYK.278, MSHR2.233x | Non-participation in politics; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09401 | 80 | mixed | ای سلاله آن ذبیح قربانگاه عشق چه شود که تو آن شجره متصاعده را شاخ و اجعل لی | O scion of that sacrificial lamb at the altar of love! What if thou shouldst become a branch of that heavenward-soaring tree [3.5s] | INBA85:348a | MMK6#291 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09404 | 80 | Persian | ای سلیل خلیل امروز روز پاکی و آزادگیست و وقت عمل بوصایای انبیای الهی تا توانی | O scion of the Friend! Today is the day of purity and freedom, and the time to act upon the counsels of the divine Prophets, to the utmost of thy power [3.5s] | SFI01.143b, MSBH4.467 | Call to action; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04186 | 180 | mixed | یا سلیل الشهید الجلیل هر چند مدتیست که از ملاقات شما دور و مهجورم ولی چون بیاد | O scion of the glorious martyr! Though for some time I have been far and separated from meeting with you, yet when I call to mind [3.5s] | MSHR1.078x, MUH3.314a | Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01713 | 300 | Persian | ای سلیل شهید جلیل نامه که بتاریخ ۲۷ ربیع الاول سنه ۳۳۸ مرقوم گردیده وصول یافت | O scion of the glorious martyr! Thy letter dated 27 Rabi'u'l-Avval 1338 was received [3.5s] | PZHN v1#2 p.19x | Education of children; moral education; Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08760 | 340 | Persian | ای سلیل شهید جلیل دو نامه از پاریس از شما رسید اول در اوراق غرق شد با وجود | O scion of the glorious martyr! Two letters from Paris arrived from you. The first was lost among papers, despite [3.5s] | INBA85:534 | MSHR3.354x | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Veiling [hijab]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01255 | 350 | mixed | ای سلیل عم جلیل حمد خدا را که در آنخاندان نفسی در کمال ایمان و ایقان مبعوث شد | O scion of the illustrious Uncle, praise be to God that in that household a soul was raised in the fullness of faith and certitude [3.5s] | MKT5.089, IQN.225, MSHR5.259x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07773 | 110 | Arabic | یا ابن الملکوت فاشکر الله بما هداک الی سبیل الله و جعلک من ابناء ملکوته بین | O scion of the Kingdom! Render thanks unto God for having guided thee to the path of God and made thee one of the children of His Kingdom [3.5s] | MNMK#071 p.146 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09987 | 70 | Persian | ای سلیل غضنفر غضنفرانرا صولتی و هزبران را سطوتی که روبهان فرار نمایند و | O scion of the lion, lions possess a might and warriors a dominion before which foxes take flight [3.5s] | MSHR4.085 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11365 | 150 | Persian | ای سلیل شهید محزون مباش مغموم مگرد الحمد لله نجل سعید آن شخص فریدی و مشمول | O scion of the martyr! Be thou neither sorrowful nor dismayed. Praise be to God, thou art the blessed offspring of that peerless soul [3.5s] | INBA85:523 | AVK3.404.05x | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11835 | 340 | Persian | ای سلیل حضرت شهید عنوانی چنین شیرین و ملیح و بلیغ و بدیع سزاوار تو است | O scion of the martyr's line! Such a sweet, graceful, eloquent and wondrous title is worthy of thee [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1043, TISH.128x | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02392 | 250 | Persian | ای سلاله وکیل حمد کنید که در عهد و عصر مقدس جمال قدم در بساط وجود قدم نهادید | O scion of Vakil! Render thanks that in this sacred Era and Age of the Ancient Beauty ye have set foot upon the carpet of existence [3.5s] | INBA13:190 | Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05040 | 150 | mixed | ای ادیب دبستان انشا نامه های متعدده شما بعضی رسید و ملاحظه گردید ولی عبد البهاء | O scribe of the school of composition! Several letters from you have been received and perused, yet 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | MKT9.022b | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12017 | 40 | Persian | ای ادیب دبستان الهی در نهایت ضعف جسمانی مرقوم میشود این محاسبات با آقا | O seasoned teacher in the divine school! Despite utmost physical weakness, this is written [in response] regarding [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0280 | Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05160 | 150 | mixed | ای چشم بینا انوار عیان از ملکوت یزدان چون مهر رخشان است و شمس افق توحید در | O seeing eye! The lights from the Kingdom of God shine manifest as the resplendent sun, and the Day-Star of the horizon of unity [3.5s] | INBA55:130 | Consolation and comfort; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcending the material condition; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12015 | 50 | Persian | Social Action | ای طالب تایید چون طفل عزیزت را امتحان کنند از درگاه الهی رجا نمایم که موفق و و مؤید گردد | O seeker after confirmation! Since thy dear child is taking his examinations, my fervent wish at the divine Threshold is that | BRL_DAK#0420 | BRL_SOCIAL#204x | Agriculture; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07371 | 110 | Persian | ای خداجو جمیع خلق خدا گویند ولی نجویند متهیا سیر و سلوکند ولی نپویند مستفیض | O seeker after God! All creation uttereth the name of God, yet seeketh Him not. They stand prepared for spiritual wayfaring, yet tread not its path [3.5s] | INBA84:409 | SFI07.021a | Condition of search; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11884 | 170 | Persian | ای طالب رضای حضرت دوست چندی پیش خطی ارسال گردید و حال چون جناب حاجی محمد از | O seeker after the good-pleasure of the Divine Friend! Some time ago a letter was dispatched, and now, as His honor Haji Muhammad from [3.5s] | TISH.380 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12695 | 60 | O Seeker after the Kingdom! Thy letter has been received. I supplicate God that thou mayest become a read Baha'i | BBBD.117 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10930 | 50 | Persian | ای طالب سر اخت النبوه این سر عظیم کنز مکنون حضرت قیوم است و حفظش امر محتوم | O seeker after the mystery of the sister of prophecy! This mighty secret is the hidden treasure of the Self-Subsisting Lord, and its preservation is a binding command [3.5s] | YMM.388 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05728 | 140 | Persian | ای طالب دقائق اسرار الهی نیر اعظم این جهان مرکز انوار عنصریست و تربیت و نشو و | O seeker after the subtle mysteries divine! The greatest luminary of this world is the center of elemental lights and the source of training and growth [3.5s] | MMK2#042 p.032 | Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Manifestation of God as sun; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08146 | 100 | mixed | ای طالب رضای الهی در حدیث است من لم یرض بقضاای فلیطلب ربا سواای رضای بقضا | O seeker of divine good-pleasure! In the Tradition it is recorded: "Whoso is not content with My decree, let him seek another Lord besides Me." Be thou content with His decree [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0300, BSHN.140.386, BSHN.144.381, MAS5.262, MHT1a.113, MHT1b.071 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05226 | 150 | Persian | ای طالب رضای الهی در این جهان فانی کسی را بقاای نه و نفسی را ثبات حیاتی نیست | O seeker of divine good-pleasure! In this fleeting world, none is granted permanence, nor hath any soul constancy of life [3.5s] | MMK2#174 p.127, KASH.269 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09421 | 80 | mixed | ای طالب رضای الهی حسن روی بندگان حق بعضی در مقام حسن است و برخی احسن حسن از | O seeker of divine good-pleasure! The beauty that adorns the countenance of God's servants is, in some, mere comeliness, while in others it manifesteth as the most sublime and exalted beauty [3.5s] | MMK6#045 | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03724 | 190 | Persian | ای طالب رضای الهی لم یزل نظر عنایت شامل تو بوده و خواهد بود از الطاف جلیله | O seeker of Divine good-pleasure! The gaze of providential favour hath ever encompassed thee and shall continue to do so through His glorious bounties [3.5s] | INBA17:101 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07481 | 110 | mixed | ای طالب رضای حق مقام رضا بسیار مشکل است و اعظم آرزوی اهل بها سالک در این مقام | O seeker of divine good-pleasure! The station of contentment is exceedingly difficult, and to tread this path is the highest aspiration of the people of Bahá [3.5s] | AVK3.404.09, BSHN.140.265, BSHN.144.265, MHT2.084a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10011 | 70 | Persian | ای طالب رضای الهی الیوم اکبر نفوس ملکوتی آن کسست که بعهد و پیمان الهی بعزمی | O seeker of divine good-pleasure! Today, the greatest among celestial souls is one who, with resolute purpose, [remains faithful to God's Covenant] [3.5s] | INBA17:184 | MMK2#202 p.145, MSHR3.337 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08147 | 100 | Persian | ای طالب عفو و مغفرت الهی نامه ات رسید توجه بملکوت الهی کن و بکمال خضوع و خشوع | O seeker of divine pardon and forgiveness! Thy letter was received. Turn thou to the Kingdom of God with utmost submissiveness and humility [3.5s] | HDQI.205, ANDA#49 p.05 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08142 | 100 | mixed | ای طالب تقوای الهی در قرآن و العاقبه للمتقین میفرماید متقی پرهیزکار است مقصد | O seeker of divine piety! In the Qur'án it is declared: "The end belongeth unto the God-fearing." The righteous one is he who is mindful [3.5s] | INBA72:117b, INBA88:119 | MMK6#161, ANDA#60 p.05, MAS5.046 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08141 | 100 | mixed | ای طالب تقوای الهی تقوی پرهیزکاری است و در کتاب مجید و العاقبه للمتقین | O seeker of divine piety! Piety is righteousness, and in the glorious Book: "The ultimate end belongeth unto the God-fearing." [3.5s] | MMK6#159 | Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04059 | 180 | mixed | ای مستشرق از انوار هدایت در این امر الهی که روح القدس اول خادم و ساعیست جهدی | O seeker of enlightenment from the rays of guidance: strive in this divine Cause, wherein the Holy Spirit is the first servant and eager worker [3.5s] | MMK2#251 p.180, AKHA_128BE #07 p.a, AKHA_130BE #04 p.a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09418 | 80 | mixed | ای طالب باقیات صالحات اولاد و احفاد که باشرف اعراق موید بحسن اخلاق هستند یعنی | O seeker of eternal and righteous deeds, children and descendants who are endowed with noble lineage and confirmed in goodly character, that is [3.5s] | MMK6#201 | Education of children; moral education; Marriage as means of spiritual progress | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04410 | 170 | Persian | ای طالب حیات ابدیه بدانکه بشر دو قسم است قسمی ناسوتی که اسیر عالم طبیعتند و | O seeker of eternal life! Know thou that mankind is of two kinds: one group is terrestrial, captive to the world of nature, and [3.5s] | MMK2#116 p.089 | Man's distinction from the animal; Spiritual baptism; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10489 | 60 | Persian | ای خداجو جهان آفرین را ستایش و پرستش کن که ببارگاهش راه یافتی و بدرگاهش بار | O seeker of God, praise and worship thou the Creator of the world, for thou hast found the path to His court and attained His presence [3.5s] | YARP2.460 p.344 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02950 | 220 | Persian | ای طالب علم و عرفان نامه شما رسید از خواندنش تبسم حاصل گردید که از سلام و | O seeker of knowledge and wisdom, your letter was received, its perusal yielding a smile born of the greetings [3.5s] | AVK3.332.17x, PYB#039 p.13 | Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10541 | 60 | Persian | ای طالب جمال ذوالجلال خوشا حال نفوسیکه الیوم از باده هوش مدهوشند و از بانک | O seeker of the Beauty of the All-Glorious! How blessed are those souls who in this Day are intoxicated with the wine of awareness and by the call [3.5s] | MKT9.150a | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03171 | 210 | Persian | ای طالب جمال ذی الجلال ملای رومی گفته در سمرقند است قند اما لبش از بخارا یافت | O seeker of the Beauty of the All-Glorious! Rumi hath said: In Samarkand sugar is found, yet its sweetness is discovered in Bukhara [3.5s] | MSHR3.219 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Jabulqa and Jabarsa | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08780 | 90 | Persian | ای طالب جمال مختار بذیل تقی تشبث نما و بعروه وثقی تمسک کن توجه بملکوت ابهی کن | O seeker of the Chosen Beauty! Cling thou to the hem of piety and lay fast hold on the sure handle. Turn thy gaze unto the Kingdom of Abhá [3.5s] | MMK2#061 p.048 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; High station of the true believer; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02949 | 220 | mixed | ای طالب جمال مختار طالبان کوی حق و عاشقان جمال مطلق از عالم ملک در گذرند و | O seeker of the chosen Beauty! The seekers of the divine realm and the lovers of the Absolute Beauty must pass beyond the earthly kingdom and [3.5s] | MMK2#227 p.162 | Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05729 | 140 | Persian | ای طالب رضای حضرت دوست آفتاب سپهر کیهان متواری شده است و کیوان از افق ایوان | O seeker of the good-pleasure of the Friend! The sun of the celestial sphere hath become hidden, and Saturn hath vanished from the horizon of its mansion [3.5s] | MKT4.082, YMM.056 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12456 | 120 | O seeker of the Kingdom of God! Your letter has arrived. Thanks be to God that you have attained a share of His infinite grace and received joy and the fragrance of eternal life | BBBD.162 | Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08785 | 90 | Persian | ای طالب ملکوت بتحصیل علوم ادبیه بپرواز ولی مقصدت باید این باشد که در تحریر و تقریر | O seeker of the Kingdom, though thou soarest in pursuit of literary knowledge, yet must thy purpose in attainment be the power to expound and express [3.5s] | DRM.017c | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05230 | 150 | Persian | ای طالب ملکوت نامه رسید ذکر حریت من نموده بودی عبدالبهاء از اصل آزاد است اگر | O seeker of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received, wherein thou hadst made mention of freedom. 'Abdu'l-Bahá is inherently free. Should [3.5s] | MMK5#010 p.004 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcending the material condition; True liberty; freedom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00430 | 590 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures | از حقيقت سؤال نموده بوديد . حقيقت کلمة اللّه است که محيی عالم انسانی است کوران را بينا کند | O seeker of the Kingdom! Your letter has arrived and its contents became known. You asked: What is Truth? ...As to progress after death: know that after death it is the divine world. Progress is possible, but it depends upon the generosity of God... | MMK3#111 p.074x, YMM.256x, YMM.384x, VUJUD.103.20x | BSC.494 #954x, BSTW#139, VUJUDE.189x | East and West; communication between East and West; Evolution; human evolution; Love of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Soul; spirit after death; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Universality of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10013 | 70 | Persian | ای طالب نور هدی جهانیان در ظلمت بی پایان و در بحر غفلت مستغرق اما تو راه | O seeker of the light of guidance! The world lieth engulfed in endless darkness and immersed in the ocean of heedlessness, but thou art upon the path [3.5s] | YARP2.124 p.145, PPAR.178, NJB_v04#13 p.005, QUM.224-225 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05730 | 140 | mixed | ای طالب مشاهده انوار حق در مشرق عالم آفتاب سپهر انور طالع گشت و افق توحید را | O seeker of the lights of Truth in the Orient of the world! The Sun of the luminous heaven hath risen and [illumined] the horizon of oneness [3.5s] | MKT8.121a | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as sun; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08111 | 100 | Persian | ای سالک راه خدا جمعی شب و روز بخیال خویش سلوک نمودند و بجز شکوک ثمری ندیدند و | O seeker of the path of God! A multitude, both night and day, pursued their own fancies in their spiritual quest, yet reaped naught but doubts [3.5s] | LMA2.447 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03433 | 200 | Persian | ای سالک راه حقیقت مشقت دیدی زحمت کشیدی معرض صدمات شدی و مورد شماتت اعدا | O seeker of the path of truth! Thou hast endured hardship and toiled arduously. Thou hast become the target of afflictions and the object of the reproaches of thine enemies [3.5s] | BSHN.140.269, BSHN.144.269, MHT1b.207b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09422 | 80 | Persian | ای طالب مقعد صدق توجه بملکوت ابهی کن و تضرع بملا اعلی که ای خدای پرعطا خطا | O seeker of the seat of truth! Turn thou to the Kingdom of Abhá, and supplicate the Concourse on High: O God of bounteous grace [3.5s] | MJMJ2.108a, MMG2#294 p.327x | Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04793 | 160 | Persian | ای طالب وحدت عالم انسانی نامه ات رسید و از قرائت نهایت مسرت حاصل گردید که | O seeker of the unity of the human world, thy letter was received, and its perusal brought the utmost joy [3.5s] | BLIB_Or.08117.043, | MKT3.470 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04792 | 160 | Persian | ای طالب عزت و بزرگواری حقیقی در جهان الهی بزرگواری در عالم عنصری امر موهومیست | O seeker of true glory and majesty in the divine realm, grandeur in this earthly world is naught but an illusion [3.5s] | MKT8.120, AKHA_121BE #07 p.d | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06725 | 120 | Persian | ای جوینده حق یابنده شو تا پاینده گردی زنهار امتحان منما زیرا کفه میزان تحمل | O seeker of truth, become thou a finder, that thou mayest attain unto everlasting life. Beware, test not through trials, for the measure of endurance [3.5s] | MKT8.076 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03367 | 200 | Persian | ای پرستنده حقیقت نامه شما رسید معانی دلنشین داشت | O seeker of truth, thy letter was received and had pleasing meanings [3.5s] | MKT3.390 | Inmost heart [fu'ad]; Knowledge; recognition of God; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06528 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | O seeker of Truth! If thou desirest that God may open thy (spiritual) eye, thou must supplicate unto God, pray to and commune with Him at midnight… O Lord, I have turned my face unto Thy kingdom of oneness | BPRY.061x, TAB.676-677 | D. Stevenson, A. Wensbo, M. Sparrow, M. Sparrow, The Bird & The Butterfly, G. Sterling, G. Sterling | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08144 | 100 | Persian | ای طالب حقیقت در جهان فرقه ها بسیار هر فرقه مبدای دارد ولکن مبادی شان محدود | O seeker of truth! In this world there are many sects and factions, each with its own source and foundation, yet their principles remain confined and limited [3.5s] | MMK3#113 p.077 | The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05224 | 150 | mixed | ای طالب حقیقت انسان جزء اعظم عالم وجود و ثمره شجره جهان شهود است نوعیت ابدیست | O seeker of truth! Man is the greatest part of the world of existence and the fruit of the tree of the visible realm; his species is eternal [3.5s] | INBA84:397 | MKT3.257a, AVK1.238 | Continual renewal of creation; Evolution; human evolution; Man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04031 | 180 | mixed | ای طالب حقیقت روزی حضرت امیر المومنین علیه السلام بر بالای بام بود شخصی ناکام | O seeker of truth! One day His Holiness the Prince of Believers—peace be upon Him—was upon a rooftop when a hapless soul [3.5s] | MMK6#175, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.282, MJDF.070, NJB_v05#07 p.003 | Challenging nature; abstruseness of the Word of God; Mystical themes; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08781 | 90 | mixed | ای طالب حق دیده را از حجاب اوهام احزاب پاک و مبرا فرما تا بعین یقین نور مبین | O seeker of truth! Purge thine eyes from the veils of the delusions of the sects, that with the eye of certitude thou mayest behold the manifest light [3.5s] | MKT6.153, BSHN.140.389, BSHN.144.384, MHT1b.220 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03549 | 200 | mixed | طالب حقیقتا چون از زمره الذین جاهدوا فینا بودی الحمد لله از حزب لنهدینهم سبلنا | O seeker of truth! Since thou wert among those who strive in Our path, praise be to God thou art assuredly of those whom We guide unto Our ways [3.5s] | MMK4#055 p.062 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05726 | 140 | Persian | ای طالب حقیقت آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید ملکوت الهی شفاخانه روحانی عالم | O seeker of truth! That which thou hast written was noted. The divine Kingdom is the spiritual hospital of the world [3.5s] | MMK4#088 p.103, ANDA#53 p.05 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love of God; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06817 | 120 | Persian | ای طالب حقیقت نامه پارسال نرسید اما نامه ای که بتاریخ ۲۶ جولای نوشته بودی | O seeker of truth! The letter from last year did not arrive, but the letter which thou didst write on July 26th [3.5s] | YMM.225x | Soul; spirit after death; The cross and the trinity; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09419 | 80 | Persian | ای طالب حقیقت صبح امید دمید و انوار توحید بر جمیع آفاق تابید الحمد لله که | O seeker of truth! The morn of hope hath dawned and the lights of unity have shone forth upon all horizons. Praise be unto God that [3.5s] | MSHR5.268b | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06819 | 120 | Persian | ای طالب حقیقت نفوسی که خویش را از اهل حقیقت میشمردند و کاشف راز و اسرار میدانستند در عقبه | O seeker of truth! Those souls who counted themselves among the people of truth and deemed themselves discoverers of mysteries and secrets found themselves in a quandary [3.5s] | MKT9.150b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Empty learning; false spirituality; Humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06245 | 130 | Persian | ای طالب حقیقت نامه شما رسید و بسیار مقبول گردید الحمد لله که قابلیت و استعداد | O seeker of truth! Thy letter hath arrived and proven most acceptable. Praised be God that thou possessest capacity and receptivity [3.5s]... ...Being a Baha'í means living according to the divine teachings and adopting the path and lifestyle of the inhabitants of the eternal Kingdom | ANDA#55 p.04 | BBBD.595x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05117 | 150 | Persian | ای تشنه حقیقت نامه رسید مضمون دلیل بر آن بود که جستجوی آاین الهی می نماای و | O seeker of truth! Thy letter hath been received, and its contents testify that thou art searching for divine truth [3.5s] | YARP2.589 p.415 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Being a source of light; guidance; Condition of search; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03451 | 200 | Persian | ای طالب حقیقت نامه شما رسید عوارض جسمانی هر چند سبب حیرانی انسانی است ولی چون | O seeker of truth! Thy letter hath been received. Although physical afflictions cause bewilderment to the human soul, yet [3.5s] | MMK3#163 p.114, YMM.427 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08783 | 90 | Persian | ای طالب حقیقت نامه شما رسید دعوت کلیسای متحده را قبول نمودم و از الطاف الهیه | O seeker of truth! Thy letter was received, and I accepted the invitation of the United Church. Through God's gracious favours [3.5s] | ANDA#43-44 p.86, NJB_v02#14-16 p.006 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Freedom of thought and action | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03721 | 190 | Persian | ای طالب حق مکتوبت واصل گشت از شخص من سوال نموده بودید سراج محبت الهم و ستاره | O seeker of truth! Thy letter was received, wherein thou hadst made inquiry regarding my person. I am a lamp of divine love and a star [3.5s] | MMK5#111 p.088 | Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10479 | 60 | Persian | ای جوینده حقیقت نامه ات رسید از خدا خواهم ثابت و مستقیم مانی و از امتحانات | O seeker of truth! Thy letter was received. I beseech God that thou mayest remain firm and steadfast amidst the tests and trials [3.5s] | YMM.200x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03851 | 190 | Persian | طالب حقیقتا جمهور ناس بزبان مفتون حقیقتند و مخمور باده محبت ولی چون میدان | O seeker of truth! Verily, the multitudes are enchanted by the tongue of truth and intoxicated with the wine of love. Yet when [3.5s] | MMK2#036 p.024 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Condition of search; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01927 | 280 | Persian | ای جوینده حقیقت بجان و دل کوشیدی و بپا دویدی تا خود را بارض مقدس انداختی و | O seeker of truth! With heart and soul thou didst strive, and on foot didst run, until thou hadst cast thyself upon the sacred soil [3.5s] | INBA84:520 | Mystical themes; Review of publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12531 | 110 | O seeker of truth! Your letter has been received. Its content proves that, praise be to God, you have awakened from the sleep of heedlessness | BBBD.294 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06530 | 130 | O seekers for the Truth! Praise God that you have heard the celestial Call, seen the ray of the Sun of Truth, followed the right Direction and reached the longed-for Home! | JWTA.038 | Growth of the Cause; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02951 | 220 | Persian | ای طالبان عرفان چه همتی نمایان نمودید و چه نیتی خیریه در خدمت حضرت یزدان | O seekers of mystic knowledge, what a magnificent endeavor ye have shown forth, and what a benevolent intention in the service of the Lord [3.5s] | AVK3.500.16x, TSS.141 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09493 | 80 | Persian | ای مشتاقان ملکوت الله خوشا بحال شما که توجه بخدا نموده اید و نظر را از عالم | O seekers of the Divine Kingdom! Happy art thou that have turned to God and have raised thy sight from this material world to the realm above. | KHH1.102 (1.143) | KHHE.155-156 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02731 | 230 | mixed | ای طالبان حقیقت از الطاف الهی میخواهم که مطلب هر یک از شما که مبتنی بر نیت | O seekers of truth! I beseech the divine favors that the purpose of each one of you which is founded upon intention [3.5s] | MMK6#380 | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04680 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده جانفشان بها مکاتیب متعدده شما رسید مضامین شادمانی بخشید از محافل | O self-sacrificing servant of Baha! Your numerous letters have arrived and their contents brought joy [3.5s] | MKT8.023 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05090 | 150 | mixed | ای بنده جانفشان جمال ابهی در قرآن حضرت رحمان میفرماید ان تنصروا الله ینصرکم و | O self-sacrificing servant of the Abhá Beauty! In the Qur'án the All-Merciful declareth: "If ye assist God, He will assuredly assist you" [3.5s] | INBA17:042 | MMK6#490, ANDA#58 p.04 | Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Predictions and prophecies; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01380 | 330 | mixed | ای بنده جانفشان جمال ابهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید رب اید عبدک | O self-sacrificing servant of the Abha Beauty! That which thou hadst written was perused. May the Lord aid His servant [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0363, AHB.125BE #09-10 p.286, YQAZ.642 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05559 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده جانفشان جمال ابهی نامه رسید از مضمون معلوم گردید که عازم قفقاز شدید تا | O self-sacrificing servant of the Beauty of Abha! Thy letter hath arrived and from its contents it became known that thou art bound for the Caucasus [3.5s] | PZHN v1#2 p.18 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02516 | 240 | mixed | ای بنده جانفشان حضرت یزدان تحریر و تقریر اگرچه بیان ما فی الضمیر کند ولی عالم | O self-sacrificing servant of the Lord God! Though writing and speech may express what lies within the heart, yet the world [3.5s] | INBA89:278 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Limits of language; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; The power of words; of speech; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08675 | 90 | Persian | Translation List | ای جانفشان یار بی نشان هزاران عارفان در جستجوی او ولی محروم و مهجور از روی | O selfless lover of the Traceless Friend! A thousand mystics have sought that Friend, and have yet remained deprived and distant | MMK3#151 p.104, AHB.118BE #07 p.170 | ADMS#046 | B. Khoshmashrab (1), B. Khoshmashrab (2) | Love as fire; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| AB06974 | 120 | mixed | ای ورقه مطمئنه قدسیه الحمد لله آن خانمان در پناه حضرت یزدانند و آن دودمان جنود | O serene and sacred leaf! Praise be to God that household is under the shelter of the Lord, and that lineage belongeth to His hosts [3.5s] | MKT7.163b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10643 | 60 | Persian | ای ورقه مطمئنه چون منجذب بملکوت ابهائی فخر نساای و متوجه بملا اعلاای سرحلقه | O serene leaf! As thou art enraptured by the Kingdom of Abhá, thou art the pride of womankind and art turned towards the Supreme Concourse, the foremost among them [3.5s] | INBA84:535a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10644 | 60 | Persian | ای ورقه مطمئنه نفحات جنت ابهی در هبوب و مرور است و نسائم روضه مقدسه مطاف ملاء | O serene leaf! The fragrances of the all-glorious Paradise are wafting and being diffused, and the breezes of the sacred garden encompass the realm of the celestial concourse [3.5s] | MKT7.165a | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The ephemeral and the eternal | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09546 | 80 | Persian | ای نفس مطمئنه الحمد لله نامه معانی بدیعه داشت و نفحه معطره جنت ابهی از آن | O serene soul! Praise be to God, thy letter bore wondrous meanings, and from it wafted the sweet fragrance of the Abhá Paradise [3.5s] | INBA87:020, INBA52:020 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08601 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه سلیمانی در کشور روحانی خوش و خاتم جهان بخش جهانگیری در اصبعی | O servant at the court of Solomon in the spiritual realm, blissful art thou, and the seal of world-conquering sovereignty adorneth thy finger [3.5s] | MKT6.161b, HDQI.177, ANDA#06 p.06 | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07289 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه کبریا پریشان مباش و غریق دریای احزان مشو سرگردان مگرد بی سر و | O servant at the Divine Threshold! Be not distraught, nor sink beneath the ocean of sorrows. Wander not in bewilderment, bereft of direction [3.5s] | MKT9.061a | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03630 | 190 | mixed | ای بنده آستان الهی نامه شما رسید چندی پیش نامه ای مرقوم گردید حال نظر | O servant at the Divine Threshold! Thy letter was received. Some time ago a letter was written, and now [3.5s] | MMK6#311 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07965 | 100 | Persian | A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ای بنده درگاه الهی شکایت از عدم جواب نامه نموده بودی سبب خستگی راه و شدت تعب | O servant at the divine threshold! You had complained about the lack of a response to your letter. This is attributable to the fatigues of my journey | MKT5.064b, MMK5#084 p.067 | MHMD2s.330ax | Business; financial; property matters; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03345 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس الهی یزدان پاک را ستایش باد که جهان دل و جان را بجلوه | O servant at the sacred threshold of God! Praise be unto the pure Lord, Who hath illumined the world of heart and soul [3.5s] | MSBH5.061-062 | Manifestation of God as divine physician; Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10851 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس الحمد لله تضرع عبدالبهاء بملکوت ابهی مقبول درگاه کبریا گشت | O servant at the sacred Threshold! Praise be to God that the supplication of 'Abdu'l-Bahá unto the Abhá Kingdom hath been accepted at the Divine Court [3.5s] | TAH.318x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Education of children; moral education; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07259 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه خوش مضمون و فصیح العباره باین آواره صحرای محبت الله | O servant at the sacred Threshold! The letter, rich in content and eloquent in expression, hath reached this wanderer in the wilderness of God's love [3.5s] | MSHR4.227 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09257 | 80 | mixed | ای بنده درگاه بها نامه شما رسید و ملاحظه گردید و باستان مقدس جمال قدم و اسم | O servant at the threshold of Bahá, thy letter was received and perused. At the sacred Threshold of the Ancient Beauty and the Name [3.5s] | INBA87:387b, INBA52:398a | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08567 | 90 | Persian | A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ای بنده آستان بهاء بهیچوجه خلاص از پاریس نمی شویم حکمتی در اینست بعد معلوم | O servant at the threshold of Baha! There is no end whatsoever to our detainment in Paris. There is a wisdom in this that will become clear later | MMK5#072 p.061 | MHMD2s.330bx | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Personal instructions; Prayer for protection; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02052 | 270 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حضرت بهاء الله دکتور بمعنی استاد است و همایون بمعنی مبارک | O servant at the threshold of Bahá'u'lláh! "Doctor" signifieth "Master," and "Humayun" meaneth "blessed." [3.5s] | MKT9.041b | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Personal instructions; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10424 | 60 | mixed | ای بنده درگاه احدیت گویند که جعفر در لغت عرب نهر جاریست و ماء عذب ساری پس تو | O servant at the threshold of divine oneness! It is said that "Ja'far" in the Arabic tongue signifieth a flowing river and sweet, running water. Therefore, thou [3.5s] | MMK6#310x | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11345 | 30 | mixed | ای بنده درگاه احدیت نواب اعلی بواب عتبه کبریاست یعنی پاسبان آستانست فنعم ما | O servant at the Threshold of Divine Unity! The Supreme Deputy is the keeper of the Most Great Threshold—that is to say, the guardian of His court. How excellent indeed [3.5s] | MSHR1.071-072x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03342 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده آستان الهی نامه شما رسید سوال از ستر و حجاب نموده بودید حال باید ستر | O servant at the threshold of God! Your letter was received. You had inquired about the veil and covering. Now the covering [3.5s] | TAH.325 | Prayer for forgiveness; Veiling [hijab] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06659 | 120 | mixed | ای بنده درگاه حضرت احدیت ستایشی اعظم از این نیافتم که ترا بان بستایم خداوند یزدان | O servant at the threshold of His Divine Unity, I have found no greater praise than this: to extol thee, O Lord God [3.5s] | MMK6#072 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09258 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه جمال ابهی انچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید حمد خدارا که | O servant at the threshold of the Abhá Beauty! What thou hast penned hath been perused. Praise be to God that [3.5s] | INBA84:548b | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10428 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه جمال ابهی انوار هدایت کبری چون از افق اعلی بتافت در اوج سماء | O servant at the threshold of the All-Glorious Beauty! When the rays of Supreme Guidance shone forth from the Most Exalted Horizon unto the zenith of heaven [3.5s] | MKT8.034a | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08566 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده آستان ایزد دانا نامه رسید و طلب آمرزش منوچهر و شما از درگاه احدیت | O servant at the threshold of the all-knowing God! The letter hath been received, conveying the request for the forgiveness of Manuchar and thyself from the court of the One [3.5s] | YARP2.378 p.297, RMT.168-169 | Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07929 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان ایزد دانا خوشنود و خورسند باش که مظهر لطف خداوندی و صحرای عشق | O servant at the threshold of the All-Knowing Lord, be thou content and well-pleased, for thou art a manifestation of divine grace and a desert of love [3.5s] | PPAR.194 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09260 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه حق در حالتی بذکر تو مشغولم که نه قلم یارای تحریر دارد و نه لسان | O servant at the Threshold of the Almighty! In such a state am I engaged in thy remembrance that neither hath the pen the power to write nor the tongue to speak [3.5s] | INBA16:139 | Love as fire; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04673 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حق جناب آجودان را مقصد چنان که بشروط محبت قیام نماید و اثبات | O servant at the threshold of the Almighty! Jinab-i-Ajudan's purpose is such that he may arise to fulfill the conditions of love and prove steadfast therein [3.5s] | MKT4.029, YMM.061, DMSB.043 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12805 | 240 | mixed | ای بنده آستان حضرت دوست در ایندم که همدم ذکر و یاد توام و مشتاق دیدار یاران | O servant at the Threshold of the Beloved! In this moment, as I am immersed in remembrance of thee and am yearning for the meeting of the friends [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1140 | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07934 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حضرت دوست چه نویسم و چه نگارم که هویت قلب سکون یابد و حرارت و | O servant at the threshold of the Beloved! What shall I write, what shall I pen, that may bring repose to the essence of the heart and cool its fervor [3.5s] | INBA84:280a | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07967 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه جمال مبارک مدتى میشود که از شما مکتوبى | O servant at the threshold of the Blessed Beauty, it has been some time since I have received a letter from you [3.5s] | INBA13:317 | Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04294 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه الهی چشم بگشا تا مشاهده ایات کبری نماای و گوش بگشا تا استماع | O servant at the threshold of the Divine, open thine eyes that thou mayest behold the mighty signs, and open thine ears that thou mayest hearken [3.5s] | INBA55:306b, INBA87:168b, INBA52:167 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07260 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده آستان یزدانی برادر مهربان تو از این اسیر زندان خواهش تحریر نامه بشما | O servant at the threshold of the Divine, thy compassionate brother beseeches this captive of the prison to address a letter unto thee [3.5s] | YBN.047b | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Power of prayer | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05078 | 150 | mixed | ای بنده آستان الهی علما و عرفا و امراء اکثری محروم ماندند و تو محرم راز | O servant at the threshold of the Divine! The learned, the mystics and the rulers, for the most part, remain deprived, while thou art privy to the mysteries [3.5s] | YMM.288, NSS.157a | High station of the true believer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05082 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حضرت یزدان مکتوب مسطور ملحوظ گشت ورق منشور مشهور آمد مضمون | O servant at the threshold of the Lord God! Thy written letter hath been perused, and its contents have been noted [3.5s] | INBA72:113 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03643 | 190 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه حضرت پروردگار از قرار روایت برخی از تواریخ سلف چنین معلوم که | O servant at the threshold of the Lord! According to certain chronicles of old, it hath become evident that [3.5s] | YARP2.631 p.433 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05573 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه حضرت رحمانیت آنچه از قلم آن همدم روحانی جاری ملاحظه گردید و | O servant at the threshold of the Most Compassionate Lord, that which hath flowed from the pen of that spiritual companion hath been observed [3.5s] | ANDA#67-68 p.65x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07968 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه حضرت احدیت جمال قدم و اسم اعظم مدت حیات را در اعظم صدمات | O servant at the threshold of the One God, the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name, thou hast spent thy days amidst grievous trials [3.5s] | TABN.115 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09936 | 70 | Persian | ای خادم در آستان شکر کن خدا را که موفق بر آن شدی که در درگاه الهی خدمتی کنی | O servant at the Threshold, render thanks unto God that thou hast been enabled to render a service at His Divine Court [3.5s] | YARP2.712 p.473 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04303 | 170 | mixed | ای بنده منجذب جمال ابهی نامه ات رسید و مضمون مفهوم گردید دلیل جلیل بر سلوک در | O servant enraptured by the Beauty of the All-Glorious! Thy letter was received, and its contents were understood. It serveth as a glorious proof of thy conduct in [3.5s] | INBA85:275 | MKT8.244a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06258 | 130 | mixed | ای عبد علی و عبد بهاء هرکس بعبودیت علی یعنی حضرت اعلی روحی له الفداء کما هی | O servant of 'Alí and servant of Bahá! Whosoever serveth 'Alí—that is, the exalted One, may my spirit be a sacrifice unto Him—as He truly is [3.5s] | MMK5#192 p.150 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; High station of the true believer; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Twin Manifestations | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08575 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء مانند نسیم لطیف بهار روحانی بهر دیار مرور نماای مشکبار شو و | O servant of Bahá, like unto the gentle spring breeze of the spirit, pass through every land and become thou a diffuser of sweet fragrance [3.5s] | MKT6.111a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02663 | 230 | mixed | ای بنده بهاء ای خونساری ای خوانسالار الحمد لله در آن صفحات خوانی از مائده سماایه | O servant of Bahá, O Khunṣárí, O steward of the feast! Praise be unto God that in those regions thou hast partaken of the heavenly repast [3.5s] | ANDA#78 p.18 | Methods of teaching the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10853 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء ای محمد باقر اطفال را در دبستان الهی داخل کن و چون ادیب عشق تعلیم | O servant of Bahá, O Muhammad-Báqir! Cause the children to enter the divine school and, like a teacher of love, impart instruction [3.5s] | INBA13:227b, INBA85:174b | MSBH10.140 | Education of children; moral education; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08574 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء شکر حضرت کبریا را که در این بساط راه یافتی و ازین نشاط بهره بردی | O servant of Baha, render thanks unto the All-Glorious Lord that thou hast found thy way unto this divine threshold and partaken of its joy [3.5s] | DWNP_v6#04 p.007b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09848 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء اردشیر شهیر سلطنت پیشینیانرا تجدید نمود و اقالیم پریشانرا جمع | O servant of Baha, renowned Ardeshir hath revived the sovereignty of ancient times and gathered together the scattered regions [3.5s] | YARP2.413 p.316 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08572 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء توجه بملکوت خفاء جبروت ابهی کن و مناجات نما ای پروردگار ای مهربان | O servant of Bahá, turn thy face toward the hidden Kingdom of the All-Glorious Dominion and offer thy supplications: O Lord, O Thou the Kind One [3.5s] | MMK5#296 p.219 | Prayer for detachment; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09856 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء علی و محمد از اسماء مزدوجست و کمالات هر دو در جمال اعلی مجتمع و | O servant of Bahá! 'Alí and Muhammad are twin names, and the perfections of both are united in the Most Exalted Beauty [3.5s] | PYB#175 p.03 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04279 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء مسیح معنیش ممسوحست زیرا انبیای بنی اسراایل چون میخواستند که در حق | O servant of Bahá! "Christ" signifieth "the Anointed One", for when the prophets of the Children of Israel desired to [3.5s] | MKT5.063 | Christian doctrine and practice; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07264 | 110 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده بهاء تعلیم اطفال و تربیت نونهالهای جنت ابهی از اعظم خدمات درگاه | O servant of Bahá! [3.5s]... ...Among the greatest of all services that can possibly be rendered by man to Almighty God is the education and training of children | MMK1#106 p.130x, AKHA_103BE #09-10 p.07, MJTB.066 | SWAB#106x, LOG#0500x | Education of children; moral education; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10898 | 50 | Turkish | ای حضرت بها قلی درگاه ربوبیته هر دم یوز بیک شکرانه تقدیم و حمد و ستایش | O servant of Bahá! At every moment offer a hundred thousand thanks, praise and glorification at the Threshold of His Lordship [3.5s] | INBA72:151b | MJT.089b | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09854 | 70 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده بهاء در سبیل خدا جانفشانی کن و در محبت جمال ابهی حرکتی آسمانی چه که | O servant of Baha! Be self-sacrificing in the path of God, and wing thy flight unto the heavens of the love of the Abha Beauty | MMK1#166 p.192, LMA2.452 | SWAB#166, SW_v14#01 p.019, BP1926.027 | Love of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09225 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء یاران را یار شاطری نه چون پیر کفتار بارخاطر سبحان الله وجودش اثقل | O servant of Bahá! Be thou a true companion unto the friends, and not as an aged hyena, burdensome unto their hearts. Glory be to God, his very presence is a weight [3.5s] | INBA72:098b | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07266 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء محزون مباش مغموم مگرد مایوس مشو در ظل عنایتی و مظهر لطف و موهبت | O servant of Bahá! Be thou not sorrowful, neither be thou grieved, nor fall into despair. Thou art beneath the shadow of His loving-kindness and art the recipient of bounty and grace [3.5s] | MSHR4.337 | Consolation and comfort; Poems and quotation from poetry; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09850 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء از خدا بخواه که بسر فدا آگاه گردی تا در پناه غیب بیاساای و راه | O servant of Bahá! Beseech thou God that thou mayest become acquainted with the mystery of sacrifice, so that thou mayest find repose beneath the shelter of the Unseen [3.5s] | MMK2#135 p.102 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02514 | 240 | mixed | ای بنده بهاء ملاحظه نما که یحیای حصور چه قدر غیور بود که بکمال فرح و سرور | O servant of Bahá! Consider how zealous was John the Baptist, who with utmost joy and gladness [3.5s] | INBA84:535b | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09849 | 70 | mixed | ای بنده بهاء از تخلص آن سرور شعراء معنی خضوع و خشوع استنباط گشت | O servant of Bahá! From the pen name of that prince of poets, the meaning of humility and submissiveness was inferred [3.5s] | MSHR1.054x | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09855 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء شکر کن خدا را که بمراد فواد رسیدی و در سبیل رشاد سلوک نمودی و | O servant of Bahá! Give thanks unto God that thou hast attained unto the desire of thy heart and hast walked in the path of righteousness [3.5s] | MMK6#319 | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09851 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء امر عظیمست و جمال کبریا روف و کریم اگر بدانی که چه قوتی در ظل | O servant of Bahá! Great indeed is the Cause, and the Ancient Beauty is gracious and bountiful. Couldst thou but know what power lieth in His shade [3.5s] | HDQI.289a, ANDA#47 p.05 | Call to action | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07265 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء حضرت هاشم جد حضرت رسول چون بجهت مهمانها خوان نعمت میگسترد و هشم | O servant of Bahá! Háshim, the illustrious ancestor of the Prophet, would spread forth the feast of bounty for his guests and was famed for his munificence [3.5s] | INBA17:001 | MKT9.050 | Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02665 | 230 | mixed | ای بنده بهاء سرهاست که در پای آندلبر یکتا افتاده و جانهاست که در سبیل آنمعشوق | O servant of Bahá! Heads have fallen at the feet of that peerless Beloved, and souls have been sacrificed in the path of that adored One [3.5s] | INBA89:218b | AKHA_134BE #05 p.a, AVK3.190, BSHN.140.305, BSHN.144.303, RHQM1.220 (276) (166-166x), MHT1a.124, MHT1b.082 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11976 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء خوشا خوشا که به نور مبین توجه نمودی و از عین الیقین نوشیدی و حق | O servant of Baha! How joyous, how blessed art thou, that thou hast turned thyself unto the manifest Light, hast drunk from the fountainhead of certitude, and attained unto truth [3.5s] | TISH.308b | Knowledge; recognition of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04281 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء من از تو و مهربان و هرمزدیار هر سه راضی و خدا از شما راضی و | O servant of Bahá! I am well pleased with thee, and with Mihrabán and Hurmuzdíyár, all three. God, too, is well pleased with you [3.5s] | ALPA.060, YARP2.069 p.109 | Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10854 | 50 | mixed | ای بنده بهاء بشکرانه رب اعلی روحی له الفدا لسان بگشا و مناجات نما و بگو لک | O servant of Bahá! In gratitude to the Supreme Lord—may my spirit be sacrificed for Him—loose thy tongue in prayer and supplication, and say [3.5s] | INBA84:495b | MMK5#300 p.221 | Prayer for praise and gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10028 | 70 | Persian | ای غلام بها در ایندم بیاد تو همدم شدم زیرا نامه سررشته دار خواندم و سررشته ای | O servant of Bahá! In this moment I became thy companion in remembrance, for I read the letter of the steward, and thou art indeed one who holdeth the thread [3.5s] | MKT8.130a | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07940 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء تا تواناای خداوند بیمانند از جهان بیچون و چند ظاهر و آشکار گردد | O servant of Bahá! Insofar as thou art able, let the peerless Lord be made manifest and resplendent from the realm that transcendeth all measure and limitation [3.5s] | AHB.121BE #05 p.152, YARP2.245 p.217 | Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04278 | 170 | Persian | Fire and Light | ای بنده بهاء از بلایای وارده بدرگاه احدیت شکرانه نما زیرا مصیبت در سبیل حضرت | O servant of Baha! It behoveth thee to render thanks unto the Threshold of the Lord of Oneness | MKT8.020, AKHA_135BE #04 p.69, BSHN.140.147, BSHN.144.147, MHT2.124b, NANU_AB#51 | BRL_FIRE_AB#17 | Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04679 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء در خبر است که در یوم رستخیز زمین بیکدیگر نزدیک گردد اما ندانستند | O servant of Bahá! It is mentioned in tradition that on the Day of Resurrection the earth shall be drawn close together, yet they comprehend it not [3.5s] | INBA87:006a, INBA52:006a | MKT4.033, AKHA_118BE #01-02 p.a, AKHA_124BE #06 p.z, MAS5.096 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05086 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء بعد از عصراست و خسته گی از گرمی هوا و کثرت تحریر اوراق | O servant of Bahá! It is now the afternoon hour, and weariness from the heat of the day and the abundance of writing hath overtaken me [3.5s] | INBA88:369a, INBA89:118b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06829 | 120 | Persian | Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith; Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The | ای عبد بها موسیقی از علوم ممدوحه در درگاه کبریاست تا در جوامع کبری و صوامع | O servant of Baha! Music is regarded as a praiseworthy science at the Threshold of the Almighty, so that thou mayest chant verses at large gatherings | BRL_DAK#0077, COMP_MASHRIQP#32, MKT5.203, AVK3.364.03, KHSH02.003, GHA.196, HYB.191 | BRL_IOA#11, BRL_MASHRIQ#32, COC#1419, LOG#1363x | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04678 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء در این یوم پرشگون که اکثری از قوم محروم و مشئوم الحمد لله مرکز | O servant of Baha! On this auspicious day, when most among the people are deprived and ill-fated, praise be unto God [3.5s] | MKT9.049b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11820 | 310 | mixed | ای بنده بهاء الحمد لله که بصبح هدی حضرت نقطه اولی ربی الاعلی روحی له الفداء | O servant of Baha! Praise be to God that thou hast attained unto the morn of guidance of His Holiness the Primal Point, my Most Exalted Lord, may my spirit be a sacrifice for Him [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0576, TISH.586, QUM.249 | Call to action; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08571 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء الحمد لله از مرارت مدینه کبیره رهاای یافتی و بایران شتافتی جناب | O servant of Baha! Praise be to God that thou hast been delivered from the bitterness of the Great City and hast hastened unto Iran [3.5s] | MUH3.209b | Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03936 | 180 | mixed | ای بنده بهاء الحمد لله شمع شبستان محبتی و نور انجمن معرفت | O servant of Bahá! Praise be to God, thou art the lamp in the nighttime chamber of love and the light of the gathering of divine knowledge [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0409, MKT8.022b, ANDA#57 p.23 | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Nearness and remoteness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10398 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء سر از جیب هدی برآور تا عبودیتش ید بیضاای بنماای شمعی برافروز و | O servant of Bahá! Raise thy head from the bosom of guidance, that thy servitude unto Him may show forth as a resplendent hand. Kindle thou a lamp [3.5s] | INBA84:395b | Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02201 | 260 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء حمد کن خدا را که سفر دریا نمودی تا باستان جمال الهی وارد شدی خاک | O servant of Bahá! Render thanks unto God that thou didst journey upon the sea until thou didst arrive at the threshold of the Divine Beauty [3.5s] | YARP2.244 p.216 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07941 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء رستم را برادری بود پر ظلم و ستم با دشمنان برادر پیوست و دل بمکر | O servant of Bahá! Rustam had a brother steeped in tyranny and oppression, who allied himself with his brother's enemies and set his heart on deceit [3.5s] | YARP2.287 p.239 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05556 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء تخمی بپاش که گیاه مهر و وفا بروید و گلزار محبت و صفا بیاراید چشمه | O servant of Bahá! Sow thou a seed that the plant of love and constancy may spring forth, and adorn the rose-garden of affection and purity [3.5s] | YARP2.443 p.333 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity in diversity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01176 | 360 | mixed | ای بنده بهاء آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید دلیل جلیل بر ثبوت و استقامت بود و اگر | O servant of Baha! That which thou didst pen was considered, and it was a clear proof of thy steadfastness and constancy [3.5s] | MSHR4.327-328 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Poems and quotation from poetry; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03347 | 200 | mixed | ای بنده بهاء آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل شد هر چند نامه لفظا | O servant of Bahá! That which thou didst pen was perused and its contents were apprehended. Although the letter, in its form [3.5s] | MMK6#129 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07263 | 110 | mixed | ای بنده بهاء آنچه مرقوم نمودی ملحوظ گشت و مکاتیب متعدده مرقوم شد لهذا بیش از | O servant of Bahá! That which thou hast written hath been noted, and numerous letters have been penned. Therefore, beyond this [3.5s] | INBA17:253 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09853 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء جمال ابهی روشنی آفاق بود و شمس حقیقت اشراق ولی هزار افسوس که نفوس | O servant of Baha! The Abha Beauty was the light of all horizons and the Sun of Truth shed its radiance, yet a thousand times alas that souls [3.5s] | INBA84:246a | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09852 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء جام عطا سرشار است و صهبای وفا در نهایت سورت و شدت بیمنتها ولی چه | O servant of Bahá! The chalice of bestowal overfloweth, and the wine of fidelity is possessed of boundless intensity and power. Yet what [3.5s] | INBA84:395a | Scarcity of receptive souls | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03348 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء جناب اخوی پری گشود و پرواز نمود تا باشی??نه طیور الهی وارد شد و | O servant of Baha! The honored brother hath spread his wings and taken flight until he reached the nest of the divine birds [3.5s] | KNJ.024b, YQAZ.473x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09222 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء جناب پدر در این محضر حاضر و خواهش این نامه نمودند ملاحظه نما که | O servant of Bahá! The honoured father is present in this gathering and hath requested this letter. Consider thou how [3.5s] | KNJ.051a | Consolation and comfort; Parents and children; youth; families; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09223 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء مکتوبی که باقا سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گشت از مضمون و | O servant of Bahá! The letter which thou didst address to Áqá Siyyid Taqí was perused. From its contents [3.5s] | INBA84:515b | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Importance of prayer; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08573 | 90 | mixed | ای بنده بهاء حقیقت اشیا بلسان بلیغ میگوید سبحان ربی الابهی و هویت حجر و مدر | O servant of Bahá! The reality of all things proclaimeth with eloquent tongue, "Glorified be my Lord, the All-Glorious," yea, even in the very essence of stone and clay [3.5s] | AHB.124BE #06-09 p.185, AHB.123BE #05 p.116 | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08160 | 100 | Persian | ای غلام بها غلام باصطلاح لسان فارسی بمعنی بنده است بنده گی حق آزاده گی از دو | O servant of Bahá! The word 'servant' in the Persian tongue signifieth bondsman, and servitude unto God is freedom from duality [3.5s] | AYBY.430 #147 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The state of enkindlement in teaching | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06633 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء این جهان چون هیکلی مرده و ناتوان جانش کلمه الله است و قوتش تعالیم | O servant of Bahá! This world is even as a lifeless and feeble form, whose soul is the Word of God and whose strength lieth in His teachings [3.5s] | MMK2#051 p.040, KASH.266 | Exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12361 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء شکایت از تعویق جواب فرموده بودید هر چند گله و شکوه در اینمقام عین | O servant of Bahá! Though thou didst complain about the delay in reply, even though lamentation and complaint in this station are the very [3.5s] | INBA85:012 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for assistance; intercession | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11477 | 550 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Light of the World | ای بنده بهاء مکاتیب مفصله آنجناب متتابعا وارد با وجود عدم فرصت دقیقه از اوقات | O servant of Baha! Thy detailed letters have been successively received, and despite the lack of a single free moment, they have all been read with the utmost attention... The Ancient Beauty—may my life be offered up for His loved ones—did not to outward seeming meet His Holiness, the Exalted One | BRL_DAK#0183, NURA#07, MMK4#020 p.022x | BRL_ATE#050x, LOTW#07 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Consultation; Detachment in teaching the Cause; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Twin Manifestations | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05557 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء نمیقه غرا واصل و مقصد و مراد واضح گردید گله نموده بودید که جواب | O servant of Bahá! Thy gracious letter was received and its purpose and meaning became clear. Thou hadst complained that the reply [3.5s] | INBA17:246 | MKT8.021 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04280 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء مکتوب تو واصل گشت و مضمون معلوم گردید یاران الهی را تحیت | O servant of Bahá! Thy letter was received and its contents were understood. Convey thou My greetings to the friends of God [3.5s] | INBA87:157, INBA52:154b | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Fire and light; fire and water; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11145 | 180 | Persian | Huqúqu'lláh | ای بنده بهاء نامه رسید و مطالعه گردید ولی فرصت نیست مختصر جواب مرقوم میشود امید... اما کیفیت حقوق بعد از مصروف | O servant of Baha! Thy letter was received and perused, but as time is limited, a brief reply is being written. It is hoped [3.5s]... ...As to the way the Huquq must be paid: Having deducted the expenses incurred during the year, any excess of income derived from one's property, profession or business is subject to the payment of Huquq | BRL_DAK#0558, BRL_HUQUQP#048x | BRL_HUQUQ#048x, COC#1167x | Law of Huququ'llah; Laws of marriage and dowry; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06634 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء نامه شما رسید الحمد لله خبر هدایت میرزا فرخ خان داشت که آن مشتاق | O servant of Bahá! Thy letter was received. Praised be God that it brought tidings of the guidance of Mírzá Farrukh Khán, that eager soul [3.5s] | INBA87:081b, INBA52:080b | Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06076 | 130 | mixed | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Translation List | ای بنده بهاء نامه پارسی باهنگ عراقی تاثیر الحان حجازی داشت و نشئه عراقی داد | O servant of Bahá! Thy Persian missive possessed the melody of Iraq and the influence of Hijazi strains, imparting the exhilaration of Iraqi tones [3.5s]... ...Thou hast written concerning obligatory prayer. Such prayer is binding and mandatory for everyone | INBA17:019 | AVK4.094.02x | BRL_IOPF#2.12x, ADMS#292x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Law of obligatory prayer; Living waters; water of life; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| AB02664 | 230 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء تحریر اخیر مورخ به شانزدهم جمادی الثانی ۲۴ واصل گردید از تلاوت | O servant of Bahá! Thy recent letter, dated the sixteenth of Jamádíyu'th-Thání '24, hath been received. From its perusal [3.5s] | MSBH3.540 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06075 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء حقا که نجل مبجل آن بزرگواری و صهر جلیل سمندر نار از عنصر جان و دل | O servant of Bahá! Truly art thou the revered son of that noble one and the illustrious son-in-law of Samandar, from the essence of spirit and heart [3.5s] | INBA17:111 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09221 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء ثروت و توانگری بحطام دنیوی نبود بلکه بفرزانگی و جوانمردی یعنی هر | O servant of Baha! Wealth and affluence lie not in worldly possessions, but rather in wisdom and nobility [3.5s] | MMK2#090 p.070, TAH.331b | Consolation and comfort; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09224 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء نامه ات چون گشوده گشت نفحه خلوص منتشر شد نسیم محبت الله وزید قلوب | O servant of Bahá! When thy letter was opened, the fragrance of sincerity was diffused, and the breeze of the love of God wafted over hearts [3.5s] | KNJ.057b | Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03109 | 210 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O servant of Baha'! Thy letter written to his honor, Mirza . . . . . . . . . ., with the enclosed map of the ground of the Mashrak-el-Azkar | TAB.127-128 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01797 | 290 | Persian | Translation List | ای بنده حضرت بهاء الله آن حدود و ثغور منبت شجره مبارکه است و موطن حضرت مقصود | O servant of Baha'u'llah! Those regions and environs are the ground wherein grew the blessed Tree, and are the homeland of the Desired One. | MKT3.213, ASAT2.143, PYM.114-115x, YHA1.415x (2.817) | ADMS#065i24x | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01307 | 340 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء الله نامه شما رسید و مکتوب قائممقامی از بدایت تا نهایت بدقت | O servant of Baha’u’llah! Your message has arrived, and the letter from Jinab-i-Qa’im-Maqamí was read, from beginning to end, with careful attention | INBA17:224 | SFI18.274bx | LOIR20.170x | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Martyrs and martyrdom; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01675 | 300 | Persian | ای بنده حق جمهور ناس منتظر موعودی خونخوارند و ولی ظالمی غدار مهدی ای خواهند | O Servant of God, (most) people are expecting a bloodthirsty Promised One, and a brutal oppressor as a protector. They want a promised one who, with shaft and spear | BRL_DAK#0062, MKT1.407b, MILAN.145, AKHA_107BE #02-03 p.41, AKHA_120BE #01 p.j, MAS5.038 | DAS.1915-04-06 | Compassion; kindness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Predictions and prophecies; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02885 | 220 | mixed | ای بنده الهی آقا مهدی الان حاضر و میفرماید کار پدر از من بهتر است زیرا در | O servant of God, Aqa Mihdi is now present and declareth that his father's work exceedeth his own [3.5s] | MMK6#094 | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10391 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده الهی لطف خداوندی باش و سبب آسایش عالم آفرینش مهرجوی شو و خوشخوی و | O servant of God, be thou a divine bounty and a source of tranquility unto all creation. Be thou loving in nature and of goodly character [3.5s] | MMK2#146 p.109 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09239 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده حق خوش باش که دلها بیاد تو خوش است و جانها بذکر تو مسرور این ارتباط | O servant of God, be thou happy, for hearts are cheered by thy remembrance and souls are gladdened by thy mention [3.5s] | MKT5.013 | High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10846 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده الهی دل بعنایت جمال قدم بربند و دست بذیل اسم اعظم زن تا از هر جهت عون و صون و عنایت | O servant of God, bind thy heart to the grace of the Ancient Beauty and grasp the hem of the Most Great Name, that from every direction thou mayest be aided, protected and encompassed by grace [3.5s] | LMA2.446 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09212 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نجل سعید الان حاضر و مستدعی تحریر این نامه ناطق و مشغولیت این | O servant of God, blessed scion! Present now and beseeching the composition of this letter, thou art speaking and engaged in this [3.5s] | INBA17:179 | Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09237 | 80 | Persian | Translation List | ای بنده حق پرده برانداز گریبان چاک کن جام هدی بدست گیر و در عشق بها می پرست | O servant of God, cast aside the veil and rend asunder thy garment! Grasp the chalice of guidance and become intoxicated in the love of Baha | PYB#027 p.01 | ADMS#283 | Music and singing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03103 | 210 | Persian | ای بنده الهی جناب شیخ رحمانی با کمال ناتوانی مسافات بعیده را قطع نموده و | O servant of God, his honor Shaykh Rahmani, despite utmost frailty thou didst traverse vast distances [3.5s] | INBA87:129b, INBA52:127 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Law of pilgrimage; Personal instructions; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08615 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده یزدان نامه خواندم و سر بعتبه مقدسه نهادم و طلب تایید نمودم تا آن بنده | O servant of God, I read thy letter and laid my head upon the Sacred Threshold, beseeching divine confirmation [3.5s] | MKT9.067a | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01233 | 350 | mixed | ای بنده الهی جناب امین همواره ستایش از آنجناب و منسوبان و یاران اردکان | O servant of God, Jinab-i-Amin! Ever do we offer praise unto thee, thy kindred and the friends in Ardakan [3.5s] | ABDA.115-116 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03639 | 190 | Persian | ای بنده حق خادم پیمان امة الله ورقه طیبه روحا والده محترمه با جناب آقا میرزا | O servant of God, maidservant of the Covenant, handmaiden of God, pure leaf, revered spiritual mother, with Jinab-i-Aqa Mirza [3.5s] | PYK.237 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09208 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی گوش شنوا بگشا و نصیحت عبدالبهاء بشنو در این دار فانیه ثمره و | O servant of God, open thy hearing ear and hearken unto the counsels of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. In this mortal world, the fruit [3.5s] | MMK2#263 p.191 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08614 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده یزدان رستم بیهمال همواره افتخار بجهان پهلوان زال مینمود که صفدر است | O servant of God, peerless Rustam! Ever did the warrior Zál glory in the world that he was valiant [3.5s] | YARP2.280 p.237 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07919 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی جناب شهزاده غلامحسین بی شین و مین بنده ربانی در نامه خود ستایش | O servant of God, Prince Gholam-Hossein, free from all worldly attachments, in thy letter thou hast offered praise [3.5s] | INBA87:032b, INBA52:032b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09206 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی صد شکر نما که در این انجمن رحمن ذکر یزدان شنیدى و بدامن | O servant of God, render a hundredfold thanks that in this assemblage of the All-Merciful thou didst hearken unto the mention of the Lord and didst cling [3.5s] | INBA21:149b | Call to action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09204 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی شکر حضرت احدیت که در ظل شجره میثاق محشور گشتی | O servant of God, render thanks unto His Divine Oneness that thou hast been gathered beneath the shade of the Tree of the Covenant [3.5s] | AKHA_121BE #08 p.b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for protection; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10423 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده خدا شکر کن ایزد دانا را که پی براه حقیقت بردی و از پرتو آفتاب جهان | O servant of God, render thanks unto the All-Knowing Lord that thou hast found the path of truth and art illumined by the rays of the Sun of [3.5s] | YARP2.536 p.383 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05071 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده الهی شکر کن خدا را که نور هدایت درخشید و فیض ابدی بخشید و بدرقه الطاف | O servant of God, render thanks unto the Lord that the light of guidance hath shone forth and eternal grace hath been vouchsafed [3.5s] | MKT6.103, MSHR3.040 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05076 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده الهی وفات کیخسرو سبب اندوه و احزان شد ولی مطمئن باش که این وفات عین | O servant of God, the passing of Kai Khosrow hath caused sorrow and grief, yet rest thou assured that this departure is verily [3.5s] | YARP2.715 p.474 | Consolation and comfort; Education of children; moral education; Eulogies; reminiscences | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01799 | 290 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه محزن که بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید | O servant of God, the sorrowful letter that thou didst write to Jinab-i-Manshadi was perused [3.5s] | MSBH5.098-099 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09199 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی این عبد با کمال خجلت بتحریر این نامه پرداخت زیرا جواب شما تاخیر | O servant of God, this servant hath undertaken to pen this letter with the utmost humility, inasmuch as the reply was delayed [3.5s] | INBA87:060a, INBA52:059 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05096 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه ات ملاحظه گردید در حق تو انابه باستان خداوند یگانه نمودم تا | O servant of God, thy letter was perused, and I offered supplications at the threshold of the one True Lord, that [3.5s] | MKT9.060a | Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05073 | 150 | mixed | ای بنده الهی مراسله آنجناب ملاحظه گشت فی الحقیقه عسرت سبب کدورت شده و جفای | O servant of God, thy letter was perused. In truth hardship hath become the cause of distress, and the cruelty [3.5s] | INBA89:183 | PYB#273-274 p.03 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Effort; striving; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00793 | 440 | mixed | ای بنده الهی نامه شما رسید فورا جواب مرقوم میگردد تا تلافی مافات شود ای جناب | O servant of God, thy letter was received and forthwith is a reply being penned, that past delays may be remedied, O esteemed one [3.5s] | INBA17:006 | MKT9.045, ANDA#57 p.04, MAS2.086-087x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05074 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده الهی مکتوب شما رسید و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل گشت در این ایام که فساد | O servant of God, thy letter was received and its contents were noted. In these days when corruption [3.5s] | MMK5#100 p.081 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04291 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید بکمال دقت ملاحظه گردید غریق بحر اوراق نشد و شدت | O servant of God, thy letter was received and perused with the utmost care. It was not submerged in the ocean of papers [3.5s] | MKT9.058b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Personal instructions; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09211 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه شما رسید و از مژده نورانیت و روحانیت احباء و اماء رحمن | O servant of God, thy letter was received, and [brought] glad tidings of the luminosity and spirituality of the beloved ones and handmaidens of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | BLIB_Or.08687.022a, , BLIB_Or.08117.053, BLIB_Or.08117.063 | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09875 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق عموی مهربان در آستان رحمن بیاد تو افتاد و خواهش نگارش این نامه کرد | O servant of God, thy loving uncle at the threshold of the All-Merciful remembered thee and besought that this letter be penned [3.5s] | KNJ.038a | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10384 | 60 | Turkish | ای بنده الهی استاد رضا قضا گبی حکمی بزه نافذ و اجرا ایتمکدن باشقه بر چاره | O servant of God, Ustad Reza! The decree of destiny is irrevocable and executable, leaving no other recourse [3.5s] | INBA72:152c | MJT.133 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01232 | 350 | Persian | ای بنده الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید فی الحقیقه آنچه واقع شده | O servant of God, what thou didst write was noted. Verily, that which hath come to pass [3.5s] | ABDA.240-241 | Justice and mercy; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09844 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده الهی وقتی علم جلال برافرازی و رایت استقلال بلند کنی که بعبودیت آستان | O servant of God, when thou shalt unfurl the banner of majesty and raise aloft the standard of independence through servitude at His Threshold [3.5s] | MKT6.101b | Attaining the life of the spirit; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07960 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق عبدالبهاء ناله و فغان ترا استماع نمود و با تو همراز گشت و هم آواز | O servant of God! 'Abdu'l-Bahá hath hearkened unto thy cries and lamentations, and hath become thy confidant and fellow-voice [3.5s] | BSHN.140.194, BSHN.144.194, MHT2.124a | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love as fire; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07955 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق ابوذر غفاری شبانی بود پر فغان و زاری ولی نور هدایت یافت و بظل | O servant of God! Abú-Dharr-i-Ghaffárí was but a shepherd, consumed with sorrow and lamentation; yet did he find the light of guidance and attain unto the shelter [3.5s] | MKT6.118a | Call to action; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09236 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده حق از قرار معلوم مانند نجوم از مطلع خضوع و خشوع طالع و لائحی و در | O servant of God! According to what is evident, thou art rising and shining forth like unto the stars from the dawning-place of humility and submissiveness, and in [3.5s] | INBA16:110 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08553 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده الهی اسکندر یونانی نامجوای در عالم ناسوت نموده و بخونخواری در عالم | O servant of God! Alexander the Greek gained renown in the realm of existence, and manifest was his thirst for blood in this earthly world [3.5s] | MMK3#070 p.045 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08554 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده الهی تا توانی دست بذیل تقوی زن و از سراج هدی اقتباس نور از ملا اعلی | O servant of God! As much as thou art able, grasp thou the hem of piety, and draw light from the Lamp of divine guidance [3.5s] | MMK2#177 p.129, AKHA_132BE #02 p.a, AKHA_133BE #15 p.a | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10845 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده الهی در این حین که نور یقین از افق مبین طالع و ساطع قلم گرفته و بیاد | O servant of God! At this hour when the light of certitude is rising and shining forth from the manifest horizon, I have taken up the pen and call to mind [3.5s] | MKT6.180a | Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08551 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده الهی از عسرت و شدت مایوس مشو بلکه بعفو و الطاف الهی امیدوار باش آنگه | O servant of God! Be not despondent amidst hardship and tribulation, but rather place thy trust in God's forgiveness and grace [3.5s] | INBA17:109 | YQAZ.537b | Consolation and comfort; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06624 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده الهی بازرگان ربانی شو و از اقلیم امکان با متاعی مقبول در ساحت رحمن | O servant of God! Be thou a divine merchant and from the realm of contingent being come forth with merchandise acceptable at the threshold of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | MMK2#112 p.087, AHB.121BE #05 p.19 19:5? | Business; financial; property matters; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09202 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی خوش باش که ابر رحمت بر ریاض جان و دل فیض ابدی مبذول داشت | O servant of God! Be thou happy, for the cloud of mercy hath showered eternal bounties upon the gardens of heart and soul [3.5s] | ABDA.044b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08552 | 90 | mixed | ای بنده الهی از کثرت قروض و دیون افسرده و پژمرده و نومید مگرد الحمد لله صبح | O servant of God! Be thou not disheartened, withered and despondent on account of the multitude of debts and obligations. Praise be to God, the dawn [3.5s] | MMK3#025 p.016 | Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09200 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی بنفس رحمانی زنده شو و بنفثات روح القدس تر و تازه گرد تا از عالم | O servant of God! Be thou quickened by the divine breath of the All-Merciful, and be thou refreshed and revived through the outpourings of the Holy Spirit, that from the realm [3.5s] | MMK2#178 p.129 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09891 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده یزدان جناب بامس مهربان در این آستان بیاد تو پر روح و ریحان بود هر دم | O servant of God! Beloved Bamis, in this sanctuary the remembrance of thee is fraught with spirit and sweet perfume [3.5s] | YARP2.617 p.428 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07913 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی از خدا بخواه که در این کور اعظم فرج قلوب احبای الهی گردی و سبب | O servant of God! Beseech thou the Lord that thou mayest, in this Most Great Cycle, become a source of joy to the hearts of the loved ones of God, and the cause [3.5s] | AHB.111BE #07 p.02 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08613 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده یزدان خوشا بحال تو که پاک جانی و از زمره آزادگان نور حقیقت دیدی و | O servant of God! Blessed art thou, for thou art pure in spirit and art among the free souls who have beheld the light of truth [3.5s] | ALPA.081a, YARP2.094 p.122 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08556 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده الهی خوشا بحال شما که مشامرا بنفحه خوش رحمانی معطر نمودی و توجه | O servant of God! Blessed art thou, for thou hast perfumed the senses with the sweet fragrance of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA13:132 | MMK2#091 p.070, TAH.331a | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05072 | 150 | mixed | ای بنده الهی کرم بر دو قسم است در عالم ملک و در عالم ملکوت ملکی عامست و شامل | O servant of God! Bounty is of two kinds: in the world of earthly dominion and in the realm of heaven. The earthly kind is universal and all-embracing [3.5s] | MMK2#211 p.149, MJMJ3.104x, MMG2#125 p.143x | J. Badiei | Generosity [kirama]; Material and spiritual existence; two books | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01234 | 350 | mixed | ای بنده الهی نفوسی نامه نگاشتند و خود را فدای جمال مبارک نمودند و استدعای | O servant of God! Certain souls have written letters and sacrificed themselves before the Blessed Beauty, beseeching [3.5s] | MSBH6.073-074 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Growth of the Cause; Love as fire; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08563 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده الهی همت را شب و روز بر نصرت امر حضرت احدیت بگمار تا قدرت رب عزت | O servant of God! Direct thine efforts, day and night, to the triumph of the Cause of the Lord of Oneness, that the power of the Lord of Glory [3.5s] | INBA13:201a | AKHA_132BE #03 p.a | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11888 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده الهی فتح الهی گشودن ابواب قلوب است و تسخیر ممالک روح کشورستانی و مملکت | O servant of God! Divine victory is the unlocking of the doors of hearts, and the conquest of spiritual realms is the true triumph and dominion [3.5s] | TISH.557 | One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09198 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی از کثرت مشاغل ابدا فرصت ندارم چند روز پیش نامه خطابا بحرم پیک | O servant of God! Due to the multitude of my occupations, I have not a moment's opportunity. Some days ago I addressed a letter to the Sacred Household [3.5s] | INBA87:156a, INBA52:153 | Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11734 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه مفصلی که از پیش مرقوم نمودی از کثرت مشاغل تاخیر در جواب شده | O servant of God! Due to the press of manifold occupations, there hath been a delay in responding to thy detailed letter penned aforetime [3.5s] | YIA.282-283 | Growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07962 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق همانست که مرقوم نموده ای قوت تبلیغ موهبتی است نه اکتسابی بیان حجت | O servant of God! Even as thou hast written, the power to teach is a gift bestowed from on high, not an acquired trait. It is proof [3.5s] | MKT9.059, MMK2#221 p.158 | Confidence; courage; faith in teaching the Cause; Disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07927 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی هر ضریر که در امرالله بصیر است چشمش روشن است و دیده او بینا حضرت | O servant of God! Every blind one who hath insight into the Cause of God, his eyes are illumined and his vision clear [3.5s] | INBA13:225a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09214 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی هر صبحگاهی با قلب آگاهی بملکوت الهی توجه نما و تضرع کن و بگو | O servant of God! Every morning, with an awakened heart, turn thou to the divine Kingdom, supplicate, and say [3.5s] | BSHN.140.202, BSHN.144.202, MJMJ3.043x, MMG2#382 p.428x, MHT2.126a | Prayer for morning; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12664 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده خدا هر بندگی بندی است و هر عبودیت کمندی مگر بندگی درگاه الهی که ازادگیست | O servant of God! Every servitude is a chain and every worship a fetter, save servitude at the divine threshold, which is freedom itself [4o] | SFI10.019 | Freedom of thought and action; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11342 | 30 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O servant of God! Faith is the magnet which draws the confirmation of the Merciful One. Service is the magnet which attracts the heavenly strength. | TAB.062, DWN_v5#04 p.002b | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08598 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده خدا مدتى بود که در اینجا بودى و بزیارت | O servant of God! For a time thou wert here and didst pay thy visit [3.5s] | INBA21:142a | Law of pilgrimage; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04668 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده الهی دستی از دور بر آتش داری نمیدانی چه خبر است غم خویش داری و حزن و | O servant of God! From afar thou dost hold thy hand to the fire, unaware of what transpireth. Thou bearest thine own grief and sorrow [3.5s] | MSHR3.242 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11141 | 280 | mixed | ای بنده الهی از مضمون نامه چنین مفهوم شد که جمعی یاران از تو خواهش کتاب و... و امّا معنی آيه مبارکه يجعل اللّه بعد عسر يسرا | O servant of God! From the contents of thy letter it was understood that a number of friends requested from thee a book... And as to the meaning of the blessed verse "God will bring ease after hardship" [3.5s] | INBA85:009 | MMK6#555x | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05567 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده حق از مضمون نامه مشکین حلاوت شهد و انکبین حاصل زیرا دلیل بر ایمان و | O servant of God! From the contents of thy musk-scented letter was obtained the sweetness of honey and nectar, for it attesteth to faith [3.5s] | MMK2#337 p.244 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11266 | 40 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O servant of God! Give thanks to God for you have come to the Holy Land, visited the Sacred Threshold, associated with us for a few days | TAB.678, BAVA.036, BLO_PN#021 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12008 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده خدا شکر کن حضرت کبریا را که رائحۀ معطّر و معنبرِ ریاضِ ملکوتِ ابهی را | O servant of God! Give thanks to the Almighty that thou hast inhaled the sweet fragrance of the gardens of the Abha Kingdom, obtaining new life thereby | ADMS#192 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12329 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده الهی صدمات شدیده دیدی و مشقات عظیمه کشیدی و بشماتت و ملامت اعدا | O servant of God! Grievous afflictions have befallen thee, and thou hast endured mighty tribulations and borne the derision and reproach of the opponents [3.5s] | INBA85:302 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02347 | 250 | mixed | ای بنده الهی صدمات شدیده دیدی و مشقات عظیمه کشیدی حمد کن خدا را که لائق و | O servant of God! Grievous blows hast thou sustained and mighty tribulations hast thou endured. Render thou praise unto God that thou art found worthy [3.5s] | INBA87:232, INBA52:237 | MKT8.018b, HDQI.183, ANDA#10 p.05, MSHR2.210x | Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03339 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده الهی حضرت ایوب در اعظم امتحانات الهی افتاد ولی بصبر و شکیب پرداخت | O servant of God! His Holiness Job fell into the most grievous of divine tests, yet he embraced patience and forbearance [3.5s] | MMK3#215 p.155 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07249 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده الهی حضرت یونس ذوالنون شد یعنی در درون ماهی امکان گرفتار شد بعد خلاص | O servant of God! His Holiness Jonah became the companion of the whale, which signifieth that he was caught within the fish of contingent existence, and thereafter was delivered [3.5s] | MMK6#315x, DWNP_v6#04 p.008a | Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09201 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی جناب قابل سائل و آمل که نظر محبتی بان حبیب کامل گردد این معلومست | O servant of God! His honor Qábil, seeker and aspirant, longeth that a glance of loving-kindness be cast upon that perfect beloved one. This is evident [3.5s] | MMK5#179 p.138 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06648 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده حق جناب روشن در این انجمن بنور محبت الله مانند شمع روشن شد حال مراجعت | O servant of God! His honor Roshan in this gathering hath been illumined by the light of the love of God even as a bright candle [3.5s] | INBA87:083a, INBA52:082a | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10387 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده الهی تا چند در بند این عالم باشیم بیا تا جامه بردریم و چون شیداایان | O servant of God! How long shall we remain bound to this world? Come, let us rend our garments and, like those enraptured [3.5s] | INBA13:252a, NLAI_BH_AB.006 | MKT6.013b, AHB.132BE #05-06 p.13, VAA.241-241 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love as fire; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12460 | 120 | O servant of God! I have the greatest trust in you. I wish for you heavenly exaltation. The book with the translations of the talks in Paris has been received | BBBD.308-309 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02510 | 240 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه ات خواندم و از مضمون ممنون گشتم زیرا دلیل بر ثبوت و استقامت | O servant of God! I read thy letter and was gratified by its contents, for they testified to thy firmness and steadfastness [3.5s] | AHB.126BE #03-04 p.90 | Education of children; moral education; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09254 | 80 | Persian | A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ای بنده خدا نامه ایکه بواسطه جناب محمود محمود فرستادی عنوان بسیار مقبول شد و | O servant of God! I was most pleased with the opening words of the letter you sent through Maḥmúd, that praiseworthy soul, and those words are “O ʻAbdu’l-Baha!” | MSBH8.180-181 | MHMD2s.357-358 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09736 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O servant of God! I was very happy to receive thy letter because it showed thy servitude | TAB.066 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual baptism | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09252 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده خدا اگر فرح و شادمانی جاودانی خواهی بنار محبت الله برافروز و اگر | O servant of God! If thou desirest everlasting joy and happiness, kindle thyself with the fire of the love of God, and if [3.5s] | MMK2#257 p.185 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09837 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده الهی اگر رضای الهی جوای شب و روز با یاران الهی الفت جو و موانست نما | O servant of God! If thou seekest divine good-pleasure, cultivate, both night and day, fellowship and companionship with the friends of God [3.5s] | MKT9.040a, TABN.251a | Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09839 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده الهی جناب ابوی در ثبوت و رسوخ و استقامت بر عهد الهی چنان ید بیضاای | O servant of God! In steadfastness, firmness and constancy in the Covenant of God, thy father hath shown forth a radiance like unto the white hand of Moses [3.5s] | KNJ.033, YQAZ.493, YQAZ.618a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07250 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده الهی در اجزاخانه رحمانی صدهزار علاج فوری و دوای حقیقی موجود ولی | O servant of God! In the divine dispensary there exist a hundred thousand swift remedies and true medicines [3.5s] | MKT9.048 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Love of God; Teachings as spirit of the age | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07921 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی در مقابل تقادیر ربانی جز تسلیم و رضا چاره ای نه تدبیر اگر موافق | O servant of God! In the face of divine decrees there is no recourse save submission and contentment, be they in accordance with one's wishes or not [3.5s] | MMK2#170 p.125 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07920 | 100 | mixed | ای بنده الهی در قرآن عسی ان یبعثک مقاما محمودا میفرماید و این مقام محمود را | O servant of God! In the Qur'án it is said: "It may be that thy Lord will raise thee to a praised station," and this praised station is [3.5s] | MMK6#262 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09841 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده الهی در هیکل عالم صدهزار ز جرح ناسور موجود و در جگرگاه آفاق و امم زخم | O servant of God! In the temple of the world a hundred thousand festering wounds are manifest, and in the breast of horizons and nations wounds lie deep [3.5s] | SFI15.019 | Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10844 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده الهی در این انجمن مذکوری و در این محفل مشهود هر چند بظاهر دوری و به | O servant of God! In this assembly thou art remembered and in this gathering thou art present, albeit in appearance distant and remote [3.5s] | YARP2.159 p.168 | Nearness and remoteness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09870 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق در ایندم بیاد و ذکر تو همدمم و از حق میطلبم که دمبدم توفیق جدیدی | O servant of God! In this moment I am companioned by thy remembrance and mention, and I beseech from Him renewed confirmations with every breath [3.5s] | INBA17:182 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03935 | 180 | mixed | ای بنده الهی در این دور بدیع تعلم و تعلیم از اعظم اوامر رب کریمست و نصوص کتاب | O servant of God! In this wondrous Dispensation, learning and teaching are among the most exalted commandments of the Lord, the All-Bountiful, as attested by the Sacred Text [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0795, MMK2#245 p.176 | Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; Empty learning; false spirituality; High station of learning; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12614 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده حق فی الحقیقه آنچه مدح و ستایش زایدالوصف از حضرت موید نمودی محققست | O servant of God! In truth, the abundant praise and glorification that thou hast expressed regarding his honor Mu'ayyad is verily confirmed [3.5s] | INBA85:333 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08791 | 90 | Persian | ای عبد الهی بامداد است و نسیم رحمن از وادی ایمن فواد در مرور است و ساقی | O servant of God! It is dawn, and the breeze of the All-Merciful wafteth from the sacred Vale across the heart [3.5s] | MKT8.126b | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06062 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده الهی صبح است و کوکب مشرق از افق طالع و لائح و عبدالبهاء در ظل شعاع او | O servant of God! It is dawn, and the Star hath risen from the horizon, manifest and resplendent, while 'Abdu'l-Bahá abideth beneath its rays [3.5s] | MMK4#116 p.124 | Manifestation of God as sun; Power of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08555 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده الهی جناب امین خواهش نگارش این نامه نمودند و از شما اظهار رضا و سرور | O servant of God! Jinab-i-Amin hath requested the writing of this letter and hath expressed satisfaction and joy concerning thee [3.5s] | ABDA.318-319 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11977 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده حق قدر این پدر بزرگوار را بدان که تو را بمعین حیوان دلالت کرد و بسر | O servant of God! Know thou the worth of this noble father who guided thee to the living waters and led thee to the truth [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0285 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10766 | 60 | O servant of God! Know thou, verily, the Fragrances of the Garden of the Covenant | SW_v04#10 p.175, BSTW#045 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08599 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده خدا هیچ دانی که موفق بچه موهبتی گشتی از شمع هدی زجاجه دل را روشن | O servant of God! Knowest thou what bounty thou hast been favored with? From the lamp of guidance thou hast illumined the glass of thy heart [3.5s] | MMK2#062 p.048 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03104 | 210 | Persian | ای بنده الهی خطوط نقوش است و علائم و اشارات داله بر الفاظ و کلمات و این | O servant of God! Lines are but tracings and symbols, signs that indicate words and expressions, and this [3.5s] | MKT8.019b, MAS5.128 | Grammar and orthography; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05066 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده الهی الان در نهایت گرما که حرارت تموز چون تنور آتش افروز است این عبد | O servant of God! Now, in this utmost heat, when the blaze of summer is even as a flaming furnace, this servant [3.5s] | INBA17:037 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08564 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده الهی یکی از احباب ذکر ترا در این انجمن نمود و بستایشت لب گشود که | O servant of God! One of the friends made mention of thee in this gathering and opened his lips in praise [3.5s] | INBA55:429, INBA87:070 , INBA52:069 | Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10390 | 60 | mixed | ای بنده الهی علو و سمو جسمانی امر تصوری و اعتباریست بلکه نسبی و اضافی علو | O servant of God! Physical elevation and ascendancy is but an imaginary and notional thing, nay rather, a relative and contingent height [3.5s] | INBA13:252b, INBA87:165a , INBA52:163a | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11154 | 40 | Persian | ای بنده یزدان امید بالطاف خداوند مجید دار و تکیه بر رکن شدید کن تا در هر دمی | O servant of God! Place thy hope in the bounties of the All-Glorious Lord, and rely upon His mighty pillar, that in every breath [3.5s] | YARP2.175.1 p.178 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06622 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده الهی الحمد لله آگاهی و پرانتباهی و در هر صبحگاهی بتسبیح و تقدیس الهی | O servant of God! Praise be to God that thou art aware and vigilant, and at every daybreak dost engage in the glorification and praise of God [3.5s] | INBA84:532 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for parents; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04271 | 170 | mixed | ای بنده الهی الحمد لله که آگاهی و باانتباهی پس در صبحگاهی ملجا و پناهی جز در | O servant of God! Praise be to God that thou art aware and vigilant. Therefore, in the morning hour, thou hast no shelter and refuge except in [3.5s] | ABDA.264-265 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for protection; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05548 | 140 | mixed | ای بنده الهی الحمد لله بحبل متین معتصمی و بنور مبین مبتسم توجه بذروه اعلی | O servant of God! Praise be to God that thou art holding fast to the mighty cord and art illumined by the manifest light, turning thy face to the highest summit [3.5s] | INBA89:172 | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12657 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی الحمد لله بدون واسطه موسوط شدی و بحضرت مقصود پی بردی از کاس هدی | O servant of God! Praise be to God that thou hast attained without intermediary and discovered the Lord of all desires, having drunk from the chalice of guidance [3.5s] | INBA85:441 | Soul; spirit after death; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07246 | 110 | mixed | ای بنده الهی الحمد لله آگاهی و گواهی که عبدالبهاء را مشاغل و غوائل غیرمتناهی | O servant of God! Praise be to God that thou knowest and bearest witness that 'Abdu'l-Bahá is immersed in endless occupations and cares [3.5s] | INBA87:069a, INBA52:068a | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12222 | 240 | mixed | ای بنده حق الحمد لله آنچه از خامه میثاق صادر مشهود و واضح گردید اعلیحضرت | O servant of God! Praise be to God that whatsoever flowed from the Pen of the Covenant became evident and manifest [3.5s] | INBA85:073 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Education of children; moral education; Obedience to and respect for government authority | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04665 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده الهی الحمد لله خبر وصول و حصول لقای احبای حضرت مقصود رسید و سبب فرح و | O servant of God! Praise be to God that word hath come of thine arrival and of thy meeting with the loved ones of the All-Desired One, bringing joy and [3.5s] | MKT8.017 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12020 | 20 | Persian | ای بنده حق این نامه آقا میرزا احمد را طبع نموده بهر جا انتشار دهید | O servant of God! Publish and disseminate widely this letter of Aqa Mirza Ahmad [3.5s] | INBA79.048a | Personal instructions; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10414 | 60 | Persian | Translation List | ای بنده حق دست شکرانه بدرگاه خداوند یگانه بلند نما و بگو ای بها جان جانم به فدایت | O servant of God! Raise thou thy hands in gratitude to the Threshold of the peerless Lord and say: O dear Baha, may my life be offered up for Thee! | MJMJ3.053, MMG2#289 p.321 | ADMS#148 | Ahdieh, unknown | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09840 | 70 | mixed | ای بنده الهی حمد کن که بجانفشانی در سبیل جمال ربانی مویدی | O servant of God! Render thanks that thou art confirmed in sacrificing thyself in the pathway of the Divine Beauty [3.5s] | MSHR1.055x | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05070 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده الهی شکر کن خدا را که در راه او آواره گشتی بیچاره شدی سرگشته و | O servant of God! Render thanks unto God that thou hast become a wanderer in His path, hast been made destitute, and art bewildered and astray [3.5s] | AKHA_119BE #09-10 p.d | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10409 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق تا تواناای داری در عبودیت حق بکوش و بذکرش بخروش و در خدمات احبایش | O servant of God! So long as thou hast strength, strive thou in servitude unto God, raise thy voice in His remembrance and render service unto His loved ones [3.5s] | MMK2#248 p.179 | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07918 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی تا توانی در هدایت خلق کوش و سقایت بوستان حق نما ید عنایت در | O servant of God! Strive with all thy might to guide humanity and water the garden of the Lord [3.5s] | INBA87:076a, INBA52:075a | MMK2#231 p.166, AKHA_133BE #18 p.a, RRT.032 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06652 | 120 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای بنده حق کبریت آتش محبت الله است و زیبق سیماب بحر معرفت الله پس این دو جزء | O servant of God! Sulfur is the fire of the love of God and mercury is the living water of the ocean of the knowledge of God. | BRL_DAK#0005, YMM.471 | BRL_ATE#005, MAAN#22 | Alchemy; the elixir; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10422 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده خدا جان بجانان تسلیم کن و سر در ره یزدان فداکن هر جان که فدای جانان | O servant of God! Surrender thy soul unto the Beloved and sacrifice thy head in the path of the Lord. Every soul that is sacrificed unto the Beloved [3.5s] | MMK2#316 p.231, NANU_AB#05 | Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07917 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی الشکر لله که منتسب شخصی هستی که بخدمت ساحت اقدس مشهور و بخدامی | O servant of God! Thanks be unto God that thou art associated with one who is renowned for service at the Most Holy Threshold and for servitude [3.5s] | INBA17:017 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09205 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی شکر لله که ناظر بملکوت ابهائی و مقتبس انوار هدی از غیر حق بیزاری و مشتاق | O servant of God! Thanks be unto the Lord that thou art beholding the Kingdom of Abhá, and art drawing light from the rays of guidance. From all else save the Truth thou art detached, and filled with yearning [3.5s] | MSBH5.019 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11722 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده حق حضرت اخوی مهربان روف هر دم ستایشی از عبدالعطوف مینمود گهی میگفت که | O servant of God! That loving brother would, at every moment, offer praise to this servant of God, sometimes saying [3.5s] | YIA.410 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06623 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده الهی انچه بجناب میرزا حیدرعلی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه | O servant of God! That which thou didst write to Mírzá Ḥaydar-'Alí hath been noted [3.5s] | INBA89:148 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03627 | 190 | Persian | ای بنده الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملحوظ گشت و مفهوم گردید دوستان الهی باید | O servant of God! That which thou didst write was noted and understood. The friends of God must [3.5s] | INBA85:212 | AVK3.291.09x, MSHR4.072x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Importance of prayer; Obedience to and respect for government authority | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02050 | 270 | mixed | ای بنده الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید الحمد لله بخدمتی که مامور بان | O servant of God! That which thou didst write was noted. Praise be to God for the service with which thou art charged [3.5s] | MILAN.220, ANDA#63 p.13 | Parliaments; constitutional government; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Relationship between government and people | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00386 | 610 | mixed | ای بنده یزدان آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید مفهوم و معلوم گردید حمد خدا را که دلالت | O servant of God! That which thou didst write was understood and comprehended. Praise be to God that guidance [3.5s] | YBN.075-076 | Critique of Western values; culture; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01556 | 310 | mixed | ای بنده الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی واضح و معلوم شد نامه نبود ناله بود بیان نبود | O servant of God! That which thou hadst written became clear and evident. It was not a letter, but a lamentation; it was not a mere statement [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1064, MKT1.282 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03934 | 180 | mixed | ای بنده الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملحوظ گردید الحمد لله مومن بحضرت پروردگاری و | O servant of God! That which thou hadst written was noted. Praise be to God, thou art a believer in the Lord, thy Creator [3.5s] | INBA87:193, INBA52:193c | MMK2#340 p.245 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Parents and children; youth; families; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08595 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده حق فیض مطلق جهان انسانرا مانند جام جم سرشار نمود و جمیع امم را صلای | O servant of God! The absolute bounty hath filled the world of humanity like unto a brimming cup, and all peoples have been summoned [3.5s] | YARP2.596 p.418 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10418 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق نور مطلق چون پرتوی بر عالم امکانی نمود | O servant of God! The absolute light hath shed its radiance upon the world of being [3.5s] | AKHA_119BE #07 p.d | The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04689 | 160 | mixed | ای بنده حق نور مطلق آفاق را چنان روشن نمود که خاور و باختر زجاج سراج الهی گشت | O servant of God! The absolute light hath so illumined the horizons that both East and West have become as the crystal globe of the Divine Lamp [3.5s] | MMK3#120 p.082 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09197 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی ابر رحمت یزدان بر تو سایه انداخت و در و گهر بر تو نثار نمود و | O servant of God! The cloud of divine mercy hath cast its shadow upon thee and scattered pearls and gems upon thee [3.5s] | INBA13:311b | PYB#244 p.03, YARP2.406 p.312 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06061 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده الهی سرهنگ جهان بو و رنگ صف جنگ بیاراید و نام و ننگ جوید اما سالار | O servant of God! The colonel in this world seeketh the scent and hue of the battlefield and yearneth after fame and glory, but the true leader [3.5s] | INBA89:109b | Call to action; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05095 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O servant of God! The content of thy letter was replete with spiritual feelings and was a source of pleasure and of joy. Of my freedom | TAB.151, SW_v19#04 p.121 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcending the material condition; True liberty; freedom | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12676 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق مضامین نامه که دلالت بر شور و وله احباء و انجذاب و التهاب قلوب اصفیا | O servant of God! The contents of the letter, which indicated the enthusiasm and ardor of the loved ones and the attraction and fervor of pure hearts [3.5s] | BSHI.061 | Love of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07914 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی از مضمون نامه ات فرح و مسرت حاصل زیرا دلالت بر نور هدایت مینمود | O servant of God! The contents of thy letter brought joy and gladness, for they indicated the light of guidance [3.5s] | YBN.055a | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07280 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده حق جغدان سیه دل بر بازان سفید ستم نمایند و دست تطاول گشایند که چرا | O servant of God! The dark-hearted owls assail the white falcons with tyranny and stretch forth the hand of oppression [3.5s] | MNMK#141 p.254, MSBH3.247, DKHD.285 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05103 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده یزدان اثر خامه مهر پرور ملاحظه گردید تبتل و تضرع بود و توجه و توکل | O servant of God! The effect of thy love-nurturing pen was noted - [it was] devotion and supplication, attention and reliance [upon God] [3.5s] | MKT9.067b, YARP2.393 p.306 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07244 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده الهی اثر کلک آن ثابت بر پیمان سبب روح و ریحان گردید مضمون بدیع بود و | O servant of God! The effect of thy pen, thou who art firm in the Covenant, brought spirit and fragrance. The contents were wondrous [3.5s] | INBA87:570, INBA52:605 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06096 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده خداوند صیت ظهور جمال قدم شرق جهان و غرب کیهان را احاطه نموده است و | O servant of God! The fame of the Ancient Beauty's advent hath encompassed the East of the world and the West of the firmament [3.5s] | MMK5#204 p.156 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08589 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده حق الفت یاران باعث حصول روح و ریحانست و محبت اخوان بادی سرور دل و جان | O servant of God! The fellowship of the friends leadeth to spiritual joy and delight, and the love of the brethren bringeth gladness to heart and soul [3.5s] | MKT5.143b, MKT5.163 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10847 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده الهی فیض نامتناهی و تجلیات صبحگاهی آفاق جهان را احاطه نموده است | O servant of God! The infinite bounty and the effulgences of dawn have encompassed the horizons of the world [3.5s] | MJT.096 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06063 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده الهی فیض نامتناهی چنان جلوه ای نموده که شرق و غرب را بپرتو حقیقت | O servant of God! The infinite grace hath manifested such splendour that East and West are illumined by the radiance of truth [3.5s] | AKHA_129BE #06 p.a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01305 | 340 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه ای که بجناب میرزا عبدالوهاب مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید | O servant of God! The letter thou didst address to Jináb-i-Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Vahháb was noted [3.5s] | AKHA_134BE #06 p.228, AVK3.048, MAS5.174-175 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Smoking; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11142 | 40 | Persian | ای بنده الهی مکاتیب جناب آقا سید نصرالله و حاجی و دیگران جمیع رسید مطمئن باش | O servant of God! The letters of Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Nasru'llah, Haji and the others have all been received. Rest thou assured [3.5s] | INBA16:196 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09892 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده یزدان خداوند ترا از میان نوع بشر برانگیخت و افسر موهبت بر سر نهاد و | O servant of God! The Lord raised thee from amidst humankind and placed upon thy head the crown of His bounty [3.5s] | YARP2.535 p.383 | Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03341 | 340 | mixed | ای بنده الهی نامه مشکین واصل و بر مضامین اطلاع حاصل شد تا بحال خبر مداومت... در خصوص اصحاب کهف سؤال نموده بوديد | O servant of God! The musk-scented letter was received and its contents were noted. Until now, news of steadfastness... As to what thou didst ask concerning the Companions of the Cave [3.5s] | INBA85:007 | MMK6#280x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07247 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده الهی اهل عالم و جمیع امم از مرض غفلت تب خیزند الحمد لله تو بفضل هدایت | O servant of God! The people of the world and all nations are burning with the fever of heedlessness. Praise be to God, thou, through the grace of guidance [3.5s] | MKT8.019a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06626 | 120 | mixed | ای بنده الهی حقیقت الوهیت غیب منیع لایدرک ذات بحت لایوصف منقطع الوجدانی بتصور | O servant of God! The reality of Divinity is an exalted and impenetrable mystery, a pure and indescribable Essence, detached from all conception [3.5s] | MAS9.009 | Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05549 | 140 | mixed | ای بنده الهی حقیقت الوهیت من حیث هی هی مقدس از جمیع اسماء و صفات و تعبیرات | O servant of God! The Reality of the Divine Essence, in its intrinsic nature, transcendeth all names, attributes and expressions [3.5s] | MMK3#015 p.008 | Names and attributes of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10438 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده یزدان بهرام مشهور بهره ای از عالم سرور نبرد در پی گور افتاد تا اسیر | O servant of God! The renowned Bahram gained no portion from the realm of joy; pursuing the wild ass, he became captive [3.5s] | MKT6.004b | Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11344 | 30 | Persian | ای بنده خدا شهریاران عالم بندگان بندگان حقند و بانوایان جهان بی نوایان در | O servant of God! The sovereigns of the world are but the servants of the servants of God, and the wealthy ones of earth are destitute indeed [3.5s] | YARP2.175.5 p.179 | Status of kings; future of monarchy; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07283 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده حق مقام محمود ظل ممدود است و شاهد و مشهود سلطان وجود ولی صد هزار | O servant of God! The station of the Praised One is an extended shade, both the witness and the witnessed, the Sovereign of existence, yet a hundred thousand [3.5s] | MMK6#591 | Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God as sun | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06628 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده الهی هنگام آنست که خلع ثیاب رثیث نماای و بخلعت الهی هیکل معظم را مکرم | O servant of God! The time hath come when thou must cast off thy tattered raiment and clothe thy noble frame with the divine vesture [3.5s] | PYB#229 p.44 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05547 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده الهی اثر خامه مشکین رسید مضامین دلنشین بود و دلیل توجه بملکوت علیین | O servant of God! The trace of thy musk-laden pen hath reached me, its contents were delightful and betokened orientation to the supreme Kingdom [3.5s] | MKT9.042, MMK2#144 p.108 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Mosaic imagery; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10385 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده الهی اشعار بلیغ و فصیح و در نهایت ملاحت و حلاوت بود تلاوتش سبب سرور | O servant of God! The verses were most eloquent and fluent, possessed of infinite charm and sweetness; their recitation brought joy [3.5s] | INBA16:103 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04666 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده الهی ثروت دنیا مانند تپه های رمل است که بادها هر روز از جاای بجای | O servant of God! The wealth of this world is even as the sand dunes, which the winds do scatter from place to place with each passing day [3.5s] | BSHN.140.445, BSHN.144.439, MHT1b.231 | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Thankfulness; gratitude; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07243 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده الهی اثر خامه دوست حقیقی ملاحظه گردید بحر الطاف پر موج و آن موج رو | O servant of God! The work penned by the true friend hath been perused. The ocean of bounties surgeth, and its waves [3.5s] | TAH.244b | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02348 | 250 | Persian | ای بنده الهی ورق مسطور رق منشور گردید و مطالب روشن و واضح بود دو دست شکرانه | O servant of God! The written page became an open scroll, and its contents were clear and manifest. Two hands were raised in thanksgiving [3.5s] | TAH.270, SFI01.152, MSBH4.463 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09207 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی گمان مفرما که امری در وجود اعظم از تبلیغست تبلیغ یرلیغ الهیست و | O servant of God! Think not that there existeth in all creation any matter greater than teaching. Teaching is the Divine decree [3.5s] | SFI14.034c | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09203 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی در انجمن رحمانی مذکوری و در عتبه مقدسه معروف و مشهور بیقین بدان | O servant of God! Thou art mentioned in the assemblage of the All-Merciful and art well-known and renowned at the Sacred Threshold. Know thou of a certainty [3.5s] | TSS.169 | Consolation and comfort; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05067 | 150 | Persian | Translation List | ای بنده الهی در خصوص چشم پاک و ناپاک یعنی اصابت عین مرقوم نموده بودید | O servant of God! Thou hadst written about the benevolent gaze and the malevolent glare | BRL_DAK#0453, MKT3.257b, AVK1.332x, AVK3.359.10x, PYB#094 p.03, ANDA#81 p.06, YARP2.472 p.350, GHA.454-455 | ADMS#152 | Occult sciences; psychic phenomena; Superstition | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07964 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده خدا از وطن مالوف آواره شدی و از خویش و پیوند دور و مهجور گردیدی ولی | O servant of God! Thou hast become a wanderer from thy native land and grown distant and detached from kith and kin, yet [3.5s] | YBN.058b | Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07912 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی از ثدی عنایت شیر هدایت نوشیدی و در آغوش آن مادر مهرپرور تربیت | O servant of God! Thou hast drunk from the breast of providence the milk of guidance, and been nurtured in the embrace of that loving mother [3.5s] | INBA17:247 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07245 | 110 | mixed | ای بنده الهی اگرچه صد هزار نغمه و آهنگ در زوایای حنجر این دلتنگ مضمر ولی یک ترانه | O servant of God! Though a hundred thousand melodies and harmonies lie concealed within the recesses of this yearning throat, yet one song [3.5s] | INBA13:140, INBA55:430a | HDQI.245, ANDA#15 p.06 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09213 | 80 | mixed | ای بنده الهی هر چند سالهای چند است که آواره دیار بودی و از وطن مالوف در کنار | O servant of God! Though for several years thou hast wandered far from home, distant from thy native land [3.5s] | MSHR2.187x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08561 | 90 | mixed | ای بنده الهی هر چند این ایام حکمت اقتضای حضور نمینماید ولی چون تو در حق دیگری | O servant of God! Though in these days wisdom doth not permit thy presence, yet since thou for another's sake [3.5s] | MMK6#546 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09843 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده الهی هر چند در جهان فانی نفسی را آسایش و خوشی و راحت جان و مسرت وجدان | O servant of God! Though in this transient world a soul may seek solace, joy, comfort of heart, and contentment of conscience [3.5s] | MKT8.018a | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11339 | 30 | Persian | ای بنده الهی هر چند حقائق جسمانیه در ناحیهء بعیده واقع ولی جواهر صافیه | O servant of God! Though physical realities exist in distant realms, yet pure essences [3.5s] | INBA88:249a | Material and spiritual existence; two books; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08562 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده الهی هر چند هوا در شدت و سورت است یعنی نمو ونیمروز و التهاب جگرسوز | O servant of God! Though the weather be intense and scorching - that is to say, at its peak of midday heat and heart-consuming flame [3.5s] | INBA84:507b | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06627 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده الهی هر چند در قریه بودی ولی وقتی این قریه قصر خسرو و شیرین بوده و کام | O servant of God! Though thou dwellest in a village, yet this very hamlet was once the palace of Khosrow and Shirin [3.5s] | INBA17:239 | ANDA#79 p.50 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06068 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده الهی هر چند از اینجا رفتی ولی همیشه پیش نظری و مقصود از سفر شما این بود | O servant of God! Though thou hast departed hence, thou art ever before Mine eyes, and the purpose of thy journey was [3.5s] | DKHD.356 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Review of publications; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08560 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده الهی هر چند از وطن مالوف بان اقلیم معروف شتافتی ولی این را حکمتی در | O servant of God! Though thou hast hastened from thy familiar homeland to that well-known realm, in this there is a wisdom [3.5s] | INBA89:206 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09253 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده خدا مکتوب مختصرت معانی مفصل داشت یاران الهی را که در آن سامان ساکنند | O servant of God! Thy brief letter contained detailed meanings for the divine friends who dwell in that region [3.5s] | INBA88:357 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02888 | 220 | Persian | ای بنده الهی ندایت باستان مقدس حضرت احدیت واصل و آه و فغان از هجران و حرمانت | O servant of God! Thy call hath reached the sacred threshold of the divine Oneness, and thy sighs and lamentations from separation and deprivation [3.5s] | INBA13:239b | MMK5#014 p.009 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03628 | 190 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه که بتاریخ ۱۴ ذی الحجه سنه ۳۳۷ ارسال نموده بودی رسید | O servant of God! Thy letter dated the 14th of Dhul-Hijjah in the year 337 hath reached me [3.5s] | AYBY.434 #158 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07924 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی مکتوب شما رسید مضمون مفهوم شد در خصوص مکتوب از جناب زین بعموی | O servant of God! Thy letter hath arrived and its contents were understood. Concerning the letter from Jináb-i-Zayn to thy paternal uncle [3.5s] | INBA17:098 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12699 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه تو رسید الحمد لله که چشمه آب حیات جوشی زد تا از ان نوشیدی و | O servant of God! Thy letter hath arrived. Praised be God that the wellspring of the water of life gushed forth and thou didst drink therefrom | BBBD.357-358 | BBBD.358 | Living waters; water of life; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11902 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه قرائت گردید مرقوم نموده بودید که جناب آقا حسین علی را مقصد | O servant of God! Thy letter was read. Thou hadst written regarding Jinab-i-Aqa Husayn-'Alí's intention [3.5s] | TISH.433 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Education of children; moral education; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11992 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه ات رسید و معانی مفهوم شد خوشا به حال تو که بیاد حق مشغولی | O servant of God! Thy letter was received and its contents were understood. Blessed art thou that thou art occupied with the remembrance of God [3.5s] | TISH.305 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06066 | 130 | mixed | ای بنده الهی نامه شما رسید و بلایا و محن و رزایای وارده معلوم گردید عشق زاول | O servant of God! Thy letter was received and the trials, afflictions and calamities that have befallen thee became known [3.5s] | MSHR4.150 | Consolation and comfort; Poems and quotation from poetry; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04272 | 170 | mixed | ای بنده الهی نامه شما رسید جوابی بملا جهان زیر مرقوم گردید البته خواهد رسید | O servant of God! Thy letter was received, and an answer hath been penned to Mullá Jahán. Assuredly it will reach him [3.5s] | INBA87:263, INBA52:267 | MMK6#173, MSHR4.009x | Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Testing God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06064 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده الهی محرره شما رسید و از گلشن معانیش رائحه معطری وزید دلیل بر رقت قلب | O servant of God! Thy letter was received, and from its garden of inner meanings a fragrant breeze was wafted forth, betokening the tenderness of thy heart [3.5s] | YBN.048 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05550 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه شما رسید و معلوم گردید که از جواب سابق محزون شدید مقصود نه | O servant of God! Thy letter was received, and it became evident that thou wert saddened by the previous response. This was not intended [3.5s] | INBA84:406 | YMM.388 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03340 | 200 | Persian | Translation List | ای بنده الهی نامه شما وصول یافت و از عدم فرصت جواب مختصر مرقوم میگردد از علم | O servant of God! Thy letter was received, and owing to lack of time, I am writing this brief response. Thou hadst inquired about astronomy. Whatever dependeth on mathematics is acceptable | MKT3.256, AVK1.159.06x | ADMS#218 | Astrology and numerology; Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Mystical themes; Superstition | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00895 | 410 | mixed | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید و از صعود حضرت اخوان صفا نهایت تاثر حاصل گردید زیرا | O servant of God! Thy letter was received, and profound sorrow was felt at the ascension of the esteemed brother of purity, for [3.5s] | INBA87:130, INBA52:128 | MMK6#567x, MAS2.021-022x, MSBH4.088 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12328 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه شما رسید الحمد لله دلیل جلیل بود که یاران آنسامان مستقیم بر امر | O servant of God! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God, it was a clear proof that the friends in that region are firm in the Cause [3.5s] | INBA85:040 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07251 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده الهی مکتوب واصل گردید مرقوم نموده بودی که بخدمت یاران مشغولی زهی | O servant of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hadst written that thou art occupied with service to the friends. How excellent [3.5s] | MKT6.102 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06067 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه های شما رسید مناجاتی طلب مغفرت بجهت مرحوم میرزا بهلول | O servant of God! Thy letters were received, as was a supplication seeking forgiveness for the late Mírzá Bahlúl [3.5s] | INBA17:222 | YQAZ.145 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04670 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه عالی ملاحظه گشت و بر حقیقت معانی اطلاع حاصل شد نیت خیریه | O servant of God! Thy noble letter was perused, and the reality of its meanings was apprehended. Thy benevolent intention [3.5s] | VAA.046-046 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Excellence; distinction; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06109 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده یزدان پسر پاک گهرت بادیه پیمود تا رخ بخاک پاک آستان مقدس بسود و مشام | O servant of God! Thy pure-hearted son traversed the desert that his face might touch the hallowed dust of the sacred Threshold, and might breathe its sanctified fragrance [3.5s] | INBA87:258b, INBA52:262 | Law of pilgrimage; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Prayer for parents | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00792 | 440 | mixed | ای بنده الهی مراسله روحانی آن جناب واصل از مضمون اگرچه بجهتی محزون شدیم زیرا | O servant of God! Thy spiritual letter was received and, although in one respect its contents caused us sorrow, for [3.5s] | INBA85:148 | MMK6#551, MSHR2.115x | Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07922 | 100 | Persian | Light of the World | ای بنده الهی طهران وطن آن دلبر مهربانست و منشا آن نور لامکان تو نیز در آن | O servant of God! Ṭihran is the homeland of the compassionate Beloved and the abode of that Light of the realms of the Placeless | NURA#15, MMK4#015 p.014 | LOTW#15 | Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12028 | 180 | mixed | Social Action | ای بنده الهی عبدالبهاء را خانه و کاشانه بی سر و سامانیست و لانه و آشیانه زندان | O servant of God! To ‘Abdu’l-Baha, homelessness is home and the gloomy prison his nest | BRL_DAK#0799 | BRL_SOCIAL#173 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03338 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده الهی الیوم جهان فانی میدان تزلزل و اضطرابست و عرصه نقض میثاق اریاح | O servant of God! Today the transient world is an arena of turbulence and agitation, and the domain of the violation of the Covenant is tempestuous [3.5s] | MKT5.010, AKHA_125BE #2 p.j | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06625 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده الهی توجه بملکوت رحمانی کن و اقتباس انوار از کوکب آسمانی لسان بتبلیغ | O servant of God! Turn thy gaze unto the Kingdom of the All-Merciful and draw light from the celestial orb. Let thy tongue arise to teach [3.5s] | MKT9.047b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01673 | 300 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده الهی آنچه بجناب ابن ابهر مرقوم نمودید ملاحظه گردید از ایه من یدعی | O servant of God! We have noted what thou didst write to Jinab-i-Ibn-Abhar, and thy question regarding the verse: 'Whoso layeth claim to a Revelation direct from God | MMK1#033 p.064 | SWAB#033 | Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; House of Justice; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04667 | 160 | mixed | ای بنده الهی چه عنوان شریفی مرقوم نمودی و چه خطاب پرحلاوتی نگاشتی در مذاق این | O servant of God! What noble title thou hast written, and what delectable salutation thou hast penned, whose sweetness lingereth in the soul [3.5s] | INBA84:499, INBA87:021b , INBA52:021b | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Personal instructions; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06060 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده الهی آنچه بفرزند هوشمند مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید لهذا جواب | O servant of God! What thou didst write to thy wise child hath been considered, wherefore the response [3.5s]... ...One speck of chastity is greater than a hundred thousand years of worship and a sea of knowledge | INBA13:353 | MKT1.450, MILAN.163a, AKHA_130BE #08 p.a, AKHA_108BE #04 p.4, AMK.056-056, AVK3.428.11, MAS5.190 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Chastity and purity; Role and station of women | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06845 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O servant of God! What thou hast written and that which thou hast retained in mind are evident. Appreciate Mrs. . . . . . . . . who reminds you of God | TAB.053 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03481 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده الهی ، آنچه بينی و يابی در اين جهان فانی اوهام و مجاز خالی است نه حقيقت آسمانی | O servant of God! Whatsoever thou seest and findest in this mortal world is but fancy and vain imaginings, not heavenly reality [3.5s] | MMK3#083 p.055x, BSHN.140.125x, BSHN.144.125x, MHT2.126bx | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Transcending the material condition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03952 | 180 | mixed | ای بنده یزدان چون دلبر مهربان در محفل امکان پرده برانداخت و بمنتهای حسن و | O servant of God! When the loving Beloved cast aside the veil in the concourse of contingent being and manifested the utmost grace and beauty [3.5s] | MKT9.066, PYB#092-093 p.00 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10548 | 60 | mixed | ای عبد الهی در محفل نورسیدگان الهی چون درآای بانگی باهنگ ملا اعلی بلند کن | O servant of God! When thou enterest the gathering of heavenly newcomers, raise thy call with the melody of the Most Exalted One [3.5s] | AYBY.393 #081 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02886 | 220 | mixed | ای بنده الهی چون بقلبی نورانی توجه بدرگاه رحمانی نمودی البته مقبول خواهید | O servant of God! When with an illumined heart thou didst turn to the threshold of the All-Merciful, thou wert assuredly accepted [3.5s] | MMK6#174, MSHR4.008x | Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Testing God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02056 | 270 | Persian | ای بنده یزدان از دل و جان آهنگ کوی دوست نمودی و ببقعه مبارکه شتافتی و در | O servant of God! With heart and soul thou didst set thy course toward the Friend's dwelling-place and hasten to the Sacred Spot [3.5s] | YARP2.716 p.475 | Prayer for forgiveness; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05068 | 150 | mixed | ای بنده الهی دی شیخ با چراغ همی گشت گرد شهر کز دیو و دد ملولم و انسانم آرزوست | O servant of God! Yesterday the sage wandered through the city with a lamp, saying: "Weary am I of demon and beast; for a human being do I yearn." [3.5s] | MSHR3.283 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12496 | 110 | O servant of God! You have asked about learning the Esperanto language. This language has not yet reached a state of perfection | BBBD.131 | Education of children; moral education; Universal language | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11769 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده الهی همواره مشمول نظر عنایت بوده و خواهی بود الطاف حق شامل و موهبت | O servant of God! You have ever been, and shall forever remain, encompassed by divine favors and loving-kindness. The bestowals and bounties of the Lord embrace you [3.5s] | YIA.310a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education and the development of capacity; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12093 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده الهی مکتوب شما رسید سبب روح و ریحان شد حکایت بیل اینقدر طول و تفصیل | O servant of God! Your letter was received and brought joy and fragrance to the spirit. The story of the shovel need not be told in such length and detail [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0479 | Business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11225 | 40 | mixed | بنده پروردگارا نامه شما رسید از عدم مجال در جواب مجبور باختصارم در حین تلاوت | O servant of God! Your letter was received, and due to lack of time I am compelled to be brief. During my perusal [3.5s] | AVK3.078.01x, AVK4.024.12x | Law of obligatory prayer; Prayer for martyrs; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05075 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه شما رسید و از قرائتش اطلاع بر مضمون حاصل گردید محافل بسیار | O servant of God! Your letter was received, and from its perusal its contents became known [3.5s] | INBA87:120, INBA52:119a | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11694 | 190 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه رسید از جهتی که مامور بان شده سوال نموده بودید آن محل سواحل | O servant of God! Your letter was received, and regarding the matter about which you had inquired concerning that coastal region [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0465, NSS.147 | Growth of the Cause; Personal instructions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12651 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه تو رسید تا بحال تحریر جواب ممتنع و محال بود زیرا عدم اعتدال | O servant of God! Your letter was received. Until now, writing a reply was impossible and unattainable, due to ill health [3.5s] | INBA85:085 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12638 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی خدمت شما و جمیع احباء در درگاه احدیت مقبول و از عون و عنایت رب ودود | O servant of God! Your service, and that of all the loved ones, is accepted at the Threshold of the One True God, and ye are encompassed by the bounty and grace of the All-Loving Lord [3.5s] | INBA85:110a | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12226 | 240 | Persian | ای بنده رضای حق غلامرضا واضع این اسم مقصدش بنده حضرت رضا علیه السلامست | O servant of God's good-pleasure, Ghulam-Rida! The bearer of this name intendeth by it to be a servant of Imam Rida, peace be upon Him [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0674 | Call to action; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07498 | 110 | Persian | ای غلام حضرت رضا جهد و کوشش نما که غلام البهاء شوی نور بخشش آندلبر آفاق در | O servant of His Holiness Riḍá, strive and endeavour thou to become a bondsman of Bahá. The light of His bounty in the horizons [3.5s] | MKT9.157a, YIK.484 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love as fire; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05654 | 140 | Persian | ای دادخدا نامه وداد سرور فواد بخشید الحمد لله بقوه کلمه الله و صریر قلم اعلی | O servant of justice! Your missive brought joy to my heart. Praise be to God, through the power of the Word of God and the flowing pen of the Most High [3.5s]... ...Praise be to God that through the power of the divine Word and the voice of the supreme Pen, thou wert saved from the waves of destruction | YARP2.565 p.401 | DAS.1914-10-25x | Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09262 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده رضا جوابی از پیش مرقوم گردید و ارسال شد حال مجدد مرقوم میشود زیرا | O servant of Rida! An answer was previously written and sent. Now again I take up my pen, for [3.5s] | MKT9.062 | Humor; jokes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07262 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده آندلبر آفاق نور میثاق چون پرتوی برواق اهل اشراق زد بارقه وفاق طلوع | O servant of that Beloved of the horizons! When the Light of the Covenant, like unto a ray, shone forth upon the sanctuary of the people of illumination, the dawn of unity appeared [3.5s] | MKT9.040b | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06641 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت ابهی و سهیم و شریک عبدالبهاء در عبودیت آستان مقدس جمال کبریاء | O servant of the Abhá Beauty and partner and associate of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in servitude at the Sacred Threshold of the Most Great Glory [3.5s] | SFI01.144b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08581 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی بهرام ستاره رخشنده است ولی از این رخشندگی مرام روحانیان | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Bahram is a shining star, yet from this radiance flows the purpose of them that are spiritual [3.5s] | YARP2.293 p.242 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10402 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی شاد باش و شاد باش زیرا سعدی را سعدالسعود بودی و آن ادیب | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Be thou glad, be thou glad, for Sa'dí was granted the most auspicious fortune, and that learned one [3.5s] | INBA84:259a | ANDA#17 p.78 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07946 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی خوشا بحال تو که منسوب در گاه احدیتی و سلیل آنشخص جلیل اهل | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Blessed art thou, for thou art related to the court of the divine Unity and art descended from that glorious personage [3.5s] | INBA16:197 | DBR.071 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07947 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی ملاحظه فرما که چه قدر خوش بخت و فرزانه بودی که ترا | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Consider how fortunate and wise thou hast been [3.5s] | AYBY.387 #069, YQAZ.261b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09229 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی چندی است که پیامی و کلامی از شما نرسیده است میدانم خواهید | O servant of the Abha Beauty! For some time no message or word hath been received from thee. I know thou wilt [3.5s] | MSHR2.352x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02055 | 270 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی چندیست از بابت نقاهت مزاج و ضعف بدن از تحریر و تقریر | O servant of the Abha Beauty! For some time now, owing to the frailty of health and weakness of body, I have been unable to write and speak [3.5s] | YIK.087-088 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03940 | 180 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی من شما را چون فی الحقیقه خیرخواه یاران میدانم و با کسی غرضی | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! I verily regard thee as one who is a true well-wisher of the friends, harboring no ill will [3.5s] | YARP2.447 p.335 | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09860 | 70 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی در این عصر بدیع و قرن جدید زبان بستایش رب قدیم بگشا تا از | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! In this wondrous age and new century, open thy tongue in praise of the Ancient Lord, that from [3.5s] | MMK6#353 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06081 | 130 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی در آنصفحات بعبودیت محضه اینعبد در آستان جمال ابهی ندا نما | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! In those regions call out, with complete servitude, as this servant at the threshold of the Abhá Beauty [3.5s] | MKT8.024b | Personal instructions; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01904 | 280 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی فی الحقیقه در سنه ماضیه احبای نیریز از صهبای بلا جام لبریز | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! In truth, during the past year, the loved ones of Nayríz drained the brimming cup of tribulation [3.5s] | MSHR2.209 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09228 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی جمشید را گویند جامی جهان نما بود و بعضی بر آنند قدحی مرصع | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! It is said of Jamshíd that he possessed a cup that revealed the world, while some maintain it was a bejeweled goblet [3.5s] | YARP2.616 p.427 | Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08579 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی از ثبوت بر میثاق تاجی بر سر نه و خراج ازاقلیم علیین گیر | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Place upon thy head the crown of steadfastness in the Covenant, and receive tribute from the realm of the Supreme Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA88:165a | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06638 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی وجد و سرور نما که الحمد لله مظهر الطاف حضرت بدیع الاوصافی | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Rejoice and be filled with gladness, for praise be to God, thou art a recipient of the favors of Him Who is wondrous in His attributes [3.5s] | ASAT5.283, KASH.147x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Education of children; moral education; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10403 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی شکر حی قدیر را که در ملکوت عزیزش مذکوری و در انجمن دوستان | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Render thanks unto the Ever-Living, the All-Powerful, that thou art remembered in His glorious Kingdom and in the gathering of His friends [3.5s] | INBA87:060b, INBA52:060a | Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09861 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی عبودیت عظیم است عظیم امانت الهی و رحمت ربانیست و آسمان و | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Servitude is indeed a mighty thing - a divine trust and heavenly grace - and heaven [3.5s] | MKT6.115a, MMK3#178 p.124, ANDA#05 p.07 | Development of capacity and readiness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08582 | 90 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی مکاتیب شما مضامینش شیرین و بسیار دلنشین چه که دلیل بر محبت | O servant of the Abha Beauty! The contents of thy letters are sweet and truly delightful, for they bear testimony to thy love [3.5s] | MKT5.001, AKHA_124BE #09 p.j, AKHA_125BE #01 p.d | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06636 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی اشعار بلیغانه و مسدس فصیحانه که اثر قریحه عاشقانه آنجناب | O servant of the Abha Beauty! The eloquent verses and the fluent musaddas, which are the fruit of your devoted poetic genius [3.5s] | MMK5#176 p.137 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10865 | 50 | mixed | ای بنده طلعت ابهی یوسف مصری در بازار جلوه نمود زلیخای بیگانه آشنا گشت و | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! The Joseph of Egypt hath appeared in the marketplace, and the stranger Zulaikha hath become acquainted [3.5s] | INBA13:053a | Chastisement and requital; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06082 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی مکتوب مورخ ۲۳ شهر جمادی الاولی ۱۳۲۳ که بجناب آقا سید تقی | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! The letter dated the 23rd of Jamádíyu'l-Avval 1323, which was to Jináb-i-Áqá Siyyid Taqí [3.5s] | INBA87:330, INBA52:337 | Call to action; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02892 | 220 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی قضیه احترام و رعایت و معاونت بحضرت سفیر بسیار مقبول افتاد | O servant of the Abha Beauty! The matter of respect, consideration, and assistance rendered unto the esteemed Ambassador hath been highly pleasing and acceptable [3.5s] | ANDA#75 p.75, YIK.088-089 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Exhortations and counsels; Personal instructions; Review of publications; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05561 | 140 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی خبر مصیبت پدر مهربان سبب هیجان دریای احزان گشت و نهایت تاثر | O servant of the Abha Beauty! The news of the calamity that befell thy kind father hath stirred the ocean of sorrows and caused the utmost grief [3.5s] | ANDA#71 p.32x | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07948 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی منظومه ملاحظه گردید فصیح و بلیغ بود ولی مطابق آاین | O servant of the Abha Beauty! The poem was perused. It was eloquent and articulate [3.5s] | MMK5#172 p.134 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Baha'u'llah; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05560 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی این عنوانیست که جواهر وجزد از غیب و شهود تمنا و آرزوی آنرا | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! This is a title which the very essences of existence, both seen and unseen, earnestly yearn and long to attain [3.5s] | MMK5#233 p.183 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03354 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی در این بساط عزیزی و در درگاه احدیت مقبول و مقرب و پر فرهنگ | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Thou art cherished in this court, accepted and drawn nigh at the threshold of oneness, and richly adorned with culture [3.5s] | MSHR5.189 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Eulogies; reminiscences; Humor; jokes; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09231 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی در خاطری و در درگاه رب مقبول و حاضر مطمئن باش که نیکوکاران | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Thou art remembered and accepted at the Threshold of thy Lord. Be thou confident that the righteous [3.5s] | TSS.160a, CPF.286 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04284 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی شکایت از اذیت و مشقت نموده بودید که احباب ایران دائما در | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thou didst complain of the trials and tribulations that the friends in Iran continually [3.5s] | MMK4#042 p.047 | Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01473 | 320 | Persian | Translation List | ای بنده جمال ابهی سوال از ایه مبارکه نموده بودی که میفرماید عنقریب صرافان | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thou hadst asked about this blessed verse: “Ere long the assayers of mankind shall, in the holy presence of the Adored | MKT2.305, AVK3.004.12x, AVK3.026.07x, AVK3.359.03x, AVK4.068.12x, YARP2.437 p.329 | ADMS#070x | Astrology and numerology; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Goodly deeds; actions; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03356 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی هر چند در صحرای فراق آتش اشتیاق برافروختی و آرزوی عتبه نیر | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Though in the wilderness of separation thou didst kindle the fire of yearning and cherish the desire for the Threshold of Light [3.5s] | INBA84:384 | Call to action; Role and station of women; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01236 | 350 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی مکتوب مفصل شما ملاحظه گردید از کثرت مشاغل بجان عزیزت که | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thy detailed letter was perused. By reason of the multitude of occupations that beset thy precious life [3.5s] | MMK6#145 | Differences in human capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10404 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه نمروی ۳۱ رسید طلب مغفرت از برای معمارباشی از پیش مرقوم | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thy letter of the thirty-first hath arrived. The plea for forgiveness on behalf of the chief architect had already been set down [3.5s] | INBA17:218 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06083 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه ات شمامه مشک عنبر بود زیرا رایحه طیبه محبت الله از ان | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Thy letter was as a perfumed breath of musk and amber, for from it wafted the sweet fragrance of the love of God [3.5s] | INBA85:003 | BSHN.140.414, BSHN.144.408, MHT1b.240 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00858 | 420 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه مرسول واصل گردید و مضمون مفهوم شد حمد خدا را که در | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Thy letter was received and its contents were understood. Praise be to God that [3.5s] | PYK.275 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01381 | 330 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه تو رسید و از وقایع طهران و پریشانی افکار ایرانیان شرح | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thy letter was received, and the account of events in Tihran and the confusion of the Iranian people's thoughts [3.5s] | INBA85:541 | DBR.075-076 | Law of cause and effect; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Non-participation in politics; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09233 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه مرقوم ملحوظ افتاد دستوران ستورانند لهذا باصطلاح عوام | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Thy letter was received. The priests are as beasts, and thus, in common parlance [3.5s] | YARP2.482 p.358 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08583 | 200 | mixed | Light of the World | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه شما رسید مرقوم نموده بودید که مدتیست از مکاتیب محروم | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written of being deprived of communications for some time… Thou has enquired regarding a certain passage from the Epistle addressed to the Wolf | BRL_DAK#0257, NURA#13, MMK4#008 p.006x, YMM.164x | LOTW#13 | Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08584 | 400 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی نمیقه آن مبتهل الی الله ملاحظه گردید و مقصد خیر مشروح مفهوم | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thy supplication unto God was noted, and thy worthy purpose well understood [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0358, AADA.142bx | Business; financial; property matters; Consultation; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06637 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی الیوم سراپرده پیمان در قطب جهان بعنان آسمان رسیده و امکانرا | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Today the pavilion of the Covenant hath been raised to the zenith of the heavens, casting its shelter over the realm of being [3.5s] | INBA13:107 | MMK5#240 p.190, TAH.350a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04283 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی تا بحال بعد از رجوع امریکا چند مکتوب ارسال شد حال نیز از | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Until now, following thy return from America, several letters have been dispatched. And now likewise, from [3.5s] | INBA17:147 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03353 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید بشارت روح و ریحان احبا | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! What thou didst write was noted. It brought glad-tidings of spiritual delight to the beloved ones [3.5s] | MKT6.114 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06080 | 130 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی آنچه نگاشتی فی الحقیقه عین واقعست انسان همواره در تحت سطوت | O servant of the Abha Beauty! What thou hast written is indeed the very truth. Man is ever under the dominion of [3.5s] | MMK6#213 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09890 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده ملکوت ابهى اگر چه مدتى است که فرصت مکاتبه | O servant of the Abhá Kingdom! Although some time hath elapsed wherein opportunity for correspondence was not found [3.5s] | INBA13:248 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11881 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی صد کرور کحال های حاذق و طبیب های موافق صرف انفاس حیات نمودند | O servant of the All-Glorious Beauty! A hundred myriad skilled oculists and able physicians have expended their life's breath [3.5s] | TISH.200 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Material and spiritual existence; two books | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12682 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ذوالجلال حمد کن حضرت احدیت را که در ظل کلمه وجدانیت | O servant of the All-Glorious Beauty! Render thanks unto the One True God that beneath the shade of the Word of Divine Unity [3.5s] | Ghazi3072.136-137 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12261 | 210 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی تحریرات واصل و مضمون مفهوم ولی آنچه که این عبد خیر آنجنابست | O servant of the all-glorious Beauty! Your letters have arrived and their contents were noted, but what this servant wishes for your honor is [3.5s] | INBA85:522b | Personal instructions; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06098 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده رب مجید رشید نفسیست که بر نفس و هوی غالب گردد و جمال احدیت را طالب | O servant of the All-Glorious Lord! A noble soul is one that overcometh self and desire, and seeketh after the Beauty of Divine Unity [3.5s] | YARP2.274 p.234 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04686 | 160 | mixed | ای بنده حضرت کبریاء جمیع سروران هوس بزرگی کنند و ماخولیای بلندپروازی تا | O servant of the All-Glorious Lord! All sovereigns cherish the desire for grandeur and are possessed of the madness of lofty ambitions [3.5s] | INBA72:103 | AVK3.097.12x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09836 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده ابهی هرچه مرقوم گردد شرح حال دل و جان باز مستور ماند و این سر سربسته | O servant of the All-Glorious! However much may be set down in writing, the state of heart and soul remaineth yet concealed, and this is a hidden mystery [3.5s] | MKT8.015b | Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01905 | 280 | mixed | ای بنده حضرت کبریاء آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملحوظ افتاد و بر تفاصیل اطلاع حاصل گشت در مساله حشیش | O servant of the All-Glorious! That which thou hast written was perused, and its contents were noted [3.5s]... ...Regarding hashish, you had pointed out that some Persians have become habituated to its use. Gracious God! This is the worst of all intoxicants | INBA89:216 | MKT9.055, AVK3.050, HYB.185, YFY.225-226 | BRL_Aqdas.n170cx, COC#0142x, LOG#1184x | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06661 | 120 | mixed | ای بنده رب علام همیشه در خاطری و در نظری و پیش بصری فراموش ننموده و نخواهم | O servant of the All-Knowing Lord! Thou art ever in my thoughts, before mine eyes, and within my sight. I have not forgotten thee, nor shall I ever forget [3.5s] | YIK.285-286 | Consolation and comfort; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10431 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده رحمن رحیم رحمت بر دو قسم است خاص و عام فیض مقدس و فیض اقدس از فضل حق | O servant of the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate! Mercy is of two kinds: specific and universal - the Holy Effusion and the Most Holy Effusion from divine grace [3.5s] | SFI14.034a | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11829 | 270 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت رحمن چندی پیش اوراق مسطور مرسول گشت البته تا بحال ملحوظ گشته | O servant of the All-Merciful! Some time ago the written pages were dispatched, and undoubtedly they have by now reached your consideration [3.5s] | INBA79.030 | Consolation and comfort; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06629 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده ایزد توانا ستایش دلبر مهربانرا که یاران دیرین پارسیان نازنین را در | O servant of the Almighty God! Praise be to the compassionate Beloved, Who hath guided the cherished ancient friends among the noble Persians [3.5s] | INBA84:294 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01111 | 370 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت یزدان حمد خدا را که خاور عنبر نثار است و باختر مشکبار شرق روشن | O servant of the Almighty! Praise be to God that the East is redolent with ambergris and the West is fragrant with musk; the Orient is luminous [3.5s] | PYB#039 p.01, HDQI.194, ANDA#09 p.08, MSHR2.332 | Consolation and comfort; Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10485 | 60 | Persian | ای خادم جمال قدم حمد کن که بعنایت خاصه روح عالم موفق و مویدی و بعبودیت آستان | O servant of the Ancient Beauty, render thanks that thou art favoured with the special grace of the Spirit of the world and art confirmed and assisted in servitude at His Threshold [3.5s] | MKT5.147a, KHSK.102-103 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05564 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده جمال قدم حضرت زین نهایت ستایش از ایمان و ایقان و عرفان شما نموده اند | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! His Holiness Zein hath lavished utmost praise upon thy faith, thy certitude and thy knowledge [3.5s] | MKT5.103 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03357 | 200 | mixed | ای بنده جمال قدم در جمیع امور متوسل بحی قیوم شو و متوکل بر رب ودود قلب انسان | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! In all matters take recourse unto the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, and place thy trust in the All-Loving Lord [3.5s] | INBA13:061 | AVK1.089x, AVK3.403.07x, DUR3.099x, GHA.075 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Effort; striving; Law of cause and effect; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05091 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده جمال قدم در این ساعت که مرکز میثاق در نهایت اشتیاق خامه برداشته و | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! In this hour when the Center of the Covenant, with utmost longing, hath taken up His pen [3.5s] | INBA13:032 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03111 | 210 | Persian | ای بنده جمال قدم جناب سلیل وارد و ملاقات نمودیم | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Jinab-i-Salil hath arrived and we have met with him [3.5s] | INBA13:318 | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00993 | 390 | Persian | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | ای بنده جمال قدم زبان بشکرانه اسم اعظم بگشا که موفق بزیارت عتبه مقدسه روحی | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Loose your tongue in thanksgiving to the Most Great Name, for you have attained the privilege of pilgrimage to the Sacred Threshold - may my spirit be sacrificed for it [3.5s]... ...Obligatory prayer is the very foundation of the Cause of God. Through it joy and vitality infuse the heart | INBA13:313 | AKHA_125BE #04 p.b, AVK3.251.09x, AVK4.092.11x, DWNP_v1#10-11 p.002-003x | BRL_IOPF#2.14x | Law of obligatory prayer; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB07950 | 100 | mixed | ای بنده جمال قدم حمد کن حقرا که موفق بر بیان عبودیت این عبد شدی و باین نعت و | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Praise thou the Lord that thou hast been enabled to give expression to the servitude of this servant [3.5s] | MKT5.143a, MSHR2.147 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06084 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده جمال قدم ایام عبدالبهاء از کثرت هجوم اهل جفا و شدت فساد و تعرض هر | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! The days of 'Abdu'l-Bahá are beset by the onslaught of the faithless, the intensity of corruption, and the assaults of every [3.5s] | MKT6.115b | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Exhortations and counsels; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07269 | 110 | mixed | ای بنده جمال قدم اشعار فصیح و بلیغی که در حلاوت چون انگبین بود ملاحظه گردید | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! The eloquent and fluent verses, which in sweetness were as honey, were perused [3.5s] | MMK3#270 p.195 | Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07270 | 110 | mixed | ای بنده جمال قدم نظر عنایت شامل است و حکمت بالغه کامل آنچه در عالم امکان واقع | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! The glance of divine favor encompasseth thee, and perfect wisdom is complete in all that transpireth in the realm of being [3.5s] | MMK3#024 p.016 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01110 | 370 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه که بتاریخ ۵ رجب سنه ۱۳۲۵ مورخ بود رسید بسیار از مضمونش | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! The letter dated the fifth of Rajab 1325 was received, and from its contents [3.5s] | MMK6#562, MAS9.155 | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10406 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده جمال قدم انوار الطاف از ملکوت ابهی ساطعست و نجوم مواهب از افق اعلی | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! The lights of divine favors shine forth from the Abhá Kingdom, and the stars of heavenly bounties gleam from the most exalted horizon [3.5s] | INBA85:106a | MMK4#102 p.111 | Growth of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09862 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده جمال قدم انوار اسم اعظم آفاق امم را احاطه نموده است ولی غافلین در | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! The lights of the Most Great Name have encompassed the horizons of all peoples, yet the heedless remain [3.5s] | MKT5.011, AKHA_132BE #17 p.a | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08585 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده جمال قدم در این انجمن رحمانی مذکور و مشهوری و در محفل روحانی مظهر | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Thou art mentioned and renowned in this heavenly gathering, and manifest in the spiritual assembly [3.5s] | MMK2#077 p.062 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07949 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده جمال قدم حضرت ابراهیم هر چند از وطن مالوف بغربت افتاد ولی آن غربت جنه | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Though Abraham was cast out from His cherished homeland into exile, yet that exile became a paradise [3.5s] | MKT9.057a | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09235 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده جمال قدم غلام او هستی ولی سرور عالم زیرا بنده حلقه بگوش جمال ابهی | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Though His thrall thou art, yet sovereign of the world art thou, for thou art a bond-slave of the Abhá Beauty [3.5s] | MKT8.027a, LMA2.451 | High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02570 | 240 | Persian | ای عبد جمال قدم منظوم چون لئالی منثور منظور گشت فصیح و بلیغ بود و بدیع و لطیف | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Thy verses, like scattered pearls, were beheld with favor; eloquent and persuasive were they, novel and graceful [3.5s] | MKT8.126c, AKHA_103BE #09-10 p.02 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07290 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده رب قدیم و خیاط این اقلیم در بازار ملکوت داخل شو و از سندس فردوس و | O servant of the ancient Lord and tailor of this realm! Enter thou into the marketplace of the Kingdom and partake of the fine silk of Paradise [3.5s] | INBA13:063 | Excellence; distinction; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09232 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی کاس رضا در نهایت حلاوت است ولی تا کاس | O servant of the Beauty of Abha! The cup of resignation is possessed of utmost sweetness, yet until the cup [3.5s] | INBA89:071a | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10405 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده جمال الهی شمعی برافروز که شعاع نورانیش متصل بدامنه ملا اعلی گردد | O servant of the Beauty of God, kindle a flame whose luminous rays may reach unto the heights of the Concourse on High [3.5s] | INBA89:051a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07268 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده جمال الهی دو دست نیاز بدرگاه خداوند بی انباز دراز نما و ببارگاه | O servant of the Beauty of God! Raise thy suppliant hands unto the threshold of the peerless Lord, and unto His court [3.5s] | YARP2.710 p.472 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05563 | 140 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ذوالجلال گوش بگشا و سر اذ قال ربک للملئکه انی جاعل فی الارض | O servant of the Beauty of the All-Glorious, open thine ear and hearken unto the mystery: "When thy Lord said unto the angels, 'I shall establish upon the earth.'" [3.5s] | DWNP_v6#04 p.006-007 | Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07945 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی حافظ شیرازی میگوید یوسف گمگشته باز اید بکنعان غم مخور کلبه | O servant of the Beauty of the All-Glorious! Ḥáfiẓ of Shíráz says: "The lost Joseph will return to Canaan; grieve not. The humble dwelling..." [3.5s] | MSHR5.444 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03146 | 210 | Persian | ای خادم جمال مقصود مکاتیب شما رسید و بر کیفیت اطلاع حاصل گردید از حزن شما | O servant of the Beauty of the All-Glorious! Thy letters were received, and their contents made known thy sorrow [3.5s] | MMK5#015 p.009 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08043 | 100 | Persian | ای خادم احبای الهی فخر بر ملوک ارض کن زیرا سلطنت آنانرا استقراری نه اما | O servant of the beloved of God, glory thou over the kings of the earth, for their sovereignty hath no stability [3.5s] | MMK3#068 p.044x | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06173 | 130 | Persian | ای خادم احباء الله ای غاصب حق این عبدالبهاء زیرا خدمت یاران و خادمی دوستان | O servant of the beloved of God, O usurper of the right of this 'Abdu'l-Bahá, in service to the friends and ministration to the companions [3.5s] | INBA72:120, INBA88:240 | AKHB.132-133, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.209, AHB.134BE #09-10 p.49, PYB#192 p.30, ANDA#16 p.60, ANDA#33 p.14, MAS5.031, MSBH3.539 | Humor; jokes; Personal instructions; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08688 | 90 | Persian | ای خادم احباء الله خادم احباء خادم جمال ابهی من احبه خدم احبائه | O servant of the beloved of God, servant of the beloved, servant of the Beauty of Abhá! He who loveth His loved ones hath served this servant [3.5s] | INBA72:118 | BRL_DAK#1174, MKT8.079b, AKHB.132 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02547 | 240 | mixed | ای خادم احبای الهی هر چند مدتی بود که بخدمت یاران پرداختی و در عبودیت حق علم | O servant of the beloved of God! Though for a time thou didst occupy thyself with service to the friends and didst raise the standard of servitude unto the True One [3.5s] | INBA17:244 | MMK3#195 p.139 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10889 | 50 | Turkish | ای جمال مبارک رحمانک بنده سی حضرت احدیتک لطف و عنایتی و فضل و عاطفتی یاغمورتک | O servant of the Blessed and All-Merciful Beauty! The grace and favor of the Divine Unity, and His bounty and loving-kindness, raineth down [3.5s] | MJT.058a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02350 | 250 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک تلغرافی از شما رسید سوال از صحت من نموده بودید صحت و راحت و | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! A telegram was received from thee wherein thou didst inquire after my health and well-being [3.5s] | MMK5#112 p.089 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Business; financial; property matters; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03939 | 180 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی خراسانرا در عرف مورخین مشرق زمین نامند و این کلمه دال بر | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! According to the historians of the East, Khurasan is known as the Orient, and this term signifies [3.5s] | MMK6#117 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Predictions and prophecies; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04685 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک مکاتیب شما جمیع رسید و از قرائت نهایت سرور حاصل گردید | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! All thy letters were received, and from their perusal the utmost joy was obtained [3.5s] | MMK5#109 p.087 | Review of publications; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09863 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک اسمی از اسماء مبارک حسین است که نور مشرقین است تو عبد | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Among the blessed names is Ḥusayn, who is the Light of the two Orients. Thou art a servant [3.5s] | MKT5.012a | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06078 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی از شئون این جهان دون محزون مشو و از غوائل این عالم زائل | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Be thou not grieved by the affairs of this base world, nor dismayed by the tribulations of this fleeting realm [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0327, MMK3#225 p.164 | Consolation and comfort; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07272 | 110 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای بنده جمال مبارک خوشا بحال تو که بخدمتی مشغولی که سبب روشناای رخ در ملکوت | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Blessed art thou, since thou art engaged in rendering a service which will make thy face to shine in the Abha Kingdom | BRL_DAK#0365, TRBB.047 | BRL_ATE#154, COC#0608 | Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01558 | 310 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی مسائلی که سوال نموده بودی ابدا فرصت جواب نه در هر روز | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Concerning the questions thou didst ask, I have absolutely no time to reply each day [3.5s]... ...The station which he who hath truly recognized this Revelation will attain is the same as the one | MKT8.025, MKT9.054, AVK2.038.16x, MAS2.015 | WOB.111x | Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07273 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک خوشا بحال تو که ناطق بذکرالله شدی و ناشر نفحات الله تمسک | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Happy art thou that hath spoken forth in remembrance of God and hast become a diffuser of the divine fragrances [3.5s] | INBA17:192 | KHMI.029 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06085 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه نمرو ۵۱ رسید مرقوم نموده بودید که برات قائممقامی را | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Letter number 51 hath been received. Thou didst write regarding the draft of appointment [3.5s] | INBA17:226 | Business; financial; property matters; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04282 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی از غربت شکایت نماای و از کربت و مشقت ناله و فغان فرماای حق | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Make thou no complaint of exile, neither raise thy voice in lamentation and grief over hardship and tribulation [3.5s] | MKT8.024a | Consolation and comfort; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10857 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت جمال ابهی در این صبح نورانی که یوم مولد حضرت رحمانیست تبریک عید | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! On this luminous morn, which is the birth-day of the All-Merciful One, I offer thee felicitations for this Festival [3.5s] | INBA84:280b | Love of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02667 | 230 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک الحمد لله بعد از عودت از ارض مقدس بان دیار با نفسی مشکبار | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Praise be to God that, following thy return from the Holy Land to those regions, thou art filled with a fragrant spirit [3.5s] | INBA89:184 | MKT6.116 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09859 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی جناب حاجی وارد و میفرمایند که من نهایت مسرت و خوشنودی از | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! The honourable Haji hath arrived and declareth that I am filled with the utmost joy and gladness [3.5s] | AYBY.408 #116 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12807 | 250 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی مکتوبی که بجناب آقا میرزا حیدر علی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! The letter thou didst address to his honor Mirza Haydar-'Ali was perused [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1148 | Law of divorce; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11907 | 140 | mixed | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه ای که باسم جناب اسم الله علیه بهاء الله الابهی مرقوم | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! The letter thou didst write concerning Jinab-i-Ismu'llah, upon him be the glory of the Most Glorious [3.5s] | TISH.215 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07271 | 110 | mixed | ای بنده جمال مبارک این اسم عبودیت که بر تست فخر جواهر وجود است و مباهات سواذج | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! This name of servitude which thou bearest is the pride of all created things and the glory of pure souls [3.5s] | INBA84:441 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12739 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه مختصر بسیار مفصل بود زیرا آرزوی عبودیت درگاه جمال مبارک | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Though brief in length, thy letter was most comprehensive, for it expressed thy longing to be a servant at the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty [3.5s] | QUM.178-179 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07952 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک مکتوب مفصل ملاحظه گردید از خبر صعود حضرت منشادی نهایت | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy detailed letter was perused, and from the news of the ascension of his honour Manshádí [3.5s] | ANDA#82 p.37x | Business; financial; property matters; Eulogies; reminiscences | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04287 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه مورخ ۲۶ جانویه ۱۹۱۲ رسید و همچنین نامه آلبرت هبرت و | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter dated 26 January 1912 was received, as was likewise the letter from Albert Hubbard [3.5s] | MMK5#052 p.048 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Personal instructions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06640 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه شما که بتاریخ ۹ اپریل ۱۹۱۱ بود رسید الحمد لله دلیل | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter dated 9 April 1911 was received. Praise be to God, it was evidence [3.5s] | DAUD.04 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07274 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه شما در پاریس رسید در وقتیکه نهایت اشتغال موجود با وجود | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter reached Paris at a time when I was most heavily occupied, notwithstanding [3.5s] | INBA87:205b, INBA52:207b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04286 | 170 | mixed | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه مرقوم ملحوظ گشت شرح و بسطی در ایه شریفه علمه | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was perused. An exposition and elucidation concerning the sacred verse "He taught him..." was noted [3.5s] | AVK3.363.03x, MSHR3.242 | Education of children; moral education; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03636 | 190 | mixed | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه شما رسید و سبب فرح و سرور گردید زیرا دلیل بر آن بود | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was received and became a source of joy and gladness, for it bore testimony to this [3.5s] | MMK6#563 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05566 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه شما رسید و عبدالبهاء دقیقه ای آرام ندارد و فرصت ندارد | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was received, and 'Abdu'l-Bahá hath not a moment's rest nor any respite [3.5s] | YARP2.453 p.339 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05565 | 140 | mixed | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه رسید و از مضمون معلوم گردید که در پونه مقیم ولی در تعب | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was received, and from its contents it became known that thou dwellest in Pune, yet art in distress [3.5s] | AADA.143x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07267 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی مکتوب واصل شد و فریاد و فغانت مسموع گشت جمیع مراتب و شئون | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was received, and thy cry and lamentation was heard [3.5s] | INBA87:192b, INBA52:193b | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00938 | 400 | mixed | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه شما رسید پیام آشنا بود و دلیل بر استقامت بر امر الله | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was received. It brought a message of friendship and bore testimony to thy steadfastness in the Cause of God [3.5s] | INBA85:028 | MMK6#423, AVK1.125.04x, MAS2.009-011 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Manifestation of God as sun | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02893 | 220 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی مکاتیب شما واصل و بر مضمون اطلاع یافتیم از الطاف جمال قدم | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letters have been received and their contents noted. Through the favours of the Ancient Beauty [3.5s] | INBA13:109, INBA88:114 | Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06835 | 120 | Persian | ای غلام جمال مبارک این چه نامست که اثر علویت مقامست این چه اسم است که منتهای | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! What name is this that beareth the imprint of an exalted station? What appellation is this that reacheth unto the utmost [3.5s] | MSHR5.182b | Importance of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12188 | 280 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه وفا بدست عبدالبهاء رسید مضمون دلنشین بود و معانی شهد و شیرین | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Your faithful letter reached 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Its contents were delightful and its inner meanings were sweet as honey [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1087 | Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00781 | 450 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | مکتوب مورخه ۵ ذی القعده ۱۳۲۴ رسید ای بنده جمال ابهی عنوان نامه یا عبدالبهاء | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Your letter dated the 5th of Dhi'l-Qa'dih 1324 was received, bearing the address "O 'Abdu'l-Bahá" [3.5s]... ...We have previously written and sent out a detailed letter regarding the education of children in faith, certitude, learning and spiritual knowledge, and their being taught to call upon the Heavenly Kingdom with suppliant hearts | BRL_DAK#0509, MMK5#175 p.136 | BRL_ATE#164x, COC#0599x | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12074 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه شما رسید سوال نموده بودید که تکلیف احبای قزاق چیست زیرا | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Your letter was received. You had inquired about the duty of the friends in Kazakhistan, for [3.5s] | INBA85:023 | YQAZ.655a | Obedience to and respect for government authority | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07275 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه های شما رسید و مکاتیب که ارسال نمودید واصل کردید دو | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Your letters arrived, and the communications you sent forth were received [3.5s] | INBA17:227 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12235 | 230 | Persian | ای خادم امرالله و ای بنده درگاه کبریا جناب میرزا عبدالله چندی بود که در صحرای حرمان | O servant of the Cause of God and bondsman at His Most Great Threshold, Jinab-i-Mirza Abdullah! For some time now, in the wilderness of deprivation [3.5s] | BSHI.099 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05098 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه کبریا جناب مرتضی مراجعت بانصفحات مینمایند و ارمغانی از عبدالبهاء | O servant of the celestial Threshold! His honor Murtaza returneth to those regions, bearing a gift from 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | INBA87:255a, INBA52:258 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08046 | 100 | Persian | ای خادم قبر مستور آن جدث مقدس و رمس مبارک را محافظه نما و ملاحظه دار چه که | O servant of the concealed sepulcher! Guard thou and watch over that sacred grave and blessed resting-place, for [3.5s] | INBA55:375, INBA87:164b, INBA52:162a | Predictions and prophecies; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09220 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده بارگاه یزدان از خدا خواهم که از فارسیان آزادگانی برانگیزد که به بندگی | O servant of the Court of the All-Glorious! I beseech God to raise up from among the Persians souls who are free and devoted in servitude [3.5s] | YARP2.560 p.397 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02704 | 230 | mixed | ای خادم میثاق ادیب دبستان عرفان مکتوبی که در طیش مکتوب جناب باباای کلیمی بود | O servant of the Covenant, learned one of the school of divine knowledge, thy letter, which was enclosed with that of Jenáb-i-Bábá'í-i-Kalímí [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0965, MMK6#338 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08611 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده میثاق شکر کن خدا را که از پیمانه پیمان سرمستی و مانند جام لبریز نشئه | O servant of the Covenant! Give thanks unto God that thou art intoxicated from the chalice of the Covenant and, like unto a brimming cup, art filled with its rapture [3.5s] | YBN.070b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03119 | 210 | mixed | ای بنده میثاق شکر کن خدا را که مظهر الطاف نیر آفاق بودی و مطلع انوار کوکب | O servant of the Covenant! Give thanks unto God that thou hast been a manifestation of the favours of the Day-Star of horizons and the dawning-place of lights [3.5s] | INBA89:084b | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09274 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده میثاق جناب یوسفخان وارد و الیوم عازم امریکا گشت انشاء الله موید و | O servant of the Covenant! His Honour Yusuf Khan hath arrived and today hath set forth for America. God willing, may he be assisted [3.5s] | MKT8.043a | Growth of the Cause; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01559 | 310 | Persian | ای بنده میثاق مکاتیب جوف را ارسال نمااید و بام المومنین ورقه نوراء امة الله | O servant of the Covenant! Send forth the enclosed letters, and unto the mothers of the believers, the luminous leaf, handmaid of God [3.5s] | MKT8.012c | Business; financial; property matters; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10487 | 60 | Persian | ای خادم میثاق آنچه که حضرت ابتهاج مرقوم نموده اند عین واقعست و منبعث از خیر | O servant of the Covenant! That which Ḥaḍrat-i-Ibtihaj hath penned is the very truth and springeth from goodness [3.5s] | INBA84:365 | Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05089 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده پیمان سرهنگ ناسوتی صف حرب و جنگ بیاراید ولی سرهنگ ملکوتی باهنگ تسبیح | O servant of the Covenant! The earthly colonel may array the ranks for battle and war, but the heavenly colonel leads with the melody of praise [3.5s] | INBA84:550 | Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07298 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده میثاق نامه رسید و غزل رنگین بسیار دلنشین بود خواندم بشاشت حاصل شد | O servant of the Covenant! Thy letter arrived, and the colourful poem was most delightful. I read it and was filled with joy [3.5s] | MMK5#114 p.090 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00729 | 460 | mixed | ای بنده میثاق مکتوب آنجناب که بدایتش بانگلیسی و نهایتش بپارسی مرقوم ملاحظه | O servant of the Covenant! Your letter, which began in English and concluded in Persian, hath been perused [3.5s] | MMK5#006 p.002 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06643 | 120 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای بنده حضرت مقصود کتاب بیان بکتاب اقدس منسوخ مگر احکامی که در کتاب اقدس موکد | O servant of the Desired One! [3.5s]... ...The Bayan hath been superseded by the Kitab-i-Aqdas, except in respect of such laws as have been confirmed and mentioned in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas | MMK6#151 | BRL_ATE#046x | Consolation and comfort; Naming of children; of individuals; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10859 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت مقصود وقتیست که مشارق و مغارب مطالع صبح احدیت گردید شمس حقیقت | O servant of the Desired One! The time hath come when East and West shall become the dawning-places of the morn of Divine Unity, as the Sun of Truth [3.5s] | MMK4#001 p.001 | Growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07954 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت مقصود نامه تو رسید و از شدت محبت با عدم فرصت فورا جواب مرقوم | O servant of the Desired One! Thy letter was received and, despite lack of time, such was the intensity of love that an immediate reply was penned [3.5s] | INBA84:387a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09234 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده جمال الهی عبدالبهاء را نهایت محبت با شماست و از خدا خواهم... جمال مبارک در طهران صبح در نهایت ثروت و فنا بودند و شامگاه به کلی | O servant of the Divine Beauty! 'Abdu'l-Bahá cherishes the utmost love for thee and beseecheth God... The Blessed Beauty, in Ṭihrán, was at the height of wealth and splendor at dawn, yet by eventide was utterly [3.5s] | MMK5#002 p.001 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10858 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت دوست دست بدامن میثاق زن و بمحبت الله شهره آفاق شو در سایه شجره | O servant of the divine Beloved! Grasp thou the hem of the Covenant, and become renowned throughout all regions for thy love of God, beneath the shade of the Tree [3.5s] | INBA13:228c | Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03106 | 210 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حق محزون مباش مغموم مباش ببشارت حضرت احدیت جام عنایت برگیر | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Be thou neither sorrowful nor dismayed. Take thou the chalice of bounty, through the glad-tidings of the One True God [3.5s] | INBA88:251, INBA89:041 | Belief and denial; Consolation and comfort; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10426 | 60 | mixed | ای بنده درگاه الهی در سبیل پروردگار چنان سبک و چالاک شو که بقدمی از افلاک | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Be thou, in the path of thy Lord, so swift and nimble that with a single stride thou canst traverse the celestial spheres [3.5s] | MKT6.036a | The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10429 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه یزدان بخشایش خداوندیرا در این روزگار بنگر که مانند من و تو در | O servant of the divine Threshold! Behold in this day the bounty of the Lord, that one such as thou and I [3.5s] | YARP2.713 p.473 | High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10425 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه الهی خوشا ساعتی که روح دل از آلودگی جهان آب و کل نجات یافته | O servant of the divine Threshold! Blessed is that hour when the spirit of the heart findeth deliverance from the defilements of this earthly world [3.5s] | AHB.109BE #03 p.19 | The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06657 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه الهی فرج الهی فرح بعد از کدر و سرور بعد از غموم و شادی بعد از | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Divine relief cometh after distress, and gladness followeth after sorrow, and joy succeedeth grief [3.5s] | MKT8.033b | Consolation and comfort; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The ephemeral and the eternal; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05551 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده آستان الهی از کثرت مشاغل فرصت تحاریر مستمره نیست مبادا گمان کنی که | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Due to a multitude of occupations, there remaineth not the leisure for continuous correspondence. Let it not be imagined that [3.5s] | MUH3.284-285 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05077 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده آستان الهی سالهای چند بود که مخابره منقطع بود و سبب انقطاع اینحرب | O servant of the Divine Threshold! For several years, our correspondence had been interrupted, and the cause of this discontinuation was this war [3.5s] | YARP2.410 p.314 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04350 | 170 | mixed | ای خادم درگاه الهی مکاتیب متعدده مرقوم شد و ارسال گشت ای مظاهر لطف و عنایت | O servant of the divine Threshold! Numerous Tablets have been revealed and dispatched to thee. These reveal the never-ending and ever-present favors | INBA87:323, INBA52:328 | GEN.340 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10549 | 60 | Persian | ای عبد درگاه الهی در این یوم مشهود که انوار ساطعه از افق وجود امکانرا روشن | O servant of the divine Threshold! On this memorable Day when resplendent rays from the horizon of being have illumined the realm of creation [3.5s] | MMK2#084 p.066 | Exhortations and counsels; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06656 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه الهی در صبح و شام مشام را به رائحه طیبه محبت الله معطر نما | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Perfume thy senses, at morn and eventide, with the sweet fragrance of the love of God [3.5s] | YBN.070-071 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09216 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده آستان ایزد ستایش خدا را که روی و موی بخاک درگاه خدا مشکبار نمودی و از | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Praise be to God that thou hast laid thy face and hair, fragrant with musk, in the dust of His Court [3.5s] | YARP2.193 p.187 | Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00406 | 600 | mixed | ای بنده آستان الهی آنچه بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودی رسید و چون نظر بحکمتی | O servant of the Divine Threshold! That which thou didst write to Manshádí hath been received, and in view of a wisdom [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0765, AVK3.196.14x, QT108.074-075 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Nationalism; love of country; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as source of love and unity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12072 | 60 | mixed | ای بنده آستان الهی ... امور احبای حقیقی با شئون عبدالبهاء هم عنان است هر توع | O servant of the Divine Threshold! The affairs of the true loved ones are intertwined with the ways of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in every respect [3.5s] | YQAZ.213bx | Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04295 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه الهی نامه های سابق نرسید ولی نامه لاحق واصل شد از تلاوتش معلوم | O servant of the Divine Threshold! The former letters did not arrive, but the latter letter hath been received. From its perusal it became evident [3.5s] | MKT5.065 | Growth of the Cause; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04273 | 170 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده آستان الهی نامه ای که بسید اسدالله مرقوم نمودی ملاحظه گردید بعد از مراجعت | O servant of the divine Threshold! The letter which thou didst address to Siyyid Asadu'llah was perused. After returning [3.5s]... ...The teacher, when teaching, must be himself fully enkindled, so that his utterance, like unto a flame of fire, may exert influence | MMK1#217 p.260x, YHA2.1000-1001x, YARP2.111 p.136, NJB_v04#15 p.003x | SWAB#217x | N. Affolter | Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The state of enkindlement in teaching; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB02670 | 230 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه یزدان نامه ای که بحضرت جواد مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید نامه | O servant of the divine threshold! The letter which thou hadst addressed to His Holiness Javád hath been perused [3.5s] | YARP2.515 p.373 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07928 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان الهی شمس حقیقت را موطن اصلی مازندران و منبت قدیمی اقلیم طبرستان | O servant of the Divine Threshold! The Sun of Truth findeth its original home in Mazandaran and its ancient origin in the clime of Tabaristan [3.5s] | MMK4#004 p.002 | Call to action; Growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10427 | 60 | mixed | ای بنده درگاه الهی یوم امتحانست و زمان افتتان قدم راسخ نمااید و قلب را ثابت | O servant of the divine Threshold! This is the Day of test and the time of trial. Keep thy footsteps firm and thy heart steadfast [3.5s] | INBA88:032 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11765 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده آستان الهی مسافات بعیده طی نمودی تا آنکه ببقعه مبارکه رسیدی و فیض | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Thou hast traversed vast distances until thou didst attain the blessed Shrine and partake of the grace [3.5s] | FRH.089a | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09881 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه الهی هر چند صد هزار فرسنگ مسافت باشد و کوه و دشت حائل و مانع | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Though a hundred thousand leagues of distance intervene, and mountains and plains stand as barriers and obstacles [3.5s] | MKT9.060b | Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03946 | 180 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه الهی اگرچه هوا در شدت گرما و شمس در وسط ضحی و محل محاط بحرارت | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Though the air be exceedingly hot, and the sun at its zenith, and the place encompassed by heat [3.5s] | MKT8.033a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00939 | 400 | mixed | Translation List; Concourse on High | ای بنده درگاه الهی هر چند تا بحال در مکاتبه فتور و قصور رفت ولی در عالم دل و | O servant of the divine Threshold! Though there has been delay and shortcoming in correspondence until now, yet in the realm of the heart [3.5s]... ...Those souls who have detached themselves from the world of humanity and acquired heavenly attributes are reckoned among the Concourse on High | MMK6#256, MAS2.108-110, YMM.153x, ABDA.086-087 | ADMS#326x | Love of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10392 | 60 | mixed | ای بنده آستان الهی از فضل حضرت بیچون در دو آستان پاسبانی و هر دو مقبول درگاه | O servant of the divine Threshold! Through the grace of the Incomparable Lord, thou art guardian at both thresholds, and both are accepted at His Court [3.5s] | INBA87:164a, INBA52:161b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12204 | 260 | Persian | ای بنده آستان الهی نامه بتاریخ چهارم آگست ۱۹۱۳ رسید ستایش بسیار از تدریس | O servant of the divine Threshold! Thy letter dated the fourth of August 1913 was received. Abundant praise for the teaching [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1099 | Non-participation in politics; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07254 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده آستان الهی نامه شما رسید و تالان و تاراج معلوم گردید این سنین گذشته | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Thy letter was received, and the plunder and devastation of these bygone years became known [3.5s] | INBA87:160, INBA52:158a | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Education of children; moral education | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01379 | 330 | Persian | ای بنده آستان الهی نامه شما رسید ولی از عدم فرصت مختصر جواب مرقوم میگردد از | O servant of the divine Threshold! Thy letter was received, but owing to lack of time a brief reply is being penned [3.5s] | MMK4#011 p.011 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Eulogies; reminiscences; Humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07255 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده آستان الهی همنام تو اردشیر سبب شد که ایران پریشان سر و سامان یافت و | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Thy namesake Ardeshir was the cause whereby Iran, in its state of disorder, found stability and organization [3.5s] | YARP2.654 p.443 | Being a source of light; guidance; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07248 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده الهی تو عبدالله و من عبد بهآء بیا هر دو همتی بنمائیم و بآستان مقدس خدمتی | O servant of the Divine! Thou art 'Abdu'llah and I am 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Come, let us both arise with steadfast resolve and render service at the Sacred Threshold [3.5s] | INBA88:115a | PYB#175 p.45, PYB#178 p.33, QUM.258 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07492 | 110 | Persian | ای عبد جمال باقی آنچه بتصور و اوهام اید و آنچه در حیز اعیان خارجه جلوه نماید | O servant of the Eternal Beauty! Whatsoever may come to pass within the realm of imagination and fancy, and whatsoever may shine forth in the sphere of outward realities [3.5s] | MMK3#062 p.040 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09430 | 80 | Persian | ای عبدالباقی آنچه در حیز وجود بینی جمیع فانی و هر که را در ظل ممدود یابی بر | O servant of the Ever-Abiding! Whatsoever thou beholdest within the realm of existence is destined to perish, and whomsoever thou findest beneath the extended shade [3.5s] | MMK6#376, YMM.456 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The ephemeral and the eternal; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07276 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت دوست الان بعیادت جناب محمود پر فروغ آمدم ذکر اشتعال و فرط انجذاب | O servant of the Friend, I have now come to visit the luminous Jinab-i-Mahmud, making mention of his enkindlement and intense attraction [3.5s] | INBA21:005 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04734 | 160 | Persian | ای خادم محفل ملاقات نامه شما رسید چنان معلوم میشود که در شیراز فوج و موج است | O servant of the gathering! Thy letter was received. It appeareth that there is tumult and commotion in Shiraz [3.5s] | INBA87:385a, INBA52:394 | Past, present and future of Iran; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12612 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده رب جنود آن خداوند ودود هر ضعیف را توانا کند و هر فقیریرا توانگر | O servant of the Lord of Hosts! That loving God makes mighty every powerless one and enriches every destitute soul [3.5s] | INBA85:018b | Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04692 | 160 | mixed | ای بنده رب الجنود نامه مرسول وصول یافت | O servant of the Lord of Hosts! Thy letter was received [3.5s] | MAS2.040-041x, YMM.154x, YMM.278x, YMM.278x | Adam; Adam and Eve; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Free will and predestination; fate; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03114 | 210 | Persian | ای بنده رب ملکوت در ایندم که قلب این مشتاق مشتعل بنار محبت الله است بخیال تو | O servant of the Lord of the Kingdom! In this moment, when the heart of this yearning soul is ablaze with the fire of the love of God, I am occupied with thoughts of thee [3.5s] | INBA13:159 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Love of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06635 | 120 | mixed | ای بنده پروردگار از خدا بخواه که در این عالم پرمحنت نفس راحتی کشی و در این | O servant of the Lord! Beseech God that thou mayest draw a breath of tranquility in this world of tribulation, and in this [3.5s] | AKHA_128BE #03-04 p.j, AHB.133BE #01-02 p.70, RRT.015, MAS5.084, MSBH9.567-568 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08577 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده پروردگار ملاحظه نما حکمت بالغه الهی را که تو از مهد هندی و ما از | O servant of the Lord! Consider thou the consummate wisdom of God, that thou art from the cradle of India and we from [3.5s] | INBA13:186a | DWNP_v6#04 p.007a | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08578 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده پروردگار مهربان با تو مهربان است و خواهش نگارش نامه از این بی سر و | O servant of the Lord! He is merciful unto thee, and thy request for this letter from this humble and lowly [3.5s] | YARP2.446 p.335 | Call to action; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05088 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده پروردگار در ایامیکه نیر آفاق از مشرق عراق طلوع نمود و باشعه ساطعه | O servant of the Lord! In the days when the Orb of the horizons dawned forth from the East of 'Iráq with its resplendent rays [3.5s] | MKT6.013a | Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Universality of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03110 | 210 | Persian | ای بنده پروردگار ای آواره من نجار نامه اختصار شما مرا امیدوار نمود که الحمد | O servant of the Lord! O my wandering carpenter! [3.5s]... ...Thy brief letter made me very hopeful. Praise be to God that thou art firm and steadfast | QUM.260 | DAS.1913-11-07x | Education of children; moral education; Importance of community building; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08576 | 90 | mixed | ای بنده پروردگار حضرت رب مختار جمیع من علی الارض را بمطلع انوار دعوت نمود | O servant of the Lord! The chosen Lord, the All-Powerful, hath summoned all who dwell upon the earth to the Dayspring of divine lights [3.5s] | MMK6#017, RAHA.344b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03938 | 180 | mixed | ای بنده پروردگار نفحه مشکبار از نافه اسرار بر جمیع اقطار نثار گشت مشام ابرار | O servant of the Lord! The musk-laden breeze from the hidden treasury of mysteries hath been wafted upon all regions and the senses of the righteous [3.5s] | MMK2#150 p.113, MMK6#556 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10029 | 70 | mixed | ای غلام مظهر ولایت دبره ای بدست آر که نفوذش شدید باشد و نوکش تند و تیز تا | O servant of the Manifestation of Divine Authority, take hold of a pen whose influence shall be potent and whose point shall be sharp and piercing [3.5s] | MMK6#611 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08164 | 100 | mixed | ای غلام علی اعلی این غلام مضاف بنام جمال کبریاء علی اعلی و شطر ثانی از اسم | O servant of the Most Exalted! This servant, who is linked to the name of the Supreme Beauty, the Most Exalted, and to the second part [3.5s] | INBA88:248 | AYBY.429 #145 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04681 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی خبر مراجعت آنجناب باذربایجان رسید و همچنین نامه آنجناب از | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! News of thy return to Azerbaijan hath been received, and likewise thy letter [3.5s] | INBA17:148 | AKHA_116BE #09 p.310, LMA1.124 | Call to action; Personal instructions; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03352 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی آنچه ذکر امتداد حیات سلفست امریست اعتباری نه بحسب اصطلاحی | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! That which is mentioned concerning the prolongation of life in former times is but a conventional matter, not a technical term [3.5s] | AVK2.193, MAS2.072-073 | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Noah | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01177 | 360 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی آنچه نگاشتی و مقصود داشتی مشهود و مکشوف شد فی الحقیقه انسان | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! That which thou didst write and intend hath been made manifest and unveiled. Verily, man [3.5s] | AVK4.188.11x, BSHN.140.297, BSHN.140.352, BSHN.144.297, BSHN.144.350, MHT1a.190, MHT1b.148, MHT1b.232, NFQ.011 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08580 | 180 | Persian | Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of; Prayer and Devotional Life; Social Action | ای بنده جمال ابهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید محزون مشو مغموم مگرد | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! That which thou didst write was perused. Be thou neither sorrowful nor distressed [3.5s]... ...Thou hast asked about material means and prayer. Prayer is like the spirit and material means are like the human hand. The spirit operateth through the instrumentality of the hand | BRL_DAK#0305, COMP_PDLP#98x, MMK3#030 p.019x | BRL_SOCIAL#172x, BRL_PMDA#21x, BRL_PDL#98x, COC#1742x | Consolation and comfort; Importance of prayer | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04683 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه پنجم شعبان سنه حالیه که به آقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودید | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! The letter dated the fifth of Sha'ban of this year, which thou hadst addressed to Áqá Siyyid Asadu'lláh [3.5s] | INBA85:451b | MMK5#036 p.038, BSHI.058 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03355 | 200 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه ای که بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گشت از | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! The letter thou didst write to his honor Manshadi was perused [3.5s]... ...Thou didst write as to the children: from the very beginning, the children must receive divine education | MMK1#099 p.124x, MSHR2.208 | SWAB#099x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04285 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی مکتوبی که از پاریس مرقوم نموده بودید رسید | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! Thy letter that thou didst write from Paris was received [3.5s] | MSHR5.369x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Effort; striving; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03635 | 190 | mixed | Translation List | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه شما رسید ابدا فرصت تحریر یک کلمه نیست با وجود این جواب | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! Thy letter was received. Though there is not a moment's respite to pen even a single word, yet this reply is given [3.5s]... ...The celestial orbs are each endowed with its own particular creation. This terrestrial sphere, which from a relative point of view is exceedingly small | MMK6#480, AVK1.145x, MAS2.087 | ADMS#319x | Apocalyptic imagery; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Education of children; moral education; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11910 | 140 | Persian | ای عبد جمال ابهی حضرت اخوی چون باین بقعه نورانی رسید و سر به استان رحمانی نهاد | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! When that distinguished brother arrived at this luminous spot and laid his head upon the threshold of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | TISH.153 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12721 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت کبریاء نامه شما رسید و مضمون سبب فرح و سرور گردید و دلالت بر ثبوت | O servant of the Most Glorious Lord! Thy letter was received and its contents became the cause of joy and gladness, bearing testimony to steadfastness [3.5s] | INBA85:062 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07242 | 110 | mixed | ای بنده اسم اعظم خوشا بحال نفوسی که چشم را بمشاهده انوار فیض رب اعلی روشن | O servant of the Most Great Name! Blessed are they whose eyes are illumined by beholding the lights of grace from the Most High Lord [3.5s] | INBA55:391 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06621 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده اسم اعظم این خاکدان ترابی لانه و آشیانه مرغ خاکیست نه طیر الهی و این | O servant of the Most Great Name! This earthly dust-heap is but a nest and dwelling-place for earthbound birds, not for divine ones [3.5s] | MKT9.039, BSHN.140.423, BSHN.144.417, MHT1a.105, MHT1b.063 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09196 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده اسم اعظم هر چند مشغله مانند باران بهمن است با وجود این سرور یاران منظور | O servant of the Most Great Name! Though occupations descend like winter rains, yet still the joy of the friends is attained [3.5s] | INBA87:057a, INBA52:056a | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10842 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده اسم اعظم نامه مفصل با عدم فرصت بدقت ملاحظه گردید لهذا مختصر جواب | O servant of the Most Great Name! Thy detailed letter hath been perused with due consideration, albeit amidst a scarcity of time; hence, this brief response [3.5s] | INBA87:226, INBA52:230 | Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02659 | 230 | mixed | ای بنده اسم اعظم نامه شما وصول یافت و بکمال دقت مطالعه گردید چنانکه آرزو | O servant of the Most Great Name! Thy letter was received and studied with the utmost care. According as thou didst wish [3.5s] | MMK5#160 p.125, MMK6#446x | Consolation and comfort; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00052 | 1450 | mixed | Light of the World | ای بنده حق در دورهای سابق آثار قدرت الهیه و حقیت امر هر چند واضح و باهر بود | O servant of the one true God! In cycles gone by, although the signs of God’s power and the truth of His Cause were clear and manifest, yet to outward seeming the divine tests were severe | INBA17:070 | NURA#73, MMK4#175 p.207, RHQM1.200-202 (249x) (148-150x), MAS5.289-292x | LOTW#73 | Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| AB06644 | 120 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده حق احبای الهی در هر ارض الحمد لله موجود و مشهود و کل در ظل سدره وجود | O servant of the One true God! The Lord be praised, the loved ones of God are found in every land, and are, one and all, neath the shadow | INBA17:093 | MMK1#052 p.089, MSHR3.253 | SWAB#052, SW_v14#01 p.019-020, BP1926.028 | Compassion; kindness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB06650 | 120 | Persian | Light of the World | ای بنده حق صبح هدایت پرتوی بر شرق زد خاور را روشن نمود و شعاای بر غرب زد | O servant of the one true God! The Morn of divine guidance hath shed its radiance upon the East and lit up the Orient | NURA#53, MMK4#113 p.122 | LOTW#53 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06086 | 130 | mixed | ای بنده حضرت احدیت ایام افتتان است و جنود شبهات در انتشار گردباد تزلزل در | O servant of the One True God! These are the days of testing, and the hosts of doubt are spreading, while the whirlwind of confusion is raging [3.5s] | INBA17:048 | MMK6#580 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Predictions and prophecies; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07953 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت احدیت ناری از محبت الله در دل و جان برافروختی تا جهانی را | O servant of the One True God! Thou hast kindled a fire of the love of God within thy heart and soul that thou mightest set a world aflame [3.5s] | INBA87:212b, INBA52:215 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04687 | 160 | mixed | Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده حق لا جبر و لا تفویض لا کره و لا تسلیط امر بین الامرین عبارت از آنست | O servant of the one true God! What is meant by "there is neither predestination nor unconditional liberty; neither unwilling compliance nor unreserved authority; it is the Middle Way" | BLIB_Or.08117.036, | MMK3#029 p.019, VUJUD.101 | BLO_sazedj#17, VUJUDE.130-131x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Free will and predestination; fate; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB00067 | 1250 | mixed | Light of the World | ای بنده حق صبح هدی چون از افق اعلی طلوع نمود پرتوش بشارت کبری بود و مژده اش | O servant of the one true God! When the Morn of divine guidance dawned above the Most Exalted Horizon, its rays brought tidings of great joy | BRL_DAK#0718, NURA#05, MMK4#143 p.145, MSHR1.123x, MSHR4.053x | LOTW#05 | Literal interpretation; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Rejection of Muhammad | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07976 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده یزدان پاک جانی و پاک دل زیرا از جهان آب و گل بیزار شدی و بجهان دیگر | O servant of the pure God! Thou art pure in heart and soul, for thou hast become detached from this world of water and clay and hast turned to another realm [3.5s] | ALPA.017, YARP2.020 p.076 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02199 | 260 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس الهی نامه مرقوم ملحوظ افتاد و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل گشت و | O servant of the sacred divine Threshold! Thy letter hath been received and its contents noted [3.5s] | MKT4.030, AVK1.008.07x, AVK1.012.04x | Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08792 | 90 | Persian | ای عبد آستان مقدس بها سر عبودیت وقتی اشکار گردد که نور هویت بجهان قلب بتابد و | O servant of the sacred threshold of Bahá! The mystery of servitude is revealed when the light of divine identity shineth upon the realm of the heart [3.5s] | AKHA_132BE #11 p.a | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03344 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس الهی یاد آر ایامیرا در درگاه حق گذراندی و بشرف خدمت مشرف | O servant of the sacred Threshold of God! Call to mind those days thou didst pass at the Court of the True One, honored by the privilege of service [3.5s] | MKT5.009 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11659 | 310 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس جمال ابهی نامه رسید ملاحظه گردید و همچنین نامه های حضرت | O servant of the Sacred Threshold of the Most Glorious Beauty! Your letter was received and read, and likewise the letters of his honor [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1068, YIA.232 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02198 | 260 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس از پیش عنوان شما بغداد سوق المیدان آقا محمد حسین وکیل | O servant of the sacred Threshold, previously addressed at Baghdad, Souq al-Maidan, Agha Muhammad Husayn Wakil [3.5s] | MMK4#023 p.023 | Business; financial; property matters; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04275 | 170 | Persian | A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ای بنده آستان مقدس شکایت از کسادی تجارت نموده بودید در این سنه آفات و صدمات | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! . . . At churches and gatherings in Europe and America, ‘Abdu’l-Baha raised His voice in most of the large cities to proclaim the Cause | MMK5#090 p.071, AVK4.465x, NJB_v05#08 p.001x | MHMD2s.320x | Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00937 | 400 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مبارک نامه ای از شما رسید و سبب سرور گردید زیرا دلالت بر صحت | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! A letter from thee was received and brought joy, for it indicated [thy] well-being [3.5s] | MKT5.061 | Call to action; Eulogies; reminiscences; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02512 | 240 | Persian | Translation List | ای بنده آستان مقدس با وجود عدم فرصت نامه های متتابع شما را بقدر امکان همت در | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Despite lack of time, I am striving to the extent possible to respond to your successive letters [3.5s]... ...As to the matter of the conjuring of spirits which is now mentioned among the people, this is mere superstition, and certain displays are brought about by contrivances | ANDA#81 p.07, YARP2.454 p.339 | ADMS#223x | Astrology and numerology; Essential; necessary relationships; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The mind's power of discovery | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10394 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس در نامه آرزوی خدمت یاران الهی نموده بودی از اینجهت جواب | O servant of the sacred Threshold! In thy letter thou didst express thy longing to serve the friends of God. Therefore, in response [3.5s] | INBA87:208a, INBA52:210a | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00654 | 480 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس فی الحقیقه خادم امر اللهی و محب عبدالبهاء بموجب خواهش شما | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! In truth thou art a servant of the Cause of God and a lover of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. According to thy request [3.5s] | MMK5#054 p.050 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03633 | 190 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نمره ۳۳۴ محفوظا مصونا رسید امیدوارم که من بعد پاکتها درست | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Letter number 334, preserved and protected, hath arrived. I hope that henceforth the envelopes will be properly arranged [3.5s] | DBR.083 | Development of capacity and readiness; Education of children; moral education; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01235 | 350 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس الحمد لله سلیل نبیل آنشخص جلیلی که از بدایت حیات تا یوم | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Praise be to God, thou art the noble descendant of that illustrious personage who, from the dawn of life until the day [3.5s] | IQN.144 | Eulogies; reminiscences; High station of the true believer; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03631 | 190 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس آنچه بجناب آقا سید تقی مرقوم نمودی ملاحظه گردید حمد جمال | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! That which thou didst address unto His honour Áqá Siyyid Taqí hath been noted. Praise be to the Beauty [3.5s] | MMK6#517 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02662 | 230 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید و بر تفصیل اطلاع حاصل شد هفت وادی | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! That which thou didst write was perused, and its contents were fully understood. The Seven Valleys [3.5s]... ...Every person must have an occupation, a trade or a craft, so that he may carry other people's burdens, and not himself be a burden to others. | INBA87:386a, INBA52:396 | BRL_DAK#0832, ASAT3.243, AVK3.369.09 | COC#0011x | Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Love of God; Music and singing; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02054 | 270 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه جناب آقا علی اکبر رسید و در حاشیه نیز بیان آن یار | O servant of the sacred Threshold! The letter from his honour Ali-Akbar arrived, and in its margin were written the words of that friend [3.5s] | MMK6#560, AKHA_105BE #08 p.10 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06071 | 130 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس مکتوبی که مدت مدیدی پیش مرقوم نموده بودی در این ایام بحیفا | O servant of the sacred Threshold! The letter which thou didst pen long ago hath in these days reached Haifa [3.5s] | INBA16:088 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04677 | 160 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه که در پانزدهم شباط مرقوم نموده بودید در جوف | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! The letter which thou didst write on the fifteenth of Shabbaṭ was received [3.5s] | MMK6#317x, ASAT4.110x, YMM.182x, YMM.262x, YMM.393x | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11143 | 40 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس مکتوب جواب نامه جمعیت لاهای ارسال گردید ... قرآن بيست و شش سال در نزد کتّاب وحی محصور بود. در زمان خلفا انتشار يافت و آن نيز محصور در نسخ معدوده بود | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! The reply to the letter from the community of Láhá was dispatched... The Qur'án remained confined to the scribes of revelation for twenty-six years. During the time of the Caliphs it was disseminated, though even then it remained limited to but a few copies [3.5s] | MMK6#003x, YMM.339x | Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05083 | 150 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس این مکاتیبی که میفرستی جمیعا سبب روح و ریحانست زیرا | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! These letters which thou sendest are, verily, a source of spiritual joy and delight, for [3.5s] | MUH3.321ax, YARP2.459 p.342 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08569 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس هر چند بتن جوانی ولکن بعقل و داناای پیر سالخورده ای اگر چنین | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Though young in body, yet in mind and understanding thou art as an aged and venerable elder [3.5s] | YARP2.397 p.308 | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04674 | 160 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مبارک نامه مفصل شما رسید با وجود عدم فرصت با نهایت دقت مطالعه | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy detailed letter was received and, despite lack of time, was studied with the utmost care [3.5s] | MSHR4.197x | Interpretation of dreams and visions; Prayer for the departed; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07258 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه بتاریخ ۲۹ صفر ۱۳۳۸ وصول یافت مضمون مشحون بعواطف قلبیه | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letter dated 29 Safar 1338 was received, its contents replete with heartfelt sentiments [3.5s] | TAH.364b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06630 | 120 | Persian | Translation List | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه ایکه بتاریخ ۲۵ شهر رجب ۳۳۹ نمره ۳۲۵ بود رسید | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letter dated the 25th of the month of Rajab 339, numbered 325, hath been received [3.5s]... ...It is my hope that means may be devised for Iran that would lead to universal comfort and assurance, that justice and equity may prevail | PYM.113bx, KHSH12.009, DBR.078 | ADMS#065i12x | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Non-participation in politics; Promotion of commerce and industry | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00235 | 760 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه بیست و نهم ذی حجه ۱۳۲۸ رسید و نامه های دیگر بواسطه سفر | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letter dated the twenty-ninth of Dhi'l-Hijjih 1328 was received; the other letters, in the course of transmittal [3.5s] | INBA87:223, INBA52:228 | ASAT5.013x, YMM.240x | Alteration of the divine will [bada]; Business; financial; property matters; Empty learning; false spirituality; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mystical themes | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05555 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما از مدینه کبری رسید و چون وصول تحریر طول کشید بعد | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Thy letter from the Most Great City hath reached me, and since its receipt was long delayed [3.5s] | INBA17:221 | MKT8.016a | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10396 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید حضرت آقا سید محمد رضا علیه بهاء الله الابهی هرچند | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letter hath been received. His honor Áqá Siyyid Muhammad-Ridá—upon him rest the Glory of God, the Most Luminous—although [3.5s] | MSBH8.068x | Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06073 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید و تهنیت عید مقبول گردید امید چنانست که این | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letter reached Me and thy festival greetings were accepted. The hope is that this [3.5s] | AKHA_134BE #01 p.07 | Business; financial; property matters; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04276 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید و بشارت کلی داشت که جناب اردشیر چون شهد و شیر | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letter was received and brought most joyous tidings that Ardishír, like honey and milk [3.5s] | MSHR3.023, YARP2.451 p.337 | Consultation; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Importance of community building; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Poems and quotation from poetry | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07937 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید و از مضمون نهایت سرور حاصل گردید که الحمد لله | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Thy letter was received and its contents brought the utmost joy, for which praise be unto God [3.5s] | INBA84:510a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07938 | 100 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید و از وقایع اطلاع حاصل گردید احباء باید در | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Thy letter was received and its contents were noted. The friends must [3.5s] | INBA17:126 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10852 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما از بین راه رسید مضامین رحمانی بود و احساسات | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letter was received en route. Its contents were divine and filled with sentiments [3.5s] | MKT5.141a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04676 | 160 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید از عسرت و مشقت شما نهایت تاسف حاصل گردید و | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Thy letter was received, and the utmost regret was felt at thy hardship and tribulation [3.5s] | MMK6#553 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Personal instructions; Power of prayer | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00338 | 640 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید جواب مفصل ممکن نه مختصر مرقوم می گردد و آن | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Thy letter was received. A detailed reply is not possible; therefore a brief response is herewith written [3.5s] | YMM.165x, YMM.230x, YMM.364x, YARP2.481 p.356 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06631 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید مضمون مورث سرور بود و دلیل موفور بر روحانیت | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Thy letter was received. Its contents brought joy and gave abundant proof of spirituality [3.5s] | TAH.367b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03107 | 210 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید مرقوم نموده بودید رفته رفته بکار معتاد خواهم | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letter was received. Thou hadst written that gradually thou wouldst become accustomed to the work [3.5s] | INBA17:218 | Personal instructions; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06072 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما در بدایت شهر شعبان سنه ۱۳۳۱ رسید و فورا جواب | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Thy letter, sent at the beginning of the month of Sha'bán 1331, hath arrived, and straightway do I respond [3.5s] | IQN.233 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08568 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه های شما جمیع اثر خامه نیت خالصه است زیرا دلالت بر | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Thy letters are all the effect of a pure-hearted pen, for they attest to [3.5s] | YARP2.457 p.342 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03108 | 210 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه های شما رسید فریاد و حنین شما باوج اعلی میرسید ... حال شما به شکرانه اين تأييدات بايد | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letters were received and thy cry and lamentation reached unto the highest heaven... Now thou must, in gratitude for these confirmations [3.5s] | MMK6#357x, MSHR4.140-141x | Consultation; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05084 | 150 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس دو نامه از شما رسید مجال جواب نه لهذا باختصار پرداختم | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Two letters have reached Me from thee. As time permitteth not a detailed reply, I write briefly [3.5s] | YARP2.598 p.418 | Entry by troops; Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12749 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه مختصر شما ایجار اعجاز است بسیار مقبول گردید زیرا | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Your brief letter, which was a miracle of concision, proved most acceptable, for [3.5s] | INBA85:099b, INBA85:550a | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12238 | 230 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما که بتاریخ ۷ رمضان ۳۳۹ بود رسید و از مضمون عبودیت | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Your letter dated the 7th of Ramadan 1339 was received, and from its contents expressing servitude [3.5s] | INBA85:508 | Past, present and future of Iran; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11652 | 340 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما که بتاریخ نهم رجب ۳۳۹ بود رسید مضمون مورث فرح | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Your letter dated the ninth of Rajab 1339 was received and its contents brought joy [3.5s] | FRH.424-425 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03632 | 190 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید در خصوص کمپانی مرقوم نموده بودید من مستر | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Your letter hath been received. Concerning the company whereof you had written [3.5s] | INBA17:142 | Business; financial; property matters; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Personal instructions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02513 | 240 | Persian | Research Department, Functions of; Etymologies of three terms | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید در وقتیکه این عبد در محیط اعظم مشاغل و غوائل | O servant of the sanctified threshold! Your letter was received at a time when the most great ocean of tasks, tribulations and literary communications… the human spirit, in other words, the rational soul, is the intermediary between the immaterial and the corporeal | YMM.274x, NJB_v05#07 p.003, VUJUD.110.19x | BLO_PT#076, VUJUDE.201x | Importance of community building; Power of the mind over nature; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05092 | 150 | Persian | Translation List | ای بنده حضرت بی نیاز شیراز در بدایت طلوع صبح حقیقت خلوتگه راز شد و آهنگ | O servant of the Self-Sufficient! At the earliest dawn of the Morn of Truth, Shíraz became a retreat of mysteries, and the song of the Concourse on High began to play | INBA85:466 | AKHA_134BE #07 p.273, AVK3.417.08x, BSHI.059-060, BSHN.140.464, BSHN.144.458, MJMJ2.041ax, MMG2#355 p.397x, MHT1b.183 | ADMS#297 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||
| AB06257 | 130 | Persian | ای عبد آستان بها حسن و قبح هر دو در عالم انسانی علم افراخته و در میدان امتحان | O servant of the threshold of Bahá! Beauty and ugliness have both unfurled their banners in the human realm and stand in the field of tests [3.5s] | MKT9.153, MMK2#068 p.052 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07930 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان بها مکتوبی که از مراغه مرقوم نموده بودید رسید و نفحه جدیده وزید | O servant of the Threshold of Bahá! The letter thou didst pen from Maragheh was received, and a fresh fragrance was wafted [3.5s] | INBA72:164 | MKT8.016b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10430 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده درگه بها باید بقسمی بنشر نفحات الهیه پردازی که فرصت آه و ناله نداشته | O servant of the threshold of Bahá! Thou must engage in diffusing the divine fragrances with such intensity that no moment remaineth for sighing and lamentation [3.5s] | AKHA_129BE #17 p.a | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09255 | 80 | mixed | ای بنده درگاه بها جد نامدار نادر روزگار بود و نابغه آن کشور و دیار | O servant of the Threshold of Baha! Thy distinguished ancestor was rare among his contemporaries and a genius of that land and realm [3.5s] | MSHR1.073x | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00563 | 520 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده آستان بهاء الله نامه مورخ به ۱۴ جون ۱۹۲۰ رسید و نامه بعضی از اعضای | O Servant of the Threshold of Baha'u'llah! Thy letter dated 14 June 1920 hath been received. A letter from some of the members of the Peace Committee | MKT3.447, MNMK#120 p.230, MMK1#228 p.297, ASAT5.060x, YHA1.426-427x (2.840) | SWAB#228, WOB.046x, BSTW#203x | Business; financial; property matters; Growth of the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Parliaments; constitutional government; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Universal language | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04672 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حق امیدوارم که از هر جهت منتصر باشی و منتظر ظهور الطاف الهی | O servant of the threshold of God! I hope that thou mayest be victorious in every respect and anticipating the manifestation of divine favours [3.5s] | INBA17:041 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12712 | 60 | mixed | ای بنده آستان حق نمره ۵۱ رسید مطمئن بفضل و عنایت حق باش روزی خواهد آمد که... مطمئن به فضل و عنایت حق باش | O servant of the Threshold of God! Letter number 51 hath arrived. Rest thou assured of the grace and bounty of God. The day shall come when… Rest thou confident in the grace and bounty of God [3.5s] | INBA85:463a | BSHI.009, BSHI.057b | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12471 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حق الحمد لله که بانچه نهایت آرزوی مقربان درگاه کبریاست فائز گشتی | O servant of the Threshold of God! Praise be to God that thou hast attained to that which is the ultimate desire of them that are near unto the Divine Court [3.5s] | QUM.037 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12711 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حق نامه شما رسید از عدم فرصت مختصر مرقوم میشود عبارتی که در نامه | O servant of the Threshold of God! Your letter was received. Due to lack of time, I write briefly. The statement in the letter [3.5s] | INBA85:464b | BRL_DAK#0961, BSHI.007, BSHI.057a | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06097 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه یزدان فارسیان هر چند هزار و سیصد سال بادیه ذلت و هوان پیمودند | O servant of the Threshold of Providence! Though the Persians have traversed the wilderness of abasement and degradation for thirteen hundred years [3.5s] | ALPA.083b, YARP2.099 p.124 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08600 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه جمال ابهی در فردوس الهی و جنت ابهائی مقامی | O servant of the threshold of the Abhá Beauty, thou hast a station in the divine Paradise and the Abhá Garden [3.5s] | INBA88:161b | BSHN.140.204, BSHN.144.204, MHT2.115 | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01557 | 310 | Persian | ای بنده آستان جمال ابهی نامه نمرو ۵۳ رسید و از مضمون معلوم گردید که حضرت | O servant of the Threshold of the Abhá Beauty! Letter number fifty-three hath reached Me, and from its contents it became evident that His Holiness [3.5s] | INBA17:223 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09846 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده آستان جمال ابهی نامه شما ملاحظه گردید از کثرت کار و مشغولی بال جواب | O servant of the Threshold of the Abhá Beauty! Thy letter was perused. Due to the press of work and manifold occupations, the reply hath been delayed [3.5s] | INBA17:110 | YQAZ.538a | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06070 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده آستان جمال ابهی نامه شما رسید نظر عنایت جمال مبارک شامل است و الطاف | O servant of the Threshold of the Abhá Beauty! Thy letter was received. The glance of the Blessed Beauty's favor encompasseth thee, and His bounties [3.5s] | RSR.136x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Importance of community building; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02889 | 220 | mixed | ای بنده آستان جمال ابهی نامه منظوم و منثور ملحوظ و منظور گردید هر کلمه اش | O servant of the Threshold of the Abhá Beauty! Thy letter, both in verse and in prose, was received and perused. Every word thereof [3.5s] | SFI06.015ax | Belief and denial; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05311 | 150 | Persian | ای خادم آستان منّان ، هر ظلّی جز ظلّ حقّ يحموم است و هر حصنی اوهن از بيت عنکبوت | O servant of the Threshold of the All-Bountiful! Every shadow save the shadow of Truth is darkness, and every fortress is frailer than the spider's web [3.5s] | MMK3#054 p.034x | Excellence; distinction; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01109 | 370 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای بنده آستان ایزد دانا آنچه مرقوم نمودی ملحوظ گردید هر چه نگاشتی مفهوم شد | O servant of the Threshold of the All-Knowing God! That which thou didst write was perused, and all that thou didst inscribe was understood [3.5s]... ...By the term “that true and radiant morn” mentioned in the Hidden Words is meant the Dawn of divine Revelation when the Exalted One manifested Himself | BRL_DAK#0701, ASAT5.039-040x, AVK2.262.15x, PYB#027 p.04, MAS2.019-020x, YMM.369x, YARP2.130 p.148, NSS.155bx | BRL_ATE#187x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09847 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حضرت رحمن هردم ترا بخاطر آرم و بیادت افتم و از خدا طلبم که در عبودیت | O servant of the Threshold of the All-Merciful! At every moment I bring thee to mind and remember thee, and I beseech God that in servitude [3.5s] | YIK.288b | Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07932 | 100 | mixed | ای بنده آستان جمال قدم این عنوان اعظم بهترین عنوانی و این نام نامی خوشترین | O servant of the Threshold of the Ancient Beauty! This most exalted title is the noblest of all titles, and this distinguished name the sweetest of all [3.5s] | MKT9.041a | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01795 | 290 | mixed | ای بنده آستان جمال قدم نامه شما که بتاریخ ۱۴ محرم سنه ۳۳۹ بود رسید و تفاصیل | O servant of the Threshold of the Ancient Beauty! Thy letter dated the fourteenth of Muharram in the year 339 was received, and its contents [3.5s] | MSHR5.211 | Consolation and comfort; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08045 | 100 | Persian | ای خادم درگاه محبوب آفاق چندی بود که پاسبان آستان الهی بودی و در درگاه احدیت | O servant of the Threshold of the Beloved of the worlds, for a time thou wast the guardian of the Divine Threshold and at the Court of Divine Unity [3.5s] | INBA87:017a, INBA52:017a | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05552 | 140 | mixed | ای بنده آستان جمال مبارک از شدت ضعف جسمانی و انحلال قوی بجهت تبدیل هوا بطبریا | O servant of the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Due to intense physical weakness and the dissolution of strength, owing to the change of climate in Tiberias [3.5s] | MMK5#113 p.089 | Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05080 | 150 | mixed | ای بنده آستان جمال مبارک جناب شکوهی ستایشی زایدالوصف از آنجناب نمود که شعله | O servant of the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Jinab-i-Shukuhi hath offered praise beyond description that flameth [3.5s] | INBA84:506b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10393 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده آستان جمال مبارک الحمد لله صحیح و سالم در صون حمایت الهیه رجوع بایران | O servant of the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Praise be unto God that, safe and sound, beneath divine protection, thou hast returned to Iran [3.5s] | INBA16:196 | DBR.084 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02890 | 220 | Persian | ای بنده آستان جمال مبارک اگرچه چندیست تحریری ارسال نگشت و بیان حسیات محبتی | O servant of the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Though for some time no letter hath been dispatched expressing sentiments of love [3.5s] | MMK5#124 p.097 | Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Prayer for tests and difficulties | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00425 | 590 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای بنده درگاه جمال مبارک نامه مورخ به ۲۲ جون ۱۹۰۹ واصل گردید الحمد لله مکاتیب | O servant of the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter dated 22 June 1909 was received. Praise be to God that correspondence [3.5s]... ...As to Mr. Robert [Turner], the news of his ascension saddened the hearts. He was in truth most devoted | BRL_DAK#0138, AOTY.055x, YIK.089-091 | BRL_ATE#098x, BLO_PN#010 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for the departed; Race unity; racial issues | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07936 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حضرت مقصود نامه شما که بتاریخ ۱۳ رجب ۱۳۳۸ مورخ رسید مرقوم | O servant of the Threshold of the Desired One, your letter dated 13 Rajab 1338 was received [3.5s] | YARP2.458 p.342 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07935 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حضرت دوست شمس حقیقت چون از افق فیض اقدس اشراق فرمود | O servant of the threshold of the Friend, when the Sun of Reality shed its radiance from the horizon of the Most Holy Bounty [3.5s] | INBA21:012b | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03642 | 190 | mixed | ای بنده درگاه جمال ابهی آنچه بجوای جز ایت الطاف قدم نیابی و آنچه بپوای جز | O servant of the Threshold of the Most Glorious Beauty! Whatsoever thou seekest, thou shalt find naught save the bounties of the Ancient One, and whatsoever thou pursuest [3.5s] | INBA13:037 | HDQI.267, ANDA#34 p.05 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05081 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حضرت کبریا هر چند ابدا فرصت ندارم و مهلت نیست که نامه نگارم ولی | O servant of the threshold of the Most Great Lord! Though I have no time whatsoever, nor respite to pen a letter, yet [3.5s] | INBA89:231 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Prayer for governments and rulers; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04690 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه حضرت احدیت الان دوستان رحمانی و یاران روحانی که از آنصفحات عزم | O servant of the threshold of the One God! Now the heavenly friends and spiritual companions who from those regions [3.5s] | INBA13:264 | Call to action; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11880 | 170 | mixed | ای بنده آستان شمس بهاء جشنی برپا نمودی و عیشی مهیا که غلغل سرور بلند شد و | O servant of the Threshold of the Sun of Glory! Thou didst inaugurate a feast and prepare a banquet that caused the exultant cries of joy to be raised and [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0345 | Prayer for married couples; Prayer for parents | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09427 | 80 | Persian | ای عبد آستان حق عبودیت درگاه جمال ابهی سلطنت جهان بالاست و عزت ملا اعلی گمان | O servant of the Threshold of Truth! Servitude at the court of the Abhá Beauty is sovereignty over the celestial realm, and the glory of the most exalted Concourse is beyond imagination [3.5s] | INBA13:202a | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07257 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حق نامه شما از اسلامبول رسید و تفاصیل معلوم گردید چه بسیار | O servant of the Threshold of Truth! Thy letter from Istanbul was received and its contents were noted in detail. How abundant [3.5s] | INBA16:197 | DBR.081 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02661 | 230 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حق نامه شما رسید ولی از عدم فرصت مجبور بر اختصار جوابم و معذورم | O servant of the Threshold of Truth! Thy letter was received, but owing to lack of time I am constrained to give but a brief reply, and must beg thy pardon [3.5s] | INBA87:190, INBA52:191b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09261 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه شکر کن حضرت یزدانرا که در یوم عظیم بجمال مبین اقبال نمودی و | O servant of the Threshold, render thanks unto the Lord that on this mighty Day thou didst turn unto His manifest Beauty [3.5s] | INBA21:147c | MKT8.032 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12445 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده آستان جواب مختصر مرقوم می گردد از درگاه الهی بکمال عجز و زاری استدعا | O servant of the Threshold! A brief reply is being written. With utmost lowliness and lamentation, I beseech the Divine Court [3.5s] | QUM.198-199 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09217 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده آستان بزم خوشی برپاست و جشن بلا در نهایت ترتیب و تنظیم آراسته گشته و | O servant of the Threshold! The banquet of joy is in full array, and the feast of tribulation hath been arranged with utmost order and perfection [3.5s] | INBA85:259b, INBA72:168a | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08570 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده آستان نامه رسید نهایت آرزوی حضور بعتبه مقدسه مکلم طور نموده بودی | O servant of the Threshold! Thy letter was received, wherein thou hadst expressed thy deepest yearning to attain the sacred court of the One Who conversed on Sinai [3.5s] | YARP2.703 p.469 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08689 | 90 | mixed | ای خادم مسافران این خادمی نیست پادشاهیست چاکری نیست شهریاریست منتها آمال این | O servant of the travelers! This servitude is no mere servitude—it is kingship. This bondage is not vassalage, but sovereignty. This is the ultimate aspiration [3.5s] | AKHA_105BE #04 p.02, AKHB.131-132 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08591 | 90 | mixed | ای بنده حق خوش باش که در چنین عصر جدیدی و قرن مجیدی در مهد وجود آمدی و در | O servant of the True One, be thou joyous, for thou hast come into being in such a new age and glorious century, and in the cradle of existence [3.5s] | INBA13:064a | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09871 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق راضی به قضا باش و بانچه او مقدر فرموده خشنود گرد همچو گمان مدار که | O servant of the True One, be thou resigned to divine decree and content with whatsoever He hath ordained. Harbor not the thought that [3.5s] | MNHB.029 | S. Tirandaz, unknown | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06649 | 120 | mixed | ای بنده حق چه نگارم آنچه تقریر و تحریر شود اسرار قلوب تعبیر نگردد و ایات صدور | O servant of the True One, how can I portray that which is written and recorded, for the secrets of hearts cannot be expressed, and the verses of breasts remain beyond elucidation [3.5s] | INBA13:167b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01798 | 290 | mixed | ای بنده حق اگر تو قوه نگاشتن نداری و املا و انشاء نتوانی ضرر ندارد الحمد لله | O servant of the True One, if thou lackest the power to write and art unable to compose or dictate, it mattereth not. Praise be unto God [3.5s] | DWNP_v6#04 p.006 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07282 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده حق گمان منما که دمی از یاد یاران فارغ مانم و یا آنکه دمی بیاسایم زبان | O servant of the True One, imagine not for a moment that I am heedless of the remembrance of the friends, or that I would ever grant My tongue a moment's rest [3.5s] | MKT5.064a | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09865 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق از خدا بخواه که دل آگاهی یابی و بنفحات صبحگاهی جهان جان را معطر | O servant of the True One, implore God that thou mayest attain unto an awakened heart, and that the fragrances of the morn may perfume the realm of the soul [3.5s] | MKT6.105b | The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01308 | 340 | Persian | ای بنده حق مناجاتی طلب مغفرت بجهت غریق بحر رحمت آقا میرزا حبیب الله بدرگاه | O servant of the True One, offer a prayer for forgiveness at the Divine Threshold for him who is immersed in the ocean of mercy, Áqá Mírzá Ḥabíbu'lláh [3.5s] | MMK6#597, AVK2.194, YMM.349 | Accounts of dreams and visions; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06087 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده حق آنچه بجناب آقا سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید مطمئن بفضل و | O servant of the True One, that which thou didst address to His honor Áqá Siyyid Taqí hath been perused. Rest thou assured in the bounty [3.5s] | INBA87:362a, INBA52:371a | Consolation and comfort; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07278 | 110 | mixed | ای بنده حق آنچه در این جهان فانی نظر نمااید چیزی جز سراب نیابی و بغیر از | O servant of the True One, whatsoever thou beholdest in this mortal world, thou shalt find naught but a mirage [3.5s] | MMK3#061 p.039 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03637 | 190 | mixed | ای بنده حق از قرار منقول در نهایت جوش و خروشی و در میخانه محبت الله باده فروش | O servant of the True One! According to what hath been reported, thou art in the utmost state of fervor and tumult, and in the wine-house of the love of God, thou art the wine-seller [3.5s] | MMK5#297 p.219, MSHR4.027 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Living waters; water of life; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11851 | 220 | Persian | ای بنده حق در این وقت که برید تعجیل شدید دارد و این عبد بتحریر مشغول در این | O servant of the True One! At this moment when the courier is in great haste and this servant is occupied with writing [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0291 | Contention and conflict; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09869 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق خوشا بحال سرمستان بزم الست که از جام سرشار عهد و پیمان مستند و | O servant of the True One! Blessed are they who are intoxicated at the feast of "Am I not your Lord?", who are inebriated with the overflowing cup of the Covenant [3.5s] | TAH.251 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10860 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده حق اگر سیادت دوکون خواهی عبودیت جمال ابهی جو اگر آزادگی دو جهان طلبی | O servant of the True One! If thou seekest lordship over both worlds, strive thou to serve the Beauty of Abhá. If thou desirest freedom in both realms [3.5s] | INBA84:507c | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03358 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده حق گرگان در عهد و زمان پیشینیان وقتی کان سیماب بیتاب بود و حوالی در | O servant of the True One! In the age and time of those who came before, when quicksilver lay restless and the surroundings [3.5s] | INBA84:403b | MAS5.240 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06090 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده حق در این صبحدم که بنفحات ریاض ملکوت قدم همقدم و بیاد دوستان الهی | O servant of the True One! In this dawntide, when thou art accompanied by the fragrances from the gardens of the Kingdom, and art mindful of the divine friends [3.5s] | AKHA_132BE #19 p.a, DUR1.544, YBN.074 | Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10407 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق الحمد لله بیشه عرفانرا غضنفری و در میدان امتحان هژبر صفدر بکمال | O servant of the True One! Praise be to God that in the jungle of divine knowledge, thou art a fierce lion, and in the arena of trials, a stalwart champion of consummate valor [3.5s] | IDAB.23 | Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09868 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق الحمد لله پرتو هدایت رخت را روشن نمود و بمطلع انوار اقبال نمودی و | O servant of the True One! Praise be to God that the radiance of guidance hath illumined thy countenance, and thou hast turned toward the Dayspring of heavenly lights [3.5s] | INBA17:194 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07958 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق بعبودیت آستان جمال ابهی چون عبدالبهاء قد بفراز و ببندگیش قیام کن تا | O servant of the True One! Rise up, like unto 'Abdu'l-Bahá, in servitude to the threshold of the Abhá Beauty, and arise to serve Him [3.5s] | INBA87:192a, INBA52:193a | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07279 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده حق بعضی بیهوشان چنین گمان نموده اند که شمس حقیقت چون از افق هیکل | O servant of the True One! Some heedless souls have imagined that the Sun of Truth, when it rose from the horizon of the Temple [3.5s] | YBN.076-077 | Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as sun; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03638 | 190 | mixed | ای بنده حق آنچه بجناب آقا سید تقی مرقوم نمودی ملاحظه گردید مضمون خوشی داشت | O servant of the True One! That which thou didst write to the honoured Áqá Siyyid Taqí was perused, and its contents were pleasing [3.5s] | NANU_AB#22 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09244 | 80 | mixed | ای بنده حق روزها بسر اید و ایام منتهی گردد ولی الطاف جمال مبارک باقی و | O servant of the True One! The days shall pass away and time shall come to an end, yet the favours of the Blessed Beauty shall endure [3.5s] | INBA84:386 | Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Infinity and eternity; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06646 | 120 | mixed | ای بنده حق آسیاب جهان در گردش است و جمیع خلق مانند دانه نرم و محو از این جنبش | O servant of the True One! The millstone of the world is in perpetual motion, and all created things, like unto grains, are ground and obliterated by this movement [3.5s] | BSHN.140.419, BSHN.144.413, MHT1a.069, MHT1b.027 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10416 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق قصیده ناظم واصل و جواب مرقوم گردید آقا میرزا جواد و آقا یوسف علی | O servant of the True One! The ode of Nazim hath been received, and a reply hath been penned. Áqá Mírzá Javád and Áqá Yúsuf-'Alí [3.5s] | INBA17:222 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04290 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه روحانی آن یار رحمانی ملاحظه گردید و بر مضامین اطلاع حاصل گشت | O servant of the True One! The spiritual letter of that divine friend was perused, and its contents were duly noted [3.5s] | MKT4.035, YMM.062, DMSB.039 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06093 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه ات وارد و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل گشت الحمد لله دلالت بر هدایت | O servant of the True One! Thy letter hath arrived and its contents have been noted. Praise be to God, it betokeneth guidance [3.5s] | MKT6.161a | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08596 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید بنهایت روح و ریحان خوانده شد لحظات عین رحمانیت منعطف | O servant of the True One! Thy letter hath been received and was perused with the utmost joy and fragrance. Its every moment was infused with the spirit of divine compassion [3.5s] | MKT4.036, AKHA_119BE #05-06 p.b | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07284 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید مضمون تبتل بدرگاه حضرت رب الملکوت بود عبدالبهاء نیز | O servant of the True One! Thy letter hath been received, its contents a supplication at the threshold of the Lord of the Kingdom. 'Abdu'l-Bahá, likewise [3.5s] | INBA87:249b, INBA52:254a | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08592 | 90 | mixed | ای بنده حق رقیمه قرائت گردید از کثرت اضطراب و کدورت شما کمال تاثر حاصل گردید | O servant of the True One! Thy letter was perused, and from thine excessive distress and perturbation the utmost sorrow was felt [3.5s] | INBA17:237 | Consolation and comfort; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09251 | 80 | mixed | ای بنده حق ورق مسطور وارد شد مضمون معلوم گشت در حق احبای الهی طلب تایید نموده | O servant of the True One! Thy letter was received and its contents became known. Thou didst seek confirmation on behalf of the loved ones of God [3.5s] | INBA89:077 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09249 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه مسطور منظور گردید پریشانی امور شما محض آنست که در محن و بلایا | O servant of the True One! Thy letter was received and its contents noted. The confusion in thy affairs is solely due to trials and tribulations [3.5s] | AYBY.393 #082 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00629 | 490 | mixed | ای بنده حق مکتوب شما رسید و بر مطلب اطلاع حاصل شد در خصوص معاشرت با سائر | O servant of the True One! Thy letter was received and its contents were noted. Concerning association with others [3.5s] | AVK4.175.07x, GHA.448 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Laws of marriage and dowry | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11953 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق مکتوبت رسید و بوی خوشی به مشام یاران وزید در خصوص پنج واحد مهر زوجه | O servant of the True One! Thy letter was received and wafted its sweet fragrance to the senses of the friends. Concerning the five units of dowry [3.5s] | TISH.199 | Laws of marriage and dowry | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07961 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید نافه مشکبار بود که مشام جانرا معطر کرد زیرا دلیل بر | O servant of the True One! Thy letter was received, a musk-laden missive that perfumed the senses of the soul, for it gave evidence of [3.5s] | INBA87:390a, INBA52:400 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09877 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید مختصر جواب تحریر میگردد بدرگاه احدیت تضرع و زاری شد | O servant of the True One! Thy letter was received, and a brief reply is herein penned. Supplications and entreaties have been offered at the Threshold of the All-Glorious [3.5s] | INBA87:081a, INBA52:080a | Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09247 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده حق مکتوب واصل شد و بر ناله و فریاد از انقطاع اخبار اطلاع حاصل گشت ولی | O servant of the True One! Thy letter was received, and We learned of thy lamentations and cries at the severance of news [3.5s] | MSHR2.242x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09248 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید فی الحقیقه تصدی آنقضیه بنفس خویش جائز نبود ولی حکومت | O servant of the True One! Thy letter was received. In truth, it was not permissible to undertake this matter personally; however, the government [3.5s] | INBA84:496b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and mercy; Prayer for forgiveness; Relationship between government and people | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01050 | 380 | mixed | ای بنده الهی دو نامه شما واصل و بر مضامین وقوف حاصل شد نظر تو باید باینعبد | O servant of the True One! Thy two letters were received and the contents thereof were noted... True paradise for the soul is to enjoy near access to the eternal Beauty, while hell is to be far removed from that radiant Light | INBA89:166b | MAS2.016x, YMM.273x, YMM.284x, VUJUD.111x | VUJUDE.202x | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Courtesy; culture [adab]; Differences in human capacity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12620 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده حق حقا که سزاوار عبودیت پروردگاری و با قلبی پاک متوجه به ملکوت تابناک | O servant of the True One! Truly thou art worthy of servitude to thy Lord, and with a pure heart thou art turned toward the resplendent Kingdom [3.5s] | QUM.272 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05094 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده حق راستی و دوستی و صلح و آشتی با جمیع عالمیان از مقتضای حق پرستیست در | O servant of the True One! Verily, truthfulness, fellowship, peace and reconciliation with all the peoples of the world are among the requirements of devotion to Truth [3.5s] | AVK3.090 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Contention and conflict; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Hypocrisy; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01161 | 370 | O servant of the True One! What thou hadst written was known. It was a clear evidence of thy thoughtfulness | SW_v02#16 p.014-015, BSTW#112 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11341 | 30 | Persian | ای بنده حق از جواهر وجود چون سلاله موجود گردد باید اخلاق مناسب اعراق باشد | O servant of the True One! When from the gems of existence a descendant cometh into being, he must needs manifest virtues befitting his lineage [3.5s] | MSHR3.123x | Eulogies; reminiscences; Poems and quotation from poetry; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11816 | 370 | mixed | ای بنده حق مکتوب شما واصل و بر حوادث اطلاع حاصل گشت از صعود ج??اب میرزا | O servant of the True One! Your letter was received and I was informed of recent events. Regarding the ascension of Jinab-i-Mirza [3.5s] | TISH.408-409 | Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12691 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه تو رسید و از مضمون بهجت حاصل گردید از خدا خواهم که همواره | O servant of the True One! Your letter was received and its contents brought joy. I beseech God that always [3.5s] | INBA85:137a | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09245 | 80 | mixed | ای بنده حق سلطان در اینجهان انسانیست که نفحات طیبه جهان دیگر استشمام نماید و | O servant of the Truth, in this earthly realm the sovereign is he who doth inhale the sweet fragrances of the other world [3.5s] | PYB#267 p.04, TAH.282a | Condition of search; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09873 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق شکر خداوند یگانه را که هدایت کرد و موهبت بخشید پرده اوهام بسوخت و | O servant of the Truth, render thanks unto the one Lord, Who hath guided and bestowed His bounty, and burned away the veil of vain imaginings [3.5s] | INBA16:101 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03360 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده حق نمیقه آنجناب ملاحظه گردید با چشم گریان و قلب سوزان آه و فغان از | O servant of the Truth, thy gracious missive was perused with tearful eyes and a burning heart, while sighs and lamentations rose forth [3.5s] | YBN.079 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05093 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده حق آنچه نگاشته بودی ملاحظه گردید همین است که مرقوم نموده بودی از پیش | O servant of the Truth, what thou didst write was perused, and it is indeed as thou hadst previously written [3.5s] | INBA87:150a, INBA52:147 | Predictions and prophecies; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10411 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق خوشا بحال نفوسیکه از انفاس طیب میثاق مشام معطر نمودند و از اریاح | O servant of the Truth! Blessed are the souls who have perfumed their senses with the sweet breaths of the Covenant and from the fragrant [3.5s] | INBA85:347a | MMK5#263 p.203 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05570 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده حق در بلایای عیسی بن مریم و مصائب سیدالشهداء و شهادت یحیی بن زکریا و | O servant of the Truth! Consider the tribulations of Jesus, Son of Mary, the afflictions of the Prince of Martyrs, and the martyrdom of John, son of Zachariah [3.5s] | NANU_AB#70 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08590 | 90 | mixed | ای بنده حق جناب میرزا حسین از مصر مکتوبی مرسول داشت و رجای ترقیم این نامه نمود و | O servant of the Truth! His Honour Mirza Husayn from Egypt dispatched a letter and besought that this epistle be written [3.5s] | INBA17:063 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09242 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده حق در صنعت تا توانی دقت نما تا در نهایت لطافت و اتقان رسد چه که کمال | O servant of the Truth! In craftsmanship, exert all possible care, that thy work may attain the utmost refinement and perfection [3.5s] | INBA21:196b (246b) | Excellence; distinction; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12263 | 210 | Persian | ای بنده حق در اقلیم مصر قناد فوج فوج موج میزند ولی شیرینی شما حلاوتی دیگر | O servant of the Truth! In the land of Egypt the candy makers weave their sweet confections in batch after batch, but your sweetness is of a different order [3.5s] | INBA85:084 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09241 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده حق در سبیل الهی مورد صدمات و زحمات گشتی و سرگشته کوه و بیابان شدی و | O servant of the Truth! In the path of God thou hast endured tribulations and hardships, and become a wanderer through mountain and desert [3.5s] | YBN.058a | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03113 | 210 | mixed | ای بنده حق در نزد این عبد جمیع من علی الارض مقبول مطرودی نه و مغضوبی نیست و | O servant of the Truth! In the sight of this servant, all who dwell upon the earth are accepted; none is rejected or condemned [3.5s] | MMK6#240 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03641 | 190 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه نمرو ۸ رسید و همچنین نامه هاایکه در طی آن بود ولایت فارس | O servant of the Truth! Letter number eight hath arrived, and likewise the letters which were enclosed therein from the province of Fars [3.5s] | INBA85:467 | MMK6#087, BSHI.061-062 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Past, present and future of Iran | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09872 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق زبان بمناجات بگشا و بکمال تضرع و ابتهال بدرگاه حضرت ذوالجلال عجز و | O servant of the Truth! Open thy tongue in prayer and, with the utmost humility and earnest entreaty, supplicate at the threshold of the Lord of Glory thy weakness and [3.5s] | KNJ.093c | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Importance of prayer; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10861 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده حق در سبیل الهی جانفشانی کن و در محبت محبوب آفاق شادمانی نما و در ظل | O servant of the Truth! Sacrifice thyself in the path of God, and find joy in the love of the Beloved of all horizons. Abide under the shade [3.5s] | MKT8.029a | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09867 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق اگر در جواب نامه فتوری واقع کمان قصور مفرمااید این از کثرت امور | O servant of the Truth! Should there be any delay in responding to thy letter, do not ascribe it to negligence, for it ariseth from the press of affairs [3.5s] | INBA16:111 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00994 | 390 | mixed | ای بنده حق آنچه مرقوم نمودی معلوم گردید دلیل جلیل بر تذکر و تنبه در امر حضرت | O servant of the Truth! That which thou didst write was made known - a manifest proof of thy remembrance and awakening in the Cause of the Lord [3.5s] | INBA89:271 | MKT2.146, AKHA_123BE #09 p.b, AVK3.182 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07957 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق از نفحات قدس که از حدائق ملکوت ابهی منتشر مشام روحانیان معطر و از | O servant of the Truth! The holy fragrances that waft from the gardens of the Abhá Kingdom have perfumed the spiritual senses of the faithful [3.5s] | INBA21:182 (233) | YQAZ.054 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11149 | 40 | Persian | ای بنده حق نیر عنایت حضرت احدیت چنان جلوه نمود و درخشید که شرق و غرب را | O servant of the Truth! The luminary of divine favor hath so radiantly shone forth and gleamed that East and West [3.5s] | MKT6.012b | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09874 | 70 | mixed | ای بنده حق صد هزار فرسنگ را قوت فرهنگ در دمی طی نماید و باورنگ سلطنت الهیه | O servant of the Truth! The power of culture can traverse a hundred thousand leagues in a single breath, adorned with the splendour of divine sovereignty [3.5s] | INBA88:079 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05097 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده حق همیشه بیاد منی و فراموش ننمایم و فی الحقیقه پیش منی جناب آقا محمد | O servant of the Truth! Thou art ever in my thoughts and I shall never forget thee. In truth thou art before me, O Muhammad [3.5s] | MMK4#013 p.013 | Call to action; Growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07956 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق از ابوی شکایت نموده بودید انشاء الله حکایت است چون پدر است آنچه | O servant of the Truth! Thou didst complain about thy father. God willing, this is but a tale, for he is thy father [3.5s] | MMK2#339 p.245, ANDA#32 p.65 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10408 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق بهرام هر چند کوکبی درخشنده است ولی محدود بحدود است چون از آن حدود | O servant of the Truth! Though Bahram is a brilliant star, yet is it bound within limitations, when from these bounds [3.5s] | YARP2.291 p.241 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09250 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده حق هر چند مکاتیب متعدده این عبد نزد شما موجود ولى باز | O servant of the Truth! Though numerous letters from this servant are already in thy possession, yet again [3.5s] | INBA21:147b | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07281 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده حق رفتی و ترا فراموش ننمودم و از فضل و کرم اسم اعظم امیدوارم که نصائح | O servant of the Truth! Though thou hast departed, I have not forgotten thee, and through the grace and bounty of the Most Great Name, I cherish the hope that the counsels [3.5s] | TAH.246b, YQAZ.229b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03944 | 180 | Persian | ای بنده حق هر چند مدتی گذشت و این عبد فرصت تحریری نیافت و تقریری جوابا ارسال | O servant of the Truth! Though time hath elapsed and this servant hath found no opportunity to pen or dispatch a reply [3.5s] | INBA17:262 | MKT8.029b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12662 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده حق از فضل حق جمعی نه پریشان در پناه الهی هستی نه بی سر و سامان منظور | O servant of the Truth! Through the grace of God thou art united, not scattered; thou art sheltered beneath divine protection, not forsaken and adrift; thou art remembered, not forgotten [3.5s] | INBA85:434a | Consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03943 | 180 | mixed | ای بنده حق نامه مختصر بدیعت واصل و مضمون در نهایت فصاحت و بلاغت بود جوامع | O servant of the Truth! Thy brief and original letter was received, and its contents were endowed with the utmost eloquence and literary excellence [3.5s] | PYB#119 p.04 | Praise and encouragement; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Silence; fewness of words; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03640 | 190 | mixed | ای بنده حق مکتوب مفصل بدقت ملاحظه گردید فرصت نیست مختصر جواب مرقوم میشود | O servant of the Truth! Thy detailed letter was carefully perused. Time being limited, a brief reply is herewith penned [3.5s] | TSS.162, TSS.193, MSBH10.147a, KASH.300 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Education of children; moral education; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06092 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده حق مکتوب شما بجناب آقا سید تقی ملاحظه گردید از حوادث آن جهات کمال روح | O servant of the Truth! Thy letter addressed to his honour Áqá Siyyid Taqí hath been perused. From the events in those regions, the utmost joy [3.5s] | MKT9.058a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10863 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید و بدرگاه جمال مبارک لابه و انابه گردید تا بعنایت حق | O servant of the Truth! Thy letter arrived and was laid before the threshold of the Blessed Beauty with supplications and entreaties, that through divine grace [3.5s] | INBA87:249a, INBA52:253 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01309 | 340 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما از استانبول رسید با وجود عدم فرصت و نهایت محنت جواب مختصر | O servant of the Truth! Thy letter from Istanbul arrived. Despite lack of time and intense tribulation, [I send] this brief reply [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1225, MSHR4.263-264 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Past, present and future of Iran | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06654 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه آنجناب رسید و از بلایا و مشکلات اطلاع حاصل گشت امیدواریم که | O servant of the Truth! Thy letter was received, and knowledge was obtained of the tribulations and difficulties. We cherish the hope [3.5s] | AHB.126BE #03-04 p.90 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Education of children; moral education; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06094 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید و بدرگاه حضرت احدیت تبتل و تضرع گردید و طلب آمرزش | O servant of the Truth! Thy letter was received, and with utmost devotion and supplication was it laid before the sacred Threshold of the One True God, imploring forgiveness [3.5s] | INBA87:241, INBA52:246 | Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03359 | 200 | mixed | ای بنده حق نام بزرگوارت دلیل بر آن است که بفضل خدا موفق بر عبودیت جمال قدم | O servant of the Truth! Thy noble name is evidence that thou hast, through God's grace, attained unto servitude to the Ancient Beauty [3.5s] | MSHR5.442-443 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06089 | 130 | mixed | ای بنده حق حضرت پدر ایام خویش را وقف سبیل الهی کرد و شب و روز بخدمت پرداخت | O servant of the Truth! Thy revered father dedicated his days to the pathway of God, devoting his nights and days to service [3.5s] | MMK6#106 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The power of example | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11343 | 30 | Persian | ای بنده حق فرصت نیست مختصر مرقوم میشود شجره انیسا جمال مبارکست که در ظل آن | O servant of the Truth! Time permitteth but a brief reply. The Tree of Anisa is none other than the Blessed Beauty, beneath Whose shade [3.5s] | MKT9.057b, ASAT1.247, YMM.198 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09246 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده حق فتح بدو قسم است فتوح قلاع و فتوح قلوب فتح قلاع آسانست زیرا بمقداری | O servant of the Truth! Victory is of two kinds: the conquest of fortresses and the conquest of hearts. The vanquishing of fortresses is easily accomplished, for it requireth but a measure of [3.5s] | MMK6#190 | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04288 | 170 | Persian | ای بنده حق آنچه ایادی امرالله مصلحت دانند اطاعت نما و بهمانقسم حرکت کن ابدا | O servant of the Truth! Whatsoever the Hands of the Cause of God deem advisable, obey thou and ever act accordingly [3.5s] | MMK2#368 p.262 | Effort; striving; Excellence; distinction; Hands of the Cause; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05571 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما ملاحظه گردید و مطلب معلوم شد ولی عبدالبهاء باید خیر شما | O servant of the Truth! Your letter was perused and its purport understood, but 'Abdu'l-Bahá must ensure your well-being [3.5s] | INBA87:237a, INBA52:242a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Personal instructions; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09866 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق از خداوند مهربان بطلب که در این عصر جدید و قرن عظیم سلطان ممالک | O servant of Truth, beseech thou the all-merciful Lord that in this new age and mighty century, the sovereign of realms [3.5s] | LMA2.451 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10415 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق دست نیاز بدرگاه حضرت بی نیاز برآر و بگو ای پروردگار گنهکاریم عفو و | O servant of Truth, raise thy hands in supplication to the threshold of the Self-Sufficient Lord and say: "O Lord! We are sinners, grant us..." [3.5s] | INBA84:522b | AKHA_134BE #06 p.a, MJMJ3.054, MMG2#333 p.369 | Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08594 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده حق عبد آستان جمال قدم آقا سید صادق ستایش از شما نموده بودند که لله | O servant of truth, slave of the Threshold of the Ancient Beauty! Áqá Siyyid Ṣádiq hath praised thee, for indeed [3.5s] | MKT6.012a | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03942 | 180 | Persian | ای بنده حق ثابت بر عهد خوشا بحال تو که مومن بطلعت اعلی و موقن بجمال ابهی روحی | O servant of Truth, steadfast in the Covenant! Blessed art thou, for thou hast believed in the Exalted One and art assured of the Most Glorious Beauty [3.5s] | MKT5.012b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08593 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده حق سرمست ساغر رحمانی باش و طالب عون و عنایت حضرت ربانی اگر لذائذ وجود | O servant of truth! Be thou intoxicated with the chalice of the All-Merciful, and seek thou the aid and bounty of the Lord Divine. Though earthly delights [3.5s] | MMK3#095 p.063 | Love of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09876 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق فرامرز دلیر شهیر بوم و مرز بود و در شطرنج جهان وزیر و فرز ولی | O servant of Truth! Faramarz the valiant was renowned throughout realm and territory, and upon the chessboard of the world did move as both vizier and queen [3.5s] | YARP2.686 p.461 | Being a source of light; guidance; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07285 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده حق نظر بملکوت ابهی کن و توجه بجبروت اعلی و مناجات نما ای پروردگار ای | O servant of Truth! Fix thy gaze upon the Abhá Kingdom, and turn thy thoughts to the Supreme Concourse, and commune, saying: "O Lord..." [3.5s] | INBA88:185a | BSHN.140.259, BSHN.144.259, MHT2.142 | Prayer for protection; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02202 | 260 | mixed | ای بنده حق از هر بندی آزاد شو تا پند الهی را بگوش جان بشنوی و تعالیم رحمانیرا | O servant of Truth! Free thyself from every bond, that thou mayest hearken with thy soul's ear to the divine counsels and the teachings of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | HDQI.260, ANDA#32 p.04 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05568 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده حق در این ایام افتتان و امتحان که طوفان امکان را احاطه نموده است تضرع | O servant of Truth! In these days of tests and trials, when the tempest hath encompassed the realm of being, supplicate [3.5s] | INBA89:052b | MKT8.028b | Prayer for protection; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10412 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق در این زمان و عهد اگر شهد طلبی مضمون عهد است اگر قند جوای حلاوت | O servant of Truth! In this day and age, if thou seekest nectar, it is contained within the essence of the Covenant; if thou desirest sweetness, it is found in its fulfillment [3.5s] | INBA84:423a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07286 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده حق هر چه نگارم جواب نامه ها تمام نگردد از بسکه متصلا مانند امواج دریا | O servant of Truth! No matter how much I write, the replies to letters remain unfinished, for they flow continuously like the waves of the sea [3.5s] | YBN.055b | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06653 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده حق کردی ای عطار بر عالم نثار نافه اسرار هر دم صد هزار سبحان الله در | O servant of Truth! O 'Attar! Thou hast scattered upon the world the fragrant musk of mysteries. At every moment a hundred thousand "Glory be to God!" doth resound [3.5s] | INBA21:195c (245c) | MMK2#210 p.149, KNJ.023c | Development of capacity and readiness; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06091 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده حق شفقت خداوند را دقت نما که یارانش فراموش نگردند تفقد دلها کند و | O servant of Truth! Observe thou the loving-kindness of God, how His loved ones are not forgotten and how He watcheth over the hearts [3.5s] | INBA87:207b, INBA52:209b | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Mosaic imagery; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10413 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق در درگاه احدیت عبودیت سلطنت دو جهانست و عزت بی پایان پس بجان و دل | O servant of Truth! Servitude at the threshold of oneness is sovereignty over both worlds and glory without end [3.5s] | MMK2#161 p.121 | Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11147 | 40 | Persian | ای بنده حق آفت انسان الفت با بیخردان و کلفت با اهل عرفان است چه که معاشرت | O servant of Truth! The affliction of man lieth in fellowship with the ignorant and estrangement from them that are endued with understanding, for verily companionship [3.5s] | AVK3.084.13x, VAA.220-220c | Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00072 | 1230 | mixed | ای غلام حق بر مضمون شکایت مشحون مکتوب اطلاع حاصل گردید نهایت استغراب حاصل چه | O servant of Truth! The contents of thy plaint-laden letter have become known, and have occasioned the utmost astonishment [3.5s] | INBA17:205 | MMK5#273 p.208x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12742 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده حق جناب لورد لامینگتون به شیراز تشریف آورند شخص محترمی است و سیاسی | O servant of Truth! The honorable Lord Lamington hath arrived in Shiraz. He is a distinguished personage, sagacious in matters of statecraft [4o] | INBA85:452a | BSHI.060 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06482 | 130 | Persian | ای بندهء حقّ کار از آن گذشته که ما نشسته به استدلاليّه به جهت اهل بيان مشغول شويم و رساله‌ای تأليف نمائيم | O servant of Truth! The matter has gone beyond the point where We should sit and occupy Ourselves with proofs for the people of the Bayan and compose a treatise [3.5s] | MMK4#181 p.224x | Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07959 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق صبح است و آفاق امکان بپرتو مهر خاوری روشن و مطالع قلب و جان بشعاع | O servant of Truth! The morn hath broken, and the horizons of contingent being are illumined by the radiance of the Eastern Sun. The dawning-places of heart and soul are aglow with its rays [3.5s] | INBA13:199 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10862 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده حق صبح صادق طالع است و فجر باهر لامع و نجوم تقدیس درخشنده و لائح آفاق | O servant of Truth! The true morn hath broken, the resplendent dawn doth shine, and the stars of sanctity gleam bright upon the horizon [3.5s] | MMK5#200 p.155 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05569 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده حق در آستان مقدس دربانی لهذا سلطانی بلکه ملوک عالم مملوک چنین بنده اند | O servant of Truth! Thou who art a doorkeeper at the sacred Threshold art indeed sovereign, nay, the very kings of the world are servants to such a bondsman [3.5s] | MMK2#140 p.104 | Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09879 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده حق هر چند بظاهر تو در شینی ما در سین یعنی ولایت سوریه اما فی الحقیقه | O servant of Truth! Though outwardly thou art in Shín [Shiraz] and We in Sín—that is to say, the province of Syria—yet in reality [3.5s] | INBA87:171a, INBA52:170b | LDR.270 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00188 | 830 | mixed | ای بنده حق نامه مفصل رسید و از روایات مذکوره نهایت استغراب حاصل گردید و معلوم شد | O servant of Truth! Thy detailed letter hath arrived, and from the account mentioned therein the utmost astonishment was occasioned, and it became evident [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0542, MKT1.337, MNMK#152 p.283, MILAN.118, AKHA_104BE #08 p.01, AVK1.200, BSHN.140.481, BSHN.144.474, DWNP_v4#02-3 p.014-016, MHT1a.117, MHT1b.075, YHA1.375-376x | Higher encompasses the lower; Purpose; goal of creation; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Soul; spirit after death; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02668 | 230 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید و ملاحظه گردید الحمد لله در فکر ذکر حقید و آرزوی اعلای | O servant of Truth! Thy letter was received and perused. Praise be to God, thou art occupied with the remembrance of God and desirest the exaltation [3.5s] | INBA87:119, INBA52:118 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love as fire; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11480 | 20 | mixed | ای بنده حق نامه اخیر شما رسید ... از هر کنار تیر دعا کرده‌ئی روان شاید کزین میانه یکی کارگر شود | O servant of Truth! Thy recent letter was received... From every quarter hast thou loosed the arrows of prayer, that haply one among them might find its mark [3.5s] | MSHR2.073x | Growth of the Cause; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06651 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده حق عون و عنایت حضرت احدیت چون شامل گردد هر نقصی کامل شود و هر شخصی | O servant of Truth! When the assistance and bounties of the Lord of Oneness encompass all, every imperfection is made perfect and every soul attaineth completion [3.5s] | INBA87:264, INBA52:268 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02894 | 220 | mixed | ای بنده حق در حالتیکه مصائب و بلا مانند امواج دریا از هر طرف در هجوم با وجود | O servant of Truth! While calamities and tribulations, like unto the waves of the sea, surge from every direction [3.5s] | MMK6#026 | Consolation and comfort; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01676 | 300 | mixed | ای بنده حق مکتوب شما از پیش جواب داده شد عجیب است که تا حال نرسیده حمد کن خدا | O servant of Truth! Your letter was answered previously. It is strange indeed that it hath not yet arrived. Praise be to God [3.5s] | INBA85:126 | MKT4.034, MILAN.199 | Chastisement and requital; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12128 | 440 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس و ثابت بر پیمان نامه مفصل شما رسید و جواب مرقوم میگردد | O servant steadfast at the sacred threshold, your detailed letter hath been received, and the answer is herein written [4o] | BRL_DAK#0818 | Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Loving community spirit in teaching the Cause; Mindfulness; concentration; focus; Praise and encouragement; Praise of Western values; culture | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04698 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده موقن بالله حمد خدا را که از معین هدایت تسنیم عنایت نوشیدی و از مشرق | O servant who believest in God! Render thanks to the Lord, inasmuch as thou hast quaffed the stream of bounty flowing from the wellspring of guidance | MKT6.032, YHA2.936, DLH2.222 | BTO#13b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06108 | 130 | mixed | ای بنده مقبل الی الله و مقبول درگاه کبریا آنچه نگاشتی و مضمر ضمیر داشتی مشهود | O servant who turneth toward God and who is accepted at His Most Great Threshold! That which thou didst write and that which lay concealed within thy heart is evident [3.5s] | MMK6#138 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08608 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده مقبل الی الله حمد کن خدا را که در درگاه الهی مقرب و محظوظ شدی معزز و | O servant who turneth toward God! Render thanks unto the Lord that thou hast been brought nigh and favored at His divine threshold, honored and [3.5s] | INBA84:484d | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04697 | 160 | Persian | ای بنده مبتهل متضرع بملکوت ابهی در این صبح بقا که انوار ملکوت ابهی ممالک غیب | O servant, earnest and beseeching at the Threshold of the Abhá Kingdom! In this eternal morn, when the lights of the Abhá Kingdom illumine the realms of the unseen [3.5s] | INBA17:032 | MMK4#128 p.132 | East and West; communication between East and West; Manifestation of God as sun; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05443 | 150 | mixed | یا غلام در صقع رضا هر کس محشور گشت در یوم نشور جام فرح و سرور از دست ساقی | O servant! Whoso is gathered in the realm of divine good-pleasure shall, on the Day of Resurrection, receive from the hand of the Cupbearer the chalice of joy and delight [3.5s] | INBA17:010 | MKT8.216, BSHN.140.452, BSHN.144.446, MHT1b.159 | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07491 | 110 | mixed | ای عباد و اماء الهی خدماتتان باستان مقدس مانند مه تابان واضح و عیان ذلک من | O servants and handmaidens of God! Your services at the Sacred Threshold are clear and manifest as the radiant moon [3.5s] | MKT9.152a | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06620 | 120 | Persian | ای بندگان و اماء رب ودود حضرت مسعود با جمیع خاندان موجود مشمول نظر عنایتند و | O servants and handmaidens of the Loving Lord! The blessed personage, together with all members of his household, is embraced within the glance of divine favor and grace [3.5s] | PYB#045-046 p.17, IDAB.22 | Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12035 | 140 | Persian | ای بندگان و اماء رحمان فی الحقیقه در سبیل الهی در مشقتید و مستغرق در دریای تعب | O servants and maidservants of the All-Merciful! It can truly be said that, upon the Path of God, ye are in hardship and immersed in an ocean of toil and trouble | ADMS#240 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00892 | 410 | mixed | ای بندگان الهی و اماء رحمن جناب آقا میرزا فضل الله بزیارت بقعه کبریاء مشرف | O servants of God and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! His honour Mirza Fadlu'llah hath attained the presence of the Most Great Shrine [3.5s] | MKT3.508, AKHA_134BE #17 p.661 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06619 | 120 | Persian | ای بندگان الهی و کنیزان رحمانی صبح هدی ظاهر است و شمع موهبت کبری باهر نور | O servants of God and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! The morn of guidance hath dawned, and the lamp of supreme bounty shineth with radiant light [3.5s] | MKT7.234a, AKHA_128BE #18 p.130, AKHA_135BE #15 p.a | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02658 | 230 | mixed | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای بندگان حق و کنیزان الهی همچو گمان منمااید که دقیقه ای فراموش گردید همواره | O servants of God and handmaids of the Lord! Think not that ye are forgotten for even a moment. ‘Abdu’l-Baha maketh mention of you at all times | BRL_DAK#0715, NJB_v01#14 p.001 | BRL_ATE#173, TAB.593-594, BSTW#069, BSTW#077 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Manifestation of God as educator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09833 | 70 | Persian | ای بندگان الهی تمسک بذیل تقدیس جواید و در ظل ملیک توحید باهنگ ملا اعلی بتهلیل | O servants of God! Cling ye to the hem of sanctification, and beneath the canopy of the King of Unity raise ye anthems of praise with the melody of the Concourse on High [3.5s] | INBA87:272b, INBA52:276a | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01304 | 340 | Persian | ای بندگان الهی قریب غروبست و من از کثرت کار خسته و بی راحت و گرفتار با وجود | O servants of God! The hour is nigh unto sunset, and I, from the multitude of tasks, am weary and restless [3.5s] | INBA89:265b | MMK2#148 p.110 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07236 | 110 | Persian | ای بندگان الهی ظالمان ستمکار مانند سگان خونخوار آهوان دشت یزدانرا سینه دریدند | O servants of God! The tyrannical oppressors, like bloodthirsty hounds, have torn asunder the breasts of the gazelles of the divine meadow [3.5s] | ALPA.068a, NANU_AB#18, YARP2.080 p.114 | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07240 | 110 | Persian | ای بندگان حق این عبد ضعیف بقوت روح تایید شب و روز بنگاشتن و بیان داشتن مشغول | O servants of God! This lowly servant, through the power of the confirming Spirit, is occupied night and day in writing and expounding [3.5s] | YARP2.624 p.430 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12318 | 170 | O servants of God! Your letter has arrived. Its contents brought a musk-scented breeze... Praise be to God! The reviving breath of life is blowing upon that city | BBBD.606, BBBD.613 | Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02882 | 220 | mixed | Translation List | ای بندگان جمال ابهی رقیم و نمیقی که بجناب سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه و | O servants of the Abha Beauty! The letter ye had addressed to Siyyid Taqí hath been perused and its contents noted. Ye had written of the transgressions of the villainous Taqí | MMK6#268, ANDA#86 p.80 | ADMS#321 | Consolation and comfort; Justice and wrath of God; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07238 | 110 | Persian | ای بندگان جمال ابهی مساعیتان در راه حق معلوم و ممدوح و نفحات حبتان در آستان | O servants of the Abhá Beauty! Your endeavours in the path of Truth are known and praiseworthy, and the sweet fragrances of your love are wafting at the Threshold [3.5s] | INBA84:513a, INBA84:528 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02047 | 270 | Persian | ای بندگان جمال ابهی نامه شما رسید مضمون مفهوم گردید و همچنین نامه ایکه بحضرت | O servants of the Abha Beauty! Your missive arrived, and its contents were made manifest. Similarly, your letter to the illustrious Afnan of the Lote-Tree, upon him rest the Glory of God | INBA87:369, INBA52:379 | GEN.252x, AFNAN.187x | Business; financial; property matters; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Shrines and Holy places; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12275 | 200 | Turkish | ای بندگان حضرت کبریا قفقاز فارسیجه کوه قافدر اسکی زمانده اهل عالمن اعتقادی | O servants of the All-Glorious Lord! The Caucasus in Persian means Mount Qaf, which in ancient times was a belief held by the peoples [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0609 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05235 | 150 | Persian | ای عباد رحمن و اماء حضرت یزدان هر چند آن بزرگوار بملکوت انوار پرواز نمود و شما | O servants of the All-Merciful and handmaidens of the Lord God! Though that noble Being hath winged His flight unto the Kingdom of Light and ye [3.5s] | MKT5.095 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01174 | 360 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ی بندگان جمال مبارک ... اين معلوم و واضحست که اليوم تأييدات غيبيّهء الهيّه شامل مبلّغين است | O servants of the Blessed Beauty! It is a well known fact that, owing to the frequency of disturbances, the work of delivering the Message | MMK1#209 p.255x, AKHA_107BE #05 p.06x, AKHA_103BE #08 p.04x, AVK3.495.13x, AVK4.241.06x, MAS5.082x | SWAB#209x, TAB.390-392, BWF.385-386x, BSC.493 #950x | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Pioneering; travel teaching; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03336 | 200 | Persian | ای بندگان جمال مبارک نامه وصول یافت و آرزوی جناب آقا محمد حسین اعظم آمال هر | O servants of the Blessed Beauty! The letter hath been received, and the cherished desire of his honour Áqá Muhammad-Husayn is the highest aspiration of every soul [3.5s] | ANDA#61 p.06 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09835 | 70 | Persian | ای بندگان حضرت مقصود جناب آقا غلامعلی وارد و از ایمان و ایقان و خلوص آن یاران | O servants of the Desired One! Jináb-i-Áqá Ghulám-'Alí hath arrived and beareth testimony to the faith, certitude and sincerity of those friends [3.5s] | INBA85:548a | DBR.074 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05651 | 140 | Persian | ای خدام بندگان الهی این چه منصب عظیم است و این چه جاه جلیل از چاه سیاه باوج | O servants of the divine ones! What an exalted station this is, and what a glorious rank! From the black pit's depths to the zenith [3.5s] | MMK2#254 p.183, MMK5#196 p.153 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for service; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03625 | 190 | Persian | ای بندگان ایزد مهربان فرود گشتاسب باین مرز و بوم شتاب نمود و همدم و دمساز گشت | O servants of the loving God! Gushtasp hastened to this realm and became an intimate companion [3.5s] | YARP2.522 p.377 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00893 | 410 | mixed | ای بندگان جمال ابهی و اماء رحمان حضرت زائر بقعه مبارکه جناب آقا محمد تحمل | O servants of the Most Glorious Beauty and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! His honour, the pilgrim to the Sacred Shrine, Áqá Muhammad Taḥammul [3.5s] | MKT8.037b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00610 | 500 | mixed | Fire and Light | ای عباد حق و اماء رحمان عشق ز اول سرکش و خونی بود تا گریزد آنکه بیرونی بود از | O servants of the one true God! O handmaids of the Merciful! “From the outset love was rebellious and bloodthirsty, So as to put every stranger to flight.” | MKT6.127b, MNMK#135 p.250, AKHA_104BE #09 p.01, AKHA_106BE #10 p.02, BSHN.140.169, BSHN.144.169, MHT2.104b, NANU_AB#28, SHYM.013 | BRL_FIRE_AB#13 | Fire and light; fire and water; Martyrs and martyrdom; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04662 | 160 | Persian | ای بندگان آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید و نهایت سرور رخ داد که الحمد لله در موطن | O servants of the sacred Threshold! Your letter was received and brought the utmost joy, for praise be unto God, in the homeland [3.5s] | MKT4.025b, AKHA_119BE #03-04 p.b, IQN.023 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06095 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده حق و ای اماء رحمان جناب زائر عاشور بیاد شما افتاده و ذکر شما نموده و | O servants of the Truth and handmaids of the Most Merciful! The pilgrim 'Ashur hath remembered you and made mention of you [3.5s] | TAH.021b | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03647 | 190 | Persian | ای بنده منقطع جمال ابهی مرقوم نموده بودی که در اطراف خضراء در نهایت فقر و | O severed servant of the Abhá Beauty! Thou hadst written that in the environs of the verdant lands thou wert in utmost poverty [3.5s] | MMK2#220 p.157 | Christ; Christianity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04027 | 180 | Persian | ای سیدالعابدین هر چند آن کتب و صحائف صفائح جواهر بود و کنزی عظیم ولی اصل آن | O Seyyed of the Worshippers! Although those books and tablets were jewel-laden scrolls and a mighty treasure, yet their essence [3.5s] | YMM.392 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04528 | 170 | O Shafi, O thou who hath been interceded for by others! By God, the True One, Thy Lord's bounty hath been overflowing | NYR#102 | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11663 | 290 | mixed | ای شاه عارفان مدتی است که با تو گفتگوای نکرده ایم زیرا ابواب مسدود بود و راه | O Shah [king] of the mystics! It has been some time since we have conversed with you, for the gates were closed and the path [3.5s] | FRH.204-205 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11787 | 90 | mixed | ای شاه خلیل وارث حقیقی آن میر جلیل باش و سبب شفای هر قلب علیل | O Shah Khalil! Be thou the true heir of that noble prince and become the cause of healing for every ailing heart [3.5s] | FRH.204 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10526 | 60 | Persian | ای شاه سیاوش همنام تو دامنی پاک داشت و رخی تابناک از جهان خاک آزاد بود و در | O Shah Siyavash! Thy namesake possessed an unsullied garment and a radiant countenance, and was free from the world of dust [3.5s] | INBA88:340b | YARP2.235 p.212 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Stories; anecdotes; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10527 | 60 | Persian | Translation List | ای شاه ولی سلطنت کونین بندگی جمال قدمست و شهریاری دو جهان عبودیت اسم اعظم اگر | O Shah-Valí! Sovereignty over both worlds lieth in thraldom to the Ancient Beauty, and kingship over this realm and the realm beyond | INBA13:253c | ADMS#280 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10924 | 50 | Persian | ای شهریار شاه کشور آسمان یارت باد بپروردگار امیدوار باش و از روزگار بیزار | O Shahriar, King of the celestial realm, may the Lord be thy Helper. Place thy trust in God and turn away from worldly fortune [3.5s] | YARP2.146 p.160 | Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09414 | 80 | Persian | ای شهریار خدا یار تو باد و یاور تو باد تا جان و دل خورسند گردد و مظهر جلوه | O Shahriyar, may God be thy helper and sustainer, that with heart and soul thou mayest find contentment and become a manifestation of effulgence [3.5s] | YARP2.395 p.307 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09413 | 80 | Persian | ای شهریار خدا یار تو باد ستایش خداوند آفرینش را که این حزب پارسی مظهر الطاف | O Shahriyar, may God be thy helper! Praise be unto the Lord of creation, that this Persian company is a manifestation of favours [3.5s] | YARP2.529 p.381 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08131 | 100 | Persian | ای شهریار فریاد برآر که عصر ظهور حضرت بهاء الله جلوه یار است و نافه مشکبار بر | O Shahriyar! Cry at the top of thy voice: The century of the Manifestation of His Holiness Baha'u'llah is the effulgence of the Friend | YARP2.376 p.296 | DAS.1914-10-25 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06465 | 130 | Persian | جناب شیخ احمد علیه بهاء الله خبر وصول شما بقربان گاه عشق خطه زنجان و حصول روح | O Shaykh Ahmad—upon him be the glory of God—news hath reached of thy arrival at the altar of sacrifice and love in the region of Zanjan, and of the attainment of spiritual joy [3.5s] | AYBY.433 #155 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10222 | 70 | Persian | جناب شیخ ایده الله علی خدمه امره اگرچه این امور سبب زحمت آنجنابست لکن چون در | O Shaykh! May God strengthen him in service to His Cause. Though these matters be a source of trouble to your honour, yet inasmuch as [3.5s] | AYBY.453 #195, SAM.393 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06466 | 130 | Persian | جناب شیخ علیک بهاء الله و فضله و جوده و رحمته چون چندی بود که باثار قلمیه | O Shaykh! Upon thee be the glory of God, His grace, His bounty and His mercy. Some time hath elapsed since any trace from my pen [3.5s] | AYBY.453 #196, SAM.394 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08137 | 100 | mixed | ای صدف آن لولو لئلاء در ایه مبارکه فرقان خطابا باحبای رحمن میفرماید لن تنالوا | O shell of that gleaming pearl! In the blessed verse of the Qur'án, addressing the loved ones of the All-Merciful, He saith: "Ye shall never attain..." [3.5s] | MMK6#071, YMM.196 | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07604 | 110 | Persian | ای میر منیر بر سریر ثبوت چنان جلوس نما که جنود ملکوت را در مقابل رو مصفوف | O shining prince! Be thou so firmly established upon the throne of steadfastness that the hosts of the Kingdom shall stand arrayed before thee [3.5s] | MMK6#288 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10927 | 50 | Turkish | ای شیرعلی اصلان حیدر کراردر صفدر اشراردر اهل غفلت گروه طوشقاندر ارسلان آسا | O Shir-'Ali! Thou art a Haydar in steadfastness, a Safdar among the wicked ones. Amidst the heedless multitudes thou art lion-like [3.5s] | MJT.069 | Confidence; courage; faith in teaching the Cause; Courage; Encouragement of individual understanding; interpretation; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10540 | 60 | Persian | ای شیرین شیرینی و حلاوت در مائده آسمانیست و لذت در طعام روحانی زیرا شیرینی | O Shirin! Sweetness and delight are found in the heavenly feast, and pleasure in the spiritual repast, for sweetness [3.5s] | YARP2.185 p.183 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10538 | 60 | Persian | ای شیرین حلاوت شهد و شکر صفرا افزاید و علل ایراث کند اما حلاوت جمال الهی روح | O Shirin! The sweetness of honey and sugar increaseth bile and causeth illness, but the sweetness of the Divine Beauty exhilarateth the spirit [3.5s] | INBA87:376b, INBA52:385b | The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10537 | 60 | Persian | ای شیرین باده محبت الله رنگین است و انکبین معرفت الله شکرین حلاوت عالم انسانی | O Shirin! The wine of the love of God is deeply hued, and the honey of divine knowledge is sweet with the delectable nectar of the human world [3.5s] | YARP2.420 p.318 | Love of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11489 | 20 | Persian | ای شوقی از خدا نجواه که در انجمن روحانیان سراج نورانی گردی و نفس رحمانی یابی | O Shoghi, beseech thou God that in the assemblage of spiritual ones thou mayest become a luminous lamp and attain unto the breath of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | AKHA_116BE #01-03 p.50 | Being a source of light; guidance; Personal instructions; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11367 | 30 | Persian | ای شوقی حق از قرار تحریرات ارض مقصود در پناه حق محفوظ و مصونید و این سبب سرور | O Shoghi! According to the letters from the Holy Land, thou art sheltered and preserved beneath God's protection, and this is the cause of joy [3.5s] | AKHA_116BE #01-03 p.51x | Prayer for protection; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10535 | 60 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای شوقی من فرصت تکلم ندارم دست از سر ما بردار گفتی بنویس نوشتم دیگر چه باید | O Shoghi! I have no time to talk; leave me be! Thou didst say “Write”, and I have written. What else should I do? | Ghazi3072.157-158 | BRL_DAK#0398, MKT5.091a, AKHA_116BE #01-03 p.50, AHB.131BE #01-02 p.51, DUR3.261, DRM.015d, YHA2.578, PPRP.012 | BRL_ATE#127, BW_v13p063, PPRL.008 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| AB10234 | 70 | Persian | شوقیا آنچه نگاشتی و راز درون داشتی معلوم و مشهود گردید مضمون مشحون بتوجه | O Shoghi! What thou hast written and the inner secret thou didst cherish have become known and manifest. The contents are replete with attention [3.5s] | AHB.117BE #08-10 p.284 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Education of children; moral education; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07899 | 100 | mixed | ای آیت جود سلطان وجود الطافی که باستحقاق باشد که اعطاء کل ذی حق حقه است در | O Sign of Bounty, Sovereign of existence! Such favours as are justly due, wherein each rightful one receiveth his portion [3.5s] | INBA88:121a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and mercy | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09823 | 70 | mixed | ای آیت عنایت شک?? و ستایش جمال قدم و اسم اعظم را لائق و سزاست که ابواب ملکوت | O sign of divine favor! Praise and thanksgiving beseem the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name, for the portals of the Kingdom [3.5s] | PYB#039 p.12 | Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07224 | 110 | Persian | ای آیت هدی چون در این جنت ابهی بفضل خدا نهال مغروس دست عنایتی بکوش تا بطراوت | O sign of guidance! Since thou art, by God's grace, a sapling planted in this Most Glorious Paradise, strive beneath the hand of divine favor to attain freshness [3.5s] | MMK3#232 p.167 | Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05536 | 140 | mixed | ای آیت رحمن حی قیوم چون شمس خرق حجاب غیوم فرمود از مطلع انوار دو ایات ظاهر و | O Sign of the Ever-Living, All-Sustaining Lord! Like unto the sun that rendeth asunder the veil of clouds, from the horizon of lights two verses have become manifest [3.5s] | INBA13:118 | MKT4.023, MMK6#475, YMM.060 | Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04260 | 170 | Persian | ای آیت محبت الله حضرت قرین مدتی بود که سرگشته کوه و صحرا و گمگشته دشت و دریا | O Sign of the Love of God, O Noble Companion! For a time Thou hast wandered bewildered through mountain and plain, lost amidst desert and sea [3.5s] | YIA.014x, YIA.395b, YARP2.119 p.142 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07900 | 100 | Persian | ای آیت محبت الله اگر بدانی که این قلب الان در چه حالت و هیجانست پیرهن چاک | O sign of the love of God! If thou didst but know in what state and rapture this heart now finds itself, it would rend its garment in ecstasy [3.5s] | MKT8.012b | Call to action; Love as fire | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10380 | 60 | Persian | ای آیت محبت الله اقتدار در عالم جسمانی امریست اعتباری بلکه اقتدار روحانی | O Sign of the Love of God! Power in the material world is a transient thing, nay rather, spiritual power [3.5s] | MMK2#162 p.121 | Power of faith; power of the spirit | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07222 | 110 | mixed | ای آیت محبت الله آنچه نگاشتی بکمال اشتیاق قرائت گردید ذکری از برای تلاوت در | O sign of the love of God! That which thou didst pen was read with the utmost eagerness. A mention of recitation [3.5s] | DUR4.033x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06232 | 130 | Persian | ای سیناء اشراق خوشا بحال تو که محل تجلی انوار محبت الله گشتی و مطلع سطوع | O Sinai of radiance! Blessed art thou, for thou hast become the dawning-place of the lights of God's love and the dayspring of effulgence [3.5s] | MKT8.115a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10004 | 70 | Persian | ای صادق موافق اگر در ارسال رسائل فتوری حاصل این نه از نسیانست و تکدر دل و جان | O sincere and compatible friend! If there hath been some laxity in the sending of letters, this is not from forgetfulness or any disturbance of heart and soul [3.5s] | MKT6.156a | Consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06777 | 120 | mixed | ای دوستان صادق اسم اعظم در قرآن از خصائص اهل ایمان انفاق منصوصست و یجاهدون | O sincere friends of the Greatest Name! Among the distinguishing characteristics of the people of faith explicitly set forth in the Qur'án is the virtue of charitable giving, and striving [3.5s] | MMK6#183 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02251 | 260 | mixed | ای طالب صادق و حبیب موافق آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گشت و بمنتهای دقت | O sincere seeker and cherished companion, that which thou hast written was perused with utmost care [3.5s] | INBA88:132 | AHB.118BE #05 p.01, AYT.440, RHQM2.0847-848 (262) (161) | Contention and conflict; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Twin Manifestations | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03115 | 210 | mixed | ای بنده صادق آستان جمال مبارک نامه رسید فاتحه عنوان انه من علیمحمد و انه بسم | O sincere servant at the threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter hath arrived, graced with the opening words, "This is from 'Ali-Muhammad, and it is in the name..." [3.5s] | MSHR3.208 | Call to action; Education of children; moral education; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01677 | 300 | Persian | ای بنده صادق الهی خادم مقام اعلی پسر پاک گهرت خواهش تحریر این نامه نمود تا | O sincere servant of God, servant of the Most Exalted Shrine, thy pure-hearted son hath besought the writing of this letter [3.5s] | AKHA_107BE #12 p.02, TABN.352 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07972 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده صادق حق آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید بر ایمان و ایقان دلیل واضح بود و چون | O sincere servant of God! That which thou didst write was noted, and it was a clear evidence of thy faith and certitude [3.5s] | INBA84:534b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10434 | 360 | Persian | ای بنده صادق الهی نامه ایکه مرقوم نموده بودید ملحوظ افتاد محرک فساد شیخ الملک است... محرّک فساد شیخ الملک است | O sincere servant of God! The letter thou didst write was noted. The instigator of corruption is Shaykh al-Mulk... The instigator of corruption is Shaykh al-Mulk [3.5s] | ASAT5.362x, BSHI.062-063 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10433 | 60 | Persian | Translation List | ای بنده صادق الهی در جهان الهی نوری روشن تر از صدق و راستی نه حقیقت انسانیه را این | O sincere servant of God! There is, in the divine realm, no light more radiant than the light of truthfulness. This bounty so adorneth one’s reality as to conceal all one’s sins | AVK3.150, DUR1.514 | ADMS#126 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - |
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